The morning they were to leave back for their own dimension, Naddie woke
early, even earlier than the other X-Men, who had a training session
everyday before school. She tried to get back to sleep, but it didn't work.
Finally, she went to the kitchen to get a bite to eat. She opened the
fridge to find the leftover pistachio pudding she and Kurt had made the
night before. Naddie smiled to herself and began to eat it.
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Half an hour later, Logan surprised her when he came into the kitchen, fully dressed.
"What are you doin' up this early, mouse?" He asked, startled to see her.
"I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep," Naddie replied. "What about you?"
"I'm always up this early. Never needed as much sleep as other people."
"Oh, right."
"Hey, Naddie, you know, you're a real member of the X-Men," he said. She looked at him.
"Wow, coming from you that means a lot!" she said.
"Don't mention it," he grumbled. Naddie smiled. "No really, don't mention it. I don't want everyone around here thinkin' I'm some sorta softy, now, do I?"
"Of course not," Naddie replied. "It will be our little secret."
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Everyone woke up at their usual early time, even though they were skipping the Danger Room session to say goodbye to their other-dimension friends. Shego had stayed overnight at the mansion and now came downstairs, looking tired but content. Drakken eagerly worked with Forge to make last-minute adjustments to the transporter while everyone else ate breakfast.
"It is time," Dr. Drakken said, coming out of his lab a few minutes later. He said it almost casually, but to most of the people present, it was a very big deal indeed. They all sat around the table for a minute, knowing they would have to say goodbye, but maybe if they just stalled for a moment longer. . .
"Professor," Kim said, finally rising from her seat. "Thank you for all your help. I don't know what we would have done without your generosity."
"It was a pleasure, Kim. You three have been wonderful students," Xavier replied warmly.
"Yes, thank you everyone for taking us in and teaching us all you have," Naddie added. Everyone else began to rise from the table to say their good- byes.
"Hey, you gunna use those defensive moves I taught ya, Stoppable?" Logan asked.
"You bet!" Ron said happily. "Thanks, Mr. Logan." They shook hands and Rufus came out to say goodbye too.
"Miss Monroe, thanks so much!" Kim said, giving her a hug. "And I love your creamy chicken soup!" Ororo went on to tell Kim the simple ingredients to her new favorite dish so Kim could try it at home.
"Hey, don't worry, you'll get your balance someday," Evan was saying to Ron, referring to Ron's single, disastrous skateboarding lesson.
"I hope so. My tailbone still hurts!" Ron replied, rubbing the offending body part.
On the other side of the room, the girls were all saying goodbye.
"I'll miss you, Kim!" Jean squealed.
"It was, like, so fun, all of us going shopping together!" Kitty said. Kim, Jean, Naddie, and Kitty all gave a tearful group hug, causing many of the guys to roll their eyes. Rogue stood off to the side awkwardly.
"Oh, Rogue, come on!" Kitty said, and pulled her into the group hug. Rogue protested at first, but finally gave in, putting an arm around Naddie's shoulders and one around Kitty's.
"Ok, ok," Rogue laughed after a tender moment of 'group-hugging-goodness'. Kim went off to say goodbye to Scott and Naddie turned to see Kurt, standing off to the side. She walked over to him.
"Um, Kurt," she started. "I don't want to leave without saying goodbye."
"Neither do I, Naddie," he said. She hugged him. Leaning in, she smelled his fur and smiled again to herself.
"Remember what we agreed about moving on?" she asked. He nodded. "So you're going to give Kitty another chance?"
"Alright."
"Good. Then. . . I guess this is goodbye."
"Does it really have to be, liebling?" he asked. Without warning, tears sprang to Naddie's eyes. She furiously blinked them away, determined not to cry.
"Kurt, please don't make me decide. I have to go, you know that." He chuckled a little.
"I know," he said quietly.
"We're ok then?" she asked.
"We're ok."
"Naddie, it's time to go now," the professor said. She turned away and walked to where Kim, Ron, Drakken, and Shego were standing, waiting to go home. She couldn't bare to look at the friends she was leaving behind. Naddie put her head on Ron's shoulder and he put a comforting arm around her understandingly.
"Ready, guys?" Forge asked, pushing a few buttons on the transporter that looked very much like the one Kurt had used before. They all nodded. Naddie kept her head buried in Ron's shoulder, refusing to look.
"Naddie!" Kurt called. A beam of light opened up from a portal on the front of the machine and enveloped the five dimension-travelers. Naddie looked up at the last instant to see Kurt, looking into her eyes.
"Ich werde mich an Sie immer erinnern," [I will always remember you] he called, his voice growing fainter as Naddie felt the surroundings around her change. She squeezed her eyes shut. When she opened them a moment later, she was back in Ron's living room. Kim, Ron, Drakken, and Shego stood around beside her, looking as dazed as she felt.
"We're back home. . ." Kim said slowly. "How long have we been gone?"
"We are exactly ten minutes after I came to retrieve my device," Drakken said.
"And when would that be, exactly?" Kim asked, annoyed.
"Six thirty."
"How can an hour be a month?" Naddie asked out loud.
"Must I explain this to you, you silly girl?" Drakken said. "The dimensional rift created by- "
"Hey, stop right there, Drakken," Kim said. "We don't need to hear any more." She took Naddie by the shoulders and sat her down on the sofa. "Here, sit. Relax for a minute. We're home now, everything's fine."
"Thanks, Kim," Naddie said. "I'm alright. I'll be fine."
"You sure?" Kim asked. Naddie nodded. "Alright."
Drakken and Shego hung around for awhile before realizing whose house they were hanging out in and promptly left.
"So, what do we do now?" Ron asked.
"We'll go home, we'll eat dinner, we'll go to bed, and the next day, we'll wake up and go to school," Naddie said. "We'll just keep on going, just like that." She smiled.
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"I'll miss them," Kitty said, standing beside Kurt. He jerked his head, as if just noticing she was there. He thought for a moment, then put a comforting arm around her shoulders.
"I will miss them too, Kätzchen."
"Um, hey guys, let's go watch some TV," Jean suggested, wanting to break the awkward silence in the room.
"Anything good on?" Evan asked.
"I don't know, but it's Friday, so there should be something besides reruns," Jean replied. They all migrated to the living room, where Scott flipped on the television set and turned to the Disney channel.
"Hey, look, here's a new show right here," he said absently.
"Hey, do those people look a little. . . familiar?" Kitty asked over the catchy theme song. They all watched, unbelieving, as a familiar redheaded girl and her blonde side-kick ran around the screen, dodging giant spinning tops of doom and hungry sharks.
"I don't believe it," Jean said quietly.
The theme song played. "Doesn't matter where, doesn't matter when. I will be there for you 'til the very end. Danger or trouble, I'm there on the double, you know that you always can call- Kim Possible!"
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Half an hour later, Logan surprised her when he came into the kitchen, fully dressed.
"What are you doin' up this early, mouse?" He asked, startled to see her.
"I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep," Naddie replied. "What about you?"
"I'm always up this early. Never needed as much sleep as other people."
"Oh, right."
"Hey, Naddie, you know, you're a real member of the X-Men," he said. She looked at him.
"Wow, coming from you that means a lot!" she said.
"Don't mention it," he grumbled. Naddie smiled. "No really, don't mention it. I don't want everyone around here thinkin' I'm some sorta softy, now, do I?"
"Of course not," Naddie replied. "It will be our little secret."
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Everyone woke up at their usual early time, even though they were skipping the Danger Room session to say goodbye to their other-dimension friends. Shego had stayed overnight at the mansion and now came downstairs, looking tired but content. Drakken eagerly worked with Forge to make last-minute adjustments to the transporter while everyone else ate breakfast.
"It is time," Dr. Drakken said, coming out of his lab a few minutes later. He said it almost casually, but to most of the people present, it was a very big deal indeed. They all sat around the table for a minute, knowing they would have to say goodbye, but maybe if they just stalled for a moment longer. . .
"Professor," Kim said, finally rising from her seat. "Thank you for all your help. I don't know what we would have done without your generosity."
"It was a pleasure, Kim. You three have been wonderful students," Xavier replied warmly.
"Yes, thank you everyone for taking us in and teaching us all you have," Naddie added. Everyone else began to rise from the table to say their good- byes.
"Hey, you gunna use those defensive moves I taught ya, Stoppable?" Logan asked.
"You bet!" Ron said happily. "Thanks, Mr. Logan." They shook hands and Rufus came out to say goodbye too.
"Miss Monroe, thanks so much!" Kim said, giving her a hug. "And I love your creamy chicken soup!" Ororo went on to tell Kim the simple ingredients to her new favorite dish so Kim could try it at home.
"Hey, don't worry, you'll get your balance someday," Evan was saying to Ron, referring to Ron's single, disastrous skateboarding lesson.
"I hope so. My tailbone still hurts!" Ron replied, rubbing the offending body part.
On the other side of the room, the girls were all saying goodbye.
"I'll miss you, Kim!" Jean squealed.
"It was, like, so fun, all of us going shopping together!" Kitty said. Kim, Jean, Naddie, and Kitty all gave a tearful group hug, causing many of the guys to roll their eyes. Rogue stood off to the side awkwardly.
"Oh, Rogue, come on!" Kitty said, and pulled her into the group hug. Rogue protested at first, but finally gave in, putting an arm around Naddie's shoulders and one around Kitty's.
"Ok, ok," Rogue laughed after a tender moment of 'group-hugging-goodness'. Kim went off to say goodbye to Scott and Naddie turned to see Kurt, standing off to the side. She walked over to him.
"Um, Kurt," she started. "I don't want to leave without saying goodbye."
"Neither do I, Naddie," he said. She hugged him. Leaning in, she smelled his fur and smiled again to herself.
"Remember what we agreed about moving on?" she asked. He nodded. "So you're going to give Kitty another chance?"
"Alright."
"Good. Then. . . I guess this is goodbye."
"Does it really have to be, liebling?" he asked. Without warning, tears sprang to Naddie's eyes. She furiously blinked them away, determined not to cry.
"Kurt, please don't make me decide. I have to go, you know that." He chuckled a little.
"I know," he said quietly.
"We're ok then?" she asked.
"We're ok."
"Naddie, it's time to go now," the professor said. She turned away and walked to where Kim, Ron, Drakken, and Shego were standing, waiting to go home. She couldn't bare to look at the friends she was leaving behind. Naddie put her head on Ron's shoulder and he put a comforting arm around her understandingly.
"Ready, guys?" Forge asked, pushing a few buttons on the transporter that looked very much like the one Kurt had used before. They all nodded. Naddie kept her head buried in Ron's shoulder, refusing to look.
"Naddie!" Kurt called. A beam of light opened up from a portal on the front of the machine and enveloped the five dimension-travelers. Naddie looked up at the last instant to see Kurt, looking into her eyes.
"Ich werde mich an Sie immer erinnern," [I will always remember you] he called, his voice growing fainter as Naddie felt the surroundings around her change. She squeezed her eyes shut. When she opened them a moment later, she was back in Ron's living room. Kim, Ron, Drakken, and Shego stood around beside her, looking as dazed as she felt.
"We're back home. . ." Kim said slowly. "How long have we been gone?"
"We are exactly ten minutes after I came to retrieve my device," Drakken said.
"And when would that be, exactly?" Kim asked, annoyed.
"Six thirty."
"How can an hour be a month?" Naddie asked out loud.
"Must I explain this to you, you silly girl?" Drakken said. "The dimensional rift created by- "
"Hey, stop right there, Drakken," Kim said. "We don't need to hear any more." She took Naddie by the shoulders and sat her down on the sofa. "Here, sit. Relax for a minute. We're home now, everything's fine."
"Thanks, Kim," Naddie said. "I'm alright. I'll be fine."
"You sure?" Kim asked. Naddie nodded. "Alright."
Drakken and Shego hung around for awhile before realizing whose house they were hanging out in and promptly left.
"So, what do we do now?" Ron asked.
"We'll go home, we'll eat dinner, we'll go to bed, and the next day, we'll wake up and go to school," Naddie said. "We'll just keep on going, just like that." She smiled.
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"I'll miss them," Kitty said, standing beside Kurt. He jerked his head, as if just noticing she was there. He thought for a moment, then put a comforting arm around her shoulders.
"I will miss them too, Kätzchen."
"Um, hey guys, let's go watch some TV," Jean suggested, wanting to break the awkward silence in the room.
"Anything good on?" Evan asked.
"I don't know, but it's Friday, so there should be something besides reruns," Jean replied. They all migrated to the living room, where Scott flipped on the television set and turned to the Disney channel.
"Hey, look, here's a new show right here," he said absently.
"Hey, do those people look a little. . . familiar?" Kitty asked over the catchy theme song. They all watched, unbelieving, as a familiar redheaded girl and her blonde side-kick ran around the screen, dodging giant spinning tops of doom and hungry sharks.
"I don't believe it," Jean said quietly.
The theme song played. "Doesn't matter where, doesn't matter when. I will be there for you 'til the very end. Danger or trouble, I'm there on the double, you know that you always can call- Kim Possible!"
