Authors note- I don't own the song, those who have the rights to it don't sue me,please
CH. 9
Everything was quite which was how Ron liked it, most likely everyone in the Possible house was still asleep. He didn't want to get up, but he knew it was only a matter of time till it happened, his ears were already starting to pick up the tell tale non-human signs of life in the house. After fighting for what was probably 2 or 3 minutes he opened his eyes, what should have been darkness to the rest of the inhabitants was clear as day light to the cat-man. A quick glance towards the clock told him the rest of the house wouldn't be up for another 2 hours yet, plenty of time to get under way with his plan.
'good thing it's Saturday'
Kim came to consciousness with the smell of sugar in the air. 'Mom must be making breakfast' she thought still half asleep.
"Time to wake up Kim" as a hand shock Kim's lower back.
At first Kim, still half in dream land, thought it was her mom, but the hand felt to small, the voice off some how the touch more forceful. Conformation came a moment later as her blanket was torn off her and a searing cold was applied to the back of her neck. Kim leapt into the air landing on her bed ready to attack the assailant in front of her.
'What the hell is the miserable little tram..' she though till the cob webs were sweep way and she remembered the she was sharing her room with the alter universe Bonnie.
Rubbing the back of her now cold neck, "Nice wake up call remind me to return the favor before you leave," unable to stay made at the smiling face before her and the smell of food coming from floors' her.
"Come on Red we don't get a move on there's not going to be anything left," as bonnie tossed Kim a Rob and headed down stairs
Kim wasted no time tying the pink and green rob on and following the fully dressed Bonnie down the stairs, eager to see what smelled so good. She could smell the food long before she saw it, sugar and grease, maple surpass and chocolate, bacon and pancakes, and some smells she couldn't identify. Someone in the house was going to a lot of work and she doubted it was her parents. A thought confirmed when she found her family and her Ron gathered in the living room in various stages of being dressed. It wasn't hard to put 2 and 2 together.
"Ron you made us breakfast, to what do we owe the pleasure?" walking up to her partner
"Wish I could take the credit, but it's not me"
"If not you then.." turning to look at Bonnie who had her hear stuck in the kitchen.
The elder female possible fielded the hanging thought "We're nervous to Kimmie, but I'm not going to tell him to get out."
"A mutant is cooking us breakfast how cool is this, I bet it's fresh squirrel and mouse"
"Or maybe road kill"
"I can not be related to the 2 of you" as Kim rolled her eyes at her brother disgusting comments, though she to had thought the same thing about the menu when she heard Cat-Ron was cooking.
'Rock pulled her head out of the kitchen and was followed by the Cougar-Tiger-Human mix in a long sleeved shirt, that belonged to her Ron, and apron, and rubber gloves.
"Ladies and Gentlemen," his deeper voice still showing traces of the Ron she grew up with, "I present to you a dining experience the likes of which you have never experienced before, and I mean that in a good. A thank you from 'Rock and myself to for letting us invade your home and lives. And before you ask, yes it's all safe to eat, and you might not want to ask what anything is till you've tried it." Laughing a bit as the 2moved to either side to the door way a motioned them inside.
Hesitant but unwilling to insult the par Kim moved towards the door and was knocked aside by her brothers as the rushed in to see if their imaginations were on par with the felo-sapines creations. By the time Kim and Ron saw the food the tweebs each had a plate full of various items from the plethora sitting on the table. Some items were identifiable looking like pancakes and Bacon and various sauces, while something vaguely like a stew, though green sat next to it. Inspired by her brothers not collapsing as the shoved food into their mouths the 4 joined them, though each took it a bit slower, followed shortly by Bonnie who grabbed a bowl of the green stew.
To everyone surprise it was not only edible, but incredible, 'Cooking skill must transcend realities' ran through the minds of the 6 in one form or another, and soon, everything even the surpassingly sweet stew was gone, as the cat just lent on the counter a smile on his muzzle.
"I'm gunna take it everything was acceptable?"
Replied of yes came form those assembled in one form or another, except from the tweebs.
"We wanted something weird" Jim complained
"Yeah slime was cool, but we wanted something really sick" his twin added
"You think the 'slime' was weird huh? Guys that was just oatmeal cooked in orange and apple juice, 3 melted candy bars and a lot of green food coloring."
Sighs of relief where emitted from the elder 4 and groans from the younger 2, and a grin from bonnie
"Come with me boys" as the cat a twins left the room letting the other talk as 'Rock's grin grew larger, making Kim worry.
"What was the rest of it?"
All eyes turned to Bonnie
"NO WAY"
"YOO HOO"
All eyes jerked away from Bonnie, but she answered them, "nothing you can't get at a super market, but play along with the boys." She barley finished as the twins ran it
"IT'S PIGEON, WE ATE PIGEON!" Ron just grinned form the door way
It took another half hour but they managed to get the twins calmed down, the kitchen back in order and the dishes mostly washed. Between that and other odds and ends it wasn't till 10:00 that the 4 were ready to spend their last full day together.
"So Wades sure we'll be leaving on tomorrow at noon?" the now Hologrammed Ron asked, not for the first time that day
"26 hours and counting kitty-cat, cool you jets and enjoy what time we have."
"So you 2 have anything else planned I need to know about?" Kim asked a bit warily.
A sly grin appeared on 'Rock's lips, "One more thing, but it comes later and it is a surprise."
"As long as it isn't my twin catching lunch. I still say some of that meat was to fresh." glaring daggers at the self admitted predator.
"You keep believing that, but it's not true."
"I can't believe we didn't find hair in the food"
"What can I say I had a lot of time to practice."
"Yeah yeah time to screw with my twins life, lets go shopping cats and kittens, yeah" as Bonnie half skipped in the direction of the mall.
It didn't take Kim long to catch up, "your enjoying this way to much you know that?"
"Not like I'm going to be here tomorrow to see the after effects, and its not like I'm going to do anything illegal, I'm just going to make the next few days very confusing for her at school." Looking over her shoulder, "hurry up pack mules, I'm gunna need that muscle by days end, and I'm not gunna have you 2 slinking off." As the twin Rons'' caught up, a little apprehensive about what the day might hold.
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After 4 hours at the mall, Bonnie had systematically made her twins life very difficult. She ended up flirting with a 3 guys at various parts of the mall, all in eye shot of various people from school. Nothing serious, just enough to get the rumor mill flowing, but hardly anything that couldn't get white washed with a little effort, and she paled around with Kim at the food court in clear site of Josh Mankey and a few of his friends, laughing out loud at Kim's jokes, adding one more thing the other Rockweller would have to explain on Monday. Jokes that caught the eyes and ears of another mall patron.
She didn't even bother asking why, Monique grabbed Kim pulled her out of the chair pulling her into a near by crevice.
"Do not tell me this is another cheerleader thing Kim, what is up with the 2 of you? No way your that good of an actress. If this is your idea of a joke it's not funny"
"Mon listen"
"No, no 'listen', I want the truth I thought we were friends, if you like her fine, but don't keep me in the dark."
"You remember what I told you red?" This freaked Monique out a bit, she hadn't even had a clue Bonnie was behind her.
"Yes, and I don't think she's the same person"
"Kim this is a little creepy, why are you 2 talking like that?" fear rising in her voice
"OK Red, I'll follow your lead," pulling Monique further into the crevice, as Bonnie and Kim gave her the quick version of the last few days.
"This on the up and up?"
"Completely Mon"
"Well that explains a few things about Ron this week."
"You and Ron think we can bring one more on this little mystery adventure you have planned?"
"Well we were going to track down Bigfoot, but we can figure out something else, yeah sure, if you can over look the problems you have with my counter park, I can over look I have with hers', though I can't speak for Ron."
"So is that a no?"
"Better check," Bonnie pulled out her comm. and called Ron, his voice though not his voice pouring though
"What's up 'Rock?"
Monique trotted off to try and get the day off.
"Looks like we have a 5th for tonight, try and keep you head, but it's Monique" She really hoped the next thing out of his mouth wasn't a string of curses and death threats.
"She there?" his voice deadly calm
"Yes"
"What do you think"
"Red says she's not the same as ours, I'm inclined to believe her"
"Is she listening?"
"Yes"
"I'll keep my claws in, but you cross me, and I will be the think of your nightmares" and his comm. cut off.
"That was "
"I'll explain it to you as we go, but try and keep an open mind." Kim told her solemnly as the 3 went to Club Banana as Kim explained the actions of 'Rock's Monique as best she could.
Ron slid his comm. back into his coat and turned back to his twin who was letting some else have a go at the video game machine they'd been teaming on.
"Problem?"
"No, well I hope not, never mind, I'm not letting anything ruin this day. So now what partner, maybe lunch?"
"I'm not taking you back by the pet shop."
"Funny, but you can't tell me watching all those animals going nuts wasn't a little funny. Well we can always go to the sword shop," giving his twin a knowing grin.
"Don't kid about that, please. Yeah lets grab some lunch, I think they're putting in a Bueno Nacho Express in the food court."
"Yeah gotta keep those royalty checks coming."
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And hour and a half later the 5 were at the park, and spent most of the day there, filling Monique in on all the details in more detail, and giving her a eye full of the cat-Ron's real body.
"I swear I'm not like that, I swear, I know we don't see eye to eye on everything Ron, but I love hanging out with you Ron, you know that right?" Ron could see the pleading in Monique's chocolate eyes.
"I never really doubted Mon, course I never thought I'd meet myself either"
"Ron" half annoyed half pleading
"I know we're friends Mon, and I know it's not just because of Kim", Ron was a bit shocked when Monique hugged him, but returned the favor after the shock wore off.
Ron and 'Rock watched from across the park
"You believe her?"
"I believed mine when she told the same thing to Kim, and look where it got me 'Rock. I really don't know anymore, I want to believe, but I'm not sure. She doesn't have that air of contempt around her when she gets near me, er him, I want o believe," shaking his head as it dropped.
'Rock placed her hand under his chin and gently lifted it so they were looking into each other eyes, smiling at him. That alone said more to him than any words, as he turned his back to his twin and Monque put his ram around 'Rock and the 2 walked off to where Kim was to talk and try and eat up some more time, till they could spring their plan on the 3.
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After the park the 5 ended up walking around Middelton, seemingly randomly to the natives of this reality but the other 2 knew exactly where they where going, or at least hoped they did. By 5:30, the 3 were becoming tired, and a bit aggravated at not knowing what the 2 had planed. 'Rock was about to give in to their demands to either tell them where they were going or to go home, when Ron finally picked up the familiar scents and sounds of the location.
From the out side the building looked old and a bit beat up, and he still remembered having heard tales that it was a crack house. It wasn't till after his transformation that he realized what it was and after figuring out how to get in, he had eventually brought Kim and later Bonnie here, now he hoped he could pull off the same miracle here.
Ron knocked on the door and watched the trap door slide open revealing 2 eyes
"Pass word" the voice deep and intimidating as his own, though with out the feral under tone
Ron slipped his hand up to his clocked collar to turn off the vocal synthesizer, "Open the door before I tear you nose off and feed it to you." This turned him wide eyed stares from the other 3, who had been releasing fear into the air since they approached the building. A few seconds passed, but the door opened.
The man behind the door was by no means as impressive as he sounded, for all intents and proposes he seemed like a normal person.
"Haven't seen you here before, you know the rules?"
"Keep it civil," Ron answered
"Keep the alcohol to a minimum," From 'Rock
"The management has the right to toss your carcass out for any reason," Ron finished
"Good" giving them a smile as he let the 5 walk down the long hallway behind him.
To the others it was eerily silent, but to Ron's feline ears and nose, to was inviting. He wasn't shocked when they came to another door, large and black.
As Ron prepared to open it 'Rock turned to them, "well here we go, and please remember the rules."
The others were shocked as Ron forced the door open and they were assaulted not by the smell of drugs, but by music and laughter. It was a Kariokee bar, a rather high end one with large leather booths and polished tables, the age range seemed to mix from junior high to people in their 60's. A few turned to look at them, but turned back after observing the new meat and judging them not to be a potential source of trouble. Ron saw an empty both and guided the group over to it. From there they could see the stage, it was nice, several microphone stands stood along the back, speaker arranged here and there, along with a screen to read the lyrics, and the back wall had various instruments
"I always thought..," Ron began
"this place was a crack house? Yeah so did I, till the mutation," his twin finished
"This is way cool" was all Monique could say
"This stays between us," Bonnie ordered as the other turned their eyes to her, "this place is a heaven from the rest of the world, a place to go to find peace. In our reality this place worked hard to keep itself isolated from the rest of the world, in order to keep the wrong kind of people out. I can only assume the same it true here."
"What do you mean wrong people this isn't some kind of elitist place is it?" making Kim uneasy at the prospect.
"No, not really, lets face it, a lot of people can be pains in the ass, this place keeps those people out, and lets people that can follow the in. This place is a trust, its knowledge is passed only to those that prove they can be trusted with it. A place to come and relax with out fear of reprisal or ridicule." And funny Smile appeared on Ron's lips at the last line of his speech.
It was at that point that a waiter asked for their drinks and left to fill the order.
"So how did you find out about this place, was it some kind of thank you?" Kim asked a bit full of her self at the prospect.
Ron tapped his hologram covered nose, "that lead me here, a little time watching to get the pass word, after I got in, I invited Kim and late 'Rock here. It's pretty much out cool down place after jobs ever since."
The drinks came, and the five shifted between talking and listening to the people sing. Kim tired to get Monique to sing with no luck, and Ron did the same to Kim with the same results.
About an hour past and Ron and 'Rock excused themselves from the table. After a few minutes the 3 began to worry, till Kim caught sight Cat-Ron on the stage a guitar in hand sitting on a stool, tuning the interment, and began to play a tune and sing in his feline voice
In the middle of late last night I was sitting on a curb
I didn't know what about but I was feeling quite disturbed
Street sweeper came whistling by, he was bouncing every step
It seemed strange how could he felt, so I asked him why he swept
He said it's my job to be cleaning up this mess,
and that's enough reason to go for me,
it's my job, to be better than the best, and that makes the day for me
He continued to play the tune, but were some what surprised when "Rock came up next to him and took the next verse
Got an uncle that owns a bank he's a self made millionaire
Never had no one to thank never had no one to care
He always seemed kind of sad to me, and I asked him why that was
And he told me it's because, in my contract is this clause
He said It's my job, to be worried half to death,
and that's the thing people respect in me,
it's my job, but with out I'd be less than what I expect from me
Then they began swapping lyrics first Ron then Rock and so forth
Well I've been lazy most all my life, writing songs that sleep for days
and any manual labor I've done is purely by mistake
Street sweeper can smile and I've got no right to feel up set
Some times I still forget, till the lights go on, and the stage is set, and the song gets on, and you feel the sweat
They ended it by singing in harmony
It's my job, to be different than the rest, and that's enough reason to go for me
It's my job, to be better than the best, and that's a tough break for me
It's my job, to be cleaning up this mess, and that's enough reason to go for me,
It's my job, to be better than the rest and that makes the day for me
When they were done, almost everyone in the room began applauding, the 2 smiled bowed and returned back stage, emerged after a few moments sans equipment. The 3 were speechless
"What I told you I won the Talent contest for singing, guess I forgot to mention Ron was my accompaniment, well he was" 'Rock stated matted of faculty.
After a while the 3 just let it go, unable to form the words for what they had seen. It also put an end to the night as Monique had to leave shortly after, to meet her mother for a prior engagement.
A hunger eventually over took both Ron's leading the 4 to leave and head back to the Possible residence. Ron ended up staying the night as the 4 camped out in the living room, going over stories of past missions, and at Ron's continued insistence his feline counter parts adventures with AAME and her mutants. The 4 didn't drift off to the realm of dreams till around 4 am.
When the alarm went off 4 hours later no one was really happy, and for a time they all considered forgetting about it and trying to go home a few hours later. But Wade had been very rather instant, there was a specific window of time to leave, if they missed it, it would be another 3 days till they could try again, and that was not something either Ron and 'Rock was willing to shoot for. So the 4 pulled them selves together and readied themselves for a trip to the Global Justice lab.
"So they are sending us a ride right?" Ron was looking down the road, "I mean they didn't tell us where this lab was."
"Well Wade hasn't called with the location, so I'm assuming, maybe they expect Ron to lead us there with his nose."
"I'm not a blood hound KP" with more than a little aggravation in his voice glaring at her. He was about to pull out back a better come back, when his ears perked up at a familiar sound, the unmistakable roar of a GJ car.
Half an hour later they stood in the GJ lab along side several dozen GJ personnel, some working on various control panels others guarding the 2 prisoners. Not that they needed to, Shego and Darkken were heavily sedated to ensure easier travel.
"Damn it, I was hoping to mess with Darken a little before we left, " the no longer cloaked Ron mockingly shook his head.
"Cheer up partner, always next time." as 'Rock wrapped her arm around his shoulder in moch support.
"Excuse me," the voice came from a man in 40's in a lab coat, "you are the other passengers correct?"
"You see another mutant be escorted by a very number here?"
'"Rock's way to wound up today' was all Ron could think a bit embarrassed by his partners attitude
Flipping over some papers on his clip board, "Yes well, there are some things we need to go over before you leave. All models indicate when you exit it you won't be in this location, and you'll most likely be separated when you arrive. It's advised that you don't have an physical contact with each other when you enter, we can't be sure what will happen," he continued flipping papers, "than appears to be it."
"Great 20 bucks says I end up in the sewer again" shaking his head
"Everything should be set up in 10 minutes, through that door, " pointing behind him, "is the Trans spectral harmonic generator, you'll need to be in there when its activated, everything in the room, minus the machine will be sent, in theory to your reality."
'Rock's eyes got big at that last part, "IN THEORY, what do you mean in theory, I don't want o end up on some earth with dinosaurs, or turned inside out, tell me it'll work or no deal!"
"It should get you home, its set to send you to the same natural harmonic frequency as the 2 of you and your prisoners are emitting. The numbers support this working, but this is the machines maiden voyage so we have no proof data to compare it to."
"Wonderful, miss sci-fi, what do your shows say about this?" as the cat looked at his partner.
"Walk in, brace your self and pray this isn't the season finale"
"So we go in then."
"That's what I said kitty-cat," turning towards the others, "well It's been fun, Red tack care of our partner, he might surprise you one day. Ron keep her butt safe, I might not be there to back you up if you don't."
"I will"
"Of course" as Kim put an arm on her Ron's' shoulder, before turning to the cat-man, liquid forming at the corners of his eyes. She gently stroked his cheek, "Take care, and don't worry, you'll me, her, I've seen you work, I don't doubt that you'll piece everything together." Turning to 'Rock, "but just the same keep an eye on him, he needs some one to keep him from doing something stupid."
"Thanks sis" as he hugged the red head making her blush.
"You sure you don't want to leave those 2 here" as the human Ron nodded towards the 2 criminals.
"I'd love to, but I can't do it to you Ronnie, they have to come with us. Beside I'd be boring with out them." just a hint of a smile on "Rocks lips.
"Give your brothers and Rufus a hug for us, and pray to what every deity you believe it, we'll need all the luck we can get" As the furry Ron shock his twins hand a headed towards the door way, followed by 2 guards with Shego and Darken.
"Ditto that for me guys, take care, and remember everything I said. And don't forget, laugh your ass off when you see my twin trying to do the 2 step around everything we did." waving as she side stepped the leaving guards and disappeared behind the door as it swished shut behind them.
In harmony, "good luck guys"
All around them the technicians went to work, lights started flashing, and a defining roar began to permeate the room, and then it stopped. The slid open and it was empty save for the trans spectral harmonic generator.
"So it worked?" Ron asked
"I hope so, then tech told them, "I hope so."