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Kim Possible & Gundam Wing:

Silent Wars

Chapter 6: Refuge in a Kingdom

000

It was the bitterest defeat any of them had ever faced. They knew the kind of power that the Gundam Epyon had from what Treize Kushrinada had designed. No one had ever counted on the reality to be much worse than what was on paper. Heero Yuy once asked Trieze if he felt that he had built a God when he created the Epyon. Kim Possible asked a counter question of whether it was a God or the Devil himself that Treize created. It all seemed hopeless to try and defeat a suit with such abilities as well as an evil pilot as Shego. How could any of the Gundams or even the great Kim Possible beat something of such magnitude?

That was when Quatre made the command to fall back to a place of refuge. A place where the Gundams could recover their strength, rebuild their mobile suits and rethink their plans. The Gundams all had lost their spirit in fighting but they knew that the orders had to be followed. It wouldn't do any of them any good to stay in the Antarctic. The place of refuge was the Sank Kingdom.

At first, Kim Possible was truly broken by the defeat made by Shego. Then again, she was the only one who could even come closer to her. No one else could do it, except her. Even with all that training Shego had beaten her. That was the most disappointing part to Kim, she had given it 140 percent and still Shego had beaten her. She wanted revenge for her wounded pride, but it wasn't the time for revenge, it was time to heal.

The day was warm and sunny when the Gundams had arrived at the Sank Kingdom. The sky was remarkably blue with the clouds just the right shade of white. The birds that flew overhead chirped cheerfully, it seemed that even nature itself around this place was welcoming the Gundams. The cheerfulness of this Kingdom seemed to brighten Kim just a tad, and even Ron who had bad summer camp memories was enjoying this. They stopped to admire the beauty when they were climbing the steps of the St. Gabriel Institute, the main office building of the Sank Kingdom, as well as a school of pacifism. Soon Ron and Kim caught up with the other Gundams as they walked to the institute.

At the top of the stony steps Kim and Ron were met with the sights of boys and girls in school uniforms. This was quite an odd sight or them to see since at their school there were no school uniforms because of the argument of individuality. However, when looked at from a certain point of view they were wearing uniforms except they were from Club Banana. Among the boys and girls in uniforms there was on there that was waiting for them. It was a young girl in a similar school uniform but with a white jacket. She had the kindest blue eyes as well as long dirty blonde hair that came down to her waist.

All of the Gundams began to bow to the girl in the white jacket as if she was some member of royalty. Kim was thinking the same thing, since she had her own experience from dealing with Prince Wally of the Roddegan Kingdom. She didn't realize that she had hit the bulls-eye in thinking that.

"Princess Relena." Quatre bowed

"Princess?" Kim asked. She looked at the girl and thought to herself that this princess must be no older than she must and she's a princess? It was incredible, but then remembering back to Prince Wally, she wondered if this princess would be a pain in the ass like Wally.

"I don't believe we had the pleasure." Relena stepped forward to Kim and Ron; "I'm Princess Relena Dorlin Peacecraft."

Ron immediately got down on one knee to the princess; "You're majesty." He began to giggle on the inside, you're majesty, how cool is that? When Ron looked up at the princess he began to feel funny on the inside. It was the feeling of butterflies swirling in a mad dance in the pit of his stomach. He had this feeling before a few times in his life but nothing quite this potent and it all started with just a simple glance. He wanted to do things, such silly little things; he wanted to climb the creeping vines of some medieval castle to bring Princess Relena a single rose. He wanted to climb to the highest building and sing at the top of his lungs, but he knew that he'd make a bigger fool of himself than ever, so he kept still.

"You're majesty." Kim bowed. She did it out of respect, plus from what she's seen at first with this princess she didn't seem stuck up or condescending. Kim was a woman of tolerance, but there was only so much that she could tolerate.

"I have heard of you from the Preventer reports," Relena stated. "You must be Kim Possible the teenage mercenary for hire. And this must be your partner, Ron Stoppable."

Just then, Ron's pet came out onto his shoulder and took his own bow to the Princess.

"And you must be Rufus." Relena bent over to pet the bowing naked mole rat. She stood back up; "I welcome all of you here to the Sank Kingdom. You should know that among my supporters has been the Rodeghan nation that you saved."

"Rodeghan?" Kim said to herself, "Oh yes, Prince Wally."

How could she forget Prince Wally? The uptight aristocrat who thought that the entire world could revolve around him, but that changed when Kim came into the picture. It was during that time that Kim was running for class president, but Wally had "thrown his crown into the race". Of course, Wally won and served out his year, and it was during that year that his father the King was supporting the Sank Kingdom.

"Thank you again." Quatre smiled, "For allowing us to stay here in this nation."

Relena shook her head, "After the support my nation had received from you and other nations, I have a lot to owe you."

Kim Possible smirked, it sounded so much like the thanks and praises that she would get from past acquaintances. The past missions that she did in saving people from the most horrible of predicaments. She was so used to hearing it from others to her but not like this.

"By the way," Quatre added, "Happy Birthday."

"Thank you, Quatre." Relena smiled, "There is to be a party tonight here at the institute. All of you are invited. Formal dress will be provided to you."

"Formal dress?" Kim thought, "I've never been to a formal party."

Later that day, Kim and Ron were in the dinning room of the St. Gabriel Institute. It wasn't exactly called a cafeteria at least by the connotation that Kim and Ron were used to. The idea of a cafeteria or an eating area in a school was having linoleum floors, fluorescent lighting, and lines for substandard food. This was different; the dinning room of the St. Gabriel Institute had carpeted floors, sheik tables, elegant chairs, and waiters in tuxedos going from table to table. Everything about this institute, which was actually a fancy title for a school, was wonderful for Kim and Ron.

Though there was one uncomfortable part that they had to deal with, the school uniforms. Kim had to wear a Victorian style dress that came right down to her ankles, it made her feel like something out of an Anne of Green Gables novel. Ron on the other hand had to wear a suit that made him feel special, like a million bucks, though he was uncomfortable with it at first. That was quickly forgotten when they made their order.

Ron looked at Kim seeing some kind of trouble in her eyes. Then again, Ron had been around Kim for so long that he could tell what Kim is thinking either by a look or simply by a feeling. He had to ask.

"What's wrong, Kim?" He asked

Kim fidgeted in her seat, "This uniform really is uncomfortable, I feel like I'm wearing a few pounds worth of underwear."

"I'm not talking about that, KP. It's something else isn't it?"

Kim couldn't hide it, "It's about the dance tonight, I've never been to a formal dance before. The closest thing was with Josh."

"Yeah, and I had to spend it locked up in a closet."

"I am sorry about that, Ron." Kim apologized with a great sincerity; "but I still have no idea what to wear at a formal dance."

"They said that they'd provide dress for all of us, but you know I really like it here."

"Except for this uniform." Kim said with frustration as she continued to fidget in her seat straightening out her dress.

"Excuse me." A voice came out of nowhere.

Kim, Ron and Rufus who jumped out onto the table looked in the direction of the voice. It sounded like a woman's but the sound and tone in that voice seemed sinister in a way. Almost like Shego's but it wasn't her. They looked to find a young girl standing next to their table. She had long, long blonde hair that came down to the tops of her legs. She had menacingly blue eyes the kind of blue that looked icy. They also had a stare that made Ron, Kim and Rufus shiver all over like feeling a cold breeze from a nearby window. Crowning those eyes were the oddest of eyebrows that they had ever seen, forked like V's lying on their sides. It added to the menacing look that this young girl gave off.

"My name is Dorothy Catalonia." She said, "I am a direct relative of the head of the Romafeller foundation."

"And that relates to me how?" Kim thought. She didn't want to say that to this girl's face, because she really didn't want to be rude. So she simply extended the same pleasantry.

"My name is Kim Possible." She said, "and this is my partner, Ron Stoppable."

"I've heard of the work you do." Dorothy mentioned looking down at Kim with those pale blue eyes, "it really is quite impressive. Though I do think that you're amateur since most of the enemies you fought escaped."

That really pushed it, Kim had been called an amateur before, others had even challenged her back at Middleton High. She knew how to deal with this, now that she made the connection, Dorothy Catalonia reminded Kim of her co-cheerleader, Bonnie. The same uptight, holier than thou, better than you attitude. It was this attitude that annoyed Kim quite a lot, she had to rise to the challenge of this girl.

"I'd like to see you try the work I do." Kim said, "I don't see you risking your neck for others like I did. That's what I think, you're just sitting behind safe boundaries on your cushioned powdered ass while the rest of us actually risk our lives."

Kim felt so proud of herself that she had knocked down this girl without even trying really hard. She felt the kind of pride when she saw Bonnie's face when she told her about the kind of responsibilities a cheerleading squad captain had to perform. Especially after all the hard work that Bonnie put in to try and become captain. Then she found out that the hard work was only beginning, then Kim estimated that Bonnie would only last two weeks before cracking under the responsibility. She was wrong, Bonnie had quit only after a few days and Kim felt that same kind of pride when she knocked Dorothy Catalonia down, the snobbish girl.

"I'm impressed by your reaction, Ms. Possible." Dorothy said, "but your still an amateur who can't kill their enemies when needed."

Kim didn't look, but she heard a great slap, like two pieces of raw meat hitting each other with great speed. She snapped her view over to where the sound came from, she saw Ron Stoppable standing on his feet with his hand in a position that suggested he had already done his task. She then looked to Dorothy who was holding her hand to her face. Her icy blue shivering stare now turned into something that Kim never expected, surprise. Kim connected the dots, Ron Stoppable a boy who was shy around women had slapped Dorothy Catalonia.

"Kim has done more for anyone in her own lifetime than you ever gave consideration." Ron stated, "I think you're an amateur for trying to tell her what to do when you're doing nothing. I can't stand your arrogance."

Kim had never heard such touching and eloquent words coming from Ron Stoppable. It was as if he was possessed by something that wasn't Ron, or maybe it was a part of Ron that Kim had never seen. She felt a sense of pride knowing that she had someone like Ron who was there to back her up in times of need. She watched Dorothy waddling off with her hand still at her face and saw Ron come back down to his seat with a serious look in his face. It wasn't that feigning seriousness that Kim would normally see, it was purely genuine. She had a feeling that Ron was trying to defend Kim's pride or honor by what he did.

"Can you believe her?" Ron asked with his eyes ablaze and head shaking.

Kim could only smile in knowing that her best friend was there always to back her up.

To be continued…