Chapter 7

A Kiss To Build A Dream On

A/N: If you're wondering where I got the name for this chapter, it comes from a song of the same name, sung by Louis Armstrong, now, on with the story.


Kim had been somewhat shaken up by her encounter with Josh Mankey, but not enough to deter her from going with Ron every time he went out on a mission, she had decided to tell Ron exactly what had happened in that hallway, and how Josh had died,

"He pulled a knife on me, Ron, did you think I was going to let him get away with it." Kim said, looking at Ron,

"Yeah, but we can't play judge, jury, and executioner either," Ron replied, looking at Kim, his voice wasn't stern, but had just enough growl to get his point across, "you crushed his ribs, and shattered his sternum, it cut the aorta, causing his heart to stop beating immediately, not to mention the fact that you punctured both lungs."

"I wasn't trying to, Ron," Kim said, the growl in her voice matching Ron's "I got carried away, that's all."

"That was enough, the coroner is furious with the both of us, said something about sending in amateurs to do a pro's job, at least he ruled it as accidental," Ron replied, looking at Kim, his voice was mellower now, and it seemed that he had gotten control of his temper, "you've got to learn control, Kim."

"Do you not trust me to keep control?" Kim asked, it was more of a demand, than a request, ever since that night, Kim had felt,

"I didn't say that," Ron said, now looking at his best friend, "you think I don't trust you."

"Well, that's the way it sounds to me." Kim replied, looking at Ron,

"I never said I didn't KP, I do trust you. Oh, alright, I'll help you, but you're gonna have to trust me now." Ron said, smiling,

"Okay, I can live with that." Kim replied, smiling as she walked up to Ron, entwining her hands around his waist, she leaned into him, and planted a kiss on his lips, Ron instantly melted into it, allowing Kim to lead him into what she had planned,

'Another interesting night, AWESOME!' Ron thought to himself.


By morning, Ron's head was pounding, as though he had too much to drink last night, in the distance, he could hear Kim's voice in his private bathroom,

"Good morning, Ron." Kim said, her voice melodious, and a huge smile on her face,

"What happened last night?" Ron asked,

"You don't remember?" Kim replied, answering his question with a question of her own,

"We didn't . . ." Ron said, not able to finish the sentence,

"Have sex, yeah, we did." Kim said, smiling even wider,

"All from one kiss." Ron said, looking at Kim,

"A kiss to build a dream on." Kim said, now giggling slightly,

"You're a hopeless romantic, Kim." Ron said, now sitting up in bed, the sheets slid down, exposing his well built chest. Kim had to admit it, Ron had filled out in ten years, he had grown up, as well as out,

"Maybe so," Kim said, now sliding over the bed, a wry smile on her face, "but you're not too far behind me, Mr. Stoppable."

"You know, I could stay like this for days, but we've got some work to do." Ron said,

"Like what?" Kim asked, disappointed that Ron had gotten up out of bed,

"Like, we need to debrief Bonnie on what happened last night." Ron replied, now getting into a pair of jeans, and a white t-shirt,

"Casual attire today?" Kim asked, looking at Ron, and grinning, he had decided to abandon the suits he normally wore,

"I need to feel more comfortable for what I have planned for you." Ron said, making the smile on Kim's face fall off like a badly mixed paint job,

"My training begins today." Kim said, astonished that Ron would agree to something like this so soon,

"Did you think I'd not do it, after I agreed that I would?" Ron asked, looking at Kim, her expression was enough of a response for him.


Later that afternoon, at the gym located in The Sanctum:

"C'mon, KP, get it together." Ron said, now picking himself from the floor, having narrowly missed a knife which had been hurled at him by Kim, who was attempting to gain control of the immense power at her disposal,

"Sorry, Ron." Kim replied, looking down at Ron, a sheepish grin on her face, she had been aiming for a target some inches to Ron's right, but almost got Ron instead,

"Concentrate on your target, KP, I know you can do this." Ron said, now taking his place to the right of the target he had set up, Kim once again let the power flow through her, and again, it had the same results, this time, narrowly missing Ron's head by a fraction of an inch,

"Damn, girl, are you trying to scalp me!" Ron said, looking at Kim his eyes wide, he had just been able to dodge out of the knife's way again,

"I'm sorry." Kim said again, Ron was patting his head, trying to see if any hair had been taken off in that last exchange,

"That's enough for now, I think it's time to get home, and . . . oh great." Ron said, looking down at his now glowing ring, Kim's ring was glowing as well,

"What up, Wade?" Ron asked, pulling the screen out of the wall, talking to the rotund African-American on the other end,

"Guess who's in town?" Wade said, smiling,

"Who is it this time?" Ron asked,

"Senor Senior Senior." was the reply, but it came from Kim, not Wade,

"That girl is like having a built in radar," Wade replied, "I can never keep anything from her."

"Where is he, KP?" Ron asked, looking at his best friend, and the woman he had spent last night with,

"You're not going to believe this, Ron, but they're at the space center." Kim said,

"Oh, great, just what we need," Ron said, his shoulders slouching, "let's suit up."


At the Middleton Space Center:

Senor Senior Senior was rifling through blueprints, and classified documents of all kinds, when a bone chilling laugh echoed throughout the room,

"Who are you?" Senor Senior asked, looking,

"Who is who, father?" asked his dim-witted son, Senor Senior Junior,

"Listen, my son." Senor Senior said, looking around, the laugh echoed throughout the room again, but this time, it was it was followed by a voice,

"Senor Senior Senior, nice to beat you." The Shadow said, coming out of nowhere, and landing a punch onto the elder Senior's jaw,

"Where did he come from?" SSJ asked,

"If you only knew, knucklehead." The Shadow said, turning to face the young man, his eerie silver eyes putting the fear of God into his target, but he didn't react fast enough to the man behind him, The Shadow had been sent sprawling by a punch that landed across the back of his head, at that time, another voice echoed throughout the room,

"NOOOOOO!" screamed the woman's voice, it was Kim Possible, who had entered the room just as the elder Senior had hit Ron in the back of the head with his cane, she was by Ron's side in a matter of seconds,

Are you alright?" Kim asked, looking down at The Shadow,

"I'm fine, now, get your head in the game." The Shadow said, standing up, and running after the elder of the two men, while Kim was left to take care of the son,

"You might as well give it up now, Junior, you are so busted." Kim said,

"I don't think so, Kim Possible." Senor Senior Junior said, looking at his long-time foe, and laughing,

"I do." Kim said, her eyes now changing color, a few seconds later, a heavy steel object from a table to his left collided with his head, knocking the young man out.


"Do not come any closer, Shadow, or I will release this toxin, and it will spread throughout the inhabitants of Middleton, poisoning the entire city." Senor Senior said, an evil smile planted on his face,

"The weed of crime bears bitter fruit." came the response, it was at that moment, that a hand came out of nowhere, knocking the vial out of the elder man's hand,

"Looks like your bargaining chip just flew away." The Shadow said, materializing out of thin air in front of his target,

"But you're not going to take me that easily." the elder man said, now preparing to leap from the window sill to the ground ten feet below,

"Are you a fool, you can't make the jump without breaking something." The Shadow said, but before the elder Senior could respond, he felt himself being lifted from the ground, at the end of the room, stood Kim Possible, her eyes glowing the same eerie color as The Shadow,

"Get in here." Kim said, pulling the older man back into the room, and hard against the wall behind her,

"Well played, Kim Possible, well played." the elder Senior said, calling for his son, who didn't show up,

"If you're wondering about your son, he's sleeping like a baby in the next room." Kim said, a smirk on her face, Kim watched, as Ron disappeared from his spot on the ledge, to a place right between her, and Senor Senior Senior,

"Give it up, you're going down for this one." The Shadow said, looking at the man, without warning, the elder Senior pushed Ron out of the way, hoping he could distract the two so he could leave the room, but Kim had beaten him to the punch, she had concentrated on a 55 gallon drum to her right, and lifted it off the ground, but she had forgotten about Ron, who was staggering to his feet, stil between Kim, and her target,

CLANG!

The barrel had hit both men, knocking them both out,

"Oh God," Kim said, looking down at Ron, "oh, God, what have I done?"


CLIFFE ALERT! I'm just so evil to leave you all hanging like that, aren't I, do you want a little peak at the next chapter? You're going to have to wait, and find out what happens to Ron, and whether Kim will ever gain control of her powers. That's all for now, folks, and stay tuned.