"Leaving on a Jet Plane"
"Ronald, there will be no hanky panky on my ship."
Both Kim and Ron turned bright red. "Daddy!"
Fredrick started typing on his wrist mounted keyboard. "Fredrick happy to see Ron again."
Ron walked over to Fredrick and rubbed the top of his head. "Good to see you again buddy."
"Kimmie, the coordinates have been downloaded to the ship's computer. You're all set to go. Be careful."
Kim, Ron and Fredrick boarded the space jet and took off. Fredrick was piloting the controls. The followed the approach vectors that Wade had downloaded into the ship's computer. As they approached Kim opened the dock doors and elevated the laser cannon from the dock bay. Dr. Drakken's satellite had decayed from its obit slightly and Wade was feeding in the new vectors into the computer. There was a slight problem however. Because of the decaying orbit pieces from the satellite after the laser destroys it might come hurling towards the ship. Fredrick was an accomplished pilot so avoiding them wasn't too big a concern. Fredrick stopped the shuttle the furthest they could remain and still have a clean shot on the satellite. Kim armed the laser and fired on Drakken's satellite. It sustained a direct hit but something unexpected happened. Part of the beam got reflected directly back at the ship. Fredrick had zero time to react. Fredrick initiated a systems wide check and everything came back ok.
They were in touch with Dr. Possible back at the Space Center. Dr. Possible told them they would have to do a spacewalk to check the exterior of the shuttle for damage. Any serious damage would have to be repaired before they could attempt re-entry back into the Earth's atmosphere. They could dock at the space center for repairs if necessary. Mr. Possible was worried but he tried his best to mask it while he talked. Kim knowing her Father all too well could tell he was worried but she assured him they would be fine. Kim and Ron suited up and attached themselves to a safety line that was securely attached to a wench in the shuttle bay. Fredrick operated the wench and Kim and Ron using jet packs propelled themselves out of the docking bay. Ron had some initial difficulty figuring out the controls but he was anchored to Kim so he wasn't in danger of drifting away from the shuttle.
Ron stopped for a second and took in the breathtaking few of the Earth from space. "KP."
"Something the matter Ron?"
"No KP, come over here for a second."
"Ron, we don't have time to play around. We need the check the shuttle for damage."
"KP, this will only take a second. Please?"
"Ok, Ron"
Kim made her way next to Ron. "What is it?"
"Look!" Ron pointed at the magnificent view of the earth. Kim's eyes lit up and a smile sweep across her face. "It's beautiful."
Ron took Kim's hand and said, "Sometimes you got to stop and smell the roses. This is what we fight so hard to protect from the villains."
"Thanks Ron, now let's check and shuttle and go home." Ron followed Kim to the hull of the shuttle and they began to check for damage. The heat shields are super strong designed to withstand the intense heat of the atmosphere during re-entry. They found darkened area where it looks like the laser hit. There appeared to be only a very small amount of damage with some scratching of the outer skin. Kim took out her kimmunicator and scanned the damaged area. She radioed Fredrick and asked him to patch the helmet headset to Wade. She sent Wade the scan from the kimmunicator and he said there was some light damage to the exterior skin but the integrity of the heat shields were still in tact. Wade spoke with Mr. Possible during his analysis and Mr. Possbile concurred the integrity of the outer hull of his ship was still in tact but still he was uncomfortable that his Kimmie-cub would be riding it down back to earth.
Kim and Ron re-entered the cargo bay and closed the outer doors. Once the cargo area was re-pressurized they took off the spacewalk suits and re-joined Fredrick in the cockpit area. Ron looked at his watch. "KP, looks like we are missing the dance."
"Yes, I figured we would." Kim smiled and said, "There will be other dances." Kim noticed Ron had his backpack with him.
"Ron, what's with the backpack?"
Ron smiled and set it down and took out his MP3 player and a battery powered speaker system. He shuffled to the dance mix he had created and pressed play. He stood up straight, bowed and offered his hand to Kim. "May I have this dance?" Kim smiled, curtseyed and took Ron's hand. As Fredrick worked with Wade and Mr. Possible on the re-entry vectors Kim and Ron danced.
Midway through the 4th song, Fredrick let them know they were ready to begin re-entry. Ron put his stuff away and they sat in their chairs and buckled in. Mrs. Possible had come down to the space center when she heard the shuttle got hit by the laser. Mr. Possible was a nervous wreck worrying about his Kimmie-cub. Mrs. Possible reassured her husband. "Honey, you built it using many more layers of shielding than you had to. Kimmie will be fine." The shuttle touched down safely without incident.
