Chapter 2: All is Revealed

A/N: I'm really sorry about how long it took to update. I didn't want to post the next chapter so quickly – I wanted to kinda up the suspense, but then finals took over, and this got pushed aside.
A/N 2: I'm realizing right now that this isn't my best story. I tried to make this chapter better, but it just wouldn't improve. However, I hate to leave a story hanging, so I'll finish it for those who like it. (And if you're one of those people – let me know! This concludes my shameless review plug.)

"How?" Allysin asked.

"Allysin, I don't feel like talking about it here. Can we discuss this later?"

"Sure. Do you wanna go home? I'm not hungry anymore."

"Yeah. But let's take these home. Think Rufus will want a snack?" Ron smiled, thinking of their old dog. They had gotten him when Allysin was little, and Ron named him after his long-gone naked mole rat friend. Allysin had thought the name was funny and liked it. Actually, Rufus the dog had his namesake's love for all things Bueno Nacho, and would indeed enjoy his Naco treat.

SOME TIME LATER
THE STOPPABLE HOME

Allysin rifled through the boxes in the back of Ron's closet; which, due to its large size, was the ideal storage place for a small house without an attic. And it was in this closet that Allysin found a special box. It was unlabeled, as were all the others - Ron's organizational skills left something to be desired. As she was looking for holiday decorations, Allysin peered inside, but decorations were not what she saw inside. Instead, she found a black turtleneck and khaki cargo pants, both neatly folded, and what she saw as an odd-looking handheld computer. She had never seen her father with any of this, and, anyway, it looked like something she could wear. "Hey, Dad?"

"Yeah honey?"

"What's this?" Allysin asked, bringing the box into the kitchen, where Ron was cooking dinner. She set the box down and Ron looked inside. "I was looking for decorations and found this where they normally are." Ron picked the things up and sat down, his eyes taking on a sad look. Picking up on this, Allysin asked, "They were Mom's, weren't they?"

Ron nodded. "I wanted so badly for you to know about your mother, but she and I agreed not to tell you until you were old enough to protect yourself, because if they knew Kim had a daughter…"

Sitting down next to her father, Allysin asked, "Kim? You've never told me her name. You've always referred to her as my mother."

"Yeah. Kim Possible. Greatest hero the world ever knew." Ron proceeded to tell the entire story. "When we were in high school, your mother put together a website that claimed she could do anything. Soon after came requests for rescuing cats from trees and babysitting in amongst requests to stop the villains of the world. She decided to do it, and I decided to help. Her webmaster, Wade, hooked her up with lots of different gadgets, like a hair-dryer grappling hook, and this-" Ron picked up the hand-held computer- "this was her Kimmunicator. Wade always contacted her on it, and he could do lots of stuff through it. We saved the world together lots of times. Sometimes she just wanted a normal life, but then Wade would call her on the Kimmunicator, and we'd go and save the world again. This went on after high school and after college, and while your mother was training for the FBI, and I was working at Bueno Nacho.

"One night, we had been captured by our biggest enemy, Dr Drakken. Sometimes we knew we could thwart Drakken's plans, which were always the stupidest. Even his henchwoman Shego said that sometimes. But this time- I guess Drakken got lucky- it didn't look good. I guess your mother knew it, and was ready to go. I had one of those 'we're gonna die, so I guess I can say this now' moments, and so I told your mother that I couldn't live without her, and I wouldn't die without telling her that I wanted her to marry me. She told me she loved me too, and right then-it was like in a movie-we saw a way out. We beat Drakken that night, and soon after, I kept my promise and proposed properly. Your mother accepted, and a year later, we got married.

"After we got married, your mother decided to retire from the heroine business, because she didn't want to put our family in danger. It was the hardest decision she ever made. About a year later, we had a baby. You, of course. About a month after you were born, Wade came to our door, something he had never done before. He said Drakken was doing something big and asked us our help to stop him one last time. I wanted to go, but your mother said she didn't want to leave you without parents. There was some arguing, but in the end we both went. Drakken was caught by surprise, of course, to see Kim Possible there. He didn't know it, but he had a surprise for us, too. As usual, your mother and Shego fought while I tried to disable Drakken's machine, but Shego had these mechanical gloves that usually shot green rays. This time they changed to a brilliant blue that captured energy. Every move your mother made weakened her, and soon she had no energy left.

"But as Drakken, as always, told your mother his plan before he destroyed her, your mother told me to run and get help. I figured it was part of a plan to free herself and stop Drakken, so I left. I don't know if it was, because as I was going to get help, the building exploded. I ran back, past an injured Drakken, and Shego, and straight to your mother, who was still strapped down. I got her free, and we sat there for a while. Your mother tried to speak, but she couldn't, and I tried to speak, but I couldn't find any words, so we sat there, and I held her as she died. I guess I went into shock, because the next thing I remember is being at her parents' house the next morning, where they were watching you…" Ron trailed off. After a pause, he continued. "At her funeral, Kim was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor you can get."

"Oh, Dad," Allysin felt like crying. And yet, she was proud, too. The greatest heroine in the world was her mother!

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you before, but we decided it was necessary to keep you safe. I have to tell you, too, that you can't say anything about who your mother was to anyone. I won't have them coming after you."

"Who?"

"All of the villains your mother ever fought, who all wanted her dead, and probably threw a party as soon as she was."

"Oh. Okay."

"Promise me you won't say a word."

"Daddy, I promise."

"Thank you."

"Dad?"

"Yeah?"

"Can I keep Mom's things?"

"Yeah. She would probably have wanted you to have them someday."

Allysin gave her dad a hug and left him with his thoughts as she took the box into her room.