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Hi, folks. I must apologize for the tremendous delay in updating this story. A lot of has been going on over the past few weeks. The movie came out and I really needed to complete both the "I am Kim" and "I am Ron" fictions. Also about that time Rich did his "Hey There BadBoy" picture and I ended up doing a number of fictions related to it. Also I had something else was going on and I will talk about it at the end of this chapter. So after a long wait here is Ron, Tara, Kim and Josh in the next part of their adventures together.
Aftermath of Camp Wannaweep – Chapter 13
Dawn seemed to come early that Monday morning for Ron as his mother called. "Ronald, Ronald Stoppable. It is time for you to get up. You have school today."
Ron groaned and rolled over to cover his head with his pillow. Then for some strange reason, he felt a presence in his room. He slowly pulled the pillow off of his head and started to look around. A familiar scent came to his nose. He thought "wait a minute, that scent, I have smelled that scent enough missions to know who that scent belongs to… KP?"
Kim Possible sprang from her hiding place and landed on Ron and started with a vicious Kim Possible Tickle Attack. Ron howled as Kim's hands found his most sensitive tickle spots as she pinned him to the bed. She stopped for a moment as she leaned over and grinned in his ear.
"Tara called me last night and asked me to come over here and make sure you were up and ready for school. Now are you up or do I have to continue?" Kim said laughing grabbing his sides to emphasize her point.
"NO! Please Kim enough, I surrender, I'm up, please get off my back before you break it." Ron moaned.
"Oh, are we accusing someone of weighing too much now?" Kim asked as she grabbed his sides again.
"NO, NO. please no, your weight is perfect, your weight is fine, but after playing tag with that bull some places hurt." Ron said.
Kim got up off of Ron and his bed then turned extending her hand. "Tara gave me the story last night when she called." Kim said. "I've got a question for you. Were you out of your mind taking on a bull like that?"
"No, big KP. He was big, but he was slow and dumb." Ron said then winced as he attempted to stand. "But, I did pull a few muscles along the way."
"You'll be okay, I'm sure. Get some Bueno Nacho in you and you'll be good as new. I've already got some clothes out of that pile for you. Now get dressed. Tara asked me to make sure you were on time, well dressed and ready for school. She would be here but she had to do something for her mom and dad first thing." Kim told Ron with a smile. "I'm going downstairs, if you aren't there in 10 minutes I'll make sure Tara and the whole cheer team knows about the grapple gun and your pants." Ron's eyes grew wide as he grabbed his clothes and ran for his bath. Kim smiled as she turned and joined Mrs. Stoppable in the kitchen. Exactly 8 minutes later Ron came walking in dressed with his backpack.
"Well, right on time, even a little fast" Kim smiled looking at her watch. "Let's head for Bueno Nacho and get something to eat, then head for school."
"Sounds good to me, KP. Will it just be the two of us for breakfast or more?" Ron asked.
"Just the two of us this time, besides, we haven't had time to talk for a few of days. I've missed my partner." Kim said with a smile.
"Booyah, Kim, let's ROLL"
Bueno Nacho
Kim had gotten a small burrito and water while Ron got this favorite breakfast burrito combo. They had taken their favorite booth and sat down to eat their meals. Ron took the wrapper off of his burrito and tore off a piece of the burrito and laid it on his tray. "Rufus, time for breakfast."
Rufus bounded out of Ron's pants pocket that was his home and attacked his part of the burrito. Ron picked his portion up started to eat. "So what's up KP? How's your leg, I saw one of Dementor's goons catch you pretty good."
"No big, Ron. It's only just a good bruise. How about you, are you planning to play matador again anytime soon." Kim asked taking a bite of her burrito.
Ron smiled, "Not anytime soon, KP. Who knows, maybe I can use some of those same moves on Shego. So what's going on? Anything I need to know about."
"Yeah, like everyone at school knows about that mission and I don't mean this last one." Kim said quietly.
"Oh boy, how did that come out." Ron asked with raised eyebrows.
"Well, after we participated in the memorial ceremony for Tara's brother there were a lot of questions about how we received our medals and GJ thought it was best for all to release the information and not try to keep it secret." Kim said. "They gave a full report, full injuries, how much time we were out, time in ICU and everything. They put in full copies of the letters of commendation and everything."
"Everything?" Ron asked his eyebrows raised.
"Well, not everything" Kim said blushing. "Even we didn't tell them everything that happened. But they knew, apparently a nurse over heard us discuss certain parts of our report that we were going to leave out."
"Oh? And?" Ron asked.
"Dr. Director wrote a report, she had a copy sent to me when the report of our mission was made public. Her report is a part of our files and was not made public. I have a copy for you." Kim said. She reached in her bag and gave the copy to Ron. Ron opened it up and read it. When he finished he folded it up and handed it back to Kim.
"So that's why they let us continue to work together?" Ron asked. Kim nodded. "Dr. Director told me that she didn't think there was anything between us, and if there ever was or would be it was our business, nor hers or any one else's". Ron nodded.
"Well, it had to come out about that mission sooner or later. How did Josh handle it?" Ron asked looking at Kim.
"He wants to talk to you." Kim said quietly. "He wants to hear the story from you."
"Can do KP. First opportunity I have." Ron told Kim as he finished his food.
"Thanks Ron, let's get to school."
Middleton High
Ron pulled his car into a parking space on the edge of the student lot at Middleton High. He and Kim got out, picked up their bags and headed for the school. The sun was shining brightly as they got closer to the school building they saw Tara and Josh waiting for them. Ron walked up to Tara and Kim headed for Josh. The two couples greeted each other with a quick kiss as they scanned the area for the ever-vigilant Mr. Barkin, who would put them all in detention for violation of the PDA policy.
Tara took Ron's arm as Kim took Josh's and the two couples headed into the school for the school day. Kim and Ron both noticed the stares, the whispers and pointed fingers. "Ho boy, I can tell that this is going to be interesting day." whispered Ron. Tara clung tightly to his arm. "Ron, I am proud of you. It's just that everyone always thought that nothing happened to you on your missions. I mean you always came back okay. Now they know the truth."
"I second that." said Josh. "Ron, when you can, I'd appreciate having a little talk."
"No big, Josh, how about this afternoon after cheer practice." Ron asked.
"Sounds good to me." Josh nodded.
The four teens entered the school and headed for their lockers. The four of them stopped and stared at Kim and Ron's lockers that were side by side as they had always been. Flowers, cards, ribbons, and notes adorned the fronts of the lockers. Across the both of them was a simple sign. "THANKS". Ron opened one of the notes and stared at it for awhile, then handed it to Kim. She took it and started to read. The first thing she noticed was the pictures of gravestones all over the page. Across the center of the page was a message. "Kim, Ron, too bad they missed. Maybe Drakken and Shego will have better luck next time." All the students in the hall were passing by as if nothing was there. Kim stood with silent tears in her eyes as Ron put his hand on her shoulder. "Who have we hurt so bad that they would wish us dead?" Kim said as she crumbled the note, Ron reached over and took it from her and gave it to Rufus. "Rufus, Shred" Rufus saw the anger in Ron's eyes. Rufus could not read, but he knew what ever was said on the note had hurt the two most important people in his life. He tore the paper to shreds in seconds. The two teens stepped up to their lockers and cleaned the off only enough so they could open them. They got what they needed and joining Tara and Josh headed for their first classes of the day.
Cheer Practice
Kim was leading the cheerleaders through their paces practicing some pyramids and other formations.
"Why do you have to be on top and not me?" shrilled Bonnie at Kim. "I can get up there better than you."
"Because of weight Bonnie and you know it." yelled Kim. "With this formation the lightest two have to be on top. The lightest two are Tara and I. You want top of the stack, get some practice in and lose some weight." Bonnie's face went purple with rage and she stomped off. "OK, everybody, let's take a break. Five minutes."
Later, the team was going through their paces again building the cheer tower. Ron stood to the rear spotting for them and stood ready to catch or break the fall of anyone who fell. Tara had landed in her place and now came time for Kim to jump and land on Tara's shoulders to complete the tower. When the tower was finished, Bonnie and another cheerleader were supposed to cartwheel into position in front of the tower. Bonnie spun into position perfectly, but as Liz came into position she slipped and hit the tower amid many screams the tower fell. Ron moved to try and help. As he stared up he could see the terrified eyes of Kim and Tara coming toward him. They were screaming and reaching for him as he raced forward hoping to place his body under the two girls. He spread his arms and grabbed for the two girls. All three locked eyes as they collided with viscous thuds.
There was screaming and yelling as the other students ran to the site of the accident. The other cheerleaders got up slowly then realized that Kim, Tara and Ron were not moving. Josh, some other students and a couple of the coaches came running including Mr. Barkin. "Okay people, clear the way, make a hole." He ordered.
He surveyed the scene then turned to Sarah one of the uninjured cheerleaders. "Sarah, get to the office, tell them what happened and get them to get the EMT here immediately" She nodded and ran for the office. Barkin turned as the other coaches were moving to help the three downed teens. Ron groaned and moved slightly. "Stoppable, don't move. Lay still son." Barkin ordered.
"Kim, Tara?" Ron asked.
"We don't know Ron." Josh said quietly. "Now don't move, you can be hurt and hurt yourself more it you move."
Tara whimpered. "Tara?" asked Ron. "Tara, be still, let everybody help you."
The EMTs came running in and went to work. Kim and Tara were treated first as Kim had yet to regain consciousness and Tara was barely conscious. Both girls were fitted with collars and strapped to back boards before they were loaded on stretchers. Ron was treated just as fast. Soon all three teens were on the way to the trauma center. Student milled around the accident scene whispering and talking. The janitor came in and started cleaning up all the discarded bandage covers and other items left behind.
Barkin turned to the other cheer team members and asked what happened. All started to speak on one time and Barkin raised his hand to silence them. "One at a time" he said. Liz raised her hand and Barkin nodded to her. "Mr. Barkin, we were practicing the tower. Ron was spotting. Kim had just flipped into position and Bonnie went into place, I was doing my cartwheel when I slipped on something on the floor. When I slipped I fell into the tower causing them to fall. Ron tried to catch both Tara and Kim but they hit him like a ton of bricks."
"What did you slip on?" asked Mr. Barkin.
"Mr. B." said Marcella as she raised her hand.
"Okay, Marcella, did you see what she slipped on?" Mr. Barkin asked.
"Yes, sir, there was some water on the floor. It's dry now but you can still see the water marks and the skid mark where Liz slipped."
"Water, how did water get out here on the floor, aren't all water bottles to be keep off the floor. "
"Yes, sir," said all the cheerleaders.
Liz continued. "We had taken a break, then after the break we went into the tower move. We had cleared the floor right before the break but somehow the water was there after the break."
"Does anybody know how the water got there, Rockwaller! What the heck are you smiling so big for? Three of your team members are hurt, two seriously because of an accident. Do you have something to add?"
"No, Mr. Barkin, I have no idea of what happened." Bonnie said.
"Okay, I will ask everyone here, right now in front of these other coaches, does anyone here know how the water got on the floor where no water should have been?"
"No, sir" everyone said.
"Well, we will see what happened then." Mr. Barkin said.
"What do you mean?" some of the cheerleaders asked.
"Well, a new security system was recently installed along with several closed circuit TV cameras that are recorded. We just happened to be testing the system for the gym today so everything that has happened in the past hour was recorded. I want every one of you to sit right here. I am going to the office and review the tape. If anyone leaves before I return will mean an immediate suspension from the team.
Ten Minutes Later
Mr. Barkin came walking quickly back into the gym. All of the cheerleaders had jumped because he had hit the door to the gym so hard they thought the door would come off its hinges. When they looked up they saw that his face was beet red. They knew that this was a really bad sign. Barkin walked past all of them and stood in front of Bonnie, who was sitting with her head bowed.
"Miss Rockwaller, I will give you one more chance to redeem yourself. How did the water get on the floor?" Barkin demanded.
Bonnie started to speak. "I was so mad at Kim because I wanted to be on the top. I was walking on the floor drinking from my water bottle. I knew I wasn't supposed to but I was so mad at Kim I didn't care. Then Brick came over and I accidentally dropped my water bottle. I picked it up right away, but Kim came in then and started practice again. I hid the bottle behind me and stashed it to the side. I never thought that anyone would get hurt."
"What? Bonnie? You? The other cheerleaders chorused.
Liz jumped over to Bonnie and the other cheerleaders had to restrain her from attacking her. "You, you did this? You wanted to be on top huh! So you spill water on the floor and cause an accident and you let Kim, Ron and Tara get hurt? Do you want to be on top that bad?" She screamed.
"Miss Rockwaller, you are suspended immediately pending a further investigation into the incident. If there is any suspicion that this was done intentionally the repercussions could be serious." Barkin said. "Now get your gear and go to my office. I will be calling your parents." Barkin leaned over and whispered into Bonnie's ear. "I will tell this, Miss Rockwaller, your story doesn't fully fit what I saw on the video, but there is not enough picture to prove anything. Personally. I think you spilt the water intentionally. I don't think you really wanted an accident as serious as you got. So I will be watching closely, you step out of line one time, and you will live to regret it. Do I make myself clear?" Bonnie nodded not saying anything, and then she gathered her equipment and headed for the office.
Middleton Hospital
Ron sat in a wheelchair between two hospital beds watching over his girlfriend and best friend. His head was bandaged, his arm and shoulder were in a cast, and his chest was wrapped. Tara lay in the bed on the left and Kim in the bed on the right. Josh was in the room also and sat next to Kim. He had come straight to the hospital from the school. The door opened and all three sets of parents entered to room. All went to check on their children. Ron tried to stand but Mr. King and Mr. Possible waved at him to sit. Soon the room's attention turned to Ron as Mrs. Possible spoke. "Ron, they told us what you did. You broke Kim and Tara's fall didn't you."
"That's what I was there for Mrs. P." Ron said.
"But Ron, they said you tried to catch both of them and you did." Mr. King said. "You saved Tara again didn't you."
Mr. King glanced at Mr. Possible. "Get used to it Richard. Ron has taken a great liking to your daughter. He has taken care of Kim for a long time now. Now he has two ladies to take care of. I just hope that his body can take the punishment, and speaking of Ron." Mr. Possible crossed the room to Ron.
"Ronald, you did it again. What is it this time son?" Mr. Possible asked.
Mrs. Possible spoke up with a concerned smile. "a broken collarbone and arm, a couple of broken ribs and a rather big cut on his head that required several stitches."
Mrs. King went to give Ron a hug when Ron put up his hand. "Please, Sunny, not now, let my ribs heal a little and you can hug the breath out of me." Ron said. Mrs. King smiled and said. "You got a deal there Ron, and you better be ready."
"It's good to see you here Joshua" Mrs. Possible said.
"Thanks Mrs. Possible" Josh said. "I heard Kim scream and turned to see her and Tara fall. Then I saw my best buddy here do what he does so well, and that is take care of two very special girls no matter the cost to him. I am amazed that he isn't hurt worse. These two girls hit him like a load of bricks. Does anyone know what happened?"
The parents glanced between themselves and Ron smelled a problem. "What?" he asked. The parents jumped at the force of his question. Ron's father placed a hand on his son's shoulder. Partly to calm him and partly to keep him seated. "Ron, son" Mr. Stoppable said. "It was Miss Rockwaller. Apparently she spilled water on the floor, they don't know if it was intentional or an accident."
Ron's face turned purple. All the parents knew this was a bad sign. Mr. Stoppable put a little more force into holding Ron is his seat. Ron had taken a grip on the metal railing of Tara's bed. His hand glowed where he had his grip. Mr. Stoppable spoke. "Ron, not now, takes it easy son. Bonnie will be taken care of. Right now you need to get well and be here for Tara and Kim." All in the room had seen Ron's hand glow in a bluish light that soon faded. When Ron relaxed and let go of the bed railing the occupants of the room stared wide-eyed at the railing that now showed a very visible indentation in the metal in the shape of a handprint. Ron relaxed and nodded. "Okay, but they better keep her away from me or I will not be responsible for my actions."
Later, the parents had left the room to get something to eat leaving Ron and Josh at the bedsides of the two girls. Soon, Tara began to move and her blue eyes opened. Ron instantly stood over her. "Tara, Tara, can you hear me." He asked. Tara's eyes snapped over to see him.
"Ron, oh man my head hurts." She said quietly.
"It's okay Tara, just lie still, you have a concussion." Ron said.
"Tara, its Josh. Thank goodness you are okay. You had us worried there girl" Josh said.
"Josh, you are here? What about Kim?" Tara asked.
"One could get a little rest without all this noise." Growled a recently awakened Kim.
"KIM!" Ron and Josh said together.
"Jinx, you both owe me a soda." Kim said. "Man, I hurt, what happened. Ron did you do what I think you tried to do?" she asked.
Josh smiled as his girlfriend as he took her hand. "He sure did. The crazy nut jumped right under the two of you to break your falls. The docs said it made the difference. You both would have been hurt worse."
"Ron!" both girls said together. "Okay, now you two owe Josh and I a soda" Ron said trying to laugh. Kim and Tara tried to laugh to but none of the three could because they all hurt too much.
"Ron Stoppable, don't you try and make us laugh now, it hurts too much." Tara said.
"You took the words right out of my mouth, Tara." Kim said. "Oh, man, I hurt, what is the damage this time Ron?"
"Well, you both got mild concussions, Tara broke her arm and Kim you broke your leg. Other than that you are ok." Ron said.
"And you Sir Galahad, what happened to you?" asked Tara.
"So not the drama, you two, I'm okay." groused Ron.
"Okay, Ronald, spill or it's grapple and pants time." Kim said.
Josh spoke up. "In Ron's defense, I shall report that Dr. Possible Mrs. Possible, that is told me that Ron has a broken collarbone and arm, a couple of broken ribs and a rather big bump on his head."
"Hmm, Tara these two are starting sticking up for the other. We might need to be careful and watch these two." Kim said giggling.
"OK, you two, both of you need to sleep. The two of us aren't going anywhere." Ron said.
"Well, I think the two of would go to sleep better if we had a good night kiss." Kim said.
"Well" Josh said with a smile. "I think the two of us can take care of that." Ron and Josh each went to each of their loves and presented them with a kiss.
"Josh" Kim said "I need to give Ron something and I hope you don't mind."
Josh smiled and nodded. "No big, Kim, after what he did for you I understand. I owe him a big favor."
"Ron, come here you." Kim said.
Ron came over to Kim. "Bend down here you nut." She ordered and gave him a kiss. "I think now is a good time to talk to Josh" she whispered. Ron nodded.
Ron straightened up and stood over both of his special ladies as they drifted off to sleep. Josh stood with him with his hand on Ron's shoulder. "Ron, my friend we are two very lucky dudes." He said.
"Josh, remember that little talk you wanted to have. I think right now would be a good time." Ron said turning to Josh. Josh nodded and said. "Sounds good to me."
"Let's go over here and sit, so we don't disturb these two lovely ladies." Ron mentioned.
Josh pulled two chairs over to the far side of the room near the window. Then he dimmed all the light except small ones near the two girls' beds. Unknown to them the parents had glanced in and saw that both girls were ok and the four were spending a very important moment together, so they backed out smiling.
Josh helped Ron over to the window in his wheelchair. "You, okay, dude, can I get you anything?
Ron shook his head. "No, man, the pain meds the docs have me on have taken the edge off. Anyway, I'll be alright. I just glad our two ladies are alright." Josh nodded then coughed. "Ron, uhh, Kim said you would tell me what really happened between the two of you on that mission."
Ron sat in the chair as he glanced back to make sure the two girls were back asleep. "Josh, you know that this started at the softball game that summer. Well, this is what happened…." Josh listened as Ron continued to speak into the night as the two girls slept.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I hope that this episode was enjoyable as the others have been. I would like to thank you for all of your support over the last few weeks and months. I have big plans for the four friends coming up.
I know that many of you have seen the picture by Rich Sirois by the name of "The Lotus Bloom" and know by now some of what is going on, for those who don't Rich and I have been working on producing an illustrated KP fanfiction novel. This is a project that the two of us have been working on for some time now. We have a lot of plans for this story and hope that all of you will enjoy it. This story will be set in the time right after the events of StD. There will be old villains and new ones, and there will be new friends and old friends in the story. At this time we are planning a least 4 to 5 pictures per chapter and there may be as many as 30 chapters to tell the whole story. For more information check my author page by clicking on my author name. I will post information on my author page about the story and will provide a link to my yahoo site where you will be able to get a link to the story once it is up and running. Rich and I both hope that all of you will enjoy this story.
