Kim Possible and Street Hawk: Confrontation p 9

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Frederick's Return and Ron's Secret

In outer space, on a space station linked up digitally to the Middleton Space Center, Frederick, the space chimp, is preparing to head back home. He had been in space for two and a half years and is eagerly anticipating the return home. He types on his forearm computer console and a synthesized voice comes up.

"Frederick ready to come home now."

The screen comes up and it shows Dr. James Possible and a face Frederick hadn't seen in a long time. The face smiles as it says, "Hello, Frederick. It's good to hear your voice again. Ron's looking forward to seeing you again."

"Hello, Kim. How is friend Ron?"

Kim giggles and replies, "Ron's fine and we're married. We have triplets."

"Frederick happy for friends. Looking forward to seeing friend Ron again. Is Monkey Fist in Jail still?"

Kim shakes her head no and adds, "No need to worry about him, anymore. According to our sources, he's dead."

"What happened? Not that I care or anything."

Kim looks at her Dad and he nods in agreement, Kim nodding right back. She replies, "A little over two years ago, I went to Japan with Street Hawk to deal with a sitch. Ron had gotten badly hurt, so he couldn't accompany me." She then tells him about what had happened, leaving out the 'classified' details of the mission.

Frederick's mind is blown to say the least and he recovers enough to type, "That must have been awful for you both. Having to end two lives because they were so evil, they were willing to endanger lives and mutate innocent people."

Kim nods in agreement and says, "I wasn't crazy about it, either. But it was very necessary. It would have been a matter of time before they tried it again."

"Frederick heading to capsule now. See you in a bit, friend Kim." Kim's smile causes him to smile as well just before the picture clicks off. When it's off, Frederick types, "It's about time for those two." He then screeches in excitement as he heads to the capsule, clearly desirous to see his friends again and meet their children.

When he reaches the capsule, he initiates theseparation protocol and separates from the space station five minutes later. As he pilots the capsule toward the atmosphere, he thinks about all the fun he had missed while in space. Within twenty minutes, he's able to see the ocean before him and fires the capsule's engines. He then sets a course for Middleton, quietly pleased that Dr. James Possible's designs for the capsule had really paid off.

The designs were ingenious. The capsule had retractable wings, just like a standard satellite had the same kind in terms of solar panels. Only these wings were a little bit more stable than the folding solar panels. The controls on the inside are ergonomic and efficient in power usage. Dr. Possible even included an entertainment console for Frederick to relax with while the capsule is on autopilot.

Upon seeing Middleton, Frederick screeches with excitement and pilots the capsule right to the tarmac at the Space Center. Upon arrival, he sees the Crash trucks standing by should it prove necessary for their presence. Along the tarmac, he can see Dr. Possible's car rolling toward the trucks. He then nods and starts the landing procedures. Within five minutes, he touches down and the hatch for the capsule is opened, Dr. Possible walking right in a smile on his face. Right behind him is Kim, a warm and happy smile on her face.

Frederick types in his message and it comes out, "Hello, friend Kim. Where's Ron?"

"He's with my Mom and our children right now. Last time I saw him, anyways."

"Frederick looking forward to seeing children and Ron." Kim nods and bends down, picking Frederick up.

She then says, "Welcome home, Frederick."

"Nice to be home, Kim."

James then says, "First things first. Quarantine, just to be on the safe side and also allow you to get used to gravity again." Frederick nods in agreement as they get into James' car and head for the main building.

In Upperton, Ron and Dr. Amanda Possible are reaching the Upperton Medical Center. As discreetly as he can, Ron reaches into his pocket and activates his emergency beacon, sending as much information as he can.

"So, Mrs. Dr. P. What are we gonna do here today?"

"Just some x-rays. After all, gotta make sure that the screws holding your knee together are still together." Ron nods and releases the vocal sending button and presses the location button. Ever since Wade Load was abducted by the BeeBee robot, it had become Standard Procedure for all those involved with the project to carry the units with them, wherever they went.

At Command Center, Norman Tuttle is monitoring all the frequencies when he picks up Ron's distress beacon. As he listens to the message, he realizes why Ron had activated the beacon. He then goes to the phone and punches in Wade's number.

Wade is in his room, as usual, when he gets the call from Norman. He listens and then says, "I'll get on it, Norman. It's going to be very tricky, messing with this Hospital's equipment. But, I've been dying for a challenge. On that note, let's do this."

Norman nods in agreement and hopes that Wade would be able to pull a massive rabbit out of his hat. For it would be a very impressive trick for him to pull off.

In the Medical Center, Ron is being wheeled to the X-ray room when the lights start flickering, very strangely. He then puts it together and grins. Wade is attempting to delay or maybe even stop the X-ray.

Amanda looks up at the ceiling and says, "That's strange. I was just here the other day and the lights didn't flicker. Not one bit."

Trying to appear helpful, Ron says, "Maybe the bulbs are starting to die out, Mrs. Dr. P."

Amanda scrunches her face in thought and then says, "Very doubtful. They just put fresh bulbs in here last month. They're good for a year and a half, two years tops."

"Maybe some bad ones were slipped in." Amanda merely chuckles at Ron's nutty notions and she continues to wheel him to the room.

Upon arrival, she gently places Ron on the table and says, "Don't move, Ron. Don't worry, I've done this before."

Ron meekly chuckles and says, "You're a brain surgeon, Mrs. Dr. P. When did you find time to learn operating an X-ray machine?"

Without answering, Amanda grins and pats him on the leg before going to the safe zone. As the machine works, Ron starts wondering if he should bring Amanda into the loop, even though they told her and blanked out the memory of it. In ten minutes, Amanda examines the film and becomes highly confused.

The image is that of Ron's destroyed knee, with the current date on the film. She then grins in realization, sighs and goes back to Ron's side. She takes a deep breath and says, "The screws holding your destroyed knee together are still intact. I'm so sorry to put you through this much trouble, Ron."

Ron smiles and says, "No trouble at all, Mrs. Dr. P. After all, you're family. You guys and Kim have been my second family since I was a kid. Since I married KP, I'm an official part of your family. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Not even all the Nacos in the world."

Amanda laughs at the words, knowing that what Kim said was very true. 'Even the strangest things that Ron says sometimes make some kind of sense.' She then says, "Yes, we are. And family looks out for one another. Thank you for looking over Kimmie, Ron. All the times you've looked out for her, we can't thank you enough."

Ron grins and replies, "As Kim says, 'no big', Mrs. Dr. P."

"Please, call me Amanda."

"Okay, Amanda."