Chapter 5

When Kim got home, her mother was just setting dinner on the table.

Ron nudged Kim forward and she spoke up.

"Mom, Dad, I need to talk to you," said Kim with a serious expression on her face.

"Sure… What is it KimmyCub?", asked her Dad, as he began scooping food onto his plate.

Ron put an arm around Kim for support, and she said, "I'm pregnant."

Kim's dad dropped his plate to the ground and looked back and forth at Kim and Ron.

"Kim, Ron, I thought you two were more responsible than this!", he said angrily. In Kim's whole life she had never seen her Dad raise his voice in anger like this.

"Whoa… Whoa… there Mr. P", said Ron, "I am not at fault here! I'm completely innocent. I'll have you know, I've been a perfect gentleman to your daughter."

Kim's parent's looked at Kim, inquisitively. If Ron wasn't the father, then who?

"Ok", began Kim, "At first I thought it was Drakken who got me pregnant, but now I think it was Monkey Fist. The truth is I'm not entirely sure who it was."

"Drakken!", asked Kim's dad, "You mean to tell me you've been sleeping with Drew Lipsky? AND Monkey Fist, that weird villain who tried to steal our astronaut monkey? What's wrong with you? What happened to my innocent little Kimmy Cub?"

Kim's mom gasped and whispered, "Have you become a villain?"

"No dad. No mom! I didn't sleep with anyone! I'm still trying to understand how this happened myself, but I think someone injected me with this baby secretly", said Kim.

"I told you it was dangerous going on all these missions. Now look what has happened to you", said Kim's mom.

"Well, at least she's not sleeping with Drew Lipsky, or Monkey Fist", said Kim's dad.

Kim's little brother's Jim and Tim jumped out from the hallway at that point and said, "Woah, Kim's pregnant?"

"Boys go to your room. This is a grown-up discussion", said Kim's mom, pointing to the hallway.

"Well, I haven't gotten to the weirdest part of this yet," said Kim, "The baby is somehow genetically engineered to be part human and part monkey. It even has a tail."

Kim's mother looked at her and said, "A mutant baby? Have you thought about what you're going to do? I mean, you don't have to continue this pregnancy. One of the surgeons I work with also sometimes performs abortions…"

"Mom! I can't believe you just suggested that! I'm a teen hero! I'm not going to have an abortion and kill an innocent baby, or monkey, or whatever this is! This baby is innocent! I could never kill a baby! That's murder! The person to blame is the villain who did this to me, not the baby!", said Kim, "I'm not about to murder a baby, just because I don't feel like being pregnant with it."

"You're a good girl, Kimmy Cub", said Kim's dad, "I'm sure you'll be a good mother too. We'll help you of course, to take care of the baby."

"Well, I haven't thought much about the motherhood part. It'll be a little weird to raise a mutant genetically altered child while trying to attend school and saving the world, but if anyone can handle it, I can," said Kim.

"And I'll help you", said Ron.

Kim hugged Ron, and felt a little better about her predicament. Even if she never found out whether or not Monkey Fist was the father of her baby, at least she had the support of Ron and her parents to help her. 'It might even be kind of fun to have a child', she thought to herself. She had done babysitting lots of times. It wasn't hard.