Kim Possible and Street Hawk: Daughter of Mach p 5

Disclaimer: I do not own Kim Possible or Street Hawk. Wish I did though.

Greetings and Vacation Begins

Inside the Terminal, Altobelli and Jessica are sitting patiently while Sandy and Rachel are pacing and wringing their hands together. They had seen the Nakasumi plane land while inside the Terminal and elected to wait until Norman and his team had walked off the plane. Suddenly, the Terminal is buzzing with activity, with flashbulbs going off all over the place.

Concerned, Altobelli asks, "What's going on?"

The passers-by go by him quickly, but one manages to stick around for a time to say, "The teen heroine, Kim Possible. She's here in L.A., man. If you want her autograph, now is a good time to get it. She's been a recluse for about two years now, especially since she married her bumbling sidekick. I just don't see what she sees in him."

Strongly suspicious, he asks, "Did she just come off the Nakasumi plane?"

"Yeah, she did man. Isn't that far out?"

Putting two and two together, Altobelli grins and says, "To you, her husband may be a bumbler, but to her, he's a hero." The guy holds up his hands in contempt for Altobelli, strongly tempting him to draw his gun. He then runs off, intent on seducing Kim with his charm.

Sandy catches his mood and says, "Remember your ulcer, Commissioner. You've got to find a way to relieve this stress that jerk put you under." Altobelli nods when they hear the jerk scream in pain and a lady yelling.

"How dare you tell me to leave Ron for you, you stinking loser! If I wasn't in a good mood from coming here on vacation, I'd deck, kick and slap you silly! Or maybe I can let Bonnie do it! She likes to hurt people, you loser! Get this through your heads, guys. Kim Possible is married to a wonderful, kind man and has three children with him. They may be adding onto their family. So therefore, back off and let us enjoy our vacation."

Altobelli can barely contain his laughter as the guy pleads with her. "Please, Miss Possible. You can't possibly believe that this clumsy-ass buffoon is your dream guy. You shouldn't settle for a burger when you can have a steak."

He then sees a blond-haired young man swing a cane against the guy's chest, knocking the wind out of him. "You ever talk that way again about me or Kim, you're going to wish that you never came here to hit on her. Is that understood?"

"Yeah, I got it, runt." They then hear another scream of pain as a young brunette woman kicks the guy in the groin, a sinister smile on her face.

"Looks to me like you're the runt, loser. Ron is more of a man than you'll ever be." She then turns to an Asian man and says, "Care to add something, Hirotaka?"

Hirotaka bows and says, "It would be my honor to do so, Bonnie-kun." Before things can get even further out of hand, Police Officers arrive at the Terminal and find out what's going on. Of course, the jerk tries to lie his way out of it.

"They attacked me for no good reason at all. I want to file charges on them all."

Altobelli then comes up and says, "I'm Commissioner Altobelli, Los Angeles Police Department. If there's going to be charges against anyone, it's going to be you. One of them being inciting a riot situation. Officers, this group is the party myself and my friends have been waiting for. So, if you would please, clear this crowd away from here so our guests can exit in an orderly fashion."

An Officer nods and reply, "You got it, Commissioner." At that, they cuff the guy and take him out to a waiting Police Cruiser while the other Officers clear the crowd away. Once the crowd is cleared, Altobelli sees a face he hadn't seen in two years.

He steps forward and says, "Welcome back to L.A., Mr. Tuttle."

Norman nods and says, "Thank you, Commissioner Altobelli. It's nice to see you again. As you know, we're here on vacation. So on that note, allow me to introduce my friends. Ron Stoppable and his wife, Kim. Bonnie Rockwaller and her husband, Hirotaka. And this is my wife, Jane."

Altobelli nods when the others nod at him. He is then startled to see a naked mole rat pop it's head out of Ron's pants pocket. Ron catches this and says, "Don't worry. This is my naked mole rat, Rufus."

Altobelli nods and says, "Hello to you as well, Rufus." He then clasps his hands together and says, "Let's get started on your vacation, shall we. First order of business, getting somewhere a little less crowded. I propose the van. Those in favor? Okay, all are agreed. Looks like you have some luggage with you guys."

Ron turns around and sees Mr. Nakasumi tipping the Porters handsomely for their hard work. Keeping up his limp, Ron goes over to the baggage cart and says, "We'll see you in two months, Mr. Nakasumi."

Mr. Nakasumi whispers into Miss Kyoko's ear and she replies, "Let us hope your vacation is not interrupted, Stoppable-san. Kim, take good care of him."

Kim smiles and replies, "You bet I will. So not the drama, Miss Kyoko." Miss Kyoko giggles as Kim and the others follow their greeting party outside.

Once outside, Altobelli has an Officer open the back doors on the van so the luggage could be loaded. As the Porters load the luggage, Altobelli smiles at Norman and Jane together, nodding in approval at how well Norman had adapted with his life of late. When they're done, the Porters walk away, the tip having been more than sufficient.

Altobelli then opens the passenger doors and says, "Okay, everyone in." They look at him in shock and he replies, "It's not every day a Police Commissioner greets a group of crime-fighters on holiday. So I'm just going with what I know. Curt and to the point. Mr. Tuttle knows what I mean."

Norman nods in agreement, remembering what had happened after he had reported the incident to his superiors.

Himself and a Federal Attorney went into a Conference Room in the Police building and waited for Commander Altobelli along with a member of the Public Relations Office to arrive. Altobelli and a woman came in five minutes after they went in and they got down to business.

"Didn't you think it would have been appropriate to inform city-gov of your intentions, Mr. Tuttle? You gotta play shadow games and eventually get one of our own killed? If I had the authority, I'd throw you into Alcatraz if it was still open."

The Attorney then replied, "The reason city-gov was not notified was because we knew that the members would not understand the reasoning behind the Government's selection of your city as the testing ground for the prototype."

The woman said, "I'm Rachel Adams and I want to understand something. What exactly did you mean by prototype? That it was a fully functional unit with potential for mass production. To what end?"

Norman took that opening and replied, "Ultimately, if it had remained intact, a decision would have been reached if we could offer it to local Law Enforcement. Los Angeles has the things we were looking for. High urban crime rate, various types of terrain and a lot of potential. Commander Altobelli, I'm sure you recall that Jesse, as Street Hawk, assisted in extracting two Officers from their burning cruiser."

"Indeed, he did. But his effort was wasted. The Officers died in the Hospital a week after they were hurt. Still, at least he tried. But there's no way he could have operated a motorcycle like that. No way at all." Norman had been about to tell him about Jesse's prosthesis and decided not to.

Rachel asked, "Mr. Tuttle, if you were given another chance by the Government, where would you operate out of? After this incident, I'm sure you wouldn't be wanted here anymore. After all, Jesse's dead and the cycle's destroyed. Once the news get hold of this, it'd be a PR nightmare. We'd have to answer questions for twenty weeks before the city would let us got on with our lives and our work. For that matter, I think that since it was the prototype, you wouldn't want to try again."

Norman looked up, grinned, nodded and said, "Darn straight I'm going to try again. Jesse had just about given up after he was hurt. But I gave him encouragement and a second chance to be what he was meant to be. A hero of the people. A secret hero, but a hero nonetheless. I don't think he'd want me to give up, especially not after this."

Altobelli, Rachel and the Attorney were stunned in silence. The Attorney then cleared his throat and said, "That said, Mr. Tuttle, I suggest you spend some time in Command Center rebuilding the prototype. Upon completion of the second prototype, you are to notify us and we'll reassign you to an area with a slightly lower crime rate. Does this meet with your approval, Commander Altobelli? Ms. Adams?"

Both nodded their agreement and both Norman and the Attorney got up from the table and made for the door. Altobelli then said, "Mr. Tuttle, I may not have cared much for your motives or how you went about it, but you've got guts. I see now why Jesse took up the helm on the cycle. If the decision is reached, please, let me know." Norman nodded and he and the Attorney then left the briefing room.

Altobelli smiles at Norman's face and asks, "So, what was the decision, Norman? Can we look forward to a Street Hawk in our garage any time soon?"

Norman shakes his head no and replies, "Can't really say I blame them. Even after the way Agent Du behaved and all." Norman then briefs Altobelli of what had happened during their time in D.C.

Altobelli scowls and says, "Well, if you gotta wait for another two years, then you gotta wait for two more years. Who knows? Your dream may come true yet."

Norman nods and says, "If it does, I can die happy and complete."

Altobelli nods in agreement and tells the driver, "Let's go." The driver nods and pulls away from the curb. He then says, "Jane, Kim, Ron, Hirotaka and Bonnie, I'd like you to meet Sandy McCoy, Rachel Adams and Jesse's daughter, Jessica Mach. It's actually Chang, but I'm letting her wear Jesse's last name while she's here in L.A. I think I know the perfect place to start our tour at. Bob, let's go to the 'warehouse'.

Norman's eyes light up upon mention of the old Command Center and he asks Altobelli, "You mean you found it?"

"You bet I did. After all, I did have Officers trying to find Street Hawk's base of operations long before Jesse died. A pair of Officers found Command Center the day after you called about the people that had killed Jesse. Who would have thought that an old warehouse would serve your purpose well, Mr. Tuttle? I'm amazed it took them this long to find it. In five more years, if they hadn't found it, it would have been demolished."

Ron asks, "What are you going to do with it now, Commissioner?"

"It's going to be a historical landmark. The home base of the first clandestine crime-fighting force this city had ever seen. Well, other than Zorro's home base. We haven't found that one yet." He then lets out a good-sized belly laugh, prompting the others to join him.

Shortly, they reach the old Command Center and Altobelli nods for Norman to go ahead. Nervously, Norman shrugs and opens the door. To his surprise, everything inside is as it should be. The monitors are all intact, the chamber is still standing and the grid of the city is in pristine order.

Norman weakly asks, "How did you keep it intact? The neighborhood is not exactly friendly. I saw the graffiti all over the walls and three busted windows."

Altobelli grins and replies, "You have Sandy to thank for that. You see, she figured that, sooner or later, one of the nuts that hated Street Hawk would find this place and probably loot it. So she had to give it the appearance that it had been looted already."

Bonnie nods and says, "That makes good sense. After all, what's the use of lotting a place if it looks like it had been looted anyway?"

Altobelli adds, "I've also had Officers guarding this place every day without fail. That black Oldsmobile Alero two door? One of ours." He then sweeps his arm outside and says, "Enough shop talk. Now's the time for your vacation to start. Any ideas on what you'd like to do?"

Kim smiles sultrily at Ron as she replies, "I'd like to go diving with Ron. Bonnie, Hirotaka, would you care to join us?"

Bonnie nervously replies, "I don't really know, K. I've never gone diving before. What about you, Hirotaka? Have you ever gone diving before?"

Hirotaka shakes his head no and replies, "I'd like to though. It sounds like it would be a good skill to have should it be necessary."

Altobelli says, "There's a dive shop on the beach five miles from here. Once you get ready, let Bob know and he'll take you there. Of course, he's going to be wearing plainclothes from here on out. Besides, he needs to get out more."

Jane turns to Norman and says, "Let's just go to the hotel to sleep, Norman. Besides, I don't think Kim went diving during her pregnancy."

Kim nods and adds, "The only underwater activity Ron and I did was snorkeling. It should be right up your alley, though." Jane looks at Norman, a silent plea in her eyes.

Norman shrugs and replies, "I guess sleeping can wait. I'd like to try snorkeling as well." At that, the group leaves the old Command Center and get back into the van to head to the hotel.

As they ride, Kim thinks about some romantic techniques she'd like to try with Ron while they dive. Ron thinks about Kim's sultry smile and figures that she has something up her sleeve.

Bonnie shakes somewhat, but remembers when she and Kim were stuck together. Kim did everything possible to keep her safe. There's no way she would let her down at this point in time. Especially since they became good friends. Hirotaka holds Bonnie close and smells her hair.

Sandy and Rachel take turns telling Jessica all about Jesse as much as they could. Soon, they reach the hotel where the team would be staying on their vacation. Kim's fame had not faded, even though she hadn't been active in world events of late. So they got the rooms at a good rate, even though Ron offered to pay the whole way when it came to rooms.

Of course, his fame was of a different nature. The creator of the hottest item sold by Bueno Nacho. The 'Naco'. To date, he had received 7 royalty checks, counting the first one, which had been blown away upon receipt. While the others are sitting in good sized accounts, ready to be a sizable nest egg for himself and Kim in their later years.

He ponders something, looks at Kim with a question in his eyes and she responds with a nod, thinking it'd be a good idea. He then says, "Norman, Bonnie, I have been thinking about college and our children's college funds. I'd like to go to college someday, yet I don't want to give up this lifestyle."

Even though his comment was heard by everyone in the lobby, no one had any idea as to what Ron was talking about.

Shocked, Bonnie asks, "Are you serious, Ron?"

Ron nods and replies, pointing at his face, "Note serious face."

Bonnie and Norman turn to each other and Norman says, "He's serious."

Bonnie nods and says, "I've known Ron for a number of years. I can tell when he's joking or being serious. Even when he's nervous about something, he finds a way to be serious or light-hearted."

Thinking Ron's being goofy again, Norman says, "Okay, you're all going to college and so will our kids."

Kim giggles and says, "You bet we and they will, Norman." The teens then leave an exasperated Norman and Jane in the lobby, heading for their rooms.

Norman says, "Please tell me that Ron was joking when he said that, honey." Jane can only shrug as the couple proceed to head to their room.