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Sorry for the short chapter but I live in Chicago and had to watch the Sox clobber Houston in the first game of the World Series. I suppose I could of made the chapter longer but somehow this seems the place to end it.

Chapter 11 – Is Kim Crazy?

When Kim had exited Professor Dementor's lair she had found GJ arriving in force. She thought that there must have been fifty Agents in total and they were now just milling around now with nothing to do. When she had asked for the Agent in charge she had been directed to a transport standing slightly off from the others. As she approached the lone craft, pushing Professor Dementor in front of her with constant jabs to his back she saw that an Agent wearing the distinctive command helmet was standing next to the transport. She knew instantly who that Agent was by the superior way he was standing. With or without the helmet she would know agent Wil Du anywhere.

When she got close enough she gave Professor Dementor a swift kick in the seat of his pants that sent him sprawling into the sand directly in front of Agent Du. "Hey take this off my hands will ya" she shouted above the noise of the engines and as she turned to leave and await her own transport that was arriving at the beach she looked over her shoulder and shouted "Oh, and give him some paper and a pencil. He might want to write someone a letter". When she arrived at her own transport several minutes later she was smiling. The first time she had smiled in a long, long time.

Agent Wil Du was sitting at the command center of the lead transport. He had dispatched several Agents into the lair and was waiting for their report. He was a little confused when Kim Possible had thrown, or rather kicked, Professor Dementor into his hands. The fact that she hadn't brought anyone else out with her is what worried him. Dementor never had fewer that 25 people guarding his lair and so far no one had seen a single other person on the island.

When the report finally came in it did nothing but confuse him further. According to the Agent making the report they had found a large room that was serving as a dormitory of sorts and, at last count, about 30 guards, all unconscious except one. And that one guard had acted happy to see the GJ Agents. He claimed that the lair was haunted and swore to everyone that he had caught a glimpse of a dark unearthly form that had a strange blue glow and moved at inhuman speeds knocking men out with a single touch. According to the GJ Agent the ex-guard would confess to anything from the sinking of the Titanic to the theft of the Crown Jewels if they would just take him away.

The sweep team later found seven more guards lying around the lair stuffed in closets, laying in empty hallways and even one who was found unconscious in the garbage dump. Each of them told the same story once they had regained consciousness, they simply didn't know. One minute they were standing guard and the next they were being awakened by the GJ Agents. Agent Du was an efficient Agent and a loyal one but no one had ever used the term inquisitive when they talked about Wil Du. So he simply filed the report, in triplicate, and forgot it. There was one very fleeting moment though when he wondered why Kim Possible would stuff guards into a closet but it was, as I said, only a fleeting moment.

When Kim arrived back home later that morning the tweebs were in the living room with Anna Possible. As Kim walked through the room on her way to the kitchen she had kissed her Mother on the cheek as a way of saying hello and had even greeted the tweebs by mussing their hair with her hands before disappearing into the kitchen for a late breakfast. Anna Possible was dumbstruck, not only did Kim give her a kiss and greet the tweebs but she had a smile on her face. In shock Anna stood quickly and raced into kitchen. She saw Kim casually pouring cereal into a bowl and.. and OH MY GOD she was humming a tune as she did it. Anna sat down at the kitchen table, quickly, before she fell down. Kim looked at her mother for a moment before she saw the look of shock on her face then she set her now full bowl on the counter and moved to the table sitting down directly across from her Mother. "Mom are you all right" What's the matter" Kim asked. It took a few moments before Anna Possible was able to say anything. When she was finally able to speak she said "I'm all right Kimmie, how are you? You seem Uh.. different"

Kim honestly didn't know what her mother was talking about she felt just fine, better than fine, she felt alive. So she said "If fine Mom, really I am. I guess I'm just having a really good day. The mission went just perfect and I.. well I guess I'm just happy that's all".

Then Kim started humming again and stood to pour some milk over the cereal in her bowl and after putting the milk back into the 'fridge she walked over and sat down at the table. Still humming to herself she started to eat her breakfast. Anna Possible just looked at the daughter, she could swear that Kimmie was actually bobbing around and doing a little chair dance while she hummed tunelessly and ate her cereal. Anna Possible simply stood and backed slowly out of the kitchen.

As soon as she was out of sight she turned and raced for the den. As soon as she got there she swung the door closed and dialed the number that would connect her to her husband James at work, she failed to notice that the door had not closed completely. As James Possible got on the phone Anna frantically told him about Kim's behavior, everything from mussing the twins hair to dancing in her chair. James thought for a moment and then said "I don't know what your worried about dear, our little Kimmie-cub has just come back to us that's all"

"JAMES" Anna almost shouted "How can you say that "Yes I better that anyone knows that the mind is a wondrous and resilient thing but this kind of change in so short a time is simply impossible." To this James had his standard response "Anna" he said "Anything is possible for a Possible". Anna just shook her head, she had been hearing that for years and, mostly, it was true but this was different, this was her daughter's mental well being. So she continued "James, we both know that one good day or one good mission will not make this drastic of a change in anyone"

The argument continued for a few more minutes before Anna hung up the phone. She had failed convince her husband that something was wrong. She just sat there in the den for a while trying to sort things out in her own mind so that when James got home she could properly construct an argument.

Unknown to Anna, Kim had walked by the partially open door just a few minutes before. Even though she was not and eavesdropper the tone in her Mothers voice made her stop and listen. She had only heard her Mothers side of the discussion or argument or whatever it was. But it was enough to send her walking up the stairs deep in thought.

As she entered her room she looked around for her Panda-Roo and for a moment felt panic that it was not sitting in the center of her bed as it always did, then she remembered that it was gone and this only sent her thoughts reeling further. "So many questions and so few answers" she thought "Mom's right, why do I feel this good after only one good mission. I do feel good right?" she questioned herself, and the answer was "Yes, I do feel good. I haven't felt this good in a long time, so the question really is why? Why do I feel so good?" with this question in mind she started going over her day moment by moment trying to find the moment that made the difference.

She remembered leaving for the mission "No" she thought "I still felt a little scared then, it wasn't 'till I was walking down the hallways in Professor Dementor's lair that I started to feel better and.. and.. wait a minute that was even before I got to the lab. I couldn't possibly have known then that I would capture Dementor that easily. So what made me feel so good" Kim pondered this for a while longer and as she thought she made her way to her bed and, absently taking off her shoes, she laid down.

As she started to get comfortable she unconsciously reached again toward the spot where her Panda-Roo once sat. As she stopped herself again she thought "Whoa, that's twice I've thought about Panda-Roo in the last few minutes and I haven't done that for a couple of months. Even when I was feeling so bad I felt I could just die I didn't do that. I wonder what….." and then it struck her. It wasn't the mission that had changed her, it was a feeling. She then remembered the exact moment things had changed. She was walking down the hallway toward the lab with a slightly hesitant shuffle and then suddenly she was walking with confidence. She was walking straight and tall. She had felt a presence. All at once she felt protected, she felt secure, she felt happy, she felt loved, she felt…. "Oh my God" she thought "I felt Ron. Mom's right, I'm going crazy!"

AN:

userx: Thanks, I hope things continue to stay on track. Got a few twists to throw in a little later. I only wish I could write this the way I see it playing out in my head. It would be so much better.

please write more: I've never given up on anything in my life, don't worry I won't start now. I'll at least finish this FanFic.