A/N—When Kim and Future Kim are together, past Kim will just be Kim and future Kim will be Future Kim.
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Chapter 4
The rain came down heavily, loudly spattering on the hard ground. The atmosphere was comfortable, a cool breeze blowing on a mild day. Future Kim walked in deep silence as her futuristic, waterproof suit that she wore under her 'normal' clothes repelled the rain from getting her body wet. The rain, however, did not fail to drench her face and hair. She didn't mind at all, especially since she hadn't been able to enjoy such simple pleasures for years without worrying about her life.
Silently continuing her trek, she closed her eyes and turned her head upwards, allowing the cold rain drops to assail her face. She then opened her eyes and mouth and stuck out her tongue, letting it feel and taste the raindrops. Simple laughter escaped from her mouth as she pranced along blithely in the open streets, in no rush to arrive at her destination. A lone woman running home with a light umbrella poised above her head stopped to give Kim a weird look before continuing on. Calming down a bit, Kim slowed her pace and started walking with a slight but genuine smile on her face. It was the smile not unlike that of a child who sees snow the first snowfall for the first time in years.
Her thoughts were interrupted when she saw her destination in the distance. Middleton High School. Ron has to have some useful information in his locker. The thought of Ron instantly dampened her mood. All these things we take for granted, the rain, the cool breeze, the freedom…Ron's going to destroy all of that, but why? How? The questions no doubt bothered Future Kim deeply.
A few minutes later, Kim found herself at the entrance of Middleton High School. Taking a deep breath, she pulled the door which, unfortunately, was locked on this rainy Saturday afternoon. No problem. She took out a black, odd-shaped device from her pocket and attached it to the door. A few seconds later, the device made a quiet beeping sound, signaling that its job was done. Kim pocketed the device and entered Middleton High School, surveying the empty halls with a clear destination. Over a decade, and I still remember exactly where Ron's locker is. A few minutes later, she opened Ron's locker and found herself staring at happy memories from her past.
Taped on to the inside of Ron's locker was a picture of her and him standing together on a bright sunny day, and above the picture, in colorful writing, were the words "My Best Friend." She wiped a quiet tear that was escaping the corner of her left eye. She looked carefully around the insides of Ron's locker, hoping to find anything that could provide information. Nothing. Wait, what's this? Picking up a small, black notebook, she opened it and found random doodles. He must have just drawn these out of boredom during class. Deciding that it could be of some use, she whipped out another device. Wade said this could duplicate the writing of any book in seconds. She slipped the notebook into the device and pressed a sequence of buttons. A few seconds later, the machine flashed. She then withdrew the notebook, sliding it back into Ron's locker in the exact position that she found it.
Finished with her snooping, she turned her attention back to the pictures taped on to Ron's locker. That's our first day at Bueno Nacho. I can't believe he got a picture of us taken there. She chuckled sadly to herself.
'Can I be strong enough to do this.'
'You have to be!'
'Do I?'
'For the future!'
"Hold it!" Taken off guard, future Kim instinctively leaped into a defensive position. "I don't know who you are, but I'm not going to let you prowl this city like a madman…err…madwoman." The present Kim Possible had arrived on the scene, and where there's Kim, there's…
"KP, I never realized our school was this big!" yelled Ron excitedly, running around excitedly. Kim smacked her head, and Future Kim just smiled inwardly.
"Ron, hel-lo? We have a mission here."
"Oh, right, sorry. Just got a little distracted."
"Ye-a, just a little distracted," Rufus chirped, climbing out of Ron's pocket.
"Ron, she's getting away!" yelled Kim, running after Future Kim.
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"Stealth mode, activate!" Future Kim commanded, instantly disappearing from view.
"Huh?" asked Kim out loud, seeing Future Kim disappear from sight. "Uh, what just happened?" She looked around the dark hallways cautiously, expecting an attack, but nothing came. She did, however, see a figure approaching her rapidly. She couldn't tell who it was in the darkness, but she wasn't going to take her chances. Leaping into action, she tackled the approaching figure.
"Ah, KP!"
"Ron?"
"Who else could it be?"
"Sorry, just…couldn't see you who you were. Our school's so dark without the lights turned on."
"So what happened?"
"I…don't…know," Kim said slowly. "She just…disappeared into thin air after saying something. I didn't catch what though."
"I went through my locker KP. Nothing's missing."
"Wow, this just gets weirder and weirder."
"What are we going to do now?"
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"Kim, I've hacked into the surveillance systems for your school. Here's the footage of your chase." The image of Wade on the Kimmunicator was replaced by the Kim chasing Future Kim scene. As Kim replayed the segment again and again, she saw the exact same thing. She just…disappeared. "By the way, I already replaced that footage on your school cameras, so no one will know that you or Ron was at school today."
"Thanks, Wade. You're the best."
"Thanks, Kim. By the way, I'm as intrigued as you are about this. You had your Kimmunicator on you at the time right?"
"Um, yea, why? Its cameras couldn't see in the dark though."
"That's not what I'm going to analyze. There's a heat sensor on there too; I'm going to run some tests and see if she really disappeared."
"Thanks so much. By the way, if it helps any I heard her mumble something when she disappeared."
"Hmm…I'll look into that too. I'll call you back in a few minutes." Kim shut the Kimmunicator off and set it on the table. She sighed to herself.
"KP, you're really stressing yourself out over this. We'll stop her; we're team Possible-Stoppable, remember?"
"Thanks, Ron," she replied, giving him a friendly smile. The two sat in a comfortable silence for a few more minutes before the Kimmunicator beeped.
"Yea, Wade?"
"Kim, I've run the tests."
"And?"
"From the heat sensors on your Kimmunicator, I can safely conclude that she didn't just 'disappear' into thin air. She was still there; you just couldn't see her."
"But…how?"
"I'm not sure. I used a program to analyze her mouth positions during the video. Apparently, she said the words 'stealth mode activate.'"
"Wait, you're saying that she cloaked or something?"
"It's the only conclusion I can come up with."
"Could that mean that she's some government agent with cutting technology sent out to investigate us?"
"Doubt it, Kim. Whatever she used, it's nothing like today's technology. It's beyond anything the government has. I mean, personal cloaking isn't exactly as easy as movies make it look."
"Yea, I guess she's just some raving lunatic from the future sent here to kill me," Kim said sarcastically.
"Look, Kim, this doesn't make any more sense to me than it does to you."
"Sorry, Wade, I'm just kinda irritated and confused right now."
"Don't worry; I understand. Just be careful."
"Thanks." She shut the Kimmunicator off, and looked across the table to Ron.
"Nothing?" Ron asked.
"Nothing."
A/N—This version is the first draft; sorry that it is an uneventful chapter. Action will come later.