A/N—This story isn't dead either.
Chapter 5

Future Kim retreated to the luxurious apartment building courtesy of the money Wade had prepared for her. She plopped down the soft couch and took out her scans of Ron's book, carefully analyzing each picture. There were some random shapes in the first few pages and a caricature of Mr. Barkin. She smirked as she saw Mr. Barkin oppressively standing over a cowering student in the picture; Ron had always been scared of Mr. Barkin.

'Until he killed him,' she bitterly thought to herself as her smile disappeared. She sat there in silence for a few more moments in quiet reminiscence. The book really didn't seem to reveal much, until she arrived near the end. The piece of paper had been folded, and Kim hesitantly opened it. It was a poem, something she really hadn't expected at all. Her eyes widened as she read the words.

'And her two green emeralds bear into my soul

And I just want to embrace her for all I'm worth

To finally tell her the absolute truth

But I can't, and those orbs continue to taunt me

Because I know she can never be mine

The boundaries I can never cross

Lest I risk pushing her away

And I can't accept that loss.'

She sat there wondering if Ron was indeed talking about her. Then again, how many people did he know with green eyes? It's what always set her apart from a lot of people—the smooth, red hair cascading down her back and those irresistible green eyes.

'Is that what drove us apart? He couldn't bear to hold in his secret any longer?'

She slowly scanned the rest of the paper, seeing more writing and an occasional picture or two. There was only one sure thing on her mind now; she had to see him again.

X.X

Ron always looked forward to hanging out with his best friend on weekends, even if it meant going to the mall with her. After all, last week she had accompanied him to Wrestlefest Mania. It was only fair.

"I don't get it KP. Smarty Mart has the exact same skirt for…twenty four dollars less."

"Uh, Ron, get a grip here. It is so not the same skirt." She looked absolutely beautiful with it on.

"So what do you think?"

"Yea, uh, not the same skirt…" Ron distantly said, trying to keep his jaw up. Sometimes he really forgot just how beautiful his best really was. Kim was quite flattered by his gaze but tried not to let it show.

"Uh, Ron, eyes," she said, trying to contain a giggle as he blushed.

"That's so gross, Kim, but I guess standards don't apply to you. Are you that desperate for admiration?" Kim looked behind her to see none other than Bonnie Rockwaller.

"As opposed to you showing your goods to Brick every time you see him?" Bonnie looked indignant for a second before recovering herself. She gave Kim her sweetest smile as she replied.

"Well, at least my boyfriend isn't the biggest loser ever."

"First of all, Ron is not my boyfriend, and he is not a loser."

"Believe what you want, Kimmie. See you two lovebirds at cheer practice Monday." With that, she and her groupies haughtily walked off, leaving a disgruntled Kim.

"One of these days…" she said through clenched teeth.

"Why do you still let it bother you?" She was taken off guard by that question, mainly because she wasn't sure how to answer it, or even if she could. Ron had that way of surprising her sometimes.

"I—you're right." As if on cue, Ron's stomach growled.

"So…can we have lunch now?"

X.X

Future Kim stared from a safe corner at Drakken's mindless antics. It really hadn't been hard to find him since she did know the exact time and location he'd be there.

"Finally, world domination will be ours!" Future Kim rolled her eyes; she tried to envision him as the serious and invaluable ally he would be in the future.

"Wait, wait, so what does thing do again?" Shego asked, regretting it the second the question left her mouth. Shego, on the other hand, did not surprise her.

"It, uh, does this twirly thing and shines—"

"You don't know, do you?"

"Well if you bothered to steal an instruction manual, maybe I would!"

"I told you, Dr. D; I wasn't going to jump through a laser grid for a piece of crumpled paper!" To this day, well, her future days, Kim still wasn't sure what it did. She just remembered her former self would be here in a few hours. For now, she played the waiting game. She almost laughed when she saw Shego hit Drakken in the back of head, causing the blue-skinned scientist to yell about respecting her superiors. Not even the future mellowed their love-hate relationship.

"Damn it Shego, why don't you ever respect what I say?"

"Because you're a naïve fool!"

"I'm your superior!"

"In what?"

"Everything!" She laughed loudly.

"Puh-lease. You were the reason we never beat Kim Possible."

"Me? You were the one always getting kicked around by her!"

"Well you'd always let that fool ruin our plans!" As the two were arguing, a plump African-American male walked into the room. Their argument ceased as they waited for Wade Load to talk.

"If you're going to go, now's the time." Drakken solemnly nodded and headed towards the door.

"You don't have to go," Shego said sadly, eyes downcast. She had been trying to stop him for the past hour.

"The world needs me." She wanted to tell him just how much she needed him. Instead she just walked up to him and looked him in the eye.

"Come back alive you fool." She then gave him the most passionate kiss one could muster. It went on for an eternity (85 seconds by Kim's count) before they stopped for air and then kissed again. When they finally stopped, Drakken gave her one last nod before stepping out of the door. It was the last time she'd see him alive.

X.X

Beep!Beep! After what had been an enjoyable morning, the Kimmunicator went off. Ron managed to ignore as he continued sipping his white chocolate milk shake, his favorite flavor.

"What's the sitch Wade?" Kim asked as the chubby teenager appeared on the screen.

"Trouble in Greenland. Drakken stole a machine from the world-renowned scientist Dr. Kanzer."

"What's it do?"

"Uh, top secret stuff. I'm really not sure." That just made it worse.

"Alright, you have a ride for us?"

"Go outside."

"Thanks Wade. You rock." She shut off the Kimmunicator and dragged Ron outside with her against his pleas for an extra five minutes.

X.X

Future Kim looked at her watch. Her past self and Ron would be arriving in approximately two hours and forty-five minutes.