KP - All Grown Up?
AN: I got this idea after hearing Drakken say "My Teenage Foe" once too many times on the music cd. I wondered what he would say if they weren't teens? This is that story, with a twist.
Chapter 8: White Dice, Black Dice(Upstairs in the Possible Home)
Kim was lying in bed, unable to get any rest with her bed soaked in a tiny spot with tears that had come to her. Tears that she'd been unable to stop no matter how she tried because for once she felt so out of control and helpless to do anything. She clutched at the bed sheets with her hand as she heard someone walking in the hallway and from the steps it sounded like either her father or Ron in his new body.
The footsteps stop right in front of her door and with the longest pause at the door; Kim knew that it would have to be her father as he was probably thinking about what to say to her. She didn't particularly want to see her father after what he'd done to hurt her feelings but on another level, she didn't want the pain to continue either and hoped that he could make it better.
Tries to hide her face under the cover, as she didn't want her father to see that she'd been crying. She then closes her eyes to give him the illusion that she was asleep, or at least that had been her hope.
Mr. Possible slowly opens the door and peeks in. He sees Kim in a very rare sight, looking like she was sad and trying to hide from everyone but in this case, he knew that she was trying to hide from none other than him.
He slowly walks in and quietly closes the door behind him before he walks up to her bed. He gently sits down and sees her turn under the sheets so that her back is facing him. He sighs softly and thinks, "I can't blame her. I better do what I can to put this right…"
Kim feels her father's hand come to rest on her through the blanket before he says, "Kim, I'm sorry I lost my temper downstairs. I know I have no excuse for it, but when I saw you pregnant… I… just lost it."
Kim remains quiet as she listens to her father talk and while it was a nice apology, it didn't cover what had truly hurt her. She did feel a little bit better about his reaction and the way he stormed at her down the stairs but his words were still stinging her heart.
Mr. Possible knows he hasn't said the right thing yet as he didn't get a response out of her yet. He then says to her, "Look Kim... about Ron..." It was at this moment he notices that she seems to tense up under the sheets and knew then that he'd hit the mark on what was really bothering her.
He says, "I had a talk with him and your mother downstairs. They... helped me to see that I had over-reacted a bit. Ron has showed quite a bit of maturity. He is going to... that is, he is a good husband to you and I know he will be a good father to your kids." He feels her relax a little under the blanket before he continues by saying, "Ron knows how I feel, and now I want you to know that I approve of him. Will you accept my apology Kimmie-cub?"
Kim pushes down the bed sheets and turns to face her father with tears flowing down her cheeks before she sits up and gives her father a big hug. She feels her father wrap an arm around her gently and hears him say, "You've found a good man in Ron..." It is those words in which she squeezes him in her arms before she says, "Thank you Dad... I needed that. To hear that you approve of Ron... I forgive you." Silence falls and they just remain hugging each other with Kim's tears finally stopping and coming to slowly dry some upon her cheeks.
The two of them have their silent, peaceful moment broken by the loud sounds of some yelling downstairs. Neither one of them can make out what is being said at first with the door closed to her room but then there is silence for a few moments, and it is the wrong kind of silence that sets off Kim's danger senses that she used whenever she was on a mission.
Suddenly Kim's mother bursts into the room with her eyes firm but scared, the look she usually had whenever she had to do something important. She says, "Kim! You have to leave NOW!" She points out the window, which is something she never would point a pregnant woman to do, but the situation was anything but normal.
Kim says, "Mom? What's going on? Where is Ron?" as she stands up, her mind in worry for him, more than herself.
Mr. Possible says, "What's going on downstairs? What caused that ruckus?" As he stands up from Kim's bed.
Mrs. Possible grabs Kim's hand starts to drag her towards the window, "Come on Kimberly, this isn't the time for questions!"
Kim tugs hard, almost escaping from her mother's grip but she does manage to get her to stop as she says, "What is going on? Where is Ron? I am not leaving without him!"
Mrs. Possible knew her daughter's loyalty and devotion to her best friend and future husband was an admirable trait but in this case it was going to be trouble. She looks at her straight into the eyes and says, "He's been captured Honey..."
Kim's eyes go wide in shock for a second before they narrow and she says almost coldly, "By who?"
Both parents knew that look, she wouldn't be moving from that spot until she got answers. So, Mrs. Possible says, "By your arch-foes Drakken and Shego." Those very words made both Mr. Possible and Kim understand why she was so worried.
Kim says, "I'm going to go help Ron!" and starts to head towards the door, forgetting that her mother still has a grip on her arm. She looks back at the moment she can't head any further and says, "Let go! There might still be time to save him!"
Mrs. Possible says, "Honey, they've already taken him and they're searching for you right now." They hear footsteps going up the stairs so she lowers her voice as she says then, "Ron's last words before they dragged him away were for me to make sure you and the baby escaped. Now, I plan to fulfill my promise to him if I have to carry you out!"
Kim hears the footsteps approaching and after a heartbeat she nods to her mother. They go out the window and slowly climb down with her father just behind her. When they touch down, they hear noises in Kim's room as if someone was looking for her. She looks up, wishing she could stop them from making a mess and just before she looks away, she thinks quietly, "I'm sorry Ron... I'll get you back. I promise."
The three of them make their way quietly as they can down the street, watching for any signs of them being followed. Kim had taken the lead early on as she was the most experienced at handling super freaks on a regular basis and the fact that she was pregnant didn't seem to slow her down any. Still, they took breaks for Kim whether she wanted them or not for the sake of Kim's health and the baby's.
Suddenly, Rufus pops his head out a pocket that he'd climbed into when Kim was leaving. He was still going to keep a watch on Kim, especially after hearing Kim's mother tell her that Ron wanted her and the baby safe. He looks up at Kim who looked like she was in what Ron once called her "mission mode" in which she would work hard to succeed and do the impossible somehow.
Suddenly the Kimmunicator beeps from the same pocket that Rufus was in and he is forced to move out of the way as her hand moves quickly with practiced ease to snatch it from her pocket. She turns it on and once she sees Wades face pop up quickly she says, "What's the sitch, Wade?"
Wade says, "Kim! You'll never believe what I just discovered within the files of the Kimmunicator!"
Kim says, "Wade, can it wait? Ron's been kidnapped by Drakken and Shego!"
At the mention of her arch-foe's name he says, "What? When did this happen? How?"
Kim says grimly, "They came to my house Wade and grabbed Ron."
Mrs. Possible moves up so that Wade can see her and says, "They took us totally by surprise! They introduced themselves as government agents demanding to see Kim and Ron but the moment they saw Ron..." She pauses to reflect upon her memories for a moment before she continues to say, "I don't know exactly how to describe it exactly... it was as if they were elastic because their arms grew and they tried to grab him!"
Kim listens closely as in the escape they had talked very little, so as to keep the noise down and evade. She had wondered ever since escaping from her room, just exactly what went on downstairs.
Mrs. Possible says, "Ron managed to evade them using some sort of martial art I've never seen before and also block their hands the first few times. One of mentioned something about capturing Kim and Ron for experimenting on Drakken and Shego during one of the blocks and they were surprised that Ron was being so difficult. It was then that Ron asked me keep Kim safe while he provided the distraction like the sidekick he was."
Kim looks a little sad, as she had thought that he understood he was her partner, not a sidekick, no matter what the villains said.
Mrs. Possible then says, "I promised him I would do that and ran up the stairs, watching the fight out of the corner of my. I stopped at the top of the stairs where I watched him fight with great skill! I don't think even Nana would have stood a chance against him but the odds were against him as there were so many of them!"
Kim feels her eyes tearing up as she could guess what was coming but she listened, determined to hear the end of the tale. She turns her head a little as she feels her father's hand come to rest on her shoulder and with a silent nod to her and a thankful smile back, they both listen to the rest of her mother's story.
Mrs. Possible says, "I know he saw me just as they captured him and dragged him away. I didn't want to disappoint him by letting her get captured. So, I grabbed Kim and here we are, on the run."
Mr. Possible says from behind Kim, "I always knew Ron would grow up to be a good man, I just never expected to see this happen so soon."
Wade nods on the screen and says, "I'll get you three a ride to one of the safe houses that we'd planned for this case. I'm sorry about this Kim, but don't worry we'll get Ron back safely."
Kim says, "Thanks Wade, you rock." Before she frowns and says, "Yeah, I'll get Ron back somehow."
Wade says, "No Kim! We can't risk any harm to you or you risk your future children!"
Kim raises an eyebrow and says, "Dramatic much, Wade?"
Wade shakes his head, "That's what I wanted to talk to you about, I found family photos in the Kimmunicator!" He presses a button on his computer and the Kimmunicator starts to hum briefly before it starts to project family photos. It starts to reveal pictures from the past for her that go as far back as to when she was a child hanging out with Ron to present day ones up. Everyone starts to watch more closely when it starts to show not-so-far ones in the future, but the real shockers were the wedding photos and pictures of Kim holding a baby in some hospital.
Wade taps another button so that it freezes onto a of a group photo that looks like it is about Christmas time and it shows her parents with grown up versions of Jim and Tim with who she assumed were their future wives and then she saw... Kim blinks as her mother says, "Oh my!" with even her father saying, "I don't believe it!"
AN: Well everyone I know this chapter was pretty short but I typed it up on a palmtop while waiting for my doctor to see me and if you've ever been to the doctor's office then you KNOW you have a long wait. LOL! Still, boredom does stir the ol' creative juices at least. So, what did you all think of Mr. Possible's apology? I tried to make it as real as possible with him totally missing the mark at first like any normal guy would and you people out there know what I mean when it comes to apologizing, you don't always hit the mark on what upset someone. Ron has seen himself as a sidekick for a long time, so it is only natural that at times he might see himself as that role, but I imagine Kim will be having a talk about that with him at some point, what do you all think?. Anyway, what do you think the family photo reveals? What do you think shocked everyone the most with the photo Wade stopped on? Want to find out? Then review and let me know so I'll know to post the next chapter ASAP! Trust me, the next chapter has a surprise that you WON'T want to miss!