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.
Unless someone can give me a better date for when they start dating, I am assuming KP and/or Ron are 17 in the year 2006 at the time of this fiction with them being 38 in the photo.
Chapter 10: Family
(Middleton: Monique's House)
Monique's eyes were still trying to pop back into socket when she saw not only a much more adult Kim come through her door but Kim's parents and a small group of teens and tweens along to boot! She still couldn't get over the fact that Kim was pregnant or how the kids kept calling her "Momma" or "Mother" or "Mrs. Kim Stoppable" to boot!
Monique had always had a feeling that those two would hook up but THIS! She certainly never imagined Kim would end up with such a large family!
Kim says to everyone, "Be right back everyone, "I need to talk to Monique. In private." She says the last bit with a tone that told everyone she wasn't going to like it if anyone eavesdropped on them.
Monique was dragged by Kim by her elbow into Monique's room and only when she closed the door did she exhale and say, "Sorry Monique for barging in on you like this but I figured that you were the safest place to be for right now."
Monique says, "Girl! Or should I say Woman? What happened to you? Where's Ron? Who are all those people?" She had more questions but Kim put a hand over her mouth and says, "To answer your questions in order, Drakken zapped me and Ron, making us like our 30-something future counterpart which, as you can see includes me being pregnant. Drakken and Shego kidnapped Ron for experimentation. They're all my future children except Jesse who as near as I can tell has the same kind of friendship with my daughter as Ron and I enjoyed before the prom."
Kim looks in Monique's eyes and says, "Can you hold back the questions? I'm a very pregnant woman and all this running from Drakken's synthos has really tired me out and made me quite sore. So if anything, I would like to sit down and rest while I try to figure out how I'm going to sneak into Drakken's lair and rescue Ron." She then lowers her hand and then walks over to the bed where she sits down first then after a moment, she lays down and sighs.
Monique finally snaps out of whatever daze she'd been in and says, "Kim! You can't go anywhere in your condition! You've got an army of family out there in the living room, so let them go and rescue Ron!"
Kim looks at Monique and says, "Monique! I'm not going to let my future husband fate be at the hands of my own children who haven't even been born yet! If anything happened to Ron because of something they did that I could have prevented, then they might cease to exist!"
Monique says, "Girl? What are you talking about? They're obviously going to be born or they wouldn't be here in the first place! You're just scared that Ron is going to feel let down that you didn't come barging in like you normally do to rescue him. Trust me honey, if Ron knows about you being this pregnant then he won't want you taking ANY kind of risk that would put you or the baby." Kim says, "Babies" This makes Monique say "What girl?" Kim says calmly, "Babies, they're going to be twins."
Monique throws her hands up into the air and says loudly, "All the more reason you can't go on any crazy missions to go rescue Ron!"
Just then Kim hears a sound at the door and she brings a finger up to her lips to say "Shhhh!" and points at the door. Monique nods in understanding and waits until Kim gets up and opens the door suddenly; the teens and the tweens fall through the door to land in a small pile.
The kids look up at their mother and she gives them this... look. The one that Kim knew only as CS is the first to get up and say, "Mother, if Daddy is in trouble then Jesse and I should be the ones to go rescue him. We've got mission experience under our belt, as well. You KNOW we can do this. I promise we won't let you down."
The tweens get up and say in stereo, "We want to go help Daddy too!"
Kim looks over at Monique as if silently asking, "Help me?" With Monique shaking her head as if answering silently, "They're your family, you deal with it."
Kim looks back at her children and uses a soft, motherly voice that she didn't know she even knew she could do which also surprises Monique as she says, "Listen, your daddy means the world to me. If I didn't go and something happened to him, then I'd never be able to forgive myself for not being there. I couldn't ask any of you to risk yourself for him because... I'm afraid that you'll get hurt trying to protect me and I would feel awful if... anything happened to any of you." Her voice slowly gets softer and softer until it is almost a soft whisper when she trails off at the end and touched the heart of everyone in the room.
Just then Mrs. Possible steps up to the door and says, "Sometimes honey, you've got to put faith in your family even when you'd rather be doing it yourself despite the risks. If you ask me, these teens know the risks just as you did at their age and if I never stopped you and Ron, then what right do you have to ask your own children whose only wish is the safe return of their father?"
Kim says in a pleading voice, "But Mom, this is Drakken and Shego we're talking about! They're totally evil and who knows what he has got planned for Ron!"
Mrs. Possible says, "I know, but I think Ron will be all right. Drakken will want you both before he attempts to really do anything, right?" She waits until she gets a nod from Kim.
Mr. Possible says as he steps up to his wife's side, "Kimberly, trust in your family. When has the Possible or Stoppable family ever let you down?"
Monique crosses her arms as she says, "I hate to say it, but I agree with your parents."
Kim looks at the teens and the tweens, then at her parents and Monique before her eyes come to rest upon Jesse and even he looked confident that they could get the job done.
Jesse says, "We can do it Mrs. Stoppable, I know we can." He says it with such faith and heart that Kim knows when she is outnumbered and outvoted even though her heart yearned for nothing more than for Ron to be with her at that moment.
Kim lowers her eyes for a moment to stare at the floor before she raises them up to look at the teens and say, "Ok, if I let you go then you better be careful because I don't want any of you hurt!
Everyone takes this as a "Yes" and they cheer loudly!
Kim knew that her children wouldn't let her down, but in her heart, she still wanted to be the one that Ron saw first when he was rescued. Not some future children that he didn't even know he had yet.
As if reading Kim's mind, the one known as CS to her says as she pulls out a small device that resembled the current Kimmunicator that she carried around, "Mother, we will keep in touch with this and with the 3D holo technology that Wade invented around this time and perfected by our time, we will be able to have you there with us in spirit and image."
Kim's eyes water as she looks at her teenage daughter and says, "Thank you..." and walks up to hug the three teens as gently as she could with her trying to be careful of her belly. Even the tweens got into the hug by gently holding onto her wherever they could.
Monique wipes a tear away from her eyes as she thinks that Kim is one lucky woman to have such a good family. She knew then that Kim would grow up to be as good of a mother as she was a crime fighter if the love in the room was any indication.
Just then the redhead lets go of her mother and walks up to Monique, "Are you...?" She looks puzzled as she stares up at the teenage girl, "Aren't you Annie?"
Monique shakes her head even though at that moment it did sound like a very sweet name for a girl. She says, "No, I'm Monique. A friend of Kim's."
The little redhead says, "Monique? But the only Monique I know is much older, like Momma. You look more like Annie, her daughter... only without the purple spot in your hair. Did you dye it out to trick me? Like Momma did when she said she didn't know me?"
Monique blinks at his information and thinks, "I have a daughter? Annie? Well, it is a sweet name that I might give if I ever have one... wait, she's telling me I did!" After a moment or two more of this shocking revelation, she says, "Um, no sweetie... you're in the year 2006, I'm her mother, just a lot younger."
The redhead seems to think about this information before she says in a singsong voice as she smiles, "I know who you're going to mar-ry! Want me to tell you?" Then before Monique can answer, Kim says, "Come over here, Connie! Don't you tease Monique!"
The redhead turns and says, "Coming Momma!" She pauses and turns her head enough to say, "Sorry Monique! See you later!" and she then runs up to hug her mother while leaving Monique wondering about who will become her husband. Like being told not to think of a pink elephant, the question lingered and grew in her mind until it was almost burning a hole as it begged to have release by being answered.
Monique wondered about the question and even though it was bothering her quite a bit, she knew that this was not the time to be asking a little girl about who would be her husband and father to daughter in the future. Still, she knew that at some point she would be asking the young girl for the answer to the burning question before she went back to the future.
Monique then realizes that Kim just called that little girl by her name when she didn't seem to have known her name just a few minutes ago! Was this possibly a side effect of whatever Drakken zapped them with? Or was Kim really turning into her future counterpart? She watches Kim with curiosity, and hoped that it was just a side effect and not a more permanent thing.
(Meanwhile in Drakken's latest lair)
Ron wakes up and finds himself latched to the wall as was the standard Drakken and Shego form of imprisonment with the button that controlled the latches not too far from him. The first thing he does is say, "Kim!" and looks around to see if she was captured with him or not and is relieved to find that she isn't. He looks down at his pocket and says, "Rufus?" before he remembers that he had left with Kim. He thinks, "At least I know Kim's ok but as pregnant as she is, she won't be able to put up much of a fight. I hope her mother can manage to keep her safe."
A sneering, female voice suddenly says, "Oh look, the sidekick is awake now..." before she steps into view. Even before she did that, Ron knew that it was Shego and he says, "Shego..." with some venom in his voice.
Shego grins as she walks up towards him and grabs his face, turning it side to side before she says, "You know... you actually turned out to be a rather good looking guy. Maybe I'll see if Dr. D. will keep you this way so I can have you all to myself."
Ron's face goes stone-hard with his eyes matching it before he says, "I'd rather face a thousand rabid monkeys than be yours Shego." with his voice just dripping with disgust.
Shego laughs and says, "Oh, I have my ways of changing your mind. Besides, with Kim out of the picture as a senior citizen. You'll need to have someone... warm to fill your nights and I can make you howl my name."
Ron was about to say something when Drakken says, "Believe me, I know she can do it. I've been around with her unfortunate boyfriends and the louder the better to her."
Shego grins wickedly, "They didn't seem to be miserable at the time Dr. D."
Drakken shakes his head and says, "That's because you never bothered to see them. They were just toys for your amusement. I wonder if you really ever got to even know them."
Shego lights up her hands and says, "No, and why should I? None of them could ever stand a chance against me." She then turns a flaming hand towards Ron and says, "But I've seen him and little miss spoilsport in action and it might be fun teaching him since I already know him."
Drakken looks surprised for a second and then snarls, "Forget it Shego! This boy, er... man, whatever! He is crucial for my latest plans! And once I have Miss Possible..." At this point Ron says, "Mrs. Stoppable" which interrupts Drakken's train of thought, which, is something that he hated to have done when he was ranting.
Drakken says, "What? What would I care about your mother for?"
Ron shakes his head and a big smile appears on his face with a slight blush as he says, "We're married."
Drakken says, "What? You married your mother? Yuck! Gross!"
Shego says, "Wait a minute! Are you saying you are married to Kim Possible?"
Drakken then realizes what Ron had meant and says, "That can't be! There hasn't been enough time for you to marry her! You're just trying to confuse me!"
Ron shakes his head and says, "Look at my fingers, I've got a wedding ring." He wiggles the fingers of his hand that had the wedding ring it catches in the light of the lair.
Shego's eyes go wide at the shine of gold on the finger and she moves quickly, pushing the button to release him. Even as he falls, she moves her hands quickly to pin Ron by the neck to the wall behind him with one hand and the other hand grabs at the ring hand pulling it towards her face for a closer look.
Drakken moves closer to look as well and his face joins in on the shock that was on Shego's as there, on Ron's finger was the unmistakable shine and look of a gold wedding ring on his finger. Neither villain could say anything for the longest time while Ron wore the look of smug satisfaction of finally being able to surprise both Drakken and Shego into the longest silence he could ever remember since meeting the two of them.
Finally it was Drakken who spoke when he says, "How... When..." then it occurs to him. "Of course! It was because of the device I was using to turn them into senior citizens! It must have changed their clothes as well!" Then he frowns as he says, "Wait a minute... it shouldn't have done that..." He starts to pace as he thinks about what his device could do and what it was supposed to do.
Shego meanwhile snaps out of her shock and says darkly, "So you and Princess hooked up..." She moves the hand that was holding his which, held his wedding ring and grabs at the golden ring. It takes a few quick tugs but to an experienced thief like Shego, it was easy to get off of Ron's fingers.
Ron shouts, "Hey! Give that back! That's mine!" He tries to use his free arm to get the ring back but Shego simply lets go of him and kicks him hard back against the wall. He is surprised at how little that hurt but then just as Shego had kicked at him, he had done some sort of move entirely on reflex and it had somehow cushioned the blow even though the hitting the wall part still hurt some.
Shego was surprised to see Ron spring back to his feet in a move that was very much like how Kim would have gotten back up after such a kick and saw the determination on his face. She knew that Ron was going to be after the wedding ring but she wasn't going to make it easy for him. She spots something written on the inside of the ring but with her attention diverted by Ron's charging at her, she didn't have the time to read it so she clenches her fist around it tightly and lights up her hands in their signature green glow.
Shego growls and charges at Ron in return until they meet head on and given her past experience with Ron, she had expected him to go down with the first blow or two but was shocked that not only did he block her move for move but he was proving to be far stronger than she remembered!
Ron says angrily, "Give me back my ring! It is a sign of my love for her!" He then manages to slip through her defenses and deliver a blow to her stomach, which sent her flying backwards. He watches as Shego does a quick roll and hops back to her feet before she says, "Is that all you've got? This match will be over in no time then."
Shego was surprised that the sidekick had been able to get past her defenses at all with a move that she would have expected from Kim. She frowns after her taunt and thinks, "If he learned his moves from Kim, then I could be in real trouble here and then there's his monkey kung-fu to consider as well. Oh well, no one ever said I had to fight fair."
Ron moved forward with more speed than Shego expected and was able to close the gap between them quickly enough that Shego couldn't blast at him without getting some of it herself. He finds himself doing move after move as if they came naturally to him and for a while neither one could get through the other's defenses again.
Drakken watched all this with some interest as he kept the device thought running in his mind as well. He was impressed that the one who he had always called a buffoon was actually holding his own with Shego, even with her powers on. A thought occurs to him, "The device must have not only changed their clothes but their bodies and minds as well! If that's the case then I can use the same device to gain future knowledge after I restore Kim and what's-his-name back to normal! I'll become unstoppable with my knowledge of the future devices as well as how Kim Possible defeats me so I can plan a way to stop her!"
When Drakken bursts out laughing for no apparent reason, it distracts both Shego and Ron but with Shego being more used to Drakken's laugh, she finds a hole in Ron's defense and takes the chance. She manages to deliver a powerful blow that knocks him out but to her it seemed to just barely even do that as he managed to whisper, "KP..." before passing out against the wall.
She moves quickly to pick his heavier adult body up and place him back in the latches on the wall while Drakken is still doing his "I'm going to succeed this time!" laugh that she'd heard all too often when working for him.
After a few moments of catching her breath as that battle with Ron had really proved to be really tough. She was having second thoughts about making him her own if he could prove to be so difficult but on another level, it excited and scared her that she had finally found a guy who could match her in battle.
Shego then remembered that she had the wedding ring in her hand and opens it to reveal it unharmed from the battle. She figured that it was much more than gold or it would have been damaged more from their fight. She holds it up to her eye and starts to read the inscription, gasping a little at what she read.
Shego steps back to Ron just as he starts to regain consciousness and slips the ring back on his finger where it belonged.
Ron says, "Shego, I'll get my ring back... if it's..." Shego interrupts him by saying "Cool your heels loverboy, I put the ring back on you. If you don't believe me, look for yourself."
Ron is surprised when he looks and sees that the ring is indeed back on his finger. He looks at her and says, "Why?"
Shego finishes his question for him by saying, "Why did I return your ring? I only wanted to look to see if you had an inscription on it to confirm that you and Kimmie were really married." She turns her back so he can't see her face and says, "I got my answer, so I returned it. That's all there is to it." She then walks off leaving Ron to wonder what was on his ring and unable to find out since he was pinned to the wall.
AN: Well everyone I've been writing up a huge storm lately. How did everyone like the first half of the story? How did you all like how I had Monique react? The way the family was so supportive? What did everyone think of the second half? Shego was a bit mean true, and who knows what Drakken will do with the new info... well, I do but that doesn't count. What do you all think was on the ring that changed her attitude? What did you all think of the fight? Well, please review!