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 15: Wade vs. Drakken, A race to normalcy!
(Monique's Home)
Everyone was thanking Monique for letting them stay the night and for feeding the small army of Possibles breakfast as well. Even the Kim's parents were saying nice things to her and Monique was not used to such flattery.
Monique was simply helping out a very good friend in her eyes and one that she was sure would have done the same if the situation was reversed. Although, she found it hard to imagine being on the run from Drakken because he wanted to study their body from some change he caused.
Monique's parents were beaming with pride as their daughter had helped the world-famous Kim Possible and family in time of need without so much as asking for a "Thank you" or anything else in return. She had simply helped because it had been the right thing to do.
As everyone starts to leave, Monique manages to say to Connie, "Hey, about my future husband..."
Connie blinks in surprise and then smiles before she says, "You wanna know? I can tell you!"
Monique shakes her head and says, "No, just do me a favor will you? When you get back to the future, find me and tell me to give my husband a big kiss. I want to remind my future self how lucky I am."
Connie looks a little disappointed before she says, "Are you sure you don't wanna know?"
Monique says, "No, but tell you what... tell my future self that because you were such a big help here in the past to go buy you something you'll really like for being such a good girl. How does that sound?"
Connie's face brightens up and she says, "Yay! Thank you Moni!" and jumps to give Monique a hug around her neck since she'd been kneeling to talk to Connie nearly face to face.
Monique hugs the girl back and says, "You're welcome Connie, now you better go catch up with your family before your mother gets worried and comes back looking for you."
Connie nods and says, "Bye Moni!" and rushes out the door after her family who was waiting for her in the driveway. She shakes her head and thinks, "That little girl is going to be such a handful for Kim, even if she is so adorable." She wasn't bothered by the apparent nickname, as it wasn't the first time she'd heard someone call her that, though it hadn't been since she was Connie's age because to a young kid, it wasn't always easy to say big names.
Monique's parents had driven Kim's parents to the house to pick up the vans since they didn't want Kim to be walking any more than she had to be in her condition. So after every Possible and Stoppable piles into the two vans, they all take off towards home, waving to everyone their goodbyes until they were out of sight.
Monique's parents say, "We're proud of you Monique, you helped Kim Possible and her family without asking anything in return." The mother puts her hand on Monique's shoulder as she stares down the road where Kim had vanished.
Monique says, "Kim's my best friend... of course I'd help her. Besides, I know that she'd do the same for me if the tables were turned." She turns to her parents and gives them a big group hug, which, they return in kind with tender smiles on their faces.
(Back at the Possible household)
Kim was resisting everyone's insistence that she go lay down and get some rest. She had to keep telling them all that she was fine and that she wasn't tired. It was tiring just to try to fight all of them until Ron comes to the rescue and says, "Please, if Kim says that she's fine then let's respect her wishes. I believe her when she says she isn't tired. She isn't a liar and I don't believe that she'd risk herself or the baby."
Everyone stops and breaks off to go do something else while Kim softly says to Ron, "Thanks Ron, I owe you." Before she kisses him on the cheek softly.
Ron smiles at Kim and says, "Hey, what else are husbands for?" before he gets a little nervous as if overstepping a boundary somewhere. He is surprised when Kim says in a soft, yet sweet voice to him, "Yes, and you're a very sweet, loving husband at that."
Kim walks over with Ron by her side until they reach the sofa and she sits down to watch some TV together.
(At lair #120)
Drakken grumbles and rants, "Those adult versions of Kim Possible and that buffoon are proving to be even MORE trouble than their teenage counterparts! I should transform them back because at least there were less of them!"
Shego says, "Yeah, well how are you going to do that? You lost the doo-hickey that transformed them in the first place." She was pleased that Drakken was going to change them back, as nice as it had been to see the future versions as well as get to fight their kids, she missed fighting the teenage Kim one on one, but she wasn't going to let Drakken know so she kept her face in her usual bored way.
Drakken says, "You forget, I am the one who invented that thing! I know how to fix it so that they are transformed back!"
Shego suddenly had an unpleasant thought, "Hey, this won't hurt the babies in Kim Possible's belly will it?"
Drakken frowns and says, "It shouldn't! As far as I can tell, her body only mirrors what she is really like in the future so transforming her back shouldn't affect the babies in her belly. I shouldn't have any effect on her future self and on the plus side she'll lose all the future knowledge and skills that she might have gained from mirroring her future self."
Shego says, "Just as long as you're sure that there is NO harm to those babies." Her hands light up in their traditional green flames and from what Drakken could tell, they were burning a bit hotter than usual. She says, "I may be a thief and a fighter for hire, but I'm no killer! You got that Dr. D.? So I want you to be 100 certain before you change her back."
Drakken says, "Well, I could wait to change her back after she has the babies to be safe... but that won't help the babies. They'll simply be stranded to our time, leaving Kim Possible left as an unwed, teenage mother! Do you want that Shego?"
Shego lowers her hands and as much as she hated Kim Possible, she also respected her a lot and the thought of Kim having to go through life like that was not a pleasant one. She shakes her head as she turns off her plasma powers before she says, "No Dr. D. But we can't hurt the babies either."
Drakken steps up and places a surprisingly gentle hand on her shoulder and says, "Shego, on my word as a villain and as a Lipsky, I will do my very best to restore Kim without harming her future babies."
Shego is very surprised and somewhat touched by Drakken's vow but she knew that Drakken meant every word. She looks at him and says the only thing that she can think of, "Thank you Dr. D."
Drakken doesn't say anything for a moment, enjoying the rare moment when they weren't snipping at each other. He can tell that his hand needs to move though and removes it before he makes a motion of adjusting his glove as he turns his back and says, "Now, let's get started! The sooner the better! I don't know how much time Kim Possible has before she will be giving birth!"
Drakken walks over to a counter where there are a number of devices in which he could start to build any number of things. He does a quick look over the things he sees and frowns before he says, "Shego, I will need you to get me something before I can restore Miss Possible."
Shego flexes her hands out in front of her, showing her readiness and she says, "Whatever you need, you got it Dr. D."
(Back in Wade's Home)
Wade was staring at his computer as it finishes its latest in calculations. It still surprised him that the Kimmunicator had a more powerful CPU than even the best computer that he had access to but then he shouldn't have been surprised since there was something like 20 years worth of advancements built into the little thing.
Wade frowns as he notices that there was a time frame in which to restore Kim and Ron back to normal and it was growing steadily smaller by the minute. He also noticed that once Kim gives birth to the babies in her belly, not only would the future change but also the temporal effects that the device created would become irreversible!
Wade needed to contact Kim as soon as possible and let her know that the future in which she had been enjoying thus far might be in danger if the babies in her belly came to be in this time.
Wade noted that it wasn't going to be easy to build the device as the part that would be creating the temporal effect was going to the most difficult part. It had to be very exact or there could be major problems of which he was scared to even think about.
(At the Possible Residence)
Kim and Ron were resting on the couch with her head upon his shoulder. She noticed that Ron's new adult body was so... strong and it felt so right to her for her to lay just like she was on Ron. She even found his adult scent different from that of his teenage one where he had once smelled faintly of Rufus and Nacos, he now carried a more mature and less cheesy scent.
Kim nuzzles her face into him softly, taking in the scent of the one who would one day become her husband and father to such wonderful and amazing kids. A tiny part of her wondered when this wonderful future would happen for her, when would Ron propose to her and start this amazing journey? She knew she could ask Wade or one of the kids but she had a feeling that would ruin the magical moment of when she was asked and she didn't want anything to ruin that magic day.
Ron was barely watching the TV as he enjoyed the feel of Kim resting upon his shoulder so peacefully and when she nuzzled into him, her hair brushed against his face, allowing him to catch a whiff of her. He had always loved the way Kim had smelled, for she had a unique smell about her and when he had been in Kim's body that one time during that mission where they got their minds swapped. He had noticed how much more acute Kim's nose was than his own and one of the reasons why he had liked to flip Kim's hair was because it stirred the smell of Kim even more.
Ron was happy to have his arm around her, resting gently upon her shoulder and he secretly hoped that he wouldn't have to move from this spot for a long time. He felt so at ease and happy at that very moment and knew that this moment would forever stay in his memory. No matter what the future would hold, he knew that they could and would face it together as a couple whose love knew no bounds.
Just then the Kimmunicator goes off and Kim whips it out as she sits up, and without even realizing it, she leans close enough towards Ron so that he would be included in the camera automatically. With the sound of the Kimmunicator going off, the others in the house all come to find out what Wade had come up with.
Kim is smiling as she says, "Hi Wade, what's the sitch?" until she notices that Wade didn't look happy, in fact he looked somewhat miserable as if he was faced with bad news and didn't want to say what it was.
Wade was hesitating as Kim's parents and Kim's children all crowded around Kim and Ron as they could sense something was wrong with the silence in the air, but no one knew what exactly.
Wade says, "Kim... Ron... I've got bad news." He gulps a little and was glad he was far away at that moment before he says, "Your babies are threatening your very future that you already know about."
Kim frowns as she didn't like these news and she says, "What? What are you talking about Wade?" A hand automatically goes to her belly where she feels a kick, reminding her of the life that stirred within.
Wade says, "They're in the wrong time. They're supposed to be born in the future, not now. And here's where it gets worse." He pauses as he is very aware of all the eyes on him before he says, "My calculations show that if you have the kids now, then your changes will become irreversible and the future as you know it with Connie and the rest will all change in a moment. There is a very good chance that they become as if they never existed at all!"
Kim and Ron's eyes go very wide and they take their eyes off Wade to look at each other, then to look at their four children for a long couple of moments before they look back at Wade.
Kim says in a voice that was not hiding her worry, "Wade! How can that be? How can their birth change so much?"
Wade says, "Well their birth will trigger a kind of temporal dualality existence because when you give birth here in the past, so will they be born in the future. And since they can't exist at two places at once as the same person, time itself will have to choose and because you're in the past... Yours will become the dominant time line and since your other four children were born before the ones in your belly. That means they'll cease to exist in favor of their existence."
Cindy, Mindy and Jesse who were old enough to understand all this talk looked scared and they moved closer to each other as if their closeness would somehow be enough to stave off the threat of being destroyed in favor of the ones in their Mother's belly.
Jesse was worried as he wondered what would happen to him if he'd never known Cindy or Mindy or even the Stoppable family. He wondered what kind of person would he become? The thoughts scared him to the bone.
Ron says, "Isn't there anything you can do Wade? You're the supergenius!" His own voice showing fear over losing his four children.
Wade sighs softly and says, "You'll have to either go to the future or go to the future and since we're a little short on time machines at the moment, I don't see that as an option. The only other option I see is to return you back to the way you were before Drakken zapped you and made you adults. This will mean that you won't be pregnant with them anymore and you won't have to worry about the others."
Kim had grown used to the idea of giving birth to the children residing in her belly and knew that Ron would be by her side when it came to be time for her to give birth, but the idea that the sweet, little innocent specks of life residing in her could cause so much harm sounded like the most ridiculous idea she'd ever heard but Wade was rarely ever wrong.
Kim looks at Ron and tears fill her eyes, "Ron..." she barely says as she tries to keep from crying.
Mrs. Possible says, "Wade, what will happen to the babies in her belly if you can change her back? Will the they be affected in the future?"
Wade scratches his head in a nervous gesture before saying, "We-ll... I'm not 100 certain but both my computer and the one in the Kimmunicator suggest that since the they won't exist in the past anymore, the future ones will become dominant once again, leaving them untouched and the future we know as it exists will safe once again."
Mrs. Possible says, "Well Kimmie, the decision is up to you really... it is your life and your future."
Kim looks at Ron and says, "No... It is both our lives and future that's at stake." She looks back to Wade and says, "Wade... any idea what would have happened to Ron and I if the babies were born in this time era?"
Wade looks nervous as he says, "Um... the best I can figure is that..." He grows quiet until Kim says in a pleading voice, "Wade! Please! I need to know!"
Wade sighs and says, "There is a good chance that if you give birth in the past, you'll be regarded by the government as a unwed teenager and that will cause tremendous strain on you and within a year or two..." He looks down so as not to look at Kim, "I don't think you'll make it Kim. And Ron will be left with the kids."
Kim bleached at that thought before she looks at Ron to support. He held her closely in the support she knew he'd give, as she really needed it. No one knew what to say to the horrible news from Wade that would make anything better.
Kim says, "Wade... are you sure? I'd only be around for two years after they're born?" Her voice strained as emotions run high.
Wade nods, "Yes... And Ron doe a good job of raising them until..." He trails off again.
This time it is Ron who says, "What is it Wade?" while he continues to hold Kim.
Wade says, "The Kimmunicator's advanced computer predicts that you'll raise two good kids until you go on a mission to save the world and though the world is saved, you don't return... The kids will be just about to graduate high school too."
So there really was little choice it seemed. It was either enjoy a joyful life with Ron and her children or try to give birth and wreck such a wonderful life.
Kim closes her eyes tightly for a few moments, wishing that she didn't have to make the decision that she knows she must make but then she hears the words, "What do we need to do to return to normal Wade?" come from her mouth, surprising herself with how the words sounded so certain to her.
No one blamed Kim for making the same choice that they all would have made but it still seemed unfair that Kim even had to make that choice at all to begin with. Mrs. Possible and Mr. Possible knew that their daughter was hurting within her heart but there was no one that could do or say anything that would make things better, and no one was angry at Wade since they knew he would have done his best to come up with a better alternative.
Connie, who didn't fully grasp the situation, says, "Momma, won't we see them in the future when we return?"
Kim places her hand on her young daughter's head and says, "Yes, but... I..." she finds it hard to finish.
Connie hugs her mother and says, "Don't worry Momma, when we go back to the future, everything will be all right and I'll be able to see my new brother or sister!" This makes Kim smile just a little, as there was one thing that Connie was, and that was infectious with her good feelings. Just being around Connie made Kim feel more happy.
Kim hugs Connie back and says, "You're right... Thank you Connie." Before she leans and kisses her youngest daughter on the head lovingly.
Everyone else just stands quietly, hoping that Connie is indeed right and that the future that she knows will be there for her when she returns.
AN: Hello everyone, what did you all think about how Monique dealt with the future issue of her husband? What about the nice moment for Kim and Ron? What did you all think about Drakken's reason for changing them back and how Shego acted? And last but not least of all, what did everyone think of the bad news involving Kim's unborn children? Trust me on this though, the future chapters are going to be a wild rolllercoaster ride from here on out up to the final chapter! It isn't over for Team Possible or Team Stoppable(The kids) by a long shot! Remember, the future kids still have to go home as well!