"While there are a lot of great and amazing writers out there, only the most dedicated, and most inspired of writers can go out of their way to present a story of such length, that it reaches the level of a novel."
Matt just looked over in surprise. "Why only the most dedicated? I mean, maybe the guy is just really wordy or something, and gets his yayas just adding in words to fill out the count."
"Umm… okay… MOST people who write to this many words are very dedicated and inspired."
Matt just grinned. "See, was that so hard? And presenting the nominees for Best Novel-sized Story… Wade and Rufus!"
The Wade-bot rolled on stage, Rufus riding on top of the viewing screen.
The crowd roared; Rufus was without doubt a fan favorite. The little rat shot everyone the Peace & Love salute. More cheers ensued.
Wade smiled shyly on screen. "Hey everyone. Sorry I couldn't be there in person, but somebody had to watch the site. Oh, Rufus asked me to tell you all he loves you guys; the writers, readers, and all the fans."
Rufus grinned big. "Hnk-haaa, Oh yeah!" More cheers from the crowd.
Wade smiled. "Anyway, I like the long fanfics, being a genius an all. So we're here to present the award for Best Novel. The nominees are...
Epic Sitch, by MrDrP…
Kim looked at Bonnie. "So, Queen Bonnie, you up for another round now that the odds are a bit more even?"
"You're still second best, K. You're just making things worse for yourself and the loser," Bonnie snapped as she began circling Kim.
"Well, maybe I can make things better if I deliver an apology for dissing you, President Rockwaller," Kim sneered as she pivoted and kicked Bonnie in the stomach. "That's for my father. He is NOT a dork."
Bonnie doubled over. Kim grabbed the front of Bonnie's jumpsuit, pulled her up, then delivered a roundhouse. The former cheerleader staggered backwards.
"And that's for everyone at school you belittled and demeaned."
Bonnie tried to fight back, but was swinging wildly.
Kim responded by grabbing Bonnie's arm and flipping her to the floor. "And that's for Ron, who I love and you will NEVER, EVER HURT AGAIN!"
Kim saw that Ron had passed out again, which only fed her anger with Bonnie. She turned and headed back to her opponent.
"So, Bonnie, you barely made it two weeks as captain of the cheer squad. How long do you really think you'd last running the world? Five minutes?" Bonnie was carefully backing away from Kim. "You may like to think you're in Shego's league, Bonnie. But I know Shego. Shego's an enemy of mine. And you're no Shego," Kim spat out as she did a handspring, landed in front of her foe and threw a punch, which Bonnie barely managed to parry.
Bonnie had settled down, but was still on the defensive. She looked at her opponent and scowled. "Kimmie, I was right. You and Stoppable are both losers. The lowest forms of life on the food chain. Always have been, always will!"
"You can stuff your food chain, Bonnie! You're not going to play me."
"No, but maybe I am going to surprise you!" Bonnie said as she made to punch Kim, instead dropping to the deck and picking up the Kimstick. She grinned malevolently. "Nice! I'm going to beat you with the loser's weapon." Bonnie swung the staff, forcing Kim to jump backwards. Kim glanced at Ron, hoping he would do something, but saw that he was still unconscious. Kim looked back at her foe, did a double back flip and readied herself for an assault.
Kim Possible : Mind, Body, and Soul, by Hobnob-rev…
"I've missed this, Kimmy. It's been a total slice fighting someone who's basically my opposite. I missed you while you were gone, Pumpkin. Missed the friendly banter, the adrenaline surge when we fight, the way you make me earn my pay. It's a shame to know my best pal is quitting, cutie."
Kim felt her blood heat and her voice snapped with anger. "We are not friends Shego. Stop trying to talk to me like we are! And stop using every damn nickname you have for it, it doesn't work!"
Shego sighed and wiggled her booted feet. "Okay, okay… just this time. But you have to admit, we may not be friends, but we are opposite. Yin… yang… like, whatever. Without the other around, how will either of us know the answer? How will either of us feel it!"
Kim frowned. Shego had to be up to something. "Know the answer to what?"
"We want to know if someone understands our life… we want to feel alive, and the only way for that to happen, is when we fight for it." Shego broke off, realising that her words were giving out too much truth. Truth she didn't want Kim to know. She tried for bravado. "The fact that you know I'll win and kill you one day!"
Kim tightened her grip. "You know that that's not going to happen! You've been trying since I was sixteen years old, Shego. If you haven't been able to kill me in three years, you'll not do it now." Kim broke off and Shego felt her shift slightly.
Suddenly, unable to help herself, Kim blurted. "Did you mean that?"
Shego closed her eyes, unable to stomach the buffoonery in front of her. Stoppable had managed to get his foot caught in the bag and had fallen over. "Mean what?"
"That stuff about feeling alive when we fight? That… that special someone who's so close to who we are that they understand what we're going through?"
Shego heard Drakken's laugh of triumph and watched as her boss started to pull himself over the lip of the tiny platfiom they had descended on and grip the wire ladder in its centre.
She sighed slightly. It was time to show Kim she was still better than she was. Tensing her muscles though, she decided to answer Kim, what was the harm. To her shock, she heard herself speak the truth. "You damn well make me feel alive… that's all I know!"
Kim blinked and then she felt Shego's weight shift. "What?"
"As I said, it's been a slice, Kimmy!" Shego whispered slyly, her right foot entwining with Kim's own. The pale woman twisted and Kim screamed, falling as her leg gave way under Shego's careful application of muscle pressure. "Sorry bout this, Princess… but duty calls."
UNION, by G-Go…
"Two ninjas had fallen upon Sensei. As they closed in, one of them raised a short piece of bamboo to his lips and blew hard. A dart, the tip covered in a sleep-inducing poison, shot out the other end of the bamboo. Sensei moved his head slightly, his left hand flashed upward and snatched the dart out of the air. Before either ninja had time to react, Sensei dropped to a crouch, lunged at the ninja who still had the bamboo pressed to his lips and thrust the dart into his leg. The ninja uttered a surprised yelp, became instantly paralyzed, and eventually keeled over unconscious. In the meantime, Sensei stepped forward, still in his crouch and straightened up, catching his second attacker's wrist in his hand as it attempted to land a blow on his neck. The ninja's arm stiffened immediately. Sensei pivoted and brought his free arm down upon the ninja's stiffened arm causing the elbow to bend. Almost faster then the human eye could detect, Sensei brought his free hand back around behind the fist that still grasped the ninja's wrist and drove it forward with all his strength, slamming the ninja's own fist into his face. His head rocked back and smacked against the wall. "
"And the winner is… Kim Possible : Mind, Body, and Soul, by Hobnob-rev!""Again?" HobnobRev, parts of his Tuxedo smoking and torn, glances around with fear. "I'm not going up if Shego is around! She'll kill me!"
"I was trying really hard the first time!" snaps Shego from where six GJ troops have tasers trained on her, over by the free bar, still well within earshot. "Little geek… making me sleep with Possible. Not gonna happen… I don't even like the cute little redhea… GAH!"
Hob stumbles onto the podium and nervously accepts the award from the tiny molerat. "Umm… well, again, thanks a lot for voting. I'll confess that MBS was never meant to be this long, it was supposed to be far shorter and each chapter was only going to be roughly twenty-five pages long. As it is, I ended up writing more and more per chapter, because so much dialogue was coming from the characters in my head."
"Yeah, I bet you hear voices all the time. Which one told you pissing off the green woman was a good idea, chum?"
Hobnobrev Shuffles. "Anyway… MBS would not be as good, despite it's novel length chapters, without all the help and assistance I have been receiving from Apoptosis. I wanted to thank her for all the help she's given me in MBS and for making it far more memorable as a fiction."
"Memorable? You make me Kimmie's bitch… for huge chapters and it isn't memorable?"
"Anyway, thanks for the award and I love you all!"
"As much as I want to disagree with Shego… this whole me and her thing is sick and wrong!"
Ron just gave a grin. "Oh, come on KP… it's not that bad. Actually, it's kinda sexy. Hey, maybe when we get back to the hotel room you could-"
"Ron, if you say one more thing, you'll be sleeping on the sofa."
Rufus looks up at Wade. "Issues?"
"More than we could ever know, little buddy…"
Jason glances back at Shego, relieved to see her more interested in the open bar than continuing her discussions of a moment ago. "Well, when it comes to stories of this caliber, it sure is hard to choose, isn't it Matt?"
Matt looked up from his conversation with Wade. "Huh… oh, yeah, right… sorry about that. I was trying to get Wade to hook me up security camera footage of the dressing rooms, but he won't help me."
Jason just groaned. "Is that all you can think of?"
Matt actually looked back indignant. "Of course not… just most of the time."
Jason shook his head in response. "Let's welcome Creed, with My Sacrifice!"
Hello my friend, we meet again
It's been awhile, where should we begin?
Feels like forever
Within my heart are memories
Of perfect love that you gave to me
Oh, I remember
When you are with me, I'm free
I'm careless, I believe
Above all the others we'll fly
This brings tears to my eyes
My sacrifice
We've seen our share of ups and downs
Oh how quickly life can turn around
In an instant
It feels so good to reunite
Within yourself and within your mind
Let's find peace there
When you are with me, I'm free
I'm careless, I believe
Above all the others we'll fly
This brings tears to my eyes
My sacrifice
I just want to say hello again
I just want to say hello again
When you are with me I'm free
I'm careless, I believe
Above all the others we'll fly
This brings tears to my eyes
Cause when you are with me I am free
I'm careless, I believe
Above all the others we'll fly
This brings tears to my eyes
My sacrifice, My sacrifice
I just want to say hello again
I just want to say hello again
My sacrifice.