He watched as Ron walked out of the house. He moved silently across the street toward Ron. "Hey Ron!"
Ron turned to the owner of the voice. "Hey Felix, what's up? Haven't seen you around lately."
"Hey, who's the guy who spends all his time with his girl? And here's a hint, I'm not seeing anyone."
"Okay, I get it. But what can I say. I'm in love."
"Yeah, I understand. Kim's a special girl, You two deserve to be happy. You two help so many people, it's about time you guys got something out of it."
"What? What do you mean get something out of it?" Ron looked genuinely confused.
"Simple really, You finally told her how you felt about her when you were caught. Hard to believe Drakken got you guys together."
"I really didn't need that image Felix. Now it feels like I owe Drakken."
"Sorry, how's Rufus these days? Haven't seen him around much either."
"Little guy is spending most of his time at home. The girl who moved in across the street has a Naked Molerat."
"Guess Rufus must enjoy having a friend of his own species."
"More than that. His friend's a girl. They way things are looking, my little buddy's gonna be a daddy."
Felix smiled wickedly, "Go Rufus, go Rufus. Heheh, look's like everybody's pairing up these days. It gets kinda hard you know?"
"Yeah, I remember. I had one date before me and Kim, and that was when Kim was under the influence of the Moodulator. Don't worry buddy, it'll happen."
"Yeah, I guess."
The two turned around as a voice called out. "Stoppable-san, I must speak with you."
Ron stood in shock. "Yori? What are you doing here?"
At the same time his friend Felix was sitting in his wheelchair babbling. "Humna, humna, humna." The babbling continued to come from the young man.
"I have been sent here to train with you."
Ron nearly choked. "Train with me? What the, but I can't teach you anything. Who's idea was this?"½"Sensei said that you'll need help in the times ahead. He said that only you can train me to unlock the power within. It only took you a month to become powerful enough to beat Monkey Fist. He says that I have reached the limit of how far I can go at the school, now he asks that you train me."
"Look Yori, I'm just a normal guy who"
"Is an incredible fighter. During your time at the school you showed a natural ability like nothing we'd ever seen. It's true your training was disastrous, but when you fought, you did so with grace and strength. I do not believe this to be coincidence."
"Yori, you're my friend, but there's thousands of people out there who could train you better than I could, I don't know the first thing about this kind of thing. Yeah, sure, I can fight. But that doesn't mean I can teach someone. I'm sorry Yori, I simply can't do it."
Yori looked into his eyes. "Could any of those others have saved your friend? Could any of them beat you? I have never seen anything like what you did when you fought Monkey Fist. I need your help, I ask you as a friend, help me. Please?"
"Ron, do it. Don't ask me why, but trust me, do it." Felix said after finally escaping from his state of his girl induced shock.
"Yori, I don't know if I can. I don't even know how I did it. Quite frankly, I'm amazed I didn't die. I was training under five times Earth's gravity." He took a deep breath. "You're my friend, are you sure about this?"
"Yes, I am ready. Thank you Stoppable-san. I am forever in your debt."
Ron shook his head like he knew it was a bad idea. "Yori, if you're going to be hanging around, you'll need to change a couple of things. My name is Ron. Just Ron. I want you to stop with the Stoppable-san. Also, we should go shopping." Ron scanned Yori's outfit. She remained garbed in the training garments of Yamanouchi. "You really don't fit in. Maybe Kim will take you. I'll ask, or did you bring enough clothes?"
"I have brought what I need, but I don't have any place to stay."
"If you're going to be sticking around for a while, I guess I could see if Mom and Dad would let you crash at our place."
Felix's eyes started to sparkle. "Hey."
The two turned to look at him.
"We have an extra room, she might be able to stay with us."
"Hey Felix, she's my friend, don't worry about it."
Felix looked over at Yori and pulled Ron away from her. "Listen, bud. I'm your friend, and you can trust me. Having a beautiful girl who's not related to you living in your house with you. Kim might not take that too well."
"C'mon, Kim's not the jealous type. She'll understand that I'm just helping a friend."
"Okay, valid points, but might I just point out, Kim was never your girlfriend before, nor did you have any beautiful girls living with you. And what was Kim before you started dating?"
Ron gulped at the thought of making his girlfriend angry. He'd been there once when the Moodulator was attached to her neck. An angry Kim Possible was not something you wanted to see. "Fine, but I know why you're doing this. Don't think I don't."
Felix just smiled. "I'll call Mom now." He reached down to his side and pulled his cell phone from his pocket.
Possible residence
Kim lay silently on her bed. She remained on vacation until her therapists told her she was over what happened. They refused to listen to her when she told them she was fine. But it was also a vacation from school, so she wasn't complaining too much.
She perked up when she heard her Kimunicator go off. "What's up Wade?"
Wade, the technical genius of Team Possible looked very pale. "Well, I've been trying to find out how Ron did what you described. No person should be able to do that. And I've been running some scans that may explain why Ron's gotten so strong."
"He was training under five times Earth's gravity. That's how he got so strong. It's no mystery, you set if up yourself."
"He wasn't supposed to take it that high! The human body isn't made for that kind of stress, it should have killed him!" Wade forced himself to calm down. "Okay, let me explain, this kind of ties in with a theory I had in high school. Each person has a set of genes in their DNA that decides what they're capable of. It has to do with intelligence and how athletic a person can be. With a lot of training some people can actually move to a higher plane than their genetic potential should allow. The thought is still kind of fuzzy but it's part of the reason you're so successful. You have a high potential in intelligence and athletics. Mine is incredibly high on the intelligence but not physically, and Ron, well he's pretty average intellectually."
"So what? He's not the smartest guy I know. But he's one of the best guys I've known."
"I know, just hear me out. We've seen how Ron can fight. His potential in the physical department would account for that." Wade looked slightly uncomfotable. "Ron's inborn potential is off the charts, His physical abilities are infinitely greater than my intellectual capabilities. And the scans reveal..." Wade trailed off suddenly.
"What do the scans reveal, Wade?" Wade looked very uncomfortable. "There are certain genetic markers that reside in every human. We're all descended from the same species and show that in our DNA."
"So what about it?"
"Ron doesn't have any of them."
"Could you say that again?"
"Look Kim, every human has these genetic markers, Ron doesn't. Genetically, except for these markers he's almost identical. The only way it's possible is if he took a different evolutionary course. Even then he'd have to have a couple of the markers. There's at least one that every creature on the planet has. Ron doesn't have that either."
"No, you can't be suggesting that. It's not possible."
"Ron said something that really applies here. After everything we've seen. I doubt anything is impossible. All the evidence points to it, and after everything that's happened. I think you should tell him."
"Wade stop it. There's no way. You're talking about my boy friend. My best friend since pre-k It's just not possible."
"DANG IT KIM, LISTEN TO YOURSELF! Every genetic scan shows the same thing. Ron, while having almost the exact same body, has absolutely no physical connections on this planet. There's no other explanation."
"Ron isn't from Earth."