Shocked

Disclaimer: Yeah… Owning Kim Possible is a no go for me.

Chapter Eight: Truths

Bonnie's POV

Bonnie shot up in her bed covered in sweat, she had had another nightmare, but that was nothing new to the brunette. In the month since the failed mission she had had recurring nightmares of the explosion. Only in these nightmares Ron would always die and Bonnie would have to look into his lifeless eyes before jerking awake in terror.

She got out of bed and padded out into the hall and to the bathroom, splashing some water on her face Bonnie wished for what must have been the millionth or so time that she knew what was behind that blue glow she had seen in Ron's eyes.

The silence was strangling her, she knew she could just ask him, but then he'd ask if she had any ulterior motives behind going on missions, Bonnie had learned that Ron was anything but stupid, a bit slow at times but her reputation had doubtless preceded her in signing on to go on missions.

So for the past month with those two white elephants hanging between them, Ron and Bonnie had seen their relationship stagnate as every conversation hinted at what lay unsaid about those topics and then died as neither was willing to broach the topic. It hadn't helped at all that they were still both in rather foul moods. Bonnie since that 'talk' Kim's mom had promised had fallen on deaf ears and Ron because everyone was pressuring him to abandon Kim.

Feeling not exactly calm but calmed enough to get back to sleep, Bonnie went back to her room and slid under the covers, within a few minutes she was out but this time she didn't return to nightmares. This time Bonnie's dream took the place of a large courtyard in what looked to be a mountain school that Bonnie could swear was in Japan or some place, wait a second she was asleep how was she thinking?

"Bonnie Rockwaller," an old wise sounding voice called to her, Bonnie looked to see a short old man in red robes with twin moustaches hanging past his chin.

"Um…" Bonnie managed to get out, this was just too weird for her, she was dreaming, she knew she was, yet here she was feeling perfectly awake and she had no clue where she was.

"I know you have many questions Ms. Rockwaller," the strange man said, "and I will answer those I can, but for now you are safe." Bonnie had her doubts about that, "I am Sensei, and this place is called Yamanouchi." Bonnie remembered that name, it was where Ron had gone last year on a foreign exchange, but how did this Sensei character fit into all this?

"You must wish to know many things," Sensei said, "but to begin with, Yamanouchi is a ninja school, and that is why we brought Stoppable-San here."

"Ninja school?" Bonnie asked rather skeptical of the whole thing.

"Yes," Sensei replied simply, "that is the first thing you must know to understand what I have brought you here to tell you. Now I believe that you have witnessed Stoppable-San perform several feats you are at a loss to explain, not least of which was to survive a sizeable explosion with no protection."

Bonnie could only stare at how this seeming hermit knew so much about what went on in her life.

"Do not be afraid Ms. Rockwaller," Sensei said mirthfully, "Yamanouchi has many eyes in the world, but I have brought you here to tell you how Stoppable-San was able to perform such great feats."

"You mean that blue glow thing?" Bonnie asked still not quite believing what she was hearing.

"Among other things," this Sensei was irritatingly calm to Bonnie, "Stoppable-

San was exposed to a phenomenon called Mystical Monkey Power sometime ago while pursuing Lord Monkey Fist."

"Ok," Bonnie said, "I know Monkey Fist, but Mystical Monkey Power? You've got to be kidding me, I mean this is a real nice trick bringing me here, but that just lost it."

"Call it what you will," Sensei retained that maddening calm, "but the truth of the matter is that is why Stoppable-San is able to perform such feats."

"Well let's pretend I believe you," Bonnie said, "why didn't Ron tell me about something this important?"

"I do not know the answer to that, Ms. Rockwaller" Sensei said, "you will have to ask him yourself and you will soon have the opportunity to do so as your alarm is going to go off very soon."

"What?" Bonnie exclaimed, "We've barely talked even 10 minutes and I had several hours till I had to get up."

Sensei's utterly calm face broke into a grin as the old man said, "Ah but time flows differently here, your alarm should be going off right about…"

Bonnie jerked awake as her alarm went off, that had been one crazy dream. But if this Sensei had told her the truth then she knew what Ron had been keeping from her, and she'd get the rest out of him today whatever she had to do.

Ron's POV

Ron walked through the halls of Middleton High School deep in thought, he was completely absorbed in trying to figure out just what Bonnie's plan really was in going on these missions, the subject along with Mystical Monkey Power had been a pair of white elephants between him and Bonnie for the last month and it was something they needed to solve before Wade started giving them more missions again.

Thanks to his leg injuries and Bonnie's broken ribs they had been mission free for the last month, but they had both healed remarkably quickly and Wade had said he was going to start giving them missions soon, and with a lack of trust hanging between them missions could get quite dangerous if it reared its head when they were in a life or death situation.

Bonnie had made no overt signs of any sort about whatever plan she had, and though Ron counted her a friend at this point, he knew that Bonnie was willing to go to incredible lengths in her plans to further her rivalry with Kim, so the only question was, how was Bonnie planning on using her going on missions to bring down Kim, especially since Kim didn't appear to care much about anything right now except Monkey.

Ron kept walking down the hall puzzling over what Bonnie's plan was and whether he should tell her about Mystical Monkey Power, that would require him to tell her about Yamanouchi and as far as he knew he was still bound by his promise to not tell anyone since he had only been specifically released to tell KP.

Ron was just about to turn the corner to get to his locker to see if Wade had anything for him and Bonnie when he heard Tara and Monique talking, ducking behind the corner Ron decided to listen in.

"So that's what happened with Bonnie's plan," he heard Monique saying, "Just run it by me one more time?"

"Alright," Tara said, "Bonnie got into this whole thing because she's pissed at Kim for ditching Ron, so she decided to go on missions with Ron to become his friend and steal him away from Kim then rub that in Kim's face."

Ron gasped in surprise and started to walk away, so that was it, typical Bonnie to use this opening into Kim's activities to try and get at her, and he knew Bonnie would be more than willing to put in however much time it took to get at Kim, especially with something like this. And knowing this much he was going to get the rest out of her and have a talk about this, whatever he had to do to get it done.

However had Ron stayed to listen a little more he would have heard the whole of the story, because back at his locker Monique and Tara were still talking, going over how Bonnie's motivations had changed from simple spite against Kim to a desire to do something nice if misguided for Ron, and he would have heard them snicker about how Bonnie was determinedly avoiding any discussion of a crush that might or might not exist.

Bonnie's POV

Bonnie walked up to Ron's locker just in time to hear Tara and Monique snicker about something, from the looks they gave her she had a good idea what they were snickering about and she sent a withering glare their way.

"Have either of you two seen Ron?" She said, "he and I need to have a little talk."

A rare smirk lit up Tara's face as she ignored Bonnie's glare and said, "Bonnie it's about time you own up to crushing on him, but no we haven't seen him."

Bonnie stepped her glare up to the next level and growled out, "I admit to nothing Tara, and I'll just wait here, we've both got the last block off and he'll come by to see if Wade has anything for us."

Bonnie watched as Tara and Monique started laughing and clutching each others shoulders started walking away. She then stood there fuming and started to wait for Ron to come check on the computer, Bonnie did hope though that Wade decided to use the computer rather than the Kimmunicator.

After about 20 minutes her waiting was rewarded as she saw a familiar head of hair turn the corner and started walking down the hall, they caught the others eye and Bonnie was surprised by the fire in Ron's eyes, she could swear it matched the glare in her own.

Ron walked right up to her, forcing her to look up to meet his eyes, and they were both on the edge of speaking when the computer sounded its familiar tone causing Bonnie to jump towards Ron in surprise and Ron to instantly move between the computer and Bonnie. They looked at each other as the computer sounded again and a light blush lit up both their faces.

"It was just memories from the explosion," Bonnie said softly, "you'd better get that."

"Yeah," Ron said just as softly, "I um, I better get that."

Bonnie saw Ron open his locker as the computer sounded a 3rd time, but she was preoccupied wringing her hands and fiddling with the hem of her shirt, that was a downright awkward moment, one that could not happen because she was not crushing on Ron, she was not.

Bonnie shook her head clear and listened in as Wade started talking about the mission.

"Alright," he said, "this is an easy one, really the perfect one for you two to get back into the mindset without having to freak the doctors out with all sorts of 'strenuous activity.' I've got you two reservations at Victor Café, it's at a 4-star hotel in Marseille, your expenses are covered so think of it like a nice vacation. You'll both be wearing some super sensitive microphones that will be waiting for you on the plane. Once you get there you just need to sit and eat, you're going to be placed near the table Drakken and Shego are going to be sitting at, apparently some deal is going down and GJ wants to know what it is."

"So let me get this straight," Bonnie said, "we're just going to Marseille, eating at a 4-star hotel, for free, and all we have to do is sit there so GJ can listen in on Drakken and Shego?"

"Yeah" Wade said happily.

"Well what if they see us?" Bonnie asked.

"Then you're going to give the doctors something to worry about," Wade said, "so just don't let them, you don't have to do anything. Oh, and the restaurant is formal attire, so dress nice."

The computer screen and Ron and Bonnie were left standing there in silence, finally Bonnie spoke up, "Well I don't know about you, but I've got to go now if I'm going to get dressed, get my makeup done, and think of something to do with my hair."

With that she spun around and marched out of the school already thinking of how she wasn't going to dress nice, she was going to dress to kill so that when she had that little 'talk' with Ron he'd be so busy staring at her that he'd spill his guts without knowing it.

Ron's POV

Ron held open the door to the admittedly very fancy and posh café as Bonnie walked through, when Wade told them about the mission he figured this was a formal enough setting to pull out all the stops on chivalry, he was wearing the tux he had worn when he was playing secret agent, he had held all the doors, he was planning on pulling Bonnie's chair, and if he could get her to tell him what she wanted, he even planned on ordering for both of them.

Of course that would mean talking to Bonnie which was a challenge in and of itself to not blurt out that he knew what she was up to, and it would mean looking at her, and by God Bonnie was dressed to kill, a lavender dress that showed off just enough without announcing anything, makeup that shouted she was a woman without being overt, and she had tied up her hair revealing a very long and good looking neck.

Sitting down across from each other Ron and Bonnie picked up the menus, he was very glad they were covered for costs because this would set him back months otherwise. They both looked over their menus and their eyes met.

"You're being quite the gentleman tonight," Bonnie smiled, "Almost like some sort of hidden power."

Ron caught the hidden innuendo, how had she found out about Mystical Monkey Power, well that was moot point right now.

"No, no," he grinned right back, "but you're sure enjoying this, almost like you planned the whole thing out."

"Oh no," Bonnie kept up the smile, "and since you're doing such an unusual feat of being a gentlemen I'm going to guess you want to order for both of us, so I'll have the House Salad and the Pan Duck Fillet."

Ron knew this was quickly escalating but he wasn't going to be the one to back down first.

"Bonnie you wound me," he said in fake jest, "I mean can't a guy be nice without women thinking he has some sort of ulterior motive?"

Before they could go any further their waiter came for their orders looking completely oblivious to the tension at the secluded table.

Ron tore his eyes from Bonnie to look up at the waiter and said, "I'll have the Gaspacho and Beef Fillet, and the lady will have the House Salad and Pan Duck Fillet."

As the waiter left Bonnie leaned in and looked him dead in the eyes as she said, "Look Ron, I know about Mystical Monkey Power, so just stop dancing around this."

Ron was less than shocked with Bonnie's behavior over the day so his response was just as acerbic, "Is that so Bon-Bon? Well I'm not the only one hiding something, I know all about your 'plan,' so why don't you just come clean with that."

"Come clean?" Bonnie's exasperation was growing, "I'm not the one who hid some crazy power that lets me survive explosions and do all sorts of weird things from the beginning."

"Yeah?" Ron's temper was going just as fast, "Well I actually got into this to help people rather than for some attempt to get revenge one someone who never did anything to me."

They kept arguing, getting nastier and nastier till their food came. Having totally forgotten about Drakken and Shego, they glared at each other, eating their food in silence. With tempers simmering and barely looking at their food being too busy glaring at each other.

Finally the Kimmunicator went off, Ron pulled it out of his coat pocket not even looking at the screen.

"Good job guys," Wade said in an overly cheerful voice, "you've got a limo to the airport, then a flight home and I'll have another limo to get you to your houses."

As they walked out of the restaurant and got in the car, Ron made sure to hold both doors to which Bonnie snarkily replied, "Well aren't you just full of surprises, I wonder what other powers you'll come up with tonight."

"I don't know," Ron was just as snarky, "at least I don't have to plan everything out before I do it."

That was the only thing said for the whole supersonic trans-Atlantic flight until they landed in Denver and got into the limo to take them back to Middleton.

About an hour into the 2 hour drive, Bonnie let out a sigh from where she was sitting and turned to face Ron as she said, "You know, I don't think you've heard the whole truth about my so called plan."

Maybe it was sleep deprivation, or stress, or a combination of any number of things, but Ron just wasn't listening and snapped back with a reply even he knew had crossed the line.

"Can it Bonnie, I don't want to hear more lies from you, it's probably just some part of your grand scheme to put one over on KP, well get over it, because I'm finished being your little pawn in this, so talk to someone who cares."

Bonnie quietly slid to the other end of the limo and sat there in silence, Ron's only clue she was crying was the unsteady rise and fall of her shoulders, he wanted to go over there and hold her and tell her it was alright, but how could he when he was the cause of her crying, so he just sat there for the rest of the ride.

The limo dropped Bonnie off, she ran into her house without saying a word to Ron, but before she closed her door he heard her sisters asking if she'd had a nice time dating the 'loser,' he didn't hear her response.

The limo driver sat there waiting for where to go next. Ron pulled out the Kimmunicator and turned it on, Wade looked like he was just about to go to bed, but he was chipper enough.

"What's up Ron?" he asked.

"Wade," Ron said, "I need to know if there are any flower shops open this late."

"Yeah," Wade said not quite sure what Ron was talking about.

"Listen," Ron cut him off, "I need the closest one, and I need a dozen roses waiting for me ok?"

Wade hit a few buttons on his computer before saying, "Done, but Ron did something happen with you and Bonnie?"

"I'll tell you later," Ron said, "just good night for now."

Ron turned off the Kimmunicator, and the driver apparently having gotten directions somehow set off for the flower shop. It was a short drive this late at night and Ron ran up into the flower shop to find the flowers had already been paid for, he really owed Wade for tonight.

Ron had the driver take the limo back to Bonnie's house before getting out and sending the limo on its way, he only hoped she was still awake since if she wasn't he was he had to walk back to his house with all these flowers having accomplished nothing.

Bonnie had told him her room was on the second floor at the front of the house, Ron looked at the several windows, there was only one with its lights still on despite the curtains being closed, praying that it was the right window Ron grabbed several small rocks and started tossing them at the window.

It took several rocks before the curtains and window opened and Ron let out a sigh that it was indeed Bonnie's room he had been throwing rocks at. She looked out puzzled before seeing him, upon which her face became clouded with anger, even from this distance Ron could see the trails her tears had left as she said, "What do you want Stoppable, haven't you already said enough?"

Ouch, he was in real trouble if she was using his last name like that, but he had screwed this one up when Bonnie was trying to fix it so he saw it as his duty to press on.

Holding up the bouquet of flowers he started in what he hoped was an apologetic voice, "Listen, Bonnie, I uh, I kinda said some things tonight I shouldn't have and I didn't mean them. So I was hoping you'd take these as an apology and maybe I could tell you the rest of the truth about Mystical Monkey Power and maybe you could tell me about what changed with your plan."

Ron waited several tense seconds as an array of emotions and thoughts played out over Bonnie's face before her face relaxed, "For the future Ron, the roses were a nice touch and the rocks were really romantic if that's what you're going for, but my favorite flowers are lilacs and try the doorbell. Now wait there while I let you in."

She disappeared from her window and a little while later Ron heard the door unlock and Bonnie opened it, she had let down her hair, taken off her makeup and changed into flannel pajamas with a t-shirt, Ron couldn't remember when Bonnie had ever looked better, and that was saying something especially with how she had dressed earlier that night.

They walked up to her room where Bonnie sat at the head of her bed and motioned for Ron to sit down as well, Ron put the roses on a table before sitting down and nervously loosening the tie on his tux.

"So…" he began, "I don't know how much you know, but if you want to know everything, I guess I should start with a mission Kim and I went on to stop Monkey Fist from getting some jade monkey idols…"

And they talked late into the night, rebuilding their friendship and revealing most of the truths they had hidden. Leaving only a few unsaid that they weren't sure of even within themselves.

AN: Normally I eschew long AN's, but after this chapter I'm not so worried. First off a confession, my muse went into overdrive this week and that combined with a light work week means that as I post this I'm actually finishing up the rough of Ch 11. The good news, that means steady updates for all you, the bad news, Ch 12 is being evil. This chapter itself was my favorite one so far, it just clicked with me and took off. I know lots of you wanted to see Kim have her 'talk' with her mom but it just did nothing for the plot of this chapter so it was cut. Ron and Bonnie's talk would have advanced the plot, but 3,700 words later I needed to end this thing, so I might one-shot it later. All my rants done, you people out there are great for reading this much, all 6,700 plus of you and Ch 9 will be up Monday with Kim back in the mix.