I own a lot of things, but not Kim Possible.
CHAPTER 2
"How… how come you never told me you had this?"
"I was waiting for the right time to show you… don't worry, it caught me as well…"
"It's… beautiful…"
Kim sat with the album in hand, trying desperately to find fully the words she wished to use… the image was the last thing that she expected to see… a picture of her; in her tattered and torn graduation gown embracing Ron in is space suit… amongst the wreckage or Lowardian weaponry strewn all about the area. It was one that touched her heart so much. So many things happened at that moment… to herself… to Ron… and everything that happened thereafter…
"I remembered… I didn't want to let you go… I couldn't believe everything that happened up to that moment…I…"
Ron leaned over and hugged her. He knew exactly what she was feeling… it was one of their darkest moments fighting as a team and one of the most shocking moments for Kim…
"Drakken and Shego apparently thought so too…"
"What do you mean?"
"They sent me this picture…"
"Are… you… serious?"
"We did stay like that for a while… I thought I was gonna lose you."
"I really didn't expect you to go running off towards Warhok like that… the last thing I thought when I saw you flying towards me was that it's all over…"
Kim said this while looking away briefly. It was a moment in her life she wished could disappear forever... the one moment where she felt… helpless. A brief and uncomfortable silence took the both of them as they sat on the sofa, neither knowing what to say. But then, Ron… still looking away, began to speak…
"I didn't mean for any of this to happen…"
"…What?"
"I almost got you killed… not just because I was trying to be macho, but my whining about how I couldn't live without you…"
{Flash to the past}
Having successfully escaped the Lowardian vessel, Drakken and Shego broke off to begin preparations to save the world… though they were not the words he would have liked to use… considering he as always wanted the take over the world. Kim and Ron briefly separated, while Warmonga went after her and Warhok went after Ron. She had some time to consult with Wade about Drakken's plan… not that they were entirely comfortable with that line of thought, but it was the only real option they had. However, when Wade asked what Ron thought, Kim glanced over her shoulder to see both he and Warhok, flying side by side apparently having a… conversation?
"He's… a little distracted…" Was her simple response to Wade.
But it wasn't that he was looking for a conversation with his enemy, he was overcome with the fact that everything was going to fall apart as soon as college time came. Warhok saw him flying on his own and was about to put a sneak attack on him, when he overheard him talking to himself…
"Oh man I don't know what to do… I mean if she goes I'll probably never see her again… this is all too much."
"Warhok will destroy you!" the villain stated as he came to Ron's side…
"Oh hey… I'm having a lil crisis here and I dunno what to do... "
"You can be destroyed by my hands…" Warhok made his threats but they seemed to fall on deaf ears…
"Now what if Kim goes off to some fancy, schmancy college on the other side of the world, while I'm stuck at home jockeying for Smarty Mart employee of the month?"
"Warhok will NOT be ignored!"
Amazingly, his words continued to be blocked out by Ron's incessant whining… there was but one thing to do. Warhok began to power up his blaster while Ron continued is babble…
"Oh, I am with you, man! But out of sight, out of mind, you know. She gets wrapped up in her studies… I call... I text… Does she answer? Sorry… Busy… It's killing me!
By now Warhok's weapon was ready and pointed towards his young blonde adversary. It was Rufus though who had to bring Ron back to his senses… one slap to his face revealed the awful truth in front of him. The gun fired… missing Ron by inches, thus the pursuit began. Eventually, after quite a bit of dodging on both parts, Ron and Kim finally met up almost at sea level… land was approaching fast. Kim believed that they may have a better advantage between the buildings, hoping to buy some time to see what Drakken had up his sleeve. Ron on the other hand once again had become overwhelmed with thoughts of losing Kim to college after graduation and feeling like an all out loser…
"I wish we were more ready…" He told Kim
"I don't like Drakken's being the world's last hope either… but."
"No… I'm talking about graduation and, uh... and us, and what comes after. This whole thing has shown me that......I can't live without you…"
That statement… that one little statement, touched her heart. So much it did that briefly, she began to worry… could she live without him as well? But there was no time to dwell on that, as a blast narrowly missed her. She swung about to escape it… if she didn't bring him back to this reality now, he could die. She yelled at him before taking his hand…
"Ron please… get a grip. Nothing's gonna come between us…"
Unfortunately she didn't notice one of the Lowardian weapons directly in front of them…
"Except that!"
This caused them to separate from each other. While they were tracked, Ron suddenly found himself surrounded by all the machines. He did his best to dodge, but in the end they got him…
"KP I'm hit!"
She looked over and gasped…
("No…")
As fast as the bike and her heart for that matter could take her, she chased after a falling Ron… which she did catch, but the machines caught them as well… destroying the hover bike she was riding. They landed safely, but it was now something that proved what Ron was saying all the time…
"See? You see how I can't live without you? At the very least we're talking major bone breakage!"
They began to be surrounded. Kim realized that running was no longer and option… not just from the Lowardians, but from her feelings. She tried to hide it, but sometimes it doesn't end up the way you want it to. She summoned all the courage she could…
"Alright look… remember at graduation when I started to say I had a confession?"
"That was you? I thought that was Reiger…"
"It was me… anyway; you don't think I'm scared too?"
"You? Scared?"
Ron looked into her eyes and saw her pain. Kim… his girlfriend and best friend… someone who was fearless… admitting that she was scared too. It changed everything for him now… now he realized that he wasn't alone I how he felt and that maybe things can work out… but that was before realizing as well that the Lowardians overheard him…
"Of course she is!"
{Flash to the present}
"You know Ron; it's amazing how you can seem to bring up any topic in light of any sitch… even if it's our lives on the line…"
"I just had to know… I mean what would you do if you felt inadequate?"
"I did Ron… I was scared and I didn't want to admit it. But you know; I'm glad you said it. I didn't care at that point what happened… as long as you knew you weren't alone."
"That's why I initially felt like I could take them on alone… I mean, if you could admit you were scared, then I could be fearless. But look where it got you..."
{Flash to the past}
Drakken's plan had actually worked! The machines succumbed to his mutagen… Warhok and Warmonga were caught in the vines of Drakken's mutated plants and there for a bright moment it looked like if the world would be safe once more. Drakken flew off somewhere and Shego, Kim and Ron all stood together…
"Ok this was real, but I've got to graduate before some other disaster strikes."
"And stick us with cleanup duty?" Shego shouted in surprise
"Please and thank you."
"N... No… way!"
At least that was her statement before actually being exposed to the might of Kim's puppy dog pout. Very few could resist this weapon… you could even think you hear violins playing in the background. Of course, Shego succumbed…
"Aaargh! Just GO!"
But those were the only words she could utter, before being back handed into a rock. The two teens looked around in shock to see Warhok and Warmonga… freed.
"Did you think that the most fierce warrior in the galaxy could be defeated by flowers and children?"
Ron felt it was time to show his true strength. Sensei believed in him and Kim could admit she was scared when she usually is brave, then he could fight this battle and show Kim that he wasn't gong to let her down… he began to step to Warhok, with Kim looking with complete and utter worry…
"I am not a child! Check your calendar. It's graduation day!"
He began to charge Warhok, who had quite the grin on his face. Both males charged at each other… but Ron obviously, was no match. One punch sent him flying back to Kim, who had no time to dodge. She and Rufus were knocked away and unconscious. Ron skated along for a while before rising and reopening his eyes… to the most horrible thing that he had to see. Kim held as some sort of prize in the hands of his enemies.
("What have I done? I've messed up again… oh no…")
Ron was lost. He had no idea what to do. But it was then that a familiar voice came to him…
"Summon the mystical monkey power!"
"Sensei"
"You are the monkey master"
"I am?"
"Mmmm… this is your destiny… you are ready."
The feelings he had… the fears… the sight of Kim hanging in Warhok's hand and the advice of his sensei… all began to form something in his body... and his mind. He was not going to lose his lover…
"I… AM! Hey Warhok"
He shouted to his enemy. Warhok tossed Kim away like a piece of garbage… something that added to Ron's fire. He leapt towards the Lowardian and smacked his feet into his chest, sending him back a few feet. The evil one smiled at his female counterpart… finally, a challenge. Ron taunted the Lowardian to do battle… something that Warhok wasted no time in taking up. Both males charged at each other, but now, Warhok realized he was fighting someone different. He could not get a shot in and Ron was all over him. Ron somersaulted into Warhok's path and delivered a blow that sent him flying back… much to his and Warmonga's surprise. But Ron had something else up his sleeve… something that would change the course of his life… forever.
His body turned blue… his hair began to grow longer. Everything around him began to levitate and swirl around… he outstretched his arms and began to levitate as well… reaching a point where his entire body began to glow blue. And with a yell, he blew everything around him away.
"Huh?"
Kim awoke from her unconsciousness to see possibly, the most shocking thing ever. Ron was glowing… wait, Ron was flying! He looked like… a monkey?"
("What the heck is this?") She thought… unable to find the words to say.
Ron now was fully in his mystical power. He landed and just as he did so, he found Warhok and Warmonga pouncing on him. But their efforts were literally caught by Ron, who charged them in the same blue aura which surrounded him… and tossed them at near supersonic speed, right into the path of their own ship… destroying them both in a large cloud of debris. Now that his enemies were thwarted, his focus was now Kim. He gracefully floated down to her… and returned to his former self. Kim still couldn't find the words to say. Ron leaned over and took her hand, lifting her up. She thought that she would die… she thought it was over. Then to see what she saw… there was only one thing she could do… she embraced him tightly. They stayed that way for want seemed forever…
"Ron…"
He could feel her body tensing… and also heard her… sobbing softly.
"KP…"
"I thought it was all over... I thought it was the end."
"Shhh… it's ok now … you're safe. I'm sorry…"
"No… it's…"
"Hey… you have a graduation to attend…"
With that, Ron called Rufus and powered his suit… taking Kim in arm and flying back to The Middleton High stadium. All sorts of emotions were overcoming him; what did he become? How was he able to defeat the Lowardians so easily? What would have happened if he hadn't found the power to save Kim?
"You ok KP?"
"A little beat up, but I'm fine."
{Flash to present}
Kim was now curled up in Ron's arms. Remembering that day how things had happened…
"It was the best day of my life… other than when you first kissed me."
"I wish I could say the same…"
"Come on Ron… you did save me and everything ended up ok…"
"Believe me, that was the last thing I was thinking about that morning… I felt like I didn't deserve you."