Walking With a White Cane Ch 4
Well, well it's pretty funny every time I update I end up catching new people into this web. Oh well anyways thanks to everyone who read and review this story and my others your all great! If people have other questions just IM me or add my email to your msn.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kim Possible don't you get it? I don't now and probably never will own it so why do we keep saying it?
AN: Just to let you know this may not seem all that interesting to most people because this is just talking about some things I had to go through but they didn't exactly happen like they are I'm just improvising. These things are true in a sense on that there are people out there that help people with disabilities and will talk about a few of the things that happen.
Anyways here is Chapter 4 enjoy!
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Chapter 4
Mike brought them down stairs to another office. "This area is the technical area where we have the equipment for looking at things that are either too small or too far."
"So it magnifies things?" Kim asked.
"Eh pretty much." He walked up to a desk and yelled, "Hey Ann can you come out here for a minute?"
A tall, slim women with dark red hair walked looking at a clipboard, "What you need Mike?" she sounded miffed.
This made mike laugh, "Same as always, anyways I have some people here that need you're…assistance." He said coyly.
Ann looked up to see someone she would never expect, "K-Kim Possible? Thee Kim Possible?" Ann stuttered.
Kim just rolled her eyes, "Yes hi and why does everyone have to say that?" Kim shook Ann's hand while responding with a small smile.
"Kim, Kim, Kim, you're famous! I mean c'mon you are pretty much a star, a celebrity, a…a…" Ron babbled until Kim sent him a glare which told him that it was enough.
Mike shook his head, "Anyways this is Ann Palma one of our best O and M instructors." He said with a grin.
"O and M instructors…" Ron asked scratching his head while looking to his shoulder where Rufus sat, "Heh? I don't know." He answered while shrugging his shoulders.
"It means Orientation and Mobility, it's a fancy way of saying I help people get around." Ann answered with a smile.
"Oh I get it!" Ron said with a big grin on his face.
"So you can help me get around? Um sorry but I prefer to be independent as much as possible if not all the time." Kim said with a frown.
"Oh no Kim, I'm not here to guide you around, I'm here to show you how to get around." Ann said with a big smile.
Kim looked confused at this statement, "What do you mean, how can you show me how to get around if your not leading me around yourself?"
"I think what she means Kimmie is that she's going to show you how to get around by leading you around and showing you everything you need to know, am I right?" Andrea answered Kim's confusion with a small grin.
"Yes pretty much it." Ann replied.
"So how exactly do you help people get around?" Ron asked.
"Oh that's simple I'll be right back." She answered while walking back into the other room. She came back a minute later with what looked like a collapsible staff type of weapon.
"What's that?" Kim asked looking at the item held in Ann's hand.
"A White Cane." She grinned.
"Hey that doesn't look like a cane." Ron blurted out but by then Ann had pulled off a band and held out the item and all of a sudden, click, click, click. "Oh okay now I see it." It head extended to a straight stick kind of thing and as she held it up to Kim it was four inches smaller then her.
"This will be your tool to getting around." She handed it to Kim how looked at it up and down. The top was a dark color and was rubbery so as to not slip in the person's hand. All the way to almost the bottom it was pale white and reflect-able so as to be seen and distinguished easier. And finally the last bit of the bottom was red and the tip was a small cylinder shape and could roll.
"So what do I do, just move it back and forth?" Kim asked still examining the item.
"Well you're partly right, but that's what my job is to train you on how to use it." Ann said cheerfully.
"Oh so how long will that take?" Kim asked looking towards Ann with a frown.
"Well actually it all depends on how fast you get used to it and how fast you can adapt it." Ann said writing something on the clipboard she was holding. "And it depends on you how many times a month you want me to come and since Middleton isn't known for having a lot of people with visual disabilities I can come at least two or three times a month."
"Well actually I'd like to get used to it as soon as possible so what's the earliest you can come?" Kim asked with an coy smile.
"Monday and Thursday this week and I can come right after school and we can start right away, what do ya think?" she asked handing a piece of paper to Mrs. Possible. "That's just a brochure on some of the things we have to help people." Mrs. Possible nodded.
She turned back to Kim how looked to be contemplating the offer then she looked towards her and said, "Sounds like a plan to me."
Ann smiled, "Great what time should I come?"
"Um I think around 4:30pm in the gym if that's okay?" Kim asked getting a nod.
"Alright so I'll see you then but for right now I've got a few more things to do so bye everyone." Ann was about to walk back when Kim stopped her by saying, "Um Ann." She motioned to give her back the cane but she just shook her head, "No I think you should hold onto it besides it's pretty much going to be yours anyways so ya." Kim nodded and Ann was off back to her office.
Mike came forward and said, "Kim also I was wondering if you would like to join the Colorado Blind Sports Group? You can come to some of our sports groups that are meant for people with visual disabilities and you can meet new people and you get to go to some interesting places, though I think the traveling part might not be very interesting to you if you know what I mean." He said with a smile.
"Sure that sounds like fun considering I may not be doing much cheerleading anymore. So what do I have to do?" Kim answered with a smile then went to a bit of confusion wondering what to do next.
"Oh you just need to come back up with me and sign some papers and then after that you can be off to see the people that will help you with your school stuff." Mike motioned for them to follow and they went back to his office.
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In Mike's offices he showed them some things that were involved with the CBSG. There were first of all there was a youth group to meet others with other visual disabilities, then some special events during the year such as the blind sports day in April, then some camps in the summer to some places to also meet more people and learn some new things and finally there was a sport that she didn't know about but seemed interested in trying out. She signed the papers and they got her into the email list so if anything else came up she would be notified.
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After they had signed Kim up Mike brought them to another area of the building.
They walked up to the receptionist and Mike said, "Good afternoon Christy is Samantha in?"
"Yup she's here, what you need?" The lady known as Christy asked.
"I have some one here who would like to see her." He said looking over his shoulder.
Christy looked behind him and noticed three people standing behind him. A young man with messy blond hair and two redheaded women one looking to be the same age as the young man while the other looking a bit older. When she saw the young girl with red hair she gasped her mind finally catching up to her and figuring out who it was.
"K-Kim Possible? What are you playing a joke here mike?" Christy stared contently at Kim and then turned back to face Mike.
"Nope it's Thee Kim Possible and she's here because she needs our help." Mike replied with a huge grin on his face.
"Mike, can we get on with it already? Having people constantly say my name like that is getting nerve-racking!" Kim groaned.
"Oh ya sorry, anyways can we see Sam or is she busy?" Mike returned to the reason they were here.
"Yup just let me buzz her and you can go straight in." she typed on the keyboard then pushed a button, "Sam you've got company coming in." It buzzed then out of the speaker came, "Alright." She motioned them to go in and they followed Mike in.
They walked into an office where a lady with dark red hair sat, "Ah hello Mike." The lady known as Samantha greeted as she looked up, "And hello to you Kim Possible I heard rumors about you being in the building." She smiled at them and stood up to shake their hands.
"You don't know how many times I've heard that today." She said with a sigh causing Samantha to chuckle.
"Don't worry Ms. Possible from what I hear this will be your last stop in the building for today is that right?" she questioned with a sly grin.
"Yup this is their final destination for the day." Mike answered motioning them to take a seat.
After shaking everyone's hands she introduces herself, "My name is Dr. Samantha Mane but everyone just calls me Sam I hope you've had a wonderful tour of the building Ms. Possible."
"Please you can call me Kim and this is my mother Dr. Ann Possible and my best friend Ron Stoppable and yes this place is rather interesting I'd like to see more on what you guys do here." Kim responds first with a sheepish smile before changing it into one of great interest.
"Well you'll have plenty of time to do that on another day but for now let's get down to business." She pulls out a sheet of paper and says, "I'm already prepared some free time this week to have a talk with your teachers to see what you may need in some classes though from what your friend Mr. Load tells me you may not need to much once he's done making you those goggles." Kim along with her mother and Ron all looked surprised at the knowledge that they had.
"How did you know about the goggles Wade was making and another question is how do you know Wade at all?" Ron asked looking really confused.
"Oh don't you wonder how everything went really smoothly? How we had your cane the general right size for you? And how everyone was able to talk even though everyone was busy? Well your friend Wade called and gave us a heads up on your arrival and he had sent us something's and told us about him trying to make some goggles to help you see. Though even for a super genius that will be tricky so we asked him to make them helpful in some areas while we covered the rest pretty nifty huh?" Mike answered first counting off all the reasons on his fingers and then ending with a big smile.
"Ah that explains why we've only been here for roughly forty-five minutes I thought it would have been longer." Mrs. Possible said with a small smile.
"Yup we have everything ready and scheduled so that it should go quick and smoothly all we had to do was to wait for you and discus it." Sam continued from Mike's statement.
"So then if everything is ready what do we have to discus?" Kim asked looking a bit confused.
"Well really all I have left is to tell you that I'll be at your school Monday, Tuesday for an evaluation of something's and then Wednesday I'll have a meeting with all your teachers just to clarify some things." Sam looked down at her sheet then looked back to them, "Other then that is there anything else you want to ask of talk about?" looking towards Kim and Mrs. Possible.
"Well not really just the fact if I'll still be able to do cheerleading and world saving is all I have right now." Kim questioned with a hopeful expression.
"Oh I thought you'd ask that and already have a simply answer for you." She replied with a smile, "For the sports the goggles Mr. Load is developing should be able to help you with that aspect as the same for the world saving and I also here that your friend Mr. Stoppable will always be by your side so you should still be able to do the world saving with not too much trouble."
"Hmm that's sort of what I thought too eh who'd of guessed." Kim shrugged her shoulders with a sheepish smile.
"Alright then Mrs. Possible do you have anything you would like to ask?" Sam turned her attention to Kim's mother.
"No I think I get everything…" she then looked to what Sam had on her desk and then smiled, "And if I'm not mistaken that nice bundle of papers marked Kim Possible is meant for me" she grin deviously.
Sam just grinned, "You are very observant Mrs. Possible yes they are for you. " she handed her the bundle of papers then said, "These are some of the things you probably talked about already just more detailed, some schedules of the activities and some other stuff oh and make sure to do this here." She pointed out to Ann as she took the papers, "This will get Kim a CIB Card which can come in handy all the details are in here." Ann nodded in response and took a quick look..
"Well that seems to be all I have so I guess I'll see you on Monday." She said getting out of her seat to shake their hands once again, "It was nice meeting you all and hope that we can work together to help you adjust to you new life."
"It was nice meeting you to and thank you for the help." Kim shook her hand with a smile and they all left the office following Mike.
They walked past Christy saying goodbye and headed for the first floor lobby where they had entered. "Well guess I'll be seeing you around Kim have a nice day and I'll tell Miranda that you will show up tomorrow." He shook everyone's hand then waved to them as they left.
Getting to the car Mrs. Possible looked at her watch, "Hmm 3:38, well unless you two have anything else to do let's go home." The two teens nodded and got into the car and they drove off to the Possible's home.
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Kim, Ron, Rufus and Wade spent the day talking about some of the changes they will have to make to the site and Wade was also giving some details about the goggles. An hour later Kim and Ron with Rufus on his shoulder went for a quick walk around the block just to try out Kim's cane and see if she could figure out the basics in the papers they were given.
"So it says to either roll it back and for or tap it making sure that the arc that it makes covers your entire body, being careful to make in just a bit bigger then your shoulders." Ron read the instructions while Kim did her best to get into the movements.
When Ron saw that she had the general idea he continued, "Then you have to get your swings in line with your leg movements so that when you step right the cane swings left and vise versa. The reason for this is so that the cane checks to see if there is anything in front of your next step hence the reason for having the cane." Kim tried it and got the idea though she kept getting mixed up every so often.
"Okay that is a bit annoying." Kim said with a scowl.
"Heh guess that's how these things go and maybe I'm not doing this right but if you ask me you look like you have the basics." Ron said trying to cheer Kim's mood.
"You sure? I still feel awkward having this thing out and using it." Kim said sadly.
"Hey don't worry about it KP after all it is your first time and we are just practicing and you can still see pretty good in this light right?" Ron asked raising an eyebrow.
"Well actually it looks like it's a bit darker and a bit harder to see right now." Kim replied as she squints her eyes a bit. "What time is it?" she looked at Ron waiting for an answer as he looked at his watch. "It's…wow 5:48 eh time flies doesn't it? C'mon let's get back to your place for some dinner shall we?" he asked her offering his hand getting a shake from her. "Okay but I want to try and see if I can get home without someone guiding me." Ron nodded, "Okay but I'll just make sure you don't run into anything and crossing the street okay?" Kim nodded and they were off with Kim using her cane to guide her home.
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When they got home Mrs. Possible was setting the table for dinner when she noticed the two walk in. "Hey kids how was it?" she asked looking up from her work.
"It was okay I guess, this thing is trickier to use then it looks." Kim answered while folding up the cane and taking a seat at the table.
"Well if you ask me that was pretty good work KP." Ron took his seat next to her. "Now all we have to do is wait for the formal training."
Mrs. Possible set food in front of both of them also making sure to put a smaller side plate for Rufus, "Okay kids dig in."
Ron and Rufus quickly went at their food but Mrs. Possible noticed Kim was just eyeing her food, "Is something wrong Kimmie?" she asked suspiciously.
Kim just continued to stare at her food, "Well for some reason it looks like everything is really close up and…well a bit dizzying just trying to focus on the food.
"Mmm, um why not just take your glasses off while looking at things up close?" Ron asked as he stuck another spoon full of food into his mouth.
"You sure about that Ron? I mean the reason for getting these glasses is so I can see." Kim questioned looking at him.
"Well I guess you might as well try Kimmie maybe he's right." Mrs. Possible said taking a sip from her glass of water.
"Okay.." Kim was a bit hesitant but took them off and looked at her food for a second then she smile, "Eh I guess your right this time Ron without them I guess it's easier to focus on close up things without them."
"See KP? Now you know that you should always listen to the Ron-man." He said with a grin.
"Hmm yup, yup!" Rufus chimed with a mouth full of food.
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They ate dinner and after Kim and Ron decided to do some homework but when Kim realized she was taking much longer and it was much harder to do her work she asked Ron to read out the questions for her. All and all that's how they did it till Ron had to leave for the night. The two Possible women said good night as Ron left and then Mrs. Possible was trying to think of a way to tell her husband that his little Kimmie-cub was going to go blind.
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Okay really sorry that this took almost a month to update but hey school started, homework started to pile, sports and activities are starting up again and the general writers block was hitting. But hey at least now I have this chapter up and it's a bit longer then the others so hope everyone enjoys it.
If you have not heard on September 4 The Crocodile Hunter known as Steve Irwin was killed when he was stabbed through the heart by a sting rays spike on it's tail. I know this is old news but I wanted to mention it because I loved the Crocodile Hunter he was so cool! So in memory of him I dedicate this chapter to him and his family even though it may not make sense.
R.I.P. Steve Irwin
For anyone who reads my other stories I am going to try and get the next chapter of Tara's family up ASAP but same reasons for having this chapter not updated in a while.
Have a nice day everyone and please review!