Okay, I've made a decision on the most confusing part of this fic. Two Kims and two Rons. It'll be shown early on, so don't worry about that. Also, most characters will be like they are normally, most differences I'll have are insignificant like maybe a slightly different name that really has no vital importance. Like with Kim's mom's name. Many feel her name is Ann (which is what it is in the world that 'first' Kim and Ron were pulled from, while I'll have it different here. The only exceptions to that so far are Ron, Kim, Bonnie, the Tweebs, and Josh. A few select others that already have been decided on will be a little different. And even though this reality has differences between the different realities, the next one in the series has it's own possibilities. And I'm sorry for taking so long to update. I've just had a bad case of writer's block for the longest time, lack of time where I was interested in writing, and other complications. However, I hope that it won't happen as I work on the next segment of this. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the chapter!

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Kim was happy. She finally got the next book in the series that she was reading. Now she could finally know what happens next. Especially with seeing how the hero would be able to win. Ron didn't seem to care a whole lot about what the books were about, so she never really talked with him too much about them. Although, it would have been nice to have someone that she could talk with about them. After all, her brothers were nice to her, most of the time, but they were always working on some project that left them very little time to interact with her; aside from the fact that they really weren't interested in what she read. Then her parents were always just as busy, and they didn't share her interests. Rufus just didn't seem to comprehend the stories very well, so his attention was limited on the topic. That other Kim might be interested, Kim told herself. But, she wasn't sure that Ron would be happy if she tried to talk with that Kim. He always was overprotective of her, not that she minded, but it did cause a few problems; most of which she found irritating, especially if she had a crush on someone. Even if Ron was friends with the guy that she was crushing on, he would automatically start to harass them. Kim wasn't sure if she should ask him to step away a little, because the last time she did that, the guy that she was crushing on started to be a real jerk to her. At least when she wasn't willing to do what the guy wanted. Ron had warned her, but she wasn't sure that he was correct about him. After all, he had been really nice to her before she started going out with him. Kim shook her head. Ron was much better at figuring others out than she was; after all, he'd been able to tell that all the girls that he'd gone out with before had been mean to her, so he obviously would be able to tell if someone would be nice to her or not. Wouldn't he?

Kim mentally shook her head. There was just so much that she didn't know. Most of which she just was too afraid to find out, because of what it would mean that would be different. Yeah, she was afraid of changes like that, but she wasn't so sure that things should remain like that. Mostly because she wanted to be able to decide for herself who was nice and who wasn't. After all, even Ron could be wrong about someone. Since at first he was always giving Bonnie lip, but eventually they went out for a month. Kim wasn't really sure why they broke up, but she knew that it wasn't because Bonnie was making fun of her. Since if Bonnie did make fun of Kim, then Ron wouldn't have anything to do with her, unless he absolutely had to. Sometimes that made her feel protected, other times it made her feel like she was being suffocated by him. She sometimes wished that he would just let her find her own way, but then she'd remember how well she had been able to do that the first time that Ron wasn't around. At those times she usually just wanted to be left alone. However, she rarely was able to get away by herself, and she couldn't bring herself to ask to be left alone. After all, those few friends that she had might not come back if she did that. That was never a thought that Kim liked to think about much.

Before she knew it, they were in front of her house. They walked in without expecting anything out of the ordinary, but Kim was completely surprised, and a little excited, to see that Bonnie had brought the other Kim and Ron. They were sitting in the living room with Kim's parents. Apparently her parents had already been told what was going on, since they didn't seem very surprised to see a copy of their daughter and her best friend in front of them. Kim looked at Ron and saw that he was really surprised as well. However, he also seemed quite upset about it.

"What are you doing?" Ron shouted at Bonnie.

"I brought them here so that we could find out what's going on," Bonnie answered calmly.

"That isn't the issue! The problem is that they're here!" Ron snapped.

"Now, Ron," Kim's dad, James, said gently, "you're being rude to our guests."

Ron growled, not liking what he was hearing and what he knew was going to happen.

"Ron, lets just hear them out, okay?" Kim asked, not sure if she really should say anything, but unable to keep silent when she could see things were getting ready to get out of control.

Ron looked at Kim for a moment before sighing. "Alright, lets hear what they have to say." It was obvious to everyone that he wasn't very happy about it.

Kim smiled. For whatever reason, he always seemed to listen to her. Even though he always acted like an over-protective brother, she seemed to be his reason in most situations. Kim and Ron moved to sit down with everyone in the living room. Kim's mother, Jean, handed her a bowl of snacks, which she accepted, and set in her lap as she sat down. Rufus always seemed to be very hungry after school, and Kim hadn't had any time to get him something to eat, which her mother seemed to pick up on. As it was, before Kim had fully situated herself, Rufus had already dived in the snacks. Which ensured that he would be calm during the conversation, as long as things didn't get heated or didn't go on to the point where he ran out of food. The next one in being the most over-protective of Kim was Rufus. Of course her father was always over-protective, but due to his attentiveness to a lot of details, that was kept low, mostly because he never seemed to pick up on a lot of things that he would erupt over, if he actually knew what it meant or what really was going on.

"So, back to where we were," Jean said. "You were fighting your arch-nemesis and ended up here?" The other Kim nodded. "And now you don't have a way to get back right now." Again she nodded.

"How long?" Ron cut in.

Kim could feel her face flushing in embarrassment. Sometimes she couldn't help but get embarrassed from Ron's over-protective attitude, and it usually occurred when he was barely acting civil towards others that he'd already decided were up to something. "We're not sure. Our friend Wade is the one that would be able to tell us, but I haven't been able to contact him for a while."

At that moment that same beeping sound occurred. Beep Beep Be Beep. Again the other Kim took out the odd device that Kim had seen her use earlier. "What's the sitch, Wade?"

"Kim, I think I've figured out how to get you back, but we'll need time to make certain. In another day, we should be good to go."

"Well, that-" the other Kim stopped short, as a confused look came across her face. "Wait, what do you mean 'another day?' It's only been a few hours since we last talked."

"Yeah, that would confirm my theory."

"What theory?"

"That the realities flow of time isn't synchronized."

"Yeah, obviously," the other Ron jumped in. Then after a pause he added, "What's that mean?"

"That the time flow isn't the same. Sometimes our reality will move faster, while other times the reality you're in will go faster."

"So, what's that mean for us getting back?"

"Well, first, the only time in which we can communicate or get you back is when the time flow synchronizes. Otherwise, I'm not sure what will happen."

"And?" the other Kim prompted when Wade stopped and didn't show signs of continuing.

"And we need to wait for a time when both realities are synchronized for at least a few minutes."

"Why not now?" Ron asked, obviously trying to get rid of the other Kim and Ron any way possible.

"Well, the problem occurs that when the Pan Dimensional Vortex Inducer is used even a few inches away, the location that the portal will be opened can't be determined."

"So, it was moved?"

"Yeah, Global Justice came in and brought it back with them to their headquarters. That's when we realized that the portal would be anywhere in the reality that you're in. As far as we could tell, if they opened it in their headquarters, it could be right in front of you or even in China."

"What do we do then?"

"Well, if my calculations are correct, the reality that you're in right now will synchronize in two weeks with ours, so you'll need be where you first woke up in that reality in two weeks. Time will only have gone by two days in our reality, so you won't have missed much."

"What if we miss that window?"

"Then, you're stuck for about twelve hours for you, while about a month or two will pass for our reality."

"Well, then we be-" the other Kim stopped suddenly and started shaking the device and pressing a few buttons. She then turned to the other Ron. "Well, I guess we're stuck here until Wade's able to get that portal back open."

"So what do we do until then?" the other Ron asked.

"You could stay here," Jean offered.

"Why should they?" Ron asked, obviously unwilling to give an inch, even though he wasn't a resident in the house they were in.

"Because they don't have anywhere else to stay," James answered for his wife.

Ron glowered at everyone, except Kim. "Um," Kim ventured. "What should we call you, since you both have the same names as Ron and me. I mean, it's a little confusing with everything like this."

This caused everyone to stop talking for a moment and think, except the other Ron, who seemed become confused over this. "Why would we need to do that?" he asked.

The other Kim shook her head and said, "Ron, the reason we need to do that is so we don't cause any confusion when we talk to others." She paused for a moment before continuing when it was obvious that he wasn't getting it. "Even if we stay here, we wouldn't be able to talk with anyone because if I used your name they'd think that I'd be referring to the other Ron."

The look the other Ron gave her was a clear sign that he still didn't get it. However, what he said seemed to relieve everyone who was getting annoyed with his density. "I guess if there's no other choice, I could go along with it."

"So, what should we call you?" Bonnie asked.

"How about you call me Ann?" the other Kim asked.

"Good. Now you?" Bonnie asked, turning to the other Ron.

"Hmm. I know! How about Ronald?" he suggested, ecstatic. His face fell when he saw everyone's head shaking. "Well, then, how about…" he started again.

"How about Dean?" the other Kim, Ann, interrupted.

"What? KP! Not that!" he screamed, nearly shrieking, his face showing his uncontrolled fear about being called 'Dean.'

"What's wrong with Dean?" Kim asked.

"Oh come on! Anything but that name!"

"He never really liked his middle name," Ann answered.

At this Ron's glower shifted towards 'Dean' as he asked, "So, you don't like your middle name too?"

The other Ron shook his head. Ron smiled at this and soon was chuckling to himself, shaking his head. Kim wondered what he thought was so funny. "So, Dean," Ann said emphasizing the name, "are you willing to deal with this?"

Whatever he was about to say, he stopped when he looked at Ann. "Um, uh, okay?" he answered so quietly, Kim barely caught it.

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"Where are we now?" Shego asked Drakken, certain that it still wasn't anywhere near where they wanted to be.

"Hmm. I'm not sure," came the reply.

"How about this?" Shego offered for the umpteenth time. "You take a break and I'll search for Possible's house."

"Not a chance Shego. I am a genius after all," Drakken boasted.

"Yes, but that doesn't mean you're all that," Shego answered, already tired of coming up with another snippy comeback for his response that was always the same. After a while mocking a response that was going to get the same result no matter how many times she pointed out that it didn't matter if it was true or not got dull and boring. As well as exhausting.

Finally Shego had an idea that would help her not only deal with Drakken, but also give her a chance to rest. "How about this Dr. D. You continue searching, and I check into that motel down there." Shego pointed at a motel that was nearby. Not exactly the place that she'd normally choose, but beggars can't be choosers after all.

Drakken seemed to think this over. "How will I find you when I find Kim Possible then?"

Shego sighed. How difficult is he going to be? I'd have a better chance at finding her just waiting at the corner, Shego thought, but said instead, "If you give me one of your communication devices that you developed a few weeks ago, then that will allow us to talk with each other."

"But I haven't finished testing them yet! They might not work everywhere."

"I'll just have to take that risk," Shego answered, only half caring about the possibility of it actually working. "Besides, what else do you need to do to find out if they work? Testing them out in the field or something? What better time to actually do something with them?"

"Okay fine," Drakken gave in, albeit grudgingly.

Now only if I could get him to think intelligently all the time, Shego mused silently, (but miracles weren't her thing) glad that she wasn't going to have to resort to force with Drakken. Just being around him was trying sometimes. Of course, Shego didn't plan on contacting Drakken until she found Kimmie, since he'd just screw things up again. Out of everything he was good at, he was exceptional at that. Which wasn't something that he seemed very willing to admit. Not that she really blamed him.

After Drakken dropped her off, she quickly checked into a room and went to the room. No matter what, she was going to find Kim and get out of this place. If Drakken was able to make it, then she'd be fine with that, but she wasn't completely concerned with it. Especially with the headaches that he'd give her when he was being exceptionally difficult or ranting longer than he usually did when she didn't have something to distract her. Shego lay on the bed and just relaxed. Thinking about Drakken was liable to make her headache worse, and all she really needed right now was to just get some rest. After all, going through all that she did today was exhausting enough without having to deal with Drakken. Shortly after she closed her eyes, she was sleeping peacefully.

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Kim, or Ann as she was going to call herself in this reality, made her way up to Kim's room. Kim was leading the way, and Ann was somewhat interested in figuring out how much exactly she had in common with Kim. Ann could feel another headache coming on and quickly shifted her thoughts from that. All this inter-reality stuff was really starting to get on her nerves. Especially with having someone who is almost identical to her, with the fact that she is completely something that Ann herself is not. Many things she was still just finding out. She wasn't even sure that she wanted to find out all that was different. At least there's plenty of things that we have in common.

"So, you have a Pandaroo too?" Kim asked.

Ann nodded. As she closed the door to Kim's room. "Are you able to get to sleep without yours?" Ann asked, not really sure why she was being this open, even if it was with someone that was this reality's copy of her. After all, only 'Dean' and her family knew that fact; as well as a few of her fellow members of the cheer squad that were listening to her interview for that magazine article that was never written.

"No, I don't think that I've actually tried anyway." Ann was glad that the question wasn't– "How about you?" Kim asked, interrupting Ann's thoughts.

Ann sighed. So much for wishful thinking. "Well, so long as you don't tell anyone, most of the time, yeah."

"Why do you say most of the time?"

"Well, when I went to cheer camp, I couldn't bring my Pandaroo without someone finding out, so I had to make do without him."

"You're a cheerleader?" Kim asked, her voice full of awe.

"Yeah," Ann answered, carefully, not sure if she was going to like where this was going.

"Wow, I always wanted to be one."

"Why aren't you? I'm sure you have the ability."

Kim shook her head. "Its just that I can't. The one time I tired out, I failed completely."

Ann thought about that. "Bonnie told me that you didn't even wait around to find out what the decision was when you messed up during a major piece of the routine."

"Why should I have stayed?" Kim snapped, sounding hurt for some reason. "I mean, I already failed, so why should I wait to hear what I already knew?"

Ann sighed. This was probably going to bring on another headache in of itself. Now I know how Shego feels around Drakken's ranting, she commented to herself. "You don't know that they weren't going to allow you in. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes and just because you made one doesn't mean that they wouldn't try to work with you."

Kim looked at Ann strangely. "That's exactly what Ron told me. How did you know that?"

Ann stared. This was unbelievable. "That's my opinion." She paused for a moment before adding, "Just because Ron and I said the same thing doesn't mean that anyone told me what he said. It's just a coincidence. Nothing more."

"So, you think I should have waited?" Kim asked and Ann nodded. "But, what if they still told me that I failed?"

"Then you try harder next time."

"But–"

"If you need to, then think of someone that you want to see you succeed. I'm sure that you'd want Ron to see you succeed at the very least."

"I'll… I'll think about it," Kim answered sullenly.

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Ron, or Dean as he was being forced to be known about in this reality, was uneasy by the scrutiny that the Ron of this reality was giving him. Everything seemed to be similar, and yet, completely different.

"So, you're going to leave in two weeks?"

Dean nodded. "I'd rather leave sooner."

"Good. Just as long as you know I don't want you or your friend here."

Dean hardly ever felt this small, even when he had been bullied in the past, but this Ron was really doing well at making him feel so insignificant. "Well, I don't want to be your friend either," he retorted, as best as he could from being so small.

Both glared at each other for a few minutes before they shifted their gaze away from each other. The Ron in this reality is such a jerk! No matter what this reality's Bonnie says, there is no way that he could be anything other than a class A jerk! Finally, feeling himself cool down, Dean realized something he could ask that might help him with what he'd asked KP before they got sucked into this whole mess.

"Um, do you mind if I asked you something?" he asked through gritted teeth; mostly because he regretted having to ask in the first place.

The other Ron sighed, sounding annoyed. "Go ahead."

Dean felt like he'd been hit in the stomach. The response was so bored, it was almost as if he was only being humored, like a lot of the villains did to him occasionally, but he kept his temper in control, wanting to know what the answer would be.

"If Kim died, what would you do?"

"Is that a threat?"

Dean blinked at the sudden outburst. "N- no. I'm just wondering because I asked KP the same thing, but she never gave me a response."

"Really? And how do I know you're not lying to me?"

"I've never been good at lying!"

"Well, I can't take your word for it because if you were good, then you'd be good at lying about that too."

Dean shook his head. This guy was just impossible. He was so much worse than KP EVER was. Even Mr. Barkin was much easier to get along with than this guy. "You know what? Just forget about it, okay?"

Ron held up his hands. "Fine. But, I'm keeping an eye on you." Dean watched Ron walk away with his finger pointed straight at him. He wondered if he'd be able to survive these two weeks.

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Drakken was exhausted It had been a few hours since he'd left her at that motel. Maybe he should have listened to Shego. Who knew finding one person could be so hard? Drakken sighed as he landed the hovercar near a motel. He then pulled out his experimental communication device and powered it up.

"Shego! Please answer! Shego!" Drakken whined. He didn't really mean to, but that's what came out when he started speaking.

There wasn't an immediate answer, but he jumped when he heard a bunch of static with Shego's voice badly distorted. He knew that he shouldn't have allowed Shego to rely on it to find him. Now they might never get back together!

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Shego put the device down. She wasn't getting another response from Drakken, which meant that it was another dud. Not that she really cared. Especially since that if she was going to actually get out of there, she'd first need to find Possible. So even if she could find Drakken, it wouldn't matter unless he had already found her, which wasn't very likely in Shego's opinion.

Sighing, she turned towards the window and walked over to it, looking around the curtains she'd drawn closed earlier; only to stare in surprise. Drakken was out in the parking lot, hardly twenty feet from her. Yeah, she'd heard his voice badly garbled on the comm. device, but she hadn't thought that they'd be THAT inefficient. Especially with how well she'd seen some of Drakken's other inventions work. He might not have been a genius, but even he should have been able to make these better.

Well, he did say that he hadn't tested them, Shego reminded herself. There could easily have been a bug that kept it from working very well. Not that she cared. Now she might have the transportation she needed to search for Kimmie. Besides, She was fully rested and Drakken was probably exhausted to the bone. This worked.

Leaving her room, Shego made her way to the parked hovercar. When she got near it, she stopped short, stunned. He was actually crying! This was one of the few times she'd actually seen him like this. He might have been pathetic in her opinion, but she rarely saw him break down like this. Even when his plans were foiled by Kim Possible, she never saw him get like this. He must really be exhausted, she mused.

"Hey, Dr. D!" Shego called out, hoping that he wouldn't start blubbering all over her.

Drakken's head snapped up when he heard Shego's voice, his eyes staring in disbelief. "I- is that you, Shego?"

"Who else would it be?"

Shego's reflexes saved her as Drakken tried to pull her into a tight hug. "If you want I can come back later when you're done," Shego remarked, definitely not wanting to deal with Drakken like this.

Drakken stared at Shego for a moment before he started to pout. "I'll be good," he promised.

"Will you let ME be the one who looks for little Kimmie?"

Drakken pouted even more, but nodded. Shego was amused at this. If she only knew how to get him this upset without being in such a headache like this, she might actually be able to have a little fun with him. It's nice to dream, she told herself as she moved to take over the controls of the hovercar. Now they'd likely be able to find their ticket home.

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Dean was sulking in the corner when Kim and Ann came downstairs. Kim seemed a little concerned about him, but Ann assured her that he was fine. He just needed some time to himself. And having experienced that so much herself, Kim understood why it was important to let him be.

Ron came into the room as the girls took a seat on the sofa in the living room. "Anything good on?" he asked, sitting down in the easy chair.

Kim was about to turn on the t.v. just as someone knocked on the door. Kim excused herself to see who it was at the door. As she returned, she expressed surprise to see a package had arrived; especially since her family wasn't expecting a package to come and because it was apparently addressed to Ron. Kim took it over to Ron, who seemed equally confused.

As he opened it, he treated it like it was booby trapped. At least that's how Ann thought it looked like. But inside it was just a small device. Ann wondered if it was Wade at the other end of this version of her Kimmunicator. Ron, however, didn't seem to know what to make of it, so he just pressed a few buttons on the blue device before the screen on it lit up. "Hey Ron!" a cheerful voice called out of the piece of technology.

"Who're you and how'd you know where I was?" Ron demanded. Ann could tell that Ron seriously needed to work on his social skills if he really was going to be any real good at the saving the world thing that he was likely to be doing now.

"Yeah, I heard you were short tempered and to the point. But, I knew where you were because I was tracking you from a satellite I had put up."

"So, who're you?"

"I'm Wade. I was hoping that I'd be able to help you out with your website."

"Why would you be interested in helping me?" Ann could tell that Ron was just as suspicious of this reality's Wade as he was with her and Dean. At least he isn't giving us any special treatment, she remarked in her mind.

"Because at the bank robbery that you stopped today, you saved my mom. Besides, she's been telling me I need to get out more."

Ann smiled inwardly. This was exactly how she'd met up with Wade when she had started this. Although, she didn't have others from another reality when that happened, but it was still pretty much the same.

"So, you followed me and Kim around and I'm supposed to believe that you're not up to something?" Ann wondered if Ron would choose not to accept Wade's offer.

"Who's Kim?"

"Kim's my best friend. She's been with me since long before I put up that stupid site."

"Well, let me know when you've decided. You can always contact me anytime with this. Just follow the instruction booklet I sent over with it. It also explains all that your Ronmunicator can do."

Before Ron could reply, the device apparently shut off. Ron growled and looked ready to throw the Ronmunicator, but he set it down next to him before he pulled out the instruction booklet from the box and began reading it. About that moment, Bonnie came into the room and sat down next to Kim. "So, have you thought about if you'd like to try out for the squad like I asked you to a few days ago?"

Kim didn't seem very enthusiastic about it. "Not really," she admitted in a very low whisper.

Bonnie sighed. Ann decided that while she was stuck here, she might as well help others here where she could and Ron didn't seem to be very aware of this problem. So, she spoke up about her decision for Kim. "She'll try out next week."

Kim seemed mortified at that statement. Bonnie, however, seemed to be pleased very much by that.