Disclaimer: I don't own any of the character, situations or locations from the television series Kim Possible. I reap no monetary gains from the use of those things. I write for the strict enjoyment of the process.

Author's Note: This story stems solely from the following quote: "Tell me, O Muse, of the ingenious Hero who traveled far and wide..." Homer - The Odyssey.

This is the last chapter. I hope you enjoyed the ride as much as I enjoyed writing it.

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Travel

Chapter 9

Payback is a Beach

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"Good-bye, daddy. I'm joining GJ and volunteering for the most hazardous missions they have. Maybe I'll be killed on one of them since Ron won't be there to watch my back. Then I can be with him forever." She quickly reach out and turned off the Kimmunicator.

Ron threw the blanket off of him and quickly crawled into the front passenger seat. (Well, as quickly as a person can in a compact car while wearing a bulky astronaut suit.) "Did you really mean that, KP?"

"Every word of it, Ron," Kim cooed as she crawled over into his lap and let go of all her anguish by snuggling into his warm secure embrace. "If you ever left me, my life would have no meaning."

"Wow," Ron marveled and gave her a kiss on the forehead. "I love you with all my heart, too."

They remained like that for a minute before Wade popped back up on the Kimmunicator screen. "Whoa, Kim. That was intense."

"Dad deserved it," Kim said as she sat up a little in Ron's arms so she could look at the screen. "He played both Ron and I with that black hole threat of his, so I played him back."

"You had me convinced," Wade nodded.

"I'm a Possible," Kim stated as she shifted back over into the drivers seat and started the car. "Anything's possible for a possible."

"Including being a great actress," Ron laughed.

"By the way, Kim," Wade said as Kim started to drive off. "your father has been trying to call you back but I've blocked any and all transmissions from the Space Center to your cellphones, the Kimmunicator and your new house."

"Thanks, Wade," Kim said as the Sloth once again took to the skies. "And just to let you know, Ron and I are going to take a little sightseeing tour of the world for the next month, so don't try to contact us. We just want to relax for a while. If anything comes up, send the info to GJ. "

"With Will Du as their top agent," Ron cut in with a light laugh, "they're gonna need a lot of practice to bring the rest of their guys up to speed."

"We'll call you when we get to Hawaii," Kim said before she cut off the transmission.

"KP," Ron worriedly said as he started to take off the astronaut suit's gloves and boots, "I don't have anything to wear except this suit and I definitely don't have any money on me. How are we gonna pay for a vacation?"

"I packed a bag before I came to rescue you," Kim informed her fiancé. "And as to how we're going to pay for everything?" She pulled out the two small cards that Ron's father had given her earlier and handed one to him. "Your dad set up an account to pay for any incidentals that we'll have in college and it's linked to these two bank cards with a balance of one million dollars. He picked them up from the bank this morning."

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After a quick call to a travel agent that owed Kim a favor for saving a tour group, she was able to book accommodations at a small resort on the Island of Molokai, just north of the Big Island of Hawaii. The resort wasn't very large having only a few bungalows and a main building with only a dozen rooms to accommodate guests, but that was just what Kim was looking for.

Ron got a few strange stares when he and Kim enter the lobby to check in. He was bare foot, which wasn't too unusual at the secluded tropical island resort, but he hadn't had the chance to changed out of the space suit. The small interior of the Sloth didn't allow him room enough to get out of the bulky thing. Also, it was a two person job to get out of the suit and Kim was having too much fun watching him try to do it by himself.

Once they got to their bungalow, Kim assisted Ron in removing the suit in the bedroom. As soon as he was out of the bulky thing he dashed into the bathroom and Kim heard an extremely long stream of water hitting the toilet.

Kim shook her head in resignation. Leave it to Ron to hold "Nature's Call" in for the five or six hours that he'd been confined in that astronaut suit. She walked out into the living room of the bungalow, called Wade and had him connect a call to her father.

"Kimmie-Cub," James said in hope when he saw who was on the line. "I'm so sorry to play you like I did. Please come home and we can talk about it."

"There's nothing to talk about," Kim firmly said, but with a sly smile showing through. "You played Ron and me. Wade told me all about the real mission for the Kepplar and that Ron should survive the journey... but I'm still not convinced that the generic heat shields you always brag about using will hold up against the heat and radiation of the Sun."

"My bosses felt the same way," James said while nervously rubbing the back of his neck at the confession, "so they ordered name brand heat shields to be installed in the rocket. Ron will definitely be okay..." he looked over at the a monitor off to one side, "...although, I'm a little worried about his mental health. Ronald's been struggling with that same harness strap ever since I strapped him in. You'd think even he would figure out how to open the harness by now."

"I don't know, Dr. P.," Ron jovially chirped as he walked into the living room now dressed in a pair of cargo shorts that Kim had packed. He took up a position so he could be seen over Kim's shoulder in the Kimmunicator's camera view. "You know those harnesses are complicated and I'm not that mechanically inclined."

"Ronald, I know you're smarter that that," James chided the blond boy before he realized Ron wasn't on the rocket, but standing behind his daughter. "Ronald?"

"I picked him up right after the first orbit," Kim informed her father as Ron moved to stand beside her. Kim's sly smile turning a little wicked. "We played you just like you played us."

James was about to berate his daughter over the prank but then thought better of it. After all, he started the whole mess. "Okay, Kimmie-Cub. I guess we're even now. We can decide where to go from here when I get home from work and you two come over for dinner."

"The only way we can talk about it is if you want to run up a long distance phone bill," Kim said as she and Ron walked out onto the patio of the bungalow that looked out onto the Pacific Ocean. "Ron and I have already decided where we're going. For the next month we'll be sight seeing around the world, starting here in Hawaii." She panned the pickup camera of the Kimmunicator watch across the beach and then out to the ocean.

"Sight seeing? You and Ronald? Alone!" James yelped in surprise that they were already on the road. "I-I-I-I... I don't, er, think you should, er..."

"You don't think I should, what?" Kim coyly asked her father. "Travel around the world with the person I've been doing just that with for the past five years? Enjoy my summer with the one person that I've been enjoying my summers with for the past fourteen? Or don't you think I should get to better know the one person that I'm going to spend the rest of my life with?"

"I'm just afraid that you'll get to know Ronald more... intimately," James sputtered with a bit of regret and disappointment in his voice.

"It's too late for that," Kim quietly said, her eyes filled with love, looking at the blond boy standing next to her. "Ron and I have already taken that step in our relationship." She saw the shocked expression on her father's face on the Kimmunicator and quickly added, "But don't worry. Ron and I are taking the proper precautions so there won't be any accidental little Stoppables running around in the near future."

"I-well-um-er..." James sputtered in total brain meltdown with that second big bombshell his daughter had just dropped on him.

"Maybe you and Mrs. Dr. P. would like to go on a little holiday of your own?" Ron offered as he leaned in next to Kim, took her right hand and directed the Kimmunicator so they were both in the picture James was seeing. "I'm sure KP wouldn't mind if you used her college money to take a little trip."

"And I'm sure Wade could find a military summer camp that Jim and Tim could stay at while you and mom are taking a break," Kim suggested with a smirk, ctching on to Ron's distraction. "Maybe they'll learn a little discipline along the way and won't blow up the house so often."

"Welllll," James said, absently rubbing the back of his neck while pondering the multitude of variables associated with a vacation. "Your mother and I do have more than enough vacation time available and she has been hinting that she'd like to see Paris at some point in the future." His smile brightened as he straightened up and said, "Actually, I think that's a super idea! We were going to visit your Aunt June and Cousin Larry for a few days next month before heading to Wyoming to stay with Slim and Joss for a whole week. I think they'd understand if your mother and I chose Paris instead. I'll check with our travel agent and see if we can find a reasonably priced flight to France."

"I can help with that," Wade said as his image pushed in from the side on the Kimmunicator to share the screens. He finished typing with a flourish and confidently smiled. "I just booked two first class, round trip tickets for the time you'd mentioned. I was also able to reserve a suite in your name at the Paris Baroque Hotel near the Eiffel Tower, and there's a car available at Orly Airport for the entire two week stay."

"Why, thank you Wade," James said in surprise. It would've taken him four or five hours to do what the computer genius had just done in a few seconds.

"It's no problem, Dr. Possible," Wade said as he smugly leaned back in his chair. "You'll find an e-mail on your home computer that contains all of the pertinent information you'll need, including billing information for all of the reservations. I took the liberty of using a few personal favors I had at my disposal after working for a French avionics firm a few years ago, so the trip now costs less than half of what you'd pay at a travel agency."

"Wade, I don't know what to say."

"You don't need to say anything, Dr. Possible," Wade answered with a wide sincere smile. "I got to meet and become close friends with Kim and Ron because you initially let them go on their missions. That's a debt I don't think I can ever repay."

"No repayment is necessary, Wade," James said with an honest smile. "You've given Ron and my little Kimmie-Cub all the support they've ever needed and so much more." He looked over to the side and nodded before he looked back at the screen. "I'm being told that I need to end this call and get back to work now. "

"Enjoy your trip dad," Kim chimed in. "Ron and I will send a post card from wherever we visit to let you know how we're doing."

"That won't be necessary," Wade cut in. "Since you and Ron are heading off to college this fall, I've build new hand-held Kimmunicators for each of your parents. That way you can keep in touch with them instead of wasting money on normal telephone calls. They'll be delivered later this evening."

"If that's so, then I'll talk to you soon, Kimmie-Cub," James said. "I gotta go. Love you."

"Love you too, dad," Kim automatically answered as Dr. Possible cut his connection and Wade's image widened to take up the whole screen. "I'm not sure if giving each of our parents a Kimmunicator is a good idea, Wade. They might call at an awkward time when Ron and I want some alone time."

"Oh-uh, I didn't think about that, Kim," Wade nervously said. "I can't help you there."

"We'll figure something out," Kim sighed in resignation that her love life may have just gotten a little more complicated. "But you did rock hard getting the travel plans set up for mom and dad."

"I'm also setting something up for Ron's parents after you two get back to Middleton in a month," Wade said, nervously rubbing the back of his neck. "The only problem is that someone will have to take care of Hanna while they're away."

"I don't mind looking after the Little Intruder for a week or two," Ron said with a goofy smile, using the nickname he'd given her when Hanna first came to live with the Stoppables. It had soon after become an endearing term of affection.

"We don't mind taking care of Hanna," Kim corrected. "And I'm sure mom and dad wouldn't occasionally mind having a baby in the house once in a while... just as long as Jim and Tim don't act up too much while Hanna is around."

"Your brothers won't be, Kim," Wade chuckled. "I've also found a military academy that will keep them occupied until two days before school starts. They'll be picked up next Monday. That way they'll be gone for the rest of the summer and you're parents can relax without any kids in the house."

"Sort of a trial empty nest," Kim laughed. "You rock, Wade."

"I do what I can," Wade said with a beaming smile before he realized he had one more thing to discuss. "By the way, Ron. I sent a Wade-bot to the space Center to pick up Rufus. He can stay with me while you two are away on vacation."

"Gee, thanks Wade," Ron sincerely said with a goofy smile. "You rock in quadrophonic stereo."

"Ah, Ron?" Wade tentatively queried. "You do know that quadrophonic sound happened in the 1960's and is now totally out of date?"

"Yeah," Ron laughed, "but the term really sounds badical."

"Yeah, right," Wade chuckled. "I'll let you two get started on your vacation. If you need anything, all you need to do is call." With that, the Kimmunicator winked off.

Kim turned to Ron and gave him a peck on the lips before asking, "What do you want to do now that we're here in Hawaii and don't have to worry about the 'rents or anything?"

"I'm a little hungry, KP," Ron answered as his stomach loudly growled, as if on cue. "What do you wanna do?"

"Well, you did distract my dad when I inadvertently told him that we've become intimate," Kim sexily purred. "Now I want to be the distraction and divert your attention away from food and onto the bedroom."

"Distract away," Ron chimed as he let Kim lead him back into the bungalow and the bedroom. He suddenly became pensive as they were getting undressed and asked, "But what are you gonna tell your mom and dad?" He held up his left hand and indicated the unadorned gold band on his left ring finger.

"I don't know, Ron," Kim said as she lovingly looked at a identical gold band that was set firmly next to her engagement ring on her left ring finger. A sly smile graced her lips as she said, "Maybe we should say anything. Mom will notice our rings and be happy for us but daddy won't realize we're married until someone tells him."

"What about Monique?"

Kim shrugged her shoulders and said, "Maybe I should tell her that she's psychic since we stopped in Las Vegas on the way here and got married."

"Hey," Ron mock-pouted as he slid, naked, beneath the bed sheets. "I thought I was your only sidekick."

"I said psychic," Kim cooed as she joined her brand new husband under the covers and snuggled in next to him, "not sidekick. And you are definitely not the sidekick anymore, Love-Muffin."

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