BE,S SI: Oops Chapter 6: Emergence, a kim possible fanfic

BE, S SI: Oops...

Disclaimer/Author's Notes: Kim Possible and all the characters of the show are owned by the Disney Company. All other characters can be blamed on the author (he, however, is not responsible for all of their actions at all times, being barely responsible for himself most of the time….).

This is a strictly not-for-profit, just-for-fun work.

You can read this without reading the background stories, but I would highly recommend (shameless plug) Black Hole Deep, version 2.0 and BE, S 1: Blue Eyes, Shining. You'll enjoy this story even more, and this story will make more sense if it's read in context.

To everyone who has read thus far and continues to read and review: thank you for coming this far: I hope that you will continue to be amazed, confused, entertained, and excited.

A/N Forward:

Questions:

If Tornado can talk, what's next: A talking sword?

Well, duh, but it doesn't just talk, and it's not just a sword, and….

The Lotus Blade, with entities that have existed for millennia?

Ron's most important question (next to 'Where is the nearest Bueno Nacho?') is:

Why me?

Answers:

Our head-shifters Kim and Jocelyn Possible, and Ron Stoppable and Wade Load, are all about to find out…More questions are answered, more scenes seen, and clarification.

Toto, stay tuned:

This is a Blue Eyes, Shining Special Intermezzi:

Oops….

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Chapter 6: Emergence

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"Good," the voice announced, once again, and the adults all faded away.

"What the heck!" Ron exclaimed.

"All will be explained now, Master," the disembodied voice stated, and the Lotus Blade appeared as the conference table and the room disappeared, and the four were standing on an empty white floor as the Blade floated in front of Ron.

"I didn't call it, Kim, I swear," Ron said, and the blade hovered in front of him for a moment until it then settled into his hands.

"You did not call us, Master, but you have learned far more than enough to be told all," the voice said.

"Us?

"First: who are you?" Ron asked, steeling himself for the answer he now knew, in his heart, was coming, and he was not disappointed.

"We are the Lotus Blade, Master, and you have learned well."

"Kewl! A talking sword," Joss replied, and the voice moved to in front of her.

"You are right, and you are wrong, Andrea Jocelyn Possible."

"The Blade is the vessel, but they are the entities that live within it, Joss. They can come out when called," Wade stated, and the voice centered in front of him.

"You are mostly correct, Wade Agamemnon Load: We can come when called, but we can also come when conditions require it, such as this one," the voice replied.

"We?" Kim asked, and the voice centered in front of her.

"There are many of us, Kimberly Ann Possible: We have lived in the blade for millennia, and have only come out twice before this time."

"Why did you come, now?" Ron asked, and the voices came back to center in front of him.

"Because, Master, you are only the second incarnation since the Blade's creation to have full access to all of its powers."

"Oh, man…."

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Joss, Kim, and Wade vanished, and Ron was alone with the sword.

"Where are my friends?" came in a forceful, commanding tone from Ron that amazed even him.

"Patience, Master: they are all well. They are all being told the version of the truth that they need to hear and can understand."

"KIM!"

"JOSS!

"WADE!"

"Here, Ron," came from Kim.

"All is well, Sensei," came from Joss.

"Five by five, Ron," came from Wade.

Ron's first question:

"All right, so: why me?"

"We could never join with one such as Lord Fiske."

"So?"

"You were the logical choice, and you had the potential," and Ron groaned.

"Not Potential, again!"

"Not ordinary potential, Master; yours is the potential for true greatness."

"But, I'm just a sidekick," Ron whined. "You should belong to Kim if you want greatness."

"And, Master, that attitude is why you were chosen. You do not aspire to power, but you understand its importance and necessity, and you refuse to be taken hostage by it, as well.

"That is why, Master, we have been helping you since you came to our attention, and we became yours to use.

"And, Master, you have never abused us; that is another reason that we believe that you are, indeed, destined to be the true Monkey Master, Master of the Lotus Blade and Our Master, as well.

Ron looked perplexed for a moment, and then he decided to work with the Blade just like he had worked with Wade.

"All right; so, let's pretend I don't know what this entails. Can you explain it in detail, please?"

"Certainly, Master.

"First, you can heal people."

"Coolio! You mean, like Mrs. Dr. P?"

"No, Master. You can save their lives, bring them back from serious injuries, even death, once you have been properly trained."

'Whoa,' Ron thought.

"Whoa, indeed, Master," the voice chuckled.

"You must be trained, however, for there is a cost."

"What cost?"

"To heal someone, you must be willing to use some of your life force to do so," and Ron became quiet.

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Ron took a deep breath, and he asked the question: "You mean to tell me: if I save someone's life, it could cost me my own?"

"No, Master, self-termination is not allowed. Your first attempt to help someone in the future will be in a manner that could cost you your life, and we were required to reject your efforts; so, please, do not be upset."

"It's for my own good, right?" Ron snapped back, with more than a hint of sarcasm.

"You are correct, Master. It is for your own good, and that of your wife and kids."

"wife and kids…" Ron was quiet for a long time.

"Master?"

"I was thinking: kids, huh?"

"Yes, Master, you and Mistress Kimberly will be parents, grandparents, the founders of a great line of Possible-Stoppables."

"Coolio."

"What about Rufus?"

"This is why, Master: you are always more concerned about others than yourself.

"Rufus shall life a long and healthy life, as will his wife and children, and his children's children…."

"Grand little naked mole rat," Ron chuckled along with the Blade.

"Good little naked mole rat, indeed," a familiar voice rang out, and Ron looked past the Blade to see a man, sharply dressed, emerging from the white. His dark suit and tie and bowler hat accented his full beard, but his smile shone through.

"Great-grandson: I guess that the title is true," and the man held open his arms as Ron took a tentative step forward.

"DOUBLE-G!" Ron yelled, and Ron Stoppable ran into the arms of his great-grandfather, Adrian Stopabilski,

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Ron, Joss, and Wade vanished, and Kim was left alone with the sword.

"WHERE'S RON? WHERE ARE MY FRIENDS?" came from Kim in full Kimela aspect.

"Patience, Mistress Kimberly: they are all well. They are all being told the version of the truth that they need to hear and can understand."

And, Kim heard Ron yell:

"KIM!"

"JOSS!

"WADE!"

"Here, Ron," Kim replied.

"Sensei, all is well," came from Joss.

"Five by five, Ron," came from Wade.

"All right, Lotus Blade, so:

"What do you have to tell us?" Came from Kim

"Master Ronald is destined for greatness," and Kim stared at a talking sword.

"Riiiight, and Bonnie will always be nice," was Kim's acerbic response.

"She has already started down that path, Mistress Kimberly, thanks in part to you and your friends.

"We want to talk to you, Mistress Kimberly, about your role in Master Ronald's development, and your children."

"CHILDREN!"

"Yes, Mistress Kimberly, you and Master Ronald will have children, grandchildren…" And Kim was quiet, smiling dreamily of Daddy Ron and Mommy Kim.

'Daddy Ron,' Kim thought, and the Blade chuckled.

"Yes, Mistress Kimberly, you and the Master shall be the founders of a great line of Possible-Stoppables.

"You will, in fact, 'save the world.'"

"HOW?"

"That cannot be revealed. In fact, what you are learning here will not be accessible to you until after the events occur in real time: we cannot pollute the time stream."

"So, assuming I believe you: what do you want me to do?"

"Believe in him, Mistress Kimberly, as you have always done. He will be forced to make several decisions that could cost him his life, or cost him some of his life force, but his heart remains pure throughout all, so continue to believe in him, and all will be well."

"Cost him his life?"

"Yes, Mistress Kimberly. With us, he will be given the gift of healing, but with the gift can come a cost: Used unwisely, Master Ronald could die."

"RON COULD DIE?"

"Not if you believe in him, Mistress Kimberly, not if you honestly and truly believe in Ronald Dean Stoppable, your soon-to-be husband."

"I know you believe in him, Kimberly Ann," and an older man walked from the white, smiling.

"He's your dream come true, just as you were mine, Kim," and he smiled, showing his perfect teeth.

"Walter?" Kim asked, tentatively, and he nodded.

"WALTER!" and Kim ran into the arms of the only other man besides Ron that she had truly ever cared for.

"Hello, Kim: long time, no see," and, as Walter kissed her forehead, Kim shed tears of joy for her friend.

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Ron, Kim, and Wade vanished, and Joss was left alone with the sword.

"WHERE'S WADE? WHERE ARE MY FRIENDS?" came from Joss, reaching for her whip.

"Patience, Mistress Jocelyn: they are all well. They are all being told the version of the truth that they need to hear and can understand."

And, Joss heard Ron yell:

"KIM!"

"JOSS!

"WADE!"

"Here, Ron," came from Kim.

"Sensei, all is well," Joss replied.

"Five by five, Ron," came from Wade.

"So, what'cha got planned, Blade?" Joss asked, and the Blade chuckled.

"Sensei is destined for greatness," and Joss grinned.

"D'OI, Blade: tell me something I don't know,"

"Very well, Mistress Jocelyn: BlazeIT! is destined for greatness, as well. You and Wade will be known throughout the world."

"Why?"

"Retribution."

"What's Retribution?"

"Your husband is a visionary; he has foreseen the plans of evil and has developed a plan to defeat it. It all began with your mother, Mistress Jocelyn, and the promise that he made to her that he would avenge her death."

Joss stood there, staring at the floating Blade.

"When he learned what had happened to Stephanie, he began to plan.

"He will implement the plan, but one of the early events that set these events into motion is what happens to Stephanie Angelica."

"Who is Stephanie Angelica?"

"She is your first daughter, Mistress Jocelyn, but she was also a victim of the same people directing the agents that killed your mother."

"She," Joss dropped to her knees in shock.

"they…killed…my…daughter?" her eyes began to water.

"When they were attempting to kill you, Mistress Jocelyn, but they will not be successful.

"Do not be dismayed, Mistress: your son and daughter that come after her are special individuals, and their contributions are that of legends."

"Besides, Momma, I'm ok: Grandmamma and Big Sis are taking real good care of me," and the blade was joined by a woman in uniform, holding the hand of a three-year-old carrying a pink backpack.

"Hi, Momma."

"Hello, Daughter."

Joss fainted.

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Ron, Kim, and Joss vanished, and Wade was left alone with the sword.

"WHERE'S JOSS? WHERE ARE MY FRIENDS?" came from Wade, reaching for his PosComm.

"Patience, Master Wade: they are all well. They are all being told the version of the truth that they need to hear and can understand."

And, Wade heard Ron yell:

"KIM!"

"JOSS!

"WADE!"

"Here, Ron," came from Kim.

"Sensei, all is well," came from Joss.

"Five by five, Ron," Wade replied.

"So, who, or what, are you, Blade?" Wade asked as he scanned the Blade with the PosComm, and the Blade chuckled.

"You will not detect us, Master Wade; your technology will not function here.

"We are the entities that are manifested as the Lotus Blade"

"You've said that, already," Wade replied, a bit miffed that his PosComm wouldn't pull readings from the entities.

"Where are you from?"

"We do not know, Master Wade:

"We have seen planets and galaxies created, grow, and die.

"We watched your planet being born.

"We saw your kind grow from the amoeba to the beings you are now," and Wade grinned.

"So, no Creation?"

"We did not say the rate of speed of the growth, Master Wade, so you do not win that one," and the Blade chuckled.

"Master Ronald is destined for greatness," and Wade grinned.

"D'OI, Blade: tell me something I don't know,"

"Very well, Master Wade:

"BlazeIT! is destined for greatness, as well: you and your family, your wife and children, shall be known and revered around the world for what you will do."

"Why?"

"Retribution."

"You know about Retribution?" and sweat beads formed on Wade's forehead.

"You are a visionary, Master Wade; you foresaw the plans of evil and developed the plan to defeat it. It all began with Jocelyn's mother, and the promise that you made to her to avenge her death.

"When you learned what had happened to Stephanie, you began to plan.

"You will complete the plan, but one of the early events that set the events into motion that result in the final plans for Retribution is what happens to Stephanie Angelica."

"Who is Stephanie Angelica?"

"She is your first daughter, Master Wade, but she was also a victim of the same people directing the agents that killed Jocelyn's mother."

"…." Wade dropped to her knees in shock.

"they…killed…my…daughter?"

"When they were attempting to kill your wife, Master Wade, but they will not be successful.

"Do not be dismayed, Master: your son and daughter that come after her are special individuals, and their contributions are that of legends."

"Besides, Daddy, I'm ok: Big Sis is taking real good care of me," and the blade was joined by a redhead barely younger than Kim, holding the hand of a three-year-old carrying a pink backpack.

"Hi, Daddy."

"Hello, Big Brother."

Wade wavered, and then sat down hard on the floor.

"Stephanie?"

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"Hello, Great-Grandson," Adrian Stopabilski smiled. "We meet again: this must be more than you've thought about me in a long time."

Ron asked: "Double-G, why are you here?"

"To help you, Great-Grandson, to help you understand the gift that He who has no name has given to you."

"This...gift?" Ron stared.

"Yes, Ronald, this gift. This was no accident. You have been destined."

"But, Double-G, surely there's been a mistake: I'm not worthy of such an honor."

"He makes no mistakes, Ronald, you know that; and, don't call me Shirley," and the Blade bounced up and down, laughing, as Ron groaned.

"What? I thought it was funny, Ronald."

"It's old, Double-G."

"Well, so am I, Ronald," and he grinned.

"You will not remember any of this until after the event occurs, Ronald, so there are some things I can tell you.

"Kimberly is a wonderful woman."

"Well, D'OI, Double-G!" and Ron laughed.

"Even for a redhead, Ronald, she is wonderful," and Double-G chuckled and the Blade winced. The Blade knew about redheads and tempers...

"Take care of her, Ronald, and she will be with you, always, to the end."

"The…end?" Ron asked, and the Blade responded.

"We cannot tell you when, Master Ronald, but you and your wife will live a long and wonderful life," and Ron let out a sigh of relief.

"Kids?"

"They will do wonderful things, just as their father has done."

"Will any of them have this gift?"

"That, Master, we are not allowed to reveal, even in this plane.

"Suffice it to say, Master Ron, that they are known, and not just for their Mother and Father."

"One question: do I have a son?"

"Yes, Ronald, you have a son, and he loves you very much," Double-G responded, and he looked at the Blade.

"We can give you a view, but you will not remember," the Blade answered.

"Hit me!"

And, Ron assumed the tailor position on the ground; he then rose into the air as his eyes closed, but the glowing blue behind them shone through his eyelids:

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The visions flashed before his mind's eye in seconds:

Ron, sitting in the tailor position as a blue thread snaked from him through a wall.

Kim, holding his hand as they stood for high school graduation pictures.

Ron, holding the Blade in front of a young girl as it glowed blue.

Kim kissing him as he stood in front of the graduation crowd, accepting his scholarship.

Kim, beaming as he accepted his college diploma.

Kim, resplendent in her wedding gown, standing at the back of the church.

Kim, in the swimming suit on the beach in Hawaii…."Oh, man," came from Ron.

Kim, screaming at Ron, with her legs up in the stirrups, and the doctor yelling "Push, Mrs. Stoppable! Push!"

Kim, smiling as she took Ron's picture of him carrying two babies.

Kim, smiling as Ron stood in front of two twin strollers, filled to the brim with their children.

Ron, sitting across the table from Mike Cotton and Justine Flanner, talking and drinking.

Ron, standing in a hospital room with Kim and…Ron Reger and Bonnie Rockwaller? And, a blue thread snaked from Ron to Bonnie, and Bonnie was crying.

Ron, blue bolts shooting out of his hands, and, from either side of him, green bolts on the left and yellow bolts on the right shot in the same direction: these came from …Shego? In a battle suit? And who was the dark-haired beauty standing next to him, also wearing a battle suit and firing yellow beams?

Ron, standing in front of the White House with Kim and his family in tow. He looked around, and he saw so many friends and loved ones, but some were missing.

And, finally, Ron and Kim, holding hands as their sons and daughters danced at their Silver Anniversary. Kim's red hair was streaked with grey, but she was as beautiful as the day he met her in Pre-K.

"I love you, Ronald Dean Stoppable, my darling, my forever: I always have loved you, and I always will," and she kissed a tear from his cheek, the rest of them flowed down his face….

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"It's not a bad life, Ronald," and Ron settled to the ground, then stood as his great-grandfather helped him up. Ron wiped at his face, and there were tears on it.

He reached up, and he felt the spot where Kim had kissed him:

It was still warm with her touch.

"Thank you, Double-G: I'll try not to disappoint you."

"You have never disappointed me, Ronald, and you never will.

"You are a special man, blessed by Him, and you will lead your family into the future."

"Son, we're proud of you," and Ron's father and mother walked out of the white, holding the hand of a young girl with dark hair.

"Hana, meet your Big Brother, Ronald," and Hana Stoppable walked up to Ron and bowed.

Ron returned the bow, and grinned.

"sis?"

"And, I didn't mind when you called me 'the intruder,' Big B, but I won you over," Hana grinned as she grabbed him and hugged him tightly.

"When?" Ron asked, and he mother replied.

"In a month or two, Ronald," his mother smiled. "We have been working on the adoption," she added.

"From where? How? With who?"

"With my assistance, young Stoppable-San," and Sensei stepped from the white and took his place at Hana's side, taking her hand in his.

"Master, you have been blessed," came from the Blade. "We will help you and be by your side at all times, remember that.

"You are strong, only the second heir to the Blade and its full power in millennia, Master Stoppable, and we are proud to be at your side."

"I may be, but I am even prouder that I would even be considered to be worthy to carry such a burden.

"I pledge that I will uphold the traditions and the honor of the Blade," and Ron bowed to the Blade, then to his parents, then to his little sister-to-be (and she giggled and returned the bow, properly and formally), and then finally to his great-grandfather.

"Great-grandfather, I did not truly understand what you suffered and how much you and so many others gave for us, but I understand, now.

"I can only hope that my actions will make me worthy of the sacrifices that you and the others have given for me," and Ron bowed deeply to him, and Adrian Stopabilski bowed, in turn.

"Ronald, I am proud of you.

"You have taken on the mantle of responsibility, and you wear it like a man. Remember that, and I will always be proud of you.

"We will train you, Master Ronald, as the days and months and years go by, and you will grow in strength and wisdom," came from the Blade, and Adrain summed everything up:

"Remember, most of all, who, through good times and bad, when the dark clouds come, will always be at your side," and Ron smiled.

"Kim," and the smile grew even bigger.

"Kim," he repeated.

"Kim…."

"WAKE UP!"

"Ron, are you all right?"

"Kim?" he whispered.

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"Hello, Kim: long time, no see," and Walter kissed Kim's forehead.

"Walter, what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to help you understand what you can do for Ron."

"But why, Walter?"

"He never told your mother or my mother about our kiss," and Kim blushed as Walter laughed.

"Someone like that obviously loves you deeply, Kim: I learned that, that day. That's why I graciously bowed out."

"And, Kim? Your kids are gorgeous," and Kim grinned.

"But, of course, look at the genetic material that they started with," and Kim blushed.

"Kids?"

"Twin Tweebs, Kim," and Kim's jaw dropped.

"Two sets of twins?"

Walter grinned and nodded, and Kim had only one thought:

'I'm going to kill Ron Stoppable,' and Walter laughed.

"It takes two to tango, so to speak, Kim, so don't blame Ron for all of it," and Kim's face and hair were the same shade of red.

"Besides, Kim, I owe you, big time," and Walter's face had grown tears, almost instantly.

"Why, Walter?"

"She will not remember until after the events occur," came from the Blade.

"Your singing at the original Tweeb's funeral was…well, Kim, it's what Mom and Dad and I, what we all needed."

"The Tweebs? Dead?"

"A side result of what you're going to be a major part of, Kim."

"And, that is…?"

"Retribution, Kim," and an older Bonnie Rockwaller stepped into view, and Kim gasped.

"Bonnie! What happened?"

"My sisters, K; but, your wonderful husband saved me, and it was all because you gave him the permission to do it," and Bonnie grabbed Kim and squeezed the air out of Kim.

Kim pulled back and saw the jagged scars on Bonnie's scalp, and the hair was definitely a wig: an excellent and expensive wig, but a wig nonetheless.. Her face had scars, as well, and she had walked with a limp and a stylish cane. All appeared to be stabilized wounds, somehow, and they seemed to be healing as Kim looked at them.

"What did they do, B?" and Bonnie smiled a sad smile.

"Too much to tell, K, but what you and Ronald did was nothing short of a blessing for me:

"Ron offered me six months of his life force to heal me completely, and you agreed with him that he could offer it," and Bonnie's tears were falling like rain, now.

"I asked: 'how much to only help me walk, to help me dance, again,' and the blade told me five days.

"Yur husbnd was willing to give up six months; I asked him for five days, and both you and he said 'yes,' Kim," and by now Bonnie's tears were flowing even harder.

"Kim, I don't know what I can do to help you, but I'm here to support you as you learn what is to come."

"You can be here, Mistress Bonnie Jean Rockwaller, while she sees what is to come," the Blade responded, and Walter took Bonnie's hand and smiled.

"We're both here for you, Kimberly," Walter smiled, "so take our hands, please," and Kim reached out and took the hands of a man who had once loved her and a friend turned enemy turned back into a friend, again.

"Close your eyes, Kimberly, so you can see."

Kim closed her eyes, and the blue glow shone through her eyelids….

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The visions flashed before her mind's eye in seconds:

Ron, sitting in the tailor position as a blue thread snaked from him through a wall.

Ron holding her hand as they stood for high school graduation pictures.

Ron, holding the Blade in front of a young girl; as Kim watched it begin to glow blue.

Ron, kissing her as they stood in front of the graduation crowd, accepting both their scholarships to MIT.

Kim, standing at the edge of the row, then stepping forward at the gravesite of the original Tweebs. The music began to play as Kim steeled herself to walk in front of and stand, facing Gordon and Marcia Garcia and the only remaining child, Walter Nelson. She smiled thru her tears as she looked up and saw Ron standing behind the crowd, and she began to sing.

Kim, beaming as Ron accepted his college diploma.

Ron, complete with his goofy grin, watching as Kim took the stage to give her Valedictory speech and accept her undergraduate diploma.

Ron, beaming as he hooded Kim with her PhD hood.

Ron, looking drop-dead handsome in his black full-tailed tuxedo, standing at the front of the church with Wade, Felix, and the Tweebs as Kim, resplendent in her wedding gown, took her father's arm after James T. Possible kissed his daughter's cheek, lowered her veil, and whispered: "Now, go be with Ronald, and be happy."

Ron, jaw dropped to the floor as Kim stepped out of the bathroom on their wedding night. "My God, Mrs. Stoppable, you're even more beautiful and badically gorgeous than I ever imagined," and Kim replied with a flash of leg, "Why, thank you, Mr. Stoppable. Would you like to open your package now?" as she held the end of the ribbon connected to the bow...

Kim, screaming 'You're dead, Ron!' as her legs were up, and the doctor was yelling "Push, Mrs. Stoppable! Push! The head's coming," and Ron blanched as he saw his son's head come out.

Ron, beaming as Kim took his picture with him holding two babies in his arms

Ron, grinning like an idiot as he stood in front of two twin strollers.

Kim, watching Ron, as he sat across the table from Mike Cotton and Justine Flanner; they were discussing a topic that was so important that Wade and Joss were also present as holograms. There were two other men also present, both dressed in dark suits.

Ron, standing in a hospital room with Kim and…Ron Reger and Bonnie Rockwaller? And, a blue thread snaked from Ron to Bonnie, and Bonnie was crying. ('That was when he saved me, K,' Bonnie's voice came through the silence, and Kim smiled).

Kim, fighting alongside a redhead...Joss? in a battlesuit, standing next to her partner…"Wade?" Kim called, and the partner turned and faced Kim, the shield hid his face, but Kim could see the grin coming through as he fired beams from both hands and Joss fired a…machine gun? Machine pistol? Both their battle suits had seen far too much wear, even with the self-healing capabilities: scars and burns were on top of burns on their suits.

Kim, standing in front of the White House, with Ron and her family, in tow. She looked around, and she saw so many friends and loved ones, but some were missing.

And, finally, Ron and Kim, holding hands as their sons and daughters danced at their Silver Anniversary. Ron's blond hair was streaked with grey, but he was as handsome as the first day she met him in Pre-K.

"I love you, Kimberly Ann Stoppable: I always have, and I always will," and he kissed her forehead, then kissed her nose and kissed a tear from her cheek, the rest of them flowed down both their faces, tears of unbridled joy….

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"It's not a bad life, Kim," and Kim opened her eyes. Both Walter's and Bonnie's faces were wet, and Kim realized that hers was wet, as well.

She reached up, and she felt her cheek:

It was still warm with Ron's kiss.

"Thank you, Walter, Bonnie: I'll try not to disappoint you."

"You will not disappoint us, Kim, as long as you love Ron and let him protect you," Walter replied.

"Ron is a special man, blessed by Yahweh," Bonnie added as Walter smiled, "and you and he will lead your family into the future."

"Daughter, we're so very proud of you," and James and Anne Possible walked out of the white, each holding the hand of an older, more mature Jim and Tim.

"Big Sis: We're in your corner-"

"Through it all, Big Sis."

"Kim, Ron has been blessed to have you, as have you been blessed to have him," James Possible smiled. "And, no black hole probes were ever required," and the family, Walter, and the Blade all laughed.

"We will help you and be by your side at all times, remember that," James added.

"Thanks, Dad, Mom, Tweebs," and Kim smiled.

"Hicka-bicka-boo?" came from Jim and Tim, simultaneously, and the entire family replied, all thrusting their fists into the air:

"HOO-SHA!" as they all laughed and hugged.

"Kim, you now understand the responsibilities that you have had handed to you.

"Ron is special: I've always known that, even when I tried to change him," and Bonnie laughed as she remembered 'the hair,' "he never once fought me in anger.

"I will be by his side, for as long as he needs me," and Walter smiled and took Bonnie's hand.

"He's special, K; take care of him and those kids, all right?" and Kim nodded and then hugged Bonnie.

"We'll be there, right beside you, when the big fight comes."

"But, remember, Kim, most of all, who will always be at your side," Anne Possible added as the two separated, and Kim smiled.

"Ron," Kim whispered, and the smile grew even bigger as she imagined Ron holding his son for the first time.

"Ron," she repeated.

"Ron…."

"WAKE UP!"

"Kim, are you all right?"

"Ron?" she whispered.

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"Momma, are you all right?"

"Andrea Jocelyn?"

Joss pried her eyes open, and she saw two smiling faces and a glowing, floating sword.

'I'm dreaming,' she smiled.

"No, daughter, you're not dreaming," and Sheri Nicole Possible reached out a hand and helped Joss to her feet.

"Momma?" Joss whispered, and she nodded.

"MOMMA!" and Joss slammed into her, crying and laughing and hugging.

"A-hem!"

Joss looked down at the hand that was tugging at her pants leg, and the two hands came up.

"Momma," the little girl called, and Joss knew who it was, instinctively, and she reached down, picked up her daughter, and pressed her to her chest.

"This is Stephanie Angelica Load, Joss, your daughter," Sheri Nicole introduced the mother and daughter, and both smiled as they hugged.

"Momma, thank you," the little girl said, and Joss pulled back and looked at her, perplexed.

"Why would you thank me, Stephanie Angelica? I probably should be thanking you."

Stephanie held up a little hand, and Joss laughed as she did to her what Joss had done to Becky:

"One: for the name: I love it, and Stephanie loves it, too.

"Two: for loving me enough to let me go," and Stephanie wiped a tear from Joss' face.

"Three: for having the good sense to keep Daddy around," and that brought a laugh to Joss, "he was strong enough to let me go, too,"

"Four: for the pink backpack you buried with me: Grandmamma laughed when she saw me bring it over.

"Five: for never forgetting me, even after everything happened.

"I love you, Momma," and she grabbed Joss' neck and kissed her face over and over again, and Sheri Nicole smiled as the mother and daughter finally had a chance to be with each other.

"Momma, you know about Daddy and Momma2," Joss said, and Sheri Nicole laughed.

"Andrea Jocelyn, your Daddy is a wonderful man, but he's as slow about Betty as Ron was about Kim," and Joss laughed with her mother.

"I think it's grand that he and Betty are finally going to tie the knot, don't you?"

"D'OI, Momma! Momma2 is what I call her!" and Sheri Nicole laughed with her daughter.

"You got me, daughter."

"Why are both of you here?" Joss asked.

"They are here to help you through the final step, Mistress Jocelyn," came from the Blade.

"And, that is…?"

"A peek into your future, Andrea Jocelyn Possible-Load," the Blade replied, and Joss grinned.

"So, they're a-gonna hep me 'carry the Load,' huh?" and even the Blade groaned with Sheri Nicole and Stephanie.

"Momma, please put me down if'n you're gonna pun that bad," Stephanie announced, and Joss laughed and kissed her daughter before she put her on the ground.

"You speak Montana, huh?" and Joss grinned as Stephanie grinned back.

"Well, and who's fault would that be, huh?" She stood with her little hands balled up into fists, both on her hips in a defiant posture.

"Oh, yea, she's definitely your daughter, Andrea Jocelyn," Sheri Nicole laughed. "She even pouts like you did when you were growing up.

"We're both here for you, Daughter," Sheri Nicole smiled, "so take our hands, please," and Joss reached out and took the hands of a mother long gone and a daughter she hadn't conceived yet and who would not live thru birth.

"Close your eyes, Andrea Jocelyn," Sheri Nicole whispered, "so you can see."

Joss closed her eyes, and the blue glow shone through her eyelids….

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The visions flashed before her mind's eye in seconds:

Wade, leaning over his work area as he hand-crafted the first PosComm. His smile was big, but he was worried. "Will she like it?" he asked out loud to no one. "More importantly, will she like me?"

Wade, holding her hand as they stood for Joss' high school graduation pictures.

Ron, holding the Blade in front of a Becky: as Joss watched, it began to glow blue.

Wade smiling as Joss took the stage to give her high school valedictory speech and accept her diploma.

Wade, kissing her as they stood in front of the cheering graduation crowd, accepting her scholarships to MIT.

Wade, standing behind her with his hand on her shoulder as she knelt and handed a gift to two people she didn't know at a funeral.

Wade, beaming like the sun as he had been allowed to hood his fiancé at her undergraduate ceremony.

Wade, kneeling after he hooded her, and proposing on the stage, pulling the ring box from under his gown. "Jocelyn, please tell me you'll be with me, forever," and the crowd cheered as she pulled him up and kissed him.

Wade, Betty, and Slim all beaming as each one of them was allowed to hood Joss with one of her two PhD and MD hoods.

Wade, looking drop-dead handsome in his white tie and tails, standing at the front of the church with Ron, Fletcher, Gregory, Felix, and the Tweebs as Joss, looking resplendent in her wedding gown, took her father's arm after he kissed her cheek and lowered her veil.

Wade, whispering "booyah, indeed," when Joss stepped out of the bathroom on their wedding night. "My God, woman, you're gonna give me a heart attack if you wear that!" and Joss grinned as she ever-so-sensually slid the strap off of her left shoulder, "Well, then, Dr. Load, we can't have that, so you're a'gonna have to remove it."

Wade standing by Joss' side as she held the still bundle in her arms. ("That's me, Momma; thank you for bringing me that far," Stephanie Angelica said, and Joss felt her squeeze her hand tightly).

Wade, grinning like an idiot as he stood in front of two strollers, each a single.

Joss, as she watched her children cry uncontrollably while she told them who Stephanie Watership was.

Joss, watching as her children walked out of their room, wearing battlesuits. "Retribution, Momma: It's a family affair, and we're not gonna stay behind while you and Daddy go off and get yourselves killed. We're ready," her son smiled.

Wade, fighting alongside Joss and Kim, beams coming out of his hands from the suit, Joss firing a …machine gun? Machine pistol? And Kim, firing away with beams and a rifle of some sort, as the screams kept coming.

Wade, standing in front of the Bunker with Joss and their family in tow. She looked around, and she saw so many friends and loved ones, but some were missing.

And, finally, Joss and Wade, dancing at their Silver Anniversary celebration thrown by their children and grand children. Wade's curly black hair was now more salt than salt-and-pepper, but he was as handsome as the first day Joss saw him step off Betty's jet.

"I love you, Andrea Jocelyn Possible-Load, my Sweetest of Teas: we survived, and I know I wouldn't have made it without you. So, now: Ride with Me, Forevermore, my darling. I have always loved you, my hero, and I always will," and he kissed her forehead, then kissed her nose and kissed a tear from her cheek, the rest of them flowed down both their faces, tears of unbridled joy….

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"It's not a bad life, Momma," and Joss opened her eyes. Both Sheri Nicole and Stephanie Angelica were crying, but the tears were of unrestrained joy.

Joss reached up and felt her cheek:

It was still warm with Wade's kiss.

"Thank you, Momma, Stephanie, my angel daughter. I'll try not to disappoint you."

"You will not disappoint us, Jocelyn, as long as you love Wade and let him protect you," Stephanie Angelica replied.

"Daddy's special, Momma, as are you. I couldn't have asked for any better parents," She added as Sheri Nicole smiled. "Be with him, and he, with you by his side, will change the world for better."

"Daughter, we're so very proud of you," and Slim and Elizabeth Possible walked out of the white, each holding the hand of a child.

"Big Sis: We're in your corner-"

"Through it all, Big Sis."

"Jocelyn, you and Wade are so very special, and you have been blessed by God, as have all people, regardless of their beliefs or faith. We can only lose that blessing; He will not take it away from us. Remember that when you are fighting for Retribution," Slim Possible smiled. "We will help you and be by your side at all times, remember that.

"Thanks, Dad, Momma2, but who are the two with you?"

"They're your next present, Joss: your new brother and sister."

"BOOYAH!" Joss yelled, slamming her fist into the air, and even the Blade laughed with all of the people present.

"I can do it: Daddy, you taught me well:

"I kin do anythin'!" and Slim, Betty, and Sheri Nicole all laughed with their daughter.

"But, remember, most of all, who will always be at your side while you do it," both Betty and Sheri Nicole said.

"Jinx: you owe me a soda!" came from Betty and Sheri Nicole at the same time.

"Would you settle for a kiss, my beloveds?" Slim asked, and Slim pushed Betty to Sheri Nicole's arms.

"I love you, Momma," Joss smiled through her tears as she watched her mothers hug each other. The ladies separated and each kissed one of Slim's cheeks, and he blushed a bright red.

"I love you. Always remember:

"When the dark clouds are looming, and all seems lost:

"You and Daddy: I've got your back," Stephanie Angelica grinned, and the Blade moved in front of Joss.

"Remember who will always be with you, Mistress Andrea Jocelyn Possible-Load, and you will never be alone."

"Wade," Joss whispered, and her smile grew even bigger as she imagined Wade holding his son for the first time.

"Wade," she repeated.

"Wade…."

"WAKE UP!"

"Are you all right, Sweet Tea?"

"Wade?" she whispered.

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"Besides, Daddy, I'm ok: Big Sis is taking real good care of me," and the blade was joined by a redhead barely younger than Kim, holding the hand of a three-year-old carrying a pink backpack.

"Hi, Daddy."

"Hello, Big Brother."

Wade wavered, then sat down hard on the floor.

"Stephanie?"

"Hello, Wade: I brought someone who wanted to see you. Stephanie Angelica, say hello to -" and Stephanie Loving Watership was cut off as the little girl yanked herself away and ran, throwing her backpack to the ground as she slammed into Wade and hugged him.

"DADDY!" she yelled, and Wade, somehow, instinctively knew who she was as she mashed herself into Wade's chest. He tilted her head up so that his face faced hers.

"Daddy, I love you," she said in the perfect daughter voice, and Wade's heart melted as she kissed his cheek over and over and over and over. He put his arms around her, and he squeezed her for all he was worth, his tears pouring like an Amazon rain forest event.

'Stephanie Angelica, my daughter,' Wade thought as the bigger Stephanie walked over to the father and daughter.

"Excuse, me, Stephanie, don't I get a chance to kiss my big brother who, I might add, is a smokin' hunk of a man now?"

"NO! MY DADDY, STEPHANIE, MY DADDY!" She laughed as she motioned, and Stephanie Loving Watership knelt down and joined the two of them in a group hug.

'Stephanie hugs, times two: can it last forever?

'I want it to last, forever, though,' he thought.

Wade's tears revealed his heart:

'Please, let this moment, this feeling, this hug, last forever.'

"No, Daddy, it can't last forever," his daughter said as she tried to pull away.

"Sorry, Daddy, but forever isn't in the card deck," Stephanie Angelica giggled.

"You aren't getting away that easily," Wade held her tighter, and he stared into he face.

"You have your mother's eyes, my daughter," Wade smiled as his tears continued.

"And, you have her heart, Daddy: thank you," Stephanie Angelica responded, and Wade kissed her cheek.

"Why are you thanking me, my daughter?"

"Thanks for the name, Daddy: Big Sis really liked it, and she loved the pink backpack; so did Momma1," Stephanie Angelica announced, grabbing her backpack off the ground where she had dropped it during her Daddy-assault.

"The pretty, pretty pink backpack, Daddy, was just like the one that Momma1 gave Momma when she was three," she continued, and Wade couldn't help himself:

He grabbed her and pulled her into a tight hug, tears soaking her shirt.

"I never got to tell you to your face how happy you made me, just when I needed you the most," Wade mumbled through his tears.

"But, Daddy, you did," she looked up into his eyes, her face covered in tears, as well Her ice-blue stare locked Wade's eyes, and she continued:.

"Remember when you would lay next to Momma's tummy and talk to me? You told me all about my Big Sister," and Stephanie grinned, "and you explained particle physics to me, and you even read JKG and John Milton to me," and her tears flowed freely, joined by Stephanie Loving's tears.

"And, Daddy?" she twisted, and he let her go. She crawled up into his lap, and laid her head on his knee as she looked up at him, those ice-blue eyes burrowing a hole once again into Wade's soul.

"Daddy, you could have left Momma when she lost me; for NOT doing that, I'm grateful.

"You didn't know, then, that someone was trying to kill both of us.

"When I realized that it was my time, and the angel came to get me just when I was ready to be born, I asked if I could have a favor: could He please help me save my Momma?

"He told the doctor what was wrong, and the doctor listened, and she gave Momma the right medicine, and Momma got all better, and I went up to meet Big Sis Stephanie, and she's cool, Daddy, and thank you for my name, Daddy, and thank you for putting the pink backpack in with me, I loved it then, and I still love it, Daddy, thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou," and Wade was finally able to take a breath.

"Wade, thank you for naming her after me: I just wish she could have stayed with you longer," Big Stephanie smiled and took Wade's hand, but Wade's mind was still processing one of his daughter's comments.

"You….asked Him…to save your mother….How did you know?"

"D'OI, Daddy! I am a Load, after all: I knew I was dying," she replied after she had climbed out of his lap and she stood, facing him with her little fists balled up on her hips.

"you're an angel," Wade whispered, and she laughed:

"Order up! An extra-large helpin' of D'OI, just for Daddy!

"You named me, remember?" and she thumped his head. "What did you expect?" and he stared as she continued to laugh, and the smile on his face gradually turned into a full laugh.

"You are definitely your mother's daughter, Stephanie Angelica," Wade replied, and the little girl started to tear up, and then she started to cry.

"Thank you, Daddy," she whispered through her tears. "That's the nicest thing you could have ever said to me."

"Wade, you have done so much good in the world," Stephanie Loving smiled as she kissed his hand, "but all of the tragedies, your tradegies, will color you and blind your good side if you allow it to happen.

"You will have pain, Wade, but you cannot let the pain conquer you," and she leaned over and kissed his cheek.

"I found the book, Stephanie, and I had never seen it before in my room.

"How did it get there?" he asked, and she smiled.

"Mystery, Wade: you must have some good mystery in your life: it will get you through the dark days to come," she replied.

"Take our hands, little brother, so that we may give you a gift," Stephanie smiled as Wade took a hand of each of his Stephanies.

"Close your eyes, Daddy, so that you may see," and Wade grinned.

"What will I see, daughter?" he asked as he closed his eyes.

"Something wonderful," came from both her and the Blade.

"Jinx! You owe me a soda!" Stephanie laughed.

"Later," the Blade replied, and the blue shone through Wade's eyelids….

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The visions flashed before his mind's eye in seconds:

Wade, as he finished testing the first PosComm unit. His smile was big, but he was worried. "Will she like it?" he asked out loud to no one. "More importantly, will she like me?"

Joss, standing behind a fogged-up shower door singing: "I've got my hero for the rest of my life!"

Wade, as he told Joss how he felt about her and kissed her at the bench in Montana.

Wade, holding Joss' hand as they stood for her high school graduation pictures.

Ron, holding the Blade in front of Becky: as Wade watched, the Blade began to glow blue.

Wade, smiling as he watched Joss take the podium to give her high school valedictory speech and accept her diploma.

Joss, kneeling with Wade behind her and his hand on her shoulder as she presented a gift to Walter Nelson and his parents at a funeral.

Joss, beaming as her unofficial fiancé had been allowed to hood her at her undergraduate ceremony.

Joss, gasping as Wade, kneeling after he had hooded her, opened a ring box and proposed to her. "Jocelyn, please tell me you'll be with me, forever. Will you marry me?" he begged, and the crowd cheered as she pulled him up and kissed him.

Joss, beaming once again as Wade, Betty, and Slim all were allowed to hood her with one of her two PhD and her MD hoods.

Joss, looking like an angel, a goddess, a vision at the back of the church as Wade stood at the front with Ron, Fletcher, Gregory, Felix, and the Tweebs; Joss took her father's arm after he kissed her cheek and lowered her veil. Wade would have sworn he saw Stephanie Loving Watership standing at the back of the church, applauding and cheering.

Wade, whispering "booyah, indeed," when Joss stepped out of the bathroom on their wedding night. "My God, woman, you're gonna give me a heart attack if you wear that!" and Joss grinned as she ever-so-sensually slid the strap off of her left shoulder, and then her left shoulder as Wade grabbed his chest, "Well, then, Dr. Load, we can't have that, so Ah guess you're jus' a'gonna have to remove it all."

Joss, holding the still bundle in her arms as she cried and Wade, crying as well, tried to console his inconsolable wife. ("That's me, Daddy; thank you for bringing me that far," Stephanie Angelica said, and Wade felt her hand squeezed tightly).

Wade, grinning like an idiot as he stood in front of two strollers, each a single.

Joss, as she watched her children slam into Wade after she had told them about Aunt Stephanie.

Wade, watching as their children walked out of their room, wearing battlesuits. "Retribution, Momma: It's a family affair. We're not gonna stay behind while you and Daddy go off and get yourselves killed. We're ready to help you 'carry the Load,'" their son smiled.

Wade, standing in front of the Bunker with Joss and their family in tow. He looked around, and he saw so many friends and loved ones, but some were missing.

And, finally, Wade and Joss, dancing at their Silver Anniversary celebration thrown by their children and grand children. Joss' red mane was streaked with a bit of grey, but she was as beautiful to him as the first day he had seen her in the Kimmunicator.

"I love you, Wade Agamemnon Load, my Aggie Deluxe: we survived it all, and you did what you promised. We've been through so much together, and in spite of it all we've always emerged closer and stronger than before.

"Andrea Jocelyn, I couldn't have saved the world without you," Wade smiled as they danced and whispered to each other, and he saw Kim and Ron both grinning and holding each other as they watched the anniversary lovebirds.

"Now, my darling, my husband," Joss continued, "Ride with Me, Forevermore. I have always loved you, my hero, and I always will," and she kissed his lips, then kissed his nose and kissed a tear from his cheek, the rest of them flowed down both their faces, tears of unbridled joy….

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"It's not a bad life, Daddy," and Wade opened her eyes. Both Stephanies were crying, but the tears were of unrestrained joy.

Wade reached up and felt her cheek:

It was still warm with Joss' kiss.

"Wade, please remember these feelings when you are forced to initiate 'Retribution;' do it for all of us, but don't forget that the ones that you must fight as parts of the whole of humanity, as well."

"I'll try to remember, Stephanie.

"Do, or no do, Daddy: remember, there's no trying in baseball," his daughter reminded him, and he laughed.

"DO YOU KNOW how many movies you mixed and mangled, daughter?"

"Hey: I'm full of surprises," and she grinned, and for a moment Wade could see Stephanie Watership, Kim, Joss, and his daughter all in the smile that he received, and he understood what he was being told.

"I promise, daughter, that I will remember my humanity, even when the dark clouds gather, and the evil forces conspire to surround us:"

"We've got your back, Daddy," came from both Stephanies, and they stared at each other.

"JINX: You owe me a soda!" came from both mouths at the same time, and the laughed, again.

"Would you settle for a kiss from your little brother and your father, who loves both of you very, very much?" and Wade smiled as they both grabbed and hugged him again, each then kissing a cheek.

He kissed each of the lady's cheeks, and then he smiled as they backed up and looked at him.

"Son, we're so very proud of you," and Ryan and Rachel Load came out of the white, and they each hugged their son.

"You've conquered the room, son: now, go and be with your wife-to-be," Ryan said, smiling as he took his wife's hand.

Both Stephanies came over, and each took the hand of one of Wade's parents.

"Master Wade, you will be remembered," came from the Blade, "for your compassion as well as your skills and daring, but also for what you were willing to risk:

"We will always be with you, son, but remember why you take that risk, who will always be by your side, even in your darkest moments," Rachel smiled.

"Remember who will always be with you, Master Wade Agamemnon Load, and you will never be alone."

"Jocelyn," Wade whispered, and his smile grew even bigger as he imagined Joss holding his hand as they walked with their children.

"Sweet Tea," he grinned as he thought of the good times to come.

"Joss…."

"WAKE UP!"

"Are you all right, Wade?"

"Joss?" he whispered.

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The Lotus Blade hovered in the blackness of space, with only stars to witness the conversation.

"They have been told."

"Yes, but did they understand?"

"Will all of what they have seen occur?"

"Anything's 'Possible,'" and several entities groaned while others laughed.

"Most certainly: they are a wonderful species, these humans, and these four are a particularly prime example of their innate goodness."

"Indeed, you are correct: they have shown us the best and the worst of humanity from their deepest, most innermost thoughts, fears, and dreams."

"Who would have imagined that one so young could have suffered so deeply?"

"And, yet, who would have imagined that she would have been so resilient?"

"The same holds true for her husband: who would have imagined that he would have ever recovered, let alone done so much?"

"All have fears, dream, and some are spicier than others," and the entities chuckled.

"And, yet, the Master is strong, even before his training."

"He is strong because of her: she fuels him."

"As he, her: he fules her, as well."

"But, they are all four strong, and they shall not disappoint us."

"To four very special friends:

"Four friends," came from the cacophony of voices that were the Lotus Blade as it hovered in nothingness, and then the Blade collapsed into itself and disappeared with a brilliant FLASH!

Darkness remained, the stars twinkled, but a chuckle remained behind, as well:

'BOOYAH, not denied,' as the silence rang.

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"Initiation sequence has completed," came again from the machine.

"Thank God, you're alive, Ron," Rebecca Jane leaned over him and smiled.

"Rebecca Jane?"

"What happened?" and Kim groaned.

"Kim!" Arnold Carlos took her hand.

"You're alive!"

"What happened?" and Joss groaned.

"Miss Possible!" Kevin Perez was holding her wrist and checking her pulse.

"You're alive!"

"What happened?" and Wade moaned.

"Dr. Load!" Victoria (Vicki) Parr Cooking, who had helped Kevin originally unload and stack most of the Bunker Level five containers, crates, and materials from the Global Justice Recovery and Reclamation Center (aka the 'Trash Heap'), leaned over Wade, taking his pulse.

"You're alive!" and she smiled a sigh of relief.

"What happened?" and the portable monitor hooked up to Wade showed an increase in heart rate.

"DR. LOAD!" Vicki looked down, frowned, and buttoned the top of her GJ Meezod shirt to her chin.

The heart rate slowed, noticeably.

"Well, there's nothing wrong with your eyesight," she smirked.

"Where are we?" Wade asked, trying very, very hard to look into Vicki's eyes.

"You're in the Bunker, level five, Dr. Load. All of you were struck with blue and green beams, and you all fell. You were unconscious."

"How long?"

"About two minutes," she replied as the elevator door opened and Betty and a nurse came running out of one elevator as doctors and additional teams with gurneys came out of the other elevators.

The "Hot Dogs" (Agents Frank Grams and Frankie Harrison), as two of the leaders of the Global Justice Field Medical Emergency Response (FiMER) teams, naturally gravitated over to Kim and Jocelyn. They had managed to find, much to the dismay of Betty Director and Will Du, the only two red Meezod shirts to wear (out of the six cases of shirts shipped) to wear with their khaki BayDoc slacks, add the GJ logo on the front (official location, logo, left upper front of chest), and 'customized' their shirts with yellow piping around the sleeves and the collar edges.

Wade's eyes grew huge, but not at the "Hot Dogs."

"Two minutes! Is that all?"

"Yes, Wade, two minutes; why, what's wrong with only being out for two minutes? I'd have thought you'd be happy."

He lifted his head and looked at his friends.

All of them looked at him and each other and smiled.

'What happened to me?' Wade wondered.

'More importantly, what happened to us?'

'Something good must have happened, because I feel so much better than I did a few minutes ago.

'I'm not mad at Jocelyn, anymore; I'm not even mad at me.

'Why do I feel so calm?

'And, why do I agree with Ron about meat cakes? I've never had a meat cake!'

Betty pointed, and the nurse ran over to Wade as the other teams had steered themselves to the closest of the three patients, now propped up and looking around, perplexed and calm at the same time.

The nurse knelt next to Wade and touched his arm as she spoke.

"Dr, Load," came from a warm contralto voice, and Wade turned to see a statuesque redhead, "do you have any pain, any dizziness?" she asked, and Wade felt strange.

"Jacqueline?" came out of his mouth in a squeak….'déjà vu, all over again,' he smiled; that was his last thought before his brain overloaded.

Wade's eyes rolled back, and he passed out.

"DOCTOR!"

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Author's afterward:

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So many people to thank, so little space:

A very special set of thanks go out to the following:

AtomicFire, CajunBear73, KingInYellow, Pharaoh Rutin Tutin, and Slyrr, for commenting on the trailer I sent out on this chapter: their responses allowed me to fine-turn some of my writing as well as plug a couple of holes in the story.

Chaosengine, Desslock3, DuffKilliganFan, Joe Stoppinghem, Star-Eva01, Sir Sebastian (the Finnish sensation: my early vote, along with the Pharaoh, for Best New Writers of 2007), VRWC, and whitem for reviewing along the way.

Those unannounced readers who have read and not reviewed: thanks for stopping by. I hope I've given you some laughs, some tears, and something to think about.

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And, as I will forever be in her debt:

This story is lovingly dedicated to Twila Starla. The four-way brain switch was her idea; I just expanded on it a bit.

As the co-holder of the title of AngstMaster-General, I am announcing that I have officially appointed Twila Starla as the 'Oops' muse. Whether she accepts the title or not is up to her; it, however, will always be hers to own.

Thank you, Twila, and I hope you find it worthy of you, your brilliance, and your persistence in pushing me to move forward with this idea.

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Preview:

Now, what?

It's only been two minutes, but it seems like several lifetimes since Wade lowered his PosComm, Ron suddenly had the Lotus Blade in his hand, Joss ran to Wade, tripped, Kim and Ron reached out, and all four were introduced to the blue-green energy field.

Now, what do they know, what do they remember, and how do they deal with it?

Wade doesn't appear to be upset, any longer; is Joss?

What will be the response when Dr. Director learns of the case's contents?

And, are the Hot Dogs, in their endless search for another complement to their signature colors, now about to add pickle-relish-green vests or scarves to their attire?

Return, Reset, and Resume is next: the final chapter of Oops….

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Thanks again for reading, and please review.

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