Epilogue

A few minutes before, Kim was tossed into the crowd by the Jackal after an attempt to find the Talisman of Anubis failed. "Sorry!" she said to the people she had knocked over. She leapt to her feet, shouting, "Rufus, Mole Rap!" She only hoped the act of being on stage would trigger the real Junior to come out.

As the music began, Kim could hear Bonnie shout over the noise of the crowd. "It's a dumb, stupid song!"

"Woo! Go Junior!" Kim shouted. Just as it seemed that Ron was about to get pummeled, the Jackal turned, dropped Ron, and gave way to Senor Senior Junior. He grabbed the extra microphone, but before he could badly sing more than one line of the song, a familiar blue aura appeared behind him.

Kim grinned as Ron got to his feet, preparing a strike against Junior. She crossed her arms over her chest, watching. Feeling.

Feeling a tiny pinprick at the base of her neck before a stabbing pain shot through her spine. She saw Junior fly over head as she fell to her knees, a strong hand now placed on her right shoulder, pushing her down. Kim looked down at her hands, but they wouldn't do as they were told. She called out, but the music was too loud and there were too many people dancing around her.

Kim fell forward as the hand left her shoulder and she could see Ron running towards her, more panic on his face than she had ever seen before. In a desperate attempt to identify her attacker, she turned before paralysis set in. There was a tall man pushing his way through the crowd, holding some kind of pointy weapon and wearing a long trench coat.

Suddenly, Ron's face blocked her view. "Kim, what happened?!" Kim could tell he was shouting but his voice came as a whisper to her. Even as he picked her up in his arms, she could barely feel him. A blue aura surrounded them both and a brisk wind was the last thing she felt as Ron bolted from the night club, running as a literal blur all the way to the nearest hospital.

Ron Stoppable sat next to Kim Possible, who laid in a hospital bed. He was looking at his still faintly glowing hands and he could hardly breath. He also couldn't look at Kim. He had seen her helpless before, yes. When Warhok held her unconscious up as a trophy. But there had been enemies there. An instant and immediate solution to protecting Kim had identified itself. Here, there was nothing. Her attacker had escaped, unknown. Had stabbed something into her back and ran away. Even Drakken had never tried anything so cowardly.

Ron watched the sunbeam that came in through Kim's window cross the bed and the floor before disappearing again.

"So it was all a dream." Ron said to himself. "You never mentioned this, Hana. Kim wasn't supposed to die. Not here. Not like this." he gingerly reached into his pants pocket and pulled out a sleeping Rufus. "Watch over her, buddy." he said, setting him at Kim's feet. "Someone's gonna pay..."

Within the Hazy Inferno, Kim Possible woke up. The building seemed deserted and police tape cordoned off the main entrance. She looked around for Ron... for anyone, but she was alone. Feeling the back of her neck, Kim noticed the small puncture wound that had knocked her unconscious. "Ow..." she complained, slowly climbing to her feet.

"Is anyone here?!" she shouted. There was no answer. "You'd think someone would have at least taken me to the hospital before putting up the police tape... weird." she said to herself. Kim walked outside and the sun was only beginning to rise. She shielded her eyes, looking for her car, but it was no longer where she had parked it. "Wade?" she asked, pushing the call button on her wrist Kimmunicator. "Hmm... no signal." She looked in the direction of her and Ron's apartment, getting ready for a jog before a department store window full of active televisions. All with her face on it.

"The world mourns today, the loss of one of our greatest heroes, Kimberly Anne Possible." the reported stated.

"What?" Kim asked, shocked.

"It has been reported that the teen hero was murdered at the Hazy Inferno Night Club in Diverse City yesterday by an unknown assailant. Neither her family nor friends have made any comment at this time but we will be sure to bring you any more details on this breaking news as it becomes available." the reporter said before continuing on to another story.

"I'm... dead?" Kim asked.

To Be Continued...