Chapter 15: Second Chance
Disclaimer: I do not own Kim Possible. Those rights belong to Disney and Disney alone. This story is mine and I wrote it because I thought it would be a fitting part of the plot if the show had continued.
A/N: Here's chapter 15, enjoy!
All three of them ran to the car since it was raining and they had no umbrella, and they were in a hurry, there's always that.
Arriving at Wade's house, Kim knocked on Wade's door three times and waited for Wade's mother to answer the door. Instead the three of them yelled at the top of their lungs as they felt the ground underneath them disappear and their bodies being strung down by gravity.
They fell through what seemed to be some type of tube but were astonished when they landed on a soft pad or cushion which Ron thanked every god he could think of for.
"Oh sweet sweet ground, how I missed you" exclaimed Ron.
"Ron you guys were only in there for a couple seconds, absolutely nothing would have happened to any of you I swear" explained Wade.
"Wade what was that for, couldn't we have just gone through the front door like always?" asked Kim.
"Well yeah but I wanted to test my new tubing system which I designed in case of emergencies. Also we're in a bit of an emergency right now, so I thought now is just as great as any time to test it out"
"Test it out? You mean we were your guinea pigs for this new experiment of yours Wade?"
"Yes but don't worry I wouldn't have used you guys as lab rats if I wasn't 100% sure it would work."
"But there's always failures even you can't account for Wade, promise us you're going to tell us the next time you want to use us as guinea pigs"
"Sure thing Kim I promise you I'll make you aware of when I want to use you as lab rats"
"Good now we brought the TimeCube with us, how long did you say it would take you to figure this thing out?"
"About an hour or so so you might want to get comfy"
"Alright then"
Kim handed the TimeCube over to Wade and asked Wade if they can go upstairs to get something to drink. After Wade told them it was fine, the three of them left to go to the kitchen.
They met Mrs. Load on their way to the kitchen and she was very curious as to how the kids and this stranger entered her house without her noticing.
"Um Kim, how did you three get inside without me noticing? And who is this man that is with you?"
"Um well Wade created a new way to bring us to his room from the front door and this here is Nor, he's Ron from the future"
"Oh ok that makes … wait did you say from the future, as in he's the same Ron as the one next to you but older h-how is that possible?"
"I used a time machine created by Kim's father to travel back in time" answered Nor.
"W-why? Does something bad happen in the future that requires you to travel back in time to stop some evil from occurring? I don't understand"
"No Mrs. Load, I came here to separate your present Ron and Kim's relationship"
"What? Why would you ever want to ruin such a strong bond between you two?"
"Well it's a long story but basically Kim from the future breaks my heart and as an act of revenge, I decided to destroy our relationship in this point in time before it gets too serious"
"That's awful Nor I'm sorry, but you don't seem to want to do that anymore right?"
"Kim and Ron have convinced me to give my Kim a second chance and talk things out with her"
"Well I think that's wonderful Nor, you both deserve to live a happy life together, I always had a feeling you two would end up together even before you started dating"
"Haha thanks I hope everything turns out a okay."
"I'm sure it will. Did any of you guys want something to eat or drink?"
"Yeah we came up to get some refreshments before it's time to bring Nor back"
"Sure I'll go make some sandwiches and get some lemonade from the fridge"
"Thanks Mrs. Load, we appreciate it"
"Its no problem kids"
They went into the living room and all took a seat by the tv. "Ooh Steel Toe is fighting Jack the Ripper, Nor you probably already watched this fight so no spoilers got it?" said Ron who got more and more excited by the duel as time went on.
"Sure thing Ron, whatever you say"
"I still find it a bit weird how you two can interact with each other like that, I mean I would be pretty freaked out if I was talking to an older version of myself and I would be equally freaked out if I had to start calling a younger version of myself Kim when we're the same person" pondered Kim.
"Well I tend not to think of it too much and pretend Ron is like my younger brother rather than my younger self."
"And I like to think of Nor of my older brother rather than my older self and having to call him Nor is much easier to do that"
"Makes sense I guess but I still find it hard to wrap my head around"
"Eh you get used to it"
"No I don't"
"Well it'll all be over soon anyways"
"Yup sure will" said Nor with a smile.
Mrs. Load came in with a bowl of cookies and some cups filled with lemonade. "Here you go kids enjoy"
"Thanks Mrs. Load we appreciate it" said all three of them.
"It's no problem dearies"
Ron moaned in pleasure at the delicious taste of the chocolate chip cookies Mrs. Load baked for them. "Delicious"
"I agree, can't remember them being this good" said Nor.
The three of them finished the cookies and their lemonade as well as finishing watching the match.
"Can't believe Jack beat Steel Toe, it's not possible"
"I know how you feel Ron" said Nor who had already expected the results of the duel.
"Shut up I know already jeez I still can't believe it ended this way"
Wade walked in and everyone stopped their chatter. With a very solemn face, Wade addressed both Nor and Ron and said, "It's ready".
Nor and Ron faced each other and gave each other a long 'I'm gonna miss you' look. Kim watched in astonishment at the two's interaction.
"Well let's get going then"
The four of them moved to Wade's room where they saw the TimeCube sitting on his bed awaiting to be used.
"Is that it? It looks the same as before, what'd you do?" asked Ron.
"Simple really, all I did was fix the energy convulser to allow for a more withstanding amount of energy so that Nor doesn't explode when he tries to use it"
"Sounds… great thanks" said Nor a little worried how things would have played out if he hadn't gone to Wade after stealing the cube.
"Haha yeah it was no big really anyways all you got to do is put in the exact date from whence you came and tada all will be fine again. You'll be sent back to when you first used the cube."
"That's good enough for me, well I guess this means it's time to say good bye huh?"
"Nor I just want to say that I'm sorry for ever hurting you. I know that I would never do anything to do so but when I found out that I did, I felt great shame in my actions that I just wanted to crawl into a ball. Unfortunately, I can't give you an explanation for why I did what I did, but I can promise you that I will never ever cheat on you again. Im really sorry I hurt you Ron" exclaimed Kim.
"It's okay Kim, I know you aren't the same Kim as the one who broke my heart which is the only reason I'm leaving you alive right now considering all of my other ideas failed" said Nor who took on a serious and angry faced seconds later clicked a button on his watch which launched a tiny little black ball, the size of a pebble onto the middle of the room.
The ball opened up and sent out a shock of electricity out to everyone in the room. Nor wasn't affected because he was wearing his anti-shock vest underneath his jacket.
Kim, Ron, and Wade were left unconscious in Wade's room as Nor grabbed Ron and once again took him away from Kim.
Kim and Wade woke up from Mrs. Load's frantic shaking. "Kids are you two alright? Where's Ron and Nor? What happened?"
"Calm down mom, we're okay, Nor shocked us with electricity and kidnapped Ron. Looks like we fell into another one of his traps again damn it! I really thought.."
"Don't blame yourself Wade if anyone should do that it ought to be me. I just don't get why he needs Ron so much"
"I think it's so he can watch as Nor exacts his revenge or maybe he needs him away from you so he can complete his agenda of separating you two"
"Yeah well either way we have to find them and make sure Nor is stopped although I don't know how to do that if we manage to send him back to his time again he will just come back but we can't hurt him he's still Ron"
"I know Kim but don'w worry we're trying everything, if he can just see that the world isn't so black and white, then we might be able to reach him and change his heart"
"We tried that and look where that got us"
"Yeah but if he was faking all that, then he was really bad at pretending; to me his heart knows that he has to trust us and allow us to help him"
"I don't know anymore Wade I mean he seemed like he wanted nothing to do with our plan"
"Maybe not, I think he's scared, scared of confronting his Kim and scared of being rejected when he gets back"
"Then how do you suggest we boost his confidence? hmm, cause it seems to me like he already made up his mind on destroying my relationship with Ron"
"I say we find him and talk to him one last time meanwhile I'm going to make something to see if I can help Nor along the right path"
"Well alright let's start with finding him first I highly doubt he went back to his lair under Bueno Nacho so he must have gone somewhere more secluded maybe one of Draken's old lairs on some mountain or something."
"Ok let me check I should be able to hone in on Ron's chip."
"Well?"
"He's on Mount Middleton"
"Uhg ok let's go"
"Actually Kim, I'm going to stick here and try to run things down from my end, I'm going to try to surprise Nor"
"Okay, I guess, you know the drill- call me beep me if you need to reach me"
"Good luck Kim"
Kim then left to go take care of Nor her way. She wouldn't let him have his way under any circumstance. She loves Ron and she won't let Nor separate the two forever.
Making her way to Mount Middleton, Kim already knew where she could sneak in from. There were a couple of vents leading to the lair's center control room, where Nor was certain to have Ron captive.
Crawling through those vents was as Kim put it, 'Disgusting'. It seems no one cleaned the lair after it had been rebuilt by either Nor or Draken since it was filled with spiderwebs and dust.
Finally reaching the vent right above the center control room, Kim looked down to see if she could get a peek of Ron or Nor. She saw Nor but she couldn't find Ron anywhere. Opening the hatch of the vent a little bit enough so she could kick the hinges off the vent door, she swiftfully landed on the floor just like many practiced cheerleader moves.
Nor wasn't surprised when he heard the loud clank of the vents being kicked down and Kim dropping down to surprise him. He smiled as he knew she would come and had prepared for it.
"Give it up Nor, you know it's over just come peacefully, I don't want to hurt you and I know there's another way"
"Too little too late Kim, but since you're already here why don't you take a seat haha" with that said, Nor clicked one of the buttons on the control panel and suddenly a seat appeared from under Kim and once she was seated, she was strapped on by metal straps covering her hands and feet from escaping.
"Nor come on it doesn't have to be this way, we can still make sure our futures don't become a sad and depressing wasteland at least for me."
"It won't be for neither of us, you see none of us will remember anything, we won't know each other so when I get back my memories of you and everything we did together will fade away. We'll both finally be at peace"
"No Nor I don't want that, Ron doesn't want that and"
"Ron doesn't understand and he never will because he won't ever remember knowing you at all and then we can all be happy, you'll probably get married to Mankey unless of course you cheat on him too"
"Nor! That was uncalled for, I know I might have kissed that buffoon in the future but I doubt I ever enjoyed I mean how could I when I had you"
"I don't know and I'd say you tell me but you haven't done it yet so I can't but it doesn't matter now anyways you were right about one thing it's over"
"No it's not just tell me where Ron is, what did you do?"
"He's right here" Nor then pressed another button from the control panel and suddenly Ron emerged from the middle of the room. He was hooked up to some type of machine, it looked like a chair with wires connecting to the helmet that was placed on Ron's head.
"What are you doing to him? What is that thing?"
"It's simple really, it's a machine that will erase our memories don't worry after Ron you're next. Now how do I turn this damn thing on again?" wondered Nor as he lost the blueprints for the machine.
"Wait you don't even know how to use it? Did Wade build this thing in the future too?"
"No but I did have to steal the blueprints for it from the Draken from this time, he's probably racking his brain trying to find it right about now"
"Nor please stop this now and let's just all go home, we can help you, I know that you believe us when we told you it's possible to fix things between you and my future self. I know you must be feeling scared to confront her and scared of being rejected by everyone but you just have to have faith, have faith that everything will turn out okay just like it always has"
"I fear nothing, I just know that it will never work, I know that even if I forgive your future self, I will always have that constant reminder of what she did to me and I don't want to feel that I can't move forward with our lives if that happens"
"After the Diablo Invasion, you had nightmares of me being a synthrodrone all the time remember? Did that stop you from moving forward?"
"Well no not really but this is different, you can't change my mind, it's too late"
"I don't think so Nor" said Wade from the giant monitor above the control panel, surprising both Kim and Nor.
"What do you mean?"
"Here let me show you"
Suddenly the screen changed from Wade to what seemed to be a movie. It showed a future Kim and Nor together talking.
"What is this? How is this possible?" asked Nor who seemed to be confused.
"I created a device that allows you to see the many possibilities of your actions after analyzing you personalities. This shows you what the two of you would do if you went back to your time and fixed things with Kim"
The screen changed to a future Kim hugging Nor and then changed again to Kim and Nor getting married for real this time. Then it shifted to their honeymoon and their bright future together.
Unfortunately, Nor wasn't convinced. He thought it was a trap, just some ploy to get him to give up.
"This is fake, it's a simulation, not reality, you can't predict what would actually happen, that's impossible"
"Oh I wouldn't say that Nor" said Ron after waking up from being strapped to the chair. "Anything is possible for a possible remember"
"That has nothing to do with predicting the events of actions I haven't even taken yet. Just because you have faith in your Kim doesn't magically give me faith in mine"
"Just think. We can end this, you can return to your time and be happy for once"
"Doesn't work that way. I wanted to do this while you were asleep but now I have to activate it while you're awake so it might hurt a bit"
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about the chair that's going to erase your memories Ron."
"Wait! Don't please I promise you we can save you"
"Like I said before it's too late now"
Meanwhile Kim managed to get her hands free from the chair and was working in freeing her feet. Suddenly, the chair broke in two and Kim ran over to stop Nor from activating the chair using a remote control.
Kim grabbed the remote and smashed it on the ground, "There now you can't use the machine, it's over let Ron go and come with us"
"Um how about no and I knew you would destroy that one so I built a smaller one" Nor then took out another controller and pressed the button that activated the machine.
"Noooo! Ron hold on"
"It's too late now nothing can stop the machine, except for the remote you destroyed"
"Wade do something!"
"Give me a second I'm trying" replied the techno genius.
"Kim I can't, you gotta get him out of that chair"
"Alright"
Kim rushed over to Ron and began pulling him off of the chair.
"I wouldn't do that, you might kill him" said Nor.
"You're bluffing, that would kill you too then"
"Yeah it would"
"You don't look to scared"
"Cause I know you won't kill us"
"dAMN It!"
"Kim do it, it hurts" said Ron
Suddenly Kim got an idea. She ran over to the power cord that connected the machine to the outlet and unplugged it.
Nor was furious. "Damn, I should've built a better machine."
Kim ran over and tried to fight Nor by knocking him out but that proved difficult as Nor was just as skilled as Kim in hand to hand combat.
Meanwhile, Ron took off the helmet and tried to find the self destruct button on the control panel but realized it was different than Draken's. He yelled, "Kim I can't find the self destruct button"
"You won't find it so easily Ron, I made sure to hide it"
"That means there is a self destruct button at least, Ron find the button I'll keep Nor busy"
Kim and Nor kept fighting until Kim back kicked Nor in the face and he stumbled backwards a bit. He then screamed, "That's ENOUGH!"
"I'm sick and tired of failing because of you two"
Nor then pulled out a hand gun and pointed it at Kim.
Ron gasped as he saw the gun and prayed Kim would be alright. "Kim be careful"
"Don't worry Ron I will be"
Kim then grabbed Nor's wrist, the one holding the gun, and kicked his stomach in an attempt to make him let go of the gun, however Nor stood his ground and kept a tight grip on the gun.
They kept struggling to gain an advantage over the other until suddenly a shot was fired. At that moment you could only hear silence, no one moved. Ron shook from his stupor and yelled, "Kim are you hurt, were you shot?"
"No I wasn't the one who got shot."
Nor then fell backwards onto the pavement and with a grunt said, "Uhgghghh". A pool of blood started to form around his body.
"Nor! Damn it, it wasn't supposed to end this way" cried Kim.
"I can feel it, I only have a couple moments before I die. At least my work here hasn't been in vain. After I die, I'd have changed the timeline so my future won't ever happen and you two can do with your lives as you please"
"Nor don't say that, I'm sure my mom can fix you up good as new and then you can go back to your timeline and be happy, please don't die" cried Kim as she stared at Nor's bleeding body with guilt.
"Don't fret Kim, everything is as it should be, we can't fight fate. Ron, listen to me carefully, there will be a time when you have to stand up to fight again when that time comes don't forget what I told you before, you have to search for answers at Yamonouchi"
"Will do my friend will do" cried Ron as he was sad to see his future self in so much pain.
Suddenly Nor's body began to fade from existence and at the spot where Nor layed, now was empty, even his blood was gone.
Kim and Ron couldn't hold their tears any longer and quickly hugged each other to comfort the other.
Wade was too shocked to say anything, having seen with his own eyes what happens when a person fades from existence, he immediately wrote down what he saw and promised to analyze the events that just played out right in front of his screen.
Kim and Ron finished consoling one another and told Wade they'd see him later.
In the car ride back to Kim's house, neither Ron nor Kim said a word. They didn't even have the radio on. Both were too depressed at the loss of a future Ron to even smile.
Upon arriving to Kim's house, the two ran out of the car and were shocked to find Kim's house on fire. It wasn't a big fire but it seemed that the kitchen was up in flames. Outside was the tweets and Mrs. Possible as she tried to help her husband put out the flames.
When she saw Kim and Ron, she ran over to them and asked them if they could help. Both teens nodded their heads and grabbed the buckets that Mrs. Possible handed to them and started filling them up with water.
Mrs. Possible told the two that she had already called for help and it was only a matter of time before it arrived.
Finally, after 12 minutes, firemen had cleared the kitchen of the fire and left to go back to their station.
Kim looked on to the kitchen with a sad look on her face. "Why does so many bad things have to happen to me?"
"It's not your fault Kim" said Ron, "Nor told you, there is no escaping fate"
"He died because of me, this fire started because I wasn't here to stop it, everything is my fault, how much crueler can fate get?"
"Kim none of that was your fault so don't you dare blame yourself for it, if anything you should be happy that the worst parts of our lives are over and we can move forward with it."
"Ron how can you be so optimistic after everything that happened? Aren't you freaked out knowing that your future self died?"
"Nope because Nor is no longer me, now that he's dead, his entire timeline is a different one from my own. Which means what happened to him won't happen to us"
"But how do you know that for sure?"
"I don't but I have faith that our future will be different, it'll be better. It has to be"
A/N: Wowzi that was the longest chapter I've written so far. Sorry it took so long to upload it but this past week has been crazy. Anyways as I'm sure you know this story is close to it's finishing point but don't fear, a new story is coming soon. Till next time!