Chapter 47 – Best Series and Best Unlikely-Unique Story
Once Brandy's song concluded, Sharper came back on the stage.
"And welcome back to the 12th KP Fannies! Our next award is going to be presented by Jimmy, TurboLover175 of Deviantart, his wife Mrs TurboLover175, and Ned Phinlow, the longtime CFO of Bueno Nacho. Let's give them a warm round of applause!"
Turbo, Mrs. Go, and Ned all got on the stage. Turbo was in a button-down shirt, tie and jeans while Mrs Turbo was in Country CB denim overalls, both straps hooked, cowboy boots and a black plaid shirt.
In the audience, Sheila glared at Drew.
"Drewbie...did you power down ALL the machines?" she questioned, glaring at her husband.
"I swear, Sheila. Everything was shut down before we left the house!" Drew replied, trying to prevent another thrashing from his wife. "And we hired a sitter for Alicia!"
"I got a text from the sitter saying that she went to go to the fridge, and the next thing she turned around, Alicia disappeared! She also said that a couple with Princess and a second Shego, Stoppable and a third Shego, and a fanartist with a Miss Go lookalike all came out from the basement! Would you care to explain how all of that happened?" Sheila snarled, holding her smartphone a mere four inches from Drew's face.
Drew began to sweat, "It has to be our Alicia! She's the only other person besides us that...has...access...to the lab..."
"We're going to have to ground her when we get back! And Drewbie...next time, please child-proof the door! We don't want any more...accidents...to happen!" Sheila said.
"Yes...yes, ma'am!" Drew whimpered.
Mrs. Turbo gave out her portion of the speech.
"To create a series of stories that capture the minds and hearts of readers is a challenge in of itself. From the hours put in to brainstorming and researching the ideas to actually putting it on paper, or in this case, computer pixels. And then, it is beta-read over and over until you get the perfect cut of a chapter to put it out there to the world. Due to the popularity of the hits and reviews of that story, they then demand a sequel that continues where the first book left off, hoping that it'll be better than what Hollywood puts out these days."
Her husband went to the microphone and said, "First off, I would like to thank all who made this possible tonight for me to be here. My beautiful wife, first and foremost, and all of you wonderful people. Creativity. That is what separates us from the animals. We build, we think, we imagine. Far beyond anything possible, we create worlds in far off galaxies, and in minute anthills under our very feet. This award celebrates that creative spirit which dwells inside us all. This, is the award for best series overall!"
Mrs. Turbo giggled, "Thanks, my hubby! Now let's get to the four nominees for the award! They are..."
Graduation in Early MAY-hem by Jimmy1201
"Ron listen, we need to talk…", said Kim, pulling Ron to turn him toward her.
"I figured this was coming", said Ron giving the back of his neck a rub. Then pulling himself together, he dropped his hand and standing up straight, looked directly in her eyes. "That's OK KP, I know you are the falcon turning in the widening gyre, going to the heights where you can't hear the falconer."
"Ron! No! What? Wait! What are you talking about?"
"Look Kim, I'm stuck here, you are headed for the stars. I don't want to hold you back, so I'm OK with whatever happens."
Kim realized that she had spoken the four words a girl must never, ever say to her guy. Putting her hand on his cheek, she started to say "Ron, That's not…"
"OK Seniors!", interrupted Barkin's voice blasting on the PA system, "Line up, NOW!"
Separated by the moving crowd, Kim thought to herself, "OK, this has got to stop. After graduation is over I WILL hunt him down, drag his butt out to dinner with the family and THEN we are going to barricade ourselves in his tree house and talk!"
Warpig studied the monitors showing the gathering below. "Number 3, I have the girl in sight, she is sitting in a large group. Going to be hard to grab just her."
"Wait for her to go to the large platform and begin speaking. That will be easier and more humiliating."
Warpig watched and sure enough, the girl soon got up and walked up to the platform and up on it. Standing behind a podium, she began to speak. Grinning, Warpig locked on to her and began lifting her up.
Kim, surprised when her cap lifted off her head, stopped speaking and looked up to see a green light shining down on her.
"KP!" Ron ran up and leapt up grabbing for her hand as she was pulled up into the night sky. He missed, but she didn't, instinctively grabbing his wrist with a grip of steel. The same grip that allowed her to pull both of them up a cliff with one of her hands holding onto Ron and the other holding onto the grappling gun.
"Ron!", Kim's mind was racing for a plan and coming up empty. She looked out from the stadium and saw multiple four legged craft landing and stomping around Middleton. 'Oh no!', she thought. She looked down at Ron, saying, "Guard the Han. Save the world. I love you.". Then she released her grip.
"NO!", screamed Ron, falling back to the ground. "No", he whispered, tears forming in his eyes. The green light disappeared and the alien craft lifted into the night sky. "No", he growled, a faint blue glow flickering over him. "You are my world"
When Hearts Collide by Lhyaran
She had fled Kim's place to get away from her spiraling thoughts, yet she had wound up here. The place where Rachel had died and her brother had betrayed her. She pushed those painful memories back down, the metal railing twisting in her grip. A sneer crossed her lips as she focused on Go Tower, her breath steaming in the frigid air. The gaudy monolith stood resplendent on its island in the middle of the lake, it's towering walls lit from top to bottom by powerful spotlights.
"A shining force for good," she muttered. Or so Henry kept telling us.
She leaped over the railing, and with a few deft drops landed by the shoreline. She watched as it began to snow then sighed and began walking along the water's edge, letting the wind and waves calm her troubled soul. Of course it did not work. She felt alone. She had always been a loner, but now she was feeling it more than ever. It was Kim. The girl had squirreled her way into her cold, dead heart, bringing up emotions that she had buried long ago.
Thinking of Kim, some of her pain and anger diminished as she pictured her smile, her effervescent personality, and the feel of her body from their night together. She kicked a rock out into the lake as her mind continued to spin.
I told Kimmie 'I liked her', and I gave her my real name! A mirthless chuckle escaped her throat. Me and redheads, when will I ever learn? She shook her head in disbelief. She'll be searching for me soon, if she's not already?
She glanced around, half-expecting to see Kim running towards her.
No, she's gone. It's for the best! I won't risk her getting killed, again! She had let Kim get caught up in the whirlpool of her life, and all she could guarantee was more hurt for her if they stayed in each other's orbit. She grimaced. It's Rachel all over again! But I showed them! She clenched her hands, fingers glowing. I finally got my revenge on GJ and Leona. Whatever happens next, those lying, blackmailing pieces of shit got what was coming to them!
She threw her head back and yelled, "You hear me? You got what was coming to you!"
Years of pent up rage could not be contained as she turned and unleashed plasma bolt after plasma bolt into the lake, the dark waters erupting and exploding into steam.
She was sweating by the time she calmed down enough to stop, then she flopped to the icy ground.
I unleashed the Perses Virus!
She sat there in the dark, as she brooded over everything that had happened this past week.
"Hey, KS? You okay back there?" Ron whispered to Kim.
"Yeah, I'm OK." Kim muttered, "Just a little miffed that Bonnie made fun of Nana almost a year since her death and made Joss extremely upset! I swear, I'm going to get back at her somehow!"
Graduation Series by Slyrr
'Herr Probable.' said Dementor with a nod. 'Frauline Fatigable.'
'Professor Dementor,' said Grimm Probable, nodding. 'Quite a show you and your men put on back there - and the 'curse you'? Nice touch.'
Dementor stepped forward with an eager gleam in his eyes. 'I trust ze show was enough to distract Team Impossible long enough for you to fulfill your end of the bargain?'
Grimm smirked and opened the rear trunk compartment of his bike. Gleaming inside were the stacked ingots of trydiplatinum. 'The power failures were all the opening we needed.' he said. 'They never even noticed.'
Dementor stepped up to the trunk. 'Victory rant, 2.0.' he said quietly, clearing his throat. Then he threw back his head and shouted at the top of his lungs. 'At last! Ze trydiplatinum tungsten poly alloy is mine!' Grimm and Rhonda heaved the trydiplatinum from the trunk to a nearby work bench while Dementor sent peals of wicked laughter ringing through the hangar. Rhonda was rolling her eyes.
When they had finished, Dementor had joined them at the work bench. He had hefted one of the ingots and was caressing it lovingly. 'You are sure this is enough raw material to construct my own battle suit?' he said.
'Positive.' said Grimm.
'Und how do you know this?'
'We've… got sources.' he replied cagily.
Dementor huffed. 'I suppose you gathered some information during that time you were working with Kim Possible…' he said.
'Maybe.' said Grimm, but did not elaborate any further.
Dementor glared. 'No hints? No clues?'
Grimm shook his head. 'The deal was to bring you the tridyplatinum. It's up to you to figure out what to do with it.'
'Well, my analysis of Kim Possible's battle suit, coupled with my brilliant mind will soon unlock all its secrets!' Dementor crowed.
'Then all that's left is our fee.' said Grimm. '-Half at the start of the job, the rest on successful completion.'
Dementor winced, but reached into his vest and took out a thick pouch. He looked at it wistfully before handing over to Grimm, who passed it immediately to Rhonda. Rhonda opened the pouch and started running her communicator over the bundles of cash inside. 'I still maintain zat your prices are too high,' said Dementor. 'I might hire you more often if you were more affordable.'
'Inflation is what it is.' said Grimm shrugging. 'When you go cheap, you get what you pay for.'
Dementor sniffed, but turned his attention back to the tridyplatinum, picking up another one of the bars and running a hand over it. Rhonda's communicator beeped.
'Clean.' she said, and Grimm nodded.
'We'll be on our way then, Professor.' Grimm said with a nod. 'And remember, just pay enough money and we can do anything!'
and lastly, The Hunter by Sentinel103.
Kim groaned, "Oh no! Not his story! Please, not that story! I would rather read My Immortal than be subjected to that garbage!"
Bonnie chuckled and said from her royal balcony to her arch-rival, "Oh, Kimmie-cub, for this one, I selected these clips myself!"
Kim's eyes widened in anguish of what her former cheerleading classmate had in store for her from that infamous story, "Clips? As in, more than one clip?
But the Queen merely snickered, ignoring Kim's pleas "Oh yes! There's four small brief clips! Again, selected by yours truly. Since the story has over a million words, these are the rare prime choice for your humiliation!"
Kim shouted, "NOOOOOOOOOOO!"
It was too late. The clips were going to be played anyways.
Clip 1
The fashion diva said as Kim opened her car door, "Are you sure you wanna do this Kim?"
"I feel like I have to take a stand here, so yea."
"Hey Kim what do you need?", Ron asked as he came running up.
"Do you know what I had to do tonight Ron?"
"Uh no, I know you had to go in to Club Banana for something…"
SLAP
Ron's face whipped around and in the faint glow from the inside lights Kim and Monique could see a hand print on the former mascot's face. Kim's voice became low and dangerous, "The something was for a lie detector test to see if I was a crook…Me! Kim Possible! Because of you they think I'm some kind of crook! I've spent most of my life since middle school trying to be someone people could count on…Now this!"
Kim reached back and slapped Ron again, "Why did you do this to me?"
"Kim I swear I didn't do anything to you…"
The leader of team Possible held out her hand. "KIMMUNICATOR!"
"Huh?"
"I can't trust you…Now give me…your Kimmunicator. NOW!", Kim ordered. Snarling, "I don't know if you are off the team yet…so you can keep the rest of your gear…for now…But don't count on it!"
Ron reached into his cargo pocket and pulled out the device and handed it over to Kim. Then she told him, "Now get out of here before I lose my temper and mess you up big time you creep."
Clip 2
Pant, pant, pant. "Oh man, this is fun.", the snowshoe clad figure hoarsely said as he fell to his knees and reached for the line to his hydration bladder. Noting the light there was began to dim again. He glanced at his watch then looked up into the snow filled sky as he wailed out his anguish as the thoughts of his once best friend and lover overwhelmed him, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhahah!"
"She likes weird, she said so.", Ron began to sob as his shoulders shook in the blizzard. Even though he had said it was over, Ron really didn't believe it himself until now, as he continued, "But she told me to leave after she slapped me and told me she didn't trust me…all those years…gone. Now I'm more of a trauma sponge than anything else. What do I have left? And Sensei says I still have to protect her…"
Kim was nervously fidgeting with her overalls buckles. Bonnie was doing this as a means of acceptable torture to her. The right overalls strap came off.
Ron was also squirming in his seat. The rest of the audience, meanwhile, remained silent, except for the Possibles, whom were shocked and the Stoppables covering Hana's 14-year old eyes.
Sentinel, meanwhile, hid behind the curtains, fearing a thrashing from the redhead.
Clip 3
Kim walked down the stairs in a midnight blue floor-length gown. She was, of course, wearing the pendant she had on every day since the spring. The twin of the one Ron Stoppable wore.
Eric could see the heroine come down the stairs and rose (as a gentleman should) and said, "Kimberly, you look lovely tonight."
The bright smile on the seventeen-year old's face was pure joy as she approached her debonair boyfriend. He held out the flowers for her and Kim took them and leaned over and sniffed deeply. "They are beautiful and they smell heavenly.", Kim replied as she inhaled again (this time very deeply).
Anne and James entered the room. The surgeon said, "I'll put these in water for you Kimmie."
"Thanks Mom."
"Kimberly?"
"Yes Eric."
"I have one more thing for you.", he reached into his coat and pulled out a rectangular box.
The teen looked wide eyed and accepted the token. She opened it and gasped.
Eric said, "I thought it would go well with the dress, consider it a present from me and all your grateful fans from around the world."
Kim finally was able to say, "I can't."
"The people you have helped from around the world would demand this Kimberly, you must.", Eric argued lightly, "Here let me help you remove the old one and put this new one on."
A blushing Kim responded, "Okay to wear with the dress."
Eric came up behind her and unclasped the chain that of the pendant, put it in the pocket the gold one came out of and then removed the heavy gold chain and fastened it around Kim's slender neck. He then reached into the other pocket, pulled out that pendant and set it on the table. While this was going on James took pictures with an empty feeling in his stomach.
Minutes later the couple was heading out the door for a night of fun and dancing.
Clip 4
"Nice roll Kim.", Dave complimented the red head as Miss Possible ran the last frame.
Liz nodded as well, "Best game I've ever seen you roll Kim, good job."
"Uh thanks guys, I have to get going…uh Eric?", Kim turned, "I guess we'll have to go shopping tomorrow after school…if you are up to it."
Eric stifled his yawn, "Watching this game was an educational experience, but I do not think it is for me. Kimberly, I again thank you for allowing me to accompany you on your shopping excursion tomorrow after school."
Kim brightened, glad that she hadn't screwed up this chance at romance, "Thanks boyfriend for putting up with me.", Kim then walked over and gave the English teen a kiss on the lips.
These four clips from that story had Kim foaming at the mouth. There were low moments in the rivalry between her and Bonnie in the past, but the combo of those painful scenes from Sentinel's story and Bonnie insulting Nana's passing was really below the belt.
Kim thought to herself, still fuming and barely containing her anger, Bonnie, I am going to shove my overall buckle up that pompous ass of yours once the ceremony is complete! It was the first and third clips that got Kim angry the most.
"Uh...KS? Your overalls?" Ron asked, pointing to the undone strap still on her shoulders.,,and the fact that her red Pandaroo panties were showing.
Kim blushed with sheer embarrassment. Bonnie eagerly sneaked in a photo with her smartphone.
This'll be the beginning, K...
She managed to hook back the right strap of her overalls while leaving the left strap off her shoulder.
And then, that moment came...the opening of the envelope for Best Series.
"Don't let Sent win...don't let Sent win..." Kim whispered, fingers crossing.
Ned announced the winner in his nasal voice, "The Golden Rufus for Best Series goes to Graduation by Slyrr!
Kim's heart skipped a beat before sighing in relief. Thank goodness Sent did not get his grubby hands on that Golden Rufus...
Team Probable trooped jauntily up to the stage podium. Grimm Probable in a two-piece suit with red tie, Rhonda Fatigable in a black sleeveless dress which showed off the bear paw birthmark on her left tricep. Rueful was draped around her shoulders like a fur stole, wearing a weasel-sized collar and tie. And flouncing beside them was Jade Omo-sa, wearing green sandals and a jade green sequined gown that draped loosely over her skinny frame.
Ned presented the Fannie to Grimm when they reached the podium, but he shrugged and ushered Rhonda forward. Rhonda blushed, but took the award statue and hoisted it up. All the sidekicks in the audience cheered. She glanced at Grimm, who nodded encouragingly.
'Best Series Overall award - wow!' she said, leaning into the microphone. 'It doesn't seem that long ago when we first entered the world of Kim Possible fanfiction, but Kim Possible is still here, and that means we are too!'
'I think it feels like a long time.' Kim grumbled from her seat.
'Relax.' said Ron jovially from his chair beside hers. 'Award ceremony - neutral ground. Besides, it's not like Grimm is letting Rhonda make the speech as a distraction so he can pass secret information to WEE while everyone is focused on her.'
Kim blinked at him. 'That was... oddly specific.' she said, but her eyes flicked up to Grimm, who was standing still, behind Rhonda and off to the side a little.
Now Ron blinked. 'Was it?' he said. 'I don't pay attention to what I'm saying sometimes.'
'We're honored that so many readers have stuck with Kim Possible fan fictions, even after the show ended.' Rhonda was saying. 'And that the readers support original ideas like the All Things Probable series! Our thanks go to all the readers, to everyone who reviews! Even the 'guest' reviewers that Slyrr can't send replies to because they don't have fanfiction acounts! Also to Lhyaran, Sentinel and Jimmy, for providing some really fierce competition, and even to Kim herself, because without her show, none of us would be here! Take a bow, pom-pom!'
The stage spotlight suddenly fell on Kim, who got sheepishly to her feet, but waved easily and smiled glamorously at the surrounding and cheering crowd. She had to narrow her eyes because of the persistent glare, and heard Rhonda closing it up.
'So keep reading and reviewing All Things Probable IV: Graduation, because it's really starting to heat up! Thanks again everyone, and be sure to stick around to read up and post congrats to all the winners and their competitors! As they say in Canada - peace oot!'
It took a few seconds for Kim's vision to fully come back, and when it did, she saw all of Team Probable, still surrounding the podium and waving at the crowd while applause rose and fell. They quit the stage after a few seconds and blended back in to the crowd, resuming their seats. She glared at them for a moment as Rhonda and Jade passed the Fannie back and forth to each other with silly grins on their faces, but they seemed to merely be sitting at the table like everyone else...
While Team Probable was coming up to the podium, and as Grimm put Rhonda forward to take the award, no one noticed him drop an SD chip onto the floor as he stepped back. He kept it lightly under his sole while Rhonda gave her speech. Then as soon as the spotlight hit Kim, he twitched his foot and sent it skidding across the polished stage, sliding underneath the curtain behind him.
A WEE agent, disguised as a custodian, stood backstage with a janitor's equipment cart at his side, pretending to sweep up non-existent dust while the ceremonies went on, and the amplified, but muffled voices of the announcers and the winners droned around him. Until Team Probable made their speech. In the middle of which, the chip containing the files his bosses wanted scudded suddenly under the curtain and into his waiting dustpan...
At their seats, with their award after the presentation, Rhonda leaned towards Grimm. 'Think they got it?' she muttered.
'No idea.' he answered with a shrug. 'I told them where to be and when. The rest is all on them. They could nab it right away - it could wind up lying on that stage forever. It's WEE's problem now.'
Rhonda clucked her tongue. 'What if they actually pull it off this time?' she sounded nervous.
Grimm chuckled. 'Nah.' he said and he nodded towards Team Possible without looking at them. 'I mean - look who they're going up against. Right?'
Rhonda replied, 'Just keep quiet until they pull the distraction off!'
Sharper came to the stage and said, "That was a fun presentation of the award, Kim's big no notwithstanding. Our next award for Best Unlikely-Unique Story will be presented by another famous KP author and fanartist from Drakanada...TuxedAaron! And he's going to be presenting the award with...uh-oh!"
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"Your Majesty, you're needed to present the award." Tightlips said.
Bonnie grinned, "It's my time once again to shine on the stage!"
She stood up and walked to the elevator, holding up the front of her undone overalls.
The first phase of my plan was a successful endeavor! Now to get to the second phase where Kim REALLY loses everything, including her dignity!
Servant 286 came to Kim and said, "Mrs. Stoppable, your presence is required on stage."
"Why thank you!" Kim said with a smile, now seemingly calm from what Bonnie bombarded her with.
This was until Bonnie's servants opened the double-doors.
"You...sniveling little weasel..." Kim snarled at Bonnie.
Bonnie just smirked and said, "Hope you enjoyed that compilation, K! You and Eric really should've been on the altar instead of Stoppable! I hoped that really did happen!"
"I oughta punch you in the face for it!" Kim exclaimed.
"Do so, Mrs. Stoppable, and you'll be the one escorted out my mansion in handcuffs..." Bonnie warned her, and whispered, "...and your bare college-aged ass all over the Smarty-mart checkout tabloids! Do you want that?"
Kim growled in defeat, "No."
"Good, now act properly...and don't let your overalls fall off." Bonnie chuckled.
Kim gave a fake smile and walked down the aisle with Bonnie, always holding onto the baggy undone overalls as they got on the stage. Bonnie held the Golden Rufus in her arms.
TuxedAaron gave his speech, "Developing something that is crazy and out of this world and keeping the style and humor of KP requires a lot of thinking and research. One must have an active and vivid imagination to put KP and the gang through many odysseys such as traveling through time... "
"...or being on the Moon..." Kim added.
"Or traveling through another dimension!" Bonnie chirped in, trying to hide the malice against her longtime rival in front of the bright lights.
Aaron continued "These five finalists capture what was just said in my speech and one will walk on this stage with the Golden Rufus!"
"The finalists for Best Unlikely-Unique story are..."
Amarantine by JeffCFTW
"You have defeated he who has unearthed me. And now, as agreed, he will find his destiny - following the path of the YONO!"
His entire being erupted when he bolted forward, eyes snapping open, and screaming perhaps at the top of his lungs. "NOOOOO!" His vision splashed with white, followed by a sudden burst of pain in his face. And then all was calm - before Selena's voice broke beside him.
"Hairy Hands, I don't remember you screaming this loud before."
How long had he been out? Monty found he was regaining his old strength, but knew better than to just jump back into action. Knowing her and knowing her employer. "Selena," was all he could get out, wanting to laugh, but it did not feel like the appropriate time. Here they were, lying in her bed, in the lair she shared with Drakken, wherever he was now.
He found himself flinging into her, enveloping his arms around her and whimpering, losing shreds of his manhood and weeping with every emotion bottled up within him for an eternity of darkness. "Oh, my green vixen, f-forgive me!"
Her arms wrapped around him, too, pulling him close and shushing him. "Now, my Monkey Man, as much as I want to answer first, how are you feeling now that you are back in the world?" she asked. He heard the bite in her tone, dominating the similar flood washing over, devastating anything in its wake. Monty Fiske lifted his face from the crook of her shoulder and looked into her eyes.
"I feel more like myself again." Well, how else was there to answer? To say fine would be an understatement, and she knew that. Her teeth bared in a grin.
Connecting the Dots by RufusPrime54
For the time being, she was strapped to a chair in Solenski Plaza, wearing a small black dress and tights. She had to leave her Black Widow suit behind, and all of her weapons were lying uselessly to the side. One of the man's goons walked over to Kim and slapped her hard against the face. Kim reeled back and took a deep breath and looked back at the thugs. The man walked up to her and started talking.
"This is not how I wanted the evening to go," Luchkov said.
"I know how you wanted this evening to go. Believe me, this is better," Kim replied dryly in Russian.
"Who are you working for? Lermentov, yes? Does he think that we have to go through him to move our cargo?" Luchkov repled motioning one of his goons to move over to Kim.
The goon tipped Kim's chair back a little, pushing her over the opening to a three story drop. Kim acted scared and put on her little girl face.
"I thought General Soholob is in charge of the export business," Kim said, weakly, playing these men right into her web.
"Soholob, a bagman, a front. Your outdated information betrays you. The famous Black Widow, and she turns out to be simply another pretty face," Luchkov said, trying to intimidate her.
"You really think I'm pretty?" Kim snarked back, trying to get a rise out of him.
Luchkov motioned for one of his thugs to move over to Kim. The thug walked over and grabbed her jaw very forcefully, forming her mouth into an 'o' shape.
"Tell Lermentov we don't need him to move the tanks. Tell him he is out," Luchkov said, walking over to a table of lethal looking tools. Kim figured out what they were going to do, so she had to finish this interrogation before they ripped out her tongue.
"You may want to write it down," Luchkov said in English, grabbing the pliers.
Just then, the other goon's cell-phone rang, confusing everyone in the room. He quickly turned around and answered the call. After a couple of seconds, he looked at Luchkov and said.
"It's for her."
Luchkov grabbed the phone angrily and began to speak, "You listen carefully."
He was then was interrupted by the voice of Phil Coulson on the phone.
"You are at 114 Solenski Plaza, third floor. We have a F-22 exactly eight miles out. Put the woman on the phone or I will blow up the block before you can make the lobby."
Life After by Chris the Cynic
Jacob came toward her and said, "We have to hide," while indicating some dead things headed their way.
Shin looked around; there were plenty of places and no real way to determine which was best. She pointed to a nearby mushroom grove, and said "Orange ones served us well last time."
Quickly and quietly they slipped into the grove of massive orange mushrooms. Shin and Jacob watched from behind mushroom stalks as the dead, six dead people and one dead canine, walked by. When Shin thought they were safe, she returned to what she'd been thinking about before. She'd share her resources with Jacob -let him butcher them to make whatever needed making- if it came to that.
But first they needed some idea of what was going on, so she said to Jacob, "We need to get the lay of the land."
Jacob was his usual helpful self and responded with, "Civilization collapsed, decay has been turned up to an absurd degree, and we're hiding from demons in a grove of bright orange mushrooms."
Shin corrected, "They're not demons," without even thinking about it.
"Ok, so they're not demons and they're not zombies," Jacob said. "Care to share what they are?"
Shin took a bit of joy in Jacob's frustration, but just a bit. She was supposed to be a the good one after all. "They're draugar," she said.
"Oh, that explains everything," Jacob said with what Shin recognized as his maximum sarcasm.
"They're spirits who refused to abandon their earthly bodies in spite of being dead, usually it requires a nigh impossibly massive feat of will and also utter contempt for the natural order of life and death -or growth and decay, I was never clear on that point- and for whatever reason it tends to be the worst aspects of a person that manage to return to and reanimate the body."
In fact, some sources suggested that anyone who was sufficiently unpleasant was a potential candidate, meaning that having bad aspects made the odds of returning to one's body to life even more likely. But this was graded on a curve. More likely than most to come back from the dead was still pretty unlikely.
Ron Stoppable: That's So Monique by BrianTyson
"You are valuable to Kim when going on missions. She told me that one time you took on some crazy monkey guy and some mutate freak by yourself. Kim has always seen potential in you as a partner, but at the same time, she feels you haven't pushed yourself to that next level as you should. Other than that, honestly speaking, I don't think she could handle missions without you."
"You think so?" Monique could tell that Ron was processing everything she said by the shift of his voice.
"I know so, but you have to want to put effort into things in your life and believe in yourself in the progress just like I believe you can accomplish anything you put your mind into." Monique looks up to see Kim heading to the restaurant.
"Well, here comes Kim heading in so I will talk to her for a bit and then we can speak of the project." She gets up to greet Kim but first goes over by Ron and whispers, "By the way, a guy who likes to cook is sexy to me." making Ron's eyes go wide from how hot she sounded.
Kim enters the building, with a stress expression, to check up on her friends. "Hey, guys."
"Hey KP," Ron mutters, still in shock from what he had heard.
Seeing his expression confuses Kim, so she turns towards Monique to get answers. "Okay, what's wrong with him?"
Monique, feeling confident that her plan is working, proudly smiles and answers, "Just got him thinking about some things. How are you and your new partner getting along?"
Kim groans from the mentioning of her "way too smart for her own good" partner. "She is so annoying! She literally won't let me do anything to help."
Before Monique could respond, the three begin to feel the ground shake like.
"Earthquake?" Ron questions as the shakes begin to sound louder.
"More like footsteps." Kim points out as she and Monique fall back on their feet.
And last but not least, Grief by arandomshipper
"I hate to agree with Monkey Fist, but...actually there's no but. I hate to agree with Monkey Fist." Ron smirked.
Betty scowled at Monkey Fist. "Your life was already at risk. In fact, if it weren't for us involving Ron, your death would be certain. Gratitude would be much more advisable than critique here. Plan B is only one word from me away from becoming a reality."
Monkey Fist paled. "Forgive me, please. I did not mean to insult. I am very grateful for you intervention, I assure you."
Monty's reaction made Ron very curious as to the details of this Plan B, but he had another question for the Director first. "So this plan. They come, we fight. That's incredibly simple. Is that really the best your tacticians here at GJ were able to come up with? Cause like, that sounds like something I'd come up with, and no one's ever accused me of being a tatical genius."
"I know. I'm very sorry, Ron, but this really is all we have. We've never faced anything like this before, where all our manpower and technology is useless. It's unfair, terribly unfair, but it all rests on you. I wish you the very best of luck, of course. Based on prior patterns, our best estimates give you a few hours to prepare yourself. Take care. Don't die." With one last sad smile, she walked out of the room.
Monkey Fist walked to the middle of the room and sat crosslegged, hands on his knees, eyes closed.
"Uhhh, what are you doing?"
He cracked an eye open. "Gathering my Chi for the coming fight, of course. You should be doing the same."
"I don't know anything about Chi gathering. Is it anything like wool-gathering? Cause it really looks like it is."
Monty opened both eyes and stared at him. "Please tell me you're joking. I know your command of Monkey Magic is imperfect, but you cannot even summon your Chi at will? We are surely doomed."
"All of these wonderful finalists, and only one will go home with the Golden Rufus!" the Queen said.
"The Golden Rufus for Best Unlikely-Unique Story goes to...Ron Stoppable: That's So Monique by Neotyson!
Neotyson returned to the stage to accept his Golden Rufus.
"Once again I am surprised that this story even got nominated so to see that it earn two awards means a lot to me more than you guys know. To relate to how That's so Monique came about as far as unlikely/unique story goes, was the main fact that the pairing isn't done much in the Kim Possible section and for those who have to follow me up to this point made know that I like to write pairings that aren't written much or ones that I really like or want to see happen. Thus you have a Ron/Monique fic from me in a scenario that probably wouldn't have occurred on the show, but hey that's why we have this site. To finish my speech I just have to thank everyone for the support and because of that, you can look for an update on That's so Monique when I get a chance."
The audience gave a warm round of applause as he went back to his seat.
Sharper said to the crowd. "Congrats, once again to Slyrr and Neotyson for their awards. We're coming up on our next commercial break, but when we return, we'll have the Best Novel-Sized Story and Best Short Story to present. So don't go away!"
At that, Brittney Spears' "Oops I Did It Again!" played on the speakers.
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Down underground, the WEE henchman, Omega 19, that was dressed as a custodian gave Gemini the SD chip for the targeting system.
"Excellent. You've done well!" Gemini chuckled with delight, "Number One will be very pleased!" Once Gemini heard Brittney Spears' song, he said, "Get your men into position!"