Author's note: This is a long time coming, but I suppose I don't have to tell you that.

Nut's, I was so determined to have a showdown between Ron and Darkwing, brawling on top of a speeding police cruiser and Darkwing's Ratcatcher. It took me the best past of two week to figure it just wouldn't work.

Fortunately I managed to accomplish all other objectives for this project, including the crowning piece, the final scene of this epilogue….

Epilogue ….

Last time in Dark Reign….

Shawn attempted to use the destructive power of the Neutroniliser to force the world to bow to him. He targeted the Amazon Rainforest little knowing that the weapon could destroy the entire planet….

A GJ strike team lead by Team Possible landed on the moon to thwart Shawn's evil plan, where they were confronted by Fukushima and his army self-healing robot bugs. After a hairy skirmish Dr Possible shut the bugs down and Fukushima was captured.

Bonnie, the Chosen One confronted Shawn personally. The boy had numerous weapons created by Zorpox to aide him yet they proved no match. At last the little terror was defeated.

Now thoughts turn to Ron Stoppable, the menace who almost brought the world to its knees and last seen during the Disneyland incident….

Dark Reign

At Dr Possible's voice command all of the Hephaestus drones reverted to their original, toy like form. The guns fell silent. Hirotaka assisted Yori to drag away their former brother, Fukushima. It was over.

Like many others around the mess hall, Kim Possible felt ready to collapse. And collapse she did, right into her fathers warm embrace. Words weren't needed. Words couldn't describe how each felt or how being torn apart by this terrible war hurt.

The rest of her family, her Mom and twin brothers, joined in on the hug. Although their hands were still bound and their mouths still gagged nothing could stop the love in their eyes and the warmth of their embrace. The Possible's were a family again.

Tears watering at the beauty of it, Dr Drakken joined the family hug.

The Possible's eyes turned from love to loathing. They all turned to glare at him.

'Alright, fine! I'll just get the solvent.'

Drakken wondered off in the direction of Dr Possible's lab grumbling 'Stupid Possibles.'

The family resumed their embrace for some minutes before Drakken returned with the solvent to free their hands and mouths. In that time only Shego's yelling broke Kim's warm feeling.

'Get off! Do not hug me!'

'We don't have to fight anymore. Just take my hand.'

The next few months were unusually quiet ones for Kim and Bonnie, although the return of both the Possible family and Team Possible turned Middleton on its head. The fire departments holiday was over with the return of Jim and Tim Possible.

Both girls decided to take time off crime fighting in order to spend time with their families, return to finish high school, and naturally play with little Hana Stoppable at any opportunity. Dr Director and Wade took on the task of rooting out the remnants of WEE themselves. It wasn't always easy. Aside from Felix and Zita all of their friends were now a year ahead of them at school. Monique had a full time job. And then there was the fanfare that followed them wherever they went. At least Mr Barkin treated the girls the same although the novelty wore off after the first detention.

Both Dr's Possible scored their old jobs back. James occasionally missed his dream job of running Avalon, though even that did not compare to having his family, his whole family, together. There were even numerous visits from his older brother Slim and niece Joss. In the second month back they flew to Florida so that Nana Possible could embarrass her courageous granddaughter. Besides, by all reports Dr Vivian Porter and Frederick had things well in hand on the moon base.

Rufus was so excited he fainted the day Ned reopened Middleton Bueno Nacho.

Yori moved to Middleton, to help watch over and guide Hana she claimed although she spent as much time with Felix as she did with the Stoppables. Drakken and Shego were not pardoned, although Dr Director did grant them freedom in exchange for working directly for her. It seemed after he tuned the tide at Disneyland Drakken grew into a cult popularity figure. The bad boy who abandoned Global Justice after learning how it was infiltrated with spies; who began an underground war against WEE injustice with his pack of loyal, highly trained ninja, who made a shock appearance at Disneyland to thwart the last ditch gambit of Zorpox himself. Who knew were his new found popularity would take him…?

Shawn got off easy. To Bonnie's ire his lawyer successfully argued that Shawn was too young to comprehend his actions and that he was in fact brainwashed by Zorpox the Conqueror soon after his kidnapping. The World Court judges were convinced. Zorpox was to blame for the corruption of this poor, innocent youth. So he would be cared for by his parents and painstakingly deprogrammed. It would be a long and difficult journey; however, with love and support the experts were sure he could be relieved of his belief that he was the 'Unstoppable' and destined to rule the world. Shawn would make a full recovery.

Fukushima and Electronique both received life imprisonment in maximum security GJ facilities.

Only one thing remained. Ron Stoppable. The boy had not shown his face since Disneyland. Some said he was dead. Far more said he had gone into hiding so that he may rebuild WEE and take his revenge. This belief was reinforced by the discovery of DNAmy's cloning lab by Agent Will Du. A massive army of lizard men.

Rumours started that Zorpox had hundreds of such labs spread across the planet….

All the other villains were behind bars. Supervillain attacks were down to zero. Yet the world remained on edge and reconstruction was slow. It needed a something joyful to rally behind and many found it in Disney's new 'The Adventures of Team Possible' series, brainchild of Senor Senior Senior. True to Kim's request Ron's character was lovable and kind as he had been before the fall. Drakken and Shego were painted favourable as well to satisfy their newfound popularity. The only gripe Shego had was with the fan boys who dared suggest Drakken was her love interest. Nor would she comment on her time spent with Drakken now, both at work and after. The gossip magazines could only infer a relationship from reports of a blue and green skinned couple visiting karaoke bars every Friday evening. Infer they did.

The success of a series based on her life of adventures and being surrounded by family did not bring complete happiness to Kim Possible. She tried to avoid it as long as she could. She tried to bury herself in her parents embrace or distract herself babysitting Hana or even by helping the tweebs with their experiments! Nothing she did could shake the compulsion.

She had one last mission to complete. After all, all they ever found was his gloves and utility belt….

'You think I would just throw myself to the… mercy of the world? Give up and beg for forgiveness?'

The Disneyland Incident

Ron, Francis and Electronique

Maybe throwing away my gloves and gadget belt wasn't the wisest move on my part, thought Ron Stoppable. One of those glue grenades would be handy right about now.

Ron, Francis and Electronique were stood side by side. Team Evil aimed their weapons at the condemned trio.

A siren bleated uncomfortably close. 'We better hurry this up,' Sheela suggested. 'The Police are already crawling all over the park.'

'Goodbye lord.'

Smartiac felt the least troubled of Team Evil. He zoomed in on his former master.

'Ready….'

'Fire!'

Jester's gaze lifted to the rafters of the amphitheatre. He hadn't given that order.

Gas canisters rained down on the party. Ron pulled Francis to the stage floor. Purple smoke blotted out visibility for anything more than a foot in front of their nose. Holding onto each other's shoulder as to not lose each other, the friends made an attempt to crawl to safety. A third figure grabbed onto Ron's leg and crawled along behind them. Electronique knew escape lay with her most hated foes.

Ron considered kicking her off but it would be a waste of energy needed to escape. Besides, a plan had begun to formulate in his head, one that would require keeping Short Circuit on a little longer. What happened they were free…, well I'll just have to deal with that later.

'I am the terror that flaps in the night!'

The amplified voice came from every direction. Team Evil fired at echoes and shadows.

One shadow swooped on Duck. His screams faded into the rafters mixed with the sound of fabric flapping.

Jester and Smartiac backed into each other.

'Who is this guy?'

'I am the Disney executive who'll only release the box set of your favourite cartoon in Germany!'

'I always did want a word with that guy,' Ron grumbled as he crawled.

Half-Face gave a quick yelp as a giant boxing glove fixed to a spring socked him in the gut.

'I am the final cylon!'

'Now you're just being ridiculous,' Francis yelled at the voice. 'The final cylon is obviously President Roslin.'

'Hang on, I missed the previous episode, but I heard it was Ellen.'

'Na, I'm betting she's another Six.'

'I hate you two,' Electronique ended the discussion.

'I am Darkwing Duck!'

The smoke cleared revealing a masked mallard. Team Evil aimed their weapons….

Only to have them ripped away by an invisible force. They stuck fast to a giant magnet, and the magnet was attached to a tall robotic figure balancing on a single wheel seized

'And Gizmo-duck!'

Ron, Francis and Electronique made it to the edge of the amphitheatre and rolled off into the orchestra pit. Believing they were home free and desperate to evade capture each made a run for it. Before they left the pit both boys were grabbed by SWAT police and pulled away. Electronique wrestled to the ground by two more SWAT.

The boys were given oxygen masks to clear out any smoke from their lungs. Officers asked them if they had any injuries and booth shock their heads. It dawned on Ron that because of his stolen Disney cap and jacket the Police hadn't yet recognised him, while his blue, Braveheart, face paint could be attributed to fun times in Disneyland.

Still, Ron knew he was dangerously close to being recognised. He had to get away from here; now!

SWAT team members lead Team Evil and Electronique toward a waiting van handcuffs. Jester glanced Ron's way yet said nothing. He wouldn't benefit from ratting out his former Master, so he wouldn't.

Darkwing and Gizmo rolled over to reassure the 'hostages.'

'No need to worry Gizmo-buddies. You are safe now thanks to…!'

Ron ripped the oxygen mask from his face and pressed every button on Gizmo-duck's suit that he could reach. Dozens of gadgets activated ranging from quaint to whacky to dangerous.

'Blathering-blatherskites!' Gizmo cursed as he lost control of his body. 'Not all the buttons!'

Dentist drills, rockets, parachutes; saws and oil slicks. Ron activated them all. SWAT was swatted by a massive fly swat.

Team Evil turned on their captors. In the desperate and confused brawl for freedom Ron yelled for Francis to take the van and get in the driver side. Electronique attempted to run. Ron tackled her as she fled and threw her in the back.

Now he needed uniforms.

Darkwing rolled to avoid a fish net extended from Gizmo. He came up on his webbed feet, fire extinguisher attachment set to the gas gun. He shorted Gizmo's gizmos with a burst of flame retardant. The mechanised duck fell forward on his beak as he lost power.

'Zzhankksss.'

'Drive, drive, drive!'

The van pulled away. Ron picked a SWAT helmet off a rack in the rear of the van.

'Now what?' Electronique demanded.

'Now we throw you out at the first cops we pass,' called a voice from up front.

'Not so fast Francis. Me thinks me have a cunning plan. Stop at the nearest costume store.'

'You've got it backwards Ron. You need to be the one to forgive.'

**

Jester and his team managed to escape SWAT and make a run deeper into the park. It was a moment's respite. While there were still plenty of villains running loose in the park the authorities were clamping down hard. Their best chance was to ditch their obvious purple WEE uniforms, steal something more casual and hope to could slip away in the confusion.

'Well. What do we do now?'

Jester addressed his team while Sheela worked on his cuffs. After Camille jumped before the attack on Eden Base she took to carrying multiple hairpins. The others waited impatiently for her to undo their cuffs.

'I guess we should find a new worldwide evil empire to serve,' Smartiac offered.

Duck took a look around the ruined park. 'Do you think Disney's hiring?'

'I'm an upcoming villain for The Adventures of Kim Possible. I'm Fukushima!'

Two cops eyed the driver of the van, podgy and short Fukushima, with suspicion.

'And how did you get a hold of this police vehicle?'

'Actually they just left the keys in the ignition, but we really needed it. It was an emergency!'

'An emergen….'

Fukushima banged on the side of the van.

'Show them what we rounded up Aviarius.'

The back doors of the SWAT van were flung open by a creature more bird than man. He threw the dreaded Electronique at the cops feet, already bound and gagged.

Electronique glared at her captors, struggling mightily and attempting to scream.

'Holy…! Is that who I think it is?'

The bird man nodded. The massive beak made it difficult to understand his speech, or get a clear look at his face.

'Alright. Call HQ, get them to send an agent over to deal with this trash.'

'Hang on,' the second cop leaned over to the first, 'how do we know these fruitcakes didn't capture another costumed character?'

Fukushima cleared up that issue. 'Would just another costumed character be carrying these?'

He produced a WEE communicator, a WEE gym membership card and an actual laser pistol. Never mind each item was marked 'Property of Frugal Lucre'

To prove their authenticity Fukushima placed the gym card on the ground and blasted it to cinders.

'Whoa, whoa! Ok she's real, just but down the blaster! Crazy lunatic.'

'Always wanted to do that,' he mumbled to Aviarius as he placed the blaster on the ground.

'You two are going to have to wait here until this gets cleared up. A senor agent will be alone soon and he's going to want to know your real names and….'

Aviarius rocked on his feet and almost fell. Fukushima managed to steady him.

'Look officer, the lady gave my mate a nasty gash on the head. Can't we continue this in the medical tent?'

A steadily increasing line of people who wanted to exit the park built up behind the two Disney characters. Most of them were patrons who were very eager to escape. Attempts to push past the gate had already started.

'Jeez…. Alright, take him. But stick around.'

'And her?'

'The agents will be in 30 seconds anyone. I'll send one to talk to you in a minute.'

'Then we wouldn't have to fight anymore.'

Dressed as a ninja and a bird, the most wanted men in the world, Francis Lurman and Ron Stoppable casually strolled past their hunters. Numerous police officers, GJ agents, costumed superheroes both real and imagined. It was a deliciously simple escape plot as far as Ron goes. No rockets or catapults or teleporters, the pair of them would just walk out the front gate and borrow car.

'This is a little too easy.'

Ron agreed. 'You ever get the feeling the only way you can get people to notice you is by wearing purple spandex and pointing a giant laser at a city?'

'A little.'

'I mean, most people don't even know my name. It's all Zorpox!'

'You are wearing a bird suit.'

Nevertheless each kept a sharp eye out for Kim Possible or Dr Director. Bonnie too. Rockwaller had already let them go, and demonstrated that if she wanted them incarcerated neither could elude her. They watched for her anyone, fearing to trust in her graciousness would jinx their bid for freedom.

It turned out they need not have worried. The three of them were already on a jet back to GJ headquarters.

Passing the medical tent they spotted Shego keeping watch over Zita as a nurse checked her out. The Incredi-girl was still groggy after Shawn pulled a stun baton on her. Drakken was hovering over Shego rambling on about the success of his Ultimate Robo-warrior, not missing out a single detail of his heroic action or how he deduced Shawn was now heading for the moon.

Two burl GJ Agents hovered over Drakken in case he should try to bolt.

'Dr D! Shego!'

Young Arty Smarty ran over and hugged the pair as soon as he was cleared of injury. Having the kid gripping his waist finally distracted Drakken from his own brilliance.

'Ahh! Let go kid!'

Shego loved how uncomfortable Drakken looked. 'Looks like you have a fan Dr D.'

'I heard you saved the entire park!'

Alright, so it distracted Drakken from his own brilliance momentarily.

'Oh no.' Shego's heart sank. 'Not you too kid.'

'Huh? Ah, haha ha! You see Shego; I saved the world just like I said I would. My plan worked perfectly!'

'No it didn't!'

'Yes… it did.'

'So Drakken,' Arty looked down at his feet, 'now that you're a world famous hero can I… hang out at your lair… occasionally?'

'Haha! Sure kid. Say, do you want to know how to make napalm?'

'What about tricking out my skateboard?'

Shego scrunched her face. 'Why don't you just get your daddy to build a shrine?'

'I hang out with you too right Aunt Shego?'

'Don't ever call me that.'

'I've been thinking about what you said. About forgiveness.'

The plan finally fell apart while podgy ninja and bird man made an attempt to steal a car. Ron wanted inconspicuous, Francis wanted fuel economy, feather's were ruffled…; before they could find a vehicle they could both agree people were taking notice of them scoping out cars. That notice drew the attention of the police….

In the end they grabbed what was abundant; so then the police wanted their cruiser back.

No one really got what they wanted.

Not that the police didn't put forth a valiant effort.

'Ah, Francis. There are a lot of cops behind us.'

'How many?'

'A lot!'

Francis let his eyes flick to the rear-view mirror for a split second before returning all his attention to weaving through the traffic.

There were a lot of cops.

'I think I know how to shake 'em. Just hold 'em off.'

'With what?'

'Find a gun or something.'

'I'm not shooting anyon….'

'The tires!'

Ron checked the glove compartment for a weapon. 'Got nothing…, wait….'

He removed his bird man wings and ripped off feathers. When a cop cruiser came up on their right he flung a handful at their windscreen.

The cops in the cruiser looked puzzled.

'That didn't really work Francis.'

'Throw the beak!'

Ron took off the beak and threw it too. It just bounced off.

'I think we're in trou….'

'Hold on!'

Before even voicing the warning Francis veered off into a parking garage. Most of the cops overshot them. Ron shot forward until his seatbelt caught him. He hit the right side door instead.

'Ahh! Ow! Francis!'

Francis raced to the exit of the far side of the massive parking building, paying the parking machine for a five minute or less stop. For some inexplicable reason he knew the exact correct change. The cops did not.

Large iron bars slammed down ahead of them and refused to move until payment was forthcoming. All they could do was watch helpless as their cruiser disappeared into the traffic.

Ron was astounded.

'That was awesome Francis! How did you know how much the parking machine would cost?'

'Oh, that was a Fortunate Mall, new franchise going head to head with Smartymart and Club Banana. Designer clothing, designer dining; designer everything! They even charge for parking, those cheap… people!' Francis was clearly disgusted. Strong words weren't part of his everyday vocabulary. 'Actually I read about them in a special issue of the Smartymart employee mailer.'

'You still receive a Smartymart employee mailer? After they fired us?

'No, I download a pirate copy from the net every month, along with staff discount coupons. Why…, haven't you been keeping up to speed on Smartymart bargains?'

Ron didn't know how to respond.

'I've had other things on my mind Francis!'

Francis Lurman sighed. 'You've changed man.'

**

'Yeah, we still have to have a small talk later.'

Mt Middleton, overlooking the Tri-City area.

Three months after Avalon.

Kim walked up to her injured foe and stuck out her hand, her voice full of compassion. 'Come on Ron. We can help you. We don't have to fight anymore. Just take my hand.'

'A boo…boo-yah-hahaha,' he laughed, his voice weak but defiant. 'You think…. You think I would just throw myself to the… mercy of the world?'

Zorpox stood tall, his voice gaining strength. 'Throw away everything I've accomplished! Give up and beg for forgiveness? Me, Zorpox the Conqueror?'

Kim shook her head. 'You've got it backwards Ron. You need to be the one to forgive.'

Zorpox completely thrown by this; he needs to forgive?

Kim kept her hand extended, her voice hopeful and sincere. 'Maybe you could start by forgiving me. Then we wouldn't have to fight anymore.'

'You didn't think I meant it, when I said we have to talk.'

'You did handcuff me to Fukushima immediately afterward.'

'Did you mean it?'

'Mean what?'

'What you said in New York. That I could forgive you.'

Kim strained her memory back…, back to mission to New York to thwart Zorpox and his Mega Static Capacitor. She and Ron had engaged in a terrible brawl on the streets of New York, each combatant using every acquired skill, every technological advantage and every dirty trick they knew.

'I don't know. I…. I thought this whole thing started because you were angry with me. So, maybe, if you could forgive me you wouldn't be angry anymore. Maybe you would stop.'

'And if I had forgiven you? Taken your hand?'

Kim paused. What then? It wasn't like she had expected the gambit to work.

'I would have thrown your ass in a maximum security GJ psyche ward. Visited you regularly and tell you how much progress you were making, what a sweet boy you are. But I would never have let you go.'

She waited with extreme apprehension for Ron's reaction. If he took the truth badly they could be back to square one. She could have lied. She probably should have lied, but he might realise she was lying and that would be worse. Bonnie always said she was a terrible liar anyway and she couldn't lie to Ron, not about this.

He stood three meters away, it was an amazingly beautiful day and he stood with a view of Middleton and the greater Tri-City area at his back. There wasn't a time in recent memory they had been this close and not throwing paunches and yet he picked such a wonderful serene day and place for this meeting she didn't want to imagine throwing one today.

Ron's face remained carved of stone. Only a second or two had passed since she had finished her sentence and in that time her brain had run through a dozen different scenarios. If he got angry, or tried to run, she would stop him until Bonnie, standing ten meters back along the dirt track, intervened. Lucre would be a problem. He was standing ten meters back from Ron and carrying a large plasma rifle and who knows what else? Bonnie could take him though it would no doubt be messy. They knew what Bonnie could do this time.

Thankfully, and to Kim's infinite surprise his face and eyes softened, and he started to laugh. Not the cold maniacal laugh she was used to but a real laugh.

'So if I had fallen for it I might have wound up spending my days happily doped, playing with blunt objects and craving visits from Kim Possible. My only friend in the world.'

'Yes.'

'Would you have been my friend?'

Kim nodded. 'Yes.'

'But you wouldn't regret locking me up?'

'I would have.'

'But not enough to let me go?'

'Not enough…,' Kim trailed off.

'And now?'

Kim had been wondering the same thing since Ron contacted her. That's the gazillion dollar question, isn't it Ron? She thought she had an answer, otherwise she wouldn't have come.

'I think I'd like to keep you around. But it's not up to me anymore.'

'GJ,' Ron stated.

'GJ,' Kim acknowledged. 'And worse.'

She stopped. Ron started to say something but Kim spoke up again.

'They'll hunt you. You know that.'

'I just spent a year with you hunting me. What on earth could the rest of the world throw at me?

Kim flashed with anger. 'This isn't a joke Ron! They'll chase you to the ends of the earth, no matter how long it takes, no matter what it takes. And you won't get off easy like Drakken. They want you to pay for everything that you did.'

Ron knew it wasn't a joke, so he gave her a no joke answer. 'I know. I've known that since I started. I think that was what I wanted in the beginning.'

Neither spoke for a moment. The silence ate away at Kim. She didn't know what to say but the void of sound needed to be filled.

'So what are you going to now?'

'Disappear. Disappear, do what can to atone, maybe return if the world ever needs me.'

World sounded suspiciously like you to Kim.

'And if the world ever needs you?'

She was both frustrated and ecstatic when Ron smiled at her with his trademark goofy grin.

'I'll know. And warn Bonnie I'll be keeping a close eye on Hana.'

'I'm not she's going to like….'

'From a distance of course.'

'Of course. What will he be doing?'

Kim nodded toward Ron's second, the infamous Frugal Lucre.

'Francis? Oh, I offered to help him make a name for himself as a villain. Reach that converted number one on the wanted list,' Kim scrolled, 'He turned me down. Said he was happy with number two. Not as much glory but he likes how things turned out.'

'That's good to know. I suppose.'

'Though, now that Shawn's out of the way, he did want to know if Bonnie's in the market for a new arch foe. He said she can play good cop bad/bad cop with him anytime.'

Ron suspected Bonnie was listening in to the conversation through electronic means or otherwise. He got his confirmation when Bonnie stopped intensely fiercely glowering at him and started fiercely glowering at Francis.

Francis slung the plasma rifle over his shoulder and used his free hand to run some saliva through his hair. The courting gesture disgusted Bonnie.

'This doesn't seem like the way it should end!'

Kim blurted it out before Ron could turn away and walk out of life. She didn't know what it meant, but she knew it was right. This wasn't how it was meant to end.

'You didn't expect a happy ending did you?'

'You don't think this is a happy ending?'

Ron shrugged. 'My happy ending was to rule the world. I don't know what you wanted.'

'I wanted more than this.'

'Kim. There is no such thing as a happy ending because nothing ends.'

Ron rolled up his sleeve, stepping up close to Kim. He removed a multicoloured cotton bracelet and placed it on Kim's wrist.

'A little girl called Kimi, pronounced Kee-mee, she gave this to me. Named after you actually, the name means righteous child and she who is without equal in Japanese. Or at least that's what she said. I don't really have a clue.'

'This bracelet got me through some rough times in the last three months. It helped me remember who I was and what I need to do now. Maybe it can do the same for you.'

Kim didn't know what to make of this. Just blinked and said, 'Please and thank you.'

'Look after that. I need to return it to the owner in ten years or so. Oh, tell Yori she has to marry Felix and their first daughter has to be named Kimi. And if she's going to teach her daughter how to pick a lock than don't be surprised if she uses that skill to get into trouble or help random blue skinned people break into café's. Oh, and don't let her near your neck, she'll drop you in ten. You let her at your neck you're at her mercy.'

Now Kim really didn't know what to say. She hoped Bonnie understood better.

'You know, the first time I saw you action I knew you would save you're worst enemy. And you did. Forgive me?' He asked.

'Yes. Forgive me?'

'Duh.'

'Forgive Bonnie?'

'I'm working on it.'

They each burst out laughing. They couldn't hold it in if they tried.

Finally Ron took a deep breath and looked deep into her green eyes. 'Goodbye for now Kim Possible.'

'Goodbye Ron.'

For the second time in her life Kim watched Ron Stoppable leave her life, her relationship with him forever changed. Like the first time there was hurt, but a different kind of hurt. A good hurt. The hurt that came from missing someone instead of loosing touch with them entirely.

They would see each other again.

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Author's Note: Not the ending people reckoned on I think. Truth is when I started Dark Reign I knew there was no such thing as a happy ending. Kim was not going to fall into Ron's arms and Ron was not going to be forgiven by the world. It doesn't work like that. The best he could hope for was to be forgiven by Kim.

I also wanted to leave the story open so you could make up your own darn minds abut what happens next.

Sequel: People have asked and I answer… I have no idea. With Smartymart and Dark Reign everything fell into place without effort. Scenes flashed in my head and I connected the dots. This epilogue and the Tempus chapter were the two biggest dots for Reign for example.

Still, I've given it some thought. Here's what I have in mind:

It would clearly have to involve Hana and probably Kimi.

- Camille Leon pulling crimes by impersonating Zorpox. She is finally caught by and joins Ron and Francis.

- Drakken would be a very popular and somehow important figure, probably with the help of Martain Smarty. I'm not sure if he could make President with his record but you get the idea.

- Bonnie would have left the world saving business to have a normal job in Middleton. Her relationship with the Stoppables would be close.

- Kim would be Director of GJ and with the supposed priority of hunting down Zorpox the Conqueror. Her life will become increasingly complicated as Ron brazenly walks into a GJ Social Function and asks her dance.

- Shawn may make a cameo as a reformed person but will not play a major role in the story. He had his chance. Also steering clear of Aliens!

- New villain would have to target Hana. I'm considering Bonnie's sisters, Connie and Lonnie; heads of a global financial empire. Also considering Drakken.

My immediate plan is begin work on far overdue 'Kim Possible Movie' project starting with Drakken's Demise. I'm toying with a new 'trailer' to renew interest. Between Demise and its sequels it may be some time before I return to Kay & Bee: Team Possible. Still, if you have any ideas give us a shout.