Finally I've gotten to the second and last chapter of this story. Sorry it took so long…

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Chapter 2

Previously on "Thin Ice"…

The two officers who had arrived on the scene and shot the safety line out to the two teens were shocked when all three plunged through the ice. They had tied their end off on the police cruiser's push-bar, which was mounted on the front of the vehicle.

"Their all as good as dead." One officer solemnly said to the other, and the two lowered their heads in sorrow.

…x x x x…

It was only after a couple seconds that the officers realized they might actually have a chance of saving the two kids, and possibly even the dog.

"Charlie! Get on the horn and call Colorado Ice Rescue! They're on channel 42 I believe!" Andy quickly then took hold of the rope and gave a tug to see if it for sure was still attached to the kids, and he noticed that it did have tension. "Good… They might actually have a chance."

Then he felt a tug on the rope from the car's end. Charlie was going to back up and try to pull them out.

"Charlie! No! If you try to pull them out, the ice might cut the rope and then they're done for sure!" He was yelling all the while running around to the drivers door. The window was down, so Charlie had heard his partner's cries, and immediately put the vehicle back into park.

"Good call Andy. I wasn't thinking."

"That's alright. What's the ETA of CIR?" (Colorado Ice Rescue)

"They said less than 5 minutes. We're actually kind of close to one of their deployment stations." Charlie looked at his watch. "I would actually expect them to be here at any…" The sudden sound of helicopter blades beating the air assaulted their ears. "…second. Wow. And before we even thought about using the Ice Sled we have in the trunk."

The two officers watched as the helicopter immediately flew over to where the ice had broken and hovered. A rope ladder dropped down and someone dressed in a bright yellow body suit started to descend the ladder with what looked like a rope or cable in they're hand.

Both officers gasped as this individual dropped down into the hole where the ice had broken. "Man, I could NEVER do something like that…" Charlie muttered under his breath.

After less than a minute, they could see an arm of the guy in yellow wave from the water, and the helicopter immediately started to slowly lift. Both Charlie and Andy stood with mouths open in awe and wonder as the helicopter slowly pulled the man in yellow, and what looked like a tight bundle consisting of two teens and a dog, clear of the frigid ice and water. Water ran off the mass of humanity and animal like a miniature waterfall.

The helicopter then quickly flew back to the parking lot and gently lowered so the man in yellow hit the ground first, then continued down while the guy in yellow helped to ease the tightly packed bundle of teens and animal to the ground. He unhooked the cable and started to check them over while the helicopter landed about 50 feet away from the ground vehicles.

After landing, two others from the helicopter rushed out with a gurney and other equipment, and ran past the officers. "Let's go watch." Charlie said, and the officers jogged over and quietly observed while staying out of the way of CIR.

"They're breathing, but barely." One rescuer said. "Respiration's are only about 10 per minute."

"Damn…" Another said. "Pulse on both kids is only about 15, and BP is almost non-existent!

"Can you separate them?" The third asked as he started to ready the stretcher.

One rescuer started to pull the hand of Ron away from Kim, and suddenly his arm tightened around Kim like a vice. "What the… Help me out here."

Two rescuers then tried to pull Ron's arms away from Kim, and he wouldn't budge. "Looks like we'll have to transport them to the hospital this way. What about the dog?"

"Every time I tried to remove the girl's hand from the dog, her arm tightened up as well, just like the boys." All three scratched their heads for a short moment, and then they decided to just lift all three onto the gurney.

It took a little bit, but they were able to strap the bundle of teens and dog to the gurney so they wouldn't fall off. Slowly but yet urgently they wheeled the gurney back to the helicopter, all while being watched by the officers.

"I hope they're going to be OK." Andy said. "That girl looked a lot like Kim Possible. Not sure who the blond kid was, though."

…x x x x…

The helicopter flight to Middleton General took less than 10 minutes, and just as they landed a red headed doctor was waiting with a staff of about 3 people at the edge of the landing pad. While the blades were still winding down, the rescue squad unloaded the gurney.

Anne and her entourage ran up to the rescue squad to see what the situation was. "How are they doing?" Anne said loudly over the engine that was still winding down.

"We had to transport them in this manner as we couldn't separate them." One rescue member said, and a couple of the nurses that were with Anne immediately tried to do the same.

"Don't you DARE separate them!" Anne said heatedly, making the two inexperienced nurses jump back. "Take all three to room 12… Stat!"

Anne ran alongside the gurney checking pulses while the third nurse pushed. The other two nurses glanced at each other with puzzled looks on their faces. "Did you notice anything weird while we tried to pull them apart?" One said to the other.

"Yeah… Those kids weren't even cold!"

…x x x x…

Still clutched to each other, Kim, Ron, and the dog were placed on a large bed in room 12, and covered with a light blanket. Anne immediately placed a restriction that only her and a nurse of her own choosing could enter the room at any time. She actually went as far as to put a guard on the door to enforce her rules.

Anne was standing beside the bed looking at all three of her patients along with her most experienced nurse at her side.

"Dr. Possible?" Allison said, "Why can't we separate them?"

Anne breathed out. "When Wade called me and told me what happened, I feared the worst. When Kim and Ron were taken off the rescue helicopter and I saw them, something told me that everything was going to be all right. Don't ask me how I know for sure, but when I saw the way Ron was holding onto Kim, I just knew that they shouldn't be separated."

"Conservation of body heat?" Allison queried.

"Something tells me it's more than that." Anne then turned to her most experienced nurse. "Did you notice anything strange when we took vitals?"

"Their BP, pulse, and respiration's were what to be expected, but…"

"Their body temperature…" Anne said, and Allison nodded. "In fact, I almost expect them to…"

Just as Anne spoke, they saw movement coming from the teens. First it was one of Ron's hands, then the other. Then they heard all three take in deep breaths of air. Anne and Allison were quickly at the side of the bed taking new sets of vitals.

"Pulse rates are approaching normal!" Allison said excitedly. "BP's are on the rise too! This is… Amazing…"

"Mmm… Mom?" Kim drawled out and fluttered her eyes open.

"You're going to be OK Kimmie." Anne said placing a hand on her daughter. "Everything is going to be all right."

Anne and Allison were then able to gently separate Kim, Ron and the dog from each other. Blue tendrils of energy danced between each of their bodies and then dispersed as they were separated, almost like residual electricity would react when separating charged components. The bed was large enough to temporarily hold both Kim and Ron, and Allison gently set the dog onto the floor where a blanket had been coiled for when this situation occurred.

Kim ended up lying on the side of the bed closest to Anne. She looked up at her mom with tired and questioning eyes. "Ron is fine Dear. Your dog is sleeping and should be OK as well. We'll call a vet to come and get him in the morning."

A smile crossed Kim's tired features and she nodded off to sleep, knowing that Ron, her and dog would all be OK.

…x x x x…

The next morning the local vet came and picked up the Labrador. He walked right into the room since the guard was now removed, and the first thing he did was check for any tags on the collar. When he didn't see one, he took out an electronic scanner and checked to see if the dog had been chipped. Sure enough it was, and he actually knew the owners.

Anne and Allison arrived in the room about 15 minutes later.

"Oh good." Anne said. "Looks like Dr. Troshynski came and picked our four-legged friend up. He's one of the best Vet's in the entire Tri-State area, so I'm sure he will take good care of that dog." Dr. Possible then stepped over to Kim and Ron's bedside to check on them. Allison was just pulling the blanket up further on the teens' bodies.

Kim's eyes fluttered open and she stretched her arms over her head. "Morning Honey." Anne said.

"Morning Mom." Kim quietly sat up and then looked over at Ron, who was still Sound Asleep. Without looking at her mom she then said, "He did it again, Mom."

"What's that Kim?" Anne asked, while placing a hand on her daughter's shoulder.

"He saved my life." Anne wasn't sure how to reply, except with a smile. She had known Ron for almost his entire life, and she knew for a fact that this boy would protect her daughter from almost anything that might come around. Even from her self, if and when needed.

"It… it was… all my fault. I… overreacted. I thought he was going to…" Kim then stopped her train of thought, as she and Ron had not told either of their parent's that they were planning on getting married after college. They wanted it to be a surprise.

"It's OK Dear. You're all fine, and the dog is being taken care of at Dr. Troshynsky's office. Though it seems that you have some explaining to do to your bed partner when he wakes up." When Anne indicated Ron lying beside her, Kim blushed a bright red. "It's OK, I know you two better than you know yourselves, and I trust you."

"sscrratttctd… smack smack…" Came from next to Kim.

"I think Ron is waking up." Anne said with a smirk and turned to her nurse once again. "Let's go Allison, so these kids can have a little private time to talk."

"Thanks Mom." Kim said and watched her mother and the nurse leave the room. She then looked over at Ron who was now stretching his arms over his head, not unlike Kim had done earlier, and she looked into his baby-brown eyes as soon as they opened. "Good Morning sleepy head."

A smile crossed Ron's features as he rubbed the side of his face. "Hey Kim… Looks like we made it."

"Thanks all to you. Again…" Kim then lowered her gaze as Ron sat up. Kim then took a deep breath and said, "Ron… I'm sorry."

"For what?" Ron said with his trademark naivetes.

"For… assuming the wrong thing… again." She then looked back into the eyes of her boyfriend. "You weren't going to ask me to marry you, were you?"

"No." Ron said, barely above a whisper.

"And then I run off and almost get myself killed for running out onto thin ice…"

"Or dancing…" Ron said with an odd smile on his face.

"… and trying to save a dog." Then Kim realized what Ron said, and narrowed her brow in confusion. "What did you just say?"

"You… just reminded me of an old saying my dad used to say. 'If you're going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance'. This saying used to confuse me at the time, but now I think I understand."

"Ron Stoppable, you're weirding me out here…" Kim said as she looked at her boyfriend from the corner of her eyes.

"You knew the ice was thin, didn't you?" Ron said.

"I… wasn't sure…"

"And you still went out to rescue the dog anyway, didn't you?" Ron continued.

"Well yeah… but I couldn't just…"

"You took the chance, even though you knew you were putting your own life in danger. You do that all the time Kim… and that's one of the reasons that I love you. You always put the safety of others before yourself." Kim started to say something else, but Ron silenced her by raising a hand. "Kim… stop chastising yourself for what comes natural for you."

"Oh Ron… " Kim said and took her boyfriend into a tight hug. "When did you get so… insightful?" All Ron did was respond with an almost knowing chuckle.

He then pulled out of hug and looked into Kim's eyes saying, "So Kim… How would you like to dance on that ice together?" She returned Ron's look with one of minor skepticism. "I don't know how thick the ice really is, but I'd like to be there with you."

"What are you talking…" Kim started to say.

Ron then reached into his pocket since they were still in the clothes that they had on when they had fallen through the ice. Neither of them even thought about how they had dried out so quickly.

Ron pulled out the small black velvet bag he had earlier, and before Kim could say anything he took her hand, held it palm up, and dumped the contents into it. A gasp escaped from Kim's lips.

"Kimberly Anne Possible? Would you like to live with me?" Kim just looked into Ron's eyes, and nodded her head slowly.

Tears started to fall from her cheeks as a smile started on her lips, and grew into a full-blown toothy grin. "Yes Ron… Oh yes. I would love to live with you." She sniffed back some of her tears and pulled Ron into a hug, but not before placing a loving kiss on his lips. "I will dance with you… And if that ice breaks, I'll never let go."

The End…

I found the saying "If you're going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance", and this story kind of grew from there. According to what I found, it's an anonymous saying, but it seems to have originated in Poland.

Yay! Now all I have left for stories in progress is "BioniKim"! Whoo Hoo!

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