Something fresh and new, so I hope y'all like…
Discliamer: As usual, I don't own any of the characters directly involved with the Kim Possible show. However, I have created a couple of new Originals for this… adventure?
Chapter 1
The day started like any other day at Middleton High, or so it seemed, until a sudden thunderstorm rolled in. Dark heavy clouds moved in just as the students arrived in the morning, and just as the last student entered the building, thunder boomed and lightening flashed.
After this initial light and sound show, the thunder suddenly subsided to a distant rumble, which was interspersed with the occasional flash of lightning, and a rain started that was hard to describe. It was more than a drizzle, but yet less than a downpour.
The students went on to their first classes as usual, but the strangeness first occurred as the two seniors Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable went to their second class, which was Biology.
Mr. Barkin stood in front of the classroom next to his desk at attention while the students filed in. After they all took their seats, Steve Barkin counted down on his watch until the bell rang to signify that the students were now his for the next hour.
"Students…" the multi-purpose teacher boomed, "We have a new teacher for you today, and they will be here for the remainder of this school year. They are a part of a Teacher Exchange program that we have with our Sister Schools in other countries."
"Like the Student Exchange program when I went to Japan?" Ron asked as he held his hand up.
Mr Barkin narrowed an eye at young Mister Stoppable before answering. "Humph… yes Stoppable, like that." He then looked towards the classroom door and spoke a bit louder. "You may now enter."
In walked a striking older gentleman, who seemed to be in his late 40's or early 50's. His hair was dark, yet speckled with a few grays, and it was a clean short cut. He wore a dark gray double-breasted suit with a dark red tie and a lighter gray shirt underneath. He walked with a sense of authority over next to Mr. Barkin.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is Dr. Eugene Franken." Almost immediately a flash of lightening was seen which was immediately followed by a loud crash of thunder. Just about every student in the room flinched at the bright light and sound. "He studied in Britain where he quickly attained his doctorate in Advanced Biology. He will be your teacher for the entire year, and I expect you to treat him as the professional that he is."
"Thank-you Mr. Barkin." The man said with just a hint of an accent. "I will take your leave." He gave the Middleton High teacher a bow of his head, and Mr. Barkin left the room.
"OK students…" the new teacher started, "Let's find out just where everyone is in their knowledge of biology, shall we? First off… Does anyone know what the field of Exocrinology is?"
For the rest of the class, Dr. Franken continued to ask questions of Middleton High's seniors in an effort to get a baseline of the students knowledge. Towards the end of the class, he asked one final question. "The final question for you is, what is a Limbic System?" All other questions during the class at least one or two students would raise a hand and either get the answer right, or at least partially right. For this one, no one raised a hand.
"Ah… finally. One that no one knows. The Limbic System is a ring of interconnected structures in the midline of the brain around the hypothalamus, involved with emotion and memory and with homeostatic regulatory systems." There were a few nods of understanding.
Then Dr. Franken looked at the one student in the room that had never raised his hand at all during his questioning. "Young man, what is your name?"
"Uhh… umm… Stop Ronable… I… I mean Ron Stoppable, sir." Kim noticed that her boyfriend seemed a bit nervous.
"Well Mr. Stoppable, may I ask why I never saw your hand raised once during this entire time?"
Ron fidgeted even more in his seat. "Umm… sir?"
"Do I make you nervous, Son?" Instead of a verbal answer, all Ron did was nod his head.
Dr. Franken went behind his desk and rolled the chair around to just in front of Ron. He sat down and crossed his legs, looking less imposing. "Is this better? I've been told I can be a bit… over bearing. So can you tell me now why you never raised your hand?"
"I…" Ron swallowed a bit, and he noticeably relaxed some. "I had no idea what you were asking, sir. I had never heard of those words or phrases before."
"Then why are you here?" Ron looked over at his girlfriend who smiled, and seemed to encourage him to answer truthfully.
"Well… I want to learn, sir."
Dr. Franken stood up and began pushing the chair behind his desk while talking. "The young man wants to learn. That,,. class… is the best answer I've heard all day." Everyone immediately had looks of confusion. "All of you were eager to display your knowledge, and in fact, I noticed a couple of you who were trying to best the other with your answers." He looked directly at Kim, and then to Bonnie.
The teacher continued. "One more question, class… and I would like you all to answer at once since I believe that everyone should know the answer. So… why are you here?"
Every student in the class spoke loudly, and in unison, "To learn."
…x x x x…
The next class for Kim and Ron was Physics. The reason for these harder classes was that Kim wanted to take the higher credited courses so she could start college with a higher SAT and Entrance Exam scores. As for Ron, Kim talked her boyfriend into taking the courses with her. She hoped that the courses would ready him for college as well, and if he could get C's and B's, for grades, that would be a plus.
As they entered the classroom for Physics, Mr. Barkin was once again standing at attention next to the desk. All the students sat down, and once again he counted down on his watch to the bell.
Being as punctual as always, Mr. Barkin then started. "For those of you who were not in the Biology class earlier, I would like to announce that we are currently in a Teacher Exchange program with other countries. The Biology class had the first Exchange Teacher, and this is the second." He then looked towards the closed door and loudly said, "You may now enter."
It was eerily similar to the previous class, and the two heroes that sat in the front row glanced at each other and raised their shoulders in apparent confusion.
In walked a striking looking woman. She appeared to be in her mid to late 40's, and she had her dark hair pulled up in to a tight bun on the back of her head. Black rimmed glasses adorned her face, and she wore a long charcoal skirt suit, which had pinstripes. The shirt underneath was a lighter gray, which buttoned up all the way to her neck. She also had on dark pantyhose, which ended at equally dark low-heeled practical shoes.
After she walked over to stand next to Mr. Barkin, the jack-of-all-trades teacher introduced her. "Class, this is Professor Elizabeth Stein." Just as Mr. Barkin said her name, another bright flash of lightening lit up the room, and again the boom of thunder immediately followed it. The usual students cringed at the light and sound.
"The Professor here attained her advanced degrees in physics from a major university in… where was it again Ma'am?"
Professor Stein answered with a unique accent, almost sounding like German. "Yugoslavia, Mister Barkin." The teacher nodded his head in understanding. "Now if you don't mind, I can take things over from here."
With that said, Mr. Barkin left the room. After he closed the door, Steve immediately started to feel sorry for the students. This woman seemed even more strict than him.
Meanwhile, back in the class, Professor Stein started out almost exactly as the other teacher had.
"Class… I vould like to ask a few qvestions to get a feel for your knowledge level of physics. First off, who knows vhat zhe Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle is?"
For the next hour, Professor Stein was almost exactly like the previous teacher in Biology, as she asked a number of questions. She would get at least one, if not, two hands raised on every question until her last question of the day.
"My final qvestion for zhe day is, vhat is Schrödingers cat?"
Actually… one hand rose in the back. "Umm… a cat?"
Professor Stein's eyes took on an almost menacing look as they glared at the smart aleck. "Nein. You vil see me after class, Mr. … " An eyebrow raised in question.
"Umm… you can call me Vinny."
"Vhel… Mister… Vinny? Is it? You just earned thirty extra minutes of my time." The young man visibly slumped.
Kim leaned over in her chair towards Ron and whispered, "Who is Vinny?"
"D-Hall bully." Was the short answer from her boyfriend.
"Vould you two like time vith me as vhel?" Professor Stein asked as she was now looking directly at Kim and Ron.
"No Ma'am. Sorry." The two students answered in perfect unison. Her eyes narrowed again, wondering if she had a two more troublemakers.
"Back to my last qvestion. Schrödinger's cat is about a cat, a flask of poison, and a radioactive source zhat are placed in a sealed box. If an internal monitor detects radioactivity, such as a single atom decaying, zhe flask is shattered, releasing zhe poison that kills zhe cat. Zhe Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics implies that after a vhile, zhe cat is simultaneously both alive and dead. Yet, vhen one looks in the box and observes… zhe mere act of observing, one sees the cat as either alive or dead, not both alive and dead. Zhis poses the qvestion of vhen exactly quantum superposition ends and reality collapses into one possibility or zhe other."
Kim raised her hand. "So this is just like what the Heisenberg Principle is saying? The result of an event or even the existence of something is not known until it is observed, therefore, the act of observing can change what is being observed?"
Both of the professor's eyes went up in surprise. "Very good, Miss Possible. You have made a good… observation. Vhen one observes, one gains knowledge. Vhen one gains knowledge, one learns. So class, my last qvestion to you… vhat are vee here for?"
The entire class answered in unison, "To Learn." After the class bell rang, signifying the students could leave, Vinny stayed while the rest left.
As Kim and Ron walked to their respective lockers to retrieve books for their next class, the blond boy turned to his girlfriend. "OK, that was wwaayyy freaky! How could both of those teachers have the same exact teaching style!? Something is up with those two."
"What do you mean Ron?" Kim asked as they pulled books and binders from their respective lockers.
"I'm not quite sure Kim, but something tells me this Dr. Franken and Professor Stein are a couple of 'Bad Roads'."
To be continued…
Whoo Hoo! New story and new characters! Seems like I haven't done this in a while. Let me say though that it might be a little bit between updates, as I still have another story in progress, as well as working on the Fannies.
Note: I'm trying to write this like an old "B" style science fiction movie, so I hope it works out…