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Josh Mankey ran across one of the many skyscrapers that made the skyline of Los Angeles California before leaping a fifty-foot gap between two buildings with a flip-jump. To say he enjoyed the perks of being freed in the Matrix would be an understatement. "I love this place!" Josh laughed as he looked over the city. "If only Kim …" He sighed.

Why did Morpheus and the Nebuchadnezzar II have to be the ones to free his on again off again girlfriend Kim Possible from the Matrix? Who knows the fun Josh could have had teaching Kim how things worked in the Matrix. Josh chuckled at the thought.

He then shook his head. The girl always had an eye for popular and powerful guys, and now it was all over the fleet that the newly freed Kim Possible was now the lover to the One. Everyone from Middleton who knew anything of Kim would realize she'd go straight for the powerhouse. And who would have thought that the One would end up being Ron Stoppable, the biggest goofball Josh had the misfortune of ever meeting.

"Humph, you'd think the One would be someone who actually could use the power for something other then losing his own pants in mid-fight, unlike this goofball," Josh half complained half laughed.

Josh's cell phone suddenly started ringing, bringing the teenager out of his thoughts. "Talk to me," Josh said smoothly, answering the phone.

"Ok, cutie," Livewire, the Operator of the Leviticus, the ship Josh served on, spoke flirtily from the other line, "The Cap said we're about to head back to Neo Zion so it's time to come out. You've got an exit four blocks east of your current location, apartment 13C."

"Alright, Live, on the way," He said putting away his cell and starting to make his way toward the exit, not knowing he was being watched closely. 

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"Apartment 13C," Josh read the door before opening door and walked casually toward the ringing black phone on the wall.

"Hello, Monkey, it has been … some time," a sinister voice called from the shadows before he could touch the phone.

"Huh? Who's there?" Josh asked going on the defensive.

"Just an old friend," the voice spoke. "But then again, we never were really friends. You only really thought of me as a stepping stone to get in KP's cargo pants."

"Stoppable? Is that you?" Josh smiled, somewhat relieved.

"Yes … and no," the person said as he walked out of the shadows, revealing a man in an Agent's three-piece suit. He was a middle-aged man, with dark, dirty blonde hair slicked back, and his eyes were hidden behind dark rectangular sunglasses. "You could say I'm something more."

"Who-" Josh started to ask, but was cut off by the man stabbing his fingers into his chest.

"I am Mr. Stoppable," Smith smiled evilly as Josh was quickly enveloped in bubbly black liquid. "But now I'm also you, Mr. Mankey." A moment later Josh was replaced by an exact copy of Smith.

"Indeed you are," Smith-Josh nodded, before Smith walked up to adjust his coat and tie. "Shall we try again?"

"Yes we shall." Smith said as Smith-Josh smirked and reached for the ringing phone.

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Ron opened his eyes and jumped to a seated position, sweat covering his face. "Josh?" he rubbed his face and brushed his slightly shaggy blond bangs from his face. "Freaky dreams … gotta love them huh, KP?" He asked looking over to the other side of his queen-sized bed, only to find it half-made and empty. "Kim?"

"Oh boy …" he sighed, narrowing his eyes slightly.

Ron then quickly climbed out of bed and got dressed. He exited his and Kim's quarters and made his way to the central chamber of the Nebuchadnezzar II. "Kim's in trouble," Ron stated making Link, who was seated at the operator station, jump nearly out of his chair.

"Jesus Christ!" Link cried, turning to glare at the teen, "You scared the shit out of me!"

"Sorry, but like I said, Kim's in trouble," Ron stated, walking over to his girlfriend Kim Possible's chair. He gently ran his fingers through her short red hair that came down to the mid of her neck.

"How did you … nevermind, I know, I forget the all mighty 'Jedi Mind Trick'," Link smirked, "She's fighting some guy with a corrupted code at Camp Wannaweep."

"Camp W-Wannaweep?" Ron visibly flinched, before shaking it off. "Ok, I'm going in."

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Kim cartwheeled away from the freakish half-man, half-fish mutant villain known as Gill. "Too fast for you, fish face?" Kim asked, dodging another wad of slime spit from the mutant's mouth. "Now why don't you be a good little freak and let those hikers go?" she asked, nodding toward the group of teenagers slimed to various trees.

"Sorry, but they aren't going anywhere and neither are you!" Gill growled, spitting at Kim again, this time attaching Kim's arm to a tree with the ooze.

Kim pulled and tugged on her arm, but it was firmly attached. Gill then spit another wad of slime on her other hand attaching it over her arm, "Hmm, is that real leather?" Gill asked reaching toward Kim's trench coat and skintight leather top.

"Touch me, and that fin will never touch anything else ever again …" Kim hissed, before kicking the fishman in the gut, sending him spiraling backwards.

"Feisty as ever, huh Kimmie?" Gill chuckled. "If you won't keep that pretty mouth shut, my slime will do it for you."

Gill then fired another wad of slime toward the girl but -unlike the others- this one stopped in mid air.

"What the?" Gill blanched as the slime shot back at neck break speed, and hit the mutant square in the face.

He clawed the slime from his face. "What? Who did that?" He asked angrily looking up.

"Hey slime boy, up here," a voice called from above him. Gill glanced up and gawked at Ron who was 'standing' in the air above him, with his arms folded across his chest, and his trench coat dramatically blowing behind him.

Ron slowly lowered to the ground and Gill could see his own shocked expression in Ron's dark sunglasses.

"You always get better things then me!" Gill whined, "First cheerleaders all over you, now cooler powers? It's just not fair!" 

Ron rolled his eyes, "Trust me, these cooler powers' price tag is a bit too much for me anyway, if I could give them to you, I would," He then held out his hand, "Might as well get rid of one of the trouble makers, what do you say, KP?"

"Ron! Don't kill him!" Kim gasped, watching as Gill turned a darker shade of green and dropped to the ground crying out in pain.

Kim then looked away. Even with her sunglasses the bright flash that came from Gill was blinding. "Ron … how …" she started, turning back to face him, but her eyes widened at the sight before her.

Ron was kneeling beside an unconscious teenaged human boy around Ron's age, and was wrapping his trench coat around his limp shoulders. 

"He might still be trouble," Ron said turning to the still tied up Kim, "But at least be able spit up on people like he used to."

"You never cease to amaze me, Ron," Kim sighed before smiling sheepishly. "Think you can get me loose now?"

"You ran off and left me," Ron said smugly, crossing his arms across his chest.  

"But you were so cute sleeping there, I couldn't bear to disturb you …" Kim explained over-dramatically, "so please get me off the tree."

"Nope, not going to do it," Ron said, turning his back on his girlfriend.

"Please, Ron," Kim whined, giving a few fake sniffles. 

"No." Ron said flatly, not looking back, "And it won't work."

"I thought you loved me …" Kim whimpered sadly.

"Oh come on you know I … oh I am so stupid …" Ron sighed, spinning around to see Kim's big green eyes and her lower lip stuck out in her trademark 'puppy dog pout'. "I so hate that pout …"

Ron sighed louder and walked over to her. Kim watched in awe as Ron's hands passed through the slime that bound her and he pulled her hands free as if the slime wasn't there. "That wasn't far …" Ron pouted himself as his glasses slid down his nose.  

"All's far in love and war, Babe," Kim said, pushing Ron's sunglasses back on his face with her forefinger. "Besides …" She purred, leaning against him, "I'll just have to make it up to you later tonight, hmm?"

"Think you can get the hostages freed on your own, KP?" Ron asked, looking toward the unconscious hikers.

"Yeah I can, but why can't you free them?" Kim asked looking up to her boyfriend, "You probably could get them loose easier then me …"

"I've gotta go, Kim," Ron said seriously, "I've … got to meet someone to ask a few questions."

"Oh … ok, can I come with?" Kim looking away, before spinning back around with a smile. "Ron?" She asked now noticing she was alone.

"Is it still bothering you, Ron?" Kim asked sadly.

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"Good morning, Link," Morpheus said, walking into the chamber.

"Good morning sir," Link replied, not taking his eyes off the monitors.

"Those two are off to an early start, did they get a call from Wade again?" Morpheus asked pulling up a chair beside Link.

"Kim did, she didn't want to wake up Ron, so she went it alone," Link explained, "But you know Ron …"

"Went in short while later when she found herself in danger," Morpheus nodded, "His senses are astounding, he's already surpassed Neo easily." 

"Yeah, oh that's Kim," Link said, punching in a few commands, "I'll put it on speaker … Operator?"

"Hey, this is Angel. Can I get an exit somewhere in the area maybe?" Kim's voice sounded, referring to herself by the codename Ron and Morpheus gave her.

"Roger that, Angel. old farm house, a third of a mile north by north east, can't miss it," Link replied.

"Must I remind you the dangers of going into the Matrix alone, Angel?" Morpheus scolded.

"So not the drama, Morph … err … Sir," Kim replied confidently. "Besides Ron …uh Neo destroyed the Agents, remember?"

"There are other dangers in the Matrix besides the Agents, you realize."  Morpheus nodded.

"Speaking of R-Neo, where is he now?" Kim asked.

"Hold on, I'm looking …" Link said, as he typed at the controls, "He's over New York doing his Superman Thing."

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The clouds parted as Ron soared over New York City. He finally spotted the apartment building he was looking for and quickly brought himself down to its rooftop.

Ron made his way down into the building and down a long graffiti covered hallway. He then took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

"Hey, Ron," Wade said as he opened the door, "Mom's been expecting you."

Ron walked in and looked over to the coffee table where Seraph and Sati were playing chess, "Ronnie boy, good to see you again, kid!" The Oracle said cheerfully walking into the kitchen, "You're late, I figured you'd come right after what Merve told you, but no you have to be a man and try to ignore the fact that you're scared almost to the point of shitting your pants." 

Oracle waved it off, and signaled for him to come into the kitchen, "Have a seat, while I pull the cookies out of the oven."

"Cookies?" Ron asked, perking up.

"Chocolate chip, peanut butter, and raisins," Oracle chimed, "your favorite!" 

Ron eyed the plate of cookies hungrily. He hadn't realized until that moment how ravenous he was.

"Ok, dig in," Oracle smiled, placing a plate of cookies in front of Ron, barely getting her hands out of the way, "Eat the cookies, kid, not me!"

Ron had the decency to look abashed. "Fowwy" he mumbled around a mouthful of cookie.

"Ok, now are you going to ask me your questions?" Oracle asked, sitting down across from the boy and lighting a cigarette.

"Why should I ask?" Ron asked after swallowing a cookie whole. "You already know what I'm going to ask right?"

"Humor me."

"Merovingian told me six months ago, when we met for the second time," Ron said nervously. "He said that I would be gone in seven months, just like the others. Am I going to d-die soon? As in the … next month?"

"Well, Kiddo, you humans are really hard to predict …" Oracle said, avoiding eye contact with the worried teen. 

"You've known everything else … you must know …" Ron gulped. "Please, I don't care if it's bad news, I want to be ready."

"Ronald, no one is promised another day, not even me," Oracle said taking his hand.

"I'm going to die in a month … aren't I?" Ron gulped, tears appearing at the corners of his eyes.

"No …" She said before taking a really deep breath, "Three weeks, two days, five hours, six minutes … seven seconds."

"I wish you didn't tell me that …" Ron said, placing his face in his hands, feeling very ill at the moment.

"I'm sorry, Ron, but you asked," Oracle smiled weakly, "But to tell you the truth you are meant to know, probably one of the few people in this world that really are. You've got a hard battle to fight before your time's up. One you have to win not with your powers, but with words."

"Kim? What's going to happen to Kim?" Ron asked, looking up, ignoring her words. "Is she going to be ok?"

"Kimberly? Well … your death's going to hurt her horribly, damn near break her," Oracle informed, "But she'll live. Not long after your passing, she'll get back with the love of her life, have a kid, live to be a grandma, and die a happy, content, fulfilled woman." 

"Oh …" Ron said, a small sad smile on his lips, "If she's happy then it's all good …" He said, sticking his chest out slightly.

"You humans are funny creatures indeed," Oracle mused, "There aren't any other creatures on the face of the earth past or present that make such bonds as you humans do. Sure there are exceptions, lots of them even, but when it comes to true absolute love, it's there from the start and nothing can stand in its way, not even death. Kim loves you, Ron, with everything she's got. Remember that, don't let what anyone says to you, or even do to you make you second-guess that. And if she has to she'd face the devil himself to stay by your side. That says a lot. That says a lot about both of you."   

Ron gave her a weak nod before standing up from the table. "I am so sorry, I wish just once to be able to give you good news, but … I guess that's how it goes, huh?" She then handed him one last cookie, "Here eat you one more, and then go home to your sweetheart. After a good afternoon nap in her arms I'm sure you'll feel right as rain!"

Ron started to go to the door, when Oracle stopped him one last time, "Ron, for all it's worth, I believe you can make a difference."

"Thanks …" Ron whispered before leaving the apartment.

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Ron's gasped as he woke in the Neb II's broadcast chamber, "What kept you? I was getting worried." he heard Kim from the side, and looked over to see his girlfriend's smiling face.

"I … it's nothing, nothing important anyway," Ron said forcing a fake smile.

"Are you sure?" Kim asked, narrowing her eyes.

"Yeah, just tired, KP," Ron faked a yawn.

"You've both had a busy morning," Morpheus stated, "It will be a few hours before we reach the surface and the atmospheric recovery plant. Go and rest, because we have a lot of work to do when we get there."

Kim and Ron nodded and silently made their way to their quarters.

As soon as they were both inside Ron sealed the hatch, only to turn to a death glare that would have scared an Agent. "Um … what's up, KP?"

"Don't 'what's up, KP' me, Ronald," Kim drilled, stalking closer, her red bangs bouncing with each heavy, menacing step, "Are you going to tell me what's bothering you, or do I have to beat it out of you?"

"I honestly have no idea what you're talking about …" Ron gulped, feeling as though her green eyes were digging into his own for his secret.

"We just made a long walk from the broadcast chamber to here, that's a three to four minute walk. And you were dead quiet," Kim pointed out, "You're NEVER quiet that long, especially just out of the Matrix."

Ron didn't say anything but looked away, hoping she'd let up.

"I know you went to the Oracle, but I don't understand why," Kim stated, "Is it because Merovingian's seven month thing?"

Ron snapped his head back to stare at her wide-eyed. "That is it, isn't it?" Kim gulped lightly, the color fading from her cheeks slightly. "Well, what did the Oracle tell you?"

"She said …" Ron gulped, searching for the words, "She said he was full of crap, KP. I'm going to be fine. Funny how we can get all tore up over nothing like that, huh?"

Kim answered by wrapping her arms tightly around him, pulling him into a firm embrace. "You never could lie to me, Ron," She whispered, snuggling into his chest.

"Guess not, Kimmie," Ron said, hugging her back, letting his fingers intertwine with her hair. He tried to suppress the pang of guilt that was pounding in his chest.

"If what the Merovingian said was true … we have a month left together, right?" Kim whispered, looking up into his eyes.

"They may be wrong," said Ron confidently, "They're both computer programs, a lot can happen in a months time, right? In a month and a day I will probably just fine, and we'll be sitting here laughing about it!" he said, giving his best goofy smile.

"Maybe you're right," Kim nodded, blushing slightly when Ron wiped the tear from her cheek, "but … just in case … I'm going to take advantage of every second I have with you … just in case …" she said, her voice lowering till it was just above a whisper, as their faces got closer and closer.

"Maybe that isn't such a bad idea," Ron whispered back, just before their lips met in what started out as a gentle kiss but quickly turned into one filled with desperation.

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Deep inside the Machines' City, Zero One Two, six cryogenic tubes, each holding a single human body, were slowly being removed from their containment area. Life support tubing and hoses and wires penetrated the frozen cylinders and were attached to various plugs and ports that adorned the six frozen bodies. All six were damaged in one way or another, some damaged to a point where reanimation would have resulted in immediate death without life support, while others had only minimal, non life-threatening injuries, including one with severely damaged eyes.

Alpha Reactivation Sequence: Online

Alpha Reanimation sequence: online

Alpha Life Support system: online

Alpha RSI Matrix Upload: Stand By

Alpha Unit One: Reanimation Sequence ETC: 21 days 9 hours 12 minutes

Alpha Unit Two: Reanimation Sequence ETC: 21 days 6 hours 2 minutes

Alpha Unit Three: Reanimation Sequence ETC: 21 days 2 hours 5 minutes

Alpha Unit Four: Reanimation Sequence ETC: 20 days 6 hours 14 minutes

Alpha Unit Five: Reanimation Sequence ETC: 20 days 1 hours 14 minutes

Alpha Unit Six: Reanimation Sequence ETC: 19 days 21 hours 3 minutes

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Ron jumped slightly in bed but couldn't move, let alone breathe very well. But before he could panic he glanced down and saw two slender arms holding him for all their worth. Kim was trembling slightly under their blankets, but she still held her content smile on her lips from their afternoon 'activities'. Ron leaned forward and laid a gentle kiss on her forehead, "Don't worry, KP," he whispered, holding her sleeping form tight, "As long as I'm able, I'll not leave you." And with that he closed his eyes and joined her in sleep

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Disclaimer: Kim Possible, Ron Stoppable, and Josh Mankey are owned by Disney. Morpheus, Link, Agent Smith, The Oracle, The Merovingian, Seraph, Sati, The Matrix and all related characters are owned by Warner Brothers