It's Not My Time

Chapter Five

It's Not My Time

Kim held Nana's hand. She understood the gravity of the question. If she chose to crossover then that was it. She would go to the afterlife and be with Nana and other family members she wished to meet; she hoped. It never really occurred to her that she had no idea what the afterlife would be like. However, if she decided not to go, she would stay on earth and forever roam the world. Eventually she might even become one of those restless spirits that attacked her. She calmly took a deep breath and answered.

"I'm sorry Nana, but I can't leave. I'm choosing to stay."

Nana's look had a bit of surprise on it, but not much. "Are you sure about that Kimberly?"

Kim nodded. "Yes, I am. I just don't feel right about this. Every time I try to move on something pulls me back. My life, the people I love. Mom, Dad, the tweebs, Monique, Ron, even Bonnie and Drakken. They all are keeping me here. I can't leave them behind.

Nana let go of Kim's hand and stood up. "But my dear you must understand what will happen if you stay on earth too long."

"Yes, I know. I'll become a restless spirit, but I won't let that happen. If I ever do find myself becoming like those things, then I'll destroy myself."

Nana shook her head. "You're making a mistake Kimmie. If you stay then yes you will get to stay with all the people you love, but eventually they will all die and you will be left alone. What will you do then?"

Kim couldn't believe Nana was so against her decision. She thought she would be supportive no matter what.

"I understand your concern Nana, but please trust me. I know what I'm doing. It is my choice."

"I know. It's just…I don't want you to get hurt."

"I'm touched that you care about me so much, but I've grown up. I'm not some little kid. I can make my own choices."

"Then this is your final decision?"

Kim nodded. "Yes."

Nana let out a sigh. "Then I'm sorry."

Nana put her hand up. A blue orb formed in her palm and shot out. It struck Kim in the chest and threw her back a couple feet.

"Nana, what are you doing?" Kim demanded holding her chest in pain. She tried to get up, but her legs were numb.

Nana started walking towards her and much to the teen's shock she began to change. Her face melted away and revealed a young woman with pale skin and stringy black hair that went down her shoulders. Nana's clothes also vanished and were replaced with a simple black dress.

Kim stuttered in shock. "W…Who are you?"

The woman looked down at her with a stony face. "I have no name, but humans have reffered to me as a…reaper."

Anne ran through the halls to Kim's room after her fear had been realized. She stopped by the pharmacy and found the cabinet that held the Ampichlorine unlocked and the drug gone. She talked to the nurse who gave her a perfect description of Ron. He had caused her to leave her post and allowed Rufus to get the drug. It was the only explanation.

Anne dialed her cell phone and waited for an answer.

"Security office, can I help you Dr. Possible?"

"Yes, I need you to meet me in patient room 26B. I'm afraid we have a problem."

She explained the situation to the guard. "We're on our way Dr. Possible. We'll meet you on the way." She clicked the phone off and pushed it back into her doctor's coat.

Anne didn't know what to think. Why would Ron do this? Was he so desperate for Kim to come back that her would risk her safety? It sure didn't sound like the Ron she knew and loved. The doctor just hoped that she could get there in time.

Ron speed walked to Kim's room with the drug that could bring her back to him. He had retrieved a hypodermic needle from a nurse's bag that had been left unopened and unattended. He would have to talk to Mrs. Dr. P about that.

Rufus sat in his pocket cradling the small bottle and needle. He wanted his best friend's girl companion back and he wanted his favorite human female back as well.

"A reaper?" Kim asked still unable to stand very well.

"Yes. I am a guide for the deceased of this world. I help the souls of humans cross to their afterlife."

Kim glared at the woman. "Where's Nana?"

The reaper stopped walking towards Kim. "She was never here."

"You impersonated my Nana? Why?!" Kim snapped.

"I apologize, but we reapers take on disguises to help the recently deceased. If you meet me in my current form, would you be as friendly to me? That is why we take on the form of someone the person trusted or loved very much. It's makes it easier."

"Easier to trick," Kim wobbled trying to stand, but after several tries finally stood up. Her chest still hurt, but she felt even worse that her Nana was never here and that she was impersonated by this woman. She had no right to do such a thing.

"I had no intention of deceiving you. I was merely helping you ease into your afterlife."

"By shooting me." Kim held her chest.

"I'm sorry for jumping the gun, but you decided not to crossover and that warrants destruction."

Kim was in shock.

"So if I choose not to crossover I get blown away instead?"

The reaper nodded. "Precisely."

Kim threw her arms up in the air. "Where is the logic in that?"

"Let me explain. When a person dies we help them go to their afterlife. You can only crossover willingly. Mostly everyone does, but sometimes others choose to stay no matter what. At first we allowed this. Me and my kind had no idea what would happen."

Kim heard the reaper say 'we.' That meant that there were more of them. She continued listening.

"The spirits became crazed and attacked anyone who got in their way. Human or spirit. We realized that this wouldn't do. So to remedy the problem, we made a new rule. If someone chose to no crossover then they would be erased from existence. It is much better than being a restless spirit."

Kim bristled. "Some people can fight that. I saw a boy who has lived for hundreds of years and he is perfectly fine," she said referring to Joel.

The dark-haired woman chuckled a little. "You mean me?"

Kim was taken aback when the reaper transformed into Joel. The boy smirked at her before changing back to the woman.

Kim narrowed her eyes in anger and embarrassment. "You!"

"Yes, I believed that if you experienced restless spirits first hand, it would help with your decision. I made sure no harm came to you and after I was done with them, they were destroyed and set free from their torment."

"You're sick. All of your kind is if you think destroying someone's soul is the right thing to do." Kim went for a punch, but the reaper was quicker and stepped away fast enough for Kim to punch air.

"You are a fighter. You have been your whole life. I've watched your exploits. You have done much good for the world. That is why I want you to move on."

"I don't even know what my afterlife is," Kim challenged.

"No one does. If I revealed your afterlife before you entered it, you might not like it. Most people are afraid that they're damned for all eternity and demand that they see their afterlife, but I cannot permit it. You are just going to have to take a leap of faith."

Kim stared down at her opposition. She wasn't sure if she could fight this thing. She wasn't even sure if she could destroy spirits or if the reaper was just bluffing to scare her. Either way, she had made her choice and she wasn't going back.

"I'm not going and that's final. Ron will come back and save me. Right now he's searching for a way to bring me back. I trust him and I love him and I know he can do it."

The reaper's face stayed emotionless. "Love is a irrelevant emotion. Humans say they love someone, but then leave them for another or forget them. You do not know what true love is."

Kim had had enough. The teen heroine leaped at the reaper with a kick.

The reaper remained motionless. Kim's kick connected, but it went right through as if she kicked at smoke.

"I don't want to fight you Kimberly Anne Possible. I want you to enjoy your afterlife, you've earned it, but if you keep resisting you wil leave me no choice but to destroy you."

Kim held a fighting stance and prepared herself.

Ron entered Kim's room. He quickly rewound the tape recorder to see if Kim had come back. He listened and heard her talking to what sounded like Nana. Kim had told him that she had spoken to Nana. But the voice changed after a loud noise. Kim sounded startled and demanded who this person was. When he heard reaper, he dropped the recorder.

He had to act fast. Kim's very existence was at stake. He prepared himself to administer the drug. Ron heard a ruckus outside and opened the door to see Mrs. Dr. P with three security guards running at him.

"Stop Ron please. You don't know what you are doing." Mrs. Dr. P called out.

Ron didn't have time to stop and explain. He quickly closed the door and locked it. To make it even harder, he put the chair under the doorknob and moved the table in the way too. It wouldn't hold for long, but long enough.

As he took out the needle, the door began to shake as the guards attempted to break it down. Mrs. Dr. P kept yelling for Ron to stop and talk about it.

Ron removed the Ampichlorine from the bottle and prepared himself to inject it into Kim, but he just realized something. He had no idea where to inject Kim. He hit his head at his own stupidity. He understood that it was important where the drug went. He couldn't just randomly pick a spot and hope that was it. Kim could die.

Ron wished he asked Mrs. Dr. P sooner.

Kim was being thrown around like a rag doll. Every move she made on the reaper didn't affect her at all. The creepiest thing was the reaper's unchanging face. It stayed the same no matter what. Cold, emotionless, and not human.

Kim back flipped off a wall and tackled the reaper. She realized she could go through the walls like before. Kim guessed that the reaper had something to do with it. Her tackled was once again met with nothingness. Every time Kim tried to hit the woman, she would become incorporeal and Kim would be sailing through her.

The reaper didn't even chuckle, grin, or sneer in response to Kim's tries. She just remained silent and didn't even attempt to fight back.

Kim saw Ron go into her room with a needle in his hand. She knew he had something and had to keep fighting or the crazy scary woman would kill her, in a way.

Kim continued her attacks. Punches, kicks, and other acrobatic moves that would make any villain dizzy had no impact on the reaper woman. Finally she spoke in a monotone voice.

"It is hopeless Kim. You know you can't beat me. In this world I am all powerful."

Kim attempted a roundhouse kick, but was caught. The reaper swung her around and in a short second she had her hand wrapped around Kim's throat. She squeezed it a little to get Kim's attention.

"I don't want to destroy you Kim Possible. If you give up and accept your death and cross over to the other side, then I'll spare you."

Kim threw a punch that went through the reaper's head. "Over my dead body."

For the first time the reaper frowned and glared at Kim. "So be it." And with that she began squeezing harder.

Ron and Rufus were using process of elimination to find the most likely spot to inject the Ampichlorine. The pair agreed that it wasn't the feet, stomach, or the arms. They guessed the bloodstream, but didn't know which vein to put it in.

As they debated where to inject, the door began to splinter and a hand emerged trying to remove the obstacles that blocked it. Rufus made a dive and bit the hand. There was a scream and the hand recoiled from the door.

The naked mole rat went back to help Ron.

"Please Ron, stop this. I want Kim back too, but this is crazy. Your love for Kim has become an obsession."

Mrs. Dr. P's words couldn't be truer to Ron. He was obsessed with Kim. Her hair, her face, her smile, her body, the whole package. He couldn't live without his badical girlfriend and he was about to put everything on the line for her.

He was stuck with two spots left, the heart or the neck. He thought as hard as he could. He knew he was infamous for his clumsy mistakes, but this was one he couldn't afford to make.

Rufus looked at the door to see it buckling. He signaled for Ron to hurry.

Ron thought about what Mrs. Dr. P said and realized that it could only be the heart. The doctor said that they used it to restart the body and sometimes bring the heart back.

He held his breath and with one motion he drove the needle into Kim's heart and pushed the liquid drug in, just as the door was brought down. Ron was tackled to the ground and Anne rushed to Kim to see if she was still alive.

Kim slowly opened her eyes to see her family gazing at her. Mr. and Mrs. Stoppable, Monique, and Rufus were also there. The last thing she remembered was being choked by the reaper, but know she was in a hospital bed surrounded by friends and family.

Anne rushed to her daughter. "Kim! How are you feeling?"

Her body ached all over and it hurt just to move. She spoke the only way she could.

"I feel fantastic."

Everyone laughed as they each gave their thanks that she was awake.

"There's someone else who want to say hi." James and the others parted to show a mop of blonde hair grasping her.

"KP, I'm so glad you're alright." Tears poured down his cheeks. "I thought I lost you forever."

"We almost did, but Ron's…unusual method brought you out of the brink out death."

"Your heart stopped for a while and the EKG machine didn't pick it up. If it weren't for Ron, you'd be dead right now." James touched his daughter's cheek.

"I'm still in trouble," Ron grumbled.

Kim looked at him quizzically.

"I kinda stole a drug that was only supposed to be used in an absolute emergency and I also may have locked myself in your room and injected you with the drug while a security force tried to break in." Ron flashed a goofy smile that Kim found irresistible, but Anne narrowed her eyes.

"Everyone out, except you Ron."

Everyone else left sheepishly. Even James who wanted to stay, but his wife's glare made it clear she wanted to speak to Ron alone. They left the room which now had no door, but they went far enough to not hear anything. Monique gave Kim a encouraging smile, telling her it was alright. She hoped everything was.

Anne faced Ron. Her eyes filled with anger. The only thing she looked like she wanted to do was smash a hammer upside Ron's head. Kim closed her eyes in anticipation.

Ron closed his eyes and looked away from the horror he was about to expect, but it came in the form of a hug.

Anne squeezed the life out of him. "Thank you for saving Kim, Ronald."

"Okaaaaay. You're…welcome…I guess." Ron was flabbergasted.

Kim was equally shocked and confused.

Anne smiled after letting go of Ron. "After you injected Kim and were taken away by the guards, some doctors showed me this."

She produced the ghostly photos of Kim.

"You screamed at me about what happened, but I thought you went crazy. I'm sorry for doubting you. You aren't going to be punished, but next time just tell me the situation no matter how crazy it may sound, okay?"

Ron nodded many times and faced Kim. She smiled at him.

"Well I'll leave you two alone for a while, but Kimmie, you have to rest. It'll still be a while before you can leave the hospital."

Anne left the room. Ron held Kim with as much might as she could tolerate. It hurt her, but she loved it. The pain told her she was alive, really alive. She kissed Ron's lips over and over.

"You saved me Ron. I guess I'm yours forever."

"Forever's a long time, KP."

"But there's no one I'd rather spend it with then you Ran Stoppable."

The teens rubbed noses. Ron was very curious to know about what exactly happened, but decided it could wait until Kim got better.

Kim was still in a little shock from the things she experienced, but she was glad Ron was with her. She felt safe in his arms. She would have to tell him al the things she saw, but for now she just wanted to stay close to her boyfriend.

Ron slid over to Kim and carefully wrapped an arm around her. She leaned in and sighed. Rufus suddenly popped out spilling all of Ron's stuff on the ground. The naked mole rat gave Ron a left out look. He wanted to see Kim too.

Ron apologized for getting lost in the moment. Rufus cuddled in Kim's lap and quietly closed his eyes. Kim scratched behind his ears which was rewarded with a purr.

Ron reached for the stuff that fell out of his pocket. Kim saw one of the items and grabbed it before Ron.

"What's this?" she asked.

"N..nothing." Ron replied nervously.

Kim's hue changed to her match her hair when she saw it was a box of condoms.

"Why Ronald Stoppable, you dirty boy."

"N..no you don't understand! I was trying to get the drug that could save you, but there was a nurse in the way, so I got her to help me buy some vitamins. Rufus needed more time and I couldn't think so I just went for the first thing I could, pleeeeease don't kill me." Ron pleaded after his minute rant.

Kim laughed. "It's okay Ron, I was just joking."

Ron's grin returned. "You scared me KP. I'll throw these out."

Kim's hand stopped him. "No keep them."

Ron looked at her confused. "But why……OHHHHH Booyah!!"

"Booyah," Kim replied just as the family returned after hearing Ron's triumphant cheer.

Kim recovered fairly quickly and was out of the hospital in under a week, but she still needed to take it easy. The news ate the story up and all wished Kim a speedy recovery.

Ron and Anne were the only ones who were told about Kim's adventure as a spirit. They all felt the less people knew the better. The press would twist the story somehow and that wasn't what Kim needed.

Kim stayed away from the hospital for a few months. It just frightened her that that reaper she met might still be in there. Eventually she got over it and returned with Ron to help volunteer with sick children.

And regardless of her near-death experience, she still does missions and never wants the adventures to stop.

THE END.

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