Whew! I made it and posted the last chapter before Halloween! Let me Say Thank-you once again to kt for adding her ideas, and for having me bring this forth as a Stand-Alone story. I know you've heard it before kt, but you ROCK!

Next, let me say Thank-you to everyone that left a review for the previous chapter: Katsumara, screaming phoenix, Earl Allison, Invader Johnny, CajunBear73, , readerjunkie, Mr. Wizard, and reader101w. As I've said before, y'all ROCK!

As for the Disclaimer: Same as it ever was…

Epilogue

When Kim asked Wade to contact the authorities, she had also asked him to call Ron, and Mrs. Larsen as well.

Now she was sitting with Ron underneath a small white pavilion that was erected to serve as a center of operations, and was drinking her third bottle of water. Kim still felt dehydrated from her ordeal, but was feeling better. One of the medical personnel that had arrived had already bandaged up her forehead, and she had a piece of white gauze taped over the wound. Mrs. Larsen was also under the tent, sitting at the same table with Kim and Ron, and she too was drinking a bottle of water.

Not a word was spoken by the trio as they watched personnel quickly moving about the area, keeping the media at bay, and coordinating the exhumation of the body.

Dark clouds were starting to roll in again, and there was a light sprinkle starting to come down. The predicted final storm was indeed coming in, as the weatherman had said.

"You sure you're feeling OK, KP?" Ron asked watching her as she had been gently touching the bandage on her forehead a couple of times.

"Yeah, I'm fine Ron. I was just thinking about something." In actuality, Kim was still trying to wrap her mind around what had happened to her. Witnessing a person's murder from the victim's point of view had taken more out of her than going several rounds with Shego.

"You want to talk about it?" Ron asked, looking at her with concern.

"No… not yet, but I probably will in a couple of days though. I… just need to work things out myself first." Kim placed a hand on Ron's shoulder. "You're a good friend Ron, and as soon as I'm ready to talk, you'll be the first person I call." Ron couldn't help but smile.

Reaching into her pocket, Kim pulled out the Kimmunicator, and said to no one in particular, "I can't believe all this started because of you." She looked at the device like it was something more than just a communications unit. It was almost like… no she wasn't going to go there.

"What's that?" Ron asked, ignoring Kim's strange words. He then pointed at something that was dangling from her finger. She had inadvertently snagged the locket when she pulled the Kimmunicator from her pocket.

"Oh my… I… almost forgot about that." Kim exclaimed and then turned to Dolores. "Mrs. Larsen?"

"Yes, Kimberly?" The older woman said after taking another swallow of water.

"I… found this with Ginny, and I think she wanted you to have it." Kim held up the locket.

Mrs. Larsen gasped, and held her hand out across the table. Kim gently placed the piece of jewelry in her palm. "Oh, Ginny…" She said under her breath, and then spoke louder directly to Kim "I had given this locket to her on the morning of her disappearance." She popped open the locket, and fondly gazed at the picture inside. A single tear fell from the corner of one of her eyes.

"You two loved each other very much, didn't you?" Kim asked as the tears began to flow from Mrs. Larsen's eyes. All she did was nod and gently nibble at her lower lip.

Almost in unison the two stood, leaned across the table and gave each other a hug the best they could with a table between them. Ron just sat there looking at the two pouring out their emotions and scratched his head. He never could understand how women could do that.

…x x x x…

Red lights flashed on the ambulance, but the sirens stayed silent, since there was no need to rush back to the hospital with its cargo. As the emergency vehicle left the scene, Kim, Ron, and Mrs. Larsen held onto each other, watching it slowly leave.

Just as the vehicle pulled onto the highway, all three heard a shout. "Landslide! Everybody look out!"

A small area on the side of the mountain, directly above where Ginny's body had been found, had been saturated with rainwater to the point that it now released a small area of land. It wasn't enough to reach over to where the three stood, but a pair of workers who were still at the exhumation site came running out of the trees faster than rabbits chased by a fox. About two or three tons of material slid down the hill and completely covered the site of the shallow grave.

It was then Kim realized, if she hadn't found the body when she did… the slide would have completely covered the area and Ginny would have never been found.

Suddenly the Kimmunicator sounded off with that strange drawn-out version of its normal tune.

Bweep

Bweep

Bee

Dweep

"I've never heard your Kimmunicator do that before." Ron said, pointing at the Kimmunicator. "Maybe there's something wrong with it?"

"No Ron…" Kim said with a smile, knowing that she wouldn't hear those four drawn-out notes ever again. "It's working just fine."

The end…