Post by levi2000a on Apr 5, 2016 18:54:15 GMT -5
Broken Heart, Broken Mind
Epilogue
If you haven't read “Kim’s Nightmare,” please do so before reading further. That will give you the background for this. It could be disturbing, so read and follow the warnings please. www.fanfiction.net/s/8484178/1/Kim-s-Nightmare
Previously
"Kim. I swear to you, we will find that last piece of coding and we will get it out of you. You will not have to live through that nightmare again." As she started to look away from him thinking that he might not be able to do that, he pulled her gaze back to him as he continued. "Look at my face. Have you ever seen me look this serious before? That's because I've never been this serious before in my life. Trust me. Please."
Finally she said as she put her hand to hold his face, "I trust you Ron. And I will hold you to it. Because you'll be sleeping on the sofa for a week if you're wrong and no booty for a month."
Time; Kim and Ron have just celebrated their second wedding Half-a-versary
(One year)
As she started to wake up, she felt lips against hers. Knowing that they could only belong to Ron, she kissed him back, but when she went to put her arms around him, just before he broke the kiss, she couldn't. Opening her eyes and looking up, she saw both of her hands were fasten above her head to a table of some sort. Trying to look around, she saw she was in a dark room with the only light source being a single light bulb directly over her creating a cone of light. Looking down she now saw that she was naked; her feet were fastened to the table so that she couldn t move. She saw her stomach bulging out in front of her, making her look like she was ..
"Oh my God!" she thought.
She looked like she was nine months pregnant and she suddenly felt like she was ready to give birth any second.
Looking around quickly, she saw a man; his shoulders and head outside the cone of light were in darkness.
"Ron?!" Her voice sounded so dry and weak. It hurt her throat to even try and talk.
"Ron, what's happening? Please help me!" Her voice was little more than a raspy whisper.
A soft chuckle filled the room and filled Kim with fear. It wasn't Ron.
The man took two steps closer to her, bringing his head into the light so she could see it.
It was Eric.
"Well, I see Dr. Drakken's Dream Inducer worked fine if you think that loser's going to be able to help you." he said.
"What do you mean? Where's Ron? What's happened to him?" her voice croaked at him.
"Your pathetic, whiny, loser of a friend has been dead for almost nine months." Eric told her.
Then, for no known reason, the light bulb over her head started to dim and grow brighter, over and over again and Kim almost smiled.
"Why are you smiling?" he asked. "You don't seem to realize what's going to happen now."
Clearing her throat, she said, "Actually, I do." she replied and then with a smile said, "Just you wait till my husband get's here."
The bulb then glowed a light blue for a few seconds and then resumed its normal color.
As Eric started to move towards her, he stopped and as a look of shock appeared on his face, a sword started to make its way out of his chest pointing straight at Kim.
"Sorry I'm late honey." said Ron as he stepped around the Syntho Drone as if he didn t even see it and approached his wife. He smiled at her as he said, "Traffic was hell."
"Ron darling. Would you mind helping me get into something a little less comfortable please and thank you?" Kim requested.
"Sure thing KP." said Ron as he opened the manacles that were holding her wrists and then her feet. He then reached behind the table and brought out a robe which he helped her put on. All the time they were doing this, Eric stood there unable to move as he stared at the blade protruding from his chest, pain etched all over his face.
"Honey." said Kim. "We have a visitor."
Ron turned to Eric and said with a big grin. "Oh hello."
He then walked over to him and put his hand on his shoulder like they were old friends. It was then that he appeared to notice the sword. "Ouch! That's really gotta smart." He then flicked the end of the blade with a finger, which caused the blade to vibrate its entire length. If Eric's face could have shown any more pain, it would have.
"You see, here's how it is." said Ron as he started to explain. "You are a bit of coding stuck inside Kim's mind that we haven t been able to find. We have looked and looked, but you are a slippery little devil. Anyway, we were very lucky that your creators happen to have very big mouths and never know when to shut up."
"Typical Villain types." added Kim, still with a smile on her face. "They just can't stop gloating about how brilliant they and their plans are. They go on and on and on about it. Pitiful really."
"But they always give something away. You, Eric or special Kimmie code or whatever you call yourself, have a memory." At this point Ron slaps the drone on the shoulder. The drone actually gave a cry of pain. "That means you can be changed when saved."
"And we're going to change you. You started this nightmare tonight," And here Ron's smile dropped from his face and took a look of growing rage as he continued. "and I'm going to finish it and give you something to remember."
"How can I do this you wonder? It's her mind you're in. These are her fears. I can't do a full joining of the minds with a pregnant woman; I've read Dune to many times. You are only programmed to torment her so how can I be here?" Ron asked as each statement or question brought out more of his anger and rage.
Ron moved quickly to Eric's side and whispered in his ear. "Because she's special." Ron then moved to stand in front of Eric. "Because we've promised to have each other's back for the rest of our lives and I intend to keep that promise for as long as we live. That promise leaves a door open just a crack for me to just come in and say 'howdy ya all.'"
"Ron, he doesn't look so well." she said with feigned concern. "He looks like he might be feeling a little hurt. Do you know why?"
"Because KP, it's based on a copy of Eric or syntho Drone nine-o-something or other. Because Drew told us that they do have pain receptors and he also told us how to turn those receptors on and pump up the settings. I turned them on and set them to eighty five per cent when I came in. It's probably because it's feeling pain for the first time ever and doesn't really know how to deal with it. I wonder if the pain could be causing an overload."
"I also wonder if it would try and come back at you again, now knowing what pain is and knowing that the next time it tries this, the setting would be turned up to one hundred percent? Or if it knew that there would be one hundred naked mole rats each armed with its own sword and a tire repair kit to keep it from gooing out to quickly? Not big enough to kill it outright but they would sure hurt like Hell till they did kill it. Like getting into a swarm of killer bees that never let up."
"What do you have to say to that Eric?" Ron demanded.
When he got no answer, he turned to Kim and smiled saying, "Look Kim. He's speechless. I kinda like him that way."
"Maybe it's because the pain is overloading his speech center Ron. If you turn down the setting he might answer."
"Ohhh." Ron answered in a dejected tone. "Alright."
He walked behind it and turned the setting down. Sounds started coming from Eric or whatever it called itself.
"Well Pretty boy, what's it going to be? Are you ever going to try this again because I got a room full of naked mole rats sharpening their swords just waiting for you?"
"No!" the unit screamed in a voice sounding like it came from a cartoon mouse. "Never again!"
"Well" said Ron. "Just to make sure you understand, let me turn the settings up to ninety so when I pull my sword out you'll have a better idea about what pain feels like."
"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo." the unit screamed as the sword was removed just before the world blinked out.
Her breathing slowly increased as she slowly started to move from sleeping to waking. She felt comfortable and warm. She knew that feeling came from her husband. She called it, Ron shine. She also felt a hand gently holding her right breast as his elbow rested just above her hip. His forearm rested on her abdomen, where their unborn baby was taking time off from kicking and punching her harder than Shego ever had and it was resting quietly too.
A butterfly kiss landed on her shoulder between the strap of her nightgown and the top of it.
"Hey." came his voice softy. "You okay?"
"Purrrfect." she said with a smile as she stretched and started her blood flowing a little more. She reached over and turned on the bedside light. "One hundred naked mole rats armed with their own swords? I almost hope it does come back so I can see that first hand."
Opening her eyes all the way and turning, she saw the concerned look of her husband looking down at her. A tear fell from his eye and landed on her chest.
Confused, she said. "Ron what's wrong."
"KP, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." he said as he started to turn away from her.
Reaching up quickly to keep his face so she could look at him, she asked, "Ron, please tell me what's wrong."
"I'm sorry KP. I failed you." he said as his eyes continued to water. "I failed you. It really is still in you."
Pulling herself up to him to hold him, to her in a tight hug, she said, "Oh Ron. WE looked for it. We both looked for it but we didn't find it. I don't know how many times we tried." She released the hug so she could look him in the eyes, "But you didn't quit, did you? You talked to Wade and then you talked to Drew till you found a way to neutralize it, and you did just that didn't you? Wade said if you fill it with memories, it will be bigger and easier to find after the baby is born."
"Ron." she said as she put her arms around his neck to hold him so he had to look her in the eye. "You did something better than just get rid of it. You filled it with fear, the same way it filled me with fear the first time I had that nightmare, and you showed it to me. You gave me closure to it. Even if I have the same nightmare, my own nightmare of it, I won't be afraid; because I know my husband will come and save me. My husband that will always have my back. The man I grew up with and man I intend to grow old with. The father of our child. The man I love."
Ron stared deep into her emerald eyes looking for any signs of regret or fear in them. All he saw was her love and concern for him.
After a minute of thought he looked at her with a serious face and asked, "Does this mean I don't have to sleep on the couch for a week?"
Half laughing and half crying, she said, "No. You don't have to sleep on the couch for a week."
He thought some more and asked. "What about that no booty for a month?"
Smiling now she said with a special look in her eyes that she saved only for him, "Ron, at this stage of my pregnancy, I don't think I could do without my hero for more than twelve hours. Now after the baby is born, maybe I will be able to go thirteen hours, but I doubt it."
She kissed him as she pulled him back down on the bed. He broke the kiss and never taking his eyes off of her as he reached to turn off the light, he said. "Boo....."
And before she pulled him into another kiss she said, "Yah."
"A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer "
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Previously
"Kim. I swear to you, we will find that last piece of coding and we will get it out of you. You will not have to live through that nightmare again." As she started to look away from him thinking that he might not be able to do that, he pulled her gaze back to him as he continued. "Look at my face. Have you ever seen me look this serious before? That's because I've never been this serious before in my life. Trust me. Please."
Finally she said as she put her hand to hold his face, "I trust you Ron. And I will hold you to it. Because you'll be sleeping on the sofa for a week if you're wrong and no booty for a month."
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Time; Kim and Ron have just celebrated their second wedding Half-a-versary
(One year)
As she started to wake up, she felt lips against hers. Knowing that they could only belong to Ron, she kissed him back, but when she went to put her arms around him, just before he broke the kiss, she couldn't. Opening her eyes and looking up, she saw both of her hands were fasten above her head to a table of some sort. Trying to look around, she saw she was in a dark room with the only light source being a single light bulb directly over her creating a cone of light. Looking down she now saw that she was naked; her feet were fastened to the table so that she couldn t move. She saw her stomach bulging out in front of her, making her look like she was ..
"Oh my God!" she thought.
She looked like she was nine months pregnant and she suddenly felt like she was ready to give birth any second.
Looking around quickly, she saw a man; his shoulders and head outside the cone of light were in darkness.
"Ron?!" Her voice sounded so dry and weak. It hurt her throat to even try and talk.
"Ron, what's happening? Please help me!" Her voice was little more than a raspy whisper.
A soft chuckle filled the room and filled Kim with fear. It wasn't Ron.
The man took two steps closer to her, bringing his head into the light so she could see it.
It was Eric.
"Well, I see Dr. Drakken's Dream Inducer worked fine if you think that loser's going to be able to help you." he said.
"What do you mean? Where's Ron? What's happened to him?" her voice croaked at him.
"Your pathetic, whiny, loser of a friend has been dead for almost nine months." Eric told her.
Then, for no known reason, the light bulb over her head started to dim and grow brighter, over and over again and Kim almost smiled.
"Why are you smiling?" he asked. "You don't seem to realize what's going to happen now."
Clearing her throat, she said, "Actually, I do." she replied and then with a smile said, "Just you wait till my husband get's here."
The bulb then glowed a light blue for a few seconds and then resumed its normal color.
As Eric started to move towards her, he stopped and as a look of shock appeared on his face, a sword started to make its way out of his chest pointing straight at Kim.
"Sorry I'm late honey." said Ron as he stepped around the Syntho Drone as if he didn t even see it and approached his wife. He smiled at her as he said, "Traffic was hell."
"Ron darling. Would you mind helping me get into something a little less comfortable please and thank you?" Kim requested.
"Sure thing KP." said Ron as he opened the manacles that were holding her wrists and then her feet. He then reached behind the table and brought out a robe which he helped her put on. All the time they were doing this, Eric stood there unable to move as he stared at the blade protruding from his chest, pain etched all over his face.
"Honey." said Kim. "We have a visitor."
Ron turned to Eric and said with a big grin. "Oh hello."
He then walked over to him and put his hand on his shoulder like they were old friends. It was then that he appeared to notice the sword. "Ouch! That's really gotta smart." He then flicked the end of the blade with a finger, which caused the blade to vibrate its entire length. If Eric's face could have shown any more pain, it would have.
"You see, here's how it is." said Ron as he started to explain. "You are a bit of coding stuck inside Kim's mind that we haven t been able to find. We have looked and looked, but you are a slippery little devil. Anyway, we were very lucky that your creators happen to have very big mouths and never know when to shut up."
"Typical Villain types." added Kim, still with a smile on her face. "They just can't stop gloating about how brilliant they and their plans are. They go on and on and on about it. Pitiful really."
"But they always give something away. You, Eric or special Kimmie code or whatever you call yourself, have a memory." At this point Ron slaps the drone on the shoulder. The drone actually gave a cry of pain. "That means you can be changed when saved."
"And we're going to change you. You started this nightmare tonight," And here Ron's smile dropped from his face and took a look of growing rage as he continued. "and I'm going to finish it and give you something to remember."
"How can I do this you wonder? It's her mind you're in. These are her fears. I can't do a full joining of the minds with a pregnant woman; I've read Dune to many times. You are only programmed to torment her so how can I be here?" Ron asked as each statement or question brought out more of his anger and rage.
Ron moved quickly to Eric's side and whispered in his ear. "Because she's special." Ron then moved to stand in front of Eric. "Because we've promised to have each other's back for the rest of our lives and I intend to keep that promise for as long as we live. That promise leaves a door open just a crack for me to just come in and say 'howdy ya all.'"
"Ron, he doesn't look so well." she said with feigned concern. "He looks like he might be feeling a little hurt. Do you know why?"
"Because KP, it's based on a copy of Eric or syntho Drone nine-o-something or other. Because Drew told us that they do have pain receptors and he also told us how to turn those receptors on and pump up the settings. I turned them on and set them to eighty five per cent when I came in. It's probably because it's feeling pain for the first time ever and doesn't really know how to deal with it. I wonder if the pain could be causing an overload."
"I also wonder if it would try and come back at you again, now knowing what pain is and knowing that the next time it tries this, the setting would be turned up to one hundred percent? Or if it knew that there would be one hundred naked mole rats each armed with its own sword and a tire repair kit to keep it from gooing out to quickly? Not big enough to kill it outright but they would sure hurt like Hell till they did kill it. Like getting into a swarm of killer bees that never let up."
"What do you have to say to that Eric?" Ron demanded.
When he got no answer, he turned to Kim and smiled saying, "Look Kim. He's speechless. I kinda like him that way."
"Maybe it's because the pain is overloading his speech center Ron. If you turn down the setting he might answer."
"Ohhh." Ron answered in a dejected tone. "Alright."
He walked behind it and turned the setting down. Sounds started coming from Eric or whatever it called itself.
"Well Pretty boy, what's it going to be? Are you ever going to try this again because I got a room full of naked mole rats sharpening their swords just waiting for you?"
"No!" the unit screamed in a voice sounding like it came from a cartoon mouse. "Never again!"
"Well" said Ron. "Just to make sure you understand, let me turn the settings up to ninety so when I pull my sword out you'll have a better idea about what pain feels like."
"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo." the unit screamed as the sword was removed just before the world blinked out.
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Her breathing slowly increased as she slowly started to move from sleeping to waking. She felt comfortable and warm. She knew that feeling came from her husband. She called it, Ron shine. She also felt a hand gently holding her right breast as his elbow rested just above her hip. His forearm rested on her abdomen, where their unborn baby was taking time off from kicking and punching her harder than Shego ever had and it was resting quietly too.
A butterfly kiss landed on her shoulder between the strap of her nightgown and the top of it.
"Hey." came his voice softy. "You okay?"
"Purrrfect." she said with a smile as she stretched and started her blood flowing a little more. She reached over and turned on the bedside light. "One hundred naked mole rats armed with their own swords? I almost hope it does come back so I can see that first hand."
Opening her eyes all the way and turning, she saw the concerned look of her husband looking down at her. A tear fell from his eye and landed on her chest.
Confused, she said. "Ron what's wrong."
"KP, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." he said as he started to turn away from her.
Reaching up quickly to keep his face so she could look at him, she asked, "Ron, please tell me what's wrong."
"I'm sorry KP. I failed you." he said as his eyes continued to water. "I failed you. It really is still in you."
Pulling herself up to him to hold him, to her in a tight hug, she said, "Oh Ron. WE looked for it. We both looked for it but we didn't find it. I don't know how many times we tried." She released the hug so she could look him in the eyes, "But you didn't quit, did you? You talked to Wade and then you talked to Drew till you found a way to neutralize it, and you did just that didn't you? Wade said if you fill it with memories, it will be bigger and easier to find after the baby is born."
"Ron." she said as she put her arms around his neck to hold him so he had to look her in the eye. "You did something better than just get rid of it. You filled it with fear, the same way it filled me with fear the first time I had that nightmare, and you showed it to me. You gave me closure to it. Even if I have the same nightmare, my own nightmare of it, I won't be afraid; because I know my husband will come and save me. My husband that will always have my back. The man I grew up with and man I intend to grow old with. The father of our child. The man I love."
Ron stared deep into her emerald eyes looking for any signs of regret or fear in them. All he saw was her love and concern for him.
After a minute of thought he looked at her with a serious face and asked, "Does this mean I don't have to sleep on the couch for a week?"
Half laughing and half crying, she said, "No. You don't have to sleep on the couch for a week."
He thought some more and asked. "What about that no booty for a month?"
Smiling now she said with a special look in her eyes that she saved only for him, "Ron, at this stage of my pregnancy, I don't think I could do without my hero for more than twelve hours. Now after the baby is born, maybe I will be able to go thirteen hours, but I doubt it."
She kissed him as she pulled him back down on the bed. He broke the kiss and never taking his eyes off of her as he reached to turn off the light, he said. "Boo....."
And before she pulled him into another kiss she said, "Yah."
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"A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer "
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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