Love is Such a Strong Word
Chapter 1
How could this happen?To you of all people, and the worst part, you died in a fire saving a five-year-old girl. I laughed at the irony of it all. How did I found out? You were all over the news in every country in the world. Everyone was talking about it, ‘the great teen heroine Kim Possible is dead’. Villains were celebrating while family members and friends mourned your death. But I just couldn’t believe it; it had to be some sick joke right? I half expected you’d jump in front of the camera and say “Just kidding guys! No fire can stop Kim Possible!” or something along those lines. I visited the Middleton hospital where they tried to save you, but didn’t succeed. Wearing a trench coat so no one will know my identity, I asked a doctor who was passing by if you were truly gone and his response was not surprising but I still couldn’t believe it.
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I saw you there inside your coffin as if you were just peacefully sleeping. It’s just you and me in that empty room of your funeral home; I lingered in the shadows until everyone departed before I sneaked in to see you. Poking my gloved index finger in places I knew you were ticklish in, I waited to see if you’d jump up and start to giggle, but instead you remained there lying and unmoving. I touched your pale hands and flinched at how cold they felt proving to me that you were indeed dead and there was nothing I could do about it, there’s nothing I could do to bring you back. A lump formed in my throat as I felt my heart shatter and sunk to the pit of my stomach.
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It was raining cats and dogs when they were burying you under the moist ground. Everyone stayed for a few moments before they returned to their cars and took off. You’d think they’d stay longer, but with this weather I don’t blame them. Making sure no one else was around I jumped down from the tree branch I was standing on and stood over your grave. Is this really how your life is supposed to end? I always imagine that you would grow up and fight crime until your body couldn’t do it anymore, heck I even thought of you dying at the age of 90 not 17. I gently placed a red rose on your tombstone and my lips tugged upward into a small smile.
“Kimmie… you were a worthy opponent.”
Closing my eyes I thought back on all the fights we had together.
“You were the only one that I couldn’t beat no matter what death trap Drakken had for you, you always came back on top, and I respected you for that.”
I frowned as reality found its way into my mind again.
“After all those stupid life and death situations, a fucking fire… a fire Kim! A fire killed you!”
I screamed at her grave and to my surprise I found myself crying. I glared at her tombstone,
“Look what you’re doing to me Possible.”
I angrily wiped my tears away. Taking a deep breath I tried calming myself down. It’s hard to tell what time it was, the darkened sky makes it hard for me separate night from day. “I think it’s time for me to go now princess,” I paused hoping that she’d burst out of the ground to start apologizing about faking her death and ask for my forgiveness. I quickly shook my head and frowned at the thought.
“I’ve got to stop thinking like this…” I sighed and read the inscriptions on your tombstone one last time before I turned around and walked away.
“Goodbye forever, Kim Possible.”
Two words were faintly whispered and were carried out by a gust of wind...
“Bye Shego.”
Here lies
Kimberly Ann Possible
Beloved daughter, best friend, and teen heroine
May she never be forgotten
Born 03/24/1988 Died 10/22/2005
R.I.P
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“Shego Where were you?! I was worried about you, you know? Oh! And you missed another great party.”
I ignored him and took off my club banana trench coat. Even with a coat on I’m still soaking wet.
“Shego, how come you’re all wet? And where in the world did you go? You know I tried contacting you, but-”
“Can it Dr.D! It’s none of your freaking business where I’d go! And the last time I checked since when were you my father?” I growled. Coat in hand I headed off to my room to think.
“Jeez what’s gotten into her? You’d think she’d be happy now that Kim Possible is dead.”
I lied here on my bed staring up at the ceiling as if I was being hypnotized and silent tears ran down my pale cheeks.
“You were my opposite…” I whispered into the darkness of my room, “My equal…but now you’re gone, and I didn’t get a chance…to say…to say…” I whispered three little words before crying myself to sleep.
“…I love you…”