There's a lot to unpack for this one.

The story starts off feeling pretty normal, with many of the usual themes and challenges. Then things get dark very quickly, with Kim's first descent into madness, if we can call it that, feeling like a knife stab. Before there's a chance to recover, the knife gets twisted and the tone for much of the rest of the story is set, and things somehow get progressively darker.

It's a very different structure when compared to typical KP fanfics, and although there is a happy ending of sorts, it comes at a high cost. The main antagonist was a good surprise, but by the end they are effectively a mustache-twirling caricature much more than a realistic person.

This is just the most visible example of the story's main shortcomings: while the overall concept and the writing are solid, many details suffer from lack of credibility. Notably, Kim, Ron and Wade all being silently kidnapped and quickly placed back after fulfilling their immediate task, multiple times, without anyone noticing, one at a time, is completely farcical. It simply does not hold up to scrutiny - if this can be successfully accomplished, why was it not done eons ago? If it cannot, the plot falls apart. It is a convoluted plot in and of itself that is swept under the rug to justify the villain's real plot.

The real tragedy is that these are details, as far as the story is concerned. They could've been ironed out in a much more credible way without diminishing the overall story's Impact. But, as written, the details derail the suspension of disbelief.

Complicated moment for Kim, the question that i have in mind is why?

Why?

Sometimes the long-distance relationship don't work very well but considering that this is the relationship Kim and Ron, maybe it can work but let's see what's going to happen in Chapter 2!

wiki/Wild_Weasel

COPIED and PASTED from wikipedia

The unofficial motto of the Wild Weasel crews is YGBSM: "You Gotta Be Shittin' Me". This appears prominently on the logo patch of some squadrons. As the story goes, this was the response of Jack Donovan, a former B-52 EWO (Electronic Warfare Officer):
This was the natural response of an educated man, a veteran EWO on B-52s and the like, upon learning that he was to fly back seat to a self-absorbed fighter pilot while acting as flypaper for enemy SAMs.[11][12]
His exact words were: "You want me to fly in the back of a little tiny fighter aircraft with a crazy fighter pilot who thinks he's invincible, home in on a SAM site in North Vietnam, and shoot it before it shoots me, you gotta be shittin' me!"
The "WW" tailcode of the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing and the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing derives from their Wild Weasel heritage.

Great story...
I'm a bit so so with the ending...
But other than that loved it :3

"You either die a hero...or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."

Harvey Dent's words came to my mind again and again while reading this. When it comes down to it, they-for the most part-capture the essence of this tale quite well. Even the best, most pure of us have that bit of darkness inside. When it's brought to the front, when you're forced to confront it, what will you do? Let it consume you? Fight it, overcome it? Or embrace it, acknowledging that it's a part of you?

Kim and Ron had to face all those questions and more in this tale. Personally, I feel as though Bortel wasn't their enemy here, but themselves and the entirety of the human condition, the darkness that resides in their hearts and in others. And you captured this quite well, all the moral quandaries, even when Kim and Ron were deep in Bortel's clutches.

"The death of self" ...man, Will Du's character. He was the true hero of this, even if Kim and Ron "regained" that title with their redemption. Not only that, he was incredibly likable, a first in all the KP fanfics I've read.

This has certainly given me much to ponder. This work is fantastic, and I wish there was a sequel of some sort. But really, what more can be said?

Bravissimo!

this is a fantastic story, this could be a movie

That was a good one, Zaratan. You never fail to deliver.

nice. pretty dark and makes one think

I see that Kim has started to learn that responsibility isn't about finding an easy solution to a hard decision, but finding the decision hard, which is the reason she's the team's leader, not Ron, nor Wade, even if she might not be as capable as they are; Kim thinks before she acts.

The gray guy is so dead when Kim uses her battle anytime

You should keep writing KP fanfiction like this,but shorter.

The second I heard Miranda I knew it was a reference, and then the mention of pacifists and psychopaths closed the deal.

Great story everyone I have read stories from most if not all of the people who worked on this and it was all great writing. It also flowed together really well considering it had so many different writers. well great story and keep up the awesome writing

i thoroughly enjoyed this story, it may have had its rough spots and odd twists. but hopefully more community efforts will continue to be written.

i do feel that the "T" rating held back some though.

ah, that makes sense. but the execution on the last chapter had thrown me for a loop.