No Author Notes here, but I do have something at the end of this chap…

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Chapter 4

It was about 11 AM and Will was at home fuming! Betty Director told him to take the day off and figure out what was going on with the personnel in the warehouse. Essentially he was given a 'Working Holiday' for the rest of the day.

He had trusted the agents that worked under him, and he was upset at the fact that one of his subordinates had recorded a loss of Drakken's concentrated shampoo as evaporation. So now while he boiled some elbow macaroni for his own recipe of Mac & Cheese for lunch, he was going over the specifications and properties of the concentrate via his MePad.

It was when his eyes landed on the strictly controlled temperature of the liquid that a light bulb finally went off in his head. There was only one of two ways that the concentrate could have lost that much in weight, either some was physically removed or the temperature of the liquid was raised. Since there was a pressure release valve on the canister in case of the later, a gas form of the concentrate would have been released into the room. And if that occurred, there were air sensors placed all around the area to detect the release of any gases and none of those sensors tripped an alarm.

So that left the only other alternative, and that was that some of the liquid was physically removed, but this brought up a host of other questions. How was it removed, who removed it, and why.

Will checked his macaroni, and after seeing it was finished, he quickly drained the water, and placed it in the fridge. He had to get back to that warehouse and do some detective work, and it couldn't wait.

…x x x x…

Since Will didn't live very far from GJ Headquarters, it didn't take long for him to arrive. The guards at the front desk paid no mind to him when he arrived, as they weren't aware he had been told to take the day off.

He went directly to the secured room that housed the recording equipment that kept watch on almost every square foot of the installation. He sat down at a workstation, and after logging on he pulled up the recordings of the warehouse that held the concentrate and began to review the video of the night in question when it was determined that the disappearance occurred.

He didn't really want to view the eight-hour time block in real time, so he fast-forwarded by a factor of four. This way it would only take 2 hours, and hopefully something would stand out for him. If nothing did, he would then slow it down and check again.

He wished that the recording contained a wall clock in the background so he could double check the time on the recording, but alas there wasn't. So… he had to watch other things in the video in hopes of catching anything amiss.

About forty minutes into the sped up video, something caught Will's eye. Sitting on a shelf in the background was one of those hinged bird things that Drakken had on his desk in a lair. It was one of those quirky desk items that consisted of a hinged apparatus that looked like a bird dipping its beak into a glass. It continued to bob up and down, even in storage. He guessed that someone must tap the thing every once in a while just to keep it going.

He paused the recording, rewound, and watched again. Sure enough, he saw a hitch in the movement of the bird! He then played it back again in real time, and it was virtually undetectable unless you knew what to look for. When sped up though, the effect was amplified. Will doubted that if he was watching the recording in real time initially, he wouldn't have caught it. For once his impatience actually paid off.

He quickly transferred a recording of his findings to a thumb drive, pocketed it, and went to find Dr. Director.

…x x x x…

After Betty Director informed Kim and Ron of the business card they had found, along with the possible disappearance of some of Drakken's concentrated shampoo, all three of them had left her office and were walking down the hall. They didn't get very far before they ran into GJ's "Number One Agent".

"Agent Du…" Betty said with her eye narrowed. "I thought I told you to go home for the day and contemplate the situation we have."

"Oh but I did, Dr. Director… but I think I've found something that you should probably see." He led all three back into the Director's office and plugged his MePad, along with the thumb drive, into a projection system that displayed his screen onto a roll-up screen that Betty used for meetings.

It didn't take long for him to show the hitch in the recording, and just after the lights were turned back up so they could talk amongst each other, Kim's Kimmunicator bleeped. When she answered, Kim swore she saw Wade blushing.

"Something wrong Wade?" The younger of the two women in the room asked.

"I've been monitoring what Will found, and he's right Kim. I was actually trying to find something in the same video he was looking at, but I was watching in 'real time'. I don't think I would have seen that hitch in the recording either, it was so subtle."

"But what about the time stamp on the recording itself?" Dr. Director asked while pouring herself a cup of coffee. "That doesn't show any change in the time line of the video."

Wade spoke up from the Kimmunicator. "Kim… set me down by the projection system." She took off the wrist Kimmunicator and set it where Wade requested, and a small mechanical tube snaked out and plugged itself into the system. Now Wade could be seen on the screen, which was still in it's down position.

Wade continued. "Take a look at the time here on the screen." Wade's face disappeared and the time stamp was now enlarged, but they could still hear the young genius speaking. "Take a close look at these numbers. They've been altered digitally, and you can see the change in pixilation. Someone definitely knew what they were doing. It would take someone who specializes in video and picture manipulation to do this and…"

Will interrupted. "I think I might know who could have done this." Before saying anything else, Will went directly over to Betty's desk, picked up the phone and quickly dialed a number. "Is Agent Mohl available?" He was silent for a moment, and then hung up.

"Well?" Betty asked with an eyebrow raised.

Ron then started to ask the next obvious question. "Now who is this…"

"Agent Mohl is in charge of all video security for this building," Will explained, cutting Ron off, "And he definitely has the knowledge and capability to do what Mr. Load has suggested."

Kim wanted to quickly end this and stood up ready to go. "Well let's go talk to him."

"He… took the day off." Will replied a bit sheepishly.

While Will and Kim were talking with each other, Betty Director was on the phone. Everyone turned to her when they heard the receiver being set down on its cradle. "Now that's peculiar… there's no answer at his house. I say we go over there and do some investigating."

…x x x x…

Dr. Director and Will Du led the way to Agent Mohl's house with Kim and Ron in the Sloth behind them. On the way two Fire Trucks and an ambulance passed them. It was just a few minutes later, when they were closer, that they saw the black column of smoke from a house fire.

"You don't suppose…" Will wondered aloud, and sure enough it was the house of Agent Mohl.

…x x x x…

"Well I guess that answers everything, huh?" Ron said after everyone had a meeting with the Fire Chief. "A faulty gas valve on his heater leaked, and the gas was ignited when he tried to light a candle." Ron shook his head thinking about how fragile life was, and how easy it could be taken away.

"Yeah…" Kim responded with a shake of her head. The two were sitting in Bueno Nacho trying to relax after the day's events. "And then his body was found with the broken glass container that held the stolen concentrate. The Fire Chief was pretty sure the heat of the fire destroyed the contents. I was just glad that Wade was able to pick up trace elements confirming that it had contained the stuff.

"I know we haven't had much time alone these past couple of days, but I'm glad that we have all of tomorrow to be together before my solo mission. Betty considers this a 'Closed Case', but things just seem a little too pat for me." The red head took a deep breath. "But… At this point it's all out of our hands, and I want to spend the rest of my time alone… with my cute boyfriend before I'm gone for two weeks."

Ron leaned forward with a smile and pushed his near-empty plate of chili-cheese nachos out of the way. "Oh really? And just who IS this cute boyfriend you speak of?"

Kim leaned in to Ron's face, and she had this predatory grin that was almost… scary. "Oh… he's got these freckles that make me want to kiss each one, and his ears? Well, let's just say I wouldn't mind nibbling on them a bit as well. He's also got this shock of blond hair that's always a mess and…"

Before Kim could say anymore, she was silenced by a pair of lips that belonged to none other than Ron Stoppable. As their kiss deepened, the two teens didn't even notice the slurping sounds of Rufus as he cleaned off the plate of chili-cheese nachos. After all, he figured his two humans were done eating.

…x x x x…

Meanwhile, back at Global Justice…

Will Du addressed his Superior after they walked back into her office. "Dr. Director? I know that you consider this case as Closed, but I still have some concerns that…"

Dr. Director silenced him with a raise of her hand. "I know Will, I do too. But I didn't want Kimberly to worry anymore about this last case. I need her at the top of her game when she departs for this upcoming undercover mission. I'd like you to continue working on the case 'under the radar', as it were, and only report back to me anything you find. Do not… I repeat, do not contact Wade Load concerning this matter. Also, try to stay off of any computers attached to the Internet. I don't want any chance of what you're doing to get back to anyone on Team Possible. It's just not necessary at this point in time to involve them. Also, if you deem it neessary to consult with anyone else within GJ, be as discreet as possible, and chose those you talk to very carefully. Agent Mohl may not have been the only… Mole. Do you understand?"

"Yes Ma'am, I do." With that said, Will left Dr. Director's office while working the logistics of her request out in his mind.

To be continued…

I'm trying to get back to a quicker schedule of updating my stories. I've been itching to write the sequel of a story I wrote quite a while ago, and the plan is to start that when I'm done with this and "Possibly Unstoppable". Want a clue? I just hope I'm not biting off more than I can chew…