So sorry this took so long to get uploaded! im already working on CH 5 but i have to go be a camp consular this next week so it might be even long before i get up ch5 but i will work as fast as i can to get it up. ^_^ anyway here we go, i hope you all enjoy!


"Kim! Kim!" Ron frantically shouted at his unconscious girlfriend.

Kim was out cold, her purple mission shirt had 4 slices in it from Shego's nails and blood was slowly seeping out of the wounds left in her cream colored flesh and dyeing her shirt a deep purple/red color. Rufus hid in Ron's pocket when he saw the blood.

"It's ok little buddy." Ron reassured Rufus but his voice was shaky and he was having a hard time not panicking himself. He wanted to just freak out but he forced himself to be calm for Kim's sake, he knew that now more than ever she needed him. Ron wasn't sure if he should move her or what but he knew he needed help. He fished Kim's kimmunicator out of her pocket and contacted Wade.

"Hey Ki … Ron? What's up?" Wade was surprised to see Ron's face and the visible sheer terror displayed on it.

"Kim's hurt!" Ron blurted out almost yelling it.

"Ok, how bad, what happened?"

Ron turned the Kimmunicator so wade could see Kim and her shoulder then turned it back to his own face to talk to Wade again.

"Alright, that's not good, is she passes out?" Ron nodded his head. It was taking everything he had no to freak out. "Well first we need to stop the bleeding. Do you have a … Ron, what's that beeping?" Wade stopped mid sentence. Ron had been so panicked and focused on Kim that he just now stopped for the first time to listen to what was going on around him. Suddenly he heard it too.

Ron looked around the room and finally stopped when he saw large numbers displayed on the big machine Drakken had been messing with and they were counting backwards. 'Wait … why are the counting backwards?' Ron thought, it took him a second then his brown eyes widened as he realized what it was.

"Umm, Wade, we got a problem."

"What kind of problem?"

"That beeping, yea, it's a bomb."

"A Bomb! How much time do you have left?"

"About 5 minutes."

"Ron, there's no time to treat Kim, you have to get out of there now!"

"But what do I do about her?"

"Pick her up and run, how big is the bomb?"

"I'm not sure. "Ron said trying not to hyperventilate now.

Ron turned the Kimmunicator towards the machine with the numbers then back to himself again.

"Ron, if that whole things is explosives you need to get as far away as you can from where you are in the 5 minutes or however long you have left and hope that you are far enough away cause when that goes off, well let's just say there won't be much left of the lair or anything around it. GO NOW!" Wade shouted the last two words and closed the communication between himself and Ron.

Ron stuffed the Kimmunicator in his pocket and looked around quickly. He was going to have to carry Kim.

"You ready to Run Rufus?" Ron asked his loyal pet. Rufus stuck his head out of Ron's pocket to give the "ok" on his part.

Ron carefully scooped Kim up, he was surprised to find she was lighter than he had expected. She was very thin but Ron knew enough to know that muscle weighs more than fat and Kim was mostly muscle. Her red hair was sticking to the blood and getting in the wound but Ron didn't have time to fix that. He figured she could clean up later.

Ron made his way through the hall ways carrying Kim close to him. Her right shoulder was pressed firmly to him so her left one was facing away and blood was starting to leak down his hand and arm. Normally he would have freaked out at the sight of such a wound and so much blood but it was just his girlfriend's blood, he kept telling himself, not some strangers. That helped him with the gross out factor, not so much with the worrying though.

Ron finally pushed his way through a door and into the outside; Wade had told him to get as far away as he could in the time he had left so he just kept running. He hit the edge of the trees and bushes and kept pressing on with no machete or extra hands to push branches and leaves out of the way. He pressed Kim to his chest to protect her the best he could from being hurt any worse than she already was. In the process of protecting Kim though he kept getting scrapes on his own body from anything and everything that swept by him. As he ran he tried to judge just how long he had left and how far he had ran. He realized he had absolutely no idea how far he was from the "lair" but he guessed he had less than a minute left before the explosion. As this thought passed through his mind he heard the explosion and felt the earth shake beneath his feet. He purposely fell forward on top of Kim to shield her from the strong wind that blew past them. Some branches were flung at Ron's back but he hardly noticed, he was so intent on covering Kim's body.

The wind from the explosion past in an instant and Ron sat up on his knees pulling Kim's upper body into his lap. She was dirty and looked like a mess but to him she was still the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen. He cradled her with one arm, pressing her close to him and reached his other hand into his pocket to get out the Kimmunicator. It was gone! Ron reached to the bottom of his pocket but his hand went right through. Sometime during his fleeing from Drakken's lair something must have tore a hole in his pants. Now that he looked at himself a lot of something had torn lots of holes in his clothing and he was just as dirty as Kim was.

Ron wasn't sure what to do about Kim's wound but he looked at it again. It looked like the bleeding had mostly stopped, that was a good sign. 'Kim must be a fast healer.' Ron thought to himself.

Rufus popped out of Ron's left pocket and crawled up to sit on Ron's right shoulder. Kim's head was resting against his left one.

Rufus made some sad sounds and looked depressed.

"It's ok." Ron reassured him. "See, the bleeding's stopped and this is Kim we're talking about after all, she can do anything, she'll be fine." Ron wasn't sure he believed his own words but he chose that he was going to.

It was dark out, the kimmunicator was gone, Kim was unconscious and Ron was at a loss for what to do so he continued to just sit and hold Kim in his lap. Rufus shivered and Ron realized it was cold out.

"Well, I guess we got to do something about it being so cold out." Ron said more to himself than to anyone else. "We need to find somewhere more clear than here too, so I can lay Kim out and get her cleaned up, ill need water too." It helped Ron to think clearly and stay calm when he talked things through out loud. He gently picked Kim up and stood up. "So, which way do you think we should go?" Ron turned his head and looked at Rufus who was still sitting on his right shoulder.

Rufus sniffed the air and looked around then squeaked a few times and pointed left.

"Are you sure little buddy?"

Rufus nodded.

Ron started walking, occasionally talking to Rufus or Kim and Kissing Kim's forehead sporadically. He was trying to hold himself together but he wanted to just fall apart, it killed him to see Kim so helpless. Rage at Shego hadn't even kicked in yet but he was sure as soon as he knew Kim would really be ok that he would eternally hate the green tinted woman. Suddenly he stopped and intently listened for a moment before breaking out in to a fast paced jog. After a few yards Ron saw the source of the noise, a water fall. He was at the bottom of it and it pooled out into a small calm lake that then turned back into a stream and continued on its path. The tree line was pushed slightly back from the edge of the lake and Ron laid Kim down so she was leaning against a tree but not too far from him as he went to the edge of the lake to clean his hands, arms and face with the clear water. There was a full moon and it shown brilliantly down in the clearing and reflected on the lake.

Ron cleaned off the dirt and scrapes he had gotten then turned to look at Kim. He couldn't help but smile, no matter how beaten up she looked she was still beautiful and his and that made him smile. He walked back over to her and picked her up and brought her closer to the water. He brought scoops of water up to her and gently began to clean the dirt off her face and arms. When he had finished he looked at her shoulder and tried to figure out how he was supposed to clean it. He finally settled for ripping off the shoulder fabric, Shego had already ripped it in 4 places. Ron ripped the shirt's sleeve off, being careful not to touch the wound too much and to not tear the shirt too low as to expose her chest. He dipped the cloth he tore off in the cold water and rinsed it off then he brought it up to her shoulder and ran it gently over her wound. The 4 marks Shego left ran from the top of her shoulder and diagonal down to the top of her left breast. Ron was nervous enough just cleaning her shoulder but as the marks got closer to her breast he got even more nervous and careful of how he was touching her. He had to admit to himself, he so badly wanted to go lower down her shirt, he was a teenage boy after all, he was curious what she looked like but he'd never do anything without her consent. As hard as it was for him to restrain himself, he respected Kim and her body more than he cared to get his peep show.

He finished cleaning her wound and leaned her back against the tree so she wasn't laying flat in dirt. Rufus had been running around gathering branches and tree bark and everything else he could find to make a fire while Ron had cleaned off Kim. As bad as camp Wannaweep was Ron finally found something useful about it, he had learned how to make a fire with nothing but what he could find around him while there. He gathered the necessary tools and had a small fire going within minutes. He tried to judge how far the warmth reached and decided Kim was too far to feel it so he brought her closer and held her in his lap so he could keep her warm with his own body heat besides the fire.

"Oh, KP, I don't know what's gotten into you lately. You haven't been yourself." Ron decided to talk to the still unconscious Kim, there were things that had been bothering him for a while but he could never find the time to talk to her about them. "I know this relationship probably isn't perfect, I know you could do so much better than me but I also know no one else could ever care about you as much as I do." Ron paused and bit his lip then continued. "No one could ever love you as much as I do Kim." Ron hung his head, leaning his forehead against Kim's. "Oh Kim, I hope it's not this relationship that's troubling you, I'm so sorry, I've never wanted to be any trouble to you, all I've ever wanted was to help but if there is something I'm doing wrong you have to tell me. I know I mess up a lot but I've always tried my best and you Kim, you've always been so kind, so understanding, you've always cared about me too, I know you've done so much for me, I know you tend to put others and their needs before your own … I hope that's not what you're doing now, I hope you're not dating me just for my sake, Kim if that's the problem I can be an adult about this, always did seem too good to be true and if breaking up would help you focus again … I can handle it Kim. I'd rather us be good friends than a bad couple." Ron didn't know what came over him but he spilled everything he was thinking to Kim while she laid in his lap. Ron looked down at her face, she looked so peaceful, it was the first time he'd seen her with that look in weeks. He ran his thumb over her lips and thought about leaning down to steal a kiss but didn't.

Just as Ron was thinking to himself that he would give anything to see her bright green eyes again Kim stirred slightly. He excitedly cradled her with his left arm and used his right hand to brush hair out of her face. Kim opened her eyes.

"Kim? How are you?" Ron looked down into Kim eyes with concern. It was so good to see her eyes open, he thought to himself.

Before Kim could say anything or even think straight a pain shot through her left shoulder. She raised her right hand up to touch it but stopped when she noticed her missing sleeve and the marks. Suddenly things were becoming clear. She tried to sit up but her head was pounding and she ended up falling back against Ron with her hand on her head.

"What happened to Shego and Drakken" Kim looked around taking in her surroundings. "and where are we?"

Ron was hesitant as he told her. "They got away."

"Damn it!" Kim said with irritation as she tried to sit up. She tried to sit up too fast, however, and got dizzy. Ron helped her off his lap and to the ground next to him. After he saw she could sit up on her own he brought his knees up to his chin and wrapped his arms around them.

Kim and Ron sat in silence for a while. Both wanted to speak and not just about Drakken and Shego getting away but about so much more too. Kim kept looking at her bare shoulder and Ron suspected it hurt but Kim was never one to complain about a little pain … or a lot of pain.

"Does it hurt?" Ron asked.

"Not really." Kim said as she shrugged and Ron could see that it hurt her to move it.

Kim got up and sat on the other side of the fire. She wasn't really trying to avoid being close to Ron but she wanted to be able to look right at him. Ron, however, took her moving as a sign she didn't want to be close to him. Kim could see just how distracted she was now, completely losing to Shego made her realize this. It was when she thought back to her final thoughts before Shego struck her that she realized that she really had a problem, she needed to confront. It wasn't the fight she was thinking about, she had let her mind wonder to her dream and the vision of Ron and his "little" member and she was thinking about how she really hoped that he'd grown since then, when she should have been focusing on what Shego was doing. Kim wanted to talk about things, to explain what happened and why she'd been so distracted but while she was still gathering her thoughts Ron stood up.

It took everything he had left in him from the night's events but Ron had to say something, he couldn't let Kim go on being miserable any longer, so even if it killed him he decided he had to do something right then and there.

"Kim." Kim could see Ron was building up all the courage he had. "We need to talk." Kim raised her eye brows but didn't say anything. She couldn't possibly think of what he wanted to talk about and she patiently waited for him to speak.

"I've noticed that you haven't been yourself lately and I think I know what's wrong."

"You do?" Kim couldn't help herself from sounding hopeful but she really seriously doubted he knew what was plaguing her … that is unless Monique told him, she suddenly couldn't remember if she told Monique not to tell him or not.

"Yea, and Kim, you really shouldn't worry so much about other people."

'Monique really did tell him?' She thought Monique could keep her mouth shut for her at least. 'Well, I guess that's what I get for confiding in a gossip.'

"Yea, Ron, I know but …" Ron cut her off.

"No, I'm sorry KP, but I have something I need to say and you really need to listen." Kim was impressed; she'd never seen Ron so assertive before, maybe this whole having to save her thing did him some good. "I've been noticing you change slowly over the past few weeks, at first it just affected us then your friends and family and now it's even getting in the way of us helping people! I can't stand to see you hurt Kim, if it's just hurting me that's one thing, I can handle that but this is hurting you and I won't let it."

"Ron, it's just some scratches" (more like gashes) "they'll heal quickly."

"No, I'm not talking about that." Ron seemed to start getting upset but he was hiding his emotions fairly well.

"Then what are you talking about?"

"I'm trying to explain. Kim …" Ron stopped and wrapped his arms around his stomach like he was going to be sick, his eyes were welling up with tears but he was determined to not let Kim see how bad this was hurting him no matter what. 'Her feelings are more important.' He told himself before he continued. "Kim, I can't do this anymore, I can't stand seeing you so miserable every day. It kills me to know I cause you so much pain in your life. Id rather be just your best friend and make you happy and get to hang out with you than be your boyfriend and make you miserable and never get to be around you."

Kim couldn't believe what she thought she was hearing. Ron's words didn't seem to make sense to her. 'What is he talking about?' Kim was trying to make sense of what Ron was saying and she found herself standing up and talking herself. "Wait, what?" she asked, her voice a little more urgent and high pitch then she meant it to be.

"No, Kim, I'm not doing this, I'm sorry, I know you want to make everyone happy but I won't let you try to make me happy at the expense of your feelings."

"Ron, what are you saying! What are you talking about!"

"Your not happy with me, I can see it, so …" Ron took a deep breath. "so this is it Kim, I still want to be your friend, I know it might not be possible but I want to go back to the way things were."

"Ron wait, I do want to be with you, I like being your girlfriend, unless you don't want to be my boyfriend any more." Kim got quiet and looked down at the ground then back up into Ron's eyes, he was standing only a foot in front of her now. She could see him thinking things over while her green eyes burned into his brown ones

"I don't get it KP." Ron was quiet when he spoke and looked worn out. Kim wasn't sure if it was because of the nights events of the conversation that wore him out though.

"What don't you get Ron?"

"Why have you been so distant?"

"Ron … it's not that ive been meaning to … I just … ive been dealing with some new things and I haven't been sure how to … how to respond to them." Kim bit her bottom lip. She wasn't sure if this was the right time or not to talk about things or what parts she should tell him or if she should blurt it all out and the most annoying thought that passed through her head was 'I wander what he looks like naked.' 'what the hell, why would I wonder that at a time like this.' Kim was at mental war when Ron spoke again.

"Kim, you know I care, please, if something is bothering you, you have to tell me, I want to help, I'm always hear to listen, I always have been and always will be, best friend, boyfriend, or nothing to you it doesn't matter, ill always be here cause I care."

Kim looked up at Ron, how could she tell him about the dirty things she'd been thinking lately? This was so new to her, and she didn't know how he would react. She decided that she was just going to go for it and just tell him no matter how he reacted, she didn't want to lose him and she was afraid that that was exactly where this was heading no matter how many times he would say that he'd always be there for her, she didn't want to push him away any farther. She decided to talk about the latter of her dreams before tackling the more personal ones.

"You'd never cheat on me would you?"

Whatever it was that Ron had expected Kim to say that obviously wasn't it and his face very visibly showed that. He blinked in astonishment a few times before responding.

"Of course not! Why would you even think that?"

Kim wasn't sure what came over her but she suddenly threw herself towards Ron and wrapped her good arm around his neck and buried her face in between his neck and shoulder.

"KP, what's wrong?"

A few tears had slipped out and made little dark spots on Ron's shirt but Kim managed to keep her voice even while she spoke.

"I know it's stupid but some things Bonnie's been saying have been really bothering me lately and I don't want to lose you."

"Bonnie? Why would you listen to her?"

"It's not like I specifically listened to her but she pointed out some real things."

Ron had wrapped his arms around Kim.

"I really don't think anything Bonnie says could possibly be real. What did she say?"

Kim left her arm around Ron's neck and didn't try to move out of his embrace but she turned her face away and stared at the ground. She was feeling so embarrassed she didn't even want to look at Ron. Now Came the hard part, she didn't know what to say or where to start.

"Bonnie had just been saying how if I don't change some things I'll lose you to someone who will … do certain things." Kim was glad her face was turned and her hair was hanging over her shoulders, she was blushing so deeply just thinking about the things she was, while in Ron's arms, that her cheeks matched her hair.

"Change? Change what? Your fine the way you are" Ron paused then almost whispered the next part. "You're perfect."

Kim didn't say anything at first; she just bit her bottom lip. 'This shouldn't be so hard' she thought 'Ron and I can talk about anything with each other, right? I shouldn't be so embarrassed to have these kinds of thoughts and feelings. I can do anything, I can do this.'

"Ron, do you…" Kim fidgeted a bit but sucked in a deep breath and kept going. "do you ever think about … more than kissing?"

"More than kissing? What do you mean?"

Kim pushed away from Ron and walked over to the closest tree and leaned against it facing away from Ron. Ron just stared at her back completely confused by what she had asked him and why she moved away.

"Like … you know … touching each other." Kim couldn't believe she had just asked that, she raised a hand to her mouth, she felt like she was going to be sick.

"Kim, we touch each other all the time. I don't know if I really think about it though, I kinda just do it; do you want me to think about it before I touch you? Do you not like it when I touch you?"

Kim turned to face Ron, the conversation had started and she had to finish now. She shook her head vigorously. "No, no, that's not what I meant, I like it when you touch me, I really do, that's why I wondered it you ever thought about doing more touching?"

"More touching, ok, I guess I could."

"Ron, you're still not getting it, are you?" Kim felt a little frustrated that Ron wasn't getting what she meant but that was just a sign to her that he probably never thought about it before.

Ron was confused, he couldn't figure out what Kim was talking about, of course he had thought about going farther with Kim a thousand times but he couldn't believe that would be what she was talking about. He was trying to keep his head out of the gutter.

"Don't you ever think about … going farther? You know, taking things to the next level?" Kim was so embarrassed and Ron could clearly see it. He was in shock though and was having a hard time forming coherent thoughts. "Please say something."

"Kim, I … I … I don't know what to say."

"I know, I'm sorry, I know it's stupid, I don't know what I was thinking. I …" Ron cut Kim off.

"Kim, no, wait, I'm just … surprised is all. I didn't know you thought about that stuff too."

Kim caught that Ron had added "too" to the end of his sentence giving her hope that maybe she wasn't alone in her new curiosity.

"You know, if there is ever anything you want me to do … or anything you want to do … you just have to tell me, I don't want you to feel you have to hold things back from me, especially when it comes to "us" stuff" Ron was cautious as he spoke, he could see this subject was hard for Kim to talk about and he was trying to be helpful. He was feeling relived more than anything that Kim didn't want to break up with him and that she had the same thoughts and feelings he did.

"After everything Bonnie had been saying, it's just made me kinda curious, you know how I am, I can't help it."

"Curious about what … specifically?"

"I guess, like what it's like to … nnhhmm" Kim was having a hard time saying her thoughts out loud. "you know … touch each other." She made her last sentence sound more like a question than a statement by raising her voice up a little at the last word.

"O … K." Ron wasn't sure how to react he so badly wanted to jump at the chance to do more with his girlfriend but he wanted to make sure he respected her properly, he knew Kim liked to be in control and he didn't want to take that away from her. "So what do you want to do about this?"

"I … I'm not sure … what do you want to do about it?"

Ron looked to the ground then back up at Kim. His blond hair was a mess and he looked like he was about to pass out but he managed to smile at Kim quickly. "KP it's up to you what you want to do. I'll do anything for you … with you …" Ron's voice got a little quieter. "to you?" then he raised the volume back up. "You just have to let me know … what you're ready for."

Kim was shocked that Ron was so open to things; she hadn't guessed he would be. She thought maybe he might have given things some thought before but she never expected this kind of reaction. Both her and Ron looked at the ground between them. They were only standing a few feet apart now. Both were an utter mess but neither was noticing they were both too intently thinking about what to do or say next.

"Well, I …" Before Kim could continue they heard a loud noise like a helicopter and suddenly a spot light was shining down on them.

It was a ride Wade had arranged to find them and take them home. Kim was disappointed and relived for so many reasons and the ride home was slightly uncomfortable for the couple but both knew this was a good step in the right direction for them and neither one could help but be a little excited.


PoisonKytti: wow this one was long, has anyone else noticed that the chapters just keep getting longer? anyway as always thank you for reading and please leave a review! i LOVE reading your reviews and i try to respond to them all!