Chapter 7

Unexpected


Ron groaned as he lay on the counter-top, shoving the racking off him as he sat up to face the Lipsky's. Drakken's eyes were narrowed, a look of pure rage behind his eyes. Shego looked more shocked then angry, but it was there too, the flicker of her hands as she stared at him. The green glow in her hands died however as she turned towards the girl's whom had flocked over to their parents. Drakken's face softened as he looked at the girl's and Ron cringed as he looked at Athena's slowly darkening black eye. Ron wondered if he could make it to the door, he slid back off the counter and into the water, the sound triggered Drakken to look his way.

"Girl's upstairs," said Shego, in a calm voice, but Ron could see the rage.

"Mommy, it's not what it looks like, the other raptor..." Athena began, both she and Val looking worriedly between Drakken and Ron.

"Now, room," said Shego, the girl's cringed and ran upstairs, Shego looked directly at Drakken, not looking towards Ron in the slightest, "Drew."

"I've got this, Dear, " said Drakken darkly, Shego exited after the girl's.

"So... Did you have a nice night?" asked Ron after an awkward silence.

"Oh, yes, it was a lovely send off," smiled Drakken, it fell into a deep frown, his eyes narrowed again, "Stoppable, do you care to explain all of this?"

"Ohm, well," Ron began, there was a sound from upstairs.

"Drew!" yelled Shego, Drakken raised his brow and indicated upwards.

"There was a... black hole earlier," said Ron, "I'm not sure what's up there... or not up there."

"Okay, getting back to that later, what happened to my wife's car?" asked Drakken, tossing his hands up in the air.

"You see..." Ron was cut off.

"Or why I have had several phone calls.. one from my four year old daughter, who was at a Biker bar out looking for a freaking dinosaur at eight in the evening," Drakken was pacing, "Not to mention several villains at a party, asking about why Ron Stoppable had kidnapped children in my car. Don't forget the fact traffic was delayed due to a high speed car chase and a policeman being attacked by a lunatic and a little girl. I'm assuming that was you?"

"Oh, so... you know that all happened already?" asked Ron, he felt his chest tighten, and he fought the urge to ask who at the party had known his name.

"Did it?!" asked Drakken, he looked livid, his sleeves were rolled up and his fists balled, "Explain to me at what point did you think to perhaps.. I don't know. CALL EMERGENCY CONTACTS!?"

"At no point," answered Ron truthfully, "I mean, Val was going to call once... but then Athena went missing and..."

"You... you lost my daughter. You physically lost her," asked Drakken he looked horrified, Ron felt he was digging himself into a deeper hole, "At one point, you had no idea where Athena was?"

"I mean, we found her but then I lose Val...I mean there was a whole thing with Toxiss and Dr. Pulse," said Ron, he was baking up in the water.

"You lost both my children tonight. And decided to NOT call us at either point!?" asked Drakken, who knew fatherhood could finally achieve the terrifying villain look Drakken had always wanted, "I know I said not to call us, but here's the thing. I meant if it was something trivial. Not loosing my children. In fact, pretty sure MY only instructions was to make sure nothing happened to them. Yet?"

"I feel like I need to explain this, in detail," said Ron, as Drakken's vines seemed to be readying to fight, "Like maybe when we've both calmed down... thinking rationally."

"When would that be?" asked Drakken, his eye twitched, as did the vines.

"Ohm, maybe in... a few months. I'm really sorry, bye!" said Ron and he booked it out the back door, diving through a wall of vines that was holding down Riley.

"SROPPABLE!" yelled Drakken, and Ron was dodging vines left and right.

"Dodge left!" he heard a yell from upstairs, one of the girl's was yelling, he did and a vine snapped to his right.

"Duck!" Ron did so and managed to dive in-between hedges and roll passed more vines.


"He's a disaster," said Athena with a head shake as they looked out their parent's window.

"Agreed," said Val, leaning next to her, they both shared a smile.


Ron kicked the vine off his ankle as he sprinted through the neighbors yard and fell into their pool. He gasped for air and looked up to see the vines circling around the pool area, searching for him. He slowly climbed out of the waters and made a mad dash when the vines seemed to pull back. He took a deep breath, a snapping noise made him start to run again, he dove over hedges and fences the whole way home. Eventually he stumbled to his front door and took a moment to try and catch his breath. He saw a hedge move and panicked, running into his house and locking the door behind him.


"And that was what happened," said Ron, who was now sitting on the coffee table in the living room, his eyes wide and holding his knees, Kim stood in the kitchen taking a drink with wide eyes, "You know what the worst part is?"

"We're going to have to move," said Kim as she picked up a box from a closet and began putting stuff in it, "We take the essentials tonight."

"No... yeah probably," said Ron, he looked around the room and towards Rufus who had begun packing up stuff as well, "No, it was the fact I did all this in order to get a job that I could actually use my skills."

"Ron, I feel like the near death of their children is the worst part," said Ron, Rufus nodded in agreement.

"But, I used all my skills tonight, or lack of according to my resume," said Ron, "Heck, I even got to re-wire a black hole generator. I mean not the engineering I planned on but... nice."

"Ron, what are you saying?" asked Kim, she had a faint smile, "Are you thinking about missions again or..."

"No, Kim, I don't know. This whole night was just... chaos. How long do you think I can avoid them before my demise?" asked Ron, seriously.

"Norhtr," grumbled Rufus, indicating shortly.

"Ron, I'm sure there's a way of you using your engineering skills in the field. The Director would take you back I'm sure," said Kim, she was both hopeful and worried as she sat next to him.

"I don't want that Kim, but I... also Rufus. I could have used your help tonight," said Ron with a glare, "Thanks for ditching me."

"Uh uh," Rufus shook his head rapidly, as if indicating mission's with Kim was far less dangerous.

"I kind of had... oh no," said Ron, he looked at his broken phone, ringing, "I don't think I should answer that..."

"Who calls at 12:30 at... oh," Kim looked at the cracked screen as Shego's number came up, "You should answer that."

"But if I don't," said Ron, quickly.

"Do you want them to come over?" asked Kim, looking around, "I feel like I really can't defend you that much. As I may be in agreement..."

"Seriously?" asked Ron, his eyes wide.

"You lost their children and didn't call them, Ron," said Kim, Rufus nodded, Ron answered the phone with a deep sigh.

"H-Hi," said Ron, Kim cringed and sat on the couch, "Oh, hello... ohm.. Drak..Drew."

"Uh oh," said Rufus, Kim bit her lip, waiting to hear yelling.

"Well yeah... I did... yeah, that's true I did take this job in hopes of that... no... no... that did happen... that's true... there is a human hand in the trash bin, yeah," said Ron, nervously.

"What?" asked Kim, Ron shrugged, as if that was the least issue he'd skimmed over.

"I did do that... yeah sorry about the car... that's from a grappling hook... uh huh... uh huh... I did talk to them about that... it was actually a crossed wire, no big deal... yeah no off switch... yeah we talked about that... there was sugar... no I didn't read the rules until the whole Raptor thing..."

"I still don't know why a Velociraptor?" asked Kim, Rufus shrugged.

"Oh... Really?" asked Ron, Kim raised a brow as a smirk flared across Ron's face, "That's really impressive... and yeah oh no way.. oh Hi Sheila."

"Can you put it on speaker?" asked Kim, Ron shook his head and she rolled her eyes and pouted, he looked away, "Aw."

"No... No... ohm.. actually," Kim saw a small smile on Ron's face, "That sounds like a great idea... wait... are you sure... I mean... I can figure out... no... okay... okay then... great... yeah. Thanks, bye."

"Well?" asked Kim, with a confused look as Ron gave a weak smile.

"Well, I guess the girl's told them a very detailed description of the night. In which a few there was some elaborationg, but in my favor. While they are still furious about the not calling part... they aren't going to kill me."

"That's good," said Kim, she looked around, "So we don't have to move."

"Not yet," said Ron, he cringed, "I mean, we should keep that option open for the future. I mean in the span of a few months I have taken out their mailbox, garden, and several other things they don't know about yet."

"How?" asked Kim.

"I don't know, it's just there stuff it keeps happening too," said Ron with a shrug, he smiled, "But, apparently Athena... being Athena overheard me talking to Monique... I need to call her back."

"Ron, focus. Call her in the morning," said Kim, taking his phone from him as he looked in his contacts, "Continue."

"Well, I guess Drakken knows that I did all this to try and get the job at Monarch... turns out had I just handed in the application and talked to him. He probably would have hired me on for a trial period. Apparently he trusted me... trusted being the key word... that I would have been a safe hire... past tense mind you," cringed Ron, "Apparently this evening did not shine me in my finest of lights."

"Yeah," said Rufus, Ron continued.

"That being said... I have a job," said Ron, Kim looked shocked.

"Are you serious?" asked Kim, her smile flickered, "That's great but... wow... after all of that?"

"Yeah, apparently I work well under pressure," said Ron, he nodded to himself, "You should have seen me fight Dr. Pulse, I mean, top of my game."

"Okay, moving on, so now what?" asked Kim, still in shock.

"Well I start part time on Monday, and full time after Shego goes off leave," said Ron happily, he scratched his head, "I can't believe tonight worked out so well... I mean you know what I mean. This job is perfect Kim, I can use all my skills."

"That's fantastic Ron," smiled Kim, pulling her boyfriend into a hug, "But why after Shego goes off leave. She's not working at Monarch right now."

"Neither am I," said Ron, Kim looked confused as Ron walked into the kitchen.

"Wait... but... what?" asked Kim, she and Rufus exchanged a look as Ron drank some water, "You said you had a job?"

"I do," beamed Ron, he looked proud, "You are looking at Shego and Drakken's new Nanny."

"Wait?" laughed Kim, her laugh faded, "Are you serious?"

"As serious as I am about getting new equipment from Wade, I mean a new grappling hook and knee pads would have been nice tonight," said Ron, he started walking to the bedroom, "Do you think I should get fire resistant clothes again... I mean I don't like the feel but..."

"..." Ron's voice trailed off as Kim and Rufus sat in the living room, both dumbfounded, "Rufus... what just happened?"

"Uh uhh," Rufus looked as confused as she did.

"Oh, hey, I still have one of those stones," said Ron coming back in the living room holding a glowing green stone, "I should ask..."

"What was that?" asked Kim as a loud crash from the back bedroom.

"Damn it," said Ron as Riley the Velociraptor came into view with a roar.


THE END