Disclaimer: Spoony, Linkara, Iron Liz, & Scarlett all own themselves. Anything else that shows up also doesn't belong to me.

This one occurs in late November 2009. Ninth one written!


Their hands in their jean pockets, Iron Liz and Scarlett watched their boyfriends shout into the Grand Canyon. Some of the words Spoony was using were… rather inappropriate to be yelled into a national icon but they just made Linkara laugh.

"Boys," sighed Scarlett fondly. Iron Liz nodded happily. "It's sweet how they wanted to celebrate the day they met and bring us along."

"I guess," the red-haired woman smiled. Several yards behind them was a parking lot with only a few cars in it as the Thanksgiving rush had ended. The sky was a bit cloudy, but not enough to have deterred them from the trip.

Keeping within range of their boys, Scarlett and Iron Liz strolled over to the edge of the canyon and looked down. Far below the Colorado River winded, with the layers of the earth clearly displayed. Iron Liz exhaled. "It's beautiful."

"Yeah. No matter how often I come here, it still takes my breath away every time," agreed Scarlett, flicking a pebble into the depths, well aware she wouldn't hear anything. Iron Liz shook her head. "Minnesota doesn't have anything like this. I mean, we have a ton of lakes but no canyons like this."

"I doubt there's another canyon like this in the world," Scarlett proclaimed proudly. Meanwhile her boyfriend shouted very loudly, "SCIENCE!"

"Science, science, science," came the echo. Tilting his head at his best friend Linkara commented, "That sounded more like something that Dr. Insano would say."

"Um… I like science too."

"True," Linkara shrugged before doing a bit more shouting of his own. "Power Rangers!"

Scarlett raised her eyebrows at the pair. "Please tell me Linkara is faking it."

"What? His obsession with Power Rangers? Nah, that's real," Iron Liz grinned. Scarlett pursed her lips. "I meant whether or not he realizes the connection between Spoony and Dr. Insano."

"No… I think he's in deep denial," Iron Liz shook her head. Scarlett questioned, "How can he not tell? It's obvious who Dr. Insano's alter ego is!"

"I said he was in deep denial," Iron Liz replied, a corner of her mouth turned up sourly. "It won't be pretty when he comes out of it."

"No kidding," Scarlett sighed, studying the gleeful pair still shouting into the canyon to receive echoes. For the girls the mood had been marred by the acknowledgement that Linkara finding out that his best friend and worst enemy were the same person was inevitable.

They were best friends, but already there were faint echoes of upcoming trouble that could shatter their close bond once Linkara forced himself to realize the truth about Spoony and Dr. Insano. Spoony and Linkara just were having too much fun to care or perhaps even notice.