Ron was still a little shocked that Kim was jealous, of him, no less. He knew that Kim didn't really like to share her spotlight, but he always assumed she respected other people who were trying to do the right thing. Come to think of it, though, she never actually respected any that he could think of.

She didn't like Team Impossible, but she said that was because they charged for their services. She also disliked Will Du, but Ron had always assumed that was because he was a stuck up moron. Maybe all that he thought about Kim was just hero worship; maybe she wasn't as nice or as selfless as he had always thought.

It didn't matter to him anymore, though. He was no longer a part of her team, nor was he a member of her circle of admirers. He was Ron Stoppable, the new rising star in the hero world. No! he thought, he wasn't going to let this get to his head like everything else. It wasn't going to be the Naco incident all over again. He decided to go cool his head and go to the gym to get some training done.

Kim knew this was going to happen. She knew that Ron would let the glory go to his head. It's what he always does and it pissed her off. She couldn't tell anyone though, because she knew they would say she was jealous. Something she was so not. Just because she happened to dislike people that did the hero thing did not mean she disliked sharing the spotlight, right? Any doubts about her willingness to share the spotlight quickly left her mind as the Kimmunicator went off.

"What's the sitch, Wade?" Kim asked after Wade popped up on the screen.

"The Upperton Museum was robbed."

"What was taken?"

"Only one thing: the Amulet of Seiyuuki. It's not that valuable, but it is said to have mystical properties."

"What kind of mystical properties?"

"It can supposedly control every monkey on the planet. Some even say that, since humans are evolved from monkeys, it can control humans as well."

"Who has taken it? Wait, let me guess. Monkey Fist?"

"Nothing confirmed, but witnesses claim that the person who took it was clad in black, small and had a tail, so you're probably right."

"Any idea where he's hiding out?"

"There have been some reports about some unusual sounds coming from the caves by Lake Middleton. It seems like a good, close place for him to hide out. Do you need a ride?"

"No, after I get my stuff, I'll just get one of my parents to drive me there. By the way, does Ron know about this?"

"Not that I am aware of."

"Alright, I better go."

"Good luck, Kim."

One hour later

"Thanks for the ride, Mom," said Kim as she got out of the car.

"No problem, honey. It's the least I could do since you washed all the dishes after dinner yesterday. Don't be late for dinner."

"I won't be." With that, Kim slowly began to make her way towards the caves.

Ron was still at the gym, working out, and doing his very best to stay modest and not get a big head. It isn't that difficult if you put your mind to it. It was then Ron's cell phone rang.

"This is Ron Stoppable of Team Stoppable, you got a crisis, and we'll fix it."

"Nice greeting, Ron," said Chris' familiar voice, "but I am sorry to be the one to tell you that no one contacts you directly, they contact me through the website or phone number and I, in turn, contact you."

"Oh," Ron said with a pout, "okay. What do you want?"

"Before I tell you, stop pouting! I can hear it over the phone." Ron immediately put on a straight face. "Good. Now, we have a mission. Some amulet was stolen from the Upperton Museum. It's supposed to have some mystical powers or something."

"Who stole it?"

"I think you know him. Ever heard of Monkey Fist?"

"That's never good. We should find him before he does some damage."

"We got plenty of time. I did a little research and I found that some ceremony is needed. It can't be completed before midnight, and it's only 6:30."

"Yeah, but we still have to find him; and who knows how long that'll take."

"I already know where he is. He is at the caves by Lake Middleton."

"We have almost everything near Middleton, don't we? Lakes, mountains, space centers and so on. Come to think of it, do we have a volcano here?"

"Yes, as a matter of fact. It's a dormant one, but a volcano none the less. But we're straying from the point. I'll meet you at the caves, alright."

"S'all good. See you there."

Ron got on his scooter and rushed out to Lake Middleton. On the road to the lake, Ron saw a car that he recognized as Mrs. Dr. Possible's. Kim, he thought. She must have arrived already. He wasn't quite sure what he should do if they meet in the middle of the mission, but he'd cross that bridge when he came to it.

When Ron got to the lake he saw Chris' car already there. "How'd you get here so quickly?" Ron asked.

"Let us say that I am not a big fan of roads, shall we?" Chris said with a smirk.

"Whatever, did you happen to see Kim? I think I saw her mother's car coming from here."

"Yeah, she arrived here an hour ago."

"What are we going to if we happen to run into her during the mission?"

"I suggest that we don't think about it, we'll figure out what to do when we are faced with that unfortunate scenario."

"You're right. Let's go."

"Right behind you, Ronaldo."

Ron and Chris both entered the caves and began searching for any sign of Monkey Fist and his monkey ninjas. They wandered around for about half an hour, finding no sign of them, except for a few monkey hairs and a couple of banana peals. Ron was beginning to think they were never going to find Monkey Fist, when all of a sudden he heard the howling of monkeys. Both of them rushed towards the sound.

They arrived in time to see a monkey fly into the wall next to them. In the center of the cavern Ron saw Kim being attacked from all sides. She didn't seem to be in any trouble, so he decided to do nothing for the time being.

"What should we do, Ron?"

"We make sure nobody tries to escape. Do we really want to piss her off by looking as if we're trying to take credit for her actions?"

Just as he said that, Ron noticed a monkey sneaking up behind Kim, so he rushed towards her, jumped through the air, grabbed the monkey by his tail, spun it around and finally threw it into a wall.

Kim looked at Ron angrily and said "What are you doing here, Ron!" and then struck a monkey.

"A monkey was sneaking up behind you, so I decided to take it out," then tripping a monkey of his own."

"I could have handled it!"

"I'm sorry; I assumed you wanted to survive. Next time I won't save you." He then took knocked what appeared to be the last monkey. Then, out of the shadows, stepped the figure of Monkey Fist.

"Well if it isn't the false Monkey Master," said Monkey Fist in his English aristocratic voice. "You will not stop me though. You may have found me, you may defeated my monkey ninjas, but you will not be able to…"

Then, Kim just cried out in rage and attacked Monkey Fist, beating him and screaming at him. "I found you, I defeated your monkey ninjas and I stopped you! NOT RON!" She yelled, knocking him out with one final punch. Then she just stood over him, breathing heavily.

The cave was eerily silent and tense. The tension was broken only when Chris called out "Hey, Ron, can I keep one of these? They're kinda cool."

Ron just rolled his eyes and said "No, Chris, you can't. They are dangerous."

"Come on. I'll train him and wash him and feed him. Please!"

"NO! You round up the monkeys and tie them up, I'll find the amulet." At that statement, Kim seemed to snap out of her silent rage. She then bent over Monkey Fist and yanked the amulet off him. After that she merely turned and left the cave. Ron quickly tied up Monkey Fist and went after Kim, Chris was shortly behind him. When the two got outside they heard Kim calling her Mom and asking for a ride. From the sounds of it, that wasn't possible.

Chris, at that time, took it upon himself to break the tension once more. "I could give you a ride."

Kim turned and looked at him with a look that could kill. But, realizing that she didn't really have any other choice she agreed. Chris and Kim got in the car while Ron got on his scooter. From what Ron could tell, communication seemed to be at a minimum in the car. Soon, they arrived at the museum and were met by the manager.

"Oh, thank goodness," he said with relief in his voice, "Did you bring back the amulet?" Kim went into her bag and took out the amulet and handed it to him. "I thank the three of you for bringing this back."

At that statement Kim's eyes seemed to almost burn. "I brought it back! They," she said, jerking her head at Ron and Chris, "just gave me a ride."

"Yes, sorry about contacting both of you. It is museum policy to call Miss Possible if anything gets stolen. Shortly after contacting you, though, the owner of this amulet called to check up on it. It's just on loan, you see. After I told him what happened, he told me to contact Team Stoppable as well. He must have heard about Mr. Stoppable's heroic defeat of Drakken." The manager then gave the amulet a proper look over and saw that the chain was broken. "Are you responsible for the damage caused to this amulet, Miss Possible?" Kim looked at him sheepishly and nodded, and then gave Ron an angry look, which he returned. The manager just sighed. "Now I'll have to explain this to the owner. He has demanded its return to him."

Chris then raised his hand and said, "I'll bring it back to him and explain." He then took a step closer to the manager and whispered, "I kinda want to get away from these two, since they look like they're about to tear each other's heads off." They both glanced at the two teens, who looked at each other so hard one might assume they were trying to accomplish heat vision.

The manager looked back at Chris and said, "I understand." He then placed the amulet in a case, wrote down the address of the owner and handed both to Chris, who jumped into his car and drove off. The manager went inside while Kim and Ron were stilling staring at each other.

Finally, Kim burst. "You had no right coming to that mission. It was mine!"

"Yours! We were both called on this mission, and it can not be seen as an object, it isn't a toy."

"You should still have stayed out of it. I was doing fine on my own."

"Maybe so, but a monkey was about to attack you from behind, and it didn't seem like you were going to be able to stop it."

"I've survived attacks before and I can do it again."

"Yeah, but you haven't done any mission stuff without me before, have you? Like it or not, Kim, I did distract enemies so you didn't have them on your tail all at once. You don't have that luxury anymore."

"I didn't need it in the first place."

"The R Factor begs to differ."

"The R Factor is a bunch of crap. It was just a way to explain the unexplainable: How do you survive your own stupidity?"

"I don't understand what you are so upset about. I didn't claim credit for the mission. It never even crossed my mind to do so."

"You didn't reject it though, did you?"

"I didn't need to. You made that quite clear."

"Pretentious moron!"

"Glory addicted witch!"

And with that they both turned away from each other. Ron walked towards his scooter and Kim just stood there. As the sound of Ron's scooter died away Kim a thought hit her. She didn't have a ride.

Author's Note: Sorry for taking so long to update, but you can't rush art. I have a few things to say. First of all, if anybody should see any typos or something please make me aware of it. Preferably via email, so the embarrassment isn't as great. Secondly, I need to know how you want this to end. Do you want Ron and Kim to be friends at the end or something else? Thirdly, I think everyone should know that I only update when I have an interest in the story. That interest sometimes wanes. To keep my interest, I need reviews. Flames, complements, whatever.