Day 7: A Leak and Ron's Insomnia
Ron wanted to shout with joy. The week was finally over. It was their last night, and tomorrow morning Dr. P would be picking them up. The first Ron was going to do when he got out was head to Bueno Nacho. Oh, the possibilities! But at the moment, he was laying on the steel cot with a rock-hard pillow. He glanced at the red-head across the cell. She was fast asleep. Although that was no surprise. When you travel through the Amazon you need to learn how to sleep anywhere.
Ron closed his eyes and tried to get comfy. Suddenly, something cold plopped right in his face. Blinking, he glanced around and jumped when the cold thing splattered in his hair. Peering up, he groaned, and choked when a drop of water landed in his mouth. Perfect. How was he supposed to sleep with a leak? The pipes running overhead had a small crack, he noted. Hmm. Maybe he could seal it somehow. But with what?
Biting his lip nervously, he peered into the cell beside him. "Shego." He hissed. After a moment he tried again. "Shego!"
Jolting awake, Shego tumbled out of her cot and moaned softly when she struck the cold hard floor. Pushing herself up, she glared at the trembling sidekick watching her from the safety of his cell. "You are so luck there's a five-foot thick cement wall between us." She growled. "What do you want?"
"Do you still have the gum you lifted off of Camille?"
Shego closed her green eyes and took a deep breath. "You woke me up because you have bad breath?"
"No! I have a leak in my cell and it's driving me crazy! I'm gonna use your gum to seal. If you'll let me." He added hastily, noting her expression.
Shego raised an eyebrow. Those pipes were attached to the ceiling, three meters high. Having no idea how the buffoon was going to reach that high, she figured it might be amusing to watch if she couldn't get back to sleep. Slipping a hand into her jumpsuit, she removed a pack of spearmint gum, which only had five pieces left. She tossed it through the bars and Ron caught it clumsily. "Good luck, kid."
Ron popped a piece out and stuck it in his mouth. As he chewed, he wondered how he was going to get up to the ceiling. Maybe Kim could give him a boost. Walking over, and trying to tune out the insistent plinking, he nudged his girlfriend. "KP? KP, wake up!"
Grumbling, Kim opened her eyes to see Ron standing over her. "Ron? What is it?"
He pointed to the pipes overhead and the water that leaked from it. "I need you to give me a boost so I can cover the leak."
Kim sighed. She struggled to her feet and watched another drop fall into a growing puddle. "Why don't you just let me do it?"
Ron pouted. "I wanna do it."
Suppressing an eye roll at his whine, she held out two hands and nodded towards them. "Just do a little run and jump and I'll throw you up. Hey, where'd you get the gum?"
"Here." A sleepy voice called from the cell beside them.
Kim blinked and shook her head. "All right Ron. Go ahead."
Ron stared at her hands in concentration before jogging over and putting one foot in her hands. As he lifted the other one, she pushed him upwards.
"Ow!" he cried as his head struck cold metal. Latching on with one hand, he rubbed his head with the other. Kim stared at him.
"Do you still need my, or can I go back to bed?"
"You can go back to bed." Ron whispered, before spitting the gum in his hand. He moulded it around the crack and grinned in victory when the water stopped.
"Yes!" He cheered softly. He was about to drop down when a screw shot out from one of the supports and clattered to the ground. Ron froze, watching as the pipe he was holding on to bend and gave way.
"KP!" He shouted before crashing to the ground, a torrent of water following him. Kim opened one eye and groaned. Why her? She was so glad it was the last night. She had some major reputation damage to repair, and as a wave of water hit her in the face, she growled before standing up and banging on the cell doors until a guard came.
"And this is all because you couldn't sleep!" She snapped at the soaked Ron.
The rest of the villains in the cell block took great pleasure in watching the sidekick flail in the flood of water and his ticked off girlfriend let him have it.
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