The team took their customary booth inside Bueno Nacho and started to compile a list of ideas on what Drakken could be up to, "What is it with you and your family wanting to break this Drakken guy out of prison." Monique asked Kim.

Kim glared at Monique, "and who said it was any of my family?"

"Oh that's right, it's probably just you then…Do you miss Shego that much." Monique said bitterly.

Ron came back to the table with a tray full of food and soft drinks, he put Rufus down on the table, "Have at it boy." He said as he turned the naked mole rat loose on the food.

Monique quickly grabbed a burrito, "I better get mine now, I'm not eating after pink freaky thing there." She said pointing at Rufus.

Ron looked at Monique and said slightly hurt, "Hey…Don't be dissin' the Rufus."

Monique shook her head and said, "Look at him Ron, he's covered with a few layers of dried up cheese and lipstick…You could give him a bath from time to time."

Rufus popped up from his food and glared at Monique and then sniffed under his little arm pits, then his eyes rolled up in his head and he fainted backwards into his nachos that were covered with extra gooey cheese.

Kim shook her head and brought the conversation back to where it needed to be, "So what is Drakken up to?"

Ron checked Rufus's pulse to make sure he wasn't dead, "I'll give you a bath when we get home buddy….What was that you were saying Kim?" He asked her.

Kim gritted her teeth and let out a small growl, "RRRRRRRRon…Pay attention to me." She said exasperated.

Ron smiled and pulled her closer to him, "I always pay attention to you…Mission cloths, the earthy smells of perspiration…It fires my loins, Kim." He told her in a low sexy voice.

Kim blushed and said shyly, "Ron…not in front of Monique and Rufus."

"Yes, you are right; we need to discuss…the flying car." He said as he shot Monique a smile.

Ron held out his hand, Kim looked at him and said bewildered, "What?"

"Hold the Ronnunicator for me." He said as if he were loosing patients.

Kim rolled her eyes and said to Monique, "See what I have to put up with, when he was a side kick, I didn't have to ask him for anything….Next thing you know I'll be toting Rufus around."

Monique gave her a half smile and reminded her, "At least Ron doesn't try and get you killed, the way some others do."

Kim glared back at Monique, and Ron confidently pressed the call button on the Ronnunicator in Kim's hand, "Wade…any ideas on the hover car?"

"It's a pretty sweet machine, much faster than Drakken's old one and it's complete with Stealth technology so I was unable to locate it on radar after it had left the area." He told Ron.

"It took off in the direction of the rocket base that dad works at, so Drakken's new lair is either at the rocket base or somewhere close by." She said with a perplexed look on her face.

Ron shook his head, "I doubt it's at the rocket plant…Too many people around." He said.

"Wade you still there?" Ron asked.

"Right here Ron…could you have Kim hold the Ronnunicator to the right just a little so I can see you?" Wade asked.

Kim rolled her eyes and turned the Ronnunicator to face Ron, "Ahhhhhhh that's better." Wade said.

Ron nodded at the figure on the screen, "Wade is there anyway to track the EMF signals around the rocket base? Looking for anything that could potentially hide a liar?" Ron asked.

"Sure Ron…I can do that…Hey…is that perspiration on your forehead Ron?" Wade asked.

Ron dabbed at his forehead, "Wade, you are correct once again…Ok, Monique take care of it." Ron ordered.

"Take care of what?" Monique said.

Ron rolled his eyes and told her, "Monique get a napkin and mop my brow."

Monique's eyes bulged out of her sockets, "Me, why can't Kim do it, she's closer?" she asked.

Ron rolled his eyes, "Monique, she is holding the Ronnunicator…It wouldn't be right to expect her to try and do that when your just across the table gorging yourself on burritos and nachos."

Monique started lose her temper and then grabbed a napkin and stuck it to Ron's forehead and left it partially covering his eyes, "There you go team leader." She said as she returned to her meal.

Ron shook his head, and looked at Wade, "See what I have to put up with Wade…I'm trying to talk to a computer genius, I have one whole functioning side kick, trying to train another one, and this is what I get…I had no idea how stressful this saving the world thing could be." He told him as the napkin finally fell off his face.

"Ron you've got to keep those girls lined out…Firm hand…Don't spoil them." Wade said with a smile.

"Thanks for the advice, Wade…I'll check back later." He said as he ended the conversation.

Ron waived the Ronnunicator away and Kim put it in her pocket, "Well let's call it a night shall we…Monique, go ahead and carry Rufus in your pocket till we get to the car." Ron said as he pointed at Rufus as he just sat up and rivers of gooey cheese running off of him.

Monique looked at Kim and she shrugged and said, "You're the one in training, better get used to handling the pink freaky thing."

Monique made a face as she undid one of her side pockets and then she tried to pick up Rufus but he was all slippery and he squirted out of her hands and Ron caught him before he could fly across the restaurant.

Ron shook his head, "Open the pocket and say "Here Rufus" Ron told her.

Monique did as he told her and Rufus jumped into her pocket and she made a face as she could see a large grease stain forming where Rufus had settled, "I'll get you for this Ron" She thought to herself as they headed out the door.

Ron dropped Monique off at her house and then he turned to look at her in the backseat, "Well not a bad first night…I know I'm eagerly waiting to see what color you show up in next Saturday night." Ron said with a smile.

Monique nodded her head and gave Ron a half smile, "Don't worry black commando sweater and khaki cargo pants…I got it, I got it." She said sadly as she pulled the flap up on her side pocket and let Rufus out into Ron's backseat.

Ron and Kim watched Monique walk inside the house and then they started chuckling, then they were laughing so hard that Ron could hardly drive down the street, "Kim did you see her face when I told her to mop my brow...Ohhhhhhhhhh that was funny." Ron said.

Kim curled up into a fetal position and started laughing, "Look out flying car." She squealed in laughter.

"She looked like a tall skinny banana; ohhhhh that outfit was too bright." Ron said happily.

Then Ron pulled up to stop sign and he looked in the backseat, "Rufus…Stay on the floorboard." He yelled into the backseat at the cheese covered rodent.

Kim was still chuckling as she pulled out the Ronnunicator and contacted Wade, "Hey…What exactly what did you mean by a firm hand?" She asked in a stern voice.

Wade smiled sheepishly, "I…I don't know…I just thought it sounded good." He told her as he started to chuckle.

Ron was laughing again, "Don't worry Wade, I'll take a firm hand to Kim later…Well I think we successfully hazed Monique and learned a few things in the process."

Kim elbowed Ron and nodded, "I'm afraid dad is involved…I'll have to keep an eye on him at home till we figure out what's going on." She said in a worried voice.

"Wade is there anyway to try and figure out what those EMF transmissions are?" Ron asked as he popped over Kim's shoulder.

"I'm working on it guys, the signals are so low powered that I'm surprised they're even being picked up outside the prison." Wade said.

Ron smiled, "Keep us up to date Wade." He told him as reached over and ended the conversation.

Kim put the Ronnunicator back in the glove compartment, "Ron…can we…you know at your house?" Kim asked shyly.

Ron smiled and shook his head, "Not cool…how about yours?" he asked.

Kim shook her head, "Not cool there either." She said sadly.

Then they both smiled at each other and said at the same time, "Quarry Lake!"

Ron took off on the familiar road to his favorite parking spot in the world and Kim snuggled close to him and whispered in his ear, "Jinx…you owe me a soda."

"Uh huh…ok so explain to me why we have to wait till the second weekend of May again to get out of here?" Shego asked

Dr. Drakken sat in the cell across from his loyal side kick and explained the whole plan to her, "One year ago last May Shego, I had Dr. James Timothy Possible exposed to me under the brain tap machine, it was then that I devised a failsafe protocol should the main plan fail…A series of safe words and a small microchip sized radio receiver implanted just behind his left earlobe." Drakken told her as he growled at the boom box in frustration as he tried to work on it with Shego's homemade shiv.

Shego looked bored, "Yea…I understand that part, but why the waiting?" she asked again.

Drakken looked up, "Now, now Shego, all good things…Well once Kim Possible showed up and wrecked everything, I filed my little sleeper agent away for safe keeping, I needed a few things before I could awaken the good Dr. Possible and control his mind….Namely a transmitting device…So thanks to our good friend Strange Sam and your shiv…I know possess…close to what I need, it's too low power though." Drakken said in frustration.

Drakken gloomed at the old boom box and continued, "So I awakened the good Dr. Possible with this…piece of junk…then I decided to work slowly this time and have some patience…something that I'm not normally known for." He said with a smile.

"Tell me about it." Shego said resting her head against the iron bars of her cell.

Drakken shot Shego a look, "Sounds like someone is being a grumpy monkey…Now let's see where was I? Oh yes patience, I needed a new lair and a rebuilt retooled hover car, courtesy of the good Dr. Possible. Well I have the lair and the new hover car, now I need an army, so I tried to contact ol' Jim again and the equations and instructions for the synthodrones was too large to be transmitted all over town. So I had Dr. Possible come within easy transmitting range of the prison and now he is busy manufacturing my new army." Drakken said happily.

Shego nodded and stared at him, Dr. Drakken noticed the stare, "What?"

Shego rolled her eyes, "Why do we have to wait till May?"

"Oh that's easy Shego, Kim Possible will be busy at the prom with this John Audible guy, and then we shall make our escape to our shiny new lair…Besides if we wait till May there is a certain…in your face factor to be had." He told her happily.

"Ok…I can deal with May…Now how are we getting out of here?" Shego asked.

Drakken looked across to Shego's cell and twirled his shiv, "Well…Ummm…That parts still under construction at the rocket base." He told her.

"Rocket Base? Doctor D what are you hiding?" Shego asked.

Doctor Drakken coughed nervously and looked around, "Well the escape plan has a small element of personal danger but I think we may actually live through it and not be incinerated." Drakken said smiling at Shego.

Shego nodded her head and said flatly, "If it means getting out of here, I'll take the chance."

Drakken smiled happily and said, "Good, I'm glad to see your feeling your old self again, being locked up with Kim Possible for twenty-four hours must have been pure torture for you."

"It was bad Doc, but I came to the realization that I'm in love with Kim Possible, yep…the freckled face, the blond hair, the hockey jersey…The little pink rodent Kim keeps in his pocket…Kim is just sooooooooo hot." Shego told him happily.

Drakken shook his head and thought to himself, "Well, we're getting closer to having her mind put back together again."

March and April passed by quickly, Ron and Kim trained Monique to be a highly competent side kick. Monique's most frightening weapon was her ability to taunt her adversaries.

Wade still hadn't cracked the transmissions and the transmissions themselves dried up all together.

Mr. Dr. P. was at home quite a bit during the two months and appeared to be his old self again, with flashes of his high strange behavior appearing only once in a while.

Ron resigned from Smarty Mart at the beginning of May to spend as much of his time before he would leave for Israel with Kim and Rufus. He began to help his mother around the house more as she was unable to do them because of her pregnancy.

He also continued his Hebrew lessons with Rabbi Katz and was becoming more comfortable speaking the language. He was proud of the fact that he could now maintain entire conversations without errors or having to think about what he was saying too hard.

Jim and Tim treated Kim better in school and worked hard to win Rufus's trust again. They worked hard so that Ron would feel more comfortable about leaving Rufus with them when the time came for him to leave.

Dr. Drakken finally was able to bring Shego's mind back to around 98 of what it was, now she hated both Ron, Kim and Doctor Drakken. So he decided to quit while he was ahead.

Now it was Saturday one week before the prom and Kim was helping Ron go through his closet, to decide what he should take, what would get left behind, what would get thrown away and what Kim would keep.

Kim eyed the photo and picked it up, she turned it around and looked at the back, in Ron's chicken scribble hand writing was written, "Me and my buddy Kim, Wave Valley Water Park, June 14, 1995."

She smiled and wiped a tear from her eye, "Ron…can I have this one?" She asked quietly.

Ron looked at the picture and smiled, "Sure KP" He said softly.

Kim placed the picture in an already stuffed box full of mementos and trinkets of Ron's that she couldn't bear to be without, "I…Ron…I…feel like we're going through things of someone that's died." Kim said sadly as she picked up another picture from the box.

Ron nodded, "Yea…I…never thought I had so much, most of my really good stuff I gave to you when I was younger…I don't know." He said sadly.

Kim smiled and nodded her head, "You were always giving me stuff…I never really knew why?" She said.

"Less stuff I have the less stuff I have to move when the time comes…If I couldn't eat it or wear it…It was never much use to me." Ron said absently.

"I can't believe you knew ten years ago that you'd be leaving." She said sadly.

Ron nodded, "Yea…I never dreamed I'd be sorry to go or that I'd miss anyone other than you." He told her trying hard not tear up.

Kim smiled, "I know I've told you this about a million times…but…when you leave, I'm really going to miss you." She said sadly.

Ron moved a pile of junk off the bed and gave her a hug and told her softly, "I never get tired of hearing it."

The attention was diverted to the sound of the Ronnunicator going off in one of the boxes by Ron's dresser, "Opps, didn't mean to pack that away." Ron said as he started looking for the right box.

Ron pulled the device out of a box and smiled happily as he answered Wade's call, "What's the sitch Wade?" he said pointing at Kim and smiling.

"Hey Ron…I think I've managed to decrypt a few of the intercepted EMF signals, it's very fragmented but I think they're planning their move for next Saturday night…Not sure of a time though." Wade said.

Ron looked over at Kim, she just closed her eyes and shook her head, "Prom time" Kim said quietly.

Ron nodded and said to Kim, "Any new guys show up and school and ask you out yet?"

Kim wrinkled her nose and said, "NO"

Ron smiled and chuckled, "Well that's good, I would have hated to try and find a new date this close to prom." He said as he ducked a pillow that Kim had thrown at him.

"Wade any lead on a lair?" Ron asked quickly as Kim got off the bed to chase him.

"Remember the old Bueno Nacho World Headquarters?" Wade asked.

Ron and Kim both stopped in their tracks and looked at each other, "Wade…I don't think so…It's too far away from the Rocket base." Ron said

Wade shook his head, "Not if you travel by hover car."

Kim closed her eyes, "Right…Ron?"

Ron's eyes had turned dark as he started planning, "We meet with Monique at Smarty Mart at 4:00pm and we change out of our prom cloths and into mission cloths and drive north to the old World Headquarters site and surprise them after they break out."

"Why not try and stop them from breaking out?" She asked him.

Ron looked at Kim and in a deadly serious voice replied, "Because there would be more people in the way of me killing Drakken."

Kim swallowed hard and said quietly, "Ron?"

Ron turned his head from side to side, "Kim, we don't even know how their escaping, it's a good bet it will involve the hover car…It's a good bet your dad will be helping, if we stop them at the prison, what happens to your dad?" Ron asked.

Kim shook her head and said, "He's under some kind of mind control Ron."

"What proof do we have? We don't know how they're getting out, but we do know where they're headed." Ron told her.

Kim nodded, "Ok, but we have a week to try and figure something else out." She said sadly.

Ron nodded his head, "yea…a week." He said absently.

Kim looked around the room, "Well back to taggin' and baggin.'" She said sadly as she started to go through more of Ron's things.

The week moved by slowly, Ron had Kim tell him the colors of her prom dress so he could order a corsage for her for prom night. Kim also told him with a wink that the dress was strapless so he would know to order a wrist corsage.

Ron told Kim that he was actually going to rent a black tux for the evening so she went ahead and ordered him a boutonniere for him to wear.

Wednesday night Ron received an urgent call from Kim, "Ron…Dad's missing?"

"How long?" Ron inquired.

"He left for work this morning and never came home, we called his desk and there wasn't an answer." Kim told him.

Ron looked at the clock radio, it was after 9:30pm, "You up for a drive to the rocket base?"

Kim was quiet for a long moment, "Yea, I'll get my mission cloths on and I'll meet you out front."

"Wear the beret." Ron said trying to cheer her up.

Kim chuckled, "Oh you and that beret." She said as she hung up.

Ron dressed in his mission cloths and quickly called Monique, "Hey Monique, feel up to a little late night reconnaissance work?' Ron asked.

"I just got off from work, I'm kind of beat, we have the summer fashions coming in and it's been pretty hectic…Sorry." She told him.

Ron nodded, "No big, just remember to be ready for the prom really early Saturday night? I forgot to ask who you're going with." Ron asked.

"Hey it's a friend of yours from the cross country team, J.D. Rottler, he asked me out…seems like a nice guy." Monique replied.

Ron was quiet for a long moment, "Great…I'll try and contact you before Saturday night." Ron said as he ended the call.

Ron walked downstairs and out to his car, "Let's see Saturday pick up corsage, pickup Kim, pickup Monique, kill Drakken, punch J.D. Rottler in the mouth, dance with Kim…Maybe I should dance with Kim first, and then punch J.D….Man Saturday night is going to be busy." He thought to himself as he drove down the street to pickup Kim.

Kim came out to meet him but she wasn't in mission cloths and she was crying, Ron got out of the car and asked, "Kim what's wrong?"

"I…I didn't know…dad left a note." Kim said as she passed the note to him.

Ron held the note up so he could read it by the porch light:

"To my beloved wife

It grieves me to inform you that I will no longer be coming home.

I have met a much younger assistant named Sheila and we have fallen in love.

I will be staying with her until we can work out a suitable divorce arrangement.

JTP"

Ron handed the note back to Kim and then the wheels started turning in his head, "Kim...mind control…think."

Kim shrugged her shoulders, "Ron, this was probably why dad was acting so flakey." She told him sadly.

Ron shook his head, "NO WAY, KIM…ok, let's start over from square one, your dad vanishes from the house, what do you normally do?" Ron asked.

Kim looked at Ron, "I'd get my mission cloths on and go find him?" She said cautiously.

Ron nodded, "Yea…and…if there is a note left behind explaining his disappearance what do you do?" Ron asked again.

Kim wiped her eyes and started to become angry, "I stay home and console my mother." She answered.

Ron nodded and said, "Correct"

"Give me five minutes to change." Kim said as she grabbed the note and started back inside.

"No" Ron said as Kim froze in her tracks and turned around to face him.

Ron walked closer to her, "Does your mom know anythingabout what's been going on?" he asked.

Kim shook her head, "No, I didn't think to tell her what we've suspected." She said.

Ron took her by the arms and asked, "What's your mom doing now?"

Kim looked back inside the house, "She's in her office crying and breaking dad's space toys." Kim answered.

"Kim you better bring your mom up to speed, and I'll go snooping around the rocket plant." He told her softly.

Kim nodded and gave Ron a big hug, "You be careful…I don't want to lose a team leader now." She said trying to smile.

Ron grinned and told her, "I'll call you once I get finished snooping."

Ron kissed her goodbye and drove off to the rocket base where Mr. Dr. P. worked, "Security is an old man in a guard station at the front gate and a whole bunch of cameras…Shouldn't be hard getting in and out for a ninja…At least I'm familiar with the place from spending so much time there with Kim when I was little." He thought to himself as he drove the 4 miles to the base.

Ron drove by the base and saw the little old guy sitting in the booth, he drove a mile and half up the road and turned onto a gravel county access road and drove until he found enough room to pull off and park.

Ron walked down into a dried up drainage ditch and walked the length of the fence until he came to a section that wasn't lit as well as the others. He looked up and saw the razor wire on top of the 10ft. high chain link fence.

He scratched the back of his chin and then looked around, "Can't go over the top, have to go thru." He thought to himself.

Ron looked around again to make sure he hadn't been spotted, and then he stepped back about five feet and ran into the fence and fell backwards onto the ground.

Ron scampered back down the hill and watched to see if he was heard, "Now I did this at Yamanouchi, why can't I do it here." He thought angrily.

Ron walked back up the hill for another try, "Try to think how I did this before…No that was it…Don't think…just do." He smiled as he remembered.

Ron walked up to the fence again looked around to see if anyone could see him, then he closed his eyes and emptied his mind and took off at a jog towards the fence, after he ran about 20ft. he stopped and turned and realized he was inside the base now.

"Yes…Booyah, I can still do it." He thought to himself happily as he jogged towards the facilities that housed Mr. Dr. P.'s lab.

Ron reached building twelve the rocketry building, he moved crouched down to keep from becoming seen. He started to reach for a door but then pulled his hand back, and then he closed his eyes and did the same trick as he did at the fence.

He came through the door but hit the concrete wall on the other side and bounced off it. Ron fell to the ground holding his nose, "I guess we can't walk thru concrete." He thought as he rubbed his nose.

He stayed to the shadows as he walked the familiar corridors until he reached the rocketry lab. He reached for the door and found it open, he quickly slipped inside. Ron walked the length of the office area, he pulled out the Ronnunicator and when Wade came on screen he held a finger up to his lips to signal he should be quiet.

"Wade, I'm got blue prints and a rather large rocket out in the lab that I need you to see." He told his friend.

Ron scanned all the blue prints and schematics that were on Dr. Possible's desk then he moved in front of the large glass window that looked out into the lab, "Wade, most of the rockets made here are launched straight up and down, why's this one on an angle?" Ron asked.

"It looks like he's trying to point it at something, see if you can get into the lab and nose around for me." Wade suggested.

Ron slipped out the door and headed down the two levels of steel steps to the rocket labs concrete floor. He held the Ronnunicator up and scanned everything that he thought could be useful to Wade.

"Ron, I'm picking up those EMF readings." Wade said urgently.

Ron quickly ducked under the metal stairs and looked around inside the lab to see what could be causing it. The door above him opened and someone was walking stiffly down the stairs to the lab, the figure turned on the lights and Ron could see it was Mr. Dr. P.

Dr. Possible walked over to the rocket and picked up a part and then took it over into a corner and started working the part on a grinding wheel.

Ron stayed hidden and whispered urgently to Wade, "Is the signal still there?"

Wade nodded his head yes, Ron licked his lips is there anyway to amplify the signal with the Ronnunicator to try and get a better signal?" He asked.

Wade nodded his head yes and then held up a finger, the screen went blank and text came across, "Working on it now…Stay there keep connection open for a few minutes."

Wade came back on the screen and gave Ron the "OK" sign. He started to move slowly out of his hiding place, until he was taken by surprise as Mr. Dr. P. stood straight up and then fell over to his left side.

Ron hadn't broken connection with Wade, so he asked him, "Wade…still getting a signal from here?"

"No Ron, it just shut off." Wade whispered to him.

Ron looked into the screen and said, "Mr. Dr. P. just shut off too…I'm going to scan him and then I'm going out the back door."

Ron walked up to the unconscious form of Kim's father and quickly scanned him with the Ronnunicator. Ron quickly broke the connection once Wade was secure in that he had enough information to look at.

Ron walked to the back door and looked at it, "It's alarmed, I guess I have to go thru it then." He thought to himself happily as he was becoming more comfortable with the ninja trick.

Ron quickly made his way to and thru the fence, he worked his way back down into the dried up drainage ditch and then made his way back to where he parked his car.

Once he returned to his vehicle he turned it around on the gravel road and headed back for the road he came in on, made a left and drove past the unaware security guard in the booth as he made his way back home.

He picked up his cell phone and discovered he had 10 missed calls, "Kim must be worried." He thought smiling to himself.

The phone rang again and Ron answered the call, "Hey KP, how's things at home?"

"Good to hear your voice, things are better here…Did you learn anything?" she asked.

"Lot's of stuff, they are controlling your dad some how, I seen him working on a rocket and then he just fell over as if he was turned off." Ron told her.

"Is he hurt, is he ok?" Kim's voice was a little frantic.

Ron shrugged and answered the question, "No he's not ok, his mind is being controlled? Is he alright physically? Yea I think so."

Kim let out a heavy sigh, "Well at least he's not got a girlfriend…That note really tore mom up…Ron…Drakken needs to die." Kim said sadly.

Ron bit his lower lip and nodded his head, "We'll talk more about it tomorrow Kim…I'm pretty tired."

"Ok…Love you Ron." She told him sounding very tired herself.

"Love you too Kim." Ron said as he ended the call.

Ron turned into the subdivision and drove up the hill to his house. He shut the car off and sat there staring at the stars, "Drakkin really messed with them tonight, poor Mrs. Dr. P. that must have been way too much stress." Ron thought as he finally got out of the car.

Ron quietly opened the door and snuck inside, his mother was sleeping in the living room now, since the doctor told her to stop using the stairs. He crept up the stairs to his room and started to undress.

Ron lay in bed and pulled the covers over him, "He stepped over the line with Kim, first her dad and now her mom…Well at least she knows what needs to be done now." Ron thought sadly to himself as he waited for sleep to come to him in the night.