The First Move

Ron sighed as he exited his GT-R. This was finally the day. Wade said that it was near completion and he couldn't wait to move in.

To move into his new home.

The girls were excited to move. As soon as he said that the house was almost ready the begged for a trip.

But as soon as they started to leave, Veronica pointed out something painfully obvious.

"Where's your nice silver car, Uncle Ron?" the glare she received from Tara would have melted glaciers. And it was a good thing that Ron's back was to her or otherwise he wouldn't survive the full force of the glare.

"It had developed some engine trouble," Ron smiled as he knelt down and ruffled her hair. "It'll get it fixed soon."

"That's good," she smiled. "I liked that car."

"Don't we all," Vivian smiled. "I'll be more than happy to help you with it."

"Thanks," Ron simply said. A refusal there would have made them even more suspicious. "But there's time for that later. Right now we're going to check out our new home."

And when he got to the gate, he was impressed. The front gate was automated and ran on a voice recognition system that Wade said was next to impossible to beat. Wade said that security was tight. And with Wade, he delivers.

But still…

"Yori?" Ron called her as he looked at the main house. Ron felt Yori nod and left the group.

"Where's Yori-nee going?" Veronica asked as she watched the ninja walk away.

"Just checking something out," Ron smiled at her. "She'll be back soon."

Tara and Vivian held the little girl's hand as they gazed at the main house.

And they were speechless.

The old rickety house was restored to its former glory. It had a new coat of white paint and light brown varnish to highlight the doors and windows. O more holes, no more rust and no more cracked bricks. It was beautiful.

"Wow," Veronica summed up their initial reaction. Ron agreed. It was marvelous.

"It still needs work," Wade said as he exited the house and walked towards them. "I left a few things that needed to be done personally."

"Wade, my man. This rocks," Ron smiled.

"Hey, we were only following what Bonnie drew," Wade shrugged. "She was… adamant about the design, coloring and furnishings."

"Thank you Bon-bon," Ron said. Even though she was busy with racing, she had time to design the house.

"She said she was collecting," Wade's voice was careful and curious which made Ron swallow.

"She said that?" he squeaked. This was… actually, he didn't know if it was bad or good.

"She told me to tell you that she'd need help testing her bed," Wade smirked. "Heaven help you."

"Thanks," he sighed. "So? Shall we?"

"In a moment," Tara's tone was dangerous. "I have a question."

"Sure," Wade looked at her, waiting for her to continue.

"Is that a new car?" Ron frowned as he turned to face her.

"Huh?" he was clueless. He searched the driveway and sure enough, there was a gleaming white car near the entrance of the house. "How could I miss that?"

"Also, I brought your lady to your garage," Wade shrugged. "It was the safest place to keep it." Ron kept a calm demeanor despite his inner turmoil. He had left his lady with Wade to keep the girls from discovering the holes in her. He wished for a miracle right there and then. "And Betty called," Thank You GOD!

"Betty?" There was jealousy in Tara's voice? At least it steered her away from his four wheeled ladies. "And a new car?" maybe not.

"Yeaaaah," Ron sighed. "I'll accept my punishment later. But I need to call her back. Business." Tara blinked. He didn't even defend his purchase. This must be important.

"This is not finished," Tara admonished and then kissed him on the lips. "What's this about?"

Ron guided the girls inside. It was much safer talking inside than out, especially with Wade's security systems. "Betty asked me for a favor a while back and the time is nearing."

"What favor?" Vivian asked as she held Veronica's hand.

"Big one," Ron said. Both ladies never saw him this serious before. It was like he knew it would be dangerous. "We'll wait for the rest of the girls before I'll tell. In the mean time," Ron smiled goofily as he picked up Veronica and sat her on his shoulders. "Let's tour this place!"

"Yeah!" Veronica smiled as she pumped her arms in the air. "To the kitchen!"

"A girl after my own heart," Ron laughed as he looked at the two blonds. "Shall we?"

"Save me a sandwich," Wade smiled. "I'll wait for Yori. I need her input on the security."

"Gotcha," Ron said as he led the two blonds and the little redhead towards the kitchen. "That reminds me, Tara. I'm thinking of making Yori head of security. I know Yori wouldn't want to get paid for something she thinks would be an honorable task. But set up an account for her. She's one of us and I wanted her at least to have some spending money."

"Got it," Tara said as she scribbled in her clipboard. But Ron took it from her and glanced at it like it's foreign to him.

"I also asked Wade to set us up with some tabs," Ron smiled at Tara's confusion. "You know, PADS, touch screens."

"I know what a tab is," Tara smirked. "I have check if it would drain our budget."

"Don't worry about it," Ron said in confidence. "You also got one to Vi."

"Thanks," Vivian blushed. "But I have my own at the office."

"Have Wade look at it," he smiled. "Just in case it's been tampered with. And he'll probably upgrade it as well."

"Is there something I need to know?" Tara asked as she made a note on her clipboard. "I mean, this business with "Betty" and Wade's super high-tech stuff in the house makes me think that you're planning something."

"That obvious huh?" Ron blushed in embarrassment as they entered the kitchen. "Ok. Let's wait for the others since it could involve al of them."

"I'm in," Vivian said making Ron blink at her.

"I haven't told you what it is yet," he said but saw the pure determination in her eyes.

"Me too," Tara smiled as she wrapped her arms around him. Surprised by the sudden display of affection, all he could do was blush further. "We took a vow never to leave you."

"Me too!" Veronica happily cried out. "I wanna stay with uncle Ron forever!"

"What do you ever see in me?" Ron asked as he smiled at the ladies. "Ok. We'll wait for the others. And you'd probably wouldn't like what I have to say."

/M

"I don't like it," Monique said as she looked at Ron with such intensity that it could wither a normal man. But Ron wasn't normal. But right now, he's confused.

"I haven't told you yet," Ron defended. He was sitting behind a large mahogany desk which made the room a little bit special. He and the ladies were in his den, the only room at the moment that had enough couches to sit all 7 girls. The bookshelves were still empty but that would change as soon as he got all his stuff from his parent's house.

"I have a vibe that I won't like it," Monique said.

"Yeah, Stoppable. Something tells me that you're in over it," Bonnie said as she stole glances at Veronica. When she first arrived she almost went ballistic, and nostalgic. The little girl reminded her of someone she really didn't want to be reminded of. But when she heard the circumstances, she softened, a bit.

"He's the best we could get," Shego said as she filed her nails. "That didn't come out right. "He's the best, period. Despite what others think, Ron is very capable."

"As long as Stoppable-san keeps his pants together," Yori smiled as she hugged Veronica. The little girl was sitting on the pretty ninja's lap, enjoying the cuddle.

"Careful girls," Tara said as she nodded to Veronica's direction. The girls understood that all adult teasing would be kept to a minimum when the little girl's around.

"What's going on, Ron?" Vivian asked making Ron turn to Wade.

"It's ready," Wade smiled, proud of what he had done. Ron returned the smile and stood towards the bookcase and it automatically opened. The girl's look of astonishment was priceless but he would dwell on it another time.

"Care to join me?" Ron asked as he entered the hidden room. The ladies joined him and when they entered the room, they were speechless. It looked like a small op center. Large enough to accommodate them comfortable but small enough to be practical. On the wall was a large plasma screen and in front of it was a console where the operator would sit. The room was like a high tech office. There were also separate computers for individuals and a couple of couches for them to sit on.

"Isn't this a bit…" Monique tried to find the right words.

"Eccentric?" Tara and Vivian said in unison making Veronica laugh.

"Creepy would be my choice of words," Bonnie smirked as she sat on the couch.

"Reminds me of one of Doctor D's hideouts," Shego huffed. "Minus the high tech."

"Don't blame me," Ron shrugged. "Wade said that this used to be the main panic room so it's here before we got here."

"And it's perfect," Wade said as he went to the main console. "I could access the house's security cameras in here as well as fend of intruders. Also, this is more high-tech than what I have at home."

"And we need this why?" Monique asked.

"Isn't it obvious?" Shego smiled almost evilly. "Ron's going to do missions." Tara and Vivian looked at Ron, waiting for confirmation of Shego's statement. But when he didn't say anything, they knew it was true.

"Gonna put up a website?" Bonnie glared at the blond man but her ire melted when she saw for a second the sorrow in his heart.

"I will not work that way," Ron's sorrow turned into determination when he addressed the girls. "But it helps to have an op center in the house."

"So? What gives?" Bonnie asked. Looking at the ladies, Ron knew that they would back him up but he needed to be sure.

"Before I start, I would ask if anyone is against this… crusade of mine?" The ladies looked at each other and then to Tara who simple nodded in understanding. She had been just nominated as the de facto leader of the ladies.

"I speak for all when I say we're in," The ladies, including Veronica clapped their hands in agreement.

"Right," Ron took a deep breath and faces the ladies. "A few weeks ago, The leader of Global Justice approached me to ask for my help. Actually, it was Dr. Betty Director who approached me, not as the leader of Gj but just a woman seeking for help.

"It seems that one of her agents had been out of contact for a while and it's up to me to extract her, or ask her what was going on. I have learned that her target is this man," the vidscreen suddenly activated, showing a sophisticated man who looked like a multi-millionaire model. But to the girls, something was off with the man. He didn't seem… real.

"Crie Kradnek," Wade said as some pictures joined the first. "Multi-millionaire. No one seems to know the origin of his fortune or where he came from. And in my opinion, he never existed."

"GJ's been trying to get into his organization," Shego supplemented, adding what she had known. "Several agents were sent and… well… sent back. Two years ago one agent managed to enter his ranks and has been deep undercover for the past two years."

"And now there's no word from her," Ron said as his eyes glanced at Veronica, who, thankfully, was already sleeping. "Betty thinks she has a mole so she came to me. She wanted it to be an extraction but something tells me that would be suicidal."

"I couldn't get any data from the castle Crie bought," Wade said as he typed on his keyboard. "Just the old layout and nothing else. I couldn't get any info on weapons, security or anything else. That was the agent was trying to get. But she never checked in."

"IS she…" Bonnie made a slicing gesture with her had to her throat. Ron looked at Veronica again and sighed.

"I hope not," he said quietly. "Because I have this suspicion that the agent is Veronica's mother." The ladies looked at each other then to the sleeping child. Like it or not, they were enchanted with the little angel. And they would protect her with their lives.

"So, what's the deal?" Monique asked.

"Find the agent and extract her by any means possible," Ron simple said.

"And… if she's…" Shego started to ask but when she looked at Ron, she stopped. There was a blue glow in his eyes. She rarely sees them anymore but when they glowed, she was scared. This was the same man who stopped an entire alien invasion by himself, with some help from her and Doc D. But still, she saw him evil. Truly evil. If in his anger he had forgotten himself, it would not be pretty. "Point taken."

"Sorry," Ron suddenly smiled and went over to her. He never wanted to scare them. "Are you okay?" Ron had his hands on hers and he could tell that she was a bit shaken up.

"I'm fine…" Before she could say more, her lips met with his. At first it was chaste but it grew to full blown passionate lust. Her fear was gone, all that was left was pure unadulterated lust. After a few moments Ron pulled back and suddenly looked at Veronica and was thankful that she was asleep. That and Yori had her hand over her eyes for safe measure.

"That aside," Bonnie growled, jealous of the attention. "What's the plan?" Ron sighed as he walked towards Bonnie and gave her a quick kiss before he told everyone. Even though it was a peck, she still blushed by the show of affection.

"We get near him," Ron said as he saw the amused grin Wade had. Ron blushed as he faced the ladies. He was almost at ease with loving the girls but still embarrassed when other people saw. "Crie has one passion. And that's Racing."

"He's obsessed with motor sports," Wade typed again and a new set of pictures emerged. "F1, Rally, Le Mans, he likes speed. His background is dubious but he's charming enough to befriend some of the most influential people in racing."

"In a few weeks time there'll be a party in Spain. I got myself invited, however, my cover is not yet complete," Ron said as he sat beside Tara. "Please forgive me." However, Tara merely smirked.

"What cover?" Shego asked.

"Forgive what?" Vivian was curious as well.

"The best cover is the truth," Ron said as he held Tara's hand. "I'm expanding Bueno Racing."

"Interesting," Bonnie smiled at that. Vivian was excited at the prospect and simply looked at the others to gauge their reactions. Shego was smiling, Bonnie was grinning, Monique was amused, Yori was looking at Ron in awe and Tara… well… it looked like she liked the idea but Ron needed to grovel a bit more later.

"Ron made me do the logistics," Tara sighed as she glared at him. No wonder she was cross. It took great effort and skill to pull that off. "Right now, Bonnie is our GT racer. We have entered in some GT races in Europe which makes it convenient for us to go there."

"Cool," Bonnie smiled, anticipating the race.

"We also entered the WRC as a privateer," Ron smiled as he looked at Yori.

"It would be my honor to participate," Yori slightly bowed indicating that she had understood his silent request.

"Yori races?" Vivian was surprised when she found out this little tidbit about her friend.

"Hai, Vivian-chan," Yori blushed as she shyly looked at her friend. "Though not professionally."

"She needs a navigator," Ron said, smiling at Vivian.

"Me?" the blond scientist blinked. Looking at Yori's hopeful face she relented and gave her an uplifting smile. "I would be honored to do so," she bowed making Yori smile further.

"You need a car. Find what you prefer and we'll get it ready for inspection," Ron said. "After the races it's off to the party and then we'll make an entrance."

"What's your role?" Monique asked.

"The multi-millionaire playboy who have hot ladies as his race drivers," Ron smiled earning him some pillows that were thrown towards him.

"You're so full of yourself," Bonnie huffed but was pleased that he thought of her hot.

"Does that mean that Tara and I have to learn to drive?" Monique teased in a very sexy voice that increased the heat the Ron was feeling.

"Um…" he gulped. "Help?" he pleaded the blond beside him but she was blushing as well.

"Let's keep him alive for a little while longer," she said making Ron very nervous.

"Aw, man. This sucks," was all that Ron could say.

/M

Ron managed to survive. He was thankful that Veronica was in the room or it would have been ugly. Blissfully ugly. The ladies went to inspect their rooms. As for Ron, he was watching Veronica sleeping on his bed since his room, strangely, had the only bed in the house.

"How's our little angel?" Tara said as she quietly entered the room.

"Lovely, enchanting, precious…" Ron started off.

"You got that from watching her sleep?" Tara almost giggled at his silliness.

"I got that from hearing her breathe," Ron smiled. "She's a gem, Tara. She makes me wonder if I would be a good father." Tara blinked and blushed as she wondered where that came from. She needn't mention that she imagined Ron as a father when she saw the two of them together. And she also wondered if he was going to father her children.

"I think you'd be a great dad," Tara finally said as she controlled her warring emotions. Ever since that episode in Camp Wannaweep Tara had loved Ron. Not liked, not crushed on but loved. But Ron was dense. He needn't know that she was saving herself for him. If it wasn't with Ron, it was with no one.

"Thanks," Ron sighed. "I'm going to do something evil." Tara was alarmed at this. What could possibly be so evil for him to sigh like that?

"What are you going to do?" Tara asked softly.

"I have to leave Veronica here," Ron said with a sad voice. "I can't take her with us. They were looking for her, Tara. I think they know who their mole is."

"You don't want to leave her," Tara understood. Usually Ron shied away from his responsibilities but he had changed. He was still the happy-go-lucky guy she loved but now he's a bit careful. But still, with this plan, it was too reckless by far.

"No," Ron sighed. "She's lonely. She's afraid that we won't be back when we leave."

"She's a tough girl, Ron." Tara said as she came over and hugged him from behind. "But you're right. We can't bring her with us. But we have a few weeks. Why not introduce her to your parents? She and Hana could be friends."

Ron pondered with those words. He could invite his folks and his sister to spend some time in the manor to take care of Veronica. Maybe she could ask the Possibles as well. They would love her.

"You're right," Ron turned around and wrapped his arms around her. And when the hugged, Tara felt the weight leave his shoulders. It was like Ron had a heavy burden to bear and the only time he felt safe was in the arms of those who loved him.

And it almost broke her heart to see him that way. Ronald Stoppable. The man who would give the world to those he loved but never expected anything in return. But Tara knew better. Vivian knew better. Yori knew better. Shego knew better. Even Monique and strangely, Bonnie. They knew that all Ron wanted was to be loved.

Tara didn't know how it happened. Ron's lips were suddenly on hers. It was not a kiss of lust or hunger or seduction, but a kiss filled with love. Tara knew that he loved the girls but was afraid that when the time comes he would choose.

But right now, there, in each others arms, Tara was contented.

/M

End of Chapter

A/n: Sorry it took so long. I hope you like this chapter and I would add something as soon as possible, I hope. Thanks to those who reviewed and please continue on reviewing. I know my grammar sucks so please no flames. Thanks again.