A/N: Sorry it's been so long, but I've been busy with summer and all. In this chapter, it's my first attempt at romance of some kind, so please be gentle in your reviews!!
There was a flash and a crack of thunder as Zeda and Ron crash-landed in Middleton, 2004. Ron, being the klutz he was, rolled and tumbled to a stop in front of Bueno Nacho; Zeda landed feet first, being used to the disrupter more now, but stood still for a while trying to regain her sense of direction.
"We're back!" Ron shouted joyfully. "Zeda, we're back! Let's celebrate!" "How do you propose we should celebrate?" Zeda asked, with hidden meaning behind her words.
"I suggest we spend all our money on Bueno Nacho!" Ron cheered. Rufus agreed.
Zeda gritted her teeth with exasperation, and shouted at him, "Ron!" "What?" he asked, clearly baffled.
Zeda rolled her eyes, stepped up to him quickly, and swiftly and gently kissed him. She could sense that Ron was shocked a bit, but then he quickly adjusted and kissed her back.
She broke the kiss a few seconds later, and tried to catch her breath. "That's what I meant," she said.
Ron was trying to regain his breath as well, and they stared at each other for a while. Then Zeda broke the moment and said, "Well, I have to go and find...Kim and Monique."
"Yeah," Ron said. "I guess you do." He watched Zeda run towards Monique's house to find a piece of DNA, and then looked at Rufus who was smiling in his goofy way. "Don't you dare say a word of this to Kim," he warned the naked mole rat.
Rufus laughed mischievously, and Ron sighed as he entered Bueno Nacho.
Zeda growled with frustration. Apparently, Monique's family had never heard of keeping at least one window or door unlocked. Guess this would have to be done the hard way.
She flipped her hair back, took a deep breath, and rang the doorbell. Monique's mother answered the door.
"Hi," Zeda smiled. "I'm a friend of Monique's and she left her sweater here. Could I please go and get it?"
"Surely," the woman smiled and opened the door wider. "Thank you," Zeda said, and she walked quickly up the stairs looking for a room that screamed "Monique".
She opened the door, and breathed a sigh of relief. This was it, she could tell. She rifled through Monique's drawers and found her hairbrush. She grabbed it, and put it in her pocket and started to walk out of the room after grabbing a sweater.
However, just then, the window flew open and a gale-force wind ripped through the room. Zeda turned around, trying to see from the blinding light.
"Not so fast," came a female voice. "Not so fast what?" Zeda shot back.
Shego leaped into the room. "Sorry, Z," she smiled. "You aren't going anywhere." Before Zeda could move, Shego had her by the wrist and was dragging her out of the window. Zeda planted her feet on either side of the windowsill and resisted.
Just then, Ron walked by on his way home. "Ron!" Zeda shouted over the roar of the helicopter rotors. She threw the hairbrush as far as she could, and Ron barely caught it before it slammed him in the face.
"Help!" Zeda cried as Shego wrenched her out of the window and threw her in the helicopter. "Get the buffoon!" Drakkan screamed at Shego. While Shego was distracted, Zeda threw a kick at her chest.
"Oof," Shego groaned, stumbling back. Zeda took her chance and leaped out of the helicopter and fell about ten feet before hitting the ground.
She quickly got up and started to run. She grabbed Ron's jacket and pulled. "Let's go!" she commanded.
"I had to date a super girl," she heard Ron mutter under his breath. She would have grinned at that, but didn't have time.
She could hear the helicopter behind them. "Here!" Ron shouted. "Take the brush! I'm gonna get caught!"
"No you are not!" Zeda shouted back. "If I do," Ron screamed, "I can find out what they're planning! I have a cell-phone!"
Zeda considered, then let go of his jacket and began to run for all she was worth. "Be careful!" she yelled over her shoulder.
"No big!" Ron answered. Zeda tried to run harder and began to feel a pain tear at her side, but she refused to stop until she reached the disrupter. With trembling fingers, she pulled a hair out and scanned it. The computer read, "Destination: 1 A.D."
But it wasn't going. The helicopter was right behind her. Cold fear gripped Zeda like a noose around her neck, and she kicked the machine frantically. "Come on!" she screamed.
Right before Shego's hand grabbed her, Zeda was whisked away into the time stream...but definitely not to safety.
There was a flash and a crack of thunder as Zeda and Ron crash-landed in Middleton, 2004. Ron, being the klutz he was, rolled and tumbled to a stop in front of Bueno Nacho; Zeda landed feet first, being used to the disrupter more now, but stood still for a while trying to regain her sense of direction.
"We're back!" Ron shouted joyfully. "Zeda, we're back! Let's celebrate!" "How do you propose we should celebrate?" Zeda asked, with hidden meaning behind her words.
"I suggest we spend all our money on Bueno Nacho!" Ron cheered. Rufus agreed.
Zeda gritted her teeth with exasperation, and shouted at him, "Ron!" "What?" he asked, clearly baffled.
Zeda rolled her eyes, stepped up to him quickly, and swiftly and gently kissed him. She could sense that Ron was shocked a bit, but then he quickly adjusted and kissed her back.
She broke the kiss a few seconds later, and tried to catch her breath. "That's what I meant," she said.
Ron was trying to regain his breath as well, and they stared at each other for a while. Then Zeda broke the moment and said, "Well, I have to go and find...Kim and Monique."
"Yeah," Ron said. "I guess you do." He watched Zeda run towards Monique's house to find a piece of DNA, and then looked at Rufus who was smiling in his goofy way. "Don't you dare say a word of this to Kim," he warned the naked mole rat.
Rufus laughed mischievously, and Ron sighed as he entered Bueno Nacho.
Zeda growled with frustration. Apparently, Monique's family had never heard of keeping at least one window or door unlocked. Guess this would have to be done the hard way.
She flipped her hair back, took a deep breath, and rang the doorbell. Monique's mother answered the door.
"Hi," Zeda smiled. "I'm a friend of Monique's and she left her sweater here. Could I please go and get it?"
"Surely," the woman smiled and opened the door wider. "Thank you," Zeda said, and she walked quickly up the stairs looking for a room that screamed "Monique".
She opened the door, and breathed a sigh of relief. This was it, she could tell. She rifled through Monique's drawers and found her hairbrush. She grabbed it, and put it in her pocket and started to walk out of the room after grabbing a sweater.
However, just then, the window flew open and a gale-force wind ripped through the room. Zeda turned around, trying to see from the blinding light.
"Not so fast," came a female voice. "Not so fast what?" Zeda shot back.
Shego leaped into the room. "Sorry, Z," she smiled. "You aren't going anywhere." Before Zeda could move, Shego had her by the wrist and was dragging her out of the window. Zeda planted her feet on either side of the windowsill and resisted.
Just then, Ron walked by on his way home. "Ron!" Zeda shouted over the roar of the helicopter rotors. She threw the hairbrush as far as she could, and Ron barely caught it before it slammed him in the face.
"Help!" Zeda cried as Shego wrenched her out of the window and threw her in the helicopter. "Get the buffoon!" Drakkan screamed at Shego. While Shego was distracted, Zeda threw a kick at her chest.
"Oof," Shego groaned, stumbling back. Zeda took her chance and leaped out of the helicopter and fell about ten feet before hitting the ground.
She quickly got up and started to run. She grabbed Ron's jacket and pulled. "Let's go!" she commanded.
"I had to date a super girl," she heard Ron mutter under his breath. She would have grinned at that, but didn't have time.
She could hear the helicopter behind them. "Here!" Ron shouted. "Take the brush! I'm gonna get caught!"
"No you are not!" Zeda shouted back. "If I do," Ron screamed, "I can find out what they're planning! I have a cell-phone!"
Zeda considered, then let go of his jacket and began to run for all she was worth. "Be careful!" she yelled over her shoulder.
"No big!" Ron answered. Zeda tried to run harder and began to feel a pain tear at her side, but she refused to stop until she reached the disrupter. With trembling fingers, she pulled a hair out and scanned it. The computer read, "Destination: 1 A.D."
But it wasn't going. The helicopter was right behind her. Cold fear gripped Zeda like a noose around her neck, and she kicked the machine frantically. "Come on!" she screamed.
Right before Shego's hand grabbed her, Zeda was whisked away into the time stream...but definitely not to safety.