Chapter 2
Missing In Action
Kim had been home for a week, and surprisingly to Ron, she had followed doctors' orders, and had stayed in bed the entire time, today was the first time that Kim was allowed out of bed, and move freely about the house, but Ron had decided that she would be doing no activities that might put a strain on her, or anything that would put the baby, or her, in jeopardy,
"I'm looking out for both of our interests." Ron had said, when he had told Kim that she would not come down to the restaurant and work tonight,
"Ron, the doctors said only a week, ease up, will you?" Kim said, she had tried to use the puppy dog pout again, but this time, it had no effect on Ron,
"Kim, I think I'd know my wife, even if she doesn't want to believe it," he said, looking Kim in the eyes, "before long, you're going to be running around, and doing things that you could do before the pregnancy, and it'll probably put you back at square one, the hospital, for, what is it now?"
"About the fifth time." Kim said,
"Yeah," Ron replied, "you would think, after the last four, it would've sunk in that it was something that you were doing, and now, you're trying to repeat the same mistakes."
"Okay, I get the picture, Ron, no working in the restaurant until the baby comes, I understand." Kim replied, finally caving in,
"Thank you, that's appreciated." Ron said,
"And who's going to cover for me?" Kim asked,
"Shego, for now, just until you're able to work again." Ron replied,
"And if a mission comes up between now and then?" Kim asked, trying to find an excuse to go on a mission, but Ron was too quick for her,
"I've got options." he replied,
"Who?" Kim asked,
"Drakken, Monkey Fist, Shego, and Bonnie are all standing by, just in case." Ron said,
"No Duff?" Kim responded,
"Not this time," Ron said, looking at Kim, "he's back in Scotland, preparing for the British Open, he got into the field the other day."
Ironically, at that moment, the Kimmunicator went off, Ron took it from the kitchen table, and activated it,
"'Sup, Wade?" Ron asked,
"Got a hit on the site from Interpol, large bank heist, I put Bonnie and Tara on it." Wade replied,
"Good looking out, Wade, keep us posted." Ron said, shutting the Kimmunicator off,
"Bonnie, and Tara, going on a mission, together?" Kim asked, looking at Ron,
"Yeah," Ron replied, "I was a little surprised at first, but they work well as a team."
"How well?" Kim asked,
"Bonnie does all the hard work, and Tara comes in mainly as the distraction. And boy, can she ever pull off some doozies." Ron said,
"Explain?" Kim asked,
"She went on a mission with me shortly after Doc Workman sidelined you," Ron related, "she was able to distract the guards in one of the most unusual ways I've ever seen."
"How?" Kim asked, obviously interested,
"She pulled off her top, and started dancing in front of the door." Ron said, laughing,
"That must've brought them to attention." Kim said, laughing with him,
"No kidding, it did, they couldn't take their eyes off her, you should've seen how many of those guys came charging out of the building when they found out that a topless woman was dancing in front of the main entrance. You'd think they'd never seen a woman before." Ron said, now wiping a tear of laughter from his eye,
"Hey, as long as it worked, no foul, right?" Kim said,
"Don't you go getting any ideas," Ron replied, looking at Kim, "that's something you don't need to be showing off to another man."
"I never said I was going to." Kim said,
"I know you didn't." Ron stated, then getting a flicker of remembrance in his eyes, he said, "I thought she went a little over the top, but it worked, Drakken and I got in, and we got the project from Professor Dementor."
"Oh, that one, now I remember," Kim said, "Dementor had stolen some kind of top secret project from a government lab, didn't he?"
"That's the one." Ron said, then, he added, "And if I remember correctly, Tara had a cold for a week after that."
"That sounds like Tara." Kim said, remembering how scatterbrained Tara could be at times,
"Yeah," Ron said, a slight bite of laughter in his voice, "but, when she puts her mind to it, she could be the toughest one of the bunch."
"Oh, really?" Kim said, now looking hard at Ron,
"Yeah, before any of the guards knew what hit them, she had them wrapped up, and knocked out." Ron said,
"Wow, sounds like she came in handy for that." Kim said,
"Yeah, she hit them with some of Wade's stink formula." Ron said, which caused Kim to laugh.
Kim had gone to bed early, claiming that she was tired, Ron had decided to stay up, and catch the evening news, it was around eleven, that a knock came from the front door,
"Who's there?" Ron asked, approaching the door, and readying himself for a fight,
"It's Shego, let me in." came a voice from the other side.
Ron cracked the door, to find Shego, dressed in her nightgown, a robe pulled over top of it, and her purse dangling from her wrist,
"What's going on?" Ron said, opening the door, and letting Shego in.
Shego sat down on the sofa, and told her story,
"Drakken's missing." she said,
"Missing?! Missing how?" Ron asked,
"He went to his lab, and never came back." Shego replied, Ron could tell that this had come as a shock to Shego,
"When was he supposed to be back?" Ron asked,
"Ten o'clock." Shego said,
"What was he doing in his lab to begin with?" came Kim's voice from the hallway,
"He was trying to come up with something to help you have an easier pregnancy." Shego said,
"It's my fault," Ron said, covering his face in his hands, "I asked him to help me out, and now, he's disappeared."
"It's not your fault, Ron," Kim replied, "since he's reformed, he's made a large number of enemies, so has Monkey Fist. They're on the target list of just about every terrorist organization on the planet."
"I never thought they'd ever follow through." Shego replied, wiping a tear from her face,
"Alright, we need to get the troops together, Bonnie and Tara are on a mission of their own at the moment, so they're indisposed, which leaves Monkey Fist to come with me." Ron said,
"What about me?" Shego asked,
"Someone's got to look after Kim, the last thing I need, is for her to go into labor, and noone to be here when she does." Ron replied, Shego agreed with this, and Ron disappeared into the study, with Kim and Shego hot on his heels,
"Wade, get a hold of Monkey Fist, tell him to meet me at the bar, we got a problem." Ron said, looking at the monitor of the computer,
"Do you have any idea what time it is, Ron?" Wade asked,
"Yeah, I do," Ron replied, "Drakken's come up missing."
"Alright, I'm on it." Wade replied, signing off.