Thanks to all the reviewers. You guys have all been cool to me and I really appreciate that you took the time to comment.

The orignal chapter had indentations a few other differences than the one you're about to read but that's because screwed it up somehow. Anyway, I hope you enjoy!

The plane ride to New York was taking longer than Kim had expected. She estimated that it had been two hours since takeoff, which was a pretty long time for such a fast and expensive plane like the one that they were in. Bored out of her mind from gazing out the window, she checked on Ron to make sure he was doing okay.

Kim looked across the sofa-like backseat and saw that Ron was sleeping...and so was Rufus, who was in Ron's lap. She couldn't help but smile at them cutely. Ron's head was leaning toward one side, about ready to fall out of his seat. She scooted over a few inches and placed his head neatly on her shoulders. For a while she played with his hair while Ron slept quietly...curling her fingers in a knot with his short blonde hair...styling it to her liking...

Kim looked up and smiled at the kindly man who had lent her the place. He was staring at Kim and Ron...and Ron...

"Ah!" she yelled when she realized what she was doing.

Kim immediately pulled her fingers out of Ron's hair and pushed him off her shoulder.

THUD

"Ow!! Hey!! Watch it!!" Ron yelled surprised and out of his sleep. He rubbed his head and looked up at Kim from the floor.

"Ooohh!" Kim bit her fingernails nervously. "I'm so sorry Ron! I didn't mean to drop you like that!"

Rufus scurried up back to his seat and waved a fist at Kim for dropping him.

"Sorry Rufus," Kim apologized. "Ron, is your head okay?"

Ron winced as his hand touched the bump on his head. "Yeah. Nothing I can't handle," he said to Kim.

Ron slowly picked himself up with Kim's help. "Why were you sitting so close in the first place? Weren't you sitting over there when I fell asleep?"

Uh-oh.

"Um..." she thought fast. "It was getting kinda cold so I...moved away from the window."

Ron frowned. "Kim...airplane windows don't open."

"Maybe she was trying to cuddle up, my boy!" Mr. Mathers called out.

Kim gasped and Ron blushed but rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

"No! It's nothing like that Ron. I'm sorry. I didn't know you would mind so much if I moved closer," Kim said nervously.

"No big KP. I know how-"

"Did you know that she was playing with your hair, too? Curling it up in her fingers and everything," Mr. Mathers interrupted.

"What!?" Kim yelled in surprise. "Ron, I wasn't-"

"And she was staring at you while you were asleep."

"Stop that!!" Kim scolded. "Ron, I'm really sorry." Kim blushed slightly but not enough for Ron to notice. "I just got kinda lonely so I moved over...and I wasn't playing with your hair," she lied.

"Heh," Ron chuckled.

'That would've been cool if she was...' Ron thought.

"Don't sweat it. We're friends, right? We don't gotta get all suspicious about this kinda stuff," he assured her. She smiled back until Mr. Mathers butt in once again.

"Here we are!" Mr. Mathers announced. "Now are you sure you kids don't want me to land the plane first?"

Kim glared at Mr. Mathers furiously but tried to talk as nicely as she could. "Yeah. Me and Ron love skydiving." Kim yelled as she opened the door on the side of the plane.

"Alright. Your call! Good luck!" Mr. Mathers waved.

"Thanks." Kim attached her parachute on her back and checked on Ron. "I'll go first okay?"

Ron nodded.

"Now you kids call me again if you need any help, okay?" Mr. Mathers offered Kim and Ron.

Kim snorted. "Yeah...we'll do that."

About fifteen minutes later, Kim, Ron, and Rufus were finally on the ground and in the middle of Time Square (in New York, of course). Their sudden drop from the sky went surprisingly unnoticed since everyone in New York walks to dang fast anyway.

"Whew! What a rush!" Ron declared excitedly.

"Whoooosshhh!" Rufus added.

As soon as Kim landed, she whipped out her Kimmunicator and switched to the handy map of New York that Wade had uploaded.

She scanned the areas on the map until she found the blinking checkpoint from Wade. "It says here that the telescope is on the west side of the city, about 10 miles from here. Maybe we can catch a cab or something."

Ron exchanged an iffy look with Rufus. "Gee, I dunno KP. Are cabs really all that safe nowadays? I mean, do we really know the man in front of the glass window? What if one of them is an escaped convict or something and he's really just taking us to his hideout in the subway where he can tie us up and interrogate us for useful information to foil the government's plan for a-"

"Shush!" Kim ordered. "Fine. We'll take the subway."

"But what if he's waiting for us there-"

"Let's go."

Kim tugged Ron by the shirt and pulled him down the nearest subway entrance. She looked around the dingy concrete environment and carefully stepped on the unnaturally sticky floor. She saw a few miserable faces of street bums looking for loose change. Being the good person that she was, Kim couldn't help but leave them some money.

"Here you go, sir. I hope this will help. Maybe you can one day get out of the streets and live a normal life," Kim said sweetly.

"How bout we forget the money and you just give me a little dance there, honey?" one of the bums replied.

"What???"

"Yeah, c'mon. Do a little dance for ole Jimmy," the bum requested. Kim noticed the drool that was coming out of his mouth and that his eyes were locked directly on her body.

Kim shivered and backed off from the bum one or two inches. "Don't make me take my dollar back, sir," she said sarcastically.

"And don't make me pull out my kung-fu-fo-jizo! Waaahhh!" Ron added. He and Rufus got into very dangerous looking stances to chase the bum out of the subway.

Kim shook her head. "Ron, what'd you do that for? You just scared away a hobo. He'll probably have nightmares over that."

"He was bothering you," Ron said defensively.

"Yeah but-" Kim wanted to chase down the bum and apologize to him but decided there were more important issues at hand. "What ever. Let's just get on one of these things."

"Sure KP. And don't worry. I got your back!" Ron said, making a face at all the hobos around them. Each one of them backed off and begged to be left alone.

"Ron..."

"What?"

Kim sighed. "Okay, it looks like we take this train until we get to THIS stop." She pulled Ron over and pointed at a giant map in front of them. "Now...any idea how we get on one of these things?"

Ron shook his head 'no'.

"Hm..." He looked around carefully to see if anyone else was boarding the subway. "Oh hey look! It looks like we just jump over one of those rail thingies and just get on."

"Are you sure we don't have to pay?" Kim asked suspiciously.

"Yeah, look." He pointed at a group of teens a few meters away. "See. They just jump over it and no one cares."

Kim still looked at Ron skeptically but once she thought about the situation, she realized that now wasn't the time to be WASTING time. "Alright..."

"Cool. Could you give me a boost over one of these things? Because...I...uh...think...I'm...stuck...."

"And YOU were actually thinking of trying out for basketball this year? sigh"

"Ron, we're almost there. Just one more stop," Kim informed her goofy sidekick. She was thinking up of possible evil schemes that Drakken might've been planning with a telescope while Ron mingled with the locals.

"So uh...watcha listening to? ...G?" Ron asked the slightly older teen next to him. His afro almost blocked out Ron's view of the sun.

"Nuffin. Music you probably wouldn't know," he replied coldly.

"Hey, I resent that! I bet I know more about music than you do."

"Pft What ever."

"Hi!" Rufus popped out.

The teen literally jumped up a few inches before landing back into his seat. "Man what the hell is THAT??"

"It's a naked mole rat."

"A naked mole what?"

"A naked...mole...rat..."

"Man, that sounds like something from a por-"

"Can I just listen to your music?"

"Hell no!"

"What?? Why not??"

Ron continued to plead but the young man just turned up the volume on his headphones.

"...Don't ignore me like that!"

"Hey yo, you looking for a fight homie???"

"Ron? Is he bothering you?" Kim interrupted.

"Yeah! This guy won't tell me what song he's listening to!"

"Why don't you just leave him alone and just focus on the mission?"

"Yeah 'Ron'. Listen to yo friend and focus on yo little mission. Now get out of my-" the rowdy young man stopped when he looked up and saw Ron's friend. "Holy crap homie..." the teen replied in awe. He gawked over Kim's magnificent features. Kim and Ron exchanged nervous glances. "Is this your home girl, dawg??" he asked Ron.

"Uh...yeah, I guess..." Ron said, putting an arm around Kim in a defensive position. He made sure that his new friend wasn't getting any closer to Kim.

"Don't worry, I ain't gonna hurt nobody...daaaang..." He licked his lips and chuckled a little to himself. "You doin' alright fer yerself playa. Anyone who can get a girl like THAT is truly pimping it." Kim folded her arms and huffed.

He pat Ron on the shoulder and handed him his CD. "Here. You can take this if you want. It's bootleg anyway."

"Gee...thanks. Who is it anyway?"

"It's the new 50 Cent joint. You know who 50 is, right? After all, you ARE the music wiz."

"You bought this for 50 cents? Coolio! Where can I get some more of these??"

"Ron! We're here!" Kim said as she got up and started walking toward the street.

"Hey yo. Keep it real, dawg," the young man said smugly. He grabbed Ron's hand and did a strange kind of handshake before he left.

"Yeah. Later, G."

"Wait!"

"What?"

"Do me a favor and if you ever see me again, don't call me G."

"Uh sure, homie."

The teen rolled his eyes as the door behind Ron shut and he chased after Kim.

"Hey! I think I'm starting to understand these New Yorkers better!" Ron said proudly.

"Ron. Do me a favor and if you ever see a guy like that again, just leave him alone."

"Hey, we got off to a bad start but I think we could've been buds if we stayed on the train longer."

"Sure Ron."

Kim and Ron made their way to the point on Wade's map that wasn't much further from where they were standing.

Ron continued. "But if he even set a finger on you, I was about to plant one right in his kisser."

"Really? You'd do that for me?"

"Yeah..."

"Wow..."

"...What's the big deal? You'd do the same for me..." Ron thought about what he said for a second. "Actually...you DO really hit people..."

Kim kept on walking. "Yeah but that's really thoughtful of you Ron..."

"What? It's thoughtful to hit people?"

"No, it's thoughtful to think of others before yourself."

"Oh. Well, in that case then I guess I AM a pretty thoughtful guy."

Kim laughed. "Ron, the world would be a lot better if everyone was as sweet as you."

Ron stayed silent while he continued to walk with Kim. For all he knew, Drakken could've been sneaking up on him at that very moment.

'Wow. That's a pretty nice thing to say...' he thought to himself.

Rufus popped out once again. "Haha! squeak Blushing!"

"No, I'm not," Ron said, covering his face from Rufus.

"What was that Ron?"

"Oh, um, uh, nothing. Just talking to Rufus."

Kim nodded and looked around her surrounding area. There was a huge building right in front of them. It looked pretty plain, but looks can be deceiving...

"Rufus, could you quiet down? I don't want Kim to get the wrong idea," Ron whispered.

"Oooh."

"Shut up Rufus."

"You like her?"

"No I don't- ugh You don't understand Rufus."

"C'mon..."

"No Rufus, I don't."

"pft What ever..."

'Why does no one seem to believe me anymore?' Ron thought.

"Why don't squeak give flowers?"

"Don't get your hopes up Rufus."

"Uh huh, uh huh."

"Why do you always do that?"

"For your own good."

"My own good?? How is teasing me for my own good?"

"Because. You like her."

"No I don't!"

"Ron, quit messing around and focus. Drakken could be around here somewhere." Kim said intently. Ron didn't notice that she was in a crouched position and they were already inside of a dark hallway.

"Sure, what ever Kim. Now...as I was saying, Rufus-"

"Ron! Look out!!"

"Huh? Ahhh!!"

Ron quickly ducked underneath Shego and avoided touching her scalding hot fists.

"Argh! So close! So close to squashing the little idiot!" Shego yelled in disbelief.

"So, Shego...resorting to cheap tricks just to get rid of us, huh?" Kim told her female rival while Ron crept towards her leg for protection. He was in a feeble position, still shocked by how close Shego came to tearing his head off.

"Ms. Possible..." Drakken said slowly. He came out from the shadow behind Shego with a smug look on his face. "We meet again. How about we just-" His expression changed when he saw who was in front of Shego. "What the. Who the heck you?"

Kim smiled equally smugly. "That's for me to know and for you to find out."

"Grrrr..." Drakken growled. "I see the buffoon...but no Kim Possible...what're you doing here without Kim Possible!?" he asked Ron.

"I uh...lost her?"

"Wait a minute..." Shego said, taking a closer look at Kim. She fully recognized that hated, over confident smile. "THAT'S Kim Possible!"

Kim smile grew wider.

"What? Can't be...I know my arch foe and that's just some skanky bimbo alongside the buffoon. How can SHE be Kim Possible??"

"Skanky bimbo!?!" Kim yelled angrily. "I'll show you, you arrogant piece of mutated bubble gum!"

"Arrogant piece of...!?! Why I oughta...you dirty excuse for a Playboy movie star!!"

"What!?!" by then Kim was fuming. Ron and Shego looked on but didn't see any point in interfering. "Dirty blue urinal bucket!!"

"Grrrrr...fiery red implant queen!!"

"Power-hungry egotistical sexist jerk!!

"Boy-crazy air-headed drama-queen cheerleader!!"

"Selfish small-handed Shego-dependant coward!!"

"White trash!!!"

"Eccentric lunatic!!!"

"You...you...Kim Possible!! It's you!!"

Shego looked at Dr. Drakken questionably. "You're just now realizing that? It's obvious of what happened. Her friend must've struck her with the Age Ray and now they can't get her back to normal. What a bunch of morons..."

"Serves you right! Ha! Now look at you! You're just a...a...a beautiful woman!" He pointed at Kim.

"I'm flattered, Drakken. Really."

"ARGH!! Always with the witty remarks!! Well two can play that game! You hormone-driven, Miss Goody-Goody, perfect, jailbait-"

"Woah, woah, woah! Hey! I don't like where this is going." Shego stopped him. She looked at Kim directly in the eyes. "Now as much as I'd like to add to the list of 'things I hate about you', WE haven't actually stolen anything so YOU can't arrest us."

"I can have you arrested for breaking out of prison."

"Well...well yeah, actually. You got me there..."

"But if you didn't steal anything, then what're you doing here?" Ron asked confused.

Shego snorted. "We WERE gonna steal the world's largest telescope but blue boy forgot one little thing in his plan."

"We can't carry it..." Drakken groaned.

"So now we're here. With nothing in our hands and we were just about to escape but then you two showed up."

"Aw, what a pity," Kim remarked.

"Where do you come up with so many gosh dang comebacks all the fricking time..." Shego mumbled.

"So can you just let us go?" Drakken pleaded.

"No way. You two are going back to jail where you belong."

"That's right!" Ron added, now standing. "But I'm still kinda wondering what you were planning with a telescope."

"Isn't it obvious!?" Drakken inquired. "I was going to steal the telescope and then go to Japan where they have the world's most powerful heat ray and steal it and then I was going to create a gigantic space station where I could go to in out space, then I would put the telescope on the space station, fire the heat ray through the telescope where it would then be magnified by a significantly large amount of power and then it would be shot at the earth when everyone on the entire planet would be obliterated and...I would...have nothing to...rule over......ah, screw it! It was stupid to begin with!"

"I TRIED to tell you..." Shego sneered.

"But don't worry," Drakken butted in confidently. "I've come up with an even better idea just now...heh heh heh..." he said, focusing his attention on Kim. "Come Shego. Let's get of here. I've got the perfect plan..."

"Hey wait! You can't just leave!"

"Watch us!" Shego yelled.

With that, a cloud of smoke covered the area, causing Kim, Ron, and Rufus to cough uncontrollably. When they looked up, Drakken and Shego were already gone.

"Ugh! We let them get away..."

"Eh. We can't win all the time. Besides, what're THEY gonna do?"

"I don't know...what do you think Drakken meant by 'the perfect plan'?" Kim asked worriedly.

"Pft Nothing. He's just bluffing."

"But he seemed pretty sincere about it..."

"Hey c'mon! Like I said, they can't do ANYTHING to penetrate YOU! You're the perfect crime-fighting machine! You can't be beat so don't worry about it!"

"sigh I guess..."

Ron recognized that Kim wasn't going to let the issue die so he did the next best thing to cheer Kim up. "Hey, what do ya say I take my favorite supermodel to Bueno Nacho, huh? My treat."

That made Km giggled a bit. "Well...okay."

Rufus also laughed and tugged Ron's shirt.

"I know what you're going to say Rufus and 'no'."

"Haha! Flirt!"

"What did he say?" Kim asked.

Ron's gaze shot up nervously. "He said 'dirt.' He wants to eat dirt!"

"O...kay..."

Rufus snickered to himself and laid back from the comfort of his pockets. He'd quit messing with Ron for a price...maybe a naco from Bueno Nacho? Grande sized? Rufus licked his lips hungrily. While they were in the plane, he would tell Ron his demands...