Ron Stoppable looked out his car window as he drove home from work. Lowerton looked just the same as it had when he moved here four years ago…lonely. He drove up to his small house that he shared with his roommate Josh. Ron parked and was immediately greeted by his naked mole rat Rufus II. His first naked mole rat Rufus had died of old age, so naturally Ron got a new one and named it after his old buddy. Ron picked up Rufus II and gave him some of the Diablo sauce from Bueno Nacho. It was like a doggy treat to Rufus II. To Ron, the stuff just wasn't hot enough.

"Hey man!" Josh said to Ron as he came inside. "There's a message on the answering machine that you might want to listen to. At least I thought it was hilarious." Ron rolled his eyes. Everything was hilarious to Josh Mankey.

"All right. Here are the munchies. Enjoy!" Ron handed a bag of food to Josh who took them to his room and stayed in there. 'That was easy enough' Ron said to himself.

"More cheese!" Rufus II said. "Naco!" The naco was the 'invention' if you may call it that of Ron and the original Rufus. It was a combination of the 'taco' and the 'nacho.' Most people thought it was stupid, but not… Ron stopped. He couldn't think about those times. They just hurt too much. Ron went over to see what was the whole big deal about the answering machine. He pressed the playback button.

'Hey Ron! It's Wade. Look, I know I promised that I wouldn't tell you things about Kim, but this is urgent. She's been locked up in Drakken's secret hideaway. I think that he's put her under some kind of trans or something because I can't get her to respond to the Kimmunicator. Call me as soon as you get this message. Kim needs you, Ron!'

Ron picked up the phone right after the last word was uttered and dialed Wade's number. He had stayed in touch with Wade over these past years, but they had agreed that Kim would remain an untouched subject between them. Until now, that is.

"Hello?"

"Wade? It's Ron. What's going on?"

"Ron! So nice to hear you! I've been trying to get a hold of Kim by her Kimmunicator but…"

"But what?"

"She's won't pick it up. I know where she is because of the chip I put in her."

"Chip? Computer chip? In Kim? Do I have one?" Ron asked. Wade didn't answer. He didn't want to go into detail on that one. Right now, Kim's life could be at stake.

"She's at Drakken's lair about forty miles away from Tierra Del Fuego. It's not hard to reach. I can get you transportation easy enough."

"Wade, you're forgetting one thing. The whole 'mission' thing with Kim and me is over. It ended years ago. I don't have my mission clothes anymore. They wouldn't fit me anyway." Wade nodded. Ron's old clothes wouldn't fit him. Lately, he'd been exercising more and he'd started to grow…well, not exactly muscles, but close enough.

"Don't worry. I got you covered," Wade said. "Just wait about four minutes and your ride should come. Ok?"

"Sure. I guess. Should Rufus II come along?"

"Why not?" Wade said, and then hung up. Ron counted to four and sure enough his ride was there. Wade was getting more and more accurate each year.