"KP!" "Ron!"
"Has it only been 24 hours since we were sitting in Bueno Nacho? It seems a lot longer."
"Know what you mean, Ron. Technically it's a week before yesterday, but tell me about it! It feelslike I've been stuck in this palace for a hundred years!"
"Anyway, I've got some developments in the case. GJ sent some so-called 'plumbers' to investigate that bathroom."
"Dish!"
"It seems there wasn't much evidence, like she vanished without a trace. However, after sending Rufus to handle the job (the mole rat popped up on cue)they came up with a shred of durable green material and a single strand of black hair." Ron enunciated the last syllables for a dramatic effect. "And you know what that means…"
"Shego!" Kim exclaimed.
Ron rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. "Yeah, I was thinking along the lines of an Algerian leprechaun, but your idea works better."
"If Shego was here, that means Drakken's moved into the kidnapping field."
"Finally he figured out stealing crazy high-tech inventions just doesn't work! Wait- shouldn't they have left a ransom or something?"
"Good point, Ron. You're smarter in Eurasia."
"Yeah, I think its something in the water."
"I'll have Wade look into-"
"What in the world are you two doing in here- together!" Lela said astonishedly.
"We…should ask you the same thing." Kim recovered quickly.
"I come here to be alone, they won't find me here."
"That's what I thought," Ron muttered.
"That's not important. You mind telling me what's going on?"
"Yes. We do mind." Ron said foolishly.
"I was in here, um…writing in my diary. And… the Baron walked in, looking for a- a broom, yes, he needed a broom. Only he couldn't find one- so I was trying to help-"
"Cut the crap already." Lee brandished a broom that had been hanging from the wall in plain sight.
Footsteps echoed down the hall. "Is anybody down there?" It was Ana's voice.
She approached the closet; moments earlier Lela stepped outside, closing the door behind her.
"Its just me" she lied. "I was looking for a broom. Working on that whole self-sufficient thing, just in case." Lee waved her broom in the air for proof.
"But there were other voices. I -I thought I heard Ronaldo," the elder said suspiciously.
"Really? That was just me working on my impressions- I'm thinking about going into stand-up comedy if the monarch thing doesn't work out."
Adriana accepted the story and went back down the corridor grumbling "Why do the younger ones turn out to be freaks?"
"Why did you do that for me?" Kim asked the other girl.
"Because we always have each other's backs. You would do the same for me. I know we aren't really allowed to make acquaintances, but you're the closest thing I have to a best friend."
"Right. I knew that. Thanks, Lee."
"No prob, Nattie. We're sisters after all."
Kim thought things had blown over extremely well- until they entered their room.
Lela's expression turned dead serious as she turned Kim. "Now that we're alone- who are you and where is Natalia?"
Ooh, I left you hanging! Promise to try and update soon.