The clear night sky twinkled of light that gave glimpses of an ancient past millions of years old. The half moon provided an unusually abundant amount of light. The city lights off in the distance paled in comparison to these stars and this moon. An air of calm, peaceful silence settled with the night and then merged with it, creating a tranquility never experienced by anyone for some time. A perfect, relaxing night was in the making until the roar of a rocket and screams of terror destroyed its creation.
Kim, Ron, and Rufus: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
The rocket shears the night sky. Kim struggles to hand on as the force of resisting air pounds at her from above. She manages to wrap her arms around Ron's neck while grasping her forearms with her hands as she wraps her legs around one of Ron's legs in an attempt to prevent herself from falling off the rocket but the forces pounding on the rocket and on her take their toll and her grip begins to loosen.
Ron: "Kim, hold on!"
Kim: "I'm trying!"
They scream at each other but the rocket's roar reduces their screams to almost inaudible whispers as the rocket carries the trio farther up into the atmosphere where the thinner air begins to affect their breathing. They become lightheaded and start to lose consciousness. Kim's grip weakens more and more as she starts to blackout when suddenly the rocket stops firing and its momentum slows down. The rocket halts and, for an instant, appears to be suspended in midair before it starts to fall straight back to Earth, repositioning itself into a horizontal position early in its descent. Riding on the top of the rocket's new position, Ron first recovers from the affects of their assent and Rufus soon follows.
Ron: "What? Where am…"
Rufus: "Ohhhhhh! Head rush."
Ron: "Rufus?" (looks around and realizes they are not ascending but descending) "Oh, great! Just when I thought my stomach was done moving. I hope you have a plan, Kim?" (no answer) "Kim?"
Kim's head just rests on Ron's shoulder; her eyes closed. Her body remains motionless except for the rise of her chest as she breathes in and out. Her arms remain wrapped around Ron's neck in a hug like manner but she barely maintains her hold.
Ron: "Kim? Come on KP, wake up!"
Rufus: "Wake up!"
Their voices seem so far away to Kim. Images of stars and blue light fill her head as she begins to stir and come back to the land of consciousness as the air whips around them.
Ron: "Please Kim, wake up! You have to wake up!"
Rufus: "Please!"
Their voices become louder and seem to be closer. They pull her back into consciousness and Kim opens her eyes.
Kim: "Ron? Rufuahhhhhh!"
She now sees that they are falling.
Ron: "All right Kim you're back! What do we do now?"
Kim tightens her hold on Ron with her left arm while removing her right arm. She reaches for her belt with her right hand and removes her nail polish.
Ron: "Maybe you should have done your nails before we were blasted into the atmosphere!"
Kim: (ignoring his comment) "Ron, hold this."
She places the nail polish in Ron's right hand wrapping his fingers around it. Kim then unscrews the cover and carefully paints a thin strip of polish onto the metal band binding Ron and Rufus to the rocket. She first paints a strip of polish near Ron's right arm. She reapplies more polish to the brush, carefully places the cover in her left hand as she repositions herself with her right arm around Ron. She paints another strip on the metal band, this time in-between Ron and Rufus. Kim then carefully paints one last strip of polish near Rufus' left and carefully repositions herself so that her left arm wraps around Ron's neck once again. She places the cover over the bottle of nail polish and screws the cover on. Kim removes the bottle from Ron's hand and places it back into a compartment in her belt.
Kim: "Now we wait."
Ron: "Wait for what?"
Steadily, the applied strips of nail polish begin to corrode the metal band, which bubbles and fumes at the application sites. Ron and Rufus feel their restraint weakening. Kim pulls at the metal band while Ron and Rufus writhe and wiggle as the nail polish continues to eat away at the metal. Finally, the band gives way, allowing Kim to pull out the sections of the band wrapped around Ron and Rufus and frees them. Kim then carefully sits up on the rocket in a straddling position as Ron does the same and faces her. Rufus carefully returns to Ron's pant pocket.
Ron: "Booyah, we're free!" (looks down) "And we're still falling!"
Kim: "Don't worry, Ron!"
Ron: "Don't worry? We're plummeting to our doom while sitting on a good sized non-firing rocket! And I don't even have a cowboy hat! At least it is so cool that the last thing I'm ever going to see is you, Kim!"
Kim: "Oh, that's so sweet, but Ron, I have this so covered!"
Kim grabs Ron's right wrist and simultaneously repositions herself in a crouching position on top of the rocket. She then pushes off the rocket and spreads her arms and legs out while maintaining her grip on Ron and begins to hover over the rocket and Ron as she slows down her descent.
Kim: "Hang on!"
Ron: "To what?"
Steadily, Ron begins to separate from the rocket as his descent velocity slows down. He spreads his arms and legs in the same manner as Kim and they free fall together as the rocket plummets down ahead of them toward the ground. The air whips around them stronger than before as Kim signals to Ron to ready himself, which he does with a nod. She lets go of his wrist and repositions herself in the air by flipping into an erect position with her feet pointing toward the ground and pulling in her arms to her sides and placing her legs together. Immediately, Kim drops faster and falls like a stone. She waits a few moments and flips, readjusting her positions so that her back faces downward and she's looking up at Ron, who is several feet above her. This reduces her velocity and she again spreads her arms and legs again, which reduces her speed even more. She appears suspended in mid air below Ron as they continue to fall. Ron prepares himself and tucks in his arms and legs in order to catch up to Kim. He goes head first and covers their separation very quickly and hits her squarely in the stomach. He wraps his arms around her as she does the same to him while they tumble in the air. Kim removes her right arm in order to reach her back pack's left strap with her free right hand. On the strap, lies a zipper, which she unzips to release a pull string. She grabs it and waits a few moments before she pulls it. Immediately, a parachute deploys out of her back pack and their velocity slows down to a near halt. The force of the deployment causes Ron to almost lose his grip, but he manages to hand on.
Kim: "Ron!"
Ron: "I'm okay."
Ron readjusts his position and wraps his arms around Kim's neck. In turn, Kim wraps her arms around Ron's torso as they gently drift down to the ground. They stare into each other's eyes for a few moments that seem like an eternity of bliss for them. After a while, Ron breaks the comfortable silence that only lovers can experience together.
Ron: "You know this is nice."
Kim: "Yeah, it is a beautiful night."
Ron: "Oh, really. I hadn't notice."
Kim: "Because we were blasted into the atmosphere by Shego."
Ron: "That and because I just can't take my eyes off of you. This night's beauty is bogus compared with yours, both on the outside and especially on the inside. I'm the luckiest guy on the planet. Well, I will be when we land." (pauses and smiles) "Kim, I love you so much."
Kim: (returns the smile) "I love you too, Ron. So tell me, have you become more charming or is it because I'm seeing you differently now."
Ron: "A little of A and a lot of B."
Ron slowly moves his lips closer to Kim's and soon they experience a deep, long, love filled kiss as they continue to quietly drift down to earth. Rufus pops his head out of Ron's pant pocket and just watches the romantic scene. Soon Ron remembers something and gently pulls back.
Ron: "Ah, Kim?"
Kim: (perplexed) "Yeah?"
Ron: "Where did the rocket land?"
Kim: "Oh, right!" (looks down) "Where did it land?"
