Ron worked his first day working on the docks was a little more physical than what he had thought. He had a pair of work gloves on and was sweating bullets, the job he was working on was emptying one portion of the warehouse area to make ready for trucks coming in the morning. They had just moved the last of the pallets of boxes out of the section and Ron was stretching his back and looking at the empty area that had once been full of pallets, boxes and other Smarty Mart merchandise, "This is harder than what it looks." He thought to himself.
Then from the open dock doors he heard the command, "Monkey Ninjas Attack!"
Ron closed his eyes, "Oh no" Ron thought.
Quickly the monkey ninjas had Ron surrounded. Ron waved, "Hi Monty" Monkey Fist landed on the Floor a few feet from Ron,
"It's Monkey Fist to you." He snarled at Ron.
Ron nodded, "Why are you bothering me at work?"
Monkey Fist looked stunned, "I'm here to prevent you from interfering with my latest plan to become the new Monkey Master and then I and I alone will rule the world."
Ron shrugged, "Well, ok…good luck with that then." He told his old adversary.
Monkey Fist was shocked, "Don't you want to know the plan, aren't you even going to try and stop me?" he asked bewildered by Ron's attitude.
Ron shook his head, "Nope, got out of the business about a month ago, I don't really care who rules the world anymore."
Monkey Fist was bewildered by the whole concept, "You aren't going to interfere, your really working here?" he asked.
Ron heaved a heavy sigh, "Yea I really work here, see my Smarty Mart badge with my name on it. Look…Monty I get off in a few minutes, if you want we can go up front to the snack bar and I can get us some half price corn dogs and we can talk about old times."
Monkey Fist shook his head, "I had no idea, I thank you for your generous offer but…I don't think it would be proper…really…retired?"
Ron nodded his head, "Drakken gave me a motorcycle as a going away gift."
Monkey Fist finally was understanding the situation, "Well, I would of gave you a gift if I'd only known….This is most awkward, let me just tell you this Ron Stoppable that I always considered you the heart and soul of Team Possible and I wish you much success…here."
Monkey Fist said while looking around the warehouse.
Ron smiled, "Coming from you Monte that means a lot…really…and Monte if you are successful at taking over the world, I'm only making a nickel above minimum wage here, how about hooking a brother up?"
Monkey Fist smiled, "Of course Ron I will see to it you have an important job in my regime once I seize power. Oh and your new haircut looks very nice, Now stand back."
Monkey Fist and the other money ninjas pulled out a round black object from their outfits, "Monkey Ninjas Away." was the command and they all threw the black objects against the ground.
"Smoke Bombs" Ron thought and then he looked up at the sprinkler system about the same time the fire control system went off dowsing the entire dock in water.
Ron shook his head, "Oh man" he said disgustedly.
The smoke had cleared, but the water was still coming down from the sprinkler system. Ron stood there looking as if he had just been caught in a cloud burst.
Super Dave walked up beside him, "Ron Man there's no real easy explanation for what we just saw, is there?"
Ron turned to look at Super Dave, "Nope" he said glumly.
Super Dave nodded, "So you think he'll do it?" he asked
Ron. "Hmmmmmm?" Ron replied not quite comprehending the question.
Super Dave looked at him, "You know take over the world?"
Ron gave a big sigh, "Super Dave…I think he'll be lucky if he can find he way out of our parking lot." Ron told his friend.
Super Dave winced, "That bad, huh"
Ron nodded, "yea"
Kong wondered by the two, "Shame to let all this water go to waste, anyone got any soap." He asked.
Super Dave nodded, "You know Ron Man, I think I can understand your enthusiasm for this job now."
The water was finally turned off and Mr. Dotson made it back to where the sprinklers had gone off, "What happened here?" he demanded to know.
Super Dave just shrugged, "Fire control system malfunctioned." He told the supervisor.
Mr. Dotson nodded, "Good thing you guys got this area empty or it would have been a real catastrophe. Ok, lets get some brooms and push that water out the door." He said pointing towards the open dock door.
Super Dave let out a big breath, "Scratch and dent would have been glorious." He said out loud.
Super Dave looked at Ron, "Your getting off in ten minutes, go home change and meet us back here at 10:30, and then it's Thursday night ritual time…Oh bring a little money with you too, there may be a cover at the door."
Ron looked puzzled but didn't ask.
Ron clocked out and headed home, "I wish Lacey wasn't off on Thursday and Friday so she could go. She said she was going to do some schedule swapping to get Monday and Tuesday's off so we could spend time getting to know each other."
Ron was excited about his new girlfriend, but he found out that having two jobs and a girl friend is tough. He just never had the time that he would like to spend with her, "I wonder if she wants kid? Stop it, you got carried away once and got punched in the face by reality. See if she likes you that way, she may get to know me and think I'm just a dork with a nice haircut."
Ron shook his head. "There ya go stinkin' thinkin' again, she's cute, what's she see in me, don't think about it, let's just be glad she sees something." Ron thought to himself happily.
Once he had changed and returned to work the other guys had cleaned up and were all dressed nice. Ron hopped into Super Dave's moms car and they headed towards downtown. They were heading to the Odyssey the local night club that featured cheap drinks and a band on Thursday night.
Ron was excited and trying to act cool, "Now I'll get to see how the other half lives." He thought to himself.
Once they arrived at the club, Ron was carded and had to wear a wristband so the bartenders would know not to serve him alcohol. This didn't bother Ron since he wasn't to familiar with alcohol and hadn't developed a taste for it yet.
They took a table close by the stage; they were all in a good mood. Super Dave decided that now was the proper time to resume Ron's training, "Ok young Skywalker now you will resume your "Pimp Daddy" training. Evil Ray, teach young Skywalker the art of talking to women." Super Dave said pointing at the other side of the table.
Evil Ray nodded, "When one is trying to pickup a lady in an establishment such as this there are many things to learn. You need eye contact, self confidence, faked sincerity, a good opening line, and if necessary…a good lie." He told Ron.
Evil Ray continued the lesson, "Ok, Ron Man, let's hear your opening line, this will make or break the whole conversation." He told him.
Ron blinked and then gave it a try, "Uh…Hi…My name is Ron…Uh…What's yours?"
Super Dave winced, "That is terrible."
Evil Ray was shaking his head, "Let me show you…"
Evil Ray went into sincerity mode, "Hi, I'm Ray, you look really nice tonight so I'd thought I'd just come over and say hi."
Then Ray turned to Ron, "Once they tell you their name, get them to talk about themselves, girls love to talk about themselves and then their yours."
Ron kind of shrugged, then Super Dave took over, "Enough lessons time for the real thing."
Ron gulped, "WHAT?"
Super Dave nodded, "See that girl over there, her name is Jennifer and she is cruel, and if your line is bad she will tear you down to your soul…Go get her."
Super Dave pushed Ron forward, three years of saving the world had not prepared Ron for anything like this but he stumbled forward.
Kong was laughing, "You forgot to tell Ron Man that she punched Evil Ray in the mouth the last time he talked to her."
Super Dave shrugged, "It was an oversight; don't want to clutter his mind too much." He told the big man.
Ron stumbled forward towards the lady, "She's pretty" He thought to himself.
Ron approached her and then froze like a deer caught in the headlights of a car.
Jennifer looked at him, "Yes…Something you want to say?" she asked Ron.
Ron found his voice, "Sorry, I…uh…they're trying to teach me to hit on girls but I don't think I'm too good at it." He told her while motioning towards his friends in the back.
Jennifer nodded and then put an arm around his shoulder and pulled him in closer and then she started to play with his ear, "Ohhhhhhh I see, well those guys back there wouldn't know a women if one came up and sat on their heads." She told him with a smile.
Ron chuckled. "Here is all you need to know, be nice, be yourself and try not to act as if your trying to play games, Ok?"
Ron nodded, then Jennifer took over, "Ok let's try it, introduce yourself to me." She told him.
Ron nodded, "Hi, I'm Ron Stoppable."
Jennifer nodded, "I'm Jennifer Cox…Now tell me that I look nice and ask for my phone number." She told Ron.
Ron swallowed hard, "You look really nice and I was wondering if I could have your phone number?" he asked as calmly as he could.
Jennifer nodded and picked up a napkin off the bar and pulled a pen out of her purse and just scribbled numbers on the napkin, "This should impress your friends, it's not my real number but those lunkheads won't know any different." She told him.
Ron pocked the napkin, then Jennifer looked at him with a twinkle in her eye, "Now lets give them something to really howl over shall we?"
Ron wasn't sure what she meant until she pulled him to her and gave him one hot passionate kiss. Ron could hear the guys, hooting and hollering behind him.
Once Jennifer broke off the kiss Ron was a grinning like an idiot, "Thanks" he told her as he stumbled towards the back of the club.
The guys were all laughing and patting Ron on the back once he returned to the table, Ron took his chair leaned up against the wall and took a drink of his soda, "She tasted like cigarettes." He thought to himself.
Then he realized that they were all staring at him, "What?" he looked at them puzzled.
Evil Ray just shook his head, "How did you pull that off? What line did you use?"
Ron just smiled, "I'd tell you…but it's classified."
Angry Bob put his hands over his face, "That's what their doing at area 51…Teaching Ron Man to pick up alien chicks, "The Man" is evil and unscrutable."
Super Dave just shook head, "Ron Man how'd you do it?" he asked.
Ron shrugged, "The Ron Man mojo can just be too much sometimes I guess." He said smiling obviously enjoying the tables being turned on his friends.
The lights in the bar went down and a band took the stage the name of the band was the Anorexic Virgins. They weren't very good but it was the first time that Ron had ever been exposed to this kind of music and he liked it. The music was raw and loud, "This is definitely not the Oh Boyz." He thought to himself.
The music was also unlike anything that he had ever heard on Middleton or Upperton radio stations, "I don't understand what their screaming, but this is cool" Ron was mesmerized and he knew where he'd be every Thursday night.
The band was slinging CD"s into the crowd, Kong snatched one out of mid air since he was so tall and handed it to Ron. Ron was clearly excited, he could listen their crummy music all the time now. Ron was having fun, "This is what I want to do, this is living, I've missed so much over the last 3 years, friends, girlfriends, working, if only I'd known." He thought to himself happily.
Ron made it back home after two in the morning, he knew he's pay for it tomorrow but it was worth it. He climbed the stairs to his room, placed his new CD on the dresser, Rufus was sleeping. Ron was becoming aware that he had to leave Rufus at home more and more often and it made him uncomfortable.
He was so used to having the little guy in his pocket all the time, "I hope I'm not outgrowing you Rufus, I don't know what I'd do without you. " He thought to himself sadly while watching the pink ball sleeping away.
Once he lay in the bed, he thought of Lacey and going on dates and on that terrible band at the club as he drifted off to sleep.