The sound of ringing broke through the darkness of the night, causing Ron to open a blurry eye. Turning over he moaned into his pillow and held out his hand. "Hand me the phone please..."

Yori opened a single eye as she felt someone moving next to her and heard the phone ringing, reaching over to the bedside table she pressed a bit closer to Ron since she had to cross him to get the device. "Here you go ... Ron."

Ron's eyes widened in surprise as he took the phone. "We'll talk about sleeping arrangements after this..." Ron whispered before pressing the talk button and holding it to his ear. "Hello?"

James Possible glared at the phone in his hands as he heard Ron's usual morning voice. "Ronald, this is Kim's dad, I expect you here in five … no make that twenty minutes, after all the condemned get a final meal. You will be here and you will explain where my Kimmie-cub is or I will be upset, you remember what I told you about me being upset with a boy when it comes to Kimmie … right?"

"She told you she was going for special training, didn't she?" Ron asked nervously as he made a few motions to indicate that Yori should get ready. "What makes you think I know where that is?"

Carmen snatched the phone from James' hand, she could hear Ron since James had to have the volume up so high just to hear. "Ronald Stoppable you know better than to play dumb, if you don't know where Kim is you are one of two people who can find out without having to mobilize the National Guard CIA FBI and DHS. If I have to drive over and pick you up you'll wish you ran into James first."

"Umm... Yori and I will be over in a couple minutes," Ron responded with sweat beading his brow. "Can I ask who the other is?"

"Ronald who else do you think? Wade of course, and he is under age so we can't legally interrogate him. You on the other hand have fifteen minutes now." With that Carmen hung up the phone.

Ron looked at the phone quietly for a few minutes before letting out a sigh. "And I thought getting dumped by Kim would get me out of being threatened by her parents... Let's go Yori, I have a meeting with a black hole probe to make."

Yori yawned and stretched as she thought about what Ron had said, "Black Hole Probe? Is this an American term for Yaoi?"

"No, I'm not into yaoi... it's just better than going into a black hole," Ron explained as he straightened out his clothes. "As for Kim, I don't know where she is... but I do know where Joss last stated her location was."

Yori nodded and finally got out of bed revealing that she was still wearing the robe from the night prior and not much else. "This Joss ... she is the new member of the Possible Team correct?"

"Yeah, Kim's younger cousin," Ron answered as he turned away from her. "Yori, I'm not good at keeping my mouth shut around her parents. If I mention that Joss is watching over her in a nudist community, please just stop me by any means necessary."

Yori nodded and dropped her robe to get dressed, after digging out her clothes she was dressed in a blink. "It will be my honor to keep your mouth from jogging too much."

"That's running, and you'll have to be fast," Ron said as he went towards his scooter that Wade and the Tweebs had worked on since Kim left.

"I will keep a slap ready then and not leave your side." Yori said with a serious expression while putting on the helmet Ron handed to her. "This scooter requires such protection?"

"Since it can go faster than most street legal motorcycles, or rockets for that matter, yes. It'll also let us communicate if needed, and has a H.U.D.," Ron explained as he strapped his helmet on.

"I see ... it is a good thing I updated my insurance policy then." Yori nodded as she climbed on behind Ron. "I have never ridden like this before is there some handle for me to use?"

Ron blushed as he settled in directly before Yori, "Just hug me around the chest for the ride, or there are small handles that I can pop out from under your seat, but that's not as safe as holding onto the driver."

"I prefer this handle." Yori said with a wicked grin as she latched her arms around him tightly. "Should we not go now?" she asked after a minute of sitting there expecting him to drive off.

Ron's mind finally managed to restart itself enough to start the scooter and drive off towards the Possible household.

James tapped his watch a few times to make sure it was reading right, then in frustration grabbed Carmen's arm and pulled her close so he could read her watch. "That boy better not be late." he muttered as his wife glared daggers at him.

Carmen held up a hand to forestall comments. "Look James, he knows where Kim is, and I will get it out of him, one way or another."

Slim nodded as he looked up from the note his daughter had left him. "Seems to me somethin' mighty peculiar is goin' on here and that boy oughta know but I can't help wondin' why Joss took off with ole Tornado like she did."

"She got a mission from Team Possible she said, and that it's directly from Global Justice," Carmen responded with a frown, "If Ron holds out too much, I will find Betty Director and make her talk while Ron's on his rocket trip."

"Should I swap the capsule for a two seat model?" James asked as he started pacing again, he had forgotten that Carmen hated when he paced but he remembered when her foot connected with his shin.

"Remember James, I will do the talking, and I will find out what he's hiding... you don't have the temperament for this delicate work..." Carmen said calmly as James hopped about rubbing his shin.

James finally got his leg to stop complaining much and raised a finger to begin protesting when they all heard the distinct sound of Ron's scooter pulling up to the front of the house. James took position alongside his wife at the door and when the doorbell rang he ripped the door open and grabbed Ron while Carmen grabbed Yori and they drug the startled pair inside.

Yori had never encountered hands faster or stronger than those of Mrs. Possible and truly hoped never to do so again. "Better? She is a red haired oni Ron." she said while pointing to Carmen.

"We're not tied up, and they're not holding hot metal... yet..." Ron replied with a shrug.

James started to demand answers to his questions when Carmen slapped him on the back of his head. "Ow! No need to get violent ... again." He complained pitifully.

"Look, I'll tell you all I can," Ron said nervously as he itemized the list of objects that could do him a lot of harm. "Kim left and didn't tell me where she was going, her Kimmunicator was up in her room where you found it. I only learned that she was going with Shego from Joss when you did."

Slim looked to Carmen with a dead serious face. "Branding Iron or pliers?" he asked her before bending to collect one or the other from his duffel bag.

Ron's eyes bugged out of his skull before asking, "Don't I at least get a chance to answer your questions BEFORE torture?"

"Pliers first Slim, I think we should start with the toenails..." Carmen said casually. "You get one pain free question Ronald, who is this girl you're with?"

"This is Yori Yamada," Ron answered as he indicated the ninja next to him, "She came here as a favor to Kim and myself from Japan to help us out."

"Here you go Carmen, sorry they're a bit rusty but I hear that helps with the next part of interrogation." Slim said with a smile as he handed over the crusty looking tool.

"W...wait... this...this is illegal... I'm offering you what you want to know without torture..." Ron said as he squirmed in his seat.

Carmen smiled pleasantly at Slim, "These will do nicely, you can go get the fireplace lit for the branding iron. James be a dear and get the propane torch would you." She turned to face Ron and her gaze switched to ice cold. "You are holding out on us Ron, now big toe or little, which should I start with hmmm?"

"ASK QUESTION!" Ron screamed in panic as he slipped his feet under his knees. "Even the villains as questions before resorting to questions!"

"Ronald you're babbling." Carmen said calmly as she walked over to him. "You want a question? Fine ... why is your naked molerat ringing?"

Ron blinked and shook his head as Carmen reached into the pocket Rufus normally hung out in and fished out Rufus, the cell-phone. Smiling happily Carmen handed Ron the folded over rodent which rang again. As soon as he reached out to take possession he opened his eyes to see Yori's hazel eyes staring back at him. The phone on his computer desk rang eliciting a groan from both of them.

"Yori, remind me of this later, like if we ever fight Dementors garden again, no pizza." Ron said as he tried to sit up. He made it on the third try and eventually actually got standing which surprised him considering his whole body was sore like never before.

Yori nodded then winced. "Hai Ron." She whispered, trying not to put too much thought on anything lest her head explode from the throbbing headache she had.

By the time Ron got to the phone it of course stopped ringing. He listened to the message that was left and let out a long sigh. It was Kim's parents, natch, calling to ask him over for breakfast. "Yori …no more pizza after plants."

"Hai."

Ron sat there in a state of stark shock, Mrs. P. saintly woman he knew her to be was threatening to destroy him, again.

"James and I are two of the most respected scientists in the country. And Kimmie isn't the only one with a network of people to call in favors from. Imagine that, Ron, suddenly those few colleges who decide to accept you--PFFT! Gone. And without a degree, I'm sure that anything beyond assistant manager at Smarty Mart is going to be beyond you."

The next thing he knew Ron was spilling everything, he ran through exactly what happened when Kim had turned into the cat and then what happened when Shego was a cat, this brought and eyebrow up on Mr. P. Next he told them how she went off on Drakken's synthogoons and the frantic search for Shego, it took a few moments for Yori to recognize the impending doom but when she did she swatted him on the back of the head saying "Baka."

"What? I didn't tell them about the nudist colony Yori..." Ron asked before slumping. "Oh... crud..."

There was an awkward moment of silence as the words Ron said sunk in. Slim and James stood there, the brother's eyes twitching in unison. Carmen was the first to recover.

"Sit." She ordered Ron and Yori, pointing to the kitchen table. Both did, quickly. Carmen took the shocked Possible brothers by the hand and led them out of the room. She returned alone and took seat opposite the two teens.

"You have five minutes to explain everything," she said quietly. "Then I let the boys take over. Go."

Ten minutes later Ron was being shown to the door by a very red-faced Carmen Annitamaria Possible.

"Baka!" Yori growled as she walked towards Ron's clunky sputtering scooter. Ron got on and drove them away as fast as he could fearing the Possibles house might explode again.

"You think I don't agree?" Ron asked as he pulled onto a side road, away from his house. "We have to get Wade to send a signal to Joss by any means possible."

Yori nodded and dug into Ron's back pocket where she knew he kept his communicator. "It shall be your honor to explain this mess Ron."

"Yeah, I know, that's why I'm heading to somewhere I can talk without getting interrupted..." Ron said as he pulled into the school's parking lot.

Bonnie stepped out of the school for what she hoped would be the last time she would ever see the place and was struck by a sight that made her almost giddy, she knew Ron was going to end up two-timing Kim and just had to get a picture for proof. She might even be able to make a few bucks off the shot by selling it to the tabloids. "Gotcha Stoppable." She said as she snapped a picture or ten with her cell phone.

Pulling up next to the school Ron spotted Bonnie and smiled. "Should I tell her that Kim broke up with me Yori? Or just let her hang herself?"

"Hang? She is suicidal?" Yori asked as she watched the brunette dancing around with some glee while pointing at them and snickering. The girl didn't look like she was about to commit such an act.

"It's a saying that means she is going to get herself in trouble trying to get another in trouble," Ron explained as he watched Bonnie dancing around. "How about you talk to her, I'll make a call to Wade."

Yori shrugged and walked over to the still giggling woman who almost jumped out of her skin when Yori 'suddenly' appeared beside her. "Excuse me but why do you seek to cause Kim-san trouble?" She was curious since Kim did not seem the kind to make people upset who didn't deserve it.

Bonnie shrugged as she folded up her phone and put it away. "She stole my spot on the cheer squad, and has had everything given to her just because she saves the world."

"Ah so you are jealous?" Yori inquired noting how, while seemingly casual about her remarks Bonnie made several small indicators showing her true thoughts.

"Hah! Me, jealous of her? Don't be ridiculous, I am Bonnie Rockwaller and I deserve all that she's stolen from me," Bonnie replied with a scoff, "and the picture of her boyfriend cheating on her will be the tip of the iceberg that will be my revenge!"

"Have you done anything to merit such a claim?" Yori asked as her eyes narrowed dangerously. "And why are you named after an Inu?"

"Like whatever," Bonnie replied as she turned away from Yori, "I have to go download this picture and send it to everyone. The Kim Possible is being cheated on!"

"How is she cheating? They broke up last week..." Yori said with a glare, "You are foolish to spread such rumors Inu they will come back to bite ... or if Shego finds out, burn."

"Wait... Kim dumped Ron?" Bonnie asked stunned. "Well I can't say he's cheatin... wait... who's this Shego?"

"Shego is a dangerous green woman with a bad attitude and short temper, or so Ron tells me. I have not met her but I have seen the damage she can do..." Yori smirked, "It took months for them to rebuild Tokyo after she fought with Kim there."

"So like why would she care what I say about little Miss Perfect?" Bonnie asked curiously.

"It is not my place to say exactly but Kim-san left with Shego and is staying with her." Yori reached her hand out and offered Bonnie her phone back. "I think our conversation here is finished."

Bonnie's eyes widened as she snatched her phone back. Quickly she looked over the files she knew should be on the device. "When did you... HEY THAT'S VANDALISM!"

"I did nothing you did not intend, I do think you should not let your friends talk you into taking nude photos with a camera phone however." Yori smiled. "They might get... emailed." With that she turned and walked back to Ron who was still talking to Wade from what she could tell.

Shego yawned and muttered to herself as she looked over to the redhead passed out beside her, "Yeah real fun." She probably shouldn't have let herself get distracted however as she yelped, she'd jabbed herself, again, and it took a great deal of her will power not to melt the damned sewing needle and set the canvas tent on fire.

"Behave yourself Polly," Ana said as she worked on a pair of cloth sleeping bags. "Don't want to destroy the tent, or you'll just have to sleep under the stars."

"It wouldn't be the first time mommy." Shego swore as she stuck herself once more with the needle. This was why she hated sewing! "Any idea if the weather is going to behave or will she and I need to just plan on spending the whole time in the tent?"

"It's going to be a beautiful month, only light rains and gentle winds in the camping areas," Ana responded with a laugh as she flipped over the end of the sleeping bags and began patching the large hole she found there. "I remember when Carmen and I spent a whole week in a tent... oh that was just great fun."

"You spent a week in a dingy tent?" Shego asked with an eyebrow raised in disbelief. "I know you like being outdoors but I thought that was only if you had an RV to retreat to once the bugs started biting."

"I was young, and she wanted to go camping..." Anastasia stated with a shrug. "She insisted on the tent, and that we stay through the wettest week of the year... mmmm that was a good week. In fact, it was that very tent in your hands."

Shego looked at the tent in her hands with a mix of revulsion and interest evident on her face. "I would ask but knowing you you'd go into how many times you flicked your tongue." Looking over to the back of the room she asked, "Is the camp stove still working or should I make a run to the store while she is dead to the world?"

"It works, and the propane tank's out in the shed," the mother said with a deviant smirk, "But you may have to clean out the shed a bit to get to it..."

"Great, more work," Shego sighed, "But I guess she is worth it. I am raiding the fridge before we leave, just so you know, and any brownies that turn up will get burned to charcoal. Oh and those strawberries, mine."

"But I just made a fresh batch of your favorite strawberry brownies last night..." Ana said with a whimper.

"Really? Well in that case ... hey wait a minute ... what else is in them?" Shego went from almost giddy to suspicious in record time but with Ana involved it was a survival instinct by now.

"Chocolate, strawberries, a little lemon zest, sugar, and some of them have walnuts, some have bananas. None of my special ingredient though, not after how she reacted..." Ana replied with a laugh. With as fast as it hit her, you'd think she'd have been a cat in a past life."

"Hmm well she did have it bad with the catnip..." Shego chuckled. "When things aren't quite so unpredictable it might be nice to have some more of those just not the super potent ok?"

"Hun, those were the ones that you used to eat as a kid, and barely get a buzz, before..." Ana drifted off as her eyes turned down, "Sorry..."

"It's ok mommy. Yeah I know I used to bitch about it and I still intend to but if you can help her ..." Shego ran a hand over Kim's fiery mane eliciting a soft pur of contentment. "Well as long as she is ok then I'll have to admit it might have been the best piece of shitty luck I've ever had."

"If I hadn't told you kids to go out and play in the treehouse... if I had only been watching a little closer..." Ana muttered as she looked at her daughter, "You had such lovely black hair..."

"Yeah and if only shit didn't stink..." Shego shrugged, "Things happen and aside from the bodywork and paint job I ... well I wasn't happy with it but I guess I am now, if it hadn't been for that I wouldn't have met her."

"Do you still hate the nickname Leprechaun?" Ana asked, her eyes still showing a aching sadness.

"With a flaming passion but it doesn't fit anymore mommy." Shego looked down at her hands and saw them both as they were now and had been when she was just recovering from the night her world went to hell. "I'm a giant compared to back then not some short runt with a Barbie doll collection that could fill three houses."

"Still have that collection laying about in storage Polly sweetie..." Ana said quietly, "You never collected it after you gained control... and now that your life is getting a bit more settled... you could probably use some to get a large amount of cash."

"Heh you don't really know how much I got paid do you?" Shego asked with a smirk. "You might not approve but after taxes this year I pulled down close to a billion..."

"Good, at least you pay taxes..." Ana said as she shook her head, "Are you going to stop stealing?"

"Not much choice there mommy." Shego nodded to Kim, "I quit working for Dr. D and the other night I made a promise to this one."

"Good, I worry about you Polly... especially after your brother started that stupid hero group... and then even more after you left "

"I left because I got tired of ... no I'm not going to go there ..." Shego sagged a bit after clipping the thread from the last patch she sewed into place. "I want to start over between us, we had issues we need to work out like ... Jane."

"I didn't steal her from you... I told you exactly what happened. We really did just sleep in the living room after talking all night," Ana responded as she finished the sleeping bag.

"Yeah and the way you have been hitting on Nemmy here? Yeah that really makes it easy for me to accept that shit." Shego huffed. "Look I ... I won't say some of it isn't fun, hell you know I actually enjoyed it the few times we ... but from now on it needs to be on my terms, or Kim's if she is ok with that though judging from the way she was eyeing your ass this morning..."

"I know I'm worse on her than I was on the others... but she just reminds me so much of Carmen..." Sighing Anastasia shook her head and waved a hand. "It doesn't excuse it, but I will try to be better."

Shego nodded and smiled, "See that wasn't so hard now was it?" She nearly burst out laughing as she noted she was echoing her mother more than she liked and apparently Ana didn't care for it either. "Let us find our own way first, then who knows ... she does have a bit of a wicked streak in her after all."

"Well I will give her a catalogue to order some fun stuff for you two," Ana said with a laugh.

"What do you want to do mommy give the girl a heart attack or cause her to blush to death?" Shego laughed back, she doubted Kim had ever even seen such things let alone thought to order any. "Give me the catalogue and I'll see if she has the guts to look." If anyone had a chance of getting the Kim Possible to actually go through with looking and possibly ordering from one it'd be her, they might be working on a new relationship but their old rivalry still pushed them.

"Alright, I'll get you one before the camping trip," Ana agreed with a smile. "Has she told her parents where she is?"

"It's not like she wanted to keep things a secret mommy. I ... I just didn't know if she would still be willing to come here if she knew and since she got her power from me I knew she needed to so I ducked the rules for her sake." Shego let out a breath and slumped a bit. "Which is worse mommy, keeping a small secret for a few weeks or risking her turning her home city into a crater like the lake out here?" She jerked a thumb over her shoulder in the general direction of the crater-lake she herself had made.

"I think Polly that she should call her parents or someone to let them know where she is," Anastasia said calmly as she folded the sleeping bag. "It's still a good idea to hide her here instead of the city, but I'm sure someone's worried about her."