Saturday morning came bright and early, Ron dressed in his suit and placed his yarmulke on his top of his head and picked up Rufus and put him in his pocket, it was time to go to temple.

He usually didn't put the yamacha on until he reached the temple, Ron felt uncomfortable because it made him stand out and signified that he was different from his friends. Today Ron was different and he realized it as he picked up his prayer shaw.

This day was also different for Ron; because he was planning to aliyah to Israel and Rabbi Katz. When Ron wasn't thinking about his troubles at School, girls or work, the far off land kept calling to him. The call of the mystic dirt of home, he had been trying to shake the idea but it would not leave his mind.

He decided to ride to the temple with his parents, he felt a need to be close to them today, for reasons he could only vaguely understand. The acceptance of a journey, that may lead him from Middleton to perhaps never to return.

Ron came downstairs and let his mom and dad know that he was ready to go, his mother doted on him, she didn't do this often and just this one time in his life Ron seemed to enjoy it. She came up and brushed the lapels of his suit, "Don't you look nice, you really should talk to more of the girls at the temple, that nice Rockwaller girl might be a good girlfriend for you." She told him with a grin.

Ron smiled and shook his head and told his mother, "I don't know mom."

Mrs. Stoppable smiled then she licked her fingers and patted down a cowlick on top of his head, "Ronnie….Make your mother happy and date a Jewish girl once in your life."

Ron smiled, "Ok mom, I'll talk to more Jewish girls."

Ron's father came and patted him on the shoulder, "Make your mother happy, she's afraid you're not going to give her any Jewish grandkids."

Ron shook his head and looked away, he was embarrassed, "Dad…Let me get out of high school first."

They walked out to the car and Ron sat in the backseat and watched the familiar surroundings go by on his way to temple, Ron thought more on his decision on his way to temple, "I don't know if they'll like my decision or not…I hope they can accept whatever decision I make."

Once Chanukah worship was finished, the crowds began to fill out, Ron spotted Bonnie Rockwaller and decided to make mom happy, "Hey Bonnie, how you been?"

Bonnie smiled and then rolled her eyes, "Don't tell me your coming over her to talk to me to make your mom happy…That's all my mom talks about is that I should try dating that nice Stoppable boy."

Ron laughed, "Yea, my mom's doing the same thing, it's a conspiracy."

Bonnie nodded her head, "So good to see you back in school, what happened to you?"

Ron smiled, "It's complicated….No real good answer for it. Everyone seems to be glad to see me back except for Principle Kelby."

Bonnie smiled and shook her head, "That women is way creepy…So what are you going to do after High School?"

Ron looked around to make sure no one was close to listen in, "I'm going to make my aliyah to Israel."

Bonnie shook her head and gave him a puzzled look, "Is that like a vacation or going to school?"

Ron smiled and turned away, "Sorry I forget your still learning about these things…No, I'm emmigrating to Israel to live."

Bonnie looked at him, "Your parents know? Does Kim know?"

Ron tilted his head and frowned, "Parents no, Kim yes"

She pulled Ron further off to the side to make sure they were out of earshot, "Ron, talk to your parents first…Israel is so far away…I think? What does Kim think?"

Ron shrugged, "She gets mad when I talk about it, she doesn't want me to go…I figure it'll be easier to go now that we're not dating anymore."

Bonnie frowned at him, "Not that I'm any great friend of Kim's but when you dumped her and started dating Monique that really creamed her…She's not been the same since."

Ron shook his head, "Kim dumped me…for the second time Bonnie."

Bonnie rolled her eyes, "Whatever…All I know is when I come up and give her a snippy insult, and it just goes right over her head. When I took over as captain of the cheer squad, she didn't even put up a fight."

Ron looked at Bonnie, "Your captain of the cheer squad now?"

Bonnie laughed, "Duh' yea, I have to get her and drag her to practices since you guys split, it's like she's lost interest in everything."

Ron looked at the ground, "I didn't know that…Well, she'll be better now I think…I fixed her up with one of my friends from Smarty Mart. He's back from college for the holidays. That should get Kim going again."

Bonnie looked horrified, "Kim's dating a guy from college, now that means I have to find a college boyfriend…Good job Mad Dog."

Ron watched Bonnie as she turned and walked off in a huff, "I didn't know Kim was having problems on cheer squad, I never meant to hurt her…She did break up with me though…Once she goes out with Bob, she'll feel better…I hope." He thought to sadly to himself.

Ron's thoughts were interrupted by Rabbi Katz, "So you going to date the nice Jewish girl and make your mother happy?"

Ron laughed and shook his head, "No…I think Bon Bon is a little too high maintenance for me."

Rabbi Katz motioned for Ron to follow him back to his office, once inside there was another man already there waiting, "Ronald this is Benjamin Klein, he is from the Colorado branch of the Israel Aliyah Center in Denver."

Ron shook hands with the man and then Rabbi Katz told them to have a seat. Mr. Klein smiled at Ron and handed him a packet of information, "Ronald, I'm told that you are very interested in making your trip home to be with your brethren in Israel…We at the Aliyah Center are dedicated to helping you fulfill your dream, inside the packet is every form that you will need in order to start the process. Plus you will also find forms for grants to help you make your return to Israel easier for you financially."

Ron looked at the packet, "Is there a form in here for my passport? How long does it usually take from the forms till I can be in Israel?"

Mr. Klein smiled, "It usually takes about six months, from forms to when the plane touches down in Israel. Do you have any family in Israel?"

Ron shook his head no, "Let's see it's the end of December now, I've got to get moving on this stuff now."

The man continued, "Then we will help you to find a place to stay until you find a place of your own, there are also forms for housing subsidies in the packet."

Ron looked at Rabbi Katz and then at Mr. Klein and asked a question that had been worrying him, "How soon will it be before I have to go into the IDF?"

Mr. Klein smiled, "Ahhhhhhh worried about serving in the army are we…Normally the IDF won't draft you until you've been living in the country for six months to a year."

Ron frowned and shook his head, "I've been thinking about joining as soon as I can just to get it out of the way…How long does it take to be considered a citizen?"

Rufus popped out of Ron's suit coat pocket and in a rather worried voice for a naked mole rat gave his opinion, "No go…Yuck"

Ron narrowed his eyes and scolded his friend, "Rufus, we'll talk about this later."

Mr. Klein looked at Rufus, "I see someone doesn't want you to go…If you choose to go into the IDF, there will be a one month course to help you with your Hebrew and basic IDF terms before your three month basic training…Citizenship is granted the minute arrive in Israel, if you receive grants or loans you are generally required to live in Israel for at least five years."

Ron nodded and stood up, "Well looks like I have lots of paper work to fill out."

Mr. Klein nodded and held out his hand for Ron to shake, "The sooner you get them finished and in the mail the sooner you can travel to Israel."

Ron shook the man's hand and then turned and left out of Rabbi Katz's office, Ron was now becoming familiar with the enormity of his decision, "Now the hard part…telling mom and dad."

After Ron left the office Mr. Klein turned and looked at Rabbi Katz, "So do you think he is serious about his making aliyah or is he going through some sort of phase?"

Rabbi Katz shook his head, "I don't know, I never would have expected this from Ronald…He vanished for a month and then came back with no real explination of where he was….Maybe he found himself?"

Ron rejoined his parents, his mother looked very happy with him as she leaned in a whispered conspiratorially, "I seen you talking to Bonnie Rockwaller."

Ron blushed, "Mom…Bonnie is only interested in college guys now."

As the family started to leave the temple, Ron's mom was still hopeful, "Now she's just playing hard to get, don't give up so easily."

Ron smiled and nodded, "Ok"

Ron opened the packet and started going through the paper work in the backseat on the way home. He was looking at all the documents that had to be filled out. His father noticed Ron going through the packet, "What are you looking at back there Ronald?"

Ron looked up, "I'll tell you once we get home."

His dad nodded and continued the drive home, "It must be a pretty important packet then."

Ron nodded, "Yea"

The family arrived home and Ron sat down on the couch holding his packet of information. Ron's mom and dad sat in the wing back chairs that faced the couch, his father nodded his head, "So what's so important in the packet." He asked.

Ron took a deep breath and just decided to lay it all out there and wait for the yelling to start, "I've decided that after high school, I'm going to make my aliyah to Israel."

His parents stared at him and there was an uncomfortably long silence, then his mother shook her head, "No, no you are going to stay her and see your brother and sister born and then you are going to help us with raising the baby."

Ron clinched his jaw and shook his head, "NO"

Ron's father remained calm, "So how did you arrive at this decision which you have obviously thought about for about a week."

Ron looked at his father, "I've been planning on leaving after high school since I was seven years old…After camp wannaweep, I knew I didn't belong here and I know my future isn't here in Middleton."

Ron's mother was not happy, "Ronald…"

Ron shot her a look and told her sternly, "Mom…I've made my decision, and I'm going with or without your blessing…I'd rather have your blessing but if I don't….I leave anyway."

"Ronald, I had hoped you stay here and help with the baby and train to be an actuary like myself…You could work anywhere then." His father told him.

Ron shook his head and told him quietly, "Your dream….not mine."

The conversation had grown to a stand still with Ron looking at the coffee table and his parents looking at the same coffee table trying to think of things to say, but finding nothing that could be said.

Ron heaved a sigh and stood up from the couch, "I have to work today, I'll go and change now."

Ron walked up stairs and started to change, he looked at Rufus standing on his desk looking back at him in bewilderment, "I'm sorry Rufus…This is just something I have to do alone. I can't ask you or Kim or anyone else to go with me…I will miss you and I'll never forget you, you'll always be my little buddy." He said to comfort the little mole rat.

Ron finished dressing, then he reached out to pick up Rufus and he turned his back on Ron. Ron swallowed hard, "Rufus…I was hoping we could spend as much time as possible together before I go…Please don't…turn away from me."

Rufus turned to face him, he rubbed his nose with his paw and Ron let out a deep breath and picked him up and hugged him, "Let's go to work buddy." He told him as he put him in his pocket.

Then Ron left for work.

Kim worked on school work for most of the morning, she had three calls from Josh but she wasn't taking them. Then the call came that she was dreading it was from a number she had never seen before and she knew it was probably Angry Bob.

Kim answered the phone uneasily, "H-Hello"

Angry Bob was on the other end, "Red…glad to see you lived through Thursday night. So you ready to go learn about the evils of "The Man" tonight? We'll be going to an anti-war rally in Upperton."

Kim was playing with her hair, and was going to say no but Ron's little pep talk the day before made her change her mind, "S-sure Bob…What time…Your picking me up right?"

Angry Bob laughed, "Of course I'll be picking you up, you live just down the street from Super Dave right?"

Kim smiled uneasily, "Yea…I'm the first house on the right when you enter the subdivision."

"Ok, I'll be by around 6:00 then." Angry Bob told her as he made a quick note in book.

Kim still wasn't sure about it but she decided to go on the date, "Bob…Do you have a real name…not that…Angry Bob isn't…charming or anything." Kim asked nervously.

Angry Bob laughed, "Yea its Robert Michael Stinson…Everybody just calls me Angry Bob though."

Kim chuckled, "Ok…sounds…great…I'll be ready."

Kim hit the call end button and drew her knees up to her face, "How did I get myself into this mess…"

Kim stood up and went to her closet, "Now let's see it's an anti-war rally…What do angry people wear to those things? I could just wear my mission cloths…That with the Timberland boots would make me look like an angry militant." She thought to herself happily.

Kim dressed in the mission cloths and waited for Bob to pick her up, she was grounded but she knew she could easily sneak out. Her thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door, "Come in"

It was the twins with big news, "Kim guess what?" Tim started.

Then Jim followed up with the answer, "We've tested out of middle school, we start High School with you in January."

Tim and Jim gave each other a high five, "Bicka bicka boo booshaw" they said excitedly.

Kim's jaw was on the floor and she began to shake her head and then finally the words came out, "Nooooooooooo, this isn't happening to me…"

The twins ran off down the hall laughing and Kim shook her head sadly, "This is not happening to me…Why me?"

Kim looked at the clock and it was almost six, so she opened her bedroom window and climbed out and then jumped to a limb on a nearby tree and climbed down to the ground just as Angry Bob pulled up.

He opened the passenger side door and Kim hopped in, "Lookin' good Red, now let's go fight "The Man" he said happily as he turned around and headed out of the neighborhood.

Kim winced at being called "Red" and she decided to let him know about it upfront, "Bob, don't call me Red, my name is Kim."

Angry Bob looked at her, "Sorry…Kim, I'm so used to calling people by nicknames that sometimes I forget some people don't have any sense of humor about them."

Kim flinched, "Maybe I shouldn't have said anything…." She thought to herself sadly.

They drove to the campus of Upperton University and parked and joined in with the other marchers. Kim could feel the energy brewing, "So where are we marching to?" she asked Bob.

Angry Bob smiled "Over to the Dean's house and then on to the ROTC building and throw a few rocks through the windows."

Kim smiled uneasily, "Ok…ok"

The march went through the campus; it was the first time Kim had really seen the campus. It was much larger than what she had imagined they went by some older two story houses that were very pretty and then they headed past the dorms and onto the streets behind the dorms till they reached the Dean's house.

Kim looked at the protesters many had their faces painted like skulls and they had a paper Mache' Uncle Sam dangling from a hangman's noose, then the chanting started, "NO BLOOD FOR OIL, NOT IN MY NAME, NO BLOOD FOR OIL."

Angry Bob borrowed a megaphone once they reached the Dean's house, "THE MAN THINKS HE CAN USE US LIKE CATTLE OR SHEEP AND THAT WE HAVE NO VOICE IN WHAT GOES ON."

The crowd responded by cursing "The Man", the President, the Dean, and then Angry Bob continued his speech, "TOGETHER WITH OUR VOICES AND OUR PASSION WE CAN STAND TO THE MAN AND SAY NO MORE WAR, NO MORE INJUSTICE, DEATH TO THE MAN!"

Kim was really getting into the whole atmosphere, someone shoved a pamphlet into her hands decrying the injustice that Bueno Nacho has inflicted on workers in Thailand, and another was a booklet about the Smarty Mart and Club Banana sponsoring right wing death squads in South America.

Then they made their big show of power by marching to the ROTC building where the Upperton University Campus Police was waiting for them in full riot gear along with the TV cameras.

Angry Bob handed the megaphone to another protester and then winked at Kim, "Get ready to run when they start shooting the tear gas."

Kim was getting into the spirit of the moment, "I've been maced before, bring it on."

The marchers began handing out bricks and rocks, Angry Bob leaned over to Kim, "Hurl the rock at the building and then run back to the car…ok, a few of us are going to stay behind and get arrested to get on TV."

Kim pulled Bob to her and gave him a big tongue kiss, "HEAD IN THE GAME BOB!" she screamed as she hurled her rock at the building.

The rocks and bricks began flying and so did the tear gas canisters, Kim pulled her shirt up over her face and picked up one of the canisters and flung it back at the police. Protesters were running every which way trying to get away.

Kim ran the wrong way and promptly got shocked unconscious with a stun gun and then she hit the ground, where she was promptly grabbed, manacled and tossed into the back of a police van and all in front of the television cameras

Ron was at work when he heard about the riot at Upperton University, when Ron went on break he went to the break room and switched on the television and was able to watch the whole thing on the news.

"Here we see self styled vigilante Kim Possible hurling tear gas at the campus police before being subdued by a stun gun, this is Kim Possible's second run in with the law since the Club Banana Massacre back in mid November."

"Here in the studio with us is Dr. Evelyn Klinghammer a psychologist from Middleton High School where Kim Possible attends school, and she is going to tell us what goes through the mind of a former teenage crime fighter who goes bad."

Ron switched off the television and stared at it nodding his head up and down, trying to control his temper, "Angry Bob when I get a hold of you, I am so going to kick your ass."

Kim was finally released on Monday, Christmas Eve after a quick visit in front of the Judge. Km was sentenced to spending twenty-four hours in a special Upperton Scared Straight program where she would have to spend the day with a hardened criminal to shock her into going back to the straight and narrow.

Dr. James Possible drove Kim home from the Upperton police station, "Well Kim what have we learned from our latest brush with the law?"

Kim glared at her father, "Upperton's jail has cable."

Mr. Dr. P. looked at his daughter, "Not the answer I was looking for…I was going more for just because you see everyone else doing it…it doesn't make it right."

Kim was angry at all the injustice in the world and decided to let her dad know about it, "This coming from a man that shoots rockets into space and the exhaust from the engines erodes the Ozone which is causing a green house effect and is destroying our climate."

Mr. Dr. P. was shocked, "Kim, who told you this nonsense, there is no correlation between rocketry and global warming."

Kim sneered, "Once the Ozone is gone dad, do you know who this will affect the most?"

Mr. Dr. P. lifted an eyebrow, "Everyone?"

Kim shook her head, "No women and minorities will be hit the hardest, face it dad your rockets are only good for killing women and minorities."

Mr. Dr. P. looked at his daughter, "Maybe I'll just wait for your mother to talk to you."

"Oh sure prove your male dominance by forcing Mom to deal with problems that you can't face up to." Kim said rolling her eyes.

Mr. Dr. P. shot Kim a look, but wisely decided to say nothing. He knew that Mrs. Dr. P. ran the show but didn't want to bring himself to actually admitting it, "Male dominance…what's that." He thought smiling to himself.