Kim turned to confront Ron head on. "Where is it!" she demanded.
"Look, if I knew where it was do you think I'd be tearing the place apart searching for it? You know how tiny they make those things, it could be anywhere."
Kim stopped. She needed to think. As much as she wanted to, she knew that blindly knocking things around wasn't going to help. She studied the room carefully, looking for anything that might be out of place. The new mess on the floor certainly wasn't helping. "Ok Ron, exactly how long has this camera been here?"
"Not a clue."
"Well, how long have you known about it?"
Ron shrugged. "A couple of days."
"A couple of days!" She groaned as she sat back down on the bed. She reached over to her nightstand and grabbed the kimmunicator, switching it on. "Wade!"
Nothing.
"Wade, I know you're there. You're always there!"
Still nothing.
"Think he knows you figured it out?"
"Ron, he has access to a hidden camera in here. And you just completely freaked in front of it; of course he knows!"
"Oh, right-- I guess that means he'll know I told too."
"You think?"
Kim sighed. She'd have to find the camera for herself. Let's see, she knew there was some kind of setting in the kimmunicator that would allow her to scan for sources of power, even extremely minute ones, but Wade usually took care of that for her. It wasn't hard to figure out at least. After messing with the settings a bit she found what she needed.
Let's see-- not the phone, not the alarm clock, not the computer-- but there was another signal coming from under the bed. She got down to floor and anxiously peered underneath, hoping Ron had knocked it down there.
Oh, right. "Mr. Purple," as Ron had so affectionately named it. Well, at least she knew the batteries were still good. She rolled her eyes and continued to scan. A signal from the headboard caught her attention, but the only place it could be coming from was her most-prized Cuddle Buddy,
"Pandaroo?" She picked up her little panda/kangaroo creation and studied it carefully. The eyes, of course! It was in one of the eyes.
She switched her kimmunicator back to talk mode. "Wade! You've got some explaining to do!"
Wade finally appeared on the screen with a sheepish grin. "Sorry about that Kim."
"Sorry! And I thought tapping into my diary was bad! Wade, how could you?"
"Look, it started out innocent enough. I decided it was a good idea to add one in there after the whole Josh Mankey/aurora orchid incident. You almost disappeared on us"
"Oh yeah, I wasn't supposed to leave my room and-- hey, don't change the subject! So I find out that the so-called friend that runs my website is a complete and total perv."
Wade laughed. "Well, what do you expect from someone that spends so much time on the internet?"
Kim sighed. "You've got a point there. Speaking of pervs--" She looked over at Ron, who was holding the pandaroo in his hands, making faces at the little camera. Suddenly sensing her eyes on him, he got up and started inching away towards the door, saying "Well, I'm glad we got this whole mess figured out. Guess I'll be heading off--"
"Oh, don't think you're off the hook on this one. Sit back down. Now." She motioned him back toward the bed. "So Ron, how exactly did you know about the camera in my room?"