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Chapter 17 Rome Part 3

Francesca Jackman dropped off her boyfriend, Freddy Farnsworth, at the British Embassy where he lived. After a too brief good bye kiss, (at least for her that is,) she returned to her car and drove Kim and Ron back to Vatican City. "So, are you guys gonna confront Wade?" she asked, parking her car.

They all got out and started walking. "Yes, we will when we get back to our suite." Kim frowned. "I hate to do it, but I gotta know."

"Well, good luck." Fran hugged them both. "Are we still on for tomorrow morning?"

"Yep." Ron grinned. "We'll meet you in the gym at 7:30."

Kim and Ron bade their good nights and went to their room. Ron got the Kimmunicator out of Kim's backpack.

"Hey, Ron." Wade sipped his soda. "How'd your day go?"

"Not bad, Wade," Ron said hesitantly, Kim pacing back and forth behind him, obviously in deep thought. "We got the low down on the threat and had time to look around Rome. Ah, Wade," Ron said hesitantly, "Kim want to ask you something." He quickly handed the Kimmunicator to Kim.

"Thanks Mr. Jellyfish." She turned her attention to Wade. Her Web Master and the creator of all her gadgets. Her friend for so many years. "WADE!" she yelled into the devise. Ron snatched it from her hand.

"Ah, I guess I better handle this. Kim's a little out of sorts from jet lag." Ron turned to Kim. "Go lay down and chill. pleeese?" He tried the PDP which made her laugh a little. She sat in a chair and motioned him to continue.

"Any news on our Mr. X.?" Ron queried.

Wade shook his head. "Sorry, but I haven't solved the encryption code."

Ron frowned. "Isn't that a little strange? I mean you live for those things."

Wade fumbled with his soda.

"Anyway, we've gathered a lot of clues as to who he is." Ron continued. "Follow me for a minute. Big Daddy gave us two clues. One, he's not a mystery man, and two, he's closer than you think. Now, we've had great rides set up really fast, and the accommodations we've stayed at are all first rate. You're good Wade, but not that fast. Big Daddy had a credit card set up for Kim when she won the bet. He had to have known he'd be making the bet before the threat was even made. Credit cards take a couple of days at least, to create and distribute. Mr. Jackman called his assistant in to meet us. Jenkins had a suite at the ready and our I.D. cards in his pocket when he arrived. With our pictures on them!" Ron paused for effect. "And the pieceofresistance, "

"Piéce de Résistance!" Kim interrupted with the correct French pronunciation.

Ron smiled and continued, "the final clue, came last night. Kim had told you she was getting a little antsy, since she hasn't had a good fight lately. All of a sudden, Fran tells us her father had suggest she spar with Kim. Now, I just checked on the web and she's a highly rated and well respected Kung Fu Artist. Plus, the fact her Dad couldn't look us in the eye when dealing with us. He's a bad actor, so he must have known the threat was false. And the targets? The Di Vinci artifact maybe. But Big Daddy, the statue of 'Christ The Redeemer' and the bones of St. Peter? Come on. What kinda targets are those?"

Kim got up and smugly looked over Ron's shoulder. "Spill Wade. You are Mr. X."

Wade looked disheartened. "How long have you known?"

Ron grinned. "I figured it out last night."

Kim slyly smiled. "I've known since Marrakesh!"

"Marrakesh!" both Ron and Wade spat.

"When Big Daddy Brotherson gave us the second clue, it all came together." Kim smiled. "A person who's not a mystery or a man, and is closer than we think? It meant he's a very close friend that's a boy, that could only be you or the tweebs. They don't have the resources, but you do. Plus Mr. X. seemed to know when we had seen all the sights and it was time to move us along. You always know what we've been doing. I remembered you still have me and Ron micro-chipped. All-in-all it's a very nice gift, Wade. Is it for graduation or the wedding? Or both."

Wade weakly smiled. "You got me Kim. It's a graduation slash wedding present. So, do you want to come home?"

"Are you kidding?" Kim asked. "We're having the time of our lives. It's the best present ever!"

"Yeah," Ron added. "We've been seeing the sights and getting treated like royalty. It's fantastic."

"Thank you Wade," Ron and Kim said lovingly.

"So," the boy genius started, rubbing the back of his head. "The question still remains. Do you want to continue or come on home?"

"What else do you have on the agenda?" Ron asked giddily.

Wade typed a few keys. "I was gonna send you to Munich, Sydney, Washington D.C., then London for almost a week so you could also take in Scotland and Ireland, then you'd end up in Tokyo."

"Those all sound great," Kim said. "But how much is this costing you?"

"Not much at all," Wade smiled. "Everyone decided to provide their services or accommodations for free because you've saving the world so many times. The only real cost was for Big Daddy. He wanted a case of your cheerleader chocolate." Wade frowned and added, "then he blackmailed me for a second case saying he would expose me if I didn't give in."

Kim and Ron laughed, then Ron spoke. "Wade, we want to continue the trip. There are two ways we can handle it. We can act like we don't know who our mystery man is, or you can tell everyone that the jig is up and to treat us like V.I.P. tourists."

Kim leaned in and gave a peck to Ron's cheek. "My vote is to tell everyone and just enjoy the trip. No pretense or anything."

Ron smiled. "I'm with Kim on this. Bring everything above board. Otherwise, Big Daddy may hit you up for another case of chocolate." He turned to Kim. "I still find it strange we haven't been called on any missions. I mean during this so-called mission."

Wade beamed. "There's nothing strange about it. Most of your foes are behind bars right now. The few that are on the loose, like Professor Dementor, have declared a truce until after the Honeymoon. I think Dementor said it best when he told your parents that you deserve a break. After battling all your foes and graduating high school with honors at the same time, you deserve a year off."

"Wait," Ron said in shock. "The 'rents know all about it?"

"They were the ones to come up with the idea." Wade took a sip of soda. "I guess Mrs. Dr. Possible was listening all those times Kim would come home from a mission and tell her about it. She realized you were doing all the traveling but not seeing any of the sights. They also said it would fit in with their 'decision.'" Wade used air quotes for the last word. "I guess you know what they mean by that."

Kim and Ron laughed again. "Yes we do, Wade," Kim giggled. "So when did you plan to move us on to our next city?"

"I was going to give you tomorrow in Rome, then send you to Munich the next morning."

"Munich is nice," Ron stated, "but we did see a lot of it when Adrena Lynn was running around causing trouble. Can we stay here a few more days, or go on to the next city?"

"I tell you what guys," Wade took a sip of soda while thinking. "Everyone has been told the schedule would be flexible, so nothing is set in stone. Why don't you take some time and come up with an itinerary? Add or subtract places to your hearts content." Wade typed a few strokes on his keyboard. "There are quite a few places that I've got standing by in case, heaven forbid, one of the cities or contacts had to beg out."

Kim beamed. "That super Wade. But what time frame are we talking here? We're suppose to be at Yamanouchi next month."

"And what about our parents?" Ron asked. "Are they expecting us back anytime soon?"

Wade sipped his soda. "Except for Yamanouchi, you have all Summer. Both your parents said, and Ron, I'm quoting your Dad, 'If you can keep them out of our hair for the whole Summer, go right ahead.'"

Ron laughed his head off. "Yep, that sounds just like Dad!"

"You start letting people know what happened," Kim said, "and we'll put together a World Tour that will put the Oh Boyz last one to shame."

"Great Kim." Wade beamed. "I'm glad this is finally out in the open. As much fun as I had playing you, the possible consequences of you finding out terrified me." He shuddered a little.

"Wade," Kim looked dejected. "You had nothing to worry about! You played a trick on us, so what! It's not like we could hire Shego and send her over to your house for revenge." Kim smiled a wicked little smile and added sarcastically, "We would never do anything like that!"

Wade scratched the back of his head and giggled. "Actually guys..."

"No!" Ron said in disbelief. "Shego came to your house?"

Wade sipped his soda and smiled. "No, but she's been helping me, on-line, from prison. She set up a lot of the contacts for the trip. Said it was her graduation/wedding present and sends along her best wishes."

Ron fell to his knees, stretched out his arms above him, and went into Over-Drama-Drive. "IS THERE NO ONE IN THIS WHOLE WIDE WORLD THAT DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT OUR TRIP?"

Wade took a long slow sip of his drink. Finally he smiled and quickly said, "Gotta go, Bye!" The screen went blank.