Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Shadow Clovers. Enjoy the 2000-word chapter. I don't own Totally Spies, Vincent, David Michel, and a few others do.

Clover looked at Ray who seemed to be more bothered by her reaction than anything. She often wondered if she and he had been close as friends since they hadn't talked in a while.

She knew now that there were secrets both friends had. She had been a spy and he had been trying to be a superhero or something similar. She was annoyed that he had kept that sort of secret, but there wasn't any room for her to judge.

"The spy thing threw me off," Ray stated. "Didn't expect that. I guess that's the point of being a spy." Ray said while Clover nodded to herself.

"Yeah. It's a lot to handle." Clover responded while she cleared her throat. "It does cut into the shopping and stuff," Clover added to which Ray let out a small laugh.

"Some things don't change, do they, Clove?" Ray asked with a raised eyebrow. "Any of those missions hard? I know some of them are probably interesting. It's cool, you know." Ray stated as he started to dust off his shirt.

Clover bit back a laugh at the moment. She did indeed handle similar work to a movie. It made her question if any part of her life was normal. It certainly didn't feel like that to any degree or form.

Still? She couldn't lie that despite it cutting into her life at times? Clover couldn't lie that it was captivating to a degree. She turned towards Ray who fell silent as she cleared her throat.

"Depends if the bad guy wants to kill all of us." Ray heard as he raised an eyebrow towards her. "There's always an issue with that. I'm starting to wonder where these guys come from." Clover added with amusement in her tone.

"Hmm." Ray hummed to himself with amusement. "I suppose that's true. It's kinda why we wear armor when we fight people. I wonder if Jerry ever talked about new armor." Ray stated while he crossed his arms across his chest.

"Long as it goes with my shoes," Clover stated, half-joking. "The bad guys don't try to kill us the natural way," Clover added while she rolled her eyes to herself.

"Ok then," Ray stated with a nod. "It's weird how we met. Not like NOW I mean… Well, kinda. I mean, I'm wearing armor and you're wearing a catsuit." Ray said while Clover shrugged.

It was enough to make a small smirk come to his face. He was well aware of what this woman had been like before they parted on peaceful terms. He didn't expect her to love fashion so much, but there wasn't much that he could and would say. Ray was well aware he was a geek as a child as well.

"Clove? I have a question." Ray said while he slowly walked towards the couch so he could sit. "If you're not a fan of nerds and all that? Why did you become friends with me a while ago? I'm not mad. It's often what happens as people change their opinions." Clover stated while she nodded towards her friend.

Still? She was rather interested in what to do next before he frowned to the side. She wanted to do something next before Ray frowned to himself.

He was confused about what this woman did before she had been part of WOOPH. She had been a soldier and a spy she had been dealing with the rest of her army about what to do next. She was probably fighting battles when it came down to it.

"There will be plenty of bad guys if they know we were behind stopping their planet. It's why we wear entire armors and such." Ray stated a moment later. "Trust me. It's not like them to let a loss go." Ray added while he frowned to himself and started to think of the best option.

"Jerry has had worse bad guys try to take us down. It doesn't always work as well as they think." Clover responded as she kicked her feet onto the armrest.

"CCC doesn't exactly let people bother them or get in their way," Ray added with a frown as he crossed his arms. "Trust me. We're meeting them all over again and it's going to be SO annoying." Ray stated to which he rubbed at his temples

Still? There was time for doubts when this was done and dusted. They were off the clock and he hadn't seen his friend at the end of the day. Ray tapped his fingers on his arms while he frowned and started to think of what to say and do next.

"There's been a lot of stuff on my mind, you know," Clover said to which her friend raised an eyebrow towards her as he sighed. "Why did CCC go after your family? They're bad guys, yeah… But they don't just go after family without a big reason for it. They don't simply attack people for being in the way and it isn't like they're all evil on that level." Clover said before she started to point out that there was more to do next.

It had a lot more weight to do at the second. She had so much to do on her mind and she was honestly weirded out by what to do next. How did one honestly top something such as what he did? He had yet to burden himself if he was honest with this slowly lingering over his head. It wasn't something he wished to handle as of now.

There was a lot to handle on his plate when it came down to it. there was a lot more on his plate than simply her. He was not to do next when it comes down to me. There was far too much on the end of his plate for him to handle something of this caliber. He had yet to question what to do when he handled the rest of the monsters in his group. He wasn't one to question the insanity of his missions simply because he had been through them dozens of different times.

It didn't seem to matter anyway as both found it odd. They were placed in a position where it was odd to be around either way which forced him to bother her now.

She had so much on her mind and it had a lot more on his plate. He was a lot more interested in how to handle her problems as well as her. He was honestly pondering what she had been through that.

"This is a spy movie in disguise honestly," Ray stated before he tilted his head to the side. "How has it been since then? Jerry had a lot more on his plate than this giant terrorist organization? It's honestly a weird feeling seeing you when it comes to it. I don't entirely understand when it comes down to it. This isn't the weirdest thing I handled when I consider it." Ray said while he rolled his eyes to himself before he seemed to sit deeper in thought before he pondered what to do.

He sighed to himself and looked at the woman that seemed to be curious as to the woman's motives. She had been secure, interested that there was more on her mind rather than anything she had said or done. This was far more than what he had been expecting. Still? There were a few problems with her approaches to this. It hadn't made him well when it came down to it. He had more on his mind than this, more to gain, more to lose.

"So, you made that fancy armor?" Clover asked to which there was a shake of the head. "It's pretty fancy for someone who's just out of college, you know," Clover stated as Ray tilted his head and stared at her with some interest on it.

"I didn't make them with all due respect. I just tried my best to fix it. I can only take care of one suit, each of us helps the others with their suits when it comes down to it." Ray said before he tilted his head. "Why do you think I said I don't know if I can fix it? Why? Do you want me to see if I can fix your clothes or something like that?" Ray said while he watched Clover kick her feet up on the tables.

"Way to make yourself at home, Clove," Ray stated with a roll of his eyes as he glanced around the room. "Secondly? If you wanted my help with something? All you had to do was ask. It will take a few days, but I might be able to fix up something. It's what I've been doing the entire time with all due respect." Ray stated before he tilted his head and looked around.

He had been ready for this, curious as to what to do next. It had made him interested in what she was doing here besides just trying to spy on him.

He snorted mentally. She'd not spy on him. She was his friend, his former teammate when it came down to it. He doubted her for a stupid reason when it came down to it. There was more on his mind than what had been present. He was honestly curious what she planned to do with this much time and effort on her side.

'She's a superspy. My best friend was super-spy despite everything that's been going on for so long. I almost can't believe it. Then again? I'm the last person to judge her based on that. The last thing that had been going through my mind compared to this. I don't know what to do, what to say at all.' Ray mentally stated as he sighed to himself.

He rubbed at his temples; a lot more confused as to what was to go on. He had honestly been willing to ask if not for the sheer terror written on his face at the moment.

He brought a hand to his face as he glanced around and look around with interest. This place felt different at the time. it'd be a lot more interesting to him if she came back down to it.

Ray was honestly curious at the time. It'd be a lot more on his mind at the second. He'd be happy if he wasn't so nervous, so entirely tired and unhopeful when it came down to it. There's more to this story than he questioned, yes, he'd blasted well believe that more than anything, at least if this way to end.

This was going to end one way or another. The second this ended? The sooner he got some blasted needed answers. That much was to be expected at the time.

Clover closed her eyes to relax, content in the mission more than anything else. This was going to be funny either way and yet she felt bad about trying to end this mission.

Ray sighed his thoughts, not in proper order. There was so much he wanted to know about, this wasn't helping either of their cases either way.

He slowly rested his hands on his knees, his thoughts already on par with everything else. Both sat in rather awkward silence for only a few moments and sighed to themselves as they questioned what to say.

Author Notes

Phew. Another chapter is done! I want to point out that the next chapter will be delayed at the moment. The next chapter will be being 2-10 months and will show both Clover and Ray talking and more about their past. The next chapter will be 900-6500 words and such. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!

P.S: Next chapter will be longer than this one for now hopefully. And a Sam story might come soon.