"Put your hand in mine-"

*BANG*

Ron's hand smacked down on his alarm clock cutting the sound off. "They need some new songs."

He got up and stretched, surprised to find that all his bruises were healed and the burn he got from Shego had vanished. "Must have used my MMP in my sleep," he decided as he got up.

He didn't feel like questioning his good fortune and took a shower instead. One of the few good things about having continually absent parents was not being rushed in the shower or worrying about someone else using up all the hot water.

After a nice hot shower he went to grab a glass of milk from the fridge only to find Kim in his kitchen again. "Eek!" Ron hid behind the kitchen door. "KP I'm only in my skivvies here!"

Kim rolled her eyes but anyone who knew her could tell she was amused. "Ron I've seen you in far less than just a pair of boxers and a t-shirt."

"It's the social context KP," Ron complained. "Two teens alone in my place… I don't want to become an unwed teen mother!"

Kim smothered a laugh and cleared her throat before saying as seriously as possible, "Ron, in the highly unlikely event that I get you pregnant… I promise to take responsibility."

"You mean it?" he asked cautiously.

"Pinky swear," Kim said holding up her pinky.

"Well, if you swear," Ron said holding out a hand from behind the door with his pinky extended.

Kim gave it a shake with her own pinky. "I promise if I ever get you pregnant, I will marry you the very first moment we can arrange a proper ceremony."

"Well alright then," Ron said, relaxing and stepping out from behind the door.

"Mom sent me over to see if you wanted to join us for breakfast," Kim said.

Ron sprinted out of the room and Kim started counting, "...eight, nine."

Ron appeared fully dressed before she could say ten. "Ready KP?"

"Ready," she agreed following him out the door. "So, what do you have planned for today?"

"It's the last week of summer, I plan on doing nothing," Ron said cheerfully. "Besides, yesterday was busy enough."

"I can't believe you are planning on doing literally nothing," Kim said as they entered her house.

"But KP I have to do a whole lotta nothing now because if I waited till I was in school to do it, nothing would not get done!" he proclaimed.

"I actually understood that and that scares me," James Possible said before he finished his coffee and got up from the table. "Now if you'll excuse me, I must be off to work."

"Remember to stop for gas," Anne reminded him.

"I'll remember," he said. "The last thing I want to do is run out of gas half way home from work."

This entire scene seemed familiar to Ron. "Or forget your wallet on your bedside table and your security badge on the sink in the bathroom."

James' hands went to his back pocket and then his shirt pocket. "I think you're right. Be right back."

Kim turned to Ron. "Been stalking my dad?" she joked as James went up the stairs.

"It's what I remember him doing last time," Ron said.

"He is a creature of habit," Anne said cheerfully as she made a plate for Ron.

"Tell me someone who isn't," Kim said with a grin.

"I don't know," Ron said thoughtfully before eating a spoonfulof eggs, "occasionally people can surprise you, like Shego using one of her kicks to launch a fireball, knowing you won't expect it."

"That would be something to watch out for," Kim agreed, realizing there was no reason Shego couldn't launch a fireball from her feet.

James returned with his ID in place. "Anything else I'm forgetting?"

"That some guy from work will steal your parking space?" Ron asked with a shrug.

"Morgan!" James growled. "I've gotta run; he arrived five minutes early yesterday and almost got it!" James gave his wife a kiss on the cheek and ran out of the house.

"Are you sure you're not stalking my dad?" Kim teased.

Ron grinned. "He complained about it yesterday when we came back from dealing with Drakken and Shego's attempt to steal the Star of India, that huge Ruby on display in the museum," he replied. "Don't you remember?"

Kim frowned. "Ron, we haven't had a mission in two weeks."

"Are you feeling ok, KP?" Ron asked concerned.

"Ron," Anne said, "Kimberly hasn't been called for a mission in the last two weeks, not since Killigan tried to destroy the local mini-putt because the course was too easy."

Ron frowned. "I can remember it clear as day. Kim was upset because Monique had called her about a flash sale at the mall and she'd been in line when the call came in. I heard about it a lot!"

Anne laughed. "I can see her doing that, but-"

Kim's phone went off and she answered it. "Hey, Monique?"

The two redheads turned to look at Ron.

"Are you calling about a flash sale at the mall?" Kim asked. "Yeah… I gotta go. I'll explain later."

"A second flash sale?" Ron asked.

"Ron, what's today?" Kim asked.

"August 28th," he replied. "Why?"

"It's the 27th," Kim said.

"That was yesterday," Ron said.

"No, that's today," Kim said showing him her phone.

Ron pulled out his phone. "Weird."

"So... the Star of India?" Kim asked.

"Drakken needed it to focus a laser or something using the observatory's telescope," Ron explained. "He didn't say why."

"I'm going to call this in," Kim said.

"I don't suppose you remember the winning number for today's Powerball?" Anne asked jokingly.

"I never play," Ron replied with a shrug.

"My partner thinks it's tomorrow and recalls Drakken trying to steal the Star of India today," Kim reported. "It's a prime target and speaking as someone who has had to fight a professional wrestler empowered by an Egyptian god, I'm not willing to just write it off."

"It's really the 27th?" Ron asked.

"It really is," Anne assured him.

"I wish I'd known that yesterday," Ron said.

"Pardon?" Anne asked, unsure what he'd meant.

"Well if I'd known on the first 27th that there would be a second one I would have memorized some things, like the lotto numbers, but also stocks. Not to mention I would have laid the smooch on a couple of girls to see how they'd respond."

"A couple?" Anne asked with a raised eyebrow.

"If the day was just going to start over, I could act without worrying about consequences or hurting anyone's feelings and get some answers to who feels what and why," Ron explained.

Anne considered that. "I suppose that's reasonable. If time is just going to reset and wash away everything you've done like footprints in the sand, then kissing a few girls isn't the worst thing you can spend it doing."

"Did you see Groundhog's Day with Bill Murray?" Ron asked eagerly.

"Ron, everyone has seen Groundhog's Day with Bill Murray," Kim said before turning back to her phone. "Just report it," Kim ordered the person on the other side of the phone.

"I've seen every movie Bill Murray has ever been in," Anne assured him, "the man is hilarious."

"Well they cut out a large chunk of the story to make the movie and went with a more upbeat ending than was originally planned," Ron said. "See he was supposed to be in the time loop for thousands of years and go nuts in some parts. Now me personally, I wouldn't have a lot of the problems he had since I'm not stuck in a small town, so I'd have a lot more to see and do. I've got a great life, good friends, and I'm young."

"Ok, I can see having a great life and good friends as making everything a lot more enjoyable but young? Never mind, I think I've got it," she said before he could answer. "Even with additional memories being added stretching back years, your brain chemistry would remain the same keeping you enthusiastic about life, which Bill's character was not."

"Exactly," Ron said cheerfully.

"I've let GJ know," Kim told Ron, "and even if it turns out to just be a dream a little extra surveillance on Drakken and Shego isn't a bad idea."

"Too weird to be a dream," Ron said. "I'm thinking Groundhog's Day, though it's probably just wishful thinking, It's probably just some little universal blip because of… I dunno, some Mad Scientists machine like in 12:01. But if I was going to be stuck in a loop, I'd rather it be longer like a week or… You know what would be really cool?"

"What?" Kim asked.

"Getting to redo every day like three times," Ron said. "Give me three tries for every day and I'd be racking up a really high score easy."

"I think I'd rather have a week," Kim said. "Pay attention the first time through, relax and have fun the second while making plans, and stick the landing with the third one."

"Well, if this is the second run through and I don't have to worry about consequences…" He grinned and Kim froze, wondering if he was going to kiss her. Ron turned and threw his arms around Anne much to her surprise. He kissed her on the cheek and hugged her. "You have been the best mom ever! I hardly ever see my mother, but thanks to you I know what a mother is supposed to be like and I love you!"

Anne hugged him back tearing up. "You've been a great, son," she told him, "always looking out for Kimberley, trying to help people, and being a good role model for your little brothers."

Kim grinned. This was what she should have expected from him, it was sweet, out of the blue, and made perfect sense in retrospect. "I'm going to go hit the mall," Kim announced. "I'll see you either after lunch or when they call us in to deal with Drakken and Shego."

"I have the sudden urge to tell you to clean up your room and not slouch so much," Anne joked as she released Ron and he waved goodbye to Kim.

OoOoOoOoOo

"Exactly how did you know what Drakken was going to do?" Betty Director asked Ron, as soon as Team Possible entered the briefing room.

"Woke up this morning remembering all of today as having happened yesterday," Ron replied.

"He was positive it was the 28th until I pointed out what the date was," Kim offered. "He was pretty convincing and it's not like a little extra surveillance on those two is a bad thing."

"Indeed," the director agreed with a nod. "Well, you'll be pleased to hear that with our agents in place in advance, Dr Drakken and Shego were taken down with minimal effort."

"When you guys didn't call us in, I figured I must have dreamed it all," Ron said.

"No, you were right on target," the director said. "Would you mind taking a test for psychic potential?"

"You think Ron's psychic?" Kim asked surprised.

The director of Global Justice chuckled. "We are not sure what Ron is, but psychic could explain a few things."

"Easy on the ego," Ron joked with a fake pout before he grinned. "Sure, I'd be happy to."

"Excellent," Betty Director said. "I'll have Dr Hasken run you both through it."

"Both?" Kim asked surprised.

"If you don't mind of course," the director said, "some of the tests require a partner and I believe that if he can connect to anyone it would be someone he trusts."

"Oh," Kim said perking up. "I'll be glad to."

Several hours later…

"What are the results?" Betty Director asked eagerly.

"Confusing, but considering the subject that's understandable," Dr Hasken replied, taking off his glasses and cleaning them with a handkerchief before putting them back on.

"I would complain but… that's kinda understandable," Ron admitted.

"The standard Zener card test started off with him getting random results, well within the bounds of chance, but after a quick run through they started getting all of them right. Separating them so they could only hear one another dropped the number back down to random chance for a full run and then they started getting all of them correct as well," Hasken reported. "Finally, we had them communicate through typing and all statistical anomalies vanished."

"In other words, they test like field agents who are long time partners," Betty said with approval.

"Far beyond what their years would suggest, but yes," Dr Hasken agreed.

Ron and Kim did a quick fist bump without even looking at one another.

"Remote viewing was a complete bust," Dr Hasken reported.

"It's a very vague talent even when present," Betty said dismissively. "Next?"

"A simple test of telekinesis, moving a carefully balanced piece of paper on top of a pencil inside a sealed tank…" he let his voice trail off and Ron looked a bit guilty while Kim looked at him curiously.

"The subject materialized a four foot glowing sword that cut through the tank," Hasken reported. "He then scolded the sword like it was an overenthusiastic puppy and it vanished."

Betty turned to Ron who was studying his feet. "I can see you do not wish to talk about the sword, so I will simply ask one question, if that's ok with you."

"Maybe," Ron hedged.

"Psychic ability or mystic artifact?" Betty asked.

"Artifact," Ron admitted.

"Did you come in contact with the artifact before or after we started the 'Ron factor' file?" Betty questioned him. "I only want to know so I can dismiss it as a factor."

"After," Ron said.

"Alright," she said. "Is it in anyway connected with seeing the future?"

Ron opened his mouth, paused and closed it while he considered that. "I'd say no, but do I have a way to check. Give me a couple of days."

"Alright, we'll dismiss that from consideration," Betty Director told him, getting a relieved smile from the blonde. "Next?"

"Pyrokinesis is a simple test involving a lit candle a dozen feet away from the subject and seeing if he can influence it," Dr Hasken said. "While he showed no ability to increase the size of the flame, he did manage to put it out. However thorough examination of the footage shows that what we thought was a simple hand gesture, appears to have been a martial arts technique that is considered nothing more than legend and rumour by our combat instructors and is used for putting out candles to aid in infiltration."

Ron was again examining his feet.

"I believe we can table that one," Betty said making a note to add it to the Ron file.

"Have you been going on missions without me?" Kim asked Ron.

"No," Ron said, "ask director Betty, she'll tell you. I'm not assigned missions without you, even if you have gone on missions without me."

"Except for the brief test to see how you'd perform apart we have not sent Ron on any missions without you," Betty assured her.

"Ok," Kim said.

"Now the physical adept test showed some interesting results," Hasken said with a smile. "His physical abilities are well above what should be physically possible for a young man with his build."

"Secret or psychic?" Betty asked Ron.

Ron shrugged. "Unless I was glowing, it was probably psychic," he replied, "but the tests were all way-easy and Kim could have blown through them."

"Glowing?" Dr Hasken asked, but at a gesture from the director, fell silent.

"We already knew Miss Possible was a physical adept," the director assured him.

"I'm a what now?" Kim asked.

"Physical adept," Betty Director explained. "It's in your file."

"I didn't notice it," Kim said. "So, what is a physical adept?"

"Someone who can use their mind to unlock their body's true potential," Dr Hasken explained. "It takes focus and years of training or in some cases just a natural aptitude."

"It's what allows you to pick up martial arts so easily and keep up with Shego, an empowered human," Betty Director explained.

"That… makes a lot of sense," Kim said thoughtfully.

"I'm surprised you're a physical adept, but considering everything you go through I really shouldn't be," Betty told Ron. "It is dangerously easy to underestimate you." She made a mental note to add that to his file as well.

Ron just shrugged. "Ok, so are we any closer to figuring out why I repeated a day or if it was going to happen again?"

"You think it's going to happen again?" Betty Director asked.

"If it happened once it can happen twice," Ron replied. "I even went through all the trouble of memorizing the winning lotto number and some stocks."

"That is a very practical response," Betty Director decided after a moment's thought. "Will Du," she called out.

"Yes, Ma'am," he replied as he entered the room.

"Bring me the Step Back Code," she ordered.

"Step Back Code?" he asked confused.

"One of the Crazy Eight," she replied.

"Yes, Ma'am, right away Ma'am," he said heading off.

"Crazy Eight?" Ron and Kim chorused.

"Global Justice is a spy agency tasked with dealing with quite a few… unusual occurrences," Betty explained. "Being a government agency, we are required to prepare for things that are nearly impossible. The Crazy Eight are the codes for eight situations we believe are never going to occur."

Will Du returned slightly out of breath with a silver envelope that he handed to the director. "I retrieved the code and it was automatically canceled as per procedure, Ma'am."

"If it's cancelled then what good-" Kim stopped herself. "The code is good right up till the moment it's revealed, so it would only work for someone who actually went back in time," she realized.

Betty Director smiled but before she could compliment Kim on her sound reasoning another agent came in and handed her a message. Reading it she looked faintly surprised then chuckled and passed it to Ron.

"What's this?" he asked as he started reading it.

"Half a dozen missions that went wrong costing lives today," Betty said with a smile that seemed out of place. "When you give me the Step Back Code, order me to cancel them."

"These are from different agencies," Ron said curiously.

"All agencies are notified when the Step Back Code is prematurely cancelled," she explained, "and part of the procedure is for them to report on situations where advanced notice would have prevented lives being lost."

"Cool," Ron said smiling and holding up a hand so everyone would be quiet, so he could concentrate on memorizing the list. "Got it!" he said after a minute.

Betty passed him the code, while Kim looked over the list.

"Golden Goose?" he asked. "That seems strangely fitting.

"It's random," she assured him.

"CIA," Kim tested Ron.

"Two missions," he replied. "Missions Velvet and Cogsworth."

"Natural parks?" Kim asked a bit surprised to find them on the list.

"Yellowstone, rabid grizzly," Ron answered.

"The Department of Fish and Game are included among the agencies notified," Betty Director explained. "It's probably due to some old law like the Texas Rangers being required to receive training from them in dealing with wildfires, but as they are actually better about filing the correct documents than most agencies, no one has bothered trying to have them removed from the list."

"I'm really hoping I only go through two repeats of each day," Ron said, "but if this was only a one off I'm going to be really disappointed I couldn't save these people."

"Why two repeats of each day?" Betty Director asked curiously. "That's a strangely specific number."

"Pay attention the first day to gather data, spend the second day planning while you relax a little, stick the landing on the third," Ron explained.

"What if it's an endless repeat due to some experiment like 12:01?" Will Du asked.

"Then I'll have plenty of time to figure out how to stop it," Ron replied.

Will Du nodded, wrote a note and passed it to Ron.

Betty Directory raised an eyebrow.

"My mother lives in Wyoming," he explained embarrassed. "It's her number and a request to send her the winning numbers for that state."

"Fair enough," Betty said amused. "It's secondary to your main objective," she reminded Ron.

"I've got it," he assured them.

"NSA," Kim snapped at Ron.

"Mission Peacock," he replied easily.

"How can you remember all of this so easily, but can't remember the date they made the Declaration of Independence?" she asked. "I mean it's the fourth of July for Pete's sake!"

"This information is important and true," Ron replied.

"And the date of the Declaration of Independence isn't?" she demanded.

"What did George Washington Carver do?" Ron asked, seemingly out of the blue.

"George Washington Carver?" Kim replied before something sparked in her memory. "He invented peanut butter."

"No, he didn't," Ron replied. "Peanut butter was used by the both the Incas and the Aztecs. George Washington Carver made it popular and came up with hundreds of peanut based recipes, but what he should be known for is introducing crop rotation to the farms in the South. The amount of good he did with that alone was amazing. A lot of what you get taught in school is only good for trivial pursuit and is often wrong. I find it really hard to memorize lies and misinformation regardless of how 'important' I'm told it is."

"Oh," Kim said surprised.

"Besides the Declaration of Independence was made on the Second of July," Betty Director said amused.

"Then why do we celebrate on the fourth?" Will Du asked curiously.

Because that's when they got everyone rounded up to sign it," she replied with a smirk.

"Why'd it take two days?" Kim asked.

"Because once they made their Declaration of Independence from Great Britain they celebrated with a huge party and they had to be sobered up to sign the actual documentation on the fourth," Betty said.

"Well, enough about history," Ron said. "I am going to go home and eat an entire gallon of ice cream and prank call Bonnie."

"You'll make yourself sick," Kimwarned.

"If time resets it won't matter and if I wake up with a stomach ache I'll know time didn't reset the instant I wake up," Ron explained.

"And prank calling Bonnie?" Kim asked.

"It's still early, I have to do something to pass the time," Ron explained, waving goodbye to Will and Betty.

"I can't tell if that's brilliant or stupid," Will admitted after the teens had left.

"That statement is made quite a lot in regards to Mr Stoppable," the director replied.

OoOoOoOoOo

"Put your hand in mine-"

*BANG*

Ron woke up and his stomach felt fine. That thought brought a flood of memories and he instantly came fully awake. He had a phone call to make!

Fifteen minutes later

Kim opened the door to Ron's house with her key and found him already waiting for her.

"Breakfast at your house," he said cheerfully.

"Mom wanted me to invite you," Kim asked. "How'd you know?"

"I'll tell you when we get there," Ron replied, taking the lead with a bounce in his step.

"You're energetic today," Kim noted surprised.

"All will be explained in a moment," Ron said as they walked next door and found her parents already eating, the twins still away at space camp.

"Good morning Ron," Anne said cheerfully, always happy to see the boy she'd practically raised.

Ron stepped forward and gave Anne a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Morning Mom," he said. "I'm doing some sort of Groundhog's Day thing where I'm repeating days." He handed her a piece of paper. "Here's the numbers for today's lotto."

"You called me Mom," she said, barely even noticing the rest, while James and Kim just stared in open mouthed shock.

"You've been my Mother in all but name for at least a decade," he told her making her eyes water as she gave him a hug that nearly cracked his ribs. "I just never realized I had to say anything till now."

"Groundhog's Day?" James asked.

"This is my third time living through this day," Ron explained. "Kim, I need your phone to call Global Justice. Your number is cleared to connect to them, but mine isn't apparently."

"No joke?" Kim asked seriously.

"No joke," Ron told her as Anne reluctantly released him to make him a large plate of food.

"Here," she handed him her phone.

"Mr Possible," he said, "you left your wallet on the nightstand, security badge next to the sink, you need to stop for gas and if you don't hurry Morgan is going to steal your parking spot."

"Morgan!" James growled before rushing off.

Ron hit the button to call Global Justice. "No this is Ron Stoppable. The Step Back Code is Golden Goose, I repeat the Step Back Code is Golden Goose. I'll wait for you to verify."

"Why did you give me the lotto numbers?" Anne asked.

"You joked about them on my second run through," Ron explained. "Hello. Yes director I used the code. I have half a dozen missions that need to be cancelled immediately. Probably not the one from Fish and Game though, they just need more people with bigger guns. Rabid grizzly."

OoOoOoOoOo

"Put your hand in mine-"

*BANG*

Ron woke up. "Rats, I was hoping it was a simple three day deal. Oh well, time to make some calls." He picked up his phone and dialed a number from memory. "Hello, Mrs Du? No, though I am calling on orders from your son…"

Typing by: fyrewolf5

AN: In most stories people always have to bend over backwards to provide proof they are repeating the same day over and over, so I thought 'what if it happened in a world where strange things already occur?'

TN: Seems like a lot of fun, hope there's more and we get to see Ron try his luck with the ladies.

Complete joke omake by fyrewolf5, since there is nothing definitive about the timeline here other than it's after the ninja training (S2) and before the junior prom when Ron and Kim get together (end of S3) I'm going to guess Ron and KP are 16 and it's the summer break before junior year. Since their US state is never confirmed in the show and in most of the country the age of consent is 16 there will be implied adult situations, nothing graphic though, and the ending is compressed so this isn't as long as the actual chapter.:

"Put your hand in mine-"

*BANG*

Ron woke up once more on the 27th, after several repeats he now had the perfect list of what order to call everyone he needed to, and what to say to get the proper results before Kim would even arrive at his back door.

Deciding to try something new today and find out how some people really felt about him, Ron started to make a mental list of the girls he knew and might enjoy going out with. Since his partner and best friend KP was a cheerleader and he was the mascot for the Mad Dogs, his mind immediately wandered to the cheerleaders and a few of the other popular girls at school. However, since it was summer break, they weren't as easy to run into right now, so it might take him a few attempts to find them and get a chance to see how they would act.

Knowing that GJ originally called them in while Kim was in line for the flash sale, Ron realized some of the girls would undoubtedly be there as well, and he may even be able to score some points by tipping them off to it, especially if he could get contact details for any of the girls that missed the sale. However, that still left him with the conundrum of who to try and find first, then he remembered he knew where one smoking hot babe would be, someone so far out of his league he'd never even try if he didn't know that when it went horribly wrong he'd be the only one that knew about it afterwards.

Joining Kim and the Possible parents for breakfast once Kim arrived and invited him over, he once again let Anne know how he considered her his mother, and warned James of Morgan's attempt to steal his parking spot and missing items. After Monique called to let Kim know of the flash sale and she ran off to go shopping, Ron returned home to grab his scooter. It may not be the best ride in the world but it beat walking.

Heading over to where he had heard she was prior to being called by GJ to deal with Drakken and Shego trying to steal the Star of India, Ron pulled off the road and hid his scooter so no one would spot it from the road, and using a touch of MMP he quickly scaled over the security fence surrounding the property. Fortunately there didn't seem to be any other immediate security measures he'd have to deal with beyond some cameras. Staying in their blind spots as they swept the grounds, Ron snuck over to the building and started working his way around the outside, listening for any hints of where she might be.

Luck was definitely on his side today, as he headed towards the backyard, Ron could hear the sound of someone swimming in a pool. Taking a peek around the corner he was able to confirm a few things, first it was who he was looking for and she was focused on swimming laps so hadn't noticed him, second she was alone, and third that her phone was on a table next to a sun lounger between him and the pool. Summoning all the stealth skills he learned from Yamanouchi he snuck over and checked the phone to find her contact details, quickly memorizing them and putting the phone back exactly where it had been, then sneaking back out of sight.

Once he was sure he wouldn't forget anything, Ron stopped hiding his presence and walked to the corner of the building and leaned against the wall where he could easily be spotted from the pool if anyone bothered to look.

Admiring her shapely form while she swam, he waited until she took a break at the edge of the pool and whistled appreciatively. "Hey hot stuff!" Ron called out, getting her attention, confusion, anger, and a ball of glowing green plasma thrown at his head.

Ducking the first ball then dodging away from the building to avoid the second Ron held up his hands and called out, "Peace, I'm alone, just wanted to talk about something without GJ or KP freaking out."

While still annoyed at the interruption, Shego was curious enough to listen when she saw the buffoon appeared to be alone. "Fine, sidekick, what do you want, and where's the Princess anyways? I'm surprised she let you out of her sight." When there were no sudden attacks or screams from an enraged red head, she figured he was probably being honest.

Climbing out of the pool, so they could talk more comfortably, she was amused and slightly flattered that while Ron was obviously enjoying her bikini and taking a few glances at how it showed off her body he wasn't staring or drooling as many guys often did. She'd have been less impressed if she realized he'd gotten it out of his system by checking her out before announcing himself.

Making his way over to one of the seats, Ron asked, "Has Dr D explained what he needs you to steal today?"

Surprised and wary, Shego sat in another chair close enough to talk comfortably, but not within easy grabbing range in case he was planning on trying to capture her for GJ. "No, just that we'd be heading out later today. Swimming was my warmup in case we ran into Princess. How did you know we were after something today?" she asked suspiciously.

Ron smirked and replied, "I can't give away all my secrets, but I can say it's not worth going after the Star of India, the museum has increased security today. Ask Dr D if that's what you're after, if it is you can tell him to get it himself or forget about it, either way we can talk some more."

Now very curious, Shego grabbed her phone, after checking to make sure it hadn't been tampered with and called Drakken. "Drew, I just had a very interesting conversation. Do your plans for the day involve grabbing the Star of India from the museum? They do? I think you need to check the lab for bugs, seems like someone already learned about it, and is going to get in the way. I'll see what I can find out and get back to you."

Ron waited patiently while Shego talked with Drakken, unable to hear his side of the conversation, but able to guess his response from Shego's half. Trying not to stare, but unable to completely ignore the sight of Shego in a bikini still wet from the pool, he kept taking appreciative glances at her, enjoying the way water beaded up forming droplets on her skin and ran down her body when she moved. How her bikini top clung to her and showed off her assets, something he had thought of in the past, but never really expected to be this close to without a glowing green fist of death coming towards him, which really was distracting, and prevented any enjoyment in those situations.

After finished talking to Drakken, Shego focused back on Stoppable, pleased to see he was still distracted by her and hadn't made any movement while she was on the phone. "Okay sidekick, why would you let me know that Dr D's lab was bugged, and prevent us from getting caught in a trap?" she asked him.

"First, the lab isn't bugged, I found out another way, and second, as I said earlier, I wanted to talk to you and that's not really easy to do under normal circumstances, what with you and KP fighting as soon as you see each other, so I had to get to you when that wasn't happening," Ron replied with a hint of amusement.

Thinking about it, Shego had to agree, "I suppose we don't really have time to chat when we usually run into each other, since it doesn't seem like you're going to tell me how you figured out what the plan was, what did you want to talk about?" Now that she knew it wasn't likely a trap since he just helped her avoid capture, she was very curious to find out what he wanted.

Ron just grinned and shook his head at her attempt to fish for more information. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you, but speaking of believing me, what's a code word or something I can tell you, to let you know I'm not messing with you, preferably something that if I had opened with it today you'd have at least listened to me before trying to fry me?"

Deciding to play along since it wasn't like she couldn't just ignore him and attack if necessary, but also wanting him to answer her questions, Shego turned towards Ron, and leaned over pretending to think, while making sure he had a good view of her cleavage. "Hmmm… That is an odd question, but let's go with 'purple lace'. That should stop you from using it during a mission, and is enough to at least make me pause, so going to explain yourself now?"

Using all the concentration he learned from ninja training, Ron was able to keep his eyes locked on Shego's, barely, much to her surprise, amusement, and annoyance. In a seemingly non-sequitur Ron instead asked, "Did you ever see Groundhog's Day with Bill Murray?"

Rolling her eyes Shego replied, "Everyone's seen Groundhog's Day."

"Well, that's how I know, I'm repeating today," Ron explained, much to her shock, "and since I've seen Kim fight you, I'm curious to see if I can manage any better against you and now seems like a good time to try without having to worry about any lasting injuries for either of us."

With all the weird things she's run into, Shego couldn't stop herself from being curious about the potential truth of Ron repeating a day. However she'd have to correct him of his delusion that he might do better against her than Princess, regardless of the claims that idiot Monkey Fist made of Stoppable being his archenemy, and when she did beat him, she might as well get something out of it since he wasn't likely going to last long enough for her to really enjoy the fight.

"Okay sidekick, but let's make it more interesting and have a wager on the fight since you seem to think you can take me out. When I win, you'll be my servant for the rest of the day, I'm thinking I'll make you carry my bags while I go shopping, make me dinner, and if you do a good job I'll let you give me a foot rub," Shego offered.

"And if I win?" Ron countered.

Shego couldn't help but burst out in laughter, doing some very enjoyable things to her body, when she finally calmed down she couldn't keep a grin off her face. "If you can somehow beat me in a fight, I'll do anything you want today that won't get me arrested; you helped me avoid capture earlier today and I have no interest in getting caught now."

Ron raised an eyebrow at that blanket offer. "Anything? Are you sure you don't want to put more limits on that, I could order you to kiss me, or do nude jumping jacks."

Shego gasped in faux shock, then ran her hands over herself, drawing his eyes over her body as they moved. Then standing up and dragging him to his feet, Shego gave him a quick kiss on the lips. "If you impress me enough, maybe you'll get another, and if you somehow do win…" wrapping her arms around his neck to make sure he couldn't get away, Shego leaned forward pressing her chest lightly against him and whispered in his ear, "I'll stick to what I offered."

Stepping back Shego enjoyed the stupefied smile Ron had plastered on his face and waited for him to regain his focus. Smirking and licking her lips when he had to adjust his pants before he fully came back to his senses.

Shaking his head, Ron asked, "Now that I'm motivated, where can we fight, and would it be easier for you to fight in your normal outfit, or are you good in that?"

Looking down, Shego sighed. "I suppose I should get changed to prevent a wardrobe malfunction, and we can fight over in the side yard, I'll meet you there." Shego headed inside grabbing her phone on the way. It seemed Shego was itching for a fight since Ron only had to wait a few minutes for Shego to arrive in the side yard in her familiar green and black jumpsuit, her hair still wet from the pool.

Getting into a ready position the two began their fight, not wanting to injure her new bag holder too badly, Shego refrained from igniting her plasma powers, and held back on her strength thinking 'This shouldn't take long.' After the first exchange she realized with some shock that she couldn't hold back and started to increase her pace, soon they were going all out except for powers.

After a last mutual exchange, they broke apart to catch their breath, and Ron commented, "That was fun, but I guess it's time to up the ante and see who's going to win."

Focusing on his MMP he brought up his powers and started to be surrounded by a blue aura much to Shego's surprise. Bringing up her own plasma powers they resumed fighting. Soon they were trading blows again and were evenly matching hit for hit, unable to land any decisive attacks until one of them deflected a blow and got in a solid hit.

Choose your winner:

Shego:

Knocking Ron off balance with a sweeping leg kick Shego pinned him and with a grin and said, "I win."

The rest of the day was spent as she threatened, using him to carry shopping bags, and teasing him every chance she had. At the end of the day, she gave him a good night kiss to curl his toes and told him to let her know when he wants a rematch and that he still owed her a foot rub.

Ron:

Hitting Shego with a solid kick to her stomach knocking the wind out of her, and causing her to lose concentration dispelling her plasma, Ron pinned her to the ground. "Looks like I win this time."

Shego was quite shocked to lose to the sidekick of all people but could finally understand Monkey Fist's wariness of the young man. In her most seductive voice Shego asked, "So what are you going to do to… I mean, have me do now?"

Now use your imagination, since I'm not messing with another person's ratings, either he has a nice chat and figures out if they might work together, or Barry White starts playing and it fades to black.