Authour's Comment: Thanks to all who have given me your reviews.. Gladly appreciate it. Decided to edit chapter 4 slightly and 6 pretty much to explain the Diamond situation in Chap 4...

The next morning proved to be somewhat surreal for Kim. She realised that the diamond was in fact destroyed. How would the museum curators react? It WAS priceless... but it was further than what was worrying her...a situation more valuable than any priceless object...Ron. How would he react to her now? Would he even accept her apology? Or would he walk away? She decided not to call. She would rather see him in the eye than to only hear his voice. And she knew his eyes never lied. She headed over to his house, knocking on the door rather sheepishly…

Mr and Mrs Stoppable both greeted her…

"Morning Kim," they said smiling, "Did you come to see Ron?"

Kim could tell though they were being bright, they were a bit unhappy.

"Yeah, I was hoping I could talk to him…" feeling obviously nervous…

Rufus came down and jumped on her shoulder, shaking his head and looking down.

"What's wrong Rufus?" Kim asked,

"Ronnie isn't here Kim," Mr Stoppable said, "He left last night saying that he had to go away for a few days."

Kim felt a mixture of her heart in her throat and a sense of worry. Ron never ran away from anything when it came to them. But then again, this wasn't some slight issue they had… They DID break up. She could have only imagined what Ron must have felt to make a decision to disappear the same night…

"Didn't he say where he was going?" she said, quite concerned

"No, he asked to trust him and that he promised to return." Mrs Stoppable replied, showing her worry…

"But he said for me to tell you, that there were some things upstairs that you may want back."

Kim was surprised. She didn't actually expect Ron to think that she would come visit him. Or maybe he thought that she would angrily come and demand her stuff. She was actually going to refuse, but couldn't help but want to see what Ron actually left for her.

So she went upstairs to his room. There, she saw in a box, photos of her and Ron, some of his mission gear, The belt she bought him, some perfume he "secretly borrowed"… cause when he sprayed it in his room, it felt like she was right there with him…

"Wait a minute…so that's where my perfume went." She said strangely amused…

And also, she found a note. Somehow she figured it was there. She opened it…

"Dear Kim,

I know I messed up, I messed up big time. I'm really a looser and a buffoon. I caused us so much trouble and so many problems by me constantly being an idiot. I just wanted to be with you always, even in college. But I messed that chance up in high school and I messed it up by nagging you about it. I was wrong."

Kim noticed that some of the words were blotted out as if droplets were sprinkling onto them. Her heart was sinking even more… She knew it was his tears. The letter continued…

"So, anyway, um, I left everything here for you. I figured you may want them back. Also, I should tell you, I wouldn't be going on any missions any more. Can't have me destroying anything else. I really don't want to... to… I can't do this…I love you Kim…. always. I'm so, so sorry. I won't ever be a bother to you anymore."

Once again, that scene of the night before played in her mind…

(I am so, so sorry)

Kim was on the brink of tears when her kimmunicator rang

"Go Wade." She said trying to hold back the tears…

"Kim I have… Are you alright?" Wade seeing the obvious despair in her face and knowing what happened.

"Yeah, sure, what's the sitch?"

"Well you wouldn't believe it if I told you, the diamond that Ron destroyed? Turned out it was a fake! The real one was hidden somewhere else in the museum in case of such a robbery was to take place."

"What? but how?..."

Kim said astonished... Then she thought about it a second... Diamonds can't just shatter to a million pieces... it's the hardest substance known. Usually she would have picked up on it quickly, but she was too focused on the fact that Ron messed up again, that she didn't put it all together. All more reason, that it bothered her to her very soul... But there still was a silver lining in all this... The REAL Diamond was safe. Meaning that maybe things will get better from here on. Shrugging off her thoughts for a moment, she continued with Wade...

"So they make us go to retrieve a fake, because..." Hoping Wade would fill in the rest, which he did...

" Because then whoever decided to try to steal it may realise that it was a fake, and try to steal the real one. Getting the Fake back would have just been a publicised effort so that the real diamond could be safely taken away...call it a hunch..."

"Wow.." Kim replied, now realising the plan, "You scare me sometimes... how'd you figure all this out?

"Well, um, er... unfortunately when Dementor broke back into the museum after he realised it was fake as well…" Wade replied, somewhat stupefied by the whole thing...

"He realised it and immediately stormed the museum. This time the curators had no time to escape with it safely." He said, most concerned...

"But it gets worse..."

"I was able to translate some of the code and found out that the Diamond was called the Armour of the Chaos Diamond. Here's the scary part. Old prophecies depicted the diamond with a smaller, diamond ring below. Seems as though when the ring is joined with the Chaos Diamond at a particular time every 2000 years, it becomes almost invincible armour… completely encompassing the holder of the ring. It's said that the bearer has the power of levitation, has almost infinite strength and can shoot beams of light at will…"

"I know that ring" Kim stated, "Dementor was wearing one just like it! We need to find him…"

"And that's the problem now…" Wade replied, "The diamond takes time to form the suit. When it does, it will gradually increase his size and much quicker when exposed to sunlight. When this happens, he'll be unstoppable."

All she heard was 'Stoppable'. Her mind was still far on Ron, hoping that he could hear her thoughts somehow. Kim pulled herself together again.

"Is there any way to stop it?" She asked

" I still can't say yet. I'm still trying to decipher the code." Wade replied.

"And to make matters worse, I can't locate Dementor anywhere. Seems like he's hiding until he's ready to make his move."

"How long before he fully powers up?" Kim asked in a serious tone…

"Three days…" He replied.

Kim looked around Ron's room. She closed her eyes for a moment, a slight tear shed down her cheek. She tried to hide it from Wade but it was all too much. In her mind she said;

("Ron, don't go all 'ninja' on me like this…I can't do this alone…I'm sorry… I… I need you.")

She didn't realise it, but she actually said it out aloud. Wade, feeling for her, was about to say something when she suddenly opened her eyes widely, looked at Wade…

"Wade, get me to Japan as fast as you can!"

"Wai… but… how'd you know?" He asked shocked…

Kim looked out Ron's window and smiled… "I just do."

"But what about Dementor?" Wade asked, naturally concerned,

"We have three days… besides, I need Ron…then anything's possible." She said simply.

Wade smiled and hooked her up with the best and fastest flight.

"I'm comin Ron!" She said with her eyes focussed.