"And where are they?" Ned was shocked an hour later when everyone climbed out of the car onto the streets of Las Vegas and there was no Romeo or Theresa to be seen.

Aaroniero grinned and pointed behind him. "Back there."

"I know that!" Ned cried, wondering what happened in the backseat while he was driving. "We have to go get them now!"

"Um…" Aaroniero wasn't sure how to say this without blowing their cover. "But I think they'll be fine."

"How can you say that?!" Christy screamed in a panic. How could they have left Romeo and Theresa out in the middle of nowhere?!

"Because…" Aaroniero wasn't going to explain anything. "They will be. I know it. Now, let's get two rooms this time…" Don't want to hear

Szayel snore anymore…"They will be here soon. I know it!"

"And guess what?" Taylor added, walking behind Aaroniero as he made his way into the hotel lobby to make a reservation. "The video of them freaking out has ten-thousand views already."

Ned ran up to Taylor, "What video?"

"This one." She took her phone out of her pocket and pulled up the video for her father.

"AHHH! Nnoitra!" Romeo jumped, reached for the door of the car.

"What is-" Teresa looked down at the floor. "HOLY-"

"Hahahaa! That was so funny!" (Older) Aaron laughed, his face coming in view of the camera for a moment "AHahaaa!"

"Yeah!" Aaron's voice laughed in the background as Romeo opened the door and jumped out of a moving car, followed by Theresa who fell onto the pavement.

"What the hell were you thinking, Aaroniero?!" Theresa screamed as the camera turned to watch out the rear of the van.

"Get back here!" Teresa held up his finger. "Get back here, you fat, bearded bitch!"

The camera turned to watch (Older) Aaron climb up the open side door where Theresa jumped and leaned out, laughing. "Ahahah! You should seen it! You jumped right out of the car and it was so funny! AHahahaaaa!"

"Damn you!" Romeo screamed."You little-"

The camera turned back to Aaron who was laughing his head off in a bucket seat. "What did you think?!" Taylor asked, the camera shaking as she laughed.

"Gosh! That was so…funny! They just jumped!"

"Awesome!" Taylor spun around, to Aaroniero who was climbing back into his seat. "So, A. You see his name is A. Because it's a second Aaron. Anyhow. What did you think?"

"It… It was priceless." Aaroniero laughed evilly, "I cannot begin to explain how awesome that was! Hopefully, they won't kill me."

"Yeah… Because after what we did," Taylor turned the camera to look at the front seat where Ned and Christy were talking like they hadn't noticed. (Because they didn't.) "We are so grounded."

"And dead." Aaroniero added, a hand gripping his neck nervously. "Very… very… dead… "

"Enough about being dead!" Aaron cried, "That was awesome! Now, don't you think we should go back and get them?"

"No!" Aaroniero screamed, suddenly panicking."No! Don't turn around! They'll kill us! AHHH!"

"For real?" The camera was held up to Aaroniero's face a tad too close.

"Well….Taylor…" Aaroniero grinned the best he could. "No..not really.. But… they will be really, really mad… and all and… Let's just keep driving."

"Are you sure…?" Taylor liked the joke, but shouldn't they go back and pick up Romeo and Theresa who were now stranded in the middle of Nevada.

"Um…" Aaroniero thought for a moment, "They were in the army. They will do fine. Heh? Right?"

"….Um…."

"And that is where the video ended and we asked you to turn around." Taylor shoved her phone back in her pocket and grinned up at her father who was in shock. "And we didn't find them…Yeah…"

"Taylor…Aaron… I need to talk to you both…." Ned muttered, walking over to the set of chairs in the lobby, away from other people. "And… You too, A."

"A?!" Aaroniero squeaked, pointing to himself.

"Yes…" Ned sighed. "You."

"Ah… You aren't gonna kill me, are you?"

Ned raised an eyebrow. A. seemed a little too concerned for his life. "Um.. No? Why would I?"

"Ah… Because ya can?" Aaroniero offered, shuffling over to the chairs, nervous as heck. "And 'cause I…What else did I do?"

"Nothing.. Sit down." Ned instructed, pointing to the three chairs and once the three 'delinquents' were seated, he began his lecture. "Kids… and Aaron. I know what you did, you thought was funny… and, it kinda was… but I am going to have to tell you of the seriousness of your… fun. Do you know how dangerous to jump out of a moving car? Especially onto the road where there could be other cars? Now, I want to you know that I don't hate you…but, Theresa and Romeo could have been killed."

"Goodie!" Aaroniero clapped his hands, only to find he was the only one clapping. "Ah….Ah… I mean…yeah… bad kids."

"You too." Ned frowned at A. He was not liking how he was taking all of this so lightly. "You are as in just as much trouble as my children. I cannot ground you or punish you in any way, but I am going to make it 100% clear that I am upset with you."

"And…?" Aaroniero was confused. "What?"

"I'm upset with you!" Ned cried, throwing his hands in the air.

"And?" Aaroniero stared at the human, perplexed. Wasn't he going to get hit on the head, or get his face smashed into the ground? Or… the list could go on. The worse being the time he worked up the nerve to ask Circci out, (back in the day when she was free and still trying to choose which Granz to go out with). It a was a miracle Aaroniero managed to crawl away from the scene of rejection.

Let alone stand up again.

"I'm upset with you!" Ned repeated, his face now red with anger. "That's all!"

"And?" Aaroniero still didn't get this whole, 'upset' thing, "What are you going to do?"

"Be upset with you!"

"And….?" This was really making no sense at all. So, Ned said he would be upset. So? How did that effect Aaroniero in anyway besides the fact Ned would be….well…. Upset.

"Wait…." Aaroniero muttered to himself, finally catching on after a long silence. "I'm supposed to care you are upset with me….right?"

Ned let out a long sigh…

….He wasn't getting anywhere at all with A.

Was he?

"A…. See here." He walked up the the taller man who was staring at the lights overhead, as if intrigued by them, "You… don't seem to get this. I am angry with you. Mad… Upset. P.O'ed"

"I don't have one of those." Aaroniero replied, "but I do have a house address."

"Not a….What I mean to say…" Ned's voice was down to an angry whisper by now. "Is that I am down right mad at you! So mad I could scream!"

Aaroniero looked from Ned to the front desk where a hot chick was checking in and back. "You don't seem upset at all."

"What?" Ned huffed and puffed, fed up with it all. "I… I don't seem mad to you, do I?"

"No." Aaroniero replied. He'd seem plenty of mad people in his life and Ned was not one of them.

"And. Why. Is this?" The human gritted his teeth, just wanting to scream. Scream to someone that this… A. Wasn't getting the point of this whole conversation. "Is. This. Face. Not mad. To you?!"

Aaroniero paused to study his subject intently. "Um… do you seem a little irritated. But beyond that…" he shook his head. "Nothin'."

"A. How. Can I SHOW you." Ned made gestures as he spoke, "That I. Am. Mad?"

"Kids." Aaroniero turned to Taylor and Aaron II who were shrunk back in their seats, never seeing their father this upset in his life. "This here. Is not mad. For your FY-"

A loud crash echoed through the lobby. The lights overhead flickering.

"Oh…NO!" Aaroniero screamed, the worst thought coming to mind. "AHHH! I'm gonna die!"

"What?!" Ned yelled, "What do-"

"AHH! I need life insurance! Ten billion dollars worth! But it's too expensive in America! AHHH!" Aaroniero turned and ran out of the front doors of the hotel. Only to come running back in a second later. "Ned! I need the keys to the car!"

"Wha-"

"Keys!" Aaroniero glared at him, sending a chill up Ned's spine. "Now."

"Oh… okay…" he grinned nervously and reluctantly handed over keys.

Author's note: The time between Szayel and Nnoitra's adventure and Ned's match up now. Since Ned took a U-turn: 1 hour and spent and 1 1/2 at dinner and then another 2 hours in traffic and searching for a hotel. So, 4 1/2 hours.

Now, Szayel and Nnoitra: 1 hour following the road. 3 hours wandering around the desert and finding the airplane. 1/2 an hour by plane to get the Vegas.