Chapter eight: The new hero and the old enemy

Ron lay in his room brooding over his defeat. He told himself it was just surprising to see Kim with Shego and to fight him instead of her no less. That's why he lost the fight; he let his surprise take over. It wasn't going to happen again. He stared at the lotus blade that lay on his desk; he reached out an open hand.

"Come here." He said watching the weapon raise into the air and fly into his open hand. He smiled to himself unsheathing the weapon rolling off of his bed. Over the years he had learned how to control the blade, he concentrated on its form then suddenly the blade shifted into an axe. Ron smiled to himself as the weapon change several more times before he was satisfied with his skill.

"Very cool Ron." A voice said from behind.

"Long time no see Wade. What brings you here?" Ron replied turning around to see Wade standing in the doorway. He had gotten much taller since the last time they had met. He looked as though he had built some muscle tone as well.

"I heard you were back in town. I haven't heard from Kim though is she in town too? I was thinking we could get back to old times." Wade said hopefully. Ron's face fell as he put up the lotus blade.

"I'm all for saving the world but Kim…well she seems to be enjoying her retirement." Ron stated. He still had no idea what Kim was doing with Shego, his mind was a mess with questions he had no answers to. Until he had those answers he would keep quiet about it.

"Ron, are you sure you can handle the hero work by yourself I mean in the past…" Wade trailed off at this. Ron rolled his eyes and sat down in a nearby chair propping his feet up on the bed.

"I've changed a lot over the years, besides I'm much smarter than I let on." Ron said in a cocky tone. Wade looked as though he were trying to hold back a fit of laughter; his eyes began to water as he sat down on the bed.

"Okay Ron. Well I've been getting some major hits on the website lately about a new thief in town. Have you heard of the Blue Fox?"

"No, I've been isolated for the past six years. I didn't even know the website was still up."

"I was hoping Kim would change her mind and…well it's got a lot of history I didn't have the heart to take it down. Anyway the Blue Fox is known for some major thefts over the past year in Europe. And apparently has recently panned out to Middleton and a millionaire in Puerto Rico."

Ron was lost in thought for a moment before asking the obvious. "Why do they call this thief the Blue Fox?"

"This thief leaves a statue of a Blue Fox behind after every hit. It's hard to tell who this person is the only thing we have to go on is what a guard witnessed…which is nothing but a glimpse of a figure climbing into an air vent."

"Well I guess we better go find start a profile." Ron said happily as he jumped out of his seat and headed for the door. Wade sighed and followed suit, he was still skeptical of the new and improved Ron.

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"Hey Kimmie what do you say we take a break from Middleton for a while?" Shego said suddenly dragging Kim her thoughts. She looked over at Shego who lay sprawled across the sofa flipping lazily through channels on the TV.

"Why do you want to do that?" Kim asked.

"We need to lay low for a while Princess, with your little sidekick back in town I have the feeling he is going to try and get you back in the hero game. Personally I don't feel like playing around with him." Shego yawned and tossed the remote aside.

"Are you afraid of him?" Kim asked with a snide smirk. Shego scoffed and stretched out a little more on the sofa.

"Please he's barely even a blip on my ray-dar let alone an actual threat. I just think if you want to keep masquerading as the Blue…whatever the hell you want to stay low for a bit. Your other half is bound to figure out what you're up to if you stick around long enough."

"You do have a point. But if I'm right we're going to have a hard time running with Wade back on the team." Shego propped herself up on her elbows.

"What makes you think the nerd linger is going to come back?"

"Because he and Ron both got a high off saving the world, I never really felt anything from it I just liked the free travel and blowing up the lures."

Shego laughed at this, Kim smiled to herself and continued. "If you really want to get out of here I have a place in London we can go there."

Shego nodded and lay back down on the sofa. "I see you're finally offering something up."

Kim said nothing but only went back to her thoughts. She had her reasons for going back to London so soon.

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"This person is good I can tell you that. They come in and out through the air vent. No hairs, finger prints or evidence of any kind. That's hard to do." Ron said looking over the reports. Wade typed away on his computer and turned back to Ron.

"Looks like who ever this guy is they have some expensive taste and the skill to get away with it. All the alarms were disabled, no security tape, nothing. We have nothing to go on but expensive taste." Wade said throwing up his arms in the air. Ron nodded and continued with his work.

"Well I guess we should check out these places and see if we can get anything the cops missed." Ron said standing up and stretching.

"Field work?" Wade said with slight surprise. Ron rolled his eyes and pulled Wade out of the chair.

"Yes Wade field work. You'll love it."

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London…

'Blue Fox going global

It seems our famous thief has branched out to America leaving this reporter and the world questioning: "Where will the Blue Fox strike next? And where is our next hero?"…' Kim scoffed and balled up the paper throwing it into the garbage can next to her.

"Why do you even bother buying a paper if you never read them?" Kim looked up.

"Eve." Kim said dully. The Italian brunette smiled her usual sticky sweet smile and sat across from Kim.

"Kim, the years no doubt have changed you." Eve said smoothly. Kim closed her eyes in frustration.

"It's only been a year Eve."

"I know but I just love saying things like that. Can't I have a little fun with you Kim?" She reached over and touched Kim's hand. Kim pulled away as though the woman had the plague.

"I'm not here to play games Eve." Kim said in a serious tone. Eve seemed to lose her smile for a moment but quickly brought it back.

"Oh Kim you need to lighten up you were always so serious." Eve let out an airy laugh that always proved to be contagious to anyone around her. Kim did not even smile, her eyes darkened.

"I want what's mine Eve. I want what you stole from me." Kim said leaning in dangerously close. Eve suddenly stopped laughing; she looked at Kim with a glint of worry in her eyes.

"I have no idea what you are talking about Kim." She said with a sly smile. Kim clenched her jaw in anger.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about. Now you can give it back or I can have your ass on a platter either way I am going to get it back." Kim said through gritted teeth. Eve continued to smile as she stood from the table.

"You and I both know Kim that you can't touch me without getting caught yourself. And I know you don't want that. You never wanted to ruin your good reputation." She said in an icy tone. With that she walked away smiling and waving lazily behind her to Kim. Kim sighed and stared at her with anger as she walked away.