AN: Ron's sister is Hana Stoppable from Season 4. Warmonga is a very tall alien Amazon from Season 4.
Chapter 35: Trying love
Mindy walks up to where she was supposed to meet her boyfriend and sighs happily as she waits for him to show up. She pulls out a small device and presses the only button on it, knowing that it would scramble any miniature device or satellite that Wade could be using to spy on her. It would even create static on any security cameras within visual range.
Mindy was glad to be the daughter of her parents for once as that afforded her opportunities that as anyone else she wouldn't have had. Such as being able to know geniuses who could rival even Wade and be willing to build anti-spy technology for her. However, in this case it was an old device of Jesse's father that just took a little tweaking to bring it up to date.
Mindy walks into a shady spot to keep cool until her boyfriend walks up and says, "Hey there, sorry about that. It was a stupid mistake on my part." Before he gives her a kiss on the cheeks.
Mindy blushes softly with a smile as she receives the kiss and says, "And don't you think I'm still not upset at you for that but… I forgive you. Still, I am glad you mentioned it because now the whole family wants to meet you."
She watches as he runs his right hand through his dark brown hair and hears his soft sigh as he says, "Yeah… I kinda guessed that'd happen. I don't mind meeting them if you think they won't be too overwhelming."
Mindy shakes her head and says, "They already promised that they'd be on their best behavior. You'd be treated like anyone who walks through our doors."
He crosses his arms in front of him and raises an eyebrow before he says, "Don't you have like security that would put to shame a military compound's?"
Mindy giggles softly, "Uh… yeah. There is that but you'll be with me so everything will be ok."
He uncrosses his arms and takes her hand into his as he smiles and wraps his other arm around her waist to pull her towards him until their bodies meet before he says, "I wonder what your parents would say if they knew everything?"
Mindy blushes and softly hits his chest with her hand as she says, "Oh stop! You know we haven't done anything bad. We've just dated a lot…" "And kissed, a lot." He interjects in before kissing her on the lips softly.
She smiles at the kiss before returning it and softly saying, "Yes… there is that." She then leans in for a deeper kiss that lasts a while before they break up.
After giving her a big squeezy hug, he pulls back and says, "So… we should get to that date unless you want to go meet your family with me in tow already."
Mindy looks at him for the longest time as she thinks about and then shakes her head as she says, "Uh-uh, date first… then you meet them." She wraps her arms around his, pulling him closer to her before they start to walk off together to start their date.
Mindy thinks, "I hope nothing happens that causes me to lose you." Even as her date thinks, "Soon… very soon… I will meet the family."
(Meanwhile)
Just as their date was getting underway, the villains and team MASK were already beginning to implement their own plans.
King Rat mentally rubs his hands together in excitement as they break into a top secret base to retrieve something that Animal wanted for her plan. He knew that with the device contained within the lab, it would be enough to control the girls no matter what, where last time their rage had been enough to break them free.
He and his mutants strike silently as they take care of some of the guards while MASK 'retrieves' the keycard from the base's commander. So with a brief flash of something from the next room and a cut-off cry, he watches as MASK comes back with the item in Karen's hand, looking somehow decidedly more full than she had before they'd left.
King Rat takes the keycard quickly from her hand, hating the fact that she gave him the creeps whenever he was around her. He could suppress the feeling but it didn't mean he had to like it.
King Rat says, "Now, you know what to do if any heros show up to stop us."
Mary nods and says, "Yeah, we know. Let's just get on with this already."
King Rat frowns at her attitude before he growls, "No one tells me what to do, you'd do good to remember that. The last person who angered me didn't live to regret that."
Mary's expression didn't change though Karen almost seems to hiss through her nose before King Rat just decides it wasn't worth it to dismiss the hired help like that… yet.
Once the door is open, he sends his mutant rats to take care of the remaining guards before entering and walking to the end of the corridor where the device Animal desired was.
King Rat says menacingly, "We have it! Now those two will finally become breeders and I shall rule forever!" He then starts to laugh evilly until one of his mutant henchmen tells him that an alarm has been tripped.
King Rat turns and says, "Let's get out of here! I have world to rule!"
Mary glares at King Rat from behind as they leave for a moment. Karen slips over to Mary and shakes her head, which makes her relax for a second.
They all manage to get out before the reinforcements arrive to try and capture King Rat and the MASK team.
(Elsewhere)
Kim and Ron are sitting in the living room with their twin babies Morgan and Logan but even as they gave their babies attention, a part of their minds couldn't help but wonder and worry about their daughter out on a date with someone they didn't know and with whom she was obviously trying to keep from them.
Even as Morgan and Logan each giggle in the hands of their parents as they play with them, neither baby could know that they were inadvertently stirring up memories for their parents.
Kim looks at Morgan in her arms and tickles at the belly, causing another giggle even as Kim remembers doing the same thing with Mindy when she was a baby. She thinks, "They grow up so fast. One moment they're babies and the next… they're all grown up and embarrassed to show off their boyfriends to their parents."
Ron was thinking much along the same lines, although he was thinking, "My little girl… daddy's little girl… all grown up and not needing me anymore…(Tearful Sniff) I wonder if she was being honest in her reasons in not bringing him over for so many dates." He looks down at Logan and wonders if it was Mindy's idea or the boyfriend's idea.
Ron wanted to be out there right now, spying or at the very least meeting the so-called boyfriend in person to see what his intentions towards his daughter were. He knew he'd done his best in raising her to be a strong woman who would tell the truth. Still, he had also made a promise and if he went out there and was caught, that would do a lot of damage in the father/daughter department.
Kim looks up to Ron just as he looks up, with their eyes meeting at the same time and they both start to say, "Ron… Kim…" before Kim says, "You can go first…" with Ron shaking his head as he says, "No, you go first Kim."
Kim bites her lower lip in thought for a second before she says, "Ron honey, do you think we made the right decision? In letting her go instead of grounding her for lying to us?"
Ron sighs softly and says, "I don't know but she promised to bring him in to meet us if she went and I can't believe she'd lie to us about that."
Kim nods and says, "I guess you're right… but how could something like this happen? We're usually so careful with our kids."
Ron says, "It wasn't just us that she did this to. She also didn't tell Cindy or Jesse, the only two people that I always felt that she could share her heart and soul with. Well, until this boy came along that is."
Kim nods as she dangles her finger in front of the baby, letting it grab at her finger with a gentle grip. She says, "It just makes me wonder what else she could have been keeping from us after all this time. What other lies she's told and gotten away with."
Ron hmms in thought before he says, "Do you remember the Centurian Project? That was the first time you'd really done any outright lying and you got away with it for the most part."
Kim frowns and says, "I remember how guilty and crazy everything got before it all blew up in my face with one month's detention."
Ron nods and says, "True, but you still managed to fool your parents and me! Your best friend since Pre-K, so is it really that surprising that she could fool us and them?"
Kim didn't like where this was going and says, "That was just one night Ron and this is… at least a dozen date's worth!" All the while the baby tries to suck on Kim's finger.
Ron bounces the baby in his arms a little to make him chuckle as he says, "I know but the lies will all be over and we'll get the truth out of her and her boyfriend soon enough."
Kim looks down at the baby for a moment to pull her wet finger from the baby's mouth before she says with some worry in her eyes, "You don't think that they've been… doing irresponsible things do you?"
Ron shakes his head and says, "No, she swore she hadn't done anything like that." He frowns before he says a bit darkly, "And if the guy knows what's good for him, he'll KEEP it that way too." Baby Logan picks up on the anger in Ron's voice and since that was such a rare thing coming from his father it starts to sniffle and cry a little.
Kim says softly, "Oh now look what you've done. You've scared our little boy!" She scoots closer and says in a cute voice, "Who's mommy's little boy? Whoooo's mommy's little boy?"
The baby giggles at the voice and the silly expression that goes with it before Ron says, "Sorry Kim, you're right. It just drives me nuts not knowing."
Kim looks up at Ron and says, "I know honey, it is driving me nuts too. I keep thinking about Cindy and Mindy when they were little babies. Oh, why do they have to grow up so fast Ron?"
Ron nods as he tries to keep his voice cheerful so as not to upset the baby again as he says, "I know Kim. I was thinking just the same thing. Sometimes I think it was easier when they were babies and we didn't have to worry about boys."
Kim nods at Ron and says, "Puberty, the number one enemy of all parents."
Ron looks at Kim and says, "I guess this is how our parents must have felt watching us grow up."
Kim thinks about how her father couldn't let her grow up and always saw her as his little 'Kimmie-cub' and going so far as to even drag her to the rocket boosters thing. She nods and says, "I think you're right Ron."
Ron looks at Kim and thinks, "I bet she's thinking about her father…" He couldn't blame her as he still remembered her father's speech about how all he wanted was for his little girl to be happy and even now, the effect of the black hole threat still nagged at him even though he knew he didn't really have to worry about it. Her father himself had told him not to worry and that he'd just been having fun with him.
Connie and Ronnie come into the room and look up at their parents before Connie says, "When's Mindy coming back?"
Ronnie says, "Connie! You said we were just coming in here to look at the babies!"
Kim smiles a little and says, "Mindy will be coming back when her date is over. I don't know when that is so just be patient."
Connie pouts a little and says, "I hate wait'ng! I wanna meet the guy already!"
Ron says, "We all do but asking about it isn't going to make Mindy show up any sooner."
Ronnie looks at his sister and says, "See? I told you!"
Connie pouts more and says, "I know!" before she then grabs Ronnie's action figure that he was holding and runs out of the room as she shouts, "Mine!"
Ronnie shouts, "Hey! Give that back! That's mine!" as he begins after her and they quickly leave the room.
Kim sighs and says loudly, "Connie! Give that doll back to your brother!"
Both Ron and Ronnie say in stereo, "It isn't a doll! It is an action figure!"
Connie is hear to be giggling from the other room and she says, "Here's your doll Ronnie."
Kim sighs and shakes her head, wondering for the millionth time where Connie got her energy for causing such mischief from.
Ron looks down at the child in his arms and says, "You're going to grow up to be good and not listen to your older sister Connie… right?" The baby just coos and giggles as he doesn't understand the question.
Ron and Kim both suddenly look up as they hear a noise within the room but as quickly as the unusual sound had been, it had disappeared.
With the babies in their arms, Kim wasn't going to take any chances and says, "Kimmunicator, get Wade" to activate the voice function on her Kimmunicator. A moment later Wade's floating head appears and he says, "Hey Kim! What's up? Do you need a babysitter?"
Kim frowns and says, "No Wade. Ron and I just heard something and we're not sure what it was. Can you playback the security footage for the room we're in?"
Wade looks at Kim in confusion for a moment before starting on her request. Even as he does so, the baby in Kim's arms manages to wave his tiny hand through the floating hologram head and giggling as he claps excitedly.
Wade frowns as he whispers, "What the… how is this possible?" as he watches the replay from the video.
Kim and Ron look at each other and know instantly even before Wade can tell them that it was bad news catching up with them.
AN: Well everyone, here's another chapter in this story. I am sorry that I have not written in this one for a while but as you've probably noticed. I've been busy writing a lot of other stories. What did you think of Mindy as she begins her date and her thoughts on the upcoming meeting? Will the mysterious boyfriend be ok with the family? What did you think of King Rat and the MASK team as they retrieve something for Animal? Where do you think Animal is? What could she possibly be doing? What do you think of Kim and Ron's little moment with the babies? What did you think of Connie and Ronnie? If anyone has fraternal twins, have you ever had a moment such as those two over a toy? What do you think happened that Kim and Ron sensed but missed? What could Wade possibly have caught? All answers will be coming up in the following chapters!
As usual all thoughts, ideas, suggestions, impressions on the story, name suggestions for the boyfriend, next story you want to see written, the name of a videogame you like and more are always welcome. :)