Ron trekked carefully along a trail of blood. It was already growing dark so he hoped that they would slow down for a break. He wanted to creep up on them without having to worry about them moving about.

At long last he heard talking ahead of him and he came to a stop, trying to listen. He couldn't hear footsteps, only voices. He crept a bit closer and he saw a spark of flames. Hunching lower, he crawled behind some shrubs and peered through a small little gap in between branches.

Shego was sitting with her back to a tree, held back by a belt. Across from her was Dereck, his eyes wary of his hostage, but still a little triumphant.

The green skinned woman was rolling her eyes and briefly rested them on Ron. Then she went back to staring at Dereck with contempt.

"Oh don't give me that look," Dereck grumbled. "You knew when you came back here that one way or another I'd be after you."

She didn't respond.

"Why did you come back? Possible is your ENEMY. Shouldn't I have done you a favor by disposing of her?" He looked up from his back which he was rustling through.

Still nothing.

He wasn't fazed. "Well, it doesn't matter. You're back, so I can continue with my experimenting. You gave me a scare when you managed to escape that time. I thought my lab rat had slipped through my trap. Who knew I would have you running back?"

"You aren't the reason I'm here," she said blatantly.

His eyes widened a little. He wasn't expecting her to reply. Shaking off his surprise he asked, "Oh? So why are you here then?"

"You took something that was mine."

"Your dignity?" he chortled at his own joke for a minute.

With a straight face she replied, "My redhead."

Silence.

Ron wasn't entirely sure how to take that.

"Your… redhead?" he said with his face in a slight twist of confusion and frustration.

"Did you honestly think I'd come here because I'd grown attached to you and liked pain or something?" she scoffed. "You're nothing to me."

He frowned deeply and replied, "I'm not following."

"Are you stupid?" she asked, raising her eyebrows. "I don't give a shit if you still exist here. I was only here for one reason: to save those who stupidly came after me. They didn't understand what they were getting into, and unlike me, they don't have a fast healing rate."

"So you came to save your enemy because she would get injured here."

"Now you're catching on."

"But she's your enemy!"

"So?"

Dereck groaned. "Never mind. You're just confusing me."

She let out a bark of laughter and asked, "Oh? I stumped the genius? How rare."

He glared at her.

"So, what's your plan from here?" she asked.

"I'm going to continue my experimentation on you."

"Yeah, but where?"

"In my base."

"We infiltrated that remember?"

"Yeah, but only you know how to get there. We'll be fine."

"No. It's doubtful."

"And why's that?"

"Because I don't plan on letting you take me back."

He sneered, "You don't have much of a choice now do you?"

"No, No, I have a pretty good choice." Shego's eyes drifted back to where Ron was hiding and she smirked. Then she gave a little gesture with her chin, pointing to Dereck.

Ron saw the signal. He hesitated for a moment, but Shego always knew what she was doing. He slipped around the side of the little clearing and snuck behind Dereck. Without hesitation Ron grabbed him around the neck with one arm and knocked away the knife with his other.

Shego's captor slipped from his grasp and the two grappled on the ground for a while.

The green skinned woman rolled her eyes and lit her hands aflame. The belt was easily melted through, but the cuffs weren't changing much. With a frown she stopped trying to incinerate them. Instead, she resorted to brute strength.

It took a couple moments, but they snapped. "Leave it to a genius to make something plasma resistant yet brittle enough for me to break."

She slowly stood up and watched as the two boys tumbled around. After a while it grew obnoxious. "Alright boys, party's over."

They stopped just as Ron flipped over Dereck and pinned him down. "Shego? You got free?"

Shrugging she replied, "Yeah. Wasn't that hard. Now come, pull him to his feet."

Ron did as he was told, and he didn't even see her move when her fist slammed into Dereck's stomach and he doubled over.

Smirking she said, "I feel much better now." She looked up at the sky. It was still dark, but there were a few stars out, mingling with the moon. "We're going to start walking in a half hour or so. For now, just watch him. I'm going to look for some vine or something to tie him up with."

"O-ok."

Right before she disappeared into the cover of the trees she turned and looked over her shoulder and said, "Thanks for coming back. It was unnecessary, but I appreciate it."

He fumbled for words, completely flustered, but before he could say anything, she was gone.

Sighing he sat down on Dereck's back, pinning him to the ground.

"You know," he started, "I just don't understand women or what they're saying."

Dereck rolled his eyes. "I'm not entering this conversation."

"That's fine. I just feel like talking. I don't need any response," Ron replied.

The scientist groaned.

"So Kim and I, we used to be a thing. We broke up. I guess that was sort of sorted out, but I still don't quite get why. She was saying stuff like she just didn't like me anymore, but is that really it? I know I'm a screw up and all, but would that make her stop liking me? She started liking me when I always messed up, so I don't think it's that… Do you think she started liking some other guy? I mean, she's THE Kim Possible. She could get any guy she wanted. I just don't understand. If it was someone else she should've just told me."

"Maybe you're too whiny," Dereck muttered.

Ron glared at him. "I thought you weren't going to speak."

"You kept ranting and I'm bored. This'll at least pass the time," he spat. "I'm not doing this to help you."

"Whatever. I was whiny before we started dating, and we've been best friends since we were kids! It can't be my whininess. She's used to that."

"Maybe it's your looks."

"What are you talking about? I'm slick. I'm cool. All the ladies want is a bit of The Ron," he slicked back his dirt smeared hair, as if he'd just applied gel.

"Yeah… no. I'm better looking than you and I only have one hand," the scientist laughed.

"Oh shut up…" Ron mumbled.

"So, about your problem with Kim-"

Ron stopped him. "No. No way. We're not going back there. Let's move on to another chick. Let's talk Shego now."

"Oh, there is so much I could say on this topic," Dereck smirked.

"No. I speak first," Ron huffed indignantly. "Shego somehow let me come on this trip to help her save Kim, but she just never explained herself, and she was always cruel to me. Sure I can be a burden at times, but I can be helpful sometimes too! I still don't understand why I got to go, but when I was with her searching for your lair she was on edge and always being a jerk to me."

"Were you holding her back?"

"No!... Maybe a little…"

"There's your reason. Shego hates to be kept waiting," Dereck laughed.

"Oh yeah? And how the hell do you know so much about her, huh?" Ron growled.

"She and I were-"

"-best friends in high school. Then I was hit by a meteor and this jackass started to want to experiment on me," said a female voice from behind them.

Author's Note: Just a warning, I may have posted this pretty fast after posting the chapter before this, but don't expect this to become a habit xD I just sort of had an idea where I wanted this to go... so I worked with it~ I don't know when I'll have time to type, so I'm mainly just writing this little blurb in warning. I have no idea when I'll work on more chapters... so don't be surprised if a couple weeks pass and I'm still being a lazy or busy idiot and not typing. I apologize in advance xD