Disclaimer: Me and my friend do not own Indiana Jones or any of the other characters, other than the ones that we come up with.

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Arrival in France

A man wearing a fedora leaned back in his seat while he looked out at the passing clouds, watching the sunset. The low droning sound of the planes engines filled the cabin as he heard a sleepy groan in the seat beside him. Blue eyes turned to face a small Asian boy lying asleep in the seat, with a baseball cap as a small pillow and a blanket partially covering his body.

Indiana Jones smiled as he reached over and pulled the blanket up to the boys chin. He then reached up and brushed a few strands of Shorty's black hair from his forehead. His mind traveled back a few hours as he remembered the events that had led to where they were now.

At the airport in India, where Indy, Shorty and Willie had broken company. Willie wanted more than anything to return to the states, but was sad to know that the two people who she had come to know were not coming with her.

Indiana had said that there was an important matter he had to do in France, to help out a friend he said. Willie had given a teary eyed Shorty a hug and then went to the blue-eyed archaeologist. They stared at each other for a few minutes and then Willie leaned toward him.

Indy leaned forward as well, shut his eyes and waited for her lips to touch his.

SMACK!

His eyes shot open as he rubbed his left cheek, he stared at her in confusion until she really gave him a kiss. When they broke apart Indy looked at her face.

"What was the slap for?"

She gave him a small smirk.

"Well, Dr. Jones, that was for all the trouble you put me through in the Pankot Palace, and the kiss was for the wonderful time," she said slyly.

Jones had blushed and turned a confused Shorty toward the direction their plane was in and said goodbye to Willie.

Back to the present Indiana rubbed his cheek in remembrance, as if he could still feel the sting of her hand on his cheek. After a long pause he shook his head and looked back down at the sleeping boy. He smiled as he remembered the look of pure happiness and joy the showed on the boys face when Indy had told him he would be coming with him. Indy looked out the window, noticing that the sun had completely set, then looked at his watch. The time read 10:00 P.M.

Indiana shook head and sighed, he leaned back, pulled the fedora low over his eyes and fell asleep.

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The bump of the plane landing on the runway and the screeching of the landing gear, jolted Indy from his sleep. He looked out the window seeing only blurs going by at a fast pace. The plane gave another jolt, sending Indy's pocket watch flying from its spot on the armrest where he sat it last night. He grabbed it and looked at the time, it read 4:00 A.M. Indy gave a tired groan, rubbed his eyes and turned to his still sleeping companion.

'How he can still be asleep through all this still amazes me!' said Indiana to himself.

A chime sounded, letting the passengers know to remain in their seats. After the chime came streams of curses, mumbles and groans from the other passengers as the slowly woke up. Shorty slowly opened his eyes, blinked and sat up stretching. He put his cap back on his head and turned to the man who he came to know as a father figure beside.

"Are we on the ground again, Dr. Jones?" he asked in a sleepy voice.

Indiana chuckled as he pulled the small boy to him in a one armed hug.

"Yeah, squirt, we are back on the ground, did you sleep well?" he asked Shorty.

The boy nodded and yawned, causing Indy's smirk to turn into a smile. Now he knew why he didn't want to leave Shorty behind, the small boy had worked his way into his heart.

Soon the plane came to a stop and a stewardess came down the aisle, announcing that the passengers could disembark the plane at this moment. Indy shoved his hat back onto his head, it had fallen into his lap after the bouncy landing, grabbed his duffle bag from under the seat in front of him and the led Shorty off the plane.

Cold night air met them as they stepped down the steps to the tarmac, waking them both even more. Indiana looked around the small airport that was surrounded by a few planes. Mist lightly covered the ground and runways, making the lights look like flickering torches. The sky above was still filled with stars in the west, while if they looked toward the east they could see a small glow of the slowly rising sun.

Indy looked down at Shorty, noticing the boys eyelids twitching as he tried to stay awake. Indy smiled, placed his bag over his shoulder and scooped up the boy, who with no complaint, laid his head on his shoulder. Indy then walked through the doors leading into the airport, stopped as he looked at the signs, giving a frustrated sigh when he couldn't read them.

"Why can't they just add an English translation underneath?" he asked himself in a whisper. Then following his instincts went straight ahead down a small hallway. As he pushed open the main entrance doors, he heard someone calling his name.

"Indy! Over here!"

Indy turned around and smiled as he walked up to his friend and the curator of the museum in New York, Marcus Brody.

"How have you been Marcus? It's been a while," he said as he shook the hand proffered to him.

Marcus smiled as he then led the way toward a parked Rolls Royce at the curb.

"Yes it has been a while, oh, and I am doing fine. Just arrived yesterday around noon myself," said Marcus, but then he noticed the sleeping bundle in Indy's arms, "And who, may I ask is this?"

"Marcus, I would like you to meet Short Round! I picked him up while I was in China," said Jones.

Marcus nodded his head and smiled.

"Well, I'm sure that you have a story to tell, once we arrive at the hotel!"

Jones smiled and nodded his head.

"Thank you Marcus, I need a few hours before I can tell you anything," he said.

Marcus again nodded.

"I understand, you have had a long trip, so lets get going shall we?"

They piled into the car, Marcus behind the wheel, and headed out into the still amazingly bustling streets of Paris.

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