"Mr. Stoppable, sir? They're ready."

Ron straightened his suit as well as he could and clipped on a tie from the dozens he had been given to choose from for his first Board of Director's meeting. Rufus had always tied his ties for him for formal events and this was one more skill he was found lacking in.

"I'll be right there." he replied nervously to his assistant; a Hawaiian woman named Kalea. He knew very little about her, but then he also knew very little about what he was doing either.

"Just remember the phrases I told you, Mr. Stoppable and you'll do fine." she said with a friendly smile. The woman was probably in her thirties and obviously used to the atmosphere of corporate life.

"What's your angle; Who's baby is that; and I'll buy that." Ron recited. With a confident nod, Kalea left the room and closed the door to leave Ron to compose himself. He had been giddy to find out that his and Kim's financial woes were over, but now that the reality of being a wealthy business mogul that was actually responsible was setting in, his shoulders were feeling quite heavy. Kim had made him promise to continue his college education, and now that he had made a decision to actually know where his money was coming from, his days were rapidly filling with new duties.

Was this Nelson Aeronautics, Buenos Nachos, or some other company that he was meeting today? Since he had began investigating his unintentional business endeavors, he had discovered several more incomes that had been doing just fine without his input.

He took a deep breath and adjusted his glasses. "Time to make history." He opened the door of his empty office to meet dozens of men and women holding microphones to his face and camera flashes that caused his glasses to polarize.

"Mr. Stoppable! Is it true that this is your first board meeting in four years?"

"I uh..."

"It's said that you're one of the richest men in the world, Mr. Stoppable. How does that make you feel?"

"Well, I..."

"The Oh Boyz are topping the charts again, Mr. Stoppable. Being their 'official' manager, do you have anything to say on their behalf?"

"Wha...?"

"Mr. Stoppable, what do you have planned to top your Cold Fusion Reactor invention?"

"Actually, that's..."

"Mr. Stoppable, is it true you also fight crime in addition to running a financial empire? Do you feel this is an original path?"

"I guess I..."

"Do you have another book on the way?"

"Book?"

"It's rumored you're single, Mr. Stoppable! Is this true?"

"What?"

"I'm sure Mr. Stoppable will be happy to answer your questions soon." Kalea said, leading Ron down the hall toward the double doors where he would have his meeting. "For now, he is very busy. Please, Mr. Stoppable, follow me."

Kalea opened both double doors of the conference room and stepped inside, waiting in front of the Board of Directors for Ron to enter. "I'd like to introduce you all to your CEO, Mr. Ronald Stoppable."

Silence filled the room with the exception of a cough from the far end of the lengthy table. "Er... Where is he?" someone finally asked.

Turning to peer out the door, Kalea gasped. The crowd of reporters and the security personnel that had been keeping them back were all lying in the hall unconscious and Ron was nowhere in sight.