DISCLAIMER: The events from "Our Shared Secret" from the antagonist's point of view. A Timmy McNulty's fic.

I'm back with another one! (Yes, and you are never back with a gift for me.) Angelica, I can't do that; don't have enough money to give you a present every time we met. (That's a lame excuse.) And besides, I don't want to make Chuckie jealous. (Now, that's a good one.) Okay, if that's settled, please say the disclaimer.

(DISCLAIMER: The characters portrayed in this story, except a few ones that Ramiro created for the occasion, are copyrighted by Nickelodeon, including yours truly, the great, the wonderful, the terrific...) And modest, right? (Okay, maybe I should do something about my ego, but it's hard to not have one when you are as cool as me.)

Before I start the story, I must clear two things. First, I don't hate McNulty, but I use him as a villain in my fics because he fits for the role. (I wonder if the guys from Warner Brothers say the same about Daffy Duck and Sylvester when they make them look like fools.) And second, I don't remember, and hadn't found, the names of Timmy's brothers, so I will call them by the names I made for them.

(Now, if Shakespeare here had already finished, let's start the story. Oh, and to all my fans, if you had already read "Our Shared Secret", you know I'll have a good role in this one as well, and the same goes for my favorite geek.)

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.

A Rugrats/AGU fic by Acosta Pérez José Ramiro.

-THE FATEFUL DATE.

"Tim, where are you going?" Mrs McNulty asked her eldest son, with a little mixture of concern and anger.

Timothy groaned. At his 17 years old, he had become a very handsome guy. His face's features were a perfect mixture of delicate and tough ones, and had a very well built body, maybe not as much as he would like, but he was strong enough to beat almost any guy on his school. Plus, he had ways to talk with the girls, and had been taking advantage of this to have lots of dates since he became 15, losing his "innocence" shortly after.

Those qualities, unfortunately, were also the reason his mother was worried about him. Timmy had a bully's reputation among his schoolmates, and a well deserved one; he became used to menace and hurt the weakest guys at his school, and, thanks to intimidation, had avoided detention or any other kind of punishment, since everybody feared him so much that none of his victims dared accusing him. This also helped him to get his dates, because no girl dared rejecting him, fearing a bad reaction from the guy.

Every time one guy stood against him, and Timmy realized the brave dude (or idiot, as he always called them) could give him a bad time, the McNulty guy had one extra resource; his brothers. Tim always could count with them to scare or hurt anyone trying to fight him back; as a result, all the McNulties were feared among their classmates, and could do their will without worrying about the consequences.

Their mother knew about this, but she and her husband had no luck trying to correct the boys. The couple always blamed Tim's grandfather, deceased a year ago, for this, since, even if they loved him, they knew the man was a major cheater that liked to do his will, being a very bad influence for Tim, who eventually became a bad influence for his younger brothers as well.

"I'm just going out for a walk, Mother. Don't worry. I'll be back by dinner time." Tim answered his mom, and then put on his black leather jacket, and left the house. The woman sighed; he used to say this whenever he decided to go out without telling anyone where he was going (something he made a lot), and rarely returned at the time he announced. Mrs McNulty, however, felt a little better by knowing he was going alone, so probably, without his brothers backing him up, Tim would not try getting into troubles alone.

Tim and his brothers had their own car, but, since Tony (the second oldest boy, right below Tim) had taken it for the day, Tim really had to walk this time. He was lucky enough to find one of his usual victims (a nerdy guy named Oliver) to get some extra money and catch a taxi to go to the closest mall, or, as he liked to call it, his "hunting territory", since he usually got his dates in there.

Tim started his search at the food court. There was a few rules he had adopted for this kind of operations, the main one was, once he had got sight of a girl of his liking, he would wait and follow her a little to be sure she was dateless at that time. His favorite objectives were the girls that were shopping in group, since it was obvious there would be no guys with them, and Tim's stalking could be shorter.

This time, a very particular couple of girls got his attention, especially the elder one. She was a gorgeous blonde with a medium length hairdo, wearing a last fashion combination of white top and a black medium-sized skirt, and pink sandals that gave her a little extra height. Her companion was another girl, slightly shorter than the blonde, but just as beautiful; she had hazel brown hair, with a green-dyed strain in front of her face that covered it partially, and was dressed with a blue soccer's shirt over a pink long sleeved light sweater, blue jeans, and red and white sneakers. Besides the fact they were both among the prettiest girls at the mall, what caught Tim's attention the most was that he recognized these females, even if he hadn't seen any of them on a while. Tim smiled; this would be easy.

"Hey, if I'm not wrong, and I'm never are, the girls in front of me are Angelica Pickles and Lillian DeVille." Tim said in a casual tone to both girls, approaching them from behind. Both girls turned back, and recognized him almost immediately.

"Timmy McNulty? Hey, long time not seeing you!" Lil said, smiling.

"Yes. It had been a really precious time. To bad it's over." Angelica talked in a fake angry tone. Tim chuckled; this was the same Angelica he remembered.

"Glad to see you too, Pickles. So, how are you two? What had been happening in the Pickles and DeVille's front while you weren't honored by my presence?" Tim talked in a smug tone. Angelica smiled slightly, remembering her old crush on this guy, and noticing how handsome he was.

"Oh, you know, the usual. I had been kind of busy being popular, breaking hearts, and trying to pass some of my wisdom to my dear friend here. But, against my better judging, I sadly have to inform you that she had chosen a dumb baby to be her boyfriend." Angelica said, in a mocking tone, while pointing to Lil.

"Oh, come on, Angie, you know Tommy isn't that bad. You only say that because he is your cousin and you have to tease him once in a while to not lose the habit." Lil replied, gigging.

Tim frowned slightly. Lil, because of her youth, could had been a good choice, and an easy prey, but the boyfriend's detail was a major obstacle, especially since she and Angelica had no fear for him, and, if he remembered right, Tommy feared nothing as a kid, so he might not be intimidated by him now. So, he decided to focus on Angelica.

"Oh, so the Pickles boy has good taste, uh? Well, good for you two, DeVille. What about you, Angelica? The last time I saw you, that Rumkin guy seemed to have a crush on you." Tim directed to the blonde. Angelica made a disgusted face (even if she didn't consider Harold that bad) while Lil chuckled.

"Oh, please, Harold? No, McNulty, you got it wrong. He is my assistant, and I admit he is one of my best friends, but there's nothing more between us. Actually, he has the hots for Carmichael... remember Susie, right?" Angelica asked. Tim nodded, a little stunned; the butterball and Susie Carmichael?

"NO WAY! Susie is dating Harold?" Tim said, more surprised than really interested.

"Well, their first date is this weekend. I hate to admit it, but even if Harold is still the chubby and clumsy guy he always had been, he and Susie look well together." Angelica commented, and she really meant it. Even if she had no feelings for Harold, besides the friendly ones, she was a little jealous of Susie for having someone so nice interested on her. Tim noticed this, thanks to his practice reading the girls' body language, and decided to use that angle.

"And are you dating anyone right now?" Tim asked, smirking. Lil smiled slightly at the blonde, guessing the direction of this conversation.

"Nah. I'm single. My last boyfriend was... well, let's be kind, and just call him a waste of time. Besides, maybe I'm better this way. I don't want to make happy a guy, and miserable the rest of them." Angelica said in her trademark snobbish way. Tim smiled; she was ready to be caught.

"Oh, well, then maybe you'll be interested in hanging around with me this weekend. You know, just to save you from staying at home, wondering about the Carmichael girl and her date with Fatso." Tim said in a casual tone, smiling at Angelica. She smirked slightly.

"First of all, don't insult him, okay? I'm the only one allowed to insult my friends. And second... well, your offer is kind of generous. Maybe I'll consider it." Angelica said crossing her arms. Lil was silent, enjoying the show.

"This offer is for limited time, Pickles. Yours truly is really popular at his school, and any girl in there would back stab her best friend to have my attention... but, since I had known you since you were using those funny pig tails, I consider you important enough to have the preference." Tim said crossing his arms as well. Angelica chuckled, and nodded.

"Well, I think I can make a space in my agenda for a date with you, McNulty. Lillian, I'm free this weekend?" Angelica said in an "all-business" tone. Lil decided to follow the game, and mimicked the action of reading from a notebook.

"Let's see... yes, you have an open space this Saturday' afternoon. right after your yoga session with the Dalai Lama." Lil joked. Angelica chuckled, and directed to Tim.

"Okay, you are lucky, Tim. Remember where I live?" Angelica asked. Tim nodded.

"Sure. Pick you up at... five, okay?" Tim asked, rubbing his chin. Angelica nodded.

"It's a date. Glad to see you, Lil, and say hello to the Pickles boy for me. See you this Saturday, Angie." Tim ended, giving a fast look and a hand shake to Lil, and a little kiss in the cheek to Angelica. Angie placed her hand where she received the kiss, and smiled, making dreamy eyes while Tim walked away from them, with a devilish smile, that was unnoted by the girls.

That Saturday, Tim told his brothers he would need the car, a gray Plymouth, for a date. Tyler and Tucker, his twin brothers, argued this because they needed the car as well, but Tim cooled them with a little scowl (his brothers, even if they loved him, they also had a little fear for Tim), and by telling he was dating Angelica, whose had grown up to be a really hot girl; this comment made the trick even better than the scowling. Tim's brothers admired his ways to deal with girls, and were eager to hear the details of every Tim's date, that usually ended with him "scoring" with the female in turn.

Tim arrived at Angelica's house just in time. He was dressed with a red shirt, black jeans, and his usual black jacket. He didn't want to talk with Angelica's parents (Tim usually tried to avoid this, since he rarely had more than 3 dates with the same girl, and saw no reason to meet her family; besides, he already knew this one), so he just parked in front of the house, and honked. After a minute or so, Tim wide opened his eyes because of the stunning blonde leaving the house. Angelica was wearing a last-fashion red top, a fancy purse, and a little revealing mini-skirt, and had her hair on a bun, so her face could show all its beauty; the whole outfit was a perfect balance of revealing and conservative.

"Angelica, you look awesome!" Tim said to her while walking out from his car to greet her. Angelica smiled.

"I'm awesome, McNulty. For the record, you don't look that bad either." Angelica commented. Tim motioned her to enter the car, opening the door for the girl.

"So, where are we going?" Angelica asked. Tim gave her a flirty look.

"Well, I was thinking about a movie, but we have about an hour to kill before it starts. And I know a great place to do that." Tim said, while turning on the engine. He had used this place on many other dates, always with good results, especially on weekend's afternoons.

Tim stopped his car in front of the closest park, inviting Angelica to have a walk. Angie smiled; this was the same park where she and Timmy used to play as kids, alongside his brothers, and Angelica's cousins and friends. Even if Angie had never been from the sentimental type, she appreciated this kind of details.

The park was almost deserted by this hour, since it had most of its activity during the morning and at noon. Besides Angelica and Tim, the only other persons around were a few afternoon joggers, and a woman walking her dog. They walked through the games' section of the park, chatting about the old times, and laughing once in a while when remembered something particularly funny, like the time they organized a little sportive contest between Angie's babies, and Tim's siblings, and Angelica's team won when Chuckie crossed the finish line on the last race; funny enough, he got the extra impulse to run that fast because he had to use the bathroom.

After half an hour, Tim decided it was about time to make his move. Even if he had to admit it was funny to hear Angelica's memories, he wanted one thing, and only one thing from her. They walked near a group of bushes, and, a little harder Angelica would have liked, he guided her behind them.

"Hey, don't damage the merchandise, McNulty!" Angelica said to him, a little upset. Timmy smirked, and then gave her a little kiss on her cheek. Angelica actually liked it, so she allowed him to give her a hug, and start kissing her neck. The girl smiled, and kissed his cheeks back while passing her arms around his neck. Timmy continued with his kissing, and started moving his hands to more "private" parts. This was what made Angelica to react.

"Whoa! Time out, cowboy! Look, Timmy, you are very handsome, and I like making out as much as any other normal girl, but maybe we're moving a little too fast. I mean, I hadn't seen you in a long time, and now we almost... well, you get my point." Angelica pointed, while breaking the hug. Tim looked at her with lust-filled eyes.

"No. I don't. Come on, Angelica, you'll enjoy this, trust me. What happened to the girl that liked to go against the rules?" Tim said, trying to hug her again. Angelica pushed him back.

"She is no longer a little girl, McNulty. Believe it or not, I have my limits, and going that far on a first date is beyond them. Come on, let's go." Angelica said, and started walking away from the bushes. However, Tim wasn't used to be rejected, and grabbed the girl by the waist, forcing her to return.

"Well, that's your bad, Pickles, but don't think I came to this park just to smell the flowers. You are going to obey me, and enjoy this with me... and, if you don't enjoy it, well, sorry for you." Tim said, trying to hug her again. Angelica scowled at him, and tried to push Tim away again.

"McNulty! Let me go!" Angelica almost yelled while struggling to release herself. Timmy had enough of her attitude, and gave her a hard slap on the face. Angelica was shocked; nobody had ever hit her before!

Tim took advantage of Angelica's shock, and hugged her again; this time, however, he also started messing with her clothes, trying to find a zipper or something to undress her. The bushes gave them a good cover, and nobody was around that section of the park, so Angelica was on her own. However, Tim forgot one thing about Angelica; she could be scared, or bruised, or shocked... but helpless? Never in a million years!

CRUNCH!

Tim felt an acute pain right between his legs, so hard, he couldn't even yell. Angelica reacted when he was about to get rid of her skirt, and then, in a swift action, kneeled Tim right "there". The boy placed his hands on his damaged part, releasing Angelica, whose now wasn't scared, but furious.

POW! ZOCK! WHAM!

Angelica punched Timmy on his face with all her strength. Tim fell to the ground, covering his nose and mouth, since now they were spilling blood. Angelica noticed he had left uncovered his legs because of this, and took the chance to give him a powerful kick on the family jewels.

"AAAAAARRRRGHH!" Tim yelled, but it was a silent yelling, heard only by Angelica and himself, since he was almost breathless, and his jaw was killing him. Angelica grabbed her purse (who fell to the ground when Timmy slapped her), and gave him a final kick, this time, on his ribs, before dashing away, covering her slapped cheek with one hand.

Tim couldn't move from this place for almost an hour, until he felt strong enough to stand up by his own means. His nose had stopped bleeding, but still hurt a lot, just like his mouth, and could hardly walk because of the serious pain he was feeling on his private parts. He needed almost an hour to go back to his car, and, once there, he called Tony with his cell phone, because wasn't feeling good enough for driving.

Fifteen minutes later, Tony and his other siblings arrived at the park, and found him. Of course, they were shocked!

"Tim, what happened? Who did this to you? Where's Angelica?" Tyler asked. Tim made an effort to talk, despite the pain, while his brothers moved him to the back seat.

"There were two guys... huge guys! Man, they were like monsters! They ambushed me and Angelica in the park... she ran away, of course, since she is a girl and all... and that &$# didn't even called for help! She just abandoned me! I made my best to fight them, but those cowards kicked me on the "sacred place", and ... well, you see what they made." Tim said, trying to sound convincing. He wasn't about to admit what Angelica, a girl, made that to him; it would damage both his reputation and the image his brothers had of him.

Tony drove them to the hospital, so Tim could be attended. Besides the pain killers he needed, the X-rays revealed that his nose was broken, as well as a couple of back teeth. Tim got a minor surgery to fix his nose, and an appointment with the dentist to fix his teeth a couple of days later. He also made a declaration to a cop who arrived to interrogate him about the assault, inventing a description of his attackers, but hiding the fact there was a girl with him, so the police wouldn't go to interrogate her.

When he returned home, Tim only wanted to rest, and seeing no one for a couple of days. He told his brothers to say at school that, if anyone asked for him, they would say he had a major fight with a guy from another school, and sent him to the hospital, so he would need to skip classes for a few days while the police made its investigation about the fight's circumstances. That way, Tim's reputation would be safe, and, when he returned to school, he would show the result of the fight on his face, giving credibility to the story. He also asked his brothers to not contact Angelica, since, he said, was angry with her for not giving any help and abandoned him to his luck. Tim could only hope Angelica was more worried about her image than angry, so she wouldn't go to the police to say the truth.

However, even more than his reputation, or image, the largest damage was done to his pride. A girl had beaten him, and in the most humiliating and painful way he could ever had imagined. It wasn't just a minor beating; he had needed surgery to fix the damage, and she had messed with his manhood. That day, when Tim was left alone at his room after returning from the hospital, there was only one thought on his head.

"Pickles. You are going to pay for this. You, all your family, and those stinking friends of yours."

(AN: Coming up next, the main event. McNulty vs... Finster!)