"How We All Met"
Chapter 1: Meet The Thief
Inspired by: Protection by Shadowed One (KiGo)
Dedicated to: Elisabeth H., Vanessa V. & Nicole C.
Shego sat upon her signature black-and-green Kawasaki Ninja and buckled on her riding helmet, sliding down its tinted shades to cover her eyes. She jump-started the crotch-rocket with the heel of her boot. Its powerful engines roared to life beneath her as she revved it.
The opulent woman turned many heads with her jaw-dropping appearance. She wore a black racing suit that perfectly fitted her distinguishing curves and on top of the tight suit, the sexy thief wore a black leather designer-made jacket.
"Hey, nice bike!" a man called out to her from across the street.
Ignoring the curious onlookers, Shego did a 180 degree burn-out and sped off down the road with no particular destination in mind. It was just her and the runway. Since the villainess was no longer employed to Drakken, she felt obligated to celebrate but there was an assignment she had to initially complete.
Global Justice avowed that they would drop every sentence, charge, and case against her involving her criminal activities. Plus, as a munificent bonus, they'd pay her an additional $500 grand to capture a person of interest.
This seemed easy enough for her.
"Alright Director, send me the coordinates to her exact location and make it snappy," the green-skinned thief demanded to a middle-aged woman with short russet hair who appeared on the screen of her Blackberry.
Betty Director gazed out at Shego with her with her one good eye and smiled.
"First, Miss Go, if I may call you...You must capture this girl unharmed—" the GJ agent emphasized. The ex-hero rolled her eyes at this. "—and bring her back here to headquarters. Bear in mind that it is crucial you keep your cover."
"Fine. Just be sure to keep your part of the bargain, 'umkay?" Shego replied dangerously, "Cause if you screw me over I'll—"
"You'll what?" Betty interrupted in a cool tone.
"I'll fry your superior ass that's what!" the notorious woman yelled into the mouthpiece, mainly because she believed it was necessary and she wanted to get this vexing task over and done with. She was wasting valuable time doing this when she could have been sunbathing on a beach and drinking martinis.
Betty was wordless after the outburst then she recovered her voice. "It's nice to see you're not still working for that dunce. Perhaps you should reconsider joining the heroes again," she said.
The thief turned at an intersection and lightly squeezed the throttle to maintain the required speed limit.
No use attracting the cops when they're already on the lookout for me...
"If you're referring to my dim-witted brothers," the villainess said disdainfully, frowning, "I'll go back to them when hell freezes over."
"I wouldn't expect more from you Shego."
"The coordinates?"
"Currently being sent to your GPS. Now it's all up to you. Good luck..." were the agent's last words.
The thief hastily stuffed the phone in the pocket of her jacket and zig-zagged her way around the slower traffic ahead, receiving honks when she switched lanes and cut in front of a mini-van that was practically crawling along the runway.
"...Not gonna need luck..." the helmeted felon muttered to herself, flicking on the GPS unit on her bike petulantly. A red dot blinked on the grid. "You must be quite the character if Global Justice is sending me to get you." Shego shifted gears and raced toward the mysterious dot.
Rynn Rosehart entered the café with an air of exuberance. Sighing contently, she sat down in a solitary corner near the windows and unzipped her cloak halfway. A cute young waitress with strawberry blonde hair and bright blue eyes came to take her order.
"Would you like the usual, ma'am?"
"Yes, thank-you," the elf replied politely, giving her a kind smile.
"Coming right up." The waitress winked and hurried off to the kitchen.
Rynn locked her fingers behind her head and dozed for a few minutes until the girl returned with a cup of steaming tea and a plate stacked high with chocolate-chip cookies.
"Will that be all?"
"Yup, thanks again Marina."
The pretty youth beamed at her, cheeks turning pink. "No problem."
A chubby man at the front counter dinged the service bell impatiently, causing Marina to jump and Rynn to snort in amusement.
"Better go get that guy over there some donuts before he throws a tantrum," Rynn joked.
The teen gave her a timid wave before dashing off again. The silver-haired woman shook her head, chuckling.
After sipping her tea, Rynn took a cookie from the plate in front of her and bit into it. It was warm and tasted delicious. "Mmm…"
Within minutes, the plate was cleared, save the crumbs. Rynn licked her lips and glanced up absentmindedly as a tall woman sporting a black leather jacket walked in through the door.
The woman had long ebony hair that cascaded down her shoulders, a lean build, and wore a pair of Oakley sunglasses. Rynn tried to get a better look at this eccentric biker's face but she had the collar of her jacket pulled up conspicuously.
She seated herself two tables across from Rynn. The elf couldn't help but stare as the shady stranger took off her glasses and drew the jacket collar down from her face.
Rynn was rendered speechless by this woman's beauty and she gawked for a good five minutes. Suddenly, the gorgeous biker gazed directly at her though thick eyelashes. Their eyes met and Rynn felt her whole face grow hot. She ducked low and smacked her forehead off the marble table-top. But the woman's expression hadn't been unfriendly, only mildly curious.
"Oww..." That was embarrassing.
Gathering her wits, Rynn snuck a quick peek at the raven-haired beauty. She still had her eyes fixed calmly on the elf.
They're so…green, she thought dreamily, forgetting the pain in her forehead and cupping her cheek in her hand.
Then the beautiful stranger hastily pulled up her collar and broke eye contact. Rynn soon realized why.
"What can I get you today miss?" Marina asked cheerfully, smiling at the mystifying woman, who was drumming her fingers on the table and leaning back casually in her chair.
Rynn leaned forward on her elbows, wanting to eavesdrop without making her intentions too transparent. Elves had excellent hearing and she made good use of her ears from time to time.
"I'll have hot chocolate topped with whipped cream and sprinkles," she stated softly. Her voice had a noticeable cadence that didn't seem to hold any emotion and Rynn could tell right away that it charmed the teen.
"W-Will that be everything?"
The jacket-clad female appeared not to have noticed her stutter. "Yes."
"Um, are you well miss? You look a bit pale—"
The biker had seized Marina's wrist so fast Rynn hadn't seen her move.
"I'm sorry!" the adolescent cried, startled by the green-eyed woman's unexpected hostility.
"Need I inform you that unwanted physical contact and staring is considered rude?" she said relentlessly.
"L-Let me go…" Marina pulled her arm from the woman's grasp and rubbed her wrist.
Rynn rose to her feet and was about to open her mouth to defend the helpless girl when a man with a frizzy, greying beard and an unusually large jaw advanced on the pair, his facial expression angry.
Rynn guessed he was the manager by glimpsing at the name-tag on his shirt. The place was named Lorenzo's Café and the white tag cleared stated that this man was Lorenzo.
"What seems to be the problem here?" he asked, eyes darting to the beautiful biker suspiciously then to his shaken employee.
"Umm, I noticed this woman has..." Marina stopped and did not continue her elucidation.
The manager frowned. To the mysterious biker he said in an edgy voice, "I will not have customers harass my employees. Please do kindly and leave now."
"Tch, tch..." she clicked her tongue, then flashed a dazzling grin at Rynn. The elf blushed. "And before I do that, I have some business to attend to here." She shuffled past the twitching man and made for Rynn.
"Get out of my store or I won't hesitate to contact the authorities!" he bellowed, boiling with rage and balling his hands into fists.
The green-eyed female ignored him. Nervously, Rynn backed up against the window, never taking her eyes off the approaching biker who was now only a few feet away from her and getting closer.
Crash! The window shattered and glass flew in all directions. The elf dove to avoid the deadly shards and rolled. A jump-suited man with a cocked assault rifle in his hands stepped through the smashed windowpane and took aim at Rynn.
The biker, with acrobatic grace and speed, leapt over the furniture separating her and the silver-haired elf and slid across the polished floor at the last second. She knocked over a table and threw it in front of Rynn just as the intruder unleashed a round of bullets.
The blockade served its purpose and shielded them both. Rynn found herself pressed against the wall and her bold protector, making any movement nearly impossible.
"Shit." Shego sucked in a breath before checking her charge over for injuries. "You okay?"
"I-I think so." The thief instructed her to stay low to the ground and crawled away.
"Come out and play. Hahaha!" the armed man taunted and slapped a full clip into his gun. Shego recognized him as a HenchCo. goon. She stood, her hands bursting in green flames, and shot a concentrated blast of plasma at him. He stumbled backwards, thrown off-guard by her attack.
Shego hurled herself at her foe with all the force she could muster in her legs and tackled him into an adjacent wall, making a huge hole in the plaster and they fell completely through it.
"Wench!" her bulky foe grunted, crashing down to the debri-covered floor with the ebony-haired villainess on top of him. He thrashed about to throw her off and attempted to reach out for his fallen gun with frantic fingers. Shego was stronger than he was and she knew it.
Rynn saw her opportunity to escape. She cast a fleeting look over her shoulder at the combating thief before jumping out the window and running at full speed down the street.
Shego was getting aggravated with her unyielding opponent. After a few minutes of struggling, he managed to dislodge her and snatch up his weapon. She stared at him with a dull expression, crossing her arms over her chest and tilting her head to the side.
"Watcha gonna do with that gun? Shoot me?" she mocked.
The goon wiped beads of sweat from his forehead. Slowly, he lifted the gun until it was level with her shoulders, his hands shaking.
"My orders were to kill anyone who gets in my way…" he replied in an unsteady voice, breathing hard.
The raven-haired beauty took one careful step toward him. He reached for the trigger then howled in pain as she launched a powerful kick and sent the rifle flying out of his grasp. Shego ignited her powers and clouted him remorselessly onside the head. He hit the floor like a sack of potatoes and moved no more.
Determined bastard…
Marina and her boss decided it was safe to escape from the trashed café and fled. Shego needed to leave the scene before the police showed up and take her charge with her. She scanned the room anxiously. The girl was gone.
"Where the hell did she go?!"
Fuck, she must have snuck away while I was fighting!
Shego kicked the goon's unconscious body in anger. She could be far away from here by now, she contemplated. She can run, but she can't hide.
She knew this, of course, was inevitable. What if they find her before I do? Bye-bye $500 grand...
This assignment was taking a turn for the worst and the ex-hero had a funny feeling that the Director hadn't told her everything there was to be aware of about this odd girl.
She seemed as defenseless as a kitten! Was this some kind of joke? Shego silently fumed, turning on the heels of her boots and striding to her parked Kawasaki just as a squad of police cars with their boisterous sirens screeched in around the bend.
Rynn was wheezing by the time she came to a halt in an empty alley two blocks away from the café, leaning against the brick wall and gulping in mouthfuls of air.
I have no frikkin' idea what just happened back there, but clearly I'm wanted by that woman with the flaming green hands. Man that was so intense, she reflected, running a hand through her silver hair and heaving a sigh.
Rynn sensed she was being followed and decided to keep moving.
"This will lose 'em…" the elf muttered, sprinting down the alleyway and turning a few corners.
Motorcycle engines roared behind her abruptly and she felt a strong hand seize the back of her cloak and raise her up off the ground. Being suspended in mid-air left her arms and legs free, she realized.
Shego was straining to hold on to the elf while navigating her bike through the narrow pathway.
"Keep still will ya?" the thief grunted. Rynn obeyed, altering her intentions of lashing out at her captor.
Maybe she's only trying to save me from more of those guys.
Shego slowed the bike down then came to a complete stop. Rynn was released. She stood there and stared questioningly until the villainess spoke up.
"Get on. There'll be more HenchCo. agents pursing us if we don't get out of here now," she explained, gazing indifferently at the elf through her helmet shades. Rynn gazed back at her rescuer, feeling uneasy.
"So you're not trying to kill me?" The question sounded foolish when it came out of her mouth.
"No, but you're not making my job any easier," Shego replied evenly, shifting her weight on the bike and stretching out her arm to relax her stiff muscles. Rynn continued to somberly study the ebony-haired woman, crossing her arms.
"Who are you?"
The thief groaned and impatiently revved the idling Kawasaki. "There's no time for questions! Get on the damn motorcycle and stop that useless blabbering," she snapped, "My patience is running thin."
Rynn scoffed, glaring daggers at her. "Don't order me around," she growled.
"This is entirely your fault..." the plasma-wielding woman sighed. She got up off her bike.
"What're you—?" Shego had picked her up in true fireman fashion and hoisted her over the bike's seat before hopping on again and kicking up the kick-stand.
"Hey! That was rude!" Rynn grumbled, sitting upright and placing both feet on the back pegs of the bike.
"You might wanna hold onto me."
"Huh?"
Shego twisted the gas bar. The powerful bike sharply lurched forward. The elf hit her head off the thief's shoulder and moaned in pain. Stars danced hazily in front of her eyes.
"You gotta be kidding me."
Shego managed to grasp Rynn's arm before she ended up toppling over off the bike.
The villainess revved and this time Rynn made sure to hold on. It felt awkward to wrap her arms around this beautiful stranger but in an odd way, it was gratifying.
The raven-haired beauty wove effortlessly through the late afternoon traffic. She mentally slapped herself for not taking a back road instead. The HenchCo. agents would surely spot them anytime now...
"What's your name?" Rynn suddenly asked in a soft voice.
"Shego," was the curt reply. She didn't bother asking the same question.
"Rynn Rosehart. Um, where exactly are we headed Shego?"
She supposed the girl had the right to know. "Global Justice headquarters."
"Why?"
"No more questions okay?"
"Why?" she insisted tenaciously, lifting her cheek from the thief's back and scowling. Her arms involuntarily tightened around the older woman's torso. Shego stiffened.
"Why are you so persistent?" she shot back moodily.
"Fine, don't tell me then."
Shego sighed in exasperation and gripped the handlebars, feeling immensely annoyed with the elf. "I don't know. Why don't you ask the Director when you get there? Hmm?"
Rynn brooded for the remainder of the ride, mumbling indistinctly under her breath.
Fifteen minutes later…
The thief parked her Kawasaki near the front doors of the sumptuous-looking corporation known as Global Justice and turned off the engines of her prized bike. She rocked forward, expecting the elf to release her hold.
Rynn didn't budge an inch. Don't tell me she fell asleep. "You awake Rynn? We're here," Shego declared gruffly, pulling off her riding gloves—which effectively dampened her powers and made the material less likely to be burned off if she ignited her hands—and stuffing them inside her jacket .
The elf let her arms drop and sat up straight, face slightly flushed from being in close contact with the raven-haired beauty. She decided not to comment on Shego's abnormal body warmth.
"If...If I go with you," Rynn hesitated and bit her lip.
"I'm guessing you've realized who I am huh?" the villainess chuckled, standing up and taking off her helmet. She shook out her long black hair.
"Y-Yes. What I'm asking is...May I become your devoted follower?"
The green-eyed woman blinked, her pale, beautiful face scrunching up in confusion. "Care to elaborate on that?"
"You want supremacy over the world right? Cause I'd like to help—" Rynn broke off, taken aback by the thief's unanticipated laughter.
"Hahaha! Oh please, I can do that just fine without 'followers'!" she exclaimed, making air quotes with her fingers on the last word. But Rynn wasn't laughing.
"Would it help if I said I would carry out your every demand?"
Shego shook her head and wiped a tear from her eye. "Come on. I want to collect my prize money."
"Pretty please?" Rynn batted her eyelashes.
Shego remained adamant. "If you feel you owe me for saving your ass, don't worry about it. $500 grand will do just fine." The elf noticed the gleam in her emerald-green eyes and raised her eyebrows.
"I thought you were a millionaire."
"I am," she affirmed with an unconcerned shrug of her shoulders.
"Well could you reconsider? Pleeeaseee?"
Shego placed her hands on her hips and issued an irritated sigh. "If it'll shut ya up."
Rynn beamed at this. Greeeat, another fangirl…the green-skinned villainess thought.
"Oh thank you!" The elf excitedly glomped her and turned pink when Shego warily pushed her away.
"No hugging," she told her new companion firmly, "I don't do hugs, cuddling, or anything of that sort."
"Alright. Lead the way…"
The notorious thief gave her a strange look. Rynn's face grew hot in embarrassment. Shego rolled her eyes and sauntered toward GJ headquarters to claim her compensation.
"Sign here, here, and here," Betty Director instructed. She was pointing to the confidential papers Shego was to sign. The thief scribbled the initials 'S.N.G.' to where the agent indicated with a ball-point pen.
Rynn folded her arms across her chest, tapping her foot restlessly.
"What am I here for?"
Betty gave a light chuckle and pointed. "That amulet around your neck is what we require Miss Rosehart. But I'm afraid I cannot tell you why. It is top secret."
The silver-haired female shrugged and took the amethyst gemstone from around her neck. "It's an ancient family heirloom. But I don't see why it's so significant to you," she admitted, handing over the necklace.
Shego snorted. "Probably worth billions I presume. Why else could Global Justice possibly want it for?" She said the name with distaste. She looked at her fingernails, bored.
"Alrighty then Director, my job is finished here so…adios." Betty nodded and the villainess turned abruptly to leave.
"Shego?" Rynn stared down at the polished floor of Betty's office and scuffed her foot timidly. The raven-haired beauty paused, back still to her ex-charge.
"There will be terms and conditions…" she stated finally. The GJ agent smiled fervently.
"I see you've made a new friend."
"Can it one-eye."
Rynn giggled, gave Betty a wave, and followed closely behind the ex-hero as she made her departure.
Betty Director examined the amulet then carefully placed it in a metal box with foam padding. "If it fell ever into the wrong hands...there would be chaos," she murmured after their fading figures from the door of her office.
To be continued…
Author's notes: I realize that Shego was a bit OOC. She may have seemed different from how you've seen her in Kim Possible. (She's more nice but still sarcastic). But the reason being is that I've actually had the chance to role-play with her for a few months on YouTube and that's how she pretty much was. So I decided to stick with that persona. I'd say she's changed a lot since then.
This chapter may have been relatively short but it's going to get better and longer. I just need to work on the plot and where I want to go with it. This is, of course, going to take some time so be patient with me. Thanks for reading!
Next chapter: Shego and Rynn grow closer and Shay is introduced.