Disclaimer: Characters are from Disney's Kim Possible so don't get pissed at me. Also later use of the Green Wraith is the artist YogurthFrost idea. I truly hope he doesn't get angry with me for using it. The plot is primarily my own, with a few things snatched from YogurthFrost's plot idea. I think that's it. So now on with the story.
They say the pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. That's truer than anyone could ever believe. The pale-green hued thief learned this lesson ages ago, yet she never expected it to be repeated in such a painful way. Standing up from her crouched position on the hotel's rooftop, the thief took stock of the night-draped city's skyline. If things had gone differently, she would have been out steeling some random object and fighting her favorite redhead. But no. That's something that was never going to happen again. In a horrible act of betrayal, the green woman lost the one that had been her opposite, her equal.
She never thought losing the redhead would be so painful. Hell, she had tried to end the younger girl's life on many occasions, so the amount of pain from losing the girl made no sense to the thief. However, since the betrayal the pale woman had begun looking at what her feelings had been towards the redhead. She knew there was strong respect for the girls fighting ability, maybe even a strong sense of kinship for the young girl. But nothing that would help explain why she felt such a sharp ache at the loss of the fiery redhead. Perhaps there was something more to the yin/yang aspect to them, the pale-green woman's yin to the younger girl's yang.
It didn't matter any more though. The redhead was gone, lost during their final battle. It was ironic. Their whole careers they fought against one another; yet, in the end, they were on the same side fighting against those that had sworn to uphold justice. Those very same dogs had moved to kill both women, but only succeeded in killing the one that was on the side of good. Even as her vision was filled with the darkened city, Shego, the most infamous thief, had her mind fill with images of that last battle.
The sudden crash from a nearby vent signaled the entrance of Team Possible. Kim Possible slid out and gracefully landed on her feet. Surprisingly, Kim wasn't wearing her usual t-shirt that showed off her midriff; instead she had on a normal black shirt and beige cargo pants. As soon as Kim was out, her bumbling sidekick, Ron Stoppable, tumbled out and hit the ground on his rear, dressed in his usual mission gear. Quickly getting to his feet and into his laughable mimic of a martial artist's stance, the teen-hero pair stood ready for whatever faced them.
The lair they had just entered appeared to be a dome with a platform and a catwalk that went along the entire edge of room. The platform was on the far wall, away from the heroes, bare save for the waist-high pillar with a large blue button on its top. Near the center, there was a large cannon that was connected to several large power devices and a few consoles. The weapon was not all that impressive save for its size, but that's not what caught Team Possible's eyes. Instead, it was the blue scientist on the dais and the green and black clad thief leaning against a wall nearby.
"Shego! I told you to warn me when Possible and the buffoon would be here!" Doctor Draken yelled from his platform.
Shego was still casually leaning against the wall when she responded to the blue skinned scientist. "Yeah, yeah. Just can it, Dr. D. I'll take care of Princess. I'm sure your greatest invention," Shego said in a mocking tone, "will be able to stop the dork."
"Oh, yes. I nearly forgot." The evil genius moved over to the pillar. Draken lifted his hand above the button before going into his mini rant, "Kim Possible and… er… what's his name… Never mind." He waved the forgotten name off like it was nothing. "You will not be escaping quite so easily this time! For this time-"
"Ok, hold on," Ron interrupted while holding his hands in the timeout position. "Don't you need to have already captured us before you can say escaping? And would it really kill you to remember my name, just once?"
"Um, well… yes to both parts. Because you see I already have you in my trap!" Draken said triumphantly. "Now I'll continue from where I was so rudely interrupted. You won't escape so easily! Because my greatest invention, the Super Nova Ray, will destroy Team Possible for good!" As soon as he was done talking, he burst into his evil laughter.
"Really, Shego, I kinda pity you. Having to put up with that all day?" Kim said with smirk.
Shrugging, Shego retorted, "He pays the bills, which is a lot more than what your sidekick does."
"Come on! Does everyone need to pick on me?" Ron whined.
Kim only looked at him sheepishly. "Well, it is sorta in the contract of being a sidekick, Ron. Sorry."
Sighing, Ron just waved it off. "Don't sweat it, KP. I'll get over it. Right now I think we should be worrying about the mission."
"Dr. D, just hit the damn button and get on with the plan!" Shego yelled. Pushing away from the wall she was leaning against, Shego stalked towards Kim. She ignored the blonde sidekick entirely and focused on the redhead before her. Once she was close enough Shego slid into a stance and motioned with her fingers for Kim to bring it.
Never one to back down from a challenge, Kim also moved into a ready stance. "Ron, go after Draken and try and shut off his Nova Ray." Ron nodded in agreement and took off after the mad genius. "Another death ray?" Kim asked Shego skeptically.
"Eh, his schemes do seem to be getting worse." As soon as the words were out of Shego's mouth, she sent a kick at the redhead's midsection. The teen-hero dodged easily to the side before countering with a punch to the raven-haired woman's side. Taking the hit, Shego jumped away from Kim. Smirking Shego asked, "You're using the battle suit again, aren't you, Pumpkin?"
A half smile of her own was playing on Kim's face. "Maybe I am. What are you going to do about it?" the redhead challenged the thief.
"I'll just have to take things up a notch," the pale woman responded. Letting her hands be engulfed with green plasma Shego took a clawed swipe at Kim. Knowing the redhead had the suit to protect her, Shego could let loose a little more. If there were any bystanders watching the fight progress, they would have been hard pressed to keep track of the two combatants. As the fight continued blows seemed to connect less and less, to the point that nether side was hitting effectively, making the fight a stalemate. Even so both were enjoying the fight too much to care that no one was going to win. It was only in these fights that Shego really seemed alive. She relished them, knowing they would always test her limits to the point of breaking. More than once she had been able to surpass her previous boundaries due to her intense fights with the young redhead.
Deciding to break the verbal silence, Shego asked, "So, Kimmie, how much longer do you think it'll take the buffoon to destroy Draken's toy?"
"No idea. It'll probably be soon. Did Draken set the lair to explode if the ray does?" Kim asked, dodging another attack from the green woman.
"Nah, he has the lair set up with a separate button." Shego shook her head before continuing, "What kind of an evil genius sets their own lair up with a self-destruct button?"
"All of them actually," Kim answered. "I think it has to do with that rules of villainy thing." Hearing a loud explosion, the two looked over at the Super Nova Ray only to catch it going up in flames with neither Ron nor Draken in sight. "Well, I guess Ron got his part done. Now I just need to get mine."
"Aww, you really want our play time to be up, Princess?" Shego asked in a taunting voice.
"Honestly? No. But I've got places I need to be." Kim dropped to the floor and let a leg sweep out trying to trip the older woman.
Easily jumping over the offending leg, Shego offered a retort in turn, "Sorry, Kimmie, but you're going to have to do better than that."
Right when the two squared off again, Ron's voice boomed over the lair's intercom. "KP! Above you!"
Both fighters looked up and spotted the dozen plus men on the catwalks. Neither could tell how they got in, but it was obvious to both they were Global Justice soldiers. Armed with submachine guns and short swords strapped to their backs they all took aim at the two women. Kim made a diving tackle at Shego, pulling them away from the spray of bullets. As soon as they hit the ground, the women took off in opposite directions, making for the catwalks above. Kim made her way up by jumping on the devices that had powered the ray cannon while Shego clawed up the wall with her plasma encased hands. Once the teen-hero got a hand on the catwalk she swung herself up, taking out one of the soldiers, and quickly making her way towards another. Shego launched herself off the wall at one of the GJ men, sending him to the floor below, and tossed a plasma ball at another. The two made their way around the catwalk dodging bullets and blows alike.
It almost seemed like they were going to defeat all of the men until Shego noticed the soldiers she had knocked down were getting up again. Amazed by their stamina the raven-haired woman feared that she and Kim were in trouble. Shego's fears were realized when she was shot in her left thigh, causing her to fall from the catwalk. As soon as she hit the ground one of the soldiers was already in her face aiming his gun at her head. Kim heard the cry of pain and immediately exploded across the room to get to her fallen enemy's side. Sending her left fist at the GJ soldier's face, Kim sent him flying. The only problem was it left her wide open to a counter attack, which was taken advantage of when a sword took Kim's arm off above the elbow. The teen-hero could only look on in shock as her arm became detached from her body before the pain burst into her head. Screaming out in agony, Kim fell to her knees beside Shego. Blood erupted from the wound as Kim covered it with her right hand, yet it still continued to seep out between her clenched fingers.
Shego recovered from her shock to send a burning ball of plasma at the man who took the redhead's arm. His screams of pain were almost louder than Kim's, but they were cut off much sooner. The pale-green woman stopped holding herself back as she stood to defend her arch-nemesis. Hurling burning death, she tried to spot a way out, but the only exit had too many soldiers blocking the way. Another clip went off and one of its bullets caught Shego in her right arm. Gritting her teeth through the pain, Shego continued to try and defend the two women.
Right as the GJ soldiers completely surround the two, the room was rocked with explosions. Using the distraction caused by the blasts, one of the soldiers tackled Shego away from Kim, giving another soldier an open shot at her. The final shot rang out in a moment of silence. Shego could only compare that moment to being in the eye of a storm. Chaos was all around, yet in the center there was peace.
Kim was on her knees as blood trickled out of the new wound in her chest. Her lips moved around silent words as she tried to speak. Finally getting her voice to work, she only said two words, "Shego, run." Then all hell came crashing down around them. The ceiling gave way in places, and the ground shook uncontrollably. Shego freed herself from under the soldier and made a mad run for the exit. She only had the briefest of moments to glance back and see Kim still sitting there on her knees, watching her, begging her to flee. It was the last time Shego ever saw her redheaded rival because even as she looked the ceiling came down atop the hero.