The Truth of the Lies

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters, do not sue.

A/N: Alternative Universe, where Shego has never been a part of a Team Go. Well, you'll see for yourselves. Just be warned that I might have changed some bits of what we know about Kim or Shego.

Enjoy

Chapter 1 – The Human Within

It was all a fucking lie, Shego was screaming at her thoughts. She was sitting on her bed in her house. She was holding few old pictures in her hand. She could not bear the loneliness that was digesting her mind for so many years. She whipped the tears away and looked down at another picture. There were two smiling, young girls. One of them was pale, short, with short hair and a vicious eyes sparkling from beneath the black glasses. She was hugged, by a taller girl with a round face and curly hair. They both seemed to have all the happiness in the world. Yes, these were good times, Shego thought. But it was the last day of her happiness. Than that bloody comet showed up and destroyed everything she ever dreamed of. Now she was stuck in this probably immortal body. Well… probably because it has been twenty years and she did not age, not even a day. The sorrow combined with the grief was eating her up from the inside. Her thoughts were interrupted by a call.

"Shego. I need you to do a job for me." She heard a familiar, irritating voice.

"What is it, Dr. D.?" She asked without a hint of emotion.

"I need something from Area 51." That caught Shego's attention. "But it has been moved overseas." That helped her relax. She knew that Area 51 was impenetrable fortress.

"Then just send me the coordinates and description of the item and let's be over with it." Shego just stated and disconnected. She had no idea what she just got herself into. She has not been oversees since… well, twenty years. She just cleaned away the photos and got herself ready. She did not know how long it will take, so just in case she took a bag with some of her casual clothes as well.

A young red headed hero was currently asleep, having another nightmare. For some time right now, she was experiencing some weird dreams where she was talking with random people, who were asking her some weird questions about her ethics, rules and motives. She did not know what it could mean, but she has had discovered that she was not all good inside. She had her own demons, but she just ignored them. She would have a little bit more time to think about it if it would be not for the annoying beeping that woke her up.

"What's the sitch, Wade?" She asked with a sleepy voice.

"Shego's on the move." Wade informed whilst typing some random commands on his keyboard.

"Really? Does this woman ever sleep?" Kim wondered out loud. "So where to? And can't it wait till morning?" Kim complained a bit.

"Apparently it can't. She left two hours ago in her private jet. She's on her way to Europe." Wade informed and continued to type. "To be more precise, Berlin. And she already rented a car over there, so you better catch her before I'll lose her. Let's just say that CCTV in Europe is not as popular as here, so following her will be difficult from my room." He explained and stopped typing. Kim just smiled at him and got out of the bed.

"Do you have any idea what she is looking for?" Kim asked as she got herself ready.

"Not really. That is why it's so urgent that you'll find her. And…" Wade paused.

"And?"

"You know… I have noticed something rather odd about her." Wade finally said. He was now an eighteen year old genius and learned to look deeply into people's behavior. Kim knew that nothing would hide from his sight.

"What is it?"

"Well… she stopped really fighting. I've been watching the records of your fights over and over again. She does not enjoy it anymore. This might be a chance to… you know."

"Bring her back to the right side?" Kim asked and Wade just sighed. He looked at his friend and pitied her. How is that possible that he knew something about his friend that she herself did not know?

"Something like that." He just finished the conversation before it got awkward. "Just take your car and go already. I got you some accessories in your trunk. And I made a special stealth mode."

"Okay. I'm ready. What's so special about that stealth mode?" Kim asked whilst leaving her apartment. Yes, Kim was now living alone and did not have to bother with explaining everything to her parents. It was a nice change.

"You'll see. Trust me on this one and use it as soon as you get to Europe." He commanded. "Good luck."

"Thanks, but don't need it. It's just Shego." Kim smiled and turned the communicator off. She ran to the garage and hopped into the driver's seat. "Time to roll." She said with a smile and took off into the blackness of night.

She focused on the road whilst driving with speed bordering with the speed of sound. It was so good to have a good car. She looked at the dark road and her thoughts trailed off. She missed Ron on her missions, but since he was now in Japan with Yori she did not want to bother him with her missions. She had the feeling that even if he would go to Norway it would be a problem.* She finished her college with the highest marks, but still did not know what to do with her life. She was doing some part time job for Global Justice. Just to pay the rent. But it was not so much different from her normal missions. She was completely unsure what she wants from life. Well… She was now twenty five and was a complete mess. She did not want her teenage times to just stop. It was so difficult to start being an adult.

Shego landed her private jet in the Berlin Airport. She took her bag of clothes and went to the office to take her rented car. It was a nice, but kind of old BMW. She decided she does not want to draw attention to herself with some fancy new car. The most important was that it was black and had one hell of powerful engine. Germans were the best at producing cars. She had to admit it, but for example Volkswagen, was indestructible. It would be faulty for the first five years, but after you repair all the common faults it will work smoothly for years. Yeah, she definitely loved German cars. She admired the car so passionately that she even did not notice a hippie Volkswagen from 1979 in her rearview mirror. She just took off. She decided to see the city before she will get her mission done. She has not been in Europe for so long that she was even pleased to hear German language. Shego smiled at her memories. Twenty years ago she would just cover her ears at the sound of German, but now she was pleased. It is weird how sometimes things turn out.

Kim was driving carefully behind Shego's BMW. She had to admit that Wade did great with the stealth mode, but he underestimated Europe. They did not drive in SO old cars anymore. There were fans of that ancient technology, who were smiling whenever they saw her driving. At least Shego did not notice her. But she did not know why her foe stopped. Kim kept a low profile and kept looking at Shego. The other woman apparently was just admiring the city.

Shego left the car as it was impossible to enter the center of the city with the vehicle. She decided to walk. She was never in Berlin, so she decided to at least see the most famous buildings before she will continue. She took a seat at a table of a coffee shop. She ordered the black devil, that is espresso, and enjoyed it with a cigarette. She felt that someone was watching her, but as she turned around she could not see anyone staring at her. Well, she could not blame anyone to stare at her. She was in fact pale and a bit greenish. She just hoped that it was no agent, because that would cause her a lot of trouble. She ignored it and just enjoyed sitting in the public place without worrying about capture. Yes, there were still countries where she was not a wanted criminal and luckily Germany was one of them. She finished her coffee and left a tip to the waitress. She then went to her car. She smiled at the sight of an old hippie car. She remembered that she always wanted one of those when well… she was still normal. She just took a driver's seat and took off.

Kim tried to follow Shego on the highway, but she did not want to push her luck. Seeing old hippie van speeding two hundred kilometers per hour could be suspicious. It was good that she was smart enough to attach a locating device onto Shego's car.

"You have her?" Kim asked Wade as she drove through the highway.

"Yeah. She's on the border. Apparently she's going east." Wade said. It seemed weird to him. "Still no idea what she might be looking for?"

"Don't ask me. You're supposed to be a genius here." Kim said sarcastically. "Doesn't they have any speed limits!?" Kim yelled when another crazy driver passed her.

"Not in Germany. That's the beauty of it." He smiled at his friend. "Just follow her and call me when you'll get something."

"Will do." She promised and disconnected.

It was a brand new day. Shego stepped out of her car and looked around. She took a deep breath and enjoyed the smell of long forgotten air in her lungs. She smiled as she looked at the long forgotten neighborhood. She has not been there for twenty years, but nothing has changed.

"The beauty of this county." She laughed and looked again at the mission briefing. The object she was looking for was apparently some sort of a communication device. She was not a mad genius, but she understood that it allows understanding every language on earth. It was stored at the Military University of Warsaw. She took her bag and walked into her old apartment. It has been twenty years, but she still remembered all the codes. Human mind is an unbelievable machine. She looked around. The place was dusty, but she smiled anyway. Weird that her family have not sell it after she took off. It would be difficult to do so without her permission, but still. She went into her old room. She always appreciated the green all around, but now… surprisingly she disliked it. She took a long, warm, relaxing bath and changed into her old clothes.

"This is so not going to work." She commented. She forgot that due to certain comet she grew up a bit. She went downstairs to the certain room she never wanted to enter again. But there she was. Looking at the old clothes of someone, who will never leave her mind. "I'm not wearing that either." She said with sadness in her voice and changed in something she took with herself. She decided to go to the city before she continues with her job. Anyway… she will have to wait during the weekend, because as far as she knew scientists they can work all night long. And she did not want to be seen.

Kim has noticed that Shego left the apartment and left somewhere. She definitely was not going to steal tonight. She wore a black suit with a green tie. A leather cloak was flattering behind her like crow's wings. She decided to follow her, but she needed something else to wear. Well, she will worry about it later. The most important was to not lose her because Shego did not take her car.

After around forty minutes of a travel Kim noticed that Shego entered a quite weird building. She has never noticed anything of this kind. It was an enormous building with the ancient Romanian accents all over it. There was no normal roof, but a dome that reminded her of mosques she has seen back in Middleton. She followed Shego in. She finally understood what that building was. It was a theatre. An Opera to be more precise. She bought a ticket and sat a row away from Shego. She looked at the reactions of her foe. She did not know her from this side. It was too… human.

The lights were turned off and the opera has begun. Apparently it was one of the Wagner's creations. Shego did behave quite normally, as Kim noticed. At least it was until a soloist entered the stage. The woman, who looked to be forty five years old started to sing. It was the most beautiful singing Kim has ever heard. She did not understand a thing since the opera was in German, but she felt touched. But it was not enough to get her attention away. The soloist noticed Shego and smiled gently. A small tear escaped her eye, but it never stopped her performing. Real professional, Kim thought. She looked once again at the singer. She was a bit shorter than Kim, black hair and very pale skin. Was it Shego's mother? Maybe older sister. That was not sure. The sure thing was that they both knew each other. Kim was also certain that she came to the Opera only to see that woman… whoever she is.

After the show everybody left and Shego walked to the completely different direction. Kim was now almost sure that her foe spotted her, but she did not care. Shego apparently was not about to fight and she went backstage. Kim was not going to leave without some answers. She noticed Shego walking toward the soloist.

"Shego!" The other woman said. They almost ran toward each other and hugged tightly. They started talking, but Kim did not understand anything. It was some weird Slovakian language. Go figure – Europe. Too many countries, too many different languages.

"Shego!" The other woman said. "When did you return?"

"Just today, Caroline." Shego said whilst hugging the soloist. "That was one great performance. I always knew that you can do it. You're a star now."

"Oh, stop it. You know I'm not." Caroline said with a sheepish smile. "What brings you back home?" She finally asked.

"Work, unfortunately…" Shego admitted.

"I hear uncertainly." Caroline pointed out. "What is it?"

"It's just that… this place bring so many memories I wish to forget about." She honestly answered. Caroline stared at her in shock.

"It's not that. You don't want to forget, but you don't want to suffer anymore." Caroline sighed. "Look. Let me change and we'll go to my place. What do you think?" She looked at her friend.

"Okay… just don't make me wait forever." Shego answered and turned around to leave. She was going through the corridor full of pillars. She suddenly stopped and sighed. "You can come out now."

"You knew I was following you?" Kim asked surprised.

"Usually I follow hippie vans, not the other way around. And besides, you were sitting a row away from me. I would be blind if I would not notice you." Shego explained and turned around to face her foe. Kim looked at Shego and could not believe her eyes. It was not the Shego she remembered. She looked so down and depressed. It was definitely too weird to exist.

"What's wrong Shego?" Kim asked, but that just angered Shego.

"None of your damned business. You can go home now. There will be no stealing." Shego said and turned back and started to walk away.

"What?" Kim could not believe her own ears. She ran and jumped in front of Shego who just passed by her.

"There will be no fighting either." That just left Kim with mouth agape and shocked. Who are you and what have you done with Shego, Kim asked herself.

"Okay… that does it. What happened? It's just not like you." Kim pointed out. Shego's hands ignited as she turned around. But she did not start the fight. She just walked toward Kim and pointed a finger at her.

"Not like me? Who the fuck do you think I am? You know nothing about me. You fought me for the last seven years and suddenly you think that you know me? Reality check, Princess. You don't know a shit!" She yelled and turned around. Kim was stunned. She just watched how Shego puts out her flames and leaves the building. After the shock left her she decided not to give up. She did not know why, but she wanted to help Shego. It was almost as if she cared about the evil woman. She decided to call Wade.

"Wade? What do you know about Shego?" She asked innocently, but the young man was surprised by the question.

Shego went angrily to the back of the building where Caroline was already waiting. She looked at her face and all anger left her system

"I thought I was supposed not to make you wait and not the other way around." Caroline smiled friendly. Shego looked at the wrinkles on her face and felt the itch of pain in her heart.

"Yeah. Sorry about that, but I had to deal with someone's nosy personality." Shego explained.

"Is it an overly attached girlfriend?" Caroline teased.

"You can say so. It was Kim Possible." Shego laughed at her friend's comment. "She can be even worse than overly attached girlfriend. I pity anyone who chooses to be with her." Shego continued to laugh.

"I'm so glad you came back and still can laugh." Caroline grabbed Shego's arm and they walked to the Caroline's apartment.

"So what do you know about her?" Kim asked again.

"Well, not much." Wade scratched his head. "We don't know actually anything about her life before she met you. And still, there is nothing about her personal life." Wade said sadly. "I'm afraid that we just know that her name is Shego and that she is a thief. Well, now we know that she speaks Polish and has some really talented friends."

"What do you mean by that?" Kim asked.

"Well. The friend of hers is known all around the world as the youngest and most talented opera soloist." Wade said as the pictures of the woman showed on the screen. "She was almost everywhere where people value opera."

"Nice." Kim admitted. "Maybe in her school records there would be something about Shego. Maybe they were class mates." Kim offered.

"Kim?" Wade looked at his friend. "Caroline is like forty five. In case you haven't noticed, Shego looks like twenty years younger to me." He pointed out.

"So maybe she was her teacher?" Kim did not want to give up.

"Impossible. She never was a teacher." Wade informed. "Let me do the research and you try to occupy your time." Young man informed and the screen went black.

"Yeah, right." Kim said to herself and decided to wait for Shego in her apartment.

"So how was your life?" Shego asked as she grabbed the bottle of mead from Caroline's cabinet.

"Not so bad. Traveling all around the world. Like you did not know that…" She looked at her friend with a smile.

"I have no idea what are you talking about." Shego answered innocently.

"Come on. I saw you. In San Francisco, Seattle and New York." Caroline answered honestly and took a sip of her wine. "You just could not let me go so easily, could you?"

"To be perfectly honest… you are the only link with my past life that I have. And even that will soon be gone." Shego said sadly as she drank straight from the bottle.

"Yeah… I did age, didn't I?" Caroline knew what she was talking about. "I remember the day when you got off the hospital…"

"Don't. Just don't talk about it, please." Shego pleaded. "I don't want to hear about it."

"What I wanted to tell you is that I saw you die and be born again. The end of something it's never really an end. It's just a beginning of something new." Caroline explained. "You might have died and your old life has ended that day, but it was just the beginning of the new chapter in your life."

"Maybe you're right. I never liked my life. I complained a lot. I was not ready to become an adult. But you never really appreciate something till you lose it." Shego spoke her mind.

"Tell me about that Possible kid. Why is she following you around?"

"I was supposed to steal something…" Shego admitted.

"Was supposed? Past tense?"

"Yeah… I'm getting too old for this shit."

"Hahaha!" Caroline laughed at her friend. "And I hear it coming from a woman that will never grow old. I missed your sense of humor."

"This is not funny, Caroline. It means that everybody I know will soon die. Even that bloody Possible will be dead before I'll know." Shego said with a grief creeping into her voice.

"Is that why you kept her at a distance all of those years?" Caroline smiled viciously at her friend. Shego just sent her the glare that would cause all US Army flee in panic. "Oh, come on. I know you better than that. It's obvious that you have a thing for that girl."

"I do not. I cannot." Shego saddened again and took a large mouthful of mead.

"Come on. Give yourself a chance. It has been twenty years." She kept on smiling. "I remember when you were hitting on me. Good old times." Caroline continued to recall. "But I guess you would not want me as I got old."

"Don't be so sure about it, Pretty." Shego mocked her friend.

"And that's the Shego I know!" Caroline laughed.

"I'm serious. But you missed your chance. You'd be sore for days." Shego laughed and kept on to her drink.

"Damn, why couldn't you come more often?"

"I could. Between stealing, fighting Kimmie and running from Global Justice I have a lot of free time." Shego said sarcastically. "I just didn't want to look at your ugly face too much. I still want to have good dreams." She kept on. Caroline just laughed heartedly. That was the Shego she knew and she missed it a lot.

"Just promise me something." Caroline asked and Shego nodded. "Next time you come over, you have to bring that Kim of yours."

"She doesn't speak Polish." Shego tried to find a reason to not keep the promise.

"But I speak English, duh!"

"Why? You interested in her?" Shego teased.

"No, but you are." Caroline laughed some more. "So now drink up and just keep that promise." She added and they continued with a nonsense talk till the dawn. Just as they used to in the olden days.

Kim entered Shego's apartment through the balcony on the third floor. And she always thought that Eastern Europe was poor. That it was a third world. She was so wrong. She walked into a richly decorated kitchen through the living room. There were beautiful paintings everywhere. The kitchen had some Arabic accents. On every pillar of the wall there were dozens of pictures. Kim could recognize Shego thought it was quite difficult due to the lack of her greenish color. But still her trade mark smirk was recognizable. There she was with her parents. She was a complete copy of her mother. Well, except for her eyes. The color of her eyes was the only thing she gained from her father. She kept looking at another picture. It showed Shego with a pack of young people at the fireplace. They had sausages and beer. Probably her friends, Kim thought. She decided to go upstairs and inspect Shego's bedroom. There were two mysterious doors. She opened the first one. It was a big room with a king sized bed. But the room was completely empty. There were only two pictures. One on every nightstand. One picture was of her mother and the other of her father. Probably that was how she marked their sides. Sentiment is a painful thing, Kim thought. She turned around and noticed two more pictures. She felt that all of the happiness leaves her body. There were two medallions** showing the faces of Shego's parents and two urns. Kim left the room in hurry. She felt like she disturbed a peace of this house. She snooped around many houses but there was some presence that she did not understand. She hesitated a bit, but still decided to walk into Shego's old room. It was obviously green. There was a chest of drawers that held few pictures of Shego's mother and the girl with curly hair. Besides there was some jewelry. On the right there were shelves filled with books from top to bottom, but only few written in English. She looked around on the walls. They were all covered in some quotes. Probably written by Shego herself. Few pictures of the same girl again. She did not know anything more about Shego than she knew before. She just found out that she had parents, but everybody does so no surprise here. She was clue less. She decided to get some sleep on the couch in the living room as the dawn was approaching.

Shego tried to walk in a straight line, but it did not work. Some might say that she was 'following the snake', but she could swear that she was walking straight. Third floor was not such a good idea to go to when you are drunk, but what to do. Shego knew that she won't exit Caroline's house alive. She never did. She fought with the key hole for about fifteen minutes and finally walked into the apartment.

"Honey, I'm home." Shego yelled in Polish. Old habits die hard. She 'walked' into the living room and noticed Kim staring at her from the couch. "You're not Honey." Shego said in English now.

"I guess not." Kim answered and Shego looked like she saw a ghost.

"Damn, Shego. Now those illusions can talk. That mead was strong." She said whilst walking away to the kitchen. She had to eat something or else her upcoming hangover is about to kill her.

"Em, Shego?" Kim asked as she noticed that Shego grabbed a knife.

"Not listening. Just be a good illusion and disappear." Shego continued as she tried to slice bread.

"Shego!" Kim ran toward Shego. "Let me do that for you." She proposed as she walked Shego back to the sofa. "You just stay here." Shego kept staring at Kim suspiciously.

"Why are you here, Kimmie?" Shego finally figured out that it was no illusion. Those cannot grab you and walk you away from your food.

"I wanted to talk with you… help you." Kim said as she prepared the sandwich.

"I don't need your help. I don't need anyone. I'm fine the way I am, so you can leave now." Shego tried to speak as clearly as possible. "That is after you finish doing my sandwich." Shego cleared that out. Kim walked toward her with a food on a plate.

"Why do you have to be so stubborn?" Kim asked.

"Why do you have to be so nosy?" Shego asked with her mouth full. Kim looked at her foe. This was not a villainess she knew. That drunk woman had a life and feelings. And she had to admit it to herself that hen Shego was drunk, she looked overly cute. Her tie was loosened almost completely. The blouse was unbuttoned half way down. Her coat was wearing a proof of a difficult trip back home. Maybe she cared about Shego? Just a little.

"Let me help you out of this coat." Kim said as she took the plate away from Shego.

"You wanna undress me, Princess?" Shego teased her guest and enjoyed every blush.

"No! I mean, yes, but…" Kim was so embarrassed.

"Relax, Kimmie." Shego smiled viciously. "If you're not ready, I can wait." Shego's inner demons were laughing their heads off while Kim's face turned almost completely red.

"Would you just stop it and go to sleep?" Kim asked a little bit irritated.

"Well… there are two problems. First: I can't go upstairs. Second: I can't sleep with my clothes on." She said with a mischievous smile.

"Why can't you go upstairs?" Kim decided to focus on the first problem.

"Too high." Shego kept smiling. The more she did the more Kim realized how beautiful smile Shego had.

"Come on. I'll help you." Kim said and she just grabbed Shego and dragged her. As they were passing kitchen Kim grabbed a bottle of water. That would be cruel if she would not think about that. Somehow they managed to go upstairs and entered Shego's old room. Kim noticed almost automatic grief that was almost sipping out of Shego's eyes the moment she noticed all of the photos. But as the sun made its presence visible Shego cursed at it and threw herself onto the bed.

"Don't wake me up. In case of fire evacuate me with the bed." Shego said already falling asleep.

"Shego! The clothes." Kim said, but a loud snore was all the answer she got. She decided to help her drunk host and started with taking off the shoes. It was not an easy task as these were handmade leather jackboots. After she was done she took off Shego's coat, blouse and a tie. Kim was glad that Shego was having a wife beater shirt underneath. She just slipped her hand underneath to take off her bra. A slight shiver went down her spine as she felt the touch of warm skin and her hands. Shego smiled delicately in her sleep. Kim tried to ignore it. She took off the trousers and socks. Shego was now only in her shirt and boxer shorts. Kim covered her with a blanket, left a bottle of water next to the bed and left the room quietly. Just before she did she turned around and smiled at the sleeping body. "Goodnight." She whispered and left. She went down and decided to take a nap on the couch. As she was falling asleep the warm feeling of Shego's body popped once again to her head. The chilly shiver returned. Kim tried not to think about it. She just turned around and fell asleep.

*Let's not forget that they never remembered about that sitch in time adventure.

**Medallions in case someone does not knows is a round photo you pun on the grave.

A/N: This is the first chapter of a new story. I am not entirely sure about the ending yet, but I wanted to look at those characters from a different point of view. Tell me if you like it so far, I am open for suggestions about the plot, so if you want to read about something specific just tell me :)

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Sova