The ice and freezing wind bit at her exposed cheeks. Her elbows were sore from the position she had been in for over three hours. And honestly, she was getting pissed at the lack of action. For something to do, she shifted and thumped her fingers along the gun and flexed the finger on the trigger. She leaned her head to the right and put a hand on her walkie talkie.
"Bets! This shit is boring me!"
"Shego, I understand that three hours is a long wait. But you're the only agent I have that could handle this."
Shego couldn't deny that. Being where she was wasn't hard. Even though the only live things here were wolves and other creatures used to this weather. She was just bored. She wanted some action!
"Bets, when you said you had a difficult mission, I expected something with a little less waiting. I-" Shego broke off as she noticed some movement. "Hold on," Far from her she saw vehicles moving along away from the small building she had been watching. She looked through the scope of her gun. "Bets, they're making their move. Do I follow or do I just stop them now?"
"I suppose if I told to follow them, you'd do it in some outrageous manner."
Shego smirked. "I'm glad to know you know me so well."
She heard her commanding office sigh. "Very well then. Right now I can imagine that the car you saw leaving is about to leave the compound."
"Yup."
"Right. Well. Do what you do best. Stop them and take back our agents."
"Aye aye captain."
Shego clicked off her walkie, shifted her shoulders, then she looked once more through the scope. The car she saw earlier was almost out. Inside, she could see a man driving, another in the passenger side, and a third in the back. All three had some sort of gun. 'Mines bigger.' Shego thought with a grin.
Using the scope, Shego aimed for the head of the driver. With a grim smile, Shego pulled the trigger.
"Well done Shego. Mission accomplished and with few casualties." Betty said as Shego got out of the helicopter. Shego only gave her a slight wave. It was her usual response after a "successful" mission. Sure she was now a successful operative at Global Justice, but the position she held was one she had quickly learned to hate.
When Betty approached her with the idea to join her ranks, Shego at first declined. There was no way Shego was going to join saving the world. She was no hero and she had no desire to become one. There was also the possibility of maybe seeing Kim. If Shego joined as Betty wanted her to, sooner or later, Kim would be there too. Shego hadn't told Betty of this fear. She would never say it out loud to anyone. Hell, Shego didn't even know why she felt this way. All she knew was that her feeling of fear came after the Diablo fiasco.
Sensing her disdain, Betty had renewed her offer with different circumstances. Now, the offer was for a spot as a kill for hire mercenary. The pay was good and she would work alone. What more could she ask for? She wouldn't be stopping mad scientists or crazy golfers; she would actually be helping the world. Also, she still had her freedom to do as she pleased. Despite working for GJ, Shego would still be allowed to work with Drakken. And why wouldn't she? The pay was also good and honestly, the man would be lost without her. The decision was an easy one made only within a few minutes.
"I'm going home for a week. Don't call me!" Shego yelled as she walked past her boss, who only rolled her eyes.
As she walked out the headquarters of GJ, Shego headed out to the garage. Once she spotted her bike, she hopped on and sped away for a week of relaxation.
Unfortunately "relaxation" meant going back to Drakken without having to worry about Betty calling her for another mission. Once again in her green and black Harlequin suit, Shego walked through another one of the lairs and plopped down on a chair, kicked her feet up, and began to file her nails.
"What's up Dr. D?"
"Shego! You're back! Excellent! I've just come up with a plan for world domination!"
Shego cringed and held up a hand. "Hey! Do you really need to shout? As a thief I need my ears to work! And I've been back for days!"
Drakken had the decency to look apologetic. He then went on his usual ranting and raving about his new plot. Shego as usual, ignored most of what he said and simply waited for him to tell her what he needed.
When the demand came, Shego leapt you from her chair glad to have something to do. Unfortunately, she found herself getting bored rather easily. Shooting at people and rescuing GJ agents could only fill up so much of her time. Maybe her pumpkin could occupy her a little. Shego thought with a leer. Who could blame her? Kim totally had it going on. She was gorgeous and could actually keep Shego on her toes.
Before she could think about Kim in more depth, Shego stopped herself. There was no reason to think of her like that. There would never be anything between them. Before . . . Shego had once thought opposite that. However, that was before Shego started working for Betty. Kim would never want her. She was a killer, a professional. A gun for hire whenever she wasn't a thief. Kim deserved so much better.
Shego briefly thought of the rumor she heard about the little hero. Was she really dating that buffoon? If she was, did Shego unintentionally cause that? No! That was all Drakken and his goddamn plan. It still surprised her that he managed to keep her in the dark until the last minute. Digressing . . . did it bother her that Pumpkin was with the naco eating idiot? Shego paused. She felt her chest tightened and she bit her lip. Damn it. She was jealous! Great . . . just great.
Arriving on scene, Shego made sure to abandon all the stealth she reserved for her GJ missions. When it came to her missions for Drakken, Shego allowed herself to have fun. Kimmie would come to play, Shego came to win. On these missions, Shego could be all that she wanted. She could flaunt her talent, destroy buildings, and cause any damage. However, that last one needed to be fixed. According to good ol' Bets, working for Global Justice meant being safer in the world too; GJ only had so much money. When she was first told this, she couldn't believe it. It was like putting a collar on an animal that belonged in the wild.
The building she now found herself in belonged to a nerd, a very rich nerd she could tell. There were all kinds of crazy inventions, shiny equipment, and equations that Shego could only halfway understand. Yes, halfway. Shego was smart, she was just lazy; hence the degree in Child Development. Yes, she could've done more, but as luck would have it, a stupid comet just gets in the way. If Drakken had been with her, he would've held her back. The place would be for him what a candy store would be for a child.
Finding the dingus Drakken sent her for, Shego decided to hang around. It was rare for an alarm to go off unless she herself set it off. Sometimes she did just so she could fight Kim, other times she didn't because she had someplace to be. She sat down at one of the many workbenches and looked around. Was there enough room for her and her princess to fight without causing too much damage? Yeah. . . looked like. Shego grinned and made her way to a spot in the room she was sure a camera would capture her. For added fun, she went and tipped over one of the less important looking tables while she waited.
Soon enough, she heard movement in one of the vents above her. She smiled. It was time to play.
"Stop right there Shego and drop whatever you took!"
How beautiful her Princess was with all her righteous anger. Would she still yell at me like that if she knew I was on her side. . .well kind of on her side? "Well Kimmie, if I dropped this, I'm not sure if there wouldn't be any kind of damage. We are in a lab after all. This stuff could be dangerous!"
Her princess narrowed her eyes as she dropped into a fighting stance. "No need to be a smart aleck. Why don't you give up now? You know you aren't getting away with that."
Shego got into a fighting stance as well. She lit up her hands and gave Kim a sweet smile. "You know I'll win Princess."
"In your dreams."
If only you knew you were my dreams. . . Shego gave out a scoff. "So confident. I hope you're not the type to go running home to mommy after she gets a little boo boo."
At once, they both jumped in and began their dance. A flurry of punches, a twister of kicks, parries and dodges, Kim and Shego showed their skill. Kim had given it her all, just as she always did. Though an amateur, Kim spent all her time developing her skill and it showed. Shego on the other hand fought to hold back her true skill. If she ever let go with the teen, Shego doubted that Kim could hold her own.
Halfway through their little dance, Shego "accidentally" dropped the device Drakken had sent her to get. Another part of working with GJ, Shego had to spoil her own boss's plots. This was a term Shego could live with however. She had already been sabotaging some of Drakken's plots. Hell, she had been saving Kimmie times before when she should have let her die or get hurt.
Thinking of Kimmie getting hurt led Shego to thinking of the last time she had seen the little redhead.
It started when she was in Greece. A well-deserved vacation after yet another mission from Betty. Since Drakken was in jail, she had plenty of free time to do the one eyed bat's bidding. Unfortunately her vacation was interrupted by her Kimmie and the buffoon spoiling her fun. It was sickening to hear Kim and Ron talk. 'Saving the world had its perks' Kim was saying something along those line. One of those "perks" was a "cuter boyfriend". Just shoot me right now. That buffoon, cute? What were you thinking Kim? In her anger, more like jealousy, Shego had thrown a flaming green rock at the boyfriend and snapped at the two of them.
Thinking back to that fight totally distracted Shego. Kim managed to get a hit on her and she stumbled back in slight shock, causing Kim to smile confidently. "Head in the clouds Shego?"
Shego jumped right back into their fight. "Just thinking, Cupcake."
When Kim made no reply and only threw another punch, Shego let her thoughts continue to wander.
The fight had seriously been hot. Not because of the rocks or even the sauna they eventually crashed into. No, fighting with Kim always set her blood on fire. This time was a little different because of two facts. One; Shego was in a bathing suit. She was exposed and could feel Kim on her bare skin. Two; she and her little Kimmie had fought in the mud.
Later when she left Greece, Shego had gone in search of Drakken. If what her princess had revealed to her was true, it was up to her to try and stop his plan. If she didn't, the cyclops she called boss probably would've docked her pay. And so, Shego went and tried to stop Drakken. Little did she know, his new temporary sidekick was from out of space. Embarrassingly enough, Shego ended up as a prisoner.
Her Kimmie came along a little later. Though she threw in her own taunts, Shego was so proud of her princess. Kimmie sure had come a long way in their fights. For a moment, Shego had been so sure that Kim would win. When she fell to Warmonga, Shego once again snapped.
It probably wasn't the smartest thing she did. After all, she let it out that she cared for Kim. Even though her way of caring was claiming Kim's life as hers to take. Unfortunately, that left her distracted as she took on the alien, causing her to get tossed up at least a mile. As she hit the ground, Shego called Kim's little nerd as Kim fought Warmonga again. Thankfully, Kim managed to save the day once again. Along with the help of her little brothers, of course.
Which led her to her thoughts now. As they parted, Shego had promised that the next time they fought, Kim would be hers. That time was now. Before she could say anything though, she felt another hit on her stomach. She let out a grunt and once again stepped back from Kim.
"Jeez, two hits in one fight? Is old age getting to you already?"
Shego growled. "I'm not old Kimmie!"
"Well if that's not it, you couldn't possibly still be thinking."
"What's it to you?" Shego snapped.
"I'd like a decent fight."
"Oh ho. Kimmie's got a spine. Since when are you so snappy? Boyfriend issues?"
Kim blinked in shocked, then in pain as Shego managed to cuff her. In her daze, she could see Shego walking away from her with an expression of. . .concern? Regret? It couldn't be. Man, Shego could hit hard.
"Look, I'd like to stay and chat, but I've got places to be." Which was true since she could feel the communicator Betty had given her vibrate. Damn, no response. I must've hit her harder than I thought. Getting no response from Kim, Shego felt a moment of panic. Did she really knock her out with one kick to the head? Sighing, Shego pulled out her communicator.
"Bets, I'm on my way but do me a favor?"
One of Betty's eyebrows rose in question. "Oh? A favor? Isn't that the sort of thing that Ms. Possible does?"
Shego rolled her eyes. "Yeah whatever. Look, Drakken sent me out to get something. Kimmie appeared," Which is all thanks to me. "She and I fought and now she's unconscious. I would appreciate it if you could send someone here to check on her."
In her office, Betty fought to keep a smile off her face. She fought even harder to keep her laughter in. Shego was calling for help? For Kim? How strange this can become. She nodded curtly. "Fine. I'll call in the security at the lab you're in and she will be looked after. Anything else?"
Feeling annoyed, Shego wanted to return the favor. She looked up at nothing in particular and tapped her chin in a playful manner. Out of all the things she did, Shego knew that this annoyed Betty the most. "Speaking of, yeah. This is something I want to know." She looked back at the screen and glared with all her might. "Why the hell are you calling me? I said one week. You can't even give me one full week!"
"I regret that but things are happening and I need you to do some recon."
A groan escaped Shego. "Are you serious? Why can't you call that stick in the mud Will?"
"He's busy and you are far more skilled in stealth. I will call someone for Kim and you will meet me in my office now. Understood?"
"Aye aye Captain." Yeah right. Like I'm going to waste time going to your office first.
Shego saluted and cut off the transmission. Then, she looked over at her unconscious princess. How beautiful she was. If only something could happen between them. If only Kim wasn't with the buffoon, if only she wasn't a killer. What did people see in him anyway? Ugh, just thinking of his nasty ass Bueno Nacho breath. Shego fought off a shudder. Instead, she made her way to Kim and kneeled down by her. She reached over and brushed some hair from her face. Looking around to make sure no one was around; Shego leaned down and planted a kiss on the young girl's forehead.
"I'll see you around Princess."
Shego then stood up and left.
