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NoDrogs created Kasy and Sheki in A Small Possibility. They have a different origin in my stories.

A Lamb to the Slaughter

"What do you mean, a mission came up?" Shego demanded, the irritation obvious in her voice.

"I mean, a mission came up," Kim snapped. "Look, I didn't ask for it. I told them I was needed at home."

"Well tell Global Justice you won't go," the green woman ordered. "This CLE is important. I've had it booked for months. This is for big shots, and it means a ton of office points for me. Alice had to fight to get me in and I'm not going to let GJ screw this up for me."

"Global Justice doesn't design its schedule for you. Look, I told you I didn't ask for this. This was a request, from a head of state I helped years ago. It's like an international insult if I don't go."

"Does Global Justice pay the bills around here? It's my job that's going to put the food on the table and–"

"And that's more important than the European Economic Conference?"

"Kim, you're not a president or prime minister. You're only security and–" Shego stopped and took a deep breath. "Sorry. Your job is important. I know that. But this is important, and I can't take the girls with me."

"I know. And I can't take them either. Look, it's my assignment that caused the problem. I'll find someone to watch the girls." Kim paused for a moment. "Can I call your mom? We'll pay for the flight... Your Dad has classes, right?"

"Yeah," Shego agreed. "Give her a call. She claims she doesn't see enough of the twins."

"And I promise, if she can't come I'll find someone else. I'll beg Tara, or maybe Zita. I'll find somebody."

"You'd better."

After supper Shego took Kasy and Sheki on a walk to the park while Kim stayed home to find someone who could watch the girls for several days on short notice.

Kim hardly said a word to Shego when the trio returned from the park. She took the twins upstairs and watched them brush teeth and change into pajamas before reading them a story and kissing them each good-night.

Closing the twin's bedroom door behind her Kim paused at the head of the stair and took a deep breath before steeling her nerves to go downstairs and tell Shego that Kasy and Sheki would be taken care of while they were both out of town.

Shego was watching television when Kim entered the room and sat beside her on the couch.

"I found–" Kim began.

"Shhh," Shego hissed. "Great scene coming up."

Perfectly willing to delay the inevitable as long as possible Kim put an arm around her wife and cuddled close.

"What was that?" the redhead asked as the film ended on TCM.

"Midnight. Billy Wilder's first film after coming to the US. Classic screwball comedy."

"The phone scene was great."

"I liked the line with the roller skate. So, can my mom come and watch the girls?"

"I, uh, have some good news and some bad news."

"I asked, can my mom come and watch the girls?"

"And I answered, I have some good news and some bad news."

"Okay, bad news first. Mom can't make it?"

"Your mom can't make it," Kim confirmed.

"Shit. You said there was good news. Tara? Zita? That homeless guy in the raincoat and no pants we see at the bus stop some mornings?"

"I've asked you not to use that word."

"What word? Raincoat?"

"You know what word. You set a bad example for the twins."

"What word? You can say it, Kim. You're an adult. The twins are upstairs."

"I won't say it. The important thing is I found a volunteer."

"The Japanese equivalent for Hear! Hear! Hear!"

"What?"

"Line from the Mikado after 'I found a volunteer'. Anyway, who?"

"Henry."

"Henry?"

"Your brother."

"Shit, shit, shit–"

"Shego!"

"Fucking damn bloody Hell! How could you ask–"

"I didn't ask him! He was visiting your parents. And when your mom said she couldn't make it he took the phone and said he could."

"You should have told him no."

"We need someone to watch the girls. I just told your mom we needed someone."

"We don't need him. He's going to tell the girls it's wrong for two women to love each other."

"No he won't."

"And you can't trust him. The bastard backed out of our wedding."

"He was at the wedding."

"He backed out of being a canopy bearer. I tried to make nice. That was an honor! All he had to do was stand there holding the damn pole, and he wouldn't even do that. That was like a slap in the face – to both of us."

"And when he was in trouble you dropped everything and went to rescue him."

"That wasn't for him. That was for the Wegos. That was for Mom and Dad. And anyway, that was an emergency."

"So is this, remember? And he's dropped things to help you before. Give him the benefit of the doubt."

Shego did not look happy, "Okay, but if we get back and he's tried to brainwash the girls into thinking two women loving each other is wrong, it's your fault."

"He won't do any such thing," Kim assured Shego, mentally crossing her fingers. "He's your brother. You love each other. He's just having a little trouble with the idea of his sister loving another woman. Five days watching the girls and he'll see what a wonderful family we have and get over his prejudice."

"We'll see. But that wasn't bad news and good news. It was bad news and worse news."

The twins were still in school when Kim picked up Hego at the airport the next day. "Thanks so much," she told him as she drove him back to her house. "I leave for the economic summit in Brussels this evening. Shego's already left for Raleigh."

"I didn't understand why you said she was going."

"CLE. Continuing Legal Education. Apparently lawyers need a certain amount each year. Anyway, this one is supposed to be really important. How did you get off work so quickly?"

"I never get sick, so I've got a lot of sick days accumulated. I called in to corporate and told them I had a family emergency."

"Shego is really happy you could come," Kim told him. She didn't consider it a lie, at least not technically. Shego was happy someone could babysit, and Kim felt certain that Hego would do so well that Shego would forgive him for the wedding.