Heya! I decided I'd give you guys another quick chapter before my internet gets taken away. I did warn you that this is a Kigo and it is romance yah? Well consider yourself re-warned.
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Kim opened her eyes to darkness. She tried to look around but her eyes wouldn't work. She realized that she hadn't actually opened her eyes. Her mind was flying. She thought she was awake, but she couldn't make herself move or do anything that her mind was screaming at her muscles. She heard a whimpering cry briefly and wondered if it had come from her own throat. She thought she felt a soft hand behind her neck and the top of her head.
"Easy there, Princess. You're gonna make it worse." Kim recognized that voice. She couldn't make the name come to her mind. She felt the hand on her head begin to stroke her hair and temples carefully. The hand was cold when it brushed her skin, but it was soothing.
"There ya go, Pumpkin. Calm." The stroking continued and slowly Kim felt control returning to her body. She only wished that she could remember who the voice belonged to. She tried again to make her eyes open. She saw a few quick flashes of painful light before her head began to pulsate.
"Woah there!" Kim felt the hand from her head lay over her eyes. "Try that again when you're ready." Kim didn't want to. The pounding in her head was excruciating. The soft voice of encouragement was so convincing, though. She waited for a moment, gaining control again. She slowly opened her eyes and felt her lashes flutter against skin.
"Good girl. Relax." They sat like that for some time as Kim's eyes fluttered and adjusted to being open. Her head hurt from the effort, but she wanted to continue.
"Okay, Pumpkin. I'm gonna let go a little. Get ready." Kim saw a small wash of light come around her eyes as the hand lifted off her face slightly.
"You good? Okay, a little more." More light fell on her eyes. It didn't hurt as much. Kim noticed that the skin on the hand didn't look like normal skin. It looked...green. She thought her head was still messing with her.
Back and forth for some time, the woman's encouraging voice pushed Kim to be strong and Kim listened obediently. More and more of the figure was revealed behind the hand that helped her eyes and brain adjust to the dim light. Finally, the soft hand pulled away and returned to the top of Kim's head.
"Hi there, Princess." The raven-haired figure said with an exhausted grin. "Hell of a concussion you got, eh?" She said stroking Kim's hair with the thumb at the top of her head. Kim wished that she could remember the name. She knew this woman. She knew the face. She had to remember the name! Against her will in a fit of frustration, tears began to well in Kim's eyes.
"Aww, come on now, Kimmy. We're not gonna do that." Only one person used those pet names with her. Who was it!
The woman wiped Kim's eyes with her thumbs and smoothed her hair as her hands returned to their supporting positions. Kim stared into her eyes and watched as her face seemed to struggle. She tried to raise onto her side but the woman guided her back down firmly as she winced with effort.
"Don't think so, Kimmy. You're sooo not ready for that. Maybe you can try saying something? How about, what's my name?" The woman settled back in and looked at Kim with both hope and disappointment when Kim could only look back quizzically. She smiled sweetly and pet Kim's hair.
"Sh-" The woman prompted.
"Sh-" Kim repeated softly as her eyebrows furrowed with concentration. She wanted to remember so badly. She wanted to make the sweet, tinted lady happy.
"She-" The woman smiled a little more, satisfied and anticipating. Kim closed her eyes and thought as hard as she could. She watched scenes flash like a movie from her memories. Fighting, arguing, explosions, anger, green...
"Shego!" Kim shouted as her eyes shot open and her body sat upright. The whir of gravity over
her head caught up with her and she grabbed her skull with clawed hands. She seethed in pain for a moment.
"What the hell is this, Shego?" Kim asked wide-eyed and still seething. Shego was shuffling around to try to catch the girl who was swaying. She cringed in pain as she leaned over her own body. Shego put her shaking arms on Kim's shoulders.
"I know you don't want to believe me, but I'm not here to hurt you. You kinda gotta trust me. I'm in no shape to fight right now anyway." For the first time since she woke up, Kim looked at Shego's body. Her suit was torn pretty well and was she clearly bleeding from an oddly shaped wound on her side. Kim noticed that the left leg didn't look quite right.
"Shego?" Kim said, reaching out towards the bleeding wound.
"Yeh, well let me tell you what's going on." Shego said as she lowered Kim's head onto the thigh of the leg that wasn't broken. Kim didn't resist, but she was so confused that it made her uncomfortable. She noticed against Shego's warmer leg just how cold her surroundings were. She shivered at the realization.
"So, the moron was building something idiotic for some dumbass plan, like he ever does anything else, and I was out getting him some parts. I came in, saw you and we had a little brawl. You better tell me why you were so spacey about that if you remember. I did notice. Anyway, I bet Drakken tried to start that ray without the temperature regulator. The explosion was crazy. I have no idea how far away we got blown, but the debris goes for as far as I can see. You landed on your head, I landed on my leg. Had to deal with some wolves for a while, one of 'em got a little too intimate." Kim felt Shego shuffle around and put one hand over the wound. "I blasted out this hole from the ice and carried you in. Had to blast off more of the wolves but my blasting isn't doing too great right now. Grabbed some debris for a fire and sealed off the end enough so that the wolves couldn't get in; they lost interest a few hours ago.
"Few hours?" Kim muttered quietly.
"You were out for a good three hours there, Kimmy." Shego's face fell and her eyes seemed to glaze. "I thought you were going out for good." Kim heard Shego swallow.
There was no talking for a few minutes where both girls were thinking. Kim stirred and rolled onto her front. Shego tried to push her back over but Kim swatted her away.
"I was a scout. I learned first aid and mom made me take a class last year. Let me help you." Kim said as she began tearing her shirt.
"Please lie down, Pumpkin." Shego tried to suggest without much force. She knew it was futile to tell Kim to stop.
"Is there any debris that isn't in the fire?" Kim asked, ignoring Shego's request. Shego pointed to Kim's feet. With slow, careful motions, Kim pulled two thin, long pieces of shrapnel from the pile. She turned back and took off her jacket. She began to pull her shirt over her head.
"Kim, what are you doing? You're gonna freeze!" Shego said with alarm. She reached over to attempt to pull the shirt back down.
"Bandages." Kim said simply as she got caught in the shirt before she could get it over her head. Shego sighed and helped her carefully pull it off. Kim sat in front of Shego in her bra and mission pants with her red hair frizzed up.
"Put your jacket back on." Shego demanded softly. Shego held up the jacket behind her and Kim obediently put her arms through the sleeves. Shego helped her zip it up.
"Thanks." Kim said with gratitude.
"What do you always say? No big?" Shego smiled.
"Why are you being so nice?" Kim asked as she tore her shirt into strips.
"I'm not all that evil you know." Shego said simply. Kim laid the two pieces of debris beside Shego's leg. Kim felt the area softly as Shego winced in pain.
"Shego, cover your mouth hard."
"Why?"
"Do it." Shego obeyed and Kim quickly put the bone back into place. Shego screamed against her palm at first, but flailed out and fell forward barely supporting herself. She seethed and whimpered as her body began to shake.
"I'm sorry." Kim said with sympathy. Shego couldn't respond at that moment. Kim gently tied a few strips of her shirt around Shego's leg and the makeshift brace. Shego's skin had taken on a darker shade of green and she seemed to be warmer.
"You okay?" Kim asked looking up. She caught Shego pulling a sleeve across her eyes. She reached up and laid her hands on her shoulders.
"I'm really sorry." Kim said with concern.
"Had to." Shego said shortly.
"Shego..." Kim paused and looked up at the ceiling awkwardly as she began to blush.
"What?" Shego responded while raising an eyebrow. Kim stalled for another moment.
"Can you... take down your suit top?" Kim didn't look at Shego's face and her blood rushed to her cheeks.
"Afraid of a little green skin, Princess?" Shego teased. She started to undo her top and disrobe
to reveal her black sports bra and the still oozing wound just below on her right side.
Kim avoided looking at Shego as she rubbed a strip of fabric into the ice until it was moist. She folded it to the size of the wound and placed it over the punctures. Shego winced, but didn't make a sound. Kim blushed hard as she wrapped more fabric over the the pad and leaned over to tie it around Shego's waist.
She sat up after securing the knot and felt a shot of pain through her head.
"Shego, I..." Kim braced herself coarsely with her arm at her side.
"Princess?" Shego put her hands out towards Kim before Kim's vision went black.