Standard disclaimer apply. I don't own KP RS S D or anyone else for that fact of the matter.
How to Save a Life
By
Iffert's Flame
Chapter 2
As athletic as the two women were it didn't take long for Shego and Kim to get down to the med-lab. To Kim's and her own surprising relief the medical facility was virtually left untouched by the exploding 'doomsday machine'. Dr Drakken had been there for a good five minutes before they arrived. He had already called out to two of his med-synthodrones and had them place Ron's broken body upon the table. With a worried look on Drakken's face which was alone coming to a surprise to Kim, he turned to them in a quick pace and shut the doors to the Med-Lab.
Kim, who had stunned by the turn of events suddenly went red with rage as she started to run toward the door as if to kick it down. Shego could tell what the Princess was thinking, she needed to be close to Ron. At the same time Shego realized what Drakken was doing by keeping the two of them outside while the doctor did his work.
With a burst of speed and a powerful leap Shego cleared over Kim's rushing form and stood there between Kim and the doorway. Odds were that this was going to get very ugly, very quickly. With a deep breath she spread her arm's, keeping her hands unlit, barring Kim from coming any closer without running through Shego. "That's far enough Kimmie, Doc for once knows what he his doing. Don't do this."
"Shego." Kim's teary eyed form dropped into a fighting stance. Shego simply moved her hands in a non-threatening manner in front of her body as Kim continued, "I should have known this was a trick to take Ron away from me. What sort of sick twisted experiment does that maniac have for him?"
Part of Shego felt betrayed, didn't she just go out of her way to knowing that there was little time before the battle would begin Shego answered as quick as possible, "You've got to be kidding me right?" It was the wrong thing to say as she blurted it out. "The Doc's going to take care of your boyfriend." She knew that there was little chance that this was going to have a peaceful end, still... "Come on Princess, you aren't going to do anything stupid are you?"
As if to answer her question Kim began to charge Shego, flexing her arm backwards for a powerful hay maker. The cooler head between the two of them dropped into a defensive low stance slightly moving away from the door. When Kim zoomed in on where Shego was standing she brought her fist across, hoping to punch Shego in the jaw and possibly knocking her out. However, Shego's response was to lean slightly way from the punch. With Kim overextended the green villainess brought her own leg up and kicked Kim's legs out from under her in a lightening fast sweep.
Kim fell down like a sack of potatoes, losing her balance and in her rage she struggled to get back up, quickly. Spinning back around and quickly gaining the advantage Shego dropped her knee on top of Kim's back as her opponent tried desperately to get off of the ground. "Come on Kim this isn't helping any." Shego said, sounding slightly annoyed with the young heroine. In truth, a plasma strike from behind would end things, and her Nemesis's life quickly.
Again there was that struggle from within that kept Shego herself off balance. Logically, in Shego's mind, she understood that Kim was overreacting and that it was honestly not her fault for trying to plow through her to get to Stoppable. There was a satisfaction in the villainous part of her mind, where the hero's heart went out to the now prone an pinned Kim. Placing her weight down and pinning Kim's shoulders to the ground she whispered, "Look, this is on the up and up, alright... and to prove it, I'm going to let you up. If you reeeeeally want to continue this fight until Dr D's done with Ron, its your gig and I'm up for anything you've got. Otherwise kill the drama, its not helping your boyfriend any."
The response was a whimper as the struggling shoulders wilted. Shego could see that Kim was not going to continue. Part of her, the one that was cheering Shego on to play the 'hero' again sighed in relief, as the villainous part sighed in disgust. Somehow, the disgust was less forceful the it use to be. Rolling off of her adversary Shego knelt beside Kim. Kim's fists were balled up and pounding the ground as she got to her own knees. Shego could hear her say 'Its not fair.' and 'It should have been me.' over and over again.
"He did what you would have done for him." Shego said looking toward the door, "Your boyfriend really loves you." There was something that crossed over Kim's face as she sat up fully. It was a mixture of anger and bitterness, this time probably not toward Shego as much as herself as Kim looked toward the ground, letting the tears flow freely.
"He's not my boyfriend... and he doesn't... love me like that." Kim said simply, and as plainly written on her face there was something else that she was saying, 'But, I do wish otherwise.'
Shego rolled her eyes flicking her hair back with the tips of her fingers. Fighting the team for two years straight had shown Shego many things about her opponents. Shego let out a frustrated sigh, "Oh yeah, how many other uncoordinated, bumbling guys do you know that would go day after day to 'save the world' get little recognition and even be humiliated time after time if he didn't feel some sort of devotion for you."
"Ron and I have known each other for 11 years Shego. He's my best friend." Kim said simply, as if it was the most obvious thing in the whole wide world.
There was a snort that came from Shego as Kim looked at her banefully. 'I don't believe this. The Stoppable guy I could understand, he's a guy for goodness sakes, a teen at that. But if Stoppable was anymore closer to Kimmie they'd be attached at the hip...' the thought was. It was almost comical in a way to Shego as she was thankful that she was not a teenager anymore. Too much drama and too little common sense. Throwing up and waving her hands again she said, "Whoa whoa there, no need to get testy Princess. I just know that there are friends... and there are friends.", Shego continued as she pointed toward the double doors of med-lab. As much of crisis of conscious that Shego was having she hoped to all that was holy that Kim didn't need a diagram for her. "I'd be jealous myself if I cared at all." With that she crossed her arms together. 'Jealous that there isn't anyone like that who would be show such devotion to me.'
"It won't matter soon will it?" Kim said sagging once again looking forlorn toward the doors again. Shego was pretty sure that Kim was considering rushing them, but without the fire of her anger Kim wasn't going to get very far. "I... I... I mean what just happened... it won't matter at all."
Shego looked back toward the back of Kim's head for a moment. Weighting her options and taking a deep breath she spoke, "Look, Dr. D's an idiot when it comes to taking over the world; but when it comes to medical or chemical stuff he's pretty swift on the uptake." She wasn't putting out false hope, the chances of the Pest living was nil at best, but she needed to do something to calm down the Princess. "He's going to do his best to save Stoppable's life."
The double doors burst open with Drakken, who's uniform blue now had splotches of purple from the blood that had soaked through the fabric. Shego could see the look in his eyes and immediately could tell that something was terribly wrong. Kim was the first to get her voice as she croaked, "He's... he's gone isn't he?" The hollowness in her voice tore into Shego once again.
Drakken who stopped for a moment looked from Kim to Shego, who wore a passively irritated look to her, said, "Shego I need you." With a cool measured step he turned back into the Med-Lab. From the glance, both Shego and Kim could see Ron's prone body, his eyes were closed and his face was masked with some sort of breathing device. There were blips and sounds of mechanical devices that seemed to hover around the young man.
As the door shut behind him Shego stood up and walked around and in front of Kim. Bending down she place one arm on her adversaries shoulder and spoke in a whisper, "Look, I'm going to go see what Dr.D wants. If I'm not back in two minutes go around that corner over there to another set of doors. There is an observation booth were you can see everything that is going on, alright?"
Kim mutely nodded as she stood up and placed her hand on Shego's shoulder. Shego being the first to let go turned toward the double doors of med-lab and walked toward the awaiting doctor. Wasting no time she growled, "Ok Doc, what the blazes are you waiting for? Is the guy going to live or are we just sitting here twiddling our thumbs to see how long it is before the Princess decides to tear this place and us apart piece by piece?"
"Shego, there isn't much time." Drakken looked around as if to see if someone else was listening. "Stoppable is... meh, dying but there is nothing that I can do about it." There was a part of him that seemed to be livid, maybe because he saw it as another failure. Shego knew that it was something that gnawed at the very fiber of Drakken's being.
"So operate on the guy and sew up whatever is busted up." Shego again spoke irritated, not knowing why it was that Drakken had dragged her in here just to tell her that. Looking at the clock, she knew that there wasn't much time left before Kim went to the observation booth and was able to hear everything said.
"Its not like plumbing, I can't just get a plunger from a hardware store to get everything flowing right. The Boy had just lost too much blood. Even if I could fix the damage there isn't much that I could do with so much blood lost." Shego closed her eyes as her green tinged face pale a bit more. There was something that Drakken was going to say.
"That's where I come in, isn't it?" Shego said bitterly. It was plain on her face that she'd rather eat nails then do what Drakken was about to suggest that she did.
"You blood is irradiated with healing compounds. I've done the experiments, and your a universal donor." He winced as pure fury crossed Shego's face. Part of him for sure was ready to fall over in a fetal position, and he would have as the her hands blazed with the fury that she was feeling.
"Listen to me you asinine pain in the neck, if I EVER catch you doing experiments on my body, my blood, or any other part of me EVER again, I will make you feel like a beaten pinita after a birthday party, then I'll go to work on you. Do you READ me?" Shego felt very betrayed, and it would have felt worse if Ron's pulse didn't fall to such dangerous levels. In this case though, she could temporarly overlook Drakken's stupidity. There would be time in the weeks and months ahead that they would fully discuss the arrangement the two of them had together.
Looking over her shoulder she could see the faint light of someone entering the observation booth. Screwing her eyes shut and then opening them again Shego continued, "So you want me to give up a couple of pints of blood to save his sorry hide?" Not waiting for an answer she looked up with a snear and said softly, "Fine, fine, I'll do it."
"I need three." Drakken said fearfully. They both knew the risks that incurred, but with Shego's stamina there was little chance that she would die from excessive bleeding. It would just be a blazes of a recovery time for her.
"Three? Are you flat bat-side out of your mind?" Shego said none the less as one of the synthodrone had wheeled up another table next to Ron's body. She trusted Drew about as far as she could throw the building at the moment, but with a sigh she resigned herself, "Ok, but I'm wanting a raise after this one Drew, you've got that?"
Inside of her there was no debate. Neither side spoke as she silenced her thoughts. Either way she was going to save his life, but why was the question. Was it to hang something over Kimmie's head at a later date? Was it because Shego had never killed before? (Goodness knows that she wanted to ace the Princess for screwing with her enough) Or was it a yearning to do the right thing for the right reasons once again?
As she was prepped for a direct transfusion, Shego caught a look in the booth where Kim was standing. The young heroine was leaning against the window, and from here it looked as if she was wondering the same thing that Shego was thinking a few moments ago. It was half way between, 'Has he lost his mind' and 'I hope beyond hope that what he is doing is going to work.'
The synthodrone mechanically put the equipment in the right place as Drakken found a vein quickly. Shego gave a quick nod to Drakken as he placed the needle in her arm. Idlely in her mind she never noticed that the blood that flowed in her body actually had a slight glow to it. As it arrived into Ron his body gave an immediate jerk, as the pulse shot up dangerously high. Calmly though Drakken continue his work between Shego and Ron.
Her eyes were getting heavy... the loss of blood was making Shego very drowsy. Looking up to the observation booth, she could see that Kim had never moved a muscle from her spot. With sleep about to over take the villainess she simply looked up to her nemisis and gave a thumbs up before drifting to sleep.
To Be Continued...
