"Kill Shego?" Kim blinked. "You want me to kill Shego?"
"Yes." was the answer.
"No." was hers.
Dr. Director merely peered at her through her one good eye.
"No." repeated Kim as she took a step back from her locker. "No" she repeated again growing more horrified. "No, God no! Why would you even think to ask me that? How could you think I'd…? How could you condone that?"
"Kimberly please." Dr. Director said calmly. "Perhaps I should explain our reasons." Immediately her face was replaced by another image.
"Security footage from outside a factory in downtown Brooklyn. Two weeks ago." Her voice said off-screen.
Kim paid attention to the footage. She saw big men carrying crates outside of a side building in a factory to the docks. She watched as they started loading them onto trucks. Suddenly Kim spied something queer. A woman's visage was crouched on top of a building on the side of the docks. In the footage a man noticed her too. Kim watched as all the men on the docks dropped their crates and reached into their coat pockets… but some of them didn't even get that far. The woman ran off the ledge of the building and seemed to fly down toward the men. Her hands seem to glow and then…
"Whoa." Kim breathed shielding her eyes. Total and complete light.
"You may open your eyes now, Kimberly."
Dr. Director's face was on the screen again. "The light you just saw seemed to be some sort of energy pulse that completely wiped out our cameras. When our New York branch arrived on the scene this was what was waiting for them." Again her image was replaced.
Kim fought the urge to throw up. "No." she gasped. What was left at the dock was nothing more than mutilated bodies, undoubtedly the men at the docks. All their skin seemed to have melted like wax. Everyone's limbs seemed twisted at odd angles. Limbs over their necks and spines twisted.
Dr. Director once more came onto the screen. "You've seen the footage. You saw who done it. And this wasn't her last attack. Two days ago we were unable to continue tracking her, but we expect to find her again. She has to resurface at some point."
"I can't believe it." Kim muttered. "She would never do that. She was never so-"
"Evil?" Dr. Director let out a humorless laugh. "I guess she got decidedly bored playing sidekick and decided to show her true colors. She's split from Drakken, you know."
Kim looked up in shock. "Why did no one inform me? I'm probably the world's leading expert on those two, you basically said it yourself!"
"We were hoping we would be able to handle doing away with Shego and all such matters pertaining to her without your help Kimberly."
"And you haven't, have you?"
"No," Dr. Director sighed. "No, we haven't. Which brings us back to you doesn't it? Kimberly… Shego is the most dangerous woman in the world. Until now she's been content to stay a thief. We've never had to go after her full force. But now-"
"It doesn't make sense."
"Pardon?"
"Why would she do this? What was she after at the docks? Why would she… why would she kill those men?" Kim furrowed her brow. "It just doesn't make sense. That's not the Shego I know."
Dr. Director nodded slowly. "It is perplexing to say the least. But Kimberly," and here the director's voice hardened. "It needn't matter. I don't have the luxury of investigating this. We don't have the time. Shego is on a killing rampage. And we are out to stop her. The only question you should be asking yourself is, will you stand aside and allow her to continue, or join us to stop her."
The director nodded to someone off screen. "We'll wait until tomorrow for your decision, Kimberly. Dr. Director out."
Kim watched as her face blacked out to be replaced by a sickly looking Wade.
"I assume you saw all of it." She said to him quietly.
He nodded. "Regrettably." He paused. "What are you going to do?"
She sighed. "I'm going to get Ron. Can you see what you can dig up on the docks, and any other places Shego was seen?"
He nodded. "I'll let you know when I'm done."
"Bye Wade." She shut the locker door and after taking a deep breath to compose herself, headed toward Japan.
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"Where is Kim?" Tara asked
"And Bonnie!" Marcella complained. "They never miss a practice!"
"Well, I guess we should just start out on our own." Liz suggested.
"Fine." Cleo huffed. "But this is so not a cool thing for co-captains to ditch us."
They all agreed.
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Bonnie sat up, done with sniffling into her pillow. God, I'm so pathetic. She thought to herself. And all because of that stupid, messed up bitch. She wiped her eyes angrily. Like she was going to waste her tears on her. She wouldn't give that bitch the satisfaction. It was bad enough that she was forced to come back here of all places. Just when she thought she was free, just when she thought she had found a home…
She felt drained. She got up and went downstairs to the kitchen for some water. As she entered the kitchen she stopped suddenly at the sight of her mother. She stayed frozen in place until she noticed the quick even breathes that her mother took. Asleep on the table. Some things never change.
She prepared herself a glass of water and left.
