Chapter 2: Unexpected hero

Shego stared at the dozens of computer screens, security footage littered every one. She expected to see Kim Possible and her bumbling sidekick sneaking through the lure, but was surprised to see a group of henchmen carrying a squirming mass. Each man took turns punching and kicking the mass as they navigated the corridors. Shego raised a brow as she watched them duck into a room and group around their prize.

They seemed to struggle with it as they attempted to hang it on a hook above them. "What are those fools up to?" She murmured to herself. She zoomed the camera in on the group. When they finally parted she pursed her lips. She found herself staring at a girl hanging before the circled group. She leaned forward and felt a flare of anger fill her. The girl from the picture, the girl who had haunted her thoughts for so long was hanging; battered and bloody in a mass of wild eyed men. She shot to her feet and rushed out.

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"What does Drakken want us to do with her?" One man asked over Monique's muffled curses.

"He said to keep her here until Kim Possible gets here." Another man said stepping forward. He eyed Monique hungrily. "But." He grabbed her face forcing her to look at him. "He didn't say we couldn't have a little fun with her." The men laughed at this. Monique struggled to free herself as she cursed more. She was beginning to choke of the blood that filled her mouth. The tape they had pressed firmly over her mouth prevented her from spitting it out. While she struggled and choked a hand reached out and tore open her shirt. The men laughed and pawed at her as another hand ripped away her skirt. The sound of tearing fabric made her scream out. She began kicking wildly in hopes the men would back away but to no avail.

"She's a got some fight in her." One man announced. She glared back at the man with all her rage. Two men held her still while one stood in front of her. He gave her a grim smirk. She closed her eyes not wanting to see the nightmare that was yet to come.

"What the hell is going on here!" An angry voice demanded. The men turned their attention to Shego who shadowed the doorway. The men jumped to attention and lined up in front of Monique.

Shego stormed into the room stopping just short of the man blocking her from the girl. "Is there a reason you have a half naked girl hanging from the ceiling?" She asked calmly.

The silence grew around them. "Speak!" she barked.

The men jumped. "Dr. Drakken ordered her capture." The man in front of her replied.

"Why is she so bloody and her clothes torn?"

The man gulped. "We were just having a little fun."

Shego smirked at this. "Well if that's the case." Her smile broadened as she rested her hand behind the man's neck. In the blink of an eye she pulled the man down and smashed his face into her knee. As he crumpled to the floor she stepped over him toward Monique. "I'm sure she wasn't having as much fun as the rest of you." She wrapped one arm around the girl and untied her hands with the other.

Monique fell into the woman allowing Shego to support her. "If any of you so much as think about doing something like this again, I will see to it that you end up six feet under got it?" Shego announced. The men nodded eagerly as Shego stared down at Monique. She pulled the tape from the girl's mouth cringing at pain it caused. Monique turned her head and spat out the blood she had been choking down for so long.

Shego sighed and led Monique toward the door. "Let's get you cleaned up and away from these animals." Monique didn't protest as Shego pulled her arm over her shoulders and supported her weight as she limped out of the room.

Shego led her through a maze of corridors before carrying her up a flight of stairs and into a room that wasn't like any of the others. It was large compared to the one she was held in, and looked more like a bedroom than anything else. A large bed stood off to the side of the room. Shego carried Monique to it and set her on the edge. She reached under and pulled out a heavy metal box, sliding it next to her.

She opened the box and lined up bandages, rags, and rubbing alcohol along the edge next to Monique. "Lucky for you I'm practically a nurse." Shego chuckled at her own joke.

"I thought you were a villain." Monique said quietly as Shego cleaned the blood off her face. Shego smirked.

"And why do you say that?"

"Well, you did just save me from what would take years of therapy. Doesn't sound like a very villainess thing to do."

Shego paused for a moment before dosing the rag in alcohol. "This is going to hurt like hell." She began cleaning the girl's wounds and she hissed at the pain. "I may be a villain but that doesn't mean I'm entirely devoid of morals."

"Wow I never thought I'd hear that from a villain." Monique said with a weak smile. "But then I never thought I would be in this kind of a situation."

Shego smirked back at her. "Well things happen in life we have no control over."

"SHEGO!" A cry came through door. Shego glared over her shoulder at the door. She instinctively ignited her hands. "SHEGO OPEN THIS DOOR!" The voice demanded.

"Who…" Monique began but was cut off by the door bursting open. Drakken jumped though the open door. Shego growled at the blue man standing in the doorway.

"Get out!" She commanded.

"Christ doesn't anyone knock?" Monique asked as she attempted to cover herself with a pillow.

Shego marched forward and picked Drakken up by the collar and shoved the man out the door. She stood in the doorway for a moment blocking his view of the inside. She snarled at the blue skinned man. "I don't know what you thought when you pulled this one off but I'm going to fix it before Kim and that fool come in, and blow the whole place to kingdom come." She slammed the door in the man's face. She stood there staring at the door for before letting out the breath she had been holding in.

She turned and smiled at the girl still attempting to cover herself. "You're going to need something to wear." She said moving across the room. She measured her steps to keep from staring at the girl; she was almost too much to bear. She pushed in a section of the wall. The wall split in half and opened out to form two doors. Shego stepped in and Monique stared in awe. Beyond the hidden doors stood a separate room, filled with everything she had ever dreamed of. Clothes from designers all over the world, some she had never heard of. Shego went deep into her hidden closet searching through clothes she hadn't even bothered to wear more than once. She randomly plucked a pair of jeans and white shirt on her way to the very back of the closet.

She stopped at a jacket she often wore when the weather became too cold, even for her. This was her favorite, and a great excuse to see the girl again. She hurried back out of the closet. "I think you and I are about the same size." She said laying the clothes out of the bed. Monique stared down at the fresh set of clothes and back up at the woman.

"Oh I really couldn't. You have already done so much for me."

Shego rolled her eyes and waved the girl off. "I'd rather not parade you around in your underwear when I take you back home."

Monique shrugged in defeat and dressed. She couldn't argue with the woman now. "What now?" She asked almost fearful of the answer. Shego turned to her with a soft smile. "I'm going to get you home before Kim shows up and turns this place upside down looking for you." She reached out her hand and Monique hesitantly accepted. Shego led the way through a maze of corridors and stairwells before they reached a large garage. It stood near empty except one lone black car.

Without a word the woman climbed in and sped off. As they sped down the long road away from the lair Shego glanced back in her mirrors to see a flash of red land on the roof.