Chapter 2 – You never know until you try…
I really appreciate all the reviews so far. I really loved reading and learning from them. To answer someone, who said this was a Rongo fic…. Lol? I may take it there or I may not. I haven't decided yet. I do really like the Ron/Kim pairing but in this story that may change. I was really intending when making an outline of the story to make Ron and Shego the main characters but maybe not exactly together. Stay tuned.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kim possible in any shape or form.
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'I cannot wait to break out of this place' thought the emerald-skinned villainess known to the world at large as Shego. Or she used to be before she was arrested and thrown in jail after Dr. Drakken's last caper was foil by little miss prissy Kim Possible. She couldn't stand prison but what was worse was the fact she and Drakken were at the same prison! She was sure Global Justice did that just to torture her.
As most super villains had powers or were mad geniuses they all had to be held at the same facility. To conserve space most of them had to have roommates but as she was considered the most dangerous woman on the face of the earth, that meant she at least had her own room. Plus the fact she had sent her last two roommates out on stretchers.
'I can't believe I'm stuck with him even in here,' she sighed. 'What am I? Cursed?'
She could even hear him ranting even now down the hallway. Automatically she tuned him out but it was still annoying.
Overall prison was ok but it was just so majorly boring. At least it was at first.
By far though, the biggest surprise came as she looked into the one indulgence granted on her arrival to the prison. When she looked into the shattered-proof mirror a few minutes after being shoved into her cell, she nearly fell to her knees in shock. What greeted her shook her to her core. She wasn't green anymore. She was absolutely stunned at the change in her body. Probably not since Global Justice fitted her with the collar that blocked her power had she had access to a mirror and that was right after she had been captured. She'd thought she would be green forever but when her power was blocked, her hair and skin went back to their natural colors which were a very a dark jet black and creamy (almost pale) fair complexion. The only things that were still green were her eyes but they were green before the meteor strike which gave her and her brothers their incredible powers.
It took a few minutes for Shego to compose herself. Ever since she had been given (or cursed) with her powers, Shego hated the way she looked. Oh she knew many considered her beautiful even exotic but that was it. To others all she was to them was either an exotic temptation or a
weapon. Never was she a person. Never just Shego, recognized as a capable ally, an equal or… a woman who needed… no wanted to be held and to hold sometimes, an extremely formidable woman to be sure but still just a woman at heart. And for all that she blamed her looks. In her experience people in this world focused on how you looked not who you were; if you were different it was something to be feared or avoided. That was originally one of the reasons she turned to villainy, that and her idiotic brothers.
'Just thinking about them irritates me'
But now to be given her original looks back Shego found she wasn't happy. She didn't jump for joy or even smile as she thought she would. She felt empty, so very empty. Like something precious had been taken away from her.
Yes she had hated her power when first given to her but that was when she was a young teenager and could not control the awesome destructive power she possessed. Now as an older villainess she reveled in the power she had over others and the fear she invoked even within the super villain community. Her power even enhanced her strength and durability allowing her to survive what others would think impossible.
'Like a kick into an antenna tower surging with electricity,' she thought viciously.
Suddenly rage boiled inside of her. Shego mentally screamed 'How dare they!' An audible growl escaped her as she stood. What right did they have for taking something that was a part of her away? Sure she was a villain but does still give them license to violate her? Instantly Shego felt a warm familiar tingle in her body. Excited and to her surprise relieved, Shego flared her power awaiting the familiar ignition burst from her fingertips down to her forearms but….
Her power would not come. Or the power could not come to be more precise. Shego felt the collar start to operate a split second after she flared her power. When her power reached the level that would enable it to become visible outside her body it hit a wall it could not overcome. No matter how much she pushed and tried to force her power thru the collar held firm. Her pride now engaged Shego fought the collar with all she had, but in the end it was not enough.
Exhausted Shego lay prone on her back on the floor.
Shego was down but not beaten.
Shego was many things, ruthless in battle, opportunistic, an incredible hand to hand fighter but at her core she was a realist. When she had first arrived at the prison and fitted with the power dampening collar she now wore, she resigned herself to an extended stay in the prison. Global Justice was taking no chances in respect to her now. Coupled with guards watching at all times, escape was going to be all but impossible.
Now though she saw that Global Justice had erred. They had given her what she had never thought possible. They had given her the means to truly control her power. Before her latest capture Shego had always believed she had already mastered her power but now realized she never had come close. Sure she knew how to call the green plasma at her whim, even how to use it as either weapon or tool but not how to completely control it as in pushing it down so it could not be detected. Not to use concentrate it at another part of her body. Not how to resume a normal appearance at will.
In her battle with the collar, Shego had flared her power reflexively. Her power level went up and down continuously but lying on the cold stone prison floor she realized something. The collar did not harm her but it blocked her power by dissipating it as it flared out of her. It just did it so quickly she thought her power simply blocked. Her body must have thought while it was impossible to use her power to just hold back completely hence her normal looking appearance.
Thoughtfully she went over the situation, 'No it's not blocked, just spread harmlessly away from my control before I can consciously send it outside of my body. I wonder if I can make my power disappeared on my own?'
Calmly Shego started to flare her power taking care to do it very slowly. Looking in the mirror she noticed her hair and skin had taken on a slight but definite greenish hue. Hitting the invisible barrier was not like hitting an actual wall like she thought it would be; it was actually more like she felt her power unable to move forward like reaching the end of a cliff. Next she tried lowering her power, closing her eyes as she did so. Calling upon the discipline instilled by her martial arts prowess, she began mentally imagining her power as a fire within her, next she sought to suppress the flames, ultimately to extinguish them. Concentrating, instead of trying to force her power out of her body as she was used to Shego very carefully bade the flames to lower. In her mind the flames started to die. Smaller and smaller the flames went until they at last disappeared. Opening her eyes she saw her hair and skin looked completely normal, the color they were years ago before the comet which gave her power.
Smiling and surprisingly exhausted, Shego gingerly started to sit up. Standing beside her bed she began to stretch. Looking at the ceiling she thought she'd finally done what she always assumed she already accomplished: she could now control her power, it didn't control her anymore. Her control was already much better than ever before. She'd never thought her power could be suppressed as to let her look as she originally did if the collar had never been sealed around her neck. Why had she never thought it possible? Looking back it seemed so obvious but why now did she figure it out? While Shego had always figured she was a very intelligent person, ok she believed everyone else on earth were idiots compared to her, this confused her and in some ways bothered her extremely. Deciding to let go of this disturbing train of thought, she turned toward her bed.
Lying down Shego had one last thought before falling asleep, 'what else can I do that I thought was impossible...?'
