Bedtime Stories with Gracie Anne 4

Heather O'Malley

Kim Possible is owned by the Disney Corporation and they have no connection to this what so ever. These characters are used without their permission and include a plea not to be sued as I have no money.

Shego paced back and forth in the family room, glaring accusingly at the clock. Kim was supposed to be home well over an hour ago. It irritated the former thief to no end because she strove to be punctual. You had to be because some windows in security were only open at specific times and being late could ruin a job. But now, it was a courtesy thing and the fact that Kimmie had not called to let her know why she was late only made things worse. Sometimes her wife was so inconsiderate. Was it really that difficult to pull her head out of a book and let her know that she was occupied. What if she were dead in a ditch or something?

As she was pacing, with occasional flares of plasma coming up from her clenched fists, a tiny voice asked from the doorway, "Momma? Are you angry?"

Shego froze in her pacing, released her clenched fists and turned to face her daughter. Just what should she say here? It was clear that she was upset and Grace had clearly picked up on that. Should she be honest with her daughter or should she lie? As a kid she hated adults lying to her but could it have been for her own good? She didn't have a clue but went with her own feelings on the matter, "Yes baby. I am a bit angry."

"Are you angry at me?" Grace was clutching her pandaroo to her chest, almost afraid of the answer.

"No Muffin, I am not mad at you. I am mad at your Mommy." replied Shego, her voice a bit tight. She kind of wanted to yell but she was certain that Grace would not understand.

Grace's big green eyes got wide as tears began to glisten in them and Grace's voice seemed close to tears when she asked, "You're mad at Mommy?"

Shego crouched down and took her daughter into her arms. This certainly called for comforting of her daughter. "It's okay Muffin. Mommies get mad at each other sometimes. It doesn't mean we don't love each other, just that the other person did something stupid."

"Mommy did something stupid?" This seemed to confuse Grace as she had not known such an act was even possible.

"You bet, but let me worry about that. Now what is my Princess Elphaba Zenobia doing up? Aren't you supposed to be in bed asleep? I remember you being tucked in."

"I wasn't sleepy." yawned Grace, trying to look defiant.

Shego smiled. Her daughter always seemed to be able to calm her down, which was a good thing as she still had a hot temper. Kim was still in trouble but Grace had saved her wife from a good roasting. She had to wonder if Kim even knew how many beatings Grace had saved her from. "So I see. Let's put you back into bed, as it is late and Princesses need their beauty sleep if they are going to grow up to be beautiful Queens someday."

"Beautiful like you and Mommy?"

"You bet. Come on." Shego picked up her daughter and carried her back to her bedroom, cuddling with her the whole time. She tucked her under her sheets and sat on the side of the bed. "Now are you good?"

"Can I has a story?" asked Grace.

"Sure. Want Goodnight Moon again like earlier?"

"No. Want Big Blue Dork." Grace yawned again, really wide so Shego had a clear shot at the girl's uvula.

"Okay. Let's see... so this one time, Big Blue Dork had this plan to make an evil death ray to zap all the tires on all the cars, bikes, planes, everything with wheels so that no one could drive anything anywhere. Well, during his big rant about how awesome he is and what a great plan it was the Blue Fox and Monkey Boy burst through the air shaft and tried to stop him.

"Well, obviously Green Girl was ready for this, knowing htat they were sure to come and knowing that they liked the air vent for some reason and she had the minions dog pile onto them. They minions got Monkey Boy easily, especially after his pants fell down but the Blue Fox was incredible as usual, fighting them off. Green Girl jumped in and managed to defeat Blue Fox and soon they were taken to a different part of the lair."

"Wha' happened next Momma?" Grace yawned again, her eyes drooping.

Shego thought back to that moment, after she had first beaten Kim, early on in their battles, but before she had started to develop feelings for her. This had really been the first step that had led the two women to this point, married with an amazing daughter. This life they had would not have been possible without this moment. "As you can guess, the Big Blue Dork was super excited. He had just captured the Blue Fox. He would be so famous. He would be known as the Supervillian that had stopped the Blue Fox once and for all. Other villains would bow down to how great he was. He had the minions tie them into a big trap that would lower them into a giant blender. This looked like it would be the end of our heroes."

Grace's eyes went wide and she gasped, "Oh no!"

"Oh yes. Green Girl decided that the smart thing to do in this situation would be to make sure that the two prisoneers were secure before they were dunked into the blender, so there would be no chance for escape. Well, Monkey Boy was really secure, so there was no problem there. When Green Girl got to the Blue Fox she noticed that the minions had missed a couple of weapons that the girl would be able to reach in order to free herself. She was about to take them when she looked into the Blue Fox's eyes. The young woman had green eyes."

"Like Mommy's?"

"You bet. And they were like Green Girl's own eyes. What was different was that instead of simply being defiant the eyes looked like they were looking deep into the Green Girl, trusting her not to do this." said Shego.

She remembered being there almost like it was yesterday, with Kimmie bound and helpless, seconds away from an aganozing death. Those eyes had caught the merecenary and touched her. They had made a connection that had been pretty profound and it had only grown, where their fights had become more like sparring matches and less like life or death throwdowns. That moment was probably where everything really began, that one moment when Kim trusted her not to doom her to death. "Well, this touched Green Girl, so a bit against her better judgement she turned away from the Blue Fox and said everything was okay. Cackling, the Big Blue Dork started to lower them down into the blender when the two heroes escaped and then the fight really began."

"Wow!"

"You know it Princess. So Monkey Boy went after the Big Blue Dork and the death ray while the Blue Fox had her hands full fighting both minions and Green Girl. Well, the fight was really hard and a lot of minions got tossed into each other and even used as weapons by the two girls against each other. Meanwhile Monkey Boy tripped over a power cable and fell into the the control panel, pushing buttons, telling the machine to do about 47 different things to do at once.

"Well, the machine quivered a few times, couched several times and then wept kaput in a burst of sparks. Green Girl and the Blue Fox were still fighting agiants each other while this was happening. Kicks and punches were flying and in trying to escape the epic fight betweee those two, the self destruct button was pushed by a flying minion. Green Girl knew what she had to do when she heard the alarm and so took off, to save the Big Blue Dork. Everyone escaped and the lair blew up. The Big Blue Dork cried and cried because his plan had failed once again. The end." Shego kissed her daughters forehead. "Now go to sleep Muffin."

Grece yawned, snuggled under the covers and fell asleep, Kim's old pandaroo tight in her arms.

Shego headed back into the kitchen and got herself some hot tea. Knowing that Abby would be able to deal with any new misadventures from her daughter, she went outside and sat in one of the deck chairs looking out over the dark pool, listening to the sounds of the night insects. With some effort she kept her thoughts focused on the story she told Grace, about the moment where she started falling for Kimmie. It was certainly helping to keep her from getting mad again. No one had ever trusted her like that before, especially once she had stopped being a hero. It had really touched her.

She cocked her head when she heard the distinctive sounds of the Sloth, Kim's car that had been tinkered on by her wife's brothers so many times that it was almost guaranteed to explode any day now. With a smile she headed back inside, pleased that her Princess was home.

Kim trudged in from the garage, after the garage door closed behind her and the security check cleared the room. She looked wiped out and was dragging her backpack instead of wearing it. Shego saw her and she hustled over, looking worried. "Are you okay?"

"No. I was filling up the Sloth and when I went inside to get you a rose to make up for being a little late, there was a hold up in progress. So I dealt with that, then the police, took forever to give my statement and to top it all off I forgot your rose. Oh and my Kimmunicator got busted in the fight." The look in Kim's eyes was one of sadness, frustration but more importantly of trust that it would all be alright. It made Shego smile slightly.

Shego hugged the red head to her, nuzzling her wife's hair some, very happy that nothing had happened to her love. Losing the Kimmunicator meant that it would have been a while before she had been contacted by the police or Global Justice. "Never mind. Your home safe and sound. That's what matters. I love you Princess."

Kim relaxed completely into the embrace, all but falling into her love's arms. "I love you too, Eme."