Above the Clouds
Summary -- After Shego wakes up in a hospital, Kim is told that her recovery will be long and painful... will she be able to help? (The actual sequel to Fallin' With Broken Wings)
Disclaimer -- Once again, don't own it, wish I did, but I do own the plot, it came right outta my head.
-~Chapter Four~-
-Still Breathing-
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Shego was silent and devoid of any emotion or movement the next couple of days. Every time the redheaded heroine came to visit, Shego was strapped to the bed and didn't say a word; didn't even look at her as she came in the door. Kim didn't like it. It wasn't the strong Shego she had known years ago. Despite the sudden change in character, Kim stayed by Shego's side everyday after her classes until the ex-villainess's doctor kicked her out at night.
"Kim?" The redhead looked up from her text book to the door to see one of her friends from high school; the African-American woman now stood a few inches taller with the best clothes money could buy. After the fashionista teen had graduated from her fashion school, first in her class, she had been offered so many jobs; now she was owned a designing company and designed some of the most 'in demand' clothes in the world. And now she was back in Middleton, to see Kim? She walked into the room and closed the door behind her before standing beside her best friend and looking down at the book. "Whoa… I can't even read that stuff, Kim. What are you doing?"
"It's homework, Monique." Kim said with a smile and then looked at the bed when she heard shifting. But Shego hadn't moved; looking down, Kim sighed and closed the book and looked to her friend. "So, what's up? Any special reason for the visit?"
"What? So I can't come see my best girl?" Kim smiled and stood to hug Monique and then sat back down. "Well, actually, I did come with a personal mission." Monique moved her hand for Kim to view perfectly and the college student gasped at the diamond ring on the designer's left ring finger.
"When?"
"He proposed about a week ago, and we're getting married in June!" Monique squealed and Kim hugged her friend once more and squealed as well. "I want you to be my Maid of Honor, and he wants Ron to be his Best Man." Kim smiled and then sat down and pulled the other chair across from her and then gestured for Monique to sit and then asked her for all the juicy details. The telling took up the rest of the afternoon, and Shego's doctor walked in at 830 to tell Kim and Monique that visiting hours were over. Monique nodded to Kim and left the room while Kim said goodbye to Shego for another night.
"It's almost been a week Shego… I'm sorry if I've done something… but you should tell me." Kim paused. "I want you to get better…" Still nothing. "I'll be back tomorrow Shego." With that she left and when the door closed, Shego's head moved to look at the door and she sighed, closing her eyes. Why does she care so much?
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Kim and Monique decided on the walk out of the hospital that they were hungry, and then debated on where to go. An unexpected call from Ron had them now seated at their old high school hang out: Bueno Nacho. They were all seated around now empty trays except for a small order of nachos that was now being chowed down on by a hairless rat looking creature. Kim was laughing at something that Ron had said when her cell phone rang and she answered it with a smile in her voice.
"Hey Kimmie, could you come by the hospital?" It was her mom, her laughter was gone and replaced with a very serious face as she turned all of her attention to the caller. Her friends had noticed and gone silent, looking on with worry mirrored on their features. "Something's happened, and Dr. Wong believes you should be here."
"Okay Mom, I'm on my way." Kim put her phone in her pocket, looked at her friends who had silently agreed to go with her and then moved from Bueno Nacho to their respective cars and raced to the hospital. Whatever it was, it couldn't be good.
-10 Years Ago-
"I fucking hate you Nicolai." It was raining outside, how befitting such a grim family ending; it had been a week since Shego had left the tower and the team had been effectively split up. She only came back for the funeral, but she didn't let her brothers know, she stayed far away while the service went on and stood and watched as his coffin was lowered into the ground and then covered with the mound of dirt she now stood on. Tears mixed with the rain as she fought to stay calm while looking down at all that was left of her twin, her other half… "Why the hell didn't you tell me what was going on? I could have found another way." She paused when she heard something shift and she whipped around to see the second set of twins in her royally screwed up family. "Twerps…"
"We missed you—"
"—at the funeral, sis." They said, she noticed that they were in suit, not those stupid Team Go uniforms that Hego loved so much. Before Shego could move, both enveloped her in a hug, their arms around her waist; she smiled down at them.
"You should get back, before you catch cold." They both looked up at her and one of them shook his head at her. "C'mon, I'll take you home." She took one last look at the gravestone and then began walking in a direction that would lead to her car. When they piled in she told the hired driver where the house was and jumped out before the boys could argue and she walked off. "Goodbye twerps." She whispered as the sight of the car was lost to her and she opened her cell and dialed a number. "Hey, Dr. D, I'll take ya up on that job offer, when can I start?"
Okay so I only rewrote the part where Shego escaped from the hospital. I have Chapter Five almost ready to be posted! I'm sorry for taking so long! And also, I lovez those reviews... so like ... review! Thanks.
Chezi Out
