I do not own any of the Kim Possible characters, they belong to Disney. However any use of MY characters (Jester), without giving me full credit, will be considered theft and plagiarism. Thank you.
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Jester sat in the back of the car with both of his eyes opened just a crack, and his maw opened slightly as a soft purring arose deeply from within his throat. He seemed to be in a trance with his eyes moving wildly under his eyelids and his tail swaying gracefully, back and forth in a circular motion.
Shego noticed this as she glanced threw the rearview mirror, her face twisted with distaste. Ugh, that is the last time that I ever let Jester have catnip. Shego flexed her fingers over the steering wheel as she stretched her back over the car seat like a cat. Her muscles bulged with power while her raven black hair rippled wildly in the wind. Man, this day can't get any worse...
Shego then heard a soft whimper and soon realized that the whimper had come from Kim. She was waking up. Ah snap.
Kim slowly opened her eyes and blinked. She was staring directly at Shego. Shego flinched and slammed her foot on the breaks. The car skirted across the dirt road, kicking up rocks and dust as it slowly came to a sudden halt. Shego dug her claws into the thick leather of the steering wheel as her eyes slowly turned back to Kim. Kim's face was pale and her eyes where wide; her mouth was slightly open, with her bottom lip trembling. Shego held up her hands, "Now Kimmie, I can ex-,"
Kim screamed.
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Rufus was unable to sleep. He would toss and turn in an attempt to find a comfortable spot in the bed of which he shared with his master but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't find the key to dream land. So after along while of tossing and turning Rufus decided to try something else. He decided that a nice warm glass of milk would help, so he set off for the kitchen. He opened the refrigerator by jumping on the refrigerator door handle and swinging his weight till the door came lose. Then he got a glass from the counter and filled it with the white liquid. He then put the glass in the microwave and waited till the milk was nice and hot. He then drank the milk with pleasure and delight, though it didn't help his sleeping problem.
This caused Rufus to worry. Why couldn't he go to sleep? He had never had trouble sleeping before. In fact he was sure no naked mole rat had ever had trouble sleeping before, so why was he having this problem? Rufus gave a low and heavy sigh as he started walking back to the bed of which his master slept in. He crawled into bed and gazed at the shadows that danced in the bedroom. As if in a trance, his eyelids became heavy and his body snuggled against the blankets for warmth. But just as he was about to close his eyes a bright light flashed in the room.
Rufus gave a wild cry that could have pierced the heavens. Ron yelped and fell out of bed, "What! What's going on?!" A voice, old and wise answered, "Stoppable-san. Get up. The world needs you." Ron looked up and gasped, "Sensei?! What are you doing here?" Sensei was Ron's teacher. He had taught Ron how to control his mystical monkey powers. "Ron Stoppable, as I said the world needs you." Sensei repeated. Rufus gave a soft squeak, "AND Rufus," Sensei chuckled. Ron got up and straitened his wrinkled pajamas, "So what is the problem?" Sensei sighed, "An great and ancient evil has awakened and I need you to come to me as fast as possible." Ron smirked, "No problem Sensei. No ancient evil is going to get past the Ron Factor!" Sensei smirked, "That's monkey master I know. Now, I want you to meet Yori at the airport. There she will escort you to the private jet." Ron's eyes widened, "Did you hear that Rufus? Field trip!!"
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Shego tried to cover her ear nearest to Kim to block the ear-piercing scream that Kim was making. Aw, shit. Shit, shit, shit. When Kim finally stopped screaming Shego opened her mouth to speak. She never got the chance. As soon as she parted her lips and inhaled a deep breath Kim began to scream again. Aw, for the love… Jester you jackass. You said that she would be asking a lot of questions. You didn't say anything about her screaming for five damn minutes straight!!!
"Kimmie would you just, SHUT UP?!" The last two words came out forcefully, filled with hate and anger. Shego was sure that the core within her chest was glowing and her eyes where lit like glow in the dark goggles. Kim cut off her scream and stared at Shego in horror. It wasn't the fact that Shego's eyes and chest where glowing, it was the fact that Shego had just cursed out in pure anger.
In all the years Kim had fought Shego, not once had she heard Shego curse out like that. Not even when she was punishing Drakken for putting a mind control chip on her, and the fact that she was right in front of a very pissed off Shego sent a chill of pure fear up her spine. It reminded her of a great giant tiger, with it's fangs gleaming, dripped with drool, the fur on it's chest gleaming in the sunlight with it's eyes glowing, watching HER and only her. Kim whimpered but finally closed her mouth and waited.
"Gosh," Shego moaned, " This day just keeps getting better and better…" Jester nodded his head in agreement as he rubbed his head with his paws, trying to clear out the pain. Man, that 'Kim' girl sure can scream. Ugh… I think I feel a head ace coming on.
Shego was rubbing her temples while taking a deep breath to calm herself down. Okay, now what to do about Kimmie…
'You can always kill her.'
Shego flinched, her jaw clenched in anger.
You…
'Aw, what's the matter? Didn't you miss me?'
How many times do I have to tell you to stay out of my head?! I don't want to listen to you! So just leave me alone…
'You can't get rid of me, I'm a part of you.'
That's a load of bull crap and you know it!
'Oh, really? I beg to differ. I am a part of you Shego, always have been and always will be.'
Shego griped the steering wheel of the car tightly, while she tried to block the voice out of her head. "S-Shego?" Shego snapped her head around, her piercing gaze falling on Kim. "What?"
"Um, well… you see… I," Shego frowned as she waited for Kim to straighten her tongue, "W-why did you save me? From the explosion I mean." Shego flinched, "What do you mean?" It was a lame thing to say and Shego knew it. However she was desperate in gaining more time to come up with an excuse.
Kim, however didn't seem to notice.
She continued, "You know… you could have just left me to die, but you didn't. You saved me. So, why?" Shego avoided Kim's gaze. Why did I save her? Was it because I felt pity for her? Was it because I enjoy our battles together? Was it because- "Shego?" Shego was snapped out of her thoughts. Kim was waiting for an answer that Shego didn't even know herself. Ah, fuck it. I'll just say what makes the most sense.
"I saved you Kimmie because I didn't want that fool Drakken to take all the glory in killing you. No one has that right but me." Kim dropped her gaze, while her eyes brimmed with tears.
'Oh look, you made her cry.'
Would you just SHUT UP?!?!
'Um, this is a very agonizing question… no.'
Kim sighed and reached into her pocket for the communicator. She felt her fingertips brush against the cold metal as she drug it out. To her utmost surprise she found that the communicator was cracked. Panic filled Kim as she pressed the start button over and over again, but to no avail. The communicator was broken. "No!" Kim cried. Shego moaned, "What is it now? Did you break a finger nail princess?" Kim snarled, "No, I did not. My communicator broke. Now I have no way of contacting Wade or Ron! I won't be able to get home!!" Shego sighed and then suggested, "You can travel with me until we reach an airport or something." Kim snarled, "Ya, right. Like I would trust you." Shego snapped back, "We'll if you haven't noticed princess, where in the middle of no where with out civilization for miles. But if you really insist, I'll throw you out and when you're dieing of dehydration, don't come crying to me." That was just Shego's nice way of saying, 'Fine if you really feel that way, then stay out here and die.'
Kim looked around and realized that they where in a desert. That meant no water. That meant that she had to trust Shego for now whether she liked it or not. "Fine," Kim grumbled, "since I don't have much of a choice." Shego spat, "Good. I'm glad we've come to an agreement."
With that Shego pressed her foot slightly on the gas petal and the car slowly began to move again, gaining speed. As the car speed up to sixty miles per hour Jester began to gather his thoughts. This isn't what I originally expected. Shego was supposed to kill that 'Kim' girl right there and then the moment she started asking questions. Yet Shego was able to suppress her natural instincts and let the girl live. Jester chuckled and rolled his tongue over his right paw. Humans are very amusing.
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Ron was waiting at the airport for Yuri, taping his foot rapidly while checking his red watch that hung around his wrist. Rufus was scampering around a big luggage bag squeaking madly. "I know Rufus. I mean, how long does it take for a ninja to get to an airport?!?"
"You would be surprised Stoppable-san."
Ron and Rufus yelped in surprise, "Yuri?! When did you get here?" Yuri smiled and gave a soft chuckle, "I've been here for quite a while Stoppable-san." Ron smirked, "It's good to see you again." Yuri blushed slightly, "I-It's good to see you too Stoppable-san." Rufus frowned at being ignored but decided that it would be best to leave the situation alone. "So Yuri where's the private jet?" Yuri frowned, "I'm afraid that we don't have a private jet Stoppable-san. What ever gave you that idea?" It took a moment to realize that Sensei had tricked him. Ron and Rufus fell to their knees and yelled, "Noooooooo!!!"
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Kim gazed at Shego for a long time, her mind filled with questions that could not be answered. 'Why?' was one of them as well as many others but 'Why?' was the main one. Why had Shego saved her? She knew Shego had already answered the question; but Kim thought there was a deeper meaning hidden beyond her reach.
Shego knew Kim was staring at her and made all effort to avoid meeting her gaze. Instead Shego looked over the horizon into the vast landscape in hopes of catching sight of a town near by. She did. It was about five miles away, but even that far away Shego could see that the town was very small and seemed to be partly deserted. Shego pointed the town out to Kim, "If they have a hotel, we'll stop there for the night." Kim nodded, not wanting to get into another argument with Shego.
It took about fifteen minutes for them to reach the town borders. When they finally reached their destination Shego found a parking spot and parked the car right outside of what seemed to be a bar. Shego then got out of the car and stretched her unused muscles. Man that feels good. Shego glanced at Kim who seemed to be deep in thought. Shego sighed, "You coming? Or are you going to stay in the car all night?" Kim flinched, "I'm coming!" Kim got out of the car and stood right beside Shego. Kim glared at Shego, "You happy now?" Shego smirked, "Maybe, maybe not."
Before Kim could reply to that comment, Jester jumped out from the back seat of the car and landed at Shego's feet, purring softly. Shego saw Kim gasp in surprise, "I didn't know you owned a cat!" Shego snorted, "I don't own him. He just follows me around." Kim picked up Jester in her arms and started scratching behind his ears. Jester purred contently while rubbing his head on Kim's chest. Shego snarled and glared at Jester. Jester, however, chose to ignore Shego and continued on without remorse. Kim continued to stroke Jester, "So, does he have a name?" Shego grunted, "His name is Jester." Kim smiled, "Jester? You named your cat Jester?!" Kim couldn't help it; she burst into a fit of laughs and giggles.
Shego smirked as she glared at Jester, giving him a 'I told ya your name sounded weird' sort of look. Jester hissed at Shego and struggled out of Kim's embrace. Jester landed on the floor and skirted into the bar. "Jester!" Shego cried, "Come back here!" A fear filled Shego's heart like water filling a bucket, consuming the inside of it. Shego knew why she feared. Images of her past once again consumed her vision.
Shego cried out as she saw the blood that covered her hands and the mangled body that laid at her feet. She cried and cried and cried, for she had never killed before.
In fact for as long as she could remembered her family going out on camping trips into the wild, where she would see wolves, bears, dears, and other creatures that would raise there young and hunt and eat flesh of other living animals. While her brothers went fishing and hunting with their father, Shego would go out on her own and watch different animals and learn their ways and their laws of the wild. She would see the hunters kill and eat their prey and cover their muzzles with blood.
She, however, never thought of killing herself and would always reject the idea of killing another living creature; unless of course, she was starving and needed to eat. But since that had never happened before, she saw no need to take the life of another living thing. However it seemed that fate was against her for she had killed and tasted the flesh of another living, breathing creature. But it was not just any animal she had killed. She had killed another human being. The forbidden fruit. And not just one human being, but many. This caused Shego to wail and cry for she knew that she had committed a terrible crime that not even great meat eaters such as the great white tiger would commit without the price of death. It was against the law of the wild to kill a human being and in tasting the blood and eating the flesh of one would drive any creature mad with desire to kill again and again.
This is what Shego was afraid of. She was afraid of going mad and killing every living thing that moved for she was not a killer; and yet she had killed. That in itself made Shego sick. Shego continued to cry, and would have cried there for many hours more if not for a voice.
"You really shouldn't cry over what you did." Shego glanced up and saw a black cat sitting right in front of her, with it's tail high in the air, swaying back and forth in a hypnotizing way. "Who are you?" She asked. The black cat got up and moved closer, closing in, "My true name is not to be known to anyone but one." The black cat paused, "But you may call me Jester."
Shego thought the name was strange but made no comment of it. Instead her attention was taken to the scar on Jester's on his right eye. Shego's curiosity grew until she could no longer remain silent. She asked, "What happened to your eye?" Jester smirked and replied, "It is a reminder of my past and of my master." Shego continued to pester Jester, hoping to get more information of the incident from him. But he remained silent. After trying for who knows how long, Shego gave up and instead tried a different question, "Why are you here? Are you another experiment as well?"
Jester did not answer this and instead questioned Shego, "How old are you?"
Shego answered, "Seven."
"Do you have any brothers or sisters with your… powers?"
"I have four brothers, one has super strength, another can shrink himself, and the last two are twins and they can make copies of themselves."
Jester thought this over. "How did you get your powers?"
"Me and my brothers where playing in the tree house when a comet hit us."
Jester seemed confused. "What color was the comet?"
"I think it was not just one color but many colors. Red, blue, purple, and… green."
Jester smirked but then frowned and asked, "What's your name?"
Shego back then was called by a different name then from the one we now know her by, "My names…"
Shego ran after Jester, into the bar with Kim following close behind. "Jester! Come back here!" Jester jumped on the counter of the bar close to the barkeeper. "Well, well, well; what have we here?" The bar keeper smirked as he stroked Jester with his large hairy hand, "This pussy yours mate?" Shego nodded. "He's a fine pussy… So what can I do for ya mates?" Shego cleared her throat, "Sir, we're looking for a place to stay for the night. Do you know of any place that we can stay at? Like an inn perhaps?" The bar keeper answered, "This is the inn. If you want a room you've got ta pay for it."
Shego snorted and grabbed a couple of coins and dollar bills from her pocket and slammed them against the counter. "Will this be enough?" The bar keeper picked up the bills and coins and counted them. Then when he was done he reached under the counter and pulled out a shiny copper key. "Your rooms on the second floor lass. Number five." Shego grabbed the key and nodded her head, "Much obliged."
Then she and Kim walked up an old creaky staircase up to room five with Jester following right behind them. Shego inserted the copper key into the keyhole of room five's door and unlocked it. "We'll stay here for the night." Shego whispered and opened the door. When the slid open they saw that the room was decent and it even had a decent bathroom with clean toilets and everything. However Shego was the first to notice that there was only one bed. Only then did she remember that she hadn't asked the man for a two-bed room.
"Great," Shego hissed, "just great!" Shego dashed back downstairs and slammed her fist against the bar counter top. "You gave me a one bed room!" Shego snarled. The bar keeper sighed, "I'm sorry lass. It's the only room I've got. I wish I could give you a room with two beds… but I don't have any right now. So you're just going to have to deal with it, or go and find some other inn." Shego sighed, "You don't happen to give refunds, do you?" The bar keeper chuckled, "Sorry lass, once you pay to stay the night at my inn, you stay the night at my inn. No refunds." Shego groaned, "This is the third most worse day of my life."
Shego's head slumped over her shoulders as she made her way back up the stairs and into the room, number five. She closed the door behind her and went to sit in an old chair that gave creeks of protests as she sat in it. "Look Kimmie, there is only one bed and," It was only then did Shego realize that Kim wasn't in the room with her only Jester. "Jester, where is Kimmie?" Jester yawned and blinked his one good eye. He then pointed a claw toward a door that Shego hadn't noticed before. "She's in there. When you where gone she said something about 'I stink of smoke' and 'Shego is trying to trick me, some how'. Just to let you know." Shego smirked. Kim didn't trust her, and of course it was to be expected; after all they where enemies.
"So she's in there?" Jester nodded his head. Shego got up from her seat, tossed her hat, and walked up to the door. "Kimmie you in there?" A Kim's voice replied, "Yes! Don't you dare come in!" Shego smirked and rapped her hand around the door handle. "Why?" Shego chuckled and pushed the door open. "You naked or som-" Indeed Kim was naked in a small bathtub that was filled to the brim with water. Shego suddenly remembered Jester saying, She's in there. When you where gone she said something about 'I stink of smoke' Shego realized that Kim had found the bathroom and decided to take a bath to clean the smell of smoke off of her.
Shego flinched, "S-sorry! I didn't know that this was the bathroom!" And with that, Shego slammed the door shut leaving a stunned Kim alone. 'Did Shego just say she was sorry?'
Shego panted wildly, her mind a blazed with images of a very naked Kim. Shego gulped, 'I am scared for life. There is no way I will ever be able to get that image out of my head.' Shego turned and saw Jester lying lazily on the bed, smiling wickedly. Shego snarled, "Jester!" Shego's eyes began to glow out of rage, "Why didn't you tell me Kimmie was in there!?" Jester shrugged his shoulder, "I thought you knew." Shego moved without hesitation and seized Jester by the scruff of his neck, "If you ever pull a stunt like that again, you will be seeing black and green for the rest of your miserable life!" Jester smirked but did not reply to Shego's threat.
There was a long silence until finally, Jester broke it, "The white tiger is proud and righteous; but it is not a king, for it has no followers." Shego rolled her eyes, "What is that supposed to mean?" Before Jester could reply, Kim came out of the bathroom, her hair soaking wet and her body raped up in a snow-white towel. Shego huffed, "If you need me Kimmie, I'll be outside. So get some cloths on!" With that Shego ran out of room five and out of the bar into the dirt road with Jester still in her grip.
As Shego wiped the sweat off of her brow Jester began to wiggle, trying to loosen Shego's iron grip. "Let me go! Shego!" Shego grumbled something and released her grip on Jester. Jester landed on the ground on all fours and hissed, raking his claws through his mangled fur, "You've got some grip. Ugh, look at my fur! It will take weeks for it to lay out again."
Jester began to say something else but was interrupted by a strange buzzing noise that made his fur stand on end. "Shego…" Shego heard the strange buzzing noise as well her eyes glancing wildly for the source. "What is it Jester?" Jester answered plainly, "I don't know." The buzzing noise grew louder and over the horizon a gigantic cloud of mist began to creep over the desert, slithering with such grace of an ugly old snake. Jester screeched and ran into the inn, leaving Shego alone. Shego clenched her jaw in anger.
How could he have found me so quickly?! This has never happened before. How does he know where I am? Jester poked his head out an open window of the inn, "Shego! Get in here right now!!!" Shego hesitated at first but then slowly turned and ran back into the inn, just as Jester ran around the inn, closing every open window and door locking them the best way he could. Shego closed the door behind her locking it with the golden colored chain that hung above the doorknob.
"Kimmie!" Shego yelled, "Kimmie! Get down here!" Shego opened her mouth to shout Kim again when she stumbled over something large, round, and thick. "Ow! What the hell?!" Shego looked over the object that she had fallen over, it was the bar keeper, dead, with red worms wiggling out of his mouth. Kim came running down, in the cloths that Jester had concurred up with Shego's cowboy hat clenched in her right hand.
"What is it Shego?" That's when Kim saw the dead body. Kim opened her mouth to scream but Shego, fast as lightning, flashed to Kim's side while covering Kim's mouth with her hand.
"Don't scream," Shego whispered in Kim's ear, "just trust me. It's about to get a lot worse and the only way your going to get out alive is if you do exactly what I tell you to do."
Kim was about to open her mouth to argue when Shego interrupted in a low whisper, "It's here."
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Finally! It's finished! I'm sorry it took me so long to finish this chapter. I've been busy with homework and all that sort of stuff. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'll be working on the next chapter but it will be a while before I'm done with it.
Also, I have an announcement! I have an account at Deviant ART! You can check out my gallery at carnivalphantom. there you can find a picture of Jester that I drew, its called: Jester Character Design.