This chapter is a little long…sorry I had a lot of things to explain and a lot of things happened…Happy reading!
~Ten years ago~
The waves were vigorously crashing against the corroding cliff as Ron Stoppable sat cross legged on the peak; he was meditating, waiting for his rival to come. He had his eyes gently shut but a presence disturbed his deep thoughts "Well Shego, this is a surprise, with your powers gone I thought you were going to let Kim fight for you" The still pale green woman sneered as she got into a fighting stance "You wish buffoon, now come and fight me" The boy opened his eyes and stood up, back still facing Shego, his body emitted a slight blue glow marking the boys mystical monkey powers, he slowly turned around.
Ron reflected Shego's fighting stance "O.k. freaky green lady, let's dance", the pale green woman lunged forward to attack; she jumped into the air in order to give the teenage boy a sweep kick to the temple. But as fate would have it the monkey powers enhanced the boys martial arts ability, he caught Shego's ankle. In one fluid motion he pulled her body forward by her ankle, whilst turning his body 180 degrees, then with a slight grunt he threw Shego's body hard into the ground, her face making a loud crunch as it connected with the cliffs dirt.
The boy gave the body a blood chilling smirk "You are nothing without your powers, no wonder why KP and I was always able to foil you and Drakken, come on get up, I dare you" Shego had forgotten what real pain had felt like, for as long as she could remember, her comet powers had endowed her with extra strength, stamina and also quick healing powers, but it had been a month since she had been without them and her ability to defend and attack had deteriorated greatly. She could taste metal in her mouth as blood seeped from where three of her teeth used to be, she could also feel a sprained ankle from where the blonde haired boy twisted it.
Shego barely lifted herself up, blood pouring from out her mouth, she knew that for the moment she had to limp, but her stubborn mind told her to keep fighting and not to give up until she was dead. Breathing heavily she gave her trademark smirk "I'm just warming up buffoon, if I could handle being in bed with Kimmie for days at a time, what makes you think that I wouldn't be able to handle that weak throw you just gave me?" Ron's eyes flashed red at the bleeding woman's remark, he lunged toward her and successfully landed his right knuckle square on the woman's forehead, denting her 3mm thick skull, completing a Superman Punch.
Time seemed to slow, as Shego felt the bare knuckle make contact with her brow, 'My hair is going to be a mess" her mind stated as she felt herself being knocked backwards into the cold unforgiving dirt. She lay on the ground for a few moments, her skull was unable to take any more lashings and her mind was swarming with incoherent thoughts. With what will power she had left, she slowly pushed up her trembling torso, leaned to the side and opened her mouth, a waterfall of blood, bile; saliva and dirt escaped her mouth.
Shego stumbled her words "You know buffoon, I dunnoe if it's the blue glowy chimp thing or the fact that I fucked your girlfriend senseless whilst you two were still together but I do know one thing..." a grin formed "I could make Kimmie wet by just looking at her, you however weren't even close to bringing her over the edge" she let out a cackle as it seemed like the funniest thing she had ever processed in her mind.
Ron however did not find the humor in the injured woman's rambling, fiercely, he walked over to the withered body and picked her up by the scruff of her cat suit. "You know I think I've had just about enough of your smart arse remarks , how about I wipe that silly smirk off your face?". He dropped the body, and then straddled the older woman's waist; he raised both of his hands to either side of the woman's head, about to snap her delicate neck, until…
A sudden surge of green plasma struck the side of his body, causing him to fly 10 yards off the ground, landing dangerously close to the cliffs edge. Fast footsteps approached the woman on the ground, concern overwhelming her voice "Oh my God Shego, what are you doing here? You're alive, you're alive, I can't believe it, I'm sorry I didn't believe you, shh I'm here…I love you" Pearl tears washed the rambling woman's blood stained face as she felt a familiar warm body cradle her. She whispered her rescuers name "Kimmie".
The boy, who was thrown yards away, tentatively got up and dusted himself off. He peered over to the two figures huddled on the ground, 'looks like my true rival has arrived'. "I was wondering when you were going to come out hiding K.P, but you're a bit late, I've already done quite a number on your green bitch" . Kim Possible glared at her ex-best friend. In the pale green woman's mind she was screaming at Kim to wait, to not fight Ron, especially with her plasma powers. But in reality her sentence came out in short stuttered bursts. "Kimmie…no…wait…coming"
Shego was silenced by a short peck on the lips, she felt the desperate need in those lips as they grazed hers and although her mouth was still accumulating blood and saliva, she could almost taste the sweetness of her Kim. The teenaged red head rested Shego's body on the ground whilst giving her whispers of comforting words and promises that she would take care of everything. She then stood up and ignited her hands with plasma; over the course of a month Kim had been able to gain full control of her powers. But tonight was different, tonight she would surpass her limitations, she was determined to raise the bar to the full extent and then beyond, because Kim Possible was out for revenge.
Without any words the red haired heroine threw two plasma balls towards Ron whilst lunging forward to attack, the boy barely dodged the orbs, but was unable to predict Kim's frontal attack as she tackled him to the ground and seized both of his wrists, with each of her hands whilst straddling his waist. She stared daggers into his eyes as she ignited her hands causing the blonde boys flesh to steam and burn on contact. Ron let out a cry of pain as he felt his wrists almost burning down to the bone, he bucked his hips upwards causing the girl to unbalance and thus fall backwards onto the ground.
Smoldering flesh could be smelt as the boy tried to pick himself off the ground, but Kim was too fast as pure fury and adrenaline coursed through her veins. Kim bounced herself off the ground and repositioned herself, once she saw her adversary still on the ground, she lifted up her leg and completed an axe kick, knocking him hard on the back of his head.
Kim knew she had won, but she did not want to leave the boy there, she wanted revenge, she wanted him to feel pain like no other and then make him endure it again. Kim lifted Ron up by his collar, placed a hand onto his chest, just covering his heart and began to ignite her plasma, at first she started on the lowest setting, but as time progressed she increased the heat. Ron winced at the contact, "Burns doesn't it? This plasma can burn through steel and yet it can also boil your insides without doing any real damage to your flesh, I've learnt how to do it all Ron and I plan to do that particular one to you" Kim taunted. Her eyes were of an insanely vicious predator, inflicting unnecessary damage to her victim.
By now Ron's blue monkey glow subsided, he was hardly conscious as he could feel the plasma rip through him like poison. His insides were literally boiling; he could feel his blood cells sprinting as they did laps around his body, his organs were beginning to seizure and he could feel his eyes melt back into his eye sockets as his brain begun to shut down. Kim had a grin on her face, 'it won't be long now'. As she held Ron's still body she walked to the edge of the cliff, his rumpled legs dragging along the ground. And then she held his body over the cliff as the waves violently crashed beneath him, encouraging her to let the body drop.
In the background a distraught Shego now regaining her composure stared in mortification and complete shock as she saw the red haired heroine boil alive her best friend. She looked at each of the teens faces and could feel bile rise against her, she felt like vomiting at the sickening sight of the boy being tortured by powers that used to belong to her. Tears began to streak down her face as she whispered for the red head to stop "Kimmie…Please stop…you're not a murderer…just wait a bit longer…Pumpkin…Princess…Cupcake…Kimmie…Kimberly". Shego got up and limped to the two forms, by now Ron was unconscious and he could feel his life seeping away as his body temperature rose.
She reached her hand out in the desperate hope that she'd be able to catch Kim's attention and direct some sanity in her mind. "Kim, don't do it, you're not a murderer, please, I know you're angry, but look at me I'm still alive" The red head peered into Shego's eyes, she could see absolute fear and terror dwell in them "Shego, I can't let him get away with this, when you were in the hospital I learnt from Betty, that in everyone's life there are certain moments that goes against everything you believe in order to save the world from certain evils… And I know that this is one of those moments"
The pale green woman stared at her in disbelief "Kimmie, don't listen to that Cyclopes, I mean I'd be the first to agree that when it comes to good and evil there are grey areas, but right now, in this moment, it's pure black and white and what you're doing right now is wrong, let the buffoon go, let Global Justice lock him up. Don't give him the satisfaction that he's destroyed both of our lives…Please"
Kim contemplated her lover's words; she looked at the writhing boy with remorse in her eyes. She let out a deep sigh then turned her head towards Shego "I'm sorry Shego…You're right" the thief let out a thankful sigh, Kim kept speaking "…But I'm not stronger than you" . Shego's eyes widened and she attempted to leap in order to catch the falling body, but her limp ankle wouldn't allow her. Ron Stoppable's body fell down into the cascading ocean wear his bones snapped on impact and the waves engulfed what was left of him, it seemed as though he had faded, blending into the icy waters.
The teenage hero, now turned murderer, stared at the watery depths; now the grave sight of Ron Stoppable. She clenched her fists and relaxed her plasma powers. Shego was on the ground, her eyes tightly shut wishing that the last few seconds were a nightmare, her entire body was aching but the only thoughts she could process were 'This was supposed to be my fight, she used my powers to kill him, I didn't want him dead…Betty is going to kill me'.
In the distance, approximately 500 yards away, sirens could be heard. Betty Director sat in a heavily armed vehicle, fidgeting with her hands. 'I hope what you said is right Shego, I don't think she'll ever be the same again if she became a murderer. But I will live up to my end of the bargain if I'm unfortunately right.'
~Present Day~
Anne enjoyed knowing that she was able to care for her oldest daughter again, but her heart sank every time she saw her in the morning, the older Possible knew her daughter had been up for most of the night crying and pleading to the Gods for another chance with Shego. James Possible could not think of any comforting words to Kim, occasionally he would give her glances of sympathy and words of encouragement that life is unfair, that it tends to be the cruelest to the most kindest people but he knew that nothing would be able to rest her bleeding heart. The tweebs also noticed the huge change in their sister's demeanor and stayed clear of her path, afraid that they would get scorched by her powers or that they would say the wrong thing, which would further upset her.
Kim Possible went for her daily run, in the past week that she had been living in her old home in Middleton, she had not spoken many words to her family and insisted on being left in her old room to cry and squeeze the cotton out of her Pandaroo. Running allowed her to think about the physical burn in her body as she ran faster and faster, exhaling and inhaling deeply, she travelled through damned avenues as she passed the now abandoned Stoppable home. She was about to turn into her street, when she crashed into a figure.
Kim winced in pain as she toppled over the body, "Miss I'm sorry I shouldn't have been walking backwards…Kim?" The voice came from a male, a teenaged male with black hair and the surprised scream that followed also belonged to the male. 'Oh what great torment is this, so early in the morning as well? The God's must be laughing' Kim thought to herself as she felt a gentle hand reach out to help her off the ground. "Kim, I'm sorry Ben doesn't usually walk backwards but his kind of excited today" The more gentle voice came from Lily as she helped Kim off the ground.
"Apart from attacking joggers, what are you two scamps doing?" Kim bitterly asked as she glared at Ben, who coward in return. Lily gave a soft smile which somewhat melted Kim's interior "We're off to school, we go to Middleton High and Ben was just telling me about a prank he was going to pull on Principal Barken" Kim shuddered at the name "That old coot still works there? And they made him Principal too? How times have changed" . An awkward few seconds emerged before Ben stuttered a question "So…um…what are you doing here in Middleton?"
Kim grinned "Don't worry clown, I'm not here to stalk your girlfriend, I have Wade for that, you'd be surprised how many hidden cameras there are in people's houses these days" The boy glared at Kim for the hundredth time since they've met. Kim's pride wouldn't allow the two teenagers to know that the last mission involving Shego caused her to revert back to a child like state so she quickly made up a lie. "I'm here because this is where you live, it makes it easier for us to spar and we can do it more frequently if we're in the same suburb as each other, which reminds me, we have a session tonight" The two teenagers accepted the answer, Kim gave Lily her address, they then said their goodbyes and left the older red head, Ben almost preying Lily away. Kim turned around shaking her head slightly at the teenager's antics 'and they're supposed to be saving the world from evil villains? I wonder if we were ever like that…' With the sudden thought of Ron Stoppable, Kim sprinted the remaining length home, never stopping as she felt her heart explode with adrenaline.
"What was that about?" Ben asked, genuinely confused when they were out of ear's distance. "I don't know but something seems off with her" Lily replied concerned about her mentor. "Yeah, did you see her eyes? They were all puffy, I usually don't notice these things about women, but damn" "Oh how lucky am I that I snagged a man who doesn't notice women? And don't be rude, you know how hurt she must be after what happened with Shego" Ben gave a hurt look as if he was offended by his partners remark. "Me? Rude? Never…And don't worry babe, you're the only woman I notice… now as I was saying all that is involved in my brilliant plan is pudding, glue, slugs and some mystery meat from the cafeteria and Barkin won't know what hit him" Lily scoffed at her boyfriends future mischief and together they walked to school hand in hand.
School started and finished quicker than usual and Lily found herself knocking on the door of the Possible residence. "Hi Kim, it's time for our lesson" Lily blushed when she realized her mistake and the older Possible only smiled in response "Oh, aren't you just darling? Kimmie is just in her room, I'm her mother, just call me Anne, come in" The older woman ushered Lily inside the house into the living room "Please have a seat I'll just get my little bubble butt, what's your name dear?" Lily laughed at the woman's affectionate nickname for her daughter, she was about to answer, when a very angry Kim walked into the room. "Mum! How many times have I told you! Not in front of company and her name is Lily if you must know" Anne nudged her daughter lightly in the ribs causing her to scowl, "Oh lighten up Kimmie cub, now would your friend like something to drink?"
"No mum she wouldn't, now if you'll excuse us we have some training to do, come on kid let's go outside" Kim said as she grabbed Lily by the arm who politely stuttered "Umm…it was nice to meet you Mrs. Umm… Anne" The older Possible just laughed and gave a little wave to her daughter's friend.
"O.k kid you tell anyone about those nicknames and I will use my plasma to create a new orifice in your body, understood?" The younger girl just nodded whilst taking a small gulp. Both women were wearing tracksuit pants with tight t-shirts, Kim stood in front of the teen, "Well I suppose we didn't have a real lesson last week, so this is what we're going to do… you're going to give me everything you've got and I will see what you need help with. But I might warn you, you might want to change into some shorts, things will be getting a little…hot". Kim eyed the blushing teen, "I think I'll be alright…uhh should we begin?"
"As you wish" Kim then blasted a plasma ball at the teen's stomach, which promptly fell to the floor. "Can you stop hitting me there with your plasma? It's really starting to irk me" The annoyed teen responded as she picked herself off the ground. "Where would you prefer it then?" Kim asked smirking viciously, "Hit me anywhere you desire… but there is off limits" the younger red head replied pointing towards her now sore belly. Kim scoffed, "Heh, that's what she said".
Lily was beginning to become irritated by her mentors flirting, usually the young girl could take Kim's advances with good humor, but today for some unknown reason, the blow to her abdomen infuriated her. 'Maybe it's just my hormones acting up' the girl concluded as she rubbed her now sore belly.
The older red head ignited her right hand "Rule number two kid, no complaining and no going off into your own la-la land, if you're with me, you're completely with me, I'm here to teach not babysit. Now, are we going to get down and dirty or are you going to waste my time?" By now Lily was really infuriated, the anger she felt reined through her and she lunged towards her assailant.
Twenty minutes passed before Lily was beginning to feel the ache in her muscles, she had not anticipated her teacher consistently keeping her one her toes, as blow after blow a plasma ball was directed towards her with the occasional kick or punch. The younger girl was not able to attack, rather she mostly defended herself, blocking or just swiftly moving around. 'Her overall form is great, defense almost perfect, attack could definitely use more work, needs more work on stamina and upper body strength, her arms are so stringy" Kim concluded, as she was sparing the girl.
Another ten minutes passed before Kim threw a successful hit on the girls ankle, however she had not expected the girl to fall or that the girl would actually get burned from the attack 'Shit, I thought she would've moved' The older red head thought as she walked over to the injured girl, now clutching her wound on the grass. Lily winced in pain as she began to smell burned flesh; she looked up at her assaulter who had genuine concern and remorse conquer her face. Without questions or words, her mentor picked her up bridal style and carried her back into the house.
"Hi Kimmie, is your friend still here I just made some nice lemonade…God Kimmie!! What did you do?" Anne asked as she saw her daughter carry her student into the kitchen. "Mum no questions just help her…please" Kim replied as she settled the girl on the chair like a fine china doll. The oldest red head walked to a cabinet and retrieved a medical kit; she sat opposite the injured girl and inspected the wounds. "You know Kimmie, you really should be careful with Lily, especially in her condition" Kim and Lily looked at each other with confusion "Condition?" Lily questioned. Kim however decided not to involve herself in the issue and left the room with a prompt "Whatever".
Anne began to patch Lily's ankle up as she winced at the contact, she couldn't help but smile on the inside 'DidKim Possible just feel remorse for hitting me with plasma? She carried me into her house; does that mean she respects me?' As if reading the young girls mind the older red head smiled "She likes you, she's just really gruff and cold, like someone else I used to know, I guess plasma powers do that to you. You know a very long time ago, you'd have been the type of person Kimmie would've been friends with." Lily smiled at Anne's kind words.
"So, how many months are you? Do your parents know? Oh it must be so hard being so young?"The retired surgeon asked, keeping conversation. Still confused about being subtly labeled as somewhat an invalid Lily responded "I'm sorry but I really don't know what you're talking about Anne, what did you mean when you said her condition? And how many months am I what?" The oldest red head chuckled "Oh of course you're perplexed about all these questions I'm asking, I mean everything is so hard to take in once you find out that you're pregnant" The teenager's eyes widened as she repeated the last word "Pregnant?"
Kim stalked off into her bedroom, almost ripping the door off its hinges as she violently berated herself 'How could I have been that stupid? What if I had hit her in the face or the head? I would've fried that kid. God Kim you're so ignorant sometimes, not everyone has plasma retardant skin' the red head crashed onto her bed and tightly held her battered Pandaroo. "Why couldn't you have been there to teach me how to control these things? Not once did you ever really hurt me with your powers, why can't I hold you again? Why couldn't of things been different that night? Why did you have to slap me? I just want, no I need one more chance…Please Shego" Kim began to cry again, it had been the third time that day, it was as if body was connected to the ocean as salty water freely leaked from her eyes.
Little did Kim know a pale green woman stood, hidden by a tree underneath the red heads window, her heart constricting caused by what she was witnessing. It had been a week since Shego began spying on Kim, watching from a distance as she saw her ex-lover cry on her bed, the same bed that they had made love on. 'I'm sorry Kimmie, but slapping you was the first reaction I had' the mercenary wanted so badly to comfort her Princess, she desperately wanted to touch her peach skin, but her body wouldn't allow her to move. "I really fucked it up this time" she muttered under her breath and she turned around, her blood pounding with each step she took on the harsh pavement.
"I…I'm not pregnant! I can't be…I mean we did that, but we were cautious, we took precautions, we actually listened in health class!" Lily screamed as she almost leapt out of her seat. Anne tried to calm the frantic teen "Sweetie, I don't know what they taught you in health class, but nothings ever 100%, well not unless you count the immaculate conception, but that's beside the point, I mean look at you, you're glowing! I've had three children, I was a neurosurgeon who used to work in a hospital with plenty of pregnancies and I believe that you are pregnant"
Lily could only look at the doctor as if she were crazy, thoughts raced through her mind as she attempted to comprehend the older woman's assumption. 'It would explain the mood swings, the immediate motherly protection of your belly and the missing link you feel between you and Ben…but it's not true, it can't be' Lily relaxed on the chair as she let reality sink in, her eyes glazing over. Anne held the teenagers hand "I'm sorry for making such a wild accusation, but just to be sure you should check into a hospital or a clinic or get one of those pregnancy tests…just to be sure and if I'm wrong you can rub it in my face ok?" The teen nodded but her mind was elsewhere 'I need to get a pregnancy test'. Anne stood up "I'll drive you home, you probably shouldn't walk on that leg for awhile, just remember to keep it clean" And she helped the injured teen who was still suffering shock and drove her home without any more exchanges of words.
~Drakkens Lair~
"Shego you should really talk to her, I haven't seen you this upset since I ruined your holiday because I needed you to open that jar of pickles…remember the pickles?" Dr. Drakken was annoying the green woman again, but she had to admit, he had a point. "Yeah I remember the pickles Dr. D, but what am I suppose to say to her? Sorry we never kept in contact for ten years and when we finally did I slapped you? It's just; I missed you so much that my mind went into overdrive? " Her mind was fogged, she had been thinking for days about how she could get Kim to talk to her without both of them crying, or being abused. "Look, I don't know how many movies you've watched, but usually when this type of thing happens the two "characters" realize that they are both being stupid, go see each other, make up and live happily ever after. The stained tears become dried, the agonized hearts become filled with gooey warmness and the sky suddenly becomes less cloudy. Go see Kim, tell her how you feel because you know how she feels about you…so what's stopping you? It's been ten years Shego. I believe it was a band a few years back named The Fray that once poetically stated "Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same"
Shego's eyes widened "Since when did you become so wise?" Drakken blushed at the remark "Well...people change in ten years…And since DNAmy and I have dated she's opened my heart and soul to the intricate system people deem as love." Shego scoffed "Boy Drewbie, you're just one big blue ball of rainbows and sunshine's aren't you?" "That may be so but at least I'm not scared to talk to a girl, it's like watching a bad after school program 'oh what if she doesn't like me? What do I say? What do I wear? Shego its borderline pathetic" Drakken smugly retorted.
In an instant the green woman was on her feet grabbing Drakken by his blue collar, fury instilled in her eyes "I am not pathetic Mr. I still sleep in blue duck pajamas, I am not going to sit here and get ridiculed by a simpleton like you, screw you love advice, I can handle this on my own. And just to prove you on how wrong you are, I'm going to see Kimmie right now and tell her everything, so you can wipe that smug look off your face or I'm going to wipe it off for you!" She dropped the trembling body on the floor and stormed off into the hovercraft muttering "I'll show him who's pathetic" As Drakken lay on the ground he chuckled silently to himself "I thought reverse psychology only worked in movies…hmmpf simpleton indeed…I'm just glad she doesn't have her powers anymore."
By the time Shego reached the Possible residence, it had become night time, she peered at the window which was her personal doorway to Kim's bedroom. 'Just like old times' the thief fondly remembered as she hesitantly climbed through the slightly cracked open window. The moon illuminated the figure's body that was resting on the bed; Shego stood as she stared at Kim's sleeping form. The green woman was in a trance and as if by an imbedded habit, she crept towards the red head, quietly sat on the bed and gently brushed her fingertips on the woman's soft cheek, feeling instant warmth all over her body.
Immediately the sleeping figured stirred, causing Shego to panic and her heart to race, it wasn't until the other woman whispered "Shego" did the green thief calm down slightly. Shego touched the woman's cheek again, almost cupping it, she smiled and she could feel tears well in her eyes as memories flooded her mind. As a single tear dropped onto her face, Kim's eyes fluttered open. Both women's green eyes widened at the sudden realization of the situation. Shego's mind told her to stand up, jump out the window regardless of the glass window and run for dear life, but her body was too transfixed to register her mind's requests. Kim knew what Shego was thinking, so she grabbed the green woman's wrist that was connected to the shaking hand still cupping her cheek and she said the first words that came into her mind "Stay…please"
So there we have that chapter, sorry to end there but I enjoy being a tease…But don't worry the next chapter is already up so you can continue reading