Kim continued to follow Shego as she was led away from Jade. Other than Shego's hand on her wrist, Kim felt her hands clench and unclench with anger. Oh how she wanted to punch that Jade. How on earth did Shego stand her? Why was she even here?
She only came out of her thoughts when she noticed that Shego had put her in a car. The interior of course was black and green. It looked very expensive. When the car started moving, Kim hastened to buckle her belt, while Shego ignored hers completely. She didn't drive long, but when she stopped, Kim had calmed down…a little. She looked out the front window and saw that they were at a park. Shego stepped out of the car and walked away, expecting Kim to follow her, which Kim did.
Shego sat on one of the many, but more secluded, bench under shade. She patted the space beside her. When Kim sat, Shego let out a breath. "Jade is my closest friend. Kinda like what you have with the buffoon. We were best friends since we were born; our moms were best friends too. Even after my parents died, the comet gave us powers, Jade never left my side. When my rebellious stage hit, so did hers. We were never far from each other." Shego looked away from Kim and leaned back on the bench. "Then we became girlfriends. Yeah whatever, it wasn't a big deal. It was mostly sex. Actually now that I think about it, we stayed best friends; in private we were more, so basically friends with benefits. Since I turned to crime, and she has her career, we see each other less, but we still are close. And that closeness is what you saw."
Kim sat in thought. Was that really like her and Ron's relationship had been like? No. That was silly; Ron had totally been in love with her. Kim had thought she felt the same. "So when you see her it includes sex?" Kim heard herself blurt out.
Which made the thief burst out in laughter. "Oh my, Kimmie. She's not a booty call. We stopped the sex a while ago. We're just friends."
Kim's fists began to clench again. "I doubt she thinks the same."
"Is a certain Cupcake jealous?"
"No!" Kim quickly denied. As Shego laughed Kim wondered whether or not she wanted to talk about last night. But what if Shego didn't remember?
"Is there something on your mind? I promise Jade is no harm to you or anyone."
"I believe you, I just…I was thinking."
Shego smirked, but made sure Kim didn't see. "Princess, just say it. Either you hated it, or you want more. Simple as that."
"Uhmmm. You remember?"
"Well doy. I have a high tolerance. As soon as I stop drinking, the booze is burned away from me, allowing me to function properly faster and keep more of my memory."
"Oh."
Shego leaned up and turned towards Kim. She wanted to reach out, maybe brush her hand down Kim's cheek, run her thumb across her bottom lip, but she didn't. "Kim, I really wanted to do that. Don't doubt that. If that really bothered you, just tell me. After that, you can leave and never look back. I won't hate you, I won't come after you."
"What if I did want it?"
"What?"
"What if I wanted more of last night? What if I wanted you?"
Shego grinned cockily. "Then Princess, you've got a green goddess."
The nickname however made Kim frown. "I am never going to call you that."
"Really? Is it because of Jade?"
To Kim's silent response, Shego scooted closer and put her arm around the red head. "She's not that bad. She's amazing actually. I probably would've taken the world already with the rate of evil I had in my ideas. She convinced me that there was no need to be in charge and to let things happen. You should be thanking her. I would totally rule this world."
They both laughed. They both also enjoyed each other's presence. Shego took her opportunity, a leap of faith, as she reached out to Kim. She had a cautiously optimistic smile on her face as she brushed Kim's cheek with the tips of her fingers. All the while she had leaned closer to the red head. Thankfully, the girl had leaned in as well. Shego swore she could hear fireworks off in the distance as her lips finally, finally! met with Kim's.
"Miss Jade was all of that really necessary?"
"Of course Sebastian. If Kim saw that someone else wanted Shego, her own feelings would fly. Which they did." She gave the butler a cocky grin. "Which means… I'm a genius and I know it!"
The butler only sighed as he continued to read his book. He would never admit this out loud, but he was glad that Jade had come. Maybe now there was a chance that his little spitfire could be happy. Behind the sanctuary of his book, the old man smiled.
If Shego and Kim came back as a couple, Sebastian had no doubt that Shego would take Drakken out. Most likely, she would do it without Kim knowing. Hopefully, that was what would happen next. But he couldn't say for sure. In fact, he was worried. Shego was highly protective. She would want that blue dolt to be punished. Again, Sebastian could only hope for the best…
The two women lay on the hood of Shego's car. For the start, Kim had felt bad about sitting on top of it. The car seemed so expensive and delicate. Shego had only laughed at her and assured her that her 'baby' was nowhere near delicate. For a while after that, the two had just laid close to the other. Words weren't needed. It was…nice. Kim easily forgot about Jade. She had Shego now. And Shego had her, Kim Possible felt like she was walking on air. Shego felt differently about Jade. She wanted to choke her and hug her at the same time. She should've known that Jade would come up with some devious plot as soon as she told Jade about her deal with Drakken.
Drakken… Shego looked out of the corner of her eye at Kim. The girl seemed content, happy. She had a small, shy smile on her lips, which made Shego want to kiss her. Shego was happy too, which only made this more complicated. How could she tell Kim about this?
Shego was shocked out of her thoughts as she felt her phone vibrating.
Kim had also heard it. She watched curiously as Shego looked at her phone.
"Damn it." Shego said under her breath.
"What's wrong?"
Biting a black lip, Shego tried to think of an excuse. Drakken was calling her. Tonight, she could go and tell Drakken the whole thing was off. That would be the end of it. "I have to go somewhere. I'll take you back to my house and I'll be back soon."
Kim sat up. "Where do you have to go?" She asked but Shego had already hopped off the car and got inside.
The drive was fast and Kim could feel the urgency of it. She also felt the tension radiating from Shego. She wanted to ask her about her phone but Shego was in mission mode. All of her focus was on the road. Back at the house, Shego told her that Sebastian should have dinner ready and Jade would no longer be all…"She won't be a bitch anymore. She got what she wanted." Kim only nodded. Before she drove off, she smirked and told her pumpkin to come to her. Still in her seat, without a seatbelt of course, Shego leaned up and kissed Kim before finally speeding away.
Once again, Shego met with her employer in an abandoned warehouse. This time, something seemed…bad. As Shego stepped inside, her senses were immediately on high alert. She silently crept along the walls and under the windows. Her footsteps smoothly lay on the floor. Her breath seemed as if it wasn't there. She had made it into another room when the lights turned on, momentarily blinding the thief.
"Shego." Drakken's voice was not the usual shrill scream. Instead, he seemed tired, disappointed.
Shego straightened out of her sneaky mode and into sarcastic employee. "Dr. D, what do you want? No more meetings till the ball right? Plus I was having a pretty good night."
He stepped closer to the green woman and glared at her. "I know."
"You know?"
The blue man sighed. "Yes Shego." His voice turned to ice. "Ever since Kim Possible came to your house, I set up cameras to follow you. And, now I know, you have betrayed me."
Just as the Dr.'s voice, Shego felt her body freeze. He knew? Betrayed? Oh no. Shego tried to play it off. "Pshh. Dr. D, it's all part of the plan. We need her to trust me right? Well, she does now!"
"No!" He threw something at the wall, sparks were sent flying. With his other hand he reached into a pocket and produced a remote. Pressing a button, a screen appeared out of nowhere and a video began playing.
"Pretty isn't it?"
"Yeah. It's beautiful actually."
"My mother built this when I was little." Shego heard hers and Kim's voices as she watched scenes of a few days ago play before her eyes. Drakken really did set up cameras. That bastard.
She then watched as she carried Kim back to the house after the girl had sprained her ankle.
"Oh Princess, it's amazing how fast priorities can change. I'll keep ya safe. Don't worry. Drewbie isn't someone to be truly afraid of."
Damn Drakken, damn him! Then the next day shown. Shego felt tears well in her eyes as she heard Sebastian tell her story to Kim.
"I stayed with the Wegos, getting them ready for bed when I saw her parents go out to the tree house to talk to her. I never saw it happen but from what Shego told me at the funeral, her parents had sat with her. They talked out the little fight and promised she could go on her date the next night. Tonight was special-"
Drakken clicked his remote and the recordings stopped. (Thankfully before the news about Shego's mom, she shouldn't have to know about that!) "Shego, Shego, Shego. What am I going to do with you?" He paced lightly in front of her before stopping. "Oh! I know!" He clicked another remote and a wall turned…revealing two redheaded boys.
"Wes! Wyatt!"
Shego immediately jumped towards Drakken, claws out and thirsting for blood. However, she stopped when she saw knives at the boys' throats. Two synthodrones stood by the boys, three surrounded Drakken and six were around Shego. If the boys weren't in danger, Shego could've taken them all. Drakken knew this and cruelly smiled. "Yes Shego, I have your brothers. And if you want them to remain safe, I suggest you listen and keep your promise of helping my plan go off without a hitch. If my plan fails and Kim Possible survives," He nodded towards the drone by Wyatt. The drone nodded back and pressed the knife harder against her brother's neck. When blood began to come from the freshly made wound, Shego jumped forward, only to be held back by two of the six surrounding synthofreaks. "Stop! Don't hurt him!"
Drakken grew bold and walked away from his protective circle. He didn't flinch as Shego snarled at his closeness to her. "Tell me that you will help me kill Kim Possible. You won't intervene, you won't tell her of this plot. If you do," He looked back at her brothers, Wes looked scared, Wyatt looked just the same except blood covered his neck. "I think you get the point."
Shego thought about her options. When she could not think of one, she cursed. "Damn you Drakken. When did you get so crazy?"
He slapped her. "We used to be a team! If you hadn't betrayed me, we would be fine! Now tell me we have a deal or else one brother dies, I'll even let you chose which one."
"You sick bastard."
"I'm not hearing an answer!" Finally, the shrill yell came out.
Seeing no other option, Shego bowed her head down. "Fine. Just leave them out of this. And get rid of the cameras."
Drakken laughed cruelly. "We are back to business. In exchange for the cameras, your brothers will be with me until the day we kill Kim Possible. If you don't like that, I'll kill them first."
Shego didn't respond. She only glared at her old doof of a boss who had somehow turned into a truly evil man. "Fine. Now let me go."
"Excellent. Drones, show her out."
As the drones pushed her out, Shego could only give her brothers a small, somewhat reassuring smile. Even though their sister was 'evil', she was known for getting out of the worst of situations. Once outside, Shego ran to her car and drove home. She slammed the door when she got home and went straight upstairs. Jade and Sebastian both called out to her, Kim only stood confused by Shego's behavior, who had ran to not her room, but her parents'"
"Shay! Open the damn door this minute!"
"Fuck off Jade!"
"Bitch, don't talk to me like that! Something's wrong, I know it." Jade's voice went soft. "What happened, Shay?"
A thud came from the door; Jade having known Shego her whole life knew that her friend had thrown a ball of energy at the door. "Just leave me alone!"
Inside, Shego had sat on her parents' bed and held a picture frame in her hands. "What do I do mommy? How do I save Kim?" She stared into the green eyes of her mother and received no answer. Only then did Shego let her frustration fall out in the form of a single tear.
