Disclaimer: Kim Possible was created by Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley and is the property of Disney.
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"And what exactly did you expect to happen, Kimmie," Shego asked.
"I expected Wade to find him quicker then this. It's been almost a month." Kim poked at the steak sitting in front of her. She and Shego had begun meeting on a regular basis for dinner. Not that either would admit that it was a date.
Shego hid a smirk behind her glass before continuing. "Look, Princess," she said. "Zorpox and the buffoon might as well be two totally different people. Where Ron was stupid and awkward, Zorpox is resourceful, devious. Not to mention he knows how Wade operates. The nerdlinger is going to have his work cut out for him if he's going to find him."
Kim didn't reply immediately, letting Shego get away for once with insulting her friend. The conversation died as the pair ate. When the check came Shego snatched it as usual before Kim could even blink. "I could pay for once, Shego."
"Could, but aren't." Shego handed her credit card to the waiter and turned back to Kim. "I'm not the starving college student, after all," she teased.
"Please," Kim scoffed. "I live at home and my parents are both highly paid professionals."
"Yet you have to keep a job at the mall while still saving the world and keeping up good grades." Shego just loved to needle the redhead.
Kim pouted on instinct, which made Shego laugh out loud. "At least my money is honest," the redhead snapped back. She didn't have to take this.
"Oh, and mine isn't," Shego had an evil grin on her face. "Says who?"
It was Kim's turn to laugh. "Would the thief in the room please raise her hand."
"Here's something for you to think about, Cupcake," Shego said. "Team Go has some nice toys. They have cars, a jet, all of the coolest super hero junk, and a huge base built on a private island. Now where do you think the money came from for all of that? You don't think Hego would just let me steal it, do you? Actually, now that I think about it, that would have been a really good way to really piss off the fatheaded oaf."
"So, if you have so much money, why did I find you in that... that place?" Kim still hated to think about the place she had found Shego. Though she would never say it aloud, it was definitely worse considering Shego's condition. No, saying that out loud would be a very bad idea.
Shego paused for a moment to consider her response. "I was there because I didn't want to be found. I know what people think of me, that I'm a hedonist. I'm sure everyone thought I was on some tropical island or holed up in a fancy resort." Kim nodded. That was exactly what she had thought. "So, I hid where yo.. no one could find me."
Kim heard the slip, but mentioning it would no doubt lead to a conversation she wasn't quite ready for yet, so she let it slide. Why do we keep dancing around this?
The waiter returned Shego's card. "Time to get going, I guess," Kim said finally. She really didn't want to go. There was a stack of homework a mile high waiting back home. Also, she was enjoying Shego's company. They always seemed to have a good time when they got together these days. At least since we stopped trying to kill each other. I wonder if there's anything we can go do tonight?
The green thief nodded reluctantly. She didn't want the evening to end either. Come on, Shego, think! There has to be something you could do together!
Beep be-beep beep. Damn, not that, they both thought.
"What's the sitch, Wade," Kim said. Shego rolled over closer to listen in.
"Hey, Kim," he said. "I've got something resembling good news. I found Ron's base."
"That's great," she exclaimed. "Where is it?"
"A massive cave hidden in the mountains to the east," Wade held off for a moment. "I have bad news too. The reason I was able to find his location is because he just launched a dozen missiles directly at Middleton."
"Mass homicide seems a little harsh, even for the evil buffoon," Shego noted.
"Well I've done some satellite scans of the missiles. They don't seem to be carrying any explosives as far as I can tell. I am getting some very strange readings, though," said the computer genius. "The only thing I can say for sure is that they will be landing in half an hour and will be coming down somewhere near downtown."
"How nice of him to save us the gas," the green thief said dryly.
"Is Ron still at the mountain base," Kim asked.
"I doubt it," Wade said. "He'll know I can track the missiles back to their point of origin. I'll contact GJ and warn them. And be careful, Kim."
A dozen new stars appeared in the sky soon after Kim and Shego left the restaurant. At first they were the only ones to notice the new constellation, but soon other night goers started to point.
As the lights became brighter people began to panic and seek cover. Kim and Shego were the only ones still on the street when the first missile slammed nose first into the pavement, shaking the ground and setting off every car alarm in a five mile radius. Eleven more, scattered throughout the downtown area, soon followed the first impact.
The sound of grinding metal forced the pair to cover their ears as the missile they were closest to seemed to fall apart. As the outer shell fell away, something resembling a tree was reveled. Large metallic limbs drooped under the immense weight of human sized pods.
"There have to be fifty pods on that thing," Kim felt dwarfed by the massive structure.
"Something tells me we aren't going to like what's in 'em either," Shego pointed out.
One of the pods cracked open slowly from the bottom, splitting until it was completely flowered open. Dangling from the stem was something resembling a mechanical snake tightly coiled around a central spear.
With a snap the spear fell to the ground and the metal reptile's eyes lit a bright red. The snake unwound itself and slithered along the ground for a few paces before lifting its head and surveying the area. From half a block away it was clear that the evil robot was twice the size of the python it was modeled after.
The beast seemed to be waiting for something. Kim motioned for Shego to follow and led the way to hide behind a nearby car. "We need a plan," she said when they were under cover.
They heard the sound of the other pods dropping their cargo onto the street. The rasp of steel gliding across the cement was growing.
'There are too many to take out one at a time," Shego said. "Zorpox should be nearby controlling the things. Let's find him and ask nicely for the remote." Shego's hands ignited.
"We can't hurt him, Shego," Kim said.
Shego launched a blast at Kim's feet. "What are you doing?" Kim spun around to see one of the snakes recoil back under the car they had been hiding behind.
"Run for it," Shego said, spinning around. Her wheelchair had a good motor, but she struggled to keep up with Kim as they sprinted down the street to Shego's custom built car around the corner.
When they were safe inside the vehicle Kim called Wade. The genius immediately began to compliment the construction of the snakes he was watching on his monitors. "These things are amazing. Each is capable of a full range of attacks alone, but they are also linked for coordinated pack style attacks and movement."
"I'm sure Ron would be happy to hear you approve, but we really need to stop them," Kim said through clenched teeth. Shego swerved hard to the left to avoid a telephone pole that a snake had snapped with a whip of its long tail. Kim was slammed into the door and then back and into the green thief as Shego swerved back to avoid a civilian trying to run from a small pack of the snakes.
"On it," Wade said quickly. "I'll let you know as soon as I can locate the source of the signal controlling them."
"Never thought I would end up your wheelman, Princess," Shego laughed as they skidded around a corner and barreled down on another missile that was still dropping its load of snakes. Shego was forced onto the abandoned sidewalk to avoid having one of the spears land directly on top of them.
"I appreciate the help, Shego." Kim placed a hand on the other woman's shoulder and gave it a light squeeze that became harder when she noticed that they were headed directly at a storefront.
The thief spun the wheel around and managed to turn enough to miss the building, but ended up running over several of the snakes jostling the pair in their seats. When they looked back the snakes they had struck were still moving along.
"Damn it," Shego cursed. "How long does it take to find a signal strong enough to control all of this?"
"Let's see you triangulate a moving target using free moving guide points," Wade's voice came from the floor, where Kim had dropped the Kimmunicator during the wild ride.
Kim fished it from beneath her feet. "Did you find him?" she asked hopefully.
"Of course," said Wade. "He was in a hover car when I first started looking and that's why it took so long. But he's landed a quarter mile from your current location. I'm sending coordinates now."
Shego tapped the screen of her GPS unit and said, "He landed in the parking lot of the Middleton Mall. We'll be there in a few minutes."
When they entered the mall parking lot Kim thought Shego would just get them close to the landed craft. She was wrong. The pale former villainess kept the gas pedal floored as they approached Zorpox and Yori where they stood next to the craft. The snakes made for a rough approach, but it was still a close call when the ninja and evil genius dove behind the hover car to get out of the way. Only inches spared the new green paintjob Shego had just gotten on the car.
"What are you doing," Kim hollered.
"Relax, Cupcake," Shego said. "I knew they'd get out of the way." She stopped the car and they got out.
"You'll pay for that, you green freak," Zorpox shouted as he came out of hiding.
"Says the newest little boy blue," she shot back. "Dementor, Drakken, myself, it seems crazy skin colors comes with the whole evil thing. I wonder what color Yori is going to turn? My money's on pink."
Zorpox drew his sword, which seemed to grow large serrations, and took a few quick steps in their direction before stopping. He scowled deeply, but took a moment to calm himself.
Meanwhile several of the snakes began to move quickly toward Kim and Shego. The pair split up and Kim dove to the right. She flipped over the first snake and landed on the back of another. A cold metal tail quickly wrapped itself around her leg.
Kim let out a small gasp at how cold the metal felt. It was a warm summer evening and there was something seriously wrong with this sitch. Soon the cold began to really hurt, more then the pressure of the creature around her leg.
"As you can no doubt tell I have discovered cold fusion, Boo-yahahahahahaha," Zorpox laughed even as he reflexively ducked a plasma blast aimed at his head. Another blast destroyed the snake holding Kim.
Shego turned to continue firing at Ron, but felt a sudden drop as a pair of the snakes ripped the wheels off of her chair. The green thief found herself laid out on her back. She felt a chill as a snake slithered across her legs and up her body. She blasted it.
From her back it was hard to keep up a decent defense against wave after wave of snakes. She could only hope Kim was fairing better. It took what seemed an eternity, but she managed to sit up and fire while using the destroyed chair as a backing.
Yori appeared over her and Shego panicked. The ninja's plasma shield left Shego helpless at her hands. "Kim," she called for help. The ninja was on top of her quickly.
A snake smashed into the ninja from behind. Yori spun around to face Kim. The redhead lashed out with a kick to Yori's midsection. The ninja sidestepped and threw a fast series of palm strikes that left Kim's arms numb from blocking.
Kim performed a back flip kick that forced the ninja back. The second she was back on two feet Kim launched herself forward and tackled Yori. The pair rolled amongst the snakes fighting for the upper hand.
"Nothing like a good cat fight, eh Shego?" The thief turned to see Zorpox leaning casually against the side of her car. The man was watching his current and former girlfriends rolling around and trying to kill each other with a half smile that made Shego's blood boil.
Keeping her hand out of sight, Shego grabbed a length of steel pipe that had been a part of her now destroyed chair. Trying to keep the green glow down, the thief heated the pipe until she was sure it was glowing red.
"Think fast buffoon," she said while casually tossing the pipe to the man standing nearby. Out of reflex, Zorpox latched onto the pipe before it could soar over his shoulder. This was definitely a time it would have been better to be his old klutzy self.
Zorpox screamed in pain and dropped both the pipe and the control unit in his hands. When the controller hit the ground Shego was able to blast it easily. The snakes began to power down. The mass of glowing red eyes faded.
Yori responded to her boyfriend's pain by jumping away from Kim and trying to attack Shego. Her sudden change in direction left her open to a blow from the redhead that left her unconscious.
Seeing that he was losing again, Ron attempted to flee. Kim was right on his tail as he sprinted for his hover car. When a series of plasma blasts beat him to the hover car and destroyed his escape, Ron turned and reached to draw his sword.
Kim grabbed the end of the hilt with one hand to hold it in its sheath. Using her free hand she punched her best friend in the gut hard enough to knock the air from him. "Sorry, Ron, but this is for your own good," Kim said before knocking him out with a hard shot to the jaw.
With the Lotus Blade locked away in the trunk and Ron and Yori tied up the pair waited for Global Justice to arrive.
Betty Director arrived with the Attitudinator in hand. "Good timing, Director," said Shego. "Where is it in your GJ regulations to let the cheerleader do all the dirty work before showing up to claim the glory?"
"Let's see if we can put an end to this Zorpox problem," said Dr. Director, ignoring Shego. She had decided that was the only real way of handling the volatile woman.
"Doubtful," scoffed the subject of discussion. Zorpox shook his head as he became fully aware of his surroundings. "But you're welcome to try."
The leader of Global Justice fired the weaponized Attitudinator at the pair tied to the light pole. There were some impressive fireworks as the beam was deflected up and into the fixture at the top of the pole.
"Told ya," said Zorpox.
"What did you do, Ron," Kim asked with concern.
"That would be telling," he said in a singsong voice. "You awake, Yori-babe," he then said over his shoulder.
"Yes, Zorpox-sama," she replied.
"Then I think it's time for us to be going."
"Yes, Zorpox-sama." There was a flash of hand movement by the ninja and then smoke engulfed the area.
"Everyone watch yourselves," shouted the Director.
Kim moved away from the fight and blindly reached to keep the car's trunk closed. Sure enough, she felt someone try to lift just as she pressed down. "Damn you, Kimberly Ann," she heard Zorpox curse from nearby.
When the smoke finally cleared the evil duo was nowhere to be seen. "This is what I never missed from being a hero," commented Shego. "All of your hard work just evaporates when you turn over the bad guy to the cops."
"How many times did I catch you," Kim asked.
"Exactly my point," Shego returned.
"If you two don't mind I need to see to cleaning up all of these robots," Betty Director said before leaving the girls to their own devices.
When the pair was alone Kim helped Shego back into the car. Kim climbed into the passenger seat before leaning on her former nemesis's shoulder and starting to cry. Not knowing what to say to the redhead, Shego could only hold Kim and try to comfort her by gently stroking her hair.
"I've lost him," Kim sobbed.
"I'm sorry, Kim," said Shego. "I'll do whatever I can to help." The green thief sincerely would do anything she could to make her princess smile again.
"Just promise you won't leave me," Kim said in an almost whisper.
Shego hugged Kim close. "I'm not going anywhere, Pumpkin." That was an easy promise for her to make.
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Global Justice and Wade both kept up a constant vigil for any signs of Zorpox or his sidekick Yori. There was an attempt on the Yamanouchi School where someone tried to steal the Lotus Blade soon after Kim returned it, but the intruder escaped without being unmasked.
Rumors circulated around the villain community about someone building a new type of fortress, but no one seemed to know anything substantial.
Rumors and shadows seemed to be the closest Kim could get to her old friend.
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Two Months Later:
Shego rolled to the door of her new Upperton apartment and opened it. The grin on her face slipped when she discovered it wasn't the person she had been waiting for standing in her doorway.
"Wow, Shego, that's a beautiful dress," said Dr. Drakken. "But it's just karaoke night."
Shego rolled her eyes. "I'm not going to karaoke night, Dr. D," she said. "I have plans with someone else tonight."
"Someone else?" the blue scientist appeared confused.
"Yeah, someone else," said a new voice behind him. "You look great, Shego," said Kim Possible.
"Thanks." Drakken noticed how Shego practically glowed when Kim smiled at her. "I'll just go get my purse."
Shego left Drakken and Kim alone in the hallway for a moment. "So you and Shego…" Drakken led.
"Are going on a date as soon as you disappear," Kim finished for him. She gave the man a look.
"Right, well I'll just be going then," Drakken turned around before letting a grin conquer his face. "Until next time, Possible." The blue man left before Shego could return.
When Kim and Shego reached the elevator that led to the underground parking lot Kim pressed the button before seating herself in Shego's lap. "This won't be that long of a ride, Kimmie," Shego said, not displeased to have Kim in her arms.
"You want me to get up?" Shego couldn't see it, but she was sure there was a pout on the younger woman's face. She gently put her hand on Kim's chin and turned it toward her own. Sure enough, the girl had an exaggerated puppy dog pout plastered on her face.
Shego laughed and leaned forward so they were closer. "No, this is good for me," she said.
The teen heroine then smiled back. "Good, because I think I like it this close." Kim leaned in and their foreheads touched.
Shego took in a deep breath and with it the scent of the woman sitting on her lap. The retired thief closed her eyes and enjoyed the sensation of having her Princess right where she wanted. Her eyes still closed, she felt Kim shift slightly. Before she could open her eyes she felt something soft and warm press against her lips.
The End.
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A/N: Yes, I left Ron and Yori evil and there is a reason for that... eventually. For now I think it is time to let Zorpox alone to think up some new diabolical ways to conquer the Earth.
Thanks again for reading.
