A week passed and Kim was released from the hospital, but as Shego had predicted, Kim was still supposed to stay as inactive as possible. It would take quite a while for her injuries to heal and movement would only make it take longer. They had managed to heal her injuries faster than normal.
This dimension's Shego had allowed GJ to take a small sample of DNA and run tests on it. The fruits of their labor turned up a serum which could help wounds heal faster. After taking one dose, her bone fractures had healed and her stitches were no longer needed. The bones which had been broken were halfway through healing. Her minor cuts and swollen eye had also been healed almost instantly. It had sent a slight burning sensation throughout Kim's body when she first received it, but the pain subsided quickly as her wounds healed.
Although giving Kim a second dose would've healed her completely, they refused. The serum was still in its testing stages, and the last person they'd given two doses ended up dying. It was a strong substance which did help a person heal faster initially, but the body treats it as a toxin the second time they come into contact. After getting a second dose, one's wounds would heal completely, just in time for the body to start breaking down.
It was still unknown as to how Shego could heal so quickly without her body attacking itself, but it probably had to do with the parts of the DNA that Global Justice had yet to understand.
During their second week there, Kim and Shego spent most of their days lazing around and watching movies. Kim was going stir crazy after a while, so Shego took her outside and they sunbathed a bit. It wasn't an easy thing to do considering how immobile Kim was, but they managed.
The redhead had refused her friend's help when it came to changing. She could do it herself, even if it took a while and quite a bit of effort. There was just no way in hell she was going to be babied by the only person she thought of as her equal.
And then, after fifteen days of being in this strange world, it was time to head home.
As they all gathered around the portals, Kim gave everyone a hug, and Shego awkwardly shook their hands and thanked them. It'd been a very… interesting trip. Sure they'd miss everyone they'd met, but they longed for their own homes more.
With their goodbyes done, Shego picked Kim up in the princess hold. Even though Kim protested, Shego wouldn't let her down.
"Kimmie… do you remember what happened the last time we fell through the portal and we weren't attached?" Shego asked.
That caused the redheaded hero to stop struggling. "We ended up separated," Kim muttered.
"Exactly," the pale woman smirked. She turned to face the others one last time and said, "Well… I guess this is goodbye." And then she stepped into the black swirl.
Kim closed her eyes and clutched onto Shego's shirt. She didn't want anything to happen, like them being separated again.
Shego made sure to hold the slightly trembling girl close. Before she knew what had happened, she was sitting on her couch, Kim still in her arms.
She smiled warmly as she carried the girl to the bed, setting her down gently.
"You can open your eyes Kimmie. We're home," she smiled.
Kim slowly cracked her eyes open. Her whole body relaxed when she noticed the slightly familiar black and green room. They were at Shego's island house.
Shego then suddenly remembered something and stood up. "So Princess…" she said slowly.
"Yeah?"
"Would you like to watch me set this couch on fire?" she smirked.
A grin broke out on the redhead's face, "Of course!"
Shego lifted the couch into the air and lit her hands on fire. As it burned she made sure to reduce it to dust, leaving no part of it in its original shape. All that was left of it in the end was a pile of ashes.
"Y'know… it wasn't even the couches fault," Kim eventually said.
"Yeah, but I still had the urge to burn it," Shego said with a slight sneer, feeling triumphant.
Kim smiled slowly, "Oh, I don't disagree with that."
Shego gathered up the ashes in a container and the leaned out the window, scattering the black remains into the wind. When it was all gone Shego said with a smile, "Now then, with that mess cleaned up, I need to start cleaning the rest of the house up. I was going to make you help… but now seeing as you're injured; it looks like I need to do this alone."
Kim smiled slightly and asked, "Can we maybe… eat first?" Her stomach let out a growl, agreeing completely.
Shego rolled her eyes and said, "Oh alright. What would you like?"
She shrugged, "Steak sounds good."
The green skinned woman laughed. "Ok, ok. I'll cook steak. You better be happy we actually have that here. I had stocked this place up of random food the day before we left to get here."
"Wait… does that mean time has passed in this dimension? I mean, our two dimensions seem to be connected around the same time. You and the other Shego seemed to be the same age, and the other Kim seemed to be my age."
Shego grew silent. "I have no clue. You have your Kimmunicator right? You should be able to get a connection out here."
"I left it in my bag."
"I'll grab it." Shego left the room for a minute and materialized with the communicator in hand. It was flashing.
Kim's eyes widened and she said, "Give it to me, quick!"
Author's Note: Ok, so I know I've been posting chapters everyday since I started, but I'll be catching up with the latest chapter I'm working on soon. At that point I'll just post them as I write them, so it'll be a bit sporadic. This will also be true for my other KiGo stories as well. I hope you bear with me though, I'm hoping to be done with them soon!
