Chapter ten: New plans are hatched

Kim woke up the next morning to an empty bed. Memories of the day before flooded back into her mind; she made her way out of the room and searched for Shego. She didn't want Shego to get involved in her affairs; she wanted to make a clean break from her former partner without any trouble or damage to her former reputation.

She found Shego in the living room filing her nails. Kim sat on the edge of the table in front of her. "Shego I don't think it's…"

Shego raised a hand to stop her. "Kimmie you can stop right there because I know you want to be a big girl and take this one on yourself but if you want to get out this one clean you need me to help you."

Kim was about to argue this point when Shego shook her head stopping her again. She pointed back to the bathroom. "Don't start. Just get ready we have a lot to do today."

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Middleton…

Wade sat at his laptop typing furiously as Ron sat back and started at the criminal profile, if they could even call it that. It seemed as though they had been working on this for days and they couldn't even place whether or not this person was male or female.

"This is interesting." Wade said suddenly.

"What is it?"

"I was looking at some old police reports. It seems this thief has been around for longer than we thought. There are a few robberies that have the same evidence. The thief came in from the vent, disabled the alarm, and blacked out all the cameras. Not a trace until…here. He most gotten bold with a stolen microchip but tripped the alarm."

"Where did this happen?"

"A lab in Scotland."

"Then we're headed for Scotland." Ron abruptly stood and shut the folder. Wade sighed and began setting up there travel arrangements to Scotland.

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London…

Kim and Shego stood atop a tall building, Shego was looking through a pair of binoculars while Kim looked down at the people below.

"Anything interesting?" Kim asked after a moment. Shego smirked and lowered the binoculars.

"Yeah she just left from the looks of it we should have plenty of time." Shego replied.

Without a word Kim bent down and opened her bag pulling out her old grappling gun. Shego gave her a knowing look.

"I never would have guessed you kept those." Shego said as Kim shot the gun.

"I can't just give up my old tools when they work so well for both heroism and crime." Kim said as she secured the line. The two women hooked themselves to the line and slid down to the roof of the building.

"You think you can find what you're looking for in there, Kimmie?" Shego asked as Kim prepared to propel down to her target. Kim nodded and jumped over the edge leaving Shego to stand guard on the roof.

Kim made her way down the building with ease, silently cursing as she passed window after window of lavish penthouses. She reached Eve's window.

"Son of a bitch." She cursed loudly as she began to work on opening the window.

"What's wrong?" Shego's voice broke out suddenly. Kim searched her pockets for her walkie-talkie.

"Do you see this penthouse? I could have had a dozen of these if she didn't screw me over." Kim complained.

"Stop screwing around down there and get to work you can complain when we get home."

Kim decided not to question anything and continued to work on unlocking the window. After a moment she slid the window open and slipped inside. She was surprised no alarm went off but dismissed the suspension and began her search.

"So Kimmie you gonna tell me what you're looking for?" Shego's voice suddenly asked making Kim jump slightly.

"I'm looking for her plans for her next job now let me do my job and don't talk to me unless you see her coming back." Kim said in hushed frustration.

"Okay okay. Ain't my fault if you left me up here bored, just wanted to have some conversation." Shego said defensively.

Kim shook her head and continued to look for any kind of plans of clues to Eve's next move. She moved through every room making sure to put everything back in its place so no suspicion will arise.

She leaned against the marble counter in the kitchen ready to give up her search when she noticed the news paper lying next to her. Lying before her was an article telling about an Egyptian exhibit coming to the London museum, among the artifacts would be a necklace thought to be from Cleopatra's own collection.

"Kimmie you might want to get the hell outta there now she just got out of her car." Shego's voice broke her concentration. Kim continued to look through the article looking for anything else her old partner might go for. She noticed a business card lying next to the paper, this had to be the person ready to buy the stolen necklace.

"Kimmie move your ass she's coming up." Shego's voice broke through again. Kim wrote down the information from the article and the number on the business card. When she finished she dashed back to the open window and hooked herself onto the line. She heard the front door beginning to open. She closed the window and hid along the side.

She looked up and stared at Shego looking down at her over the edge. She pressed her finger to her lips and peeked in through the window staring at Eve as she moved through her home. She didn't appear to notice anything had been moved, she began to make her way to the window. Kim moved back and pressed herself against the wall hoping the shadows would hid her from her former partner's sight. The window opened and Eve seemed puzzled by this.

"Stupid lock must be broken again." Eve said to herself as she leaned out and looked out at the city. Kim began to sweat as she looked around but she paid no attention to Kim under the cover of darkness. Eve backed away from the window and left the room. Kim saw her chance and began to climb back up to the roof.

When Kim climbed over the edge she let herself fall onto the gravel of the roof. Her body screamed at her for the long climb back up to the roof. Shego was sitting on the edge staring down at Kim as she lay on the gavel.

"You could have asked me to pull you up." Shego said after a moment.

Kim shook her head trying to wipe the sweat from her forehead, but her arms felt too heavy. "No she would have heard me."

"Well did you get what you needed?" Shego asked as she gathered their things. Kim nodded happily and Shego pulled Kim up putting the redhead's arm over her shoulder.

"We'll take the elevator for your benefit." Shego said as they slowly made their way to the roof exit.