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Chapter 10 – Seek and Hide
Shego flew as fast as she could to find the only person that could have had any information about Ron's actual localization. She entered the Middleton with a high speed. Her green power left a mark at the sky. It was noon, but she could not care less if anyone has noticed her. She has finally found a house that she was looking for. She did not think twice about her plan, but she decided not to enter through the roof. She landed in front of the front door and knocked three times. The doors were opened by the dark skinned woman.
"Can I…" The woman paused when she has noticed the creature at her doorstep.
"Where is Wade?" Shego asked in husky double voice. The woman did not say a word, she just gestured the inside of the house. Green skinned woman did not wait for an invitation. She entered the house. She was guided by the sound of two beating hearts in the room in the depths of the house. She pushed the door open. "Wade. I need your help." Shego said. She entered the room and looked down at the dark boy who was currently cuddling with his girlfriend.
"Shego?" He asked in confusion as he jumped away from the bed leaving his girlfriend alone.
"Yeah. Where can I find Stoppable?" Shego asked in husky voice.
"How would I know?" The boy asked.
"I know you have had chipped him."
"But that would be so unethical." Boy's girlfriend opposed.
"Well… it would be." Wade said. "But I did it many years ago, Monique." He excused his behavior. This lover's quarrel begun to irritate Shego. Her hands lit a bit. "Calm down, Shego." Wade asked in fear. Said woman could hear his racing heart. "Give me few minutes." Young genius added and ran to his enormous computer. Shego looked around and her black eyes stopped at Wade's girlfriend.
"I remember you." Green skinned woman said. "You're Monique, Kim's friend."
"Well, I don't remember you." Monique answered in anxious tone.
"I was a substitute teacher in your school few years ago." Shego explained.
"Miss Go? What the hell?" Dark girl asked. Shego just smiled evilly at this reaction.
"I've got the location." Wade said interrupting girls' conversation.
"Where?" Shego asked with anger.
"Nepal. Kabru Mountain. But the place is impossible to penetrate." Wade explained.
"We'll see about that." Shego growled whilst turning away to leave.
"Hold on a second." Wade stopped the woman. "You must have a plan and a good reason. Care to share? I'll help."
"Ron kidnapped Kim." Shego has begun. Wade and Monique were shocked by that statement. "He wants to unite with her during the first full moon and I am going to stop him."
"Hold on a moment!" Monique exclaimed. "You wanna tell me that monkey boy kidnapped my GF?" She asked and Shego just confirmed it with a nod. "He's going straight to hell! I'm going with you."
"Forget it!" Both Shego and Wade said. Monique sat back on the bed offended by their rejection.
"Shego, the monastery, where Ron is planning to perform the ceremony is really impossible to penetrate. It's protected by ancient Tai Shin Pe Quar spells. You can go inside only if asked to. Otherwise you'll die the moment you step inside." Wade explained.
"I'm already dead, so what do I care?" Shego asked.
"You should, because you won't save Kim if you'll be dead… I mean more dead than you are already." Wade explained.
"And you take that information about a zombie in your room so easily, because?" Ex-villainess asked.
"Because I have seen a lot in my life and I know about that prophecy. Betty kept me posted on everything." Boy explained. "So just sit down and listen to a plan, because I want to help you save my friend." He said and Shego did as asked.
"Okay. I'm listening." Woman has explained.
Meanwhile inside the Kabru Mountain
Ron walked through the dark corridor inside his monastery. The corridor was enlightened by a countless torches attached to the walls. He was smiling evilly as he entered the dark room at the end of the corridor. His eyes lied down at the chained red-head. Kim was hanging from the ceiling. The chains hurt her wrists, but she could not care less. She was still mourning the death of her love.
"Good afternoon, Kimberley." Ron said while closing the distance between him and the red-head. She did not answer him. She did not want look at him nor talk to him. "You can remain silent as long as you wish, but in five days you will change your mind and become my wife." Ron said with a smile on his face. "Unless of course you want the evil to rule the earth." He added.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Kim finally spoke up as she did not understand what her ex-best friend was ranting about.
"The prophecy states that if you will be united with evil magic the two will rule the world. I always knew that Shego wanted to rule the world, but I did not expect her to use such a low tactic." He explained. "But that is not important now, because she's dead."
"If she is dead I can't marry her. You can let me go!" Kim said in angry and sad voice. I really wanted to spend the rest of my life with her, the girl thought.
"Oh, no way. We will be united and we'll vanish all of the evil from the face of the earth." Ron said.
"How such a good person could go so evil? Ron, you became evil, haven't you noticed it?" Kim barked at him.
"Doing evil for good purpose is still righteous." He excused himself with a smile.
"Selfish purposes are not good. They are sick and wrong!" Red-head shouted at him. Ron did not like the words of his bride to be.
"You will change your mind about me. In five days you will be asking me to marry you." He growled at her as he exited the room. Just as he left two masked people entered the room. They had some weird equipment in a casket. They opened the casket and took off two whips ended with thorns. One of the man ripped off Kim's shirt only to discover her battle suit. The other masked man unzipped the battle suit to reveal Kim's bare back. They began whipping a girl who did all she could not to scream in pain. She did not want to give them the satisfaction. She felt the skin slowly ripping off from her back. Her powers were blocked, so she could not do anything except praying for a miracle. I'll be as strong as you were, Kim said to Shego in her mind.
Next day came too quickly in Kim's opinion. She was whipped for the whole afternoon and most of the night. She felt drained from all of the living energy. She felt like a ghost. Just as she was about to fall asleep the door of her prison were opened.
"Changed your mind?" Ron asked with venom in his voice. Kim sent him a deadly glare. She did it almost as good as Shego used to.
"Not even close, Monkey Boy." She growled at him. "You have to do better than that."
"Is that a challenge?" Ron laughed at his bride to be. "Well than it will be entertaining looking at you suffer. I'll see you in few hours." He added and exited the room.
"Finally." Kim whispered and immediately fell asleep. She was once again dreaming about her dead lover. She has seen everything so clearly. She heard that singing once again. I'm coming for you, Kim heard Shego's voice in her head. It was the last thing she could remember from that dream. She was awakened by the ruckus outside her prison. The men from yesterday have returned with a metal frame. Great, red-head thought. Two men quickly attached Kim's body to the metal frame. As soon as they have finished Ron entered the room. He sat down in the corner of the room. He looked at her naked torso with a light in his eyes.
"You can change your mind before we start." He advised.
"Keep dreaming." Kim said and as soon as she did the electric current flew through her body.
"Are you sure? We can keep this on till the full moon." Ron said with smile when he was sure that Kim was listening to him.
"Four more days? So not the drama." She replied with a smile that was quickly erased from her face by another electric shock. I can do anything, Kim thought when she had a chance to concentrate. She focused her mind on the dream where Shego was still alive, where her love came for a rescue.
Meanwhile at the bottom of Kabru Mountain
Shego was walking slowly up the mountain. She hid her new appearance. The wings have faded, her claws disappeared and her eyes were back to normal. Only hiding her fangs was impossible to do. She believed that they had to remind her about the presence of the curse. But beside from the fangs she looked normal. As normal as the green skinned woman could have looked. She was covered in animal fur. The wind was blowing from the north sending an enormous amount of snow with it. She did not need that much of protection from the weather, but she did not want to look suspicious. After three hours of walk she has noticed the entrance to the monastery. The giant wooden doors were covered in gold with images of monkeys. Beside the giant door there was nothing else. Only the mountain rocks. The closed the distance between herself and the door and knocked with all her might. She waited less than a minute for the door to open. She noticed two ninjas jumping at her with chains. She did not fight. She wanted to be 'invited in' in this way or another. Two ninjas chained her hands and pushed her forward. She was still covered in fur while they walked through a long, dark corridor. At the end of the tunnel she noticed a large room enlightened by the mixture of torches and daylight entering through a hole in the ceiling. That's how the moon will operate in the altar, Shego thought.
"What is that?" A familiar voice asked his ninjas.
"That traveler was knocking at the door." One of the ninjas with female voice answered. Blonde man came close to Shego. He looked suspiciously at her and took of the furry hood that was covering her face till now. He looked at her in shock.
"You! But I killed you!" He exclaimed.
"You know, Monkey Boy, I'm like a cockroach. You can step on me as many times as you want, but I will still be alive." Shego answered with a mischievous smile on her face.
"Actually I might have a use of you." Ron said with a smile. "Yori, take her to the dungeon." He said to the female voiced ninja. Shego just turned around with a smile on her face and let the girl to guide her. They walked through the corridor to the door with a monkey engraved on it.
"Yori? Weren't you the good Yamanuchi ninja?" Shego asked as they entered the room. Shego looked around and noticed a half naked body hanging few inches from the floor. The body was paler that usual. The hair painted extra red with blood was covering the unconscious face. Shego felt the anger rising in her body, but she was controlling herself. She allowed the silent ninja to hang her upside down in front of the red-head. Her hands were than released of the chains. Yori took off all of the fur that Shego was wearing only to imprison her in cybertronic straightjacket. She was held one and a half meter from ground. When Yori was done she pretended to check the straightjacket.
"Help us." She whispered to Shego's ear and quickly left the room. Green skinned woman smiled at this. She was happy to know that there are still good people, though probably imprisoned within the powerful magic spell.
"Wade, I'm in." Shego whispered to the air. She felt the tiny vibration under her cheek.
"So I have noticed." Dark boy replied. "If you're still alive that means that we succeeded. Where are you?"
"In the dungeon. Though I always thought that dungeons are underground." Shego whispered. She was too busy staring at the red-head.
"Shego…" Kim whispered painfully in her sleep. That fucker is so dead, Shego promised in her thoughts. She tried to control herself, but now it became very difficult.
"Just stick to the plan and you should save Kim in no time." Shego heard Wade's voice in her head.
"You're the genius here. Let me get back to self-control before I'll change everything to ash." Ex-villainess replied.
"I believe you found Kim." Monique asked.
"Indeed, I did." Shego growled silently.
"Is it bad?" Dark girl asked in worried tone.
"Don't even ask. Her heart is hardly pounding." Shego explained but she quickly stopped because she felt that she will loose her self-control any moment. Being evil is harder than I though, Shego thought.
"Tortures…" Wade whispered. "Just try to control yourself, Shego. If you'll need us we won't be moving anywhere." He added and Shego felt the vibrations under her cheek to cease. She closed her eyes and tried to focus on the good times she had with Kim. She imagined how it will be when this will be over. Soon she fell into a meditation state where she could control herself with no problem.
Meanwhile in Shego's subconscious
"Yo! Evil Me! Are you here?" Shego yelled as she walked through fogged part of her subconscious.
"As always." Shego heard her own voice. "Do you need me?"
"Not really. I just wanted to ask you something." Shego said.
"Yes, if you fail there is no other choice than an eternity with Morrigan." Evil Shego said.
"How did you know? Never mind. I was just…"
"Preparing yourself for the failure?" Evil interrupted Shego. "Don't. Maybe talking with someone else will help you." It added and disappeared.
"Is someone else in my subconscious? Do I have a split personality or something?" Shego wondered out loud.
"No, you don't." Shego heard long forgotten voice. "But I couldn't leave you, Princess."
"Mum? What… how… but…" Shego tried to understand.
"I didn't leave you for all those years and I will not leave you now." Miss Go said. "Don't repeat my mistakes. I should have stayed with Eliza all those years ago." Shego was listening to her mother's voice. She has noticed the figure coming out of the fog. "You are so similar to me. Fight for her." The figure whispered and touched Shego's cheek. "I'll always be there for you, Princess." She added and disappeared. Shego was once again lonely in her thoughts. She heard another voice calling to her.
"Shego…" She heard a whisper of another familiar voice.
Back in the prison cell
Kim woke up with aching body. She lost feeling in her hands yesterday, but now she also did not feel her back. Her legs were jumping by itself from time to time as the remains of the electric current were passing through her system. She opened her eyes with difficulty and noticed a body hanging upside-down in front of her. She tried to focus on the figure, but her sight was blurred. She has noticed raven black hair and greenish skin.
"Shego…" Kim whispered. "I knew you would not leave me." She added. Red-head was almost sure that she is seeing a ghost, because she saw well how her love died on the floor of training room of Global Justice.
"How do you feel, Princess?" Shego asked in whisper when she exited the state of deep meditation.
"Am I dreaming?" Kim asked in weak voice.
"No. I'm really here." Shego replied and opened her eyes, which were black like a carbon again. Kim saw those eyes and gasped in shock. That reminded Shego of what she has become. She was afraid that Kim might be afraid of her. She closed her eyes quickly to concentrate. When she opened them again her old emerald color was back. "Don't be afraid. You know I would never hurt you." Shego whispered.
"I know. Listen, Shego. You must know something." Kim said whilst wheezing from exhaustion. "I love you so much that you have no idea."
"I love you too, Princess. Why the hell do you think I'm here?" Shego said with a grin on her face. Kim's faster heart beat reminded Shego about her fangs.
"What happened to you?" Kim asked worried about what she was seeing. Sure as hell that I'm going crazy, she thought.
"Nothing much. Just family curse and stuff like this. Nothing to worry about." Shego explained with a sweet loving smile. Kim looked at Shego with a questioning, but yet loving look. She adored that woman. Even Death could not stop her from rescuing her. Kim's thoughts were interrupted by the opening doors. Both females looked at the entrance of their prison just to notice Ron coming in with new torturing equipment.
"Good evening, ladies." He said in cocky tone. "Ah, Kimberley. I see you have already noticed your guest. I hope that she will help you change your mind." He added with a pure evil smile on his face. Then he snapped his fingers and two masked ninjas entered the room only to chain Shego to a weird contraption. She was hanged right in front of Kim. Her hands were putted into special handcuffs that would absorb her plasma. Her feet were chained as well so she was hanging at a slant towards the ground with her face half a meter from Kim's. The straightjacket would be useless right now, Ron thought when he took out a small remote from the new casket. He pushed the button on the remote and a laser whip emerged from the remote like device.
"We'll see how tough you are." He said to Shego. She only smiled at this comment. "And you will be changing your mind quite shortly." He added to Kim, who was constantly looking right into Shego's eyes. "I'll see you tomorrow." Ron added and exited the room with one of the ninjas. The other one begun whipping Shego. When she felt the first smack on her back her eyes turned completely black in an instant. Kim was scared a little bit, because she did not know what curse was upon Shego's family. Everybody in the room could smell burned skin. Shego has begun growling as she felt next smacks on her back.
"Shego!" Kim yelled at the woman, who was having a lot of trouble with self control. "Look at me, Shego! Look into my eyes!" Kim kept yelling hoping that it will help. Shego's hands begun igniting inside the chains. Next smacks were heard even in the corridor outside the room. Shego finally listened to Kim and started looking deeply into her sad, olive eyes. She witnessed how the tear left Kim's eye. That did not help. She felt anger growing inside her.
"Wade!" Shego yelled. She felt the vibrations under her cheek. She already knew that he was analyzing the situation.
"Control yourself, Shego. Focus on Kim! Focus on her!" He yelled in Shego's head. Said woman tried to do as asked, but it was difficult.
Shego could have sworn that whipping was lasting forever, but she knew that it has been hardly an hour. She knew that Ron wanted to use her.
"Kimmie…" Shego whispered when the ninja left. Her eyes were black and her fangs were shining in the dark. Kim looked at Shego with a horror in her eyes.
"Why is he torturing you? Killing you once isn't enough?" Kim wondered out loud.
"Relax, Princess. He's just using me to change your mind." Shego explained. She could not feel her back, but she knew that before morning will come she will be healed.
"Why does he care? He'll force me anyway." Red-head asked with anger.
"He can't." Shego said with smile. "You have to be willing to unite with him if the ceremony is supposed to work." Green skinned woman said with even greater smile.
"Than it's good to have you here." Kim said with a little bit happier voice.
"These chains are no prison for me. I will get you out when the time will be right. Just hang on till the full moon." Shego said with caring voice.
"I'm doing just fine." Kim tried to lie.
"Pumpkin, I can hear your heart. It's barely hanging on. There is no way in hell I'll let you go, but you must help me." Ex-villainess said.
"How do you…"
"Curse." Shego interrupted Kim with explanation. "Trust me, you don't want to see my true form. Wade almost shitted his pants when he has seen me."
"I did not!" Wade yelled right into Shego's head.
"Agh! No yelling in my head, Nerdlinger!" Raven haired woman yelled back. "Anyway, Kimmie. Listen to me very carefully, because that is what you have to do." Shego said to her lover in a whispering voice.
Meanwhile in the GJ HQ
For the last four days Betty was sending all of her troops around the world in search for Kim and Shego. It was to believe that her friend actually came back to live after being dead for four minutes. Even Jesus needed three days, one eyed woman thought with a small smile.
"Agent Du, report!" Betty yelled into a communicator.
"No luck, Ma'am!" She heard a response. She just had no more ideas where to look. GJ Commander decided to go downstairs to the Hospital Wing to look for Ann Possible and try to inform her about the news. She felt like a Death's messenger. She knocked delicately on the door.
"Come in." Ann said from the inside. Ed was showing her the technology Drakken used to create his new body. Ann was taking everything apart to use this technology for good. Mr. Dr. Possible was helping with the technological part especially that he has finished the same school Drakken dropped off. Betty entered the room with heavy heart.
"Hey, one eye beauty. Seriously, you look like someone died." Ed said when he has noticed Betty.
"Doctors, Ed, I have some bad news." GJ Commander said honestly.
"What is it, Dr. Director?" James asked. He was afraid that the worst has happened.
"We can't find Kim nor Shego. It's like they ceased to exist." Betty said. "And the ritual is tomorrow. I'm sorry. I'm a failure." Betty exclaimed whilst sitting down on one of the chairs. She held her head low as she has begun to cry her eye out.
"Betty…" Ann said in a calm voice. "Shego said that she will save my daughter, so we must trust her." Brain Surgeon said whilst putting her hand on Betty's arm. "Even Death couldn't stop her." She added with a smile.
"True, but I'm…"
"Worried? We all are." James interrupted Betty and the silence occurred. The silence was shortly broken by GJ Commander's communicator.
"Yes?" Betty answered to the contraption.
"Dr. Director? Wade here."
"What can do you for?" Betty said in sad and 'so giving up' type of voice. Why did he always call when he needed something? She was so not in the mood for this.
"Actually you can send your medical troops to Kabru Mountain. Shego might need some help after the ritual." Boy said with a wicked smile.
"What!" All four said in shock when they heard the news.
"Chill. She is in and as far as I know both of them are alive. So what about that backup?" Wade teased GJ Commander.
"Just tell me where and when. We'll be there." Betty said with an energetic expression on her face. She regained her hope.
Author's notes: Here is the 10th chapter. Hope you like it. Yes, nothing much really happened here, but it has to be quiet for some time before the climax of the story. So please review, because I'd rather improve my writing :) soon you will all see what happened to the Yamanuchi, Monkey Fist and others. And most importantly what will be with that curse. You'll see tomorrow :)
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Sova