Disclaimer: The usual… Don't own Kim or Shego. Don't sue yada yada…
A/N: Ok I know I did it again but I had a good reason this time!!! I was trying to get to know this girl who likes me, to see if there was any compatibility. There is. Now she's my girlfriend. My first anything and this is the happiest I have been in a really freakin' long time, possibly ever! Sorry it's been a while and this chapter is a little shorter than the others.
Thank all of you reading and those who do review!!
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Chapter 10
Shego ran ahead of Kim. Her eyes constantly scanning the area for any enemies, making sure they were in the clear. They were making good time. Shego made regular checks with Kim to make sure they were on the right path.
The two made it down the last hall to the engine room. They had snuck past a few patrol units. Kim had to stop Shego the first few time from just exploding on the units and compromising their position. This time Shego stopped Kim when they made it through the door to the engine room.
"We need to split up and arm these next to those cylinders. I have a feeling that it would do the most damage. When you're done meet back here," Shego whispered to Kim. Kim nodded.
Before they could split up, something vibrated in Shego's pouch. Kim watched curiously as Shego pulled out a device that looked like a GPS system. A black and blue dot blinked on the screen. Shego smiled.
"What?" Kim asked.
"I found where Firebug is. This thing tracks a S.I.C. button. Black Dragon activated it," Shego explained.
Kim smiled too. This just made their mission so much easier.
The two split off and rounded the grouped, twelve foot tall cylinders. Shego slid off her pack and opened it. She activated the device on one c4 pack, which in turn activated the others. She wedged the back pack in the space between two cylinders, completely out of sight. When she made sure she couldn't see it, she went back to their rendezvous point. She didn't have to wait long for Kim to show.
Shego pulled the tracking device back out. Kim looked at it over Shego's shoulder.
"So where is Black Dragon?" Kim asked.
"200 meters away… She's really close." Shego glanced at Kim. "Let's hurry."
"Speed over stealth?" Kim wondered.
"Yeah. Let's go," Shego sped off through the door, device in hand and Kim on her heels.
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"Kira! It's so good to see you." Auntie Maria gushed, "How is my favorite niece?"
Kira looked at her aunt and smiled broadly. She ran over to the long, blacked haired woman. Her aunt picked her up happily.
"I'm good, Auntie!" Kira giggled.
Maria smiled, "Are you excited about your fifth birthday?"
"Yes!" Kira squealed with glee. Her parents walked in and immediately caused Maria's happy expression falter.
"Alright, why don't you go play with your cousins while I finish making your cake? They're in the tree house out back," Maria spoke kindly and set Kira back on her feet.
"Ok," Kira said and ran to the back door. Before she made it to the back door, she looked back and frowned when she saw her aunt looking upset but she would follow orders and go play. She turned back to the door and went outside.
Maria turned to Kira's parents slightly upset. They had much to discuss.
Kira walked out back and down the porch stairs. She looked up at the tree house and saw her cousins. Shay, eight years old, was the first to notice her.
"Hey Kira! Happy Birthday!" Shay shouted down at her with a big grin.
"Thanks Shay," Kira shouted back.
"Hurry up and get up here!" Shay waved her up.
Kira began to hurry toward the tree house until something caught her attention. She froze in fear when she saw the large rock speeding toward them. Shay noticed Kira's look of fear and turned to look. She didn't have time to scream. The comet struck the tree house and crashed into the yard.
Kira jolted awake. She sighed. It had been a while since she dreamt about the day the comet hit. It was something that still haunted her even after almost thirteen years. But deep down she knew she wouldn't want to change a thing.
Kira looked outside her cell at the dosing guard. Kira figured that his sleepiness was contagious. She hoped that Shego would get there soon before she got bored enough to try to torch the guard.
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Shego led Kim through the halls to where her device told her Black Dragon was. Kim made sure to keep right on Shego's heels or she might end up losing the older woman. When they rounded a corner, Shego ground to a halt. Down the hall was a patrol unit walking away from them. They needed to get past the patrol unit to get to Kira.
Shego silently sprinted down the hall at the alien in the back of the pack. She snapped the creature's neck and quickly took out the one beside it. Kim took down the last one as he turned to see what was going on behind him.
"Know how to use a gun, Kimmie?" Shego asked, stripping the creatures of their weapons.
"A little," Kim answered as Shego threw her one of the smaller guns.
"Good because we might need to use these," Shego said, throwing the strap to the rifle looking gun over her shoulder.
Shego took off down the hall again. She knew that they were really close. They reached their destination quickly. Kim stopped behind Shego. Shego slowly peered into the open door and saw the guard. She motioned to Kim to slowly follow her.
Kira saw Shego peer into the room. She couldn't stop herself from beaming underneath her mask. She knew her cousin would get her. Now Kira needed to help make Shego's job easier and be a distraction.
Kira jumped to her feet and moved to the bars of her cell. She did her best to rattle the bars.
"Oi!!! What does a person need to do around here to get something to eat?!" Kira shouted at the guard.
Shego smiled as her cousin helped greatly by drawing the guard's attention. Shego quickly lunged and drove her plasma shrouded claws through the creature's back and into his heart. Shego choked the guard so he couldn't make a sound. She let the alien drop slowly to the floor once she was sure he was dead.
Shego pulled the keys from the corpse. Kim looked disgusted as the body continued to bleed, creating a large pool of dark red. Kim moved away from the body and decided to keep watch while Shego released Kira from her cell.
Shego quickly unlocked the cell. The bars sucked down into the floor. Kira sighed in relief.
"Thanks, Shay," Kira said.
"No problem. Are you alright?" Shego asked.
"Scrapes, bumps, and bruises. It's nothing, I'm fine. I can fight," Kira waved it off, wanting to get out of there.
Shego nodded, "We're going to need the fire power."
Kira shook her head at the cheesy line. She walked past Shego toward the door.
"Let's get out of here before someone notices the bodies," Kim suggested.
"Nice to see you again, Kim," Kira said, a smile in her voice.
"Likewise. Let's move."
Kim took the lead this time. Kira followed behind with a slight gimp in her stride but kept up. Shego took the rear. They quickly took the route Kim and Shego took to get in to get out.
When they came across enemies Kira threw fireballs and Shego threw plasma; lighting the aliens' fur on fire. Shego finished the writhing creatures off with a shot to the head. When they reached their exit, they ran into trouble. A large pack of wolf-ish aliens blocked their exit.
Kira stepped forward. "Step back," She warned. Shego pulled Kim back and shielded her with her body.
Kira took a deep breath and concentrated. She let the fire flow through her every pore on her body till her whole body was ablaze. Kim gasped in awe at what she was seeing.
Kira ran at the pack. She punched and kicked as she went. She started all who she came in contact with on fire. Howls of agony erupted as bodies fell or tried to put themselves out. Shego shouldered the gun she had and followed Kira, putting the aliens out of their misery. Kim couldn't bring herself to follow Shego's example.
When all the enemies were on the floor, Kira walked back toward their exit. Shego smiled at Kira and pulled her into a hug, being resistant to the flames.
"I'm proud of you Firebug," Shego said.
Kira extinguished the flames and let her body go limp in Shego's arms. "I'm surprised I lasted that long," Kira breathed heavily.
"You did well," Shego patted Kira's back.
The first pat caused Kira's mask to fall, the silk straps holding it to her face had burnt away. When the mask fell Kira heard Kim gasp. Kira looked at Kim, pulling away from Shego. Kim stood there wide eyed and slack jawed. Kira gave Kim a small apologetic smile.
"We'll talk about this late. We need to get out of here," Shego said hurriedly when she noticed another large hoard of aliens coming their way with a giant warrior looking creature leading them.
"Shit," Kira hissed.
"Kim detonate!" Shego yelled. They hit the detonation buttons together.
Shego grabbed Kira and jumped from the ship. She activated her boots and took off. Kim was right beside her as they flew as fast as they could away from the ship.
They heard the explosion as the explosives went off. The ship had an anticlimactic finish when it just blew up all together. The force from the explosion was enough to send them flying toward the ground. Neither of Kim or Shego could control their flight patterns any longer and they were dropping fast. Kira acted quickly when she saw the panic on Kim's face.
Kira jumped out of Shego's hold and clamped onto Kim. She knew that Shego and herself could survive the impact but Kim herself could not. Kira put herself in front of Kim. She hit the ground first and cushioned Kim's impact. Shego hit the ground not far from them.
A/N: There it is… a good place to stop, I guess. I hope you like the dream/flashback it wasn't in the original. I'm not making any promises but I'll try to update soon. I'll wish you guys an early Happy Valentine's day. This will be the first year I actually get to celebrate it instead of watching everyone else celebrate it. Woot! Well not really… Till next time- VRK