Chapter 10
She woke slowly the warm body comforting her. They were both wrapped in flannel nightshirts as they had been since Kim had come to. She had gotten used to having the younger girl there when she woke. She would miss this when they returned to the real world, but in the meantime there was only one sleeping bag. That sounded cozy. Shego smiled at the thought while inhaling the clean sent from Kim's hair. Shego knew from experience that the teen (ok she's 19 that's still a teen) would wake the moment she moved. She was very careful not to disturb the redhead, she had along tough day ahead, or at least that was the excuse.
It was about thirty minutes later that the younger girl began to stir stretching like a cat. Shego ran her hand down Kim's side careful not to touch anything inappropriate, but still enjoying the feel of the lithe toned body through the cloth.
"So what's the plan, Eme" the voice sounded sleepy and content as she snuggled back in to her 'heater' sighing
"When you're ready to start moving I'll make breakfast while you get ready. After that well head out" she smiled at the groan "We'll start slow don't worry."
"Are you sure about this?" the voice was almost a whimper
The uncertainty in the response concerned Shego "what happened to the girl that can do anything?"
"She got sick and jumped out of a plane nearly killing herself in the process"
Shego wrapped her arms around the frightened girl "I'm not going to let anything hurt you, not even you"
"I'm being silly aren't I" Kim looked over her shoulder at the older woman that made her feel safe and smiled. Shego just shrugged "Ok, thirty minutes then we get started" Shego didn't argue
"Ok breakfast is ready" Shego turned to see Kim putting on her leg brace wearing the black thermal unitard. The suit covered from the top of the neck to the toes and was skin tight "the sight made Shego's heart skip a beat. She turned away quickly as Kim looked up.
"That omelet is huge" she stood and walked over to the table and sitting down sighing "sloths move faster than I do. You sure it's going to be ok,"
Setting the food on the table between them "It's the last of the perishables and yes it will be fine. You will get faster as your strength returns. Now eat"
Kim leaned back "oh I'm stuffed but that was great"
Shego laughed "don't worry pumpkin you'll work it off soon enough. Time to get ready"
Half an hour later dressed in Shego's spare arctic suit Kim examined herself in the mirror while Shego looked on admiringly.
"You know princess you really do look good in green. When we get out you can have that one."
"Have you ever thought about changing colours?" Kim ask as she tested the movability on the outfit reflexively.
Shego noticed the moves and smiled 'good she may be more than a little head shy but she hasn't lost her fighting spirit.' She looked down at her own green and black "No it's been kind of a trademark but maybe we could find something. Let's go"
They walked out the door Shego stopping long enough to secure the door, then they both strode in to the surrounding woods. As they walked Shego kept a close eye on the injured girl but did not offer to help her and did not get upset by the snail's pace. In the mid afternoon they came into a clearing.
"This is the best spot for a while we'll camp here" looking around the area to make sure that all traces of the disaster two weeks ago were gone. Seeing a piece of the nylon shoot sticking out of the snow she moved to the other side of the clearing and began setting up camp "you're going to want to stretch before you sit down or you will get real sore"
"How far did we come today" Kim began stretching
"Oh a ways" Shego was pulling out the self-setup survival tent.
Bending backwards "how long does it take you to get here" there were several pops and a sigh of relief
"Oh I can jog it in about two hours" she had stopped what she was doing to watch the younger woman.
"You're kidding it took us most of the day" standing straight then pressing her body flat against her legs wrapping her arms around her knees. There were several more pops
"You know you're more limber on a bad day then I have ever been"
Kim laughed "I've been doing gymnastics, and martial arts for as long as I can remember, and I started cheerleading in junior high" doing a slow back walkover
"Ok then let's get you back in shape. Defend yourself" throwing a snowball at the redhead after about ten minutes of failing to defend from most of the attacks the teen was winded "we will train every night on this trip. It will help loosen you up from the days travel and get you back in to shape" she smiled "it will do us both good"
"I'm going to feel this in the morning" Kim mused
"Then we stretch in the morning, Train in the evening and walk in between" Turning back to finish camp "oh, and you're going to want to sleep in the under suit"
"Why I thought it was more efficient to sleep nude to share heat" Shego looked up, was it her imagination or did miss proper sound disappointed.
"It is, but do you want to put something that close to your skin ice cold in the morning?"
"Ok I see your point" however she did look thoughtful.
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She awoke feeling the warm skin on her back and the hand draped over her on to her breast, which she would pretend not to be aware. The whole sleep in your under suit lasted about two days before she had gone to bed using the suit for a pillow. She wished she had been awake for Shego's reaction. But when she had woken up Shego had been nude snuggled up to her back just as she was now.
The second day Shego had cut her a walking stick, which helped, and she had gained speed and stamina daily until last night they had spared for about two hours before bed. The match had been nice but she could tell Shego was still holding back, but it was better since she had received the heavy leather bracers to block with and Shego had learned Kim knew some staff forms.
Like clockwork five minutes after Kim woke Shego began to stir "good morning pumpkin how'd you sleep" she slowly moved in to a stretch as if she had not just been copping a feel.
"Morning Eme, how'd you sleep" snuggling back in the confined space as the older woman wrapped her arms around Kim's waist.
Yawning hugely "soundly. You ready for today"
"Sure how far out are we" the aura of contentment was almost a physical presence.
"Well let's see, by my calculations if we break camp in the next hour, we likely could have lunch out of the hover pod emergency supplies instead of our nearly non-existent stash."
Kim sighed sorry I'm so slow. This would have taken you what six days and today makes fourteen."
"Yes and you have pushed yourself every day until at the pace we moved yesterday we could have made it in seven. That's one hell of an improvement considering your leg still hasn't finished healing" Shego ran her hand down the offending lim.
"Ok, ok so let's take thirty minutes and relax then we will get up and get started"
Shego laughed "what's with you and thirty minutes every morning thirty minutes"
Shego could not see the grin on Kim's face "not every morning, I seem to recall a couple of mornings I ask for an hour"
"Oh that's much better" the sarcasm was thick in her tone and without warning she began tickling the younger woman. This went on for some time both women laughing until
"STOP, please stop I have to pee" still laughing Shego unzipped the sleeping bag
"Then go" Kim grabbed her parka stamped in to her boots and dashed out into the bright frozen morning. Gone only a few minutes she dashed back inside, kicked off her boots and parka and slid back in to the sleeping bag, snuggling her back side up to Shego. Shego screamed.
"I still can't believe you did that" Shego still sounded slightly miffed
"just paying you back for tickling me until I had to pee, besides we broke camp two hours ago, and I did apologise" the two women were jogging on the hard packed ice and approaching what looked like a forest of ice spires.
"Ok an hour or hour and a half at our current pace and we can crank up a heater and head home"
As they entered the spires the gasp was audible from the redhead Shego just smiled. "What is this place."
Shego looked around. This place really was beautiful. "Were in one of those strange vortex areas kind of like the Bermuda triangle, and this is how it manifests" The rainbows and reflections were dazzling and in silent consent the travel was slowed to a walk. A short while later a clearing opened up "and were here" Shego pulled an auto lock remote from her pocked and uncloaked the hover pod, Striding forward.
Kim heard the click "Get Down!" tackling Shego just as the hover pod exploded sending shrapnel and razor sharp ice debris in all directions.