Disclaimer: do I really need to say it?

A/N: Wow. A lot of you were unhappy with my last post. Nice to know that I can still get such a response from people….anyway, here's what a lot of you were waiting for.

-Flame

Shego looked at the unconscious figure in the seat next to her. "What have I done…" She whispered, pulling into the hospital's parking lot. The red sign of the ER cast an eerie glow in the night.

She turned off the car, and sat there for a few moments, debating her decision. If she went inside, she would be recognized immediately. But…Kim needed medical attention, and she needed it fast…

She sighed, and got out of the car. She walked around, and opened up Kim's door, picking up the unconscious heroine. "Here goes nothing…."

She carried Kim inside the ER, and walked up to the receptionist. The woman looked up at her, not seeming to recognize the ex-villainess. She did, however, recognize the woman in her arms. "Uh…"

Shego looked down at the stunned woman. "I need to see Dr. Possible. Now."

The receptionist stared agape at the green woman. "What…how.."

"Get Dr. Possible. NOW." Shego repeated, glaring at the stuttering woman. This time, the receptionist grabbed the phone, and dialed a number.

"Uhm…Dr. Possible, you need to get down here." She stammered, looking scared. "Just..please, Dr. Possible. It's your daughter."

A few moments later, an out-of-breath and flustered Anne Possible burst into the ER. She searched the room, before her eyes landed on Shego and Kim. Her eyes narrowed. "What did you do to her?"

Shego cast her eyes to the floor. "Can you please get us to a room, Dr. P? Kim needs attention before you ask questions."

Anne looked like she was about to argue, before her common sense kicked in. "Okay. Follow me." She led Shego back to an empty room. "Put her down on the bed, and sit down right there in that chair. Don't talk, and don't move unless I tell you."

Shego did as the doctor ordered, placing Kim on the bed, and sitting down. She couldn't keep the look of worry off of her face. "Doc…"

"I said, don't talk." Anne leaned over her daughter, finally seeing the damage that Shego had inflicted. She whirled around. "What the fuck did you do?"

"I…I.." Shego tried to say, but had to stop due to the tears streaming down her face. "I..didn't mean to do it! I was drunk, and she was just trying to take me home….and I was hurt and upset, and not thinking straight….and I burned her! I burned the woman I love, and I can't believe I would do something like that, but I did, and I'm sorry….I'm so, so sorry….." She covered her face with her hands, and started sobbing.

Anne hadn't failed to pick up on the "woman I love part", but decided that bringing it up right then would be a rather bad idea. Instead, she turned her back on the sobbing woman, and started to tend to her daughter. The burn that Shego had inflicted was bad, but she had seen a lot worse. She guessed that Kim had passed out from the pain and shock, instead of something more serious. She got some salve, and hooked up an IV of painkillers and fluids into her daughter's vein.

Finally, after she was satisfied that Kim would be okay, she turned back to face Shego. "Part of me wants to tell you to leave. You…you hurt Kim, and hurt her bad. She'll have a permanent scar on the face, and it won't feel too good for a while. I know you were drunk and upset, but that doesn't excuse what you did." She sighed softly. "But, if I've learned anything by having Kim as my daughter, it's that everyone deserves forgiveness at some point. Now, I don't know if I forgive you for hurting my daughter. But…it says something that you brought her here to me. Most other people in your situation would have just left her lying on a floor somewhere. So, for that, I thank you. But…I don't know Shego. You can stay for now, but if Kim wakes up and wants you to leave, you're going to leave. Until then…just sit there and wait."

Shego stared at Anne in awe. She had figured that the woman would have called GJ immediately, not let her stay at the bedside of her daughter! She got up, and wrapped her arms around Dr. Possible. "Thank you!"

Anne stared, surprised, before hugging the woman back. "Yeah…well….just don't touch anything, okay? I got to go take care of some of my other patients. I'll be back soon." She released herself from Shego's arms, and left the room, leaving the two young women alone.

Shego sat back down, and sighed, relieved, yet full of guilt. Permanent scar? She had destroyed Kim's beautiful features with her plasma flames, and there was nothing she could do to fix it. But…at least she wasn't going to have any long-term issues….she hoped.

She closed her eyes, leaning back in the chair, waiting for Kim to wake up. She felt herself start to get a headache from all the whiskey she had drank, and wished that she knew where Dr. P kept the ibuprofen. Damn alcohol…

"Sh…Shego?" the voice said from the bed, weakly. Shego's eyes flew open as she looked at the girl sitting up in the bed.

"What…what happened?"