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Middleton's Research and Development Campus - the place Ron broke into in chapter two where Shego spotted him.

Shego in Jail, First Love, or a Faulty Sprinkler System

Shego sat in her cell. Two days ago she'd made a visit to Jack Hench to purchase a few goods for Drakken. It was her misfortune that Global Justice had decided to do an investigation of the businessman at the same time. Given the nature of his business they usually brought along quite a bit of firepower. Not that his business wasn't legal. It was. But in the minds of Global Justice it was better safe than sorry. Global Justice had spotted her and given chase. They had ordered Jack Hench to do the same. Being legal, he had had no choice. Global Justice she could have handled but some of Jack Hench's machinery was tricky. They'd caught her.

It was no big deal. She would be out pretty soon. Still, she would rather be with the Buffoon than here. Not that being here was so bad. The bed was comfortable. The food was okay. It was nice and quiet. Rather relaxing. Unlike a lot of prisons being in a Global Justice prison wasn't hell. Since she was considered so dangerous, as were many of the inmates here, she even had the cell to herself. She stretch out on her bed and yawned. Usually she would wait a week or so before breaking out. That was the length of time before the cell got boring. Now she had other more urgent reasons to break out. To see the Buffoon. She would break out today.

She recalled the last month. The Buffoon's eighteenth birthday had come and he had spent most of the day at Princess'. She understood that. Princess might be her arch-foe but she was still the Buffoon's best friend. And the ones he called Mr. and Mrs. Dr. P were almost like parents to him. Certainly more so than his own who where almost never around. That had been the day though. That night they had made the jump from just boyfriend/girlfriend to actual lovers.

She stretched some more and smiled. It had been incredible. She'd had sex before. She'd played around a bit when she was a thief. She'd also tried it a few times when she'd been given vacation time by Drakken. There was no comparison. She knew why. With those other guys she'd just been satisfying a need. With the Buffoon it had been so much more. He cared about her. She cared about him. It made a difference. With him her pleasure came first. For her his pleasure came first. Her smile brightened as she recall just how good it had been. Good didn't describe it. It had been perfect.

Idly she wondered if it had been turning eighteen that marked the moment for him being ready. She doubted it. He was no prude. Each evening for two weeks she'd taken her hovercraft to his house and spent the night. Each night they'd made love, each morning they'd made love again. She sighed contentedly, recalling how perfect it had been. Then she had messed up and been caught by Global Justice.

She got up and paced her cell. She studied it carefully. There were half a dozen ways she could break out. For one thing they didn't know the full extent of her powers. She was careful to keep that hidden. She doubted Hego would have told them. As for that event with Princess, she figured Princess had been in too much shock to give a full report. As leader it was her who would have given it.

She looked at the bracelets she wore. Dampeners that eliminated the ability to use plasma. Basically they gave off electro-magnetic waves that interfered with those her body gave off. But they only had enough reach to affect her hands. She could still ignite the rest of her body. She had never done so though in view of any cameras Global Justice had access too. She could still use plasma but unless she found a way to use it with her hands she risked giving that secret away.

"Breakfast." Came a voice from the cell entrance.

Shego looked. The entrance to the cell was a force field. With her various visits here they'd tried different things. A concrete wall with a titanium door, an electrified mesh wire embedded in a force field,... A number of things. Beyond the force field was the girl who had brought Shego her last few meals.

"Morning." Shego replied.

"Morning." The girl answered back. Looking nervous.

Shego recalled using her sharp tongue on the girl the first time she delivered a meal. It had looked like the girl was about to cry. To her surprise Shego had regretted the action. Global Justice employees were supposed to have a thicker skin than that. She had found herself, for some reason she couldn't fathom, pointing out to the girl that she, Shego, was a villain and that the girl shouldn't take her insults seriously. She wasn't sure where that moment of sympathy had come from. It really wasn't her.

"Coffee this morning?" Shego asked.

The girl nodded. Shego, she'd learned, always liked coffee with her meals.

"Thanks." Shego smiled at the girl who she'd learned wasn't a Global Justice employee. Just a normal kitchen worker. It seemed WEE (Worldwide Evil Empire) was putting the pressure on Global Justice. The trained employees who usually served the meals were busy elsewhere. The kitchen workers had been recruited to fill that role until things settled down.

The girl rushed off.

Shego sat down to her breakfast. It was, she noted, covered in aluminum foil. She carefully peeled it off, taking care not to rip it. Then, her back to the camera she knew was watching, she proceeded to eat. The food was good. Not as good as the Buffoon's but good. She took her time savoring it. The coffee was good too. She'd asked the girl if they had any raspberry flavored coffee and the girl had surprised her with bringing her a cup of it with her next meal. It seemed being nice sometimes paid off.

She took the aluminum foil and carefully, with her back still to the camera, tore it into strips. She wrapped them around the bracelets. She had enough for three layers on each bracelets. Each layer reduced the power from the bracelets by approximately sixty-three percent. Three layers meant only five percent of the original energy got through. She had the ability to use plasma with her hands back. She just had to be careful not to vaporize the aluminum around the bracelets.

She raised her hands over her head and stretched. The bracelets were the same color of the aluminum. Doing this would make any observer think the bracelets were still on and untampered with.

She stood up and vaporized the tray the meal had come on. It would prevent anyone from seeing that just the aluminum had been taken. She heard alarms going off. Briefly she wondered how many guards there would be with the WEE situation going on.

She turned her plasma on the ceiling light fixtures. They were plasma resistance, but there was a limit to what could be done with something so fragile. They gave way in seconds. She jumped up and grabbed hold of the hole she'd made in the ceiling. Putting a hand in she threw in all the plasma she could without melting the aluminum. Since she'd pushed the bracelets as high on her arm as she could it wasn't too much of a drawback.

The force field went down as her plasma fried the wiring. The same wiring as provided the lighting for the cell. Briefly she wondered just how idiotic the people who ran the prison were. But then, she knew, the more complex things were the harder they were to make foolproof.

She was out the door running. Getting out of the cell was just the first step.

Ron recalled the last month. Heaven didn't begin to describe it. He'd known something like that had been approaching. That final step. He'd been terrified. He'd done what he usually did when he didn't know something. He'd read recipes. In this case that had been book after book on love making. He'd still been terrified. Still, that night had arrived and it had been perfect. Divinely so. And so had the night after it, and the night after that one, ... For two whole weeks.

Still, that wasn't the best part of having Shego spending the nights with him. That was good, but what was indescribable was the way he felt waking up with her in his arms. Watching her. The way he felt then. That was indescribable. The way emotions intense beyond belief coursed through his whole being. The way the whole world was changed. It was indescribable. Nor did he care to try and describe it. He was satisfied that such moments did exist, could exist.

"Earth to Ron, earth to Ron."

He brought his thoughts back to where he was. The school cafeteria.

'"Just what where you thinking about?" Kim asked. "You were really out of it."

Ron shrugged. If he told her the truth the resulting explosion might destroy the whole school.

"Come on Ron. You've been really distracted the last few weeks. What is it?"

"It's not something I care to talk about KP."

"But if something's wrong I can try to help." She offered.

Ron tried to figure out what to tell her to get her to drop the subject.

"Kim, give the guy some space." Mark suggested.

"But..."

"Kim, it's his business."

"But..."

Mark leaned close to her and whispered. "Kim, if there are some things he doesn't want to tell you then leave it alone. There are things between us we don't tell anyone about."

Ron could barely him. Tai Shing Pek Kwar had improved his hearing by a little bit. Not much, but enough.

"That's different." Kim whispered back.

"How so?" Mark asked her, his voice still in a whisper.

"It just is." Kim answered.

"So if he's dating he's got to answer to you?" Mark asked.

Kim's eyes went wide. "Dating? Ron?"

"Well I would say it's gone past the dating stage." Mark replied.

"What do you mea..." Her eyes went wider. "You mean?"

"Yeah. I mean that." Mark answered.

"But who?"

"That's his business Kim. Not yours, not mine. I don't know. Maybe he insecure over all the rejection he's gotten from girls in the past and wants to keep it a secret. Or maybe it's someone he knows you won't like and doesn't want to cause a conflict."

"But I wouldn't."

"Oh? What if it was someone like Bonnie?" Mark asked her.

"Bonnie? He would never."

"That was just an example Kim. I don't know who any more than you do."

"Oh."

Ron noticed her looking over at him. He could tell she was hoping he hadn't overheard their little conversations. "How's the gauntlet working?" He asked.

"It's awesome." Mark replied. "It allows me to hit a lot faster because I can set it to double the impact from my punches. That means I don't have to focus on each attack so much."

"I've noticed that." Ron answered. "He'd seen Mark taking down henchmen and synthodrones a lot faster that he normally did."

"Too bad one wouldn't work in conjunction with my suit." Kim sighed.

"You're already strong enough." Ron told her.

"Yeah but if I could hit Shego with a glove like that along with my suit it would really hurt." She had a dreamy expression on her face.

"You wouldn't want to kill her Kim. You're strong. The suit makes you stronger. Multiplying that by ten would kill her."

"No. But I could set it to double."

"True." Ron admitted.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Kim flipped the Kimmunicator open and switched it on. "What's the sitch?" She asked.

"Shego broke out early this morning." The super genius informed her.

"What?" Kim cried out. "But they usually manage to hold her for a week or two. It's been just two days."

"Guess with all the pressure WEE has been putting on them Global Justice was a bit lax with their prison security."

Kim sighed.

"They're asking if you noticed anything strange about her lately?"

"Strange? She's green." Kim replied.

"Anything different about her?" Wade asked again.

"Not that I can tell. We fight. Self-destruct gets set. We all flee. There was one time she had more plasma than normal. But that was just once a while back. Probably had her powers boosted by one of Drakken's machine. I'm pretty sure if she could do that all the time she would."

"More plasma than usual, most likely a temporary incident from one of Drakken's machine." Wade repeated. "Okay. I will report that to Global Justice."

Ron listened. His heart soared at the thought of Shego being free.

"A second Kim." Wade disappeared from the screen. He came back a second later. "We've got a reported sighting on Shego if you're interested."

"Where is it Wade?" Kim was definitenly interested.

"Middleton's Research and Development Campus." Wade informed them.

"I guess my car is the ride them. Okay, thanks Wade." Kim turned the machine off and took off running.

Ron looked at the guard booth and the security camera. He recalled all the trouble he had had by passing the security here when he'd broken in. He also recalled it was the second time he'd spent with Shego having a real talk. The first time they'd gone to Bueno Nacho together. The first time he'd been in her hovercraft as anything other than a prisoner. The place was bringing back memories. He smiled.

"Why the smile Ron?" Kim asked him.

"Oh. Just recalling the past. Fun times and all that."

"Well Shego is here so be careful." She warned him.

"Will do, KP."

They spotted her coming out from a room. A device was under her arm."

"What you stealing this time Shego?" Ron asked.

She froze. :"Damn that nerdling is fast. I had hoped to get in and out before anyone arrived."

"Tough luck." Kim called out. She was down in a fighting stance.

"Hey Princess. Well, I don't mind taking the time to wipe the floor with you and your boy toy." She put the device to one side and lit her fists.

Ron watched the plasma. This could get interesting.

Shego charged Kim, taking her by surprise. She managed to get a hold of Kim's ankle as she tried to leap out of the way. Kim was slammed to the ground. Shego kept hold of the ankle, even as she got kicked, and lit her other fist. She tossed two plasma balls at the twisting redhead, both direct hits. It was enough to penetrate her suit and knock her out.

Mark charged her while she was doing this. He got in a hit while she was busy with Kim. It knocked her off her feet.

Mark gulped as she got up. That hit would have knocked an elephant out.

Shego lit her fists. "So boy toy, ready for some pain..." She never finished the question.

Ron had charged at the same time as Mark, but had halted his charged after seeing Mark's hit land. Seeing Shego get up he had twisted around and punched. He got in the rare hit on her and the wristlet worked to perfection. His gauntlet was turned off. His didn't want to hurt her.

Shego felt herself fly across the room again. She landed and flipped to her feet. Just in time to met Mark's second charge head on. She knocked his hand to one side and dropped him with a blast of plasma.

"Nice hit." Shego congratulated Ron. "Gauntlet wasn't turned on though."

Ron shrugged. "You're tough but when using stuff like that in combination it's hard to tell just how much force to use. Didn't want to hurt you."

They stared at each other. Neither of them wanted to fight. Both of their jobs demanded it. There was no self-destruct here for Ron to push to bring the fighting to an end. Ron sighed and Shego sighed along with him. They both hated this. .

"Well, that was your lucky shot." She finally commented. The game had to be played out.

"What is that item anyway?" Ron asked.

"Something called an Electro-Nullifier."

Ron sighed again. "I hate to think what Drakken would use something like that for."

"For something evil I'm sure." Shego tossed two balls of plasma at the Buffoon. One he dodge, the other vanished as his wristlet generated a counter frequency and nullified it. She tossed two more with the same result.

They circled each other again. Both knew they had to fight. There were cameras and questions would be asked if they didn't. Shego kept tossing plasma and Ron either dodged or countered with the wristlet.

Shego watched him closely. He was calm. But then he knew she wouldn't hurt him, just as she knew he wouldn't hurt her. Still he was too calm. He was up to something. He backed away from her attacks and she followed. The cold water hit her with enough force to send her flying. Instantly she knew what the trap had been. That faulty sprinkler system. They hadn't fixed it. The water was freezing and it was in her eyes. She flipped to her feet and jumped. As she landed she felt something tighten around her.

She blinked the water out of her eyes and looked down. There was a rope circling her, pinning her arms to her sides. She looked up.

Ron shrugged. Something Wade came up with. Super strong rope that's plasma proof. Just loop it around something and it draws tight. I doubt even you can break it.

Shego tried. She couldn't.

"Made of carbon nanotubes. A string a single millimeter in diameter can hold a weight of over six thousand kilograms." He informed her.

Shego looked. The cord around her was at least four millimeters in diameter. Twenty-four tons, she calculated. That was the pressure she would need to put on it to break it. Even she couldn't do that. Hego could, but not her. And it was too tight to just slide off.

She sighed. That's what I get from sparring with him so much, she thought. He had calculated things so that when the water hit her she would fall. Had watched and then predicted where she would jump too. The Buffoon she had once thought a Buffoon could beat her. At least some times. She felt a sense of pride.

She made a run for the door and the Buffoon tried to block her. She dodged left but got tripped. She kept her forward momentum and rolled. Coming to her feet, she ran.

Ron didn't give chase. He knew Shego even tied like that was faster. And he didn't care to anyway. He hadn't seen her for two days and they had ended up having to fight.

Both Kim and Mark came too a few minutes later. They walked out to the car together.

"You know." Kim commented. "I could swear Shego is getting a lot better."

Ron considered that. She had put in a lot of hours sparring with him. It would have had some affect. "I think you're right KP."

"Good job on stopping her." Kim congratulated him and then added. "Wonder if Wade has any more of that rope. It comes in handy."

"Yeah. Without it she would have wiped the floor with me." He admitted. He could tell she was angry over the loss of the rope but didn't blame him for it.

"I've decided." Kim suddenly spoke again.

"Decided what?" Ron and Mark asked her.

"After graduation no more missions."

"Oh?" Ron asked. He was glad. Good as Kim was they were dangerous.

"Yeah. Thanks to WEE's attacks Global Justice is increasing its manpower. In a few more months they will have enough resources to handle any villain that comes along."

Ron looked at her. He could tell the decision was made and she was happy with it. He was too. He looked over at Mark. He had a smile on his face. Ron knew he hadn't liked seeing Kim put herself in danger time and time again. Neither of them had.

They both led back on the grass, staring up at the sky. The stars were out again.

"How was prison food?" Ron asked.

"Not too bad. Still not as good as yours." She had eaten three platefuls of it when she'd arrived.

"Thanks." Ron was always happy to have his cooking skills praised.

"Nice trick back there." Shego admitted. "How did you know they hadn't fixed the sprinkler system?"

"Through the newspapers. They just thought it was student's project going out of control and didn't investigate."

"Pretty good maneuvering also. Water hit me in the face pretty hard."

"Yeah. That's the system they got. It just pumps in some water fast. So it has quite a bit of force. Then it stops while the system determines if more is needed. It keeps the water damage to a minimum while putting out the fire quick. Your plasma directly under the sensor was enough to set it off."

Shego nodded. She had already figured that out.

"Your plasma does different things." Ron commented. "Sometimes it blasts stuff, other times it burns, or it knocks people out."

"Yeah. Depends on what I want. I can control the type of plasma a little."

"Neat." It was something he had noticed a few times but had never mentioned.

"You know a villain can't go back from being a villain." Shego said. "At least Global Justice doesn't ever take them off the wanted list."

"I know." Ron answered.

"I'm going to be caught even if I give it up."

"I know."

"They will find out about us."

"I know."

"You will be in trouble."

"I know that Shego."

He looked at their hands, fingers linked together. It was the first night they made love under the stars.

End of Chapter.

The opening I think shows how drastically Shego has changed. Some of her demons are purged and she has something in her life to look forward too. It also shows her using her wits to escape a situation. A change of pace from having Ron come up with something.

No, Mark doesn't know it's Shego. He's just guessing from the expression on Ron's face that he's gone that far in a relationship with someone.

No, I have no plans for Hanna to appear.