Disclaimer: I know it's been awhile since I updated, but hopefully I'll update more frequently.

Chapter 37:

Go City General:

Shego awoke to find herself lying in a hospital bed. She then looked to her left and saw Tai reading a magazine.

"Tai."

Shego called out, gaining her friend's attention. Upon seeing that she was awake, Tai tossed the magazine aside and pulled Shego into a strong embrace.

"Thank goodness you're alright. I was so worried."

Shego returned the embrace and patted Tai on the back.

"You were really that worried, huh?"

Tai pulled away from Shego and looked her in the eyes.

"Of course I was. You got a chunk of your leg taken out."

"I did?"

Shego asked, looking at her legs and not seeing any marks on them.

"Yeah, but by the time I had gotten you here your leg had completely healed."

"Huh, that's odd. I must have some sort of advanced healing capability."

"It sure seems like it. How does your leg feel?"

"It feels okay. By the way, where are Kim and Raf at?"

"They stayed behind to hold off Ayumi while I took you to the hospital."

"They did what?! Are they insane, she's gonna rip them to shreds!"

"Ciel calm down! Look you and Kim are connected telepathically, right?"

"Yeah."

"Then just give her a call. I'm sure both her and Raf are okay."

"Alright."

Shego then calmed herself and focused her thoughts on Kim.

"Kim, it's Ciel. Can you hear me?"

Shego waited, but received no reply.

"She's not answering. I need to go to her."

Shego then tried to get out of bed, but was stopped by Tai pushing her back down.

"You need to rest. Try her again."

Shego tried to contact Kim again, but once again received no answer. She was about to try to leave the bed again, when a voice popped into her head.

"Ciel, it's your dad. Can you here me?"

"Yeah, I can hear you. Where are Kim and Raf? Are they okay?"

"They're both safe with your mother and I."

"Thank god. Wait, if they're both safe how come she didn't answer when I tried to contact her?"

"Is this the first time the two of you have tried to communicate telepathically?"

"Yeah."

"That's why. Kim tried to answer you, but due to your link not being strong enough she had trouble getting through."

"Will our link get stronger?"

"It will. Enough about that now though. Get ready because I'm about teleport you and Tai to where we are."

"Okay."

Erebus then get the connection and prepared himself to teleport his daughter and her friend to him.

Within a few seconds Shego and Tai were standing across from Kim, Hecate, and Rafael.

"I'm so glad you're alright."

Kim said, walking over to Shego and giving her a hug.

"I'm glad you're alright too. Whatever happened to Ayumi?"

"We aren't sure. We were duking it out with her, when your parents teleported us here."

Rafael said.

"Where is here exactly?"

Tai asked.

"Somewhere Ayumi won't be able to find us. There's a barrier set up that'll prevent Ayumi from tracking anyone's scent and teleporting here."

Erebus said.

"What about her siblings?"

Shego asked.

"What about them?"

"They showed up at Tai's place."

The rest of the party looked at Shego with shocked expressions on their faces.

"When was this?"

Tai asked.

"When I went upstairs during dinner. In fact it was just Chiharu that showed up. She tried to…"

Shego fell silent, but Tai already knew what she was going to say and he enveloped his friend in a warm embrace.

"I'm glad you're okay."

"Me too. Ayumi was actually the one that saved me."

"Hold the phone, Ayumi saved you?"

Kim asked.

"I know it's hard to believe, but yes. Of course her reasons for doing so teeter dangerously between wanting to help me and wanting something from me."

"Well she always was a selfish one."

Rafael said.

"True. So, how long do we have to stay in this secret hideout for?"

Shego asked.

"Just until we can figure out what to do about Ayumi...and evidently her siblings."

Hecate said.

"So in the meantime why don't y'all get settled in and I'll prepare some food. I'm sure everyone's hungry after the ordeal they had."

Erebus said. He then headed into the kitchen to prepare some food, while everyone else went to go settle in.

End of chapter 37:

A/N: I know it's been forever since I've updated, but I got caught up in updating my HaruMichi fic, plus I've been going through some major depression. Anyways I'll try to update my Kigo stories. Until next time, this is PokémonSoulMaster93 signing out.