And now here's chapter 4. Some new characters are introduced along with other surprises. Will try to update my stories more regularly, anyway… here's the rest.
It was day two of attending Middleton high for Shego. So far she seemed to be fitting in having befriended Alan, Monique, Felix and now Brick. The only mishap she had so far was her run in with Bonnie who reminded her of a classmate from her old school. After getting their test results, Kim, Ron and Shego spent the next few hours in their other classes, Geography, Health and Science.
"Is it just me or did Ms. Fitzgerald's class seem boring?" Kim asked.
"Boring?" half the class was asleep including yours truly. I was nodding off myself." Shego answered as she looked at Ron.
"We noticed, who ever thought the life of a jellyfish could be interesting?" Ron asked.
"If it's more exciting than a pop quiz, I'm good." Said Kim.
"Y'all fell asleep in class again didn't you?" Monique asked.
"Uh-huh." Kim, Ron and Shego answered simultaneously.
The four of them had just left science class which was anything but exciting.
"I understand," said Monique.
Just then, they were alerted by the sound of the Kimmunicator.
"I gotta take this, catch up with you later." Said Kim.
"Sure thing," Shego replied.
"No problem." Said Monique.
"Wait up, girls!" Ron called, trying to keep up as they headed down the hallway.
Once they were out of earshot range Kim pressed the button on the handheld device.
"What up, Wade?" she asked.
"Hey Kim." He greeted her.
"It took me a while but I have that background check on Shego you wanted." He announced.
"Good, I've been waiting for that." Said Kim.
"Well, for starters, Sheena Gomer is Shego's real name and she's from Atlanta." Wade explained.
"Got that, what else?" Kim asked.
"Her parents are Kelvin and Sondra Gomer. Kelvin apparently worked as an after school tutor at one point… and… still does. Sondra is a veterinarian, one of the top ten in the state." Wade continued.
"Ok, well that clears things up." Said Kim.
"Sure does, oh I found a picture of Sondra, check it out." Wade replied.
He typed in Sondra's name and a photo came up.
"Whoa!" Kim exclaimed.
"That's what I said when I saw it." Wade admitted.
"Shego looks just like her," said Kim.
"And that's not all, turns out Sondra's sister lives in Middleton." Wade added.
"Huh… Shego did mention she had cousins here, I wonder what school they go to." Kim continued.
"I don't know, I didn't get that far. This is all I found and even getting this stuff was hard." Said Wade.
"Obviously, well Shego's cousins are coming back today; so I'll have a chance to meet them." Kim replied.
"That should be a scream," Wade joked.
"Eh, I'm sure they're nice people." Said Kim.
"You're probably right," Wade agreed.
"This'll be the first time I've met somebody in her family besides her brothers." Kim added.
"That's true, how are things going so far?" Wade asked.
"All right. One of the rats in science class escaped and Bonnie was the first to leave when Ms. Fitzgerald announced it." Kim answered.
Wade nearly fell out of his seat laughing.
"When you get the chance, let me know how that ended."
"Sure thing, thanks for the heads up, Wade. Take a break you deserve it." Said Kim.
"Will do, later Kim." And with that Wade hung up.
Later, in History Class…
"What year was the American Kennel Club established?" Ms. Jenkins asked.
She noticed Monique had raised her hand.
"Monique?"
"Eighteen-eighty-four." She answered.
"That's correct… moving on… In nineteen-thirty-six, one of the world's rarest animals was…" Ms. Jenkins stopped short when the bell rang.
"Oh, would you look at that. Class dismissed."
It didn't take long for Kim and the rest of her classmates to grab their textbooks and head for the door, leaving their finished homework on Ms. Jenkins' desk.
"Just what rare animal was she talking about?" Felix asked.
"The Tasmanian Tiger." Monique answered.
"Apparently they went extinct." Kim explained.
"Yeah, but some people claim they found tracks and stuff." Shego pointed out.
"But did anybody ever find one?" Ron asked.
"Don't know." Shego replied.
"It'd be cool if someone did find a tiger." Said Felix.
"Yeah, about twenty years ago some guy offered a big reward if somebody had proof the tiger was still alive." Ron explained.
"That's interesting," said Monique.
"It sure is..." Felix agreed.
"So, what's next?"
"English." Monique replied.
"With… Mr. Barkin?" Shego asked.
"Yep," Monique's reply.
"What happened to the old english teacher?" Shego continued.
"Let's just say he won't be back…" Felix answered.
(Flashback begins)
"It wasn't my fault! I was framed! It was that bus driver, I'm telling you!"
"Sorry, Mowry but the principal things it's time you retired…bye now." Said Mr. Barkin before shutting the door, leaving Mr. Mowry standing in the teacher's parking lot.
(Flashback ends.)
"And that was over twenty bucks, from a bake sale?" Shego asked.
"Not just that, but the annual school book sale, the art fair… oh, and last year's bake sale." Felix explained.
"So it was…" Shego started to say.
"Mowry owed Barkin eighty bucks and they got into a fender bender in the teacher's parking lot. Didn't pay what he owed so the school let him go and he's not teaching anymore" Felix added.
"Yikes." Said Shego.
"They did let him back in after he paid Mr. Barkin back, then… he made the mistake of having Cafeteria Lady's chicken pot pie." Felix continued.
Shego shuddered at hearing this.
"After that he…" Monique stopped short.
"Took early retirement." Kim finished.
"Wow, that's quite a story." Said Shego.
"Oh, we got plenty of others, trust me." Felix assured her.
A short time later they were in English class. For the next half hour everyone sat at their desks. Some of them looked out the window, obviously bored. Although Kim and a few other students actually paid attention, but after a while, Kim started to flinch.
"And that concludes grammar and punctuation." Said Mr. Barkin.
Everyone in the classroom let out a sigh of relief.
"Now then, name one piece of english literature written by E.B. White."
Zita raised her hand.
"Trumpet of the Swan."
"All right, anyone else?" Mr. Barkin asked.
Just then there was an awkward silence.
"O…K."
The bell rang again, it was now noon.
"Remember people, next week you'll be taking a quiz." Mr. Barkin reminded the students as they walked out.
All of them groaned at hearing this.
"And reading another book," Mr. Barkin added.
"Glad that's over," Monique sighed.
"Tell me about it." Said Kim.
"So, I guess we'll be…" Shego stopped short when Ron ran by.
"Whoa! What's the rush?"
"It's Tuesday." Ron answered.
"What's so great about that?" Shego asked.
"It's the only day where the cafeteria has pizza, now come' on!" Said Ron before going ahead.
"You all saw that, right?" Shego asked, looking towards, Kim, Felix and Monique.
All three of them nodded.
"Thought so." Said Shego.
Moments later…
"So, like I was saying the other day at the mall there was this…" Shego stopped short when she bumped into another student.
"Oof!"
"Oh, I'm so sorry…" the other student apologized.
"It's ok, I…" Shego paused and looked up.
"Vinny?"
"Sheena?" he asked.
The two of them stared at each other which only lasted a few seconds.
"Whoa!" Vinny exclaimed.
"No way!" said Shego.
The two of them hugged.
"Girl, it's been years," Vinny told her after pulling away.
"I know," Shego replied.
Meanwhile, Kim, Ron, Monique and Felix were just staring with their mouths hanging open.
"You two, know each other?" Kim asked.
"Sure," Shego answered.
"We go way back." Said Vinny.
"Vinny and I used to live in the same neighborhood. His sister, Veronica was my best friend." Shego explained.
"Then we moved." Vinny added.
"I haven't seen him since fourth grade," said Shego.
"Wow, that's… quite a history," was Kim's reply.
"Oh, believe me, it is." Said Vinny.
"Guys! Let's go before all the pizza's gone!" Ron called.
"We better get moving," said Kim.
"I'll say," Felix agreed.
After grabbing lunch and finding a place to sit, Vinny and Shego had some time to catch up.
"So, what have you been up to?" he asked.
Shego swallowed some pepperoni pizza before answering.
"Eh, just… not that much." She said.
"Visiting your cousins?" Vinny continued.
"Actually, I've been…" Shego was cut off.
"Wait a minute; Nicky told me something, you moved out of your folk's house didn't you?"
"Yeah, me and my brothers." Shego answered.
"To Go City, right?" Vinny asked.
"Right," said Shego.
"I remember seeing you guys on TV but, what happened?" Vinny replied.
"I left and…" Shego stopped short.
Just then, Vinny remembered something.
"Wait, you aren't workin' for that crazy Drakken dude are you?" Vinny asked.
Shego swallowed hard.
"Uh, well…" she sputtered.
"You are?" Vinny continued.
Shego looked at him, as if to say: "Yes,"
"I knew there was something familiar, just couldn't figure it out." Said Vinny.
"Look, Vinny, I'm not here because of him. I came back to finish school." Shego explained.
"Ya did?" Vinny asked.
Shego nodded.
"Oh, ok. So, y'all cool with each other?" he continued, looking over at Kim and Shego.
"Yeah," said Shego.
"For now." Kim answered.
"That's good, and since you're here, we can catch up. I know Veronica's gonna be happy to see you." Said Vinny.
Shego smiled.
"Oh yeah,"
Like Kim and Monique, Shego and Veronica were good friends. When she moved out with her brothers she had lost contact with her and Vinny.
"Did you tell them about the time your brother got stuck in the fence?" Vinny said after a minute.
"What fence?" Kim asked.
"We were playing and Vinny's basketball went into the neighbor's yard. Hego went to go get it and…" Shego started to explain.
20 minutes later…
Kim and everyone else were laughing by the time Shego finished the story.
"He was afraid of a bulldog?" Ron asked.
"Yes, he wouldn't walk by the Johansson's front lawn for a week!" Shego answered with a laugh.
After a couple minutes, everyone stopped laughing.
"You guys ok?" Vinny asked.
"Yeah," said Kim.
"Sure," Ron answered.
"Oy, but you have to admit that was a pretty funny story." Said Felix.
He snickered, in effort to keep from laughing.
Vinny and Shego smiled, despite the fact they hadn't seen each other in a long time and things had changed, they were still friends.
Three hours and a few classes later, Kim and Ron were off to the gym. Monique, Vinny and Felix had already gone their separate ways and Shego was the only one who hadn't left.
"Off to cheer practice again?" she asked.
"Yeah, wanna come?" Kim offered.
"I've got nothin' better to do so… why not?" said Shego.
"Did you try out at your old school?" Kim asked.
"Me? You're kidding right," Shego replied.
A short time later they reached the gym, Bonnie, Tara and the other cheerleaders were ready and waiting for Kim.
"Hey girls," Kim said as she entered the room.
They greeted Kim, eager to start practice.
"Ready to get started?" The red head asked.
"As we'll ever be…" Bonnie said in a dull tone. She looked over to the side and saw Shego sitting on the lower level of the stands.
"What's she doing here?" Bonnie asked, pointing at Shego.
"Relax Bonnie, Sheena came to watch, that's all." Kim assured her.
"Uh-huh, sure." Bonnie said sarcastically.
As they went on with practicing their routine, Shego looked up every now and then. Before heading to gym she had picked up some application papers for after school activities. The ones she chose were photography and art class.
After a moment, Kim and others stopped.
"Ok, that was good but…" Kim started to say.
"Slightly off," Bonnie finished.
"Maybe you should try moving to the left." Someone suggested.
Bonnie and Kim quickly turned around.
"You a cheerleader?" Bonnie asked.
"No, but I know bad choreography when I see it." Shego replied, putting her papers and textbook aside she stood up.
Maybe you and…"
"Crystal," said one of the girls.
"Right, maybe you two should go left." Shego suggested.
"Then I do a flip. Ok, let's try it." Said Kim.
Seconds later…
"Go, Mad dogs, go, go Mad Dogs!" the girls cheered.
After redoing their routine, Kim quickly noticed a difference.
"What do you know, that did help."
"Yeah, thanks." Said Tara.
"Eh, it was no big deal." Shego replied.
"You know, we could always use an extra." Tara added.
"On your squad?" Shego asked.
"Yeah, why don't 'cha try out?" Tara suggested.
Shego's eyes bucked. Was Tara serious?
"Wha…? Oh, no… no, no, there's no way… I couldn't."
"Sorry girls, Sheena's here to watch." Kim announced.
Tara and the other girls groaned, looking disappointed.
"Couldn't she try out just this once?" Marcella asked.
"Please?" Tara begged.
"Well, what do you think Bonnie?" Kim asked.
Bonnie looked at the other cheerleaders, she knew she couldn't say no without them hounding her.
"Fine," she said after a moment of silence.
"Yes!" the girls exclaimed.
"You have twenty minutes," Bonnie told Shego.
"Fair enough, so now what?" she asked.
"First off, you can't try out looking like that." Bonnie answered, pointing at Shego's clothes.
"There's a spare outfit in the locker room."
"You mean I have to…?"
Bonnie nodded.
"Ohhh, come 'on!" Shego groaned.
"Change, now." Said Bonnie.
Shego growled angrily before leaving the gym.
Bonnie sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose.
"I'm gonna regret this," she said to herself.
Moments later, Shego changed from her teal colored turtleneck and jeans into the spare shirt and skirt Bonnie mentioned.
She looked at herself in the mirror and felt rather awkward.
"I look ridiculous, well it's only for one day. I can handle it." She said.
Although Tara and Marcella had encouraged Shego to try out during cheerleading practice, she wasn't so sure about the whole thing. Just as she was about to head back to the gym, she ran into three other students, Amelia, Justine Flanner and Ron Reiger near the lockers.
"Oh, uh...hi guys." Shego greeted them.
The trio just laughed.
"Seriously, do you have no dignity at all? Look at what you're dressed in." said Amelia.
Shego looked down and felt awkward wearing a cheerleading outfit.
"Oh, yeah, ridiculous huh? See I'm not on the cheer squad, I'm just trying out." Shego explained.
"Why? What's wrong with you?" Amelia asked.
"What's wrong...? Nothing's wrong with me." Shego answered.
"Oh really, Sheena Gomer? What if I told you your lip gloss is smeared." said Amelia.
"And your skirt is crooked." Justine pointed out.
"And you are possibly the lamest looking student I have ever seen." said Reiger.
Shego looked at them feeling both embarrassed and angry. She couldn't stand being laughed at.
Back in the gym, Kim and the other cheerleaders started having second thoughts about letting Shego try out.
"You think this was a good idea?" Tara asked.
"Relax, Tara, if Sheena's anything like I was when I tried out, she'll do fine." said Kim.
"At least I hope she does." Kim said to herself.
"I mean why would you want to be on the cheer squad? It's just lame." Amelia asked.
"It's pathetic." said Justine.
"No, it's not! I-i-it's..." Shego exclaimed.
"So, you like being dressed like that?" Reiger asked.
"Yes I do, wait, no I mean..." Shego sputtered.
"She's babbling." he pointed out.
"She's probably sick." Amelia concluded.
"It's probably contagious." Justine added.
"Ew, why didn't you get your shots?" Amelia asked.
"I've had my shots! Look, I'm not sick, I don't like being dressed up like this and the last place I want to be is in some gym class with you snooty foxes!" Shego answered.
"Yeah, well you're here anyway, aren't you? So go on, princess, get out there with your pom-poms and skirt and show us all what a great big alpha female you are." said Amelia.
Despite that Justine, Amelia and Reiger were laughing at her, Shego managed to keep her cool.
Moments later, Shego walked into the gym, Kim and the other cheerleaders were sitting on one of the benches waiting for her.
"The routine's pretty simple, think you can handle it?" Kim asked.
"Possible, please... this'll be a walk in the park." Shego assured her. She glanced at Bonnie and everyone else. Although she was nervous and sweating, Shego tried hard to get through the whole thing.
She then proceeded to do the routine which was a series of jumps, flip and other moves.
Amelia, Justine and Ron Reiger watched near the doorway. It didn't take long for Shego to spot them.
"Dance, monkey, dance for us." Amelia joked.
She, Ron and Justine snickered.
Just as she was about to finish with a backflip, Shego tripped on her shoelaces and fell backwards, bumping into Crystal and Jessica.
"Ok, that's a wrap." said Bonnie.
"Eh, it's ok. Maybe she just needs more practice." Tara pointed out.
"Or maybe she isn't cut out for this, after all." Kim admitted.
Shego dropped her pom-poms on the floor of the locker room and leaned against the wall.
"Worst experience... of my life." She muttered.
"And we loved every minute of it." said Amelia.
Before anyone could say anything, the bell rang.
"Gotta go... see you in gym class." Justine said before she left the locker room with Amelia and Ron.
Shego thought about what just happened, she hadn't felt like this since she was at her old high school. Snapping out of it, she was startled by Kim, Tara and Hope entering the room.
Kim frowned; she looked at Shego for a moment.
"You ok?" she asked.
"Yeah, peachy...see ya..." Shego said sarcastically before she left to change clothes.
Tara, Kim and Hope just looked at each other.
"What was that all about?" Tara asked.
When cheer practice was over, Kim, Bonnie and the other girls changed and headed outside.
"All right, ladies, listen up." Said Mr. Barkin.
"How many classes does this guy teach?" Shego asked.
"You'd be surprised." Monique answered.
Currently they were standing on the grass in the middle of the track.
"As part of gym class, you will run one lap on this track. Got that?" Mr. Barkin explained.
All of the girls answered with various replies.
"Good, now let's get started." Said Mr. Barkin.
As they all lined up, Bonnie looked over at Shego.
"Careful Sheena, I hear little girls have got hurt in gym class." She warned.
Shego gritted her teeth, letting out a small growl.
"On your mark… get set…" Mr. Barkin said loudly.
As soon as he pressed down on the air horn, Kim, Bonnie, Shego and the other girls took off.
"Go Kim!" Ron cheered.
"You go girl!" Felix shouted.
He and Ron were watching from the bleachers along with Brick, Alan and few other guys. They had recently cleared the track allowing the girls to run.
Kim panted heavily as she ran.
"Wow, she's good." Said Felix.
"Yeah, all those years of running after bad guys paid off." Ron agreed.
"Dang!" said Crystal.
"That new girl is pretty good." Tara admitted.
She and Crystal were towards the back with Justine, Zita and Hope. Liz, Marcella and Jessica were in the middle. Penny, Monique, Amelia and another girl were towards the front with Kim, Bonnie and Shego in the lead.
Within moments, Shego and Bonnie were running neck and neck, panting.
Although her lungs were starting to hurt, Shego kept going.
Bonnie looked down and stuck her right foot out.
Shego yelped and tripped, hitting the gravel.
Felix's jaw dropped.
"What the heck?!" he exclaimed.
"Did you see that?" Ron asked.
Letting out an angry growl, Shego tried to get up.
"Bonnie!" she yelled.
At hearing her name, the young student looked back for a moment and scoffed.
Shortly after, their run was over.
"One minute, twelve seconds. That's a new record, Possible." Said Mr. Barkin, who looked at his stop watch.
"Thanks." Kim replied, sounding out of breath.
"What's your secret?" Mr. Barkin asked.
"Let's just say, I've had a lot of practice." Kim answered.
"Keep it up; the school could use you in the next relay race. Take five, ladies." Said Mr. Barkin.
All the girls immediately congratulated Kim on her winning.
"Great job, Kim." Said Monique.
"Yeah, you were awesome." Tara agreed.
"Aw, it was no big." Kim replied.
"Are you kidding? That was amazing. The new girl wasn't half bad either." Said Crystal.
"Speaking of which, where is she anyway?" Zita asked.
No sooner did she finish her sentence, all of them were alerted by someone moaning in pain.
Turning around, the group spotted Shego who was still on the track. Zita and Kim gasped and quickly rushed over, followed by Crystal and few others.
"Sheena, what happened?" Kim asked.
"Are you ok?" said Zita.
"She fell," Felix answered.
"What?" Kim and Zita said at the same time.
"Yeah, Ron and I saw it." Felix explained.
Kim held out her hand, offering to help Shego up.
She looked for a moment, and then grabbed Kim's hand. She yelped in pain as she stood.
"It was a pretty bad fall," said Ron.
"How'd it happen?" Kim asked.
Shego coughed before she spoke.
"It was Bonnie, she made me trip."
"Bonnie? I'll have a word with her." Said Kim.
Although Shego was one of Kim's biggest foes, she didn't care for Bonnie pulling that kind of stunt, especially since Shego was now a student.
"Maybe you ought to sit this out." Monique suggested.
"I agree," said Zita.
"Good idea, I will." Shego replied.
As she limped towards the bleachers she looked at the track and shook her head.
"You ok?" Kim asked.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine. This just seems so familiar." Shego answered.
Continuing on her way, Shego passed by Bonnie who had been watching the whole thing.
"Hey Sheena, I heard about your little spill, you all right?" she asked.
"I wouldn't have tripped if you hadn't done it." Shego replied.
"Me?" Bonnie said in shock and gasped.
"I…"
"What's going on here?" Mr. Barkin asked, walking over to the two girls.
"Nothing Mr. Barkin" Bonnie answered, grinning nervously.
He looked at her suspiciously.
"All right… I'm watching you." He warned.
Bonnie went off to rejoin the group but not before Kim pulled her aside.
"I'd like to have a word with you after class." She said.
"Whatever," Bonnie replied.
Shego sat down in the bleachers, not too far from Felix and Ron.
Letting out a loud sigh in the process.
She watched Kim and the others for a few minutes then thought of something.
(Flashback begins)
Shego was running on the track at her school in Atlanta when she tripped and fell.
"What'd you do that for?" she asked the girl standing there.
(Next flashback)
The same girl, stood there looking up and laughing at Shego.
"Little help here?" Shego asked, she was currently stuck in an oak tree.
(3rd Flashback)
Shego had got off the bus and was walking home.
"Aah!" she yelled and started to run from a group of other students throwing snowballs.
(Flashback ends)
Shego sat there hyperventilating.
"Shego, you ok?" Ron asked.
"Yeah, ya look kinda sweaty." Felix pointed out.
"I-I gotta go guys, later." Shego sputtered.
Shego quickly got up and left.
Fifteen minutes later…
"All right, that's a wrap people, let's go." Said Mr. Barkin.
As the group headed back inside, Bonnie stopped to tie her shoes. She looked up when she noticed someone standing next to her.
"Can I help you?" she asked.
"Actually, yeah… Sheena told me what happened on the track, she didn't fall, you tripped her." Kim answered. Folding her arms in front of her chest.
"That's what she said. You can't prove it." Said Bonnie. She finished tying her shoes and stood up.
"Yes, I can. I've got two eye witnesses, Justine and Marcella. They saw it." Kim explained.
"So? What difference does that make?" Bonnie asked.
Just then, Steve Barkin's voice rang out.
"Rockwaller!"
"Yes?" Bonnie asked sheepishly.
"Principal's office, now." Said Mr. Barkin.
Bonnie looked at Kim for a moment before walking away.
Mr. Barkin glanced at his clipboard then at Kim.
"We're one person short, where's that new girl?" he asked.
"Sheena?" Kim replied, she looked around and didn't see any sign of Shego.
"I don't know."
"That's strange, listen you..." Mr. Barkin was cut off.
"Kim, Sheena ran off!" Felix exclaimed.
"We can't find her." Said Ron.
"Yeah, she's gone." Zita added.
"Listen up, you four start looking, I'll keep an eye on things here." Said Mr. Barkin.
"Got it," Kim replied before heading off with Zita, Felix and Ron.
"Ok, where do you think she could've gone?" Kim asked.
"Beats me," said Felix who shrugged his shoulders.
"Maybe we should split up," Zita suggested.
"Great idea, Ron and I will cover the east side, you two check out the west." Kim replied.
"Let's go." Said Zita and with that they split up.
"This is weird; I wonder why Shego would run…" Kim stopped short.
"What's that?" Ron asked, pointing to something under the bleachers.
As they walked over, Kim was able to get a better look.
"Shego?" she asked.
At hearing her name, Shego looked up.
"Hey guys," she said in a dull tone.
"What happened?" Kim asked.
"Yeah, we've been looking for you." Ron added.
"I…" Shego stopped and sighed.
"Never mind."
"You can tell us," Kim assured her.
"Ok, remember when I told you that Bonnie reminded me of a girl I went to school with?" Shego asked.
"Yeah, what about it?" Kim replied.
"Well, this isn't the first time I fell." Shego confessed.
"You mean, this happened before?" Kim asked.
"Yes, during my sophomore year." Shego explained.
"Ouch," said Ron.
"Anyway it… I got hurt; my friends walked me home but… I never forgot about it." Shego continued.
"Wow, so this girl she…?" Kim started to say.
"Oh, don't get me started, ever since fourth grade it was ridiculous." Said Shego.
"Well, that was then, this is now." Kim pointed out.
"Yeah, you're right." Shego agreed.
"I've never seen you like this before." Ron admitted.
"Once I left my old school, I changed, but… the time I spent there, I remember it." Said Shego.
"I see, but hey look at the bright side; you're at a different school away from whoever it is." Kim told her.
"Good point," said Shego before she stood up.
"I mean, it's been two years. It's not like she'll show up around here again anytime soon."
Shego gritted her teeth, feeling a sharp pain in her left ankle.
"Maybe you should get that checked out." Kim suggested.
As the three of them walked back to the gym, they spotted Zita and Felix.
"Well…?" Zita started.
"Did you find her?" Felix finished.
"Yes, but she needs to see the nurse." Kim replied.
"Oh brother," Zita sighed.
"Hope she's ok." Said Felix.
The two of them watched Kim, Ron and Shego until they were no longer in sight. The only things that gave away Shego being hurt was that she was limping and was leaning against Kim for support. At first, she was surprised that Kim offered to help her but having been a heroine herself once she didn't have to ask why.
"Mr. Barkin, we found Sheena." Kim announced.
"But she's hurt." Ron added.
"All right, take her to the nurse's office, can't have her limping like that." Mr. Barkin replied.
"We got this," said Kim.
Later…
"How'd it go?" Kim asked.
She and Ron had waited outside the nurse's instead of going back to class.
"I'm fine, nurse said to put some ice on my ankle. I got a bruise but otherwise, I'll be ok." Shego explained.
"See you in homeroom."
She then limped down the hallway towards the lockers.
After a while, all three of them had gone back to homeroom.
Shego was relieved to rest her injured limb which was currently sore.
Moments later, the bell rang.
"Phew!" she sighed.
Grabbing her textbook and binder notebook she got up from her desk and walked out.
She groaned a little as she tried to walk.
"Oh, my ankle."
"Hi there," someone greeted her.
Shego turned around and noticed a boy about Kim's age standing there.
"Hey," she said.
"I've seen you around here, it's Sheena, right?" he asked.
"Right." Said Shego.
"I'm Josh. So, you're the new student Alan's been talking about." Josh replied.
"You know him?" Shego asked.
"Yeah, Al's an old friend from third grade. Nice guy." Josh answered.
"Yes, he is." Shego agreed.
"I heard about what happened in gym class. You doin' all right?" Josh asked.
"I'm sore but I'll heal." Shego assured him.
"That's good, hey, I'll see you tomorrow." Said Josh.
"Sure thing, later." Shego replied and with that she and Josh Mankey went their separate ways.
"He's nice," she said to Kim.
"Josh? Oh yeah, you've seen him before haven't you?" Kim replied.
Shego nodded.
"He was in front of me when I was in line at Smarty- Mart once. Never spoke though."
"Uh-huh," Kim said in dull tone.
"Guess, we'll be headin' out, huh?" Shego asked.
"Right." Kim answered.
"Listen, before I head for my cousins' place, I need to grab my bags." Shego explained.
"Oh, right! I forgot about that." Said Kim.
"Not a problem." Shego assured her.
Just then she tripped over her shoelaces.
"I'm ok!"
A few minutes later…
"You still here?" Shego asked, noticing Ron sitting on the steps at the entrance of the school.
"Just waitin' for K.P. she forgot something and had to go back to her locker." Ron explained.
"Oh," Shego replied.
She sat down next to Ron, neither one of them said anything which only lasted about five minutes.
"So…?" Shego started to say.
"What's your favorite kind of music?" Ron asked.
Shego didn't reply.
"You got plans for the weekend?" Ron continued.
Shego remained silent.
"Ok," Ron sighed, so far his attempts to start a conversation failed.
Rufus climbed out his pocket and onto Shego's lap.
"Oh!" She yelped, noticing the hairless rodent.
She smiled briefly.
"Thanks Rufus." She said, stroking his head.
Just then, Shego snapped out of her thoughts when she heard some footsteps.
"Hey guys, ready to go?" Kim asked.
"Sure," said Ron.
"Let's get moving." Shego replied.
Rufus quickly got off Shego's lap and climbed back into Ron's pocket.
After getting their bikes, Shego was about to get on hers but stopped.
"Can you manage?" Kim asked.
"I think so." Shego replied.
She flinched when she placed her left foot on the peddle. Once she got to her cousins' place she would make sure to get some ice to put on her ankle to help the inflammation.
Once they got to Kim's house, Shego called her cousin Nicky.
"Hi Nick, you guys back yet? You are? Great, I'll be right over." Said Shego.
She hung up her cellphone and went to gather her things.
"That was awesome!" Jim exclaimed as he Tim entered the house. The two had returned from soccer practice and were obviously excited.
"What are you guys so happy about?" Ron asked.
"You should've seen us at practice today." Said Jim.
"Yeah, it was so cool." Tim agreed.
"Well, can you show me?" Ron continued.
"It's like this, I was running, then I passed the ball to Tim." Jim explained.
"Then I kicked it into the goal, like so…" Tim replied.
He attempted to demonstrate by kicking the soccer ball towards the opposite end of the living room.
The ball bounced off the wall a couple times before it landed in the guest room.
"Uh-oh" Jim and Tim said at the same time.
"No sweat guys, I'll get it." Ron offered.
He went into the guest room and found the ball in a corner; he also found Shego's shoebox on the floor. Many of the contents were scattered on the floor.
As Ron tried to pick them up, he heard someone walk in.
"Just couldn't resist, could ya?"
He froze and turned around.
"Shego, it's not like that… I…" Ron sputtered.
"Eh, it's ok. Not that I would've shown you guys anyway." She replied.
"What is all this stuff?" Ron asked.
"Just some things I've collected, I've had this box since I was a kid." Shego explained.
She walked over and began to pick up some of the knick-knacks that had fallen out of the box.
"Hey, we better get going my Mom and Dad are…" Kim paused when she entered the room.
"What happened here?" she asked.
"Jim and Tim's soccer ball, happened." Ron answered.
"Yikes." Said Kim.
Shego had pretty much gathered up everything that fell out of the box except for the photo album. As Ron picked it up something fell out.
He glanced at the photo and raised an eyebrow.
"Who are these people?" he asked.
Shego picked up the photo and looked at it.
"My parents." She answered.
"Oh… you uh… you look like your Mom." Said Ron.
"I get that a lot." Said Shego as she placed the photo back in the album.
"Shego…" Kim started to say.
"Yes?" she replied.
"Never mind..." said Kim.
A short time later they rode their bikes to a house just four blocks away.
"So, this is where you're cousins live?" Kim asked, looking at the two story house.
"Sure do. I've only been here a couple times because they always came to Atlanta to visit." Shego explained before she rang the doorbell.
"I got it!" someone behind the door yelled.
"Sheena!" Nicky exclaimed.
"Cousin Nicky!" Shego replied.
The two of them hugged briefly.
"It's been a while." Nicky pointed out.
"I know, right?" said Shego.
"Wait a second, I remember you. You're Anika Park." Ron pointed out.
"You're in Ms. Jenkins' class." Said Kim.
"Right." Anika replied.
"But, Shego called you Nicky." Kim pointed out.
"Eh, everybody calls me that." Nicky replied.
"Wow, this really is a small world." Said Kim.
Anika or Nicky as Shego called her was a red head with blue eyes and freckles. She also had her long hair pulled back in a ponytail.
"Come on in." said Nicky.
"So, where's Aunt Sawyer and Uncle Clifton?" Shego asked.
"They went to the gas station, but they'll be back." Nicky explained.
She shut the door behind Kim and Ron.
"Hang on a second…"
"Chanel, get down here!" Nicky called.
"I'll be right there." Chanel replied.
"Who's Chanel?" Kim asked.
"My sister," Nicky replied.
"Ok, what's going on?" Chanel asked.
"Chanel, guess who's here." Said Nicky.
Chanel's jaw dropped, she then came down the stairs and hugged Shego.
"Sheena!" she exclaimed.
"Chanel… I can't breathe." Shego said in a raspy voice.
"Sorry," she said and let go of her cousin.
"So, you are…?" Ron started to say.
"This is my second cousin Chanel, when we were little people thought we were twins." Shego explained.
"I can see why," said Kim, noticing a resemblance.
Unlike her sister, Nicky, Chanel had black hair and green eyes like Shego. Her complexion was similar; the only difference was the row of freckles under her eyes.
"Well, it looks like you've got some catching up to do so… we'll let ourselves out." Said Kim.
"Oh don't worry about it." Nicky assured Kim.
"So, anything new?" Shego asked.
"Not really, Dusk called yesterday." Nicky answered.
Shego froze.
"She did?"
"Yeah, I was surprised." Nicky replied.
"Who's Dusk?" Ron asked.
"A girl we went to school with. Her family moved to Atlanta a few years ago. We were all kids when we met." Nicky explained.
"Yeah, but her Mom, Mrs. Rockwaller is really nice." Said Chanel.
Kim and Ron stood there with their mouths hanging open.
"What?" Nicky asked.
"Did you say Rockwaller?" Kim replied.
"Yeah, why?" Nicky answered.
"If her last name's Rockwaller then she's probably related to Bonnie." Kim concluded.
"Oh that's great." Said Ron.
Shego groaned.
"Oy, not two of them!"
"Hold on, what time is it?" Kim asked.
Nicky looked at her watch.
"Quarter to four." She answered.
"Oh! I gotta go; I forgot my Dad said he needed some help down at the space center." Said Kim.
"See you tomorrow."
"Well, it was nice you." Nicky replied.
"Same here, see you tomorrow." Kim said before heading out the door with Ron.
After a brief moment of silence, Nicky spoke.
"Why don't you come upstairs and get unpacked?"
"Uh, sure ok." Said Shego.
She grabbed her luggage and laptop bag before following her cousins upstairs.
"We've got a lot of catching up to do." Chanel told her.
Shego grinned at Nicky and Chanel.
"Can't wait."
"Glad to see you again cousin." Said Nicky.
Shego stopped at the top of the stairs.
She looked around for a moment then she looked at Nicky and Chanel.
"You know what?" Shego asked.
"No…" Nicky started.
"What?" Chanel finished.
"It's good to be back." Said Shego.
Nicky and Chanel smiled.
Once Shego got settled in, Chanel noticed a bruise on her cousin's ankle as well as her backpack and school supplies.
"What's with the backpack?"
"Oh, that thing? You might want to sit down. It's a long story." Shego answered…
MORE TO COME…
And that's it for chapter four. Anyhow, Amelia is a high school senior was in the first season. She's in the episode 'The New Ron'. Justine Flanner was in the episode, 'Partners' and Ron Reiger was in season 4. Vinny was in the season one episode Tick-Tick-Tick. Nicky's appearance is based on a background character in the episode 'The Truth Hurts'. I sort of pictured her and Chanel being voiced by Sabrina Le- Beauf and Cree Summer. Some of the quotes and scenes in this chapter are from: Everybody hates Chris, Pound Puppies 2010, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Hoodwinked, Balto, Winnie the Pooh, The Proud Family and Hey Arnold. Also Mowry is a reference to Taj Mowry who plays Wade. Also the Tasmanian Tiger or Thylacine is a large marsupial from Tasmania. Supposedly they went extinct in 1936 after the last captive Tasmanian Tiger passed away on September 6th at the Hobart Zoo. However, footprints and other evidence have shown that Tasmanian Tigers are more than likely still around but in small numbers.
Anyway, I'll start working on Chapter 5 soon.
So until then, stay tuned!
Reviews are appreciated.