Kim slept soundly, and as she slept, she dreamed...
It was dark, and cold, and quiet. Any one of those things would have been frightening, but all three were present. Kim shuddered, either from fear or cold, she didn't know. Surely not fear. She wasn't afraid of anything. How could she be?
Kim walked down the street, wondering where the sun was, and where the people were. Suddenly, she heard a crunching behind her. Footsteps. Kim sped up, walking a little faster. The footsteps increased as well. Breathing a little harder and faster now, she glanced behind her, and what she saw nearly made her scream.
A wispy, ghost-like form was following her. Suddenly, more ghost-like forms were surrounding her, and she stumbled and fell onto the ground. The ghosts closed in, and she cowered fearfully.
"Kim," came a echoing voice. Kim looked up and saw Ron's ghost staring sorrowfully at her. "Why, Kim? Why didn't you protect me?" "I-I..." Kim whispered, but was interrupted. "Kim, why?" a female voice cried out. Kim looked to her right and saw Monique's barely recognizable face, due to the cloud around her. "Why didn't you protect me?"
"Why, Kim?" came several more voices, and Kim saw the ghosts of her parents, of Wade, of the cheerleaders from school, and several others...Drakkan, and...Shego? "But, Shego!" Kim cried, desperately grabbing at this fact. "You aren't dead! You're still alive!"
"Why, Kim? Kim, why? Why...why...why..."
Kim sat up, bathed in a sheen of sweat. She looked around and saw Shego looking out the window, a smile on her face, and saw Jim and Tim sleeping peacefully nearby.
"I'll take a turn," she said quietly to Shego. The woman nodded, and stepped down from her post, allowing Kim full control. Kim gazed out the window, and could almost see the ghosts in her mind's eye again. She could hear the almost inaudible screeches of the pods as they searched for probably the only remaining humans on the planet.
She hunkered down, and closed her eyes for a moment...she could smell an intoxicating scent that cajoled her, told her to sleep, that everything would take care of itself...and she listened.
Kim's eyelids fluttered, and then she closed her eyes. A few moments later, a steady pulse, almost like a heartbeat, could be heard throughout the room.
Jim woke up slowly to smell a fragrance that he vaguely remembered...a disguised scent, he thought hazily, a dangerous scent.
His eyes flew open, and his head whipped around. He saw Shego sitting up in her cot, as if listening, and Tim sleeping beside him...and Kim was lying in a bed, so still it seemed she was dead.
He fought against the smell, and then he froze-hearing the beat of a pod slowly developing. He shook Tim awake, who only looked at him, and then Tim realized. "Shego!" Jim yelled. "It's a pod!"
"Where?" Shego asked. "Can't you hear it?" Tim asked, puzzled. "I hear only the heartbeat of myself," she answered. Jim and Tim looked at each other; they had never known Shego to be...poetic.
"Wake Kim up," Tim directed. Jim leaped up, and tried to shake her awake, but couldn't. "She won't wake up!" he yelled. "Find the pod!" Tim screamed at Shego, but she didn't move.
Tim suddenly had an idea. "Wait a second," he said. "Why aren't you...I mean, why-"
"You can't save her now, you know," Shego said huskily. "The pod is almost developed. Just relax...it's impossible to save her now. Just sit down and smell the sweet fragrance of these flowers...when you wake up, you'll be fine. It won't hurt a bit, I promise. You'll be a whole new person..."
Shego continued to try and bring Tim over, and it looked as if Tim was buying into it until Jim threw a metal bar at Shego's head. Even the pods weren't immune to such things, so the Shego-Pod fell to the ground in a dead faint. "Find the pod!" Jim called.
Tim found it. "Destroy it!" Jim directed now. Tim looked around, and found a butcher knife, and slashed repeatedly at it until the pod lay in several slashed remains, and yet another embryo was dead.
Kim slowly awoke. "Wha-what?" she murmured. "Hurry, Kim, before she wakes up!" Tim cried. "What are you talking about?" she asked.
"Shego's a pod, and you were nearly one, too!" Jim explained. "Hurry, get up, before-"
An ear-splitting screech interrupted him. "Too late," the twins said. Shego pointed at them and emitted yet another scream.
In the hillside, the siblings could hear more screeches coming closer and closer..."Run!" Kim shouted, and they burst out the door-but a hit from Shego sent Kim rolling into the grass, unconscious. The twins stayed to try and help her up, and they continued to run, trying to carry Kim with them.
They barely escaped, and hid in a cave, not starting a fire for fear of being seen. "What shall we do?" Tim asked Jim. "I don't know," his brother answered.
"Stay here until its safe and Kim wakes up, I guess," Jim answered. The twins watched Kim and prayed she would awake soon.
A/N: I know it's an awkward place to leave off (again), but I couldn't think of any other way to end it. Let me know what you think!!
It was dark, and cold, and quiet. Any one of those things would have been frightening, but all three were present. Kim shuddered, either from fear or cold, she didn't know. Surely not fear. She wasn't afraid of anything. How could she be?
Kim walked down the street, wondering where the sun was, and where the people were. Suddenly, she heard a crunching behind her. Footsteps. Kim sped up, walking a little faster. The footsteps increased as well. Breathing a little harder and faster now, she glanced behind her, and what she saw nearly made her scream.
A wispy, ghost-like form was following her. Suddenly, more ghost-like forms were surrounding her, and she stumbled and fell onto the ground. The ghosts closed in, and she cowered fearfully.
"Kim," came a echoing voice. Kim looked up and saw Ron's ghost staring sorrowfully at her. "Why, Kim? Why didn't you protect me?" "I-I..." Kim whispered, but was interrupted. "Kim, why?" a female voice cried out. Kim looked to her right and saw Monique's barely recognizable face, due to the cloud around her. "Why didn't you protect me?"
"Why, Kim?" came several more voices, and Kim saw the ghosts of her parents, of Wade, of the cheerleaders from school, and several others...Drakkan, and...Shego? "But, Shego!" Kim cried, desperately grabbing at this fact. "You aren't dead! You're still alive!"
"Why, Kim? Kim, why? Why...why...why..."
Kim sat up, bathed in a sheen of sweat. She looked around and saw Shego looking out the window, a smile on her face, and saw Jim and Tim sleeping peacefully nearby.
"I'll take a turn," she said quietly to Shego. The woman nodded, and stepped down from her post, allowing Kim full control. Kim gazed out the window, and could almost see the ghosts in her mind's eye again. She could hear the almost inaudible screeches of the pods as they searched for probably the only remaining humans on the planet.
She hunkered down, and closed her eyes for a moment...she could smell an intoxicating scent that cajoled her, told her to sleep, that everything would take care of itself...and she listened.
Kim's eyelids fluttered, and then she closed her eyes. A few moments later, a steady pulse, almost like a heartbeat, could be heard throughout the room.
Jim woke up slowly to smell a fragrance that he vaguely remembered...a disguised scent, he thought hazily, a dangerous scent.
His eyes flew open, and his head whipped around. He saw Shego sitting up in her cot, as if listening, and Tim sleeping beside him...and Kim was lying in a bed, so still it seemed she was dead.
He fought against the smell, and then he froze-hearing the beat of a pod slowly developing. He shook Tim awake, who only looked at him, and then Tim realized. "Shego!" Jim yelled. "It's a pod!"
"Where?" Shego asked. "Can't you hear it?" Tim asked, puzzled. "I hear only the heartbeat of myself," she answered. Jim and Tim looked at each other; they had never known Shego to be...poetic.
"Wake Kim up," Tim directed. Jim leaped up, and tried to shake her awake, but couldn't. "She won't wake up!" he yelled. "Find the pod!" Tim screamed at Shego, but she didn't move.
Tim suddenly had an idea. "Wait a second," he said. "Why aren't you...I mean, why-"
"You can't save her now, you know," Shego said huskily. "The pod is almost developed. Just relax...it's impossible to save her now. Just sit down and smell the sweet fragrance of these flowers...when you wake up, you'll be fine. It won't hurt a bit, I promise. You'll be a whole new person..."
Shego continued to try and bring Tim over, and it looked as if Tim was buying into it until Jim threw a metal bar at Shego's head. Even the pods weren't immune to such things, so the Shego-Pod fell to the ground in a dead faint. "Find the pod!" Jim called.
Tim found it. "Destroy it!" Jim directed now. Tim looked around, and found a butcher knife, and slashed repeatedly at it until the pod lay in several slashed remains, and yet another embryo was dead.
Kim slowly awoke. "Wha-what?" she murmured. "Hurry, Kim, before she wakes up!" Tim cried. "What are you talking about?" she asked.
"Shego's a pod, and you were nearly one, too!" Jim explained. "Hurry, get up, before-"
An ear-splitting screech interrupted him. "Too late," the twins said. Shego pointed at them and emitted yet another scream.
In the hillside, the siblings could hear more screeches coming closer and closer..."Run!" Kim shouted, and they burst out the door-but a hit from Shego sent Kim rolling into the grass, unconscious. The twins stayed to try and help her up, and they continued to run, trying to carry Kim with them.
They barely escaped, and hid in a cave, not starting a fire for fear of being seen. "What shall we do?" Tim asked Jim. "I don't know," his brother answered.
"Stay here until its safe and Kim wakes up, I guess," Jim answered. The twins watched Kim and prayed she would awake soon.
A/N: I know it's an awkward place to leave off (again), but I couldn't think of any other way to end it. Let me know what you think!!