Chapter 21: Fighting Shego

The next day, Rose was woken up on time and an hour before she usually awakes. She noticed that it wasn't DNAmy that knocked on her door to wake her up, it was Shego and she told her to dress quickly.

Rose yawned and opened her backpack filled with new clothing and accessories. She pulled out a black spaghetti strap top that had a torn/ripped design that showed strips of skin below the chest area, dark blue jeans that sparkled a pale blue, and her black sneakers with black bobby socks.

Once completely dressed, Rose left her room and approached Shego in the living room seated on the couch reading the Villain's Digest.

"Where's DNAmy?"

"Had to leave... Said something about her DNA creatures." Shego replied monotonously, then looks up to her cousin. "That outfit you're wearing better be stretched material."

"Why?" Rose asked, finding no disapproval of her attire. "What's wrong, Shego?"

"The others and I have been thinking about this last night. Would you like to be a real villain? We know you're apart of Team Rocket, and since you're a cheerleader, too..."

"Let me guess." Rose smirked, her arms folded. "You want me to help defeat Kim Possible? Wear this special villain outfit, have my own villain name, use fighting equipment and other special machinery?"

"That's what we're agreeing on." Shego nodded. "You really don't have to be involved, and I know you'll think this is all something a sidekick would do..."

"Not really, I'll take you up on the offer though." Rose said, liking the idea. "So who will know about this if I help?"

"Drakken, of course, since he came up with the whole idea you being a villain." Shego got up and motioned her cousin to follow out of the suite. "I'm helping, too. So is DNAmy, Señor Senior Senior and Junior, Killigan..."

"That Scottish golfer?" Rose's eyes widened, half feared. "I'm not using those exploding golfballs!"

"You don't have to." Shego reassured, as they reached the elevator and walked inside. "Anyway, Monkey Fist says that he'd help."

"He would?" Rose asked, blushing barely. "He'd teach me Tai Shing Peh Kwar?"

"Yeah, I suppose." Shego said, wondering what's with her cousin all of a sudden. "And other mystical monkey powers and meditations."

"Wow... That'll be great." Rose smiled softly, a blush noticeable on her rosy cheeks. "I've always wondered what it'll be like training and meditating with him... Alone." She slapped her mouth shut, completely embarrassed she said that out loud.

"You like Monkey Fist?" Shego gawked in shock. "And here I thought you were into Gill or Junior."

"Certainly not Gill, he's okay as a friend when not being the fish monster-mutant." Rose replied, still embarrassed. "I know I'm not into Junior... Maybe it was funny when I flirted with him, but he actually thinks that I really like him."

"Which means that he wants a relationship," Shego understood. "He's not a teenager and you're not either. And you're not ready for a real long-lasting relationship like Junior's probably wanting."

"What's he looking for, Shego?" Rose asked, freaked out and scared.

"Well, his father actually wants Junior to settle with a wife and continue down the family-line. Have an heir to the billionaire wealth."

Rose had turned pale, still scared and no longer embarrassed. "I don't want that yet. I just want a nice loving relationship before even thinking of marriage and maybe having children."

"You think you're still a teenager, but you're really an adult." Shego said, and stopped right in front of an opened doorway. "I know I missed my teenage life, but you lived yours. Now its time you'd face the rest of your life."

Rose nodded, she was about to add more but reconsidered and joined Shego at breakfast. It wasn't long until the other villains came down, except for Dementor who had to leave for business (literally leaving the hotel).

"So what's this I'm hearing about training into a villain?" Rose asked, once breakfast was over. "This has nothing to do with being a sidekick, right?"

"Absolutely, and Shego will start you off with the basic training." Drakken said, with a sharp smile. "Just regular combat so you'll know what to do against Kim Possible."

"Oh okay, then maybe I should rush upstairs for my swimsuit." Rose suggested. "I'm not really dressed properly to combat-fight and if this takes place near the swimming area..."

"Rose, you'll be fine." Shego warned in a calm reassurance, yet ignoring every glare she got from the others except for Señor Senior Senior and Killigan.

"Whatever you say," Rose giggled. "Shall we get the training started then, cuz I'm ready."

So the combat training took place outside in the courtyard swimming area.

"This should be fun, though I won't go easy." Shego smirked, then she lit up her plasma-green powered claws and prepared to strike.

"Ready when you are, Shego." Rose said in a deadly sweet voice (similar to Kim's voice), standing her ground.

"Go already!" Drakken yelled, he and the other villains sat comfortably on lounging chairs.

Rose launched herself at Shego, who blocked her opponent's first swing with a stiff forearm. Shego swiped at the adolescent with her right arm, which barely missed Rose's abdomen as she back flipped away from her attacker. Shego rushed forward, reaching out at Rose's face, as if to peel her skin back. Rose leant back, as if playing limbo, and stepped away to avoid the lethal claws. Then, pivoting onto one foot, she kicked out with the other, hitting Shego in her stomach. The blow sent the raven-haired woman flying, but her innate sense of balance landed her on her feet. Moments later she dropped to one knee to avoid Rose's roundhouse kick aimed at her face.

Grabbing Rose's leg, Shego flipped it counterclockwise to throw Rose off her feet and onto the blue carpet. Backpedaling furiously; Rose missed Shego's renewed onslaught by inches, saving her legs from amputation at the hip. She bunched her legs beneath her before springing upright, flipping over Shego and kicking her in the back once she landed. Again the woman was sent flying, but deftly cart wheeled to her feet. She ran at Rose, slashing at the air with her claws before raining blows down on her troublingly swift opponent. Rose blocked the punches adroitly, and stepped back to gain some room to maneuver. Pretending she was losing, Rose glanced around in desperation for an escape route. The trick worked, and gave the teen just enough of an advantage over her opponent to defeat her. It was all over very quickly when Rose flicked her foot out and caught Shego hard on the shin, which sent her to the ground.

"Whoa... I didn't think I'd win on the first combat-training." Rose backed away, giving her cousin space. "You okay, She-" but she was surely caught off-guard as she was knocked off her feet and into the pool from a blast of plasma green power.

"Who's the winner now?" Shego snickered, standing in the direction where her cousin was flown.

"Shego, you sure that last attack wasn't too rough?" Drakken asked, approaching with Monkey Fist and Gill.

"Positive on that." Shego reassured. "It couldn't have knocked her unconscious and it wouldn't take her this long to resurface."

"I'll go in and see what's taking so long." Gill offered, and ran into the pool. He dived in and quickly resurfaced with an unconscious Rose in his arms.

"Damn it!" Shego cursed, scared senselessly. "I WAS too rough!"

They rushed over to Gill as he sets Rose's lifeless body on the ground. Color was drained from her face, and her eyes were clamped shut. You could see a small red bump near the back of her forehead."

"Now what?" Drakken panicked, he too was scared. "She's dead and it's our fault!"

"Your fault mostly for discussing the idea in the first place!" Monkey Fist yelled in accusation. "How do you suppose we'll have to explain the girl's death? Combat-fighting to be a villain?"

"Will you guys shut up?" Shego interrupted, she was knelt on the ground. Deep in thought about something. "I think there's a way that Rose can be brought back to life..." She closed her eyes and thought back to last week when Rose was telling her about the Pokemon.

'This Pokemon is my favorite and will be very useful in life-threatening situations.' Rose held up a Pokeball, there was a small inscription but blurry and all that could be seen was the first letter... an R.

Shego opened her eyes, she recognized the belt on Rose's waist that contained six red and white balls. She quickly reached out and took the balls off the belt, reading each inscription until finding the one needed.

"Oh good, this must be it!" Shego exclaimed, holding the ball that says 'Raichu' on the front. She threw the ball and a mouse-like creature appeared with a thunderbolt at the end of its long black tail.

"Raichu!" the creature squeaked, seeing its master on the ground unconscious. "RAICHU!"

"Hey, calm down." Shego said nicely. "She's not dead, I hope."

The creature looked up at her. "Chu! Rai rai chu!"

Shego bit her lip, not really understanding what the mouse-creature said. "You have to help Rose, use one of your attacks to revive her!"

The Pokemon nodded. "Rai-chuuuuuuuuuu!" then it sent out electricity toward its master, which then jolted her body.

There was silence upon watching sparks of electricity disappear from the life-less body. Though something did happen, color appeared in Rose's face and her eyes fluttered.

"She's alive! I don't believe it!" Shego cried, an actual tear escaped from her eye.

Rose slowly rose up, couching up water and rubbing her eyes. "What just happened?"

"Rai raichu!" the pocket monster squeaked happily.

"Raichu, what are you doing out of your Pokeball?" Rose asked, then she remembered something. "Uh-oh, it's not my fault. I didn't bring it out, don't ground me again cuz I didn't do anything!"

"Well of course not." Drakken smiled down at his cousin-in-law. "Shego used your Pokemon to save your life."

"No way, did you really?" Rose looked up at Shego who nodded. "Awesome, you remembered what Pokemon I told you about in case of an emergency!" She was handed back her Pokeballs and then held out one toward her out-Pokemon. "Thanks a lot, Raichu. You're such a lifesaver!"

"Chu, raichu!" the Pokemon squeaked, and it disappeared inside the Pokeball in a red beam.

"Come on, Rose." Shego lended a hand and helped her cousin to her feet. "You need to get out of those wet clothes before you catch a cold."

"So who won that combat-fight?" Rose asked, walking inside the hotel. "I'm not sure if it was you or me."

"Doesn't matter." Shego waved it off. "We're both equal, so we'll let it go at that."

Drakken smiled as he watched his fiancée and his cousin-in-law walk inside the hotel, he was very relieved that nothing serious happened to Rose and Shego knew what to do in a life-threatening situation. "I think we should hold off for maybe a year or two on that DNA experiment, don't you think so, Monkey Fist?"

The part-monkey English Lord nodded in agreement. "Yes, I suppose you're right. And I'd certainly like to get to know that cousin of yours a little better... on a hand-to-hand basis, maybe."

The moral of this chapter: be careful what you do and know what you're doing during a life threatening situation or your loved one will be a goner.

§To Be Continued§

Did any of you think I was actually gonna kill my character off? That would really be pointless, and what would be the use of continuing with the story. Okay, time to review, and the next chapter will be posted up. Please and thank you!