Hey, here's chapter 8, and to answer you questions-

The only reason Kim went to school the next Monday was because she got in a fight with her dad the night before. He got angry with her and made her go to school, even though he knew he shouldn't have.

There was no funeral for Ron because this whole thing only happened in a few days. There probably would have been one the next day or something.

There. Happy? HAPPY?

Lol. Just kidding. Enjoy.

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The journey to Shego's room felt like an eternity for Kim. She was following the doctor, but her mind was elsewhere- back in Ron's room. Listening to him tell her he has no idea who she is.

Every time Ron had said or moved further away from Kim, another nail had been driven into her heart. It really hurt her. How could he be saying this to her? A few days ago, he told her he loved her. Now, he doesn't even remember her? Kim felt another pain in her heart.

She had asked the doctor if he would ever likely get over it, but they said that the damage to his brain was so severe that he might have to start over. Have a new life; start over from scratch. Would the two become friends again? After the shaking his shoulders and weeping hysterically right in front of him, Kim was doubtful. Her hope had gone down the drain about three days ago.

The once heroic teenage girl felt so, so small. It was a worthless feeling, a feeling of a failure. And it hurt, to know that if she had done one simple thing, none of this would be happening to her. None of this. If she had just gone back for Ron. She could've helped him find Rufus, and they could've escaped together, hand in hand.

Which reminded her, where was Rufus?

Probably dead, Kim thought. She wiped her eyes and wrapped her arms around herself. No more Kim, Ron, and Rufus crime fighting trio. They had been undefeatable. Well guess what, Kim thought, You've just been defeated.

Kim didn't know what was worse. Thinking Ron was dead, or him being alive and not knowing her. Her green eyes blinked away a few tears; Ron will never love me again…

She felt more tears coming, but she held them back. She would not be seen crying in front of Shego. She may have lost her hope, but Kim still had her pride.

The redhead almost walked right into the doctor when he stopped in front of a door. Kim glanced around; this was the only room in the whole hall. It was eerily silent, which bothered Kim. What kind of hospital wing was this?

"Where- where are we?" Kim murmured quietly.

"Shego's room. We're keeping her on the secluded wing of the hospital." Kim gave him a look, so he added, "Oh don't worry, she didn't go crazy or anything. We just don't want her to bother the other patients. She is a criminal."

Kim nodded slowly and began to turn the doorknob. "Thanks." She said weakly.

"Oh, and Kim, I'm going to wait for you here outside until you get done. This door is locked from the inside. You know. For obvious reasons." The doctor gave her a small smile and sat himself down in a chair near the door.

Kim again nodded. She took a deep breath and opened the door. Deep down she was hopeful, for if Shego didn't know anything, nobody would.

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Shego was feeling very, very, crappy. Not only was her evil rep destroyed and her leg injured, but she was captured. She knew that after she was healed, it would be straight to the big house, and that totally sucked. Federal prison was no party.

She ran her fingers through her long raven locks and sighed. They always made her cut her hair when she went to prison. Why? She had no idea, but she was quite fond of her hair. She examined her nails nonchalantly, making a clicking sound with her tongue. They really needed filing, but her file was in her jumpsuit, which was on a chair on the other side of the room. With the condition of her leg, Shego couldn't walk around yet without someone to help her. Crap, Shego thought, I can't even file my nails in this junk hospital. To be truthful, the raven haired girl was really bored. She had been only sitting in the lonely hospital bed for an hour or two, but the only activity for her to do was either stare out the single window or let her mind wander. She already missed the thrill of being a criminal that she usually had everyday.

Shego wondered where Drakken was; she hadn't seen any sign of the blue "genius" since the accident. All the young woman knew about him now was the fact that she would kick his ass when she found him again. That would show him for not trying to find her.

Or maybe he had been trying to find her, and he was just too much of an idiot to succeed. Or maybe-

Her thoughts were interrupted when the door started to open, and Shego turned her attention to the turning doorknob. Who would be visiting her? She gasped when she saw a familiar redhead slowly edge in. Great, Shego thought. Kim's probably still pissed at me.

The two girls' green eyes met, and for about five seconds, they just stared at each other. Then Shego looked away, and Kim turned to close the door behind her. The room was quiet; neither wanted to be the first speak. But Kim was there for answers.

"Um, hey." Kim said awkwardly.

Shego rolled her eyes. Kim obviously wanted something. "What do you want?" she said with an annoyed tone. She looked away, giving Kim a full view of her cheek. Kim felt a little guilty when she saw a red imprint of a hand on Shego's pale green skin. She cautiously waked towards the bed and sat down in the chair next to it, Shego giving her a suspicious look all the while.

"Erm, sorry about that," Kim said softly. "I… I was a little, you know, out of it." Kim shifted uncomfortably in her chair. "I just… sorry."

Shego grinned and waved it off. "Well if my leg wasn't broken, I would have to kick your ass, but for now, forget about it." The green-skinned beauty sat up and looked Kim in the eyes. "I take it that apologizing to me wasn't what you came for."

Kim curled her upper lip in guilt and set her elbows on the edge of the bed. "Well, no, I actually want to know-"

"-What happened." Shego finished for her. Kim raised her head and nodded.

"Yeah…" Kim said quietly, staring at Shego's scratched and bruised face. Her eyes widened when she saw one bruise disappear before her eyes. "Wha…? How did you…?"

"My powers gave me a killer immune system." Shego answered casually. "In fact, my leg should be healed by tonight."

"Wow…" Kim said in amazement.

"So anyway, I'll tell you what happened on one condition." Shego suddenly wore a serious look on her face, almost evil, making Kim cringe slightly. "You cannot tell another soul."

"Why?"

Shego folded her arms and glared at Kim. "Here's why- because if you do I'll make you wish you were never born." She finished her sentence with a sarcastic smile.

"Okay, so, what happened?"

Shego sighed and looked towards the opposite wall. "It all started right after I stopped fighting you…"

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"Drop the remote!" Kim ordered fiercely.

"Don think so," Drakken mimicked, before yelling "SHEGO!"

"All over it!" Shego said, smiling evilly at Kim and firing up her glowing hands. She was feeling especially evil today; Kim would get it!

"Ron, find the self destruct!" Kim yelled, and lunged at Shego. Shego blocked it, and then slashed this way and that at Kim's head, but the redhead dodged each one. The two jumped onto the landing above the lair and continued to battle it out, when Shego noticed Drakken running towards the escape pods. He must already have the laser schematics, Shego thought. Might as well escape now and build a new one, since Kim Possible is gonna blow the other one up. Shego jumped off the landing and began to run after Drakken, but not before saying, "Sayonara, sucka!" and giving a sarcastic salute sign.

Sure enough, as she was running towards the escape pod room, she heard, "SELF. DESTRUCT. IN. 10:00. 9:59. 9:58…" Of course… thought Shego. She walked into the room to find Drakken, as usual, ranting away.

"Why does she always have to bust my bubble like that?" he whined. "It's not fair! I was finally just moved in to this lair! And I hate shopping for new furniture; those salesmen always take advantage of you, Shego!"

Shego put her hands on her hips. "Do you have the schematics?" she asked, annoyed.

"Yes."

"Then it doesn't matter! OI!" Drakken gave a "hmph" and stepped into the escape pod. "Well, are you getting in, Shego?"

"Nah, I'll take the other one. I still got nine minutes, and I forgot to put my self destruct bag in the pod. Where are these pods gonna land, anyway?"

Drakken scratched his head and thought for a moment. "Eh, somewhere in Egypt, I think?"

"Okay. See you in Egypt." With that, Shego ran back towards the main room of the lair to grab her bag, and Drakken launched his pod.

Shego dashed in the room and looked around. Eight minutes left. She thought she had left her bag on top of the piranha tank, but it wasn't there. "Shit!" she said aloud, and began to search around the lair, and found it under her chair. "Man, I liked that chair." She complained. Six minutes left. She was about to run out of the room, when she saw someone else run in.

"Rufus!" Ron yelled, looking under everything that crossed his path. "Where are you buddy?" Shego just stood there and laughed at the buffoon's clumsiness. Her smile faded when she heard the boy say, "There you are!" Ron picked up Rufus and began to run for the door he came in. Shego began to feel rumbling, and then gasped when she saw the landing above start to crack- right over Ron. The raven haired girl watched as a piece of cement fall and knock out the poor blonde. He never saw it coming; he immediately crumpled to the ground, motionless. Shego watched the little bald rat chatter in panic, trying to get his master to wake up.

"Too bad for him!" Shego said with a small grin, and began to run out.

Then, something made her stop and turn back around. She caught the little pink creature staring at her with heartbroken eyes, and looked at the freckled boy next to him.

No, come on, you're evil! What do you care if he dies? In fact, you should be happy about it!

But he doesn't even have a chance, look at him-

Whatever! Who cares? If that idiot dies, Kim Possible will be crushed, and you won't have to deal with that sorry ass anymore!

But it's not fair to him; he's helpless-

That's a good thing! Then you won't have to worry about him escaping. Trust me; leaving him there to die is a good thing.

But-

Listen to me. Leave him there, and get out yourself!

Shego was about to turn and leave, when something inside her made her stop. Shego surprised herself when she began to run over to the helpless Ron.

You're making a mistake-

Shut up.

She stuffed the rodent in the pocket on her left leg, picked up the blonde, and sprinted. Two minutes left. But she could make it- Shego was an agile, skilled woman. She dodged all the falling rubble, and flipped right over the large piece of cement that fell in the way of her path.

Reaching the pod, she threw in Ron, jumped in herself, and pressed the launch button. Seconds later, the lair exploded.

Shego breathed a sigh of relief as she watched the lair blow up; that could've been her exploding into a million pieces. She glanced over at the unconscious form of Ron, and wondered what she would do with him. And why she had saved him! What the hell was she thinking? If Drakken found out about this, he would taunt her for the rest of her life!

Oh well, Shego thought. I'll figure it out once I get to Egypt…

With that, Shego laid back in her chair and fell asleep.

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Shego awoke to the alarm sounding and falling readings. "WARNING. WARNING. WARNING. WARNING." The alarm was getting louder, and Shego looked around her with wide eyes.

"What the hell!" Shego said in a panicked voice. She looked at the control panel- altitude was falling rapidly. What was going on?

Then the raven-haired girl's eyes widened in horror. How could she forget? This was the pod with a virus! And SHE had infected it, just in case Kim and her sidekick tried to use it!

"SHIT!" she yelled, and tried frantically to get the pod back up in the air. But it was no use. Everything went black as the pod crashed with a bang.

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"Then, after I woke up, I just kept pressing the help button. I waited for about a day, and then you came." Shego took a deep breath, finally finished with her story. She looked at Kim, who was sitting there with a dropped jaw and wide eyes.

Kim swallowed slowly, and turned to stare at Shego. "So… you… saved him?" She had tears in her eyes; Kim no longer cared if Shego saw her cry.

"If you tell anyone, my evil rep will be ruined, and I'll have to-" Shego was cut off when Kim threw her arms around her neck.

Shego sat there with wide eyes in shock as Kim hugged her, then smiled slightly and slightly patted the redhead's back. It was a strange sight; neither thought they would ever be hugging the other. Ever.

But as Kim embraced the surprised Shego, a new form of friendship arose. It was- different. It was weird. But it was good.

As Kim pulled back, Shego saw the tears in her eyes. She patted Kim on the shoulder and Kim said with a weak smile, "I owe you one."

"It's fine." Shego said. She still wasn't sure what to make off the fact that she had just hugged her arch foe, but it really didn't bother her at the moment. She smiled at Kim, but her smile faded when she saw that Kim was actually crying. "Eh, what's wrong?" She was still a little uncomfortable being nice to Kim.

"It- it's s-so good that you s-saved him," Kim said, looking away from Shego, knowing that her "never crying" rep was ruined too. "B-but he… he doesn't know who I am."

"What?" Shego asked, confused.

Kim wiped her eyes, but the memory of Ron telling her he didn't know her was making her cry more. "H-he has severe amnesia or something… h-his m-memory is… gone." Kim pulled her knees close, hiding her pitiful image from Shego. When she looked back up, Shego was smiling. What is she smiling about? Kim thought angrily. Does she think this is funny?

"What is so happy about this?" Kim asked heatedly.

"Oh, I'm not happy about this," Shego said casually. "I just think I know how to help."

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There you go! Maybe one or two more to go?

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