Sorry about the long wait! It wasn't writer's block, just… nervous laughter laziness.
Sorry!
KimnRon4ever
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There was Shego… she was standing there, with glowing eyes. Glowing eyes? Since when did her eyes glow? The two green orbs looked bottomless. As Kim's eyes scanned the sitch, she saw, to her horror, that Shego's hands were not only glowing a venomous blackish green, but she was holding them both tightly onto… Ron's forehead.
He was writhing and whimpering slightly, encased in a green glow. Sweat poured down his forehead and he continued to struggle, but Shego didn't stop. She just stood there, forcing her glowing hands onto Ron's flesh, mumbling words Kim couldn't hear. She wouldn't stop. Couldn't she hear his pain? Unless she was… deliberately…
Realization hit Kim like a gunshot. Shego was hurting him, on purpose. And Kim was letting her. She lied… to me…
Kim felt so betrayed. No, she felt stupid. This was Shego here, the woman wanted in 11 countries, wanted for countless thieveries and murders. How could Kim have just forgotten? Shego would never change, and Kim… had fallen for it.
Anger began to pulse through Kim's veins. Her eyes fell upon the form of Shego and a limp Ron, and her clenched fists began to shake. Shego took no notice of Kim; it was as if she was in a trance.
Shego would pay. She would pay for all of this; Kim was sure. She was nothing but a… a…
"LIAR!" Kim screamed, and charged at the glowing girl. Pure hatred could be seen in Kim's fiery eyes as she ran.
Shego didn't see it coming. Kim ran straight into her, breaking the green bond between her and Ron. As Kim knocked Shego off her feet, Shego's hands ceased to glow, but Ron didn't. Ron writhed in pain, but the glow still lingered. It didn't stop until he threw himself against the wall, instantly falling into a limp heap on the floor.
Kim watched Ron in horror, and a part of her longed to go to him. But the other part, the stronger one, was anger. And currently anger was occupied in beating the living daylights out of the green girl in front of her. Shego was still occupied by the strange trance, so it was as if Kim was fighting against nothing.
Suddenly, Shego's eyes popped open, and stared up at Kim in a fierce glare. Kim was taken aback, and in the split second she was caught off guard, Shego grabbed her by the wrists and threw her into the opposite wall.
Kim was stunned. What had just happened? She opened her eyes to see Shego standing over her, hands glowing and teeth bore. She gulped and tried to get up, but failed.
"What did you think you were doing?" Shego growled.
"You lying bitch!" Kim cried, glaring at the one standing over her. "You said you would help!"
"Eh hem, but I believe it is you who is the lying bitch." She lowered her voice and mumbled through clenched teeth. "I thought I told you to stay outside." With that she raised her hand as if to strike Kim. Kim bowed her head and waited for the worst. This was it. Shego was going to thrash her to pieces and it was all her own stupid fault.
But when nothing happened, Kim opened her eyes again. Shego had turned off her green glow, and was holding out a hand to Kim with a grim face.
"Wha…?" Kim cautiously took her hand and allowed herself to be led over to the nearby bed. The red head grunted softly as she sat on the soft fleece blanket that was placed on the end of the bed. She wiped her nose and looked up to see Sego staring at her from the chair beside the bed, arms folded and legs crossed.
"Well?" She asked expectantly.
"Well what?"
"You never answered my question. I asked you what you thought you were doing."
Kim frowned and bowed her head, her eyes darting this way and that. "I… I thought I was stopping you… I mean, it looked like-"
Shego clicked her tongue and shook her head exasperatedly. "I know what it looked like," She stood up and walked over to the limp form of Ron. "Why the hell do you think I asked you to stay outside?" With that she picked him up and limped slightly over to the bed, where she laid him next to Kim. Kim stared at his closed eyes and gently took his hand. "It's not a hard concept, Kimmie," Shego continued, walking back over to her chair. "You know- doing what people ask you to do."
Kim stroked Ron's hand and sighed. She was so confused. "Then if you weren't hurting him… what were you doing?"
Shego pursed her black lips and sniffed. Then finally she spoke. "You remember how I used to be a-" at this she paused and shuddered- "superhero." Kim nodded. "Well, I never told anybody this but my brothers, but I have another power. A healing power. There are actually two sides to my powers, a good side, and a bad side. I could switch between them."
Kim raised her eyebrows at Shego. Shego just rolled her eyes.
"I figured out along the way that I could not only heal people's wounds, but their memories too." Shego gestured towards Ron. "That's what you walked in on. I wasn't hurting him."
"Oh…" Kim said sheepishly.
"Anyways, there's a catch. Healing people's memories is hard, and it takes a lot of power. I hadn't done it in so long, either. Heck, I haven't even switched my powers in years. What kind of evil villain heals people? I mean, come on."
Kim again just nodded slightly.
"So not only is the fact that I was a little rusty a bad thing, but also the fact that you interrupted the process. I don't know if it'll work now."
Kim's eyes welled up with tears. "You mean," she choked. "If I hadn't interrupted… Ron would be okay?"
Shego shrugged her shoulders. "It might've worked. There's always a chance. In fact…" She raven haired girl stood up and picked up the glass of water next to the bed. "Let's find out." Then she poured the glass all over Ron's head, making him jump up suddenly, coughing and spluttering.
"Ron?" Kim asked hopefully. No answer. Not a good sign. "Ron?" she asked again. He frowned at her, confused, and then said, "Oh… oh yeah… my name is supposed to be Ron…"
Kim's face fell and she stood up and walked away from the bed, trying to stifle tears. It was all her fault. She felt a hand on her shoulder, and turned to see Shego standing behind her.
"Well, I tried…" she whispered.
Kim nodded and a tear escaped as she headed for the door. She rapped on it twice, and two doctors walked in to escort Ron back to his room. Shego walked over to Kim and stood beside her as they watched the blonde walk out, a sad look upon his face.
When they left, the two girls stood in silence. Finally Shego walked back over to the bed and slid back in.
"I see you leg is better," Kim said quietly.
"Yup…"
With that, Kim knocked twice on the door and took one last look at Shego. The girl was staring wistfully out the window, almost longingly. Then Kim bowed her head and stepped out, in her mind for good.
As she met up with the doctor outside in the hall, a question suddenly pooped into Kim's mind.
"What's going to happen to Shego, you know, when she's healed?"
"Ah," said the doctor. "Tomorrow morning at around 6 they're transferring her in a high security jet to a prison sanction in Russia," He leaned closer to Kim and lowered his voice. "And from what I hear, there's no escaping that place. I doubt she ever be seeing the light of day again." He smiled, straightened his white coat, and began to walk down the hall. "At least we won't be worrying about her loose on the streets again…" Kim heard him say as his voice faded in another direction.
"Yeah…" Kim said quietly. She looked sadly at Shego's door and then back at the floor. "At least…"
Then she walked in another direction, as the last flame of hope in her heart burned out like a candle.
