She wasn't stopping by Kim's at night anymore. Drakken seemed twice as annoying, which was quite the accomplishment. He was running her on errands every night, and the entire time she wondered if Kim was safe. She was going to be the one to bring down Kim Possible. Not some other villain who got lucky.
But Kim was safe. Still being annoying and fighting crime. They had crossed paths occasionally, but Shego always made a quick escape. She was lucky enough to dodge her questions before, and she didn't want to risk trying that again.
Not to mention how much she was thinking about it. What she had done was, well, weird. Kim was eighteen now, or she would be in a few months. And Shego was almost thirty so that looked creepy as all hell. She wasn't doing anything (except for trespassing, but hey, that was minor). But why? No matter how noble (and wow, did that sound gross) her efforts were, it was still weird and bore too close of a resemblance to stalking. Besides, nobody had attempted to hurt Kim at her own house. It'd be insane!
She could keep away. She could focus on petty crimes and the occasional heist for Drakken. Recently, she had stolen some high tech government weapon. The outcome that she had been dreading had happened. Drakken built something dangerous to take over the world, Kim and Boy Wonder were dropped off, and she had to go face to face with her rival.
Kim tried goading Shego into speaking as Drakken fought Ron (if that's what you would call swatting at each other like they were five). She remained silent and focused on fighting. Then Kim got sick of it and destroyed the machine. She and Ron escaped, and she and Drakken had to run for it before it exploded.
The routine existence of being an assistant to one of the dumbest super villains in the world cycled on. With one subtle change, of course. Kim was appearing more and more frequently to interrupt her heists.
"And you said I'm the stalker," Shego said on the latest occasion. The papers Drakken had requested were gripped tight in her hands.
"You are the stalker," Kim replied. "I'm just doing my job."
"Without the buffoon?" Shego said as she kicked Kim in the side.
Kim snarled and threw a few punches, which Shego deflected. "Why were you following me!"
"Does it matter now that I've stopped?" With her free hand lit up with plasma, she swung at Kim. Kim dodged and sent a sweeping kick at her legs. Shego jumped and flipped over Kim, landing behind her. She wrapped her arm around Kim's throat, no longer lit up with plasma, and said, "Drop it, Kimmie."
Ever the fighter, Kim struggled against Shego. She let her go and ran. Kim didn't follow.
Back at their newest lair, Drakken was sifting through her magazines. "This is garbage, Shego."
"Absolutely, but enjoyable." She snatched the magazine from his hands and replaced it with the papers. "Touch my stuff again and you're dead."
"Sheesh! Calm down! We're a team Shego, I should at least know some of the stuff going on in your life!" He flipped through the papers.
"If you had to go through a tabloid magazine to find out it was trash, you aren't exactly a genius."
Drakken scowled. "Took you longer than I thought it would for you to get these."
"Kim showed up."
"How does she do that?" he asked, exasperated. "She always knows what I'm up to!"
"Surveillance at the science center?" Shego offered.
"I thought you were careful to avoid any surveillance."
"I am, but that doesn't mean I always succeed."
Drakken huffed. "One of these days we won't have to worry about Team Possible anymore. I need to work on our latest scheme. Wanna hear about it?"
"Not particularly," Shego sighed, flipping another page in her magazine. When Drakken left the room, she threw the magazine back on the table. Each fight with Kim was exhilarating, but the latest was more so. It wasn't just the adrenaline from fighting someone who was an actual match for her. It was a mixture of frustration and embarrassment.
Why had she ever watched over Kim? No matter what her pride dictated, wanting to be the most powerful and respected villain in the world, it wasn't her job to be kind. It wasn't her job to try and protect someone, especially when they were more than capable to protect themselves.
Beyond their rivalry, Shego had no feelings for Kim. Maybe hatred, because, for fuck's sake, moving every two weeks was exhausting.
But then…
Why was she starting to enjoy fighting more? Why did she want to fight her again?
Why did she want to be close to her more than anything else?
