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5 Family Time
"I know where you sleep," Shego growled the threat while being dragged around to the back patio of her parent's home. It turned out that her parents had decided to throw a party to celebrate the combined events of the return of their sons and Mr. Godfrey's re-election as the mayor of Go City. Only close family and friends were invited who already knew the truth about Team Go and their connection to Mayor Godfrey were invited.
"I hope so," Autumn said with a little smile and a wink. "But I would like to point out that you usually fall asleep first."
Shego considered starting a fight with her girlfriend. A good enough row would get them kicked out of the party and she would get to go home and relax. After all, they had a job coming up in a few days.
"Kimberly!" someone shouted. Shego growled and pulled the redhead closer. A tall broad-chested man walked purposefully over. He had a big smile on his face as he literally scooped up Shego into a bear hug. "Thank you so much for getting your brothers back!"
The green thief grunted but could do little else with her arms pinned. "Daddy," she whined in what Autumn thought was a very non-Shego like manner. "Pumpkin made me do it," she pointed out.
Autumn just smiled when the man set Shego down and turned to her. "Thank you as well, Miss Possible," he said.
"No big," she shrugged and smiled. "Just like the old days. It was fun."
"Well, I really appreciate it." He turned back to his daughter. "You keep her around, young lady. She's good for you. Oh, and it's so cute, Kim and Kim." He scooped up the redhead and gave her a bear hug as well. He laughed loudly. She found it so odd how someone so fun and laid back could end up raising someone like Shego. Not that she didn't love her partner; she was just a totally different creature from those that raised her.
"Put the poor girl down," said Mrs. Godfrey coming up beside her husband. "You don't want to make your daughter get jealous," she teased. The man put Autumn back down on her feet, but continued to smile widely.
The older woman leaned in close to the redhead and whispered in a conspiratory tone, "So how did you get her here?"
"She thought we were going clubbing," Autumn whispered back loud enough that the mayor and the thief could both easily hear.
Mr. Godfrey let out another booming laugh. "Definitely a keeper," he said to his daughter before excusing himself to catch an old friend that had just walked into the backyard.
"Your father and I are both happy you came," said Shego's mother. She stopped a server and grabbed two glasses of wine. She handed one to her daughter. "Maybe you could come by a little more often?" she asked hopefully. Before Shego could reply she added, "Your older brother moved out last week."
"Wow, he's only thirty years old," Shego said sarcastically. "You sure he can make it on his own?"
"Kimberly, please," said Mrs. Godfrey.
"Alright, alright," Shego held up her hands in self-defense. "If the oaf is gone I'll try to come by more often. Okay?"
"Good," said the older woman with a smile. "I enjoy seeing you. I also enjoy seeing your girlfriend. She is such a sweet girl."
Shego agreed and reached out to grab a hold of her princess, but her hand caught nothing but empty air. She quickly realized that the redhead was nowhere to be seen. "Did you see where she went, Mom?"
"No," replied Mrs. Godfrey while trying to look over the crowd for the girl in question. "How hard can it be to find the one redhead in a yard?"
Shego froze. "Did Matthew bring Jesse?"
"Yes, dear," said Mrs. Godfrey. "Why are you standing so close all of a sudden?"
"Just be a good mother and protect me," Shego ordered.
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Autumn held a hand over Jesse's mouth to keep the girl from giving away their position. The pair of troublemakers were perched on the branches of an old oak tree that stood prominently in the middle of the large yard.
They watched as Shego and her mother stood below talking. From time to time Shego would look around as if she expected something. That was what had Jesse laughing.
Before they could come up with a plan of attack, Shego wandered away to talk with Jesse's father. Little Jesse asked to be helped down to use the bathroom. After helping the little girl down, Autumn sat alone in the tree for a few minutes. She gazed up through the branches. Her eyes caught on a single plank of wood nailed to the trunk of the tree a few feet above her head.
Her curiosity captured, the redhead climbed upwards. On a high branch she slipped a bit and cursed when she scraped the side of her leg on a rough bit of bark. Just like when Ron and me built the tree house. Then she saw more pieces of wood and nails in the branches around her. "This is the tree that they were in when they got their powers," she said aloud.
"The princess gets it in one," said a new voice from directly below her. Autumn looked down and caught sight of her girlfriend swinging gracefully up through the branches. She came to a position near Autumn before leaning back against the trunk.
"I figured that a tree hit by a meteor would be destroyed," said Autumn.
"Meteors don't typically fall straight down," said Shego. "If you look up there, you can see where it burned a path through the branches. It did destroy the tree house before slamming into the ground over where the pool is now."
Autumn examined the branches closely, and despite the time that had passed, she could make out the trajectory that the piece of space rock took through the branches. The line pointed directly at the center of the pool on the far side of the yard.
Shego looked down at the pool as well. "It rained later that night. When Dad saw the flooded hole he said that it was a sign that we needed a pool."
"His children were suddenly glowing various colors and he's thinking about a pool," Autumn asked in disbelief.
Before Shego could reply something distracted them. On the ground below a dozen Wegos began to singsong: "Kim and Kim sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G."
"Rob, Jon," Shego said in a warning tone. "Knock it off before I come down there." After a minute the taunting didn't stop. Shego turned back to her partner. "Just so you know," said Shego. "Anything a double feels, the original feels."
The green thief leapt down and landed in a crouch. She lit her hands and sprang after a pair of Wegos that ran in the direction of the house. They dove between guests and tried tossing chairs at their angered sister. Shego weaved through the partygoers and cut through the chairs with plasma strikes.
Their poor mother could only sigh and watch in horror as the guests scrambled out of the way of the feuding siblings.
A different pair of Wegos stood laughing at their counterparts' antics. Their laughs turned to cries of surprise when they were grabbed from behind. They soared through the air and landed in the pool nearby. All but one of them disappeared. The remaining Wego swam to the edge of the pool and looked up at Autumn, who was shaking her head.
Rob looked past the redhead and his eyes grew large. Autumn swung around in time to see Jon charging right at her with Shego right on his tail. She got out of the way in time for Jon to dive into the pool. Rob went under after his brother and the pair hid at the bottom while Shego did her best to bring the entire pool to a boil. She was convinced she would have succeeded if her mother and partner hadn't teamed up to stop her before the boys were cooked like lobsters.
While the Wegos went to change Autumn distracted Shego by convincing the older woman to show her her old room. The Godfrey residence was a large three-story affair. Shego led Autumn upstairs to the third floor. Down at the end of the hall Shego paused and jumped up and grabbed a cord dangling from the ceiling and pulled down the ladder.
"All these rooms and you lived in the attic?" Autumn asked while they were climbing up.
"You have no idea how many times I had to kick my brothers' asses to win this space," Shego said.
Once they were clear of the ladder, Autumn could see why there had been a fight for it. The attic was massive. It ran the entire length of the house and had a ceiling that sloped up from about four feet to over ten. There were large bay style windows at each end. Near one of the windows was a bed with a desk and dresser nearby. Hand painted Japanese style paper walls divided the sleeping area from the rest of the room. The majority of the space was set up as a private dojo.
Shego ran her hand along the ceiling near the edge as she paced out the room. Her eyes wondered over her old toys and equipment. "My brothers just wanted to build a private arcade up here." She stopped in front of a punching bag. "They never really understood martial arts the way we do. They saw it as a chore that they had to do before getting to play hero."
Shego looked over to see if her partner was listening. The redhead took a seat on the bed and nodded to show she was paying attention. "Even before the meteor I loved coming up here and just going at this bag, or quietly doing my katas, depending on my mood. There was no way I was going to let the oaf fill my refuge with a bunch of obnoxious toys, so I made it my bedroom to keep them out." The green villainess lashed out with a lightning quick punch that sent the bag swinging wildly.
"So," Autumn said pushing herself back on the bed until her back was against the wall. "Did you ever bring your boyfriends up here to your 'refuge'?" The redhead smiled at her girlfriend, but that smile dropped when she saw the suddenly predatory look on her girlfriend's face.
"No, I never did," Shego said as she stalked closer. "But back then I was a good girl." The green villainess pounced. Autumn tried to defend herself, but soon found herself pinned to the bed. "Now, on the other hand," Shego whispered into Autumn's ear before placing a soft kiss on the younger woman's neck.
"Shego," Autumn tried point out that there was a house full of people below, but she only ended up moaning her girlfriend's name when the kisses continued to come across her throat and up to her other ear.
"Is there something you'd like to say, Kimmie," the green thief taunted before starting to nibble on the ear.
"Th-this can't be a good idea," Autumn started rubbing her hands up and under Shego's shirt despite what she was saying. Shego silenced the redhead's protests with a long kiss.
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Mrs. Godfrey said goodbye to the last guest and sent the twins off to bed before finally making her own way upstairs. The party had gone on later than expected and she just wanted to get out of her heels and maybe take a hot bath before climbing into bed.
When she reached the top of the third floor stairs she immediately noticed that the attic ladder was down. Surprised, she climbed up to see if her daughter was still there.
The attic was pitch black. She reached for the switch on the wall. The pair of thieves had been asleep sprawled out on the bed. Seeing more then any mother wants to see she ducked back down the ladder while crashing sounds could be heard above as the thieves frantically dashed to cover themselves. Mrs. Godfrey waited at the bottom of the ladder while the girls got dressed.
"I told you this was a bad idea," she heard Autumn say.
"Shut up, Princess," she heard her daughter reply. "You weren't complaining earlier."
"Something wrong, dear," her husband said, coming out of the bathroom.
"Nothing, love," replied his wife. "I'll be in bed in a few minutes." She gave her husband a quick kiss and a shove in the direction of the master bedroom.
Shego stuck her head down through the opening. "We can let ourselves out, Mom."
"It's almost three in the morning, Kimberly," she said. "You can just stay here for the night. I'll wake you up for breakfast." She grabbed the bottom of the ladder and pushed it up to her daughter.
"But," started Shego.
"But what?" asked Mrs. Godfrey.
Shego sighed, "Never mind." She was going to mention that as thieves she and Autumn were used to being up late, but decided that bringing up her career choices after what her mother just walked in on would be more trouble then it was worth. "Good night, Mom."
"Good night, Kimberly."