I do not own Kim Possible or any related characters, they are the exclusive property of Disney and used in this story without official permission.

AN: This is based on Your Guardian Angel by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. Sequel to Face Down, x3

Okay, I think this is time for a fair warning. The following chapter is long, with a few scenes that are not fully needed. There are two at the vet, the first one I feel that is needed to convey the sense of urgency and the second can be without but I left it...the characters won't play again in later chapters. Another scene is one with Drakken, Amy, Adrena and Jack; enemy conglomeration which I have saved for the next chappie. The other scene that can be without is the bantering of Shego's mother and her brother, (Shego's uncle). This is one of the most radical changes I made; it got twisted around to that after some point in the story. If you guys think that it can be done without out, tell me so, (PMs or reviews work fine)[for any of these scenes... and I will take it from it. It's one of my most favorite scenes though, I hope you enjoy it. It's so random that it's me, xD. Also, I share ideas about another story that might come up. I wonder who can see them, wink

Anyway, this one has a bunch of dialogue too, please deal with it and with me... --;;; (18 freaking pages! And at the beginning I had no ideas for it...sorry!! )

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Use me as you will

Pull my strings just for a thrill

And I know I'll be ok

Though my skies are turning gray

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Shego looks around the house in defeat. Everything she believes in, everything she holds dear, is now gone. The one thing remaining is her beloved puppy, but even Selene cannot help her master with this new problem. In fact, the pooch herself is mourning the loss of her companion; Circe, for all her antics, became part of Selene. She howls her pain out, while going to the back yard with her master. Why is Shego going to the lone tree in the back of her house? 'Cause she needs to do something, and only nature can do as a setting...

Sitting by the tree, Shego looks at the moon. The waning moon is just a reminder of her most beloved people; her Ann and her Kimmie. Shedding painful tears, Shego forces her claw out; her index finger now holds a three inch long blade. Selene, who is besides her master, just whimpers and cowers, knowing full well her masters intention. Shego places the natural razor against her skin; this is the only thing that can actually cut her, and not be damaged in the process. A common blade would corrode.

Glowing green blood starts to pulse from the deep opening, not a surface cut and molten green lava burns her skin lightly, yet another reason why she chose women over men. Having a child when her blood is radioactive might give the kid a different ability or just the same one that she has. All in all, she wants to save the poor unfortunate soul who stays in that body the pain of being too different from the rest. The kid would survive, yes, but the scars would be far too great; worse than anything her claws could ever do. When it fell to the ground, the grass only shines. For some strange reason, it does not affect plant life-forms. Maybe because Shego, like the plants, use solar energy to charge her plasma, and that was because of her blood.

Selene gives one last mournful howl to the wind before going to her master and licking the blood before Shego could do anything. Selene is poisoned Shego knows, and decides to go to a vet immediately. Right now, at the same time, someone is making it look as if Shego just broke into prison and released Dr. Drakken.

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In the Possible household, they all watch incredulous as the reporter declares that Dr. Drakken escaped. They all know that only one person could have done such thing, especially when the report included a few stunned guards and melted doors. They all turn to Kim, who is holding her knees tightly against her chest. They all know how hard this must be; all but Nana, who just sniffs the air in an all mighty way.

"I wouldn't be surprised," she says to no one in particular, "she is evil, after all..."

"No she isn't!" Kim cries, defending the woman who still made her heart beat faster; Nana stares at Kim in shock, while the rest of the family is shocked with Nana, "she would never do that unless she could gain something from it!"

"So she has been using you too?" Nana asks, misunderstanding everything, "aw, honey, you should have told us something, we would have helped you..."

"The person who did that was Jack Nana!!" Kim shouts, standing up, "and you want me to go back to him? I should have never told Shego that, I shouldn't!"

"I am sure she just brainwashed you dear," comes Nana's soft reply, "I bet she made you believe you liked woman and that Jack did those things to you. Come to your Nana, I can help you come back to normal..."

"Nana," Kim muses, giving her grandma a sad look, "how wrong can you be? That is exactly what Shego was trying to do, helped me over come this ... fear ... that I posses whenever a guy walks up to me and he isn't family. How much I have panicked just 'cause I think there is no one for me and then there comes Shego, placing an arm in my waist, telling me that it is okay and that she isn't like Jack... It has been so hard, yet Shego has always been there for me..."

"Kimmie," begins Nana again, but Kim is already off, running to her room. So Nana now takes it out on James, "how could you let this happen to my granddaughter!?!"

"Nana," he replies, sternly but softly, "I guess its time for you to watch the video that Ron filmed. Shego is the best thing for her."

"But--"

"Just watch the film Nana," Ann comments smoothly, "you know Ronald, you know that he would never lie to us about our Kimmie."

Sighing in defeat, Nana agrees to watch the movie. When she watches it, she notices that there is no way they could have convinced Jack to such a play; he is to hard-headed and would have sued Shego at the instant. It begins to dawn on her how much her granddaughter must have suffered all those years at the hand of such a despicable man. The tweebs are boiling in anger too, but no anger is higher than James. That a boy would have done such a thing to his daughter... For all his no boys' policy, it has always been a facade since he wished that Kim would actually be with a boy. But now, he cannot think of a better companion at all for his Kimmie-cub's life than Shego.

Ann, for her part, just refuses to watch the video; the knowledge itself hurts her more than the video ever could. Why didn't we, her family, notice it right away? Also the fact that Shego noticed the first time they met in combat. How can we be so blind!! We are supposed to be her family!

Kim, on her room, cannot help but feel empty. One of the reasons why she had been so reserved is to prevent such thing from happening!

It's just another pain! But it's even stronger than Jack's fist! She cries in her head and her tears stream down and a sob escapes her throat. Just then, Kim breaks down and her phantoms start to hunt her.

I never meant anything to her.

I was just a toy for her to play with.

I just opened myself to her, and this is what I get?

She never wanted me.

I am just a burden...

I was never anything more than just a toy for her.

A toy that she loved to play with... Yeah, I miss her so much now...

But she left me, and she would have hit me sooner or later!

Would she have done that? ... Yeah, she wouldn't ... yes, she only left because I asked her to leave ... oh my God! Then it is my entire fault! I must make amends!

She left out of her own accord!

She never wanted you!

Can you not see?!?!

"NO!" She cries to the air, falling from exhaustion. She sees a shadow above her; it looks like Shego; if this is another chance for her to speak, if only to say one last thing... "Shego..." I am sorry...please, never leave my side...

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Shego; even for calling at midnight at the vet's door, they opened, if only to shoo the person asking for help and to inform the stray soul what the time is. The woman, wife of the vet and nurse of the animals, stopped as she noticed Shego, gasping.

"Shego, darling!" She exclaims in surprise, "I hope you realize the time it is!"

"And I would only come if it's an extreme emergency!" She cries back, exasperated; losing Kimmie and now Selene? Did the forces of the universe wanted her dead? "Selene drank something poisonous! I want you to see if she can be saved!"

"How long ago was it?" Asks the animal nurse as she takes Selene into her arms and opens the door enough for Shego to enter, who closes the door and quickly follows the vet.

"About 10 minutes ago!" Shego is kicking herself mentally for not making Selene stop before even trying to lick the blood off. "I came as fast as I could!"

"Meaning: you broke all the traffic laws while rushing here."

"Hell yeah! For my Selene, anything!"

"I know Shego, I know." They are now within the confines of the vet hospital after passing the pet shop. The woman places Selene in a metallic table before turning to fully face the pale-green woman. "I'll be back with my hubby; if there is someone who can save her, that's him."

"Please hurry!" Shego calls after the retreating animal nurse and is now stroking the dark-green puppy's fur, sending some sparks but knowing that wouldn't fully heal the animal. Listening to the

quick steps, she looks up to see a man with deep crimson eyes and white hair stare at her. "I am sorry for this doc, but it's Selene!"

"No need to worry about that Shego; right now you need to step outside and allow me to do this properly," he says, taking all his instruments out while his spouse is right behind him. "My wife told me about the poisoning, she did a small test and Selene is doing fine, just fighting off the poison. I just hope I can clean her stomach on time."

"This is going to take some time dear," the woman tells Shego, taking her by the arm and showing her inside the house and guiding her to a guests room; "you seem to be having a terrible day and night, you need some rest. My hubby and I are going to do what we can to keep her safe; we know you two need each other enough."

"Thanks..."

"Wow," the woman remarks and chuckles lightly, "something has happened to the great and tough Shego, and I know it wasn't little Selene."

"If--"

"No need for remarks, I am off." The woman knows what Shego is about to say: if you have time to make such comment, then what will happen to my Selene!! "You better rest."

The last remark only makes Shego sigh and she starts to change into a pair of pjs left in the room; sometimes other owners stayed there unannounced so the docs always had a spare pair or two in the room. She is lucky to be friends of them; not only do they tend to handle the animals they sold; they also treated them all like their own children. Shego knows that even if they are not the best out there, they are the closest and most reliable; they just won't quit because it looks bad, they will quit when she is gone, never before. So she trusts them with her Selene's life, which is enough to say how they live comfortable and in a good neighborhood. Thieves know better than to mess with the house; they all learned after a while not to meddle with Shego's friends.

The next morning, Shego wakes up and remembers where she is; she starts her day by throwing the sheets of the bed off her. She plans on finding the nurse and the vet to check on her beloved pet's stats while she is changing into her previous clothes. She starts to open the door only to find the nurse coming to get her.

"Come on Shego," she makes the following motion so the pet's owner decides to follow, "Selene is fine, but she will have to stay here for a few days."

"Well," a sigh of relief, "at least she is out of danger."

"That she is," the doc says as they enter the room, "it was a hard one, and she will need some rest."

"We are going now to eat breakfast; our little Sheila prepared it," they smile at Shego, who only sighs.

"I still do not understand why you named your daughter like that."

"Well, since you won't give us your name, we have to go by what we know, and we know that Shego is way out of bounds for a name."

"Damn right."

"So, are you going to eat with us?"

"Shego!" A pre-teen girl who finished cooking breakfast calls, "you are going to stay, right?"

"Well..."

"Please!" The girl practically jumps on Shego, who just grunts, not really annoyed, "okay, okay, I'll stay..."

"You are the best!" The girl cries while giving the pale-green woman a tight hug; who for her part, she only sighs and pats the girl. "You have to come more often, you know?"

"I will once I get my life back," then she adds as soon as those words escape her mouth, "to normal."

"Can we trust that it will be soon?"

"Dad!"

"We want to see you here, you not Selene, although if she comes its fine. But you know you don't need her as an excuse to come."

"Mom!"

"Yeah, you have Sheila here, and she's like a puppy when it comes to you," Sheila gasps and turns a light pink while her parents just laugh.

"I am sure you will find a nice boy," Shego comments, and Sheila just blushes furiously, making the jade woman raise one of her lovely ebony eyebrow, "oh, you have already found someone?"

"Well..." Sheila is embarrassed from the attention while her parents laugh some more and Shego just grins and pats her head again.

"Show me if you have learned something from my cooking classes."

"Yes!"

Shego spends the morning like this, discussing Sheila's current affection which turned out to be a sweet boy from her class. She also asks about her Selene, and the vets give her full account on her beloved pet's status. She is sad to have been the cause of such accident, but she is happy that she isn't going to lose her puppy anytime soon. If such had been the case, she would be tearing herself with her claws. After the nice morning, Shego decides to go back home, not without promising to come tomorrow to check on her puppy. She gives Selene a hug before leaving, sending sparks to heal the little shepherd a little. Too much healing can drain Shego and can cause the one been healed to get worse. Besides, too many shocks aren't good for the central neural system, so Shego never over uses her new ability; not that many people know this or her new ability.

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While Shego is going to her house, she finds the walk sad and almost unbearable. Her heart aches for a petite red-head, and so focused she is on her thoughts, that she doesn't notice a car coming her way. A little too late, for her own standards at least, Shego realizes not only that the car is going in her general direction but who are in the car. The whole Possible family, without counting Nana, are going over to her house. As Shego stops, James stops the car completely, turning it off while Ann was already out of the car and going to Shego.

"Shego! Something terrible has happened!"

"Easy Ann, breathe deeply and then tell me what the problem is," the jade woman instructs the older one while searching the car, "and Kimmie?"

"That is the problem Shego!" Ann is too upset to notice the pain in Shego's eyes, "someone has her, and they left a message for you. I am afraid it's Jack!"

"What message?"

"Here!" James, also worried, is now besides his wife, and passing a piece of paper to Shego, "we can only trust you to bring her back. Please save my Kimmie-cub!"

Shego opens the folded paper, and reads the note to herself.

To the one in green, I greet you.

You have long forgotten your place, I am afraid that some enlighten must go underway. I have taken your valued possession in hopes that you come to claim it. Once you do, I am afraid that you won't be able to survive. Your plasma never got me; I taught you everything you know after all. Come for her in the groove, you can bring back-up if you want. You and I both know that it will be useless. I shall be waiting until you come, or until she starves to death. There is no mercy in a mercenary's way.

"Let us come!"

"We must help!"

"I work alone."

"Aww, come on Shego, at least take me and Yori!" Shego then consciously realizes that Ron and Yori are there and she looks at them. "I have gained full control of my Monkey-Fu!"

"Only she seems to be capable of facing what is to come," Shego motions to Yori.

"She goes nowhere without me!"

"No need, she won't come either..." Is the dry reply they receive.

"Allow me to help, onegai Shego-san!"

"Tondemonai." Everyone is surprised at the fact that Shego knows Japanese.

"Nani?! Anata--"

"Hai," Shego answers the unspoken question. "Yes, I know Japanese, it's my Sensei who sent me this. I go in this alone."

"We want to help!" The tweebs cried but are cut short by a glowing palm near their face.

"Iie. This is my battle, my honor and my word is placed in this. I cannot risk you coming to harm, Kim would never forgive me if I get you two in danger."

"Shego-san!"

"Tondemonai!" Shego repeats forcefully, "this is but my fight against my uncle; leave at that, you already know enough."

In broad daylight, in front of a Monkey Master, a fully trained Ninja, and a whole family full of geniuses, Shego disappears without leaving trace. Everyone sighs and only Ron and Yori pales at the sight of the power display; it's not anyone who can actually disappear without trace and in broad daylight. They thank that Shego didn't take them.

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The groove is a beautiful place in the middle of trees. Rowans and Oaks are all around, a few Elders and Birches can be seen, dotting the area around. The groove is quiet and three people are sitting together; it looks like a picnic.

"So you are Shego's mother?" A soothed Kim asks.

"Yes. Has she spoken of me?"

"She mentioned that you and the twins are the only one's worth in her family."

"So she forgot about me that easily?" A man, looking as old as James, asks.

"I thought she hated every male in her house but the twins," is the confused reply.

"Ah..." The man sighs, as he looks at the sky. He looks just like the twins but slightly more built. He has dark hair and green eyes that matches Shego's precisely but the rest of his face is covered by cloth. "I am glad it seems so. I swear I shouldn't have taught her all what I did."

"Oh, come on Keiryuu," the woman giggles; she looks exactly like Shego, same features, same eyes, same hair; all but the green tinge, "you have a soft spot for her."

"Hey, after seeing that she was going to end up in a house full of men, I had to help her out."

"Yeah, by making her a tomboy," the woman sighs, and turns to Kim, "he is the reason why she knows all the martial arts."

"As if you weren't, Ann..." he accuses as well.

"Ann?" Kim asks, speaking again after their interaction and confused about the name.

"That is right, we haven't properly introduced ourselves. I am Annabelle, and this is my older twin brother, Keiryuu. People call me Ann for short, and they call him either Ryuu or Kei; it all depends on his mood."

"Yeah well, when you are angry, you are nothing but Akuma!" He tells his sister in a playful manner. "Ever seen Shego angry?"

"Yeah...she looks like a demon with fire in her hands..." She answers back, uncertainly while the other two just look at each other.

"See?" Keiryuu points at Ann playfully, "never seen a really angry Shego, and here she goes, calling her an Oni!"

"Okay, I can see that you two know Japanese," Kim begins, "by your name, Keiryuu-san, its more than obvious. But Annabelle does not sound Japanese at all..."

"Well, mom is Italian, dad is Japanese." They both answer at the same time, "any more questions?"

"And I thought seeing the tweebs doing that got on my nerves..." Kim mutters, shivering.

"Sorry, its twin habit," Kei replies, just now Kim realizes that his voice is deep yet melodious.

"Yeah, heed the mighty dragon," Ann comments, giving him a smile.

"And behold Satan in all her splendor!" He mocks back and upon seeing Kim's confused face, he elaborates lightly, "both of us learned martial arts, both fast learners. But she always went easy on her opponents, using their own strength against them. That is unless she is terribly angered.

"It happened in one of the tournaments. Our opponents insulted our mother and the dragon in me asked for blood. Ann, on the other hand, became cold and calculating, leaving her soft nature behind."

"People say I played cat and mouse with them, wearing them down and just knocking them unconscious after five minutes. They say that my eyes went red and that my demeanor was that of a calculating demon: Satan in flesh and bones. They never stood a chance."

"Did they?" Kim asks Kei, who nods while it dawns on Kim from were exactly Shego's nature came from. "No wonder then why you see Shego as an Oni."

"Indeed," Kei begins, "she is a demon; she got that from her mother. Just that Ann is soft in her own nature, delicate. I taught Shego how to be a dragon, to hold back because she learns better that way. So she isn't delicate in her own nature, she is fierce, like me."

"I believe that because of that, Shego can be a real Akuma; I feel like an Oni, who gave birth to Akuma. Had I raised her like a proper little girl, she would be a Tenshi." Ann looks at Kei accusingly.

"Yeah, just for me to come and spoil your fun," he laughs, stretching and standing up. "I know you knew she was here by a long time. Why didn't you speak?"

"Huh?"

"'Cause if you didn't, then it's not my problem," Ann sips a little drink that she has been holding in her hand; it is a picnic of sorts. "Plus, you are the one who called for her, so you should have been on extreme guard."

"You are talking about Shego, aren't you?" Kim asks and Ann nods, taking her hand while Kei began to pack everything.

"I am sorry Kimmie," Ann begins, "but we need to have you manacled by this tree branch."

Kim just nods, and so Ann takes a single jump with her in her arms, to the closest branch. Placing the red head down, the other woman places the manacles on the petite's wrists. She then lightly touches the nape in a pressure point and thus, Kim becomes unconscious.

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When Kim regains her consciousness and starts to wake up a little, she notices that she is in someone's arms. Very, very warm and familiar and soft arms; she snuggles closer and places her arms around the other's neck. A light chuckle is heard from somewhere above her head and her doubts are confirmed.

"Shego..."

"Hey Princess; I know you met the duo who raised me."

"I didn't see your dad..."

"He is despicable man; he never raised me, his just my father."

"Huh?"

"Mother and Father are titles for the people who helped in the conceiving of my being," she is getting a little too technical, but Kim seems to understand that better; "the ones who raised me

have my respect and so I call them by their names. Even if Keiryuu is my uncle, he raised me and taught me all he knows."

"So I heard..."

"You also know about them being the OniRyuu pair, huh?"

"Should I call you Akuma-chan now?" She asks while laughing lightly.

"As long as you are my Tenshi, I have no problem." Shego replies, giving Kim a kiss on the forehead. "I will take you home tomorrow, unless you want us to go now, although it's kinda late..."

"Where are we?" The red-head asks, yawning lightly.

"My house," the jade woman states lightly.

"Then I am home already."

"Good, 'cause you know there is only one bed," she replies, then something dawns on her, "wait, Kimmie, you said you didn't want me here, that you wanted me away."

"I don't want to leave your side!" She burrows herself further into Shego's collarbone, trying to stop the tears. "I was sad and miserable; I need you to be happy."

"So you want to stay with me?"

"Yes."

"Forever?" Her only answer is a nod as she places Kim on the bed. "I want something..."

"Huh?" Kim asks, having only heard Shego muttering something, not quite what. She notices something missing... "Shego, where is Selene?"

"She..." The pale-green woman trembles slightly, before gathering her courage and her strength not to let the tears fall, "she got poisoned, so I had to take her to the vet."

"How?" Kim asks, feeling her heart constrict at the knowledge of losing Selene; even if she does not own the puppy, she loves her deeply, "is she okay?"

"Yes, she will be fine, and do not ask the other question again." Shego's tone was rough around the edges, so the petite green-eyed woman said nothing and just gave her beloved a short peck on the lips; surprising the jade woman, "what was that for?"

"An apology, I am sorry, I didn't mean those words..." She trembles lightly, and hugs her lover tighter, "I am sorry, very sorry. I never wish for such thing, I don't want that to happen again."

"So much pain you felt 'cause I was away?" Shego asks in awe, holding her girl tighter, and promising, "I will never leave your side, ever again. The last thing that I want is to see you in pain..."

But the small peck left Shego wanting more than just that, so they share a passionate kiss. Seeing that Kim isn't backing away, the jade woman takes this as a good sign, as a sign that her beloved hero is ready to share the bonding experience. More heated and passionate becomes her actions, yet she is tender and delicate with her Princess. She is responding to the ex-thief's ministrations, answering to every touch with a soft moan. But she is afraid, she does not feel ready yet and Shego senses this, stopping.

"Why do you stop?"

"'Cuz..." Shego gives her a last tender kiss, "'Cause this looks grey for you, and I was just pulling your strings."

"..." Kim's eyes are tearful and sad, "I am sorry, now this looks grey for you, and I cannot help but think that I was pulling your strings too."

"Then we are even Pumpkin," the raven-hair woman replies softly, lying beside her lover, "were you scared when you found yourself in a different room?"

"Yes," Kim answers, cuddling more into Shego, "I thought it was Jack coming back..."

"He will never lay a hand on you again, I swear!" Shego says loudly and in a feral voice that makes Kim feel safer as she turns and hides in the pale-woman's collarbone. "I promise you."

And I had hopes that she would open up more after this... Shego sighs, still thinking wishful thinking, but then, this was over to soon, and she still needs some more time. She then remembers all what Jack placed her through, and she can feel her blood trying to break free from her previous scar. She sends a healing spark over to re-seal it, unconsciously like she did when she took Selene in her arms and her hands are slightly plasma covered. I will never allow him to set his filthy hands on you, ever.

The problem with this is that even if they expect Jack to make a comeback, they never expect it to be against Shego, and not Kim.