Shego cringed, her mind flying back to the rooftop...and Kim...Kim asking her to accept help, asking her to live. Telling her that she didn't want Shego to die...

"Why...?" She demanded, letting herself lean against the girl's torso, as it became increasingly hard to remain sitting on her own. Her surroundings were slowly slipping away, leaving her and the girl together in absolute darkness.

"You have great potential," her captor whispered softly, "it would all be wasted if you die now. You could do great things...you could live forever..." She trailed off, before she spoke again; she knew what she was about to say would be hitting below the belt. "You could see Kim again."


Kim...the name rang through Shego's mind, cutting through the daze like a knife.

She was doing this for Kim.

She would do whatever it took to see her again.

And so, Shego nodded weakly. "Fine."

She was completely disgusted with what she was about to do, and made no effort to hide her disdain, as she began to drink the blood that was steadily seeping out of the gash across the girl's wrist. She drank reluctantly at first, but after the first mouthful...She was surprised. It tasted good.

No, 'good' wasn't a strong enough adjective. It tasted amazing, ambrosial...She needed more. She began drinking with more fevor, and in those moments, everything was forgotten.

Her disgust with the ritual she was taking part in.

Her imminent death

Even her love for Kim...

All too soon, the source of the blood was pulled back. Shego groaned, voicing her displeasure, and turned around, searching for the girl. She found her captor standing a few steps away, breathing heavily. Shego gasped as she realized that the motion had caused her virtually no pain. In fact, she felt a lot better already. She blinked several times, her surprise evident on her face, and slowly stood, moving carefully, in case this had been a fluke.

It wasn't.

She moved with relative ease, and was soon at her captor's side, staring down at the slightly shorter girl, who was grinning like a child on Christmas day. Her violet eyes were shining with apparent joy, and impatience. Shego cocked an eyebrow at the girl's excitement. This girl...was weird. "Let's go." Shego half-instructed the girl impatiently. She had done what had been asked of her, and felt better. In her mind, this meant it was time to go back, to find Kim.

The girl laughed, this time completely light-heartedly. There were no traces of malice or foreboding in her voice this time, and even Shego had to admit, it was a beautiful sound. "Not yet, love, not yet." She shook her head, eyes closed, a serene smile pasted across her pale face.

Shego's fists clenched at the vampire-girl's response, and her entire body tensed as he anger flared up. "Why the hell not!" She demanded, taking a step forward closer to the girl, her voice and expression both displaying her outrage. "You said that after this was over, I could go back to her!" She took another step forward, glaring daggers at the girl that she was now towering over. "Well it's over. And you WILL take me to her...now." The last word was almost a growl, and the intensity of her own voice surprised Shego.

It took the girl a few moments to respond. She was currently preoccupied with admiring the beautiful creature that she had created. "No," she paused, the amusement draining from her features, "No, this is far from over." She bit her lip, and furrowed her brow, an expression that conveyed her depth of thought. Or, not, really. She was just trying to remember back to when she had been turned. It was difficult, since as the years wore on, human memories started to get a little...fuzzy. "It's going to take some time..." She bit her lip, feeling her fangs pierce the skin, and glancing warily over towards Shego, to see if she would respond to the scent of her blood.

It didn't appear she was going to, so the girl continued. "A few hours, I think...maybe more, or maybe less." She shrugged, "You're the first I've ever done this to..."

Shego could feel her anger bubbling under the surface, but she clenched her fists, and forced herself to listen. "What do you mean this isn't over?" she inquired, raising an eyebrow. While she wasn't happy about this fact, she was grateful to be alive, and figured she had to gather any and all information that was possible about her situation. "I did what you asked," she pointed out, flatly.

The girl nodded, "You did. And you did well." She complimented the green-skinned woman standing before her, "But now, we have to wait for you to die."

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Woo! Update! xD

It's really short, yeah, which I appologize for, but that seemed like the perfect place to cut it off. ;]
I'm such a bitch. I'm working on the next chapter (which was originally part of THIS chapter) but already have a bit of writer's block. Hopefully that'll clear up soon.
Anyways, reviews are loved, as always.

Good ones help motivate me to write! xDDDD