Chapter 5

A Decision is Made

Kim froze I am SO busted she thought to herself "Kim, you there?"

"Uh, yea. I'm here" Kim answered

"Look, I'm gonna go after her. I'll call you later" he hung up No, please no Kim thought and turned to Shego

"What was that all about?" Shego asked, Kim didn't answer the question. She only spoke one word to the green woman...

"Run"

Shego didn't think twice, she turned and ran off towards the exit while Kim ducked down behind the seats, hoping that she wouldn't be noticed, thankful that she hadn't been already. She watched as Ron ran by her, then moved towards the exit on the other side.

She was nearly at the exit, when a voice called her name

"HEY, KIM!" it was Monqiue. A voice inside Kim's head wispered in a high pitched tone Busted. Kim whirled around and smiled

"Oh, hey Monique"

"I thought you were at the hospital? Helping your mother"

"I un. They didn't need me as much as they had thought so I left early. Managed to get in here for the final song" Kim lied, but with a grin that she hoped didn't give her away. It did.

"Uhuh" luckily, Kim's hand was in her purse, on her cell phone already. She hoped it didn't look suspicious to Monqiue when Kim's phone rang and Kim had to leave, saying that they needed her at the hospital.

A few hours later, Kim was laying back on her bed, reading a novel when her phone rang. She answered calmly

"Hello?"

"Hey, KP"

"Oh, hey Ron"

"Well, Shego got away. Someone must've tipped her off that I was there" Kim gulped

"Oh, too bad. Well, we'll get her next time" She said cheerfully

"Yea. Too bad you missed the concert. Monqiue said she spotted you there afterwards though"

"Yea. I got let out of the hospital early, so I managed to get there just as the last song was starting. Do I didn't miss it all"

"Well, too bad you missed most of it. Next time?"

"Sure" Kim looked out of her window and spotted a shadow moving across the street

"Uh, Ron. I'm just in the middle of a book. Can I call you tommorrow?"

"Sure, Kim"

"Good. Love you"

"Love you too, KP" he hung up. Kim lay down her phone and went to open her window. She then went and lay back on her bed.

Shego came in a few moments later.

"Expecting me?" Kim put down her book

"I saw you coming. She said

"I guess I should work on that" Shego grinned. Kim smiled and moved up to her, but Shego backed off

"Look, Kimmie. We have to talk" she said, Kim looked down

"Yea, I figured. I guess I screwed up tonight, huh?"

"Well, not really. Look, do we have something here? Cause I'm the one risking my neck here. And I don't really feel like doing this with competition"

"Competition? What are you...? Oh, right, Ron" Shego nodded

"No pressure Kimmie, but after tonight, I don't think I can play the other one" she paused for a second to let her words sink in. "I'm going to go now. I don't think I need to tell you what to do, do I?" Kim shook her head no. She understood perfectly. She had to make a choice. "Next time we meet and how we meet is up to you, Princess" Shego headed for the window, but stopped. She turned around and gave Kim an embrace that left the redhead stunned.

"But I've had a lot of fun" she said and slipped out the window

After it was over and Shego was gone, Kim sat down on her bed and closed her eyes, trying to make a decision on what was next. Who she should try and be with. Ron, who provided her with a sense of security. Or Shego, who gave her excitement. Ron was a good person. He'd been a good friend since forever and now he was more. But he deserved more than what she was getting from him. Any girl would be lucky to have him. Her thoughts then drifted towards Shego. Shego was rebellious, short tempered, unique and had this thing about her that...

Then it donned on the redhead. She was in love with her enemy. She lay down flat on her bed, trying to find some flaw so she could say that she wasn't. But nothing came. She closed her eyes and concentrated.

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When Kim next opened her eyes, the sun was beating down on her. She had fallen asleep, but had apparently accomplished something as she felt no more anxiety towards the decision she had been trying to make last night. She had reached a decision. She was about to pick up the phone when a voice came from downstairs

"KIMMIE! BREAKFAST" This can wait a half hour She thought to herself and ran down the stairs towards the Kitchen.

Breakfast was composed of freshly made pancakes with maple syrup. Kim loved it and was slightly envious that she couldn't cook at all really, much less this good. She was about the head upstairs to use the phone when their was a knock on the door

"I got it" Kim said. She actually felt better this morning than she had any morning for the past few weeks. She opened the door and was met by a familer smile

"Good morning, m'lady" it was Ron. Kim grinned at his greeting.

"Oh, Ron, good. I was just going to call"

"Okay. Hey, feel like a trip to the beach?" Kim sighed

"How about the park instead" she suggested. He smiled. Unknown to Kim, this day would be forever life altering.

The feeling of happiness that Kim had been feeling while she had been eating breakfast was gone. It had left her as soon as she had answered the door. Ron was blissfully unaware of what was coming next.

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As soon as they reached the park, Kim sat down on a bench and beckoned for Ron to join her

"What's up, KP. You're acting strange"

"Ron?"

"Yeah, Kim?"

"We need to talk" her voice was one of concern.

"What's up, KP?"

"It's not working out"

"What isn't?"

"Us"

"You mean...?"

"I'm sorry. You deserve better than me. It isn't working out between us they way I had hoped"

"Kim, whatever it was, I'm sorry. We can work it out. Give me another chance" he begged

"I can't because this isn't your fault. You aren't at fault here. I am. I guess I wanted to believe this could work" she closed her eyes and looked away from him "I was wrong. I'm sorry"

"But Kim..." Kim was fighting tears. This was the hardest decision she had ever made. But not the hardest she would make in her whole life

"I'm sorry. I hope we can be friends still" She turned and gave him a kiss on the cheek, then started walking away. She didn't turn back. Tears were starting to escape from her eyes, but she hoped that in a few days, she could call him up as a friend again, though she doubted it. But she told herself that she would try.

Kim's day had started good, then gotten horrible and it was about to get worse. As Kim walked through her front door, she headed for her room and dived into her pillow, letting out all the tears she had built up.

A few minutes later and a voice yelled from downstairs

"KIMBERLY ANN POSSIBLE! GET DOWN HERE NOW!" it was her mother. Kim wiped her eyes and headed downstairs

"Yea, mom?" she asked from the top of the stairs

"Get down here" her mother said in a very firm way, Kim's dad was standing beside her. They're pissed about something Kim thought

"What's up?"

"I just got off the phone with Betty..."

"Betty?"

"Director"

"Oh, okay"

"You've been lying to me"

"What?" Kim was shocked "I what?"

"She managed to get the footage from the hidden camera in your hosptial room. You helped Shego escape!"

"And on top of that, you've been seeing her regularly and not arresting her" Kim's dad added

"Wait, what?" How'd they find out about all that?

"Kimmie, don't dig yourself in deeper. Why did you do all this?" Kim thought for a moment

"Because I wanted to" Kim said suddenly. She said it in a way that said "I'm in trouble, I did something wrong, but I don't care" Kim's mom looked like she was about to say something when the phone rang. Kim's mom answered

"Hello?" Probably my executioner Kim thought. Anne hung up the phone a minute later. "Kimmie, did you break up with Ronald?"

"I did for personal reasons. Since when is that a crime?"

"That was his mother, he came home in tears"

"Kimmie-cub, why?" her father kneeled down

"I have my reasons" Kim answered, looking away. She didn't know why she felt so rebellious all of a sudden, but it felt good.

"You broke up with him for Shego. Didn't you?" Anne asked

"WHAT?" Kim tried to sound insulted

"THAT IS IT! KIMBERLY ANN POSSIBLE, YOU ARE GROUNDED!" her mother shouted "GET UP TO YOUR ROOM AND STAY THERE!" her mother paused for a second to compose herself "I'm going to be up in a few minutes after I talk with your father" she said and pointed upstairs. Kim grumbled, got up and walked up the stairs.

When she was back in her room, she collapsed back on her bed with a sigh. What's done is done she said to herself as she lay on her bed.

Anne came up few minutes later and removed Kim's computer, her cell phone and the Kimmunicator. Kim almost had to fight for her alarm clock.

Anne came in one last time

"Now, when you come to your senses, let me know and we can talk. Until then you stay in here" she said and walked out. Great Kim thought Indefinate grounding. Perfect. Well, they won't have the bars in till tommorrow. Better make the most of this she said, grabbed her mission clothes and jumped out the window.

Right after she was gone, James Possible came in, intending to talk to her, only to see that the room was empty. He grumbled and left, heading downstairs

"Well, she's gone" he said as he went downstairs

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A few hours later, Kim had landed on the beach just below Drakken's lair. She headed for the secret passage that Shego had showed her one day. The passage lead right into Shego's room. Shego herself used it often when she needed to get away from Drakken and Kim didn't blame her. The man is an annoying idiot as far as Kim was concerned. but he was determined and that did make him dangerous. She shook her head and continued inwards. The tunnel ended right in Shego's closet. Kim popped in and opened the door. Shego was sleeping, resting peacefully. To Kim, she looked perfect. She smiled at the thought of her and her former enemy really being together, which was becoming more and more possible, considering that she had just broken up with Ron.

Kim didn't want to wake the temptress, so she instead curled up right beside the woman, as quielty as possible and closed her eyes.

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When Shego woke up, she didn't expect the first thing she saw was the sleeping face of Kim Possible, in fact, that was the last thing she expected to see. But she did let herself smile She looks so cute when she's sleeping Shego thought to herself and moved to get up.

Kim was only lightly napping and awoke shortly after Shego

"So what are you doing here?" the green woman asked

"Well, I..." Kim thought for a second "I broke up with Ron" Kim said quickly, Shego was taken aback

"Uh. Okay" She was just suprised

"I just figured that you should know. I have to get back"

"Why?"

"Been grounded for hanging out with you" Kim told her with sigh. Shego smirked

"Ohh, Kimmie's in trouble. Wait, how'd they find out about us?" Kim sighed

"Apparently, GJ had a hidden camera in the hospital room and they must be watching you" Shego looked around

"Thanks for the tip, Princess" Kim was about to head back into the closet when she turned around and planted a small kiss on Shego's cheek, forcing the green woman to blush. After, Kim quickly departed.

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As she neared home, she hoped that her parents hadn't discovered her absence. But as she entered her window, she found out that she was mistaken. There was a note on her bed, she picked it up and opened it. It had only three words on it: You are busted. Kim sighed and lay back down on her bed

"Bring on the dungeon" she said to herself. Half expecting that her parents would throw her in the basement for this. She also figured that GJ would now make a move against Shego. Kim chuckled at that thought. She was the only person in the world who could capture Shego successfully. Sure, GJ would try, but they would fail and Kim smiled at that thought.

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During the next few days, Kim spent some of the time in her bathroom, soaking in the tub. She loved to baths but never found the time to and showers weren't the same. Her parents could take away everything else, but as long as they left her tub, she would be okay.

Four days later, Kim was again soaking in the tub, surrounded by bubbles. It was after dark and she had some candles lit, the bathroom lights turned off. She had stored a few away in a hidden cupboard that she had made herself, along with some other personal items that she wanted to keep secret, including a old cell phone and her most treasured item, a small locket with a picture of her as a child holding her Panda-roo and a small poem about her name on the other side.

She was in bliss, fully relaxed and actually enjoying herself when she heard a noise outside the door. She got up quickly, threw a towel around her person and opened the door.

The window was open and her curtains were fluttering in the wind, but that was about it. She was about to go back to her tub when she spotted an envelope on her bed

"Ugh, enough with the leaving notes on my bed" she groaned, but picked it up. It was written in Shego's handwriting.

Hello Princess.

I leave this note to say that you cannot come to me. It has become to dangerous for both of us. The eyes are everywhere. However, I can tell from our last encounter that you do feel something for me and I've come to realize that I feel something for you too.

I do want to see you again, but I will not risk coming to you and I don't want you to risk coming to me unless it is important. I will not be on Drakken's island anymore and I can't say where. I have told two people where I will be, however and they has been given instructions to tell you where to find me, should you need to find me.

If you need to find me, ask the two in red. Sorry about the riddle, but I want to take no chances that Global Justice will read this letter. Please burn it.

Shego

Kim lay back on her bed, confused. Shego's words rattled in her head. The two in red. Who could they be? she asked herself. She figured that Shego thought that Kim would run to her after reading the letter, so the riddle was not only to confuse GJ, should they read it, but to stall Kim.

Kim opened her cupboard and placed the letter inside, then returned to her tub. As she closed her eyes and lay back, those four words circled inside her mind The two in red. The two in red The two in red... She fell asleep in that tub.

A day later and Kim still hadn't figured out who Shego was talking about.

As she awoke in the morning, she heard a noise downstairs. She crept to her door and opened it slowly and quietly. Someone was knocking on the door of the Possible family home. Her mother answered. A familer voice was heard...

"Anne, good to see you" Anne grinned as she opened the door

"Hello, Betty. This is unexpected" Anne embraced her old friend "Come in. Come in" she ushred the woman inside.

"So, how is Global Justice doing?" Anne asked with a smile

"Okay. More or less" both women sat down at the kitchen table "Though this isn't a social call" Anne's grin dissappeared

"I figured. This is about Kimmie, isn't it?" Betty nodded

"It is"

"I don't know what else I can do. I've grounded her, but she's gotten out a couple times already" Anne said.

"Anne, I don't think we can contain her" Betty said softly "But we can track her" Anne looked up "The first thing I'll do when I get back to the office is order a tracking team to moniter her. She may lead us to Shego"

"And what if she does?"

"We try to undo the damage"

"What does that mean?"

"Well, think about how this could work, Kim has many enemies and she is the line between order and complete chaos. Just think about what would happen if she changed sides" Anne's eyes widened

"But Kimmie would never..."

"Not willfully, she may have been brainwashed. We know that Drakken has tried mind control before. Maybe this is just more subtile" she said

"Once we have Shego under heavy guard, we try to undue the mind control, but it might not be easy"

"Define 'not easy'" Anne said

"We may have to try ECT on her. We know that Drakken's mind control serums are quiet potent and it may take a lot to reverse the damage"

"That's assuming that she had been brainwashed" Anne stated

"Anne, this is Kim we're talking about here. She would never turn bad without some kind of mind control. I know her. I've worked with her. You don't know me as well as you may think Kim thought

"Betty, this is my daughter we're talking about"

"I know. Once we have Shego, Drakken and then Kim, I promise I won't do anything without your permission. Okay?" Anne sighed "Anne, we either try to undue the damage or we throw her in a prison cell" Dr. Director shrugged. Anne nodded. "Thank you. Look I'll talk to Hego. Maybe he can help get Shego" Dr. Director said. Hego... Kim thought to herself Oh how could I have been that dumb

Kim had heard enough. She was distraught that her mother thought that she was brainwashed, though she decided that that would be the first thing she would ask Shego about. She was glad she had listened in though, she may have just figured out Shego's message.

She sat back on her bed and ignored the remainder of the conversation between her mother and Dr. Director. What do I do now? she asked herself.

She debated the thought for a few minutes before it became clear. She wouldn't be allowed out of her room until she agreed to lead them to Shego, but she wouldn't do it. Right now, she had a brief window of opportunity and she decided to take it. She was going to take the last path left to her at the moment...

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She was going to run.