Chapter 8

Truly Together

As the stolen GJ sub neared Drakken's island, Kim slowed the vehicle down

"So how are we doing this?" Kim asked

"I figured we just bust in there. You did it many times?" Kim thought for a moment and then smiled

"Let's play" she said. Shego couldn't help but smile.

The two decide to enter Drakken's lair using Shego's hidden tunnel. When they reached the entrance, Kim looks around over the ocean and down the cliff, taking a second to reflect on what has happened in the past few days. She doesn't have long to do so, though. Shego interrupts pretty quickly

"Hey, you coming?" Kim turns around

"Yeah. I'm coming" she replies and follows Shego inside.

As expected, they emerge into Shego's bedroom. Shego goes and grabs a couple bags then turns to Kim

"You want to get Drakken. Or should I?"

"No, no. I'll do it" Kim grins and walks out.

Drakken is tinkering with something when Kim walks up behind him. She delivers a hard kick to his backside and he crashes into the table and falls to the floor

"KIM POSSIBLE? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" he exclaims and then tilts his head up "SHEGO!" he yells

"Yeah, Dr. D?" she walks up behind Kim

"GET HER!" Shego looks at him and then puts one arm around Kim's shoulder

"No" she says

"WHAT?" Drakken screams in confusion

"You heard her" Kim says calmly, with a large smile on her face

"WHY NOT?"

"I have my reasons" Shego says

"But Shego..." Drakken whines

"Doctor D, when you hired me, did you actually think that I would stick around?"

"Well, I uh..."

"Then you're a fool" she says bluntly and turns to Kim "She appreciates what I can do and she actually respects me"

"You've switched sides, then?" Drakken asks, Shego turns to him

"Actually, no..."

"I have" Kim interrupts

"YOU? Switched sides? HA! Don't make me laugh" Kim frowned, ran up and punched Drakken in the face. He flew backwards into the wall. She then turned to face Shego "Shall we?" Shego nodded

"Yes, I just have to grab my stuff and we can go" Shego said as the two women walked out

"Go where?" Kim asked

"Well, you're on the run from the law now..."

"Yea" Kim sighs "I never figured that would happen"

"Anyway, and so am I. I figure we need a place to lie low and I really don't want to see another one of Drakken's lairs"

"So what did you have in mind?" she asked

"Oh, you shall see" Shego winks

"I've never seen you this happy, Shego"

"What can I say, I'm with someone I think I'm in love with and I'm finally getting away from Drakken" she heavily emphisized "Getting away from Drakken" and that made Kim laugh

"I bet" the redhead said

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"Well, that's about it" Shego says as she stuffs the last of her things into the bag

"So what do we do now?" Kim asks

"We need our own place" Shego says

"Yea. I doubt I could home now" Kim says with a heavy sigh. Shego looks around the room

"This place was my home for so long. I don't have anywhere else either" she says

"So what do we do?" Kim asks

"We get out of here" Shego answers picking up one of her bags. She looks over at Kim, who is yawning "Why Don't I go grab a tent and we can head back to the island for tonight at least"

"Really?" Kim asked

"I hate sleeping in tents, but I guess it wil have to do for tonight at least" she says "Head back to the sub, I'll be there soon" Shego says those last words in a very calm manner and that suprises Kim. Everytime she has heard Shego speak, the tone has always been harsh or straight forward and confident. To hear the green woman speak so softly and caringly suprisises Kim, but it makes her feel warm inside, that Shego really is with her.

"I'm gonna stay with you" Kim says. Shego allows herself to smile.

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A bit later and all the gear has been stowed in the sub, Kim gets inside and takes her seat at the helm.

"Let's go" she says as Shego secures the main hatch on the sub.

As they float away, Shego catches a glimpse of several GJ aircraft closing in on Drakken's lair. She figures that Kim has something to do with it, but decides to wait till the morning to ask her, seeing as she is quite tired.

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The trip back to the island is a short one, or rather, it seems to be short. Not that either Kim or Shego mind.

The tent is not set up before long and both Kim and Shego decide to sleep under the stars. A small fire burns next to them as they sleep. Kim has a small, but noiticable smile on her face as she dreams about the woman sleeping next to her.

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Shego is still sleeping when Kim awakens. The redhead pushes the blanket off her, sits up and looks around. A few bits of sand fall out of her hair, despite the fact that both women slept on a camping mat that they set up. She brushes them off and stands up. The area is both very familer and very alien at the same time. Partly due to the fact that last time she was here (not counting yesterday) she was still Shego's enemy, not her partner. As Kim walked back to the sub, she glances back to make sure that Shego is acutally there and this isn't some dream If it is a dream she thinks to herself Let me sleep forever.

She reaches the beach and wades through the water towards the sub. They slightly beached the stolen vehicle in a small cove which was shallow enough that it could be beached and brought close to shore, while still being deep enough that it wouldn't take much to unbeach it, but it can't float away without some effort. When they had landed Kim had been really thankful that she had found this spot.

Kim wades through the water towards the sub and climbs up the built in ladder onto the top of the beheamoth. She walks carefully over the main hatch and opens it. The ladder extends out and she climbs in.

The first place she heads once inside is the small bathroom. Once that is taken care of, the cargo area is the next stop. Due to the fact that the sub is so small, it lacks a kitchen. It has only a small mini-fridge and a hot plate. Feeling her stomach growl, she ruffels through the room, looking for something to eat. She doesn't bother looking through the bags she and Shego brought, since she knows that neither of them packed any food.

She eventually stumbles upon a small compartment that contains several medium packets. They are GJ field rations. Kim sighs. Though they are food, so she pulls two of them out and heads back to the bridge.

Kim lays back in the pilot's chair and sighed. She never thought her life would be like this. She never expected to be in this position. Not that this was neccesarily a bad thing and she hoped she could work with this. She had expected her life to go as she thought it would, she'd finish highschool, go to college. Get a steady job, marry Ron, have a career, maybe a family. But none of that would happen now, and she shed a tear for the life she would never have. That said, this new path had some advantages. No more Barkin and no more Bonnie are two of them. She could really do anything she wanted now. Nothing would really hold her back and she felt a new found sense of freedom wash over her. It felt good. The unfortunate part was that she knew exactly what would happen to her if she got caught. She had visited several prisons and hadn't liked what she had seen. She vowed to stay out as long as she could. It wasn't like there was anyone who could capture her anyway. Maybe Dr. Director and maybe Ron, though she doubted either of them could really catch her. All she had to do was let herself open up.

She tore open the food package and as she did, her elbow knocked into a panel on the main control console. A small screen folded out. Kim didn't notice. She sniffed the contents of the packet, it didn't smell too fresh, but it didn't reek either. She pulled whatever it was out and took a bite. It didn't taste too bad, so she kept eating.

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Shego awoke and opened her eyes slowly. She sat up and looked around. Kim was nowhere to be found, though her tracks led to the sub. She stood up, rubbed her eyes and started to walk towards the vehicle. This may be odd for Kim, but it is even wierder for Shego. But now, she really felt something for the teen.

Shego climbed down the ladder slowly, as she was still tired. She looked in the doorway to the bridge. Kim was looking towards the window, her feet up on the console

"Hey" Shego says, Kim turns around

"Oh, hey. What's up?" Kim asks

"Not much. Got any food?"

"Here" Kim tossed her the other packet "Not much, but it's food" Neither one knows what to say right now, all the crazyness of yesterday has died down and neither has much to say. Neither knows what to say. Shego notices the panel Kim popped out by accident.

"What's that?" she asks

"What's what?" Kim turns towards where Shego is pointing "Oh. I dunno" Kim shrugs. She would've given a better response, but she is still waking up. Shego steps forwards.

"So, I have to ask you something" Shego starts

"What?" Kim replies

"Last night..."

"I know. It was heavenly, wasn't it?" Shego gives Kim an odd look, Kim is trying to contain a large grin. And failing.

"What?" Shego shouts. Kim's last effort to hold back her laughter fails and she falls over laughing.

She stands up a moment later. Shego scratches her head

"So, we...?"

"No. But you have to admit, you set that up" Kim grins

"Yes, well. Anyway. When we were leaving Drakken's, I spotted several GJ aircraft close in on his lair. Did you have something to do with that?"

"Yes"

"What?"

"I deployed a GJ tracker becon I found just as we were leaving" Shego places her fists on her hips

"Why?" Kim stands up and walks over to the green woman

"Because"

"Because why?"

"Shego, I love you, but you can't expect me to change who I am overnight. I am here, with you, that should be enough for the moment"

"What do you mean, who you are?"

"Stopping supervillians has been my thing for years. I was given an opportunity and I took it. But I had another reason"

"And what was that?" Shego asked, raising an eyebrow. Kim stops infront of her and places a finger on the green woman's nose

"Well, think about it, with me now on your side, no one can stop us. And if we ever decide to take the world, be less competition. Hmm?" Shego looks at the redhead

"Biting off a bit much, Kimmie, but I like the thought" Shego says with a smile "Way to think like a villian, Princess" Shego smiles. Those words strike deep in Kim's heart and warms her from the inside. She has never, ever heard Shego speak such kind words to her and it makes her feel good.

Kim gives in and embraces her former enemy, wrapping her arms around Shego's torso. This move suprises the villianess, but she doesn't resist for long. Every struggle simply makes Kim tighten her grip. Shego quickly gives up and runs her fingers through Kim's messy hair.

Kim pushes away a moment later, Shego coughs

"Well, I uh..." Kim just smiles like a school child that has just been caught with her hand in the cookie jar

"Anyway, what is this?" Shego turns her attention back to the small screen, Kim follows her

"I don't know, it wasn't there when I walked in here this morning. On the screen, a small blip is pulsing

"What the...?" Shego presses her finger against the screen, right at the center of the blip. A small hologram pops up from the small pad just above the screen. It is an outline of a small base that looks to be under construction. The screen fads and is the map is replaced by text. Shego reads carefully

"Well, well, well. Nice going, Princess"

"What? What did I do?" Kim asks, confused

"This appears to be a GJ base under construction. An underwater base" Shego says

"I always wondered when Drakken might do one of those" Kim says

"I talked him out of it so many times. Next time he suggested it, I figured I'd just let him do it, he was annoying me so much" Shego turns back to the screen "Hmm, From the desk of Dr. Betty Director, Chief overseer of Global Justice to GJ navel captain Marcus Finley" Shego reads the letter aloud "Attention Captain Finley, yadda yadda yadda, first wave of personnel to be transported to new secret base off the Florida coast. Due to the secret nature of the base and the continuing need for secrecy, only a few, key, personnel shall be stationed there. Against my better judgement, only a few of our best agents will be providing security. The base is already fully supplied and ready, the construction on the main section is complete. The secondary section is mostly done, but that can be done while the main section is being inhabited. Base computers have been transported and are ready for use. All that is required, yadda yadda yadda" Shego looks up from the screen "A top-secret GJ base under construction that is barely guarded. And we need a place to set up" Shego and Kim's eyes meet and they both nod "I guess it is time to see how much you really have turned, Kimmie" Kim lowers her head so her eyes are looking up

"Let's roll" she says, Shego laughs

"Hahaha. Nice Kimmie. Very Silence of the Lambs"

"Thank you" Kim replies

What gear they had taken onto the beach is quickly stowed and the hatch sealed. Shego is in the back, checking on the diving suits while Kim is at the wheel

"We are un-beached. Diving" she says.

The sub is indeed diving. Underwater, the forward floodlights light up and the main engine whirs to life as the small vehicle heads towards Florida.