Chapter 11

Epliogue

Kim's recovery took several days. In which time Shego had managed to hastly fashion a large main bedroom out of one of the larger crew quarters and managed to sort out some of the gear that had been left behind by GJ when they had left. The station was still a mess, but Shego figured that they would have plenty of time to sort everything out, eventually. Her main priority had been to make a place for Kim to rest and recover.

Once that had been done to a point that Shego deemed "good enough for now" she lay Kim down on the bed and almost passed out herself. Awaking several hours later to find that the redhead was still unconcious.

Trying to keep her mind off Kim, Shego tried doing several tasks that really didn't have much meaning, anything to keep her mind off the firey redhead. One of the things she had done was calculate that it was about an hour sub ride to Miami beach and that made her happy. She also spend several hours in the main control center, studying the GJ database. But most of the time she wasn't trying to keep her mind off Kim, she was sitting beside the bed, hoping that Kim would wake up.

Three days passed with no change in her condition and Shego was almost at the point where she would give up and take Kim into a hospital, even if it meant risking capture by GJ, who she assumed were watching them and the spy cam she had found was really all the proof she needed. But she wasn't there yet. She wasn't a doctor, but being a villian as she was and being out in the field and being unable to safely seek out a medical professional, she found several ways to teach herself basic medicine, removing shrapnel, bullets, sterelizing wounds, etc... And this was another time that she was glad that she HAD taught herself those skills. Not that Kim needed much medical attention right now, mostly nursing as far as Shego could tell, but if this went on for another couple days, she'd give in.

She also thought it slightly curious that she would do such a thing, risking capture by her enemies to see to the needs of this girl, her former enemy. But, Kim had come to her, not the other way around she reminded herself

Food supplies in the base weren't much, standard GJ field ration packs moslty, nothing really special, but it was food and that was the important part, that also made up for the really bad taste.

Shego finally thought that she had lost her mind when she actually started talking to Kim. She'd say things to her. Tell her stories about her past and what not. Shego guessed that part of her really wanted Kim to recover, just so they could be together. They had come so far since they first met and now here they were.

Shego promised herself that if Kim's time had come, she would at least take her body back to her family, she owed the redhead that much. Luckily, Kim was still alive, though the only way one could tell in her current condition was listening to her heartbeat. She showed no other signs of life.

Two days later and Shego finally gave in. She was getting the sub prepped for launch, stowing some gear she would need. All that was left was to grab her passenger. So she headed for the main quarters.

She stepped into the small room and headed over towards the bed. But as she put her arms around the redhead's legs and neck, Kim twitched unexpectedly. Shego jumped back, suprised, and nearly dropped Kim on the deck as a result. It took the green woman a second to realize that she wasn't going crazy from being cooped up in a underwater station.

As she approached the bed, Kim slowly opened one eye. Shego let a smile drift across her lips for a few seconds, then it vanished as Kim opened both her eyes.

"Sh...Shego?" Kim said weakly

"Hey, Princess. Welcome back" Shego said

"Don't think I went far" Kim said, looking at her surroundings. She tried to sit up, but failed quickly. "How long was I out?" she asked

"Six days" Shego answered

"Six days?" Kim repeated, slightly confused

"Yes. You had me worried" You had me worried. Shego played those words through her mind several times before she finally realized what she had said. But she didn't try to change her meaning or take the words back. She just smiled. Kim was still to near unconciousness to fully comprehend what Shego had said, but part of her knew.

"I'm sorry" she said

"That's okay" Shego said and stood up fully. "Hungry?" She asked. Kim placed a hand on her stomach

"Starving" she replied. She looked down at her body and it hit her that she was still wearing her battlesuit "And I think I need to change clothes" she remarked.

"I have your bag in the sub, I'll get it" Shego said quickly and ran off.

She returned a few moments later with two large bags and another one a couple minutes after that

"I'll go see what's for dinner" she said and walked out, closing the door behind her.

Out in the corridor, she leaned against the wall and sighed. It wasn't a dream. Kim really was here. She had never expected this kind of thing to happen. Scratch that, never even imagined it in any form. Even more suprising for her, she was opening up to her former enemy as if they had been lifetime friends. She made a mental note to grab some psychology books next time she was near a library or bookstore. She felt like she would need them. Taking a deep breath, she walked down the corridor.

Kim wasn't able to stand, at first. It took a few attempts to finally get back on her feet and Shego having rushed out of the room didn't help her. Kim didn't hold that against her. Knowing Shego as she did, she was glad that the green woman was helping at all and Kim could only imagine how much she was freaking out over the events of the past few months. Kim shook her head and tried to get her mind around the fact that she had been out near a whole week.

After getting up, Kim had quickly shed her battlesuit and donned a sweatshirt with jeans. Not the most fashionable outfit, but she didn't want her best clothes to be ruined by her new home, and she needed something to wear. They had also been the first things she had seen when she opened her bag, so she went with it.

As Kim stepped out into the corridor, she looked around. The station looked like the kind of underwater station that were always in the movies. Dark color, all metal and not incredibly bright lights with small windows lining the walls every few meters or so. In other words, it was bleak and slightly depressing. The corridor only went one way, so she followed it. She stopped at one of small windows and peered out. It was exactly what she had expected. Nearly black, except for the heavy duty lights that lit the area. Many fish were swimming around as well as several other animals she didn't immediatly recognize.

A short walk down the corridor and she arrived in the large, main chamber that she had fought Ron in. The broken pieces of the crates she had thrown were still evident on the floor as well as several torn pieces of clothing. Kim closed her eyes and let a deep breath escape her lips.

"I guess this is how it is now" she said to herself. Her nostils quickly picked up the scent of food and her stomach immediatly growled, reminding Kim that she hadn't eaten solid food in near a week. She turned and saw Shego standing in another doorway with a plate

"I thought you'd be pretty hungry" she said. Before she could respond, Kim collapsed. Shego ran up to her and handed the plate "You really should eat something, Princess. I don't know how long the human body can go without solid food, but I'm sure it can't be much longer than you've already gone"

With that, Kim grabbed the plate and quickly ate the food that was there, which wasn't much. Any other time and she may have taken the time to eaten properly, but she was too hungry to think straight so the plate was clean in a matter of seconds. Shego, though slightly disgusted by Kim's eating, said nothing.

After she finished eating, Kim looked up at Shego

"Thanks" she said, standing up. Once back on her feet, Kim took a real look around.

"You alright?" Shego asked

"Yeah, I'm good" Kim answered, letting out a deep breath.

Kim's insomnia went on for another couple nights.

"I guess when you've slept for six days, sleep isn't something that is really needed right away" she says to herself quietly. Her thoughts drift back to her family and her old friends and part of her really wants to go back to all that, but she quickly reminds herself that they drove her to this. If they had let her be, none of this would have happened. She doesn't have regrets about the past few months. Every decision she made she lay before her mind and doesn't even consider what happened, what she did.

She sighs and looks over at Shego, who is peacefully sleeping. Kim smiles and lays back on her pillow. Her life has really changed forever. She is a wanted criminal, shunned by her family and old friends and everything she knew. She is no longer Kim Possible, teen hero, saviour of the world from evil. She is now just Kim Possible.

With a sigh, she turns on her side and puts one arm over Shego. If Kim could've seen the green woman's face, she would have seen a goofy smile form over the villianess's lips.

THE END