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Kim Possible: Morality's Choice - Chapter 2.3 - Heroes & Villains
::Six Months Ago::
The flight to Shego's hideout hadn't taken long but the time that had passed had been spent in silence. When the helicopter finally touched down behind a seemingly nondescript building Shego was the first to climb out, motioning for Kim to follow her. As Kim followed Shego inside the building the idea that they had gone to one of Drakken's many lairs was immediately proven false. Unlike her previous visits to Drakken's lairs, which were often drab and cold, Kim immediately saw that this place displayed a more personal Shego touch. Various walls were draped with green and black fabrics and mini busts of Shego's head rested on prominent pedestals. Everywhere Kim looked she was immediately reminded of Shego in some way. Kim turned to face Shego who had been watching Kim with amusement as she took in the decor.
"A little ego-centric don't you think Shego?"
Shego just shrugged
"Eh, what can I say? I love fine art and I love myself."
Shego face suddenly lost it's amused look and instead went hard. Kim could almost feel Shego's eyes boring directly into her, the seriousness of whatever Shego was going to say quite evident.
"Ground rules Princess. See the door we just came through? You can use it at any time, but if you decide to leave you don't get to come back Ever!"
Kim was about to reply but Shego continued, pointing down a near bye hallway.
"Your room is down there on the left. Better get comfortable in it now because you won't be spending much time there after tonight. Also, that communicator you always carry? Toast it! No one knows where this place is and no one is finding out."
Kim found that an odd statement for Shego to make..
"What about Drakken?"
Shego gave an exaggerated eye roll.
"What about him?. I have a life outside of Drakken you know. You ever think about all those times other people busted me out of jail to work for them? Or when you'd catch Drakken but not me? Where did you think I went? You didn't really think I'd hide out in one of Drakken's places do you? Use your brain Princess."
"Touchy much Shego? It was just a question."
Shego waved a disinterested hand towards Kim in response.
"Whatever."
Kim took that reply as indication that introductions were over and began walking towards the room Shego had said would be hers. She had only made it a small distance from Shego when the thief again spoke, this time in an oddly measured tone.
"Do you hate me?"
If this had been some sort of Japanese cartoon Kim would have fallen over in shock from the seemingly random question yet even though it wasn't she still found herself suddenly dead stopped. She hadn't expected that question. Hell, she hadn't know what to expect once they arrived at Shego's lair, but being asked that question wouldn't ever had occurred to her. She turned back towards Shego, trying to gage the question's intent from the Shego's face but found that Shego's face betrayed nothing. She wasn't sure just what sort of an answer Shego was expecting but after a rather obvious hesitation on her part, she gave Shego one.
"...No."
Shego appeared wholly unmoved by the response.
"Why not? Didn't you say you hated me right before you kicked me into Drakken's radio tower that night after your prom? Haven't I tried to hurt or kill you almost every time we've met?"
Kim faltered momentarily, Shego's words a reminder of the past they had thus far shared.
" I...I don't know why, I just don't. Maybe because I never thought you were really trying to kill me or maybe because I've always thought that you did those things because Drakken ordered you to not because you actually had some hostile intent towards me."
Shego laughed slightly
"Make no mistake Princess. Those times I tried to kill you? Those were real and I did them because I wanted to not because someone ordered me to. You might have survived them, but that doesn't change what they were."
Kim glared at Shego
"What the hell Shego? What do you expect me to say to that? You expect me to stay here now that I know you really tried to kill me? How do I know your not going to kill me in my sleep?"
Shego just smirked.
"You don't. That's not the point Princess."
Kim could feel herself growing angrier at Shego, an intense dislike for the way the thief was smirking at her growing rapidly. She began shouting despite her attempts to remain clam.
"Then what the hell is the point? Why did you invite me here Shego, what's your big plan?"
Shego just continued smirking despite the apparent anger in Kim's tone.
"The point is, Princess, you don't hate me. After everything I've done to you, everything I've tried to do to you and everything I could do to you, you don't hate me. All the doofus and the bitch cheerleader did was sneak around behind your back and you say you hate them?
Kim's cold reply interrupted Shego.
"I do hate them, don't you ever question that."
Shego gave a shrug.
"Fine, maybe you do, but what about tomorrow? Or the next day? Or the next day? Is what they did still going to hurt as badly a month from now? Two months from now? Five? Time dulls pain Princess. How sure are you that one day your not going to wake up and suddenly regret what you did to them?"
Kim couldn't believe her ears. Shego was giving her a speech on pain? Where the hell did Shego get off? What gave her the right to preach as if she knew everything about Kim? Kim's rage began to boil inside her as Shego continued to smirk, as if amused by the whole situation. Kim wasn't in the mood to be talked down to, especially not by Shego. She felt her whole body shaking, the frustration of having to abandon the warehouse earlier in the evening, at having to let Ron and Bonnie go. pushing inside of her, demanding to be let out. Finally, sickened by the way Shego was just smirking at her like she was a child, she snapped and slammed her foot into Shego's midsection sending the thief back across the floor.
"Stop smirking at me. You think I came here to be talked down to? You think you know so much about me?"
Shego just rose and circled Kim.
"Why did you come Princess? Why did you take my hand? You said you wanted to stand up for yourself but right now all your showing me is an angry little girl crying about her broken heart."
Kim growled and jabbed low and wide towards Shego, ducking as Shego blocked with one arm and then returned Kim's jab with a plasma powered one of her own. Kim kicked a leg up and sent Shego's jab high past her head. She faked a left punch then swung her right arm around and hit Shego's left side. As the thief exhaled sharply from the blow Kim spoke with a snide tone.
"You think you just have me all figured out don't you Shego? You want to know why I came with you? Because you were convenient. You just happened to be there when I need to get away. I used you Shego, nothing more then that."
Kim swept her legs low, knocking Shego off balance enough for Kim to knock her down with a quick uppercut. Shego glared up at her from the floor, seemingly more hurt by the Kim's words then the blow.
Shego rose back on to her feet in an instant and volleyed a series of plasma blasts towards Kim, forcing the teen back through a near bye doorway and onto a patio.
"Is that really why Princess? Because I was there? Or was it because you knew you couldn't go back? You had this grand plan to pay back that bitch cheerleader and your doofus sidekick but when things got tough you just ran away."
Shego's words took on a mocking tone as she flipped forward and brought her left leg down, barely missing Kim's shoulder.
"Whats wrong Kimmie? A few Global Justice flunkies to much to handle?"
Kim scowled and retaliated Shego's kick with a straight punch to Shego's chest, her anger continuing to grow as Shego continued to taunt her.
"I would have lost, there were to many of them."
"Every time you fight you could lose. All you saw tonight was one little group of soldiers Kimmie. If they were to much for you how long do you think you'll last against the entirety of Global Justice? Even now your holding back, I can tell. Do you want to lose this battle to?"
Shego swiped a plasma covered claw at Kim, the thin material of the redhead's shirt tearing as Kim leapt backwards to avoid the flames.
"Don't ever start a fight unless you plan to finish it Kimmie."
Kim face displayed nothing but rage by this point, her mind was filled with nothing but a desire to destroy Shego. She no longer cared about responding to Shego's barbs and words, she just dashed forward intent on showing Shego what she was truly capable of. If Shego wanted her to finish this fight then she would, no more holding back, no more worrying about hurting Shego. She didn't care what happened anymore so long as she won this fight.
Shego suddenly stopped the punch she had been throwing and a grin of exuberance crossed her face as she instead nimbly dodged Kim's sudden forward attack.
"Finally. You feel that Kimmie? That fire burning inside you, telling you not to stop till your standing over my body? That's the real you, the you that knows that winning this fight is all that matters in the entire world right now. Thats what I want you to feel every time someone tries to stop you or tell you what your doing is wrong. You picked a fight with the world Princess, and if you want to win you can't ever hold back like you've done in the past."
Shego stopped dodging and stood before Kim who still looked ready and willing to destroy Shego.
"I brought you here to make sure you win Kimmie. You want to change your world and I'm going to help you do it, but I'm not going to lie to you like other people have. It's going to be the hardest fight you've ever had and I'm not going to go easy on you. This is going to be your Hell Kimmie and I'm going to make sure you hate me every single day your here. If you survive you'll be better then you ever knew you could be and nothing in the world will be able to protect the doofus and that cheerleader from you, I give you my word."
Kim looked up at Shego from her crouched position on the ground, her muscles still twitching, eager to be used. She still wanted to beat the thief till she was bloody on the floor, but she liked what Shego had said. The thought of seeing Bonnie and Ron lying beaten at her feet and Global Justice powerless to stop her was exactly what she wanted, what she needed to make sure that she'd never have to run away again when things began to get hard, and with Shego's help she knew she could do it.
::Three Months Ago::
Kim dropped into stance as Shego's legs spun down towards her head. She knew that if Shego connected with her attack it was going to really hurt. She leaped backwards, allowing Shego's feet to miss her head and forcing the pale thief to land unguarded.
"Don't just dodge Kimmie, you know better. Pain's a part of the fighting, get used to it, use it, embrace it. You think Global Justice is going to stop just because you got a little bruised from a punch?"
Kim leaned back slightly, hoping to gage what Shego's next move might be as she tried to catch her breath. They had been training every day since Kim had first arrived, from the time the sun rose until the time the sun set, and though Kim realized she was becoming the better fighter for it, each match with Shego left her exhausted to her core. She knew after the first day that Shego must have been holding back in their past fights, that was the only way to account for the thief's sudden huge leap in ability and reaction times.
Kim's hesitation in acting on Shego's open defense did not escape the thief's notice and she lit her hands.
"You want some rest I'll be glad to put you in the hospital Kimmie, otherwise you'd better keep moving."
Kim rushed forward as the plasma blasts that Shego had thrown scorched the ground where she had stood, but her victory was short lived as Shego's foot slammed into her chest, throwing Kim against the far wall. Shego hardly paused as she moved towards Kim's prone form, preparing to swipe with her claws.
"Better get up Kimmie if you don't want to get burnt like last month."
Though every muscle in her body hurt and screamed for rest Kim knew Shego wasn't making an idle threat. Her burns from the last time Shego had managed to tag her with one of her claws still throbbed in a dull pain on her left leg. She pushed up off the wall and stood, her body shaking slightly but the fury in her eyes resolute. If Shego wanted a fight then Kim was going to give her one until her legs refused to stand and her arms refused to be lifted, it was the only way to win.
::One Months Ago::
The patio air became tinged with the slight smell of burnt hair as Kim ducked a forward strike from Shego, sweeping the her leg out to knock Shego off balance. Kim let the fire that was burning inside her spread through her body and envelop her hands as she slammed both palms into Shego's chest, throwing the thief hard onto her ass. Shego sprang quickly to her feet.
"Good Kimmie. Get angry, let that fire inside of you burn as hot as it can. Fight me with everything you have because I swear to god if you don't you won't be walking out of your room tomorrow."
Kim just smirked and crouched down as Shego leapt backwards to widen the gap between them and began forming a plasma ball in each hand. Shego's words didn't scare her anymore. The pain she felt when Shego's plasma burnt into her skin or when Shego's foot connected with her body only served to spur Kim on. Pain meant she was alive and that meant she could keep fighting. She had even begun to enjoy it the sharp sensation...just a little.
::2 Hours Ago::
Kim closed her eyes and tried to calm herself as Shego's jet flew over the ocean towards an unknown destination. She was angry that they were skipping the day's fighting exercise and even angrier that Shego wouldn't tell her where they were going or why Shego had chosen to dress all in black. Kim knew the reason had to be something special though as they had not left Shego's lair...their lair, Kim mentally corrected herself, for six months. As the jet touched down silently on an empty back street. Shego looked momentarily at Kim, giving her a look that indicated the teen was to follow her, and climbed out of the cockpit and onto a nearby roof. Shego stood staring off across the rooftops as Kim stepped off the ladder and stood behind her. Though she did not turn around, Shego spoke as she pulled her ski mask down over her face.
"Time for your final test Princess. You pass this, you and I will go out and change the world."
Kim let an annoyed noise.
"You brought us all the way out to some town just for a test? Couldn't we have done this back home?"
"It's a special test Kimmie and one your finally ready to take. Your first order is to catch me."
No sooner had Shego spoken those words then she began running at top speed across the roof tops, bounding easily over the wide gaps that separated the various buildings. Kim found herself no less annoyed by Shego's revelation then she had been at the mystery of Shego's intentions, but she took off after Shego as the thief had ordered. A game of tag? She thought as she followed the path she had seen Shego take. She drags us all the way out here for a game of tag? What kind of test is that?
Kim spotted Shego's darkened form off in the distance and was both surprised and upset by how well Shego was managing to keep her lead. She was better then this she told herself, Shego should not have been so far ahead of her or able to keep so far ahead of her. Kim increased her speed as she saw Shego drop out of sight over the current roof's edge, flipping forward over the same edge as she neared it. She tucked her landing and quickly scanned the surrounding area for Shego.
She was both shocked and greatly annoyed to find she had lost sight of Shego, the thief seemingly having vanished from immediate sight. She inched slowly forward, prepared for Shego to attack to out of some dark corner, when her foot brushed over a softer texture then she had felt on the rest of the roof. Kim glanced down to see Shego's ski mask with a piece of paper attached to it resting just under her foot.. She reached down and picked it up, noting with a small amount of amusement that the attached note bore her name. She didn't know what kind of game Shego was suddenly playing, but she figured she would play along just long enough to turn the tables on Shego and perhaps get the drop on the thief herself. She opened the note but found it's message more confusing then helpful.
"Princess, time for the second part of your test. Wait here for three hours and win."
Kim had no idea what to make of the note. Did this mean she won Shego's test if she simply waited here for the alloted time? Again she wondered what kind of test involved just standing around. She wanted to fight Shego not waste the early morning on an empty roof top. Kim grumbled to herself as she waited. Whatever Shego had planned, Kim was going to make sure she paid the pale green thief back at the next days fight training.
Two hours passed as Kim waited, her annoyance growing as she paced around the rooftop. She had just begun to imagine all the different ways she could break Bonnie's legs, a favorite game of hers on nights when she couldn't sleep, when she heard a noise behind her. She spun around, expecting an attack from Shego, but who she faced instead was both much more surprising and much much more angering.
"Ron? Bonnie?"