A\N: Hey people. Sorry for the late updates. Collage I sucking a lot of my time. I have most of the story in paper but I don't have a lot of time to type it. so I have good and bad news. First the bad news: I don't think I will be able to update as frequently as I've been doing. I am very sorry. And the good news: I still will post three chapters per week but I am not sure which days.
Chapter 10: Gotcha
"Good morning" I hear dad greeting me from the table. He is reading the newspaper.
"Morning" the twins says at the same time, I think some things never change. They have become more independent from each other. Now Tim has a sporting look; slippers, shorts and sleeveless t-shirts are now almost his full wardrobe while Jim has opted for something more rebellious; he wears shirts and trousers a bit disheveled, he even convinced our parents(with Shego's help) to let him dye some locks white.
"Hey Kim" Amadis is talking with the twins, more likely about yesterday practice and how they could improve their game. With Jim and Tim as attackers and Amadis as midfielder their team has a very good offensive.
"Morning Kimmie" I hear mom and Shego, they are cooking together and chatting and by the looks of it they are more likely talking about me.
"Mom" I whine when I hear her talking about a certain dress.
"I swear she couldn't keep it on" Mom exclaims making me blush and the others laugh.
This is a scene I've come to consider normal in these past two months and I hope I could see it for a long time.
Dad took the twins to the space center for a little trip. Mom is now chatting with Amadis, I bet about her studies.
And me, I am sitting in the doorstep of the kitchen thinking about how all around me have been changing thanks to that little girl… and her mother of course.
In these months things has gone back to normal… at least as normal as it can be with my family. Even Ron and I aren't as bad as before anymore after talking about his odd behavior after the whole Shego thing. But our relationship has changed a bit.
Shego's words are still ringing in my head.
You two are very different.
And now I am surer than ever about it. We are a month to our graduation and he has been accepted in a prestigious cooking school in Japan and he is training in Yamanouchi every now and then. Yes he told me everything about it and his monkey powers in our heart-to-heart.
I, I am not even sure what to do after graduation, yes I have been accepted in colleges all around the world but I don't know if I'll go to any of them there are a lot of choices and I have to admit I like the thrill of chasing the bad guys and helping people but if I go to college I think I won't be able to do it as often or as efficiently as I've been doing so far.I've been considering joining GJ. That way I could do what I love doing, get paid for it and keep an eye on them in case they want to do something to Shego or Amadis.
And I've thinking of breaking up with Ron too. Let's face it; after graduation no matter my choice we'll go for very different paths.
"Troubled again?" I see Shego taking a sit next to me.
"Nah" I lie to her.
"Wanna spar?" she asks out of the blue.
I turn my head so suddenly that I am surprised I didn't break my neck.I waited for her usual 'I know you better than that' speak but this…
"Come on! You haven't had a good work out in a while" She is right, for some reason almost all villains dropped off the radar.
"Oook" I get out to the backyard."So, only a friendly spar?" I ask her and she nods. I look at her and I see her pointing a finger at me. Uh oh. I jump in time to evade the little plasma blast. So much for a friendly spar!"Hey without plasma!" I say but a second after I am thrown to the other side of the backyard.
"Really?" she asks innocently and I just glare at her. "Ok"
When she is near I throw a kick but she ducks it and sweep me off my feet.
"Giving up already" she taunts. "A lot of things on your mind?"
So that was your plan? Making me talk. "NO!, only thinking how I'll put you down this time" I taunt back.
She smirks "You are already down" she looks thoughtful "And for the record you never put me down"
I quickly roll up into defensive position. "I remember a lot of times I've put you behind bars"
She snorts "Only because the idiots always were getting in the way" she gives a smug glare "We both know without them I would have kicked your ass all the time"
"As if" I feel better now that our usual banter keep my mind from 'overthinking' as Shego says. "Ron always stopped Drakken at the end so even if you won a fight we won the war"
"You are delusional Princess, the only thing the buffoon did was lose his pants"
"Hey" I protest punching her. She block "Ron did help destroying Drakken's machines"
"It was mostly his rat, your sidekick screwed up more often than not"
"Naked mole rat" I correct her "And Ron did come around when it counted"
She snorts "Please, you keep telling you won because of him?" I nod and she smirks "I would say you won in spite of him" I grunt and kick her on the gut sending her a few meter from me. "You could use a competent sidekick every now and then" she says smirking.
Oh you asked for it. "Why, you offering?" I counter his hit with a kick.
I notice for a second she stiffened and I see doubt in her eyes, almost imperceptible for anyone who doesn't know her as well as me. Then she smirks "I don't think so. I don't do sidekick"
"Says Drakken's sidekick" I say in a singsong voice.
"You better rethink that" she says smugly trying to sweep me off again. I jump to avoid it. "Who do you think is really in charge there"
"You got me there" I say and we both laugh.
We charge against each other. I get to pin her on the floor.
"GO Kim!" I hear Amadis cheer me up.
"Hey!" shego say indignantly "What side are you?"
"The good side"
"I can't believe it" Shego says in a mocking-hurt voice "My daughter is a goodie goodie too"
"Hey!" Amadis and I whine.
Shego take advantage of it and kick me off her. "Now you'll tell me what is bothering you" she says pinning me against a tree.
"In your dreams" with my back against the tree I kick her with my feet.
After a while we are panting a sweating.
"You know?" she says me "You should do whatever you want to. You are still young take your time"
"What are you…How?""
"Apart of the obvious reason"I should know better. She always seems to know what is on my mind. "I know how hard is a life changing situation as yours" she smiles "You have an entire life ahead of you don't stress over something like this, more or less time, when you get to a decision I am sure you'll compensate it"I smile at her too. I think I only needed someone to tell me that, help me light the burden. "But you know" she says suddenly in a grim voice. "You have to do something about Ron"
"What do you mean?" I ask confused. I think Ron and I are already better.
"I… we are not blind" she murmurs noticing that my mother is now watching us sparring. "You are drifting apart since I got here" she pauses a moment while I look a bit taken aback. I don't think it is her fault .
"What?" she looks ashamed. I really think she is blaming herself for this. "It's not your fault"
"Maybe not but I think I accelerate things"
"What?"
"I told you" I feel the start of long talk "You two are very different. I've seen it, you both look for different things in life"
"I already thought of it" she look surprised and then smile faintly "I mean we are going to take different paths maybe even go to different countries"
"That is not all" she cuts me off "In time two things could happen: you'll break him trying to make him keep up with you or" she smirks "He'll tame you into a housewife; and it doesn't matter which happens you'll end up angry at each other for it."
I haven't thought it like it. That means the more I'll wait the more our relationship will deteriorate"What should I do?" I provoke her knowing she doesn't have experience in things like this and I hope she back off.
"It's up to you" she says nonchalantly "To lose a boyfriend or your best friend"
That is all!.My decision. What I cherish the most? Of course my best friend. I think it was an easier choice than I firstly thought.
"Sorry if this troubled you" I think I've making my 'Overthink' face again.
"Don't" I assure her with a smile. "In fact I must be thanking you"
"Don't worry. What are nemesis for?" she quipped.
That again. I know she wanted to light the mood but it hurt me. "Is that all we are?" I ask her without thinking. "Mere enemies"
"Kimmie"
"After all that we still enemies?" since we became closer, that has been bothering me. I mean we are close now like when she was Miss Go I feel like I get back a… a… I think the closer term is sister. And even if she is like a very cranky, mean and sarcastic sister I really care about her;I thought it was mutual… maybe I was wrong.
I leap forward into the air, closing the distance between us. I move with all the speed I could muster and attacked Shego's left side.
"Anne" I can barely hear a worried Amadis.
I leash out at Shego hitting her. Shego bared her teeth and continued to block and dodge my strikes telling Amadis and my mom to back off. She then grabbed one of my wrists in an iron grip.
"Kim calm down" she shouts at me.
But I don't. And I continue my attack.
After a few minutes maybe wind has been driven from us and we can do nothing but lay motionless in pain panting hard next to each other.
"Why can't we be friend?" I ask her sounding hurt. I think since I haven't done much in the last weeks and with all the problems we've been through I leash out my bottle up emotions over something that trigger a powerful enough response from my part. And I leash out at Shego.
"You know that it… no… we are in a complicated situation" she says sadly "I am still a wanted felon and friendship between us is"
"Impossible" I quip and we chuckle a bit wincing in pain doing so.
"Not exactly" I turn my head to look at her with a look full of expectancy "But right now we aren't friends nor enemies we are…" she looks at Amadis and mom, they are coming to help us "For now let's focus in what is important"
I think she don't understand this is important to me. But I think I can wait a bit.
I wonder what is important to Shego beyond Amadis.
"And for the record" she said smirking at me "I won"
I snort "As if" and then we laugh, competitive and stubborn till the end. They are looking at us like we are crazy.
SKP
"Sorry" I hear Kim saying to her mom "I… I got carried away" She and mom had a hard work out. I admit I got worried for a moment when Kim went ballistic against mom.
"Yeah but I remember hearing the word friendly" Kim looks sheepishly at her mom "What happened?" she asks and Kim blush.
"Hey munchkin" Ahhhhh. I don't know where the pet names came from but I hate it.
"What?" I grunt.
"Come here" she asks me. "I think it's time to teach you something now that Princess is out of the way to take you out" I admit Kim has been taking with her every time she has time to go shopping or something and with mom helping with housework I haven't had time for learning about my powers.
I am not too thrilled."Ok"I walk to the backyard with her.
"OK, show me what you can do" Mom tells me. I turn my plasma on carefully. She tries to touch me but I instantly turn it off. "Don't worry" she assure me smiling "We are plasma proof" I hesitantly turn it on again. "Good" she touches it and turn on her own plasma. It makes me flinch a bit. "Feel it" I can feel her plasma is hotter "Focus in mine" I do as she tells "Feel it. The plasma is fueled by your emotions"
"no duh" I answer sarcastically knowing that too well.
"Smart ass" she smirks "Try to make it cold think the plasma is cold" plasma can't be cold, can it?.I see her plasma become a tone light like mine. I feel it is cooler than before. "See. All is about emotional control and concentration. Try it"
I do it. It is hard. I've only been making it hotter."I… I can't" I say letting out a breath.
"This is a bit tricky you'll do it sooner or later" she pets me "Let's do the opposite" oh no. "Don't worry I am here" I think she saw me flinch and takes my hand. "Do it" she says softly. I do it "Hotter" she says and I do "Hotter" again I do it. I feel my concentration slip. I am feeling like last time. "Hotter"
"No" I suddenly yell and my plasma burst and then it turn itself off. I am shaking. "Sorry"
She takes me in her arms. "It's ok… it's ok… I am ok" after a while I calm down "I see your problem"
"I have a problem?"
"You are afraid of your power, that makes you suppress it" she says calmly "Don't be" she turns her plasma on. "I know it can freak you out at first" she chuckle "I mean I am green" I chuckle a bit too. "At least you got his skin tone, the only good thing he could give you"
"You mean…"
"Yeah… your father" she says somberly.
"I still have this powers. It doesn't matter my skin color"
"Oh it do matter" she says with knowingly smile "It would have save me a lot of teasing"
"Were you teased a lot?" I ask her trying to stall.
"Too much for my liking. I thought making GJ letting us go to school would have been a good idea. I was wrong" she doesn't seem to like that memory "Green bean, lettuce, she-hulk, Grinch; you can think of something green and I bet they called me that until I snapped" She says grimly. "With his skin tone you don't have to pass for it…" I pale at the word 'snap', I know how it is "Have you…" I look away "God, what" it was a while ago only remembering it make me sick. "Don't worry it passed" I want to cry.
I see a stray cat looking curiously at me I take it in my arms like a child clanging to his comforter blanket. Animals seem to like me quickly.
"You don't have to say anything. I know how bad it can get"
I shake my head. She have to know, she is maybe the only one who can understand it "When I was around six a kid arrive to the orphanage" I am keeping my tears at bay "He was an idiot, he thought he could be a hero and got his nose in everyone's business" I know I have a wistful look on my face "One day he found out my… secret" I turn my plasma on "After that he tried to make me his sidekick, he bothered me everywhere but he kept my secret. After a while he made me help him and the kids in the orphanage if they had a problem but he always ruined it. We even pranked the sisters for them" I give a meek chuckle "But after a while I got sick of it. I was more like… you" I don't know how she will take that but she only give a soft smile "I left him looking for cat but…he didn't come back. When I got to him after looking for him he was in an alley with two dogs. I panicked when I saw him bloody. I screamed… and… and" I feel her hand on mine. "All went black" I pause a moment to take a breath. "When I got back to my senses. There wasn't anything left. I… I… I ki"
"No" she says forcefully "It wasn't your fault. It was an accident" I've hopped for someone to tell me that… to assure me I wasn't… am the one to blame. "I know it was" I know you know;because you are like me. I start crying again.
After a few minutes. "I understand why you don't want to use your powers" she looks softly at me. "But it's a reason to learn to control them too" I give her a confused look. "If you don't learn I can happen again" It… can? I look at the house. What if it happens when we are all together? "This power is very dangerous" she says seriously. She takes a small rock in her hands. She then turns on her plasma and when she opens her hands the rock is ashes. "But it can be very gentle when use it correctly" she pet the cat in my lap with her glowing hands. I look in terror thinking the cat will be crisped. But it only purrs and lean into the touch. "And is very versatile" she make a ball with plasma and make it move around her body. Then she takes it in both hands. The flame starts to move… to shift and take the form of a butterfly. Mom 'free' it from her hand and it flies a bit to disappear in little sparks. "See" she says smiling.
I have to admit that little trick cheer me up. "You think I could do it?"
"I am sure" then she hugs me and kiss my temple. It is a comforting gesture and I feel like a great burden is being lifted from me.
SKP
Aw. I feel like my body is one huge bruise after our 'sparring' yesterday.
"How are you feeling Pumpkim?" Shego asks me as fresh and sarcastic as she always is. Damn comet powers.
"Ha ha " even fake-laughing hurts.
"It was your own fault Kimmie-cub" I hear dad scold me. I knew mom would tell him.
"I know" I whine.
I am looking again to my unconventional family plus two… no Shego and Amadis are already part of our family.
I smile.
Knock hear the door.
"I'll go" I said wanly. It is better keep movingthat way my sore muscles will feel better fasterand I don't want to interrupt them after all myparents are working each one in their own laptops.
The twins just bolted out a second before the knock and Shego and Amadis are training with their plasma and they look happier now when they are with each other.
That sight makes me think what will happen now? In our sparring Shego told me something very disturbing.
I am still a wanted felon.
What will happen if the police or GJ find her? We've been lucky so far with her using makeup and being very cautious but it won't last forever. What will be of Amadis? We can't let her go back to the orphanage with or without her father looking for her. I think I have to talk to my parents about this. I have an idea but I think it would be better talking to them first and if they don't like it…
"Who is…" I open the door and stay freeze in my spot.
"Hello Kimberly"there in front of me is the head of Global Justice: Betty Director.
A\N: All I have to say is… ¡OMG! I am already feeling very sorry for Shego.