Shego's eyes snapped open when she heard chattering in the training grounds. She looked at her phone and growled. She should've had another ten minutes of sleep, but someone decided to get there 25 minutes early and disturb her beauty sleep. Closing her eyes again, she tried to go back to sleep, but to no avail. They were being too loud.
There was bickering outside, and she didn't want to get involved, so she decided to wait until it was time to head out. Getting in the middle of fights was a pain in the ass, and she decided she didn't feel like dealing with it at the moment.
She did, however, peek through the blinds. Outside she saw her old arch-foe and one of the other agents, Will Du exchanging words. They seemed aggravated with one another. Well, Shego couldn't say she was surprised. She knew that the two agents hadn't been on great terms, even when Kim was a teen hero.
Will was leaning towards Kim in an overbearing way, as if he was superior, while the redhead stood her ground with an annoyed look on her face. If it wasn't for the fact that Shego knew how much the two didn't care for one another, she would've thought they were leaning in to kiss. Kiss… that reminded her of the last time the two saw each other, a slight green blush painting her cheeks.
The green skinned woman looked over the redhead. It'd been a long time since they'd last seen each other, even if they had been keeping in touch. After examining the girl, she could see that Kim had grown a bit taller, but still wasn't as tall as Shego, and had gotten stronger. Her muscles were a bit more pronounced but still subtle enough to not be noticed when she wasn't flexing. Her red hair now reached down to her waist, but the hair ties on her wrist indicated she would probably pull up her hair during training.
The two agents ended up fighting up until 6:59 AM, even when more of the agents arrived. Most of the others were watching the fight with interest. It was nothing new to them, but it was still fun to see the two get pissed at each other yet not actually throw any punches. They all had placed bets on who would throw the first punch, so now, they just had to wait. Half voted Kim would throw the first punch, and half voted Will would do it. If Shego had to bet, she wouldn't bet on either of them. Neither had so little patience as to attack someone they were working with unless the other was a traitor. In that case the bet wouldn't matter as Betty would probably be the one to deal the first blow. Well, that or have Shego do it. She didn't put it past Doctor Director to use her new employee to her fullest potential.
At exactly 7, the door to the office started to open and the two fighting agents fell silent. Shego stepped out into the gym and looked around with contempt. Only Will and Kim seemed to have much potential. The others just looked like they were fresh from recruit training. If they really were as inexperienced as they seemed, there was a one-eyed woman who would have her ass kicked in the very near future.
Will and most of the other agents went into a crouched position, ready to fight, while Kim just gaped.
"Shego?!" Kim asked in surprise. "What are you doing here?"
"Hey princess," Shego replied. "I'm just doing my job."
"Y-You're the new trainer?" the redhead asked, not completely comprehending.
"Mmhmm. Betty wanted me to be the trainer as soon as I returned. I just got back yesterday," Shego said with nonchalance. She could feel the tension, but it didn't matter to her. "She'd been badgering me about it since the Lorwardian invasion. I had originally said I'd think about it, but I was getting bored travelling around and decided to get a job. It'd give me something to do. And it also meant I'd get to legally torture her subordinates, all who most likely loathe me and still consider me one of the world's best villains."
"I'd like to see the contract," said Will, still in his ready position. He wasn't going to believe her with an explanation like that. He was wary of her, and according to Protocol, she should display her credentials as proof.
"I don't plan to show you such a thing. You might get jealous that my pay is higher than yours."
"If you do not, I will have to resort to violence," Will said in his matter of fact voice.
"Kimmie, this kid sure is a stickler for detail isn't he?" she asked with a chuckle.
"Will stop it, she's probably telling the truth," Kim sighed. She knew how the other agent's mind worked, and there was a good chance there was about to be a fight. If she were to pick the winning side, she'd choose Shego's.
"Probably?" Shego smirked. "Not much faith in me eh?"
"Not after you disappeared for two years," Kim said with a slightly bitter tone. She'd been trying to forget, but it kind of resurfaced on her mind a lot. It was hard to forget.
"Oh come off it Kimmie. I kept in touch."
"Yeah, but you said it would only be like a year."
"No, I said that at the very least it would be a year. Get your facts straight Princess."
Kim's eye twitched slightly.
Shego walked over to Kim and suddenly smiled as she ruffled the girl's hair, "It doesn't matter anymore though right? I'm back now."
Kim sulked slightly, but she nodded her head. She didn't notice that the others were still glaring suspiciously at Shego.
"You have not produced any form of identification so I shall have to proceed as if you are a threat," Will interrupted.
Shego turned and said with a wide grin, "Bring it." She pushed Kim back as Will took action. The redhead stumbled slightly.
The first thing Will did was fire his stun watch. Kim tried to stop him, but the other agents got in her way.
Shego grabbed the string before it could reach her. "Really? This is the best you have?" She lit her plasma lightly and burned through the string. "Come on, I want a hand to hand fight. One on one with each of you. No gadgets. Just a nice, good brawl."
"I do not have to abide by your rules. By not producing the proper papers, you've broken protocol and I am required to take action."
"If you don't play by my rules, I'll just whoop your sorry little ass. It'll be easy. I'll even give you a handicap of not using my plasma."
Will motioned for the agents to all surround her.
She sighed, "You all are terrible at following directions." Then she said with a small smile, "Come on then. Let's get this over with."
It took her less than five minutes to have all of the trainees on the floor groaning. Kim was the only one still standing since she hadn't entered the fray.
"Ok Princess. Your turn."
"Why? I believe that you're the instructor," she said, slightly skeptical. She didn't think that Shego was doing this for the hell of it.
"Exactly. I wanted to assess everyone's abilities on their own, but these pompous assholes don't seem to understand that. So come on. I need to see what you can do after two years."
Kim grinned, "I've gotten better you know."
"I haven't gotten any worse. You can't forget I spent most of my time training right?"
"For once, I actually don't expect to win," Kim laughed.
That caught Shego off guard. "Oh? And why's that? Wait, that means you used to expect to win. Cocky much?"
"Doctor Director hired you right? If I was better than you, wouldn't she have hired me to be the teacher? Besides, I had to expect to win. I was the hero, you were the villain. If I thought I would lose, there was no way I could pull off what I did."
Shego grinned, "True. Except she would've kept you on the same pay and just added that to your duties while taking something else off."
"Yeah, that I can see."
"Now then," Shego said, getting into her defensive stance, "are you ready to get whipped?"
Kim grinned, "You wish."
The redhead rushed towards the green-skinned woman, aiming a kick for the older woman's abdomen. Shego side-stepped easily, letting the girl sail right past her.
"Oh come on Kimmie. I know you aren't this weak. Even if I've improved you should be able to land a hit or two."
With a sly grin Kim turned on her heel and sent a left hook at Shego's jaw.
She caught the punch, but almost failed to notice the knee coming up towards her. Almost.
Using her palm to push Kim's leg down, she then twisted her body and elbowed the redhead, shoving her back a couple feet.
The two danced around each other in a flurry of blows like old times, but as time ticked away, Shego started to up her power and speed, slowly overtaking the younger girl, in both strength and stamina.
Ten minutes passed and Kim was sprawled out on the floor in a huff, joining the exhausted bodies of the other trainees.
Shego stood among the collapsed agents as she looked over each one and remembered their flaws and faults during the fight. They all had a lot of work to do, even Kim. As she was analyzing it all, the doors to the training room opened and Betty walked in.
"You've already tired them out? My god Shego, I forgot how brutal you could be," Betty laughed.
With a shrug the green-skinned woman sighed, "It's not my fault. They wanted to see my credentials and such. That and they tried using weapons and wouldn't fight me hand to hand. I even held back on the plasma. They have a long ways to go Betts."
Betty frowned slightly. "Either this means that my agents are weaker than I thought, or you're much stronger than you used to be."
"Or both," Shego suggested helpfully, but it actually made Betty feel a bit more uneasy.
"I want them in shape within a month's time. There's a mission coming up that I'm going to need them for, but they need to be in the best shape possible. I can't be risking this."
"If you really want to choose people competent, the only one here I can suggest is Kimmie, but even she needs some work. The others are too by the book. They won't be able to think outside the box if need be. Not only that, but even as a group they can't strategize well."
"Do your best with them Shego. If I really need to I'll have you work with them all day every day."
The green-skinned woman's eyes widened considerably. "Oh no way in hell! Just because I work for you does not mean I'm going to waste my days away with these guys!"
"I'll double your pay."
"No means no Betty."
"I'll triple your pay and let you crack jokes at them as much as you want without me breathing down your neck."
That caused the woman to be silent.
"Why do I feel like there's a catch to this, even though you're supposed to be trying to convince me?"
"Well… if it's going to be all day every day…. Having some of your home cooked food couldn't be too much to ask for… could it?"
Shego rolled her eyes, "That's your real objective isn't it? My food three times a day."
Betty laughed slightly, "I was thinking more like twice a day, but three times works just as well," the Cyclops grinned.
Much to the dismay of the eavesdropping agents, Shego grinned and said, "Deal," shaking Doctor Director's hand.
Their life was about to become hell on earth for a month.