Chapter 10 – Déjà vu

Kim was waiting at the hospital once more, waiting for Shego to return to the land of the living. She was hoping that this wasn't going to be a déjà vu. Kim had been waiting by Shego's side for days on end, waiting for her to wake up.

Shego had been transferred to the Middleton hospital.

The room was silent when Shego finally stirred. All she could hear was the life support machine beeping in rhythm and people chattering outside. She looked around the room. She was surrounded by bare white walls. The only thing to keep her entertained was the TV. the window was slightly opened letting the cool air hit her face. She looked to her left and saw a redheaded figure slumped in the chairs. When she concentrated on the figure more, she realised it wasn't her beloved Kim, but a woman who looked exactly like her except for the age shown on her face.

"Where's princess?" Shego said with a hoarse voice. Her throat was dry and it pained her to talk.

The figure on the chair, Anne possible, stirred as she heard the voice. She opened her eyes slowly to find Shego awake.

"Who are you? And where's Kimmie?" Shego said trying to get up.

"No Shego don't try and get up" Anne said whilst pushing Shego back down on the bed. "I'm Kims mother. I sent Kim home to get some rest for a couple of hours. She's been here days on end waiting for you. She didn't want to leave and insisted she or at least some one should be here just in case you wake up. So I said I would stay."

"Oh, do you know when she'll be back." Shego said with disappointment in her voice.

"Soon, I sent her home about an hour ago." Anne said "You need to rest to help your body heal faster"

Shego tried to object by saying her powers would help her heal but the doctor would not have any of it. Shego gave up in the end and fell into a light slumber. She woke up a few hours later to see the redhead she was looking for earlier sleeping on the chair a book had fallen onto the floor where she fell asleep reading.

"Hey princess" Shego said in a low tone. Kim started to move in her sleep till she finally opened her eyes to see the arm of the chair was restricting her from straitening her legs. She looked up and saw the emeralds looking at her.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to shoot you my finger and…" Kim said rushing through her words. Until Shego stopped her mid-sentence.

"Hey Kimmie shush its fine"

Kim looked into the emerald eyes that belonged to the thief seeing not anger or hatred or even disappointment but love. Pure love. Tears flowed down her face as she remembered the ride to the hospital. They had entered the ambulance, the paramedics had to call out another ambulance to take the mad scientist. Strangely enough no one recognised the green woman or the blue scientist, not even the teen hero. Shego had already passed out from the loss of blood when they had got her onto the stretcher and into the back of the ambulance. They offered Kim to go with them. She took the offer. She sat there watching the lone paramedic work on keeping Shego alive as the other was driving. They had lost her once on the way but had brought her back. When they entered the hospital. Kim as told to wait in the room whilst they battled to save the thief. After a long wait and tiring operation, Kim was allowed to see Shego.

Now Kim looked at Shego and realised she had been given another chance. She was brought out of her thinking when Shego started talking again.

"Kim, hello. Earth to Kim" Shego said waving a hand in front of Kim.

"Huh? Sorry zoned out for a minute. What did you say?"

"I asked when I am being discharged"

"I haven't a clue. I suppose they probably keep you in for more tests to see if you're recovering properly."

"Yay! Tests" Shego said laced with sarcasm.

After a few moments Kim couldn't help but apologize again "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to shoot you. I didn't even know what I was doing there. I suppose I was so messed up because of Ron's death, I went psycho and thought hurting or even killing Drakken would make it better. I don't know what I was thinking" Kim said whilst exploding into tears once again.

"It's okay princess. You got me out of work and I still get paid" Shego said trying to be funny. She didn't want to see Kim cry again. She wanted to see the smile she had on her face every time she saw her.

"But still I could have killed you"

"I know but you didn't that's the important thing. We all learnt something that day"

"Yeah what?" Kim replied confused.

"I learnt that I shouldn't get on your bad side cause you go all psycho and you learned that you can't shoot for shit, you where miles away from my vital organs" Shego said with one of her trademark smirks

"But you did nearly die of blood loss." Kim said a frown. "And I wasn't trying to shoot you"

"I know. So how's Dr. D?" Shego said trying to change the subject.

"He's fine. Alive I mean. He lost his leg. He said he was going to visit you but he had work to do. He said he would visit you as soon as possible. Oh and he left you this" Kim said handing Shego a get well soon card. She was thankful that Shego had changed the subject.

Shego opened the card and smiled a bit. She placed the card on the table and turned toward Kim. They stared into each other's eyes for a few moments. Then Kim broke away looking down at the book she had dropped 'Romeo and Juliet'. She picked it up and placed it on the arm of the chair.

Shego gave her funny look "didn't know you was a fan of William Shakespeare"

"I'm not. I'm study the book for my literature course"

"ah, Hey Kimmie"

"Huh?"

"Come on" Shego said lifting the blanket up so Kim could slide in. They laid there quietly until they both fell asleep.