Chapter fourteen: Close calls
A sudden cold chill ran down Kim's spine, she felt faint for a moment and caught herself in the doorway. She couldn't seem to shake the feeling something horrible just happened. "Shego?" Kim called as her knees began to buckle.
"Yeah what is it Kimmie?" Shego asked making her way into the room. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw Kim leaning against the door frame. "What's wrong with you?" Shego asked as she went to help Kim off the door frame.
"We need to get out of here. I just got the worst feeling, we need to pack our stuff and get on the first plane out." Kim said somewhat franticly as Shego stood her up right and looked her over.
"What do you know we have to leave? You said we had all the time in the world and what's-her-fuck would take forever to find that weapon" Shego said in confusion.
"It's not Eve I'm worried about. Look just trust me on this one, we need to get out of here right now. Pack your stuff; leave no trace you were here." With that Kim rushed off to her room and slammed the door. Shego rolled her eyes and walked to her room to pack for the long journey ahead.
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"Wade do you have anything on Kim's whereabouts?" Ron asked after an hour of waiting. Wade was in the midst of his search when he Ron spoke.
"Almost, I found a paper trail but I don't know if it will get us anywhere. When Kim doesn't want to be found she certainly knows what to do." Wade said as he continued to search. "I got something!"
Ron leapt out of his seat. "What? What did you find?"
Wade printed out the information. "An address to a London flat. But there isn't any guarantee we'll find here there."
Ron pocketed the paper and rushed to the door. "It's close enough."
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"Shego do you have everything?" Kim called back as she dropped her bags near the front door.
"Yeah, you want to tell me why you're in such a hurry to get out of London?" Shego asked shouldering her bag as she watched Kim rush to the window and look nervously at the ground below.
"Crap. We have to go now. He's coming."
"Who's coming?"
"I'll tell you later quick let's go."
Shego walked out of the door with Kim rushing behind her dropping something on the floor as she slammed the door and rushed to the stair well.
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Wade and Ron ran out of the elevator and down the hall way. Ron skidded to a stop at the last door. He checked the knob, cursing under his breath when he discovered it was locked. He stepped back and with one swift kick sent the door hurtling off its frame and into the flat. Ron stepped over the door and moved all around the flat looking through every room.
Wade stood in the doorway watching Ron move frantically throughout the flat. He looked down at his feet and noticed something poking out from under the fallen door. He reached down and pulled at the corner filling an envelope with Ron's name written on the front.
"Hey Ron." Wade said holding up the envelope for the blonde to see. Ron rushed over and snatched the envelope from his hand ripping it open and reading the note inside. Moments later he crumpled up the note and dropped in on the floor letting out a growl of frustration.
"We just missed her." He said storming out of the flat and down the hall leaving Wade behind. Wade looked down at the crumpled note. He picked it up and smoothed it out. The note read:
'Ron,
Everyone follows the path of the one they admire most. I have chosen my path; please stop trying to change my mind. I've made my bed and I am going to lay in it. Stop trying to be my hero, stop living in the past. We both know there is no future in what we had, I've moved past it. Why can't you?
Don't try to find me. I'm always a step ahead. Just go home, you have a lot more important things to do than chase me for the rest of your life. Good bye Ron…I hope you take my words to heart.'
Wade shook his head for a moment and pocketed the note before following Ron's path back outside.
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Kim and Shego sat in a cab headed to the airport. Kim stared out the window with a melancholy expression. Shego seemed to have dropped her cold exterior for a moment as she placed a comforting hand on Kim's shoulder.
"You okay there Kimmie?" Shego asked pulling Kim from her thoughts. Kim turned to Shego and gave her a weak smile.
"Ron is following us." Kim said after a moment of silence. Shego raised a brow and held back a fit of laughter. The buffoon had actually caught onto their trail? Kim continued. "I think he might have talked to Eve, there's no way he could have found out where I was if she hadn't tipped him off."
"How did you know he was looking for you?" Shego asked.
"I got a call from an old acquaintance that saw him around town sometime ago. Apparently he has been looking for me for some time. I can't let him find me Shego, not when I'm so close to getting back what's mine."
Shego nodded in understanding and left Kim to her thoughts. They had a long task ahead of them and they didn't need the blonde buffoon chasing them all over the globe.