Last chapter for now! I've gotten a request to continue it, but seeing as I'm not sure where to take it from here I'll wait and see if anyone else wants me to. Ideas are welcome!

I don't own Kim Possible.

Kim woke up in a hospital room a day later, remembering every single detail of what had happened – unusual in itself, but made even more so in specifically what had happened. She was shocked, but not at all displeased, that she and Shego had gone from enemies to lovers in the space of a single day.

Kim sat up groggily, blinking the fog from her eyes, and looked around the hospital room. Her first impression was of the color white. Everything, from the television to the bed sheets to the medical counter, was a pure sterilized white. The room smelled like cleaner and medicine. She noticed that she was the only one in the room at the time, and she immediately began to worry. Where was Shego? What had happened after she passed out again? How had she gotten here?

As her heart rate increased, so did the beeping of the monitor next to her. Almost immediately, a nurse rushed in and inspected the monitor, then made Kim lie down.

"Now, Ms. Possible," she chided gently, "don't get too excited. Those were some nasty hits to the head you got. Not to mention that ankle."

"I'm fine," Kim replied, but her voice was trembling. "How did I get here?"

The nurse took a syringe and busied herself swabbing Kim's forearm. "Funny thing. We were just sitting around – barely any patients here – and suddenly your arch nemesis Shego staggers in, clutching you to her chest like you were her child. She looked like she had walked for miles before she got here."

Kim's eyes widened. "Where is she?"

"Right now, she's being treated for some minor cuts and bruises. She's been taken into custody, and some policemen are watching her. After that, she'll be taken to jail."

"No!" gasped Kim. Her heart rate monitor started beeping a mile a minute again.

The nurse quickly injected Kim and said firmly, "please calm down. This isn't helping you in the least."

Kim tried her best to relax, but she was still reeling as if someone had actually hit her. "Please… she can't be arrested. She saved my life."

"One good deed versus a million evil-"

"At least let me see her," Kim begged, her eyes shining. "Please."

The nurse hesitated before turning away and walking out of the room. "I'll see what I can do."

Kim spent the next ten minutes curled on her side, crying silently, tears seeping out from beneath closed lids. Occasionally spasms of pain would shoot through her ankle, only adding to her misery. The pain had dulled somewhat from the morphine she had been given, but only the physical pain. The other kind was much worse.

She heard the door open quietly. Some people were speaking in whispers, loud enough so she could hear them but too quiet to distinguish their voices.

"Is… is she conscious?"

"Yes. Her heart rate is too elevated for her to be unconscious."

"Is she all right?"

"She's fine. She can probably hear us now, actually."

"But we're not even in the room."

"The door's open."

There was a moment of silence, and then a set of footsteps approached Kim's bedside quietly. "K…Kim?"

Kim's eyes snapped open when she heard that voice, and she sat bolt upright on the bed. Before her stood Shego, her Shego, scraped and tired but otherwise all right. "Shego!"

Shego sat on the edge of Kim's bed next to her and took her hand. "Kim… I was so worried. I thought that maybe…"

Kim threw her arms around Shego and embraced her tightly, lips an inch from her ear. "You saved my life again, Shego."

Shego returned the hug, but didn't offer a reply.

"Are you okay?" Kim whispered.

"Been better, but all things considered I'm pretty good." Shego stroked the back of Kim's head lovingly. "Least I don't have a bum ankle."

"Least I get to lie down," Kim teased back. She pulled away slightly so she could look Shego in the eyes. "Shego, I owe you so much."

"I could say the exact same thing to you." Shego smiled.

A single tear ran down Kim's cheek, and she too smiled. "I love you."

Before Shego could say a word, Kim leaned forward and kissed her, thin fingers threading through her lover's ebon hair. Shego closed her eyes and pulled her closer, so relieved that the girl she had come so close to losing was once again in her arms…

"Well, this is an interesting turn of events."

Kim and Shego broke apart when they heard that voice. It belonged to a police officer, one of three who had walked into the hospital room. The other two were standing, mouths agape, staring at the two women.

"What?" remarked Shego dryly, glaring at the officers. "Never seen two women in love before?"

The officer who had spoken earlier held out a pair of handcuffs and said in a gruff voice, "Come on, Shego. You've had your time with your…girlfriend, now let's go."

"No," Kim pleaded. "Please, officer, Shego saved my life twice today."

"That still doesn't atone for all her other crimes," the officer argued, his voice stiff.

"She only did those because she had to!" protested Kim. "She would have been left for dead if she didn't do what Dr. Drakken wanted her to do. I can account for that. Please, sir, at least give her a chance. She doesn't deserve to be arrested."

"Ms. Possible, I'm sorry, but it's not up to me."

"Can't you talk to anyone?" Kim said desperately. "Please! I'll… I'll do anything I can. Just don't do this to her."

Shego looked at Kim, her eyes brimming. "Kim…"

"I can't let them take you," she whispered.

"You're going to get yourself in trouble," Shego murmured. "I don't want that. Not because of me."

Kim shook her head, another tear leaking out of the corner of her eye. "You're worth it. You've always been worth it."

Tears welled up in Shego's eyes, more tears than she had ever cried in her life. She had never been spoken to like that. No one had truly cared about her since her birth. Her brothers, Team Go, acted like they cared about her, acted like they wanted her back, but she could see through their façade like glass. They couldn't trust her anymore; she had been corrupted by evil. And her parents… God, her parents. She still had nightmares about how they had hurt her. She had never been truly loved until Kim came along. And now… to hear Kim say those words to her… it set loose an overwhelming flow of emotions that, for once, could not be masked by her usual cold indifference and sarcastic armor. She pulled Kim close to her, buried her face in her neck, and cried, her entire body hitching with sobs. Kim held her close, stroking her back comfortingly though she too was in pain. Seeing Shego sobbing like this was enough to prove that something had really broken inside her, something that was her whole being. Ordinarily she would have supplied some sort of snide remark or an eye roll; she never would have shed a single tear, let alone cry in her love's arms. Tears of her own spilled down Kim's face, and she rested her chin atop Shego's head gently. She looked at the silent police officers, her watery eyes sending out a silent plea. Please. Please don't take her away from me.

The first police officer, the one with the handcuffs, studied the two women for a minute before conversing quickly with his partners in hushed tones. Kim watched his every move, unconsciously holding Shego tighter. After a moment, they all turned around.

"It's a shame," the first police officer said, shaking his head.

"Absolutely," the other man agreed.

"I wish things could have turned out differently," the female cop sighed, closing her eyes.

Shego looked up, noticing something odd in the officers' tones. Kim had noticed this too, and was watching them intently.

"What are we going to tell the chief?" the second man asked the first. "That we failed?"

"We tell him the truth," the first man said steadily. "The sighting was a false alarm. There's absolutely no trace of Shego being anywhere near here."

Both Shego's and Kim's eyes widened, and they exchanged shocked glances. Were they hearing correctly?

The first officer walked over to Kim's bedside, completely ignoring Shego. "I do hope you feel better soon, Ms. Possible. We need your help, especially now that your arch rival has escaped us."

A fresh bout of tears welled up in Kim's eyes, and she leaned up and kissed the man on the cheek. "Thank you," she said softly, her voice barely a whisper.

The officer nodded silently and turned away, his gaze passing straight over Shego. Even so, she nodded briefly and let the hint of a smile touch her lips. She could've sworn she saw the flicker of a smile pass over the man's face, but it was so brief she couldn't tell. Without another word, all three officers exited the room, leaving Kim and Shego alone once again.

"I can't believe it," Kim whispered, gazing lovingly into Shego's emerald eyes. "I was so scared…"

Shego bit her lip, trying to keep from breaking down again. "Kim… what you said to them. That I was worth it. You… you really meant that?"

Kim pulled Shego in close, their lips brushing as she spoke. "Every word."