Chapter 25: Covering the trail
"What do you have up your sleeve Shego?" Kim asked as they sat in a stolen car outside of an upscale town house. Shego gave Kim her trade mark smirk.
"You'll find out in time Princess." Shego said as she stepped out and walked around to the trunk. She walked back with a bag in hand and waved Kim out of the car.
"What are we doing?" Kim asked as she climbed out of the car hiding her face from passers by. "What's in the bag?" Kim asked as Shego walked toward the house.
"You'll see, in time." Shego replied with a joyful tone. Kim chuckled and followed Shego as she slipped into the house. Shego walked around the house while Kim stood guard at the window. Shego came back around with a huff. "She doesn't have anything in this place." She complained.
"Why don't you just use that ring on your finger to do whatever it is you're going to do so we can get out of here?" Kim asked in a jealous and hurried tone.
"Because, I don't like to use it. It takes energy. The bigger the task the more it takes. It nearly knocked me out to get us back to this time." Shego said as she stared down at the ring on her finger. Kim suddenly straightened up. Shego gave her a perplexed stare before she heard someone at the door. Shego cursed under her breath. Kim darted up the stairs and Shego ran to the kitchen.
Moments later, heavy footsteps could be heard. Shego pressed herself against the kitchen cabinets trying to remain hidden, she felt foolish for her attempt at hiding when the steps could be heard coming toward the kitchen. She sighed and closed her eyes waiting for what was to come, until she felt herself begin to sink into the cabinets she had pressed herself against. She gasped as she fell back and slid backward, she fell into a small room. The heavy bag she had brought with her fell into her arms seconds later.
She ignited a hand and illuminated the room. She found herself surrounded by massive piles of books and maps hung of the walls. She walked around the room examining the maps and reading over the notes. She raised a brow at the blue prints of banks all over the city. She shook her head and continued her search around the room. Nothing really jumped out, until a photo of her came into view. The photo was attached to a thick folder filled with documents and photos that had piled up over the years, she looked through the folder filled with false information she had planted years earlier to keep her personal life as hidden as possible.
She closed the folder and turned to leave before she turned back and picked up the folder. Under it lay a thin folder for Kim, she couldn't resist the urge to look through it. But the she reached down to read the contents she remembered Kim possibly still up stairs. She gathered up the folders and began her search for an exit. It wasn't long before she found a latch to a small door in the ceiling and climbed in.
After a long cumbersome crawl she reappeared in the ally behind the house. As she crawled out she heard a whisper from up above. She looked up to see Kim perched on the roof of the house.
"What the hell are you doing up there?" Shego hissed as she gathered up the folders. Kim pointed down to the open window below where she sat. Shego rolled her eyes. "Get down here." She demanded. Kim shrugged and leapt off the roof, landing heavily next to Shego and staggering to stand back up.
"Okay it's been a while since I've done that." Kim groaned. Shego shook her head and dragged Kim out of the ally.
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Shego combed through Kim's file with great interest, while her mother examined Kim's ankle.
"Shego will you just burn that thing? I can't stand you knowing that much about my life." Kim complained.
Shego laughed. "Oh it's not so bad. Besides, she's no threat, just stick with me and this will go smoothly." Shego tossed Kim's file on the table and crossed her arms over her chest. She looked to her mother as she wrapped a bandage around Kim's foot. "Well Kim you've successfully sprained your foot. Just don't jump off anymore rooftops for a couple of days. Do you think that's possible Elyse?" She said glaring at her daughter.
"Well mom, I'm not the one who told her to run up the stairs or hurl herself off a roof. I just told her to get off the roof, how she got off the roof was up to her. I wouldn't have chosen such a direct rout but that's just me." Shego replied with a shrug.
Kim scoffed and thanked Gina before she stood and immediately sat back down. She murmured in a painful complaint and stood again before walking out of the room. Gina stared at Shego for a long moment. As Shego squirmed uncomfortably under her mother's stare she kept her eyes on the table.
"What ever it is you have planned speed it up before you end up putting her in the hospital."
"I'm working as fast as I can. After all this is over she and I can get back to business as usual." Gina eyed her daughter for a long moment before leaving the room. Shego breathed a sigh of relief and picked up Kim's file again. She stacked it on her own file and walked them outside. She stopped in the backyard and kneed down. She dug a hole deep into the earth and dropped the folders in. She ignited her hand and lit the folders. As she watched the small blaze consume the folders she reached into her pocket for her phone.
"You know where the house is." She said. "Be sure to check the cabinets, there's something you'll want to see. Be sure to time everything like we planned, I'll talk to you when this is all over." She hung up the phone as the fire died out and covered the cinders with dirt.