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Chapter 7: The escape
Next morning, in the parking lot behind the lair.
"Hey Bob, how was your weekend?"
"Pretty well, took the kids to the circus. How was yours?"
"Not so good, having trouble with the health insurance again. I'm seriously thinking of switching careers."
"Well cheer up, the raise the boss gave us should cover things for a while."
"I guess, what do you think he's been doing this weekend."
"I don't know, thinking up new plans I guess… that's strange."
"What is it?"
"The whole building is on lock-down, I wonder what happened."
"Maybe another Global Justice raid, means a couple of more free days for us."
Meanwhile, more henchmen had arrived, still dressed in their casual clothing.
"What's going on?" one of them asked.
"There appears to be a lock-down," Bob told them.
"Oh, so we have a couple more free days then," some of the henchmen started to get back to their cars.
"Wait a moment," Bob called them back, "I'm getting a bit curious here, what if the boss needs our help?"
"For what?" a huge henchman asked, "and besides, how do you propose we get in?"
"Shego gave me a release code a couple of months ago," Bob explained, "in case the boss locked himself in again. Like that time when she was on vacation."
"Ok," the large man shrugged, "I guess taking a look won't hurt."
Bob typed in the code and he and the other henchmen cautiously entered the lair.
"Good morning henchmen," Shego's voice came over the intercom, sounding very raspy, "as you have noticed there is… was a lock-down. Due to a mistake of Dr. D a very powerful branch of a cold virus has escaped, we are trying to keep the virus contained in the building until we have a solution."
All the henchmen looked angrily at Bob, "nice thinking Bob, come on, lets go."
Again Shego's voice came over the intercom, this time sounding a bit hasty, "you can not leave yet, you will first need to go to the decontamination room, there you will also find pills to prevent you from getting sick. After that you are on paid leave until further notice."
Muttering, the group of henchmen went to the decontamination room.
"Look at it this way," Bob offered, "now we are on paid leave, that counts for something, right?"
"Yeah, I guess," another henchman muttered, "they could have called in advance, it would have saved me a two hours drive."
Suddenly, a loud scream caught their attention. The henchmen stopped for a moment, trying to figure out where it had come from.
The scream was repeated, and one of the henchmen pointed to the main room.
"It's coming from the living area," he told the others.
"Who could it be? It sounded like Shego."
"Why didn't she use the intercom again?" Bob pondered, "something doesn't feel right."
Bob started to walk to the living area, followed by the other henchmen. As they peered inside the main room, they were surprised by the sight of Drakken and Shego locked in a cage, Shego was looking like she could explode any moment and Drakken was laying on the ground in a fetal position. The blue villain also looked like he could explode, but in quite a different way than Shego.
"Get me out of here," Shego demanded. "Big red button on the console," she added when she saw the henchmen looking around for something to open the cage.
When the henchmen unlocked the cage Drakken made a running crawl for the bathroom while Shego made a sprint to the garage, quickly followed by the henchmen.
As the entered the garage, Bob asked what was going on.
"It's the princess…" Shego growled, "Kimmie… we had her… now you let her out."
"Uhm… weren't you locked in a cage?"
"Yes," Shego hissed through clenched teeth, "but we had the building on lock-down, so she was captured as well. Couldn't you hear the difference in voices when she talked over the intercom?"
"Hey… where did my car go?" one of the henchmen asked.
"She escaped by car," Shego snapped, "what kind of car did you have?"
"A Porsche Boxter," he told her, "and I like to get it back, it was not completely paid for yet."
"You got yourself a Porsche from what you're earning here?" Shego looked at him questioningly, "anyway, it's no match for my Ducati." She grabbed her helmet and jumped on her black and green motorbike. "Use the hover car and try to keep up with me," she yelled as she drove of, leaving a long scorched rubber mark on the parking lot.
Shego flew over the road at almost 150 mph, quickly closing in on her target, a rapidly growing spot near the horizon.
"Apparently Kimmie is still holding to the speed limit," Shego smiled to herself. Then she frowned, was Kim actually qualified to drive? How old was she anyway? Shrugging, Shego opened the gas some more.
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Kim had hoped it would have taken a long time before anyone would start the pursuit. The Porsche was one of the fastest cars she had ever driven so far, but Kim didn't dare to speed to much, still feeling guilty over stealing the vehicle, even though it was from a henchmen.
Under normal circumstances Kim was a speedy driver and tended to drive a little reckless, it had almost caused her to fail her drivers exam barely a month ago. This car however was not her property, it was also not lent to her in good faith, she had taken it and that fact kept bugging her, so she wanted to at least return it in one piece.
As she looked in the rear mirror, she saw that there would be slim chances of the car surviving intact as a motorist in characteristic black and green very quickly gained on her.
Seeing no other option but a long empty road, Kim floored the gas pedal.
Shego grinned as she saw the Porsche's sudden increase in speed; it was going to be a fun chase after all.
"Ever been in a car chase Kimmie?" Shego thought as she closed the distance, "now try it while being shot at."
Even though the sport car was reaching its limits, the motorbike closed the distance with ease. And to make matters even worse, Kim saw Shego power up one of her hands prior to firing a plasma bolt.
Counting on Shego's lightning reflexes, Kim lightly tapped the brake pedal. As she expected, Shego immediately swerved away from the car as she saw the brake lights come on. The moment Shego was clear of the car, Kim pushed the brake further and the black and green motor shot past her.
Quickly, Kim accelerated and positioned the car about a hundred yards behind Shego's vehicle, keeping the same speed.
Shego cursed as she overtook the car, shooting the car was a lot harder because in order to get a clear shot she had to look over her shoulder and even Shego was reluctant to do that driving 150.
"So you think you're smart?" Shego growled into her helmet, "then lets see you dodge this." Aiming blindly behind her she started shooting plasma bolts roughly in the direction of the car.
Kim had a hard time dodging the holes in the road Shego made with her plasma, but she had to stay close behind Shego since that seemed to be the only spot the villainess couldn't reach and therefore the only remotely save place to be right now.
Kim knew she had to find a way to stop Shego, she knew she'd have to be careful or else it would probably turn the villainess into road kill, and Kim did not want to be responsible for something that drastic. The only way Kim could think of relied very much on her driving skills and Shego's reaction.
Furtunately, Shego was rather predictable and Kim was a good driver, reckless, but good.
Shego risked a look behind her and to her surprise she saw that now not only had Kim been able to manoeuvre around all of the plasma blasts, she was also quickly closing the distance between them.
"What are you trying to do Kimmie?" Shego mumbled as the nose of the Porsche edged closer towards the rear of Shego's motor.
When the car was about halfway the motorbike, it began to gently push it to the side of the road.
In the first split second, Shego was confused about Kim's tactic, allowing Kim to box Shego in leaving no escape route except going off-road.
"No way Kimmie," Shego growled, "you're not going to push me of the road." Shego jumped up on the saddle and from there to the hood of the car. Steadying herself with one hand, Shego charged her other hand and prepared to shoot at the car window.
Kim smiled, Shego had done as she had expected and now, with the danger from a tumbling motorbike gone, she could shake off the villainess.
Kim jerked the steer and pulled the emergency brake, causing the car to make a 360 before stopping. Shego, taken completely off guard by this manoeuvre, flew off the car and slid over the grass at the side of the road.
For a moment, Kim was worried about Shego's jumpsuit not being able to absorb the punishment, but then she saw the green and black clad woman standing up dizzily, no apparent injuries showing.
Kim grinned and waved at Shego, "been fun, see you later." And she drove off before her nemesis recovered enough to accurately throw more plasma at her.
After a moment of driving, Kim caught up with the motorbike; amazingly it was still driving, though it had already slowed to only a dozen miles per hour. Kim waited for it to stop and then removed the keys from the ignition, preventing Shego from another pursuit.
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Shego watched as Kim drove off in the distance, fuming because there was nothing she could do about it. Suddenly a rope ladder appeared next to her, surprised, Shego looked up and saw the hover car with a couple of henchmen in it.
"Need a ride ma'm?" one of them asked, grinning widely.
"Oh yeah," Shego returned the grin with a devilish smile.
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A/N: Did you like the chase? Was it by any chance realistic? (crossed fingers). As you can see, the chase is not yet over. Can Kim shake off her opponent in a hover car? Stay tuned for the next chapter.