The teen was surprised by what he saw when he got his connection with Shego's usual spot.
In her screen room, and here she was, arguing.
Well she was more lecturing the GJ director.
"You've been on it for so long and you have nothing new! The cops progressed more than you did!"
"Once again don't scream at…"
"Oh shut up doofus!"
Will Du opened his mouth, outraged.
Mikael was sitting in the back on a couch, drinking something from a mug; a cat, Kim's cat, a good foot away from him. They were both looking curiously at what was happening in front of them.
It was the reason why agent Storms was the first one to see him and spit out his coffee.
Everything stopped, the three others in the room looked at him, then at the screens he was pointing at.
Shego was the first to speak, still annoyed.
"Nerdlinger"
"Shego. We need to talk"
"Oh great! Let me guess. More good news!"
A sarcastic Shego, he knew how to deal with that. He just had to go straight to it.
"Kim agrees to be protected. Only if it's a close protection"
The green woman's eyes grew wide.
"We'll agree to it"
The thief turned to the other woman, who had just spoken.
"What! Betty! No! "
For her last word she had turned to face towards him.
He had to make sure before he made his next move.
"Shego, are you sure? This would be even better to keep her safe"
"Tell Possible it's okay. Shego agrees"
"Mikey!"
She turned toward the agent and the next instant back to the teen, who wasn't there anymore.
She had missed something, why didn't he listen to Betty, but he did when Mikey told him it was okay.
She thought she was going crazy; Wade took an eternity to call her back.
"Kim, she'll protect you, the way you want to"
The red head felt suddenly nervous; her throat was dry, her heart was beating faster, too fast.
"Is she…is she coming here?"
"Or you can go to her. She is just next door, in the 26b"
This was it, she was this close to her, just a few feet, and she had been for days now.
Slowly she got up, looking at the wall in front of her; her attention was brought back to her computer when her friend spoke again.
"You can go if you want to or wait for her to come here"
She went and touched the wall; after a minute she took a step back and went to close her laptop, ending her conversation with Wade with that.
"I've waited long enough"
She didn't remember being this nervous; she was slightly shaking when she knocked.
She waited a minute but nothing so she knocked again.
This was too long, she rubbed her now sweaty palms on her pants.
She knocked once again, harder. Someone had to be there.
She was getting impatient, after a few minutes she leaned forward and put her ear against the door. She frowned; there was a big noise and a scream.
She just reacted, opened the door and ran.
She followed the screams until she was just behind a doorway, where she froze.
What was going on?
She didn't see her in years, here she was Shego, on a man.
Kim didn't like it. There was a man, face first against the floor; he was struggling a little against his actual opponent. Shego was on her knees, one just under the middle of his back and her other knee pushing on the base of his neck.
Shego seemed really angry when she spoke.
"Again. Say it again"
"I'm sorry. You are the greatest thief of the world and I, goon that I am, will never be able to choose anything for you or speak in your name without your consent"
She recognize agent Du, against the wall to her left; he seemed pissed and there were some burn marks on his shirt. Doctor Director was standing behind them, arms crossed and she was looking right at Kim.
"Kim"
The three other people in the room froze too, staring at her.
Will Du was sneering at her when he spoke, just after his boss.
"No one taught you how to knock"
"I did! No one replied; then I heard screaming"
Shego took this time to realize that it was true, Kimmie was here.
"Shego?"
Mikey grunted under her; she had forgotten about him for a second.
Slowly she let him go and got up; once she did she brushed her catsuit with her hands.
They stood here, in silence. Kim and Shego were staring at each other.
The GJ agents were taking in the situation; after a while doctor director stepped up, walked up to the red head.
"We were told that you agreed to be protected by Shego"
"That's correct"
She was distracted by Shego pushing the man she was standing one before, just after he said something to her.
"…come when she is ready"
"I'm sorry what did you say"
The older woman let out a small smile.
"I said since Shego agreed to your terms, you could wait in you apartment for her get ready"
"Not thank you, I'm fine here"
"Then you can sit on the couch right here; we need to talk, just between us"
Kim Possible didn't move, even when she saw her cat on the said couch, looking bored and licking her paws. What was she doing here?
"I'd rather hear what you have to say"
"This is GJ business Kim, I'm sure you understand"
Kim was glaring at the director when agents Storms decided it was time to separate them.
"Hi. We've never met, I'm agent Mikael Storms"
She accepted his hand and held it tighter than necessary while shaking it; he even flinched and pulled his hand away as soon as he could.
But he spoke again anyway.
"We'll only be gone for a minute or two"
It was official, she didn't like him.
He didn't bother to say anything else, he just walked passed her.
The two other GJ agents followed him in silence.
Shego was the only one left in the room; uncomfortable, she wasn't sure what she was supposed to do or say now.
She was restless on her feet, putting her weight on one leg then the other, looking everywhere but at Kimmie.
She wasn't sure how long they stood there when they heard Betty's voice.
"Shego!"
The green woman cleared her throat and stepped forward; she slowed down when the princess took a step forward too; she was now standing in the doorway.
Shego had now to brush against Kim to make her way out.
She closed her eyes when she felt an arm stop her; it wasn't the only thing she could feel.
Kimmie's body was against her; she was so close she could feel her breath on her neck.
"Shego"
The thief turned her head; they were face two face, nearly touching, nose to nose.
Kim had grown, this last inch.
Lost in her thoughts the green woman didn't say a thing she just stared.
Kim sighed and tried to speak again, it was difficult, she was had this weight on her stomach and it felt as if she couldn't breath, her throat constricted.
"I'm sorry. I know it doesn't change what I did, but I'm so sorry"
"I…I…have to go"
Shego couldn't do that at the moment, this was too much; she thought she had time. Everything was happening too fast.
She grabbed the wrist in front of her and slowly made her way past her pumpkin.
On her was to the kitchen the green woman heard her voice again, she couldn't turn around because it sounded broken.
"I'll…wait for you back at my place. I'll just…take my cat"
With that Shego walked into the kitchen to be part of another pointless meeting.
An hour later Kim was turning in her living room like a tiger in a cage; she was thinking, turning everything in her mind, she had to find a way to get Shego to at least forgive her.
She couldn't help herself, she felt excited. She was going to live with Shego.
It was the first time she wished the bad guy wasn't arrested soon; the more time they took to arrest whoever wanted to kill her the more time she could spend with Shego.
She realized it was somehow twisted but she convinced herself she had to see the bright side after all.
Finally someone knocked on her door; she stopped for a second. This was it.
She took a breath and opened the door to see, cakes?
"Cupcake?"
Her heart jumped when she heard that voice call her that again.
Well she knew Shego asked her if she wanted a cupcake and didn't call her like that, but still.
"Ah..sure"
She grabbed one before she let the green woman walk in.
Okay, she had to play it cool.
"I didn't expect you to come with so little luggage. Just cupcakes"
The green woman didn't look at her, she just sat on the couch as if she had done it a thousand times before when she replied.
"My boy is taking care of it"
Kim crossed her arms, it'd better not be who she thought it was.
At that moment she heard another knock at her door.
As soon as she opened it she regretted it; there he was, agents Storms, carrying Shego's stuff.
She was tempted to slam the door closed to his face; but she had to play it cool.
So she did her best fake smile and let him walk in.
Shego got up when she saw him.
"You can put it there, it'll be perfect"
She was pointing at a corner of the room; without saying a thing the young man executed himself.
He moved in silence, and this silence started to get heavy when Kim made her way to the couch Shego got up and spoke.
"So…how are we going to do this?"
"Well, Shego will stay here, with you and follow you wherever you decide to go until you're out of danger"
And he spoke again. Couldn't he just leave?!
Kim asked him this time, trying not to sound too hopeful.
"Only her? You are going to leave once she is installed?"
"Kind of. We'll still be her back up; she has a number to call if anything was to happen or if she needs anything"
"Good. I was nice to meet you"
She opened her door for him and frowned when he bended forward to whisper something to Shego, who hit him on the arm once he did.
He laughed on his way out until he felt something hot; his pants were on fire.
He turned off the small fire with his hands before turning around to face…the door.
But it didn't stop him from screaming.
"Shego!"