Shego gently brushed her fingers against the redhead's cheek. "Kimmie. Come on, wake up," she whispered.
Kim's face was pale, and her lips were slightly blue.
The green skinned woman felt for a pulse, and her heart leapt to her throat when she felt the light beat. "Kimmie… wake up."
The hero's eyes slowly fluttered open as she asked, "Shego? Is that… you?" Her voice was coarse, most likely from screaming. Her eyes were only small slits, but it was something.
Shego painfully smiled, "Yeah. It's me, Princess."
"I'm glad… you're… ok…"
"Shhh. Don't talk right now ok?" Shego said gently. "Now, don't get mad at me, I need to take a look at the damage he's done to you."
Olive eyes seemed to flinch slightly, but then closed in resignation. "Alright," she managed.
Shego glanced over her shoulder to be sure that Ron and Monique weren't looking, and as requested, they faced the opposite direction. It probably grated at their nerves, but they were complying. Then she gently pulled back the sheet down to Kim's hips, cringing as she did so.
There was a long slit in Kim's stomach, stitched up crudely. Blood still leaked out of wound and with each breath the red head took; the stitches seemed to tear at the flesh a bit more. There were multiple puncture wounds covering her torso, most likely from probes he'd used for testing. They were still open and bleeding, but beginning to cake over in dried blood. Bruises peppered her body, probably from struggling, something the green skinned woman had also acquired upon her stay.
"Ok Kimmie. First I'll work on the puncture wounds, and then I'm going to cut the stitches and fuse your skin together with plasma. It's going to hurt, but if it's anything like the first day I had, this'll hurt much less than what he did to you, and you're probably already numb. I know it isn't very reassuring, but you'll make it. You're strong, so I know something like this won't kill you. Anything is possible for a Possible right?" she asked with a weak smile.
Kim opened one eye and looked at the green skinned woman with a scared look.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine," she whispered gently. She took one of Kim's hands and placed it on her hip. "You can dig your nails into me if it really hurts that much ok? I don't want you cutting into your skin. I heal faster so I should be fine with you using me as a stress ball." She then pulled off both of her gloves and placed them between Kim's lips saying, "Bite these and keep from screaming. If you scream, Ron and Monique are likely to want to come over to make sure you're alright, and I'm guessing you really don't want them to take a look at you in this state."
The redhead bit into the glove and then squeezed gently on the green-skinned woman's hip, telling her she was ready.
Shego lit her finger ablaze, being sure to use just enough heat and not going overboard. First she closed the puncture wounds, all the while Kim's nails pierced through Shego's clothes and skin, drawing green blood. The redhead's face contorted in pain and Shego was pretty sure that even her gloves may not last through such a hard bite. The redhead seemed to convulse the first time the plasma melted her skin, but she kept from moving too much.
One after another the wounds slowly closed up. It was crude, but for now it'd do. The biggest problem would be the stitches and the possibility of internal bleeding.
With the puncture wounds closed, Shego said gently, "Ok. I'm going to work on the stitches now. This is going to hurt a lot more than when I closed up the smaller wounds. You ready?"
Kim managed a nod, tears streaming down her face.
Shego's face also twisted in agony. She didn't like that her redhead was in so much pain, and that the only way to help was to inflict more pain. If she didn't though, there would be a good chance that Kim would not last long enough for Shego to get the girl back to a proper hospital.
She glanced down at the wound being inflicted on her side, but she did nothing. She'd heal much faster than the redhead, and even though she could feel fingers getting closer to her bone, she focused on the girl before her.
This time she lit her left pointer finger and her whole right hand. She used her finger to rip the stitches, the teens pale skin slowly being pulled open, while she used her right hand to seal the wound as it started to rip apart. The slit would try to widen as gravity pulled at it, but she worked quickly, melting the flesh together and releasing a rancid smell into the air.
She hoped to hell that Ron and Monique didn't question what was going on and come to check. There was definitely a faint burning smell mixed in, so she really hoped that they didn't ask any questions.
Kim's nails dug deeper and deeper into her hip, and she felt them reach bone. Sweat trickled down both of their faces, but neither made a sound.
It felt like an eternity before Shego had finished sealing the wound. When she finished though, she let out a sigh of relief and a small smile. "Ok, I'm done."
The redhead slowly released her tension and looked a little better. She shakily retracted her fingers from Shego, green blood spilling through the open wounds. Ignoring them, she took her gloves from Kim's mouth and placed them in her ankle pouch.
The green skinned woman carefully pulled the covers up again, up to Kim's neck. Glancing around the room she saw where Dereck had placed her clothes. She retrieved them and went back to Kim's side.
"Ok Kimmie. I'm going to put you back in your clothes alright? Then we're getting out of here and I'm taking you to a hospital. Ok?"
Kim nodded almost imperceptibly.
The green-skinned woman carefully wiped up some of the excess blood covering the redhead's body and helped the teen into her clothes, being sure not to jar her too much and possibly make her condition worse.
After much laboring, they finally managed to pull on the last of Kim's clothes and the redhead huffed slightly. She was exhausted from the effort. She was in terrible condition as is, but now she was starting to worry whether she'd make it out alive. Before… she'd just had this feeling she'd be fine, because Shego was there, but the pain was either intensifying, or numbing to a point where she couldn't feel anything.
Shego turned and called to Monique and Ron, "Hey guys, get in here. We're about to leave."
The two hurriedly stood and practically ran over. They both wanted to know how Kim was doing.
She was pale, and her eyes were almost lifeless.
"Hey… guys," she whispered.
Their eyes watered. "Hey." Neither knew what to say.
Shego licked her lips. They'd used up a lot of time as is, and they couldn't spend any more time on reunion.
Right now she had other priorities. Grab Dereck and then get the hell out of there before the blob came back.
She turned to wear she'd thrown the man she'd dubbed 'The Biggest Asshole of the Century Deserving to be Thrown into the Deepest Pit of Hell and to Never Return.'
Her eyes slowly grew wide and her heart skipped a beat.
Dereck was gone.
Author's Note: Ok guys, I know it's been forever, but I am NOT giving up on this. I'm just slow and constantly swamped with a shit load of work. I blame school. Senior year is not easy TT-TT Anyways, in case I'm gone for way too long, feel free to send me a message to remind me that I have fanfics to work on! It'll help me a lot! I always check my email so I should know when you all send me a PM, and I'd greatly appreciate it. Not only is it a reminder, but it also makes me happy to know that people actually care :) Now then, I need to get back to the homework I'm procrastinating on so that I could at least add a chapter to one of my stories xD