Chapter Nineteen: Today for You, Tomorrow For Me.

Kim stood over Drakken's battered body. The man was proving tougher to crack than she had anticipated. Well she hadn't taken into consideration that an unconscious man couldn't provide her with the answers she required.

She shot the barely breathing individual a glare. There was no way in the world had she been in the right frame of mind she would have done something like this. She realized that for Shego, the victim in this situation, she would.

She left the interrogation room and made her way down the many maze of hallways that made up Global Justice. The raven haired girl's room had a series of guards and the closer she got to Shego's room the more dangerous the soldiers got.

The chair next to Shego's bed was empty and the girl's mother was nowhere to be found. Kim footsteps were light and the redhead girl wondered if her girlfriend were sleeping. She hadn't visited much. Doctor Director hadn't thought it would be a good idea. Shego's reactions to Kim being near were always unpredictable.

The large machine that held her girlfriend gave off a very low humming. There would be no physical contact with the older girl but the tubing had been removed and she was able to speak.

"I know you're there," Shego said. "I'm not some puppy on display."

"I know," Kim replied softly.

At the sound of her voice Kim could see Shego's body's disposition change. The redhead leaned up against the machine away from its patient. Shego turned over and put her back toward the small window.

"Go away," Shego told her. "I don't want them to come back."

"Who is 'them'?" Kim asked. "There are only three people with access codes to get to you."

"The doctor doesn't usually bother me," Shego responded. "But there are others that my mother would keep away. They come."

Kim's face turned up in a frown. This was ridiculous. There was a chart hanging off the machine and Kim picked it up. She flipped through the pages. Shego had only been in the large machine for a few hours and already she was nearly back to one hundred percent. She pulled out her kimmunicator.

"Yo K.P,"

"Wade," Kim answered. "I'm going to need a ride."

"No problem," The young boy answered. "I could get Bernice. She's working with some really cool stuff nowadays."

"Tell her to bring her coolest." Kim said."We're going to need it."

Wade hung up dropped the connection and Kim dialed a new number. A young female voice answered the phone. Kim had been keeping in close contact with the older woman since she'd met her a few years back.

"I'm calling in a really huge favor," Kim told her.

"Then I suppose it's a good thing I owe you big,"

Doctor Director watched her captive remove himself from the floor on one of the many monitors in her office. The guards rushed in and cuffed him. She'd ordered them to toss him in jail. There probably wasn't any more information the idiot could offer them. She didn't know how she was supposed to help the young villainess that was in her custody. Her predicament wouldn't be so dangerous if Shego didn't attempt to kill every officer she came into contact with.

Alarms blared from overhead and Doctor Director growled. She didn't have time for false alarms. Her cell phone rang and Doctor Zephyrus the lead physician for Shego was on the other end.

"Orrick's loose," The doctor said. "What do you want us to do?"

"How'd she slip out?" Doctor Director asked leaving her office.

"All of the guards were out cold when we got there,"

"Take care of the fallen and steer clear of Shego," Doctor Director sighed. "I'll get her myself."

She ended the conversation and opened up Global justice's database. She searched through all the files until she found what she was looking for. The last access code entered into Shego's cell wasn't surprising.

"Kim," Shego choked. She was running as fast as her lungs would allow. She didn't know how much longer she'd be able to keep this up after such minimal movements for the last month.

"Trust me," Kim said grasping her hand and pulling her. "We're almost there."

They had made it out of the hostile environment that had been Global Justice and were no running for a clearing deep within the nearly for woodland area that engulfed it.

"I can't see and I'm letting you lead me into the middle of god knows where," Shego replied. "I can't trust you anymore than I already do."

The dark aircraft Wade had promised them was waiting for them when they arrived. The pilot greeted her and hurriedly ushered them inside. They were strapped in and were off in a matter of seconds.

"So what's your bright idea," Shego asked. "Keep me like this for the rest of my life or leave me on some island to live off coconuts with a volley ball?"

"You're not that important," Kim told her. "If anyone's getting their own island it's me for this crazy stunt I'm pulling."

Shego felt a smile tug at her lips but couldn't get it to completely manifest itself. She was use to following along with stupid plans but past the first three she didn't really think Kim had any plans. The two were off to see one of Kim's friends. The woman Kim had told her about knew almost nothing about mind control devices but she was almost sure the woman could be of some help to them.

A few hours into the trip and both girls were deep in their own thoughts. Kim wondering how far she would have to go in order to get Shego the help she needed. They landed with a thumped and the planes powered down.

The hatch opened and Kim unbuckled Shego and grasped her hand. The small redhead helped her off the plane. A tall blonde in a lab coat hurried over to greet the three.

"Doctor Porter," Kim greeted. She smiled and the robotics expert returned it.

"You've set me up with a very difficult set of circumstances," The young woman responded. "I'm supposed to keep normal hours and hide the fact that I'm aiding my fiancé's favorite fugitive."

"She won't have time for you anyway," Kim told her. "She'll be out looking for Shego and hopefully she won't come looking in her own backyard."

Doctor Porter nodded.

"You're not one for words are you?" She asked Shego. The raven haired woman had been ignoring her up until this point.

"I've never been too friendly with those who plan to run experiments on me," Shego told her. "You will be no exception."

Doctor Porter pursed her lips.

"You'll feel differently about me when all this is over." The blonde told her. She led the three inside. Bernice had run a few missions for Vivian before and was quick to make herself at home in the huge robotics' lab.

"Please," Doctor Porter said to Kim. "Remove that ridiculous blindfold."

"You really think that's a good idea?" Shego asked.

"I'd really like to see this thing in action myself before our fifth gets here," Doctor Porter said. "That is if Kim is up to the fight."

The redhead scoffed. Shego was a challenge she'd always be willing to take on. There was no more conversation after that. Kim untied the blind fold and Vivian dimmed the lights.

Shego opened her eyes and flinched. It was still much too bright in the room for her. Vivian lowered the lighting to a tolerable level for the younger woman. Shego's bright green eyes blinked open. She took in her surroundings actively avoiding turning her gaze on the redhead next to her.

"I'm going to turn up the lighting slowly," Vivian warned. "If it gets to bright let me know."

Shego blinked a few times as it got brighter but the lighting didn't bother her any longer. She took in the sight of Vivian Porter and looked around at all the things that had been revealed to her. She didn't feel any different than she normally did but that still made her hesitant to look at Kim.

She felt eyes studying her and knew that Vivian was reading her like an instruction manual. The gaze wasn't penetrating but it was a little unnerving.

"Shego?" Kim whispered.

"What if I get the upper hand," The raven haired girl asked. "Who's here to stop me this time?"

"You won't get the upper hand," Kim told her. She placed her hand on the older girls shoulder. "Trust me."

Shego took in a deep breath and met Kim's eyes. The sincerity in them made her hope that she was right. Shego's mind went blank and all she could register was the fact that her one and only target stood right in front of her. No sidekicks. No Global Justice. No nothing.