Chapter Three
Even in her weakened state Shego was a force of destruction akin to a natural disaster, she had tackled Yori clean through the wall of the Possible home and out on to the street. Yori herself was no weak adversary to be defeated with a wild outburst; she rolled with the attack and immediately rose to her feet ready to fight.
"Kim we have to stop her!" screamed Ron as he leapt from the new wall-window out into the fray…. and was thrown back into the house by a blast of plasma.
Kim rolled her eyes and mimicked the actions of her foolish boyfriend, leaping out on to the street just in time to see Yori create a new gash along Shego's arm. That simply annoyed Shego. The dark haired thief accepted the cut and countered with a plasma punch to the head, laying Yori low rendering her unconscious.
Kim was shocked and terrified to see that Shego wasn't stopping; Shego was moving in for a lethal blow!
"Shego stop! You can't kill her!" cried Kim as she ran forward and threw her arms around the former hero. Kim didn't know why she grabbed Shego rather then attacking her, she didn't know why Shego stopped and she didn't understand why after so many fights against so many people it was against Yori that Shego had decided to go for the kill.
"Princess…." muttered Shego as collapsed into Kim's arms.
Kim stood there for a moment with her greatest rival in her arms and the girl she on some level hated at her feet, trying to make sense of it all. Shego has hurt, Yori was hurt, Ron was hurt and she had no idea why this had happened.
Three hours later Kim was sitting in her living room waiting for all three of her patients to wait up. Shego was the first.
"Uhhh…. What happened? Why the hell am I tied up!" screamed Shego as she realized that she was tied to the sofa and not just normally but in such a fashion that if she tried to light up her plasma she would hurt Kim.
"Because I'm worried that you'll hurt someone." answered Kim in an unnervingly calm voice, "I don't want another hole in my wall."
All Shego had to say to that was a quiet mumble that was half agreement and half curses.
"So what happened Shego?" asked Kim, in response Shego glared menacingly over at the also tied up Yori.
"She and her damn ninjas attacked me! They destroyed Dr. D's latest lair and before you ask Pumpkin I have no idea why!"
The ninjas had attacked Shego? Kim had a lot of questions and the only one that could answer them has still unconscious.
"How do I know you're not lying Shego?" asked Kim with a hint of doubt in her voice.
"Kim, you've been a hero long enough that I bet you can tell instantly if someone really needs help or not, look in my eyes and tell me I don't need your help."
This was just a day of surprises, not only was Shego asking for her help but in Shego's eyes she saw something she had never thought she'd see. In Shego's eyes there was honest fear for her life and there was something else, it was the same look Shego always had when they fought. Looking into Shego's eyes Kim was lost, she'd never really taken time to look at Shego as anything more then just an adversary and that look in Shego's eyes, that other something that was always there made Kim curious…
"You could take a picture Princess, it'll last longer." said Shego sarcastically.
Kim had never blushed so hard in her life.
"Monkeys no take my Naco!" screamed Ron as he sat up and flung Rufus across the room.
"And there goes the moment." muttered Shego.
"Uh Kim why am I tied up?" asked Ron.
"For the same reason Shego is Ron, so no one hurts anyone." answered Kim. Kim gave Shego a stern look as she spotted the thief moving to make a remark.
Shego didn't say another word.
"Kim I'm not going to hurt anyone you can let me go." said Ron with a bit of hurt in his voice.
"No." said Kim in her sternest voice.
Ron didn't say another word.
"Stoppable-san! We have been captured!" screamed Yori as she awoke.
"No we haven't Kim's just being weird." replied Ron.
"Quiet Ron, okay ninja girl why did you attack Shego!" said Kim angrily.
"Because she attacked me first Possible-san." answered Yori feigning ignorance.
"You know what I mean!" yelled Kim as she leapt to her feet and glared Yori.
"We were hired to capture Shego or failing that… eliminate her." calmly said Yori.
"Hired by who?" asked both Kim and Shego at once.
"Dr. Betty Director."
Kim's head was spinning, Dr. Director had hired ninjas to kill Shego, she wanted Shego dead, that was the only explanation, and Betty had to know that no one could ever capture Shego. Dr. Director wanted Shego dead.
"And I will now complete my mission Possible-san." said Yori as she cut her way out of the ropes and leapt to her feet.
"Oh no you won't!" said Kim as she assumed a defensive stance.
"Kim if Yori is working for GJ maybe we should you know… help?" muttered Ron as Rufus climbed on to him.
"Like hell you should!" said Shego angrily as she burnt through the ropes and slipped into a combat stance just as Rufus finished chewy through Ron's ropes and he too leapt to his feet and took on a monkey Kung Fu stance
The four fighters stood there in their respective stances just waiting for someone to break the tension.
Shego had never been one to wait.