Yo, it's been a while hasn't it? Well wait no longer Black Star Rising is back with a new chapter and I'm itching to get this started so let's shall we?

I DO NOT OWN THE CHARCTERS INVOLVED IN THIS FANFIC. THEY BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS.

Ch.17 The Promise

The Next Day

The portal opened in the headquarters of Black Star, and Blackfire emerged from it. She was greeted by Morrigan, Jacob, and the witches who had just healed his injuries from his encounter with Kim.

"How are you feeling Jacob?" Blackfire asked with a sly grin.

"Where's Lex?" He asked.

"She's safe." Blackfire answered.

"Where is she?" He asked again, his voice growing more stern.

"I said she is safe. You'd be wise to accept my word as truth unless you would like me to prove you otherwise?" Blackfire shot back.

Jacob let out a growl as he backed off, not wanting to risk putting Lex in any harm. Morrigan looked behind Blackfire with a curious thought in mind.

"Where's Mystique, I thought you had went to retrieve her?" She asked.

Blackfire let out a sigh. "I did love. However Mystique wished not to return, so I granted her wish and gave her freedom." She said and smiled evilly. "Two traitors in one day, and speaking of which I have one more traitor to deal with."

"Are you going to kill her too?" Icy questioned.

"No, Psylocke's powers are far more useful to me than Mystiques. Besides we are entering the final phase of our plan and we no longer require her services. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go and re-persuade Psylocke." Black fire said.

"Then you'll be needing this." Icy said as she tossed her the Pandimensional Vortex Inducer.

Blackfire caught the container and smiled. "You've stabilized it?"

Icy nodded and Blackfire couldn't help but laugh. "I don't see what's so funny, we're no closer to your goal than we were a year ago." Ryoko said as she walked in.

"Fool, don't blame if you cannot see the bigger picture. Besides it's your own fault for not killing Kimberly when you had the chance." Blackfire told her.

Ryoko smiled. "She got lucky." Was her response as she recalled their fight on the rooftop.

Flashback

Ryoko had removed the orbs that had once encased Kim. She wanted to prove to the overconfident red head that she couldn't hold a candle to her might. She motioned for Kim to attack her and the red head did just that. Flaring up her white plasma to the fullest she engaged Ryoko. She leapt up to meet Ryoko in the air, but the woman was faster. Kim soon felt Ryoko's knee deep in her gut, as she was then launched back to the rooftop.

Kim rose to her feet panting heavily as she had the wind knocked out of her. Kim threw her plasma at her hoping to hit the space pirate, but Ryoko dodged the attacks and phased through the rooftop and into the building. Kim looked around for any sign of her opponent, Ryoko acted quickly and her hand phased through the ground and grabbed ahold of her foot. She pulled Kim through and down into an empty room in which she slammed the girl on to the floor.

"What happened to that nonsense you were spouting earlier?" Ryoko asked as she raised her foot in the air, but Kim acted quickly, and swept her legs from beneath her. Instead the floor Ryoko phased through, once again taking Kim with her, this time Kim was prepared. Using her enhanced genetics she quickly summoned her strength and kicked Ryoko away. She followed up by tackling Ryoko out of the third floor window. Ryoko disappeared into thin air as she left the red head to fall. However Kim thought ahead grabbed onto a fire escape, avoiding further injury.

"Need a hand?" She heard Ryoko say. Kim looked up to see Ryoko smiling deviously at her as she grabbed Kim's left hand and pulled her up. Ryoko then raised her left index finger as an orb of energy formed at its tip. She placed her index finger a few inches away from her forehead.

"Any last words?" She asked.

Kim flared her whole body up, covering herself in white plasma. Ryoko chuckled at her. "That's not going to save you now, or ever again." Ryoko said.

"Don't be so sure." Kim said.

Not wanting to deal with Kim any longer she was about to let the beam of energy pass through Kim's skull when the orb on her index finger vanished. Ryoko put on a confused expression, as she tried to summon forth the energy. It wasn't long when she felt the strength in her arm start to fade. She watched as Kim became heavier and heavier.

"You! you're doing this aren't you!?" She asked. 'It's not that she getting heavier, I'm getting weaker.' She said in her thoughts.

As her arm grew number, she began to feel a cold sensation. She watched as the white plasma around Kim, formed around her right forearm and was beginning to incase it in ice. With her strength faded and the extra weight attached, Kim pulled her off the fire escape and watched as she fell to the ground. Ryoko used her remaining energy to phase into ground and avoid any damage she would have taken.

Flashback End

Ryoko looked at Blackfire as she folded her arms across her chest. "So, your point is?"

"My point is because of your arrogance, you were made a fool of and had to retreat like a coward." Blackfire responded. Blackfire spoke again, before Ryoko could respond. "Of course you only have yourself to blame."

"Now Jacob listen up and listen good. I need you to retrieve a fresh sample of Shego's blood, it is the key to unlocking the full potential hidden inside."

"What's inside of there anyway?" C Viper.

"A powerful ally." Blackfire said. "Oh and Jacob, make sure to kill her, I don't need any further interference from Kim and her friends."

"Now hold on a minute." Juri interrupted. "Why should he get the pleasure of killing them, it should be me."

"And what makes you so deserving. I haven't even had a chance to fight them. So the right goes to me, I am the most capable after all." Azula finished with a smirk.

"Sister, you couldn't beat me if you were on your best day and I was on my worst." Juri said mocking the princess.

"Is that a challenge? Coming from a lowly peasant such as yourself, isn't even worth the effort." Azula replied.

"What's the matter afraid you're gonna get hurt. Or maybe you don't want to break a nail." Juri teased. "Come on, winner gets the rights to the kill."

"You're on. And once I beat you, you'll come to understand just how better than you I am." Azula boasted.

"Listen to you. You both sound like rabid dogs fighting over a piece of road kill." Jacob commented.

"How dare you compare me to some flea bitten animal. Maybe I should teach you a listen first." Azula said in anger.

Jacob ignored her threats and brushed passed her, only for Juri to step in his way. "What's the rush? You don't want to play?" Juri asked.

Jacob reached for his pistol. "You should know your guns have no effect on me, not as long as I have this." Juri pointed to her left eye.

"That's enough out of all of you. Jacob, Juri and Azula will be accompanying you. Will that be a problem?" Blackfire asked.

"Not at all." Jacob replied with a little disdain in his voice. "But I will say this, I don't care what happens to any of you. As long as I get Lex, you can burn for all I care." Jacob stated.

"I'll try to keep that in mind." Blackfire said. "Morrigan come, we have lots of planning to do."

"Planning? Couldn't we have a little "fun" instead?" Morrigan implied as she followed after Blackfire.

XX

Shego awoke in the living room of her couch. She began to contemplate on how she got here, all she remembered was fighting Mystique in Go City. She sat up and immediately noticed a note on the coffee table.

Dear Shego,

If you're reading this then no doubt you've awoken while we're gone. You have Spider-Man to thank for bringing you back, but on to more important news. Kim is sick.

"Sick?" Shego repeated, and continued to read the note.

We engaged a member of Black Star as well as Jacob while in Go City. You should know that Kim has unlocked a new ability, but that I will explain in person, she is suffering from hypothermia, as a result of said abilities. I theorize that your plasma should be able to cure her, but do not attempt this until we return, as you may make her condition worse by trying to quickly warm her up. Also Betty is there as well, but she is also resting from the injuries she has suffered from Black Star.

Shego threw down the letter and ran to the back to check up on Kim. She slowly opened the door, to see Kim sleeping and that she was wrapped in an electric blanket. Shego could see the red head was still shivering.

"Oh, Kimmie this is my fault. If i hadn't been such of an ass to you, you wouldn't be in this condition. I'm so sorry." Shego whispered as she stroked Kim's cheek ignoring the slight chill running across her finger tips.

"Sh-Shego." Kim said.

"Shhh rest pumpkin. I'll take good care of you." Shego told her. She couldn't stand to see Kim look so helpless like this. It reminded her of how she almost lost Kim to XeYori.

"Shego, I didn't mean... the things...the things I.."

"Hush. I'm the one who should apologize. Everything that has happened is my fault." Shego said as tears welled up in her eyes. "I shouldn't have said the things I did, and I shouldn't have blamed you for them. Now look at you, and it's my entire fault, just like it's my fault my parents died. Don't worry though, I'll make everything right somehow." Shego said as she wiped her tears.

Shego figured she should call Tiara or Wade so she'll know what to do to keep Kim warm and stop the progression of her condition. First she checked on Betty to see that she was sound asleep, and then she proceeded to grab her phone from off the coffee table in the living room.

She picked up her cell, and dialed Tiara's number but didn't get an answer, and decided to leave a voice mail.

"Hey, it's me call me back now, and tell me how to make my princess perfect again." She said as she left her message.

Unfortunately she had her back turned to the window and couldn't see the black sports car that was rapidly driving down the street. Shego walked into the kitchen to see if there was anything in the medicine cabinet, when she heard a loud crash. She turned around quickly to see a black GT Mustang complete with black tinted windows in her living room.

"What the fuck!" She shouted. "Get outta the damn car right now, so I can see the face of the asshole I'm about to kill!" She ordered.

The card doors on both sides swung open and Jacob stepped out of the vehicle.

Shego's eyes went wide. "Jacob? Wha-What are you doing here?" she asked. Her stupor turning into instant rage. "And why the fuck did you just drive a goddamn car into my fucking living room!" She roared.

"I call it an improvement, you people have such bad taste in room decor." Azula said as she stepped out of the car.

"Fuck the decor, and let's just fight already." Juri said as she emerged from the back.

Shego immediately went into a defensive stance. "I see you can't face me by yourself, so you brought a little back up. You call yourself a man?"

"Sorry Shego orders from above." Jacob said as he pulled out his pistol.

"No you're not. If you were we wouldn't be here in the first place." Shego replied.

"Is that all you people do is talk? No wonder shit doesn't get done around here." Azula said. "Step aside, I'll show you how it's done." She said as she launched a stream of fire at Shego.

Ok, and that's where we will pause for the moment. see I'm getting better with chapter updates, lets hope I can keep it up lol. So tell me guys do you think Shego will win this, or even survive? I mean even she has her limits. Until next guys don't forget to leave a comment with your thoughts.