Ch.61
Shego was aware the moment their car made it to her driveway. After all she had been following their progress since the moment they left and her home security flashed an alert when they entered her property. Still, Shego wanted to maintain her composure and not run out to greet them like an excited little girl.
So it was with great difficulty that Shego turned off the software tracking Ron's phone and waited to answer the door.
The doorbell rang not two minutes later and when Shego opened the door the car was already driving away. Ron and Yori looked at Shego with smiles on their faces which Shego was not aware she returned in kind.
"Yori, Ron I'm glad you could make it." Shego greeted.
"Glad to be here, Shego-san." Yori said.
"Me too." Ron said with a smile.
Getting to look at Ron, Shego noticed he looked exhausted. A quick kiss with Yori and Ron as she let them in and Shego spoke. "I hope you don't mind but there's some security measures that I'll have to go through."
"I understand Shego-san, do what you have to." Yori said.
"Cool with me." Ron easily agreed.
After having their consent Shego steeled herself and began giving her home commands. "Home, begin security scan of the guest."
"Beginning." The house announced.
"It is mostly a precaution guys but in my line of work it's necessary." Shego explains hoping they understand.
"Shego-san do not worry, we understand." Yori said remembering some of the steps the school takes to remain hidden.
"Yeah though I have one question." Ron says.
"Thanks guys." Shego says and turns to Ron. "What is it?"
"Do we have to stand?" Ron asks.
Shego realizes that they been standing by the door this whole time blushes and quickly answers. "I'm sorry, I'll give you the tour in a while for now let's go to the kitchen I made lunch.
"Booyah!" Ron says followed by his stomach growling.
As Yori laughs, Shego leads the way to the kitchen. Once her guests were seated at the table, Shego went to the fridge for the sandwiches and something to drink. Placing the sandwiches and orange juice on the table Shego went back for some cups.
"Enjoy." Shego says.
"Thanks for the food." Yori says and reaches for her food.
"Thanks." Ron and Rufus say as Ron picks for the both of them.
"No problem." Shego says and the four of them begin chatting though Rufus and Ron mostly focused on the food.
When the food ran out Rufus went back to sleep and Ron leaned back in his chair.
"That was just what I needed." Ron said.
"Glad you liked it." Shego says with a smile and begins clearing the table.
"Let me help." Ron says but Shego shakes her head.
"I'll help her Ron-san, you just relax." Yori says seeing as Ron was about to insist.
"If you guys insist." Ron says and gets comfortable.
In the kitchen while cleaning up the dishes Shego asks Yori. "Why is he so tired?"
"You don't know do you, Shego-san?" Yori asks.
"Know what?" Shego asks genuinely curious.
"Well..." Yori proceeds to explain how Ron's mission to rescue Kim played out.
"What!" Shego nearly shouts. "Monkey Fist tried to have him assassinated!"
"Yes. We had assumed Drakken and Monkey Fist had teamed up." Yori explains.
This information had Shego's head spinning. 'Did Drakken decide to step up to more lethal options?' Shego asked herself. 'Or was the mad monkey using Drakken?' Either way it seemed that soon Shego would have to pick a side.
After the conversation really since there weren't that many dishes to begin with, Shego and Yori meet up with Ron, with him carrying Rufus Shego leads the way to the livingroom. They then continue to chat and pass the time till the scan is complete.
When it is, Shego is as tense as Ron and Yori are relaxed.
"Security scan complete." Shego's house announces.
Taking a deep breath Shego speaks. "Results."
"One tracking device em..." the house begins but Shego's shout covers the rest of the words.
"How could you?! Was this part of your plan? Get me to lower my guard so that my capture goes smoothly? NOT. HAPPENING!" Shego screams igniting her powers and jumping from the couch. "I thought you were better than that!"
"Shego-san breath, there must be a misunderstanding." Yori stands slowly followed by Ron.
"Shego think, what do we get out of the elaborate ruse?" Ron asks and explains. "We could have captured you when you stayed at my place. And there was no need for you and Yori to...to...you know...have sex if what we wanted was to capture you." Ron finished with a blush.
Shego pauses. She knows that what they are saying makes sense but her house is equipped with the best and latest security tech. Again, she has to make a choice. To trust her tech or to trust them.
The moment of silence turns into minutes before Shego speaks. "Home, repeat the results of the security scan."
Shego saw the hurt look in their eyes but lifted her hand to stop them from speaking.
"One tracking device embedded in the body of the Male guest." The house heartlessly repeats.
As Shego listens to the full explanation both she and Yori turn to look at Ron who had a completely shocked expression. Shego and Yori can tell that this was news to Ron as his face morphs from shock to an unbelievable level of anger.
"House, tell me where it is!" Ron yells as he pulls his clothes off. Seeing as it didn't respond to the command he remembers Shego saying home before giving a command. "Home, tell me where the tracking device is!"
Shego sees that Ron is acting erratic and was just about to speak and he focuses on her.
"Shego, asks your house where it is!" Ron screams as he closed the distance to Shego and grabs her shoulders.
Yori walks slowly to Ron and puts a hand on his shoulder but Ron seems to flinch at her touch. Tears start running down his cheeks as he looks at Shego with a silent plea.
Shego gives in. "Home, where in the body is the tracking device embedded?"
"The device is embedded in the neck clo..." the house begins but Ron doesn't wait he rushes to the kitchen like a man possessed.
Shego with Yori right next to her, rush to the kitchen after him. They find him holding a knife.
"Ron/-san what are...?" Shego/Yori never got a chance to finish as Ron plunged the knife to his neck. "Ron/-san!"
In horror Shego and Yori stand frozen as Ron brings the knife away from his body with a piece of his flesh on it. Ron doesn't seem to register the blood loss as he grabs the piece of flesh and checks for the tracking chip. Not finding it, he brings the knife back to his neck. Shego and Yori finally move seeing that Ron was willing to carve his neck till he finds the tracking device.
Yori moved to restrain Ron's arm while Shego went straight for the knife. With it cutting her hand she yanks it out of Ron's hand that Yori is restraining behind Ron's back.
Still gripping the knife by the blade Shego yells. "Ron we need to go to a hospital, you might have damaged your spine or cut an artery."
"I want it out!" Ron yells trying to fight Yori's hold on him.
"Ron-san calm down, we'll get it out just calm down and go to the hospital with us." Yori pleads.
As Ron seems to calm Yori relaxes her hold but it turned to be a mistake as Ron's first instinct was to jab his hand into the wound and begin digging. Seeing this Shego does the only thing she can think of, she fired a concussive blast of plasma at Ron from her finger. The same concussive blast she uses to knock people out by hitting their temple.
Not stopping to think she grabs an apron from the stove and begins pressing it to the wound. Seeing the knife still in her grip, Shego tosses it to the sink and with Yori's help begins lifting Ron. Both careful not to move the apron from the wound.
Shego's hands are trembling as she and Yori dragged Ron to her garage. Stuffed him and Yori into the back seat of the nearest car and started driving to the nearest hospital. In fact, Shego didn't remember talking with Yori or telling her any instructions, just moving and Yori keeping up with her.
Once the hospital came into view Shego pulled up into the emergency section and with Yori's careful help and a bit of screaming got Ron inside. As Yori is explaining the problem and the need to remove a device form his body Shego notices the odd looks she's getting and realizes she's not in disguise.
Cursing, Shego walks out to her car and drives off, careful to loose any pursuers. On her drive home to put on her disguise and change cars Shego curses her inability to just be there. Never had she thought that she would regret becoming a villain till she was forced to step away from her side by Ron and Yori. 'Yes, my side.' She thought.
Putting on the disguise felt to slow, driving back even slower and by the time she had to park Shego was about to not give a fuck anymore, nearly not caring if her car gets towed. Still reason told her to not cause a scene and blend in. Inside she found Yori outside the emergency section pacing back and forth.
Going to Yori, Shego places a hand on her arm to get her attention. Yori turns and hugs Shego tightly. Shego hugs her just as tightly and the two spent a moment like that.
"He's going to be okay." Shego/Yori say at the same time to each other.
Seeing that they smile as Yori brings Shego to a seat and whispers. "I took care of the surveillance, no one should know you were here."
"Thanks but I hate that I had to leave you both in the first place." Shego admits.
"You're here now, that's what matters Shego-san." Yori soothes and puts more pressure into her hand holding Shego's.
"You're right." Shego says and the two continue their wait.
A couple of hours later a doctor comes over and Yori stands to meet him, Shego right with her.
"Is Ron/-san okay?" Shego/Yori ask.
"He will live though we are not sure the full extent of the damage. That will be revealed with further test once his awake." The doctor replies.
"Doctor...?" Shego asks.
"Doctor Owen's." Doctor Owen's replies.
"Doctor Owen's what do you mean the full extent of the damage?" Shego asks.
"We know that Mr. Stoppable nicked an artery and his spine with the blade. His fingers going into the wound aggravated the spinal injury. As for the foreign matter found in his neck it was attached to the spine and to remove of it required that we surgically remove the area. This of course will affect his ability to function but we don't know the full extent."
After the explanation Yori and Shego pale though only Yori is seen to pale.
Yori asks. "Doctor Owen's, when can we see him?"
"You'll be able to go see him in around fifteen minutes. He is being moved to a room as we speak but since he inflicted the injuries on himself he has to be restrained." Doctor Owen's explained.
Shego hears fifteen minutes and feels like it's too long and from Yori's frown she's not the only one.
"I'll have a nurse come get you when he is ready." Doctor Owen's says noticing the frowns and walks away.
Time could not have gone any slower for Shego and Yori as they bore wholes into the clock. When the fifteen minute mark hit they got up and walked to the nurses station ready to ask what was taking so long. Just as they were about to ask they hear a nurse by the waiting room ask. "Mr. Stoppable's family?"
"Here, we're Stoppable's family." Shego calls out while walking over with Yori.
"Follow me please." The nurse says and leads the way to some elevators.
The trip to the room was short. They went up to the sixth floor, left out of the elevator and a right turn at the junction. His room was the third on the left. Once the nurse showed them inside she quietly left.
Inside the single patient room, Ron laid on the bed restrained. His face pale, likely from blood loss. Shego and Yori went to his side and waited while they held each other.