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Chapter Two: Seconds Left to Live

Shego was never in a good mood and today only proved that point even further. She was leaving. She'd already handed in her resignation to Dr. D and now she'd come to pick up her things. She just got tired of it all, the same old song and dance with authority, and she knew it was time to move on to something new. She'd already paid off her fines to GJ, even the addition fines Betty chose to throw her way, just to be a bitch. Almost all her money, gone in an instant. She was lucky she'd invested her money well, or she'd have nothing left though. She just wanted to get her things and get this over with as clean as possible. Speaking of possible... she hadn't seen the perky redhead since Italy, and that was almost a year ago. She still hadn't forgiven her for throwing her into the tomato sauce. Her hair reeked of the stuff for a week...

After that day, Shego had finally gotten so sick of the crime life that she went right to the director herself. What was the point of all this if she wasn't happy anymore? Betty had really surprised her. All she had to do was pay off her fines and work for GJ, well, after the year she'd served in prison. She almost turned down the offer on principal alone. It went against everything she stood for years, but she needed the change. She just could keep doing this and she knew that if she stayed, she'd be miserable, and she'd probably snap and kill the blue doofus one day. That part wasn't included in her resignation since she knew it wouldn't go over well with the good doctor. He was already pissy about her leaving and she didn't want to hear anymore whining. She just wanted to get her stuff and go home. She hadn't been home in so long... The cold air, the isolation. She missed it and it was far away from everyone that she just couldn't stand

It didn't take long to load her stuff into her jet, especially since she throttled a few of the henchmen and 'convinced' them to help her. She didn't feel bad about it though. They were always pervy when it came to her and her things and now, she could kick their asses without having to deal with Drakken after, and she sure as hell wasn't leaving her jet here. This was one of the few things she bought legitimately, and she wasn't letting blue boy get his dirty little hands on it. She only had one more box and she'd be finished with this place. With the small shoe box under her arm, she sent the henchmen off and started towards the door but had to stop when she heard maniacal laughing. That was nothing new, but what made her stop was the different pitches in laughing. Dr. D wasn't the only person here…

Shego set the box down and crept towards the main section of the lab, peeking in. What she saw almost made her sick right then and there. On the large screen was a still image of THE Kim Possible, laying on a dirty floor of a cell, chained, bruised, and covered in blood. Beside it was what seemed to be a recording of her while in the cell. What the hell had she missed? Shego never went easy on Kim, not once, but this… This was brutal, even by her standards. She wasn't even trying to escape and every few minutes, you could hear the crackling of electricity as she began to convulse on the floor. When it passed, she would just lay there, gasping for air. Shego couldn't always stand the girl, even on her best day, but she'd formed a sort of bond with her over the years. They never went easy on each other, but never went for serious blows. It was more like they were sparring partners that met up randomly 2-3 time a month. Seeing her like this stirred something inside her but she didn't want to get involved. Besides, Kimmie always gets out in the end...

"Isn't it spectacular? Just listen to that!" Drakken grabbed a remote and rewound the recording before playing it again. You can hear laughter in the background as every villain in the room surrounds her with makeshift blunt weapons. The view of Kim is obscured but the sounds of those objects hitting her body is unmistakable, and if Shego needed more to know what they had done to that girl, her screams were solid proof and near deafening. Every cry of pain tore at her and it took everything inside her to not jump into the room and rip every one of them apart. After the scene played out, the recording shrunk into a corner and the screen was then filled by a fuming Mr. Possible and a tear-stained Mrs. Possible.

"Drew, when I get my hands on you, I swear to god I'll-"

"Ah, ah ah. You'd do well to choose you next words very carefully, James. Your daughter's life hangs in the balance." Dr. Possible's face grew a deep shade of red and he sat back down, rubbing his face.

"Fine. I'll do whatever you want, just, please, don't hurt my daughter anymore… What is your demand Drew?"

"10 million dollars should suffice, wouldn't you say so, James? I want it deposited into my Swiss bank account as soon as possible. It'll be untouchable" Groans followed Drakken demand, but he ignores them.

"Fine… I'll make the arrangements… Please, don't-" The feed was cut before he could say anymore and it's silent. Shego lets out a sigh of relief. The ransom was being paid. Kimmie would be going home and be able to recover. Despite how she felt, she really didn't want to get involved. It could affect her chance at a fresh start and that's all she's wanted for the past year. There was no reason to get in the middle of this. Betty would only think she's back to her old ways and take back her offer.

Shego picked up her box off the ground and started to walk away, trying to think of ways to kick all their asses. The thought lasted for only a few seconds until she heard voices again. She looked back and found everyone in the room staring at Drakken.

"Oi, blueberry boy! Why only 10 Million? That's measly pennies to us and ya know it." Duff stood there, flabbergasted.

"Yeah, we could have gotten way more for her." Adrena Lynn chimed in. Drakken had his back to them all as he pulled up the recording of Kim.

"Because, it's not about the money. This is about revenge." A ding is heard and Drakken checks his computer, laughing evilly again. "He actually did it. Smart man. I guess I should send him the coordinates of this place."

"So, we're just gonna give her back, just like that?" Monkey Fist scowled, sitting and crossing his arms and legs. "I knew it was best not to trust this moron with the plan."

"Oh, but this moron isn't finished just yet." Drakken just laughed again before stopping, catching what he just said and glaring at Monkey Kung Fu Master as he smirks back. "You really know how to take all the fun away, you know that?" He pulled out a little black box with a single button on it and showed it to them as he pressed it. "There. We have approximately 30 minutes before the bomb in her cell goes off, so we'd better get going." Thud. The box fell from Shego's hands and she had to lean on the wall to stay upright. They were going to kill her…kill her… Shego couldn't just stand back and let that happen. Killing was the one thing she never did, no matter how much the job paid. She was a mercenary, not an assassin…

"What was that?" She suddenly snapped her head up when she heard Drakken say that and she snatched the box off the ground, running in the direction of the detention cells. She had to get Kimmie out of there before the bomb went off…

She was able to get to the cells without being spotted, but she had to hide in a broom closet to avoid the wave of henchmen running to get out of the lab. Drakken warned them of the bomb over the loudspeaker and it was practically a stampede.

"At least he cares about his employees, the bastard." She grumbled under her breath and started to leave the broom closet, ducking back in when she saw Drakken. He opened the door and walked in, approaching the woman on the floor. Shego slipped in after him, backing up into a corner and hiding in the shadows. He was way too close to Kim. If she tried anything, he would kill her on the spot. She didn't doubt that anymore. Drakken had finally been pushed over the edge.

"Looks like your family really wants to see you come home, Ms. Possible. You father even paid a 10-million-dollar ransom, isn't that sweet?" Kim just laid there, staring up at the ceiling, until Drakken gave her a sharp kick to the ribs and Shego had to literally hold herself back from beating the hell out of him. Kim cried out in pain and rolled away from the assault but Drakken grabbed her and sat her up. "You always thought you were all that, but this time… oh ho…. This time, I win." Her eyes widened and she pulled away from him in fear. "It's really just a shame this room will be blown to bits before they find you. Farewell, Kim Possible." He turned his back to her and walked away as Kim sat there, tears streaming down her face, streaking through the blood. She was going to die here...

The door shut behind Drakken and Kim just sat there, sobbing into her hands. She should have been so careful…. How had she let her guard down so much? This was supposed to be an easy mission, so simple that she didn't need her partner… The sound of footsteps made her look up and she sat back, looking into the emerald green eyes of Shego.

"Sh-Sh-Sheg-go…?" Kim stopped, squeezed her eyes shut, and grabbed her head. This wasn't real. The shocks were messing with her mind... She then felt fingers wrap around her wrists and pull them down, making her look into those eyes again. Was it really her?

"Kimmie… I'm going to get you out of here" Shego let go of Kim, grabbing onto the chains instead. Try as she might, however, she couldn't break them loose. Worse still, the action seemed to set off the chains because Kim locked up and started shaking all over. "Shit!" Shego let go of the chains and that seemed to stop it as Kim slumped back against the wall, breathing heavily.

"I-it's n-no use Sheg-go… Ju-just leave…"

*Warning: The building will self-destruct in T-Minus 5 minutes. *

"Like hell I'm leaving you here, Princess." There had to something she could do, but what. She ignored Kim's protests and pulled out her nail file, trying to pick the lock on the chains, but that didn't work since it too set off the chains and shocked Kim, this time shocking Shego as well. Her teeth clenched as it coursed through her. This was what they put her through… She was going to kill each one of them…

"T-Minus 3 minutes until detonation."

"Shego! You ha...have to l-leave!" Kim tried to push her away, but she was too weak.

"No! I'm not just going to leave you to die!" Shego lit her hands and looked around for the bomb but the room looked almost empty, except for Kim. Where the hell would Drakken have hidden it? He's not supposed to be this smart...

"T-Minus 1 minute."

"You have to go!" Kim was crying openly now and trying harder to push Shego away, but she just stood there, a frustrated expression on her face.

"30 seconds"

"Sorry, Princess, but I don't take orders from you. Hold still." Shego wrapped her arms around the smaller woman and pulled her down to the ground, trying her best to cover Kim with her own body to shield her from the blast.

*Boom*

Kim cried out as they were both flung against the wall from the explosion and Shego could feel rocks and shrapnel pelt her back. She knew she would be fine since she could take a lot of damage, thanks to her accelerated healing, but Kim had no such ability, so she used herself as a human shield to protect her. If she could protect Kim, she didn't care what happened to herself. When the last of the debris fell around them, Shego looked around the dark dust filled room. It was destroyed, but thanks to Drakken being an idiot and not placing the bomb closer, there wasn't much damage done near them. She shoved the chunk of wall off her back and look down at Kim.

"See? We're okay...Princess?" Shego felt her heart stop as she saw the flow of fresh blood spilling down the left side of Kim's face, from her eye.

"Sh-Shego…" Kim reached up to touch her eye and felt all the blood. There was so much of it… "I...it won't st-stop Shego… Th-the bleeding WON'T STOP!" Shego tightened her hold on Kim, hiding her own tears. Something must have hit her face from the explosion but there was no telling how bad the damage. It was probably just like any other head wound and just bled a lot…

"Shh… Princess… E... everything will be okay… Damn it Drakken!" She growled and carefully let go of Kim to stand up. She had to get these chains off her. She gingerly tugged at them and was relieved to see that they didn't shock either of them. Whatever was powering them must have been damaged. Shego felt her hands light up and without a second thought, she sliced right through the chains with her plasma. That should have been the first thing she'd tried. Why hadn't she done that? She cut each of the chains off and lifted Kim into her arms, carefully carrying her around all the rubble that was once the room. In the corner, she spotted her box, slightly squashed by a rock, but mostly fine. She picked it up and gave it to Kim to hold, while she tried to find a way out.

Kim just laid back in her arms, covering her eye, and sobbing deeply from the pain all tearing through her body. She couldn't let Shego see her cry again, but everything just hurt so much, and she'd tried so hard not to let it show before that it was like a dam had broken. Shego just kept looking forward as she carried Kim, not once looking at her as she cried. She had everything taken from her, the least she could do was let her cry with dignity. Shego carried her all the way to the helipad, her jet leaning to the side a bit from where the roof caved in. She brought Kim inside and laid her down on the floor before putting her jacket over the redhead to keep her warm.

"Don't worry pumpkin… We'll get you fixed up." Shego dug around the jet and found the first aid kit, bandaging Kim's eye. It was fine, she just had to keep telling herself that, but as much as she wanted to believe it, she suspected the worst. There was so much blood…

Shego made sure Kim was as comfortable as possible before sitting in the pilot's seat. As she started up the jet, she could see a series of hovercrafts flying away in the distance. Those bastards had still been here. They watched it happen and really thought Kimmie was dead. She growled to herself and flew the jet out of there. She had to get Kim somewhere safe, and there was only one place she could think of. Thankfully the jet had autopilot so she was able to tend to Kim's injuries while they flew, but there were injuries that she couldn't take care of and could only keep them wrapped up to keep them from bleeding, and she didn't even know where to start with treating her eye… No, she would need Erin's help… In between flying the jet, she kept trying to make the smaller girl sleep, but she kept insisting that she wasn't tired.

"I'm not tired, Shego..." Kim glared at her but it was hard to hold the expression with the way she felt.

"Bullshit Princess, you have to be exhausted." Shego shoved a pillow under her head and found a blanket in one of her boxes, tossing that onto Kim. Kim's eyes kept drooping but then would suddenly snap open.

"I don't want to sleep. Please… I'm fine... " Shego stared at her for a moment before sighing heavily.

"Fine, you don't have to sleep. Just try not to move too much. We're almost there." She could see it in Kim's eye, just how much pain she was in, even if she tried to hide it.

"Thank you…" Shego stood and went back to the seat, preparing to land. If Kim didn't want to sleep now, that was fine, but she was going to make sure Erin gave her something that knocked her out for at least 12 hours...

Once the jet was on the ground, Shego made a phone call as she wrapped Kim tightly in the blanket from before.

"Hey, it's me. I need a favor… No, I don't have the money to pay you back right now…. Well, it's kind of important." She let out an exasperated sigh and glanced at Kim. "Please, it's important, you know I would ask like this if it wasn't… Great! We're right outside." Shouting could be heard coming from the phone and Kim can't help but chuckle, wincing in pain afterwards.

"A friend of yours?" Shego, lifted her up but didn't look right at her, blushing just the tiniest bit.

"You could say that. She's a doctor and I trust her with my life." She opened the hatch and carried Kim out of the jet into the blank white snow-covered land that was Montana. She hadn't been here in a long time, for good reasons, but seeing as this was the one person she could trust, she would have to suck it up. The moment the door was opened, Kim felt the bitter cold surround her and it made her shrink back more into the blankets.

"Sorry Pumpkin, I'll get you inside and warmed up soon…" Shego carried Kim a short way to a large house and went to know at the door but it flew open.

Inside, there was a woman about Shego's age and judging by the scowl on her face, she didn't seem to be very happy.

"So, you just expected me to help you, didn't you? What would you have done if I'd said no?"

"I had nowhere else to go, and like I said, it's really important…" The woman looked at the smaller woman in Shego's arm's and all the anger left her. "Please Erin…"

"Jesus Christ… What happened to her?" She let them in and made Shego explain everything while she gathered everything. To think that a group of people would attack a woman to this extent...She couldn't fathom it. She unwrapped the bandages and felt her heart break more at the sight of each new injury. The girl was only a few years younger than them and she was hurt so badly...

"I'd say it looks worse than it really is, but I'd be lying… It's pretty fucking bad…"

"L-language…" Shego couldn't help but smirk at that. Even when in immense pain, she still had that goody two-shoes attitude.

"Let me get her cleaned up so I know what I'm working with…" Kim flinched at every touch and was still fighting sleep, from what Shego could tell, so she whispered to Erin and asked her to give her something for pain and put her to sleep.

"Sh-Shego...?" Kim's eyes started to droop after Shego's friend injected her with something, but she was panicking and fighting it more, though it was more difficult than before. "I don't want to sleep, please... " Tears built up again and spilled over faster than before and it tore at Shego. "Please...I don't want to...Don't make me sleep..." Kim pleads grew more frantic and she tried to get up, so Erin had to apply a bit of pressure to keep her on the table. Unfortunately, it was near one of her injuries and she cried out, pulling away from her. The cry made Shego grab her hand instinctively and she began to whisper softly to her to calm her.

"Shh…. Shh... I'm right here. It's okay..." Kim's face crumpled and she started crying again, squeezing Shego's hand to make herself stay awake. "Please Kimmie, you gotta sleep..." Shego placed a hand on her head and stroked her hair, trying to calm her down.

"I can't… I can't… Don't make me…" The medicine was finally starting to hit her and even though she fought hard, she was losing the battle.

"I'll be here when you wake up, okay? I won't go anywhere… You're safe, I promise..." Hearing that seemed to help calm her and her shaking started to slow down. Despite how hard she fought, Kim finally fell asleep.

"Sara…" Shego lifted her head and looked at Erin when she placed a hand on her shoulder. "Let me take care of her…"

"Please… Do anything you can to help her…"

"I don't know what to do about her eye…The damage is pretty severe." She looked down at her and Kim's joined hands and felt her own tears spilling over.

"I know… I know..." She knew but she didn't want to believe it. She could have prevented this… Shego stood up and gave Erin the space she needed to take care of Kim, only stepping out when she had to undress her.

It was strange, seeing the power suit on the floor in a crumpled heap. This thing had protected Kim for years, how had they managed to get her in the first place? They had all seemed fine and in one piece. Didn't she put up a fight? Kim's been caught before, even her worst injuries were nowhere near as bad as this… As she watched Erin begin to treat Kim's wounds, she made a silent promise to herself that she'd make each one of them pay for what they did to her Pumpkin.

Welcome to the end of the chapter! Honestly, I know it's probably coming off as a bit rushed, but that's because it is. Now, if you beautiful readers have caught on to it, this story is based on an amazingly drawn mini comic that I stumbled across called Lost Eye by Sugintou on DeviantArt. Please, take the opportunity to check them out as their art is amazing! I only came across it and it gave me so much inspiration! I hope you enjoyed is so far and look forward to more soon. -MercyVale