“I’m worried about Kim.” Lucy looked up from the TV to see Shego standing uneasily in the doorway of the living room “She’s not herself. She’s really depressed. Questioning her life, and her future…and she reminds me of me right now.”
“That a bad thing?”
Shego looked off in to the distance and nodded. “Yeah. She’s gonna’ go off the rails…just like I did.” Lucy nodded and shifted along on the couch to let Shego sit down.
“She’s a teenager Shego, and at some point or another every teenager goes through a rough time and starts to feel like giving up, even teenage heroines.” Lucy explained. She looked thoughtfully and then allowed a small smile to spread across her lips. “If you want to be closer to her, to get through to her, you’ve got to give a little. It worked with Amy and me. I let her see the person, not the villain…and she let me see the real her.”
Shego looked alarmed about revealing anything to Kim. “Look, I’m not saying to go in there and tell her how you feel about her. Just go tell her about your teenage years, let her know that she’s not the only kid to ever question their entire life. It’ll help. I promise.”
“It’s a worth a try to get the old Kimmie back.” Shego jumped to her feet, her energy renewed and returned to Kim’s room. She unlocked the door and entered the unlit room, closing the door behind her.
Her plan to talk to Kim there and then vanished as her eyes settled on Kim’s sleeping figure, tucked up in bed. “See you in the morning, Princess.”
When Kim stirred in the morning she found Shego sitting at the end of her bed. She jumped up in alarm and looked around frantically, realising for the third day in a row that she wasn’t in her room.
“What do you want?” She asked as she settled back down.
“To help.” Shego replied. “What you’re going through right now, questioning your life and what you’re going to do with it, I’ve been there before. And I guess after I thought about it as much as I did what was right for me. I stopped being a hero and started being bad.”
“Are you trying to get me to go bad?” Kim asked, confused as to why Shego was telling her so much.
The villainess shook her head. “I’m trying to stop you from making a mistake. You’re a hero Kimmie, and having you’re little teenage angst-fest isn’t going to change that. You can’t stop being a hero Princess.”
“You did.” The words hurt more than they should have, causing Shego to remain silent for a few moments.
She contemplated whether or not to tell her ‘enemy’ the story behind her change of sides. Finally seeing it as the only way to help her she explained. “You’re free to choose who you date, to hang out with your friends and to be a cheerleader…I didn’t have that. My life outside of school was all work, work, work. I hated it. My brothers didn’t…don’t…approve of my lifestyle. Who I wanted to date and who I wanted to spend time with. They gave me an ultimatum. My…lifestyle. Or them. So I chose. Unlike Amy, and me, the people who care about you wouldn’t make you chose Kim.”
“You and Amy have the same problem?” Kim asked, processing the information Shego had given her. The older woman nodded, smiling absently.
“We both had to chose between being a good guy and being…ourselves. And we both want to be with people we’re not allowed to have. So stop sulking Kim, you’ve got it pretty good.”
She hopped off of the bed and headed for the door only to be stopped by a hesistant Kim. “S-shego? Are you…are you like Amy and Lucy?” Shego raised her eyebrow.
“Like them how?” She knew what Kim was asking but she wasn’t going to give up the information so easily.
“Do you like girls?” Kim blurted the sentence out quickly, blushing deeply. Shego grinned.
“Only one, Princess.”
Shego once again found Lucy standing outside of the door, a large smile on her face. “I think you’re getting through to her, and not just about getting over her teenage ‘angst-fest’. You’re getting your girl so now I’m going to go get mine.”
Shego smiled as she watched Lucy go. She liked the idea of getting ‘her’ girl. Lucy’s previous advice suddenly popped in to her mind and made sense for the first time. She unlocked Kim’s door and leaned against it casually. “Get ready. We’re going out.”
“Where?” Kim quizzed as she slipped on her shoes and ran a hand through her hair. She held out a bandana she had borrowed from Scud, after promising not to tell Drakken where the blonde bingo champion was hiding from him, and smirked.
“It’s a surprise.”
The teenager looked hesitantly at the bandana as Shego approached her and stood behind her. “Do you trust me?” Shego’s breath tickled against the girl’s neck, causing her to shudder. Her answer was instantaneous.
“Yes.” Where had that come from? Since when did she trust her enemies? Especially Shego!
“Good.” Shego purred, placing the bandana over Kim’s eyes and tying it in place. Kim jumped in surprise as Shego’s gloved hand took hold of her own and guided her out of the room and down some stairs.
They paused at the front door as Shego unlocked it and then slowly made their way over to the older woman’s car. She helped Kim in to the front passenger seat, buckling up her seat belt to ensure her safety.
Kim in her hindered state could only hear the roar of the road and the music that played from the radio as they drove along in silence. Her unrestrained hands went to pull at the make shift blindfold until Shego’s firm voice stopped her. “No peaking Kimmie. Just trust me. You won’t regret it.”
After another full night of helping Ron and Global Justice looked for Kim, Shego and Lucy, Amy slumped in to bed, still fully clothed and closed her eyes to sleep. It was early and none of the Possible’s were up; she was staying with them and had been given Kim’s room to stay in while they searched for her
She groaned as hot and needy lips covered her own and nimble hands worked their way down her tired body. She didn’t need to open her eyes to know who was in the room with her. “Stop it Lucy.”
The diamond thief obediently stopped and simply lay beside the other girl, her head resting on her chest. “Where’s Kim?”
“With Shego back at the hideout.” Lucy replied.
“Where’s the hideout?” Lucy remained silent, watching as the DEB’s chest rose and fell. “Lucy this is serious. Kim’s family really miss her. You have to make Shego let her go.”
“It’s Shego’s call, not mine.” She objected, nipping playfully at Amy’s neck. “Just like it was your call to go with me when I asked you to.”
Amy pushed her away and got to her feet. “Yeah, and I chose to go back to the DEBS.” Lucy sighed and remained on Kim’s bed.
“You didn’t want to.”
”I had to.”
Lucy stood up and cupped her chin in her hands, staring at her with intense eyes. “No. You didn’t. We could have left together. Gone to Barcelona. You could have gone to art school.” Amy smiled without thinking.
“And you would have rented sailboats to tourists.”
“We still can.” Lucy tried for a kiss but was rejected.
The blonde lay her head down on the thief’s shoulder, her tears wetting her shoulder. “I’m begging you Lucy, let Kim go and let me get on with my life.”
“You’re life’s a lie Amy. It’s not what you want.” Lucy objected letting her own tears spill.
“I know.” It was barely above a whisper but it wasn’t unnoticed. “Just go Lucy.”
Pausing at the open window the dark haired woman looked at her lover with pleading eyes. “I love you.”
“I love you too.” Amy replied. “Now go.”