“Meet…Wade? In real life?” asked Kim, who now had sat up in the bed.
“Okay, how hard can it be for you to grasp that concept?” Shego asked with a sigh.
“Very.” Kim and Ron answered in unison.
Kim giggled to herself as Shego shook her head. Seeing Shego exasperated had always been funny to her, but she’d always suppressed laughing because it had originally meant she was going to end up with streaks of green energy exploding at her feet – or worse, captured. But now the image of Shego shaking her head in disbelief – it seemed to take on the quality of a little kid going “No-o!” in annoyance when they ask an adult a question and the adult’s answer, even if it’s the correct one, isn’t what the little kid wants the adult to say – and that, Kim found amusing.
But Kim was still shaking, and both Ron and Shego seemed to notice at the same time. But it was Shego was faster to sit on the bed behind her, putting a hand on Kim’s shoulder to help calm her down. Out of sheer need for something to rest against to stop shaking, Kim laid her head on Shego’s legs. Shego looked down and smiled – surprising herself. Here she was, Shego – the 2nd most dangerous woman in the world, and the woman who usurped her in that title was resting her head against her legs. She looked at her outfit, the black tank top and green mini-shorts she’d put on in a hurry to get to Kim. Thank god green energy flames worked on melting ripped threads back together. She would’ve been sitting on the bed stark naked if that hadn’t been the case.
Although…
“KP, what happened?” asked Ron, the concern flooding through his voice snapping Shego out of her daydream. “The last 2 hours – I don’t think I’ve ever been more scared in my life.”
“Hate to admit it, Princess – but Ron’s right. You scared me, Kimmie.”
Ron blinked; not wanting to believe he’d just heard Shego say that.
Kim hesitated. Ron was her friend. She told him everything. But what she had just gone through in her head – it all involved Shego. And she hadn’t a clue if it‘d been all fabricated by her mind… So, she decided to try and find a compromise. “Ron, I’m sorry to have to say this, but I gotta talk to Shego about this first. There’s some stuff that ran through my head during that that I’m not too sure of, and I need to make sure that she’s okay with me telling you all about what happened.”
Huh? Now Shego was intrigued.
“Stuff? What “stuff?”” asked Ron.
“Ron, could you just wait out in the hall for a while – please?” Kim looked right into his eyes. “Look, I - I know what the deal is: We’re best friends. I tell you everything. But I can’t tell you everything of what was making me thrash around like that without running it by Shego first.”
“Ok, hold on,” Shego cut in. Enemy she may have been to Kim, she wasn’t now. “How about we do this: You just give a sample of what was going on, and I’ll decide right here and now whether or not I’m comfortable with Ron hearing the rest.” She smiled at Kim. “That fair, Pumpkin?”
Ron blinked again. It was still hard to accept this “new” Shego. But he’d learned to be a patient person in his relationship with Kim. If he was gonna get jealous, he’d have to do it elsewhere…
“Ok, that sounds good, Shego,” replied Kim. With that, she closed her eyes, and began to recite:
“Spin, spin, spin the bottle
‘Round and ‘round and ‘round and-”
“Ron?” Shego interrupted, pointing at the door and snapping her fingers. “Out. Hall. Now.”
“Aw, man…” Ron groaned as he left the room.
“Brotherson?” Shego pointed at the man still in the room. “There’s a game I like to play called “You, too. Out.” Or green flames will burn your ass.” Big Daddy Brotherson silently complied.
When the door was shut, Shego looked down at Kim. “How do you know that song?”
“Why? What song is it?” inquired Kim.
“’Spin the BottleRound.‘ My grandfather made it up when he was a little kid, and Grandmother Go would sing it to me when I was, like, 4 years old and wouldn’t fall asleep ‘till midnight…”
Kim was astonished. “I – I heard it in what was going through my mind while I was slashing you about. Hey, how come I can’t see any scratches or anything on you like I can on Ron?”
“Because Ron doesn’t have green flames that can repair clothes that have been ripped to shreds.”
“Oh,” said Kim. “Anyways, you want to know what was going on in my head. Well, it was this:” And with that, Kim proceeded to tell Shego everything about the half-dream, half-nightmare she’d had. Everything about the little girl she’d seen. About the song the girl had been singing. About how frightened the girl looked. About how she’d promised the girl she’d never leave her.
When she was done, Shego took her hands off Kim’s shoulders for a second, floored. “Kim, I – I didn’t know you believed in me that much…” she stammered. “But yeah. Ron can hear all of it.”
“Seriously? Oh, thank you, Shego!” Kim sat up in gratefulness, turned around and hugged Shego out of pure thankfulness – but Shego had slightly shifted her position, and the hug ended up knocking Shego onto the bed flat on her back, with Kim’s body on top of her, pressing against her own. Unexpected for both, it was Shego who grinned at Kim first. Kim blushed and tried to get off her, but something in Shego didn’t want that – and with some laughter, she grabbed Kim to keep the redhead from escaping her, and rolled over so she was the one on top. Kim bucked to try and throw Shego off, but Shego’s legs were locked around hers. The former teen hero wasn’t going anywhere for a while. Kim resorted to just not looking directly into Shego’s deep eyes. Which, she found, took a lot more energy than she thought it would…
“However, before he comes back in the room, I’m gonna need you to repay me with something first,” Shego sneered, running a soft finger down the side of one of Kim’s legs, causing the redhead to gasp in surprise. “Just so we’re even. You got that, Princess?” she asked, tracing the finger up Kim’s side, making Kim shudder. She couldn’t believe it. She’d been closer to Ron than this, yet Spark Rocks wouldn’t ignite for miles. What Shego had just done – well, if there were any Spark Rocks within a radius of five feet, she and the raven-haired woman on top of her would have been majorly electrocuted just now… She tried to get away from Shego again, but some part of her was interfering. Her muscles wouldn’t move. It was as if Shego lying on top of her had automatically set them atrophying… But what inside her would make her freeze like th- Kim sighed, and decided to accept her fate.
“Ok, Shego – what do I need to do in order to repay you?” Kim asked. Her face went beet red when she saw Shego’s face twist into that old grin she hadn’t seen in a looong time…
“Oh, nothing – just explain to me why the password to your secret training facility is my name.”
Kim blushed. “Eh heh-heh…Um, about that…”
--
Ron kept pacing. Whatever it was that was being discussed in there, there was a lot of it being discussed.
Finally, the door opened, and Kim peeked out. “Ron? Shego says it’s okay for me to tell you.”
“Finally…” Ron grumbled. “Oh, yeah - and when we’re done, Big Daddy Brotherson says he just talked to the person who has our ride back to Middleton. They’re ready for us at any time.”
“Thank you for everything, Big Daddy Brotherson,” said Kim as they boarded the private submarine that was their ride back to Middleton. The trip was going to take a day, according to Wade’s notice.
“The pleasure is all mine, Ms. Possible. It’s the least I can do after you gave me that box of milk chocolate bars for free.”
“No big,” Kim waved it off. “We needed Duff Killigan’s name, and Bonnie sold more than enough boxes while we were tracking him down to make up for the loss.”
“Hold on!” Ron looked at Kim. “You-”
“-‘re seriously gonna argue about something that happened nearly two years ago?” Kim interrupted.
Ron hung his head. “Never mind.”
Shego looked at Kim, tilting her head. “I thought you hated Bonnie.”
Kim looked directly into Shego’s eyes. “I thought I hated you.”
It wasn’t the comment that caught Shego completely off-guard – it was the eye contact. After a moment, she realised she was standing there staring into Kim’s eyes, slack-jawed. Blushing with embarrassment, she quickly shut her mouth and turned around, disappearing into the bowels of the private submarine.
--
The sub was unlike any other sub any of the three had ever been in. It wasn’t cramped. It was a yacht underneath the water. Fluffy couch, TV, two bedrooms – the place was practically loaded with every luxury. Even Rufus was stunned by the accommodations – and after having been shaking in fear in Ron’s pocket during the whole ordeal in trying to restrain Kim, having the naked mole rat reappear was something that was just extra comforting to Kim. And the fact that even Shego openly giggled at Rufus’ reaction of disappointment at the fact that, contrary to what Ron had been wondering, there was no Naco machine - well, somehow, it made Kim feel even more comforted. But she couldn’t place exactly why…
“Oh shit – we got a Navy sub up ahead!” the pilot suddenly barked. “Quick, on the couch! All of you!”
“Huh – WHOAH!” Kim had no time to ask as Shego tackled her onto the couch. “So… I see you made the football team, Shego.” Ron had flattened himself on the other side of the couch – and as soon as they were all set, it was suddenly split into two parts by a barrier, then lowered into the bowels of the sub.
The pilot looked down at them. “And I’m sorry, but you’re gonna have to spend the rest of this trip like that. I just can’t take any chances, you know. Oh, and you can talk – just don’t do that too loudly…”
The opening the couch had dropped into was then covered up by a 5-foot thick semicircle covering made up of a special material that blocked radar, sonar, and infrared scanners from looking through it to what was being hidden underneath. But none of the people down below knew that – except maybe Shego. Pretty much what everyone knew was that it was dark as dickens. Despite knowing that speaking wouldn’t give ‘em away, everyone stayed silent. Even Rufus had the brains enough to be quiet on this.
Kim’s face was pressed up against Shego’s. For the second time today, their bodies were pressed against each other. But last time, Shego hadn’t tackled her onto the bed. The feeling of Shego’s hands wrapped around and caressing her back was unlike any she’d ever felt before. Might as well return the favour, she thought – and went for the first thing that came to her mind: She reached around and placed her hands on the lower part of Shego’s back, then ran them down Shego’s body, over her perfectly curved ass. The action elicited a shudder and tinny gasp from Shego in the darkness, the gasp of which would’ve gone unheard by everyone had Shego’s mouth not been right next to Kim’s ear. The sensation that ripped through Kim’s body as Shego shuddered only made her feel bolder. She ran her hands up Shego’s back-
When the kiss came, Kim was disappointed that it hadn’t come sooner. But it didn’t really matter to her when she finally felt Shego’s lips against her own. She didn’t care that now she was bisexual. She didn’t care that her parents might have a bit of a hissy fit when they finally got word that their daughter and her former archenemy were now lovers. All of it meant zero to Kim. Her face melted into Shego’s kiss as the two women worked to remove their clothes - and Kim soon found herself lost in gleeful pleasure as she was plunged into an ecstasy greater than anything she’d ever felt with Josh Mankey, or even Ron…
--
Shego and Kim had barely put their clothes back on when the cover over the couch opened, and light poured back into their eyes. The submarine slowed down as the two halves of the couch rose back up. Before they came into view of the pilot, Kim looked at Shego – and they shared a small kiss, which was more electrifying than ever, probably because now they could both see each other much more clearly.
“I’ve never been able to admit it to myself till now, but I love you,” Shego whispered as the kiss ended.
“Sentiments likewise,” Kim whispered back with a smile. “But right now, let’s go talk to Wade.”
Shego nodded, then looked over and immediately put her finger to her lips in the “Shh!” motion. Kim was confused until she saw Shego was sneaking over to where Ron was lying fast asleep. Rufus, awaking first, quickly ran to Shego, chittering angrily. But by smiling and pointing, Shego accurately described silently what she was gonna do to Ron – and Rufus’ expression changed to one of anticipation of what was about to happen. Shego leaned close to Ron’s ear:
“HEY STOPPABLE!”
“AHH!” Ron was awake with a jolt as Shego and Kim laughed hysterically. Shego returned to Kim, and Kim threw her hand up in a high-five to Shego, which Shego acknowledged – and let the high five turn into a short time where her and her new lover’s hands were gripped together. Rufus fell over laughing.
“We’re here, Ron,” said Kim.
“Actually, you’re almost there,” said the pilot. “Just hold on for a second.”
As the sub entered a cave that suddenly appeared up ahead, Shego turned to Kim. “And yeah, I made the team. And we’re undefeated so far – almost all because of me,” she grinned. “None of those guys know how to take a hit. I kinda wish Middleton had a Rugby squad. Now that’s a contact sport.”
“Shego, if you played Rugby, everyone would know Shennen’s secret,” Kim grinned.
“Okay, you three, stand over those three circles of light and you’re on to seeing your computer kid.”
Ron, Shego and Kim obliged with the pilot, and three tubes encircled them, portal doors opened above - and once again, they were launched up through a roller coaster ride through the tubes.
They never knew that the pilot or the private sub would never make it back to Big Daddy Brotherson.
“Once again, that was so totally BADICAL!” Ron screamed as he emerged from the tubes into Wade’s room. “Wade, seriously, you have GOT to market that to an amusement park or something!”
Kim froze when she turned her head to find who was laughing at Ron’s declaration. “Nah, Ron, that ride would be a little too long for most people. Oh, hey Kim.”
Shego looked at Kim – and grinned devilishly. She pushed Kim’s slack-jawed mouth shut. “It’s okay, Kimmie – Wade won’t bite.”
Shego’s voice snapped Kim out of her trance. She quickly went into Kim Mode. “Oh, jeezus, sorry – Wade, last time during the Diablo incident, he used a brain tap machine on my Dad. What’s every possible modification one could make to such a machine – with a focus on the area of a singular massive global deployment, if you want me to be specific?”
“Uh, hold on, I’ll check,” said Wade. “It’s gonna take a while, though.”
“Now there’s a surprise,” Ron mumbled.
“What exactly are you wondering, Kim?” Shego asked her.
Kim looked deep into her eyes – eyes she’d known forever, but which seemed much different to her now that she knew for certain she was in love with the woman whose face they were part of. “I think I know how Drakken got everybody to forget everything about who Shego was, post Diablo-incident ruling.”
END CHAPTER THIRTEEN