Shego squirmed as the sun poked through the silt in the curtains. Even on her day off she wasn’t allowed to sleep in. She sighed and rolled out of the bed, making a face at the cold air. Teach her to sleep in nothing more than an oversized t-shirt.
She wandered to the kitchen where the coffee pot was already running, its timer having started it earlier.
She poured a cup of the dark brew and made her way to the living room. Maybe she would be on the news again, maybe not.
Either way she knew Kim would.
She paused and stared at the couch. Kim…the world hero…the girl she had fought tooth and nail to defeat, and yet couldn’t even hurt in the end. It wasn’t about emotions, she could bury those. It was about skill, and the girl had a lot of it. It was almost unnatural how much power the girl possessed.
And she was sleeping on Shego’s couch. The woman considered attacking the sleeping girl but it didn’t seem fair. It seemed like it was outside of the rules…taboo to even think about. So she sat on the plush chair next to the couch and turned on the television.
It was simple, and effective. The sound of the television slowly brought Kim around to a more conscious state. The red head slowly sat up and looked around and spotted Shego, who was calmly sipping from her mug.
“Ummm….morning?”
Shego grunted.
“I guess I should explain why I snuck into your apartment…”
Shego frowned, “First off I want to know HOW you snuck in here. This place is wired so that even I can’t just sneak in here.”
“The front door was open.” Kim looked a little sheepish at the idea that she had just walked into the pale woman’s home. “Don’t worry I locked it…”
Shego sighed, “Why are you here Kimmie? Coming to make sure I quit being evil? Going to see if I’ll be a good guy again?”
Kim shook her head slowly, “No…I…” She looked sheepish, “You remember that bit with Aviarious?”
Shego nodded, trying to figure out what that had to do with the red head in her apartment.
“Well….that is…When the Power Staff shattered some of the pieces kind of…well got imbedded…”
“Imbedded how?” Shego put down the mug, the thought that her rival had a new ability was intriguing, if not a little disturbing.”
“Imbedded like inside my palms and knees…” Kim chewed on her lip. She didn’t know how to say it. “I…kind of….developed something from it…”
“Damn it Kimmie, quit beating around the bush! What happened?”
Kim lifted up a hand and sighed. It burst into a green glow. The girl didn’t look up at Shego as it danced about, before killing it. “I…I can turn it on and off….but it’s been causing some problems…Sometimes I can’t control it…”
Shego winced at the memories of her early powers and how they had acted at times. “How bad?”
“The science wing at school is missing.”
Shego was mildly impressed and a little worried. “Kim…you can’t just hold this power in. It builds up and tends to unleash itself.”
Kim looked up and Shego in surprise. “You…you called me Kim…”
“Not important right now…I can teach you to control them…but it means we go on a hiatus, alright?”
Kim bit her lip, “I don’t know…How long?”
“Long enough for you to be able to be responsible with them.”
Kim looked at Shego, trying to fight back the wave of emotion from the kindness, “Why…why help me?”
“Because I like to fight you on equal terms. It’s not equal if I can use my powers more effectively than you can yours.”
“You’re not mad then?” Kim was confused with a capital c. She had come to show Shego that she had inadvertently picked up a copy of the older woman’s powers. She wasn’t sure why she wanted to do it, but it felt like the right thing to do. So she did.
“Jealous you don’t have the matching green skin, but then again you didn’t get the straight radiation, you got a bit of residual powers from a broken power staff. It’s actually a small miracle that you are developing them at all. Then again I’m not too surprised; if anyone got them it’d be you.”
Kim blushed, Shego had sounded proud of her. “Thanks…I think…”
“Just tell me the sidekick didn’t develop any powers.”
Kim shook her head, “Other than sporadic moments of dumb skills he’s got nothing.”
“Dumb skills?”
Kim grinned, “His version of dumb luck. Like being able to find Drakken’s self destruct button by accident.”
Shego nodded, “Drakken seems to have the same thing when it comes to surviving. Every time you level a lair he’s only got some mild charring. It’s amazing really.”
Kim smiled softly. It was nice to be on a decent person basis with Shego.
“Okay Princess….? Your staring is creeping me out…”
Kim hugged Shego, “Not as much as this does I bet…”
Shego stiffened for a moment then relaxed. It was just a hug. Nothing more nothing less. It wasn’t like the red head was trying to hurt her, or was on the other end of the spectrum. Shego pushed the thought out of her head. No, Kim didn’t like her like that. The girl was just happy to have a reason to excel at being herself…and now she was happy to have help with something else.
Ron sighed as he looked at the note that had been taped to the outside of his window. Kim was disappearing for a while and wasn’t sure when she would be back…He pulled his knees to his chest and sighed. He recognized the handwriting, and even called Wade to see if the boy knew anything.
Wade confirmed it, and even mention he had talked to Kim.
Neither boy knew why Kim had disappeared. But one thing was for sure, Ron didn’t want her to stay that way.
It had taken a while to get to where they were going. Shego had insisted on taking a train, and they shared a room in one of the sleeping cars. It was strange at first to see the other woman so often, and not fight her, but at the same time it wasn’t.
Kim lay in her bed trying to deal with Shego snoring. It wasn’t the noise, or the rhythm. It was relaxing to listen to, and that was the problem. She didn’t want to be relaxed. She wanted to be ready for anything, like she always was. So why was it that she felt so comfortable around the woman she considered her enemy so many times before?
Author’s Notes: And thus we begin another fic! Not even going to start what brought this idea around…too many influences.
Next Chapter: Ron does some detective work.