Kim looked at Shego, “So…which way?”
Shego looked at the stairs both up and down. “Well…if we go up it’s only two floors to the roof, but down means we need to go ten floors.”
Kim smirked, “Roof sounds a lit easier to me. I can arrange something from there. Doubt you have more paper around here though.”
Shego shook her head, “Not that I know of. Save for what your…uh…wearing?”
Kim nodded, causing Shego to stare for a moment in amazement as the realization that the woman’s clothes were made of paper.
“Okay…that really is a neat trick…it looks like normal fabric….Anyways…save for what you got…there’s nothing. Everything in this entire building is digital. Save for the books back there…nothing is made of paper.”
Kim winced, “We’ll make due then.” She darted up the stairs, clutching the book in her hands carefully, leaving a confused Shego behind.
“What do you mean ‘We’ll make due then’?” Not expecting a response she tailed the woman up the stairs. She’s lucky she’s cute because…damn it…stay focused woman! Now is not the time to start fantasizing about a woman who can kick your butt. With paper no less!
Shego stepped out on the roof and her jaw dropped. Kim’s clothes were gone, two large paper wings spread from her back, a rectangle joining the middle. The book was nowhere to be seen.
“That is….bitching….”
Kim turned and grinned, “See? Making due. Now I need to you to hang on tight because this is going to be a little risky. I know they’ll support the weight just fin, but I’ve never actually carried a passenger before.”
Shego swallowed and grinned, Well…It’s not sex…but this is a good start. Wait…Damn it…FOCUS Shego! FOCUS!
Kim didn’t notice Shego’s blushing; her mind was elsewhere, on the thought of that first edition Dr. Director had promised. “Ready?”
Shego nodded as she wrapped her arms around the other woman’s middle. Even barefoot she stood a good four inches taller that the redhead. Kim didn’t seem to notice that she was just slightly taller than the pale green woman’s bust as she wrapped her arms around the woman. The wings flapped once, then twice and they lifted off.
It was the first time in her life that Shego had ever been off the ground and it was exhilarating. The wind whistling by as they swept forward towards the beach of the island was exciting, and a little scary as Shego wrapped her legs around Kim’s waist, not completely sure about how safe it was.
The dove in towards the beach, a wild grin on the redhead’s face as the adrenaline pumped into her blood stream.
She gets off on this stuff… Shego was in awe…the woman who had most likely done this several times before still enjoyed it. It was a strangely warming thought.
Kim’s body twisted so her feet could hit ground, the pair skidding to a stop in the sand. “Shego…you can let go now…” The paper wings started to fall apart, the individual pieces floating off into the breeze.
Shego meekly unwrapped herself from the other woman and stood on the sand, trying not to look like she hadn’t seen the ocean up close before. Or at least couldn’t remember seeing the ocean before.
“Miss Paper…who is she?”
Kim tried not to be annoyed at the use of her codename, “She is Shego. She’s the reason I’m out of there on time. I made a deal with her, and I intend to keep it. She’s coming with us.”
The woman with the eye patch looked greatly peeved at this. “Miss Paper, you do not have the authority to make such a call.”
Kim grinned, “I’ll trade you my usual mission fee for this favor. Sound good Dr. Director?”
The woman stopped complaining and nodded meekly. “Alright…but don’t make a habit of dragging strange woman back with you every mission, got it?”
Kim nodded and led a very confused Shego onto the boat. “Oh…and Betty? You still owe me that book.”
Kim followed Dr. Director through the halls of Global Justice, not noticing her lack of clothing as she was only dressed in a sports bra and spandex pants. Shego on the other hand was having a hard time not noticing. The cool floor was hardly a distraction despite her lack of shoes, but she managed to keep her eyes from straying too long.
God….wow….I know I sat next to her wearing that the entire three hour trip…but in motion it only gets better. Shego bopped herself, cursing her obsessive thoughts. Damn…I’m such a pervert.
She forced herself to walk a little faster, walking next to Kim rather than behind her, “Where are we going?”
Kim shrugged, “Either her office…or to see Mr. Gentleman.”
“Mr. Gentleman?” Shego tried to keep her eyes off the other woman’s chest.
“A techno geek without compare…he hasn’t aged past ten years old for the past three hundred years. He actually started Global Justice and does a lot of behind the scenes work to keep the Western world in balance.”
Shego raised an eyebrow, both at what she just heard, and at the fact no one seemed to notice that Kim was walking around mostly naked. I guess it happens often enough they’re used to it… “So…um…why not the rest of the world? Why just the Western world?”
Kim shrugged, “He doesn’t say…but I think it’s because they are the easiest governments to help…guide.”
Shego nodded, “Um…I have a rather…silly…question…But…I never really thought this out…but I don’t have a place to stay…Can…Can I stay with you until I find somewhere else to live?” Did…God….I did say it…I am SUCH an idiot…
Kim looked thoughtful for a moment, “Well…there isn’t a lot of room…actually…there’s only one room left…”
“Left?”
Dr. Director butted in as she swiped a keycard through a reader next to a red door, “Out of a five story apartment building Ms. Paper owns, there is one room that isn’t filled, floor to ceiling mind you, with books. And I think it’s only because she lives in there.”
Shego could feel her jaw drop, “Five floors…?”
Kim blushed, “I try…but my collection is nothing compared to the one that Global Justice has.”
Shego shook her head. Where would you find more books than that…?
The red door slid open to reveal an elevator, Dr. Director motioning them inside. The twin doors slid shut, and moments later they opened again. Despite the fact that it didn’t feel like they had moved, they were now inside of an enormous library.
Shego looked straight up, trying to spot the top of the stacks. They actually disappeared from sight before ending. “Princess….if you want a collection like this….you’d have to live a very…very…very…long time.”
Kim blushed, “I know…So many wonderful books here….which reminds me…”
Dr. Director sighed, “It’s in my office. But first…we need to get some clothes back on you Ms. Paper.”
A blonde wearing a hockey jersey came rushing up the short flight of stairs that lead from the landing that was in front of the elevator to the main floor. He had a tray with a cup, and teapot in one hand, and a briefcase in the other.
His toe clipped the edge of one step sending him sprawling. Shego caught the boy in one hand by the back of his shirt and the tray in the other, dropping the blonde the last few inches, onto his face.
Kim shook her head, “Ron, I’ve told you dozens of times…slow down…”
A mumbled “Sorry KP” came from the boy as he pulled himself to his feet, flipping the briefcase open, colored paper tumbling out onto the floor.
Km shook her head, and held a hand out, fingertips limply pointing down to the paper, which started to flutter in place. It swirled up in a colored whirlwind, forming a dark blue blouse, darker green shirt, and a black and white tie.
Shego stared for a moment, “Great ability….poor fashion choices Pumpkin.”
Kim sighed, “What’d I do wrong?”
Dr. Director and Ron watched as Shego did what no one else had ever thought of doing before. Correcting Kim’s clothing.
“Well it’s simple….if your doing a school teacher look, black and white is more than enough…but based on your color choice…you’re color blind aren’t you?”
Kim blushed deeply, “…Y…Yes…”
Ron’s jaw dropped. No one knew that Kim was color blind…well no one but him. At least until then. A woman he had never seen before had guessed it just based off how Kim had chose to dress. It caused a cold feeling to rise up inside of him…and that frightened him.
Shego sighed, shaking her head, “We’ll worry about that later I guess…So…where –are- we going?”
Dr. Director shook her head, trying to ignore the scene unfolding in front of her, “Ms. Paper, the book you retrieved us will hopefully help us prevent the Mind from furthering any of their plans to create a force that could rival our Agents.”
Shego’s face fell, “What kind of force?”
Dr. Director sighed, she was explaining far too much to the pale green woman. Granted the information wasn’t classified, but it was still annoying. “The Mind has been experimenting in the human genome and various super human abilities. Many of these are taken from figures who held these in the past. The book Ms. Paper retrieved was had detailed information on every super human ability that has arisen in the past thousand years. Along with another book, that is still missing, called the Book of Sleepless Nights, any person with enough money and the right equipment can create any person they want, with any abilities.”
“Wait…how can they get the genes for these abilities?”
The one eyed woman sighed, and started walking, after taking a cup of tea from Ron, the two woman following her dutifully. Kim was curious now, never having thought of asking why she was retrieving a book before.
“The book Ms. Paper retrieved contains the genetic information.”
Shego’s mind had puzzle pieces falling into place, “Above human strength? Duplication? Shrinking? The ability to walk through solid object? Green fire?” The last one her hands lit up, causing Dr. Director to stop, her eyebrow raised as she took a sip from her tea.
“It seems…they managed to do it anyways.” Shego’s teeth were clenched. She had trusted Iigo to tell her the truth, and she had been lied to. She knew Iigo had known what was going on. But to flat out lie….Her body was trembling.
A pair of arms wrapped around her from behind, “Shhh…Shego….you’ll be alright….”
Dr. Director sipped her tea again, “Ms. Paper we’ll be needing to talk to you…and Ms. Shego again later. The two of you go get some rest, and try to relax. We’ll start out fresh tomorrow, and we’ll get satellites tracking everything going in, on, under, and around that island.”
Kim nodded, and led the wreck of a woman back towards the elevator. “Come on Shego…sleep will do you good.”
Shego nodded and sniffled, wiping her nose with one hand, wrapping her arm around Kim with the other. “Okay….” She wasn’t sure what to feel at that moment…but she was sure she was going to need to teach Iigo the meaning of trust.
Dr. Director watched the pair walk off, calmly sipping her cup of tea. “Ms. Shego…we are going to need to know whatever you know…Let’s just hope you’re as trustworthy as you seem to be.”
A/N: And we end there…emotionally tormenting Shego.
It’ll only get meaner. If you don’t like seeing Shego emotionally tormented, physically tortured…and general evil, well to put it simply…you may want to stop now.
Things won’t be too pretty for Kim either.