On the twelfth day Shego woke up.
She lay in the hospital bed for a while before moving, sliding out from under Kim's sleeping form that was half sitting in a chair, half laying on the bed. Shego paces the room, holding her remains of an arm to her body with the hand that remained. She had been wrong to leave, and she had to return. Had to ask forgiveness. Had to restore her sister's faith in her.
She couldn't stay with Kim any longer. It wasn't good for either of them.
With a soft kiss to the sleeping woman's head Shego choked back the pain that was fighting to make it's way out. “I'm sorry Princess…we weren't meant to be…”
Kim woke to a cold bed under her cheek that felt…empty. She looked around the small hospital room and saw no one, or thing that looked like Shego was there.
She screamed.
Doctor Director found herself looking over a room that had literally shred by a storm of paper. The person behind it was curled up in the corner, her eyes puffy and red like she had been crying. The one eyed woman decided that it was time to take up smoking again, and dug a pack of cigarettes out from her pocket. She had been intending to throw them away, eventually, but it didn't matter now.
She took one out and put it between her lips and fished out a lighter, the orange flame flickered on as she inhaled, igniting the cigarette. “What happened Kim?”
The redhead looked up. “She's gone. I didn't mean too…but she's gone.”
Betty inhaled deeply, and blew smoke slowly out of her lips. The hospital staff was going to hate her, but she was untouchable to their rules anyways. “This has happened before Kim. More than once. You can't lose control. You can't have emotions. And you can't do this. It doesn't matter if someone dies, if your heart is broken, or your being tortured. Do I make myself clear Ms. Paper?”
“Yes ma'am.”
“Good. Now come here so I can give you a hug.” She opened her arms and the redhead slowly got up and walked over to the older woman and started to sob as she buried her face in the woman's jumpsuit. The two stood there as Betty's cigarette burned to the filter and went out.
Kim slowly pulled away a short while after that and looked up at the woman. “Thank-you.”
Betty didn't return the gaze though, “I have a new assignment for you. We've figured out who owned that island you broke into. It seems she was using that book to create children that take after her.”
Kim let go of the older woman completely now, her mind going into a mission prep mode. She may be an emotional agent, but she was a very systematic one. “I'm ready to deal with her. To take her on right now.”
Betty mussed the redhead's hair a bit. “Don't worry. You will. We need to arrange a team to go in with you though. Things aren't as easy as we had thought before. We don't know how many children she has now, or what they can do. We're not even sure what she can do.”
Kim nodded slowly. “I understand ma'am.”
Betty smiled. That was her good little Paper Master. Everything was going to be alright.
Shego slogged her way up the long road. She didn't know where she was going exactly, but something told her she was going exactly where she need to. She was going home.
Kim sat in a small office, waiting for Doctor Director to return. The woman had left for a portfolio she had been assembling of people who would be essential in a large scale assault operation. The woman returned, and the pair began to put together their list of who they could use in this particular operation
Shego took the last step up the large set of stairs she had spent over a day climbing. Her ruined arm throbbed. Yes she was close to her sister. She whirled and spotted the ghost like form of her glowing sister.
“Iigo.”
“Shego.”
The two figures fell into each other, their arms wrapping around each other. There was no escaping what they were created for. Their lips found each other and they kissed each other gently. It wasn't sexual, or lustful. It was just…loving.
Shego felt tears slipping down her cheeks, “I'm sorry for leaving you.”
Iigo smiled at her younger sister, “It's okay. My little Firefly is back, and that's what matters.”
The two kissed again.
Kim looked at the profiles of the final group that was coming with her. A part-time agent named simply Mr. Barrken was the point man. Ron was coming to run interference with the the phasing woman, based on the account that Shego's glow disrupted the phasing, it was possible his Mystical Monkey Kung-Fu aura could do the same. And there was Yuri, Ron's new girlfriend, and leader of the covert ops division. She, along with three set of five man cells where providing the muscle and surprise that they would be needing.
Kim went to go home, but only realized part way there that it was no more. Her feet led her to Bonnie's small apartment where a very surprised brunette answered the door.
Kim didn't say anything and sank into the other woman's arms, her nose tenderly nuzzling the neck that was there.
Dawn came all too soon and Kim found herself in Bonnie's bed, her naked body pressed against the other woman's. It was the first time they had ever had sex before, and Kim hadn't been sure what she was doing at first, but she learned quickly and wore out a woman who had once though herself experienced.
Things are always different when it's with someone you love.
The brunette's eyes opened slowly and she smiled as she realized that the previous night hadn't been a dream. “Good morning beautiful.”
Kim smiled, “Good morning sexy.” The smile faded though, and the trouble in her eyes was all too obvious.
“What's wrong Kim…?”
The redhead didn't say anything and just pulled the other woman close.
“Don't worry about it right now Bonnie…We don't have to worry about it yet.
Shego stood, her good arm wrapped around her sister, in front of Father. The woman looked relieved. “Give my your arm Shego.”
Shego slowly put the stump into the woman's outstretched hand.
A black glow lit around the woman's hand, and it's energy snaked up Shego's arm. The pale green woman screamed in pain and her fingers dug into her sister's side. Iigo didn't a sound and just held her sister. The glow and the pain subsided, and Father simply let go.
What had once been a stump was a full hand again. It looked just like it had before. Shego regard the newly formed hand in awe, “Th-Thank-you Father.”
The woman smiled and waved them to go.
Shego had returned. And as for an award she was restored. Things were as they were. Her family was together again. Now they world had to understand how special she and her children were. Even if she had to get her hands bloody to do it.
A/N: And we end another chapter. Not legendary length, but we're improving again. Or so I hope. I'll update the next bit as soon as possible.
Obviously I'm building this towards a conflict. I doubt it'll be as spectacular as some people's fics those people know who they are, but I'll try.
And the use of ‘Firefly’ comes from StarvingLunatic. Seemed like a fair trade seeing as she used a nickname I used up.
Well next chapter soon!