Shego kept squeezing far past when her sister’s body went limp, and stopped squirming. Iigo couldn’t be able to stop her…to hurt her…and most importantly to hurt Kim ever again.
The scythe lashed out again, nearly causing Kim to fall to her knees as she stopped the weapon. Its strength was its size, and despite how heavy it was the older woman was swinging it as fast, if not faster than Kim could swing her paper sword.
“Give it up little girl. I am stronger than you, faster than you, and more powerful than you.”
Kim bit her lip as she twisted to avoid the large blade, but wasn’t fast enough as it gashed across her back.
“I have something you don’t though,” Kim said, the pain filtering into her voice. “I have the love and protection of someone who has wanted to leave your little family more than once. It’s no my choice or yours, it’s hers.”
At it’s infuriated wielder’s command the blade lashed out again, burrowing through the redhead’s shoulder, the tip bursting out the back, blood trailing down it and dripping with a slow plopping sound to the floor.
The Paper Master dropped her paper blade, unable to hold onto it with the cut nerves in her shoulder, a gasp escaping her lips, unable to feel exactly how much pain she was in.
Then she screamed.
Ron tried a few different kinds of smiles as he calmly combed his unruly hair in the bathroom mirror. Twenty minutes until it was Mission Go. Twenty minutes until he proved himself to the only woman he truly cared about.
He gently ran a fingertip over the photo he had managed to get of Doctor Director drinking coffee while reading a book. Even while doing something so casual he could see that she looked more mature, and intelligent than the average person. She had a certain way she spoke, carried herself, even ate that made him want to throw himself on his knees and beg for her hand.
He never did though. He was much too shy for that. Much too reserved for that. Even when he was handing her a towel as she stepped dripping wet out of her bath clad only in that eye patch he held it all in. He longed for her, but his sense of duty always forced his feelings aside.
He nodded, but not tonight. He would prove his worth to her tonight. Then she’d truly care about him, not as her personal assistant, but as more.
He would make sure of it.
Shego slowly slid up, forcing herself to stand. It took a lot of effort, but she was up.
Slowly she lifted one foot to step forward, and her legs gave out from under her, causing her to hit the ground hard, blood dribbling from her newly split lip.
“Alright….walking is out…let’s try shuffling then.”
Kim grunted as she forced herself to stand, blood running down her arm, causing paper to soak it up and come loose, drifting down away from her.
“”Everything is…paper?” The older woman was surprised. She’d never seen anything like it before.
Kim gritted her teeth, and stared the woman in the eyes, forcing herself to focus, “Got a problem with that hag?”
The woman’s eyes lit up with anger as she swung a quick punch into her opponent’s stomach. The redhead didn’t even flinch as the blow connected, her face twisted into a sadistic grin.
The pain traveled up the woman’s leg, and to her brain, as she fell, an index card separating her foot and ankle cleanly. “Ho-----How….?”
Kim was still smiling as the large curved blade came loose, “I’m a Paper…Mas…t……e….r…” Her voice failed her as the blood drained out of her, mingling on the floor with the blood of the other woman as the lay there, one of pain, the other of peace, slowly losing their grip with their existence.
While shuffling was getting her down the hall it was slow and painful, and after collapsing for what felt like the twentieth time Shego decided to drag herself down the hall. It was hard work with her legs dragging behind her limply, but it was faster than trying to walk. Finally she reached the elevator, the up button quickly becoming a scorch mark so that she could begin her ascent to where her mother and most certainly her lover were.
Ron stood in the courtyard of the building, as his team entered, their rifles bursting in rapid succession as they faced off with the guards inside.
Yes, tonight was going to be fun.
Just as soon as he let his monkey out.
“Ma’am! Rapid energy spike detected in sector! The readings are all over the charts!” The technician was panicking as he watched the digital read outs on his screen.
“Relax Jennings. I was expecting something like this,” The woman calmly brushed some stray hair away from her eye patch. Showing off already Ronald?She sighed and tried to keep her annoyance at a minimal. You’d be such a great agent if you could get yourself to just focus. There is no need for flashy in this line of work. Something I know you know.
Slowly she turned to go back to her office, to start processing the inevitable property damage reports, Just….Just be careful Ron.
Shego forced her way down the fall as fast as she could, ignoring the burning pain on her front from the consistent dragging or the pain in her elbows from digging in to the smooth marble floor to pull herself forward. She had to reach Kim. She had to protect her. No matter what.
A/N: Annnnndddd….we stop here. The nest chapter will be up in the near future and –may- finish this, or bring us closer to the epilogue. Somehow I feel that my chapters need to be shorter right now so that they don’t force too much at you my faithful and semi-faithful readers at once.
It oddly also makes this feel kind of like an episode to an anime where the ‘To be continued’ pops up at the end of each chapter, leaving you hanging until next time.
It’s a love/hate relationship I guess.
Anyways, questions, comments, and reviews are welcomed and encouraged!