Anythings Possible ... right?

Disclaimer: I don’t  own most of these characters these characters Disney does, please don’t sue. Rae  Mouse

Definition: Kigonite ore, KiGo fic in  general are kigonite, raw ore which is then refined  down to kigonium and toxic waste which are fics with plot involving kigo and everything else respectively, further refinement produces kigotonium and is known to cause spontaneous nosebleeds in both genders and is  almost guaranteed lethal to the genus Kigotaku radicallus.

It Gets Worse … tis a  bit of good advice in effd up situations. Keep that  one thing in mind, never forget it, repeat it every time you think things  are looking up ‘cause … It always gets worse … remember that whenever shit starts going south and you’ll  likely be the last thing standing in the end … forget it and you’re street  pizza.

Anything’s possible …  right? : nuclear reactions occur when  two particles collide

Critical mass : containment failure detonation  in progress

 Shego stepped into her house first and  noticed her ‘arrangements’ had finally been delivered, now to see how Kim would  react. There was only one hitch at this point, she didn’t know if Kim would  notice or care considering what they had both been informed of moments ago.  Deciding to make it a bit more obvious she lead them right past a large glossy  piano like the one from the dining hall. Kim didn’t bat an eye, it was nearly  enough to put a scowl on Shegos face. “Give me a minute  and I’ll have them send down a good pile of food, we can get showered and  cleaned up while we wait.” She was now leaning against the  piano.

 It took a few moments for Kim to  recognize that she was responding without thinking, this was turning into a  nightmare of questions that she had to ask. When she finally did look to Shego her  eyes were drawn to the glossy black instrument taking up most of this side of the  room. “When did you steal the piano?” She took the few steps around to the  key cover and flipped it up, it wasn’t the one from the hall but of the same  line. “Let me guess you got the guitar as well?” Shego nodded but she was still  dealing with the catering department, her cell phone getting a workout. Happy  for the distraction the new toys provided she looked around the room until her  eyes fell upon the case. This one was most likely the actual guitar she had  wanted to tinker with. The stage crew had been right though, you don’t let  some stranger play the bosses guitar. When she opened the case her guess was  proven correct, Shego must have demanded this for her as part of those  ‘arrangements’ she made earlier in the day.

 Once she was sure the lunch would be  taken care of Shego closed her phone and looked over to see Kim happily  unpacking the guitar. “You know it’s not nice to open presents before you’ve been  officially given them Princess.” Kim ignored her and continued setting the stand  up and getting the amp jacked in. “Ok I see the ever present Possible  stubbornness is going to interfere with shower time, This simply will not do.” There  was a confident swagger in her steps as she closed in on Kim. “I want a  shower and I want you to join me, the guitar can wait, or do I need to nuke it?” Her  grin was more playful than she intended. She made a grab for the instrument  in Kim’s hand only to have it deflected. “Ok Yeah Right how could I have  forgotten so soon, Peaches, we fight.”

 Kim derailed the fight before Shego  could get into a destructive tantrum. “We do fight but you’re right, shower now  then food then games.” Setting the guitar in the stand she coiled up into a  pounce pose before leaping past the startled Shego, “First to the shower, you know  the drill”

 ‘Damn she’s good.’ The thought burned  itself in her mind as Shego tore off after the redhead. It was and always  would be a contest between them, she would have it no other way nor would Kim  apparently. “That’s cheating Peaches, you can’t steal my gig here I’m the cheat!”  she was within an arms length of the redhead who attempted to stall her by  tossing her clothes in the direction of Shegos face.  Shego dodged most of them well but she was taken out of the game by Kims panties which hit their mark. Shego would claim it was because she was  trying to avoid the bra and the corner of the hall. When she finally stepped  into the master bathroom she could see Kim waiting with sponge in hand and not much  else save a smile. “I hope you’re planning to behave Princess, lunch will be here  in a few minutes.” Shego stepped in under the hot spray pulling Kim along as  well.

 They enjoyed the sensuous moment under  the torrent wiping away the fatigue of the morning, once they reached the  point of wrapping around one another for the face-to-face hair wash they decided mutually to finish and get ready for the meal. They both wanted to work  a few things out for themselves. The towel off got a bit messy when Kim  swatted Shego on the butt whipstyle with her towel  instigating a short towel duel. It only stopped when Shego held up a hand for a time  out because she smelled the food waiting. One had to have a good nose around Drakkens various lairs to know when food was ready.  Wrapped in fresh robes they casually walked in silence to the dining area, Kim  took her seat across from Shego at the short wood table placing her Kimmunicator  to one side.

 She was expecting Kim to want  information to confirm or deny what the rodent thing had told them, she herself wanted  to know more but for slightly different reasons. “If you want to do some  digging go ahead. I’ve got my own system and I’d like to do some checking myself.”  She waved a hand over the gumbo and took a deep breath, it was as good as  she had expected of the old fart. “So what made you jump at that things offer?”  It had been bugging her since she saw the redhead snatch the card from his  hand.

 “That’s easy, I rescued them from a  runaway fuel tank, they fired the foreman on the site. I got to look at their operations and well … some people here could stand to learn a few  things from those rogues.” The odd look Shego gave her nearly made her choke on her spoonful. “I was in the area, one of Dad’s rockets had been hijacked by  Fist, again, Fist spent most of the time babbling about trying to help some  spacemonkeys, Captain Simian or some such. He  seriously needs to get a new act.” Shego almost dropped her  spoon.

 “You really liked out there?” She  never thought about or wanted to go into space again, that was where the  comet came from and she was not interested in any more surprises from out there.  “I stick to the clouds personally, easier to get away when you can breathe  without a pack on your back.” The second time she actually took the chance was  with the woman across from her, Kim in that tank putting her trust in the person  sworn to defeat her. “This is getting … complicated.”

 “Yes but we’re in too far now to even  consider turning around. For now lets just chill, ok?” She looked directly into  the living jade she couldn’t resist. “We have time for us, I want you to know that  we will continue, but I … I need to think, and yes I want to look a few things  up. Besides we can’t do what I wanted to right now.” She pointed to the  window across from her, a constant shower was drumming the vegetation she  could see.

 “True, point. Ok Peaches we chill and  enjoy a lazy afternoon, I’m thinking my feline should be delivered sometime  soon.” She chased the last of her meal with a shot of wine and leaned back in her  chair. “I’m yours from this point out so if you say we chill that’s cool, I do  want to turn on some music. Give me a minute I’ll be right back.” The control  console wasn’t far away and she decided to ask for requests. “I’ve got a pretty  good library, want anything in particular?” ‘No, but thanks for asking. You  pick.’ She hit random and Obsession by See Saw whispered to life throughout  the house. Shego really enjoyed her sound system, most of the time music was the  only thing that kept her from seeing just how much plasma Drakken could  swallow. The steady pulse lead her back to Kim with a bounce in her  step.

 “Good song.” She upgraded her opinion  of Shegos taste a few notches as she walked with her  to the den, the wrap around windows provided an excellent view of the storm  thundering down on them. “Looks like it’s going to get rough out there.” She  actually found comfort in the fury of this sudden storm, there were only a small  handful who could navigate under these condition and of the lot she and Shego  made up the top rank.

 Shego sat across from the largest of  the windows almost spilling her drink when Kim slid in and curled up beside  her. The redhead was working the buttons of her com-device with practiced  ease summoning websites or video files, Shego had to admit the unit was a  pretty sweet piece of hardware. Casually she ran her fingers through Kim’s red  mane moving it slightly so she could see her face more clearly. A larger  part of the mystery of this woman had been revealed and it changed the landscape  entirely. She wished the rodent guy would have bothered to mention the radiation  of the comet to her sooner. “Kim you mother is a doctor,  right?”

 Kim turned to look over at Shego the  question drawing her complete attention. “Yes, Why? Are you scared of the  radiation thing?” She was thinking about it along with a host of other issues as  well but Kim knew something about radiation and thought she had an understanding  of what was happening. “Radiation in the normal sense would have killed you at  these levels within days of exposure Shego,” She leveled a stern gaze to her  friend, “If the radiation that saturates all of us was lethal it would have  killed us long ago. What I am most curious to know is how it can be a self  perpetuating material and how I was exposed.” It was clear to her now that there was  far more to Shegos observations about her, her  strength her endurance just about every aspect of her physical self was somehow  tied to Shego and how she came to be as she was now.

 “I was concerned about that, true, but  I was also curious for another reason. I know radiation can sterilize, I  haven’t really thought about it but I did think perhaps someday.” She really  couldn’t see herself with children but not having the option wasn’t comfortable  to think about. “What about you?”

 “No not really, I don’t think that’s  how it works in my family.” She was too busy reading the code she had been  receiving, the news was interesting and she requested further updates as they  could be provided. Shego gave her an odd  look at her remark as the last of her search requests was registered. “In my  family line there have always been women like me, fighting women like you. The Possible hero of the twentys, Mim, had to go into hiding for a crime she didn’t commit. No kids from her,  but her twin brothers kept the family tradition alive, Nanna was …” She was floored as a thought crossed her mind. Could she be the  one?

 Shego didn’t like the look on Kim’s  face, there was something seriously wrong and Kim was no poker ace. “Nanna was? … What?” She remembered the older  Possible, years more combat experience than Shego and Kim combined in a package  that one would write off as a non-threat until she pummeled you into submission.  “Kim?”

 “I … I have a suspicion that she may  know something about all of this.” She didn’t know enough about her  grandmother aside from the fact that she wasn’t a ‘born to the family’ Possible.  Yes the older women lived up to the family name but she was an outsider brought  in. “Shit I need a real keyboard.” The Kimmunicator was nice but the thumb  pad controller wasn’t the best tool for entering text of any  length.

 With a gentle shove, Shego displaced  Kim and stood offering her hand to the redhead. “If you want to use a ‘real’  computer follow me.” Shego pulled her to a standing position and proceeded to  lead Kim to her personal computer, it was nothing compared to some of the  machines both she and Kim dealt with but Drakken had added some options he thought  she would enjoy. “Just don’t use the three red keys the green key or the key with  the skull and crossbones, don’t ask.” She waved for Kim to take the seat in  front of the massive terminal display; the thing took up the entirety of what  would have been another bedroom.

 Kim watched as Shego entered the  access code, somewhat surprised that Shego hadn’t demanded she look the other way.  When she looked to the large display she saw a window displaying a long run of  text, a glance at the title bar told her she needed to look closer, the title  had her and Shegos name in it. “What the hell is this  Shego?” Her hand, fingers splayed wide, indicated the document being displayed.

 She couldn’t help it, the look on  Kim’s face as she scanned some of the text had been priceless, her laughter ran  itself out a few minutes later only to come close to a repeat as she saw a look of  utter horror on the womans face. Kim had obviously discovered the reason she had been reading that on her last trip to the  island. “You can’t be serious Kim, you mean you spend all that time online and  you have never come across this stuff?” Shego was honestly surprised, with the  global fan following they both had she had expected Kim to have already seen  at least some of it. When Kim visibly winced Shego tapped a key and the window  closed. “It’s Fanfic Peaches, you must have come across this stuff at some  point?” When the redhead responded with a shrug Shego actually felt stunned. “You  need to slow down and smell the smut from time to time  Princess.”

 Kim had no idea how to respond to that  so she did what she always did, sought out more information. “Wait hold up a  minute, explain why you’re reading … that, why it’s about US d-d-doing …” She  couldn’t bring herself to say what she had just read. She was ok with the  general sexual concept between them, but that was just wrongsick. “Who would want someones hand there even if it  would fit?”

 “Ok first Yes a hand will fit there  but no I am not interested in that and never want to find out if its ‘all that’  second …” Shego paused as she looked down on the woman whom she would never be  able to deny. “Second there’s far better out there than that Princess. Don’t  even think of asking ‘but why?’ Kim you’re a globally known celeb and I’m infamous. Apparently we make a good match. You agree don’t  you?” She was baiting the redhead but it was fun. She wasn’t expecting the  response she got so her reaction could have been better.

 “Show me,” It wasn’t a demand or a  command, hell it was barely a request but Kim knew as far as Shego was concerned  all she had to do was ask. “And while you’re at it explain the whole ‘reading  triple x porn script wanna-be’s’ that involve US. Also  tell me which are the best of the lot, I’ll want to know what the person at my  side likes.” Shego had a dazed look on her face, eyes slightly glazed over.  “You do realize you’re drooling don’t you Shego?” Shego instantly snapped to a  straight posture and rubbed the corner of her mouth, a light green blush to her  cheeks. “That good eh?” Kim had to ask.

 “You have no idea Peaches, but I’d  like to show yooo…” She couldn’t believe she had just revealed her more passionate desires to Kim so brazenly even though  they both were becoming more heated in their innuendo and physical activities.  “Sorry Peaches I shouldn’t have …” Kim cut her off with a single finger across  her mouth.

 “We can get into that a bit later  Shego but for now I just want to do this search,” She made a quick study of the  machine before her and deciphered the keyboard and pen interface it used as  fast as she could, her mind was filled with two very conflicting sets of thought.  “And I meant what I said, I want you to show me.” Kim let the older woman  figure out all the implications of that simple phrase as she set about her task.  Her not being ‘Wade’ meant the files she wanted would take longer to get, she  couldn’t openly respond to Wades message but it had been a comfort and she knew  ways to respond that he would find without being overt about  it.

 Shego staggered out of the room as if  she had been struck hard enough to daze her, in a manner she had been. From the  moment they had really started fighting on Shego knew Kim was after more than  just a friend or a partner, she was after an equal to share her life with and  she had chosen Shego. The jade woman was almost scared of the ‘what if’s’ that  were beginning to plague her but she would not back down. She wanted to be  with Kim no matter where they ended up on the division between good and evil.  She needed to clear her mind and think, Kim wanted to be shown and for all her  bravado Shego found herself truly nervous. She had been bisexual all of her  life, men or women it did not matter to her so long as they accepted those  interests, in the repressive societies she lived under most of the time this meant  she had few friends and fewer still who knew her heart. Then the comet hit and  she didn’t have to care anymore. Her very nature was different, against the  norm but even then the world around her found ways to inflict wounds upon  her. The skin colour was even made fun of by those whose skin colour was often a  source of repression, she felt the weight of that hypocrisy all the way up  till the day she left Team Go.

 When her reverie was over Shego found  herself sitting on her futon, bass in hand waiting for the caress of its  mistress’ fingers. She willed the confusion and thought from her mind as she felt  the heavy wire of the strings bend under her fingers. A pluck or two told  her she needed to tune the instrument, which was no real surprise. Every time  she had flown with it in tow the thing needed to be retuned. She no longer  needed the digital tuner her brother Wego one, the first  of the twins, had sent her for christmas, it was a  nice thought and she did appreciate it but her ear had become quite good and  in moments she had it in tune. She let herself get lost in the focus  required to play. People assumed the bass was just a background instrument and were  often surprised at the range the thing actually had. Anyone walking by might  think her a strange if talented musician, seeing her sitting there eyes  closed yet stroking together riff and single chord into a somewhat chaotic sound  that could mesmerize if one lingered too long.

 An hour perhaps more had passed as Kim  worked at the research she was doing, when she had to wait for files to process  she stole quick glances at the bookmarks in Shegos  browser. There were lots to look through and she didn’t know what she was  looking for which made it all the more difficult to stop. Aside from the expected  evil-net resources Kim found a folder dedicated to what she hadn’t known she was actually looking for, until she opened one of the links within. She  knew what fanfic was, she swooned over a few televised hotties the occasional movie or music idols when she was much younger and  penned fantastical tales of her own. A few of which would have gotten her more  than grounded. Her mother had accidentally caught her one time, it was  around that time her dad stopped liking the boys in her life, except Ron who, at  the time, was more of a ‘girl’ than she was. She felt a cold chill was over her  as she saw a title flash by, it had a special note attached marking it as more  than just a favorite, it was the story she wrote shortly after an insane  dream about a woman like Shego trying to kill her. The woman may have seemed  frightening to everyone else but to Kim she was beautiful. She wrote the story using  all the passion her youthful mind could drawn upon and her mother spent the  next few years trying to casually direct her towards a ‘men only’ line of  thought, needless to say it hadn’t worked. Kim liked the company of both men and  women, she had kind of had the chance to find out what it was like with a male  and would eventually do so fully but right now she was hoping to find out the  other side. The only difference was this would be close to the ‘woman of her  dreams’ literally.

 She did not know how long she spent alternating between scanning the impressive collection of stories Shego  had and the data that was slowly trickling to her until the sound of a bass  being played caught her ear. The heavy thump of an open E string broke her  near trance and caused her to look around as if she were being surprise  attacked. Between the things she had discovered about her family and what she was learning of Shego from her choice of reading material Kim’s brain  decided to slip into null state, broken only by that solid thump. Since she heard  no other instruments nor a vocal track Kim bet it was Shego playing and figured  she had been right about the older womans skill with  the instrument. When she tried to stand her foot connected with something  solid yet pliant that uttered a short growling grunt in its displeasure. Looking  down she say Greystroke partially coiled around her chair legs and partially  under the desktop supporting the massive display. She must have really been lost in  thought to have missed the felines return. Looking at the clock display on the  monitor she realized it had been several hours, the rain had stopped and the sky  lightened just enough to tell sunset was fast approaching, it was nearly six in  the evening after all. “Hey Grey, how ‘bout we go find you mother?” The  jungle cat eyed her oddly but stood and followed.

 Shego’s hand slid gracefully along the  neck of the bass stopping only long enough to force the taut strings against  the frets so her other hand could stroke out the chord or note she needed. This  was almost as enjoyable as letting herself cook under the large solar  emitter lamps Drakken made, at her request. Where the lamps left her skin hot and  sensitive the bass left her soul in a similar state. She was a passionate being,  it was part of her nature, a fire burned within as well as without and she  expected no less from those she associated with. Drakken might have been a loon but  he was passionate about what he wanted, that had not been the only reason she  stayed with him for so long but it was a large part. She was almost wishing  she had left before the StarMaker fiasco, she was  wishing she had left before the Little Diablo debauchery, the look on Kim’s face as  she landed a kick that nearly killed her was one she would not forget. For  a moment it looked like a mirror of her own hatred and it scared her to see such  an expression on Kim.

 She continued playing as she felt the  weight of something large hop onto the futon, even with a sturdy frame under  it the cat could make the whole thing wobble. She continued to play without  missing a beat as the feline made its way to her and rubbed against her for all appearances like a household tabby, albeit grande-sized. Despite the  weight and leverage advantage the feline had she couldn’t budge Shego nor make her  lose her place in the riff she was currently playing. The cat didn’t mind,  she could feel Shego leaning back into the affectionate rub, changing angles so  both would enjoy it more easily and backing off when she needed to focus on  a particularly complex set of chords. The feline had known only one other  who matched its master in strength and endurance, the fiery haired woman  she could smell all over her master. Under the soft pleasant smell of jasmine she  could still smell the scent of the red hair, she was ecstatic at the thought  of having both of them to play with. The cat flopped down and curled up  around Shego watching all the while as Kim set up the amp and guitar the cat  had never seen before.

 To be either a master thief or a head cheerleader a number of requirements must be met starting with an  impeccable sense of timing. A single misstep, a false start a lapse in judgment,  any or all could lead to disaster, the same applies to music. Shego was a  confident musician, her sense of timing far above that of mundanes and she prided herself on being unflappable, yet when Kim stroked the  first chords out of the guitar she had been given Shego faltered and in that  instant lost the timing she had been following. When Shego opened her eyes she  saw Kim tapping her foot in the same tempo she had been following, Kim nodded  to the bass in her hands and poised to rake the stiff pic she preferred across the strings. Shego collected herself quickly and  caught the beat once more leading the way for Kim who waited until she felt  the moment was right before joining in.

 Shego admired the redheaded woman’s  nerve, few could pick up a guitar and attempt to match the music she was playing  from the heart and yet not only was Kim doing just that she was improving upon  the pulse driving the music. Shego wrested control back at every opportunity not  noticing the growing frustration Kim was holding in check. Finally, when she had  had enough and Kim drug the pic harshly across  the strings in a foul note that broke the music apart instantly. She met  Shego’s outraged look with an equally pissed off glare. “Shego,” Her voice was  deathly sweet and hard as steel but the look in her eyes showed more, as Shego  was just learning how to see, “In everything else we may fight but music is a cooperative effort. If you want to lead that’s fine but if you hand  over the lead don’t try to force it back.” She stood and slipped the pic between the strings near the bridge at the tuning head. “You’re  fantastic by the way.” The hard edge had left her voice entirely replaced by the  warmth she was beginning to understand and enjoy. “Let’s go get dinner and we’ll  get started on my nights plans, sound good?” Shego didn’t bother with a  normal reply, she simply stood and walked to the stand where she strapped her  bass for safety then turned and stood beside Kim with her arm out but crooked,  Kim slipped her own arm through the opening and thusly linked they enjoyed a quiet  ride and short walk to the dining hall.

 Dinner was a simple yet filling  affair, Kim enjoyed the finer foods they offered but at heart she liked things  simple from time to time and it didn’t get any more simple than steak and potatoes.  Shego made no attempt to protest, mostly because Kim had earned the right to  make the call but also because she rather liked the way they cooked the steaks  in this establishment, the potatoes with a different matter. Kim insisted the  skins be left on for some reason that Shego couldn’t fathom and she thought the  taste would be mostly the same, the bits of skin reminded her of dirt. The time she  spent in that rotten jungle included a lot of dirt mixed in with the plant  roots and tubers she collected to go along with the few things her hunting skills  had let her add to her diet. She wasn’t eager to relive that experience but Kim  was equally determined to see her eat the stuff going so far as to dig up a spoonful and practically jamming it down her throat. It wasn’t until  after she had actually swallowed the stuff that she realized there was a new  flavour, something she could learn to like. “There  are easier ways to get me to try something Princess, but that seemed to  have worked so I’ll forgive you … this time.” Her teasing smile was met and the  response was an overly pleased smile spreading across Kims face.

 Kim waved a waiter over after pushing  her plate back and draining the last of the wine they had enjoyed from her  glass. “You ready for the really hard part of all of this Shego?” Hard was understating things on a galactic scale, she thought, but nonetheless  hard meant hard, there would never be an easy way for them. She waited until  the waiter cleaned their table and return with another bottle of wine and  the small deserts before she locked eyes with Shego who offered a weak smile and  a nod. “Good enough, It’s question and answer time. We haven’t learned shit  about each other beyond what we were given by an outsider and what we have been  through. I want to know you, I suspect you want the same or you’d have set my hair  on fire by now.” Shego laughed at the thought but again nodded, it was true if  she had not wanted to know Kim they would be fighting. “Ok since we seem to be  on the same page here and we both tend towards the competitive side I say we  set some ground rules. Don’t look at me like that, do you tell just anyone your  deepest secrets?” Kim watched closely as Shego thought that  over.

 “Actually Princess I would say we have  learned a lot about each other, mostly mundane stuff but still things we didn’t  know before.” Kim had to nod in agreement with that, they had been learning  but not the important stuff. “And to answer that question I have to say if I  did there would be only one person, Princess, and she is sitting right in front  of me.” The warm smile and bright blush she brought to Kim’s face with that  reassured her in ways she didn’t think possible, then she remembered the girls  name and motto, ‘She can do anything alright, even get me to walk through hell.’ Kim  nodded but waited to see if Shego had anything more to say, of course she knew  Shego would. “We don’t do dime slots Princess, we play high stakes and since  you seem to want this to be some sort of contest then I say we go to the next  level,” She waved a waiter over once more and in moments they had a single shot  glass and a stupid big bottle of what appeared to be whiskey. “Ever play  ‘quarters’ Pumkin?” She would likely be surprised if the  former cheerleader answered either way. Kim didn’t seem the ‘drunk party grl’ type but there was no doubt she was a partier so she was likely to have encountered the game before. Shego watched as Kim fished around in the  small utility pouch she slung on her waist digging out a shiny button shaped  bit of metal. Placing the coin on an upturned elbow Kim did a quick flick of  her arm and caught the quarter in nearly the same place it had been until she  removed the elbow supporting it. “I’ll take that as a yes.”

 “Yes Shego I have but this is my time, remember?” She couldn’t hold the grin down, Shego wasn’t easy to  fluster and the few times she had been able to she enjoyed the moment. “I’ll let it  slide this time because it is a good suggestion. How does this sound, for  every ‘in’ the other takes a drink and has to answer a question, any question,  completely and honestly, for every miss the shooter has to drink and answer a  question, completely and honestly …. Does that work for you?” There were so many  questions she wanted to ask and she felt they were at the point it was either ask  or don’t bother.

 For her part, Shego was hiding the  fear she felt well her poker face was absolute. “Fair enough Princess but  consider yourself warned, I will be asking you some very intimate stuff since  you allow for ‘any question’ ok?” There were as many things Shego wanted to ask  Kim as Kim wanted to know from her. This was the point of no return either  they would find common ground to build from or they would splinter into the  darkness she predicted not so long ago.

 “Works for me Shego, now fill the lil  glass and let’s get going.” She was enjoying the heady feeling the wine had  given her and was almost looking forward to a bit more potent a feeling, she  missed the glass on purpose her first try. Answering a question wasn’t as big a  concern for her as what she would be drinking, if it was the really stout stuff  she would likely not remember any of this. She wasn’t so sure of the game  as a good idea upon reflection but it was too late now and she turned the small  glass up. It wasn’t alcohol and the taste was horrid so she did her best not to  spit it out, Shego wouldn’t appreciate that kind of shower anymore than she  would. “Ewww that stuff is nasty!” she managed after  forcing the mouthful down her throat. “Ok I missed and I’ve drunk,  question?”

 Shego focused her aim on the glass and  held her pose to respond. “It’s not liquor or spirits but it will give you a  nice buzz, if you can handle the taste.” With a surgeons precision the  quarter clinked on the table and bounced up into the glass barely sloshing a  drop out. “That makes two in a row doesn’t it Princess?”

 For a moment she felt like being  ‘evil’ and responded with “Yup and that’s one question down so one to go.” Shego  scowled so deeply she couldn’t help but laugh, hard. When Kim composed herself  enough to knock back the next shot she had been passed she apologized. “Sorry  Shego couldn’t resist, go ahead ask your questions.” She waited until the gag  reflex triggered by the drink had settled before she took aim on the once  again full shot glass.

 Shego waited until she knew Kim was  committed to making the shot before asking the first of her questions. “Have you  had sex before?” It was a simple question with a number of responses, a few of  them she would not object to a few she would be repulsed by and one she would  find sickeningly ‘charming’ she would prefer the repulsive answer to the  ‘charming’ one any day.

 Kim was fuming as the coin went  sailing across the table, she should have defined the rules a bit further she thought.  “That wasn’t fair Shego! … yes. Next question?” She couldn’t stay mad as she  saw the slack jawed look of surprise on Shego’s face. “Ok ok not entirely accurate there, sheesh I really  should have defined the rules a bit more. Don’t blow a gasket when I tell you  this though, ok?” Shego recovered enough to push the glass back to Kim’s  side of the table and nod. “Ron and I … Don’t look at me like that, not after that night.” Shego flushed a  vivid green and nodded, “As I was saying Ron and I fooled around, a lot. He was  clumsy and barely able to stay ‘in the game’ I guess the high school cheerleader  fantasy was too intense, he passed out from hyperventilation more times than  I’ll admit publicly.”

 She knocked her third drink back  before continuing, “We went most of the way but I just couldn’t … I wanted … I  … he …” She couldn’t find the words to express how she felt, she still truly  cared for Ron but she couldn’t go there again, yet, she had someone else vying  for her heart. “Next question?” She hoped Shego would let that issue drop for  the time being.

 Shego was surprised, she was both  happy that Kim hadn’t taken things that far but sad for the woman as well. Very  seldom is a persons first sexual encounter all they expected it to be, both  parties usually had some resentment or at the very least frustration that could  either lead them to more exploration of themselves or a self loathing so deep  seated it left scars that would never entirely heal. “I … I’m sorry to hear  that Kim, I know Ron is a doof but he seemed to really  care for you.” Kim nodded not questioning how Shego had figured this. “Next  question, have you ever had desires or interests in other  females?”

 Kim managed a sly smile as she  executed the perfect bounce dropping the quarter smoothly into the shot glass.  Pushing the glass to Shegos side of the table she nodded,  “A few times a nice bod would present itself and I  enjoyed the view. Back in school there were two, I think you may have met them  both over the course of our ‘encounters’. The first is one most people in  school would have laughed off as insanity if you suggested the two of us liked  each other. Her name is Bonnie, her eyes have a piercing look that rivals  yours.” She wondered if Shego would make the connection and when she didn’t she  let the matter drop, it wasn’t as completely open and honest as she had  intended but she didn’t think now would be the time to go into detail about that  woman, there would be time for that later.

 Sensing something wasn’t being said  Shego sipped at the shot glass, she had long ago learned to enjoy the flavour of this intoxicant, kind of. “And the  other?” She shouldn’t have said anything but Kim had said ‘completely and honestly’  and yet held something back so she wanted to hear about this other woman whom  Kim had an interest in, she would let the other slide for the moment. She set  the glass down and refilled it before taking aim.

 Kim looked around seeming nervous but  the moment Shego was committed to the shot she answered, “Her name was  Monique, very beautiful black girl from school who I met at a fashion exhibit.  We kissed a few times.” Monique was there for her after the break up with Ron.  She would always be a special person in Kim’s life because she knew Kim was  trying to rebound from a devastating time. She kept things on a slow boil and  when she felt Kim was back to her self she put an end to the casual kissing,  there were a few tense moments as Kim worked things over and just as she was about  to explode on Monique the girl planted a passionate kiss on her before  running off for parts unknown. She was in college on the other side of the planet  now, teaching not being taught, Wade had found her with relative  ease.

 Shego hadn’t been prepared to hear Kim  had gone as far as kissing another woman and her aim suffered for it. “That  was low Possible, your getting better at this.” She winked then knocked the  drink down, she may like the flavour to a degree but she  had the feeling she would be tired of it before too long. “I believe that makes  it your turn to ask a couple of questions.” Her confident smile concealed the  nervous sweat she could feel building.

 Kim knew she could ask anything and  get an answer but she didn’t want this to remain a sexual topic, there would  be more time for that later in the game. “Hmm I should make this as  embarrassing as yours were but I think I’ll go for something else, Why Drakken of all  the creeps out there to work for?” She had never been able to fathom that relationship, there clearly was one even though Shego denied it at  every turn. Kim could only gape as she saw Shego blush ferociously; Shego had something embarrassing to say about this so her question worked out nicely after  all.

 ‘Where do I begin on that?’ Shego  asked herself as she stared down at the table. “You know he wasn’t always  blue, right?” Kim nodded and Shego swallowed as she watched the quarter flop  into the muddy liquid filling the glass. “I was there when he had the accident,  I was partly to blame for it actually. I had been hired to steal something  from him, I got it and would have been long gone without so much as a twitter on  the alarms but I made a mistake, he ended up blue for my mistake. I found  out later from an experiment I asked him to do, if the stuff had hit me I would  be a nice green statue right now. I guess it was the radiation in me that  wouldn’t take well to the chemicals in whatever it was. He spent a week paralyzed as  his skin died.” Kim was visibly shaken by this revelation but Shego knew she  would want the whole story so she gave it to her.  

 “Even as he lay there in agony he  refused to haggle with me over my ‘henchperson’ rates. Not for a single instant  did he mention regret or anger, never once has he mentioned that day since. He  could have let me die, he didn’t. I could have let him die, I didn’t. For a  time after we managed to restore life to his skin we were … intimate. Wanna  know a secret Princess,” She wasn’t really asking and Kim wasn’t really sure  she wanted to know but nodded yes anyway. “He may come off as evil but he’s  a creampuff, you probably know that to a degree already but not to the  same degree I do. There were times when he could have killed me off and been  done with it, the rules allow for that when a henchperson/sidekick fails as  often as I have. Thanks to you Pumkin. He never  followed through.” She grabbed the glass and drank it in a single swallow. The  taste wasn’t improving but the feeling was. “The time when he returned to his  normal colouration and Stoppable turned blue he ran some  tests on himself, the perpetual blue tint of his skin has something to do with a stunning degree of regeneration. Inside and out he is effectively dead  but undying. We checked Ron over for residuals one time a few months later  and when we found none we let you find us to reclaim him.”

 “Out of the game question if I may.”  Kim had to ask but the question wasn’t about either of them so it fell in the  ‘out of the game’ category. Shego nodded as she poured and drank another shot  then refilled the glass and got ready to shoot. “This rule book for villainy … it  really exists?” She had seen the  general villainy guidebook the Seniors used to follow as an absolute but it never  mentioned some of the things Shego had said were in the rulebook she was legally  obliged to follow.

 “Ok first only two more ‘out of the  game’ questions for you, second … yes but technically I’m not allowed to  discuss it. Union rules and all that crap.” She smiled devilishly and bounced the  quarter rather roughly, much to Kim’s surprise. She was more surprised to watch  the coin skip across the table hit the bottle they were drinking from and  arc back into the glass. Shego smiled happily as she watched Kim arch an eyebrow  and take the drink.

 “So its trick shot time already is  it?” She wasn’t really asking but she needed to say something, if she didn’t her  mouth would refuse to open for the drink. She swallowed it as Shego had been  doing for the last few shots she had taken deciding the best way was the fast  way. “Second question, the uniform? Why do you still wear the Go uniform if  you left them?” She wasn’t sure what kind of answer she would get, there was bad  blood between her and her brothers.

 Shego closed her eyes and chuckled to  herself until she heard the coin smack the table, considerably harder than she  had hit it a moment earlier. What she failed to see was the bright object arc  across the table to bounce off her forehead. With a small yelp she reached her  hand to rub the spot the coin impacted only to end up grumbling as she heard it  drop into the small glass sitting a few feet away from her. That explained  why Kim had to throw it so hard. “That’s not really that big of a deal, you  should know the answer already in fact. You did restore them their powers after  all, and you heard the conversation with ratboy  earlier, consider Princess I have a total of three uniforms which get shredded  with annoying regularity and yet I never need to have them repaired because  they do it for themselves.” She was trying to keep herself from remembering the  feeling she had when she held that wand of Aviarius’, it made her sick to her  stomach then just as the thought of it did now, but then she played her role flawlessly. Only Kim and Drakken knew she had given the powers back,  yes she fought to keep them but had she used her full skill the room would have  been littered with the corpses of her family and friends. “I won’t go back  to Team Go, they are family but they do not respect me, well the twins do but  sorta, the other two, well you saw.” Kim nodded as  she waited for Shego to drink and prep for the next  shot.

 “Ok third question,” Shego looked at  her funny but checked her self with a bit of air calculation ending with a slight  frown on her face as she nodded. “Aside from this arrangement of ours,  regardless of how it turns out, is there anything that could bring you back to the  good side?” It was reaching, grasping at straws but she may never have this  kind of opportunity again. “I … I just want to know if you would go too far or  what, I guess” Kim looked down trying to sort out her feelings at the moment.  The drink had made her feel light and remarkably clear headed but there was an  air of near giddiness lurking which made it difficult to sort out the harder  to resolve thoughts.

 “I’m already there Kim.” Shego bounced  the coin directly off Kims forehead where it  ricocheted over to the bottle putting a small nick in it before it sailed in a  short fast arc into the shot glass nearly tipping it over. “I have been but I  can’t explain that right now because there’s a lot to it. I have done stupid  illegal things but I have been fighting the ‘good fight’ as it were.” Shego  figured if Kim was going to hold some information back she could do the same,  especially since it was Kim who said ‘completely and honestly’ then defied that  rule so brazenly. Kim put a hand out to the glass but Shego stopped her, the  chip of amber glass from the bottle had landed in it and Kim hadn’t seen that.  “Trust me you don’t want to drink that, it’s been contaminated.” She poured  most of the contents into her empty wine glass and poured the remnants the  quarter and the glass shard into Kim’s. Seeing the shard Kim swallowed nervously and  nodded. They waited for the waiter to bring them a new glass for their game.

 Kim promptly filled the glass and  swallowed the contents, she was beginning to be able to ignore the taste but only  if she drank it fast. “Ok what’s your next question Shego?” She was enjoying  the odd conversation, it was as all things between them were, a contest, only  this time they would both win and lose. They both hoped to be happier for it  after but even at this point neither could swear that was how it would  end.

 Shego leaned back in her chair  thinking the questions over that she wanted to ask. It was obvious Kim wanted to  learn different things than she did but that was ok, they weren’t clones so  different approaches were understandable. “Is there anything that scares you? I  mean really scares you, not the stuff we do when we fight.” She saw a twinge  flicker across Kim’s face, which made her even more curious. “I’m guessing  that’s a yes.” Kim nodded as she lined her next shot up, it would take perfect  timing, good thing she was a master at that. The waiter never saw it coming but  Shego did and was amazed at the gall Kim possessed. The poor guy would likely  have w:st="on">Washington’s  face embossed on his forehead for the next week.

 “Do you remember when Middleton was  being shaken apart by mysterious ‘earthquakes’ a couple of years ago?” Shego  looked a touch distracted as she thought back but ended up shaking her head,  “You must have been out of the area then. The earthquakes were caused by this  knut job who used a growth enhancer on …” She  shuddered and nearly gagged as the memories returned. “I still get the shivers when I  think about those … things.” Shego looked dumbfounded at her less than clear  words. “Cockroaches … the creep used the gadget to turn tiny roaches into  terrier sized roaches. Serious panic going on that day, from me. Ron on the  other hand actually bonded and learned to speak Roache.”  She could tell Shego was trying not to laugh so she went on and finished to  make her point. “It was bad enough he made them dog large but for a week  after he escaped, and thanks to Rons criticism, he  grew them to truly gigantic scale. A normal roach can eat through things we would  break teeth on, scale those mouths up to canine size and you have a lethal  weapon, scale them larger and you have an armored monster who will happily chew  up tanks for breakfast.”

 Shego shuddered herself as she  visualized that, she had some first hand experience with roaches that she felt  would not be good to discuss right then. She knew exactly how strong and  tenacious those scavengers could be once they took a bite of something they liked. She  knocked back the drink she had waiting and burped loudly, single swallow  drinking didn’t go well with polite company for that very reason. “Remind me and  I’ll give you a few bug bombs for that hair drier of yours.” She gave Kim a  small salute with the empty shot glass before refilling it and trying to work out  the shot she would try. “Here hold this spoon here….” She put a slightly fouled  spoon in Kim’s right had and a knife in the other, “Hold them ‘bout there yeah  that’s the ticket.” Shego bounced the quarter off Kim’s knife onto the spoon,  which changed the trajectory from across to a near perfect upwards arc that  dropped it into the glass. Kim didn’t look too pleased at that. “So what’s your  next question? Princess.”

 Kim was busy looking around the mostly  deserted room for something to use for her next shot and coming up empty, “Why  are you doing this … resort thing?” It wasn’t a terribly important question but  she sensed there was more to it than Shego had mentioned already. She could  follow the familial thing up to the point the brothers sold off the natives  land for their own gain but she thought that wouldn’t engender sympathies  towards anyone of Team Go let alone the reverence she had seen the few times one of  the native workers greeted her.

 Shego shrugged, “Like I said before I  don’t need the money, I gave back what they wanted to give me but I had to do  so in a way that wouldn’t offend them, they mean a lot to me. One of those ways  is this resort. Triple S gets his fifty percent I get two percent the rest goes  to support the people around here who need it, next winter when its not so  rainy here they’ll be building the first major modern hospital the atoll  chain has ever seen.” Shego watched with great interest as Kim stood another  bottle of their current drink beside the first placing her wine glass just to the  other side of the shot glass, Kim couldn’t be seriously thinking of making  that shot … could she?

 The coin bounced off the table hit the  bottle nearest to her shot off to the other bottle, which sent it to the wine  glass before dropping it into the shot glass. “Damn!” The wine glass didn’t  even have a nick on it and the note it sounded off was pure and true. “Senior got  the real crystal, I’ll have to have a word with him on that.” Kim was  stifling a laugh as Shego spent a minute examining exactly how Kim had made the  shot without shattering the fine crystal glass.

 “Look on the bottom Shego, the stamp  says it was made in  w:st="on">Ireland, they make the best crystal ware I’ve ever seen.” She picked the glass  up and struck it with her fingernail sounding off a clean pure note. “So you’re  helping them without them seeing that you’re helping?” Shego looked at her oddly  then began setting up her next shot.

“That’s your next  question?” The bottle didn’t want to stay the way she had it so Shego poured the  remnants into Kims wine glass then used her plasma to  ‘spot weld’ it to the other bottle. Kim realized her mistake and shrugged.  “If that’s the case you wasted the question because it’s that simple. They are  family, more so than my brothers ever were for the most part. Hego is an ass always  has been always will be. Mego will eventually get over himself, I hope. As for  the twins, I want you to promise me you will never allow them to meet your  brothers. That could kill us all.” Kim snorted and laughed loudly in agreement.

 “It wasn’t a wasted question, I got  what I wanted from it Shego.” She smiled with a hint of nervousness that made  her seem slightly scared, “I’ve seen what your powers can do up close, I wanted  to know if they had scarred you to the point you could only deal with a select  few. You put on the airs of supreme confidence and independence trying to push  everyone away, but when it counts, you come through. That’s all that really  matters, isn’t it?” Shego shrugged again but Kim could see the truth in her lime  green blush. “I do have another out of game question, If I may.” Shego nodded  while indicating she had one left, “If your brothers come from your fathers  first wife how are you older?”

 This was a sore spot for Shego but she couldn’t hold back since Kim asked. “Father was lost without my mom and  for a time he found comfort again in my brothers mother.” She felt the long  standing bitterness of that well up and used every ounce of her will to crush  it. “I didn’t hate the woman but she was not fond of me, I guess that’s being  nice. I think she resented me because I reminded her of the woman who still  held fathers heart, I’m told green tint aside I’m the ‘spitting image’ of  mom, so she gave me the whole Cinderella treatment until the twins were born.”  She reached over and took the chipped bottle in her pale hand. “Once they  were born she ran away. That was the final nail, if you will, in fathers casket.  He lasted long enough to see their first birthday, I was never told what  the official cause of death was but my guess he drank himself to death.”  She noted Kims shocked expression and began attempting to  balance the one bottle atop the other. “Alcoholism ran high on both sides Princess  though there were other reasons for it on mom’s side. Father and I had a close  bond for a time before she came back into his life, she tore that up for  spite.”

 The bottles appeared to be rather  precariously balanced and Shego had to admit to herself she was just as likely to  break both as she was to pull this off but either way she was committed. “I don’t  like letting people close, I … my power …” She felt the frustration build  but didn’t want to take it out on Kim, it wasn’t her fault she was the way she  was. She spun the coin in her fingers to find its center of mass then casually  flicked it up and over to the top bottle where it landed exactly as she hoped.  As the coin slid down the curve of the neck it was pitched out just enough to  drop cleanly into the shot glass. Outwardly she just put on a cocky smile  and waited for Kim to drink, inside she was jumping like a schoolgirl on a sugar  high. No one would believe she made a shot like that. Not even if they showed  the surveillance footage.

 Kim downed the mouthful as fast as she  could and waited for the taste to go away or Shego to ask her question, she  was hoping the taste would be first but it was not to be. Shego was  thinking the next question over seriously, she smiled broadly when she had a good  one. “How many times have you masturbated?” Shego got the reaction she was after,  the serious questions needed to be balanced with some fun or it would get  too depressing. Kim spent a few minutes trying not to cough a lung up as  she choked at the question.

 After recovering somewhat Kim realized  the taste in her mouth was nothing compared to the questions Shego  preferred. “That depends on how you define that, If you mean solo, I can’t tell you. Far  too many times to count. However if you mean with ‘toys’ never. Mom would  go nuclear if she found out.” She blushed brightly as she looked directly  at Shego, “Most of the time I’m thinking of you when I do.” It was a  humiliatingly embarrassing thing to admit but when she saw the way Shego took that  tidbit and felt humiliation could be worth it on occasion.

 Shego sat in a stunned state for a  minute as she rolled the words Kim had just said around in her mind. It meant a  lot of things and each triggered new questions and new desires. Her attention  was recovered by the sound of a coin being flicked skyward. Kim was still  looking directly at her, her hand still in the position she used to flick the  coin. Shego looked up and watched the coin reach the top of its arc then rush  down towards the bottles she had welded in place. Either by shear dumb luck  or insane design the coin hit edge on and rolled down the bottle following  a similar path as the shot she had made moments ago, it ended the same  way as well. “There is NO WAY you planned that Princess, no fricken way.”

 Kim shrugged casually, “Your right I  didn’t I just did what I always do when I have nothing left. I act and hope it  is the right thing to do. It was a wicked good shot though wasn’t it?” Shego grudgingly nodded and took her shot. The girl could do anything  couldn’t she.

“Well go on ask your question.” Shego was really enjoying the buzz and she was willing to  bet Kim had never been so inebriated. The drink wasn’t alcoholic but then again  it didn’t need to be. She shared a comfortable smile with the redhead she  felt something for her that she had never expected.

 “Shego …” unsure of why she was about  to ask what she was Kim swallowed nervously. It was just a pet name but it  meant a lot to her and she needed to know why. “Why … I … I’ve noticed you never  call me ‘Peaches’ out here. I just wanted to know why.” ‘Ok so its not a  question but it is’ she thought, her mind was clear but she felt as if she were flying  which didn’t help the confusion she felt over that issue. She loved the names  Shego called her but that one was special.

 Shego was thinking along similar lines  as she mulled the question over, “Because, Princess, That is for us and only  us. I have few things I can keep private but of them that is my most  important treasure and I will not share it.” There was no nervousness in her  voice, nor anger. Shego had the most serious expression on her face Kim had seen  thus far and her tone made her sound a touch possessive, not that Kim minded. “I  know I have to share you with the rest of the world Kim but I will not share  that, it’s that important to me. I don’t know if I’m making any sense or not  I … it’s” Her gaze fell to the table again, she couldn’t find the words to  express herself the way she wanted so she chose to follow Kim’s lead. She  leaned forward and whispered, “Come a bit closer please.” As soon as Kim  leaned in close enough Shego lashed out with both hands and gently but firmly  cradled the face of her Princess, then she kissed her. There was nothing but her  heart in that simple kiss and she could only hope that Kim would understand. She  knew Kim was interested in taking things further but Kim was taking it slow.  She respected that and agreed but with that simple question, Kim had forced  her to act.

 Kim sighed quietly as Shego released  her from the kiss then she nearly whined when she felt those strong hands slip  free of her face. She wanted to … she wanted, she couldn’t get past the warmth  of that kiss. Unlike any she had shared before this one reached straight to her  heart and lit it on fire. She heard something clink and shook herself from  the dazed state to see Shegos hand resting near the  point she bounced the quarter, not fancy moves no trick shots just a straight  arrow into the glass. “Guess I need to drink that, what’s your question Shego.”  She was running almost on auto as she tried to process things that tripped every sense  she had and pitched them on edge.

 Shego grinned, her kiss seemed to have completely derailed Kim. She was one of the few people who could do  that and her methods had always been more towards the erotic side. She knew the  question she wanted to ask, she knew Kim would respond but she didn’t want to  push things any further than she had already. The ball was back in Kim’s  court and it was her move. Ordinarily such thoughts would have pissed her off,  she hated to have her fate in the hands of someone else as a general principle  but in this instance, the person who held such sway over her was someone she  could trust. For her trust was something she never gave out, it had to be  earned. Drakken earned it for a time then lost it for a time, the mind control chip was  a memory she would never forget nor would Drakken. In the time since they  had a chance to discuss it and after actually listening to him for a moment  she realized he had been both within his contractual and Union rights. Renegotiating the contract was a simple matter, dangling him over the  cliff for a day did the trick nicely. The Union  was less flexible but this also was an understandable thing. Should the wrong  people find out who was backing them the world at large would likely fall into  anarchy with several lineages erased from history, it had happened before only  the last time it was the entire Aztec culture. “Why do you still sleep with that  stuffed animal thing?” It was another distraction question and she hoped it  would work, she didn’t want to spook Kim and chase her away, though she had to  admit Kim had been as daring, if not more so, as herself in the last few  days.

 Kim choked on the drink when Shego  asked her about the pandaroo. “Err …” She definitely  should have been clearer on the rules but as is so oft the case, it was too  late to do anything about it. “Nanna thinks it’s the one  she gave me for my birthday one year, its not. I gave that one to a girl I  was visiting as part of the junior high schools ‘Make A Wish’ event. Her  parents were just barely making it by living in a junk heap, almost literally,  just so the girl would have a chance to live. They couldn’t get her the nice  things like other parents brought their children so I gave Sheena to them for  her. About a year later her parents tracked me down and returned Sheena,  battered bruised and thoroughly abused but still intact.” Kim turned to look out  the large window across from them. The night sky was all but shut out from  the glare inside but she could still see a few stars. “Kasey had … died,  the cancer was one of the types they can only treat, not cure. I was pretty messed  up over that, the ‘girl who can do anything’ couldn’t save a small girl who  needed saving. I think my mom knew what was happening, she was a high ranking doctor  on staff at the hospital by then and somehow she got the girls parents to come  back.” Without really thinking Kim poured a glass of the drink and swirled it  gently in the glass before swallowing it. “They made a big show of letting me  know how much the small things I did helped their little girl and how much they appreciated it but I still felt I don’t know … hollow. Before they left  I returned Sheena to them, told them it was a part of their child and  they shouldn’t part with it so easily.”

 “I … I didn’t know Pri… Kim I shouldn’t have …” Kim cut her off with a soft  wave.

 “It’s ok Shego, not something to worry  about, you couldn’t have known. Anyway mom was so worked up over the whole  thing she went out every day after her shift ended until she found the one of the  last ones that was available anywhere. I’ve had it ever since. I know it’s  not the same one but I still think about the girl I gave my best friend to,  silly to think of a stuffed toy that way I know but up until we moved to  Middleton we had done a lot of moving around, being on the road a lot you made  friends with whatever was handy. Yeah I was just a kid, Pre K no less but I remember  it all. The first night after school, where I met Ron, I spent the whole time  talking to that thing. Took really good care of it and made sure it got only  the best treatment, you do that for friends.” She cocked a weak smile at Shego.  “I’ve never told anyone, not even Ron, the whole story before. Feels good to  be able to talk and not feel like I’m being judged for  it.”

“That’s a lot of  confidence your putting in me there Princess, why?” Shego was touched in ways she  would have thought impossible only a few short years in the past. “If this  doesn’t work I could use that against you, I could …” She stopped at the look  on Kim’s face, there was no doubt or fear to be seen in those emerald depths.  Kim trusted her, trusted her with things she couldn’t tell anyone else.  “You have my word Kim, I won’t repeat a word.”

 “Good Shego, and as for the why …  that’s breaking the rules you only get one question per drink.” She smiled and  gave Shego a quick wink. “I do believe that earns you a penalty, two drinks  and two questions, but seeing as you were distracted I’ll let it slide and will  settle for one out of game and one in game.” Her grin had returned to its  former brilliance and Shego felt her heart flip, Kim was far stronger, far  better than she had ever imagined.

“Fair enough, though  I did warn you I’d be asking some intimate questions.” Kim nodded as she  tipped the bottle over and refilled the glass for Shego. “So question out of the  game?”

 “What is this stuff and why the hell  haven’t I heard of it before? Taste aside its really good!” She hadn’t meant to  be so enthusiastic but found her natural energy ratcheting up as the night  set in.

 “It’s a root tea made from a few  plants in the Amazon, its technically legal in the US but you won’t here much about  it in the magazines you read princess.” Shego grinned and leaned forward a bit.  “Being that I have a vested interest in this place I wanted to make sure that  the people who came here didn’t destroy things too terribly bad and in that  effort the most potent alcohol we carry here are a select few types of whiskey  and tequila which are reserved for private functions. Alcohol and erratic  people don’t mix well under the best of circumstances and compounding the  problem by having dozens of these brutes eager for a good fight well lets just say  I spent a fair bit of time finding alternatives that work nicely for  controlling the nightmare.”

 Kim chuckled and picked up the quarter  once more, “You know I never figured you for the entrepreneurial type Shego  but you do seem to have a knack for it.” She grinned and casually flicked the  quarter into the air and caught it in a firm fist. “Back to the game and I  believe you owe me one more answer so here goes, Why? Why do you continue to put up  with all of the bullshit we’ve put each other through?” She had been wanting  to ask that for a while and had waited for the best time to do so, this was it  she felt and the look on Shegos face was one she  had seen whenever Shego struggled with the weight of their  arrangement.

“There are two real  reasons, one is pretty simple really the other is far more complex. And if I am  to answer that we will need to relocate and find the real stuff.” Shegos gaze never left the table as she waited for  Kim to make the next move. The chess match they had been waging since landing  on the island was reaching the end game and she found herself both excited and terrified at the prospects. She almost jumped out of her seat when she  felt a delicate yet firm hand on her shoulder, the familiar grip immediately  soothed her startled senses and she turned to look up at Kim who was standing  beside her.

   “I believe we need to find our way back to your place for the night and  get comfortable, Wouldn’t you agree?” Kim extended her hand and smiled  nervously to the woman before her. Shego blushed lightly as she took the offered  hand and stood to leave the dining hall.

 Once they cornered the general  manager, Shego quietly expressed her owner’s rights and demanded the vault be opened for them  to collect something for the night. The rotund dwarf swallowed nervously  and walked rather fast to the lobbies’ main desk where he hit the big red  panic button. Kim was then lead to the room only Shego and three others had a  key to, the room where the liquors and spirits where kept. Area fifty-one had  nothing on the security Shego had put into the vault, in her case it was keyed  to her power and only the bio specific keys of the other three could get in.  Once inside she marched over to the far wall and tapped a sequence into the wall-mounted keypad. A moment later the room expanded out in three  directions as the barrier walls slid back and out of the way and the racks of  bottles slid into position so they could be easily identified. “See anything you  like Princess?”

 Kim nodded absently as she picked up  ancient looking bottle labeled g-mead, curious she decided to give it a try.  She and her mother had shared a few glasses of mead on the last few of their  girls nights out, Mrs. Possible saying that as long as it was done in  moderation and in respectable circumstances a touch of mead every now and again was  rather nice. She spent the rest of that chilly day toasty warm inside, the  beaming smile she wore was matched only by her mothers as they sang loudly and walked  through the snow.

Shego picked the  exact drink she had been after and nodded to Kim before shooing her out of the  vault so she could reseal it. A brisk walk down the staff hall behind the lobby desk  brought them to the transit pod the staff in that area had, it added a few  dozen yards to the trip but at the moment it didn’t matter. They were both lost in  thought and the extra time allowed them to sort things out a little more.

 Kim was the first to be met by the  anxious jungle cat, she had been left alone for too long and was now ready to  play as a result. Shego was stunned at the felines antics, Greystroke rarely  pounced anyone unless she knew them well or was prepared to kill them. After a  minute of playful ‘mauling’ Greystroke leapt off Kim and turned to Shego with  a predatory glint in her eyes. Shego set her bottle down, dropped into a  fighting stance, and waited. The war of wills was a game they played from time  to time and Shego was very good at it. Greystroke coiled up and pounced  lightning fast leaving Shego only a heartbeats time to react, more than enough. They  met mid air, went tumbling through the entrance before spilling out into the  sitting room where the struggle continued. Kim rushed in once got to her feet,  the sounds Greystroke was making concerned her, she sounded like she was trying to  kill Shego and from the looks of it when she caught up with the pair it  looked like Shego was doing the same. It took a minute for the broad smile and  nearly horse laughter she could hear from Shego to sink in, they were playing. It  figured Shego would have a pet that thought mauling was a fun game since Shego  thought mauling was a fun past time.

 Kim sauntered past the wrestling pair  and made her way to the kitchen, Shego had indeed found the most appropriate of  pets and she couldn’t help but note the irony of how the feline had come into  Shego’s life. She had just managed to set the wine bottle down when she heard  Shego, “LOOK OUT PEACHES!” She turned just in time to see a mass of grey and  green tinged fur block out her field of vision, Greystroke was used to  playing with Shego and they played rough. The feline never once used its claws Shego  noted, Kim seemed to have earned at least that much for her part in the cats  life. Seeing Kim was in no harm for the surprise attack Shego went back to  the foyer returning shortly with the dusty bottle filled with a golden liquid.  From the time she had her first drink on Shego knew she would need far more  potent spirits to enjoy the affects, hyper metabolism aside both sides of her  family were notoriously hard drinkers though they didn’t suffer the normal  maladies that accompanied such behavior. She cast a look to Kim who was slowly untangling herself from the cat then to the bottle Kim had collected  from the vault. She didn’t pay it any attention until now lost as she was in how  to explain what Kim had done to and for her, the bottle was from her fathers  personal brewery. The one Hego sold off to get Team Go going, this was probably  one of the last bottles to ever come from the place as it had mysteriously  burned to the ground a week after the sale was confirmed and the money  transferred.

 Kim slipped quietly up beside Shego  and looked at the bottle that held her attention so absolutely. “Big memories in a  small bottle Shego?” She slipped her arms around the taller womans waste and lay her head on Shegos back, for a  moment all she heard was Shego’s breath and her heartbeat. When she heard a  sniffle from the other side she started to worry. “You ok there Shego?”

 Nodding as she wiped at her eyes Shego  pulled free of Kims warm embrace, she would have  preferred to stay like that for the rest of the night but Kim had asked her a  question and she had to answer it. “I’m fine Peaches, yeah some pretty big  memories for so small a bottle but that’s a story for another day.” She reached for  the bottle and turned to face the woman she had fallen in love with. “I’ll  go open this if you’ll go grab us a pair of glasses.” Perhaps tonight wasn’t a  night she needed to get drunk on after all.  Kim looked her over carefully  noting the way Shego was standing the expression on her face, the worry she felt  only grew as she saw the normally impenetrable armour  she wore crack. Taking a nice pair of short broad mugs to the well-concealed  microwave she waited for Shego to finish uncorking the old bottle. Once that was  done Shego turned to look where Kim had gone only to find her still at the microwave. At Shego’s confused look Kim smiled warmly. “Mead is one of  those drinks that is best done hot, at least that’s what mom always said. I  have had it cold which is nice but it’s up to you.”

 Shrugging as she tipped the bottle and  filled the mugs Shego made a non-committal sound before setting the bottle  back on the island counter. “I’ve never had any of this brew, I’m not even sure how  Senior got a bottle to be honest, again story for another day.” She watched  Kim bend over to slide the mugs into the now open door, her eyes followed the  long curve of Kims back down to her sculpted rear end.  She would likely always be slightly jealous of Kims  figure, Shego had remained essentially unchanged from the time of puberty on.  “Peaches can we drop the games for a while and just … talk?” 

 The smile wouldn’t leave her face  easily so Kim opted to look down to the microwave and make sure it wasn’t over  heating the drinks inside. “I was wondering if you were going to ask or if I  was going to have to.” Deciding the drinks were hot enough she popped the door  open and walked out of the kitchen towards the room with the piano. “Well Shego  are you coming?” She heard Shego’s soft footfalls padding up behind her shortly  after she sat down on the bench looking for a moment into the almost liquid  black of the enameled instrument. Carefully leaning back to rest an elbow she  watched and Shego sank into the long Cleopatra recliner that had once been the  primary decoration of the room.

 A sip of the drink in her mug could  only serve as a distraction for so long, she had to have a bit more time to figure  out how to say what was next. “Peaches, play for me please?” Kim’s expression  shifted from a neutral content one to abashed surprise. “Don’t try to act so  surprised Princess you’re not very good at it.” Another sip and a look back to  her treasure made her realize she had perhaps, indeed shocked the woman.  “You can’t be too out of practice Kimmie, from what I heard in the dining hall you  missed maybe what? Three chords in the whole of what you played.” The shocked expression was slowly being replaced by one of blushing embarrassment.

 “I didn’t know you heard more than a  few chords before you got close.” She almost wished she could rewind to that day  and erase that small part. “I … I really hate playing these damned things,” A sip  of her drink left her throat awash in warmth followed by a slight chill as she  inhaled deeply, the mead was lightly spiced and she found it quite the  improvement over the drinks she had shared with her mother. “I never wanted to learn in  the first place but Nanna insisted. She paid for  it and I did the work.”

 Shego snorted, that sounded a lot like  a line from a war movie she liked but it didn’t fit her peach. “Still know how  though, don’t you? Still sat down, lifted the cover stroked the keys.” Kim  nodded with each question. “There must be something you like about it or you  wouldn’t have had that look I saw.” Kim looked to the floor or perhaps into the  depths of her mug, anywhere but at Shego. “Thought so, Please, play something, for  me. Anything will do I just want to hear you play.” Now she looked, Shego  was smiling and looking expectant, a simple nod was her answer.

 “I hope you like nonsensical music  Shego, because there are only three songs I know from memory and the only one  I can think of that fits right now … well you’ll hear.” She turned and lifted  her legs so she could swing them over the bench to face the keys. She  almost sat the mug on that mirror polish but caught herself, the mead may be good  but a piano was no drink holder, the mug took a seat on the floor. She was exceptionally impressed with the instrument before her. It was a true  work of art in her opinion, not only was its form pleasing to the eye but its  function could bring tears or laughter, stir rage or passion. Few other  instruments compared, again in her opinion. The cover protecting the keys raised,  folded and slipped silently away as she made ready to begin, her fingers  barely contacting the keys as she found her proper position before them. “The  song is called Green Bird, Ron had it on his pos computer a few years ago and I  …” She shut her mouth before she embarrassed herself further, if she truly did  hate the piano she would never have bothered learning the new songs she  added to her music folder every year or two.

 Shego swung her legs around and  repositioned herself stomach down on the black sofa, her green jacket removed and  draped over the only armrest it had. She was glad Kim had her back to her  because when Kim started singing the vocal part of the piece she almost slid off the  thing. The acoustics of the room were not concert hall quality but for a solo  voice they suited nicely, a hint of reverb followed each word, it almost  sounded French but no words she knew matched the syllables Kim was singing save  the few English words she could hear. So focused on the lyrics Shego missed the  faint opening notes Kim played as the instrumental part came into play. The combination of her voice and the gentle music filling in for the chorus  that should accompany such a piece brought a smile to her face as bright as  she could remember wearing and when the last notes from the strings faded  into silence she gave Kim the ovation her performance deserved. “That was  beautiful Peaches.”

 “Thank you Shego, I guess you’re right  I do like playing. No one aside from Nana ever wanted to hear me play though  so I switched to something that would piss them off as much as they’d pissed  me off.” She gave a weak smile and made motions of playing the guitar.

 “No need to explain or defend yourself Princess, but for the record I want to hear more, later.” Shego  finished off the dregs of her mead, having brought the bottle she refilled then  offered it to Kim who poured another mug for herself, after warming her mug once  more with a touch of plasma she offered to heat Kim’s before returning to the  topic at hand. “To answer the question of ‘Why?’ … Well … I do it for two  reasons, as I said the first was simple, you might find it repugnant though.” She  looked into the cup in her hands and decided to just spit out what she had to say  on that part of the ‘why’. “The straight up honest truth is I like being on  camera, wherever we fought we were being watched.” She could feel Kim’s sense of outrage building clear across the distance separating them. “I have always had  an exhibitionist side, it got me into a lot of trouble even before I  switched sides.” Draining the warm drink in a number of swallows she put it on  the floor below and crossed her arms under her chin, to her surprise Kim refilled  her mug but left it where she had put it down. “I know that can’t have really  surprised you Princess, I was a hero once, I was invited to visit G.J. … once, I  also know Hench and Gemini and a host of others who monitor the world. They  see everything and I enjoyed giving them a show, you being the star I  performed with.”

 Kim mulled those last few words over  opting to ignore the violation of her privacy she felt when Shego casually  mentioned them being monitored. She had to admit Shego was correct. Both G.J. and  W.E.E. had the globe pretty much wired, they both had devices that let them  connect any two physical locations with a short connecting tunnel regardless of the  actual distance separating the places. Between the pair of organizations, it  dawned on her; they had the world completely at their mercy at any given time.  She finished off her own drink and sat on the floor at the ‘foot’ of the  reclined chair, letting her head slip back to rest on the velvety fabric  covering it. She rolled her head just enough to look up at Shegos smiling face. “You have a beautiful smile Shego.” The blush she saw  now, the one that she found disturbing and almost repulsive not too long ago  only added to the beauty she could see in her greatest rival. “So what was the  next reason for ‘why’? I won’t pretend to understand it but I can accept the  exhibitionist part, a body like yours should be shown at every chance.” The blush  neared an emerald green tint and Shego’s soft glow brightened as well, she was  glad they had left the lights off because she would never tire of the site the  shadows presented her with when in the company of this  woman.

 If she could have crawled under the  chair, Shego would have, compliments were a rare thing for her, the ones  Drakken gave her had not gone unnoticed but she kept her distance after they had the  war over the mind control chip. They could never return to the way things  had been and Shego only felt a small sadness over it, she had a chance with  someone every bit as important to her as the blue creampuff. “The second is  because I made you a promise not too long ago that I have kept,” Shego lifted her  eyes from the spot on the floor to see how Kim was taking that information,  she clearly couldn’t recall the incident but Shego would never forget it  for as long as she lived. “It started over a bottle of  shampoo.”

 Kim gaped as the memories hit her with  a sudden rush of heat. “Oh yeah … that? Why would that make any kind of difference? You stayed on your side and we kept fighting. I thought  you’d made up your mind and were intent on killing me because you didn’t believe  me.” She thought back to that night remembering it as clearly if it had happened  only the day before.

Shego grinned  wickedly as she reached to close the dressing room door; she had decked the StarMaker host and left him out cold so she could cut loose with Kim. “Aww Don’t worry Kimmie, I’m still nasty.” She  almost choked on that, bravado aside she rarely thought of the sexual innuendo they  casually tossed at each other until then. Those words seemed to have charged the  fight and both Kim and herself had cut loose. She would never cease to be  amazed at the dexterity of the nimble redhead. She blocked almost everything  Shego threw at her and returned as good as she got. The fight drew near the end as  Kim grabbed couch cushion that turned out to be made of goose down. When it exploded in a cloud of floating feathers they lost sight of each other  for a heartbeat.

 With feathers everywhere Kim made her  way to the door, Shego struck but Kim dodged and the door took the hit busting  a large hole through it. In an instant Kim was through the newly created escape  route. Scrambling for something to hold Shego at bay for a bit longer she  wedged a trophy statue behind the doorknob and across the jamb. For a precious  moment the door actually did slow the jade warrior but the moment would be  over shortly, the idea hit her out of utter  desperation.

 Shego tried to scream a pleading ‘NO!’  to Kim but it was already too late, a heartbeat later the gunk was working,  forcing its way past all of her defenses until she fell before it. A glassy  eyed empty look swept over her face and stayed. Kim remembered that look, it was  the same she had seen on Shego the last time she was being forcibly  manipulated.

 “Shego when I snap my fingers you will  be the person you have always been and this shampoo will not work on you  anymore.” She snapped her fingers, she could have done all manner of things including  forcing Shego to the side of ‘good’ but that was unthinkable. She refused to  take advantage of the womans defenseless position,  she herself had been worked over by a mind control chip right along with  the woman standing there, Shego opened her eyes and become focused again. “Shego  I don’t know if you remember …” she started to ask only to be cut off by Shego,  who grabbed her shirt and ran her into the wall where she brutally slammed  her forearm into Kim’s throat.

 “YOU BITCH! YOU used that … that shit  on ME!” Shego’s fury was overflowing, she had never felt so violated. “What the  fuck did you do to me dammit … WHAT?” Kim gasped for air and looked her  straight in the eyes, she worked her mouth and lips but all that the girl could  manage was a raspy whisper. Shego only eased up enough to let the girl recover  well enough to speak.

 Kim coughed a time or two and tried to  regain her breathe, Shego began bearing down again before she was back to  normal. “Nothing Shego.”

 “BULLSHIT! What did you do to me?” In  a savagely fast move she switched around taking Kim by the throat and  hoisting her off the ground with her left hand while charging her right with a  plasma packet, as furious as she was it was likely to be lethal outright.  “Tell me what the fuck you did or I will make sure it takes you days to die!”  Kim could see the tears streaming from Shegos savage  eyes.

 “Then you might as well get started  now Shego.” She released the hold she had taken on her opponents arm and  hung there. “I didn’t do anything, I can’t prove that to you but I can say I remembered what it was like under those chips. You were there, with ME,  I would never impose my will upon anyone, not like that, and sure as hell not  like THIS!” She held up the mostly empty bottle of Drakkens shampoo. Shego dropped her but did not take her blazing eyes off the  redhead.

 “You expect you to believe you didn’t  try to change me in any way?” Shego refused to believe it, she would have, she  would have brought Kim to her side the instant she got the chance. Wouldn’t  she? “You can’t expect me to believe you haven’t been pressured to try and get me  to jump sides again, I know how G.J. operates and they would have known about everything that happened in Go City.” This would have been the perfect  chance and she knew that G.J. would have seen this battle. “They’ll probably  arrest your pretty ass if you actually left me  unaltered.”

 Rubbing her throat to work out the  pain Shego’s talons left her with Kim locked eyes with the older woman, “ Fuck’m if they do. There is no way in hell I would do that to anyone, period.  You, of all the fucked up people in this world, should know how fucking wrong  that is!” Kim was absolutely livid. He voice never rose above the level of casual conversation but there was a lethal amount of venom in each syllable.  “I most especially would not use it against you because, yes, I have been asked  to try to get you back but if I did it that way I couldn’t stand myself.” She  couldn’t stop the hot tears as she stopped her rant and stood in silent storm.

 Shego locked eyes with the woman  before her. “What do you want me to do?”

 “I want you to come back, but I want  it to be your decision, until that point all I ask is that you try to keep the  dumbass from actually killing anyone. I will not  force you to change, I want you to return because you want to, because …” She  stopped, it had never happened like this before, but this was a moment like no  other. To find herself with no words to express what she thought scared her so  she dropped back into the comfortable routine of fighting the woman before  her. “I have to stop Drakken, do we pick up from where we left  off?”

 Shego watched with deadly focus as Kim  stepped back into her low ‘lets go’ fighting pose. Her eyes never left the  emerald depths of Kims eyes, light reflections of her  own. “Hell no, most of the shit Drakken put in this shampoo is pretty good and  since I’m willing to guess you made me immune to it, goody two shoes that you  are, I think I’ll snag a few bottles.” Her grin turned feral, “If Drakken  thinks I get myself with it accidentally and I get the chance to pummel him for a  few hours, all the better. It doesn’t hurt that since this crap has completely  saturated my hair I need a shower anywho, Think I’ll go  now”

 Shego raised her mug to Kim and tilted  it her way in mock toaste, “I never did get the  shower that night.” She put the warm mug to her lips and took a slow sip of the  family mead, ‘glad she picked this, I hope I can find  more.’

 Kim returned the casual toaste and sip, “What stopped you? If you don’t mind my asking.” Shego was  being unexpectedly candid which made her curious nature fire up.

 “I spent the night crying myself to  sleep.” With that, she got up and brushed off her pants. “Excuse me please.”  Kim nodded and she made her way to the restroom. As she passed the entrance to  their room she got a glimpse of Greystroke laying on the case to her bass. “If  you’re up for it I say we have a bit of a jam session.” When she looked back to  see if Kim had heard her she felt a twinge of regret for her flippant casual  reply, Kim was crying into her hands. “Hey what’s all that blubbering about  Peaches?” She didn’t like to see Kim mad or upset but she hated to see her  crying.

 Kim looked up to the person she had  misjudged for so long, she thought back over all of the fights spanning the years  since that incident. She blamed the woman for all of the worste things to  happen in her life, she hated her for the betrayal she felt over Drakkens plan, a plan she knew nothing about and was only party to after the  cruel actions were set in play. They fought for months after that with Kim  trying to beat her down so savagely she wouldn’t be able to walk again let alone  return to a life of crime. “I … I …” She fell into another round of sobs, the  words she wanted to say felt inadequate for expressing how truly sorry she  was right then.

 Shego dropped to the floor and wrapped  her arms around Kim as the girl let out whatever daemon plagued her.  Leaning her head atop Kims as she hugged her close she  whispered soothing noises and waited the storm out. “What ever it is Kim, I’m  right here, I wont run or tell you to be ‘strong’ you already are, much stronger  than I have ever been.” She regretted her words as they brought on a fresh  round of aching cries from the redhead, it was almost more than she could bear  to see the woman she loved hurting so.

 Greystroke wandered into the room  quietly, she heard someone she cared for in pain and wanted to make sure everything  was all right. It obviously wasn’t, the lightly shaded woman she considered a  bigger sister was sitting on the floor with the woman she considered a mother.  The light woman never sat on the floor, not once in the entire time they  had shared homes, not if there were a chair of something else to sit on. Yeah they  played and roughed each other up on the floor but that was for play, the pair  were not playing as far as she could tell.

 She could hear the anguish in her  ‘mothers’ voice, she could smell the fear, taste the salt of her tears riding the  air. With gentleness she rarely displayed the jungle cat got close enough to  the pair to lay down and rest her head in Kims  lap letting a kittenish mewl out. Most of the time she was glad to be  feline, above the petty worries that plagued everything else but when she saw those  she cared about hurting like this she wanted nothing more than to help them. She  had been there for Shego on the many nights she returned from a fight with Kim,  Shego would cling tightly and cry herself to sleep. On the occasions where  Greystroke was the one in need Shego was always there. Now the other she was  strongly attached to was hurting and she wanted to help, the first time they met  the redhair saved her and she had a debt to repay.  Absently scratching the ruff of  Greystrokes neck as she collected herself Kim wiped  at her eyes with her forearm before looking to Shego. “I’m sorry Shego … for  every hateful thing I’ve ever said to you. I’m sorry I actually had a moment  of hatred against you, after the Eric thing I truly hated you. I thought  you were in on it and enjoyed seeing me torn apart like that. When I kicked you  that night I … I was someone I didn’t like. I could have killed you with  that.” Tears had begun again but the heart wrenching sobs were held in check,  she wanted to let Shego know how much she really meant to her, they had  been enemies, rivals standing on the opposing sides but without Shego Kim  would not be who she was now.

 Shego at last understood what was  tearing Kim apart on the inside, it gave her no comfort to know that she was as  responsible as anyone for the way Kim had taken the betrayal of that warriors trust  but she hoped she could do something to help. “Kimmie Precious look at me,” She  slipped a hand gently around Kims tear streaked face  and turned so they were looking eye to eye. “You won’t want to hear this I  know but please hear me out.” Kim nodded slightly still blinking at the tears  she shed. “You had and still have every right to despise me for that, I never  faulted you for it. If I had known I would have put a stop to it but once it was  underway I got caught up in the mystery Drakken presented, I couldn’t figure it  out.” Kim sniffled a bit her attention focused now entirely on Shego. “I made  some stupid decisions that night and I had no idea it would hurt you that bad,  love. I am the one who should be apologizing, not you. I don’t know if I will ever  be able to make it up to you but I swear I want to try, if you can forgive me.”  She didn’t know when her own tears began to flow nor did she care, Kim was  hurting again, because of her, again, it seemed all she could do was hurt the  woman she loved. Without another word she placed her other hand to Kims cheek cradling her face like she had in the dinning hall. Her thumbs  gently brushed a few errant tears away as she leaned forward and placed a soft  kiss upon Kim’s forehead.

 Kim threw her arms around Shego and  hugged her fiercely letting go of the anguish she didn’t realize she carried for  so long. The butterfly soft kiss Shego left upon her skin stoked the fire  burning in her heart to a roaring inferno as she looked into the mirrors of her own  soul. There was such a weight of guilt to be seen in them it hurt Kim to  look. “I forgave you for that already Shego but it is nice to hear you take responsibility for it, I want you to know without question how much you  mean to me Shego but words alone will not do it justice.” Without a single hint  of trepidation she pulled Shego close and pressed her lips to the jade  womans, she poured every ounce of her love and  passion into the simple act and felt the heat rising from within and without. “Err …  Shego try not to burn the house down.” she said after separating from the  kiss, Shegos fiery side seemed to have slipped out in the  heat of that kiss. “Lets go find some place a bit more comfortable and less  combustible ok?” For all the drama that she could still find a lighthearted moment  was a good thing.

 Shego smiled and wiped the remaining  tears from her cheek, in a fluid move she stood and extended a hand to Kim  helping her to her feet. Greystroke purred loudly as she too stood and began to  rub lovingly against their legs. If it had been any other pair the cat  would likely had put them back on the floor with her show of affection. “I think we  might want to find a distraction for you furball.”  Shego reached out and ruffed up the fur between the cats ears who responded  by almost falling over in a purring contentment, both women had a good laugh at  her expense though the cat didn’t mind. Humour  was good medicine after all. Leading Kim back to the bedroom Shego motioned for  her to go on ahead as she distracted the predator with a lock of her hair. She  only allowed two beings to mess with her hair, ever, and Greystroke was one  of the pair. Once she led the cat out into the main part of the house she  kneeled and rubbed the cats jowls eliciting a near thunderous purr before she  hugged the cat close. “Thank you for helping Grey, but I need you to go play  elsewhere ok?” She never bothered questioning if the cat understood her, she had  seen too many demonstrations of animal intellect and knew the cat understood.  The sandpaper ruff tongue licking her face a few times made her laugh at  the affection but she felt the cat pull away from her grip so she stood  again and watched as the cat padded off towards the swinging door that lead to  the playroom Shego made specially for her. A silent thanks followed her out  as Shego turned her attention back to the woman she left to her room.

 Kim smiled meekly as Shego walked into  the room, she was sitting on the edge of the futon unsure of what to do  next so she waited. Shego smiled but continued walking past her and into the small  bathroom attached to her bedroom, Kim frowned a bit as Shego closed the door and wondered why the woman just left her there, until she heard the  toilette flush, that was when the blush hit her hardest. Shego was human after all, she  had human needs just as Kim did and the sounds of running water made her  realize she needed to make use of the facilities as well. Shego seemed to take  forever doing whatever it was she was doing and the longer it took the worse  the urge to go was for Kim. When the door finally reopened Kim was too desperate  to really pay much attention to Shego and yet the moment she saw the woman standing in the doorway her brain seemed to cease functioning. Shego  stood there smiling sheepishly wearing the light grey pajamas she had used  when she was at her room in whichever lair she and Drakken were occupying at the  time. Kim had only seen her in it that one time and thought she was adorable  in it, mussed up hair and all.

 Shego noticed that while Kim seemed to  be totally transfixed on her she was unconsciously crossing her legs in a  familiar pose. “Better get in there Princess, I do not want to have to call the  maid service for an ‘accident’ or any other reason tonight.” As if those few  words unlocked her brain Kim bolted for the bathroom just barely avoiding a  head on collision with Shego as she dashed past her ripping away at the belt  and buttons keeping her pants up. It was all Shego could do to keep from  laughing as she closed the door to give Kim some privacy. Sitting on the closest  edge of the futon she laid back and rolled herself onto it making her way to  the center. She had grown quite fond of sharing the matt with Kim and was hoping  Kim wouldn’t take too long, she was served a healthy dose of frustration as  she heard the toilette flush then the shower in the small stall turn on.  Muttering to herself she closed her eyes and reviewed the evening on whole. They  had accomplished what Kim wanted at the onset, they knew some of the most  personal details of one another’s lives and she found that for a change she  enjoyed having someone to share things with.

 Some time later she heard the shower  cut off and waited with an ever diminishing patience as the minutes ticked by,  even for someone as image concerned as Kim it shouldn’t take this long to get  ready for bed. Shego thought about that for a while after it crossed her mind,  she felt spent but there was little chance of her actually going to sleep for  some time. There had been a lot of large and small revelations shared and it gave  her too much to think over, sure there were times when she spent most of her  day just thinking about the woman in the room a door away but with the new  information Shego had much more precise ideas running through her mind. ‘Never  should have started reading those damned fics.’ She  couldn’t help but think over some of the more enjoyably creative ones and as she did  she was now able to fill in the blanks she had been forced to deal with having  never seen Kim naked until recently. When the door opened she wondered if she  should look to see what Kim was going to wear or just lay there and let Kim  come to her however she was dressed, not being one for waiting patiently her  eyes popped open as she rolled over to face the door and the woman exiting  it. Shego smiled warmly at the sight that greeted her.

 Kim returned the warm smile Shego was  giving her albeit a bit shy and reserved, she was wearing a loose pair of  shorts and a t-shirt that had a lime green heart between her breasts, her hair was  still damp from the shower and she had it combed back and somewhat matted  down due to the water. “I have to say Shego,” she began as she took the few steps  from the small bathroom to the futon, “As much as I like that large open shower  in the other bathroom I think this one would be more fun.” She grinned and  blushed as she sat down to join Shego on the comfortable matt with the satin  sheets of green and black. “For both of us.” She had a devilish air about her as  she crawled across the large matt and over top of the older woman. The look  of surprise in Shegos eyes as she leaned over  her thrilled the red-haired woman in ways she had hoped to experience for a  long time now. “Shego I meant what I said, you are one of the most important  things in my life and after this is all said and done I want to be with you.”  Shego looked touched in a way she had never expected to see and she acted on  the feeling the sight evoked.

 The kiss started as Kim leaned down  with a smile on her lips and a fire in those evergreen eyes, if she lived for  a hundred lifetimes she would never forget the vision before her. Their  lips met gently as Kim lowered her face to Shegos the  contact was electric, shivers raced through both women as lips parted and their  tongues met. Unlike their normal relationship there was no rivalry in the kiss  they were too intent on savouring the pleasure  they found in one another at that moment. When they finally parted for a breath  Kim smiled all the brighter, Shegos soft glow shown with  the happiness she could see on her face and in her eyes. Neither of the  women wanted the moment to end but Shego had to break it, she had to be sure. “Peaches are you sure this is what you want?” She tried to keep the  fear and concern from her voice but from the reaction she saw on Kims face she knew she failed, scared to see what would follow she turned  her head and closed her eyes. A whisper soft kiss to her cheek got her attention  and she looked up at her treasure once more.

 “Shego love, as long as you have known  me with all we have been through do you really have to ask?” She knew Shego was worried, scared of being rejected worried that Kim might not be making  a decision she could live with.

 Swallowing her fear Shego nodded, “Yes  Kim, I do. I have to know that you want this as much as I do or I would hate  myself for taking advantage of you.” All the worry and fear she forced down  rushed back to the surface unbidden. There were few times in her life she was  actually terrified, this singular moment made all the rest pale by comparison.  “I love you Kim, I have for some time now but we both know there was a time  when you hated me with every bit as much passion.” Her voice shook as she spoke,  facing Kim in any of the fights they had had never been as hard as looking  into those eyes at this very moment.

 “Shego do you remember that story you  have on the computer in the other room, the one titled Emerald fire?” She  nodded slowly, it was one of her favorites, the author had done a masterful  job. “I wrote it.” Shego blanched going paler than normal. “I wrote it after a  dream I had that involved a woman in green and black, a woman who wielded fire  as if it were bent to her will. A woman I thought was bent on killing me.” Shego  nodded, the story had a violent beginning it reminded her of something she  might have done at some point eons ago. “I knew Shego, I knew the instant I saw  you the woman in that dream was you, it just took me this long to figure it  out. I have been wanting this for longer than you know, longer than I knew. I want  you.” With that said she leaned forward again and kissed Shego on the  forehead then the tip of her nose then her chin and once more their lips met, the  electricity lit them both up once more. Shego responded with a hunger she hadn’t  known she had, almost feral in nature, her hands went to Kims back feeling the soft skin with her bare hands, a treasure unto itself  that she yearned for for so long it hurt.

 Kim withdrew from the kiss her face  flush from the fire burning within her, her heart raced in her chest as she  marveled at the woman mere inches away. Sitting up she rested her rear on Shegos stomach so she could lift her shirt off, it  was discarded with a casual flick of her wrist. Free from the confines of  her clothes Kims breasts swayed with her movement  drawing Shegos attention and her hands only to have  Kim playfully swat them away, “No touchee love,  not yet.” She smiled warmly to take some of the sting out of her action then she  reached down to Shegos pajama top and started undoing  its buttons the first of which exposed her cleavage but only just barely.  The second button showed she wore no bra underneath as her hard nipples  peaked under the looser fabric. The third button released her breasts allowing  them to relax into the spread out position Kim enjoyed seeing the few times she  woke to find Shego mostly disrobed and vulnerable yet content. She had to lift  herself off Shego to get to the last two buttons but took her time doing so,  her eyes were locked with Shegos, the fire she saw in  them matched the inferno she felt in her heart and between her  legs.

 A thrilling shiver raced down her  spine as Kim bent forward and kissed her once more, their breasts drug teasingly  across one another sending even more electric shocks down her spine. She wanted to  reach up, to touch the woman above her to send those same shocks down her  spine but before she could try Kim leaned further forward and playfully nipped at  her earlobe derailing her thought process outright. The next kiss she  received touched her neck as lightly as a feather but it left her skin burning  in its wake. Another kiss graced the top of her shoulder where her neck began  making her squirm under the heat. Another scorching kiss touched the pit  between her collarbones as she felt Kims nipples drag  teasingly across her stomach, with each passing touch the fire inside was stoked  to new heights, she felt like she would burst into flames of an entirely  different nature than those she bent to her will. A light breeze blew across a  nipple and she moaned aching for the touch of the lips behind the warmth making  her tingle. She felt the lightest of the kisses yet but it was placed upon  the very nipple just teased and she cried out, her eyes tore open and she looked  to her chest just in time to see Kim bend to slowly lick a circle just around  the most sensitive part of her areola. It felt so good yet was utterly  maddening. When she thought she couldn’t stand the teasing anymore she went to lace her  fingers through Kims hair only to be completely  derailed as Kim took the pert flesh in her teeth ever so gently then flick it with  her tongue.

 Kim was glad she could sense the  tension in Shego, if she hadn’t she might have bit her painfully because the  moment she stroked the sensitive nub between her teeth with her tongue the older  woman seemed to explode. Shego cried out and thrashed slightly leading Kim to  believe she had a small orgasm which was a pleasant surprise, if it were the  case. Shegos bust was slightly larger than her own but  apparently no less sensitive. Releasing the caged nipple she gently kissed it then  moved over to Shegos other breast this time gently  suckling it and savouring the sounds of exquisite  pleasure Shego was making. This was the dream she wanted for longer than she  dared remember and it was better than she could have imagined. She felt Shego  grip her hair tighly as she fought against the  waves of pleasure crashing through her, Shego was turning out to be every bit as  sensual a being as Kim had imagined. Releasing her prize Kim looked to see  Shegos face and found her smiling radiantly at her  a slight fog in her eyes indicating she was in a state of bliss, this was an  image Kim would never forget because her lover truly glowed with  delight.

 Breathing hard after the initial shock  of her orgasm Shego beamed at her love, Kim was every bit the seductress Shego  thought herself to be, she had to be to get her to cum from just the few  minutes she had been teasing her flesh. Before she could speak a single word Kim  dropped her head between her breasts and trailed her tongue along the valley  dividing them as she slowly slid herself backwards. Slow tantalizing circles  traced from the end of her breastbone out across the flat toned muscles of her  stomach. She couldn’t help but squirm as the tongue found her navel and tickled it  playfully before gliding down to the top of her pajama bottoms. She raised her  head so she could see what Kim would do next. She couldn’t see the blazing  green eyes that were poised above her waistline but she felt the kiss through the  soft material. Her pulse ratcheted up along with her breathing as she felt  the warmth of Kims breath heating the material  above her most intimate parts, for a moment she thought the dragon guarding her  secret had come to life. It felt like the fire of a star come to rest between  her legs and that fire exploded once more the moment she felt Kim press her  mouth to the damp hot spot hidden under the clothe.

 A sweet musky scent reached her nose  as Kim bent to kiss her lovers most private of places, the dampness she  encountered left her hungry for an uninhibited contact with the precious flower  hidden from her. Slipping her hands to the waistband of Shegos pajamas she gently tugged and Shego responded by raising her hips so  Kim could pull the clothing off her. Sitting up Kim slowly removed the satin  material and cast it aside as she took in the site before her. Shego radiated a soft  green glow that felt so inviting she had to take advantage of it. She nudged  Shegos legs to part and laid herself between them  with a slow deliberate pace. A kiss planted here a lick there she made her way  up Shegos legs taking a small nibble at the soft flesh  of her inner thigh. She could hear Shego shudder and draw harsh breaths as she continued her painstakingly slow course. After a last teasing nip at  Shegos inner thigh Kim turned to face the prize  most precious, the dragon guardian rippled with every breath, every movement  Shego made, taking on a life all its own as she watched. Leaning forward she  kissed the soft mound of flesh the dragon had been imprinted into and left her  tongue to trail along as she slid slightly further back and positioned herself  for the ultimate test of her convictions.

 There was a soft haze clouding her  vision as she tried to look down at Kim, the ecstasy she felt boiling in her  veins was pushing her to places she had not been for a very long time. She tried  to speak but words failed as she felt Kim plant a soft kiss on her dragon, the  heat of her breathe scorching but pleasurable beyond words. A moment later she  felt Kim place a kiss on her flower and she went off again, hours or minute  lifetimes or seconds she could not tell how long she spent in the throws of bliss.  Shego didn’t want it to end and as she was returning to herself she felt a  fiery hot tongue drag down from the crest of her vulva across her swollen clit,  she was lost to that other place swept away on waves of ecstasy she voiced her  pleasure for the universe to hear. Her mind registered Kims fingers parting her labia exposing her innermost secret but thought  drifted away as she felt the tongue dance across the delicate petals once  concealed within. Every stroke each teasing flick sent new waves of pleasure  through her and just when she thought she could go no higher Kim layed her lips upon Shegos pearl and she hummed  ever so softly. Shego saw novas explode in her minds eye as she lost time and  thought to the radiance overwhelming her from her core.

 With every new movement Kims gentle tongue sent torrents of pleasure through her lovers body, Shegos legs tensed around her head as she was  carried away with the flow of sensation. Kim endured the pressure without a  complaint as she covered Shegos flower with a series of soft  kisses before she dared to drink from within the well before her. Her tongue  traced its way across the beautiful folds beneath it before slipping into the  depths of Shego. It was taking everything she had not to ravish the flower so  close to her mouth. She wanted to lap sup and drink everything she was being  given so willingly but she restrained herself for Shegos pleasure. For long moments she lapped and teased suckled gently and  drank deeply until at last she heard Shego scream out in a primal lust as the  largest orgasm she had crashed through her. Kim drew back after placing a last  single kiss on her flower, the greatest of gifts she had been given. As she  started to make her way back up Shegos well honed figure  needy hands grabbed her hair and almost brutally pulled her forward, she  ignored the pain as she could clearly see the need in Shegos eyes.

 Once even with her face Shego clasped  her hands around Kims head and pulled her into a  deep passionate kiss, Kim blushed a bit realizing she still had Shegos nectar all over her face and lips but Shego didn’t care. She drank from  the kiss and gave back every bit of the heat she was so happily given.  Breaking the long kiss wasn’t something either woman wanted but both needed and  Shego collapsed into a state of contented bliss while Kim lay down on top of  her pressing their bosoms together while she suckled Shegos neck. Shego traced a line along Kims spine  with the edge of a fingernail until she reached the cleft of her lovers backside  where she let her hand spread out and massage the firm flesh she encountered  there. Kim made small noises of pleasure as Shego ran her other hand down her  back to take the other side of her rear and squeezed tightly. Shego nuzzled and  rubbed against the side of Kims head as she felt the  younger woman responding to her touch. She could feel the short tuft of scarlet  fur Kim left on her mound rub against the dragon opposing it in her own flesh.  The contact alone nearly sent her into that other place again. She could  not have asked nor dreamed for a better moment but she felt Kim was getting the  shorter end and vowed to remedy that.

 Kim felt those strong hands grip her  butt firmly and begin to urge her further forward and she complied dragging  her breast across Shegos face as the older woman  pulled her to a near seated position while she slid back far enough to face  the treasure Kim kept secret. Shego felt a rush of heat as she looked  upwards from Kims soft petals to her face, there was no fear in  those blazing eyes only complete trust. She placed her hands on Kims thighs from their new position and gently pulled her down to her eager  mouth. Her tongue lashed out lapping repeatedly along the outer edges of her  labia licking the full length of each side before trailing across her cleft,  Kims cries of pleasure were the music of the stars  to her ears. Her tongue flicked across Kims  expanding flower teasing at the petals slowly emerging under the pressure she applied.  Sliding her fingers from their perch on Kims thighs  Shego parted the soft pink folds concealing the pearl she sought. For a long  moment she just stared trying to memorize every crease every fold in the  rosebud splayed out before her. Kims scent filled her nostrils her taste dared her tongue to seek out more of that eversweet nectar, she was helpess with her only choice to comply.

 She planted a warm kiss upon Kims clit gently touching her tongue to it as she  did so. This pushed Kim over the edge again and Shego drank her reward eagerly  lapping and suckling with abandon, she covered the warm sweet flesh with her  mouth and slid her tongue into Kims hidden depths savouring every drop as the elixir of life. Kims moans turned to begging cries, the firm body  she clung to shook under the force of her orgasm each pushing her to new heights  and when she thought she could go no higher Shego switched things around on her.  A gentle probing finger parted her folds and slid easily into her well as  Shegos tongue lay gently over her pearl. Shego  watched as her Princess lost control over her body to the ebb and flow of each new  orgasm. Careful not to hurt her treasure Shego eased a second finger in along  with the first and began a slow rhythmic pulse matching her movements with  flicks of her tongue or soft sucking kisses to her clit or the soft folds of flesh  she kept secret from the world. Shego smiled broadly as Kim arched her back  suddenly and let out a cry of pure happiness before she lost control of her body and  collapsed. Shego helped guide her fall and made sure she wouldn’t suffer for the  excess helping her land as softly as she could on the firm mat of the  futon.

 The warmth both felt as they lay there threatened to overwhelm them in its comforting embrace but neither  woman feared it, they had found the peace they sought within each others arms and  nothing would separate them now.

 “I think you may need another shower  Peaches.” Shego teased as Kim rearranged her exhausted body next to her own  blissfully weary form. “I …” She wanted to find the words to express herself but  found such things sadly lacking after such a powerful experience. She had  made love with other women and a few men but she could no longer remember them,  this moment pushed them all from her mind in a single fell  swoop.

 “We both need a shower love but that  will have to wait because I’m not sure I can move just yet, in fact I don’t want  to move.” Kim snuggled closer and buried her face in the long strands of  Shegos emerald black hair trying to reach the womans cheek for a kiss. “Is that Drakkens shampoo I smell?”

 Shego spent the next few minutes  laughing herself hoarse, when she finally recovered she lifted her head and  gently tried to shake her hair out of the way and for the first time in her life  almost wished she kept it short as it just covered her love in a deeper mass.  Kim giggled as the long black tresses covered her almost completely before  Shego took the handfuls necessary to expose the face of her angel as she  rolled to her side. “I toldja Peaches some of the shit  he put in that shampoo was really good.” She leaned forward and kissed the tip  of Kims nose and smiled. In all her life she never  felt happier than she did at that very moment. “I love you Peaches, you  complete me in ways I didn’t know I could feel. I haven’t the words to express just  how much you mean to me so I will just let this speak for me.” They lips  met once more with a gentle passion that filled them both with a renewed  fire.

 Beaming and fit to burst Kim leaned  into the gentle kiss putting every ounce of her soul into it and hoping Shego  could sense her love as easily as she could see it on her lover. The radiant  green glow washed over them both enveloping them in its fiery embrace. “Up  for another round love?” Shego almost choked only to have Kims kisses chase away any doubt she was ready for a repeat  performance.

 “For you my Princess, my treasure, I  will move the universe to please.” Shego swore before she rolled on top of Kim  and began her assault upon Kims willing person. They  continued until the sun crested the sea and spread its loving warmth across their  small island paradise. Neither was sure who fell asleep first nor did it  matter they were together, they were happy and anything that threatened that would  face a terrible wrath unlike any the world had seen.