Maybe we always been together8

Kim founded herself perplexed in Shego’s living room. She was invited by Shego and Shera to ‘discuss’ the possible solution of their current problem. But instead she founded herself sitting near a blonde woman that claimed being Vivian Porter big sister. At first Shego and her appeared being enemies, yet she discovered that Van Porter was Shego’s best friend. That two seemed to be very close, and that bothered her a lot. She was angry, sad and… jealous?

‘Am I jealous?’ She wondered. Why would she being jealous? Did she want to be Shego’s friend too? But, she knew that Shego and she were friends, even if the pale woman didn’t say such thing. Did she want to be near the woman just like Van was at the moment? No. Sure she spent more time with Shego than Van, after all the use to fight almost once a week. Did she want the attention the blonde was receiving from the thief? That was easy… yes. But, why?

Kim’s thoughts were interrupted when the green woman exited the living room to answer the door. There was an unstoppable knock at the door that was starting to be annoying. Kim knew, quoting Van, ‘the worst nightmare you can ever imagine’ were at the front door. As Shego went to the answer, Van stoop up and refilled her glass.

Shego returned just when Van was sitting again. She was followed by two young men, one looked Chinese and the other was chopper skinned and bald, taking his hand was a blond beautiful blonde woman. Kim arched and eyebrow.

Shego led them to Kim. “Here Kimmie. Let me introduce you. They are my little play group.” She motioned at the trio with her hand as moving a little to her left to let the girl see all of them.

“Hello there little bit” the Chinese guy say. His voice carried a little accent. He was dressed in a pair of cargo shorts and a red shirt without sleeves. In the middle of the shirt was a black serpent.

He offered her hand at Kim, who took it without hesitating. Bad move from her part. The moment she took his hand, she felt an intense pain in her palm. She retrieved her hand while the young man laughed hard. She checked her hand and saw a very small wound that has bleeding a little. She was going to practically torn out the Chinese guy’s head off when Shego step behind him and slapped him hard in the back of the head. The hit’s force threw the guy to the floor, face first.

“Stop being so stupid and apologize” Shego ordered in a voice that didn’t let space to objections.

The Chinese man pulled himself to his feet. He removed the little needle from her hand and returned his attention to Kim. “Sorry ‘bout that. Couldn’t contain myself. I’m Ling Zhu. But the crazy green bitch and her ‘little play group’ call me Bite” He said the name with a proud smile in his face.

“We call him Bite because he is as trustful as a serpent. In any moment he would hurt you no matter if he is your friend. He is a dangerous and funny one.” The blonde beautiful said Kim. Her voice was sweet and warm, just as her silver eyes. “I’m Tesni Barton. But call me Sun. And here is Gab, my husband.” She motioned the bald man next to her.

“Gabriel Barton. Nice to meet you.” His voice was deep and he talked in a very uncomfortable polite way. He was dressed nicely, just like his wife. Both were using formal suits and looked like very rich people.

“Kim Possible. Nice to meet you all of you too” she asked with a cute smile, something wrong to do in font of a certain person.

“Oh. She’s so cute!” Bite said in a childish tone. He caught Kim’s cheeks in his hands “Cute, cute, cute” he said while squeezing them. Kim was so perplex that she didn’t move in a couple of seconds. She reacted when she heard a loud ‘thud’.

There in front of her was Bite, again in the floor. He was rubbing the top of his head. Shego was right next to him. She had hit the man in the head with all her force. She looked angry. A thing that made Kim nervous.

“You stupid moron. Apologize in this moment.” Shego practically snorted at him.

“Don’t wanna” he said in a childish tone rubbing the top of his head still in the floor.

“Do it!”

“Nope”

“Now!!”

“Nah-uh.”

“Do they are like this always?” Kim asked the others. She was rubbing her sore cheeks. Shego and Bite were still arguing.

“Yeah. It’s kinda difficult to imagine Shego dating that mass of idiocy” Van remarked with an amusing smile. Oh yeah, they were always like that.

Kim heart shrank in pain. Did she say dating? The true hurts, she did. That couldn’t be possible. It was just wrong. Shego hated the idiocy. It was just as wrong for her to date Drakken. Kim told herself with confidence. But how much did she really know Shego, how she was so sure she never dated Drakken. It looked rather difficult, almost impossible, yet Van said she dated the Chinese crybaby. “Are they dating?” Kim asked. She wanted to be sure. Her voice reflected a lot of pain and her face was pale.

Van looked at her in a confuse way. Why the girl looked so distressed? “No. They dated when we where at school. They last two days, then they founded they have different… tastes” Van hesitated the last word. Kim felt more relieve than every other time in her whole life, and her face showed it. Van looked more confuse than before. She shook her head to try to focus again “Any way.” She turned her attention to Sun and Gab “Where are Moon and Mini?”

“You call, master?” a deep, low voice whispered at Van ear.

The blonde jumped and she turned to see the cause. There standing next to her was a black-haired young woman. Her eyes were silver and cold, like stone. She was dressed in a black long-sleeve shirt and a pair of deep blue jeans. She was carrying a small devil smirk. In her back was parked a young chopped skinned teen. Her blonde hair contrasted with the older girl deep black. Next to them was a small woman. She was brunet and her black eyes were watching the amusing fight.

“You don’t do that!” Van barked. Her hand was at her chest. “Where the hell were you?”

“We arrive with the others, yet is no fun entering by the main door” The teen replied in a ‘duh’ tone. “Hey, can I go play with Bonnie?”

“Don’t be rude. Introduce yourself before.” Sun scolded the girl. The girl looked confuse, then she discover the petite hero.

“Oh” she climbed down the black-haired girl’s back. “Hello. I’m Aylen Barton. Nice to meet you” she offered a small hand to Kim, who took it with facility. Yet she winced a little when they shook hands, the small wound still hurt a little.

“You can go now.” Sun said the girl.

“Thanks mom!” she shouted as she rushed out of the room.

A little tap in her shoulder made Kim turn around. In front of her was the little brunet. “Hi. I’m Annette Morgan” the girl’s voice had an accent too. “Yet everybody call me Mini” It took Kim a moment to realized the French accent in the small brunet. “That one is Moon” she pointed to the quiet woman that was next to Van.

“Chandra Hurst” the black dressed girl spoke in a whisper, so low Kim hardly heard her.

“Kim Possible” She introduced herself again. “Don’t you think is better for us to stop that two?”

“Yeah. I think so” Van said while eying the duo. Shego’s hands were at Bite’s throat. He was still in the floor and Shego was practically straddled in the man. She was banging his head in the floor. Bite looked pleasant, the smile in his face said so. He even had his hands at Shego’s waist, as in trying to maintain her in place. Shego looked rather content with hitting him hard.

“Hey Bite” Moon’s voice a little more loud than before, yet it was rather low “In the fridge is a cheesecake.”

In less than a second Shego’s hands were holding air and she was alone in the floor. “Hey! I was having fun in here!” Shego whined. She even pouted a little. Then she realized what made her ‘play mate’ abandoned her. “How did you know I have a cheesecake in the fridge?” Moon only shrugged. Shego’s mind then clicked. “Hey! How did you enter?”

Moon pointed down. There was a small brown rug. It was folded in a half. Under it was a small trap door opened. The opening was narrow, yet a person could fit easily.

“How in the hell did you know that?!” again, Shego only received a shrug as response. Shego’s eyes narrow, yet not in a mad way, it was most like a playful gesture. She stood. “Damn you.”

“Love you too” was the girl response.

“Okay, time to tell us why you call us in here” Mini said rather enthusiastically.

Shego’s face dropped. And all could tell by her distressed expression that something big was up. Even Bite, who had just returned from the kitchen with a huge piece of cake, didn’t make a smartass comment.

They did wonder why Shego suddenly needed all of them to get together that quickly. Sure they still saw each other, but it was only in extreme cases when they all get together.

Shego rubbed the back of her neck. “It happened”.

Just like Van, all the faces got pale. Moon looked shocked. Mini’s usual pink cheeks ware as pale as Shego’s. Bite ran towards the kitchen again, this time looking a glass of water, the cake went the wrong way.

“Sure this is a bad joke, Shede” Gab said, his voice suddenly losing all force, he sounded scared.

“I wish it is” Shego was again like the woman Kin founded the last day shopping in Club Banana. She looked tired and defeated.

“Shego that is just impossible!” Sun’s voice was as scared as her mate’s. Yet she didn’t look so worried.

“Is not. She’s upstairs” Shego was trying hard to convince the others.

“Sure is a misunderstanding” Mini concluded.

“Shego, we all agreed that was impossible years ago. Girl, are you in drugs? Or that damn plasma finally burned your brain?” Moon practically poked Shego’s head while speaking.

“I’m telling the true!” Shego was near to crying. She really looked like she was telling the true.

“Sorry about all the comments… We know you’re telling the true… we don’t really want to believe you, though” Bite said in a gentle tone. “We don’t want you to… you know…” he trailed off. It wasn’t necessary to say such thing aloud.

“I need your help.” Shego whispered, sorrow in her usually sarcastic voice.

“You know we’re in.” Gab said immediately and without hesitation. He was speaking by all. They weren’t so sure, though, if they could help in some way.

Kim was speechless by two things. First she never, ever thought that could be possible. She always thought of Shego as the solitary one, the one that didn’t need anybody. She did think that Shego didn’t have friends. The one that was so selfish that she never would admit defeat, least that she needed help. She was more stunned when the others responded.

And second. Shego looked ready to cry, and hard.

Shego’s face was down and her hands were thigh fists. She was shaking a little too. There were a couple of tears that were trying to make their way down her pale cheeks. She was trying to contain herself, the last thing she needed was to break down in front off all her friends. She didn’t want them to look at her with pity, though the thing she was facing was something to be pitting for. She didn’t want to cry after she promised herself years ago she let the last of her tears slip her body. She really didn’t want to cry, because if she did then she would start to fail her.

Kim really didn’t know what to do. Just let her cry? Or try to comfort her whit words? Or just see if she was really about to cry? Or hug her just like she did with her yesterday? She didn’t really know.

A loud sound echoed the room. Kim saw Van in front of Shego, her left arm was up and perpendicular to her body. The back of her hand was sore. Shego’s face was turned to her right and her left cheek was bright red, her face showed shock.

Shego blinked several times. She had just been slap hard by her best friend. Suddenly a wave of rage filled her body. She threw herself at the blonde in front of her, knocking her off. The two hit hard the floor, Shego above Van.

“What the hell?!” Shego’s voice showed how much she was pissed off.

Van smirked at her. “That’s the Shego I know. The one that follows the rules.”

Shego felt herself blush. Her anger faded away. She felt like such an idiot. It was a rule all of them followed. If you need to cry then do it. You don’t need to feel weak in front of others. You don’t need to think in what the other thinks. You need to relive the pain. It was a rule just as to defend yourself while being hit.

“I’m sorry” Shego pulled herself up and helped Van too.

“Doesn’t matter.” Sun spoke. “Where is Shego?” Kim thought it was stupid for her to ask for Shego. The pale woman was in front of her!

“Her name is Shera. She’s upstairs, she is trying to found her” The now hit woman answered. “She’s very concerned.”

“Yeah. We can imagine.” Mini said.

“Let’s go”

Shego exited the room and all followed her. They climbed the stairs and reached the second floor. Kim could see perfectly now that the second door at her left led to the master bedroom. She could saw the light green walls and the deep forest green carpet. She could also saw the black sheets over the queen size bed. She was perplexed when she saw a black kitten sleeping soundly in one of the deep forest green pillows. It had its left back paw bandaged. It looked very cute.

They past the room only to bump into Tara, who was running down the corridor without paying attention. She was busy looking back to see if anyone was following her. She crashed directly in Van. The smallest blonde hit the floor loudly.

“Sorry Missus Porter!” she apologized quickly as she looked up at the group.

“No problem. Why were you running?” Van helped Tara to her feet.

“The demons are trying to tie me up!”

Shego laughed. “Come on Tara you know you can handle Bonnie”

“Yeah. I can handle her. But I can’t the other three demons!”

“The little ones are giving you troubles?” Moon asked in an amused tone.

Before Tara could answer, she was tackled from behind. She felt again and all could see the responsible of the attack. At top of Tara were sitting Aylen and the two small blonds Kim saw with Van earlier that day.

“Going somewhere?” the little girl asked.

“GET OFF!” Tara sounded desperate.

“No” the little boy made himself comfortable at the top of Tara’s head.

“Regi, Rapha. What are you doing?” Van asked suspiciously.

“Nothing mom” the little girl answered. “We are trying to convince Tara into play with us”

“Come on surrender” Aylen suggested.

“No, I want my hair like it is now, thank you very much. Now, get off!”

“Now you three let poor Tara alone” Shego said with a voice that didn’t let space for arguments. The three children pouted but they got off of Tara, who immediately took refuge behind Shego.

“Aw. Come on Aunt Shego. We wanna play.” Aylen whined.

“You can play upstairs with us. Where is Bonnie? She was supposed to baby-sit you.”

“They tied her up at her bed” Tara whispered in Shego’s ear.

Shego sighed. “Come on little ones, let’s go upstairs. You can practice your aim” the three blonds smiled widely. She turned to the blonde behind her. “Tara, please untie Bonnie and you two come upstairs too. We need all the help we can use.”

Tara let her hidden spot and ran to carry out her orders. The others continued to the gym, now accompanied by the little children. When they reach the third floor Kim could smell incense. In the middle of the tatami was Shera sitting cross-legged, her eyes closed and she didn’t pay any attention to the others.

The ones that didn’t knew her looked very surprised. They didn’t expect the girl look so much like their Shego. Sure she hadn’t the green skin, but she surely looked like Shego before she got her powers. She was wearing a pair of light green pants and a leaf green spaghetti top. With those colors she was like a little Shego.

“Wow”. Mini muttered “Never thought she would be so much like you”

“Yeah it wasn’t a pleasant surprise for me too. Imagine Pumpkin’s surprise when she saw her the first time”

“Pumpkin?” Bite and Moon said at once. All looked shocked.

Shego only pointed her thumb to Kim, who flushed for all the repenting attention, she was truly happy with being ignored. “Okay kid. Gather your things and go to practice” Shego told the smallest of the group.

The children ran automatically to the weapons Shego had and began rapidly to retrieve some rifles that were close to the floor. The rifles were small enough for them to use. They began to check if everything was in place and after that, Aylen, been the tallest, reached for a case that was marked as ‘munitions’. With all in place they went to the doors at the left side of the room.

“I’m going to see your progress in a while, so don’t play around too much” She said before they entered the other room and close the door behind them.

“Aren’t they are in danger with those things?” Kim asked, her face showed just how much she was worried.

“Nah” Van dismissed the problem with a wave of the hand “Shego taught them how to use them without harming themselves”

Kim only nodded, tough she was still concerned.

“Okay so, let’s wake up the goblin and start working” Shego walked towards Shera and whispered softly her name. Yet the girl didn’t respond. She then tried to shake her a little, but she was still out.

“She’s here.”  Shera muttered. “I can fell her.”

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The small girl let out a yelp as she hit the ground hard. She was tired, and her dressing wasn’t helping. She was dressed in a pair of men pants and a big shirt. She was wearing a pair of leather boots. She wasn’t use to wear such outfit. But if she didn’t, then she would get caught. She didn’t want that.

“Where are you?” she asked. She spoke to herself, but the question didn’t go unnoticed by her companion.

“Don’t worry so much, we will find her” a chocolate skinned female said as she helped the girl to her feet.

“It been a week, Mora!” the girl looked bad, she hadn’t sleep in that week, and barely eat. The taller girl was worried.

“I know, and I also know we are going to find her, Kim.” Mora said as Kimbra started to cry hard. The black haired girl held the little princess trying to comfort her.

“I miss her!... I want her!... I need her!...”  Kimbra said between sobbings. Mora only hugged her tightly. “I love her!!”

“And that is why we are here. We are going to find her soon. I promise” The older girl’s voice made Kimbra think.

“I’ll find her” Kimbra’s voice was strong and resolute. She stopped crying and looked at her friend. “I’ll going to find her and I’ll love her with all my heart till I die.”

“Good to know you didn’t yank me out of your father’s kitchen for nothing” Mora smiled softly at the petite redheaded. “Any idea where to look?”

“Actually I was hopping to see the old hermit”

“That’s a crazy idea.” Mora taped her chin with a finger for a moment. “Sure it’ll work!”

“Then let’s go!” Kimbra yanked the older girl and she began to run.

The girls ran only a little, Mora wasn’t use to ran like that. Yet they walked at a very fast speed, they were going to see the old hermit for advice. The old man was known for have magic powers, some said he was Satan’s son. Other said he was an angel. Either way sure he would help them. If they pay him enough.

They reach the small house at the end of the day. They were going to enter to finish this quickly, the both decided silently.

Kimbra knocked at the door. She was nervous. What if he didn’t help them? Or what if he showed her that her nightmares were true? It didn’t matter, she was now in this and she was going to finish it.

The wooden door cracked and opened. In front of them was a blue skinned old man. He looked crazy, which most of the people thought was right. A little scar was under his left eye, almost covering all his check. “What do you need?” his voice was whinny.

“We need to find someone and reach for them” Mora said.

“This will cost you. Are you sure little girls like you could pay that amount of gold?”

“Sure I can” Kimbra reached in her outfit and pulled a small bag of money.

“Oh” The man small eyes widened at the sight of money. “Please, come this way” he turned from them.

Mora and Kimbra exchanged looks. They follow the old man in the house.

The house was dirty and just one roomed, just like all the houses of the kingdom. The floor was covered with all kinds of substances. Most of them were adhesives and every time they walked their shoes got stick to the ground. That made it very difficult to walk.

There were also some pots all around. The smell of the house wasn’t better. Mora and Kimbra could identify the odor of dry blood and burnt wood. Over the walls were strange amulets, some made with animal’s bones, other with wood and leaves.

In the middle of the room was one made with human skulls. This one made the girl shiver. Sure he didn’t make that one with the bones of the people that asked him help, right?

“Okay girls. What do you need?” The blue skinned mad made himself comfortable near a huge caldron.

“I’m looking to my bodyguard. She ran away a week ago. I want to find her and go to her” Kim said.

The hermit nodded. He reached into the bag that hang in his right side and pulled out some small bones. He threw them to the air and caught them a few times. When he felt it right, he threw them and didn’t catch them.

The man stared at the bones in the floor. “This bodyguard of yours… is your lover, didn’t she?” he asked still seeing the bones.

“Yes” Kimbra’s voice shook a little. How the man knew about her relationship with Shego?!

“I can send one of you to her. Yet it won’t be cheap”

“It’s okay. Kim could pay you and then you will send her to Shego” Mora was glad the mad man could help. She was tired of seeing her friend in such pain. Form the moment Kimbra entered her room crying for her lover till now. The girl was in so much sorrow.

“But you will stay here?” Kimbra was scared. Never in her life was she alone more than a few minutes. She was afraid to confront an unknown world without help.

“You can do it yourself. You’re good at challenges”

“Okay” The redheaded voice was uneasy. She reached again for her money bag and tossed it to the man in front of her.

The mad hermit began to work immediately. He pulled some strange bottles from the shelves at the left of the room. He began to cook in his caldron. After a while the smell of rotten eggs made the two girls to grimace.

“I’m ready” they saw the man drawing with red powder a small circle with a triangle in the middle of it in the floor of the house, the triangle was bigger than the circle, so it looked like it was some kind of circle with three tips. “Step in the middle”

Kimbra gave her friend a goodbye hug. When they departed Kimbra stood in the middle of the odd drawing. She took a deep breath as she began to hear the man singing a mantra. She felt how the air surrounding her started to blow, gently at first, but in began to increase as the mantra went on.

Mora saw all from the outside. She saw her friend’s hair blow and she saw how her clothes began to lift with the air that was only visible in the circle Kimbra was standing. A bright light blinded her. When she could see again Kimbra was gone.

I’ll find you and I’ll love you with all my heart. It’s a promise Shego.