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Light in the Darkness

Prologue

Go High School, Go City

Four Years Ago.

Shego, member of Team Go, defender of Go City, was casually walking the halls of Go High School. Wearing the recent selections from Club Banana, she was relieved that her brothers were already on their way towards their rooms.

It was rather daunting having four annoying brothers. Even much so if those brothers had super powers. With Hego's bossiness and Mego's narcissism it's enough to make anyone crazy!

And no doubt that the twins were planning something to ruins her day. And when she reached her locker and tried to open it, she groaned in despair.

Her locker combination had been changed.

It took her all her will power not to wreck the locker and without using her powers, slammed her fist on the door.

"I'm going to get those creeps," she growled. Aware that she was acquiring an audience, Shego took a deep breath and counted to ten. And when she reached to ten, she looked at her right to find a rather astonished boy looking at her.

"What is it, kid?" she asked curtly. Rather that looking away, the boy blinked and stuttered.

"I...i....is....." he started. "There.... So...so...something.... Wr...."

"Is there something wrong?" Shego raised an eyebrow as he nodded. "What's it to you?"

"Ma...may...b..be..."

"Maybe you could help?" she sighed in exasperation. "Sure, kid. Knock yourself out." The boy blinked as she stepped back. She looked at the student with a wary eye.

He was about her height if not a little shorter. He wore a white shirt that he buttoned to the collar. His black plants were pressed and his shoes were shiny. His clothes screamed Smarty Mart and his persona shouted nerd. His brown hair was pulled back and his violet eyes were behind a pair of black, thick-rimmed glasses.

"Today," she tapped her foot impatiently making him sigh. He placed his index finger on the combination and closed his eyes. He began to turn the knob. Shego was astonished at speed he was turning. He was fluid in his movement, not pausing even after he struck the correct code.

He had her locker open in two seconds.

"How did you do that?" Shego voiced out her astonishment. It was like he knew the code but he didn't use his eyes and he didn't check if the number was right. It was like he felt the code as they came.

"Good ears," he said in one breath. And before she could say more, he quietly walked away.

Shego watched him leave and, to her surprise, suddenly wanted to know who he was.

>

Go High School, Chemistry Lab

Four weeks later.

Shego's week was a disaster. After defeating another demented criminal she realized that she was tired of saving a city that seemed to have an endless supply of criminals. Last week, a criminal escaped them and the city held them responsible.

"You help someone and what do they do?" she mumbled to herself.

"They ignore you after that," a shy voice said making Shego's thoughts return to the present. Looking at the source, she found the boy who helped her open her locker doing an experiment at the far end of the lab table.

"You really have good ears," Shego whispered testing whether his hearing was acute.

"Not really," he said as he mixed two chemicals in a test tube.

"And you don't stutter anymore. What did you do? Take up a confidence booster class?" inwardly, she cringed at her banter. She hadn't meant it but it was something that came out automatically.

But instead of getting angry, Shego noticed his lips twitched as if suppressing a laugh. He has a sense of humor? she thought as she watched him work from her place.

And suddenly, in an irrational moment, she decided she must open up the opportunity.

"Doing anything tonight?" she asked. She felt him stiffen and his discomfort.

"Our English report," he said in a strained voice.

"That's due in two weeks," she frowned. "Never mind. Have time in your busy schedule for a quick movie?" The clatter of glass tubes surprised her.

"M...m....m....mo.....move....movie?" he stuttered. Suddenly, with a deep breath, he composed himself. To Shego, it was like he dashed any hope that lingered in his head. Dashing a dream before it ever started. "I rarely go to movies," he said as he continued to work. "Rarely gone anywhere for that matter."

"Not even a single date?" she asked and suddenly regretted it. He closed his eyes and set down the test tubes he was holding.

"As I recall, you need a partner for a date," he said calmly and not showing what he really felt. "And who would associate with a loser like me?" He began to clean up his station without another word. He was already through when Shego started to say something.

But with swift, cold efficiency, he was already out of the lab.

This really wasn't her week.

>

Go City Bank

Two nights later

Shego, the only female member of Team Go was already apprehending two bank robbers when the police arrived. With a scowl, she tossed the robbers towards the cops who were simply surprised by her attitude.

She was already walking away when she saw her brother standing a few feet away.

"What did I miss?" Hego asked as he looked at the crime scene.

"The press hasn't arrived yet so you have time to pretty up," she said scornfully as she began walking away.

"I do not pretty up," he said with a frown. "And I fight crime because it's the right thing to do not because I wanted my face in the papers."

"Whatever," she waved him off and disappeared into the night.

She was getting tired of this. She wanted something more than the thanks of the people. She wanted... Power.

Power to control the fate of the world.

Power to rule.

She would not get it by being a superhero.

She needed to get it by other means.

She mused at this thought as she passed the park. It was always peaceful at night since everything was asleep. Well... almost everything. She spotted as lone teen sitting on a swing reading a book.

It was not just any teen but the boy who helped her with her locker. She quietly walked up to him and watched him continue.

"Hey! You're in violation of curfew," she said in jest. He smiled softly as he turned a page.

"So are you," he asked slightly worried. "You came from the bank, did you not?" She automatically was on guard.

"Yes," she said reluctantly.

"Where you hurt?" he asked in a concerned voice. Hearing his concern, Shego relaxed.

"Not a bit," she smiled. Closing his book, he looked up smiling but when he saw her, his jaw dropped.

"Y...y... you...'re...... Shego?" he said as he looked at her in disbelief. Realizing that she was still in her Team Go uniform, she merely blushed and sat on the swing beside him.

"You know, you're the only person to figure that out," she said softly. "How did you, anyway?"

"Your smell and your sound," he said shyly. "I know the rhythm of your heart like it was my own. This is embarrassing."

"You listened to the inner workings of my body?" she asked in a slightly elevated voice. "That's sick!"

"You're right and I'm sorry," he said and then, nothing more. Shego sighed as she looked at him in amusement.

"You're quite something, you know that?" she said.

"If I am quite something, as you say, then why can't I get a date with a beautiful girl like you?" instantly he blushed and gazed and the ground. Shego blushed as well at the attempt of a compliment.

"Hey. I got an idea. I think we have enough time for a movie. Are you game?" she asked and suddenly, he was nervous again.

"Yyyy... you.... and..."

"Let me phrase it," Shego smiled. "You and I shall go to a movie. There. How hard could that be?"

"For a loser like me, pretty much," he sighed. Growling, Shego took the book from him and hit him slightly in the head with it.

"Stop that," she frowned. "You have to be more confident of your abilities and yourself. And besides, it's only a movie."

"To you it's just a movie. To me it's something that comes once in a lifetime."

"Yeah, right," Shego sighed and stood. "Are you coming?" With a sigh, he got up.

"Okay," as he stood he suddenly stilled.

"What is it?" Shego asked in concern as she followed his gaze. She saw a semi tanker rolling at breakneck speeds towards an intersection.

"A family car is headed towards that intersection," he said as he began to run towards the truck. "Judging by the speeds of both, they will collide."

"How would you know that?" Shego shouted but he was already running towards the intersection. He swiped the lid of a garbage can as he passed it. With all his might, he threw the lid like a discus towards the pedestrian crossing button and hitting it on the mark.

A second later, the light changed. Hearing the family car come to a stop, he breathed easily but there was still the truck to stop.

"What's wrong with the truck?" Shego asked as he caught up to him. Her companion frowned in concentration.

"Brakes are gone and the accelerator's stuck. No one's driving it," he said in confusion.

"Good," Shego's hands glowed as she ran towards the speeding truck.

"Shego! No!" he shouted as he noticed what the truck was carrying.

"Stop, you piece of junk," she powered up her hands and punched the truck. The cab collapsed at the impact of the punch but it also ruptured its cargo. In a speed that could match Shego's own, the boy tackled her with such force that he knocked her away before the truck exploded.

Unfortunately, the contents of the tank the semi was hauling sprayed onto them. The boy protected Shego from the spray of liquid with his body.

The liquid immediately ate his clothes and burned his skin as they tumbled. As soon as he got up, he tore off his shirt but his eyes burned. They burned like hell. He tore off his glasses in agony as some of the liquid came in contact with his eyes.

"What are you trying..." Shego started to reprimand but saw what had happened to him. "Oh my... are you okay?" she asked worriedly. His skin was red from the burns made from the liquid and the stench of it burned her lungs. "What is this muck?"

"Toxic waste," he said hoarsely. "Call Hazmat." He walked haggardly towards the wreckage.

"Where are you going?" Shego asked as she watched him walked aimlessly towards the muck. "You're headed for the gunk!" he stopped but was obviously confused.

"I can't hear the car," he said in panic. "I have to check on the family." With the loud roar of the flames, it was difficult for him to hear anything beyond twenty feet.

"You're hurt, stay," she urged him but he resumed walking. Concerned, he grabbed his wrist but he immediately jerked it away.

"Don't!" he cried out. Shego was taken back at this. Was he angry with her? But when he turned to her, she relaxed as he looked at her blankly and smiled. "I'm contaminated. Remove your glove, I thinks it's burning." True enough, Shego's glove was smoking from the contact with his wrist.

"I'll call Hazmat," Shego said as she worriedly looked at him. "Stay where you are!" she ran with all her might to contact Hazardous Material control. But as she neared a phone, the semi exploded, the shockwave was enough to shatter every window within a mile radius. Looking back, Shego was shocked to see a crater from where the truck was.

Anything within its reach was engulfed in flames

And the boy was nowhere to be seen.

Shego screamed in agony.

Fearing that she may have lost a friend.

And she did not know his name.

A/n: Please forgive the long prologue. This is my first Kim Possible fic so please no "Burn in Hell" kind of flames. Constructive comments are welcomed and praises are nice to hear. I hope I won't disappoint you.

Next: Chapter One: "Ron's Confusion"