Chapter 13: A ghost's return

"Hey Kim maybe you should get some sleep." Ron stood in Kim's room looking around the room and over the balcony. Kim nodded and sat on the bed trying her best to focus on what she was doing. "When was the last time you got a good night's sleep?" Ron asked. Kim stared off into space. "When did Shego leave?" Ron blinked. "About four months ago." Kim nodded, she never felt her head fall onto the pillow.

"I'll just leave you to sleep." Ron said slipping out of the room. Kim stared at the door blankly; there was no point in trying to sleep. Sleep refused to come to her; she closed her eyes for lack of better thing to do. It was only then something soft fell onto the pillow next to her head. She opened her eyes, for a moment she thought she had lost her mind.

There was no way in the world this black and white blur would be what she thought it was. She reached up and felt the soft plush under her finger tips. She sat up to get a better look, she hadn't lost her mind. There on the pillow sat something familiar, she unpinned the note attached to it.

'Pumpkin,

I found out you have a hard time sleeping without this. Seeing as how I can't be there I got you this. Thanks for your help, see you in the future.

Love,

Shego'

Kim felt perplexed for a moment; she looked back at the gift in her hand. "Pandaroo." She said sleepily. Without a second thought she lifted the stuffed animal to her nose and breathed in deeply. "Smells like…" Before she could finish her sentence her eye lids fell and she slumped back down onto the bed. She fell into a deep sleep, curled around the stuffed animal and the note.

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Kim sat in front of Monique both silently questioning what action would be taken. Kim was first to speak. "I'm going to look biases for doing it." Monique nodded sadly. "And you betrayed my trust. You of all people, I don't know if I'll be able to trust you again for a long time." Kim didn't look at the woman as she spoke.

Monique cleared her throat. "I know. I'm just sorry. I let the thought of that much power get to my head. He made it sound so great, like I'd have the world in my hands. It turned out I was there to do all his dirty work, the only reason I stayed was because he would have killed me." Kim shook her head in disappointment. The woman she had grown up with, who saved her on more then one occasion was afraid of her own death.

"You would have been killed either way. The only reason you're alive now is because you've saved my life so many times. And the only reason I'm letting you out of here is because I still have compassion for you and would rather you not rot in prison." Kim stood up and walked stiffly to the door. "You'll be out by next week…you won't get your job back and I doubt you'll find a moment alone for sometime." She didn't look back at all but walked out of the room, ignoring Monique's heartfelt apology.

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One month later Kim sat in her room clutching her Pandaroo to her chest and thinking deeply. She wished she could concentrate on something besides Shego's words. "Times like these you find out who your friends and enemies really are." She had been right, she had been so right.

It was like a bad dream she would wake from any minute. Any second she would wake up, Shego would look at her and smile like she did every morning and they would go on about their day like always. This was all a dream she knew it, Monique hadn't betrayed her Drakken hadn't come back and she never pulled Shego from the past.

The Shego she knew would be right next to her all she had to do was wake up. She closed her eyes and willed herself to awaken from her nightmare. She opened her eyes again and found herself in the same room, on the same bed. Nothing had changed. She closed her eyes again praying for anything to happen.

She opened her eyes again, nothing in the room changed. She looked out at the balcony something was going on out there. She found herself stuck to the bed, knees drawn to her chest staring into the darkness.

Something small and bright was forming in the darkness, it slowly grew bigger and bigger. Kim stopped breathing her heart raced threatening to break through her ribs and leave her. The thing in the darkness grew bigger, a light, a bright blue light. Kim's eyes widened.

Something fell out of the light and into the darkness. Kim sat frozen as something moved slowly toward her room. She couldn't move from her spot on the edge of the bed, a mixture of fear and excitement kept her in place. Whatever it was in the darkness moved more, suddenly it was getting bigger.

The sound out cracking and groaning, what was that out there? Kim couldn't move her heart raced faster and her chest tightened. More cracking and groans, whatever it was out was coming closer now. It grew bigger and bobbed slightly with each inch, Kim felt like a dear in head lights. There was no way out of this now, she opened her mouth to scream or call for help but no sound came.

She sat with her mouth a gape as something moved closer to the dim light of the room. She couldn't close her eyes; she wanted to see whatever it was in the darkness. Her eyes fell to a foot in the light, slowly light pooled over a leg, a stomach, an arm, finally a face.

Kim was amazed, before her stood a battle worn Shego, the Shego she had thought to be dead for four years. Shego popped her shoulder in place and stretched out her arm; she cracked her sore neck and looked over her cloths. Kim couldn't believe her eyes.

Shego looked at Kim for a moment then walked slowly toward her, she had a slight limp and she winced in pain whenever she took a new step. Her body had healed any broken bones and cuts on her long walk into the room. She finally stopped dropping limply to her knees and staring at Kim.

"You know Princess its rude to stare." She said with a weary smirk. Kim found her voice, though it was almost a whisper. "I-I thought you were dead. I-I saw you…I saw him and I you were just lying there." Kim still couldn't move. Shego seemed to think this over for a moment.

"You really thought I could be taken down that easily? Please. He didn't kill me with that weak kick to the head." She laughed at the thought but stopped abruptly when her ribs begged her to stop. Kim fell forward and was caught in a tight hug. "I heard the crack, I was sure he had broken your neck." Kim was moments from sobbing.

"Well he didn't." Kim's body shook; it was taking every bit of her will power to hold back her sobs. "How did you get back?" She was having trouble controlling the shaking in her voice. "You remember that watch you gave me?" Kim nodded. "Well it had just enough power left to give me one more trip. I set it a little too far forward, but I crawled through."

Kim shook harder she couldn't take this any longer. "I'm so sorry. I couldn't help you, I was trapped. It's hunted me all this time, I thought you were…" She couldn't finish through muffled sobs. Shego sighed. "Princess don't get all mushy on me now." Kim's sobs subsided as she laughed. She whipped her eyes and looked the woman over. "Kimmie you look like death warmed over." Shego said after a long silence. "I'm running on four years of insomnia…you know I can't sleep in my bed." Shego rolled her eyes. "It's too empty." She said mockingly. Kim glared at her and threw a punch to the woman's shoulder.

Shego hissed in pain. "That was dislocated a minute ago." Kim laughed and rubbed the sore spot. "Don't mock me, and I won't have to punch you dislocated areas." Shego huffed. "Oh I see how it is I drag my half dead ass four years into the future for this greeting? I should have stayed." Kim punched her again. "Oh my god quit punching me." Shego said rubbing her shoulder.

"I'll stop punching you when you when you stop saying stupid things." Kim said sternly, clearly everything was back to normal for the pair. Shego stood up. "Well then I guess if I want to heal I'll have to take a vow of silence." The two women laughed and Kim stood as well. "We should get you to the infirmary." Kim said pulling Shego behind her. "We don't have to do that. My body will heal itself remember?" Kim looked over her shoulder. "Then the doctors will give you some relief while you heal yourself." She replied and shoved the woman through the door.

(A/N: Well that's it, I couldn't keep Monique in prison I need her for a possible squeal. And well I had planned for Shego to come back all along…you think I'd really let her go down that easy? No I love her character too much. Anywho, I hope you all liked my first Kim and Shego story. I hope you all found it funny and uh look for a squeal in the near future!)