Fic: “Trapped In The Dark”
read on AO3
Fandom: Kim Possible (Cartoon)
Rating: T
Summary: "Come on out, Kimmy… let's finish this."
for @flashfictionfridayofficial
for @femslashfeb‘s Day 17 prompt “light”
for @febuwhump’s Day 17 prompt “silent tears”
for Femslash F*ckery’s Day 17 prompt “marking”
Within the darkness, Shego attacks, her energy strikes flashing like lightning.
Cave-dust enters Shego's nostrils. She hacks.
"Where are you…"
Shego brightens the energy-glow one of her raised hands. Her eyes shining, feral.
"Come on out, Kimmy…" she snarl-laughs. "Let's finish this."
In the glow, Shego notices a shadow shifting. Her grin turns vicious.
"Kiiiimmy…"
She jumps into where Kim must be hiding. Before anything else, there's a low, sharp intake of breath.
Shego frowns, lowering her green-glow swirling hand.
No, that's not right. There's Kim, and Kim doesn't get up from crouching down behind a boulder, not looking at Shego, occasionally touching the side of her visibly bleeding head. Worry in her eyes.
Silent tears illuminate a gaunt-like green on Kim's features.
"Don't be such a baby. You're fine."
Shego grabs her arm, forcing Kim to woozily stand up.
For a moment, Shego feels where she burned Kim through her uniform-sleeve, marking her, damaging and softening the top layer of her flesh.
Kim stifles a cry behind her lips, still silent.
"Seriously… you've been in worse situations than this, haven't you? It's a stupid cave-in. Think your way out of it. You always do."
"Leave me alone…"
Shego groans, hating how defeated Kim sounds. She is, and clearly bleeding from a rock hitting her head, but it's Kim Possible.
A hero.
A hero doesn't give up.
"Fantastic," Shego says dryly, yanking on Kim's upper arm. "Guess I'm doing the thinking today."
*
The tunnels should have withstood any blast, foreign or Drakken-made.
Getting more and more irritated, Shego fires at the heavy and fallen stalactites broken at their feet. Her fingers constantly glowing.
It's the only light so far.
The only way to navigate out of here…
"I can't believe this…" she mutters, glaring at Kim a few feet behind her.
Besides the gigantic bloody cut, Shego doesn't think Kim's suffered a concussion during all of this. She's not acting woozy anymore. Her legs unshaking. Kim's tears already have dried up, much to Shego's relief… that she refuses to admit was ever there. Hell no.
"Would you hurry it up, princess? I'm not gonna carry you." Shego complains, watching Kim avoid more rocks, "Heroing is your shtick."
"You could just go ahead without me, Shego—"
"—don't tempt me," Shego cuts a now bewildered Kim off, jerking her head.
*
When there's a patch of light, Shego 'woops!' in victory.
"Stay back," she orders, gently pushing Kim aside—and shockingly enough, Kim listens and does what she's told without being snarky.
If only this happened more often…
Shego projects her bright green-glow energy into the crack of the tunnel's siding, erupting it open.
Behind them, that tunnel completely collapses.
She looks around, finding a truck parked nearby in sunlight and a cavernous opening to fresh air. "I'd offer a ride, Kimmy, but…" Shego winks, delighted by Kim's familiar eye-roll "…as they say, finders keepers."
Disappearing for a moment, Shego lugs out the truck's medical kit.
"You can have this though."
"Gee, thanks," Kim mumbles.
In the light, Shego can see the blood dampening Kim's orangeish hair. She clears her throat awkwardly. This is her nemesis… why does it matter if she's hurt?
"If I see Stoppable, I'll send him your way."
The engine roars on.
Kim opens her mouth, and Shego mockingly wags a finger—
"—ah, ah, pretend this NEVER happened or I'll barbecue you alive when I see you next—"
From the rear-view mirror, she spots Kim waving.
It's new.
Whatever this is.
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