Kigo

In the Middle by StarvingLunatic 8

8: Purgatory

Bonnie never saw it coming. Shego could understand that considering the fact that she did not see Bonnie coming. It did not even matter who missed what because the blow landed squarely on a very unintended mark. The hit could not be cleaner if Shego did mean it. Bonnie's head snapped to the side before she ended up being laid out on the mats.

"Motherfucker," Bonnie muttered as she hit the canvas. It was then her pale girlfriend realized just what happened. Shego gasped in horror.

"Oh my fucking god, babe, I'm so sorry!" Shego apologized as she fell to Bonnie's side.

Shego had just accidentally punched Bonnie in the face. The lawyer rolled around on the mat and held her eye. She breathed in a hissing inhale to cut back the terrible pain that she was feeling at the moment. Shego gathered her turquoise-eyed lover up in her arms while apologizing over and over again.

"Oh god, love, I'm so damn sorry," Shego said again while standing up. She took Bonnie into the back to get a look at her eye.

Kim was going to ask what was going on as her lovers passed her, but she did not say anything, as they seemed to be having an emergency at the moment. The three were at their martial arts school. There were no classes being held at the moment since it was past closing time. They were still there because they were trying to get into the habit of working out a little bit after work to include Bonnie. They taught Bonnie some moves, so she could defend herself if they were not around to do that for her. The hope was that eventually Bonnie would be able to hold her own in a real fight if necessary.

Shego had actually been teaching Bonnie before the incident that just happened. But, Bonnie stepped away to take a phone call and Shego decided to do some shadowboxing. She happened to turn around at the wrong moment, which was when Bonnie came back, and that was when Shego's fist made the acquaintance of Bonnie's eye. Shego continued to apologize to the very dazed Bonnie.

Kim was going to go see what was going on with her lovers, but then she noticed someone at the door. Well, actually there was someone at the front window, peeping in instead of knocking. She went to go see what the person wanted. After all, they could always use new students.

"Hi, can I help you?" Kim greeted the person as she opened the front door.

Before her stood a young man who appeared about her age. He looked like a surfer with messy dirty blonde hair that fell to his shoulders. He had a stud in his lip. He smiled in a rather friendly manner and his hazel eyes sparkled with kindness. He was dressed in baggy dark blue jeans with a zebra-stripped shirt that was sky blue and white. He looked like the type of person who would be interested in studying with Shego.

"Hey, my name is Sherm Hamilton. I'm looking for the people who run this place," he informed her. His voice matched his expression, sounding very friendly.

"Well, I'm one of them. Kim Possible," she introduced herself in a professional tone.

"Cool," he said, offering his hand for her to shake. She wasted no time taking his hand in hers. They exchanged a firm, but pleasant handshake.

"So, what can I do for you?" she inquired with an eyebrow arched and a small smile of her own.

"Oh, I'm from Kick magazine," he answered with a sheepish laugh. He could not believe that he forgot to include that bit of information.

Kim's mouth dropped open and her eyes went wide. No way. "No kidding," she muttered. Kick was one of the most popular martial arts magazines in the world. She wondered what he was doing there.

"No kidding," he said with another smile and he showed her his identification to prove that he was who he claimed to be.

"Wow," Kim mumbled in a rather awed voice. She felt speechless, unable to think of anything to say beyond wow.