Two Worlds- Chapter 1

Two Worlds

Chapter One- Savage Savior


Antarctica- The Savage Land



Suspended twenty feet off the ground, her parachute entangled in the branches of the trees, Shego remained in her unconscious state. The large gash across her forehead slowly seeped blood, its alluring scent descending through the surrounding jungles of the Savage Land, attracting the attention of some of the Savage Land's largest predators that lurked nearby. Out of the dense foliage of the jungle stepped a gigantic Tyrannosaurus Rex, its massive tooth filled maw dripping with saliva as its eyes searched for the source of the alluring scent of fresh blood, its eyes finding and settling on Shego's form as she continued to hang from the tress by her entangled parachute.

With a low growl, the Tyrannosaurus Rex slowly stalked towards Shego's unconscious form, eager to devour this tasty outsider in one powerful bite of its massive jaws! Before the T-Rex could get within the last ten feet to deliver the final crushing bite, Skaar bursted from the jungle, striking the massive carnivore with such force that it sends the massive beast crashing to the ground with devastating impact! Blood spilling from its nostrils and its mouth, the Tyrannosaurus Rex lays on the ground, completely stunned from the powerful blow that it received from Skaar's powerful right fist.

Skaar stood beside the fallen dinosaur, his green eyes filled with savage primal fury, a rage not unlike his father's own coursing through his veins. Briefly, Skaar gazed up at the unconscious individual that hanged in the trees, discovering that it was a woman with pale green skin. Skaar soon returned his attention back to the fallen dinosaur, only to see another Tyrannosaurus Rex burst from the jungle, roaring with primal bloodlust as it charged towards Skaar and the female suspended in the trees. Thinking fast, Skaar grasps the fallen T-Rex by the tail and proceeds to effortlessly launch the twelve ton carnivorous dinosaur through the air, sending it smashing against the second charging Tyrannosaurus Rex!

The two monstrous beasts crash to the earth with thunderous impact, each of them struggling to rise back up to their feet, their immense weight and battered bodies making the task quite difficult. Skaar stood mighty and strong, remaining in his fighting stance as he removed his massive Sakaarian Oldstrong Forged Sword from its holder that was strapped between his shoulders, unleashing a powerful roar of savage fury! Finally rising back up to their normal stance, the two Tyrannosaurs each unleash a deep powerful roar, challenging the Son of Hulk for the prize that is Shego's unconscious form. Without hesitation, the two carnivorous dinosaurs race towards Skaar, their combined mass making the very earth tremble with each thunderous footstep.

Rushing forward with incredible speed, his massive Sakaarian Sword gripped tightly within his gigantic right hand, Skaar lunges fearlessly at his two massive saurian foes! Avoiding the jaws of the first T-Rex, Skaar swings his massive blade and cuts off the left leg of the Tyrannosaur, the blade slicing through flesh and bone like a hot knife through butter! The crippled Tyrannosaur crashes to the earth, its horrific cries of agony echoing throughout the jungles of the Savage Land as it attempted to rise back up to its feet in a futile gesture. With one of his monstrous foes crippled, Skaar leaps high into the air with his massive Sakaarian blade raised to strike as the second T-Rex lunges at him with its huge jaws.

Leaping high into the air, Skaar smashes down on the Tyrannosaur's head, impaling his massive Sakaarian Oldstrong Forged Sword through the beast's skull, driving the monster into the earth and killing it instantly! With a brutal twist, Skaar pulled his blade out of the dead T-Rex's skull, turning and focusing his eyes on the crippled T-Rex as it roared in pain and fury as it tried to get back up to its feet. Menacingly, Skaar slowly walked over to the crippled Tyrannosaurus Rex, his eyes looking upon the place where its left leg was sliced off earlier with his mighty blade.

With a small hint of remorse, Skaar raised his massive blade once more before impaling it straight through the crippled saurian's heart, ending its existence in the quickest way possible. Ripping his blade out of the dead T-Rex, Skaar proceeded to wipe the blood off of his weapon, his eyes looking upon the death and carnage that he had wrought. The sight of blood and death did little to disturb the Son of Hulk, for there wasn't a thing that Skaar did today that he didn't do every single day on his homeworld of Sakaar. Even here in the Savage Land, Skaar had not forgotten the way things are and always will be, for only the strong would survive to live another day.

Shifting his gaze away from the dead saurians, Skaar once again looked up to the woman, who was still unconscious as she hung in the trees by her entangled parachute. In a blink of an eye, Skaar leaps up and cuts the ropes of the entangled parachute, thus causing Shego to plummet to the forest floor below. Before Shego could crash to the grassy ground, Skaar catches her in his arms just seconds before he placed his sword back in its holder. Landing on the forest floor, Skaar began to focus on the woman that he held within his massive arms, his eyes examining every detail of her features.

Her skin was a pale green in color, while her long hair was a raven black in color, much like his own. Her strong lithe and slightly muscular feminine body was covered by a green and black jumpsuit, which seemed to make her already unique appearance stand out, even to someone like Skaar. When examining her closer, Skaar instantly noticed the large gash across her forehead, which still slowly yet profusely spilled blood.

Despite his contempt for this unknown woman, Skaar knew that the wound had to be cleaned and healed before infection could be allowed to set in, because it was highly unlikely that she had a powerful healing factor like his own. Not to mention the fact that it wasn't safe for her to be alone in her condition, considering that there is numerous other predators that lurked in the deep jungles of the Savage Land. Against his own wishes, Skaar firmly holds Shego in his arms, his legs tensing up for the incredible leap that he was about to perform.

With a brief running start, Skaar leaped off into the distance, his great leg muscles propelling him through the air with the greatest of ease. Within just a few great leaps, Skaar arrived to his point of destination, landing in a crouch as he smashed his feet into the earth. The location of Skaar's destination was that of a small waterfall, which spread out into numerous streams and creeks through this portion of the jungle, bringing life to many animals and rare plants that resided only in this location within the Savage Land. It was a peaceful place, where predators rarely ventured, which is the reason why Skaar brought Shego here.

Despite himself, Skaar couldn't help but be intrigued by this attractive woman, but as to why he felt this way about her, he couldn't really be certain. It didn't matter at this point of time, and to be honest, Skaar really didn't care because all he wanted to do was to tend to this woman's head injury and leave it at that. Still, as much as he would like to deny it, Skaar was curious about this beautiful woman and why she was here in the Savage Land.

Walking over to one of the many streams, Skaar gently kneels down and props Shego against a large boulder, making sure that she was placed comfortably against the solid chunk of stone as her head temporarily rested on it like a pillow while her body rested on the grassy earth. Grabbing a soft fuzzy leaf and ripping it from its stem, Skaar proceeded to dip the leaf in the cool waters of the stream, allowing the leaf to absorb the refreshing liquid before drawing it back out of the stream. Kneeling down to the ground, Skaar proceeds to gently wrap his right arm around Shego's form in a gentle embrace, holding her upright and close to his muscular form. Using the damp soft leaf that he held in his left hand, Skaar begins to clean Shego's head wound, gently removing dried blood and dirt with each gentle caress. After cleaning the large gash across Shego's forehead, Skaar discarded the soaked leaf that was now stained with blood, his eyes focusing on Shego's face.

Unconsciously, Skaar reached down and caressed Shego's face with his left hand before stroking his giant fingers through her long black hair, causing Shego to let out a low moan as she remained unconscious. Returning his attention back to the large cut on Shego's forehead, Skaar began to summon the Old Power to his left hand, causing it to glow with the azure-white energy. While it is true that the Old Power rivals or is equal to that of the Power Cosmic wielded by Galactus and his heralds, and that like the Power Cosmic, it is both capable of destroying life and saving it.

Among the many limitless abilities that came with possessing the Old Power, healing is one of the many abilities that the energy can accomplish, for even if you're moments from death or mortally wounded, the incredible healing powers of the Old Power can save you from death's grasp! Placing his index and middle finger of his glowing hand on the large cut, Skaar began healing Shego's wound with his Old Power, the energies quickly and painlessly healing the large gash until nothing remained of the injury. Removing his fingers from Shego's forehead, Skaar began gently running his left hand through her long dark mane before gently caressing her pale green face with his gigantic fingers once again, but why he was doing this he could not understand.

Could it be instinct, or maybe that he somehow cared for this unknown woman, or could it be that he possibly sensed something about her that he could connect with on some level? Whatever the reason, Skaar held Shego in his arms for what seemed like an eternity, his jungle green hued eyes staring down into the face of this beautiful stranger who arrived unexpectedly to the Savage Land. It wasn't long before Shego began to stir in Skaar's arms, slowly awakening from her forced slumber and regaining consciousness, seemingly unaware of where she was or what happened to her.

She remembered the confrontation with Kim & Dr. Director, the self destruction of the lair and her escape by hovercraft, and her escaping from the two Global Justice F-22 Raptors. Then her thoughts recalled of how her Hovercraft was struck by one of the missiles, which caused her to quickly grab a parachute and abandon the plummeting aircraft. However, the last thing she remembered was a vast jungle, followed by a painful blow to her skull, and then nothing but darkness afterwards. Slowly, Shego began to open her eyes, unaware of the being that held her and watched intently.

"Whoa... what hit me?", Shego muttered to herself, rubbing the side of her skull with her right hand as she awaited for her vision to improve.

When her vision became clear, the first thing she noticed, other than the fact that someone was holding her in a protective embrace, was that she was surrounded by dense jungle foliage. She still had no idea how a tropical jungle could exist in the Antarctic, but at this point of time she really didn't care, because something else had caught her immediate attention. When Shego turned her head to look away from the jungle, her eyes came to rest one inhumanly gigantic and muscular chest, its color similar to that of the jungle itself. Shego's eyes became wide as she slowly continued to raise her gaze, her eyes taking in all the details until she finally looked up into the face of her savior, his jungle green eyes locking on to her own emerald green irises.

With a startled shout, Shego ignited her hands in fiery green plasma and delivered a violent left cross to Skaar's face, causing him to drop her to the ground with a thud as he rose back up to his tallest stature. Shego quickly got to her feet, her eyes never leaving the green skinned giant that stood before her, who appeared to be more surprised by Shego's hit than actually harmed. In truth, her left fist felt like it smashed against a titanium steel wall, but then again she never realized whom she was up against at this point of time. Shego backed herself up against a nearby tree, bracing herself against it as she watched as the giant continued to stare at her, his appearance and intimidating size unlike anyone or anything she had ever encounter before.

"S-Stay back! Don't come any closer, unless you want your face ripped off! I mean it!", Shego threatened, keeping her hands ignited in fiery plasma.

Despite her warning, Skaar slowly walked towards Shego, not intimidated in the least by her plasma encased hands or her threatening glare. Shego found herself backing up until she was bracing herself against the tree, her emerald eyes ever watchful as she kept them on Skaar, who continued to advance towards her without the slightest hint of hesitation or fear. It should be taken in to consideration that Shego was not a small woman, for she easily stood an impressive five foot eleven in height and had a very strong athletic build, but even she was considered small in comparison to Skaar's imposing seven foot nine height and incredible weight, which easily tipped the scales at over a thousand pounds of muscle and bone. Finally, Skaar was less than two feet away from Shego, his eyes never leaving her form.

"Get back!", Shego hissed, lunging at Skaar with a right plasma encased fist.

Skaar easily catches Shego's plasma encased fist with his left hand, seemingly unaffected by the fiery green flames that licked his flesh. Shego could only stare in a mixture of shock and awe, not just by the fact that Skaar was unfazed by her fiery emerald plasma, but also how powerful and majestic his presence was to her. Skaar began to closely investigate her plasma encased hand, his grip remaining firm as he summoned some of his Old Power, causing his left hand to glow with the azure-white energy. Shego watched on in amazement as the two separate energies began to fuse together, Shego's emerald green plasma combining with Skaar's blue-white Old Power.

Skaar released his grip on Shego's hand, but neither of their hands seperated, instead their hands rested against one another's. Shego could only look at Skaar's massive hand as her own hand rested against it, its size so small and fragile compared to his massive paw, both still lit with their own energies that had fused together as one. Looking away from their connecting hands, Shego noticed that Skaar was gazing at her with emotionless expression, yet she could all most see something hidden in those jungle green eyes of his. Before she could get lost in his eyes, Shego looked away just as she slowly withdrew her hand from touching Skaar's, extinguishing her plasma as she did so.

Shego returned her gaze back to Skaar, watching breathlessly as he leaned in closer, his face inches away from her own as their eyes locked. It was then that Shego took notice of his long dark hair that went past his shoulders, which also caused her to notice the massive black tribal tattoos that marked him from his right shoulder down to his upper arm. She then began to focus on his facial features, which were appealing to her on some level, and then there was his attractive jungle green eyes. She could stare into them for an eternity, getting lost in their vast alluring gaze, which she found herself having trouble breaking free of at this particular moment. Feeling blood rushing up to her face and coloring her pale cheeks, Shego manages to tear her gaze away from Skaar's own, though not without some difficulty.

Oh, this is just perfect! I mean, I've heard of women having Tarzan fantasies, but never would I have guessed that it would happen to me! As if crashing into a jungle in the middle of a frozen wasteland isn't enough! Now I'm face-to-face with an eight foot tall green skinned giant wearing a loincloth, not really sure where I am, and on top of it all I'm almost drooling over him! What's wrong with me? Shego questioned herself mentally, returning her gaze to focus on Skaar, whose face was just mere inches from her own.

"Okay... this is awkward. Umm... me Shego. And you are?", Shego greeted sheepishly, an awkward smile briefly gracing her features.

Skaar merely raised a confused eyebrow in response to Shego's unusual behavior, not really quite sure why she was acting in such a strange manner. Shego let out a heavy sigh as she massaged the bridge of her nose before running her hands through her long dark hair. This was definitely not how she was planning on celebrating her last day working for Drakken, that much was for sure, for the last thing she expected was to land in a hidden jungle and meet the Son of Hulk.

"Why do I even bother? I mean, here I am, stuck in the middle of some hidden jungle in the Antarctic, talking to a eight foot tall Tarzan! You probably don't understand a word I'm saying, do you?", Shego remarked, not really expecting an answer from her gigantic friend.

"Shows what you know, pale green-skin.", Skaar responded, causing Shego's eyes to widen in disbelief.

"AAAHHH!", Shego screamed, bracing herself tightly against the tree once again.

"My name is Skaar.", Skaar informed, keeping his eyes on Shego.

"Y-You can talk? You can actually understand me?", Shego questioned, relaxing ever so slightly.

"You catch on quick, don't you, Shego?", Skaar answered in a sarcastic tone of voice, walking about a dozen feet away to allow Shego some space.

"Wait! Did you just use sarcasm against me? Never mind! What's your name again?", Shego asked, walking away from the tree and approaching the giant that stood before her.

"I am Skaar. Son of Hulk & Caiera the Oldstrong.", Skaar stated once again.

Shego looked at the green giant that stood right in front of her, her eyes examining every feature of his unique muscular physique. It was a few moments later that she recalled reading an article in a newspaper some time ago about the Son of Hulk, who was born in fire and survived on the alien planet of Sakaar fighting monsters. In all honesty, the article intrigued her on some level, but other than the little bit of information that she read in that newspaper, she knew very little about Skaar. She also remembered when Skaar's father, the Hulk, returned from Sakaar and waged war against the planet... nearly destroying it in the process! But other than those few facts, she didn't know much about Skaar.

"Okay... that explains a lot. Well, at least it explains why you're huge and have green skin. I gotta admit, I never thought that I would ever run into you in a million years.", Shego remarked, crossing her arms over her chest.

"I never expected to meet you either.", Skaar responded dryly.

"So... where am I? What is this place?", Shego questioned, briefly looking around at her surroundings before returning her gaze back to Skaar.

"The Savage Land.", Skaar answered.

"Ooh! The Savage Land, eh? Nice name. By the way, thanks so much for being so informative.", Shego replied in her usual sarcastic tone of voice.

"Hmp. Why I even bothered to save your life, I'll never know.", Skaar remarked, turning and beginning to walk away from Shego.

"What? Wait! You saved my life?", Shego asked increduously, causing Skaar to stop dead in his tracks and turn to look her directly in the eyes.

"Yes, I did. I also healed the wound on your forehead.", Skaar answered, taking Shego by surprise.

It was at that moment that Shego reached up and rubbed her forehead with her right hand, discovering that not only was there no pain, but also that there was no evidence of the injury. She couldn't believe that it was even possible, but somehow the gash and the pain was no longer evident, not even a scar or a mark to be felt or seen! She brought her right hand down, looking at it briefly in complete shock before adverting her gaze back up to Skaar. She couldn't believe that Skaar, Son of the Hulk, a being that she would have described earlier as nothing more than a savage monster, actually saved her life and healed her injury. Throughout all of her life, nobody has ever cared for Shego nor protected her from harm, not that she needed any to begin with, but for some reason she felt touched by Skaar's actions.

"But how?", Shego asked, unable to understand how it was even possible for Skaar to heal her injury so quickly.

"I used the Old Power.", Skaar answered calmly.

"Oh... thanks. Thank you. Nobody has ever done something like that for me. I... I really appreciate it. Really, I do. So... umm... thanks, Skaar.", Shego responded in an uneasy, yet sincere tone of voice.

"Save it for someone who cares. You only see me as a monster... nothing more, nothing less. Just like the rest of the puny humans.", Skaar growled, harshly brushing aside Shego's gratitude as he turned his back towards her and began walking away.

Despite every feeling in her body telling her to lash out and attack Skaar for his cold and ungrateful remark, Shego managed to keep herself calm for the time being, if only because Skaar saved her life and healed her injury. The very least she could do to repay him was to tolerate his harsh words, for if it would have been anyone else, they would be beaten within an inch of their life! It was then that a thought occurred to Shego, a bit of understanding of why he was acting this way towards her and her gratitude. All of his life, whether it was on Sakaar or Earth, Skaar was treated as nothing more than a savage monster by the civilized world and those who didn't know him. It gave Shego an idea of how she could approach the subject, without incurring the wrath of the Son of Hulk or causing her to lose her own temper.

"And here I thought I was the moody one.", Shego muttered under her breath.

"Say that again.", Skaar demanded, turning to gaze at Shego as he approached her, stopping just ten feet away from where she stood.

"I don't see you as a monster.", Shego stated with unyielding determination.

"Then what do you see me as?", Skaar questioned, taking another step closer to the female mercenary.

"I don't know, but I know you're not a monster. That much I am certain of.", Shego answered, a confident smirk gracing her features.

"What makes you so sure, Shego?", Skaar challenged, approaching even closer to Shego until he was only a foot away, his towering form looming over her.

"Because if you were a monster, you wouldn't have saved me and healed the cut on my forehead. In other words, I probably wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you, Skaar.", Shego responded, not backing down an inch to the savage Son of Hulk.

Leaning his face down close to Shego's own, Skaar stared into her jade irises, testing to see if anything she said was deceitful or insincere in any way. One of the many unique abilities that Skaar possessed was the ability to know when people were lying, though whether this ability came from the Old Power or his natural instincts, it could only speculated upon by most and only truly known by Skaar himself. Skaar continued to stare into Shego's eyes for what seemed like an eternity, until finally the savage son of Hulk and Caiera let out a low growl and stepped back from the female mercenary.

"Whatever.", Skaar growled, turning and walking away from Shego.

"Hey! Wait for me, Tarzan!", Shego shouted, racing off to follow the Son of Hulk.

Shego had to move quick to catch up to Skaar, who moved effortlessly through the dense jungle foliage. Eventually, she managed to catch up to her savage savior, who didn't seem to notice or care about her presence in the very least. It was like he was trying to ignore her, which was something that Shego wasn't going to tolerate. If there was one thing she didn't like, it was an awkward silence, so she knew then that she had to at least start some kind of conversation with Skaar, if only because she had nothing better to do and that she was slightly curious about him. There was just something about Skaar that intrigued her on some level or another, though she couldn't really understand why.

"You know, you sure do have a funny way of accepting graditude from someone whose life you just saved.", Shego remarked, walking beside Skaar, who didn't even bother to glance at her.

"I should have let the dinosaurs eat you.", Skaar responded, a low growl of annoyance escaping his throat.

"Yeah, but you didn't. Which only proves my point.", Shego replied confidently as she continued to walk beside her savage protector.

"Believe what you want, but it doesn't change anything. I don't know you... and you don't know me. And I sure as hell don't trust you.", Skaar snarled in response, stopping to glare at Shego as he briefly narrowed his eyes.

"Oh, it that so? Glad that we can come to some understanding, because I don't trust you either. I mean, for all I know, you just saved me so that you could have the pleasure of taking me out yourself!", Shego challenged, clenching her hands into fists as she stared defiantly up into Skaar's face.

"Trust me, Shego. If I wanted to kill you, you'd already be dead. I wouldn't have saved you, if I didn't want you to remain alive in the first place. Besides, it would have been too easy anyways, and just so you know, I don't kill unless I have a good reason.", Skaar informed, an amused smirk briefly coming across his features.

"Okay, I believe you.", Shego obliged, resuming to walk beside Skaar as he became silent once again.

"So... why did you save me? Why are you protecting me?", Shego questioned, her curiosity intrigued.

"I have my reasons, which you will never know!", Skaar snarled, continuing to walk onward.

"Okay, it's personal. I can respect that. So do you mind telling me what we're doing or where we're going?", Shego demanded, crossing her arms over her chest as she walked.

"It's going to be dark soon, so we'll have to camp in this area for tonight. Tomorrow, we begin making our way to a village, which is about a day or two's walk from here.", Skaar informed, once again not even bothering to glance at his female traveling companion.

"Sounds good to me.", Shego muttered to herself.

Night soon fell across the jungles of the Savage Land, the moon and stars that lit the dark heavens becoming the only source of light. Just as the last bit of sunlight faded, Skaar gathered several large chunks of wood sliced from several trees, which were destined to keep the fire going once it would be started. Shego was seated on the ground, watching as Skaar got the fire ready, until her patience began to wear thin. Right now, she was tired and cold, which meant that she wasn't going to wait another moment for Skaar to start a fire with a pair of sharp rocks.

"Let me help you with that.", Shego offered, igniting her right hand and throwing a ball of fiery green plasma into the circular rock formation that contained several large chunks of wood, instantly engulfing it in flames.

Extinguishing the plasma that encased her right hand, Shego began to get comfortable as the fire began radiating heat, soothing her body as she pulled a gigantic leaf over her form. It was at that moment that she stole a glance at Skaar, who was seated across from where she rested, his jungle green eyes staring at her as a look of what could only be curiosity graced his features. Shego allowed an amused smirk to grace her features, a mischievous feeling coursing through her mind and body as her curiosity became intrigued by the look in Skaar's eyes.

"If you stare at me any longer, I might get the impression that you like me, Skaar. Something on your mind?", Shego questioned, a teasing smirk gracing her visage.

"You going to tell me how you got your powers?", Skaar asked, not even bothering to respond to Shego's teasing remark.

"Only if you tell me more about yourself.", Shego offered evenly.

"Not gonna happen.", Skaar stated coldly, glancing away from Shego.

"If that's the way you want it. Can't say that I didn't try. See ya in the morning, Skaar.", Shego replied with a shrug of her shoulders before laying on the ground and closing her eyes, drifting off into a peaceful slumber.

Skaar let out a heavy sigh as his eyes once again settled on Shego, listening to her gentle breathing and soothing heartbeat, which seemed to have a calming affect on him. Skaar couldn't understand why he was still here, watching over her like some guardian angel, nor could he understand these feelings that he felt coursing through his body. What was it about Shego that made him feel this way? Why did he, Skaar, the savage son of Hulk and Caiera, care about Shego? These questions could only be answered in time, but for right now, Skaar gave one last glance at Shego's form before closing his eyes and drifting off into a peaceful sleep.