Kim smiled as she slowly woke up. She was content where she was. Not only was she really comfortable, but she was also warm and more importantly, safe. Kim tried to roll over, but something held her in place. Opening on eye, Kim noted the arm around her shoulders holding her tightly. Then her eyes focused and she recognized Shego. Kim closed her eye. Then both of her eyes snapped open when it fully sunk in that she was sleeping next to Shego.
Kim jumped out of bed hurriedly, disturbing Shego. “Wh-what’s going on?” Shego asked, still half-asleep.
Kim stared at Shego in horror, as the events of the previous night came back to her. As they did, Kim felt herself calming down a little. During that time, Shego got up and stretched. She then walked over to Kim and asked, “Sleep well?” Kim nodded, not really sure of what to say. “That’s good.” Shego turned and walked towards the window in the room, overlooking the street. “I think you might have gotten too much rest, Kimmie.”
Kim felt her mouth open in shock. She recovered quickly, but still had a hard time believing that Shego was actually teasing her like this. For fun! “Why’s that?” Kim asked, walking over to look out the window next to Shego.
“Well, doy, you completely forgot that you were the one who wanted me to sleep next to you,” Shego answered, an amused tone in her voice. Again, completely different from the Shego that Kim was used to.
“I guess, I just haven’t slept well, since… you know,” Kim replied, biting her lower lip to help hold back tears that suddenly welled up in her eyes.
“Yeah, but remember, if you need to cry, then do it. It isn’t good to bottle it up all the time,” Shego told Kim kindly, without even looking at her. Kim threw her arms around Shego tightly. At first this caught Shego off guard, but then, looking at the trembling Kim who had latched herself onto Shego, she smiled and wrapped her arms around Kim, although not as tightly. As Shego felt Kim calming down, she moved one hand under Kim’s chin to lift her face and then kissed her forehead. Neither said anything, they just basked in the presence of each other.
Finally after a few minutes, Shego pried Kim away from her. “What would you like for breakfast?”
Kim looked at Shego. She really couldn’t think of anything that she wanted. So she smiled and said, “How about you surprise me with something, okay?”
Shego laughed. “Okay then, princess. I’ll get breakfast started, while you take a shower.”
Kim smiled as Shego then left the room. When she was gone, Kim looked for her clothes that she had brought with her the day before. It took her a few minutes, and was surprised when she saw that they were in the laundry hamper. All of Kim’s rational mind was telling her to take them out, so she wouldn’t have a reason to come back here. After all, she was feeling much better now and she knew who was sending those letters. While her heart was telling her to leave them. After all, with Shego knowing her as well as she did, Shego would be an ideal person to come to if she ever needed that kind of support again. And it would also show a degree of trust that Shego rightly deserved. Kim sighed giving into the irrationality of her heart. Even though Kim was still upset about Ron, she wondered if that somehow might have been for the better.
As soon as Kim had that thought, she burst into tears again. How could Ron dying have been for the better? If she hadn’t meant to be with him, shouldn’t there have been some sign or something? Shouldn’t she have been able to tell if that was true? Kim slid to her knees in the middle of the floor and just knelt there letting the tears flow. Even though she was crying again for the umpteenth time since Ron died, Kim felt like these tears were cleaning out all of the pent up emotion that she had fostered during that time. That she was finally getting rid of all the pain that she had carried around with her. When Kim finished, she wiped her eyes with her hand and then pulled out a change of clothes. A pair of blue jeans and a sky blue crop top. She then made her way over to the door, and stopped. Kim turned and looked back into the room. So much had happened in here in such a short time that she wasn’t sure if she’d even be able to fully deal with it. Sighing, Kim opened the door and began walking down the hall for the bathroom.
When she found it, she saw that she wouldn’t be able to keep her clothes from getting wet very easily if she took them in with her, so she walked back to the room and set them on the bed. However, as she turned to leave, Kim noticed that there were two bathrobes hanging in the closet. She walked over and smiled, feeling tears well up in her eyes. Although she had been crying over the past week, these tears were of pure happiness. From being enemies one day to this, Kim was being overwhelmed by how much Shego cared. She had planned for almost anything it seemed.
Kim took out the pink bathrobe that was obviously meant for her, mostly because the mint green one was clearly too big for her, and set it on the bed. Kim then stripped all her clothes off and put the bathrobe on. She then made her way to the bathroom and when she closed the door, she then pulled off the robe and set it carefully on the lid of the toilet. With how soft it felt, Kim didn’t want it to get wet any more than it had to while she was in the shower or getting out of it. Kim then turned to the mirror and was surprised to see how much of a mess she looked. She was amazed more at the fact that she didn’t even feel embarrassed looking like that, knowing that Shego, of all people, had seen her like that. She would have been mortified if even her brothers had seen her like this.
Kim then looked at the sink and saw that Shego had even gotten her basic hygiene items. Like a toothbrush. After Kim finished brushing, she then stepped into the shower. After pulling the curtain shut, Kim paused a moment with her hand over the shower faucet letting all that had happened fully sink in. Kim was struggling to deal with all that had happened and she wondered if she’d need a few days to sort out her own feelings about this. Kim then turned on the water and waited for it to warm up. After that, she just let the water wash over her for a few minutes before she started to wash herself.
When she was done and had turned the water off, Kim opened the curtain and looked around for a towel. She spied one just outside of the shower. It was a bright red one that Kim assumed was for her use, since it was right next to a black one. After Kim had dried off and had put the robe back on, Kim wrapped the towel around her hair, and tied the sash to close the robe. After that, she looked at herself in the mirror, and liking what she saw, she made her way downstairs.
Shego was in front of the stove with a few pans on the burners, sizzling. Kim inhaled deeply through her nose and smiled. It smelled so good. Kim walked over to where Shego was standing, already knowing that Shego knew that she was there, and watched her work on eggs, sausage, pancakes for a minute. “Need any help?” Kim offered.
“Sure, pumpkin. The plates are in the cupboards over there,” Shego instructed, pointing to a cupboard on her left.
Kim walked over and pulled out a couple of plates. Then she noticed there were glasses above the plates and pulled a couple of those out as well. Kim set them on the counter and asked, “Where’s the table?”
“On the other side of the stairs.”
Kim carried the plates and glasses over to the table and put them down across from each other, so that they’d be able to watch each other as they ate. Kim then walked back to the kitchen and Shego didn’t say anything. She just merely pointed toward a drawer. Kim opened it to find forks and knives. Kim pulled out what she’d need and went to se them on the table. When she returned, Shego was putting pancakes onto a plate. “How many would you like, Kimmie?”
Kim thought about it. Kim saw that the pancakes were rather large, so she figured that she probably wouldn’t be able to eat that many. “I’ll take two.” Kim paused as Shego then put some more batter on the pan. “Um, is there anything else you’d like me to help with?”
“If you could get the milk out, I’d appreciate that.”
Kim walked over to the fridge and opened it. She easily found the carton of milk and pulled it out. Before she left the kitchen, Kim had to ask Shego something. “Why don’t you want me to help with the cooking?”
Kim felt Shego smile rather than saw it. “Doy, I’ve seen how good you are cooking.” Kim felt her face start to burn with embarrassment. “I don’t want you to ruin this morning for either of us.”
Kim felt a little annoyed, but agreed with Shego that she didn’t want to ruin the morning either. Kim took the milk to the table and walked back to the kitchen. When she got there, Shego was just putting the sausage on a plate. “So, that’s how you learned so much about me? By watching me?” Kim asked, not sure if she should be scared at how good Shego was at that, or impressed.
“Well, yeah. I don’t know of any other way to learn what I needed to know,” Shego answered, turning towards Kim.
“So, you didn’t try to look in my diary?”
Shego stared at Kim for a moment, her mouth struggling to work. “Y- you have one?”
Kim was a little confused. Did she think that she didn’t have one because she didn’t strike her as the type who’d have one? “Why?” Kim asked slowly, not sure if she really wanted to know why.
“Well, it’s just that I never could find it in your room, so I assumed that you didn’t have one,” Shego answered sheepishly.
Kim didn’t know if she should be upset that Shego had gone through her things or amused at Shego’s reaction. Finally she decided to just be amused. “I keep it online. That way I don’t have to worry about losing it.”
Shego nodded, turning back to the stove. “I’m sorry I forgot to ask you how you wanted your eggs. I hope you don’t mind fried.”
Kim smiled, walking up next to Shego. “I told you to surprised me.”
Shego smiled. “Yeah, you did.”
They stood next to each other in silence, both comfortable with the other’s presence, willing to let things remain as they were for a few minutes. The only sounds were made as Shego flipped the pancakes or when she removed the eggs off the stove and put them on a plate of their own. Without asking or being asked to, Kim took the plates of sausage and eggs to the table. She took her time on her way back, looking around at the decorations that Shego had placed around. Nothing really struck Kim as being something that she would think of being unique to Shego, but didn’t let it bother her. After all, how well did she really know Shego? When Kim got back to the kitchen, she nearly ran into Shego who was bringing out the pancakes. “Sorry,” Kim said without even thinking.
“It’s okay,” Shego answered. “You don’t have anything to be sorry about.”
Kim smiled, absently taking Shego’s hand into her own as they made their way to the table. Shego was surprised at Kim taking her hand, but quickly relaxed, content to let Kim make all the moves as she became ready to. Kim poured the milk for both of them as Shego set the pancakes down. Then, they each took a place at the table, not saying anything, but letting their non-verbal communication do all the talking for them. Shego distributed the food evenly. Kim was surprised that Shego gave herself the same, if slightly less, amount of food. Kim felt uncomfortable. Not because she didn’t like Shego, but rather because of the special treatment that she felt she was receiving. It just felt too weird. Maybe if she had married Ron, he would have done this for her, she just wasn’t used to it. Kim took a drink from her glass before she started cutting into her pancakes.
They ate in a comfortable silence, each enjoying the other’s company. Neither wanting to do or say anything to ruin the moment. The only sound was the clinks of the silverware clicking on the plates. After they were done, Shego picked up the plates and glasses before Kim could react and took them to the kitchen. Kim got up and followed a little more slowly. When Kim got to the kitchen, she saw that Shego had only rinsed the plates off. They were still in the sink, unwashed. Kim watched Shego walk into the living room and followed her. Shego sat on the couch and turned the t.v. on. Kim then sat down next to Shego. Kim wanted to lean against Shego, but didn’t know if Shego would mind. Finally, Kim decided to just do it. After all, Shego had been willing to let Kim do so much that Kim wasn’t sure if she would have under normal circumstances. So, Kim leaned over to rest her head on Shego’s shoulder. Shego turned to Kim and Kim looked at Shego, uncertainly. Shego smiled and shifter to kiss Kim’s forehead again. Kim smiled in return and wrapped her arms around Shego, feeling like a little kid who just wanted to be close to someone they loved.
Kim’s mind made a screeching halt as she realized the words used in that last thought. Love? Did she really feel that towards Shego? Kim looked at Shego out of the corner of her eye, and wondered if she did love this woman, how deeply did that love run? Kim shrugged it off and focused on the t.v. The news was on and Kim found herself merely watching it, but not paying any attention. She was concentrating more on the beating of her heart and how it seemed to be synchronized with Shego’s.
Kim started to drift off to sleep when she suddenly remembered that she was going to call her parents. Kim quickly jumped off the couch, leaving a surprised Shego in her wake. Kim moved over to the phone she picked it up and dialed her number. Kim waited a moment before it was picked up. “Hello?”
“Dad?”
“Kimmy-cub?” Kim’s dad sounded surprised. Then in a more firm tone he continued, “Do you have any idea of how late you are?”
“Dad, I called mom last night and told her I was staying over at a friend’s,” Kim said, hoping that he’d let this blow over. “She just told me to call in the morning.”
“Hmm, I guess it’s all right then. I’ll let her know you called.”
“Thanks.”
“By the way Kim, you’re not with a boy are you?”
“Of course not!” Kim replied, indignant.
“Okay, I just wanted to be sure.”
Kim heard him hang up. She stared at the receiver a moment before hanging it up. Kim walked towards the living room and said, “I think I should go home before my dad forgets I called.”
Shego looked away from the t.v. and at Kim. “Would you like a ride?”
Kim thought about it and nodded. “That would be great.”
“Well, I’ll need to shower and…” Shego was interrupted by the phone ringing. “Don’t answer it. I’ll get it,” Shego told Kim.
Kim didn’t argue. After all, knowing Shego, it was possible that Drakken would know her phone number. After all, he did seem to need her every so often just to keep his peace of mind. Kim listened to what Shego was saying as she talked to whoever was on the other line.
“Yeah, I was just getting ready for my…” Shego paused for a moment then sighed. “What? Can’t you figure out how to do that yourself?” Kim was pretty sure that it was Drakken on the other end. At least she figured that Drakken would be the only who could get Shego to get this annoyed this quickly. After all, it took her being around her brothers a while before she finally screamed at them, while she seemed to be getting close here to doing just that. She sighed. “Just don’t touch anything until I get there,” Shego finally snapped after listening for a few minutes. “And I mean NOTHING!” Shego slammed the phone down so hard that Kim jumped, uncertain about how Shego would act around her now. Kim wasn’t sure that she’d seen Shego this upset before.
Kim watched Shego stalk out of the kitchen and heard stomping around upstairs. Finally Kim heard what she could only assume was the bathroom door slam, since she could hear the shower come on shortly after that. Kim carefully made her way upstairs, not wanting to have Shego get upset with her, and went to Shego’s room and put on the clothes that she had pulled out earlier. When she was done, she sat on the bed, then leaned back until she was lying on it with her legs hanging off the edge. She stared that the ceiling getting lost in her thoughts. There was just so much that had happened, that Kim’s mind was struggling to catch up. A few of the thoughts that went through Kim’s mind were: How could I suddenly be feeling this way? What kind of person am I to do this to Ron so quickly after he’s gone? Kim felt a tear trickle down the side of her face, towards her ear when she thought about that.
Kim was lost in her thoughts when the shower turned off. However, she sat up when she saw the door open and quickly turned away towards the window, her face burning up when she saw Shego walk in, holding her towel in front of her, still drying off a little. Shego stopped short when she saw Kim turn away. She felt her own face flushing, maybe as deeply as Kim’s.
“Sorry, I guess I’m still getting used to having company,” Shego said after a few minutes of an extremely uncomfortable silence.
Kim only nodded, not sure of what she could say about any of that. Or even if she’d be able to. Shego didn’t seem to mind Kim’s mute response as she wrapped the towel around herself, so there wouldn’t be anything showing, and walked over to Kim. Shego had one hand holding the towel in place so it wouldn’t open up without warning, and place her other hand on Kim’s shoulder. “Are you okay?”
Kim nodded, turning towards Shego. “You just caught me off guard there,” Kim replied, uncertainly.
Shego smiled. “I was referring to when I stormed up here. Dr. Drakken made me so upset that I guess I forgot you were here. And I was wondering if I scared you with any of that.”
Kim shook her head. “I was just worried that you might lash out at me,” Kim answered softly.
Shego pulled Kim into an embrace, letting go of the towel. “Yeah, I see how I might have done that. Though, remember, if you ever want to come over, feel free to. I might not be here, so don’t feel that you need to ask.” Shego released Kim, and moved her hand back to keep the towel in place. “Now why don’t you leave while I get dressed, okay?”
Kim smiled and nodded. “Thanks,” Kim whispered as she turned to leave.
Shego smiled in return. “No problem, pumpkin.”
As Kim walked out and shut the door, she was still feeling uncomfortable. If Shego hadn’t had that towel… Kim shook her head to banish the image before it could fully form in her mind. That was definitely one thing that she did not want to think about. It was bad enough that she saw what she did. Kim leaned against the wall across from the door and sighed. What was happening? When Ron had died, Kim had thought that the world couldn’t possibly be turned any more upside down than it already had been. Now, Kim wasn’t so sure that it was upside down quite yet. At every turn, it seemed that something else was working to make it all that much more weird. Kim wasn’t sure how long she waited, but when the door opened Kim jumped in surprise. Shego had dressed in her usual black and green suit and was holding Kim’s shoes. “Forget something?”
Kim smiled sheepishly, looking down at her stocking feet. That was one little detail that she would not have like to have forgotten. When Kim had finished putting her shoes on, she followed Shego down the stairs and into the garage. It was a two-car garage that was empty, except for Shego’s car. “Why do you have it so tinted?” Kim found herself asking, as she walked over to the car.
“I just don’t care to have other drivers looking at me when I drive,” Shego answered, walking over to the driver’s side. “I’d tint the windshield if I could, but then that would make my car easier to spot when I don’t want it to be.”
Kim looked at the car. “I don’t think that I would have a problem finding this car, Shego.”
“Actually, the paint can change colors, princess. I just like keeping it this color most of the time,” Shego commented absently, opening the car door.
Kim opened the door on the passenger’s side and got in. The interior was black leather. Something that Kim didn’t find surprising. Kim waited for Shego to start the car, but when she didn’t, Kim looked over at Shego to find Shego looking right back at her. “What?”
“Seat belt?”
It took Kim’s mind a moment to register what she meant. Kim smiled sheepishly as she pulled the seat belt to the latch. Once the seat belt was secured, Shego started the car. Kim was surprised at how quiet the car was. She had figured that Shego would have preferred a car that was so loud that everyone would turn their head just to see what was causing the noise. Kim sighed as she looked out the window as the car pulled out into the street. Kim felt a little regret at leaving Shego’s house. Why, she had no idea, but the feeling was still there. After pondering it for a few moments, Kim decided that it was because that’s where she finally was able to get all the pain of losing Ron out of her system. Or at least all the build-up of it.
Before Kim knew it, they were outside her house. Kim could see her brothers looking at the car from the lawn. They were again working on another of their rocket projects. Kim turned to Shego. “Thanks for the ride,” Kim said.
“Don’t worry about it. I was happy to give you one,” Shego said, with a dismissive wave.
Kim smiled, then before Shego could react, she leaned over and kissed Shego on the cheek. Kim saw Shego blush before she turned away. “Okay, now go on. I’m sure your family is waiting for you,” Shego told Kim.
Kim’s smile deepened as she could tell why Shego was suddenly trying to get her out of the car. Kim then got out of the car and had barely shut the door when the car took off. Kim smiled to herself as she made her way up to her home. “Who’s car was that?”
Kim turned to her brothers and answered, “A friend’s.”
“Which one?”
Kim smiled at them and didn’t answer, knowing that this was going to drive them nuts. After all, how could they come up with ways to tease her, when she didn’t let them know about something like that? Kim felt like the world was starting to go back to being as normal as it had ever been for her especially since things were starting to look better.
Shego’s drive to Drakken’s lair was uneventful. It was nice and peaceful, but Shego still had gone through a complete change in her attitude. While before she had been nice to Kim, now she seemed ready to attack someone at the drop of a hat. After all, she’d need to be as cranky as she usually is, otherwise they might find out about her feelings towards Kimmie. Shego just hoped that this day wouldn’t end up with her going out to steal something, which in turn would result in her most likely fighting Kim. Although Shego didn’t have any qualms against that, she didn’t want to encounter Kim like that when she was still trying to accept that Shego had feelings for her, as well as working through her own problems.
Shego shook her head. Thinking about Kim would only result in her spacing out. Something that would likely lead to Drakken finding out. As she parked the car in the hangar where the jet Drakken had for her was kept, Shego could see smoke rising out of the doors that led directly to the lab. I hope he didn’t cause a fire to start, Shego told herself, hoping that it was just leftover from what Drakken did earlier. Shego made her way into the lab and sure enough, there was a fire. However, this one was a lot smaller than the last one, and it seemed to be burning itself out. Which probably meant that it started when Drakken first screwed up again.
Sighing, she walked over to the fire extinguisher and put the remnants of the fire out. As she did that, Drakken came in from another door. One that led to his own rooms. “Finally, where have you been?” Drakken snapped.
“What’s it to you?” Shego was in no mood for his attitude. Which upon reflection, she realized that she never was. Not that she was surprised at that.
“I just noticed that when I called you about the emergency I had, YOU TOOK YOUR SWEET TIME!”
“Hey! I had things to do. And usually when I come back from my time off, I usually show up a few hours later. But here I’m back much earlier than before, so don’t tell me that I was taking my sweet time! Besides, it’s Sunday! I shouldn’t have had to come in at all!” Shego snapped, enjoying yelling at Drakken.
“Hmph,” Drakken scowled at Shego.
Shego began cleaning up the mess that had resulted in whatever Drakken had done to cause all this. “Shego, stop that. My henchmen will take care of that later. I need your opinion on something,” Drakken told her.
Shego shrugged and followed Drakken. Eventually, they came to the his back-up lab. “I give you the Annialator!” Drakken said dramatically.
Shego was unimpressed. There was so much that could be done that would make it look so much better. “What exactly is it that I’m supposed to be impressed by?” she couldn’t find anything around that looked remotely impressive. All she saw was a table with straps, which would probably be used to hold someone down on, a few strange looking contraptions, and another laser that was probably as energy efficient as Drakken’s mouth.
“That!” Drakken said, pointing at the laser. Whatever he had in mind with it, he certainly was excited about it. Shego shook her head. Sometimes she just couldn’t figure him out. “And after my latest plan works, you won’t have to leave when your contract expires!”
Shego looked at Drakken out of the corner of her eye. “What makes you think this will work?”
“Why wouldn’t it? It’s my best plan ever!” Drakken cried, the happiest Shego had ever seen him.
“Okay, why don’t you tell me the plan,” Shego said, rubbing her temple to stave off the headache that threatened to come on. “I really think that I’m missing something.”
“What? How can you not figure out my plan?” The look on Drakken’s face said that he found it obvious.
“Well, I assume the plan is a way to remove Kim Possible from the picture, right?” Drakken nodded. “I just don’t see how this is going to work.”
Drakken glared at Shego. “It’s obvious! It couldn’t be simpler!” Shego looked at Drakken, waiting patiently for him to continue. “I’ll strap her down and then I’ll use the laser and the Annialator will be complete!”
Shego raised an eyebrow. “So, that laser isn’t your Annialator?”
“Of course not! Besides, I think someone already took the name, so I can’t use it,” Drakken whined.
“Anything else for me to waste my time on?”
Drakken shook his head, then suddenly realized something. “Wait, why were you so willing to listen to my ranting?”
Because I wanted to make sure that your plan wasn’t going to succeed, Shego thought, but didn’t say. Instead, she said, “Doy, I haven’t had time to get bored yet.”
Drakken looked at her blankly. “So, all those other times you would have listened to me if you weren’t bored?”
Shego sighed. However the end of that conversation would go, would not end well for her. “I can hardly wait for the end of the month,” Shego groaned softly.
“Why? What happens at the end of the month?” Drakken asked, his face blank.
“My contract ends.”
“What does that have to do with what you just said?”
Shego shook her head. It would be so amusing if it wasn’t so pathetic. “Never mind,” Shego said.
“Well, I know that once we take Kim Possible out of the picture, you won’t have any reason to leave, so I’m sure you’ll be here for a lot more than a month,” Drakken said, patting Shego on the back. Shego looked at Drakken out of the corner of hr eye. How thick can he be? “I know that you keep telling me that it’s because of my mother, but come on! How could she be a reason for you to want to leave?” Drakken continued, not noticing Shego’s reaction or sigh of annoyance.
Maybe because she is so thick that it gives me a headache to be around her? Shego asked herself, not even planning on telling Drakken that, since she’d then also have to relate how thick he was. Which in turn would get him upset. Not that she didn’t enjoy making him upset, it was more that it would cause a headache for her, and she was starting to run out of headache medicine. Something that she realized that she had forgotten to get the last time she was at Smarty Mart. “Whatever. So, when do you plan on initiating this plan?” Shego was wondering if it was any time soon that it’d actually be able to get Kim there, considering the fact that her website had been down for the past week. Although, Shego would really have been surprised if Drakken knew that.
“Tomorrow evening, I’ll have my latest plan ready, and when it works, Kim Possible will come to stop me, and I’ll get her then!”
Shego was already getting bored. Probably because it was just being around Drakken. “Let me guess, it has something to do with why you need to hire another redecorator in the main lab, right?”
Drakken scowled at Shego and started grumbling. “Yes, it does.” Drakken motioned Shego to follow him and they walked towards the main lab. “I was experimenting with explosives. So, if the world governments don’t bow to my will, I’ll start placing bombs in their capitol buildings!”
Shego stared at Drakken for a moment before asking flatly, “You’re serious, aren’t you?”
“Yes, why?” Drakken asked slowly.
“Well, you do read the newspaper and watch the news, right?” Drakken nodded. “And you remember all those articles about terrorists, right?” Again he nodded. “And you want them to take you seriously, right?” Drakken paused a moment before nodding again, which made Shego wonder, He actually had to think about that first? “Then you should realize that if you go through with threatening them like that, they’ll label you as a terrorist, which would mean that they’ll do more then send a teen hero like Kim in.”
“Huh?” Drakken asked, apparently not following what Shego was saying.
“Yeah, they’ll likely send in a whole bunch of military people to stop you. After all, if Kim’s web geek can find you as easily as he always seems to, they’ll find you no problem. And you’ll be lucky if they ask questions first before they shoot.”
Drakken stared at Shego. “So I should come up with another plan?” he asked, timidly.
“Of course,” Shego said. Then continued after a moment of thought. “Just don’t expect me to be here Friday.”
“Why?”
“Because you had me come in a day early. Which means that the time has to come from somewhere.”
“But, Friday is Karaoke night!” Drakken cried. “You can’t miss that!”
Shego sighed. If she was going to go there, then she better come up with another day “Fine, but I get to choose which day I get off, okay?”
“Which day will that be?”
“I’ll let you know. I haven’t decided yet.” Shego figured that she’d be able to find out a good day without too much trouble. She just hoped that the best ones wouldn’t pass by before she could find out about them.
“Just make certain not to try to use it to get out of helping me with my next plan,” Drakken growled at Shego.
“Don’t get all worked up, Dr. D. I’ll let you know when I want the day off. If you later choose that day for any of your stupid schemes, that’s up to you. But, I have your word about that, right?” Normally Shego wouldn’t trust Drakken, but she had learned that when it came to her, he always kept his word. Something that she assumed was because she would beat him severely if he ever tried to back out on his word.
“Of course, Shego. I just wanted to make certain that you weren’t trying to get out of fighting Kim Possible.” Drakken apparently missed the remark about his schemes, which Shego didn’t mind at all.
“What?” Shego snapped, uneasy about what Drakken might know about her and Kim.
“Well, it’s just that I’ve noticed that you haven’t been fighting with everything you have,” Drakken answered, apparently oblivious to her discomfort. “I know she’s always beat us in the past, so I understand why you’re tired of fighting her.”
Shego relaxed. He just came to the wrong conclusion is all. “Relax, I’m working through that problem right now,” she assured Drakken. “I just started taking care of that last week.”
“Good. Now all we need to do is find a way for me to utilize all the explosives I purchased for that plan that you so rudely interrupted,” Drakken said.
The doors to the main lab opened and Shego was wondering what kind of explosives Drakken had. After all, she didn’t want to be in a lair that was getting ready to go up. Unfortunately, the explosives Drakken got, were highly unstable themselves. “Where did you get these?” Shego asked, as if she were just merely curious.
“Oh, I got them off some guy I met at a bar. He said that they were very dangerous.”
“Oh, they’re dangerous all right. They can go off at room temperature, did you know that?”
“Since when are you an expert at explosives?”
“Hey! When I was with my brothers, we’d come across explosives a few times, and it helped to know if we could move them safely. The explosives you have can blow this lair sky high, and if they’ve been sitting here for any good length of time without being cooled, then I’d say we should evacuate the lair for at least a few days, if not altogether.”
Drakken looked as if he’d been told that Christmas had been cancelled for the next few years. “So, I won’t be able to use these?”
Shego shook her head. “Not unless you want to risk… You were using some of those earlier, weren’t you?” Drakken nodded. “And how much did you use?”
“I was just pouring it into another container. I think I was using maybe this much,” Drakken answered, using his hands to approximate. Which wasn’t very much.
“And you’re not worried about the rest of it going off?” Shego asked, not sure if she actually wanted to know. Shego had a sinking feeling when Drakken shook his head. “Why not?”
“Because, I was being careful when it exploded. It caught me off guard.”
That’s a reason not to be worried? Shego just could not believe Drakken’s rationality sometimes. “Here, lets seal up this lab now and you can tell me what you called me over here about, okay?”
“Fine. I guess I didn’t get such a great deal after all with those explosives,” Drakken said, sounding depressed.
Shego pushed Drakken out of the main lab and used her security clearance to activate the doors to begin their sealing process. “Now, what did you want from me?”
“Well… you see…” Drakken was clearly uncomfortable now.
“What is it?” Shego demanded, her hand flaring up.
Drakken’s eyes went wide at that. “Okay, I was wondering if you could show me again how to program the VCR.”
Shego could not believe it. Drakken had called her up, interrupted her time with Kimmie, and had made her think that something had gone terribly wrong. Then outside of the fact that Drakken had turned his lair into a time bomb, had wanted her to help him program his VCR, which she had given him a step-by-step instruction guide to doing just that. She sighed. This was Drakken all right. Someone who, although could build something potentially dangerous, usually to himself only, wasn’t too bright when it came to dealing others. “Okay, look how about this. You go pack whatever you can, and I’ll go look for another suitable lair. I’m not exactly sure, but I’d say that we have about maybe a day or two before this whole lair is going to go up. So, I think that your plan about tomorrow, will have to wait.”
“But, but I want to use the Annialator on Kim Possible!” Drakken whined.
“Look, what good is it to have a trap if you’re not going to be around for it to take effect?”
“Huh?”
“Okay, here, if you go up with this lair, what good will it be to have a perfect plan since you won’t be around anymore?”
Drakken thought about this, then suddenly his eyes went wide in astonishment. “Shego! I can’t believe this!”
“What?” That sinking feeling was back and with a vengeance.
“You actually care about me!”
“Say what?” Getting a little confused, she did not like where this seemed to be heading.
“Why else would you try to convince me that I shouldn’t use these explosives?”
Because you’d drag me into it even if I didn’t want to. Because my contract states that I need to save you from any sort of danger you find yourself in, even if it’s because of you in the first place. Because I don’t want to go that way. Because you’d find a way to screw it up without anyone’s help. “Look, whatever you may think the reason isn’t important. I’ll leave and find a good lair and I’ll be back later.”
There was no way that she was going to remain in this lair any longer than she had to. Add another reason why I should leave his employ, Shego thought to herself, making her way towards an alternate route to the hangar so she could drive out of here. At least this gives me more time to myself, Shego mused. And I’m getting paid, so I can watch Kimmie for a little bit without it being my personal time. Even though Drakken had come up with his stupidest idea to date, it wasn’t turning out to be such a bad deal for Shego, and she was going to enjoy that benefit to it’s fullest. And she got a free day out of it all as well. Things were starting to look good.
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