Shego walked out of the somehow not-demolished bathroom of Kim’s house, wearing the green-and-black outfit Kim gave her. Kim looked up, stopping her back-and-forth pacing.
“You sure I can trust you?”
Shego sighed. “Kim, he's got my brothers hostage, too.”
Kim moved on. “Can the Titans trust you?”
For some reason, Shego had completely forgotten who the Titans were. “Who?”
“Don't play dumb with me, Shego. I know that Slade told you all about them.”
“Oh, them…” Shego remembered now.
“Be honest.” Kim’s lower lip trembled slightly right after she said it.
For the first time in her life, Shego couldn’t bring herself to lie. “Enh,” she said, waggling her hand at Kim in the “half-and-half” gesture.
“They're not gonna trust you at all – you know that, right?” Kim told her. “You know Terra's story.”
Shego looked up. “From what I hear, Kimmie, Terra was a child. A weak girl who fell into a trap she didn't deserve to fall into, and who paid for it with her life.”
“And you're not a child?” Kim spouted. It was no secret Shego didn’t exactly act her age.
“No. But you are.” Shego couldn’t resist the urge. She winked back at Kim.
The gesture took Kim aback for a second. “Are you saying I'm falling into a trap?” she asked, failing miserably at trying in vain to hide her beet-red cheeks. Embarrassment…
Shego smiled slyly. “Not a trap - uh, per se…”
“Then what am I falling into?” Kim said, quickly regaining herself.
“Can we just go get our brothers back and stop candy corn-face already?” Shego suddenly impatiently spouted. “We're running out of time with these chats.”
“Er-yeah, I guess,” Kim stammered.
As they dashed back outside, Kim realised Shego had avoided her first question altogether. “You still haven't told me whether or not I can trust you, Shego.”
“Kimmie, Kimmie, Kimmie…” Shego shook her head. “You can trust me about as much as you always have.”
“That's usually not very comforting – but for right now?” Kim looked forward. “It'll have to do…”
The Titans and Ron looked up as Kim and Shego re-joined them.
“Uh, Kim,” Ron asked, “Why is Sheg-”
“Lemme talk to Wade,” Kim cut him off, angrily.
“Uh - yeah, sure,” stammered Cyborg, handing Kim her communicator.
“Kim?” said Wade. “What is Shego doing with you?”
Robin crossed his arms. “I think that's what we all wanna know.”
Kim looked pissed. “Slade's got her brothers, too – unless you've forgotten that fact already.”
“I made a choice.” Shego’s tone startled everybody but Kim. “Halloween Man's gonna get his Christmas present opened early this year.”
Even Kim couldn’t stand Shego’s chatter. “Guys, CRAM IT! We don't have time! Wade, you and Cyborg pinpoint the location of the one at the school?”
Wade shook his head. “Nada.”
“You didn't just ask Shego?” Beast Boy asked.
Kim slapped her forehead. “Uh - no. Sheg-”
Shego grinned. She knew Kim was gonna like this. “I stuck it in a crack in the concrete behind that ex-boyfriend of yours’ car.”
“Dave's there?” Kim’s face got an odd look on it. “On second thought, why don’t we just find a way to contain the blasts and set that one off early?”
“We have to move, or it'll be too late,” Robin repeated. “Starfire, Raven and I will go after the one by Terra. Cyborg and Beast Boy, you two go with Kim, Ron, and Shego.”
“Got it.” Beast Boy didn’t need to question why Robin didn’t send him to the cavern with Terra. He would’ve told Robin to take someone else instead if he’d been chosen, anyway…
Robin held up his explosive discs. “Remember, in order to completely destroy these things -- we burn them.”
Shego fired up her green energy. “Oh, I got that bit covered…”
“Good. Now - let's move!” Robin shouted.
They all split up and ran off--
--leaving Kim's parents and Drakken - holding his back from falling off the ladder earlier - looking at each other.
After an awkward moment, Drakken broke the silence:
“So, um - how bout them Cubs?”
Arriving at Middleton High School, everyone saw there were 3 cars are in the parking lot. The miniature Supernova Death Ray was a little bit too obvious to the naked eye.
“Are we sure that's Dave's car?” Ron asked. He didn’t care for Dave much, but the dude had stuck his best friend with the unfriendliness needle one too many times for Ron to have any sympathy for him…
“Oh, I'm positive.” Kim glared. “Just blow it up, Shego. Let him walk home tonight.”
Inside the school gym, Dave walked in. Monique noticed him first. “Done settin’ up the hallway, Dave?”
“Yup,” Dave replied. “Where's Bonnie?”
“Right here, hotshot.” The voice came from behind him.
Dave turned around and swept Bonnie off her feet. “Hey, babe - I just wanted to know if you wanted to dance a little… earlier?
“Oh - well, you see, I could –” Bonnie looked up. “If Barkin wasn't watching every move I make…”
Mr. Barkin had appeared behind her. “Back to work, Rockwaller.”
Bonnie grumbled and returned to what she'd been doing.
Outside the school, Shego got a decent-sized bolt of green energy and launched it at the miniature Supernova Death Ray just behind Dave's car - which exploded in a massive ball of flame.
Seconds later, Kim, Shego, Ron, Beast Boy, and Cyborg were walking away from the school. Smoke and a glow were behind them.
Kim grinned to herself and at Shego when she finally heard Dave’s voice.
“AHH! MY CAR!”
Ron was slightly annoyed. “Well, that was pathetically anticlimactic.”
“MY BEAUTIFUL CAR!”
“Nice explosion, though.” Rufus chimed in on Ron's note with the equivalent of “Ho ho, boom, yeah…”
“I'm not exactly privy to how you destroyed it,” said Cyborg, “but since we've got more time to stop Slade, I'm all for it.”
“C'mon!” Beast Boy called after them, changing to human from Bloodhound and running off. Everyone followed him.
Ron grinned at Rufus as he ran after. “Let's rock…”
“Um, ok, when I said “Let's rock” back there, I only meant it figuratively!” he exclaimed twenty minutes later, when the group was in an underground cavern staring at a wall of rock in their path.
“Well,” Kim noted. “This is certainly going to cut into our timeframe for a while.”
“Not exactly.” Cyborg stepped forward. “Stand back.”
Everyone took about thirty steps backward. Cyborg readied his sonic cannon, but fiddled with some knobs before he fired - at which no blast came out, just some low-level, seemingly useless sonic waves. But after a moment, the wall of rock slowly, but surely, disintegrated.
“Booyah,” said Cyborg, calmly victorious. He walked on down the opened path. The others followed.
“Hey, waitaminute - that's my word!” Ron whined.
“Well, it ain't now, Buffoon,” said Shego as she passed him.
“B - it's STOPPABLE! My name is Stoppable! It is NOT Buffoon!” Ron protested.
Kim gave a sly grin to Shego. “Yeah, whatever, Buffoon. Keep up.”
Ron grumbled loudly and chased after them.
In another underground cavern, the stone eyes of Terra watched the place silently - as the entire cavern was engulfed in dark energy, which promptly receded into Raven - along with Robin and Starfire.
Robin looked up. “There it is,” he pointed.
The miniature Supernova Death Ray was barely visible, but was there - hanging about two inches above Terra's head.
“Oh, Robin - that is far too close for even I to use my starbolts without the possibility of damaging Terra further!” said Starfire.
“You're right. Raven, can you take it down from there without triggering it?”
“I'll try,” said Raven. She slowly but steadily engulfed the miniature Supernova Death Ray in dark energy. It took her a few agonizing minutes, but eventually she was able to move it away from Terra. Starfire promptly blasted it with a tinny starbolt – just enough heat to destroy the weapon, quietest amount of noise.
Raven wasn’t convinced. “…Anyone else get the feeling that happened way too fast?” she asked.
Suddenly, Slade-Bots surrounded them. The three circled up back-to-back-to-back.
Starfire looked around. “I could not agree with you more, Raven.”
In the other underground cavern, Shego realized they were close to Slade’s underground lair. “It's just up ahead,” she said, pointing.
Who the heck builds a supervillain's lair down here?” Kim asked. “This place is a dump!”
“Slade builds his lairs down here.” Cyborg’s voice was cold.
“Well, jeez, this guy ever think of puttin’ in a skylight or somethin’?” asked Kim.
Shego grinned again “Y'know, I thought exactly the same thing, Kimmie…”
Kim shook her head. “Can't you ever call me ‘Kim?’”
“Aw, but that's no fun, Kimmie!” responded Shego, with a fake pouting lip.
Rufus sniffed around - and began chattering furiously.
“Rufus doesn't like this, guys…” Ron looked around.
“He's not the only one.” Beast Boy pushed on. “I'd get ready.”
Suddenly, Cinderblock, Plasmus, and Overload appeared out of nowhere. Rufus dove into Ron's pocket in fear as the six instantly circled up back-to-back, taking defence positions.
“Yup.” Ron gulped. “Animal instincts never lie!”
END ACT TWO