This story comes from a roleplay group on Facebook, where I play Shego. Before I begin I want to thank two other FanFiction members who have helped with this story by playing some of the characters you will read about. They are Andrea Churchill and Queen of the Waterfalls. They have both also written their own fanfics from our roleplay so you should read them as well, because they will all connect in the end.
So now we begin…
Enjoy!
Chapter 1
Never in a million years did Sheila…or Shego as most people knew her…ever think she would be where she is now. She had a pretty good life for the past few years. She had a decent job, with a really good pay, that she actually enjoyed…sometimes.
Now she was living in an extremely small one bedroom apartment that was practically in the middle of nowhere. Well…not "alone" exactly. She lived with Ricky. The only person she could ever love in her life was him, and of course he loved her back just as much.
She stood in the kitchen making dinner. They were having the same thing they always had, because that was all she could afford. She stirred the pasta slowly, thinking to herself as she always did.
Ricky came out of the bedroom and into the kitchen and looked at Sheila. With his sweet green eyes looking at her, he asked, "Mommy, is it time to eat yet?"
Ricky was her four year old son.
She knew he was hungry. They hadn't eaten at all that day, or even the day before. "Almost, baby," she replied. "Why don't you go ahead and sit at the table."
He climbed up onto his seat and watched his mother. His stomach growled loudly and he looked down. "How many more minutes, Mommy?"
She stirred the pasta some more and said, "About ten…" Their stove was pretty cheap and run down, so it took her longer to make even just a little bit of pasta than it would for anyone else. She heard Ricky whine a little as his stomach growled once again. She had to force herself not to cry. She hated seeing him starve. It broke her heart.
Once she found out she was pregnant, she knew she had to quit her job with Drakken. Of course he had begged her to stay, and didn't understand why she was leaving, but she couldn't let the word get out that she was having a child, especially because the first person they would suspect that the father was would be him. They would have been completely wrong.
The first year of his life she had thought about putting the child up for adoption. She couldn't raise a child. There was no way! She had no idea what she would do as a mother. But eventually she fell in love with the small baby boy, and knew there wasn't any way she could give him up.
She knew she couldn't go back into villain work, though. She didn't want to expose her child to that life. Even if both of his parents had lived that way, she didn't want him to make the decisions that they had. It was this same reason that he would never meet his father. She always told him he was just busy with his job, and that he would be home eventually. The man didn't even love her. She knew that if he ever found out that one night alone would have led to this, he'd flip! So she decided to keep Ricky a secret.
She tried to get some other job, but no one wanted to hire some green freak with glowing hands. So Shego was forced to raise her son with no money, and live in an old apartment that was barely working. Sure, she could steal food for them, and every once in a while she did, but she knew it would be bad if she were ever to get caught. Even though she is in a bad place right now, the judge would never give her a break, after everything she had done in the past. No, instead she would be off to prison, and Ricky would be sent to a foster home.
So she portioned out the money she had left from working for Drakken. She used that strictly for food and clothing for him. Every once in a while she would have a little extra money and could afford a little more for herself, but she was more worried about her son than herself.
She drained the pasta and put a plate in front of Ricky, not eating until she knew he had enough to eat himself. She sat across from him and watched.
He frowns when she gives him his plate. "Pasta again, Mommy?" he said, sounding disappointed.
She sighed, wishing she could feed him a little better. "Yes, Ricky. That's all we can afford right now. Just please eat your dinner."
Ricky simply sighed and dug in to his dinner, eating every single bite, since he knew there was a possibility that there may be nothing to eat tomorrow. Once he finished Sheila looked at him and asked if he was still hungry, and he held out his bowl and nodded. "Can I please have more, Mommy?"
She fills it back up, leaving nothing for herself and set it in front of him, and watched as he ate.
Ricky looked at his mother and then at his bowl. He held it out to her. "Do you want some?"
She shook her head. "No honey. You eat. I'm fine," she said as she watched him finish. She took his bowl from the table and went to the sink to wash it. "Now go get changed for bed. It's getting late."
Ricky ran back to his room and changed into his only pair of pajamas that fit him, and went back to the kitchen. "I'm ready!"
She picked him up. "Are you all ready for bed now?"
He nodded. "Yes I am! Can you tell me another story tonight?"
"Which one would you like to hear, sweetie?"
"The one about Daddy."
Sheila sighed and took him to his room and tucked him in. "Are you warm enough?"
He shook his head. "My blankies are too small!" He was right. He had too very small and very thin blankets on his bed. She walked into the living room and pulled the only blanket off the couch.
"You can use mine for tonight. Is that better?" she asked.
He looked all nice and warm and nodded. "Thank you, Mommy."
"You're welcome, dear." She told him the same story she had made about his father. She told him he was a business man. He was constantly working, so that was why he was never home. She said he was strong and handsome just like him. She would add different things each time she told the story to make him happy. It made her sad that one day he would find out the truth, and it would break his little heart, but for now she had to keep his dreams alive.
When the story was over, she kissed his head and told him goodnight. She went out and cleaned up from dinner, then lay on the couch and tried to sleep, but it took a long time, because it was a cold night and she was hungry. She curled up to keep herself as warm as she possibly could.
In the middle of the night, Ricky woke up from a nightmare. He jumped out of bed and ran to the living room to find Sheila. "Mommy!" he yelled.
She sat up quickly and turned on the lamp beside her. "Ricky, honey, what is it? Why aren't you in bed?"
"I had a bad dream. Can I sleep with you?" he asked, trying to sniff back tears.
She picked him up and carried him to his room. "You need to sleep in your bed where you can be nice and warm, but I will stay in here until you fall asleep."
He held on to her very tightly. "Please don't leave! I want to sleep with you, so I don't have another bad dream." He looked at her and was sad and scared.
"Alright," she said, giving in to him. She knew she would be more comfortable with him in his bed anyway. She got into the bed with him and held him close to her and pulled the blankets over them.
Once she got comfortable, Ricky looked at her and asked, "Mommy? Why were you crying?" She was surprised he noticed. She had cried herself to sleep on the couch. Things were getting harder and it really bothered her to see it was affecting him as well. There was so much she wished she could change, but she knew there was no way.
"Mommy wasn't crying, baby. Just go back to sleep, okay?" Even to her four year old son, she didn't want to seem weak. It's just how she's always been.
"But your eyes are wet, Mommy. You were crying!"
"I was…sad because you had a bad dream," she lied. "But I am here to protect you now. Just go to sleep."
"Okay, Mommy." He held on to her and fell asleep in her arms. She kept him close to keep him and herself warm. She eventually fell asleep again.
This is just the beginning. There is more to come very soon! Chapter 2 will be up about an hour or two after this one is posted, then I will have more by the end of the week! Leave me some feedback.
