Author's Note: This is the story that starts my series. The prequel to Anything's Possible: Redux.
How It Began
by: Gim
Dedicated to H.M.
May his memories live on in the ones he left behind.
Chapter 1: Embark on the Journey
Prelude:
Every saga has a beginning. Every epic starts with a single step. Everyone's life is a journey that starts with their first breathe. Some events that happens in their life, they remember while others they try to forget. Shego was no exception. Two years before she decided to become evil, she had a wonderful life that had a bright future. But her decision to become evil changed not only her life but changed the world as well.
When Shego was a child, she had a wonderful life. Her parents were alive and well. They loved her as much as they loved her brothers, even when Shego would get in fights with her brothers. Even with her and her brothers being different than most kids, their parents never stopped showing them affection. Shego life was wonderful until after she turned thirteen. During that year, both of her parents were killed in a car accident because of a bank robber, who caused the accident while he was trying to get away from the cops.
Hego, Shego oldest brother, was eighteen at the time and he got the idea to start fighting crime in the honor of their parents. The rest of the siblings got dragged into the idea because they were all angry over some low life criminal killing their parents. After they foiled the robbery attempts of several small time criminals, the city of Go City honored the teenage crime fighters with a base of operations, which Hego promptly named the Go Tower. The next day he named the group, Team Go.
Shego hated how predictable Hego was with the naming of everything and she started to see him as an idiot. She never got any relief from her brothers being annoying, especially Mego, who was loved himself more than anything. The only brothers who didn't cause her any grief was her twin brothers but they were younger than her and still kids. Shego was stuck in the middle of her siblings because of her age. She was the black sheep.
She was the middle child and the only girl. The days spent with her brothers were terrible and they only got worse the older she got. The only place she thought she could relax at was school and that was another story. She hated school as much as her time spent with her brothers. It was dull, boring, and annoying. She would have to wear make up in school to hide her green tinted skin. She was teenager now and she was worried over her looks. The peer pressure got worse when she got in high school.
Shego didn't have to be worried over her looks because she was knocked out gorgeous and she proved that without trying. Guys in her grade and even ones in higher grades would ask her out. It was always some stupid jerk or guy who had a bad reputation. She never went out with them because of who they were and at the time Shego didn't care to date anyone. But they still ask her out and bugged her to death and it seemed the guys Shego would date were gone. Shego wished there was one guy out there that was different but in Go City they were all the same.
They wanted to date her just to get her attention then there were others who wanted more. One of these guys that bugged her to death more than the others. He was in her grade and everyday he would pop out of nowhere and ask Shego out for a thousandth time. The guy creeped Shego out because of the way he would ask her out.
"So when me and you get to be alone," the guy had asked more than once.
Shego knew he was after one thing and she hated guys like that more than any other. She learned to avoid this guy because she would end up decking him if he didn't stop. When ever she spotted the guy, she would turn and go the other way. The more she seen this guy in the halls, the more she wondered if every guy was the same way. Were all these guys asking her out wanted the same thing and said anything be alone with her. She wasn't afraid of them because she knew she could break their jaws but still they were starting to turn her off from dating all together until she was out of high school.
The days passed along in school slowly and at home the days went by at a stand still. The more Shego got bored at being at school or home, the more she wished some guy would come along and be a descent guy. Someone who she would want to date and wasn't after what all the guys in her school were after. A guy who take her away from everything she grew to despise.
Shego figured her wish would never come true but she hoped it would. Even with her being cranky and resentful of the world around her, Shego actually wished someone would come along who would love her for being her. She knew most of the guys who have asked her out would run away once they knew she was different. But there had to be someone out there that would love her while they still knew the truth about her.
She knew her brothers loved her but she wanted something more than family love. Someone who would be there for her and love her and only her. A person who would never lie to her, cheat on her, nor would they stop loving her even if she didn't give him what most guys wanted. A one of kind guy which Shego doubt she'll ever find because of her experience with all the guys from her school. They were all the same, never different. Shego, however, was mistaken the night before she was to be a junior in high school.
That night Shego slipped out of the tower just to get away from her brothers. She prowled on the roof tops of buildings most of the night. Shego wasn't in the city that night to fight crime, she was just out watching couples walking about in the city. She longed to be among those people while she and her date were heading to where ever. Right before midnight, Shego stopped watching the people because an alarm went off in a store across the street from her.
She watched the store for a long time after the alarm stopped blaring and a few minutes later, two men came out of the store. The men were in a hurry and took off running down the street. Shego followed them by jumping from rooftop to rooftop, she knew they were thieves and she was going to put a stop to them. This time she was going to get all the credit instead of her brothers sharing in the glory she had earned.
The men finally stopped running after a few minutes and headed right to the building Shego just jumped to. Shego walked to the ledge of the building and watched the men run into the building below her. Shego stood there for a minute to decide her next move because she saw the men had guns with them. She wasn't worried about them shooting at her, but they might get lucky and place a bullet in the right place.
Shego decided to head into the building to find the men, at least they be in close quarters and she could fight them one at a time. But before Shego could head to the door that led into the building, the two men burst out the door and stood on the roof with her. This surprised Shego as much as it surprised the men to see her there. Before the men could react, Shego rushed them and kicked on of the guys in the head.
The man was sent flying back while Shego spun to punch the other guy in the head. That man, however, ran from Shego and stood by the ledge. Shego didn't think about what the man was up to while she ran after him. Right as Shego neared him, he stepped out of her way and Shego slid to a stop right at the ledge. Shego heard a laugh from behind her while she felt a hand shove her in the back. The next thing Shego remembered was her falling off the side of the building and the concrete below was getting close to her while she spun in the air.
Shego didn't scream as she fell off the side of the building and she figured it was the end for her if the canvas she about fall through didn't save her. When Shego fell through the canvas, she closed her eyes and waited the end, but instead, she felt she land on something soft that let out a painful moan. She opened her eyes and saw she was still falling but something was holding her in place while the concrete came closer to her.
She realized she just fell into someone's lap and he was holding her in place while they fell back in a chair. When they struck the concrete, the guy let go of her and she rolled across the concrete. Shego stood back up after she got over her fright of nearly being killed and looked down at the guy who just saved her life. He was out cold from hitting his head on the concrete and Shego felt sorry for hurting the guy, but she was grateful for him being in the right place at the right time.
She walked up to the man and knelt down beside him while she studied his face. After a minute, he woke back up and looked back at her with sky blue eyes and he had a silly grin on his face. Shego smiled back for some reason and a feeling came over her, a feeling which she never felt before, but she was enjoying this new feeling. The feeling got worse the more she stared into the guy's eyes.
"Are you ok," Shego said softly and she realized she hadn't used that tone of voice in a long time.
Shego couldn't figure out what was wrong with her and the feeling stayed with her as she looked at this guy. It was if she was nervous, but she didn't know why. Just staring at the guy's eyes made her feeling worse, but she was starting to like the feeling.
The guy laid where he was for a minute and he acted like he was speechless. He didn't answer Shego question and looked at her with a scared, shocked look.
Finally the guy said with a touch of southern accent, "Think you broke my legs."
At hearing his voice, Shego could tell he wasn't from the city and she felt terrible for hurting the guy. He just saved her life and she broke his legs over the incident. Shego sighed and helped the guy up only for him to lose his balance after she let go of him and he fell over the table he was sitting at.
"Your making sure I can't walk again after I just saved your life...ach," the guy said after he fell over the table and the table came crashing down on him.
For some reason Shego felt like crying because of what the guy said and she didn't know why it made her feel guilty over hurting the guy. Shego let her feelings subside for a second and decided to help the guy up again. She threw the table off of him and helped him to his feet. When he seemed to be able to stand on his own, Shego let go of him again and took off running from him.
The last thing she said to the guy while she started to run away from him was, "I got to go."
Shego wasn't as concerned about the thieves anymore because she had to get away from the guy. Just looking at him made her fell funny and she wasn't use to the feeling. Before Shego got to far from the guy, she heard him fall back down. She stopped and looked back at the guy, who was trying to get back up, only for him to fall nearly into the street. Shego couldn't leave the guy alone in his shape and decided to help the guy home, even with the strange feeling in her growing stronger the longer she stared at the man. Shego walked back to the guy while she started to become nervous and that was strange to her.
After she was standing over the guy, she let out a sad sigh and knelt down beside the guy to help him to his feet. When Shego had him on his feet again, she threw an arm around his waist and let him throw an arm over her shoulders. While they stood there, Shego looked up at the guy and the strange feeling started to overcome her.
"W..whe...where do you live," Shego stammered out while she blushed.
She couldn't believe she just stuttered because it was unlike her.
"I just show you," the guy said while he winced at the pain in his legs and he nodded down the street.
They walked slowly down the street because the guy was limping and as they got to the cross walks, the guy pointed down the next sidewalk on the block and they slowly made their way down the walk.
"So, what's your name," Shego asked the guy because she knew she never seen him before and she started to wonder about him for some reason.
She usually didn't ask a stranger's name who she knew she wouldn't see again. But she had to know this stranger's name while she still felt funny. Shego wanted to get away from the guy, but she wanted to stay close to him at the same time.
"I'm Merrick," the guy said while he winced again at the pain.
"Merrick? You don't have a last name," Shego said with a laugh while they slowly walked by two homeless men.
Merrick laughed at Shego's statement and said, "I got a last name. I'm Merrick Alexander Lawson."
"Ok," was all Shego said before she went silent.
She couldn't figure out why she was so nervous while carrying Merrick. It as if he was causing it by just being close to her and for some reason she was starting enjoy the feeling. It was as if she was happy about feeling like she was.
"What's your name," Merrick asked before they got to another crosswalk.
"I'm Sheila Gossett," Shego said happily because she wasn't about to tell this stranger her crime fighting name. Course one could figure out her crime name if they tried and vice versa.
"Well, nice to meet you Sheila. Do you mind me asking why you were falling off a building," Merrick said while he pointed down the sidewalk beside them.
"Well, I...umm," Shego stammered out while they went started down the next side walk.
"Its ok, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to," Merrick said calmly while he stared at a homeless man.
"I was knocked off the building by a thug," Shego said in a near whisper, hinting she didn't want anyone to hear why she was falling off the building.
"Oh, so your a crime fighter. That's cool, your secret's safe with me. There's no crime fighters from where I'm from," Merrick said in a tone that matched Shego's.
"So, where you from? I can tell your not from around here," Shego said while she was glad Merrick changed the subject even though she was scared about him knowing she was a crime fighter.
"I'm from Toyah, Texas. Just moved here today, course I didn't know I get injuried my first time in a city," Merrick said with a laugh while they neared a third crosswalk.
"I'm sorry about hurting you," Shego said sadly because she never like to hurt anyone by accident.
"That's ok, you can go out on a date with me sometime to make up for me saving your life," Merrick said slyly while he pointed down the sidewalk beside them.
"Well, tell you what. When you start walking again we'll go out," Shego said before she realized she just agreed to a date with this guy she just met.
She hoped he didn't hold her to it because she didn't know him well enough. She would hate to hurt him on purpose and she realized they were walking in a circle because she saw the resturant where they were at minutes ago. Shego felt like hurting him then and there if he wasn't already crippled.
He had her walking around just to talk to her while she was feeling guilty for hurting him. Her anger gave way to her still being nervous and that was very odd to her. Merrick pointed to a house across the street from the restaurant and Shego growl lightly over his home being so close to where they met.
"Just drop me on the top step and I make my way inside," Merrick said after they crossed the street and headed to the steps leading up to his home.
Shego did drop him on the top step by letting go of him and he fell straight down on the top step. After Merrick was laying face down on the step, he started chuckling and he rolled over and looked up at Shego.
"I'm sorry about leading you around Sheila. I just wanted to talk to you, so please forgive me," Merrick said softly while he smiled up at Shego.
Shego looked down at him with anger without saying a word and turned to leave him laying there on the step. She wanted to get away from the guy because of him doing what he did. Still, what he did, didn't help her feeling of being nervous and she was puzzled over being nervous. It was like the guy was causing her to feel nervous without him even doing anything.
Shego left the guy on the step and headed home. While she was out of ear shot of the guy, she stopped and looked back at the guy using the hand rail to hold himself up while he unlocked the door to his home. After he went inside, Shego felt sad while still being nervous. She was so messed up with her feeling and she couldn't understand why a guy she just met was causing her to feel the way she was.
Shego walked all the way to Go Tower thinking about the guy. She couldn't get him out of her mind for some reason. He was different than the guys in her school. He wasn't from the city, didn't talk like them, and he even showed her respect by apologizing for leading her around. He just wanted to talk to her, which Shego thought was sweet for some reason but all he had to do was talk to her without tricking her. But would she listen to him if she wasn't helping him stand? She knew she probably wouldn't and for some reason she was glad she talked to him.
Shego fell asleep dreaming about the guy and how she felt when he looked her right in the eyes. Just him looking her right in the eyes while he spoke to her, made her feel like she would melt. He never looked anywhere else when he looked at her in the face and he would be looking away from her when she wasn't looking at him. Shego slept the rest of the night happily for no reason at all, so she thought. But she knew for some reason she was happy about her encounter with the guy she just met that night and she hoped she see him the next day at school.