Christmas music echoed through the streets of Middleton as snow fell from the sky covering the city in a blanket of white. Everybody was out shopping for presents, including some well-known local villains. Dr. Drakken and his side-kick Shego were among them. It was 2 weeks before Christmas and the stores were practically over-flowing with people of all ages hurriedly searching for the perfect gifts. Shego didn't care much for the whole Christmas season, too commercial. Drakken on the other hand, loved it! In fact, he even decorated the lair. It was a very strange sight indeed to see Snow Man Hank among other things scattered around all the lasers and evil tech that make up a mad scientist's lab.
What was even worse than cheerful music ringing in her ears and people acting so annoyingly festive, was the fact that Frugal Lucar joined them in their Christmas shopping escapade. She didn't even understand why Drakken dragged him along in the first place. Didn't he hate him?
She sighed in relief as they finally left a rather over-crowded and over-priced store. She couldn't take much more of being shoved around by shop-goers. One more time and she was going to let someone have it.
"Watch out Shego, it's kind of icy." Drakken warned, nearly slipping himself on the sidewalk.
"You know, could someone take a minute and throw some rock salt? This is a lawsuit waiting to happen. I mean, it's only three dollars at Smarty Mart…" Lucar rambled on. Hardly paying attention, Drakken looked at his side-kick who was carrying 3 large bags.
Not wanting her to trip he said, "Shego, let me take those for you." his arms outstretched to take her bags. Just as she was about to hand them to him, a sudden shriek rung out from behind her. A girl slid on the ice and was failing at regaining her balance. Shego jumped out of the way just in time before the girl slid into her. Instead, the girl slid right into Drakken's arms.
"Oh, thank you!" The girl gasped, looking up at Drakken.
"Um…you're welcome!" He said, blinking confusingly.
The girl pulled herself out of his arms and brushed herself off. She was a thin girl of 15 with long blonde hair and large green eyes. She wore a long pink
coat with a long flowing scarf around her neck.
"You're Dr. Drakken!" She exclaimed, pointing at him. Drakken gulped, this was it. Shego rolled her eyes half expecting to see Kim Possible jump out of somewhere ready to attack.
"Y-yes I am." He stuttered. She didn't seem to be screaming and running away from him yet.
"I've seen you on TV." The girl said with a smile. "You look better in person." She added. That was something he hadn't expected.
"Thank you, I guess." He said.
"So, you're out Christmas shopping? I bet you're getting something for your girlfriend."
Shego bit her lip, trying to suppress her laughter. This teenage girl was flirting with him. Drakken chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. "Actually I don't have a girlfriend." He told her.
"Oh! That's too bad. I'm Jenna by the way." She said with a pleasant smile. "Since you're not out shopping for your girlfriend, how about we go get some hot coco?"
"Well, I…" He started, but she interrupted him.
"Good! C'mon." Jenna said grabbing his arm and tugging him across the street.
"That was…weird." Shego commented watching the girl named, Jenna, pull him into a café. Since the whole DNAmy incident a couple years earlier, she never saw anyone flirt with her boss before. It was an odd sight, especially considering he caught the interest of someone many years younger than him. She knew Drakken would never be interested, but it was still strange to her.
Little did she know that later on that week, things were about to get even stranger.
A couple days later there was a knock at the door. "Must be Mother." Drakken said, taking off his goggles and tossing them on the table to go answer the door. Shego just shrugged and continued reading her magazine.
"Oh…um…Jenna, what are you doing here?!" Drakken gasped when he opened the door to find her standing there in the snow, looking half-frozen, possibly from the long hike it took to get up to his lair. Shego quickly lifted her head from her magazine and glanced over her shoulder.
"I came to see you." She said stepping inside. She looked around excitedly, like she was visiting her favorite theme park or something. "I couldn't stop thinking about the other day at the Café."
Drakken let out a small laugh, "Me neither."
"You too?!" She said, her eyes practically sparkling. Shego watched, her eyebrows furrowed, as she watched Jenna suddenly pull Drakken into a hug. He mouthed the word, help, behind her back at Shego. Shego smirked and shrugged, returning to her magazine. She loved to torture Drakken, especially considering it was his idea in the first place to go out Christmas shopping. He pulled away from her and took a step back, quickly sending a glare Shego's way before he turned back to Jenna.
"I can't really talk right now. I'm in the middle of something." He told her, trying to push her out the door, but she spun around him.
"I can help!" She said with a big grin. "I had a job as an assistant before." She added.
"I see...but I already have one." He told her pointing to Shego. Jenna pouted at him, her lower lip trembling.
"Aww, Dr. D how can you refuse?" Shego said with a smirk from behind her magazine. Drakken groaned.
"I don't have any money to pay you." He said, hoping that would deter her, but it didn't.
"I don't care. Just being in the presence of such a genius is enough." Jenna said, taking off her coat. Drakken smiled and puffed his chest out a little.
"You see Shego, someone thinks I'm a genius!"
Shego snorted. "Yea, like a teenager is really qualified to make that kind of judgment." She pointed out. Drakken frowned and hunched over. Jenna didn't even hear her, or at least she pretended to.
"What are you working on?" She asked.
"Oh boy. You had to ask." Shego remarked, knowing that Drakken was going to give her one of his famous rants. Ignoring her, he put his arm around Jenna's shoulder and guided her over to his desk where he was working on a new contraption of his.
From her chair, Shego watched them. She thought it was kind of amusing how this girl could be so enthralled with him, he's Dr. Drakken! She never understood teenage girls these days anyways. Was it because he was a villain? She wondered. The longer she watched them, the more she found herself becoming annoyed. This girl was all over him. Helping him, handing him things, and complimenting him. The worst part about it was that she knew Drakken was enjoying it. She could see it in his face. She knew he wasn't interested in the girl, but he liked all the positive attention. He had to know this was just a faze. In a few days, this would all be blown over, and she'll forget she even liked him.
However, Jenna returned the next day, and the day after that.
One night after she left, Shego sat on the couch flipping through the channels, desperately looking for something to watch wanting to get her mind off of Jenna. Drakken joined her with a bowl of popcorn in his hand. He couldn't stop smiling. It had been a long time since someone payed that much attention to him and complimented him. Shego never did that.
"What's up with you?" She asked, noticing the big smile across his face.
"Just thinking how nice it was to have someone appreciate me for once." He told her. Shego rolled her eyes and ignored him. He was just trying to make her feel bad.
"You know, Jenna said she enjoyed hearing about my latest scheme. Said it was brilliant!" Drakken said, eating a piece of popcorn.
Shego turned to him. "Dr. D, you know this is just a faze right?"
He looked down, suddenly looking sad, and slightly irritated. "I know, but…"
"Don't take anything she says seriously. She's just saying these things because she likes you."
"Shego, why do you have to ruin everything? Can't I just feel good about myself this once?!" He said, his voice becoming louder with every word.
"I'm not ruining anything!" Shego spat. "You are! She's just a stupid teenager!" Drakken winced, slamming the popcorn down on the table. She jumped, not expecting him to make a sudden movement like that.
"And you're just my side-kick!" He hissed.
"What does that have to do with anything?!"
"You're just my side-kick." He repeated. "I don't pay you to insult me on a day to day basis or tell me what I should or shouldn't think!" She was taken aback. Never had he talked like this to her before.
"Uggh!" Shego groaned, storming up to her room.
Shego slammed her door and angrily plopped down on the bed. Why was she suddenly so annoyed with this Jenna? Drakken was right. Why shouldn't he feel good about himself for once? But he doesn't need her for that. He's got plenty of things to feel good about. He was smart, talented, and kind of cute…
"What am I thinking?!" She said shaking her head. This whole thing was getting to her. The sooner Jenna got out of his life the better.