Disclaimer: I don't own Sky High, because if I did you'd be watching this instead of reading it. This episode's special guest is Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Drakken and a duo role for Kelly Vitz as both Magenta and Shego.

Sky High: The Series

Episode 9

"Strange Villains from Another TV Show"

The two figures ran into the alleyway, stopping only when they were sure no one had seen them. The wail of sirens as the police began combing the area was a clue they should keep moving, but they were not really worried about the normal law enforcement agencies, only the two they had just escaped from.

"This is ridiculous," said the older man who was wearing a dark blue coat and pants and black boots, belt and gloves. His hair was pulled back in a rather ratty pony tail, but aside from the obvious scar running under his left eye what really made him stand out was the fact his skin was baby blue in color.

"What is it with these super heroes anyway?" he continued to rant, "Why did they have to come snooping around like that? Why wasn't I clued in to their being around?"

The man's companion was a girl in her late teens with oriental features. Her long jet black hair swept down her back, matching the black of her costume that alternated with a bright green that matched her eyes.

"Oh," she said as she looked at the man in disbelief, "you mean aside from that huge billboard we passed coming into town that said "Welcome to Maxville…HOME OF THE COMMANDER AND JETSTREAM?!""

"Don't get snippy with me, Shego," said Dr. Drakken as he glared at his sidekick, "the fact remains you were supposed to take care of any interference, and you failed."

"Against a guy that can bench press the freaking Super Dome, yeah," said Shego. Though actually the most dangerous thing about the Commander was that he never shut up during the entire melee, and if Shego had wanted to listen to a muscle bound windbag she'd call her estranged older brother Hego. "And I didn't exactly see you having any better luck with Jetstream either."

"Well, she took me by surprise," said Dr. Drakken, "how was I to know she could fight like that?"

"I don't know…maybe from the way she threw your hired goons around like they were sacks of potatoes?"

"Enough," snarled Drakken, peering out of the alleyway to make sure no one was around, "we've got to get out of here and find a way back to the flying car before it's found. Without it we're stranded in this town and…"

"Come on guys," they heard someone yell, "I think they're down this way."

"Curses," Drakken squeaked more than snarled, "we've been found out!" Both Drakken and Shego darted behind a dumpster as they saw someone coming.

Into the alleyway came a bunch of teenagers; the first was a boy with tousled auburn hair and wearing red, white and blue clothes, followed by a red haired girl in green, another girl in purple and black, a smaller black boy wearing glasses and a bright orange sweater and finally a tall boy in white and yellow.

"I can't believe my parents almost caught Dr. Drakken," said the boy in the patriotic colors, "he's never come to Maxville before. I wonder what he was here for."

"Probably to steal someone else's invention," piped in the redhead, "I hear he steals other people's projects more than he builds his own."

"Yeah," said the kid with glasses, who was breathing a little hard trying to keep up with the others, "Mr. Medulla called him a disgrace to mad scientists…even the bad ones."

Dr. Drakken glared at Shego, who snorted trying to hold her laughter as she overheard what was being said.

"If I'm guessing right, this alley will lead us to the sight of the fight, and maybe we can see them," said patriot boy.

"If by "them" you mean us," said Dr. Drakken, stepping dramatically from behind the dumpster to block the kids, "then you guessed right. Or rather wrong…oh never mind!"

"Dude," said the tall blonde boy, "that's him! That's Dr. Drakken!"

"Ah," preened Drakken, "my reputation precedes me, I see. In any case you youngsters just took a definite wrong turn, and are now my hostages! Get them, Shego!"

Shego leaped up over the top of the dumpster, did a mid air somersault and landed in front of the auburn haired boy with her hands glowing green.

"Hold still little guy," she said, "this will only hurt…a long time."

She then slapped the boy across the face with her energy hand, sending him flying to slam into the alley wall.

"Will!" cried the green girl as she and the others found themselves caught between Shego and Drakken, who had pulled a strange looking ray gun from his coat.

"He'll be fine," sneered Shego, "nothing a little rest in the intensive care ward won't cure. Now …"

That was as far as Shego got before a shockwave traveling through the ground sent her flying up into the air. It was only her amazing agility that enabled her to tuck and roll to safely land on her feet, though she was still surprised.

"Actually," said Will, who was standing unharmed from where he had landed then struck the ground and created the shockwave to send Shego flying, "I'm fine right now."

"Oooo," purred Shego, "this just got VERY interesting."

"Quit messing around Shego," yelled Drakken, "we need to capture these kids to make sure we can get away safely.

"As for you," Drakken continued, turning his attention to Ethan and Magenta, "neither of you move. This may only be a simple stunulator ray, but the effects are most unpleasant. Kind of like having that tingly feeling when your arm or leg goes to sleep, only it's your entire body. Anyway…"

Drakken then noticed that both his intended victims had vanished. He looked around, but all he saw was a strange orange puddle on the ground, and what looked like some kind of rodent scurrying behind a trashcan.

"Where did they…oh, never mind." Drakken then turned his attention to the yellow and white boy, who was now glowing.

"Uh, stop where you are evil doer," said Zach, trying to think of what his super hero dad would say in a situation like this, "or I shall be forced to unleash my awesome power upon you."

"Oh really," sneered Drakken, "and what would that be?"

"Behold!" Zach raised his arms and began to really concentrate on his glow, then for added effect rolled his eyes into his head as he raised his hands and started trembling.

Drakken began to get nervous as the tall boy started shaking like some kind of explosion was building within him. For all his villainy Drakken was actually a major coward, and he started looking around for a place to hide.

"HERE…IT…COMES…" yelled Zach.

"NO! MERCY!" cried Drakken throwing his hands up as there was a deafening sound and the alleyway shook once more.

Just as Drakken had leveled his ray at Zach, Will was facing off with Shego.

"I've heard about you," said Will as he circled with her, "you used to be a super hero over in Go City until you went rogue just like Warr…like Barron Battle."

"What can I say," grinned Shego, "he was a great role model…until he got caught that is. I hear he's out now…maybe I'll look him up and pay my respects."

A chill went down Will's back at the thought of Shego teaming up with Warren's father. The man had already shown a penchant for attracting super villainesses to him, and Shego would make a great addition to his team.

"But let's talk about you," said Shego, trying to use her feminine wiles on Will, "you're very strong for such a young…though very cute…boy."

"Uh," said Will, finding himself getting caught up in the feline way Shego moved…in the way her black and green spandex fit her curves and lightly muscled physique in just the right way…how her lustrous black hair flew about…how her slightly tipped eyes were an amazing shade of green…

"WILL, SNAP OUT OF IT!"

Layla's voice broke the self-inflicted spell, and Will ducked just as Shego came flying at him with a martial arts kick. She hit the alley wall and bounced back to roll and land standing up with her hands giving off their ominous green glow.

"Okay red," said Shego glaring at Layla, "first I'm taking care of you, then your skinny boyfriend…"

That was as far as Shego got before she saw that Will had grabbed the loaded dumpster with one hand, his fingers sinking into the metal, and had raised it above his head.

"Uh-oh," said Shego as the dumpster came flying at her. She barely dodged it as it slammed down, creating the deafening sound and shaking of the ground that scared Drakken.

Drakken peeked one eye open to see what happened, and saw that he was still in one piece. Nothing had happened except that Zach stood there with a big grin on his face.

"Psych!"

"Why you little…" was all Drakken said before Ethan and Magenta, who had assumed their normal forms, came up behind the mad scientist and slammed an empty garbage can down over him, trapping him in it.

"We got him!" Ethan nearly screamed. "We got a famous super villain! Just the three of us!"

"WE RULE!" yelled Zach as he high-fived Ethan then kissed Magenta, who pretended like she didn't like it but actually did.

"Actually," Shego yelled, "I think this only ends round one!"

The three sidekicks turned to see that Shego had grabbed Layla and was holding her in front of her. One arm was around Layla's neck as the other glowing hand was dangerously close to her face.

"Nobody get any cute ideas," said Shego, "or little red here is going to get a nasty little facial."

Unnoticed by Shego, the few weeds in the alleyway had begun moving and growing at an alarming rate behind her. It wasn't until a bramble vine as thick as her own arm grabbed her free hand that Shego saw she was in trouble. She was forced to release Layla as even more weeds and vines started grabbing her, and her glowing hands began slicing through the plants as fast as they grew and attacked. But no matter how fast Shego fought off the plants, they kept coming from all directions and she knew she'd eventually get tired and captured, so she chose the alternative.

"Sorry Dr. D," she yelled to Drakken, "but it's every villain for themselves right now. I'll catch you later!" With that Shego broke free of the weeds and performed several cartwheels to get to the alley entrance and then sprinted off.

"I'll catch her!" Will said as he started to take off into the air after her.

"Will, wait," called Layla, "you can't go after her! What if somebody sees you? It's bad enough Drakken and Shego know about us, but at least nobody knows our names. Let's just get Drakken and call your parents to pick him up."

"Wait a minute," said Magenta, "if Will calls his folks won't they wonder what we were doing running around a crime scene and just happening to catch this weirdo?"

"That's right," said Ethan, "even though we caught Drakken we could still get in a lot of trouble for using our powers outside of school. Maybe we should just call the police and leave Drakken here for them to pick up."

"Yeah," said Will who, though floating several feet in the air, looked very down about not being able to tell his parents how they had captured a well known villain and he had fought off another. "You're right. I'll call the police on my cell phone, the rest of you take off and I'll meet you at my house."

Layla and the others headed out of the alley, making sure no one saw them as Will pulled out his phone and made the call. He'd stick around a few minutes until the police did show up to get Drakken, then he'd fly off without being spotted and meet the others at home. He really wished he could tell his dad about this adventure, as he knew how proud he would be. What sucked is that, while most super heroes have to keep their powers secret from their loved ones, his knew about his powers but he couldn't tell them he was already using them to fight evil. At least he couldn't tell them for another three and a half years.

So Will waited quietly, even when Dr. Drakken called out; "Hello…is there anyone still out there? It's a trifle bit cramped and smelly in here, and I'm ready to go to a nice jail cell now." When two officers entered the alley and found the villain, Will flew off as he planned, not knowing that, in the struggle, something had been left behind.

After Dr. Drakken had been hauled away, Shego returned to the alley to look around and possibly find clues about these super kids she had fought. She kept one eye on every plant in the alley that had returned to it's unchanged state, but then she spotted something lying in the dirt where the boy had hit the wall when the fight started.

It was a small plastic card with a picture of the boy on it, and it read "Sky High Student ID; Will T. Stronghold".

"Will Stronghold," Shego purred, "cool name…sounds familiar though." She then snapped her fingers, creating a spark of green energy. "Yeah…Stronghold like in Stronghold Realty. They've got their stupid signs all over this town. I wonder if Mr. and Mrs. Stronghold know about little Willie's super powers. Well, only one way to find out…"

With that Shego took the card and slipped away from the alley, her mind already whirling as she started thinking of a plan to get her boss out of jail and use this super strong flying boy to do it.


"OUT!"

"Huh?"

"You heard me you ridiculous buffoons! Get out! OUT!"

Neither Lash nor Speed could believe what they were hearing. Gwen was screaming at them at the top of her lungs, but they had no idea why.

"I have had it with you moronic slobs messing up my lair! Not even my cleaning drones can keep up with the hideous mess you've made! I want you both out of here!"

"Geez," muttered Lash, "you sound like my mom harping about making a mess."

"Well, she IS old enough," snickered Speed until he saw Gwen actually get madder than she already was.

"You…two…are…FIRED!!!!"

The two punks were now completely stunned by what they heard. They had been staying in Gwen's hidden lair ever since they had all gotten out of prison as neither was welcome in their parents' homes anymore, and now they were being thrown out.

"You can't do that," said Lash, "we've got nowhere else to go."

"That is most definitely NOT my problem," answered Gwen, "I have had it with stupid teenage boys…I'll recruit a gang of REAL villains…ALL girls!"

"Wow," said Speed, "I'd kind of like to see that too."

"Shut up and get out!"


And just like that, Lash and Speed were out on the street with nowhere to go.

"What are we gonna do," whined Speed, "I'm hungry…and where are we gonna sleep?"

"We can STEAL money for food," said Lash as they passed by a big department store window showing the latest flat screen televisions, "we can even steal the food…eliminate the middle man kinda."

Lash then noticed the news bulletin on the televisions, and had an idea.

"Dude," he said as he grabbed Speed and pointed at the televisions, "look at that."

"What," said Speed, "we're gonna steal the tvs? I thought we were gonna steal money…or food."

"No stupid," said Lash, "look who's ON the tv…see?"

"Hey," said Speed, "it's that super villain from Middleton…Dr. Draco…Dracula…"

"Dr. Drakken," corrected Lash, "he just got caught and he's being held in the jail to be taken to the Maxville Prison for Super Villains. Unless…"

"Unless? Unless what?"

"Unless someone was to break him out before that happens…someone he'd be grateful to and maybe hire on as henchmen."

"Yeah," said Speed, "but who would do that?"

"WE WOULD STUPID!" Lash then looked around, realizing everyone in earshot could have heard him, but as this was the big city, people tended to ignore idiots standing and shouting on street corners.

"Look dude," said Lash, putting an arm around Speed's shoulder to draw him close so he could whisper to him, "if we bust Drakken out of jail, he can take us with him back to his turf and we'd be able to do what we want without worryin' about Stronghold's parents or any of the other heroes stoppin' us. We'd be workin' for a big time bad guy…and he's NOT a bossy girl."

"Yeah," said Speed, "that sounds cool. But there's just one problem."

"What?"

"Well, we're bustin' him out because he's a brain and we're muscle, right?"

"Yeah?"

"How are WE gonna plan a way to break him out?"

It was then Lash realized the total irony of the situation, but he wasn't going to let it stop him.

To be continued