1. Giving Up
Disclaimer: Kim Possible and all of its ideas/characters belong to Disney Channel.
Summary: Almost a mid-life crisis. All it takes is a friend to lift you up.
Being evil had easily become Dr. Drakken's perfect career choice. He'd even actually considered it 'fun' at one point.
Plans ticked through his brain like smooth clockwork.
Every time that wretched teen hero would foil his latest scheme, he would always find a way to dust himself off again. He always managed to surprise Team Possible with his persistent planning.
Although none of Team Possible's members would ever admit it, there was that one person who was their secret role model, someone who— even though life handed him the short end of the stick every day— never gave up. And that was the nefarious Dr. Drakken.
It was only too bad that the 'nefarious Dr. Drakken' had... nothing this time. No ideas, no new machines, nothing. He was so angry and disappointed with himself. It was pathetic, really, that the one and only time he'd fully succeeded...was the time he'd helped save the very thing he'd damaged and threatened to damage in order to rule on many occasions.
Many people had been quick to make the assumption that Dr. D. would turn super hero. That he'd team up with Kim and Ron. That Shego would eventually join them. That everything would be fine and dandy.
Drakken scoffed at that. Like I'd even consider teaming up with those nuisances.
And Shego...? Drakken's mind refused to function that night.
He'd actually tried one more 'take over the world' plot. It didn't make it past the beginning rant. Kim Possible knew him too well. Everything had been so sporadic. His plot had jumped all over the place, and Team Possible had been shocked that it hadn't fallen apart altogether, or that the team had once seen him as a threat.
It was as if all the fire in his spirit had withered away.
Drakken rubbed his head. He had other things weighing him down. He couldn't believe Shego was still there. She really had no reason to stay any longer, seeing as the 'mad doctor had left the building,'.
Drakken shook his head sadly. Shego needed a more qualified boss. He'd seen her getting job offers last week from Dementor or Gemini. He knew that, although they were both easily detestable snakes, she'd be better off with one of them.
He was about to go tell her she was fired when he saw something slide under his bedroom door. He leaned forward and grabbed it, his mind blank. He easily recognized Shego's neat-yet-boyish handwriting:
A mistake is a lesson in disguise.
And for the first time in a week, Dr. Drakken smiled.
Author's Notes: So yeah, all of these are going to be relatively short, D/S themed, and friendship/shippy, FYI.
This one takes place sometime around a week after Graduation.
THANK YOU to Ninnik, the person who beta-read and gives fabulous advice! You rock!
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A mistake is a lesson in disguise, some random quote I read/heard somewhere. Thanks to whomever said it!