Chapter I: The Anubis Script
It was noon in Jump City. A squad of spandex-wearing teenagers were eating at Jump-City's pizzeria on the second story sundeck. Robin and Cyborg shared a standard pepperoni, Beast Boy was munching on a slice of vegetarian pizza, Starfire ate a pizza topped with ice-cream, olives, and anchovies, and Raven simply levitated in meditation. The Teen Titan's picturesque back-drop of their peaceful city was terminated as two fresh-faced villains opened fire from their saucer-shaped hover-craft onto the civilian-crowded streets below. Jump City was in trouble, BIG trouble. And when there's trouble you know who to call...
"TITAN'S GO!"
What was potentially a peaceful pizza luncheon for the Teen Titans was instantly a fragment of the past as the teen team quickly responded to the havoc. This is the first time the Teen Titans had encountered this particular duo of would-be super-villains. One, a tall loudmouthed and seemingly incompetent man in blue, and the other, a green-clad woman with long black hair, green plasma-dispensing hands, and martial arts skills that certainly made up where her partner lacked. Beast Boy was the first of the Titans to engage the pair, dropping a slice of his vegetarian pizza on the ground in the process. BB morphed into a seagull and flew towards Shego who had dropped from her aircraft to the streets below leaving Drakken to Pilot.
"Ya know, it isn't smart to stand under a bird right after it eats!" said Beast Boy as he transformed into a walrus directly above Shego.
Shego swiftly dodged as Beast Boy anchored himself into the street-side. Second to the scene was Starfire sending five star bolts raining down from the sky. Shego promptly back flipped out of harms way, one star bolt to the next.
"I got some tricks of my own, girly." Shego leapt into the air and chunked a hefty ball of green plasma strait into the midsection of the Tamaranean.
"Star Fire!" yelled the quickly enraged Boy-Wonder.
Just as Cyborg activated his rapid-firing arm-missiles to toast the green mistress, Robin lowered his arm away from Shego.
"What's the deal, Robin? I had her locked on!" argued the slightly irked Cyborg
"This one's mine." Robin said as he dashed forward to avenge Starfire.
He attacked with an array of high-kicks which were all countered as Shego replicated the same technique. They broke off into a stance for a brief verbal exchange.
"So, do all boy heroes in Jump City run around with their skippies worn over their pants or are you just starting the trend?" said the villainess with a smirk.
"It prevents Chaffing. Good thing you're into fashion though…," said Robin as he readied for a back-swing. "Because I'm about to knock you into next season!"
A small trail of blood crept from Shego's mouth as Robin's fist made contact. Her back flattened against the solid brick wall behind her as she slid to the ground.
"Shego, stop playing around with these brats and get the girl!" yelled Drakken
"Right on it, Dr. D!" she said as she grinned at Robin. "You may have won the battle, but I always win the war."
She sent a plasma blast strait through the foundations of a thirty-foot billboard standing above the fallen Starfire.
"No! Starfire!" Robin ran to push Starfire out of the way before the towering billboard collapsed on top of her. Cyborg ran to the billboard to steady it and buy some time before it fell. Beast Boy morphed into a Gorilla to aid the other side of the billboard's crumbling structure. Wires and metal poles began to plummet from the damaged thirty-foot advertisement.
"Yo Raven! Mind helping us out, Miss Telekinesis??" Yelled BB, but to his dismay, he got no response. The Titans turned as they saw Raven unconscious with a small dart in her neck being airlifted onto the villain's hovering getaway craft. Shego looked down from the saucer-shaped vehicle at Robin.
"I always win the war, bird-boy. Always!"
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Outside of Middleton-High School, the welcoming sign read 'MID-TERM PAPERS DUE, OR ELSE!'
"School Food: The continuing Enigma!' ...Ron, are you serious?" said Kim almost embarrassingly as she stared at a paper bearing only the words that she just read aloud.
"Cha! KP, are you aware that over sixty-five percent of every Mystery Loaf they serve in high-school lunchrooms nation-wide is made of processed Styrofoam? That's just sick and wrong!"
"Sadly, you may be on to something. Let me know how the whole 'Mystery Loaf' thing turns out." she said as she stood with a duffle bag tossed over her shoulder.
"Where you goin'?" asked Ron
"Cheer practice; meet me at Bueno Nacho say… fourish?"
"Fourish it is. 'Til then, Detective Stoppable is on the prowl!"
"Right. See you after practice."
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"Alright, I give up. Just spiel your 'eeevil genius plan' for global conquest already! Why did we come all the way to Jump City for some preteen Goth kid?" asked Shego as she watched Drakken pacing in their secret hideout which sat in the underbelly of Jump City.
"You can't rush an Evil Genius, Shego! I'm testing my latest scientific break-through, The Cerebellunomicon!"
"The Cerra-what-icon? Dr. D, you're loosing me."
"Poor Shego; such a small feeble mind. It works like this; I have created a device that can decrypt ANY sacred text. Even the Book of the Dead, which will open a portal to the Underwor-"
"You mean Hell?"
"Yes yes, but that just sounds so crude. Anyway, it requires a v-"
"Virgin sacrifice… I know. Ancient magic ALWAYS requires a virgin sacrifice." she rolled her eyes as she spoke.
"Why must you always interrupt me, Shego? Can't I, for once, just get through my diabolical monologue without you interrupting me?!"
"Can't make any promises."
"Grr… so it requires a v-," He paused anticipating an interruption from Shego. "virgin sacrifice but only from one who possesses ma-" He stared at Shego with his mouth hanging open just waiting for her break the sentence. "magical properties. So I've elected this girl whose name escapes m-"
"Raven."
"GAAAH!! Who is the Evil genius here Shego? Am I the evil genius or are you the evil genius? Me, IIII'm the evil genius!" yelled Drakken in a tantrum.
"OK, sorry. I'm listening this time, really. Continue your rant." she said in dry tone while subtly focusing her attention on her sharp gloved finger-nails.
"With the girl's magical properties and my latest creation, I will open a portal to hell, sacrifice her, and bring forth an unstoppable army of the undead! The world will be mine to command! ...And there is only one thing left to do."
Shego withdrew her focus from her nails knowing Drakken was about to give her a new assignment.
"I'm giving you a new assignment, Shego. Break into the Jump City Museum of Natural History and steal the Anubis Script! …It's in the Egyptian exhibit right next to the Jungle Room."
"Ok, so break into the Jump City History Museum, pass through the Jungle Room, and steal the Anubis Script. Gotcha. Want a large fry while I'm at it?" said Shego with a smug grin.
Drakken's patience was wearing thin from Shego's sarcasm. "The African exhibits in the Museum are undergoing a renovation which means that nobody else will be in the room. All you have to do is take out the cameras before you're spotted and snatch the Anubis script! And do you want to know what the best part is?"
"The Monopoly game's back?"
"We're not talking about fries, Shego!! ...But yes, the Monopoly game is back." He said jovially with a sudden burst of enthusiasm. He shook his head back into focus. "The best part of my ingenious plan is that there is a five state distance between my plans and that red-headed know-it-all, Kim Possible!!"
Lightening cracked as Drakken drew back with a devious grin stretched completely across his face; Shego only stood against the wall with her arms crossed and smirked in silence. Perhaps this plan was flawless after all. Perhaps all, even Kim Possible would fall under Drakken's power. They say there's a first time for everything, right?