Chapter Two: Discussions and Reflection
As Kim walked into the Rustbucket, she was a little underwhelmed. The Rustbucket seemed to be an apt name for the RV because it seemed to be stuck in the eighties. Kim sighed and shook her head with a smile as the Tweebs crossed her mind. They would have a fit over this place. Kim thought to herself as she took a seat on the couch and started to relax. Then, the Kimmunicator went off. "Go, Wade." Kim said with a smile as pulled out the small device. Wade's image appeared on-screen. "Are you alright, Kim?" Wade asked in worry. "You didn't come back with your return ride." Kim smiled at the young black genius. "It's no big, Wade. I found an alternate form of transportation." Wade nodded. As long as you're ok…Ron's been driving me crazy trying to get information." Kim giggled. "Seriously, when will he learn I can take care of myself?" Wade chuckled. "I don't know, Kim. I think it's rather romantic." Kim blushed furiously and cut the connection at Wade's remark. Why does everyone think Ron and I should be together? Kim thought as she shook her head, put the Kimmunicator in its place on her belt, and looked at Ben and Gwen.
Gwen gasped suddenly. Then, she composed herself at whatever was on her computer screen. "Listen to this, Ben. Shego is wanted in eleven countries, is a world-class thief, and used to be part of a team of heroes with her brothers!" Ben chuckled. "Family would drive me to villainy too if they were a muscle bound idiot, an egomaniac, and a pair of annoying twins." Kim looked at the boy in shock. "You've met them?" She asked in shock. Ben shook his head and pointed at a stock photo of the team. "It's all in the body language. Hego is posed flexing with a dumb grin on his face. Mego is posed stroking his hair with a smug 'I'm so hot!' Grin on his face, and the twins, Wegos, surrounded the older brothers with duplicates of themselves." Gwen looked at Ben in pleasant surprise. "Ben, how did you become so good at reading people?" The fiery redhead asked him with a smile. Ben shrugged. "It's how I survive in school. I read teachers to know what to expect for that day's class according to mood, and I use it to know when to avoid JT and Cash." Kim smiled at the boy. "That's quite impressive Ben."
Kim sighed. "In some ways, I can empathize with Shego, but Hego once said the reason she went bad was because the more she was exposed to evil, the more she liked it." Gwen looked at Kim in stunned silence. Then, she finally spoke. "That doesn't make sense!" Ben nodded. "Every villain has a core reason for their actions. That's Crime 101! Without motive, there's no crime because there's not a drive for committing the crime." Gwen nodded in agreement. "Charmcaster does her crime under duress because of her abusive and power-hungry uncle. Vilgax has the same motive as Drakken, I assume: world domination. Sixsix is motivated by who pays more. What's Shego's motive? If it truly is just enjoyment of being bad, she would escalate relatively quickly, like an addict, beyond thievery to more serious crimes." Gwen stated. "My theory," Gwen said as she continued. "...is Shego is running. From what? I don't know." Gwen tapped her chin as she thought about the possibilities. "Tension grew between Shego and her family until she finally broke. There's only one thing that I can immediately think of that would cause a rift like that: unapproved lovers." Gwen gave Ben a quick glance at her statement that Kim caught. Ben smiled reassuringly at Gwen and added. "Shego uses the thievery to cope with her broken heart." Kim considered the duo's logic and found their theory to be sound. Who did you love, Shego? Kim thought as she began to pace as the RV rumbled down the road.
Shego road in the back of a MP transport vehicle. She did her best to ignore Drakken's babbling about vengeance. The woman found herself alone with her thoughts. That was a place she feared most because it brought back pain. Shego loved her brothers and could deal with their annoying personality quirks. That was almost a given with any family, but the trouble came later after their powers. Shego was spurned and ridiculed by her classmates after the accident. She became known as "Miss Martian". She was known by that name even now in some parts of Go City. Then, there was Lucy. She was a marvelous friend and was able to see Shego as she was. Being blind, Lucy and Shego were both misfits and outcasts. The friendship grew on this shared bond of not fitting in. Then, Shego began to develop a crush on Lucy. Shego felt the pain well up anew as she remembered the day she finally got up the courage to tell Lucy. All went well until Shego walked Lucy home so the girls could study together since Lucy's home life wasn't the best. Hego showed off for Lucy and scared her so badly the girl stumbled back on the stoop, dropped her cane as she fell, and landed in the path of an oncoming car. Shego heard the ghost of the car's screeching breaks and the heart-retching crash. "Lucy, I'm so sorry!" Shego screamed out before she leaned on the wall of the car and cried herself into a fitful sleep.
Please Read and Review. If it's too dark, blame this chapter on binge watching "Criminal Minds".