Chapter 2:

It happened about five years ago. She was with Drakken at one of those lame villain conventions. She hated going to these. She always ended up getting really bored and leaving early anyway. It also didn't help that she was angry at him for getting her sent to prison, yet again. She had been in there for a few months before even getting out.

This year the convention was a little more…formal. It all seemed a bit pointless to her, but as usual she was dragged along anyway. At least this year there would probably be good food, so she could have something to keep her a bit occupied. She had on her green dress and black boots.

Just as they had every year, the convention started out with Jack Hench delivering a speech about God knows what. That man gave her the creeps. She always caught him staring at her. Sometimes it made her really uncomfortable, but she would just ignore it. She knew if the man ever touched her, she could take him down in one move.

He finished his speech and almost as if it was on cue, he walked right to hers and Drakken's table and sat next to her. She just rolled her eyes and played it off like she had no idea he was there. Of course as he sat down, Drakken had started a conversation with him about some invention he was interested in buy, but knew he would probably end up having her steal as usual.

She got up to get some more to drink. She figured if she had enough, that she could get through it faster. She poured herself a glass. She didn't even know what she was drinking, but she could tell she liked it.

She took a sip of her drink when she heard a voice say, "Well don't you look nice this evening." She almost choked when she heard and turned around to see who dared to hit on her, especially when she was in a mood like this.

It was Senior Senior Junior. She was actually a bit surprised. She hadn't expected to ever see him at one of these. He and his father were a bit more sophisticated. She actually somewhat admired him. Of all the other villains he was the closest to her in age, other than that dude who always wore a skirt. He was probably about 2 or 3 years older, but come on, what man wears a skirt? It just wasn't right.

She smirked back at Junior. "That is the point of this event, isn't it?" She actually didn't understand why they had to dress up to look at a bunch of weapons; she didn't like it at first, especially since Jack kept looking at her…especially her legs. She pushed that out of her mind and went back to Junior, who was wearing a nice suit and tie. He didn't look so bad, either.

The two of them sat and talked for a while, and caught up on what was happening with them in each other's lives. She found out he had a girlfriend. Some girl that just graduated high school. Bonnie something-or-other. Damn. Not that she really cared all that much. It wasn't like she had feelings for this guy. They may have almost had something a few years back, but it didn't last long. He was a bit younger than her anyway, and now he was dating someone that much younger, which made him that much less attractive to her. But she still considered him an old friend. They drank as they talked, and she was actually having much more fun than she would have if she would have stayed with Dr. D.

But it ended a bit too soon, when Junior's father was ready to leave. Dumb old man. It was probably past his bed time or something. She told him goodbye and was a bit shocked when he kissed her on the cheek. She figured it was just from the alcohol, but she didn't exactly mind.

After he left she went back to sit with Drakken, when she was stopped again. Of course this time it had to be Jack…

"Where are you off to, beautiful?" he asked with that annoyingly creepy smirk on her face.

She rolled her eyes and tried to get past him, but he stepped in front of her again. "What do you want Jack?"

"I want to talk to you. How about we go to the back, where it's quiet."

She smiled sarcastically, "Yeah that sounds like a lot of fun. Too bad I would much rather, kill myself with one of your stupid weapons." She tried to get past him once more, but yet again he wouldn't let her pass.

"Now why would you say something like that?" he reached out for her hand and she swiped at him.

"Get this through your head, okay? I want nothing to do with you! You're a creep. I wouldn't even be here if I wasn't dragged her by him," she said motioning toward Drakken.

"Remind me to thank him later," he said smiling.

"Ugh! This is ridiculous!" she yelled as she stormed off in the other direction. Drakken watched her leave, but he was too busy stuffing his face to follow her. She went to a room that she thought she would be alone in, but it turns out she wasn't.

Someone else was in the room. He was sitting there smoking a cigar. He looked like he didn't want to be there at all. She felt awkward at first, but got over it pretty quickly. She chugged down the last of her drink, refilled it, and sat down.

He looked up. "Slow down, lass. Don't you think you've had enough?" he asked, raising his eyebrow.

She looked at him annoyed. "How about you mind your own business, okay?" Any other day she would probably agree with him, but today wasn't the day to mess with her. He's lucky she didn't blast his head off.

He simply shrugged and smirked. "I was only kiddin'. I'm not really one to judge right now."

She looked at him and wondered what on earth he meant by that, but then she noticed an empty bottle by his feet, she was going to question it, but decided to leave it alone.

"So what's got you so mad, Shego?" he asked her.

She made a face at him. "First of all, how do you even know my—"

He interrupted her with a laugh. "Are you serious right now? We've worked together many times."

She stared at him for a moment, then realized she still had no idea what he was talking about. She had to admit, the man was pretty good looking. She was sure she would remember if she had ever worked with someone like that. Like Junior, he was also wearing a nice suit, which definitely worked for him. But who the hell was he?

He stopped laughing, when he noticed she still had no idea…"Duff? Killigan? You honestly didn't know that?"

Her jaw almost dropped to the floor when he said who he was. She couldn't help herself, but said "Wow! Almost didn't recognize you without the skirt!"

He looked at her a bit annoyed. He glared at her a bit.

She laughed a little then stopped. "I'm sorry, tonight just is not my night. I needed a bit of a laugh."

"I see…" he said.

After a few more drinks she caught herself telling him everything that had happened, and how she came in there to get away from it. Turns out he wasn't having such a good night either. He was actually there to forget what had happened to him earlier that morning. Apparently he had a daughter, who wasn't very old. She was a bit surprised to find that out, but let him talk. It turns out that she was taken away from him early that morning, by his father. Sounded strange to her, but she didn't know the whole story.

The two of them kept talking and drinking. They were in the room for what seemed like hours. Next thing she knew, he leaned in closer to her. Somehow she didn't mind the kiss. She actually enjoyed it. She told herself not to let it go any farther than that, but her actions ended up taking over and it did go farther…a lot farther.

A few weeks after the villain convention, Shego found out she was pregnant.