Ch. 2 Her
(38 years later)
"That is it! Now I am beyond pissed!" She picks up her bags and walks towards the front door. She swore to herself that she would one day kill them if she continued to live with her brothers. "I'm out of here. See you never."
"But Shego. . ." Hego winced as the door slammed in his face.
. . .
Drew was wandering through Go City wondering why he was there and reliving his latest failure in full detail when he heard a guy scream and went to investigate. He was wondering what could cause a grown man to scream this late at night in this city. When he got to where he heard the scream come from, he was surprised to find a young girl. She looked like she had been living on the streets for a long time. He watched as she yelled and threw green plasma from her hands at the wall. He figured that she must have been what had made that man scream since she scared even him. He was shocked and worried when he saw her suddenly fall to the ground and he felt himself running to help her. When he got to her side he realized that she needed medical help. He picked her up and quickly carried her to his hover car hidden down the street. As soon as he got to his closest lair he started giving the girl the medical attention she needed.
He woke up at the sound of his phone ringing and picked it up groggily. He hung up as soon as he realized that it was a telemarketer. He then remembered what he had done and could hardly believe it. He kidnapped a girl all because she needed medical help and instead of taking her to the hospital, he brought her to his place. He knew it was wrong but he felt like now that he had made a decision, he had to follow through with it and went to check on her.
He was relieved when he saw that she was awake. "Hello."
"Who are you and where am I?" She sounded tired and in pain.
"My name is Drew Lipsky, you can call me Dr. Drakken, and this is my lair in Middleton. I saw you pass out last night and knew you needed medical help."
"So you brought me to your place?" Slightly annoyed, she looked over her wounds and somehow felt that she could trust this strange man who took her in when she was in need.
"Sorry. I panicked and wasn't thinking straight. I should have taken you to the hospital." He heard her stomach growl. "Well, since you are here, I guess I should make you some food."
"I'm glad I didn't wake up in a hospital." She looked up at the man who saved her life. She knew that if she stayed where she was she would have died. She then realized that he was blue.
"There is a bathroom down the hall to the left." He was standing in the doorway of the guest room that he had put her in. "By the way, what is your name?"
"Shego." She got up and pain shot through her head. She knew it was from the beating she had gotten from that guy who found her sleeping in that alleyway. She started towards the bathroom.
"Well, Shego, I guess I will make food now." He turned to leave the room when she stopped him.
"Last night, did you see me do something unusual?" She was worried that he saw her powers and wanted to use her because of it.
"If you are talking about that attack on the wall, yes." As he walked towards the kitchen he was thinking about how her skin had turned green and if it was related to that power of hers.
Shego wondered what his motive was and was already thinking about how to get out of there, but first, she was going to eat.
She looked at the food on the plate in front of her. It was good and she was relieved that she was having her first good meal in months. "Are my powers the reason why you brought me here?"
"Kind of. I mean, I thought that if I took you to the hospital and they found out that you had those powers then you would be in some sort of trouble and I didn't want to leave you there to die." He wondered why she asked.
"Well, you are right in a way. If you took me to the local hospital, I would be safe but pissed right now." She felt like telling him a little about her life and she didn't know why. "I was thirteen when I got my powers when a comet hit the tree house me and my brothers were in. We had all gotten powers and my brothers thought it would be a good idea to fight crime with them. I felt obligated to join them, mostly to protect them though, and after five years of working as a hero with them, I just couldn't do it anymore. My brothers were annoying and I never wanted to see them again so a few months ago, after I had turned eighteen, I left. I took to a life of crime to stay alive since I had no money. I have been living on the streets since I left. I made many enemies and that's why I was beaten up while I slept last night." She felt relieved that she had someone to talk to even though she knew she shouldn't trust this stranger. "What about you? Why were you in Go City if you live in Middleton?"
"I actually live all over the world, wherever I want. I usually choose a place close to where I want to work and I was in Go City on business." He felt that if she had told him that much then he could tell her a little about himself. "I am an evil villain and am trying to take over the world." He flinched when he said that as he realized that she said that she was a hero. He was waiting for the pain that never came.
"Sounds like your life is exciting."
"It is. It is also very dangerous."
"I never thought it wasn't."
"Well, if you have nowhere else to stay, I guess you can stay here until you can get back up on your feet." He had no idea why he said that but it was too late to take it back now.
"I guess, but I have stuff in Go City that I need."
"I can take you there to get your stuff if you want." He had no idea why he said that either.
"Sure." She wondered again why she trusted him this much.
"Well, I have to get to work. Just let me know what you want." He put down the paper he was holding and left the room.
Shego could see that it was a Florida newspaper and she wondered what he was reading it for and as soon as she picked it up, she saw what he was looking at. It was an ad he placed in the paper. He was looking to find a partner to help him take over the world. She smirked. "Sounds like fun." She followed him into the other room. "Dr. Drakken?"
"Yes." He replied without turning around.
"I saw your ad in the paper and since I need a job, I was wondering if you would consider hiring me."
He turned to look at her and saw that she was serious. "Alright." He handed her a paper. "Fill out this questionnaire and then meet me in the other room so I can see how you fight." He pointed to the room he was talking about.
She did as he asked and half an hour later they came back out. "You're hired."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Then can we go and get my stuff now?"
"Sure." They were both happy as they walked out towards his hovercraft to get her stuff.
