Shego would never admit it but yes, she needed Drakken. When she worked on her own she'd always settle for stealing some valuable item or something of that nature, but Drakken always went for the big goal. World domination. In his mind nothing less would prove to his fellow scientists that they were wrong about him. That he was the greatest genius on the planet. She admired his persistence, his iron will, how he always bounced back. He always had a new scheme to try out or a new invention that needed to be made or "outsourced". But not this time. Something was different. He seemed, for lack of a better word, blue.
Something was eating at him and she couldn't tell what it was. She cursed herself for not being able to read him when it was usually so easy. She looked over at her alarm clock. It was almost half past eight, when she usually got up. By now she'd usually hear her employer humming while making breakfast or lashing out comments while watching the morning news. Today there was nothing but silence. It was almost a little bit eerie.
She wondered why but quickly shook the thought out of her head and got out of her bed, heading for her bathroom. After doing her morning ritual she went to the kitchen, assuming to find the mad doctor eating his meal in silence. When she entered the room she realized it was empty. No Drakken, no breakfast. A hungry Shego is an impatient Shego, and she barely ever cooked, knowing it would end in a small disaster. When Drakken made breakfast he always made sure to make her some as well, after she'd almost burnt the kitchen down after a slight mishap.
He always said he'd really made too much but she knew the extra food was for her. It was sweet really. Of course, she had to pretend she didn't care to keep up her 'tough gal' image but in reality she did and she hoped he realized she did as well. She wasn't one for words like "Thank you." and "You're too kind." so what could she do? Hugging was certainly out of the question. Not only would she have to threaten him to make sure he kept quiet about it, but he wasn't very fond of hugging either.
In fact, he seemed to want to keep her at a distance of a few feet. He'd mentioned some sort of "personal bubble" or something. She guessed it had something to do with what happened to him when he was younger, something he didn't want to talk about. In truth she thought that to be alright. Usually she'd be curious about things Drakken didn't want to share, but when it came to his childhood she thought it was best to just leave him alone. Besides, having to sit through one of his childhood stories again was not something she'd do by free will. She always found them to be a bit boring but mostly she found them to be, well, sad. Often they reminded her of her own childhood. She hadn't been bullied like he did, but she'd had it tough just the same.
Shego went searching for her boss. She was hungry but also worried. She hadn't shown it very often but she did consider him a friend, and she was as much of a friend to him as a villain could allow herself to be. He wasn't in his lab, or in the living area. "Where is he?" and "What could have happened?" were thoughts that swirled inside the villainess' head as she went from room to room. Soon there were only two rooms left. Shego went to the gym first. She'd seen him in there a couple of times, lifting waits or doing some endurance training. He didn't go in there often, but it happened.
"Empty as well." she thought. "Only one room left."