That Friday night, after a very satisfying evening consisting of a dinner and a movie, Shego and Steve had decided to stop by his house for awhile. Shego wanted to have a little bit more time away from Kim's house, and both were completely in favor to spending more time with each other. The TV was on, with the volume bordering on the low side. Shego leaned against Steve, and he had his arm around her shoulders. Both were completely content with their lives at this moment.

However, as it hit the hour, the TV program ended and a new one started. In their comfortable drowsiness, neither noticed until a picture of Team Go appeared on screen. "...Team Go fell apart when their sister Shego left, 5 years ago. Since then Go City has heard little about them other than a fight with the villain Aviarious 8 months ago, and the incident that happened a week ago. The police have now released details and it appears that a villainess named Electronique invented some kind of weapon that reversed the brain waves of Team Go turning them evil. They were stopped by teen hero Kim Possible, her sidekick Ron Stoppable, and their renegade sister Shego." A picture of Shego, Kim, and Ron, standing at the warehouse where they had fought Electronique appeared on screen. However, it must have been taken by an amateur because it was blurry and slightly out of focus.

"So that's where Kim Possible ran off to last week," said Barkin. "Seems like she knows another Shego, or..." he trailed off as he looked at Shego who refused to look him in the eye. He had felt her tense up as he spoke, and she hugged her arms close to her chest. He knew what the answer most likely was, but he had to ask, "Shego are you..." He tried to figure out how to phrase it, "Are you related to Team Go?" Shego nodded. "Oh." After a moment he asked, "What's so bad about that?"

"I quit." She said in a small voice.

"What?" He didn't quite understand.

"I quit the team. I left Team Go. You heard the TV, the team fell apart because I left."

"Why did you quit?" He asked. He didn't care if she was on the team or if she had quit. All he knew was that something was wrong, and something was upsetting her, and all he wanted was to help her. Never before had he believed that someone so... beautiful, would ever pay attention to him, but Shego returned his attention and seemed to truly seem to reciprocate his feelings.

Shego sighed. Should she tell him? What if... what if he didn't want to see her anymore? How could you love, or even like, someone who had once tried to achieve world domination? But, he deserved to a least be given a chance... "My brothers drove me insane. I left. I ran out of money. I turned to crime. I was good at it. I worked for Dr. Drakken. Tried to take over the world. Kim Possible beat us every time. Electronique switched personalities. Brothers turned evil. Kim and I turned them back, but I'm still good." All this was said at a ferociously fast pace.

"You tried to take over the world?"

Shego nodded sadly, but the delivery of her speech was still incredibly rapid, "Mm-hmm. But Dr. Drakken's plans always failed. Kim Possible always came and managed to cause the lair to self-destruct or something. It was my job to fight her - I'm a master at 38 styles of martial arts - but she always managed to thwart Dr. D's plans. The one time we succeeded is when we stole this monkey idol that allowed you to travel through time and I enslaved the villains and I took over the world and was known as The Supreme One. Kim doesn't know I remember that, the times stream was destroyed when Ron broke the idol, but the Supreme One had superior technology, she escaped with some of her memories." She looked down at the floor.

"38 styles? You enslaved the villains? The Supreme One? Dr. D?" He was having trouble believing any of this.

"I told you, I used to be evil. Kim has a picture of my prison photo in her locker. Still." She had seen it. Right next to the ones of her and Kim joking around in the photo booth. "I understand if you don't want to..." she waved her hand around gesturing as if to indicate the entire room, "...anymore." She knew what his answer would be. She was a freak. Had always been a freak. Her life had been far too perfect this past week. Of course it had to end.

"Why would I want to do that?" He asked softly. Shego looked at him, and he could see that her eyes had already begun to tear up from the anticipated answer. He took her hands in his own and held them tightly. "So you've made a few mistakes in the past. We've all done that. But look at what good you're doing now. And you know what? I love you, Shego, and nothing will change that." A tear began to trickle down each of her cheeks, but they were out of happiness and love. And gently Barkin leaned forward and gave her a small kiss on the lips.

As he broke off the short kiss Shego threw her arms around him and buried her face into his chest, although she wasn't crying any longer. (She had always had an aversion to crying that still stuck with her.) On this side of his reply she wondered how she could have doubted him. Kim, the one whom she had beat up time after time, had become her friend, why wouldn't other people accept her as well? Steve returned the hug, holding her and resting his chin gently on the top of her head. Who said romance was just for crazy teenagers?

Eventually Shego pulled away, and she had that little smile on her face that he loved so much. He didn't want to ruin it, but he had to ask, "So, does this mean you have superpowers?" But Shego didn't mind anymore and she willingly lit up her hands and showed Barkin, still smiling. "What can you do with those?" He asked amazed. (He was slightly afraid too, but he would never admit that, even too himself. But, I mean, how many times do you see someone's hands light on fire?)

"Mmm, a lot of things. They're kind of like a swiss army knife. I can vaporize glass, bust through titanium, steel, concrete... shoot it long distance, burn things, heat things, just use it as a power enhancer... supposedly I can create a shockwave too, but I've never dared to try that."

"It doesn't burn you?"

She shook her head and grinned, "Nope, otherwise I'd be in a lot of trouble right now." They both laughed, and the glow disappeared and they settled down again to watch a movie that was playing on another channel.

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Shego got home late that night. Barkin dropped her off in front of Kim's house and she gave him a small kiss on the cheek goodnight. As he drove away she walked to the door. Before she even touched the doorknob, the door swung open. "Shego!" hissed Kim. "Do you know how late it is?!"

"Aw, thanks Kimmie for waiting up for me. But I'm a grown adult, and you need your sleep."

"Shego, you're living in my house now. Until you get your own, you have to obey the same curfew laws as me. Which means home at 10, unless it's a special occasion, and then it's extended to 11."

"I'm sorry, Kim. I was having such a nice time with Stevie," Kim shuddered at that nickname, "that I lost track of what time it was. Can't you pardon a first time infraction?"

"Fine," grumbled Kim, suddenly understanding how her parents felt, "Just this once. Go on up to bed. I'll lock up the house."

"Thanks, Kimmie. You're the best," Shego hugged Kim and then went upstairs.

"This is just so messed up," said Kim as she locked the door and turned out the lights. Then she shuddered again, "Why Stevie?"

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A/N: Thank you SO much for all the wonderful reviews and suggestions. You people are so awesome; if I figure out how to teleport brownies I'll send you all some. ;) Now that I've got the S/B going, I'll try to focus some more on Shego at school, with Kim, etc. Keep sending me ideas, because I'm starting to hit a wall. Keep the reviews coming:)