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"I can't believe you left Artica back there facing that, that pyromaniac," Kim stuttered, sure that Golden Arrow would have never taken such a chance. Golden Arrow shrugged.

"I'm hoping Artica will behave herself and knock her down before getting herself injured. I wouldn't have left her behind, except for I need to talk to you. But first, some aloe vera for those burns. Do you want anything else while I'm going in?" She pointed at the truck station she was pulling into.

"Some water would be nice, thank you," Golden Arrow parked and looked over at Kim's wounds. She gave a low whistle.

"Not even second degree burns. She was going to drag out your death for a long time. You're lucky Shego sent us after you," Golden Arrow got out and entered the truck station. Yeah, lucky. She felt like a complete idiot. Following a goth stranger with two massive hounds into a dark, desolate area? She had played into that trap. She looked out the window and found herself wondering about Ron. She had tried to avoid thinking about anyone since hearing they were all prisoners. Golden Arrow came out with a bottled water, aloe vera, and a Dr. Pepper. She gave the bottled water and aloe vera to Kim and opened the Dr. Pepper.

"Why hasn't Shego gone in yet?" Kim asked her, figuring she was higher up on the ladder than herself. Golden Arrow frowned.

"I'll tell you if you'll tell me something."

"What?"

"That kitten," Kim looked away.

"What about it?" She asked, taking a swig of water.

"Ligers fused with human DNA don't just wander in back alleys at night," Golden Arrow said. Kim coughed on her water. She cleared her throat.

"Well, uh..."

"If you lie to me, I'll lie to you right back," Golden Arrow warned.

"Shego's gonna kill me," Kim took a deep breath, "That's Tigress's daughter, the kitten. It's a long story."

"Tigress hates kids and where would she find a lion to...ew," Golden Arrow shivered, "It does look a lot like her, but nobody who knows Tigress would believe she'd get pregnant, not even on accident. I've lived with the girl well over half of my life and I didn't know? Wow, okay, that's going to take some getting over, but it does explain a whole heckuva lot," Golden Arrow glanced over at her, "How'd Shego know? How did anyone know? She didn't show her face around for a year or so, but no one would think she was off popping out a kid."

"I told you, it's a long story and I really don't want to talk about Tigress like that," Kim snapped. Golden Arrow nodded.

"Fair enough. About why we haven't gone in yet...well, you know we were all Shego's enemies when she was a hero, right?" Kim nodded, "That made Tigress think we were automatically on her side, when really we were just a group of girls seeing who could blow up who's butt. It ticks her off when we aren't on her side and trust me, she pulled out all the stops to get us to go against Shego. We've all betrayed Shego, some more, some less. Knowing this, we're not sure if one of us is going to split on Shego if things go bad and go on Tigress's side. Me, I've cut all ties to Tigress and will stick with Shego to the death, but I'm ashamed to say I'm one of the biggest backstabbers of the group. I don't blame them for not trusting me, though I wish they would."

"So you think there's a spy, but you don't know who, and you can't make plans around in case there is a spy?"

"You catch on quick," Golden Arrow hesitated but decided to ask anyway, "When was the first time you met Shego?" Kim arched an eyebrow. This seemed out-of-place.

"When Ron and I were trying to get the nano tick from Drakken."

"When did you first come to Go City?"

"When the Mucho Grande Bueno Nacho opened," Golden Arrow chewed over this information.

"Shego's under the illusion you were here before, when Tigress kidnapped Dr. Lipsky and you just stood there and watched her tear into Shego."

"I never even heard of Tigress before coming to the first sleepover!"

"Chill out, no need to be hysterical," Golden Arrow muttered, "Then that means Metaphor faked being you twice."

"What?"

"None of us get why she did it, either. But Metaphor does have a younger sister, Simile, and Metaphor is very overprotective of her. Tigress could've easily manipulated Metaphor with her as a captive. But anyway, that's how Shego sees you," Golden Arrow wrapped it up as they drove over the bridge to the Go Tower island. She felt relieved that more secrets were coming out in the open. Kim now knew about Metaphor's deceit. She'd no doubt bring it up to Shego and Golden Arrow would be excused of the unpleasant duty of telling her that what she believed was wrong. Little did Golden Arrow know that Kim had no intention of bringing this up to Shego, thinking that what was said in the car stayed in the car.

Inside the Go Tower, Shego was cuddling Deseerah who was now wearing Shego's little girl pajamas, watching "The Lion King" in the family room.

"See that?" Shego pointed at Simba, Pumbaa, and Timon walking on the log bridge. Deseerah looked to where she was pointing, "Simba is a kitty, just like you. He doesn't eat Pumbaa or Timon, no, he eats little buggies. Do they even talk about eating humans? No. Moral of the story? Don't eat your friends or humans. You will be raised to be a veagan, okay? Why do you smell like salmon?" Shego said suspiciously.

"Shego, she's a growing kitten, she needs her protein. Plus, we need to start weaning her off milk," Drakken walked in.

"You're ruining my plan! What if she gets a taste for flesh?"

"Shego, you've watched too many horror movies. Deseerah's not going to be a mass murderer, are you? You're too cute," she purred as he scratched her behind her ear.

"She's my daughter! I'll raise her however I want to!" Shego yelled. Drakken looked at her in surprise.

"Well, well, well, Miss I-Don't-Want-Anything-To-Do-With-It. Getting a bit attached, are we?"

"I didn't mean it," Shego muttered. Drakken took Deseerah from Shego and smelled her.

"She's had a bath and her diaper's fresh. I think you're actually taking responsibility for her."

"No, I care less about Dessie than Tigress does," Shego bit her lip immediately. Oh no, now he'd know. Just look at that stupid grin on his face, he knows why you're afraid of a kitten.

"You gave her a nickname. You so are attached to her."

"Don't you have someone's mother to propose to?" Drakken smirked.

"I'll need to go get it. Take care of Dessie while I'm gone, won't you, Mrs. Mother?"

"Shut up!" She yelled. Deseerah began to fuss, "I'm sorry, Dessie, I won't yell anymore, promise," she murmured quickly, doing the rocking-bouncing technique she had watched her mother do with her brothers. It stopped her from fussing, but now she was scowling. She looked exactly like Tigress when she scowled.

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"I'm sorry I haven't visited, Dad. Something's come up," War Hawk apologized, sitting with him at the dinner table.

"I was getting worried about you," Avarius said. War Hawk was responsible, always had been. But in the past few years, it seemed like she had been hiding something from him, something big. She had always told him everything (except for her friendship with Shego, but that had been obvious) and wasn't good at lying.

"I'm fine, Dad, really," she kissed him on his cheek.

"You look so thin. Have you been eating?"

"No, it would just come back up. Tigress has gotten the seniors, you remember them?"

"The four villainesses the Go Team had problems with?" She smiled. Her dad knew her so well. If only she could tell him the great news about Hego...

"Yeah, well, they're back for revenge," Avarius shook his head.

"Don't worry about them; it's not your problem."

"It's easier said than done. Mego got toasted by Nightfire and is in IC," Avarius grabbed his daughter's hands.

"Honey, if you keep worrying like this, you'll loose all your hair like me," she laughed and he smiled. Something cold and hard was on her finger. War Hawk watched in horror as Avarius looked down and saw her engagement ring. She had forgotten to take it off before coming! He was going to be furious! He looked at it evenly and then smiled.

"Is this what you've been hiding from me? The love of your life? I thought it was something like drugs," he sighed with relief, as did War Hawk.

"I was, um, hoping he'd ask your permission before you found out," she admitted.

"Whoever he is, he has my permission. I trust your judgement," War Hawk winced, even though she should be grateful. It was killing her, but it would kill him. It was coming out, the truth, she couldn't stop it...

"What if it's Hego?" She breathed.

"What'd you say, sweetheart?" Avarius asked. War Hawk trembled, but looked him right in the eyes.

"I'm engaged to Hego," she said. She wanted to cry as Avarius didn't look mad, nor horrified, but heartbroken.

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"That's a pretty ring," Hego approved as Drakken showed him his grandmother's ring.

"Do you think she'll like it?"

"She'll love it, knowing Mom." Drakken looked up at Hego.

"We could do one of those joint weddings and share the expenses," Hego grinned, patting him on the back, nearly making Drakken fall to his knees.

"I knew I was going to like you. Go get her," Drakken nodded bravely and scrambled out onto the rooftop. There she was, silhouetted by the dawn. Drakken felt weak, like he was a schoolboy all over again asking her out.

"Drew, I can always hear you coming," she laughed. He loved her laugh. He loved everything about her and since Shego was so much like her, he almost fell in love with her. Until Theygo came back into his life. It was time.

"Theygo, we've known each other a long time..."

"Yeah. Your point?" Drakken sighed. Sometimes it was so hard to be sweet with her.

"It renders courtship meaningless," Theygo looked at him.

"What are you beating the bush about?" He only used so many big words when he was trying to beat around the bush. Drakken tried to go down gracefully, slowly, but his natural clumsiness made him go down hard on one knee and almost making him fall over altogether. He held out the genuine pearl ring to her in offering. It might as well have been his own heart.

"Will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?" He squeaked and then remembered his manners, "Please?"

Meanwhile, Hego was bobbing his foot up and down. Deseerah pounced, chewed on his shoe a little, ran up his leg, ran down his leg, and continued the process over and over. Shego watched Deseerah, feeling just as restless. "Did he crap himself?" Shego asked. Hego smirked.

"Might as well have. He looked like he was going to faint or cry or both. Think Mom's going to say yes?" "Probably. But if he does, he's probably going to give up world conquest and I'll be out of a job." "I could always use an assistant mana-" "Never."

"Hego! Hego, where are you?!" Both Hego and Shego stood up. Hego shook Deseerah off of him. War Hawk came panting into the living room.

"What's wrong?"

"I told him about us."

"You told your father?!"

"I'm sorry, it slipped. Listen, Hego, you need to hide or get out of here. I don't know how serious Avarius is, but he pulled his rifle out of its glass case and is on his way here."

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