I don't own Xerox or the story of her. They belong to JohnnyStyle

James entered his personal chambers and locked the door when Danny came in. The room had black colored walls and had a bed, a computer area and window that saw over most of the area around the temple. It was amazing with the simplicity in it, yet its beauty. "Alright, this is my chambers. Now you must promise that you will not tell anyone what I'm about to tell you."

"I promise," Danny said.

"Good, well to start. Shego had a daughter," Danny's eyes went wide at that.

"Named Xero," Danny cocked an eye-brow at that,

"Isn't that short for Xerox, if she hates clones then…"

"Yeah, she was a clone of Shego, but she was so more than that. She was more than a copy. She was the bravest, smartest, most beautiful…as Shego was able to say. She was never able to finish. Kim knows the story and was there when she told me and helped Shego tell the story. It started a long time ago, when Shego was still a member of the Team Go of Go city." James said as he sat down in the chair next to his desk.

"Shego would probably never have children naturally, to many risk factors involved with her powers, to many kicks to that area as a teenage and a few other reasons."

"But she found an immature…"

"Daughter, my apprentice, she found a daughter. As Shego says, it doesn't matter now she came into her life that is what she was to Shego, her little girl. At first she was apprehensive after all they, Team Go, had found her in the cloning tank of a facility belonging to a clandestine black ops group. Thankfully, they had wiped them out before they could use Team Go based pre-programmed super soldiers to attack unarmed civilians in whatever state. While they were assisting Global Justice with the cleanup, they came across Xero still in a maturation tube physically aged to about three years of age."

"So, they got her out?" Danny asked sitting as well in the chair nearby. James shook his head,

"Not at first, Hego and Shego had a huge argument about it. He was strongly opposed to releasing her, thinking it was an obvious trap. Mego had no opinion and wanted to leave it up to Betty Director of Global Justice and the Wegos sided with Shego."

"Shego won and they got her out." James laughed a little, but sadly.

"The first thing Xero said when they were going back to Go Tower was 'Mommy' and it was while looking right at Shego."

"That must have been kind of weird," Danny said with his eyes wide. "She would have been around my age at that time," He finished.

"Yeah, and she was scared to hell, but decided she was going to have the courage to raise her. Go Tower is the safest place in Go City and Shego knew she could depend on her Aunt, since she had her partner already had a kid of their own and thought she just follow her mother's example." James shook his head, "It was good, but other days not so much, especially the days she had her growth spurts."

"What do you mean?" Danny asked confused. James sighed,

"The technology they used to create Xero wasn't that far ahead of what they used to clone that sheep. Xero," James sighed, "Grew up rapidly and erratically."

Danny frowned at that, but James continued, "She was in so much pain every time she grew. Shego couldn't do anything but hold her. Thankfully, Hego came around by then mainly thanks to Xero always saying she wanted to be a hero like him when she grew up by the time her powers activated."

"I take it the scientists responsible for her didn't integrate the powers into her DNA correctly?" Danny said winching a little. James sighed and slowly shook his head sadly

"Whenever Xero would flare up, it actually burnt her. Thankfully, Hego was able to get her to somewhere safe when her powers started to manifest. Shego couldn't even get hear her those times. She was kicking and screaming and yowling out in so much pain. Shego, actually, doubts she even went through half the agony of what she was during her own transformation. She was just thankful there was nothing wrong with her rapid healing ability, otherwise she would have lost her a lot sooner than she did."

Danny didn't say anything as he waited for James to speak again. James was leaning on his desk, his hands holding his head up in deep thought. "In the end, Xero physically only appeared about a year younger than Shego was at the time. Unfortunately as I bet you know, the life of Heroes is never a peaceful one and Team Go was fighting an enemy that could go toe to toe with Hego in a fight. Take a punch from him and not even flinch. It attacked Go Tower directly while Shego was out getting groceries and her brothers were dealing with a group of armed robberies on the other side of town. Her little Xero burnt herself out fighting it, quite literally. Xero used her powers in ways it's even dangerous for Shego to contemplate using them."

"Did she manage to beat the bad guy?" Danny asked. James nodded,

"Shego rushed home as soon as she received the intruder alert on the communication devices they were using at the time."

"So did Mego and the Wegos. When they arrived the villain was subdued waiting for transport to a global justice facility and Xero was lying unconscious in their medical room while her dear aunt tried to treat her while swearing at the medical equipment. Somehow Xero managed to open her eyes one last time and look at Shego and said, 'I'm a hero just like you mommy.'" Danny was shocked by that and was on the verge of crying.

"Now, all that Shego has left of her is a photo, a headstone next to her grandmothers and her teaching degree." James sighed sadly.

"I noticed that Hego didn't come to the rescue as well,"

"Yeah, I think it was the beginning of the end for Team Go, but Shego doesn't talk about what actually happened, but now you have the reason, Danny. Shego cannot go through that again," James said sadly. Danny nodded, but was so shocked that he had hurt Shego so much by simply asking a question.

"I should go and apology…"

"No," James said shaking his head, "Shego doesn't want to talk about it and will not talk about it and you promise not to tell anyone and that includes her."

"You know where the tombstone is, I would like to pay my respects." Danny said as he stood up. James looked at his apprentice and then nodded.

"Alright, I was planning to make a pilgrimage to Go City soon. I don't see what we can't go early." Danny nodded as James stood up and together the two walked towards the hanger of the Temple. The structure of the hanger was simple but elegant. The hanger was built from large sandstone covered by a ribbed roof. High tensile steel support webbing is embedded into the brick walls and the roof lined with blast proof roof plates for protection.

The hanger is not unlike a traditional cathedral in shape with a large central nave-like space bordered by columns supporting the main curved roof. 20 meters in height with a large opening for take offs and landings, running along either side of the nave were tow aisle-like spaces between the columns and the exterior side walls. Alcoves along the aisles contained wall-mounted racks for all sorts of craft.

From N-1 fighters, X-wings, and GUN ships, there were also small, roughly cylindrical shape with an angled front and rear ships, one of which James was walking towards. "What are those?"

"Those are Puddle Jumpers, Danny." James said he opened the rear door and with Danny went inside. The second they entered, the craft powered up as Danny looked around. The design was simple, but still had some elegant in it. The front section contain the cockpit of the vessel with all control functions that were based on crystal technology and neural interface, four seats for passengers and a large view port at the front of ship.

The aft section contains a passenger for up to 12 people, and storage area that was filled with supplies. "The ships have a rechargeable power source, an arsenal of Alliance Drone Weapons and engine pods on both the port and starboard sides." James said as he sat in the pilot's chair.

"Nice," Danny smiled as he sat in the co-pilot's chair. James smirked,

"Yes, I think so too," as he closed the rear door and started the Jumper up. "Flight, this is Jumper 12 requesting permission to launch." James said though the comlink.

"You're clear for launch Jumper 12," A voice said back as James smiled and then caused the ship to launch forward and then out of the hanger faster than Danny thought possible.

"Inertial dampeners and cloaking device equipped. You will have to leave the temple cloaked, so no one finds out its location." James said as he activated the cloaking device as the ship vanished from sight.

"There are that many enemies to us?" Danny asked. James sighed,

"Unfortunately, yes and the location of the Temple is one of our most guarded secrets and now it is yours," He finished looking at Danny. Danny nodded and then looked out of the view port as the ship continued on its way.