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Shego was stroking the sobbing teenager. 'She's waaaay too sensitive.' Scarlet's tears were soaking Shego's top but she wasn't going to push her away now. She was obviously upset. Shego tried to calm her down, "Please, don't cry Scarlet. It's going to be okay." Shego didn't really mean that. It was just something you said when you couldn't think of anything else. Scarlet sniffled and pulled out of Shego's hug, "I seriously doubt that." Shego bit her lip, insecurely. Then she said the only explanation in her mind. "Listen, your brother sounds like a real air head to me." "No it's not him!" Scarlet informed her quietly; Although Shego knew it wasn't. Shego knew something so strange obviously needed some kind or explanation. Shego knew the world had an clarification for everything. "Then what is it?" Shego shouted hoarsely not understanding any of this. Scarlet-Rose lowered her eyes and asked for her knife. Shego said sure and handed it to her cautiously.

"Can you put that necklace on me?" Scarlet asked her halfheartedly, Shego wrinkled her nose, "You want to wear THAT?" Shego questioned her. Scarlet nodded as another tear rolled down her cheek. Shego shrugged as she lifted Scarlet's platinum blonde hair to close the clasp securely around her neck. Scarlet directed Shego to take a seat and watch. Scarlet picked up the blade and then without a hint of hesitation she sliced her left wrist very suddenly. Shego screamed the second before she did it. "OH MY GOSH!" Shego was freaking out, "Why did you do that?" Shego cried on her feet, fumbling around for bandages. "Look." Scarlet pointed at her wrist simply. Shego observed it for a second. Not a drop of blood was escaping, and the wound closed up right before Shego's eyes!"

Shego shook her head, and looked at Scarlet-Rose as if she were speaking Russian. "I'm sorry, I'm hallucinating." Shego apologized. "There's no need." Scarlet-Rose whispered between raged sobs. Shego stared at her wrist again, there wasn't even a scar. "I don't understand." Shego stated finally. Scarlet just said it was very complicated and began to wail floods of tears over and over again. Shego hugged her tighter this time, The girl was really shaken up. This time, Shego couldn't think of a way to calm her down.

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Drakken drifted into the lavatory, he was wondering what had happened to Shego. His eyes came upon his love, trying to calm down a very frantic Scarlet-Rose. Drakken had been waiting in his lab patiently and now he was tossed this issue, whatever it was. "What's going on?" Shego gestured for him to come over. "Oh, good darling . . . you're here." Shego said not even looking at him. "What's going on?" He asked again. Scarlet then shrieked again and burst into another round of sobbing. "It's a little, complicated. . . I'm not even sure I understand yet."

Scarlet broke the hug and then stepped away. She ripped her necklace off and threw it across the room, It hit the floor with soft bang. "It's that thing." Scarlet stuttered, looking at it with a glow of terror in her eyes. Drakken picked it up bewilderedly, "This little thing? What's wrong with it?" Scarlet casually took Shego's pocked knife and stabbed him square in the chest! Shego was beside Drakken in a split second hugging him. "WHAT IN BLOODY HELL DID YOU DO?!" Shego demanded, her eyes had changed from a calm green to a furious ruby color that Scarlet had never seen before. Shego began to wail and Scarlet didn't even look regretful. "I hate you! I hate you!" Just then Drakken gazed at Shego and his eyes didn't have a deadly glaze to them. "I'm alive?" Drakken asked breathlessly, relieved to see Shego beside him. Scarlet nodded with a small smile spreading across her lips. Shego frantically touched Drakken's chest and didn't find a single stain of blood. Shego paused and opened Drakken's shirt then turned around swiftly around with a look of extreme aghast. "That was real wasn't it?" Shego demanded, taking the necklace gingerly out of Drakken's hands examining it like a new treasure. Shego's eyes were back to their dazzling brilliant green color. Scarlet snatched it back and snapped, "It make's the wearer immortal!" Scarlet screamed finally, fleeing from the room, her hands in her face.

Dizzying images fluttered through the couple's mind. Time then froze and it became clear as crystal. Scarlet had just received probably the most valuable and useful item in the mail. But in some ways, it just wasn't that rewarding. Shego was speechless, Drakken said, "Oh," as if he had just squashed some kid's pet turtle. Scarlet also obviously was holding some more secrets close to her heart. But no one chased after her.

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