Kim could not believe she was doing this. It was insane, it was completely
dumb and just downright stupid. Going to Drakkan's lair was like walking
into a volcano-it was sure to erupt.
"Tell me again why we're going to Drakkan's hideout," Ron said, walking a little behind her as they made their way through a forest. "It's very well protected, and nobody could put pods inside his place unless he wanted them too," Kim replied, steadily walking on.
Jim and Tim were running ahead, making more noise than Kim felt comfortable with, but she was in no mood to chastise her brothers. Monique was panting behind them, trying to keep the pace but no succeeding in her stiletto heels.
"Kim, slow down!" she wailed. "Do you have any idea how hard it is to walk in these things?"
She sat down to massage her feet. Kim halted, and stared at the sixty dollar shoes, shook her head, and in one swift movement, took them off Monique's feet and snapped the heels off.
She handed them back to her. "There," Kim said. "Problem solved." "Kim!" Monique said angrily. "Those heels cost a lot of money-I expect you to pay for them."
But she put the shoes back on anyway, and was able to walk at a faster pace. By morning, they had reached Drakkan's hideaway.
Kim took a deep breath, and rang the doorbell.
~
Shego lounged in a chair as Drakkan paced nervously. "Shego!" he wailed. "What is going on? Those creepy pod-thingies...I can't take it anymore!"
"Well, you're gonna have to," Shego said lazily, buffing her fingernails. "You can't go outside cause practically everybody's a pod now. Man, I loved that movie when it came out."
Shego didn't admit to Drakkan that her insides were tightly coiled up herself from fear. That movie had been great, but living it out was just too freaky.
Then the doorbell rang. Drakkan jumped and screamed.
Shego rolled her eyes, and pressed the intercom button. "What?" Suddenly, a teenage voice that they knew all too well came on. "Hey, Shego."
"Kimmie, you're treading on dangerous ground," Shego warned. "Get lost!"
"Why don't you come out and fight me then?" Kim's voice took on a definite air of defiance and confidence.
Shego paused, and looked at Drakkan hiding in the closet. Apparently, the pause was long enough for Kim, so she started speaking again. "I know about the pods, and I...I can't beat them alone."
Shego barely let this register before Kim spoke again. "If we join together, we might possibly be able to win."
"Wow," Ron whispered to Monique. "I never knew she had so much humility and sincerity."
"Not with them, anyway," Monique whispered back.
Shego pondered this, and opened the gates. "Get in. Fast."
The small band entered the lair before the gates slammed shut with an ominous BOOM.
"Tell me again why we're going to Drakkan's hideout," Ron said, walking a little behind her as they made their way through a forest. "It's very well protected, and nobody could put pods inside his place unless he wanted them too," Kim replied, steadily walking on.
Jim and Tim were running ahead, making more noise than Kim felt comfortable with, but she was in no mood to chastise her brothers. Monique was panting behind them, trying to keep the pace but no succeeding in her stiletto heels.
"Kim, slow down!" she wailed. "Do you have any idea how hard it is to walk in these things?"
She sat down to massage her feet. Kim halted, and stared at the sixty dollar shoes, shook her head, and in one swift movement, took them off Monique's feet and snapped the heels off.
She handed them back to her. "There," Kim said. "Problem solved." "Kim!" Monique said angrily. "Those heels cost a lot of money-I expect you to pay for them."
But she put the shoes back on anyway, and was able to walk at a faster pace. By morning, they had reached Drakkan's hideaway.
Kim took a deep breath, and rang the doorbell.
~
Shego lounged in a chair as Drakkan paced nervously. "Shego!" he wailed. "What is going on? Those creepy pod-thingies...I can't take it anymore!"
"Well, you're gonna have to," Shego said lazily, buffing her fingernails. "You can't go outside cause practically everybody's a pod now. Man, I loved that movie when it came out."
Shego didn't admit to Drakkan that her insides were tightly coiled up herself from fear. That movie had been great, but living it out was just too freaky.
Then the doorbell rang. Drakkan jumped and screamed.
Shego rolled her eyes, and pressed the intercom button. "What?" Suddenly, a teenage voice that they knew all too well came on. "Hey, Shego."
"Kimmie, you're treading on dangerous ground," Shego warned. "Get lost!"
"Why don't you come out and fight me then?" Kim's voice took on a definite air of defiance and confidence.
Shego paused, and looked at Drakkan hiding in the closet. Apparently, the pause was long enough for Kim, so she started speaking again. "I know about the pods, and I...I can't beat them alone."
Shego barely let this register before Kim spoke again. "If we join together, we might possibly be able to win."
"Wow," Ron whispered to Monique. "I never knew she had so much humility and sincerity."
"Not with them, anyway," Monique whispered back.
Shego pondered this, and opened the gates. "Get in. Fast."
The small band entered the lair before the gates slammed shut with an ominous BOOM.