(Shego is standing over Veeken and Des menacingly.)
Des: (laughs embarrassedly) So, I guess you might as well let us go, y'know, to give us a fair chance?
Shego: Mmmm, nope.
Des: Well it was worth a shot.
(Shego activates her gloves, and slices through the grappling hook. There is a moment of shocked silence.)
Des: (cont) Or maybe it wasn't.
(Des and Veeken start to plummet to the ground. Veeken quickly loads a new grappling hook into the gun and fires it. It attaches, and Veeken and Des swing back up to the beam.)
Veeken: (Handing the grappling hook gun to Des) Go after Drakken and the others. I'll follow you in a bit.
(Des, using the grappling hook, rappels to the ground. Meanwhile, Veeken strikes a defensive pose. A basic "Kim vs. Shego" battle begins. Meanwhile, Des dashes from room to room, searching for the other three villains {AN: The villains are mouse-sized, like Des and Veeken}.)
Des: (talking to herself) Now, if I was a bad guy, where would I be?
(She's standing in a doorway, and immediately ducks out of the doorway because, beyond that doorway, Drakken and Killigan are working on opening a mouse-sized glass case, with The Jackal standing guard.)
Des: (cont) Where the huge gem is. Obviously.
(Cut to the interior of the room where the case is being broken into.)
Drakken: Just a few more minutes…
???: Evening, gentlemen.
(Drakken, Killigan, and The Jackal turn to face the person who's speaking. Drakken and Killigan look up in shock, but the Jackal merely grins evilly.)
Jackal: Well, well, well. It appears this place has a bit of a rodent problem.
(Cut to who the three baddies are looking at: Professor Ratigan.)
Ratigan: And here I was thinking I was the only one with the cunning to attempt something like this.
(Drakken's look of shock turns to a look of evil amusement.)
Drakken: Well then, you should have also figured out by now that only one of us will get the gem, and it won't be you. As the saying goes, "there can be only one"-.
Killigan: Oh, shut up and let us take care of him, laddie!
Drakken: (annoyed) Fine. (snaps) Jackal?
(The Jackal starts to move towards Ratigan {AN: Have you ever wondered what Ratigan would look like in comparison to the Jackal if this ever happened?}.)
Ratigan: (thinking) Why doesn't this surprise me? (out loud) Is this what you had in mind? So he happens to be a muscle-bound henchman. Nothing interesting there.
(The Jackal zaps Ratigan with his eye beams, throwing him against the wall. He's not hurt, just somewhat dazed.)
Ratigan: (cont) Well, that's something new.
(Des's eyes widen.)
Des: I'd better get Veeken!
(Des dashes back to the room where Shego and Veeken are still fighting.)
Des: (cont) Veek!
(Veeken is momentarily distracted, and Shego uses this moment to escape. Veeken goes after her, leaping onto the alternating walls in the corner, eventually to land safely, then chases after her. Cue music: Bad Reputation "Halfcocked" {As background music, duh}. Veeken dashes into the room, and sees Ratigan being backed along the ground by The Jackal, and does a jump-kick to the latter's shoulder, temporarily distracting him.)
Veeken: Get outta here!
Ratigan: (scrambling to his feet) You don't need to tell me twice!
(The Jackal swipes at Veeken, but she does a back-handspring to escape. Meanwhile, Des knocks a suit of armor onto Drakken, distracting all villains long enough for Veeken and Des to escape from the room. Cut to Ratigan, looking for a way back to the room with the jewel, which is now subsequently unguarded. Suddenly, Shego lands in front of Ratigan, igniting her hands.)
Shego: And where are you going?
Ratigan: (chuckles nervously; waves) Hi.
(Veeken drops down behind Ratigan.)
Veeken: I was wondering where I'd find you.
(Shego manages to snare Ratigan, using him like a rodent shield. Veeken tries to hit Shego, with her merely dodging the attack. Eventually, as Veeken hits, she holds Ratigan up in front of her. Veeken's hand stops about an inch from his face.)
Ratigan: Hey!
(Shego throws Ratigan at Veeken, who dodges by jumping over him, and pursues Shego. Ratigan rubs his head, and looks after the long-gone Veeken. Cut to Duff Killigan, firing exploding golf balls at Des, who dodges. Finally, she grabs a shield from one of the suits of armor and hits one of the golf balls back at him. He jumps at the last second before the golf ball hits, and there is a hole where he was. Through this hole, we can see Veeken going after Shego and Drakken, who now have the gem. Shego nearly reaches the doorway, but a pair of small daggers pin her to the wall, making her drop the gem, which Drakken picks up.)
Ratigan: Hello.
(Shego rips the daggers from the wall, and Ratigan pulls a sword from its sheath. A sword battle breaks out, which ends in Ratigan knocking the daggers out of Shego's hands, but accidentally letting go of the sword as well.)
Shego: Not too shabby with the sword, are you?
Ratigan: I'd love to stay and talk, but I have a gem to catch. Adieu.
(Ratigan dashes off in the direction Drakken went. Meanwhile, Drakken tosses the gem up a hole in the ceiling, which the Jackal catches. He runs off, with Des in hot pursuit. Meanwhile, Killigan is running from Veeken.)
Killigan: The wee lassie's a savage!
(Killigan runs into Drakken.)
Drakken: Killigan, Ratigan's right behind me!
Killigan: I've got problems of me own, laddie.
(Ratigan and Veeken are running towards them, being chased by Shego.)
Ratigan: Do you really think you can get that gem before me?
Veeken: And let Drakken get away with it? Fat chance?
Ratigan: You think you're so amazing with your bad attitude problem.
Veeken: Must be genetics.
(Ratigan pauses, considering this.)
Ratigan: What do you mean, gene-?
(Of course this means Veeken moves ahead of him, leaping up to the wall and jumping back and forth to propel herself.)
Ratigan: (cont) Hey! Come back here! You think you're so amazing with your strange leapings and your childlike reflexes, but you're not!
(Veeken jumps through the doorway, clearing where Drakken and Killigan have golf clubs in position, apparently to trip the first thing that comes through the doorway.)
Drakken: Well, that's Shego, so-.
(But Ratigan trips, flying through the air, hitting Veeken when she looked through the doorway.)
Killigan: And that's Ratigan.
Drakken: Killigan, shield.
(Killigan throws a shield to Drakken.)
Drakken: (cont) Come on, Veeky.
(On the last "Not me", Drakken and Killigan are hiding behind the door, holding shields and when Shego comes through the door, they hit her simultaneously with their shields, thinking she's Des or Veeken. She keels over, unconscious.)
Drakken: Whoops. Shego, you okay? Um, Shego?
(Veeken peeks through the doorway again.)
Veeken: Sucker.
(Ratigan is standing right behind her.)
Ratigan: Who are you calling a sucker, sneak?
Veeken: (chuckles nervously; waves) Hi.
(To Be Continued…)