It had been four hours since Shego had delivered her finger shot to Kim's leg and now the two villains were back at their lair. Drakken was hunched over a lab table doing a complete system check on the ring they had stole; Shego was reading the latest volume of Villainess. Every once and a while, he'd mutter incoherently to himself or grunt softly. Shego jumped and stared over at her boss as his incoherent muttering reached an almost yelling volume.

"Drakken! What are you doing?!" Shego barked, looking up from her Villainess magazine, apparently startled. It seemed as though Drakken had not noticed he was becoming, well, too focused on his work and glanced up.

"Eh? Oh, there's something wrong with this stupid thing and I don't know what it is!" He snapped bitterly and threw the ring on the table. It bounced and bounced and bounced and eventually hit the ground with a metallic clink!

Shego shook her head and shut her magazine. Putting it neatly on the chair she'd been sitting in, she got up and retrieved the ring Drakken had thrown out of temper. Drakken frowned slightly as Shego tossed it to him and he was able to catch it while still holding his employee's gaze. Shego chuckled as Drakken's expression became one of extreme smugness.

"Nice catch, Dr. D. " She said, shaking her head as she sat down across him. She propped up her legs on the table and surveyed Drakken coolly. "So, you had us fly all the way over there, kill Kimmie, and that ring doesn't even work?" She said, sounding perfectly calm. Drakken on the other hand stood and sputtered with rage.

"Shego! I had thought that thing worked when we-" Shego cut him off.

"By 'we' you mean 'me', right?"

"THAT'S NOT THE POINT!" Drakken howled and Shego glanced up at Drakken in surprise.

"It was supposed to work because of my technology." Drakken said after a silence, now almost pouting as he sat down.

Shego chuckled again and pulled a nail filler from the pocket she had on her calf (A/N xD This is for all you Drakken's Crib members out there!). "So, in other words, your feelings are hurt?" She asked, filling away and grinning as she felt, rather then saw Drakken's angry scowl.

"Yeh-NO! It's just that I told the idiot how to modify all my technology so I don't see why there should be any problem." He said, getting up again and starting to pace.

"Well, couldn't you just make the adjustments?" Shego asked, inspecting her work; unsatisfied, she continued filling. Looking up briefly, she saw Drakken's face contract slightly in thought and he slowly shook his head.

"No. I don't know exactly how my dear friend found out how to send the electromagnetic waves into the brain."

"So, how do you know if there really is something wrong with it?" Shego continued with her questions.

Drakken blinked. "I know that because-because-BECAUSE I JUST DO!" He ended folding his arms over his chest.

"Alright, alright, don't get all huffy about it." Came Shego's almost bored sounding voice.

"I'm not getting all huffy." Drakken snapped back at her.

"Are too."

"Are not."

"Are too."

"Are NOT."

"Are too."

"SHEGO!" Drakken yelped, annoyed. Shego looked up from her nail filling and looked him over, grinning steadily.

"Well, I'm going to bed, I'll try that thing out in the morning, okay?" She said, giving a yawn rising from her chair and putting her nail filler away.

"What? You're still going to try it? I'm not going to make you..." Drakken said, trailing off into a mutter. Shego shook her head and put her hands on her hips.

"Yeah, I'm still going to try it; if anything happens, you'll be there." She said shortly, turning and heading up to her room.

Drakken sighed and dropped his arms to his sides, watching Shego leave.

"Shego?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks..."

Shego stopped for a moment and looked over her shoulder at him. A slow, steady grin spread over her face and she nodded at him.

"No problem, Dr. D."

A/N: Yeah, this one is kinda short, but I've come up with minor writer's block ( and so early in the story too, geez!). You'll have to wait and see Kimmie's fate until next chapter. If you all are lucky I'll update again today. If not, it'll be up tomorrow.