It seemed like Shego had only been asleep for a few minutes when someone grabbed her roughly by the shoulders, intent on shaking her awake. She moaned in discontent and tried to break away from the shakier with no success.
"Come on, Shego! Wakie, wakie! Rise and shine!" Came Drakken's voice. To his annoyance Shego let out a loud groan and jerked herself out of his grip. "Shego! Wake up! I figured out how to fix the ring!" He said loudly, sounding excited.
"Drwakken..Iss four-tirty in de mornin'. Go 'way." Shego grumbled, pulling her blankets over her head. In moments she was asleep again, but Drakken was relentless. Yanking the blankets off of her, he stood quickly and turned on the light. Shego let out a loud yelp at the sudden bright light and buried her face in her pillow. Drakken's eyes narrowed, seeing that his tactic hadn't worked. Fine! This'll get her up! Drakken thought, an evil smirk forming on his face.
Leaping into the air, he jumped on her, pleased with the loud 'muurrrff!' of surprise and pain that escaped Shego's lips.
"DRAKKEN! IF YOU DON'T LET ME SLEEP, I'M GOING TO CUT YOU UP INTO TINY LITTLE PIECES AND HIDE THEM IN THE WALLS!" Shego howled, lighting up her Team Glow and pushing Drakken hard off her bed. He fell to the ground with a thump and put his arms over his face, protecting himself.
"Alright, alright, sleep granted!" He said, getting up and hurrying out of Shego's room. He almost closed the door, but stopped, reconsidering.
"When do you think you'll be ready to go?" He asked, grinning weakly at her.
"GAH!" Came Shego's growl of annoyance. She sent an ill aimed Team Glow blast at him that hit the wall a couple of feet away from him. Stifling a cry of surprise, Drakken shut the door with a snap and scurried away from her room.
"Hm..Well, it didn't go as well as I thought it would, but..." Drakken said slowly to himself, entering his own room and sitting down on his bed. He glanced at his clock, 4:40. With a heavy sigh, he fell back onto his bed, closing his eyes. Fine. She wins.. He thought, slowly drifting off to sleep.
At 7:30 an annoying, loud, honking beep was blasting in Shego's ear and she groped around on her night stand, looking for the alarm clock. Not finding it, she blasted several glow blasts around until an explosion reached her ears. Smiling, Shego rolled over and was about to go back to sleep when her door burst open. Dr. Drakken came striding in, tossing the ring up and down in the air.
"Oh, Shego! It's time to get up!" He said, grinning happily. Shego groaned, wishing she hadn't promised Drakken she'd test the damn ring. Instead of leaping up out of bed like Drakken had wished, Shego didn't move at all and her steady sleep-breathing remained.
"Come on, Shego! It won't take that long I promise and after you're done, you can sleep for the rest of the day for all I care.." Drakken continued to urge her. He walked over and sat down on her bed. Feeling around at the top of her bed, he found her head and pulled the blankets off of it. Shego grunted. He glanced about the room quickly, looking for the nearest escape route, seeing only her door, he let out a slow sigh; he'd have to do this as gently as possible.
Slowly, and ready to withdraw his hand if Shego moved at all, he brushed hair away from her face; once more Shego grunted, but made no move to remove his hand.
"Drakken...It's...7:30 on a Saturday. I said I'd test that damned thing for you today, but I don't recall giving you a time. Now GO AWAY!" She ended in a snarl, opening an eye and glaring up at him. Drakken gave her a slight pout and prepared for begging.
"Please, Shego, pleeease! I promise it won't take very long and I'll-I'll take you out shopping afterwards or something! Shego, I'm begging you." He said, grabbing up one of her hands hand holding it firmly, looking very much like a child trying to get his mother to give him a candy before dinner.
Shego sighed and pulled her hand out of his. He looked so pathetic that it was very hard to resist saying 'yes' to him. Uh..I'm going to regret this.. She thought, yanking a smile on her face.
"You win. I'll be up in a minute." Shego said, slowly starting to get up. Drakken broke into the biggest grin Shego had seen in a while and he seized her into a hug. Shego's eyes widened in surprise and she patted his back awkwardly.
"Thank you, Shego! You're the best!" He said, his voice raised in excitement and joy. Releasing Shego, Drakken jumped off the bed and hurried from the room. Shego shook her head and slowly got up, rubbing the back of her neck. He was acting weird, but maybe he was just so excited and she knew from experience that it could happen. The warrior dressed slowly, still thinking. She glanced at herself in the mirror, satisfied, she exited her room and met Drakken outside of the lair.
She rather liked this one: it was out on some unexplored island in the center of Lake Victoria in Africa. It was like a much smaller version of the American Great Plains. Not only that, it was quite and there were only a few animals living on it, most of them birds. She also supposed she liked it because she helped build it. Just Drakken, the moronic henchmen, and herself had slaved over this lair.
Drakken spotted her quickly and, when she was in range of his arm, he tossed her the ring. She caught it expertly and Drakken smiled. Shego stopped a few feet in front of him, inspecting the ring. She still thought it was nothing out of the ordinary and looked up at Drakken, her head cocked slightly to the side.
"So, I just put it on?" She asked slowly, receiving a wild nod from Drakken. Shego looked a bit uncertain, but slipped it on her left middle finger. It fit almost perfectly and Shego figured that was Drakken's doing. Drakken was looking at her expectantly, his excitement growing as the seconds passed, a gust of wind picked up, blowing a dust devil around them-Drakken could barely contain himself-, and then absolutely nothing happened. Shego blinked and Drakken's left eye twitched in anticipation. After a moment, his teeth bared and, after another moment, he grabbed Shego by the shoulders.
"Well?! What's happening?" He asked, his grip tightening on Shego's shoulders. The villainess shook her head.
"Nothin'..I don't feel any different.." She said, breaking out of Drakken's grip and examining herself.
"Are you sure? I mean, the ring is on and everything.." Drakken said, looking confused. Shego shrugged and gave him a light grin.
"Oh, well! It was a nice try, Dr. D." She said, cheerfully clapping him on the back and Drakken hit the ground as though Shego had punched him. Shego stared down at him in surprise.
"You...didn't do that on purpose did you..?" She asked, taking a step backwards. Drakken uneasily rose to his feet and shook his head.
"No.."
Smirks slowly crossed Shego's and Drakken's faces. Without saying a word to Drakken, Shego took off at a sprint and looked down at the ground; she couldn't really see her feet moving under her, but, as she looked back Drakken was becoming smaller and smaller. A howl of triumph reached Shego's ears and she grinned, turning. It was a bit too quickly for her to control and she nearly toppled over. Regaining her balance she sprinted back to him. She looked behind herself once more and delight filled her as she watched the dust could she'd picked up slowly start to settle. Shego was coming up on Drakken quick and she twisted, plating her right foot into the ground and her left foot followed after. Her feet skidded on the ground, working as the brakes in a car would. When she came to a stop, she was almost in front of Drakken. Her boss grinned wildly at her.
"Hm...Well, it seems your body is adjusting to the power.." He said, nodding at her. Reaching into one of his pockets, he pulled out what looked like a TV remote.
"This thing is going to calculate the extent you're using your muscles so you don't over do yourself." Drakken said, pricking her with a small needle. She flinched slightly and glared at him.
"Sorry, but that needs to stay in there. That's my gauge." Drakken said, smiling apologetically at her. Shego shook her head and frowned at the needle.
"Now what?" She asked him, wanting to see exactly how much she could do.
"Try jumping." He said, fiddling with dials on his devise.
"Jumping?"
"Yes, jumping." Drakken said, sounding slightly annoyed. Shego sighed and crouched down.
She pushed off hard from the ground and kept her eyes on Drakken. Her bored looking expression turned to panic. She was about ten feet in the air and rising. From what she could see, Drakken was taking turns looking at Shego and reading the data on the devise. Shego had to slow herself down before she hit the ground and she lit up her Team Glow. It flared up, almost out of her control. She didn't have time to think about the Glow as she was falling rapidly back down to the earth. Instead of sending blasts out, Shego launched a beam. The beam hit the ground with the force of a small bomb, Drakken leapt backwards away from it.
The idea half worked: it did slow her down, but Shego couldn't control it and continued to rise. Damnit! Shego yelled in her mind, releasing the Glow beam. Drakken waved up at her and mouthed something at her. Gee, that'd be great it I could read lips. She growled, almost out loud. Taking a deep breath, she curled herself into a ball, doing several flips in the air. It seemed like forever, but Shego's feet finally hit the ground. Looking down, she saw she had made a slight crater in the ground.
Drakken dusted himself off and walked over to Shego, grinning as though he'd just gotten his candy. "I hadn't expected it to enhance your Glow, but it was nice...Shego! What's wrong with your eyes?!" He yelped, putting his own face mere inches from her's.
"What? My eyes? I don't know; you're the one who's supposed to know what this thing does." She muttered, taking out a mirror from her leg pocket. Her eyes widened as she got a look of eyes. The irises were red and small little black things were circling around inside of them. "What's wrong with them..?" She asked, still studying her eyes.
"Um..I'm not really sure..I don't think there's anything really wrong with them..But it seems they too have been enhanced. Try them out!" He said, slowly starting to look excited again.
"How?" She asked, looking up at him. Something very strange happened: she was able to see every move that he made almost before he moved.
"I don't kno-Shego what are you doing?" He asked. Normally when he talked, he made arm gestures and Shego was copying them perfectly.
"Copying you, it looks like.." She said, thinking. "Do something! Quick, it doesn't matter what, just move." She said, looking directly into his eyes.
To be frank, Drakken was confused, but he decided to go with the flow and started doing the Robot. Shego did every movement he did without faltering.
"How are you doing that?" He asked, stopping. Shego shrugged again, frowning.
"I'm not really sure. Must be the eyes 'cause I couldn't do it before." She said. "It's like I'm seeing the future or something.." She said, scratching her chin as Drakken did. He glared at her and Shego promptly copied him.
"Stop that." They both said in unison..
"I'm not playing-stop!"
"That's not funny."
"You're really immature."
"Shego! Cut it out!"
"SHEGO!" Drakken yelled in annoyance as Shego broke out laughing.
"So, what should I do now?" She asked, folding her arms over her chest and watching a bird as it flew past. Drakken smirked.
"I have an idea..." He said, reaching into his coat. Shego watched him for a moment, confused. He withdrew his hand and Shego stared at him as he pointed a loaded pistol at her.
"Dr. D..? You're not serious are you?" She asked, staring apprehensively at her boss.
"Perfectly. Considering what your eyes can now do, you should have no trouble dodging these." He said. Shego gulped and took a fighting stance, her red revolving eyes locked on his.
Aiming for her chest, Drakken shot twice. It was as though she was watching the bullets in slow motion as she ducked out of the first one's way and flipped to the side of the second, her eyes still on Drakken. He shot a third and fourth at her head and Shego dodged again. The fifth time, Shego caught the bullet in her gloved hand. It stung but the point was she had caught it. She looked up at Drakken, but his face was hard and he shot his last bullet at her. Caught off guard and looking at his chest, her eyes didn't see the shot coming. Instead, she threw herself to the side and the bullet nicked her left bicep.
She bit back a yelp as she hit the ground, glaring up at Drakken who had dropped the weapon. Drakken was at her side in an instant but Shego was already on her feet.
"How come I didn't see it?" She asked him coldly and Drakken shook his head.
"I have no idea...But your muscles will be tearing soon, so take that ring off. We'll try it out again tomorrow." Drakken said, watching her closely as she slid the ring off her finger. Shego closed her eyes in surprise and nearly fell down to a knee. The hand that had caught the bullet felt like it was on fire and her arm was screaming in pain. Drakken caught her and helped her support herself. Her legs were throbbing as though she had ran about ten miles.
"What's the matter with me?" She asked weakly, panting. Drakken scooped her up into his arms and Shego didn't resist. Drakken started back to the lair and thought a moment before he spoke up.
"It seems as though this ring has also dulled most of your pain registries, so even if you are supposed to be in pain, you won't feel it. That's probably the reason so many of the testers for these rings ran themselves to death: they didn't know anything was wrong with them. You'll need some more training with that ring on to condition your body. You only had it on for 30 minutes and your legs are already sore." He said, now in her room. Gently he set her back in bed and pulled her blankets up to her chest.
He left her room for a good five minutes and came back with a first aid kit. Taking her injured arm in his hands, he applied some sort of gooey medicine to her arm that stung. He informed her that it would kill any bacteria that had formed in her arm and wrapped a long white strip of cloth around the injury. He gently set her arm down and picked up her other arm, examining her hand. There was a small burn where she'd caught the bullet and poured a blue goop onto it. The stinging went away and she blinked.
"Thanks.." She said, surprised by his ability.
"You should get some sleep. I'll be back later with something for you to eat." He replied, nodding at her. Shego nodded back, closing her eyes. A moment later she heard her door close and a small smile spread across her face. He can be really sweet sometimes. She thought, her brain shutting down.
A/N: Whoa..That was a long chapta! It didn't take me too long to write though. I would have updated sooner but my computer went insane yesterday. O.o; Have fun reading though. Nest chapter will, of course, switch back to Kimmie!