Chapter 4
Back at Drakken's lair, Drakken began preparations for Stage 2 of his plan. He would steal something, and make sure him and Shego would be seen on the security cameras. Kim Possible would come to his lair to retrieve the valuable item, and end up being captured instead. It was a perfect plan.
"But what should I steal?", he thought to himself. He flipped through a technology magazine and looked at a new high tech laser cannon. "Ooooo shiny!", he said with a smile. Shego sat in a large cozy chair opposite to him and flipped through the latest copy of Villainess.
"Hey, look at this!", she said. She held up a picture of a large machine. "You always wanted a death ray, and the one you built never worked. This one is being developed by the government right now."
"Perfect!", he shouted, "We'll steal the death ray, capture Kim Possible, then use the stolen death ray to carry out Stage 3 of the plan- to take over the world!"
"They have high tech security lasers and armed guards, guarding the ray. But it's nothing I can't handle", said Shego smugly, "And since we're so close to our fight with Kim Possible, I think you should try a bit of sparring in today's martial art lesson."
"Sparring?", asked Drakken, "But who will I fight?"
"Me", said Shego with a sadistic grin.
They headed to the fighting room, and stepped onto the mat. After some stretching and warm-up kicks Drakken suited up with a soft padded sparring helmet and faced Shego.
"Aren't you going to wear a sparring helmet?", he asked.
"Don't need to. You'll never get a hit in", she said, "Don't worry, I won't injure you. I'll just throw you to the ground with defensive moves."
Drakken grimaced and took a sparring stance. He faced Shego and stared at her, waiting for movement.
"Begin", she said, and instead of attacking Drakken she turned her back to him. He stood still, confused.
"I'm just in the position that Kim Possible will be in when you surprise her from behind. I can still defend myself in this position, and attack you. Try to see what moves I taught you will work best," said Shego.
Drakken paused then swiftly moved behind her. He punched towards the back of her unshielded head. She effortlessly moved her head a few inches to the side to dodge his punch. Then she grabbed his punching hand and flung him over her shoulder. He landed about ten feet in front of her on his back.
"Ow", he said.
"Don't be so slow and obvious", she said.
Drakken got back up and practiced several more moves. Each time, Shego was able to throw him without looking.
"You're having fun doing this", he said to her after the tenth time she threw him.
She smiled and said, "You're improving. You can't expect to beat me. But you're learning from me. With Kim Possible you'll have the element of surprise. All you have to do is knock her off her feet, and I'll be right there to knock her out as she's confused and shocked. I think you're ready for this."
"Good. I can't wait to get that death ray!", Drakken said with a grin like a little boy about to open a Christmas present early.
"It's going to be completely 'off the heezey'", he added.
"Oh geez, you're pretending to be cool again", she sighed.
"Word to yo' mama", said Drakken.
