Chapter 10

Back in the jet, Drakken and Shego had reached their destination, and landed in a small airport in the suburbs near Paris. Drakken called out for a taxi, and they rode into the city. Shego marveled at the old buildings and churches they drove past on the busy streets. She could see the Eiffel Tower off in the distance near the setting sun, and pointed it out to Drakken, who was busy looking at a map.

"Hey, look, Dr. D, the Eiffel Tower", said Shego, who had never been to Paris before.

"Yeah…", said Drakken, looking out at the giant metal tower. He imagined the huge evil robot he could create out of it. A picture of the Eiffle Tower robot rampaging through Paris filled Drakken's mind and he smiled. Maybe some other time, he thought.

It was evening and they were hungry.

"I want to eat at one of those fancy gourmet French restaurants I'm always hearing about", said Shego, with big puppy dog eyes.

Drakken said, "Alright, driver take us to a good restaurant."

The driver who spoke English, obeyed and took them to a very fancy looking restaurant near a big beautiful opera house from centuries past. Shego looked at the fashionable shops lining the street and thought to herself, "Club Banana eat your heart out. From now on I'm shopping in Paris."

Drakken and Shego were seated in the non-smoking section of the restaurant. A person at the table next to them was smoking anyways.

'How rude', thought Shego. She considered knocking the cigarette out of the man's hand and causing a scene, but decided it wasn't worth it. She looked over at Drakken who was staring at his menu with a somewhat confused look on his face.

"Shego… I don't speak French", he said.

"Don't worry. I studied it in high school," said Shego as she looked at her menu. Looking at the foreign words, she realized she forgot almost everything from her French class.

"Pick something good out for me then", said Drakken.

Shego scanned the menu trying to see a French word she could recognize. Her French was simply gone. She didn't want to seem incompetent in front of Drakken so she chose two random things on the menu and pointed at the words in front of the waiter. In a fancy place like this, she assumed everything should be good.

As they waited for their food they began discussing ideas on how to steal the diamond. Drakken opened up maps of the museum and they planned out possible routes.

"Since the museum is a public place, I think we should go there tomorrow morning as tourists. We will get a better idea of where the security is concentrated, if we case the place in person first", said Shego.

"I agree", said Drakken.

They both looked up as the waiter arrived with their food. He set down the first plate in front of Shego. It was a half roast duck with some sort of cherry apricot sauce. It was decorated with pineapple patterns, and smelled like it had been cooked in white wine. It looked absolutely delicious.

The waiter set down Drakken's plate next. In the middle of the plate was a large round type of meat that he didn't recognize. Asparagus and thin carrot slices surrounded it in a pattern.

"What did you order for me?", asked Drakken.

"It's a surprise", said Shego, who also had no clue what it was.

Drakken poked at the roundish object with his fork. It reminded him of something he might have dissected in a biology class. As he rolled it over and looked at the bottom, he jumped back in his chair. Staring up at him was a boiled cow's eyeball.

"Very funny, Shego. This is coming out of your paycheck," said Drakken.