(Notes: Hello everyone! Welcome to my newest story, 'Resurrection of a Name'. I won't be expecting any reviews for a while considering the very few updates I've had lately. I had this recommendation from a friend. She said that I concluded 'The Immortal Necklace' too suddenly and that it should have a longer ending. So I now present to you the conclusion of Her Metal Heart The Immortal Necklace! In this case, this means you will probably have to go back and read the Immortal Necklace. If you really want a very clear clarification of the entire series… you'll want to start at 'Her Metal Heart' and continue through to the third and final story. I beg you not to flame this story while it's in its first few chapters. I'm just trying to pick it up where I left it off. I promise this story will be romantic and will contain at least 2 new characters! So sit back in your seat and enjoy and make sure you tell your friends there's a new fic up!)


Part one – Chapter one

Shego was lying in a field of flowers with her hand outreached. The tips of her fingers inched away from the words on the tomb stone. She sat upright and sighed. It had been so long,

'Three whole years… and we still come here every Sunday.'

She glanced over her shoulder to the man holding her hand. Crestfallen, Drakken still clutched to her. It was a chilly autumn day and soon it would be winter. They both predicted it would be coldest winter yet. It bewildered both of them how the flowers still held onto their life. Sadly, they predicted a frost would soon come. Nonetheless they still planned to come because they wouldn't allow themselves to forget. Shego squeezed her boss' hand in effort to hold back her tears. She quietly said, "Read it to me."

Although Shego had memorized every word on the epitaph, she still loved to hear the words. It choked up her insides every time. Drakken cleared his through and uttered,

Senor Junior Senior

'Earned Respect on his Final Breath.'

1983-2004

Shego's voice became hollow as she said, "I still can't believe he did that. Even after all these years. And still, he hasn't heard me thank him." Her fingers finally touched the gravestone. She let them roam the engraved letters miserably. She missed that idiot so much.

"You know what I can't stop thinking Shego?" Drakken said with great pain, "If it weren't for him – We'd be dead. We'd never have been married, and we'd never be living this beautiful life… we'd never have redeemed."

When he said 'redeemed' it hit her like a thousand knives. It was true. They had cleared a good and pure name for themselves. They would not have received that opportunity if it was not for his brave rescue.

"Shego, look over there."

Shego did as she was told and saw her best friend enter through the gate accompanied by her husband. Her hand held onto a toddler who was near the age of three. He was doing things that normal toddlers do, trying to run away or eat something off the ground. Shego held up her hand and waved to them, "Kim!"

Kim beamed at her, "Hi Shego." She firmly gripped her son's hand as he tried to escape. Ron quickened his pace as Kim tried to follow.

Shego always felt better when she saw those two. Looking at Junior's grave made her feel so dark inside. Sometimes it was so hard to get that light back. But Kim was able to do it in an instant. 'She's a saint that girl. An absolute saint.'

Kim chose to keep her maiden name during her marriage. Ron didn't regret leaving his last name for an instant. In fact, he was almost eager to drop it. Kim suspected that it was the overall corniness of it that bothered him. The young couple sat down in the soft grass beside them. Ron and Drakken quietly shook hands. Shego and Kim smiled to each other, "Glad you could make it." Shego whispered.

Kim held her squirming toddler and sighed, "Landon just won't sit still lately. I don't understand anymore."

Drakken grinned and held out his index finger to little Landon. Landon grabbed it with his two hands and shook it. Drakken laughed with the little boy. Shego and Kim giggled. Shego loved that child. He was the most beautiful child Shego had ever seen. He had a rusty brown head of long hair and the warmest brown eyes Shego had ever seen. His face was balanced out by just the correct amount of freckles. Kim had named him 'Landon' because it had been a name that both her and her husband had liked.

"In a year, he'll be starting preschool right?" Shego asked thoughtfully as she ruffled Landon's hair. "Actually," Ron admitted, "KP and I are considering a late-start. That way he'll have two more years of freedom."

Kim giggled and slapped his back, "That's not the reason! It's because, studies show that this will make a more successful child."

"And we want him to be as successful as possible." Ron added.

"Since he has YOUR genes." Kim rolled her eyes.

"What?" Ron chuckled and started slowly crawling towards Kim making soft growling noises. Kim bit her lip and ducked her head between her shoulders.

"Oh you're in trouble now Kimmie," Drakken said with a laugh, "Ouch, stop that Landon!"

Landon grinned as he used his tiny fingers to pinch Drakken again. Shego took him in her arms, "Let me hold him," She pleaded as she kissed his fingers, "You must never use those hands to hurt people. Understand?"

"Kay!" Landon chirped. Shego hugged him as she watched Ron tackling Kim who screamed as she was smothered with kisses.

"Mmm," Kim pushed his face away, "Too much kissing. Slow down and let me… breathe." She sat up and composed herself.

Ron chortled and then turned to Drakken, "I still can't believe you come here every Sunday. It must be hard. Where is your lair now?"

Drakken rubbed his chin, "We parked it in a vacant field somewhere. Right honey?"

"That's right," She sighed, "its mobile and I have no complaints about that. Too bad it's so hard to find a place to keep it."

"Do you still fly it around?" Kim wondered.

"Yeah, we have to. Last time we drove it… it took up the entire road." Shego said as she guided Landon back to his mother. Kim held Landon on her lap and suddenly ceased speaking.

"What is it Kim?"

Kim gulped and spoke softly, "You know… for a moment, I almost forgot the things that happened to us. That day… we almost lost our lives. I feel awful, that's not something I should forget."

Shego, Drakken, and Ron silently nodded in guilt as all of their eyes once again met the epitaph.

"Is Scarlet well?" Ron asked weakly.

"A recent letter said that she's doing alright. College-life is good." Shego said feeling a lump in the back of her throat.

"I miss that kid." Drakken admitted. They had never even bothered to clean out the vacant room she used to occupy. Her magazines, clothing, books and other things were still there minus her.:

FLASHBACK

'What to do? What to do?' Scarlet thought frantically to herself. There was no Rufus to help them. Scarlet couldn't believe Dementor was willing to sit here watching them burn to death! She watched as Dementor backed away from the flames so he would not get debilitated. Then Scarlet remembered that Dementor loved her . . . that meant . . . she had an idea. It was the only optimism. She took a deep breath, trying not to choke from the tight chains, and smog; she began to sing.

Her tender soprano voice echoed above the sputter of the flames. It was a bit shaky and nervous at first but as it gained confidence, it rang like a bell through everyone's ears. Through her friend's ears it sounded as soft as psalm. Through Dementor's ears it was loud and thunderous. It was gorgeous and had a certain irresistible flow to it. Suddenly Dementor's eyes went glassy in a hypnotized gaze.

Shego saw this and gasped when she realized what Scarlet was doing. "Yes! Yes! She yelled blissfully. "Good idea!" Dementor was slowly lured to her. He walked in a straight line without any hesitation. He walked straight through the flames. The necklace he was clutching provided him with a shield. The flames disregarded him and still sizzled at the doomed characters.

Scarlet's voice began to get weaker. The smoke was clogging up her throat. The smoke was so thick that she could barely see Dementor. Scarlet coughed and continued up her scale again. Dementor did not break trance. He kept moving closer to her until he was just inches away from her lips. Thinking quickly, Scarlet squirmed her hand free and pulled the necklace free from Dementor's grasp. Scarlet hoped that would not wake him. It didn't. Dementor died right then and there just as he was about to kiss Scarlet.

END FLASHBACK

Kim gasped when something occurred to her, "You know what? Everyone was a hero… that night. "Shego and I both fought with our entire souls. Ron fought for more than vengeance, he fought to protect. He overcame whatever fears he used to have that night. Drakken made the biggest turnaround in his life. He knew the risks and took them on. Rufus…" Kim stopped speaking when she came to his name.

"…Without him… I would have never had the courage to take on the villains." Ron said with a shaky tone.

There was no need of mentioning Junior. Everyone already knew what he had done, of his heroic bravery. 'Nothing that I've done, no one that I have saved, has amounted to what he did. He went against his fathers wishes, and his father was a powerful man, just to save us. And we were never nice to him.' Kim thought sadly.

"Mommy…" Landon looked at Kim with sad eyes as he held a single dandelion in his hand. Kim sighed and placed it on his grave. She remembered that night she had told her son the story of their perils and of the horrors they had seen. Kim knew that Landon held unyielding respect for Junior as well.

'It was all because he… because he loved me.' Kim thought.

"H-hey gang…" Ron said in a low voice, "do you want to get out of here? Maybe we could get something to eat…"

"HAPPY HARRY'S HOTDOG!" Squealed Landon.

Shego beamed and patted Landon on the head, "Alright. Let's go there."

"Can I get a toy?" Landon asked hopefully.

Kim teased him, "You clutch-pig! It's a deal."

Everyone aside from Landon's laughing, was silent as they left the phantom sight. Usually, Shego had more pleasant Sunday's here with Drakken. But this was the first time in almost a year she had arranged to come visit with Kim. It seemed sadder than ever before.

'I can't believe at one point… I was so destructive… If it hurts this much, to lose someone who was a complete stranger, I can't imagine the pain I might feel if I lost someone I loved even more. I may have a clean record now… but I sure feel pretty crappy.' Shego thought as she held Drakken's hand.