"Well," Shego rested her arm on her hip, "we're here." Both Drakken and Shego were staring wide-eyed at the monstrous gray building towering in front of them. It towered over the several other neighboring buildings. It was cold and menacing looking. Drakken tightened his grip on his portfolio.

"Are you ready?" Drakken asked touching her arm.

Shego nodded, "Naturally."

They stared at each other for a moment and then at the building. Drakken breathed heavily. "Well are you ready?"

"Yes."

Drakken held the door open for his wife. "Go on."

"Thanks." Shego stepped inside and was overwhelmed when she saw the luxurious interior. She stepped onto beautiful oriental carpet and stared at the colorful wallpaper. The room was decorated with sunflowers and daisies on all the end tables. Drakken closed the door behind him and took no notice of the beauty of the building. He walked over to the receptionist.

"Hello my name is Drew and this is my wife Shego. We have an appointment today. We're new employees." He said.

The woman cracked her gum. "Okay hon. Who is your appointment with?"

"I think her last name was Robyns." He said scratching his chin.

"Ah, Ms. Robyns is located on the twenty-second floor. She's the third door on the left." She cracked her gum again.

Drakken twitched, "Okay thank you." He took Shego's hand. "Come on."

Drakken led her past a gold plated sign that said: ELEVATOR. Soon they found themselves in front of two elegant gold plated doors with two security officers beside them. They asked for badges. Drakken looked at the two officers and replied, "I'm so sorry. You see, we have an appointment today. We've only just been hired." The security officers eyed each other and asked for their names. "Drew and Shego Lipsky." Drakken briefed them. One officer quickly looked over his clipboard and nodded. "Okay, everything is in order. Go ahead." The officer typed a code into the elevator pad and the doors automatically opened allowing Drakken and Shego inside. The doors closed as soon as they entered and automatically started heading towards their designated floor.

"Spiffy." Shego remarked as she gazed through the single glass window.

"Yeah," Drakken said noticing the security camera in the corner of the elevator.

"Security is really tight here." Shego continued.

"Yeah." Drakken continued to say monotonously.

At last the elevator seemed to reach their floor. Drakken stepped out in front of Shego and stood in front of her in an almost protective manner. The twenty-second floor was bustling with wanna-be models, agents, photographers of every nature wearing the most obscene of clothes. Male models stopped to gaze at Shego's flawless body filling out every curve her black dress created. Shego turned a bit pink and smiled back at the men as she followed closely behind her husband to next desk where a young man sat. He was wearing sunglasses indoors. He looked at Shego and flashed a toothy smile.

"Here for the supermodel auditions for our summer fashion line?" he asked surveying Shego.

Shego became even redder. "Um, no not really. My husband and I are designers."

His face fell. "Oh, okay. You'll have to wait over there until we can fit you in."

Drakken interrupted, "We have an appointment."

"Oh really?"

Drakken groaned irritated, "Yes, with Ms. Robyns."

The man smiled. "Oh yes, Lovely woman really. Let me look you over. What are your names?"

"Drakken and Shego Lipsky." Drakken replied.

"Oh yes, Scarlet made a call here the other day. Seemed really sure about you two," The man took a chug of water, "Yeah, I'll let her know you're here. Everything is quite in order. Take a seat, I don't care where."

Drakken and Shego noticed there were no more chairs. He looked at Shego and shrugged and sat down on the carpeted floor while Shego leaned against the wall. Her eyes gloomily gazed at women of all shapes in sizes wearing winter jackets or only a pair of undergarments. She also noticed someone was approaching her. He was a thin man wearing a black tuxedo with a tiny silver tray. He held it out to her,

"Shrimp puff miss?"

Shego all of a sudden felt sick. "Ah, I think it's a bit early for shrimp."

The server winked, "Watching your figure? We have bottled water and health shakes if you like. Packaged nuts are also available for the protein you need."

"No thank you." She said softly gazing out at the offices. She calmly thought to herself, 'Wow I'm really here at the Club Banana studios. This is where anything that has to do with fashion takes place. I'm right here looking at the most beautiful models in the world and all of the most talented designs. I never realized how competitive the fashion industry is. Every design is so different and so vivid. I can feel the vibes coming off of every piece of clothing. Everything has a different story. I still can't believe Drakken and I have come so far. Maybe we'll make it after all. I hope so.'

"Lipsky." The male receptionist called across the room.

Drakken and Shego looked at each other. That was awfully fast. The approached the desk once again.

"Ms. Robyns will see you now." The male said pointing his manicured index finger lazily towards a rose-wood door with a golden knob. The name plate said: Ms. Robyns – Approver of Patterns, Designs and Fashions. Drakken gulped as he opened the door and let Shego enter first. As they both strolled nervously into the humungous office they noticed a young brunette sitting on her desk. Her hair was full of paper-white highlights and her eyes were a strange violet color. She was dressed head to toe in a sharp lavender suit. She was wearing thin-strappy high heel shoes that were adorned with azure colored jewels. She was a very wealthy and successful looking woman. Her hair was very short and business-like looking. She crossed her almost invisible ankles and smiled slyly at them.

"Good hafter-newn," she said with an accent, "Drakken and Seeego iz et?"

"Shego." Shego corrected.

"Oh-kay. Et ez good to meet jou," she hopped off of her desk, "My jame ez Lily Robyns." She shook Drakken's hand enthusiastically. Shego could already tell that Ms. Robyns had not lived in America for the majority of her life.

"But," she continued wagging a finger, "Jou must call me Miz Robyns. I was quite anziouz to meet jou. Scarlee dust went on for 'ours about jou ova de tel-eh-fone." She twirled one of her longer strands of hair in her finger, "You 'ave a portfoleeo?"

Drakken handed it to her, "Here you go Ms. Robyns."

"'hank jou." She opened the manila folder and gazed over the glossed designs and then slipped a pair of sequin reading glasses onto her eyes. Every now and then Ms. Robyns would make a humming noise which would always make Drakken leap inside and Shego feel a bit sick. Drakken wondered what she was thinking as she thumbed her long fake nails through his photographs and design prints. He was a bit worried because he didn't hire a real model for the photo prints, he had simply taken some Polaroid's of Shego wearing all the creations.

"Eet ez very good. 'es aye really like dis." She said slowing down to look at each of their masterpieces more closely, "we never get anything like dis at Club Banana."

"Really?" Drakken asked hopefully.

"Yessss. Scarlee waz rite about jou. Jou're both very talinted." She closed the cover after looking one more moment and looked back at them. Drakken and Shego stared at her waiting for her answer. She giggled.

"Et iz funneh. Jou look zo very eager. Al'ite, al'ite. I will give jou a chance."

Shego felt her heart lift and then realized Drakken was too amazed to speak. "T-thank you Ms. Robyns."

"Jou're welcome. Well it just so 'appens that we need somebody to dezign a pritee sundress. 'omething light colored and that can be modeled by our models," Lily stopped talking to thumb through some contacts when she finally pulled out a small white card, "here jou are, Irene will model jour dress. On this card are her mezzurmentz." She handed the card to Drakken who was still speechless.

"Okay." Shego said.

"Jou two need to 'ave it redee by Saturday at noon. 'aving more zan one dezin iz acceptable. We will pick one if we muzt." She smiled.

It was as simple as that.

"Thank you." Shego repeated for the second time.

Drakken breathed out softly in a chorusing repeat, "Yes thank you."

"Mhm," She wavered her hand towards the door, "I think I muzt 'ave another appointment now. I shall see jou later."

.Drakken and Shego each shook Ms. Robyns hand and filed out of the room single file, Drakken ahead of Shego. As soon as the waiting designer had let himself in and closed the door Drakken leaped into Shego.

"We did it! We did it!" He cried over and over.

Shego was just as excited as him. "Yes we did! We really have our first assignment with club banana! It's so exciting!" They embraced and then kissed passionately.

Shego felt her face becoming hot when she realized the entire waiting room was staring at them. She straightened her dress and then tried to keep herself from getting giddy again, "Well that's that. Let's go out and celebrate or something."

"Can we go to the cheesecake factory?"

"…"

"Please?" Drakken cajoled.

Shego rolled her eyes as they started out of the room, "Fine but I get to have that big Godiva chocolate cheesecake for desert."

Drakken nodded and took her hand. He felt himself smiling still. He couldn't believe it; his name no longer held a threat or made anyone shudder at its mention. It had finally happened. He had entered and passed into the world of business. Drakken swore it was one of the best feelings in the world.