Chapter 14
"It's about time, Shego! Do you have any idea how much hiking I've done?" complained Drakken as he stepped into the hovercraft.
"I thought you were dead, okay! Give me a break!", replied Shego.
"As if a mountain lion could kill me...", replied Drakken with a sneer. His face turned to a pout, as the words 'mountain lion' escaped his lips.
On the flight back home, Drakken silently mourned for Kim. Since Kim was dead, he realized there would be no point in ruining his villain's reputation by speaking about the wonderful time he had spent with her. The down side to keeping it a secret, however, was that he had no one to talk to about his loss. He would have to weep on the inside, alone. Shego noticed a trace of sadness in Drakken's eyes, despite the fact he tried to hide it.
"What are you so pouty about?" asked Shego, "I got the top secret weapon you wanted. Plus a little surprise, you'll see when we get back to the lair." Shego gave an evil smile as she said the words 'surprise'.
"Oh.. uh.. good. Then my plan for world conquest is right on track. All I need now is to send a threat to the world's leaders, and watch as they bow to my will!", shouted Drakken.
"What, no evil laugh?" replied Shego, who was used to hearing Drakken's trademark evil laugh whenever he talked about his plans for taking over the world.
"I'm saving it for later", said Drakken with a frown.
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Kim and Ron hung unconscious from tight metal shackles on the wall of Drakken's lair. Kim had stopped bleeding from her head, and her eyes began to flutter as she woke. She was confused for a moment by her surroundings, then remembered how she had seen Shego for a second before being knocked over.
"Uhh... how long have I been knocked out?", she said to herself.
She felt dizzy, from the loss of blood she had experienced. The room seemed to spin and shift in her vision. A glance at Ron, showed he was waking up as well. One of his eyes was badly bruised from Shego's kick. He opened up the non-bruised eye and looked at Kim.
"Awww... Shego captured us!", said Ron, stating the obvious.
"I'll try to cut through the shackles with my laser ring", said Kim.
As Kim escaped from her shackles and began to free Ron, the hovercraft arrived on the roof of the lair with Drakken and Shego onboard.
"Ahh, It's nice to be home", said Drakken.
"Just wait till you see the surprise in the lab!" said Shego.
"Oooh... I like surprises!", said Drakken rubbing his hands together eagerly, "Is it evil?"
Shego led Drakken towards the door to the laboratory area where Kim and Ron were being held. She opened the door, just as Kim finished freeing Ron from his shackles.
"Aaargh! They've escaped!" said Shego in frustration.
"Kim!" shouted Drakken, "You're alive!"
He ran to her and embraced her, with the passionate fervor of never wanting to lose her again. Without a thought to the fact that Shego and Ron were watching, Drakken brought his lips to Kim's, and held her in a long loving kiss.
Ron stumbled back in shock, "Kim! Drakken! What?"
Shego said, "Now this is weird."
Kim and Drakken finally parted from their passionate kiss, now aware of the astonished stares they were getting from Ron and Shego.
"Kim are you crazy? That was Drakken! Not me! HEEELLLOOO?", said Ron, "Are you trying to make me lose my lunch here? Cause I had three grande sized nacos and that would not be a pretty sight."
"Listen Ron", said Kim as Drakken playfully ran his hand through her hair, "I know this may seem strange to you, but Drakken and I are a couple now."
"Ick", said Shego, "There goes Drakken's reputation down the toilet."
"Could you be any more sick and wrong?" asked Ron, "I mean, that's even worse than Eric!"
"Shut it, buffoon", said Drakken to Ron.
"I --I thought we had something together Kim. I mean after the prom and all...", muttered Ron sadly, "And what about your hero work? Are you just going to let Drakken keep this stolen weapon? Are you going to let him take over the world with it?"
"No", said Kim reluctantly, "I'm going to return that weapon to its rightful owners."
"What!", shouted Drakken, "But I need that weapon! It's integral to my plan for world domination! Are you going to arrest me now too?"
"I'm not going to arrest you. Ever again. But I can't just let you use that weapon and attack countries all over the world. You can tell Shego to try to stop me, but I'm taking that weapon", said Kim.
Shego lit up her glowing fire hands as Kim walked over to the weapon. Shego said, "I don't think so, princess."
"Shego, stop", said Drakken.
"You're just going to let her take our weapon away?", shouted Shego incredulously.
"Well... No", said Drakken, "I mean, I don't know what to do. This is a very awkward situation."
"You need to make a decision, like now!" said Shego, "What's more important to you? This sudden weird relationship with Kim Possible, or your life-long dream of taking over the world?"