Disclaimer: This story is based upon characters created by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle for Disney. Since this story is set twenty-plus years later, all the characters under twenty-five years of age are mine.

With Bopper and Drakken defeated, Flo found a working terminal and contacted Global Justice. Kim was on the screen a moment later.

"Go Tower is Secure," Flo announced gleefully.

"Glad to hear it," Kim smiled. "That look works on you."

Flo blushed as she realized that Kim was referring to the pink and black jumpsuit she was wearing. "Thank you."

"Need a clean up team?" Kim asked.

"You can send one?" Flo was surprised.

"If the right person asks," Kim smiled.

Flo looked again at her jumpsuit, "Like a member of Team Go?"

"Hold on a minute!" Shego yelled. "The second they get here," She walked up and pointed to the screen. "She," the green clad woman spat, "will have me arrested!"

Flo considered her situation. Her mentor, boss and friend was ready to send aid now. Her current teammate, frequent enemy, and 'mother' feared incarceration. She decided to change the subject. "Shego, we still have to find the rest of the team. I saw Bopper throw them into the bay. They could be hurt, or worse."

The main door was blown open and a voice yelled, "Go Team Go!"

Flo's uncles then ran into the room and took fighting stances. She thought they looked like white belt martial arts students trying to impress their friends.

"Where have you been!" asked Shego impatiently.

"In the Go Sub," said Wego.

"Planning our strategy," said his twin, jabbing a thumb toward Hego.

"Where's the enemy?" asked Hego.

"Over there," answered Flo, gesturing at the corner where Bopper and Drakken sat handcuffed.

"Excellent work, Team!" Hego called out. He was obviously speaking to Flo and Shego, but the others seemed eager to accept the praise as well, particularly Mego.

"That's some kid you've got there, Shego," said one of the twins.

Flo smiled nervously. This was the first time since Shego had arrived that anyone had acknowledged their relationship aloud.

Shego looked over at Flo a moment with a poker face and at Kim on the screen. Then she smiled back at Wego, "No one I'd like better to have with me in a fight." Shego stretched out a hand and grasped Flo's shoulder.

Flo realized that, from Shego, this was high praise indeed. She responded with "Thanks, Shego," and then, slowly and awkwardly, gave her a hug.

Shego was surprised. The older woman hesitated before embracing the girl.

A mere week before, neither of them would have expected to be able to share a moment like this even under the best of circumstances. They were both pleasantly surprised at how right it felt to hold one another, at least for now.

Drakken and Bopper watched incredulously.

Team Go moved in to make it a group hug.

Shego's response to this was to bark, "Back off," right in Hego's face.

In due course, Flo returned each 'Go Glow' to its rightful owner.

"Global Justice wants to pick these guys up," Flo told Hego once he had reclaimed his super strength.

Shego but in, "If their coming, I'm going!"

Hego stepped in front of Shego, blocking her path, "Sis, I know you've chosen the path of evil, but I also know that you've done some good." He looked over at Flo.

Flo stepped up, "You could have..." She choked. She swallowed and continued, "Given me up a lot sooner than you did."

Mego put an arm around Flo, "Then this kid wouldn't be here to brighten our day."

Hego said, "I think you can turn your life around if you want to..."

All of Team Go nodded at Shego.

"And that starts with being accountable for your actions." Hego finished.

Shego considered her options while looking over Team Go. Each of her brothers was looking at her expectantly. She spent an extra moment looking into Flamingo's hopeful face. Her daughter's hopeful face with moist, pleading eyes.

Shego decided she'd rather overcome a couple of policemen later than take on her family now. "Whatever," she sighed as she slumped down in the green chair.

Kim was there with a team within an hour. Motor Ed was apprehended on the boat and handcuffed. Shego was restrained with special cuffs that absorbed her energy blasts.

"I am sorry, Flo" Kim said. "But Shego and Ed are wanted around the world."

"It's all right, Kim," Flo smiled at the couple. "This way I'll know exactly where to visit my birth parents." Flo walked up and gave the couple a joint hug.

"Uh," said Ed as the embrace was released, "That's seriously sweet and all, Pinky, but-"

Shego started to fidget. She moved to kick Ed's shin, but he dodged his leg to one side.

"I ain't your pop," Ed finished.

Shego went into a visible panic.

Kim gasped.

Flo was perplexed when everyone looked at Dr. Drakken.

Drakken was digging something out of his ear with his little finger. This act was made even less graceful by his handcuffs. He suddenly realized that he was the focus of everyone's attention. "What?" Then he realized what Ed had just said. "Oh." He chuckled nervously.

Drakken extended a hand to Flo, "Pleased to meet you... Uh." He looked confused, "What's your name again?"

Shego went nuts. "NOOO!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. Even with the power dampening cuffs on, her hands were glowing weakly. "He's lying!" She lunged at Drakken, only to have each of Wego catch her by an arm. "Shut him up!" She kept on screaming. "Don't believe him!"

Shego scratched at her brothers, "Somebody stop him!" She kept screaming as they dragged her out of the room. "Somebody KILL him!"

"What's eating her?" asked Drakken.

Flo fainted into Kim's arms.

Flo awoke in a pink room. It was the one in Go Tower. She sat up and tried to remember... "Drakken?"

"You all right now, Flo?" Kim walked up to the bed from near the window. She seemed to be the only other person in the room.

"Considering... I suppose I am." Flo looked around, "How long was I out?"

"Maybe twenty minutes." Kim sat down on the bed, "It is understandable that you fainted."

"Yeah," Flo sulked somewhat.

"I was pretty shocked myself. I guess I should have checked the math."

"Why?"

"You were born soon after Shego left Dr. Drakken."

Flo digested that. "So, I'm the reason they split."

"I don't know," said Kim. "Drakken said he didn't know about you until today. He didn't connect it until Ed denied your paternity."

"Yeah, but Shego denied him." Flo blinked, "or did I imagine that?"

"No," Kim shook her head. "I don't think I've ever seen her like that before." After a moment Kim said, "I had never thought that they were lovers. From her reaction, I guess Shego preferred it that way."

"So, not only are my birth parents villains, they hate each other, too."

"Now, perhaps." Kim put an arm around her. "They were once almost inseparable. In fact, they were the team I battled with most in my amateur years."

"Figures," muttered Flo.

"Are you hungry?"

Flo thought a moment, "Maybe."

"The rest of Team Go is ordering fried chicken."

"Okay," Flo stood up. "Wait a minute! 'The rest of Team Go'?"

Kim smiled, "All the pink stuff? It turns out you were wrong when you told me that you being on the team 'wasn't actually discussed'. They thought they were being blunt."

"So they considered me a member-"

"From the moment you first glowed."

"Wow, maybe Drakken was right."

"About what?"

"He told his girlfriend that they were too trusting to consider me a member when they hadn't met me."

"Maybe, but you are worthy of that trust. Aren't you?"

"I guess so."

"Come on, that chicken is probably getting cold."

Barbara Ming opened her front door. Her daughter, Florence was standing there.

"Florie!" Barbara was surprised. "You should have told me you were coming back. Your father and I would have picked you up."

Flo just gave her mother a strong hug. "The agency dropped me off. I –" Flo suddenly started to cry.

Now that Flo was home, she could cry. She was comfortable there with her Mom.

"Come on." Barbara guided her daughter in and closed the door. "Sit down."

They sat together on the living room couch.

"Something happen in Go City?" Barbara asked calmly. She was concerned for her daughter these days and glad for her skills as a Psychologist just then.

"A lot actually," Flo wiped her eyes with tissue. "Dr. Drakken attacked the tower. I was left alone and the only person that could help was - " Flo swallowed, "Shego."

Barbara looked up at Flo carefully, "and she is...?"

"Her, Mom." Flo emphasized as clearly as she could.

"Oh," Barbara said softly. This did seem to be something that anyone would have trouble handling so soon.

After Flo related the highlights of her latest adventure to her Mom, Barbara said, "At least you got a chance to work with them instead of against them."

"I still had to arrest them. Which was a little hard, but –" Flo paused.

"Even better, you put Drakken away," said Barbara. "Him, I've heard of." Barbara's eyes glazed a little. "I still remember being attacked by one of those growing toys while I was babysitt-."

Barbara stopped. Flo had started to sob harder.

"Florie? What's wrong?"

Flo managed to calm enough to speak again. "Remember when I said that 'he had a cousin that was worse'?" she asked through streaming tears.

"Yes," Barbara said carefully.

"That's Drakken!"

"So your blood family is a little.."

"That's not all." Flo watched as her mom settled to listen again. "I had just assumed that her husband –" Flo sobbed again. "But, I had the wrong cousin."

"Florie, what -?"

"He's my -" Flo just buried her face in her Mom's shoulder.

As an astonished and somewhat embarrassed Barbara was comforting her daughter, Yo Ming walked in from the garden. There were still smudges of dirt on his Asian features.

He stopped when he saw the scene, "Is everything all right?"

Barbara gave her husband a comforting look and brought Flo's head up to face her.

Flo sniffed at her Mom. Her face was a mixture of shame and sadness.

"Sit down, Dear," Barbara told her husband as she gestured at the recliner. "Florie, I want you to tell your Father the name of your birth mother."

Flo looked at her Dad a moment, "Sh-Shego."

"Thank you, Florie," Mom said encouragingly. "Now, tell us the name of your birth father."

Flo closed her eyes a moment as tears flowed again. "Drakken."

Yo's eyes widened, "Doctor Drakken?"

Flo nodded.

Barbara held Flo a little closer, "She arrested him today."

Yo walked over to the couch and put an arm around Flo.

"Now, who are you real parents?" asked Barbara.

Flo looked at her. Slowly, a smile worked its way through the tears, "You guys."

"That's right, girl," Yo said happily. "Don't you ever forget it."

Flo reveled in their closeness. "Never" she breathed.

FIN

The KP moment that most inspired this story is when Shego says "ick" during "Mother's Day". I was trying to reconcile that attitude with the events in "Emotion Sickness".

Flo could easily be my favorite original fanfic character. That may be because my favorite KP character is her mother.