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Red and Green for Christmas, Blue and Green for Love
By Lil' Slugger24
Chapter Six
Drakken sat with his head held up by his hands. He was thinking about Shego and how he would never be able to have her. He had never been so depressed in his life which was saying something.
"Dr. Drakken! Dr. Drakken!" Shego's voice entered his ears faintly. "You have to see this!"
Drakken stood and began to run to where he heard the voice of Shego. He smiled as he knew he was approaching to her location. Had she changed her mind about him? Did she want to be held by his arms?
Drakken saw the figure of the attractive cohort and his grin widened. He felt his heart leap with excitement and his lungs lost their air. He rushed forward to greet his love.
"Look at what Carmichael got me!" Shego cried, holding out her hand to reveal a sparkling bracelet.
Drakken's heart sank when he recognized the item. It was the bracelet that he had gotten for Shego and she thought her Secret Santa gave it to her. The green emerald of the diamonds engraved into the silver background stung his eyes to look at. Each piece of the jewelry was hand crafted and made professionally to only fit the person it was made for. Drakken had spent his entire life savings on it and Shego was accepting it from someone else.
"Wow… it's really beautiful…" Drakken sighed.
"I know!" Shego chirped. "I'm going to go tell him 'yes.'"
Drakken's face fell. "'Yes' to what?"
Shego giggled and held the bracelet to her chest. "He asked me to date him and I agreed to if he did something extraordinary for me! I think this qualifies as that!"
Drakken had tears forming in his eyes but he wouldn't let them pass their rightful places. He smiled and gave a thumbs up to Shego, unable to speak.
"See you, Dr. D!" Shego laughed. "I have to go find Carmichael!"
Shego rushed past the heart-broken man to find someone else she was interested in. Drakken waited until she was gone to allow his tears to pass. He sank to his knees and hung his head, tears wetting his cheeks.
'Way to go, Drakken…' he thought. 'You have a chance with the woman of your dreams, and you neglect to take credit for the one gift that would've changed her mind…'
Drakken stood and grabbed his coat from the chair on which it was drying and placed it over her shoulders. He looked around for a long time at the room he just had hot chocolate with Shego in. He took a glance at the clock which now read 8:30. Just over three hours until Christmas and he couldn't have been unhappier. He let a tear fall from his eye and walked out of the door. He needed a long walk to go over his thoughts.
Shego found Carmichael sitting at a table in the cafeteria eating a piece of turkey left over from the big Christmas banquet. Shego hurried over to him and kissed him on the cheek.
"You are the sweetest thing! Thank you so much!" Shego squealed.
Carmichael let a piece of food drop to the floor. "Uh, Shego? I haven't done anything for you yet."
Shego giggled. "Oh, yeah? Take a look at this then!" Shego said, holding out her prized bracelet.
Carmichael studied the trinket and glanced back to Shego's face. "I didn't get you that…" he trailed.
Shego's face fell. She looked down to the item which she held so dearly and then back to the man's face before her. "If you didn't get me this… who did?"
Carmichael shrugged and then smiled suggestively. "You know, most girls ask for seconds when they kiss me…" He puckered up and leaned forward. Instead of being met by Shego's lips, her fist found its way square into his jaw.
"Back off, Carmichael!" Shego snapped. "You didn't give me this! That means I still hate you with a fury!" Shego stood and rushed from the room, leaving Carmichael with a sore mouth and a piece of wisdom: Never tic off Shego!
The snow looked dark blue with the black background of sky shadowing it. Drakken walked with his hands in his pockets. The leafless trees were quite intimidating in the silence of the night. Drakken didn't notice and didn't care. He was in his own bubble of self-loathing for being so noble and caring.
"I know," Drakken mimicked himself in a dorky voice, "I'll get her something really great and then lie about who got it for her! That should really put me in with the others on her list of wants!"
Drakken had ceased his tear fall and was looking around at the environment. The colors of the Earth covered in white powder, darkened by the night, somehow mirrored his emotions to the last resemblance.
"Why can I repeatedly try to overthrow humanity but cannot tell Shego my real feelings?" Drakken muttered to himself. "I'm pathetic… No wonder Shego thought someone else got her that gift…"
Drakken continued walking, with no intention of going back, into the cold night.
Shego rushed to the living room to confront Drakken with the event that had just taken place. When she got there, Drakken was no where to be found and his coat had disappeared. Shego had guessed that he went out for a walk and decided to go out and find him.
With two quick slips of her hands through her sleeves, Shego was ready to go into the cold night. There was something she wanted to talk to him about.
Drakken never looked up from his stare at the ground. He had been walking for what seemed like a few minutes to him but in reality was much longer. He still hadn't calmed his mind down enough to feel at peace with himself. He would need much more time to think alone.
Shego had searched the perimeter of the lair multiple times with no luck of finding the doctor she so desperately wanted to speak to. There was something on her mind about him. She didn't quite understand the problem, but she felt that there was something wrong with him. The way he had been acting around her for the past couple of days was not the Drakken she was accustomed to. It was as if he had changed beyond all reasoning. And Shego wanted to find out why.
Drakken had come to a conclusion that tore his heart out. He would let her go. Shego was too beautiful, too free spirited, too independent to be confined to a life of crime with a middle-aged mad scientist. She needed to be let out into the world to find a life of peace and love.
Drakken sighed. "There are so many things I want to say to her… I have to let her go… I love her so much that I have to set her free…" Drakken turned on his heals. After letting a tear fall, he began to walk back to his lair to break the news to Shego. "I'm setting you free, Shego… No more will I torture you with my failing plans… I'm letting go…"
Shego sat on the couch in the living area of the lair. She had forced herself to stay awake. She wanted to be there when Drakken got back from wherever he went to talk to him. She had stayed awake and watched the clock tick from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day.
The door creaked and Drakken walked in. His hair had been wetted by the snow and frozen by the cold. He removed his jacket and took a seat next to Shego on the couch.
"Where were you?" Shego snapped. "I've been awake since you left, waiting for you to come back. I want to talk to you about something…"
Drakken lifted a hand to silence the green woman. He looked into her eyes. He saw confusion in them. Shego could see the sadness in Drakken's dark eyes. "Not before I tell you what I've been thinking…"
Shego sat back and waited for the doctor to continue. Drakken was finished with crying. This was what he seriously wanted to do. He sighed and put on his serious face.
"I want you to go." he said simply.
Shego was taken aback by this. "What?"
Drakken never changed his face but his emotions drastically moved about in his heart. "I'm nullifying your contract. I'm through with keeping you here. You need to get out into the world. I will take my evil affairs on my own. Good bye, Shego…"
Shego never changed her face, as well as the doctor. Drakken stood from his seat and walked away to his room. He had already said what needed to be said. He left to celebrate Christmas while under the influence of depression.
Shego smiled. This was what she had wanted for a long time now. The stupid contract was what had kept her working for the doctor. Without it, she was as free as free can be. She headed to her own room to spend the final night in the lair of her employer.
Drakken sat on the edge of his bed with a sad smile on his face. 'This was the best Christmas present I could have given Shego…' he thought. 'Too bad it is so hurtful to me…'