Disclaimer: This story is based upon characters created by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle for Disney. If you recognize the characters from TV, they aren't mine. I will never make any money from this.

Another One Bites The Dust

Ed ripped on his air guitar, "Ohhhh! Let's go!"

"Wait just a second!" Shego said coolly. "We should check out the layout and setup first."

"That's why you're the best, Babe," Ed grinned.

"Flattery will get you nowhere." Shego spent the next few minutes on Ed's computer, hacking into HenchCo's security and data systems.

HenchCo actually had changed its security surprisingly little in the last few years. Shego wondered if her dropping out of the evil community had made them lazy. She smiled at their fortunate timing. "The models we want will be together on display in a showroom in Atlanta tomorrow."

"Heavy. Seriously, that is awesome." Ed made pistol-waving motions with his hands. "We should go in with guns blazin'! Like cowboys shooting up town."

Shego started to tell Ed what a stupid idea that was. Then she remembered that this would be her first big theft in several years. Since she was re-entering the villain community, she may as well do it big and loud. "Why the heck not."

"See, I knew we could work it together, Babe!" Ed then let his hands dance in front him across an imaginary fret board, "Seerioouusssleeeey! Yeah!"

Ed walked warily down the street in a large fedora hat with his brim pulled way down low. There was no sound but the sound of his feet. His laser guns were ready to go.
" Are you ready?" Shego asked over the transceiver.

"Yup," Ed smiled. "Hey, are you ready for this?" he asked cautiously.

"Of course, I am," Shego was pleased with herself. "Why? Are you hanging on the edge of your seat?"

Ed cued up his favorite tunes on the MP3 player he had brought along as he walked up to the showroom entrance.

Out of the doorway lasers ripped, to the sound of the beat in Ed's ears. "Yeah!"

Ed fired stun force blasts at every thing that moved or looked like it was going to move. Each time he thought joyfully to himself, 'another one bites the dust'.

As he continued causing chaos, henchman rushed forward. The first group was unarmed.

He simply began muttering to himself as he mowed them down, "Another one bites the dust."

Ed watched the fifth henchman he shot spasm before falling unconscious. "And another one gone." Number six almost tripped over number five, but got hit by Ed's beam instead. "And another one gone."
The two left behind him were turning tail. Ed shot the one on the left. "Another one bites the dust."

.The remaining henchman began to run even faster.
" Hey, I'm gonna get you too!" Ed yelled after him.

Shego landed in front of the luckless fool, seemingly out of nowhere. She held up one glowing hand, which the panicked man ran smack into. "Another one bites the dust," She smiled.

"Hey," complained Ed. "That's my line."

"Deal with it," she snapped.

"Do you think you're going to get along, without me when I'm gone?" Ed asked.

"Seriously." When Shego heard herself, she considered scraping her tongue.
" You can take me for everything that I have," Ed said reasonably. "I won't kick you out on your own."
Shego then ran one hand dreamily along the hull of the plane they had come for.

"Are you happy?" Ed asked her as he looked over the assault vehicle.

Shego nodded. "Are you satisfied?"

Ed just smiled.

A P.A. system crackled to life. "All security personnel, report to the showroom, please. Customers are invited to our observation lounge to safely view a presentation of our latest defense techniques. Refreshments will be served."

"They're sending more men," said Ed.
"How long can you stand the heat?" Shego smiled as her hands flared with power.

"Longer than you," he smiled.
Out of the doorway, the laser fire ripped to the sound of the beat.

"Look out," Ed said conversationally.

Shego merely tossed green kinetic energy at the men trying to get through the door.

The first laser-toting henchman was sent flying back into his buddies.
" Another one bites the dust," Ed cheered. Ed would simply not shut up as Shego knocked back every that appeared at the door. "Another one bites the dust.
And another one gone and another one gone
another one bites the dust."
Ed then noticed a man that must have been playing possum coming up behind them, "Hey!" Ed cried as he fired from his hip, "I'm gonna get you too." As the man fell, Ed breathed happily, "Another one bites the dust."
" Hey!" Shego yelled. "Head in the game!" She lobbed another blast at the door, where it struck a force field. A large device was just visible behind it.

The P.A. system started again. "Observe ladies and gentleman as our 'AOO' model, the latest in portable economy laser cannons enters our demonstration."
" Oh-" Shego said wide-eyed as the cannon's barrel came into view. The rest of her statement was drowned out by the sound of the large laser as it obliterated the air between the vehicles and burned a scar into the far wall.

"We'd better take it," Ed yelled. "Before we bite the dust"

Shego spat, "I'm not gonna bite the dust."

She leaped gracefully into the cockpit. According to the instruments, the system was still warm. No time to go through a preflight check. She had expected that, and was taking a chance with a strange plane under these conditions. It felt good.

Shego hoped that luck would be with her as she started up the engines.
She glanced out to see that Ed already had his new vehicle running and had moved it into position between her and the laser cannon.

The laser beam was scattering harmlessly off the high tech armor.

Once the plane's vertical engines were ready, Shego lifted off and hovered a moment before she yanked the stick back hard and quick, throwing the nose of the plane up toward the ceiling in a fashion that no plane had ever been designed to take during a low altitude hover.

At the same time, she launched a missile. As she righted the plane with the same reckless speed and precision, the ceiling exploded.

While Ed mowed the showroom's outer doors down, Shego roared into the sky.

Shego then steered toward her mountain rendezvous with Ed.

The next evening, the couple was cooking dinner over a fire after having spent a day in the mountains, repainting their new vehicles. While Ed had picked up several paints that morning, green was the color of choice for them both.

"There are plenty of ways that you can hurt a man and bring him to the ground," Ed said encouragingly.
Shego just grunted as she looked away from the jet's manual only a moment to inspect the hot dog that was toasting on the end of her stick.

"You can beat him," Ed lifted up one finger.
"You can cheat him," Shego offered without looking up from the book.
"You can treat him bad and leave him when he's down," Ed said pointedly.
Shego glared at him. "Yeah, what's your point?"

"Drew was hurt pretty bad when you left. "

"So what? "

"Seriously. Why'd you leave?"

She stared into the fire for only a second. "None of your doodlin' business." She then sneered at him, "You afraid I'll do the same to you?"

"No."

"well, It's not something to fear," Shego snapped. "It's something to expect!"
" But I'm ready," Ed said plainly.

Shego glared at him oddly for a moment.

"Yes, I'm ready for you to do whatever you want, Babe." Ed shrugged, "I'm standing on my own two feet, why shouldn't you?"

"Then why did you come get me?" she asked.

"I figured something happened." Ed shrugged. "Drew wouldn't talk about it any more than you. I gave him a little moral support before he got nabbed. But I really just wanted to see ya, Babe." Ed smiled at her. "I thought maybe you needed some help. The longer you were away, the more I thought I was right."

Shego hesitated before she spoke, "Whatev-"
Then something bright appeared in the cabin just uphill of their campsite. Out of the doorway, lasers ripped, as though repeating to the sound of a beat.
Shego and Ed both jumped back and then ran for their vehicles.

Once Ed was in his new truck he stopped to appreciate the way that laser fire refracted off her hood. He then christened this lovely machine, "the Glow." Then he switched on the small laser cannon, causing it to open from a panel in the roof.
Then he fired at the oncoming Global Justice agents, muttering. "Another one bites the dust, another one bites the dust, and another one gone and another one gone."

Shego gathered her things quickly and climbed into her plane. She started it up and was thankful for Ed's cover fire as the engine slowly began to turn.

Ed cheered loudly from his truck, "Another one bites the dust! Yeah!" "Hey," Shego heard one of the GJ geeks call out, "We're gonna get you too!"

"Not gonna happen!" Shego responded as she tossed glowing energy at the cocky fool.
He fell on his face. Another one bit the dust.
The plane then began to lift and hover over the shoot out, before flying gracefully away.
"E-he! Alright!" Ed called as he watched the plane fly off.

Then he looked at the agents closing in from all directions. "Oh."

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Sorry for making everyone wait. I just finished negotiating a new agreement with a striking Muse. She wanted more food for her plot bunny.