Disclaimer: This story is based upon characters created by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle for Disney. If you recognize the characters from the show, Disney owns them.

Flo Ming is very much her own woman. Keego can be rented for birthday parties and personal appearances.

I will never make any money from this.

"What do you mean, you 'left it behind'?" Dr. Drakken yelled.

"Well, that pink girl took it back," Keego said sadly. "Between her and Shego I really couldn't -" she stopped and pouted sadly.

Dr. Drakken had never before witnessed the devastating power of the Possible puppy dog pout. He fell victim to it faster than most, melting instantly. "I'm sorry, Keego," he said sappily as he knelt by her chair. "You say Flo Ming was there?"

"Who?" she sniffed.

"Black hair, fair skin, glows pink," Drakken offered.

"Yeah," said Keego. "Her, her boyfriend, and Shego."

"Regular family reunion, then."

"How's that?" Keego asked, surprised.

"Well, You have Shego's DNA, so that makes you related to her in a way." Drakken paced slowly and thoughtfully, "And - well, Flo's our daughter."

Keego made a weird, cute face. "You mean - that witch is - my sister?"

Drakken squinted thoughtfully, "I suppose so."

"Why isn't she helping us here?"

"Well, Shego had her adopted. I've only known about her a few months now."

"But she certainly shouldn't be fighting us!" Keego protested.

He shrugged, "She works for Global Justice."

"That's not right!"

"Tell me about it!"

"Okay," Keego began speaking rapidly, "She should be here with you. She should help us take over. If she really is your daughter, she should be supporting her Daddy and-"

"Unfortunately, she hasn't accepted me as a father figure."

Keego gasped. "But you are a wonderful Daddy!" she ran up and hugged him.

"Thank you, Keego."

She then leaned back and asked, "Did we get the flamingoat yet?"

"I'll order it soon."

"Order? Why not just steal it?"

"Have you seen the security around those things?"

Keego scoffed. "Trust me, Dad. I can handle that," she waved off his concern.

Shego watched Ed as he worked under the 'Green Monster' (10th Edition), completely oblivious to her presence. She had completely blown her little shopping trip the previous evening. Flo had been kind enough - okay, bothered enough - to let her leave without a fight. On a very deep level, Shego didn't like taking advantage of their blood tie, but life demands such things sometimes. She decided she would avoid it in the future. It would do her reputation no good at all if all her successes were just because of that.

What really bothered her was that thing, that - Keego. Shego shuddered just at the word, though she had no idea why it would bother her so. Being cloned did not make her happy in the slightest. The fact that Kim's DNA was obviously in the same mix disturbed her further. It represented a level of intimacy that she did not want to think about, even if it was oddly thrilling.

Then there was still the task of getting Ed a present. She decided she still wanted to get that same injector for him. This meant a greater challenge, now that it was known that the device was coveted. That suited Shego just fine.

The following afternoon, Don and Flo were using their rescheduled gym time to have a sparring match.

"C'mon," he taunted around his mouthpiece. He knew Flo needed some build up today. She was still off her game.

Flo came at him, only to be thrown behind him.

"You really need to stop going easy on me!" he told her.

Flo picked herself up, knowing that she was already trying her best. She decided not to let him get to her. This was just practice.

"Make me feel it, girl!" He taunted again.

Flo simply moved in and punched several times.

Don dodged all but one. He was knocked back only somewhat and felt it was her first decent move all morning.

"Don!" she cried. "Are you okay?"

Don stared at her worried face a moment. He took out his mouthpiece, "I'm fine." He started to remove the rest of his gear; "There's no point in this now."

"What are you talking about?"

"You finally land a punch on me and you freak out because of it?" Don said incredulously.

Flo didn't have an answer to that. She dejectedly took off her own gear.

Ron Stoppable walked up to the ring's side. "You kids quitting early?"

"Flo needs a break," sighed Don.

"I'm still not sure what the problem is," Flo was frustrated.

"Well, I did notice that you seem unwilling to fight Don right now." Mr. Stoppable smiled.

"Well..." Flo whined.

"Is it because he's your partner or your boyfriend?"

Flo's eyes expanded slightly. There was something very familiar about that question. "I don't know. Is there really a difference?"

Father and son exchanged a look.

"Maybe you've developed a fear of hurting the people you care about," said Mr. Stoppable.

Flo leaned on the ropes around the ring as she thought, "So that would mean ... I choked last night because..."

"You care about Shego," announced Don. "Is that so awful?"

"She's not exactly family," Flo said softly.

"Aren't your uncles family?" asked Don.

"Like it or not, she's blood," said Mr. Stoppable.

"I don't know whether I do," said Flo.

"Then you need to decide sometime," smiled Mr. S.

"Like with Drakken," said Don.

"Huh?" asked Flo.

"Well, you've never had a problem facing him," said Don.

"That was easy," huffed Flo. "He's done nothing but try to hurt me."

"And Shego's only hurt you part time," joked Mr. S.

"Not at all since she told me," Flo squeaked.

"So you don't want to be the one to break your truce," said Don.

"Something like that, I guess."

Ron took hold of Flo's hand, "You know, you're not the first person to deal with a family black sheep."

"Maybe in this way, I am," Flo was still speaking softly.

Don's father shook his head; "Maybe Kim and I can share the story with you some time." He then walked to another part of the gym, where several students awaited a Kung Fu lesson.

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Ron was referring to an episode of season 4. I'm guessing based on recent hints from the production staff on the Internet.