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Drakken had given up on the brainwashing scheme, so it wasn't exactly surprising when he dropped a picture over the magazine Shego was reading. "And this is?"
"It's a Russian creation," Drakken replied. "The UN deemed it unethical for other uses, so Russia plans to destroy it and all records of it this weekend. It can recognize and recreate any face onto someone else's for two days."
"Lemme guess, we get this, I kidnap the president, and you act in his place and manage to become dictator?"
"Too close minded, Shego," Drakken chided annoyingly. "I was thinking you kidnap Amar Hajjad, the man who owns most of the oil in Saudi Arabia. With that power behind us, we'd be able to do anything!"
Shego nodded. "Not bad, Dr. D. I'll get it tonight."
She could practically feel Kim showing up and stopping them before the week was through, but she didn't say that.
That night, Drakken flew her to the specified government science center, where she slipped in and out with the machine. It was a screen with a camera above it and a scanner below it. Thin metal bands looked like they would attach around a head. If Team Possible caught wind of what they were doing, they didn't act yet.
The next few days were spent with Drakken fiddling around with the controls as Shego got back onto a normal sleep schedule. Her and Kim had come to the unspoken agreement that, now the threat of someone coming for her was recognized and could be dealt with by her, Shego was no longer needed.
Her nights felt empty now, oddly enough.
"It looks like you have to manually scan normal people's faces," Drakken said. "As for anyone in the public eye, I just need to search them. Look! I can become you!" Drakken turned the screen to her, which had one of her mugshots pulled up.
"Fascinating," Shego drawled.
"Here's phase two," Drakken began. "Hajjad will be in DC for a conference with the president. After this is over, he'll be going to staying at the Avery Georgetown. We'll break in, and after I, disguised as Hajjad, take his place and go through any notes he has, you'll bring him back to our lair."
"What do we do with him after that?" Shego asked.
"We keep him here, and you'll occasionally come back to bring him supplies. He'll be held for ransom in the event we get caught."
"Wait, you're going to pretend to be one of the richest, most powerful men in the world, and you aren't going to hire someone to do that?"
"Who else would I be able to trust, Shego?" Drakken whined.
"Literally anyone else if it's not me when it comes to babysitting!" Shego replied. Drakken pouted, and Shego sighed. "We'll figure that part after we get him, alright?"
"Fine."
Amar Hajjad's travels in DC was publicized to some extent. Drakken was beginning to learn simple phrases in Arabic in preparation. They were staying under an alias in a local motel in DC, which was booked for the week to avoid suspicion.
Shego led Drakken to Hajjad's room around midnight, guiding him on how to avoid detection. She had lifted a keycard from one of Hajjad's guards earlier, which she now used to get them in.
"Hey there!"
"Kim Possible!" Drakken yelled. Shego lunged at Kim and Ron jumped to the side. "How'd you find us!"
Shego had Kim pinned to the ground, but Kim kneed her in the gut and switched positions with her. "The UN sent me a message with some video footage," Kim said. "How could I not recognize you two?"
Shego's arms lit up with plasma, and Kim leapt off of her. Shego kicked at Kim's side, then sent a sweeping kick at her legs, which she jumped over. Kim ran to the wall and kicked off of it, sending a kick at Shego's head. Shego caught her and twisted her leg, then threw her to the ground.
"Shego, the buffoon is trying to get the machine!" Drakken shouted.
"Kim, don't let Shego kill me please!" Ron whined, slapping at Drakken's arms.
"That's what I'm doing," Kim replied, getting up as she started sending punches towards Shego. Shego dodged them and punched Kim's stomach.
Drakken's shout of rage surprised them both, and Ron was running away with the machine in hand. Drakken ran after him, out of the room. Kim went to follow, but Shego grabbed her by the arm. "Have you been safe?"
"What? Yeah."
"Good." Shego caught her breath and dusted off her clothes. "Should we go after them?"
"Probably," Kim sighed. "How've you been?"
"Fantastic. Drakken's plans are half baked and idiotic, life is truly perfect," Shego said, not needing to hope that Kim caught onto the layers of sarcasm.
"You should just tell me whenever Drakken comes up with something, it'd make my life easier," Kim replied with a smile.
"That'd take the fun out of this," Shego replied. Kim's smile widened, which Shego took as an accomplishment.
"I guess you're right. We should go after them."
Shego wasn't surprised when Kim and Ron got away with the machine and the police had caught Drakken. Shego managed to steal a car and get back to the lair. As she was deciding when she would break Drakken out (oh god, a week with utter silence would be amazing), she got a text from an unknown number. It read, "Meet Kim at her house tonight. Something happened."