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Villain Retreat Part 3
There was no nightmare, and Shego awoke more shocked by this then anything. The smell of salt air and the feel of a breeze may have knocked the knowledge of one completely out of her mind, as she didn't remember dreaming at all. She flopped over to see the patio doors were open and the clouds showed that there might be a small storm coming. She sat up and looked across the room, wondering why Drakken had opened the doors. Until she saw him sprinting back into the room and close it, a small noise following. It took her less then a second to realize she should be glaring at him, but she didn't. Judging by the nervous look he held, the table having small parts all over it, and the way he glanced out the window, he hadn't been able to sleep and something had been dismanteled and now destroyed.
"What the hell did you do," asked Shego, Drakken jumped and his sheepish look turned to one of casual air.
"Nothing, just got some air," said Drakken as he strolled back to the table, he was already dressed and judging by his expression, he may have not even attempted sleep.
"You blew something up, didn't you," said Shego as she tossed her covers off and got up, she smirked.
"Did you see an explosion?" asked Drakken with a shrug, Shego rolled her eyes, "No one will know it was me... this is a Villains retreat.. explosions and mishaps are expected."
"Uh huh," said Shego, she headed to the bathroom, "Did you order breakfast?"
"Yes," came Drakken's reply as Shego got dressed.
"Did you tell them no mushrooms," said Shego, she waited, there was a long pause.
"... No," she groaned at his response, "I didn't have mushrooms in it..."
"Yes it did, I just told them to keep them out so you didn't whine," sighed Shego as she came out of the bathroom and pulled her hair back.
"Why are there mushrooms," scoffed Drakken, Shego glared.
"Because it's mushroom omelet and you're difficult," said Shego with an eye roll.
"Why are there mushrooms in an omelet, its just not right," said Drakken with a cringed expression.
"Why do you ORDER mushroom omelets instead of a regular one," said Shego with a sigh.
"I like the flavor profile," said Drakken, Shego sat down, "I got you strawberry waffles."
"That sounds good... so what happened after I left?" asked Shego as she sat down at the table and looked at parts, "What was this?"
"... this was the coffee maker," said Drakken, Shego glared, "I already stolen the one from next door, they will never know."
"Nice," said Shego with a nod, she gestured again.
"I dunno what I was making with that," said Drakken indicating to outside, he held up something that looked like they had once been two pens, "I made a gun that shoots toothpicks."
"That's one hell of a splinter," said Shego as Drakken shot a toothpick across the room, "Close range only."
"Yeah, the springs not powerful enough," said Drakken with a shrug as he put it down, "Well when I got back, Hermes had bailed, Pandora had clearly had too much, I think Hench is traumatized, Camille and Dementor shared hairless cat photos... which honestly I didn't care for, and Ed attempted to get everyone to go skinny dipping."
"And?" asked Shego, she glared at the mention of Pandora but shook it off.
"Well he wasn't in his room so either they went skinny dipping and died or there passed out on the beach somewhere," said Drakken with a shrug, "I left after the cat photo share."
"Ah, so I missed absolutely nothing, what a relief," said Shego as she spun what was once the grate on the bottom of the coffee pot.
When he didn't reply and it grew silent, it meant he was lost in thought about something. She wondered what monstrosity his bored rambling mind was concocting and what appliance might be the next victim. Her own thoughts fell back on the night prior, wondering if maybe the first instinct of bailing was the right one before she'd replayed the last time she'd ditched him. While no one knew it had anything to do with her, the fact that the story was told made her nervous about what else might by said or implied. She got up to get the door without much thought as the food arrived. When she went to sit back down, she realized Drakken was glancing at her. She fought an actual groan, she really hoped he didn't ask to know more about what Pandora said, it was mentally draining just thinking about the argument that would pursue when she refused to talk about it, luckily a new distraction arrived.
"What did they do, grow an entire fungus colony to inhabit the eggs," whined Drakken, and Shego sighed at least he was distracted for the time being.
It would have been great if that had been the only distraction from whatever Drakken might or might not inquire about, but it wasn't. Halfway through her waffle and Drakken muttering as he picked out mushrooms, there was a pounding at the door. Before either could make the choice of who was going to answer it, the patio door opened and Ed stood, out of breath, and soaking wet. It was expected to see Cleopatra due to the other day, beside him. However an equally soaking wet Duff stood beside him.
"Cuz... Green..." Ed held up his hand and tried to catch his breath.
"SHEGO!" came the voice of Adrena Lynn from the door, then, "How did Motor Ed beat us here?"
"Someone broke a heel," came another female voice, DNAmy to be exact.
"I can't believe you were going to leave me," came the haughty voice of Camille Leon.
"Ignore them," coughed Duff, "Drakken, Shego... Join us."
"Seriously," said Ed, finally catching his breath, "Join us."
"... for what?" asked Drakken, Shego was half unsure if she should blast them or answer the door.
"The... things... the hunt thing," said Duff, he made a gesture to a piece of paper.
"Seriously... are you two not participating in the activities?" asked Ed with a raised brow.
"You guys ARE?" asked Shego, she opened the door, "Are you here for that too."
"Yes, join our team," said Adrena, "It'll be totally FREAKY! Besides, we totally have to beat Anubis and Dementor."
"Anubis and... what happened after I left last night?" asked Drakken as he read the itinerary, "Ooo, a scavenger hunt."
"I'll pass," said Shego as she closed the door, her stomach dropped, "have fun girls."
"Ha!" yelled Motor Ed at the door.
"I'm not joining you either," glared Shego, "I think I'm going to hit up the pool today."
"Seriously... come on.. fine, Cuz?" asked Ed with an eye roll, "Guess it's just you then."
"Come on Drakken, if we hurry we can cut off Sweets and Cleopatra. They'll be trying on shoes all morning anyways..." Duff yelped as something flew at him from over the wall.
"Well prove us wrong and stop accessorizing, Cleo, nice gesture, " said Ed as he leaned back out the door, "Maybe later, Babe, seriously."
"I, she already tried drowning us, don't push it," said Duff, they looked at Drakken, "Well?"
"Ohm," said Drakken, Shego saw him glance towards her, "I'll pass."
"Seriously," scoffed Ed, "We wasted time already, let's go Nine Iron."
"You know I wish Fist was here, he'd be pretty handy for some of the high reach one's we'll find," said Duff, he trailed off as they headed off.
"That's a weird combination," said Drakken as he stared after them.
"What was that?" asked Shego, she crossed her arms and glared at Drakken, "That's up your alley, you should have gone with them."
"I'm... just not in the mood," said Drakken, he shrugged and poked at his eggs as he looked at the first part of the scavenger hunt, "Honestly I'd much rather hit up the cafe."
"...I could go for a frappe," said Shego, she wasn't going to press it, because at least this way, he wasn't playing twenty questions.. for now.
The cafe was crowded to say the least, it was apparent a majority of the scavengers were also eating here to get a quick jump on the activity. Shego was planning on just ditching Drakken there, perhaps if they could find Ed and Duff, then he'd join them because he had no choice. Or he'll go back to the room and dismantle another appliance. However her thoughts of vanishing did so on their own as she caught sight of Cleopatra and Carmella both looking at them, Carmella in particular looking at Drakken. She was about to say something but Drakken had already noticed and gave a slight wave, Carmella waved back and indicated to the seats, Shego didn't miss Cleopatra's look of terror.
"If we sit by them, is Cleopatra going to die?" asked Drakken with a slight smile as he waved.
"They might both die," said Shego, her eyes narrowed at him.
"Shall we then," said Drakken, there was a glint in his eye that she liked, it meant he was scheming.
"Well, let's," grinned Shego as she finally got her frappe and they walked over.
"Have a seat you two," said Carmella as they walked over, the grin on her face made Shego question her sanity even more than usual, Cleopatra looked the right amount of annoyed and compliant as Shego sat across from her.
"So you two are working together again?" asked Carmella, Drakken raised a brow, "Gossip runs wild you know, never can keep up."
"Yes, and looks like you two are as well," said Drakken, the level of over-pleasantry made Shego unsure if she wanted to smirk or scowl.
"No, actually," said Cleopatra, "We both agreed we are far too hostile when we work together."
"We saw," said Drakken, "How did you ever get all that gum off."
"Yeah, that was quite a.. sticky situation you were in," said Shego as she drank her frappe with a smug smirk, especially at Carmella's slight eye twitch and smile.
"Speaking of getting things out," began Carmella, but Cleopatra changed topic, unfortunately.
"Milly, if we waste any more time the guys are going to beat us," said Cleopatra quickly, "We haven't found the clue here yet and it's only a matter of time before those idiots figure it out."
"Right," said Carmella, getting up, "To be continued."
"We'll stay tuned," said Drakken smugly as his food was delivered.
"Is it wrong I kind of want to follow them around and push buttons?" asked Shego as she watched the two walk around.
"Yes, and I like it," grinned Drakken as he picked up a napkin and looked at it.
"Fruit salad?" asked Shego with a raised brow, as she took one of the strawberries, "Interesting choice."
"Trying something different," shrugged Drakken, something about his demeanor made her suspicious, but her question stopped as he looked outside, "I'm feeling a swim, you?"
Drakken wasn't sure how long he had until Shego started to see through his rouge. He was starting to feel like an idiot with all his mind changing antics. Alright, she he did want to go on the scavenger hunt... but the idea of doing it alone, or worse, with Eddie and Duff.. No thanks! So this was the next best thing, keep suggesting different things to do and places to go, secretly try and figure out the clues, and on the way... sabotage anyone else. He and Shego ducked behind a large tropical bush as Anubis, working with Dementor and someone named Myron, stepped right into a snare. In one swift yank he took out the other two and flew into the treeline. Shego gave a muffled snort as Dementor's helmet got turned around and he banged into a tree. Drakken didn't look much longer because his vision was blurred by tears as he tried to suppress his own laughter. The two ducked through the trees and towards the resort again and let the laughter escape.
"Did you see his face?" laughed Shego, "He looked like a scared puppy."
"He sure peed like an untrained one," replied Drakken, it renewed Shego laughter, "But Dementor..."
"Poor Ludwig," said Shego with the best calm she could muster before they continued laughter, "Okay, where to next?"
"Huh?" asked Drakken, he looked up quickly.
"Please, I figured out you were playing the game after you caused Killigan to fall off the dock with the clue, why do you think I blasted Ed?" asked Shego with an eye roll.
"Because it's Eddie and you enjoy causing him pain?" asked Drakken, he smirked as she nodded, "I didn't want to work with them.."
"So you tricked me into playing, score one to you... By the time I realized it, I was having too much fun sabotaging," said Shego, she looked around, "I saw DNAmy is here working with Camille and Adrena... where do you think they are?"
"Plushed animals in the gift shop," said Drakken with a shrug.
"That makes sense," said Shego, "You guessing?"
"No... that's the next location, I have no idea where they are," said Drakken holding the paper to her.
"What? How do you... you are the most oblivious person I know, give you a puzzle and suddenly you're the Riddler," scoffed Shego.
"The Riddler wrote riddles Shego, he didn't solve them," said Drakken smugly.
"Uh huh," said Shego with an eye roll, "Hey what do we win, anyways?"
"Teamwork," said Drakken, he gave a hopeful smile and she groaned, "I'll buy you a cupcake."
"Whatever..." she smirked, "Guess whose at the gift shop."
"Who... well that was just a lucky guess," said Drakken as they looked up to see DNAmy, Camille, and Adrena digging through plush, Shego was sprinting towards the shop, "Shego.. Shego?"
"That was stupid," said Shego as she crossed her arms and looked around the lobby, "Canceling the hunt because of a sword fight with stuffed animals.
"What was stupid was the fact that you chose a snake plush as a weapon," said Drakken, rubbing his eye.
"Oh because your platypus did you so much good," said Shego with a glare.
"Besides it got canceled because someone plasma blasted someone through a window," said Drakken, and Shego saw the eye roll.
"Next time when I tell you to duck... duck," said Shego, corssing her arm.
"You told me to duck... after I was on the other side of the window," said Drakken with a glare.
"Adrena ducked," said Shego, she indicated to where Adrena lay on the lobby couch with ice on her nose.
"Right into a counter," she groaned, "My head hurts."
"Personally I thought it was fun," said DNAmy with a giggle.
"So did I," said Camille as she looked at her nails, "Uhg, I need a new fill."
"You two abadanonded me," said Adrena with a glare, "The only one who stuck by my was Dr. Drakken."
"... ohm," Drakken raised a brow and whispered, "Did it look like I was helping her?"
"Not at all... she may have a concision," said Shego with a grimace, she smirked slightly, trying to tell herself not to make a joke, Drakken's lip twitched too and they looked around.
"Hey guys... whoa, what happened to the blonde babe?" asked Ed as he leaned over where they sat, "Wretched hit it looks like... there was a lot of injuries on this hunt thing, seriously."
"Glad we didn't participate then," said Drakken, Shego shrugged.
"Anyways, you two see my Babe?" asked Ed, "She said something about cooking and that's it?"
"Excuse me, what happened to 'It's not like that?' at the bonfire?" asked Drakken, Shego raised a brow.
"It ain't, seriously," glared Ed, "But as she is here with me, don't want anyone getting ideas, seriously. Dome head was hitting on her when we were looking for shells hiding the clue earlier."
"Speaking of Dementor, haven't seen him in a while," said Camille looking around the lobby.
"Try the dingy out past the doc," muttered Ed, he sighed, "Oh no way man, seriously. That's what she meant by cooking. I am not doing anything like that, seriously."
"Like what?" asked Shego, who'd been staring off at the clouds over the beach, she turned to see people walking towards a room where a kitchen was set up, "Oh man, someone is getting stabbed before the nights over."
"Let's go," said Drakken with a broad grin, Shego looked at him with a concerned look, "What?"
"Do you want it to be you?" asked Shego, "Cause it might be."
"Don't be a sour patch kid, let's go," said Drakken, making a gesture.
"Sour patch?" asked Shego as Drakken began to walk slowly over to where people were headed in.
"Have fun," waved Shego as she sat back and relaxed.
"Guess it's just you and me, Green," said Ed as he flopped next to her.
"Dr. D, wait up," said Shego as she sprinted after him.
Shego ate another grape and heard Drakken sigh, she smirked and ate a marshmallow. She pretended to be listening to the instructor, but she was trying to find more ways to annoy Drakken. She didn't have any want or desire to be in a cooking class, and if it wasn't for the weather outside, she would be sunbathing on a beach. Instead she was making a fruit salad and some sort of pineapple wrap. She smirked and looked at the pineapple, as she reached for it, Drakken shoved it on the other side of the counter. She smirked, that only made it more obvious she was on the right track. She reached more, he slid it on the other side of him, looking forward the whole time, his eyes narrowed as he shook his head. Shego sighed and stood up, she smirked and began drifting to the other side of him. He moved the plate again.
"Shego," he whispered, the irritation was palpable.
"Hmm?" asked Shego, she grabbed the mixing spoon , "Don't make me make a scene."
"You wouldn't... you know too many people here," said Drakken, his eyes darted around the room.
"I'll make it look like your the one making a scene," said Shego, spinning the spoon ideally.
"Try it...and.." he got a devious look that made her raise a brow, "I will make an even bigger scene."
"Mine will be better," said Shego, his expression didn't waver.
"Can you be so sure," said Drakken, the smirk he held made her side and she put the spoon down, "Thought so.. Hey!"
"You let your guard down," said Shego as she slid in front of him and took the plate.
"Shego, no," muttered Drakken, he attempted to get the plate away from her.
"Can you two keep it down, some of us are actually trying to learn," scoffed Camille, who despite not involving fire, had smoke smudge marks on her face as she glared back at them.
It was suddenly apparent they were not as silent as they had attempted to be, and the entire class, their villainous peers included, were all looking at them. Shego became aware, the same time Drakken did, that in his attempts at retrieving the pineapple, they two were very close and Shego was pinned between him and the table as his arms outstretched to the platter. Without thinking and without much thought, she shot a plasma blast at him for the second time today. It wasn't a strong one, but she hadn't been aware he'd already stepped back and her blast had simply caused him to loose his footing.
"Shit," said Shego as she heard Drakken yell, now they had made a scene.
"You stabbed me," said Drakken angrily, staring at anything but Shego.
"I did not stab you," said Shego, she cringed as she looked at his wrapped arm, "Why there was an unattended knife just sitting on that table..."
"You blasted me into a table with a knife," said Drakken, his arms were crossed and he was focusing on the clouded setting sun, "You plasma blasted me twice... and stabbed me. In the span of... twelve hours."
"I said I was sorry," said Shego with a sigh, she picked at the fruit salad, "I finished making the salad fluff thing..."
"As I was bleeding... thanks," said Drakken as Shego slid the container towards him, "I'll pass."
"Stop overeating and eat the salad," said Shego with a groan, he was going to milk this the rest of the week.
"Over... are you... fine," said Drakken as he grabbed the salad a little more aggressively then Shego thought necessary, "Is it poisoned?"
"No, that's tomorrows antics," said Shego with a shrug, Drakken stared at her, "Well I gotta shake it up somehow."
"It better be a better poison then this," said Drakken as he put his fork down, "What did you do to this."
"It can't be that bad, I followed the stupid," Shego took a bike and gagged, "That's discussing."
"You didn't try it?" asked Drakken as he went to grab something to get rid of the taste.
"No," said Shego, she grabbed the bottle of champagne, "There was blood everywhere."
"Again..."
"Fine, yes, I stabbed you... ," said Shego handing him the bottle, she smirked a little, "But did I not warn you someone was getting stabbed tonight?"
"Please tell me you didn't plan it," said Drakken, his eyes wide, but a look of skepticism behind his expression.
"If I had planned to stab you... I would have been far more discreet and stabbed you in the leg so you couldn't run away from me after," said Shego, she saw the smirk flicker on his face.
"I would expect nothing less," said Drakken, it was silent for a minute, "Why did you plasma blast me, anyways?"
"That was nothing.. I stabbed you remember," said Shego, there was that freezing feeling again, the memory of everyone staring, of how close Drakken was, or how it should have been more awkward, a fleeting burst of panic and anger that had hit her, "Gut reaction."
"Pleasant," said Drakken, he looked in thought, "Since you stabbed me..."
"Just so I know, how long are you milking it for?" asked Shego, she was not spending all week with this.
"Depends on your answer," said Drakken, he smirked, and the glint in his eye seemed familiar but she couldn't place it.
"What's the question?" asked Shego with a raised brow, she leaned over the couch and looked at him, she tried to match his expression, to see if he shifted to try and figure it out one beat ahead of him like normal.
"Shego...you know what, never-mind," said Drakken, his eyes looked away from her and he headed to the bathroom, "I think the painkillers are kicking in. I... I'm getting ready for bed."
"No, what is it?" asked Shego, she blocked him, "Come on, speak up, you do otherwise."
"Fine," said Drakken, his posture stiffened and he opened his mouth to speak, just as a knock came at the door, "Can you get that?"
"... okay," said Shego, she walked backward to the door and glared at him, "Not over."
"We'll see," said Drakken, and he darted into the bathroom.
Shego glared, with all that had gone on in the last few months, the last thing she wanted was unreadable looks and unclear statements. Things were finally back to normal and it was like the whole incident with Prison, Warmonga, and their brief separate diabolicals. She yanked open the door about to tell whoever it was to buzz off, unfortunately that agitation vanished to a mixture of emotions that she wasn't sure might win over. Pandora stood there, there was no arrogance on her face, and no gile behind her expression.
"Shego, we need to talk about last night," said Pandora, and suddenly one of the emotions won over, and Shego's fist drew back.
Carry on My Wayward... Okay moving on →
