Part 2
They woke up the following morning, got dressed, and went down to breakfast. The chairs were still on the table like Drakken had found them the night before. The doll however wasn't there. It should have been on the floor where he dropped it, but it had disappeared again. "I wonder where it's going to turn up this time?" Shego remarked. Drakken didn't even want to think about it, he just hoped that the doll had disappeared for good.
The rest of the day they finished getting themselves settled in, but by the time everything had been put in place it was night-time. "Would you like to order a pizza?" Drakken asked phone in hand. "Sure." Shego agreed sitting on the couch in the lounge that was just off the lab. She picked up the remote and flipped on the television. Her favorite program was about to come on and it was a new episode. "Ugh…I don't want to watch that!" Drakken exclaimed as he entered the room. "Too bad. I was here first so I pick first. You can pick next." She said with a smirk. He glared at the screen and muttered, "By the time this ends, she'll go to bed and I won't get to watch what I want." Shego turned to look at him. "What was that?" She asked. "Oh! Nothing." He quickly spat out sitting next to her. They sat there quietly waiting for the pizza to arrive. "I hope you ordered mushrooms and pepperoni on it." Shego said moments later when the doorbell rang. "Of course." He said with a smile as he ran to answer it. He was starving. Drakken slyly smiled as a plan popped into his head. He stood next to the intercom system and said into it, "Put the pizza down and leave." He ordered the pizza boy. "But what about my tip sir?" He asked confusingly. Drakken pressed a button and a laser appeared before the pizza boy's face. He jumped back in horror. "I'll give you a tip alright. If you value your life, put the pizza down and leave." Drakken chuckled to himself as he watched the pizza boy obey his order in terror and run away screaming. "I love being nasty!" He said proudly to himself as he picked up the pizza and took it inside the lair.
Drakken put the pizza on the table in the lounge and opened it. "Did you have enough for a tip?" Shego asked picking up a piece of pizza. "Oh, yea plenty." He said with a grin. Shego glared at him. She figured out by the look on his face that he just scared another pizza boy into giving them a free meal. Irritably she said, "How many times do I have to tell you, you don't do that. He could go blabbing to someone and…" "Yea, yea. I know. I just couldn't resist." Drakken sighed with a shrug, picking up a piece of warm, delicious pizza. Shego rolled her eyes and took a bite out of her slice of pizza. "In any case this is…" She looked over at Drakken, who had dropped his piece of pizza on the floor and was staring at something across the room in horror. If his eyes had gotten any bigger they would have popped out of his head, and he was no longer blue but a deathly shade of pale. "What's the matter, Dr. D?" She asked. Drakken lifted his arm up and pointed, unable to even speak. Shego looked over and immediately saw why he looked so horrified. A strange figure stood before them, it wore a long black gown with a vale draped over the face. All they could see from underneath the vale was a pair of red eyes glaring at them. The figure was transparent and had no feet, it seemed as though it was floating in mid-air. Shego dropped her pizza and stood up, ready to fight. She shot a green plasma blast at the figure but nothing happened. She tried a couple of more times, but to no avail. The figure only laughed. It sent shivers down both of their spins. Its laugh sounded truly wicked. "What is that?!" Shego said backing away. She didn't know how to react to it. She landed on the couch next to Drakken, who couldn't even move. Neither of them had ever seen anything quite like that before in their lives. Suddenly, the figure charged at them, its arms outstretched. "Aaaaaahhhh!" Shego and Drakken screamed simultaneously. Drakken grabbed onto Shego and held her tightly in his arms and without realizing it she did the same. They closed their eyes waiting for the worst, but when nothing happened they opened their eyes and saw that the ghost had disappeared. "W-what just happened?" Drakken stuttered, his whole body still quivering in fear. "I don't know…" Shego replied, apparently shaken herself. "Are you scared Shego?" He asked noticing that she was shaking too. "I uh…" Then she realized she was still hugging Drakken and quickly pushed him away. He fell off the couch. "No!" She spat out angrily. "I don't scare!" She added. "Well, you sure looked it." He pointed out. She went to open her mouth to say something, but nothing came out. She realized that for the first time in her life, she actually was scared. Normally, she wasn't because she could always defend herself, but the ghost wasn't even effected by her plasma blasts. "Aha! I knew it, you are scared!" Drakken said getting up from the floor and dusting himself off as he went. "Shut it!" Shego snapped not looking at him. She instead looked at the television. "Oh man!" She exclaimed. Her show had just ended and she missed it all. Drakken sat next to her and took her hand in his. "You know, it's alright to be scared. My Mom once told me that even the bravest people get scared." He said feeling bad for her. She pulled her hand away. "It's not alright. Not when you're me." She hissed, feeling defeated. She had to be brave for him, because he wasn't. She felt she let him down by acting frightened. After a moments silence, Drakken pointed out. "Well, the pizza is getting cold…" "I'm not hungry." Shego said looking at the pizza, wanting to throw up. "Come to think of it. I'm not either." He picked up the box and disappeared into the kitchen. He quickly stuffed it inside the fridge, not wanting to be alone for long. "I think we should try to go to bed." Shego said getting up from the couch. "Yea. Sounds good." He agreed following her up the stairs.
They came to a stop outside Drakken's room. He wasn't looking forward to going in there to face the darkness alone. "Uh…goodnight." He said rubbing his neck nervously. "Yea. I guess." She said. She wasn't too excited about sleeping alone either, but what choice did she have? It was either sleep alone or sleep with Drakken, and she knew he wouldn't allow it. He couldn't possibly have any feelings for her. Their relationship was purely professional. She sighed and turned to leave, but was stopped when Drakken grabbed onto her arm. "Shego…can you stay…with me?" He asked, his face turning a bright shade of purple. She smiled. She was hoping he would ask. "Ok. Just for tonight!" She said. "And nothing is going to happen!" Drakken nodded and took her inside his room, shutting the door behind them. He flipped on the light revealing a large room with a huge bed in the center.
He had finally gotten around to setting his room up. He went into the closet and pulled out a folded up air-mattress. "I'll just sleep on the floor. You can have the bed." He said. Shego smiled. He was more mature than any of the other men she had known. Most of them would have been glad to jump into bed with her. "I don't think that would be necessary." She said taking the air-mattress away from him. He looked dumbfounded. "I want…to be next to you." She admitted. He was stunned. "R-Really?" He asked unsure whether she was kidding or not. She nodded her head. Shego didn't want to sleep alone on the bed. What if something happened to her or Drakken? At least if they were next to each other, they could be sure they would be alright.
"I'm going to go change. I'll be right back." She said, her hand on the doorknob. "Ok." Drakken said, still dumbfounded that she actually wanted to be close to him. She twisted the doorknob, but it was stuck. "Oh, c'mon! Really!" She exclaimed pulling at it, hoping it would somehow open. "What's wrong?" Drakken asked walking towards her. "It's stuck!" She told him. "Let me try." He suggested. She stepped aside and watched him. The door wouldn't budge for him either. "Gah!" He groaned. "Oh forget it!" Shego said disgusted. "Well, would you like to wear one of my pajamas?" He asked. She blinked. "I guess. What choice do I have? I can't sleep in this." Shego said referring to her jumpsuit. "But where am I going to change?" "In here." He said digging his toe in the floor, not wanting to look at her. She blushed. This was awkward. She thought as Drakken went into the closet and pulled out a pair of blue pin-striped pajamas. He handed them to Shego and turned around. "Don't worry. I won't look." He assured her…but he wanted to. He gulped listening to her unzip her jumpsuit. This night was going to be long and uncomfortable. In the morning they would have to find some way to get out, but right now the ghost wasn't too eager to let them leave. "Ok, I'm all done." Shego told him. The pajamas were baggy on her, but they were comfortable, and smelled like Drakken. She tossed her jumpsuit aside in the corner and sat on the bed. "What are you going to sleep in?" She asked. "Well, seeing as that was my only pair of pajamas I'll have to sleep in my clothes." He told her. "Oh." She felt bad, but it really wasn't her fault. He took of his lab coat and hung it up in the closet, and took of his boots. He was just wearing a pair of jeans, a black t-shirt, and had bare-feet. She looked away, she thought how sexy he looked when he wasn't in the lab-coat. Why was she thinking these things? Drakken was her boss after all. He climbed into bed and pulled the blankets over him. He edged himself close to the edge of the bed, wanting to give Shego enough room, and to assure her that he wasn't going to do anything. She followed suit and climbed under the sheets. Never in her life did she imagine she would be sleeping in the same bed as Dr. Drakken…