That riled them up. What the hell was Shego talking about? She couldn't be telling the truth. She was probably just messing with them. Shego couldn't possibly know about their future mission before they could, she was just hired. She shouldn't be trusted enough for that.

The door to the canteen slammed open and Betty walked in. "It took you long enough to talk. I thought you would have said something about it by now."

Shego shrugged and looked at the brunette with a smirk, "Oh please. I wanted to at least try to prepare them before I told them. I didn't want them freaking out during my training. Do you know how hard it is to train mentally retarded idiots who are panicking? It was part of my job description when working with Drakken, but then again…. I forgot… even with his minions waiting apparently didn't help. They still hadn't improved. Well, I just hope to hell your men can shape up."

"Status report."

Everyone stiffened. Shego was about to rip them to shreds in front of their boss. Just great.

"They aren't horrible."

That shocked everyone. Shego was supposed to be a bitch, saying that they sucked shit like she told them they did every single day.

"But…" she continued.

That was more like it.

"They aren't ready. I would need another two weeks with them, and their TEAMWORK would need to improve greatly. Right now they're all loose cannons. They fight on their own and don't think about the people they're working with. If they would do that, even at their skill level they could probably make it through a lot of shit alive. Princess is probably the only one who could survive on her own, but even she'd be in a lot of pain. She's good with teamwork IF others would work with her."

"Then train them on teamwork."

Groaning the green woman said, "You know I'm not a teamwork expert. I've already been trying to get them to work together. I'm not one to work with others, I work alone."

"Figure something out then."

Shego frowned. "For a tactical advantage having groups of two would be the best. Everyone should have a partner during this mission. It would be best if they can work in groups, but as long as they can keep their partner's back protected then that could work in case of separation."

"Then separate them into groups of two."

"Betts, we have an odd number of people here… we'd have to have a group of three."

"No. I'm going to activate you as an agent and send you on the mission as well."

"What?!" Shego shrieked, slamming her hands on the table and standing. "I am NOT going on this mission with these imbeciles. I don't care about my evaluation. I work ALONE."

"Even if I triple your current pay?"

"Even if you triple my pay," she said sternly.

Betty sighed. "Everyone, go back to the gym and start stretching. Then I want you to do 100 laps around the gym."

They all murmured and headed back. Shego was going to follow when Betty grabbed her arm. "Nuh uh, you're coming with me. We need to talk."

"Fine," she groaned, following her.

The two walked briskly back to Betty's office, all the while Shego dragged her feet to make it seem like this was such a painful experience for her. They took a seat across from one another before they started talking. Shego slouched and drummed her fingers on the desk.

"Look, Shego, I know you really dislike my agents and don't want to work with others, but honestly, I need you. I'm worried about this upcoming mission."

"I'll prep them as much as you want, but I can't be going on that mission. I don't work well with others. You know what happens when I get paired up with someone. I just leave them behind if they drag me down."

"Then can I send you on another mission? This one is going to be solo."

Shego narrowed her eyes. "What sort of mission are you talking about?"

"Surveillance."

"Of?"

"The agents you're training. I want you to follow after them and just relay back to me how they're doing as they go through the castle. I know it's a bit risky, but I need someone to tell me how they're doing, but I don't think they can be sneaky while relaying things back to me."

"So what you're saying is…" Shego trailed off.

"I want you to go with them, but without them noticing."

"Meaning I have to be stealthy and report without getting noticed." Shego groaned. "You're not gonna let me out of this are you?"

"I can't. I need to be sure my agents are safe, and you're the best one for the job." Betty placed a hand on Shego's shoulder. "Think about it. These are people you've been training; don't you at least want to monitor how well they do in the field?"

Betty nodded towards one of the screens on her office's wall. It was showing the gym with Shego's trainees all doing as they were supposed to, running laps. Kim and Will were ahead of the others by a few feet, but neither was pushing to go past one another, both just trying to keep pace.

The green skinned woman thought about it for a moment then shrugged, "Not really. They don't matter." Then she smirked at Betty.

The brunette rolled her eye and said in a 'no-sass' tone, "You're going on that surveillance mission whether you want to or not. You're going to get paid a shit load of money, and when you return you're going to be even richer than you already are and you can retire again or whatever the hell it is you want to do. You can go see the world or buy a house or whatever. Just do this one mission for me and you'll be living the life after. You'll be able to get practically anything you want."

"Anything?"

"PRACTICALLY anything. There are some things that I cannot give you," Betty replied, waggling a finger at her in a slightly scolding manner.

With a sigh Shego replied, "Well, I guess it couldn't hurt to see if my teaching has gotten through to these thick headed idiots…"

Betty grinned, "Good. You leave in two weeks."