Shego sighed, once again refreshing the pages of Two-Facebook and ClarkKent'slist. It shouldn't be this hard to find a partner. She fumed, checking over her pending sidekick requests. Sure she had been the mastermind of the diabolical Team Go for most of its existance, and it was also true that she had topped interpool's most wanted list for two consecutive years, but really. She was trying to turn over a new leaf. For real this time, not as part of some maniacal scheme. She was just plain tired of hurting people, of seeing weeping faces on the news cursing her. She grew weary of all the rueing of days she caused.
The trouble was that few people believed her change-of-heart to be anything akin to genuine. Thus, she was desperately paging through the new up-and-coming heroes on multiple websites, hoping that at least one of them would give her the benefit of the doubt.
Hm, she pondered, eyeing one of the new entries that popped up when she refreshed the page (again).
Drew Lipski, A.K.A. Dr. Drakken. Sane Scientist and Philanthropist. Enjoys tinkering and planning to save the world. Looking for sidekick to provide base security and to help engage villainous ne'er do wells.
Well, Shego sighed again, why not? It beats going solo. With a few rapid clicks, she sent him a little message.
Hello, Dr. Drakken
Ex-villain Shego wants to be your sidekick.
Confirm? Y/N
Shego leaned back, refreshing the page again. To her surprise, a reply was waiting for her when she did.
Dr. Drakken has confirmed your sidekick request. You are now a Dynamic Duo!
Shego didn't even try to fight the wide grin that spread across her face. Something told her that this was going to go swimmingly.
"Hey Kim." Wade grinned as he stepped into the kitchen of Team Possible's H.Q. The furnishings were luxurious, even if the room was a bit tight. At Ron's insistence, the room contained a five-star set of cooking appliances and tools. It came out of his paycheck, so neither Kim nor Wade begrudged him that. The indulgent leather chairs and finely crafted mahogany table were more Kim's thing, as Wade only really needed his own room furnished.
"Wade."
"Technomaster."
"Hi!" Came the assorted greetings from Kim, Ron, and Rufus. The latter two were busying themselves preparing dinner. Judging by the smell, it was proceeding excellently. Since Kim wasn't helping, it was almost a sure thing that nothing would explode. In fact, Kim was already at the table, busying herself with a small, but powerful, laptop. A small cylinder sat to her side.
"Kim, what's that?" Wade questioned, confused.
Kim glanced up at him. "This?" She held up the offending object. "It's a portable laser I sidekickstartered."
"Oh." Wade frowned slightly. "Because it looks like lipstick."
"Well, nothing's perfect." Kim sighed dramatically.
"'cept money." Rufus squeaked back to them.
"Unmarked, non-sequential bills." Kim agreed.
"Exactly!" Ron smiled, turning to them, arms overburdened with full plated. "Now who's hungry?"
A/N: And there we are. Slowly but surely, we're meeting the cast. As I'm still in the beginning, in addition to the usual critiques, I'll take a few requests for short little snippets into other characters lives that I might not otherwise show.