A/N: Hi. So this may look a little familiar to you. That's because I'm the original author of Glow in the Storm, but I have decided to revisit and edit the work. I have decided to make Shego and her brothers' story a series - the Glow series - divided into three fanfictions. This is the first one, Shego and her brothers without her powers. The second one features Shego and her brothers with powers, and how Shego eventually became a villain. The final one is the shortest, which is the aftermath of the Kim Possible series when Shego and Drakken saved the world.

1. Regarding the Wego twins, I made them slightly older than what is canon. We don't know their real ages, but they did mention in the 2007 episode, "Stop Team Go" that they were going to a Twin-Teen Mixer. Since this story starts off in the mid-to-late 80s, I wanted to make them slightly older so they would appear in the beginning of the book. That's the only thing that's really AU about this. Other than that, you could read it as canon.

2. Some people have debated that Go City is based on Chicago, but I disagree. Go City in my mind is based off NYC. Maybe it's because I'm from NYC, I don't know. But this is going to have a very New York feel to it. This fanfiction in particular takes place in the mid 80s until 1990. There will be certain things that will be talked about during this time. I really want to give the Go Siblings actual characteristics, and I feel like that impacts the environment that they grew up in, which in this story will be, similar to NYC in the 1980s. These things will be touched upon in the story, with some references here and there.

3. That being said, this story does contain such serious topics, such as abuse, homophobia, strong language, drug/alcohol use, violence, and possible suicide/self harm. This is not for the faint of heart.

Prologue

Tick.

Tick.

Tick.

Shego tapped her fingernails against the table in the lair she shared with Drakken. Her eye-twitched slightly as she listened to nothing but the sound of the clock, which read well into the late night hours. She was by herself, well – for the most part. All that accompanied her was sitting on the table: a bottle of whiskey which was bordering on empty. Though she knew drinking wouldn't help her cause, she found a way to sabotage herself. She always found a way to sabotage herself.

She couldn't sleep.

Shego had saved the world, yes, which most people if given the chance wouldn't daunt over terribly – but Shego was not most people. It was not the act in itself of saving the world with Kim Possible of all people, but it reminded her of what she once was, and how she lost all of it. The memories would come flooding back, and at times, they were too painful to bear. It would go back to her fighting alongside her brothers, and then Shego would wonder if she made the right decision joining evil. Then it would go all the way back to the roots of her childhood, the trauma associated with it, and figured it was for the best for her to do so.

"If it isn't my least favorite people."

Those words she had spat in disgust at her brothers and at Kim Possible still haunt her to this day. The latter was certainly true – at the time, at least – but for her brothers, it wasn't true at all. She wanted to hurt them, she… she figured that distancing herself from them would do them good, as well as herself – but she was always left wondering whether or not they were okay. Drakken knew damn well that she had purposely lost the battle to take away her and her brothers' powers.

Shego remembered how different things became when they had gained their powers such a long time ago. Hego became annoyingly positive to the point where he became insufferable. She didn't hate that he was acting positive, she hated that he was lying to himself. Mego became conceited, which was interesting because she knew perfectly well that there were days when he was so disgusted with himself that he could barely drag himself out of bed. As for the Wego twins, they were just silly… too young to understand the trauma that she, Hego, and Mego went through.

She remembered what Hego used to be like. She remembered what Mego used to be like. The twins were significantly younger than her and her brothers, so there wasn't a severe change with them. Shego found later on in her life that she would rather have Hego being annoyingly positive than trying to raise his entire family in a severe struggle while still grieving in pain. She would rather have the Wego twins under the care of love and compassion instead of what she had faced in her childhood. She, along with her older brothers, would raise them since their parents couldn't. She would rather have Mego-

She stopped.

She shuddered.

Mego was her favorite. Probably because he was the closest to her age and they shared the same type of humor - which included making witty remarks at Hego's expense - but she remembered when she nearly lost him when they were teenagers. She didn't even want to think about what happened that day. It still made her sick. So when she would see Mego being egocentric or snippy, she normally ignored it. It's better than what it used to be.

Eventually, however, she did lose all of her siblings in a way, when she joined the other side.

But not completely. Truthfully, she's relieved that they stopped by, just so she knows that they're all okay physically and mentally. When she sees that Hego is adjusting to a life outside of being a superhero, she's relieved. When she sees that the twins are having individual personalities, she's relieved. When she sees that Mego is in the right headspace, she's relieved. They still did the same for her.

Like they had done for each other, so many years ago…