Prison Breaks and Sea Monsters Part 2

Drakken sat in his office, finally making leeway on The Plan, after having lost his lab to a baby sea monster, and Duff. It had officially been three days since Carmella had done her tests on Buttercup and while the strange creature seemed to be doing better, his lair had become a host to the two villains and the monster. He put down his pen and glared. He needed to set better boundaries with other villains. His lair was not a hangout nor a pet hospital. He began internally dialoguing his anger and preparing a speech to order them to leave, but he rolled his eyes and went back to his plan. If ever he hit on hard times, at least he could harass Duff without question. He looked at the emotional ranges he'd figured out for the synthodrones, but he needed them to be better, and he needed something...inconspicuous.

"Dr. Drakken?" came the cheerful voice of Carmella as she knocked on his slightly ajar door.

"Yes, Dr. Sweets?" asked Drakken, shoving papers over his project. "Is my lab flooded again?"

"Oh, no," said Carmella with a cringe. "Sorry about that, by the way. I actually wondered if you happened to have a nifty toy for amplification? I tried finding Shego, but she seems to just...vanish. Very mysterious."

"Sound?" asked Drakken as he got up. "I'm sure I have an old one laying around. Kind of a standard mad scientist thing. I think I attempted to use it to cause partial hearing loss and confusion."

"Really? Seems a bit drastic," said Carmella, but she grinned. "I would be far more discreet and create a sonic sound that puts someone in a state of hypnosis."

"...That...yeah," said Drakken. He paused and shook his head. "Why may I ask, do you need it?"

"To test Buttercup's signal reading with sonar dubs. Her little spins are adorable, but I need to make sure it's because of what she wants to do, or see if the trauma is still persisting," said Carmella, following as Drakken walked down his hallway. He slowed.

"I can have Shego bring it to the lab when I find it," said Drakken. Carmella slowed her walk as well.

"Nonsense, four eyes are better than two," replied Carmella, patting his arm. "Besides, it'll give me a break from Killigan. He talks an awful lot about golf for my liking. I'd much rather talk scientist to scientist for a while."

"He tends to do that, kind of his thing," said Drakken. He shrugged as they walked. "I'd think you'd be used to mundane repetitive conversations. Weren't you working with Cleopatra?"

"Oh, don't get me started." Drakken for the first time, saw the woman glare. He smirked as she went on. "Have you ever worked with Cleo?"

"Once," said Drakken. He began recanting the laser debacle.

"Hey, where's Pinky?" asked Shego as she walked into the lab to see Duff tossing a ball in the tank.

"She went to go ask Drakken if he has an amplifier to test Buttercup's sonar," said Duff. He raised a brow at Shego. "I thought you'd be with him?"

"Why?" asked Shego. She leaned against the desk. "Contrary to popular belief, I don't just linger around him all the time. I have my own things to do, you know."

"Sorry, what were you doing?" asked Duff, nodding apologetically.

"Enjoying the sunshine," snapped Shego. She wasn't about to tell Duff she had actually been looking for Drakken.

"It's raining," said Duff. Shego rolled her eyes, but he went on. "That wasn't sarcasm... You were looking for Drakken, weren't you?"

"No," said Shego with a scoff.

"Shego, Williams said you were looking for me?" asked Drakken as he and Carmella walked in with a large machine. Both looked in good spirits.

"...Don't even say it," said Shego with a glare at the smirk on Duff's face.

"Let's have some fun," grinned Carmella, her voice very sing-song as she began helping set up the machine. "I've got a few audio clips we can use for this. Thanks again for letting me use your computer."

"It was nothing," said Drakken as he plugged in the machine, grinning. Shego raised a brow and then rolled her eyes.

"Uhg, not this again," muttered Shego. Duff raised a brow at her. "What?"

"Nothing," said Duff as he kept his eyes on her as he walked over towards the two, an unreadable look fixed on his face. "Just observing."

"Don't you have your own lair to do that at?" muttered Shego, giving Duff a death glare.

"This lair has a lot more subtext," said Duff. Shego's hands flared and he moved behind Drakken. Shego shook her head... As if she wouldn't blast them both.

"So after we test this out and see if she's all patched up, Buttercup will be ready to head home," said Carmella. "Hopefully this all goes well."

"So if the dino fish can swim straight, you're all out of here?" said Shego. She smiled. "And we can get back to our plans?"

"Oh no, I hope this wasn't keeping you from anything important," said Carmella looking between Drakken and Shego.

"No," said Drakken with a shrug. He ignored Shego's scoff. "Just typical world domination, it can wait a few days."

"Or decades," muttered Duff. Drakken hip-checked him. "Hey!"

"Well, it's all set up, so let's give it a shot," said Carmella as she flipped a switch.

Most wouldn't hear anything but a fuzzy noise as the unique frequency sounded, but Shego cringed. She couldn't register what, but something hurt. She covered her ears and they all watched as Buttercup did several different movements, but still turned only left. Shego looked at Carmella, who looked mildly annoyed as she flipped another switch. The creature did a few more swims and held still. Another flip of the switch and finally Buttercup swam straight. Shego sighed with relief. There had been too many people there for too long.

A sudden cracking sound caused everyone's smiles of relief to fade and in an instant, the tank shattered. Water gushed around all of them. Shego attempted to dive out of the way of the rushing water, but was sent flying into her chair as the impact hit them. Duff yelled for Buttercup and ran towards the rush of water, as if the creature couldn't swim. Shego looked around to see where Drakken went. His desk had been shoved over and he sat soaking wet next to a coughing Carmella, the amplifier busted against the wall along with several other things.

"It's all right, she's fine," said Duff as he struggled to hold the baby sea monster. "Mommy's got you, Buttercup."

"Oh no, your lab," said Carmella looking around. "I must have had the volume up too high."

"You think?" said Shego as she sloshed through the wreckage. "Well looks like we won't have to mop for a while. Dr. D., you good?"

"I'm fine," said Drakken, rubbing his head. Shego waited for him to snap as he took in the wreckage. "It did need a good cleaning."

"Yeah...what?" asked Shego. She'd been all geared up for them to double team the other two, but Drakken stood up and helped up Carmella. "That's it...? No tantrum?"

"I already told him from the big mess, that if there's any damage he's welcome to my equipment... Oh dear... My henchmaids can clean this up if you'd like. They're used to big messes. I told you about my Mute Gum, right?" laughed Carmella. Drakken snorted, while Duff let Buttercup splash in a larger puddle of water, and Shego was just confused.

"Sorry about the lab, Drakken," said Duff, looking around. "We'll be out of your hair in a few hours."

"I'll call my lair and have this sorted out in no time," said Carmella, pulling out her glitter phone. She cringed. "As soon as I can call them."

"It's fine... Why doesn't everyone just head out of here and get on some dry clothes," said Drakken. Shego found him concerningly calm as he sighed.

"Dr. D.?" asked Shego as Duff and Carmella walked out of the room.

"Yes, Shego," said Drakken, his face unchanged.

"You're handling this really well," said Shego. She raised a brow and saw the devious look on Drakken's face. "Dr. D.?"

"Oh, it's all a part of my plan Shego, all a part of my plan," grinned Drakken evilly. "Everything is falling into place."

"Wait, there's a plan...? It involved flooding the lair?" said Shego. Drakken's onset of evil laughter halted.

"Why would I want to flood my lab, Shego?" asked Drakken with horror. He indicated to the mess. "This was my plan getting away from me...clearly. Why would I..."

"Oh my god, just stop," said Shego with a head-shake. "Just...tell me...what's the plan?"

"Dr. Sweets has an assortment of candy-coated chaos that could benefit us in getting a head up on world domination. What better way to access them...if not getting invited to her lair," said Drakken. "And this is going much better than I planned."

"So, you made up a plan for this...when?" asked Shego with a sigh. This was going to implode.

"Two hours ago, give or take," said Drakken with a shrug. Shego rolled her eyes. "What?"

"So this is a make it up as we go, thing?" asked Shego with a sigh.

"How many of our plans do you think aren't being made up as we go?" asked Drakken with a raised brow.

"Point...terrible point...eye opening point... Glad I'm salaried, point," said Shego as she began walking out of the room with a splashing sound.

"Yes, one step closer to the plan," grinned Drakken as he picked up a floating water-damaged image. "Soon, Kim Possible, you will meet your match."

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