"Come on, Mister Whiskers, come on down," Kate begged, her cat still refusing to leave the tree that lay at the corner of the sidewalk. "If you come down, I'll give you a treat!"

Still the cat made no motion to move, merely lapping its paws at its own leisure.

"Mister Whiskers..."

Kate looked down and sniffed back a tear.

"Come on, little kitty," a voice said.

Kate looked towards the voice and her eyes lit up.

Hovering off the ground, defying gravity, was a man. A man who was covered in a golden light.

"Come on, kitty," he said. "I think this little girl would like to see you."

Reaching for the cat, the man gently picked it up. He slowly lowered to the ground before Kate.

"Thanks, mister," Kate said. "Are... are you a super hero?"

Orvil smiled. "Oh, I'm afraid not."

"Oh, that's not good," said Hego. "I'll head to the Go Tower and get Mego and the Wegos. Sis..."

"I'm not on the team, remember? I'll keep him busy until you get back with the others."

Hego looked Shego dead in the eyes. "Can you hold out that long?"

"Maybe, maybe not. Let's find out."

"Good luck." Hego was turned to leave, but he stopped and looked back towards his sister. "I mean it. Please..."

"Go on, get out of here," Shego replied, shrugging her shoulders. "It's nothing to worry about. The day I can't take down some nerdlinger on a power trip..."

Shego could see a faint smile on Hego's face. Then he was gone. Waiting a few minutes until her brother was out of earshot, Shego turned to Drakken.

"Doctor D?"

Drakken kept his back to Shego. "What?"

"If my brothers fight Orvil... he'll kill them."

"What makes you say that?"

"Because they've never faced anything like him. I told you already; Go City doesn't play by the rest of the world's rules. You heard Orvil. He's a killer. He'll fight to kill; my brothers will just fight to send him off to jail."

"And what makes you think you'll do any better?"

Shego tightened her right hand, her clawed fingers flexing. "Because I don't play by Go City's rules, either. I'll kill Orvil before I let him hurt my brothers. But there's no guarantee. He could easily kill me with his newfound powers. That's why I need your help."

Drakken said nothing.

"Come on, you're a genius, I'm sure you could rig the Go Cannon to take back Orvil's abilities or something, right?"

Drakken turned, a small glint in his eyes. "You think I'm a genius?"

"Well, duh," Shego replied. "Why would you think otherwise? Listen, just find a way to make the Go Cannon take away his powers while I hold him off. I... I really don't want to kill, not in this town anyway. So please don't let me down."

Shego turned and began heading for the lab's entrance when she stopped. Raising her clawed hand, she quickly cut loose a lock of her hair, then tossed it to Drakken. He managed to catch it, but was concerned as to the reasoning behind Shego's spontaneous action.

"Just in case I don't make it... knock yourself out with cloning," Shego said, a sliver of her wit surfacing. "Lord knows at least I won't be around to see it if it goes wrong."

Shego turned away from Drakken and left the laboratory, leaving the blue man alone to speak his mind. "Always with the insults, even now..."

"Please, mister... Give him back!"

Orvil smiled as Kate jumped in desperation to get the cat he held high over his head. "You want this little furball? Really? Truly? Desperately?"

Kate nodded her head.

"Fine. Catch."

With nary a thought otherwise, Orvil hurled the girl's pet out into the middle of the road. He was not surprised to see the cat land on its feet, keeping the legend alive, but he knew it could not dodge rush hour traffic that easily. He smiled as Kate cried.

However, Orvil's desires were not to be fulfilled. Bobbing and weaving through the traffic was a lone figure. Quickly, it scooped up the cat and rolled out of the road, stopping directly in front of Kate.

"We've got to stop meeting like this," Shego said as she handed the cat to Kate.

"Thank you," Kate said.

Shego stood. "Now run."

Kate did so, running into her parent's apartment, her cat held tightly.

"Why are you here?" Orvil asked. "Do you have any idea how little of your chance of beating me is now?"

"Slim to none," Shego said, not batting an eye. "Let's rumble."

Orvil smiled. "If that is your dying desire... but I had pegged you to be much smarter than this..."

A flicker of colored power engulfed Orvil's body. Shego could not let him make the first move. She spun around, her foot lashing across Orvil's face. The scientist lost his balance, stumbling with the blow. He caught himself at the last second, resting her hands against the side of a building.

"You certainly are a lively little spitfire, I'll give you that," Orvil said as he wiped blood from his mouth. "It's a shame I couldn't find the color for invulnerability."

"That does seem to be a recurring theme today," Shego said as she dove for Orvil, her clawed gloves ready. Shego gasped, however, when her claws dug into nothing but the brick wall of the building. "What?"

"Super speed," Orvil answered, standing behind Shego, his body glowing white. "You can't touch me unless I want you to."

"We'll see about that!" Shego turned fast, once more catching Orvil across the face. "You may move fast, but your instincts and reaction time aren't any better for it!"

"Quick thinker." Orvil continued to smile. He glowed red, splitting into three individual Orvils. The powers of the Wegos. "Now the real fun begins."

Shego braced herself. She knew what was coming. She leapt over the incoming energy blasts, her own power being hurled at her. Shego somersaulted and flipped as best she could, keeping herself one step ahead of Orvil. However, despite her best efforts, an energy blast struck her. Shego gasped in pain as she fell onto the road.

Orvil grinned, his form returning to one once more. "And now for my next trick..."

Orvil glowed violet and disappeared. Shego knew he had shrunk down in size, leaving her open to a surprise attack the moment he came back to normal size. Kicking up to her feet, Shego quickly scanned the roadway for the tiny Orvil.

"You're looking in all the wrong places."

Shego's eyes went wide. That voice, tiny as it was, had come from her ear.

"There are so many ways I could kill you right now that it isn't funny," Orvil cackled. "Well, maybe a little humorous. A few well placed blasts from your own powers could fry you good. Or perhaps I could just grow back to my normal size and split your skull wide open like a watermelon... You like that one?"

Shego sighed as she stood. She placed the palm of her right hand against the ear she had heard Orvil coming from. "Or... I just use my powers to blow my head off, taking you with me."

Orvil did not answer back immediately. When he finally did, however, there was hesitation prevading throughout his tone. "You wouldn't."

"You'd like to think that, wouldn't you?"

"I could grow back to normal size before you could fire--"

"And I guarantee that at the very moment I feel any sort of pain or discomfort I will fire, still incinerating you."

"Too true... I'll leave if you'll move your hand. Then we can continue."

Shego moved her palm out only a half-inch. Plenty of room for Orvil to leave out her ear, but still giving her enough time to fire if he made any sudden moves.

Shego had little to worry about though, as Orvil appeared before her, back to his original size.

"I'm impressed," Orvil said. "You were willing to give your own life to take me down. No rage, no despair, just a calm willingness to finish the job."

"How would you even know that?"

"The color brown, Miss Go," Orvil answered. "It gives me empathic abilities. I can sense every emotion you and every other pathetic creature in my vision feel."

"That's a sad little power." Shego threw another punch, only for Orvil to catch her fist, his hand glowing blue.

"You know, I always did wonder how much super strength could mess up a frail human body..." With one quick motion, Orvil snapped a bone in Shego's left arm. "Seems satisfactory enough."

Shego screamed in pain and stumbled back, her arm hanging limp. She was not allowed any respite, however, as Orvil's fist connected with her gut. Under the duress of his super strength, Shego's body was thrown backwards. She collided with the side of a school bus and fell to her knees.

A red haze of pain clouded Shego's eyes, but she could still see Orvil. He was lifting up one of the street's manhole covers, his hands still consumed with the blue Go Team Glow. With a mere flick of his wrist, Orvil sent the manhole cover towards Shego. Shego began to step to the side, but it had all happened so fast, her pain already proving too much for her, that Shego could not make it in time. The very edge of the manhole cover grazed past her right shoulder. It was enough to twist Shego's body around.

"Oh, you almost dodged that one," Shego heard Orvil say. "Try this one!"

Shego turned around, only to see Orvil lifting a car above his head. Then, without much warning, he flung the vehicle towards Shego.

Shego grit her teeth, forcing herself to ignore the pain that shot down her right arm, from shoulder to fingertips, and flung her hand out, letting loose with a emerald burst of power. It collided with the car, igniting the gasoline in its engine. The vehicle exploded in a brilliant light, blinding Shego momentarilly.

Shego opened her eyes again, only to see Orvil lunging right at her. His hands still alive with the blue Go Team Glow, the madman stopped short of Shego and struck the road. Shego could feel the ground beneath her feet buckle, and then she fell into the sewers, concrete raining down beside her.

Drakken sighed as he wiped the sweat from his brow, his eyes staring with great intent at the Go Cannon.

"There's just no way," he sobbed. "There's no way to rig this bloody weapon to drain his powers..."

Drakken slumped forward, his forehead leaning against the cold metal surface of the Go Cannon.

"I can't make it take away Orvil's power..." Drakken sobbed. "And if I can't do that, he'll kill Shego, or she'll kill him..."

Drakken sobbed for a minute more. Then his resolve was strengthened; he looked up from the floor.

"I'll fail, but the burden will be mine..."

Shego stood up from the sludge of the sewer. She knew she did not have long before Orvil would come barreling down after her, and Shego also knew she could not put up much of a fight with a useless broken arm. She quickly tore off her right sleeve, struggling to tie it into a sling. She put it around her head and slowly positioned her shattered arm in place.

I can't keep this up much longer... What's taking Doctor D so long?

Shego kept her powers dormant and slipped into the darkness.

I'll have to take him by surprise; it's the only way.

Orvil held back a smile as he floated down into the sewers, hovering just high enough to keep his feet clean. "No need to ruin these shoes, after all. Now, Shego... no need to hide. Come out and fight."

"Who says I'm hiding?"

Orvil's eyes went wide as an open palm pressed against the back of his head.

"I don't care how fast you are," Shego said, energy encompassing her one good hand. "At this range I'll blow your head clean off before you get a chance to move."

"Oh, you got me. Fire away, sweetheart."

Drakken...

Shego bit her lip, closed her eyes, and fired an energy blast.

She knew she would not be fond of seeing the results of her work. Much as the action was fun, Shego was not quite that enthused by the gore that could result. However, when she opened her eyes, all Shego could see was Orvil looking at her with a horrid smile, a translucent energy of black surrounding his form.

"Oh, right... I didn't tell you that my final power was force fields. I could have used this power to survive while you killed yourself earlier, but if I'd allowed you blow your pretty little head off, I'd not have the chance to see the look of horror on your face. You had one golden opportunity to defeat me... and I trumped it anyway."

Shego's eyes went wide as she backed away, a memory she did not want returning. A memory that Orvil so eerily reflected, from the force field to his mannerisms.

"That's interesting," Orvil said, a quizzical look overcoming him, tilting his head slightly to the side. "I sense much fear in you all of a sudden. Is it the force field? Is it the mere notion that you stand before an unstoppable villain? Or a little bit of both?" Orvil looked down, becoming depressed. "Such a shame. I never expected such a pathetic problem in my idol."

Orvil's comment awoke Shego from the fear, leaving her to vaguely forget her memory of the then-evil Ron she had worked for. The then-evil Ron who had little need for sidekicks. The then-evil Ron who had put the fear of God in her. "Idol?"

"Are you ready for a rant, my dear?" Orvil replied.

Shego let loose with the sarcasm. "I've grown used to them."

"All right then," Orvil continued. "From the moment I was born in Go City, I couldn't stand it. There was no place for me here. None. But I stuck it out. Why? I really don't know, but I did. It ate at me day after day, but I suffered it with pride. And then... something odd happened. I noticed the absence of our city's resident heroes. Team Go was gone. But unlike the rest of this city's placated citizens, I looked beyond Go City in my quest for answers. And then I found out that the only reason Team Go split up was because you, Shego, left it and Go City behind to become evil. You spit in the face of a life of mediocrity and took control. And in that instance... you inspired me."

"What?"

"Because of you I realized my true calling. I would take control of my life and this world, just as you had. You escaped Go City and its pathetic nature and so would I. And all that has led me to this. Because of your inspiring actions, I have become a god. But now... I see you tremble. You are broken, your time done. And you know what's even worse? To see my inspiration return to this city and back to being a hero. Despite all your best efforts, everything you've done since you took control of your life so long ago... you've lost control, letting your fate be dictated once again."

"I'm not a hero."

"Shego, Shego... if you're not a hero, why are you standing before me- a villain- and trying to stop me? Why did you come here to stop Professor Dementor?"

Shego was ready with an answer. "Bribes."

"Ah, but I'm an empath. I feel it in you. You may have come here on a bribe, but there is a conflict. You love and loathe playing both the hero and playing the villain."

"You say you were inspired by me," Shego continued. "But you don't know the first damn thing about me."

"I know you are going to die. Right here and now."

"I'm not a big fan of dying. In fact, I hate the notion of it. But you know what I hate more than that? I hate being afraid. And I hate myself for it."

Shego stood and powered up her right hand.

"I think I'll take it out on you, Orvil."

With nary a thought, Shego let loose with another plasma burst. Just as she suspected, it impacted harmlessly against the energy shield surrounding Orvil. Well, not entirely harmlessly. Shego smiled as she heard Orvil gasp in surprise. She had aimed direclty for his eyes. Even though the shield had protected him, the brilliant flash of light had blinded Orvil, if only for a brief few moments.

"Damn you," Orvil hissed as he rubbed his eyes.

Shego could see it, not only had she impaired Orvil's vision, she had stunned him enough so that his shield had dropped. Not letting the opportunity escape her, Shego leapt behind Orvil and delivered a kick directly to the back of his right knee. Orvil's eyes went wide as the sound of bones breaking echoed in the sewer tunnels. Shego was not done. Quickly, she caught the other knee, leaving Orvil to writhe in pain.

"No super strength and I managed to break two of your limbs in less then five seconds," Shego said to the downed Orvil. "Didn't even give you time to use a force field."

"I don't know... what I should be more angry about..." Orvil hissed as he floated up from the sewer sludge, surrounded by the color yellow. "The fact that you just shattered my knees, or that you just ruined this lab coat of mine in this sewage. I paid through the nose to purchase it. I guess... I guess the coat comes first. Since I can fly, legs are of little use in the long run. And once I finish you, I'll discover the color for a healing factor. Now... back to the part where I kill you..."

Orvil's body came alive with every color he had possession of. He began to hover towards his intended victim.

Shego braced herself for the continuing battle, but it was all for naught. Orvil was struck by an emerald light and vanished, leaving behind nothing but a simple scream.

"What?" Shego shook her head in confusion and looked up, only to see the Go Cannon at the edge of the ceiling's hole. "Drakken?"

Shego quickly leaped up out of the sewer and to the surface to find Drakken at the Go Cannon's controls.

"I failed," he said absently. "I couldn't convert the Go Cannon to take away powers. But I couldn't let you kill or be killed. So... I managed to draw enough power out of the comet. And with that power I gave the Go Cannon enough energy to kill Orvil. I killed him. I failed. Go ahead, rip me apart verbally, Shego. Like you always do."

Shego did not know what to say. "Doctor D?"

"Do it!"

Shego was silent.

Drakken was not. "Go ahead! Berate me! Insult me! I failed, so let me have it again and again and again!"

"I'm... I'm sorry..."

"I don't care." Drakken got up from the Go Cannon and walked away. "I just don't care anymore."

Shego watched as her employer walked away. She could feel it building within her; all the rage that she felt boiling. In the corner of her eye, she saw the Go Cannon. The one blasted reason all that had happened had happened.

Shego focused all that pain, all that rage, and all that disgust into one blast. It escaped her grasp and destroyed the Go Cannon, Go Comet and all.

The sky of Go City darkened as rain began to fall. Shego ignored it, refusing to believe anything could wash away the pain the day had caused.

Will Du had always respected Doctor Director and her decisions, but that did not mean he would not question them. "With all due respect, I don't think we should remove Doctor Drakken from our mailing list."

Doctor Director looked up from her desk at Global Justice's most decorated agent. "Why do you say that, Will?"

"Several reasons," Will replied matter-of-factly. "Let us review the mission objectives... You sent Doctor Drakken and Shego to the lab in Go City with the sole objectives being: the rescue of the hostages, the capture of Professor Dementor, and the retrieval of both the top secret Go Cannon and the Go Comet. While Drakken and Shego did indeed succeed with the first two, they failed to secure either the Go Cannon or Go Comet. All eyewitness reports say that Shego destroyed the Go Cannon and Go Comet."

"Yes, yes she did, but how can we be surprised that she did so? As you know, it was Global Justice that set up the Go Cannon project. I was the one who ordered Hego to give me the Go Comet if he wanted Team Go to exist without Global Justice shutting the team down. If Shego learned of that... well, it doesn't surprise me that she'd destroy the Go Cannon and Go Comet."

Will Du was flabbergasted. "How can you be so calm about it?"

Doctor Director leaned back in her chair. "Because I know I would have done the same thing if I were in her shoes."

"All right, all right... I'll have their address removed from our data banks and have their subscription to Villain's Digest cancelled."

"Before you do that," said Doctor Director. "I want you to deliver something."

"Are you sure about this?"

Shego looked at Hego as they sat in the Go Plane's seats, the vehicle shooting across the ocean. "Yes."

The Go Plane landed at its destination and Shego stepped out of the vehicle, being careful with her healing arm, before looking back at her brother one more time.

"Thank you."

Hego gave his sister one last look and then took off with the Go Plane, heading back to Go City.

Shego watched as the Go Plane disappeared on the horizon. Then she turned back to the island fortress that was the lair of Doctor Drakken. He disappeared that day in Go City and Shego had stayed behind to inform her brothers that they would not have to worry about Orvil. Things were settled with her family at long last, but Shego knew she had to settle things with Drakken now.

Shego took a deep breath and entered the lair.

Doctor Drakken sat alone, hunched over his lab station. He did not move, he did not speak, he did not think. Just the same as he had been since he had returned from Go City. Alone.

Now, however, his solitude was at an end.

"Doctor D?"

Drakken turned slowly in his chair to find Shego in the doorway. "What do you want?"

"We need to talk."

"Oh, do you want to hear me fail at having a conversation? 'And he and I can do nothing but fail!'"

"You didn't hear the rest of the conversation--"

"Oh, so I failed at that too!"

Shego lost it. "Shut up and listen!"

Drakken took a deep breath and turned back to his lab station. "There's nothing to talk about. Now stop yelling, get out of her, and find a new employer. One who doesn't fail. There's always that Se or Senior, Sr. fellow and his son..."

"Just listen," Shego sighed. "Yes, we haven't had a high track record in victories. But you know what? I told my brother this and I'm going to tell you: I enjoy failing with you more than succeeding without you."

Drakken turned back around. "You don't insult your brothers, but you do insult me."

"Apparently you never saw how I am with my family," Shego answered. "I just kid around with you, doc. I don't mean to make you blue...er."

Drakken stood from his chair to continue. "But you were more than willing to drop me like an old habit to go work for that insufferable buffoon when he went bad! And all because he was more successful!"

"And that was a mistake," answered Shego. "Believe me, that was a mistake. Besides, the 'buffoon,' as you so kindly call him, only went bad after he swapped personalities with you thanks to that Hench Co. device. Technically... that was you."

Drakken's eyes suddenly brimmed with hope. "You mean I was evil and successful?"

"Technically," Shego continued. "But don't you get any ideas about installing any shark tanks around here..."

Doctor Drakken's confidence was slowly returning. "Now, Shego... I may be a villain, but I do believe in sidekick rights."

"Speaking of that..." Shego began, the old swing of things at the lair returning to normal. "You wouldn't mind returning that lock of hair of mine?"

Drakken grew timid. "No cloning?"

"No."

"Ah, well," Drakken said as he handed over the lock of hair with little fuss. "One Shego is more than enough to conquer the world."

"You're darn right," Shego answered. "Now--"

Shego was cut off by the sound of a doorbell.

"Company?" Shego asked.

"No, I don't think so," Drakken replied as he made his way to the door. Opening it, Drakken was greeted by a man in a blue jumpsuit.

"Greetings," said the man. "My name is Will Du. I'm from Global Justice."

"Now what do you want us to do?" Drakken asked. "Go save Fort Knox from a man with a disturbing love of hats? To be reborn with a new identity of insane supremacy? To get smart? What? Because I assure you: me and Shego are done with the super hero spy business!"

"That's a shame," replied Will Du. "Because Doctor Director was quite pleased with your level of success. And that is why she wanted me to give you this..."

Will Du brought his hand out from behind his back and handed Doctor Drakken that which he had concealed.

"Commodore Puddles!" Drakken cried as he cradled the dog. "But how?"

"Doctor Director has some connections at Area 51, so she had your dog returned to normal. She felt that he should be returned to you next."

Drakken did not know what to say. "Thank you."

Will Du merely nodded his head and headed for his personal jet, intending to leave the island lair behind.

"Well, isn't this touching?" Shego said as she watched Commodore Puddles lick Drakken across the face. "However, since the dog is back, I think we need to have that talk again..."

Drakken looked to Shego, Commodore Puddles still licking away at his cheek. "I have to walk him?"

"No," Shego replied as she rummaged through the lab station to find the collar and leash from long ago. "We have to walk him."

"You're acting nicer than usual..."

"I'm trying."

"Just for old times sake," Drakken said. "Could you be nice enough to be snarky as usual?"

"Fine, fine, fine." Shego shrugged her shoulders. "Either that dog is walked or I'm walking!"

"That's the spirit!" Drakken grabbed the leash and took Commodore Puddles outside the lair.

Shego watched from the doorway as Drakken found himself at Commodore Puddles mercy, being dragged about the lair's property.

"Shego!" Drakken cried, trying desperately to hold onto the leash as he was dragged across the ground. "Help!"

"You can't walk a dog?"

"Less snark, more help!"

Shego suppressed a smile. "I'm coming, Doctor D!"

The end.