" Hey Aunt Carol! I know its been a few years since I saw you and K.O but , could I come live with you? Things at home are not the best. Mom and Dad left on a mission and haven't come home, school has been a nightmare and my "friends" have stopped talking to me. I promise if I come to live with you I will pull my own weight and help out. I need to be anywhere but here.

-Krystal

Ps. Tell K.O that I got his POW card in the mail."

Carol sighed. She hadn't seen her niece in awhile, not since K.O was four. If she remembered right Krystal was sixteen or going to be soon.

"We'd love to have you come stay with us, let me run it by K.O first. When would you get here?" She text back. A moment later a new text popped up.

" Some time around 3? Depends on air traffic."

"Okay, well come by the plaza and I'll drive you home."

"Kk. See you soon"

Carol smiled and put her phone in her bag.

"Come on K.O. or we're going to be late!" Carol yelled.

"Coming mom! Let me grab something." her son yelled back.

K.O ran in with his Pow card binder and his gym bag.

"Ready!"

A while later they arrived at Lakewood Plaza Turbo.

"Hey K.O? Do you remember your cousin Krystal?" Carol asked as she parked the car.

"Yeah! I saw her new card online! Level 3!" K.O said.

"Well I got a text from her this morning and she's going to live with us for a while, would you be okay with sharing your room?" she asked

"Of course I am! Krystal is one of the coolest heroes ever!" K.O said smiling.

"Well its decided then. I'll go home and get the extra bed ready during lunch. You and I could talk Gar into giving Krystal a job at the Bodega." Carol said.

K.O nodded . When they arrived at the plaza K.O made a bee-line for Gar's. When he arrived he went straight for his friends.

"Guys! MycousinKrystaliscommingtolivewithmeandmomandshe'llbeworkingwithus!"

"Woah, breath brush head. What was that again?" Enid said.

K.O took a deep breath and said again," My cousin Crystal is coming to live with me and mom and she'll be working with us!"

"That's cool, what's she like?" Enid asked.

"What does she look like?" Rad asked.

K.O took out a pow card. "Well she looks like this."

The girl on the card was about 16 or 17. She had long brown hair and tan skin, much like K.O.

She dressed in metal and leather armor that left most of her arms exposed. A phoenix feather engraved on her chest plate and, leather gloves. On her back were giant fiery phoenix wings. The card glitched for a second and showed her hair but this time she was in full body armor with black and blue wings. The feather had changed to black and a flame had appeared on her head. In her hand was a double edged sword with a leather hilt.

"How come her card keeps changing like that?" Enid asked.

"Oh because she has to forms: Red Phoenix and Dark Phoenix. It changes with her power levels; 50% for Red and 75% for Dark." K.O explained.

"What does 100% look like?" Rad asked.

"No clue, She never uses it."

The trio worked until noon till they braked for lunch and a trip to the achade. By the end of their break K.O was feeling anxious about Krystal coming over. Enid and Rad had helped pass the time by playing games and goofing around but it did nothing to quell his anxiety. When they got back to the store K.O tried to pass the time by cleaning. Unfortunately, by the time he was it was 2:15 p.m.

"Aw man…." he whined.

"Everything alright there K.O?" Gar asked.

"I'm waiting for my cousin Krystal to show up." he said.

"You know staring at the cookies in the oven doesn't make them bake faster, K.O."

"What does that mean?"

"It means staring out the window won't make your cousin come faster. Try doing some more work, it'll pass the time."

K.O nodded and started restocking the shelves with Rad, until the alarm balred. Outside a large Boxmore box landed in the parking lot. Opening, it revealed Shannon, Darrelle and Raymond.

"Hey Lakewood losers!" Shannon said.

"Ug, what do you losers want?" Rad asked.

"Oh you know, destroy the plaza, make dad proud, kill you and get a pizza." Darrelle said listing the things on his fingers.

"Well that's not going to happen!" Enid said.

"Well if you want a pizza Mario and Luigi's Pizza on main street had a good mushroom pizza." Rad said.

Enid slapped him upside the head. "Idiot."

Shannon slammed her metal fist into Enid's jaw, sending her skidding back a few feet. She whipped some blood off her lip and got up.

"Lucky shot." She said.

Raymond and Rad took turns punching each other, neither getting the upper hand.

"Hey look bolts on sale!" Rad yelled.

"What? Where?" Raymond said looking away.

Rad took this opportunity to punch Raymond halfway across the parking lot.

K.O doged Darrell's punches .

"Hold still brat!" He said.

K.O summoned a power fist and punched him square in the chest, knocking the bot to the ground.

"This isn't looking good, plan B?" Shannon said as she and her siblings regrouped. The two male bots nodded. The three bots hit buttons on on there arms, causing them to fall apart.

"Did they disassemble themselves?" Enid asked picking up Darrell's head.

"I guess they couldn't stand to get their buts kicked." Rad said kicking Shannon's head.

"Think again lakewood losers!" Darrell's head said.

The bot parts started to rearrange themselves into a massive spider bot.

"Crap." Enid said.

"NoW wHo HAs thE UPper HANd LaKEWoOD LOSers!" The bot said in a choppy mash up of the three voices.