OK K.O.: K.O.'s Journey

Written by: A dude who loves animation

K.O. woke up, not in his bed, not in the bodega, not anywhere familiar. When he woke up, he felt sore, his head hurt, his knuckles were bruised, and he felt dirt and scratches on his face.

He sat up and rubbed the side of his head, and he began to take a look at his surroundings. He was in the middle of a forest, encircled by tree's. Within this circle he was in, was a tree stump and several patches of dirt.

K.O. managed to pick himself up and walked over to the tree stump. He wasn't limping, but still found it a bit hard to walk. He sat down, closed his eyes, put his hands on his head, and tried to remember what events got him in this situation.

He remembered walking into the Bodega for work. Rad and Enid were already there, and Mr. Gar was out on a mission. The store was extremely busy that day. There was hardly a moment to breathe as customers kept on coming. After a few hours, things finally calmed down. K.O. clearly remembers Rad having to drag him to the break room, where they both laid down to recover.

The only other thing K.O. could remember was Enid calling him and Rad to help with Boxmore robots.

"Urggh! My head!" K.O. said as he felt a headache. "I can't remember how I got here. Maybe my phone can give me my location." He reached for his phone but realized it was not in his pocket. He checked his jacket and felt nothing. He then realized he had left it charging in the break room when he went to go fight.

The only thing he managed to find on him was a egg shaped device, about the size of one. It was a light blue, with a dark blue ring in the middle of it. K.O. fiddled around with it, but nothing was happening.

"This looks like something from Dendy's hackpack," said. "Did she give this to me? Ow! It hurts to think right now." He put the device back in his pocket, and he stood up. "Well, I guess if I want to get back to the Plaza, I guess I should start walking."

K.O. looked around in multiple directions. All he saw were tree's. "WHERE DO I GO?!" he screamed as his voice echoed throughout the forest. He started to feel scared, but he composed himself.

"Many great heroes have had to overcome great trials and perils," K.O. said, trying to psych himself up. "Yeah, I can get through this! I'm a level three hero. I've been through way scarier things than this! I'll be back home in no time!"

He then began to rub his chin as he began to ponder what direction to go. He walked over to the divet in which he landed. "If I ended up here, then I guess I should goooo," he paused. "This way!" he said turning around and pointing straight ahead. He walked forwards through the trees as he began to venture into the forest.

As K.O. began his venture, he realized his legs were sore.. He could still walk ok, but he was going slower than normal. While he walked, he kept trying to remember everything that had happened beyond what he already knew, but he continued to draw blanks. He could still only remember his day at the Bodega.

"Man, I wish I could remember everything," K.O. said. "I just hope someones out looking for me. Haha, what am I saying? Of course my friends are looking for me. They're probably all really bummed I'm gone."

K.O. then began to daydream about people looking for him. A thought bubble popped up above his head, depicting crayon drawings of Rad and Enid uncovering K.O. in a set of bushes, and both giving him a hug. The rest of his friends then appear around him as confetti rains down.

"Yeah, everyone's looking for me. I'll be back home with my friends in no time!" K.O. said optimistically. He went back to walking, this time while whistling a jolly tune. This jollyness did not last for awhile as K.O. suddenly tripped on a root and face planted the ground with a force.

"Ow!" K.O. exclaimed. "Guess I gotta watch where I'm going, hehe." He picked himself back up and began to walk more cautiously. It was hard for him to navigate this section due to all the trees in his way.

"Oh I know, I can climb up one of these tree's to get a good view!" K.O. said with excitement as he began to climb a tree next to him. "Maybe I'll see the plaza, or my house from up there!" K.O. reached the top of the and peered out from the leaves at the top. His heart sank when all he saw were more trees every which way.

K.O. nervously chuckled. "I guess I'm further out than I thought," he said. "That's ok I guess. It'll be like those guys in TV who go out and survive in nature." A lightbulb then appeared over K.O.'s head. "If I travel through this forest and get back to the plaza, then I can tell everyone my gripping tale about how I survived the elements, and conquered nature!" K.O.'s mind then began to drift again. This time, he was standing on the cash register, his face covered in camo paint and leaves as everyone from the plaza gathered around to hear his story.

"And there I was, surrounded by nature," his imaginary self said. "Surrounded by nothing but tree's, and no company except my inner thoughts. No food, no water, no wifi!" His imaginary crowd then gasped. "It was a tough, unrelenting path. But thanks to my wits and awesome survival skills, I successfully made it out of Lakewoods most dangerous forest!" The imaginary crowd began to cheer and clap, with his imaginary mom picking him up and hugging him.

"Ahhh," K.O. said happily as he was still daydreaming. His daydreaming bubble popped as a random monkey was shouting at K.O. This wasn't an ordinary monkey, however. Half of it's face and it's arm's had a metallic, robot look to it. K.O. shifted his eyes towards the monkey who's hands turned into small arm cannons and they began shooting what K.O. hoped was mud.

"Ahh!" K.O. shouted/ "Cybermonkey! Stop! Stop!" K.O. then began jumping from tree to tree to try to get away. The monkey, however, followed K.O. and remained hot on his trail. Other cybermonkeys appeared and began to scream, chase and shoot as well. Some shot the mud, others shot little seed like pellets, which to K.O., were worse as they stung more.

"Oww! Oww! Stop monkeys!" K.O. shouted. "Why are you guys so mean? What happened to the real monkeys?" K.O. was continually pelted with a barrage of rapid fire seeds and the strange smelling mud. He kept jumping forward onto other trees, which just summoned more monkeys. "Stop! Please!" K.O. pleaded as his eyes began to tear up. The cybermonkeys continued their pursuit.

K.O. continued his hopping, but at one point he missed a jump and he fell back to the ground. He managed to land and continued running as fast as he could. With the soreness in his arms and legs, he could barely outpace the cybermonkeys. He eventually caught a break as he made it to a small cliffside. K.O. slid down the tiny cliff and started to run again. He then realized after a few seconds he was not being followed anymore. K.O. stopped and looked back to see the group of monkeys standing at the side of the cliff. One of them looked down, then turned around and walked away, with the rest of the group following.

K.O. wiped sweat from his forehead and took a moment to breathe. He then turned around to face where the monkeys just were, "That's right! You better run!" He then turned around and began to walk away with confidence. "Looks like that's the first part of my awesome story. That I, K.O., nature survivor extraordinaire, escaped an army of…" Before he could finish that statement, a fruit from the tree above him hit him on the head, interrupting him and causing him to fall on his back. "I guess I can just say I ran away from them. I'm sure everyone else would have done the same."

He picked himself up and began to walk once more, taking the fruit with him. He walked for a good while, most likely a few hours. He eventually decided that he needed a break, so he laid down under one of the tree's. He pulled out the bean shaped object he discovered earlier, and began to fiddle with it.

"Oh come on you weird pill thing," he said. "You have to be helpful in some way. Why can't you have some buttons? Why do I feel like this was something Dendy made?" K.O. then realized, he had seen Dendy sometime before he woke up. He began to try to think once again.

This time, he remembered something new. He had met Dendy on the way to work that day, and the two chatted for a little bit, about what K.O. couldn't remember. He then remembered Dendy giving him the pill thing and then probably explaining what it was, and how it functioned. He just couldn't fully remember that last part.

"Oh! Come on brain!" K.O. said. "Ugh, ok. At the very least, I know this was something Dendy gave me. I-just-wish-my-head-didn't-hurt-to-stop-me-from-remembering!" K.O. said as he continually hit his head with his fists. "Maybe my brain will remember later. For now, I need to get back to my journey home!" he said as he stood up and pointed towards the direction he was going.

He continued on for awhile. He did not encounter anything else dangerous. He eventually found another circular are devoid of trees. K.O. saw this as a place to stop for another break. He walked over to an old tree stump and layed down on it. The sun was beginning to set over him.

"At least the sunset still looks nice," K.O. said to himself. "Maybe I'll stop here and rest up for the night. Hopefully by tomorrow, they'll either have found me, or I'll make it back." He took out the fruit from earlier and began to eat it. It tasted ok, he was just happy to have some food. "Man, I could really go for some of mommy's spaghetti. Or lighting nachos, or even one of Rad's hot dogs. But I guess you can't be picky when out in nature." He finished the fruit and stared up at the sky as the sun set and nightfall came.

"Wow!" K.O. said looking up in amazement. "I can see all the constellations. There's the big dipper, little dipper, and even the pine dipper." K.O. then paused. "I wonder if mommy is looking up at the constellations right now. I bet she's worried sick." K.O. then clenched his fist and his face was filled with determination. "I'll come back to you mommy. I promise. But now, rest." The boy drifted off to sleep.