These chapters will take place after "You're in Control," until stated otherwise.
The people of the plaza began to clean up the mess that Lord Boxman Jr. Having seen such a fight, most people were sluggish, having been drained from worrying about the four minors who'd gone over to Boxmore, and if they weren't worrying about them, they were worrying about how Mr. Gar and Carol were defeated by the dangerous robot.
It was breaktime for Rad by the time K.O. and Mr. Gar decided to leave Carol for a few moments. The three males sighed and sat on the curb. "How ya doin' little buddy?" Rad asked to K.O.
"I'm fine. A little shaken up, but fine. Better than my mom."
"I never got to thank you for saving her." Mr. Gar commented.
"I just…did what I had to do. You don't need to thank me."
"And, what of your emo twin, dude?" Rad asked.
"Oh, uh…T.K.O.…I don't think we'll see him for a while. He and I struck a deal."
"What kind of deal?" The elder males asked.
"I gave him a punching bag instead a cage, and he's letting me use his powers. Er, my powers…I don't know, having T.K.O. in my head makes it all the more confusing."
Rad nodded, putting his hand in his pocket and feeling papers. "Oh, K.O., these are for you." Rad handed them.
"Oh, thanks, and these belong to you guys." K.O. reached in his pockets and handed the two piles of asks to his elders.
Peter Griffin: Rad: Did you ride with Dendy in your van after she helped you win the race?
"Oh, yeah, she did. Man, it's so weird to think that it was just a few days ago…"
Zack: Both KO and Rad: Have you both played the game called Danger Zone on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, or Microsoft Windows?
"I haven't played a game called that." Rad said.
"We live near the Danger Zone though!" K.O. smiled.
Onion Skinth: Have you guys ever played Five Nights At Freddy's?
"I'm not a fan of video games." Mr. Gar said.
"I usually prefer working on my mechanic stuff." Rad explained.
"And I'm usually helping anyone, I rarely play video games except for at the arcade." K.O. added.
SML Cody: KO: You do know you can buy shoes with straps, right?
"My light-up sketchers are for emergencies only!" K.O. announced, earning a chuckle from Rad.
"What kind of emergencies?" Rad asked.
"Long-period power-outages. When I was a baby, that would happen a lot in our house." K.O. shrugged. "But I really don't need shoes. I've been going without wearing them for so long that my feet are all calloused up and I don't really feel much."
Zoryan el Muerto: KO: you know most villains were kids like you, but they grew up in poor living conditions and they were bullied a lot in their life. Ever occur to you that some villains use evil to take out their frustrations and that they never had heroes to help them.
"Well, I'm not on the richest side of most families, and I'm bullied a lot, but I still try and help people!"
"I think they mean poor living conditions like gangs, K.O." Rad told him.
"How do you know about Gangs Radicles?" Gar asked, slight concern lacing his voice.
"My…my mom and dad used to be in gangs. It's kind of why they're obsessed with laser guns. They want to make sure they can protect me so that if their gangmates come back. They broke a gang law by leaving without telling the gang. That's why…I'm living on Earth now."
There was silence.
Mr. Gar put his hand on Rad's shoulder and Rad breathed in through his nose. "Let's just move on to the next question." K.O. said, not wanting to keep this on the sore subject.
KO: what's your favorite color?
"Why, red of course! Though, T.K.O. likes Purple…so maybe it's purple instead…?"
Rad: how many bones are in your species' body?
"I don't know that off of the top of my head." Rad said.
Gar: how much you bench?
"Yeah, Chief, how much can you bench?" Rad smirked.
"About 220."
"Mr. Gar, that's amazing!" K.O. cheered.
KO: what has four legs and never walks?
"Why would something have four legs and never walks? Is it a frog? 'Cause they jump? That would make sense."
Rad: if you didn't have finger beams, what superpower do you wish you have?
"If I didn't have my species's power, I guess some sort of super strength. That way I could add on to my already macho body!"
Gar: when did you get your crush on Carol?
"M-m-my…u-uh…I g-guess it was back when we were at P.O.I.N.T. . She was always there for me and we became best friends over the time that we spent there…until-"
The flashback of the sandwich occurred.
"I still don't know what that flashback means…" K.O. mumbled.
Rad: think yo can pull of a beard?
"Hah! I think I could pull off a beard! What do you think, Chief?"
Mr. Gar glanced at Rad. "I think you could."
Rad gasped.
Rad: hey, I meant to say NEW mods, auto correct am I right?
"Well, ever since the mods Dendy added, no. There hasn't been any new ones."
KO: when you aren't working at the bodega, and your mom nots home, do you have a babysitter?
If so, what's the best thing about them?
"Yeah, Punching Judy is my babysitter! She's super cool and tough! She's a Chess Boxing National Silver Champion 3 years in a row!"
KO: what color is the sky in 201X?
"It's. Blue."
Rad: what's your middle name?
"My species doesn't do middle names. Why need more than your family's and proper name?"
KO: how smart is Dendy?
"Oh, she's super smart! She can fix anything! She can probably hack into any computer that she wanted! She's really good at math (which I constantly fail at)! And she knows what to do for science experiments and she can recite history really well and she's great at vocabulary quizzes and she's so amazing at school and also still really super cool! I mean, not in the way that Enid is, but cool in her own way…"
"He's still going." Rad said with drooping ears.
"Well, Dendy's his only friend his age." Mr. Gar said.
"Wait, really?"
"From what Carol's told me…yeah."
"…and she's fun to play tag with and she's got super cool POW Cards and she's great at seeing people's problems and I'm great at solving them and I bet we'd make a great team in the future-" K.O. coughed a bit. "Uhm…Anyways. Yeah, Dendy's super smart." He said, blushing.
KO: if you were trapped in an alternate universe where the heroes are villains and vice versa, what would you do?
"Wh-what!? That'd be horrible! I'd probably try to find someone who could help me get back home, like Professor Venomous, or Holo-Jane, or Dendy."
Rad: who are your personal heroes?
"Well, Chip Damage, for obvious reasons. And Mr. Gar."
"Awe, Rad, that's such a beautiful sentence!" K.O. smiled. He opened his arms. "Hugs?"
"No, K.O." Rad said, ears drooping.
"I'm not ready for a hug." Mr. Gar said.
"But…we're Hanahaki Bros." K.O. sniveled.
"I still don't approve of that name."
Gar: what inspired you to be a hero?
"Well, uh. That was…Foxtail. She…saw me fighting in the ring, and welcomed me to P.O.I.N.T."
KO: what do you call a vampire who's car breaks down three miles from a blood bank? A CAB!
"Oh, yeah. That would be a good thing to do! And even better if you pay for it so they don't have to!"
"No, K.O., it's a joke." Rad stammered only to be ignored by the young hero.
KO: how many Pird's does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
"I don't know. How many Pirds does it take to screw in a lightbulb?"
KO: if you were on an island in the middle of nowhere, name three things you would bring?
"Well, I'd bring a boat, fuel for the boat, and a spare battery for the boat to make sure it works!" K.O. said.
"Of all the things…" Rad began. "WHY DID I FORGET ABOUT THE BOAT!?"
KO: what's your favorite superpower? and you can't say your own.
"I…guess Mr. Gar's elemental powers. Mommy's and Enid's are skills they've learned, and weren't born with, and Rad's powers are more species based."
"Gosh darn it K.O.! Superman was from Krypton and needed a yellow sun to have his powers, are you saying they're not super?"
"Yeah. Superpowers are something you're born with or you got them from an accident and never can get rid of. Like the Flash's speed, or Ace's mind powers."
Silence.
"You had. To mention. Ace." Rad whispered.
