Imaginary Man soon arrived back with Mac.
Mac was so excited and thrilled over the fun he had. "That was amazing!" he beamed up to the imaginary superhero friend.
'Mac sure seems like he had fun.' Atticus thought to himself.
"Ooh, what time is it?" Mac asked.
"A little bit after 4:00." Atticus told him.
"I should probably get home before Mom does." Mac said.
"We'll walk you home." Mo told Mac.
"Thanks, guys." Mac smiled.
"Sure," Patch replied. "Not sure where Cherry ran off to, but it's the least we can do."
They soon walked off together to go back to Mac's apartment.
"So, Mac, do you have any friends in school?" Atticus asked.
"Well... Uh... Not exactly..." Mac said softly. "I have a hard time making friends in school sometimes."
"Really?" Atticus asked.
"Yeah... It just sometimes feels like no one really wants to be my friend... It's been that way for a long time, especially in Day Care..." Mac sighed. "Then I created Bloo to be my own best friend."
"Ohh." Mo smiled.
"I don't know what I do wrong though." Mac said.
"You're not doing anything wrong, Mac," Atticus told him. "If they don't wanna be your friend, that's their problem."
"Yeah." Patch nodded.
"I guess so," Mac said. "Though, you guys are pretty good friends, especially some of the new friends I make at Foster's."
"Yep." Atticus nodded.
They soon came up to Mac's door and he unlocked the door key, coming inside, and putting down his backpack.
"So you seemed to have a great time with Imaginary Man." Mo smiled at Mac.
"Oh, guys, it was just amazing!" Mac beamed. "I've never had so much fun before! I mean, unless you count the time with World, but still! Imaginary Man is the coolest!"
"He might be cool, but he's not as cool as Super Power Man." Casper said.
"It was just amazing!" Mac beamed. "I wonder where the kid is who created him?"
"Maybe he's all grown up?" Mo guessed.
"Probably." Cherry shrugged.
Mac sat down, feeling a little hungry as his stomach growled.
"Let's get you some food." Mo smiled.
"Yes, please." Mac smiled back.
"Anything you'd like to eat?" Mo asked.
Mac shrugged. "Chicken nuggets?"
Mo smiled as she soon went to get Mac his little snack.
"So, when do you think our two superhero imaginary friends will have their friendly competition?" Casper asked Mac.
"I'm not sure," Mac replied. "Hopefully by tomorrow. That'd be pretty amazing."
"Yeah, that way we'd see which of them is the winner." Casper smiled.
"I'd bet on Imaginary Man." Mac smirked.
"Fine then," Casper smirked back. "In that case, I'm betting on Super Power Man."
"Oh, boy, they're now in the middle of a playful rivalry." Mo smiled playfully.
Cherry yawned a bit. "Oh, I'm sorry..." She then said, though didn't seem to be that sorry. "All this superhero business must be making me rather sleepy."
Atticus playfully rolled his eyes. Mac and Casper both smiled out of excitement of having two superhero imaginary friends around. Mo soon made Mac his snack and he felt much better after eating it.
"Didn't you eat at school, kid?" Cherry asked.
"Terrence took my lunch away." Mac frowned.
"He is the worst brother ever." Patch glared.
Mac just sighed.
"Your mom must have her hands full with her job and with Terrence around here a lot." Atticus said.
"Yeah, it's really tough," Mac sighed. "Mom doesn't even know I go to Foster's every day after school so Bloo doesn't get adopted."
"And a good thing too," Cherry said. "Then again, you never know, she might be understanding."
"I dunno if I should risk it." Mac said.
"Well, I don't know if I wanna hang around a kid who lies to his mother." Cherry replied.
"Your mom seems like an understanding mother." Mo smiled at Mac.
"Well... I guess I could tell her..." Mac said softly. "I just hope she doesn't get mad... I mean... She told me to give up Bloo because I was too old for him."
"Yeah, but you weren't ready to give him up yet." Atticus said.
Mac just sighed about that.
"Tell your mother... I'm sure she'll understand..." Atticus comforted like a better big brother figure for him than Terrence.
"Would it help if we stay by your side?" Mo asked Mac.
"...Please?" Mac replied.
Atticus soon smiled. "We'll stay as long as you want us to."
"Thanks." Mac smiled back.
"Why don't we watch something on TV?" Cherry suggested, taking out the remote, clicking through the channels.
They soon saw what happened today on the news.
"Leave that on!" Atticus told Cherry.
"Whoa! Imaginary Man's even on the news!" Mo beamed. "That's so awesome! Oh, wait... Awesomeriffic!"
"Yeah!" Mac beamed back.
They soon watched the news as Imaginary Man was on it.
'It was a terrifying day downtown with one of those dangerous imaginary friends on the loose until a new imaginary friend superhero came to help out the friends in need, as well as another imaginary superhero friend which was a rather 'awesomeriffic' battle.' The news anchor announced with a smile, showing clips from what happened earlier that day.
"Okay, I'll say awesome, and I'll even say terrific, but there's no way I'm ever going to say that word." Cherry said.
Everyone else seemed sucked in over the excitement.
Cherry waved her hand to them before rolling her eyes. "I'm outta here..." she then mumbled, walking out the door.
"I can't wait until tomorrow." Casper smiled.
"Me neither," Mac smiled back. "It's really gonna be amazing."
The next day...
Mac and Bloo went to the hardware store to pick up some supplies for their tree-house. Of course, Mac was telling Bloo all about the fun he had with Imaginary Man, though Bloo seemed to be annoyed from hearing about it. They were soon seen coming out of the hardware store after picking up the supplies they needed.
"Mac, can I get a hand with these supplies?" Bloo grunted, trying to pull the wagon out the doors.
"Oh! Right!" Mac smiled, helping out his imaginary friend.
"That sure a lot of stuff." Casper said as he walked over.
"It's gonna be the best tree-house ever, just you wait!" Bloo smirked.
"Awesomeriffic!" Mac replied.
"Yeah, Mac, I'll say awesome, and I'll even say terrific, but there ain't no way I'm saying that." Bloo remarked.
"You sound like Cherry." Casper said to Bloo.
They soon heard something burst through the roof of the hardware store.
"Whoa!" Casper gasped from that.
"You'll never stop me, boys!" A woman grinned, coming out from the store with paint cans.
"That's Nemesis!" Mac gasped.
"Neme who?" Bloo asked.
"Imaginary Man's oldest, most vile arch enemy." Mac told him.
"Uh-huh, and just how do you know that?" Bloo asked him.
"Imaginary Man told me all about her!" Mac said, taking out a device and pushing the button.
"What the fuzzy is that?!" Casper asked. "Looks like a communicator."
"Oh, and I suppose he gave you that little doodad to too!" Bloo crossed his arms.
"Yep," Mac replied. "You want one?"
Imaginary Man soon arrived, along with Super Power Man.
"What is it, young Mac?" Imaginary Man asked.
"Nemesis!" Mac told him.
"Your arch enemy!" Super Power Man gasped to Imaginary Man.
"She just robbed the hardware store and seemed to only steal paint." Casper told them.
"NO!" Imaginary Man gasped.
"It was her alright!" Mac replied. "You gotta stop her!"
"Quick, Super Power Man, we must stop Nemesis!" Imaginary Man told his new friend.
"Right." Super Power Man nodded.
The two imaginary superhero friends soon got ready for action together.
"But first..." Imaginary Man said, taking out his sidecar for Mac.
"Really?" Mac beamed. "You want me to come with you?!"
"But Mac, what about your tree-house with Bloo?" Casper asked.
Mac seemed to ignore that question and went right into the sidecar. Imaginary Man soon took off with Bloo, leaving him in the dust.
"Great." Bloo glared from that.
"You wanna come with?" Super Power Man asked Casper.
"I'd love to, but Bloo needs help with this equipment; you go join up with them." Casper told Super Power Man.
"All right," Super Power Man replied. "Suit yourself."
"Have fun." Casper smiled.
"Thanks." Super Power Man smiled back and soon joined after Imaginary Man.
Casper soon helped Bloo with the supplies.
"Thanks." Bloo said.
"What're friends for?" Casper smiled.
"I could ask the same question." Bloo narrowed his eyes towards Mac.
"I'll have Atticus have a serious talk with him." Casper said.
"Hm." Bloo nodded firmly.
Nemesis soon laughed as she was seen painting the town pink and making it all girly.
"Wow, this arch enemy of yours really likes to make everything all girly." Super Power Man commented to Imaginary Man.
"It's what she does worst!" Imaginary Man growled. "Not so fast, Nemesis!"
"Imaginary Man!" Nemesis growled back to him.
"Mac, this is pure, unyielding evil, I need you to stay safe." Imaginary Man told the young boy.
"Right." Mac nodded.
Mac was soon put to safety.
"Well, well, if it isn't Nemesis?" Super Power Man remarked.
"And who are you, stranger?" Nemesis smirked.
"I am Super Power Man, and you're going down!" Super Power Man glared.
"He's here to help me stop you, Nemesis!" Imaginary Man told his arch enemy.
"We'll see about that, Imaginary Dork Face!" Nemesis smirked. "Once I'm through with this tacky little town; it'll be cutest, prettiest, more adorablest town anyone's ever seen! And when I'm through, I'll give the whole world a makeover!"
That seemed to horrify Imaginary Man.
"And everything will be beautiful!" Nemesis grinned before laughing wickedly.
"If what you're thinking is making this town beautiful; I hate to break it to ya, but this city is fine just the way." Super Power Man told her.
"Oh, you've seen nothing yet!" Nemesis laughed as she escaped with a rainbow path while Mac tried to hide himself.
Imaginary Man and Supwr Power Man soon flew off after her. All Mac could do was watch them.
"Orange Soda Soaker, go!" Imaginary Man commanded, making soda squirt against the female imaginary friend.
"My hair!" Nemesis cried out, and where she soon landed right on a bush of flowers.
"Gotcha." Super Power Man smirked.
"Big mistake, Doo Doo Brains!" Nemesis smirked back, taking out a bow.
"Oh, no!" Imaginary Man panicked.
Nemesis soon began to shoot flowers towards Imaginary Man which were like his Kryptonite.
'I actually shouldn't be surprised by this.' Super Power Man thought to himself before protecting Imaginary Man.
"Not minding a little flower power, huh?" Nemesis smirked to Super Power Man.
"My weakness is something much deadlier than flowers." Super Power Man glared.
"What a shame Imaginary Dork can't defend himself." Nemesis laughed to him.
Super Power Man soon punched the flowers away to keep them from Imaginary Man.
"Luckily, I met a friend that you might remember from your past," Nemesis smirked at him. "Well, that's what he told me to tell you."
Some heat vision soon hit Super Power Man from behind.
"Gah!" Super Power Man yelped, falling to the ground suddenly.
"Isn't that right?" Nemesis smirked to her helper.
"Oh, yes, Nemesis, and I must say, you haven't changed at all, Super Power Man." A strong and dark voice smirked back.
"You..." Super Power Man glared to his enemy.
A dark strong figure was soon shown and looked just like Super Power Man, only the color of his outfit was much more dark and evil.
"Super Power Man, who is this?" Imaginary Man asked his new friend.
"Remember what I said about my own arch enemy?" Super Power Man asked back.
"Yeah?" Imaginary Man replied.
"This would be him." Super Power Man told him.
"Oh..." Imaginary Man soon said.
"That's right, and I'm working with Nemesis to get rid of you both!" The villain smirked. "Where's that weak little creator of yours, Super Power Man, he get too tired having a super zero for an imaginary friend?"
"He's at home doing homework," Super Power Man glared. "I see you're still the same as always, Nega Power Man."
"Ah, you make me laugh," The villain chuckled. "You'll surrender to Nemesis! You and your new friend!"
"I don't see that happening." Super Power Man glared.
Nemesis soon ran out of flowers, looking enraged.
"I'm gonna have fun messing with you a little," Nega Power Man smirked to Super Power Man. "Like the Crimson Chin and the Nega Chin... Boy, is that guy awesome?!"
Super Power Man rolled his eyes from that.
"But first." Nega Power Man smirked before showing flowers he stole and gave them to Nemesis to use.
"Oh... Thank you~" Nemesis smirked back. "You're so good to me."
"You won't get Imaginary Man this way!" Super Power Man glared.
"Oh, yes, she will." Nega Power Man smirked as he attacked Super Power Man to keep him from interfering with Nemesis.
"Hey!" Super Power Man glared and soon began to fight and tackle Nega Power Man back.
"Now that that's out of the way..." Nemesis smirked as she soon shot more flowers towards Imaginary Man.
And where he began to feel pain as the flowers were draining Imaginary Man of his powers.
"Imaginary Man! No!" Super Power Man cried out.
Mac soon jumped in and began to defend Imaginary Man against the flowers.
"Seriously?" Nega Power Man glared at Mac.
"Someone has to help Imaginary Man!" Mac glared back.
"Ah, Mac, so good to see you." Super Power Man smiled to the young boy.
"Hope you like to see him fried!" Nega Power Man glared as he shot his heat vision at the young boy.
"NO!" Super Power Man yelped and soon went to save Mac, and where he saved Mac just in time as he blocked the heat vision with his heat vision.
There was a bit of an explosion from the repelling heat before everyone was soon pushed back from it.
"You okay, Mac?" Super Power Man asked.
"Yeah! Thanks!" Mac replied.
"Dang it." Nega Power Man glared.
"Sorry, Nega, but no matter what, I'll come out on top," Super Power Man remarked. "Just like how Atticus wants me to."
Nega Power Man glared as Nemesis throw down her bow.
"How do ya like that?" Super Power Man laughed at his enemy.
"You won this time, Imaginary Man, but mark my words, I'll get you, your friend, and your little boy too!" Nemesis glared as she soon made her exit.
Nega Power Man soon flew off after her as his escape too.
"Mac... Super Power Man... How did you do it?" Imaginary Man asked.
"Do what?" Mac asked.
"How did you withstand that onslaught of pansies?!" Imaginary Man replied.
"You mean the flowers?" Super Power Man asked. "Well, for Mac, he's a kid; he doesn't have a weakness to them and neither do I."
"But they're so sissy, and girly, and yucky!" Imaginary Man replied. "Don't they drain away your manliness?"
"No, not really." Mac replied while Super Power Man shook his head.
"This means that Mac has a gift, and so do you, Super Power Man!" Imaginary Man proclaimed.
"Imaginary Man, by any chance, did your creator that imagined you not like girls and found the girly stuff all girly and yucky?" Super Power Man asked.
"You could say that, yes." Imaginary Man replied.
"That explains your weakness." Super Power Man said.
Bloo and Casper walked by with the wagon before they soon looked over, seeing Mac talking with Imaginary Man and Super Power Man.
"Pfft! Him again..." Bloo rolled his eyes. "Jeez, Mac, if you love him so much, why don't you marry him?"
Imaginary Man soon knelt down to Mac. Bloo's eyes widened from that.
"This used to belong to the boy who imagined me," Imaginary Man told Mac, showing something in his sidecar for him. "Mac... Will you be my sidekick?"
"Yes!" Mac beamed. "Yes, I will be your sidekick!"
Bloo soon screamed after hearing that as he was shocked that Mac just answered right away, as were Super Power Man and Casper.
"Um, don't worry, Bloo," Casper said. "I'm sure Mac will still have time for you."
"I hope so." Bloo pouted.
They soon went to continue going on with the tree-house supplies while Mac accepted his new outfit as Imaginary Man's sidekick.
Sometime later, Mac was soon home, but saw the others inside, waiting for him.
"Hey, kid." Cherry said, popping some bubblegum.
"Neat outfit." Atticus said.
"Huh? Oh, thanks," Mac smiled. "Imaginary Man gave it to me. His kid used to wear it, and now I'm his sidekick."
"Yeah, you seemed to accept to be his sidekick right away." Casper said.
"Well, who could turn down an amazing offer like that?" Mac beamed.
"Would you say it's more important than helping Bloo with finishing your tree house?" Casper asked firmly.
"What're you talking about?" Mac asked.
"Mac, no offense, but ever since Imaginary Man came around, you haven't paid much attention to Bloo." Casper told him.
"You even got annoyed with him when he tried to get your attention about how you guys were almost finished with the tree house." Cherry added.
"You guys are being ridiculous, I haven't forgotten about Bloo." Mac told them.
"Oh, really?" Cherry asked.
"Yeah!" Mac told her.
"I'm outta here." Cherry rolled her eyes.
"Mac, it's just that you kinda blew off Bloo when he reminded you yesterday that you guys needed to pick out the color tiles for the master bath," Casper said. "Even though I would be surprised to see how that would fit in the tree house without it falling through due to the weight."
Mac looked over and soon stopped to think about it.
"That's not being a friend..." Casper said. "Maybe you should spend a little time away from Imaginary Man."
"Yeah, I'm sure he'll understand." Mo said.
"Hmm... Maybe..." Mac paused to think. "Hey, is your friend gonna be okay, Atticus?" he then asked as Cherry stormed off.
"She should be fine," Atticus said. "Probably blowing off some steam."
"Yeah, I guess so." Mac said.
"Just remember what we said," Atticus replied. "I know how cool it can be to hang around an imaginary superhero friend though. When I hung around Super Power Man when I was a kid, I felt like I was living in my very own comic book."
"Yeah, but that was before you became friends with Cherry." Mac said.
"Well... Yeah..." Atticus smiled sheepishly.
"But the point is Bloo's been your best friend much longer than you've been friends with Imaginary Man." Patch told Mac.
"I guess you guys have a point there." Mac replied.
"So?" Atticus asked.
"Hmm... I'll have to see what I can do tomorrow." Mac said.
The others just hoped that it would be the right thing.
"Before we go, when do you think will be a good time to tell your mom?" Mo asked.
Mac bit his lip.
"Come on, you have to tell her sooner or later." Mo said.
"But what if she hates me because I'm still seeing Bloo or makes us move away or send me to military school?" Mac replied.
"Who made you think something like that?" Atticus narrowed his eyes in suspicion.
"Ooh, I think I know." Mo glared.
Terrance soon came back home.
"Detention again?" Mac guessed.
"Shut up, dork!" Terrance glared.
"That always means yes." Mac explained to the others.
"I can imagine so," Atticus replied. "Anyway, Mac, just listen to us. We promise, it'll be okay."
"Yeah, everything that you-know-who told you won't happen," Mo said while secretly pointing to Terrance. "Your mom will be understanding."
"...Maybe you guys are right." Mac replied.
"Besides you know who isn't exactly someone you should listen to." Patch said.
"Yeah... I guess..." Mac told them.
The others smiled to him.
"Why don't you hang out with kids your own age, Stupid?" Terrence scoffed to his little brother.
"How about you leave him alone, jerk?" Atticus glared.
"You can't talk to me like that!" Terrence glared back.
"Is that a challenge?!" Atticus retorted with his stare.
"Oh, boy." Patch sighed.
Atticus glared to Terrance.
"You think a staring contest can scare me?" Terrance scoffed.
"Uh-oh... He's using... The Stare..." Mo shivered.
"You're just gonna stare at me?" Terrence scoffed to Atticus. "Whatever."
Atticus kept his stare, not even blinking to the younger teenage boy. The others, besides Mac, kept themselves from looking as The Stare was a scary thing. Terrence began to look a bit scared from that.
"Had enough yet?" Atticus asked.
"N-No." Terrence gulped.
Atticus kept staring until Terrence soon gave up and ran into his bedroom, allowing Atticus to now relax himself.
"Whoa, what was that?" Mac asked.
"The Stare," Atticus replied. "It's a method I learned. It scares a lot of people."
"How?" Mac wondered.
"Even we're unsure, but I think it has something to do with without any blinking." Patch said.
"Does it really look that bad?" Atticus asked.
"It looks like you're staring into our souls," Mo said. "You kinda looked like Drell when he found out Cherry used his magic wand to unclog her toilet."
"Who?" Mac asked.
The others grinned sheepishly to him.
"I really hope Cherry gets better soon," Atticus said. "She seemed a bit grumpy earlier."
"Yeah, I wonder why?" Mo said.
"I'll talk to her later," Atticus decided as he knew her better than anyone else. "Oh, no! It's not October, is it?!"
"No, it's not." Mo said.
"Okay, good." Atticus said in relief.
"Yeah, we wouldn't want her to be angry with you again." Patch said.
"I'll talk to her, I'm sure she'll open up." Atticus smiled.
"Yeah, after all, you're her best friend." Mo smiled back.
"That's why I think I should talk to her," Atticus replied before looking at the time. "Hmm... Mac, when's your mother coming home?"
"I think at 6:00 today," Mac said. "She works really hard at the bank."
"Whoa, that is an important job." Mo said.
"Sometimes if she's around at evenings or the weekend, I help her out a little with work." Mac smiled.
"That must help with Math." Patch smiled back.
"Sometimes it does," Mac said. "Frankie's great at Math though, she really helps out a lot with my homework."
"She really is a great friend." Mo smiled.
Later on, Mo made small salads with burgers for Mac and Terrence's dinner, leaving Terrence's food by his bedroom door as he didn't seem to come out of his room and Mac soon ate the food.
"Wow, nice salad, Mo." Mac said.
"Thanks," Mo smiled. "I try my best to make great salads without too much meat."
"You've got that right." Mac said.
"I just hope your brother at least gets some dinner," Mo rolled her eyes. "He may be a jerk, but he shouldn't starve."
They soon heard the front door opening.
"That must be your mother." Mo smiled hopefully.
And where Mo was right as Mac's mother came walking in. "I'm home!" Grace called out as she came inside.
"Hello, ma'am." Mo said with a small smile.
"Hi, Mom." Mac smiled to his mother.
"Hello, dear," Grace said. "Oh, you're having friends over."
"I made dinner, I hope that was okay." Mo smiled.
"Sure... Thank you," Grace replied with a small smile back. "Takes the edge off when I come home from work."
"Well, I hope you like salad then." Mo smiled back.
"Hmm... I suppose I could use a salad..." Grace said. "My mother always told me that's good to fight stress with."
"My mother says the same thing." Mo smiled from that.
Grace soon began to eat dinner with Mac. The others smiled as it was nice to see Mac bonding with his mother.
"Where's Terrence?" Grace wondered.
"I think he's gonna eat in his room." Atticus said.
"Yeah, he seemed like he didn't have a good day at school." Mo said.
"Probably got detention again... Would it kill for that boy to behave?" Grace sighed to herself.
"I highly doubt it." Atticus said.
"Oh, Mo, this is a wonderful salad," Grace smiled. "Did you make it yourself?"
"Why, yes, I did," Mo smiled back. "Made from vegetables from my own garden back home."
"Mo has the magic touch when it comes to nature." Atticus added.
"You could say that." Mo smiled.
"That sounds really nice." Grace smiled back.
Patch simply nodded. Grace gently pet Patch which he seemed to like.