"Hey, Bloo, where's Mac?" Cherry asked.
"Probably out with that Imaginary Dork Face." Bloo rolled his eyes.
"Still?" Atticus asked.
"I guess so," Bloo rolled his eyes. "I guess I'm not special to Mac anymore." He soon got an idea of how to show Mac he was special.
"Come on, Bloo, you're special..." World said. "I'm sorry Mac's been so preoccupied lately," He soon saw the look Bloo had in his eyes before the blue blob rushed in to make a cape and superhero mask. "Bloo?" World asked.
"I'll show him!" Bloo remarked. "I'll show all of them!"
"Uh, Bloo? I don't know if that's a good idea..." Cherry said.
Unfortunately, he wasn't listening to her.
"Bloo?!" Cherry called out.
"I'm out!" Bloo told them as he went off.
Cherry sighed sharply in defeat.
At the salon, Nemesis was getting her hair done, and a hair stylist came to check on her, though he looked fearful, and when she saw the result of her hair, which was barely poofy, he would become more fearful.
"Well?" Nemesis demanded.
The stylist handed her a mirror as he shivered.
"You call this VOLUME?!" Nemesis glared, grabbing him by his shirt. "IT'S BARELY POOFY!"
Suddenly, Imaginary Man and Mac came to the rescue.
"Oh, my stars and garters!" Mac announced.
"Wait, what?" Nemesis asked.
Imaginary Man shook his head at the catchphrase before he got ready to fight Nemesis with Mac's help. Nemesis soon grabbed some flowers and shot them at her enemy.
"Mac Attack?!" Imaginary Man called.
"I'm on it!" Mac told him before destroying the flowers.
"Now, now, that's no way to treat flowers." Nega Power Man's voice smirked.
"He's back." Imaginary Man glared from the voice.
"And better than ever!" Nega Power Man laughed as he soon flew in beside Nemesis, crossing his arms.
"My beautiful flowers!" Nemesis cried out.
"No worries, my Queen, that brat shall pay." Nega Power Man reassured.
"Oh, thank you." Nemesis told him.
Nega Power Man soon grabbed a hold of Mac by his cape.
"Hey!" Mac complained.
Imaginary Man soon flew towards Nega Power Man, punching him away from Mac.
"My kinda language." Nega Power Man smirked from the punch.
"You won't hurt Mac Attack as long as I'm around!" Imaginary Man glared.
"Oh, yeah?" Nega Power Man smirked.
"We'll see about that." Nemesis added.
"Face it, Nemesis!" Imaginary Man glared. "Without your flowers, you're no match for me!"
Unfortunately for Imaginary Man and Mac, Bloo arrived dressed as a hero.
"The blob..." Nega Power Man grumbled.
"Never fear!" Bloo grinned. "The Ever Avenger is here!"
"Bloo?" Mac asked.
"Watch this, Mac!" Bloo smiled as he sang his own theme song and ran into the scene with his cape flowing which was the tablecloth from the dining room table which had Eduardo stuck onto it. He then jumped onto the chandelier and seemed to be stuck as the plates, bowls, and silverware began to weigh down the tablecloth.
"Oh, no!" Mac frowned once he saw flowers.
"Oh, yes!" Nega Power Man grinned. He soon flew up and took the flowers and gave them to Nemesis to use while he would keep Mac from interfering.
"Yaugh! Petunias!" Imaginary Man cried out.
"Thank you." Nemesis grinned to Nega Power Man as she used her flowers against Imaginary Man.
And where Imaginary Man began to look like he was becoming weaker. Nemesis soon climbed up of the tablecloth and escaped once she made it to the top floor before Bloo fell from the chandelier.
"I'd love to stay and chat, but my lady needs me," Nega Power Man grinned before flying off after Nemesis. "And thanks for the help, loser!"
Mac soon got rid of the flower before glaring at his imaginary friend. "Bloo, what were you thinking?"
"I was thinking you might need a super heroic hand." Bloo smirked.
"But you let the bad guys get away!" Mac glared.
"Yes, but I did it in a super and heroic way." Bloo smirked.
"No, Bloo, you did it in a dumb way!" Mac glared. "YOU RUINED EVERYTHING!"
"But Mac, I just-" Bloo frowned.
"Look, next time you're filling super and heroic, remember who the real superheros are and BUTT OUT!" Mac glared, rather coldly.
"Okay, that does it." Super Power Man's voice said firmly.
"Come on, Imaginary Man," Mac grumbled. "Cowabunga, dude."
"Keep trying, Mac Attack." Imaginary Man said.
"NO!" Super Power Man said as he soon flew into the salon, and where he knew exactly where to take Mac.
"Super Power Man, what are you doing?" Mac asked.
"We need to talk." Super Power Man told Mac.
"But Nemesis and Nega Power Man are getting away!" Mac told him.
"Mac, what you said to Bloo was terrible," Super Power Man said. "I know you're having fun with Imaginary Man, but you're not being a very good friend to Bloo right now."
"What? But, Bloo, he-" Mac started.
"Mac," Super Power Man said before sighing. "I know how Bloo can be, but you kind of abandoned him for Imaginary Man."
"I didn't mean to." Mac frowned.
"I'm sure you didn't, but you really hurt Bloo," Super Power Man said. "I'm sorry, Mac, but you really did. It's like ever since you met Imaginary Man, he's all you ever think about."
Mac frowned as this was true.
"I'm sure he likes hanging out with you too, but you already have your own imaginary friend," Super Power Man said. "I mean, I loved playing with Atticus when he was a kid, but I have Casper now."
Mac frowned as he was being a terrible friend to Bloo. Super Power Man stayed silent to let Mac decide what he needs to do.
"Zoinks! I was being a bad friend." Mac frowned, trying out another catchphrase.
"Yes, you are, also, are you trying to find the perfect catchphrase?" Super Power Man asked him.
"Uh... Maybe?" Mac smiled bashfully. "I found a website."
"Well, how about trying to make one up?" Super Power Man asked.
"Uh... I guess..." Mac shrugged.
Super Power Man soon took Mac in front of the bank where his mother worked at. Unfortunately, they had forgotten Bloo who was feeling a bad feeling.
Bloo was still at the salon as he was crying from the harsh words that Mac had given to him, but soon enough, a certain somebody heard his cries and came to see him.
"You know what you call a friend that betrays and abandons you? An enemy." Nemesis smirked as she landed behind the blue blob.
Bloo soon stopped crying.
"I sense anger in you, you want to get them back, don't you?" Nemesis smirked. "You want to teach them a lesson, like the big, fat doo-doo heads that they are. You want... REVENGE! Join me~..."
"Ahem! Join only you?" Nega Power Man smirked as he flew down to Nemesis's side.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Nega Power Man," Nemesis smirked back. "I meant for him to join both of us."
Bloo soon got up from the floor and soon grew a wicked grin on his face.
"Let us begin his transformation into a villain then." Nega Power Man smirked.
"I couldn't agree more." Nemesis smirked back.
The two evil imaginary friends soon got to work to transform Bloo into a different person. And where it was a knock-off Darth Vader mixed with a unicorn.
"Lord Uniscorn..." Nemesis smirked.
"Yes, My Mistress." Bloo replied.
"Rise." Nemesis told him.
Bloo soon laughed evilly as he sat up in the salon chair in his new identity.
"He's perfect," Nega Power Man smirked before seeing Eduardo watching this like a movie. "What are you doing in here?"
"This is getting good!" Eduardo smiled while eating his bowl of cereal.
"Oi." Nega Power Man groaned with a face-palm.
"Oh, never mind him," Nemesis said before grinning. "We have a new ally."
"Yes..." Nega Power Man grinned back. "It sure is a lovely day to be EVIL!"
"Oh, yes, it is." Nemesis nodded.
The three all shared a laugh together while Eduardo just sat there on the edge of his seat.
Grace soon came out of work and was on her way back home, a bit early for Saturday that is. She soon saw Super Power Man and Mac in front of the bank and she saw her son was dressed as a superhero sidekick.
"Mom?!" Mac gasped.
"Hello, Mac," Grace smiled. "I'm coming home early today."
"That's, uh, great news." Mac smiled nervously.
"I think we should have a little Mom/Son time together." Grace suggested.
"Uh, sure, Mom." Mac replied.
"But first, why are you wearing a costume?" Grace asked him.
"Um... I'm playing 'Superhero'?" Mac replied.
"A bit late for Halloween, aren't you?" Grace remarked.
"Actually, he's got something to tell you." Super Power Man told her.
"I do?" Mac asked.
Super Power Man gave him a look.
"Oh, uh, right..." Mac said sheepishly. "Uh, Mom... I'm sorry I've kept this hidden from you, but I was afraid."
"I know, Mac." Grace said.
"So... You're not mad?" Mac asked.
"Well, I am a little upset that you didn't tell me, but I'm not mad." Grace smiled to her younger son.
"Whew," Mac smiled back. "But, um, that's not the only thing I have to tell you."
"Come on, let's walk and talk." Grace said.
Mac and Grace soon walked home down the street together.
"Mom... I know you told me to get rid of Bloo..." Mac sighed. "I'm sorry... I just couldn't go without seeing him all the time. We're best friends!"
"Yes, you do have a hard time making friends with other kids your own age sometimes." Grace had to admit.
"And when we heard about Foster's, we thought that it would be the perfect solution to our problem," Mac said. "Only there was one problem."
"Is that right?" Grace asked.
"Yeah..." Mac sighed. "We found out that Foster's was a foster home and not a boarding house, so I had to come over every day after school to make sure no one would ever adopt Bloo and take him away from me forever. Terrance found out later and tried to keep me from seeing Bloo by teaming up with Duchess who was jealous and mad at him for a rich family wanting to adopt him instead of her."
"This Duchess must have been horrible then." Grace said.
"She really is," Mac said. "She's a spoiled, self-obsessed, obnoxious brat and thinks she's the best person in the whole house. She even tried to get Bloo killed by an Extremeasaur. Uh, they're imaginary friends created by evil teenagers that need to be locked up. Sometimes they get loose in town, and Frankie and the others have to stop them... They stopped one not too long ago, and that's when we met Imaginary Man."
"I know about him, and I'm guessing Imaginary Man might be the reason why you're wearing that sidekick outfit." Grace said.
"...Were we on TV or something?" Mac asked.
"You know, it's a funny story," Grace replied as she took out her keys to unlock the door and come inside with him. "You see, when I was around your age, I had two of the best friends in my life: Lucy and Scott. We all hung out with our imaginary friends and had fun altogether, and Scott was the one who created Imaginary Man and Lucy created Nemesis."
"What was your imaginary friend's name, Mom?" Mac asked.
"Oh... That felt like such a long time ago..." Grace replied as she stopped to think it over. "I believe I named her Starshine, and she was a unicorn with wings... I used to fly her to school sometimes even though some kids made fun of me for having an imaginary friend."
"Wait, did you say Starshine?" Super Power Man asked Grace.
"Huh? Oh, yes," Grace said. "I used to watch pony cartoons all the time when I was a little girl."
"Starshine is at Foster's with the other imaginary pegasi and alicorns." Super Power Man said.
"What's an... Alicorn...?" Grace asked.
"It's a unicorn with wings or a pegasus with a horn," Super Power Man explained. "Just thought you should know since you created one."
"Oh... Well... Back in my day, we didn't have a name for it." Grace smiled sheepishly.
"It's alright," Super Power Man smiled back before shaking his head. "Anyways, we're getting off topic."
"Um... Yes..." Grace said. "I'm sorry I made you send Bloo away, Mac. Um... If you want... Maybe we could move back in if he really means that much to you? He could maybe you two could play with that new girl across the hall and her imaginary friend, Cheese and Louise."
"We kinda already met them," Mac said. "And they're, um, interesting."
"That's a story for another day." Super Power Man said.
"Hmm... I'd hate to take Bloo away from Foster's since he loves it so much, but I'm so glad you understand, Mom." Mac said as he looked relieved that his mother now knew his biggest secret.
"Now about the reason why you're wearing that sidekick outfit." Grace said.
"...Imaginary Man and I began to have fun," Mac said. "I guess I made him think of his old kid, so he asked for me to be his sidekick... And I said 'yes'."
"That does sound nice." Grace said.
"Tell her what happened today." Super Power Man told Mac.
Mac looked over and soon sat down with his mother on the couch to talk things over now that they were finally talking to each other about imaginary friends and what the boy had been through lately after being forced to give up Bloo for adoption, and finally told her what he said to Bloo recently.
"Oh..." Grace sighed as that was not very nice. "Malcolm Douglas Snyder, that was very rude."
"I know, Mom, I'm sorry..." Mac frowned, a bit nervous once his full name was said like that. "I guess I just got caught up in the excitement of being a superhero like Imaginary Man."
"Seems like it." Grace said firmly.
Mac winced a bit. "I'm gonna say sorry to Bloo the next time I see him."
"I hope so." Grace said.
"I hope he listens..." Mac replied. "Bloo can be tough to deal with sometimes."
"Don't you think I know, especially with those times he'd try to plan a surprise party on you?" Grace groaned slightly.
"Oh, Mom, that was just the worst!" Mac cried out from the times Bloo did that.
"I know." Grace sighed.
Mac and Grace looked to each other before they soon shared a hug with each other. Super Power Man smiled at this scene before leaving.
"You going?" Grace asked.
"I better get back to Foster's before dinner," Super Power Man smiled. "I promised I'd help out Frankie."
"You really like her, huh?" Grace smiled back.
"Oh, well, of course," Super Power Man said. "I've been close with her since the day I first came to Foster's."
"That's so sweet." Grace smiled.
"Uh, yeah... Anyway... I'll see you guys later." Super Power Man blushed, thinking about Frankie, and soon went off to go back to his home.
Grace smiled while Mac seemed to chuckle like he knew something.
The next day...
Casper pouted a bit, thinking about his girl troubles again.
"Girl problems, huh?" Atticus asked.
"It's just... Kat and Wendy..." Casper said. "I don't know what to do."
"Wasn't there also that one girl that had five siblings?" Yoyo asked.
Casper groaned as that made him feel worse.
"Whoops." Yoyo said.
"Nice going." Doc Croc sighed.
"Well, Casper, heartbreak is hard, but once you let out your feelings, I'm sure Jamie and Kat will understand." Atticus advised like a kind big brother.
"I hope so..." Casper sighed.
"Man, who knew Casper was a ladies man?" Yoyo smirked.
Doc Croc simply smacked Yoyo on the back of the head as that wasn't helpful.
"Ow! Hey!" Yoyo complained.
"I guess Jamie understands we should just be friends though after I saved her life and the quintuplets' lives after she realized she liked being a big sister, even if she has to take care of five babies a lot." Casper said.
"That is a very important lesson to learn." Atticus nodded.
"I just can't believe I nearly erased all of them out of existence..." Casper frowned.
"Well, don't worry about the girls, an answer will come to you soon," Atticus smiled. "I think Wendy really likes you though."
"And I really like her too." Casper said.
Atticus smiled to him. "What does that tell you?"
Casper sighed. "I hope if I ever see Kat again, it isn't messy."
"Okay, other than that." Yoyo said.
"Come on, buddy, let's go visit Foster's," Atticus comforted. "It'll cheer you up."
"Yeah." Casper smiled.
Atticus smiled back as he walked with Casper down to Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
