It had been about a month since Grimmsnarl and his allies had been defeated. And while Edmonton's heroes enjoyed quite a bit of peace, currently, the green goblin and Corviknight were to stand before Shaymin. The hedgehog gazed down upon them with her arms folded and asked, "Do you know why you stand here right now?"

Corviknight bowed his head and replied, "I know not why you have summoned me, but may I say it is an honour to be in your presence?" Shaymin blushing lightly and chuckling, "Well, um..." while the various guards present in the area stared awkwardly at her.

She then cleared her throat and stated, "Look, I've brought you here for the same reason I changed my mind about having Morgrem and Rolycoly arrested. Even though I'm still a tad suspect, Vaporeon has seen great potential in you. And, well, considering she was right about three former criminals and Copperajah was right about, well, your sister and her friend-" turning to Grimmsnarl who blinked in confusion, "I am willing to give the two of you a chance."

"Are you saying you are releasing us?" Corviknight uttered, the green goblin still confused by all of this until Shaymin stated, "Well, yes and no. See, one thing all those other former villains I mentioned have in common is that they had heroes watching over them to make sure they did nothing wrong. That is what I will do with you."

Grimmsnarl bit his lower lip while Corviknight bowed his head once again and said, "That is just and fair. I must say, I admire your method," the hedgehog blushing again before pulling out a sheet of paper and looking over it.

"Corviknight, it says here you were born in Nottingham," she stated before the raven nodded, "Therefor I will send you to there where you will be monitored by Totodile and Flaaffy."

The raven bowed to her and said, "It would be my honour," Shaymin smiling and giving a curtsy of her own.

She then turned to Grimmsnarl and stated, "Now, much like Corviknight, I will be sending you back to your home as well, but don't think it'll be easy just because you defeated Yanma. Now that every hero has graduated, we've sent Samurott to fight alongside her, and he's no pushover."

The green goblin nodded and replied, "Of course," before enquiring, "If it's alright, could I maybe see my parents before I meet my allies?" the hedgehog remarking, "It's a little early to call them allies, but I will permit you to see your parents. After all, they would like to have a word with you as well."

Grimmsnarl stared for a few seconds and blinked. Then after a while, he enquired, "Do they know I'm here?" before Shaymin nodded and stated, "As a matter of fact, I sent them a message about it. I told them you'd be home soon. They wanted you to live with them, but I figured it might be better if you lived with Samurott until your community service is up."

While Grimmsnarl found this irritating to a certain degree, he also understood. After all, he was not entirely sure himself whether or not he really was ready to fight for good. But even so, he was at least grateful that he could speak to his parents.

And sure enough, both were taken back to Earth and dropped off at their respective locations. A guard exited the ship along with Grimmsnarl after it had landed in front of his old manor. This made him feel a tad uncomfortable, but he let out a sigh and rang the doorbell nonetheless.

After a few seconds, a blue woman with a rusty hook for a right arm answered and said, "Hello," her eyes wide with shock when she stared at the goblin before her.

Grimmsnarl held his hands behind his back and pursed his lips. His eyes darted back and forth before he said, "Hi, Mom," tears running from Dhelmise's eyes before she embraced him with her good arm and cried, "SO IT'S TRUE! YOU DID COME BACK TO US!"

The guard watched both of them close to make sure Grimmsnarl did not try to stab the woman in the back. He rolled his eyes at this before patting her on the back and sighing, "Yeah, I'm back. I only have a few minutes, but here I am."

In less than a minute, the green goblin already found himself seated at a dining table while both of his parents sat before him. The guard had also been invited inside and offered a cup of tea. Though while he gladly drank it, he did so away from the table and kept his gaze upon Grimmsnarl from a distance.

"It's certainly nice to see you alive and well," Dhelmise said with a sweet smile while Impidimp took a sip of his own tea and said, "Yes. Your mother and I certainly missed you," before enquiring, "So, is it true you met your sister?"

"Oh my god, stop!" Grimmsnarl groaned while the two parents looked at him awkwardly, "Admit it. You're both disappointed in me. I did something you never would have wanted me to do and made our family's reputation even worse that it already was, and to make matters worse, I'm still technically under arrest right now."

Dhelmise and Impidimp both stared while he continued, "You've been wanting to scold me since I got here, haven't you!? Well, go on! Give me the verbal beat down I deserve! You've been waiting for it all day, right!?"

Impidimp stared silently for a few seconds and took a deep breath. He then smirked and put down his teacup. After that, he rested his arms over the back of his chair and remarked, "Why bother? You just did our job for us."

Grimmsnarl blinked while Dhelmise chuckled, "Look, son, while your actions were awful, you did them for us. We can't be mad at you for that. And, well, at least you can admit that it was horrible. That gives us both hope."

The guard was just as shocked as Grimmsnarl while both parents had only the warmest smiles on their faces. With that in mind, the green goblin held up his hands in a manner that implied confusion while desperately looking for the right words. But how could he possibly react to something like this?

A part of him wanted to scold them for this. While he hated having to be accompanied by a guard only to be under the watchful eye of two heroes later, there was this strange part of him that wanted his parents to punish him. And yet after a few seconds, he realized all this would really do was ruin the moment. As such, he took a deep breath, picked up a cup of tea placed in front of him and took a sip.

He blinked and pulled the cup away before staring at it. Then after a little while, he nodded and said, "That is very good tea. In fact, it tastes like it was actually purchased from a store and not taken from someone's dumpster."

"That's because it was," Dhelmise replied, "Yeah, something we probably should have mentioned is that, well, we've finally been accepted as ordinary citizens here. When you left us after we scolded you, the townsfolk took pity on us. They saw how heavily opposed we were to your actions and realized they were wrong to judge us."

"We also realized something else," Impidimp sighed, "The whole reason people treated us like monsters is because, well, we did act like monsters. We'd always threaten them to stay off of our property and locked ourselves up inside our home when we weren't raiding trash cans for food."

"Once we saw how nice they were, we stopped," Dhelmise stated, "It's certainly nice to know Morgrem is helping them out now," Grimmsnarl laughing nervously when Impidimp asked, "By the way, is it true she actually bested you in combat?"

The green goblin chuckled, "Yeah, she owned me good," a look of uncertainty in his eyes. So far, everything Morgrem told him seemed to be true, but this almost appeared to be too good. Could he really just accept all of this?

Either way, the family talked for another few minutes until it was time for Grimmsnarl to go. The guard, all the while, bowed his head to Dhelmise and Impidimp and thanked them for the hospitality. And sure enough, once both had exited the building, Yanma stood there with a blue sea lion by her side.

He had long, bushy white whiskers that extended from his snout to the back of his head and a small red nose. A beige shell that resembled a helmet covered the back of his head and had a long horn on the end of it. A bluish grey carapace covered his underbelly and his arms and limbs were covered with bracers made from the same material at his helmet. Although the ones on his forearms looked more blade-like than those on his legs.

The guard looked at the two heroes before him and said, "Keep a good eye on him, alright?" the sea lion giving an army salute and replying, "You can count on us, sir."

Yanma, on the other hand, struggled to put up a brave front. After all, Grimmsnarl had defeated her in combat. Who was to say he would not do the same to her a second time?

Either way, the guard returned to the police ship he had arrived in and took off, the sea lion glaring at Grimmsnarl. The green goblin stared at him until he took hold of his shoulder with his right hand and used his left to take the shell attached to that very forearm and point it at his neck. As it so happened, the shells on the sea lion's arms were actual swords.

"Alright, you listen, and you listen up good!" he growled, "The chairwoman of Hero Planet might think you're worthy of a second chance, but I don't!" Grimmsnarl tensing up while had continued, "Yanma here has told me just how dangerous you are, so mark my words, punk ass! If you do anything to harm the fair people of Baia Mare, let alone Yanma, you will answer to my seamitars, got it!?"

Grimmsnarl's arms were raised in the air while he nodded his head slowly, though he could not help but wonder why he had reacted like that. Before, a threat like this would have been meaningless to him. And yet somehow, this terrified him.

Either way, all the sea lion had to see was the fear in his eyes, thus he lowered his arms and reattached his seamitar. Yanma then held onto his shoulders from behind and said, "Thank you, Samurott, though you didn't need to go that far."

Samurott let out a sigh and said, "You can't lower your guard with this one. I know it's common for villains to turn good, but that doesn't mean we can just trust him yet. Don't forget how badly he hurt you when you fought."

Yanma was about to protest, but she had to admit that he had a point. And of course, Grimmsnarl was still unsure whether he really wanted to be a hero or not. But even so, he had to at least give it a try. Seeing how much better life was for his family, this seemed like the right path to go down.

With that in mind, Samurott and Yanma started to walk through town. Many citizens waved at the dragonfly while she implied a smile with her eyes and waved back. Though when the people spotted Grimmsnarl, they looked a tad more nervous until Samurott gave them a look of reassurance.

At that moment, the green goblin spotted a young boy playing with a ball only to drop it. The ball rolled into the middle of the road, thus the boy ran toward it, a car racing toward him. Grimmsnarl gasped and bolted toward the kid only for Samurott to grab him by the arm with his teeth gritted as if to tell him to back off.

Thankfully, the boy was still safe, and this was made clear when Yanma spread out her wings and took to the sky. She then soared toward him, grabbing the ball with her left arm before she scooped him up in her right, carrying him to safety and breathing a sigh of relief.

Grimmsnarl stared at this while the boy's mother ran over to him and bowed her head as thanks. The green goblin blinked when he saw the boy and woman exit the vicinity. He had an odd feeling in his chest, just seeing this one little life saved from the hands of death.

However, his thought process came to a close when Yanma flew back across the street over to him and Samurott. The sea lion smiled and said, "That was quick thinking. Good job, Yanma," turning to Grimmsnarl who gave him a confused look.

Yanma stared at this and rubbed the back of her head, saying, "Yeah, well, I'm just glad that little boy is safe."

She then looked around and asked, "Hey, are you guys hungry? I know a nice place we could go for lunch," Grimmsnarl grinning and replying, "Oh, that sounds nice. I know a good place really close by-"

Samurott frowned and grunted, "I believe Yanma already had a plan, Grimmsnarl!" the green goblin tensing up only for Yanma to utter, "Well, if his choice is closer, it might be the better-" only for the sea lion to sigh, "Yanma, he is not our friend. He has to do what we say, remember?"

Grimmsnarl stared at him with disdain only for Yanma to nod and utter, "Um, right, of course," before chuckling, "Well, come on, Grimmsnarl, Samurott, let's go enjoy lunch together."

While the green goblin was slightly flattered by the fact that she had mentioned him first, it did not change the fact that she had still agreed with Samurott. But even so, he had to remember why they treated him like this. He had deserved it. This made perfect sense.

Once he remembered that, he calmed down and nodded his head, saying, "Lead the way," Samurott smirking and replying, "Good answer. I guess there's potential in you yet."

Grimmsnarl could not help but find that response more condescending than positive. But even so, it was better than the treatment he had received so far, so he bit his lower lip and followed both heroes. However, he had to admit that at least Yanma's choice was certainly not a bad one as she had chosen to eat at Dabo Doner.

Once they were seated, Samurott looked over the menu with confusion. As was expected, all of the menu items were written in Romanian. Sure, in preparation for his trip to the country, he had been taught how to speak it, but he was still new to reading it.

Grimmsnarl peered over and said, "I recommend this," pointing at one particular selection only for Samurott to shift the menu away from him and hiss, "Well, if you think it's great, it must be terrible!"

Yanma blinked and asked, "What did you recommend?" the green goblin rubbing the back of his neck and uttering, "The crispy meniu."

The dragonfly blinked and stared in stunned silence before she nodded and said, "You have good taste," Samurott blinking and uttering, "Wait, are you saying it's actually good?"

"Oh, it's to die for," the dragonfly replied with an implied smile, "It's the only thing I ever order here. I've tried other stuff on the menu, but the crispy meniu is so good!"

Grimmsnarl's eyes widened and sparkled in admiration. He could not believe it, but it seemed as if he had actually started to get along with Yanma. However, his positivity left him when Samurott shrugged and said, "Well, if you recommend it, I guess I may as well try it too."

While this should not have mattered as much as it did, this made the goblin's blood boil. While Yanma did not seem too bad, he could not help but find it irritating how biased Samurott seemed. But just as he was about to lose his cool, he took a deep breath. Again, it made sense.

However, just as they were ready to order, a robber broke in with a pistol in hand and yelled, "Alright, nobody move! This is a holdup!"

The customers all gasped and panicked only for Grimmsnarl to rise from his seat and pound his fist against his palm. He could not have asked for a better opportunity. If he could save the customers from this threat, he could be a hero.

However, as soon as he got up, Samurott grabbed his shoulder and forced him back into his seat. He then grunted, "Sit down and let a hero handle this!" the robber's eyes wide with terror when he noticed the sea lion race toward him.

"Stay back!" he shouted before he aimed his pistol forward and fired. Yanma squeaked in panic and clasped her arms over her mouth when the bullet struck Samurott's shoulder.

However, the sea lion ignored the hole that formed as a result and delivered a hard karate chop to his neck. This was more than enough for the man to cough up blood and feel dazed. Thus Samurott lifted him up and leaned backward, planting the back of his head into the floor.

The customers all watched while Samurott released the man and allowed him to collapse. And soon enough, the area filled up with cheers and applause while Yanma breathed a sigh of relief. She then flew toward Samurott and examined his shoulder to make sure he was okay.

The sea lion noticed this and smirked, saying, "Don't worry about it. A bullet's nothing," but when Grimmsnarl ran over to check up on him as well, all Samurott could say was, "Oh, hey, you didn't try to run away. Knew we'd catch you, didn't you?"

The goblin stared before remarking, "For your information, I came over to make sure you weren't hurt!" only for the sea lion to narrowed his eyelids and retort, "I didn't ask for your concern."

Grimmsnarl stared at this while Yanma retorted, "Hey, Samurott, what is wrong with you!?" the sea lion glaring at her and retorting, "Are you serious!? You may buy that this creature wants to change, but I don't! If we let him do as he pleases, he could murder us at any moment! I won't let that happen!"

Grimmsnarl gritted his teeth and clenched his fists before barking, "You know what!? Fuck you!" everyone in the area staring in stunned silence, "I'll admit, I wasn't entirely sure whether I truly wanted to follow my sister's example! But if this is the kind of treatment I'm gonna get, then screw it! I'd be better off behind bars!"

With that, he stomped toward the door and threw it open before racing off into the distance. Yanma gasped and held her arm out, shouting, "WAIT, COME BACK!" Samurott's eyes wide with shock as he uttered, "Did... did he just leave our sight?"

Yanma scowled at him before she got up and flew off, the sea lion barking, "Hey, what was that for!?" getting up and following her just in time for the police to show up and arrest the robber.

Grimmsnarl stormed through town with pure fury in his expression. This whole situation felt beyond unfair. Morgrem and her friends had been forgiven for their actions so easily and yet the goblin could not even get so much as a chance to prove himself. And when he saw his reflection in a window, he let out a sigh and placed his hand against it.

"What makes me worse than them?" he grunted, "It's not like my actions were any worse than theirs. I'm sure plenty of former villains have done worse. Hell, I know some of them have done worse. Hell, back in the twenty tens, Lucario committed murder!"

A few citizens stared silently at him as he tensed up. But just as it looked like anyone could report him to the authorities at any moment, everyone gasped when what looked like a net shot toward a small group and captured them.

"What the-?" Grimmsnarl uttered when the owner of the net leapt off of a nearby building and lifted it up like a sack, saying, "You'll make some mighty fine hostages."

The goblin stared in shock as the culprit in question was a purple tarantula with yellow fur covering her arms, legs, feelers and head. She also had matching markings along her abdomen and blue fur under it.

Just as she was about to seek out a news crew to capture, she noticed Grimmsnarl and implied a smirk with her eyes. She then pointed at him and quipped, "Looks like my first victim is already here! And if you don't accept my challenge, I, Galvantula, will eat all of these tasty morsels!"

The humans all trembled as Grimmsnarl clenched his fists. This was it, his last chance. If he could defeat Galvantula, perhaps at least the citizens of Baia Mara would accept him. But just as he was about to accept her challenge, a familiar voice entered the area and barked, "RAZOR SHELL!"

The goblin groaned when Samurott descended into the area with both seamitars unsheathed. And before Galvantula could respond, she took two fierce slashes to her back. Her eyes were wide with shock as green blood spewed out, the nearby citizens cheering.

Yanma flew overhead and breathed a sigh of relief, glad they had made it before things could get worse. She then flew over to the net with the citizens and said, "Don't worry, you're safe now."

She placed all four of her arms against the part that was tied up and curled her tail between her legs. She then extended two spikes located on the tip to resemble scissors and used them to cut open the material. And when Grimmsnarl saw this, he let out a sigh and plopped himself down. Of course no one needed his help, not when they had two perfectly competent heroes and only one villain to fight.

And it seemed his assumption was right when Samurott delivered an onslaught of karate chops to Galvantula. He then took hold of her shoulder and leaned his head back, shouting, "SPEAR HEADBUTT!"

But just as he was about to pierce the tarantula's skull, his eyes widened when he found himself unable to move his head forward. And when he turned his eyes back, he noticed quite a bit of silk coming from her abdomen and binding not only the head but his arms, legs and tail as well.

Yanma gasped, "SAMUROTT!" and flew toward both of them only for Galvantula to send a surge of electricity into her silk and shout, "STICKY POWER LINE!" Samurott crying out in agonizing pain when it coursed through his veins.

Things only got worse when Galvantula soon covered him in a net of his own and lifted him up by the part that was tied up. She then swung him around like a flail and hurled him hard into Yanma. And when he made contact, both heroes coughed up a bit of phloem and fell hard against the ground while the tarantula exclaimed, "STICKY POWER LINE PROJECTILE!"

The citizens all stared in horror while Grimmsnarl continued to sit with his arms crossed, thinking, 'Whatever. It serves them right, anyway. Even if I finished what they started, they'd just tell me they didn't need my help or some shit like that.'

However, just as he had thought this, his eyes widened and his teeth gritted when Galvantula bound Samurott in more of her silk and drew him to her. She then held his head right up to her face and said, "I owe you for those cuts to my back. I think your head will do nicely."

But just as it looked like she was going to eat him, Grimmsnarl leapt toward her and barked, "GET AWAY FROM MY ALLIES!" with his foot raised. The tarantula looked up with her eyes wide just in time to receive an axe kick to her skull.

The people in the area watched in amazement while the goblin latched his ankles to the area just below Galvantula's head. He then leaned down her backside and grabbed her ankles before flipping himself and her one hundred and eighty degrees, planting the back of her head into the ground. When he saw her unleash silk from her abdomen, he immediately released his hold and distanced himself, and while this did allow her to rise back to her feet, she was still annoyed.

"I just realized who you are," she hissed, "That's right, you're that guy who was beaten by his little sister. Guess they weren't lying when they said you turned traitor."

Yanma recovered just enough strength to see this while Grimmsnarl smirked and retorted, "Yeah, maybe I did. What are you gonna do about it, shit stain?" the tarantula fuming and going down on all fours, crawling toward him with sparks forming on the tips of her feelers.

Once close enough, she lunged at him only for the goblin to run under her. After doing so, he held his arms up and grabbed hold of her waist. Finally, he leaned backward and planted the back of her head into the ground while the people in the area all cheered and applauded him.

When Grimmsnarl released his hold on Galvantula, his eyes and mouth widened with shock. Now he understood why any villain would willingly switch to the side of good. The fact that all of these cheers were for him was simply incredible.

However, he had to remember to stay on high alert when Galvantula regained focus and performed a handstand. She pointed her abdomen at Grimmsnarl and unleashed her silk only for the goblin to smirk and say, "Big mistake," sharpening his hair and swinging his head forward, shouting, "GRIZZLY DAGGERS!"

Sure enough, this was more than enough to slash the silk open while Galvantula stared with her eyes wide with terror. And with her distracted, Grimmsnarl leapt toward her and kicked her hard in the gut. He then latched onto her arms and bit into her shoulder, grunting through clenched teeth, "This is a move my sister created, and I actually rather like it."

He leapt into the air and leaned backward, shouting, "FANG SUPLEX!" before ramming the back of Galvantula's head into the ground. This caused her to cough up blood before her eyes closed, the goblin releasing her and allowing her to collapse and pass out.

After half a minute passed, everyone could tell the tarantula was out cold. As such, they all cheered and chanted, "GRIMMSNARL! GRIMMSNARL!" repeatedly while the goblin grinned and released a small tear. He never knew just how much he needed this in his life and thought that he could get more of it only made him happier.

Yanma nodded her head with an implied smile when Samurott opened his eyes and groaned, "Oh, god, what happened?" The dragonfly pointed at the goblin and the unconscious tarantula, the sea lion staring at this with his eyes and mouth wide open. And when he heard everyone chanting Grimmsnarl's name, it did not take him long to figure out what all of this meant.

As such, he took a deep breath and rose to his feet. Grimmsnarl blinked when he noticed this, frowning slightly when he saw a serious look in Samurott's eyes. However, it seemed his concerns were unneeded when the sea lion smirked and said, "Hey, good job, friend," holding up his fist and slugging him lightly on the shoulder.

While an apology would have been nice, his acceptance was more than enough. As such, Grimmsnarl grinned and shook his hand, the citizens cheering louder than before.

'Well, what do you know?' the goblin thought while Yanma approached him with a sweet look in her eyes, 'All I needed to do was give them a reason to trust me. Morgrem, Mom, Dad, you were right.'