"Why are you acting so dumb.." Tko said. "I'm not acting dumb, I have no idea what you're talking about. I never took you away, and I'm not this weird hooded figure you're talking about!" Venomous stated.
Tko didn't know what to think. This situation sounded familiar..sort of like him and Ko.
"Tko! Yelling at him isn't gonna make him talk. Let me talk to him, maybe we can understand what he's talking about better." Ko said. "Talking to him? How's that gonna work? What we have to do is fight him, then we threaten his life and that'll make him talk." Tko thought.
"Mom wouldn't approve of that." Ko said. "WELL MOM ISN'T HERE!" Tko shouted. Boxman and Venomous jumped, and he huffed. "Whatever. I don't care, do your thing."
Tko teleported into the mindscape, and sat on his bed. "If he doesn't say anything, I'm gonna punch him." He said. Ko nodded, and teleported out.
He woke up, and saw Boxman and Venomous standing over him. He quickly jumped to his feet, and put his headband on. "Ko..?" Venomous asked. Ko nodded. "Let's go inside, and lets talk." Ko said.
They went inside Boxmore, and Boxman led them to a room. "Stay out here, we won't be long." Venomous said. Boxman nodded, and Venomous and Ko shut the door.
They sat down, and Ko spoke. "D..Professor..do you have an alter ego?" Ko asked. "No, I don't." Venomous said. "Then how come you can't remember..hurting mom?"
"I never hurt her. I just found out yesterday what happened, I was not there." Venomous said. "That doesn't make sense, that guy had the same face as you. It also makes more sense, you disguised yourself as him and took me away from mom!" Ko said.
"Ko..I never took you. I don't know what your mom told you, but-" "SHE SAID A HOODED FIGURE KIDNAPPED ME! HOW WOULD I SUDDENLY END UP WITH YOU IF IT WASN'T YOU!?" Ko shouted.
Ko calmed himself down, and waited for an answer. "Ko..can I tell you my side of the story?" Venomous asked. Ko nodded, and Venomous started.
"The day your mom left, I was in a lab doing experiments. I was trying to regain my powers but nothing worked. Every day I would stay longer to try to get something, but it all backfired. I somehow became purple, then I blacked out. When I woke up, I was with you."
Venomous rubbed his head, and looked around. He was outside. "Where the heck.." He was cut off when a baby started crying. He looked around, and spotted the baby near him.
He ran over to it, and picked it up. It was Ko, and Venomous held him close. "It's okay, don't cry. I'm here." Venomous saw Carol's house. He didn't know how he ended up here, he was in a whole different area a while ago.
He ran to her house, the door was open. "Sparks..?" He stepped inside. The house was empty, and he stepped on something. It released a bit of smoke, and he stepped back. "What in cobs name happened here..? Sparks!?"
He placed Ko down on the couch, and looked in every room. There was no sign of her. "Maybe she just..went to run some errands." He said. He looked at Ko, and examined him. He wasn't hurt, that was good.
"Let's wait for her, I'm sure she'll be back soon." He smiled at Ko. Ko giggled, and he sighed.
Days passed. Carol never came back, and Venomous had been taking care of Ko. He gave up, he believed that she wasn't coming back. He didn't understand why, was it because of how much time he took off from them? Or was is because of everything else.
She left point for him, she threw away everything for him. If it wasn't for him, she would have been a great hero. If he didn't mess up that day, if he was strong enough, maybe she would have stayed.
He looked at Ko, who was asleep in his crib. Why did she leave him? Was it because she thought Ko would end up just like him? Powerless, a burden? Ko would never, he shows so much potential to be what Venomous couldn't.
But maybe it wouldn't be that way. If Ko ever needed to defend himself one day but couldn't, he would die. She wouldn't be able to handle that, it was better to leave him than to see him die.
"Ko, I swear I will make sure you don't turn out like me. You deserve to be strong, just like your mom." He knew Ko didn't hear him, and probably wouldn't understand him. Saying that, made him feel better. His son would be better than him, that's all he wanted.
"After I waited all those days, I left. I worked in my lab, and ended up doing all those things to you. I never took you, your mother left." Venomous finished.
"That..that doesn't make any sense. She chased after you, but you ended up outside her house..and you're.." Ko put it together. "When you blacked out, that was when he came out. He took me, then ran. When he lost Mom, he came back and let you back out." Ko said.
"What.." Venomous said. "There was always a rift between both of your stories, but now it makes sense. He took over without you knowing, and must have corrupted your way of thinking." Ko said.
Ko sighed, and got out of his chair. "Wait..where are you going..?" Venomous asked. "I'm going home. I got my answers, thank you." Ko said, then walked towards the door.
All of that was thrown at Venomous. This whole time, he believed the wrong thing. Shadowy had taken his life away from him, he took away his chance to be a father. But it all come back to him because of his mistake.
Even if he tried to fix everything, it was hopeless. Ko didn't care for him, he almost killed Carol, and has no control over when Shadowy comes out to torment people. He felt so..
Helpless.
"Don't you dare leave."
Ko stopped, and turned back. Shadowy had taken over again, and he glared at Ko. "You.." Ko got into a fighting stance. "Shadowy Figure is the name. That doesn't matter now though." Shadowy appeared behind Ko, and slammed his foot onto Ko's back.
"Why are you doing this!? Why do you hate us so much!?" Ko shouted. "You ruin EVERYTHING! I WAS DOING SO GOOD, HE NEVER SUSPECTED IT AT ALL! NOW..YOU RUINED IT!"
Ko shot a power fist at him, which sent Shadowy into the wall. He got to his feet, and readied more power fists. "Why are you even here!? Why do you want to destroy me so bad!?" He shouted.
"It's not my fault. I was able to stay in his mindscape for a while, but then you left him. Once you left, he lost everything he cared about. If you wanna blame anybody, blame yourself." Shadowy's stated.
"NO! THAT'S NOT HOW IT IS! I left because of how horrible you are, cutting you off was the best thing to do. My dad was a good person..then you ruined him! I never did anything wrong, it's all you!" Ko shouted.
Shadowy blasted Ko and sent him into a wall. Ko couldn't move, that attack was strong. He saw Shadowy getting closer, he was more angry. "Keep going. Reminding him of every horrible that that's happened makes me stronger. Once I'm strong enough, IT'S OVER!" He placed his hand onto Ko's chest and charged an attack.
Ko watched, he couldn't move. He couldn't die, he wouldn't. There was nothing he could do though, he wasn't strong like..Tko.
He realized something, he's just like Venomous. All those years, he was treated horribly so his power could grow. That's the same situation right now, Ko is reminding Venomous of every bad thing. Once Tko was loved, Ko was able to gain control again. He needed to do the same for Shadowy.
He was thinking for so long, and forgot to focus on Shadowy. He was blasted by the attack, and coughed. The damage wasn't major, that was good. Shadowy was walking towards him again, and he was shooting attacks in every direction.
Ko started running towards him, and Shadowy shot bigger attacks at him. Ko didn't dodge this time, he took them all. No matter how hurt he gets, he has to help him because Shadowy was right. He caused this, so he has to fix it.
"JUST..DIE!" Shadowy shouted and blasted a huge attack. Ko was gone, and he looked down. Ko was hugging him, and he tried pulling him off. Ko wouldn't budge, he locked him into the hug and muttered.
"You are loved and appreciated."
