Eventually, the pizza was brought over while Kimberly and Chrissy looked out the window, expecting some company.
"So, these friends of yours," Raul said to Kimberly. "Are they cute?"
"Don't you already have a girlfriend?" Kimberly crossed her arms with a smirk.
"I'm just asking," Raul smirked back with a defensive shrug. "I wanna make sure they're cool."
Lynn was about to say something snarky until she saw a death glare from Kimberly which scared her enough to shut up since it wasn't really anything nice.
"Smart move." Akito told Lynn.
"...Either way, can we just eat now?" Lynn groaned. "They can eat whatever's left."
"Fine," LJ replied. "Let's dive on in."
The pizza boxes were soon opened, so everyone grabbed some slices.
Meanwhile, just as they started to eat, a bus was shown to be riding into Shuggazoom City before dropping two girls off in front of the Super Robot and took off again once they got off in front of it. The first girl had hazel hair with two green hair clips on each side with braces on her teeth that gave her an overbite, wearing a sleeveless dark aqua green dress with dark mint sleeves underneath and green shoes with long white socks. The second girl had black hair in two rainbow braids, wearing blue overalls with a light blue shirt underneath and also wears green shoes, similar to Kimberly's.
"Man... She wasn't kidding..." The brunette girl remarked once they saw the Super Robot.
"Hopefully this won't be boring." The black-haired girl added as they went in front of the Super Robot and began to knock on one of the feet.
Kimberly was about to eat until she heard a certain knocking pattern. "You hear that?" she then asked.
"They forgot the breadsticks?" Lynn asked.
"That's the Unicorn Club knock!" Kimberly replied as she took off. "They made it!"
Lynn shuddered at the girliness already.
"Oh, big tough athlete can't handle some Unicorn Club members," LJ scoffed. "Let's just see for ourselves how this plays out."
Lynn growled at him while LJ just smirked, nearly resembling his mother whenever she had a snappy comeback. The elevator doors soon opened as the two girls grinned once they saw Kimberly who grinned back at them.
The three then let out hyper and happy squeals.
"Augh! Not so loud!" Lynn complained as she clamped her hands over her ears.
"You guys, these are my two best and greatest friends," Kimberly smiled as she introduced the two beside her. "Caitlyn Reese and Katelynn Crabtree."
"Hello!" The two girls smiled and waved at the group.
"Ooh, they are kinda cute... In a cute little girl in a sailor suit with a giant lollipop kinda way though," Raul commented. "Hey, chicas~"
The two girls looked wide-eyed and blushed before whispering to each other. "He's so cute!" they told each other in a strange turn of events.
"Hope you girls are hungry," Kimberly smiled at her friends. "There's plenty of pizza for everyone... As long as Otto didn't eat all of it when my back was turned."
"Otto?" asked Katelynn. "The green one, right?"
"Yep!" LJ replied with a nod.
"He's a little sneaky... Like at Pizza Night at my house..." Lynn commented.
The two girls soon got their own slices of pizza and came to sit down with the others to eat up.
"Kimberly's told us a lot of crazy stories she's been going through around here," Caitlyn said to the others. "Especially with LJ."
"She's talkin' about you a lot~" Akito teased LJ a little.
"Yeah, I noticed," LJ replied, rolling his eyes. "But yes, things have been pretty wild."
"We've heard a bit from Kimberly's letters," Caitlyn remarked. "Such as fighting with those Robot Monkeys."
"That's us!" Nova beamed as she jumped down in front of the brunette girl. "Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go, at your service!"
Caitlyn and Katelynn blinked.
"Yeah, it's a mouthful," Kimberly told them in understanding. "Pretty much why I just called it the Super Robot Monkey Team for short."
"That Skeleton King guy sounds terrifying though," Katelynn shivered. "I hope he doesn't attack us like that one time with the zombies back home."
"Ah, no need to worry," LJ replied proudly. "The team and I are gonna make sure that old boneface is beaten once and for all!"
"You sound like you know what you're doing," Caitlyn said. "As the co-team leader."
"Yep, LJ helps keep charge with Chiro," Akito nodded. "And I'm very proud of him for that."
"It's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it." Raul replied.
"And nobody does it like we do!" Chiro grinned.
"He's cute too." Katelynn whispered to Caitlyn.
Caitlyn giggled with her then.
"Pretty easy to lighten the mood around here, is it?" Lynn remarked.
"Be nice." Kimberly whispered to Lynn firmly in warning.
"I am!" Lynn defended, though she sounded a little annoyed.
"Oh, and I should show you what I did while I was here, it was a special design I pitched to LJ." Kimberly then told her friends while they kept eating until the pizza was mostly all gone.
"Oh, yeah!" LJ went and got out his binder full of drawings that he'd done.
Katelynn and Caitlyn soon came to take a look at his drawings.
"...You drew these?" Katelynn asked with wide eyes.
"I... Doodled a bit." LJ shrugged innocently.
"They're very good," Caitlyn said in amazement. "Are you a professional?"
"Aw, I wouldn't say that," LJ replied. "I'm just really good at what I do!"
"I see that you succeed... Even if Transformers is boy stuff..." Katelynn shrugged.
"Thanks... I guess." LJ replied.
"I'm not sure if I'm gonna be able to get along with these girls." Lynn whispered to LJ and Chrissy.
"Give it some time," Chrissy replied. "Then maybe Kimberly will do the same for your friends like Polly Pain."
"Only difference is Polly is awesome." Lynn grumbled.
"I can hear you." Caitlyn narrowed her eyes.
"YAUGH!" Lynn yelped and grinned bashfully, waving at the brunette girl innocently.
"Stop being rude, and suck it up," LJ remarked. "If you can handle fighting monsters and whatnot, then this should be easy."
"Okay, fiiiine..." Lynn rolled her eyes.
"I'm not sure if I like all this robot stuff..." Katelynn grumbled.
"I dunno, Kate, this looks kinda cool." Caitlyn smiled.
"Yeah! Robots are cool!" Nova said to them as she put her arms around them. "Especially me! It's nice to have other girls on the team or to have visit!"
"You're a girl?" Katelynn asked.
Nova then groaned and her head hit the desk with an anime sweat-drop.
"I just hope that Skeleton King you were talking about doesn't kidnap us or something," Caitlyn said to Kimberly. "He sounds worse than The Thunder Ponies on Pony Puff Princess."
"The guy is the ultimate evil," LJ replied. "So probably!"
Caitlyn suddenly looked scared.
"Aw, come on, we'll be fine." Katelynn told her.
"I sure hope so," Caitlyn said nervously. "Bad guys scare me."
And so they were given a tour of the Super Robot while the others were playing video games. Caitlyn seemed interested and curious, paying close attention while Katelynn began to look a little bored.
"Hey! Don't fall asleep on us now." Kimberly scolded Katelynn.
"Sorry... I guess I'm just not that interested in this robot stuff..." Katelynn shrugged.
"Hey, if I can put up with that Kimberly kid talking about unicorns all the time, you can put up with this." Lynn retorted firmly.
"Huh... What an interesting turn of events." Chrissy smirked.
"It's almost ironic," LJ replied. "I guess I rubbed off on her."
"You got a problem with me, Tomboy?" Katelynn challenged Lynn as she crossed her arms.
"Kaaate! Stop fighting!" Caitlyn said as she came between the two girls who began to growl at each other. "Can't we please just have fun and a great visit with Kimberly even if we have our differences?"
"...You're right," Katelynn sighed. "That's what the Unicorn Club is all about."
"Exactly," Caitlyn smiled. "Especially with friendship. Because friendship is magic."
A random caption soon appeared which read: "ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: MY LITTLE PONY REFERENCE AFTER 2020".
"All right, Caitlyn, I'll try," Katelynn replied. "...For you."
"Anything that gets us closer to that cute boy," Caitlyn said before giggling as she waved at Raul bashfully. "Hello~"
Raul grinned nervously and waved back at her. "...This feels weird," he then said to himself. "I'm usually a ladies man, but since that girl actually seems interested in me... It feels... I dunno... Awkward."
"I guess you're not used to being chased." Chiro replied.
Raul looked wide-eyed and bashful then.
Caitlyn soon came up right beside him and hugged him. "Hi~"
"...Hey." Raul blinked.
"You're so huggable." Caitlyn giggled.
"Cait... Chill..." Katelynn warned. "You're gonna be worse than that Sierra girl after that geeky boy she obsessed over and even held him hostage in her basement for six months while his parents were out of town."
"Oh! Sorry if I made you uncomfortable." Caitlyn said, pulling her arms back.
"It's okay..." Raul said bashfully. "You're an excitable girl, aren't you?"
"My parents are hippies." Caitlyn replied.
"...Well, that excuses it." Raul said with a sheepish smile.
Caitlyn smiled back warmly, though she did give him his space.
"Looks like that kid's got a new friend." Sparx chuckled.
"Admirer seems more like it." added Otto.
"In a way, it's rather amusing." Gibson noted.
"You guys talkin' 'bout me?" Raul huffed. "Don't you have anything better to do?"
"Nothing at the moment," Antauri replied. "We'll keep an eye out for The Skeleton King, but luckily, you ladies seem to be safe."
"I sure hope so." Katelynn grumbled as she nearly scoffed.
The others frowned as they didn't like how she was acting.
"You wanna maybe talk with your friend, Kim?" asked Akito. "She doesn't seem to be enjoying herself."
"Huh? Oh, yeah, sure," Kimberly replied. "Um... Why don't you guys go on ahead?"
"You sure?" Nova asked.
"Yeah," Kimberly said. "I'll talk to you later."
Chrissy patted Kimberly on the back and soon walked on ahead with the others.
Kimberly went over to Katelynn. "Katelynn, are you alright? Is there something wrong?" she asked.
"I'm fine, why do you ask?" Katelynn asked.
"Kate, I can tell when something's bothering you guys," Kimberly defended. "I've known you since Pre-K. The least you could do is be a little more accepting to some changes."
"I'm just not sure if this is the right place for you, Kimberly," Katelynn replied. "They might change you too much... You'll befriend different and new people... And then we'll never see you again. I hear that it happens sometimes... Friendship doesn't last forever like it does in Pony Puff Princess or The Pretty Pretty Princess Show."
"Katelynn, you guys will never lose me, but if you keep up that behavior, you might," Kimberly frowned. "I came here because I knew it was something that LJ liked a lot. I felt unsure about it too, but once I got used to it, I ended up having a lot of fun with the Robot Monkeys. Now you can either stay and have fun, or you can be like Lynn was when I first met her and just live in your own world and leave while the rest of us have fun. It's your choice."
Katelynn crossed her arms, but then bowed her head as Kimberly walked off, leaving her alone with her thoughts. Kimberly soon rejoined the others, who were watching TV.
"You gonna be okay, Kim?" asked Chrissy.
"Yeah," Kimberly replied. "Honestly, I never thought I'd have to butt heads with one of my friends."
"It happens to the best of us," Chrissy stated. "Only time is gonna tell how this plays out. Well, that or when my aunts get here."
"You promise your aunts won't hurt us?" Kimberly asked.
"Only if you hurt me first," Chrissy replied. "They're quite protective... Especially Aunt Aria and Aunt Adagio... I think Aunt Aria's probably the most aggressive though."
"Based on what I've heard, probably." LJ nodded.
"I won't fault you when you're right," Chrissy stated. "...Who'd have thought having no baddies to beat up would be so boring?"
"Let's just enjoy it while we still can," Chiro replied. "And hopefully Katelynn will be cooled down by then."
The others nodded as Katelynn decided to go out and clear her head a little.
"Not my fault I'm not into this whole robot thing... That's mostly boy stuff... What girl really likes robots anyway?" Katelynn asked herself firmly before sighing. "Though... I suppose I should be more adjusting and accepting of change... What kind of friend would I be if I acted like that? I guess I'll go in and apologize."
A Formless soon appeared right in front of her.
"Uh... Hi? Who are you?" Katelynn asked. "Are you one of the Cyborg Chimps or whatever they were called?"
The Formless then took out some gas and sprayed her with it, instantly knocking her out. Katelynn then fell in the Formelss's arms and it took her right over to The Skeleton King without anyone noticing or seeing her.
"Anybody seen Katelynn?" asked Caitlyn a little while later. "I can't find her anywhere!"
"The last time I saw her, she was near the entrance," Kimberly replied. "She must've gone out for a walk to clear her head."
Chiro looked over and soon looked at the Robot Monkeys. "Guys?" he then asked.
"We'll check the security footage," Gibson replied as he went to the nearest computer. "I don't think it was wise for her to be left alone in a strange new place like this."
"She probably left cuz we didn't have unicorns lying around for her to play with." Lynn rolled her eyes.
"Lynn, enough!" Kimberly scolded.
"Lynn... Do NOT start right now, okay?" asked LJ, deadly serious. "Just... Don't, alright? Someone's life could be in danger. This is no time for making fun."
"Sorry," Lynn shrugged. "It's just my defense mechanism."
"Well, that's no excuse for being rude," LJ replied. "Our friends need our help, and by god, we're gonna give it to them!"
"Am I really that horrible?" Lynn asked.
"No offense, Lynn, but you are a bit abrasive and unbearable," Chrissy replied. "You're getting better... You just need to learn that everybody is different and there's no shame in liking one thing over another."
"...You're right," Lynn sighed. "I guess it's just with growing up with a sister like Lola, it kinda got to me to see someone around my age group still obsessed with unicorns and other girly junk like that."
LJ nodded. "Well, it's nothing to be ashamed of," he replied. "We can talk about it AFTER we retrieve Katelynn."
"Got it!" Otto called out.
The others then surrounded the Green Monkey. Security footage was shown of Katelynn outside until a Formless took her and kidnapped her.
"A Formless...? Of course..." Kimberly deadpanned.
"What is that thing?" Caitlyn asked her friend.
"Hopefully something you don't have to worry about for long, but that's a minion of The Skeleton King," Kimberly glowered. "He must've sensed your arrival into Shuggazoom City and decided to hold her hostage. He's horrible like that... Worse than The Thunder Ponies and The Storm King."
"Let's keep watching," Chiro suggested. "Maybe we'll find out where it took her?"
"Solid idea." LJ agreed as he continued watching the video.
Katelynn was being dragged back over to The Skeleton King.
"I hope he didn't just kidnap her just because he felt like it," Kimberly said. "That's what it looks like so far."
"Who is this?" The Skeleton King glared at the Formless. "I wanted you to get the brown-haired girl who's obsessed with unicorns."
The Formless just shrugged only to be zapped away from existence for his misdeed.
"Still looks harmless enough..." The Skeleton King said once he began to examine Katelynn. "Either way, she can be held for ransom if she came from The Super Robot."
"Well, we should at least go save her," LJ stated. "Lord only knows what sinister scheme Boneface has brewing for her..."
"Even if she was a bit rude?" Lynn asked.
"Yes, even if she was a bit rude," Chrissy replied. "We're all about forgiveness. Not to mention my aunts' relationship with LJ's mom. Sure, they might not be best friends, but they're at least trying to get along with each other better for our benefit."
"...Well, all right, but I better get a 'thank you' for saving the day." Lynn rolled her eyes a bit.
"Hyperforce, GO!" Chiro and LJ soon proclaimed together.
And so, the Hyperforce sprang into action to once again save the day... Like they do!
Katelynn was soon slowly waking up and yelped as she found herself in some sort of prison cell. "Huh? Where am I?" she then asked. "I must be dreaming..."
"Ah... You woke up pretty early..." The Skeleton King said as he approached her. "Welcome to my lair."
"Who... Who are you?" Katelynn asked with wide eyes.
"I am The Skeleton King and you are my prisoner," The Skeleton King replied. "Those Robot Monkey abominations are my greatest concern... I was going to hold your horned horse-loving friend hostage to lead them here, but my brainless friends picked you instead. I think I'll send you to a zoo while I still have time."
"Yeah, well, I think those Robot Monkeys are abominations too," Katelynn pouted. "They've changed Kimberly."
The Skeleton King smirked. "Then perhaps I can get SOME use out of you yet," he chuckled. "How would you like to aid in those Robot Monkeys' complete and utter destruction?"
"...What?" Katelynn asked.
"I'll let you think about this, but it's either help me or be sent away to the zoo," The Skeleton King smirked. "I might be dark and sinister, but I can be fair sometimes."
Katelynn stopped to think about it before narrowing her eyes. "...I guess I'm in." she then said.
Skeleton King chuckled with sinful glee. "Excellent. Very excellent, indeed." he replied as he walked off.
"Hey! Aren't you gonna let me out of here?!" Katelynn cried out.
"All in good time, my dear," The Skeleton King smirked at her. "All in good time~"
MEANWHILE...
"So how will we know where Katelynn is being held?" asked LJ.
"At Skeleton King's fortress, but we're not supposed to get there until the season finale," Gibson replied. "So it's more likely that his Formless are holding her somewhere on Shuggazoom."
"The question is where?" Lynn wondered.
"And why," Akito added. "...Though she was a bit rude around Antauri and the others."
"She never interacted directly with the Monkeys," explained LJ. "But if I were a gambling man, they'll definitely be somewhere that a huge ruckus is going on."
"Let's get her back then..." Chrissy replied. "Wherever she is."
The team soon went to take off for another mission.
"Caitlyn, if you wanna stay, I'll stay here with you, but I don't think you should be left alone." Kimberly said to her kinder friend.
"I'm coming, Kimberly," Caitlyn reassured. "This looks like a lot of fun and we Unicorn Club members don't leave a fellow Sistercorn behind!"
"Monkeys, mobilize!" LJ and Chiro declared.
"SUPER!"
"ROBOT!"
"MONKEY!"
"TEAM!"
"HYPER!"
"FORCE!"
"GO!"
As the Hyperforce headed into action, the tracking computer began beeping.
"I'm picking up lots of distress reports coming from Shuggazoom's ghetto district," reported Gibson. "Witnesses reported seeing what resembled a massive robotic horse with a large sharp horn on the forehead!"
"Oh, that has to be our girl." Lynn commented.
"An evil unicorn robot?" Raul wondered. "How very curious."
"Just don't tell me that horn comes with lasers." Akito groaned before he took out his own sword that he got from Acmetropolis.
The people of Shuggazoom were running for their lives, as the gigantic unicorn robot whinnied while stomping about.
"Time to put this horse back in the stable!" LJ declared.
"Let's go, team!" Chiro added.
The giant unicorn robot stomped around and headbutted some buildings and cut through some with its very large horn.
"Stop right there, you-!" Lynn glared. "You... Uh... What's a word that starts with U?" she then asked.
"Ultra? Unnecessary? Unreasonable?" Akito shrugged.
"Stop right there, you Unreasonable Unicorn!" Lynn then proclaimed with a glare.
"Not a chance!" Katelynn declared as her unicorn mecha opened its mouth, which opened fire with a hail of rockets.
"LASERTRON FURY!" Chiro shouted as the Super Robot's chest lit up, before unleashing a massive energy blast to disintegrate the rockets.
Katelynn glared from her unicorn robot. The lasers then shot the rockets, making several explosions.
"Katelynn, this isn't right!" Kimberly called out.
"Haven't you forgotten all about our Unicorn Club and the power of friendship?!" Caitlyn added.
"That was before you ditched me to get obsessed with all this... This... Boyish baloney!" Katelynn remarked. "You're nothing like the Kimberly that I used to know!"
"People change!" Kimberly called. "Everything and everyone changes! Nothing stays the same forever!"
"That doesn't mean we can't still be friends though!" Caitlyn added.
"I'm sorry, but you forced me!" Katelynn glared.
"Katelynn, think about what you're doing!" Caitlyn frowned. "What would Pony Puff Princess say?"
"She says that sometimes you have to be tough if you wanna be free!" Katelynn retorted as she released some rainbow bombs to explode all over the city. "And I intend to abide by that philosophy!"
"Dude... Pretty big words for someone her age..." Lynn commented. "Reminds me of one of my sisters."
"But this isn't right!" Kimberly exclaimed. "Why would you even think this is the right thing to do?"
Katelynn glared before turning away from them.
"Kinda petty and childish if you ask me," Raul rolled his eyes. "Kid, I know you want things to stay the same sometimes, but you should be a little more open-minded about other things. It's all apart of growing up."
"I just don't wanna lose Kimberly as my friend," Katelynn frowned. "We have so much fun, even at that slumber party when those boys invaded just so that they could have our root beer."
"But we had a lot of fun back then too!" Caitlyn reminded.
"...I guess that we did..." Katelynn replied, having second thoughts about her actions.
"Can't you see you're taking this too far and beyond your control?" Chiro asked.
"I... I..." Katelynn said in a soft voice before glaring firmly. "I'm sorry!" she then added as she soon made her robot unicorn charge right at the Super Robot and headbutted against its chest instantly.
"WHOA!" The group then yelped once they were suddenly hit.
"What the-what's going on?!" asked LJ. "The heck did she do that for?!"
"Katelynn, think about what you're doing!" Kimberly cried out. "Don't listen to whatever the villains told you! It's not the Pony Puff way!"
Katelynn turned away as she wiped her eyes and began to look sad and guilty.
"You can still make things right!" Caitlyn begged. "You don't have to do this!"
"I shouldn't..." Katelynn whispered to herself. "I let my anger take control of what's really important... Friendship."
The group looked on, curious as to what Katelynn's next choice would be.
"I'm starting to think those guys at the junkyard were right..." Katelynn said to herself. "These are my friends... I should've been more accepting and forgiving."
The robot unicorn soon kept on going even when Katelynn tried to stop it.
"Stop! I said I'm done!" Katelynn cried out as she mashed the buttons and switches. "How do I stop you?!"
Suddenly, the braided girl was launched right off of her robot unicorn and went flying in the air and soon Lynn dove in and caught her.
"Whoa... Thanks..." Katelynn sighed in relief.
"No problem," Lynn replied. "Uh, why didn't you just turn it off?"
"That Skeleton guy gave me blueprints and design plans, but he didn't tell me HOW to shut it off!" Katelynn frowned. "I'm sorry, guys! Now this thing's gonna destroy this whole city and it's all my fault!"
"Not if we have anything to say about it." Chiro smirked.
"Okay, Uniscorn," LJ declared. "Time to send ya to the glue factory! Launch Finger Missiles!"
Gibson and Sparx both put the hands up, and the Super Robot fired off a barrage of finger rockets at the Uniscorn mecha. Caitlyn and Kimberly decided to bring Katelynn to safety so she wouldn't get hurt and learn about the consequences of her actions. The Uniscorn roared loudly and deflected the rockets with its horn before it began to gallop towards them, making several buildings shake and some cars began to jump. Antauri soon jumped in to attack from behind with his claws and pinned the Uniscorn mecha against the ground. The Uniscorn neighed before bucking about wildly, tossing Antauri up and down as he tried to hang on tight.
"Atta-boy, Antauri!" Otto whooped. "Ride 'em, cowboy!"
Antauri looked wide-eyed and groaned from the intense pressure.
"I hope he knows what he's doing!" Chiro said nervously.
"I'm sure he does," Akito replied while doing some stretches before punching the air. "But I'm sure he'd like a helping hand."
"Okay, okay; just this once, you have my permission to interfere," LJ rolled his eyes. "Go on and help him."
Akito then bolted off suddenly.
"Gee, you're welcome." Chrissy rolled her eyes a bit.
Akito soon began to run in the speed of Sonic the Hedgehog before jumping high in the air and landed on the Uniscorn. "You can let go, Antauri," he soon told the black monkey. "I'll stop this thing."
"Better you than me, just don't show off." Antauri replied before letting go and soon jumped down to join the rest of the team.
"Is he Superboy?" Katelynn asked about Akito.
"Akito's really... Special." Kimberly replied.
"Yeah, and he makes it pretty damn obvious." Raul remarked as Akito began to tear into the Uniscorn's robotic hide.
"I should've listened to those people at the junkyard when they offered to help me make the Uniscorn Mecha." Katelynn frowned.
"Which people?" Chrissy asked. "Did you recognize them?"
"Not really," Katelynn shrugged. "They had their own giant robot they called Megas... I was dropped off there after that skeleton guy found me and he thought I should channel my negative energy into revenge. I'm sorry, guys, I don't know what came over me."
"You got carried away and did something stupid," LJ shrugged. "You're hardly the first person here to be guilty of that."
Katelynn bowed her head in extreme guilt. Soon enough, Akito fell like a stone to the ground as the Uniscorn mecha was soon destroyed and the head even shot off and landed right in Katelynn's lap. Katelynn screamed out in a panic from the horse head since it startled her, but the robot unicorn was destroyed.
"You were being a real Professor Princess," Chrissy commented firmly. "...I learned that term from LJ."
"Transformers Animated minor antagonist," LJ replied. "Add that to being something else you guys need to look up, as well as Flowey from Undertale for Akito."
"A flower can't be that bad, can it?" Akito asked. "I mean, I've met snobby flowers in Wonderland, but still..."
LJ just shuddered. "It's amazing how Mom survived that demon flower." he muttered to himself.
"I'm sorry about what I did, guys," Katelynn said as she bowed her head. "You must really hate me."
"Don't put words in our mouths," Kimberly replied. "We're mad, but we don't hate you. That was just a really dumb and selfish thing to do."
"But you're our friend, so of course we'll forgive you." Caitlyn smiled warmly.
The others watched as the three girls hugged it out.
"Also, dude, look it up," LJ explained. "He's a sadistic demon who hasn't a heart by which to weigh the consequences of his actions. He just LOOKS like a flower to make folks let their guard down."
"I don't see how one little flower can cause so much trouble." Akito shrugged.
LJ rolled his eyes, then gave him his mother's scrapbook. "Here, educate yourself." he then told his foster cousin.
The story played out almost like they were watching a movie now as a younger Cherry was shown with her good friend Katie Day and a small child by the name of Frisk. There were three hearts that had three different colors: red, purple, and green. Flowey began to explain to them what their hearts represented and were their souls and encouraged them to run into the friendliness pellets which sounded like something out of a cheesy and kiddie cartoon before suddenly, Flowey began to laugh maniacally almost like The Joker and told them that in this world it was KILL or BE KILLED.
"What the heck?!" Akito's eyes widened as he nearly dropped the book then.
"See? What'd I tell ya," LJ retorted knowingly. "And I told you, he's not actually a flower! He just looks like one!"
"Then what is he?" Akito asked.
"Toriel and Asgore's child, Asriel Dremuur!" LJ told him. "It's a very long story."
They soon cleaned up the city to resort things back to the way they were as they made it back to the Super Robot and chilled out with some milkshakes to cheer Katelynn up once she saw the error of her ways and realized what she really needed to do.
"Despite what happened, today turned out fine," LJ replied. "Hopefully Chrissy's aunts showed up by now."
"And hopefully they don't freak out." Kimberly added.
"Are they mean?" Katelynn asked.
"Not very mean... But they're pretty protective," Chrissy replied. "I'm like a special treasure to them."
"Well, that sounds nice." Katelynn remarked.
As they spoke, three adult women were making way to the Super Robot as they passed through Shuggazoom City which was luckily no longer in ruins.
"Still no sign of Felicity," LJ sighed. "I hope she finishes those exams soon."
"Hey, she never said she'd be visiting today," Raul replied. "Stuff happens."
"I know." LJ nodded.
The Robot Monkeys soon came back out.
"Visitors?" LJ guessed.
"Yes, it appears so." Antauri nodded.
"Oh!" Chrissy beamed once she saw who it was. "Aunties!"
"Hiiiii~" Adagio, Aria, and Sonata beamed at the blonde girl.
"Evening, Misses," Chiro replied. "I'm Chiro. Nice to meet you."
"Aww... He's so cute!" Sonata cooed as she soon bent down and scooped Chiro up in her arms. "Look at you~"
"Uh, thanks?" Chiro grinned sheepishly.
"Girls, can we keep him?" Sonata asked Aria and Adagio.
"No." Aria and Adagio rolled their eyes.
"Aww... But he's so cute..." Sonata pouted before putting the boy back down on the floor.
"She's been doing that all day." Nova rolled her eyes.
"Sorry about that," Chrissy said to the yellow monkey. "Aunt Sonata's pretty excitable."
"Really?" LJ asked. "I thought they just got here a few minutes ago."
"It feels like it's been a whole day." Nova replied.
LJ shrugged at that before smiling. "Hi, ma'ams... Remember me?" he then asked.
"Well, of course we do," Adagio replied. "Chrissy's little boyfriend."
"You just had better been taking good care of our little Chrissy." Aria added firmly.
"I have, ninja's honor!" LJ replied as he put his left hand on his chest and raised his right hand to his side.
Sonata giggled. "So cute~"
"Good," Aria firmly told LJ. "'Cuz I don't wanna have to tell you the consequences of breaking Chrissy's heart."
"Yikes." Akito replied.
"Hey, now, ain't nobody talkin' to YOU," Aria told him. "But you better not hurt Chrissy either. Your parents tell you about The Battle of the Bands in CHS? Well, we could always be worse."
"Especially since we never got to go back home, but we lost interest years ago after we found Chrissy," Adagio remarked. "This is our home now."
"And I'm glad to know that," LJ replied. "If anyone should ever hurt Chrissy, they'll face my fury before facing your collective wraths!"
"Hm... I like his style." Aria smirked.
"I really like him, Aunties," Chrissy nodded. "And I'm having a lot of fun here too. You should see me against some of the bad guys we've faced."
"Ooh, I don't know if I could watch that," Sonata said as she cupped her face nervously. "I'd be too worried and scared for your safety!"
"No need to worry," Kimberly replied. "She's pretty kick-butt and is tough enough to handle herself in combat situations!"
"Aww~..." The Dazzlings cooed proudly as Chrissy smiled bashfully.
"So, Chiro, when are we gonna meet your family?" Akito asked Chiro.
"Uh... Yeah... Family..." Chiro said softly.
"What?" Akito asked. "You do have a family, right?"
Chiro looked at Akito and soon turned away softly and emotionally.
"Oh... I'm sorry..." Akito said in concern.
"It's okay, the Hyperforce Team's kinda my family now, so yeah, I'd say you already met," Chiro smiled sadly. "I wouldn't worry about it though."
"If he wants any of us to put him up with an adoptive family... He'll let us know himself," LJ replied. "It's alright. I think your team is a great family all on their own."
Akito soon nodded.
"If anything, Antauri feels like a dad to me." Chiro had to admit.
"He does give off that vibe." LJ nodded.
"And I guess the others are like siblings!" Raul added.
"Especially Otto or Sparx." Kimberly commented.
"Heh. Yeah, I can see that happening," Akito nodded. "Of course by default, Nova is the sister."
"Speaking of sisters, I hope yours won't be too busy." Chiro said to LJ.
"Yeah, but something tells me I'm gonna end up seeing her by the season finale at this rate." LJ replied.
"Well, lucky for us, we only have four more episodes in this season." Chiro chuckled.
"I guess that's alright with me." LJ shrugged.