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Chapter 5: Wrath of a Were-pire

KO scribbled something down on a piece of paper before he put down the crayon he was using, "What do you think of my card, Dendy?", he asked. He held up the paper which had a picture of Enid and Red Action along with a baby, and above them were the words "Congratulations on becoming Mommies!".

After Elodie came in and told the two about the upcoming baby shower, they went about making their own gifts to give to Red Action. "Nicely done, KO. What do you think of mine?", said Dendy. She held up a card that basically said the same thing, just with a lot more words and in a more intellectual way.

KO smiled weirdly, "Um...its nice, but maybe write less words", he suggested. Dendy understood as she picked up another piece of paper and starting drawing a new card that would be easier to comprehend.

As to what Elodie was doing, she had stepped into the bathroom to use it for a minute.

Meanwhile outside, Rad's van pulled up to the Plaza; he and Enid stepped out but when they walked over to the bodega, they didn't see Red Action sitting on the bench she said she was. "Maybe she went into the bodega to get a snack or a drink?", Rad suggested. Thinking that, they walked into the bodega, but they only saw KO and Dendy sitting on the ground drawing.

When he spotted Enid, KO immediately hid his card under his body. "No Enid, don't look! This is a gift for Red Action's baby shower and I want it to be a surprise!", he said. Enid shook her head, "Its okay, brush-head. We're just looking for Red Action", she said.

Just then, Elodie walked out of the bathroom. "Oh hello, Enid! Good to see you again!", she said. "Hi Elodie. Say, is Red in the bathroom?", asked Enid. "Well...no, she's not. Last I saw her, she was sitting outside on a bench", said Elodie.

That's when Enid started panicking, she felt her heart pounding so hard that it might've leapt right out of her chest. Rad saw this and instantly went to her side, "Whoa whoa! Enid, calm down! I'm sure she's just hanging around the Plaza somewhere. We can get some help to find her, I'm sure she's okay!", he said.

Rad's words slightly calmed Enid down but she was still absolutely terrified by the fact that her pregnant girlfriend had suddenly disappeared, the thought of Red Action being all alone or possibly hurt scared her to no end.

Red...where are you, she thought.

[Time Skip]

Red Action let out a soft groan as she regained consciousness, she slowly opened her eyes to see that she was lying on a lounge chair with a blanket draped over her body and a pillow sitting beneath her head.

She sat up and looked around, "Where in Cob's name am I?", she said. Just then, the lights turned on and she quickly realized she was inside of Boxmore. That's when she saw Boxman slowly approaching her, "Oh it's just you, Boxman. And here I thought I was abducted by a real villain, though I still feel the need to want to punch you in the face for doing so regardless!", said Red Action.

Boxman let out a chuckle, "Oh my dear...I don't think you're in the position to do anything, but it's cute that you think so", he said as he pulled out a remote control and push one of its buttons. Suddenly, a laser cage appeared around Red Action, trapping her inside of it.

Red Action's cool headed attitude had suddenly dropped and she became very frightened, "Wait...! What is this? What...what are you going to do to us?!", she asked fearfully as she clutched her rotund belly. Boxman scoffed, "Oh please, calm down! I'm not going to hurt you or your unborn baby, do you honestly believe I'd stoop so low as to inflict harm upon a pregnant woman? Please, I'm a villain not a monster", he said.

Then, he pulled out a chalkboard with what looked like a plan scribbled onto it. "Now then, you're actually here because those meddlesome Plaza heroes have been ignoring me so I'm doing this to get their attention so they can give me some attention! Here's my plan: that ninja girl will realize you're gone, my factory will be the first place they'll look.

"She and her friends will bust in to rescue you, to which I'll unleash a battalion of Darrells to attack them. They'll be outnumbered and when all hope seems lost, I'll push one of these buttons which will cause all the Darrells to shut down. Your friends will think they've all malfunctioned and while I sit, pretending to scream in anger, I release you from your cage. Then, you can go home with your friends and I can plot my next evil scheme. What do you think?", said Boxman.

Red Action's fear had dissipated and now she simply looked at him with a bored expression, "Wow...you truly are a criminal genius! A real mastermind!", she said sarcastically. Boxman laughed, not picking up on the sarcasm, "Why thank you! I think this is my greatest scheme yet. And now, we wait", he said.

Within five minutes, an awkward silence had fallen over the two as they waited for the Plaza heroes to come, the only noise that could be heard was the buzzing of the laser cage. "Um...do you need anything while you wait? A drink or maybe a snack?", asked Boxman. "Can I have a glass of orange juice? Maybe some oatmeal cookies?", asked Red Action.

Boxman pocketed his remote control as he dashed off to the kitchen to get the snack, leaving Red Action to make herself comfortable on the lounge chair since she wasn't going anywhere anytime soon.

[Time Skip]

After calming Enid down, Rad had called up the rest of their friends. "Okay people, Red Action is missing and as you already know, she's pregnant, so this is a serious and dangerous situation! We need to find her quick before something bad happens, so everybody split up!", said Rad.

Everyone broke off into small groups to search for Red Action. Rad and Enid searched the arcade, Drupe and Greg searched the coffee shop, Brandon and RMS searched the back alleys of the Plaza and KO went with his mother and Mr. Gar to search the surrounding woods and that large pipe tunnel near the Plaza.

They were all shouting her name as they searched for her.

"Red?!"

"Where are you?!"

"Red Action!"

"Red, where are you?!"

All the while, Enid was still panicking even more. She was scared knowing that her girlfriend was all alone and could be in danger. Her cellphone went off, she quickly pulled it out hoping it was Red Action, but it was Elodie.

"What is it, Elodie? Did you find her?"

"Dendy and I checked both Rad's house and KO's house. Rad's parents said they haven't seen her all day and KO's house is completely empty".

Enid sighed as she pinched the bridge of her nose, "Okay okay, keep looking!", she said as she hung up. Enid then dropped to the floor and buried her head in her lap, her whole body was shaking in fear; the feeling was so strong that she almost burst out into tears, she hadn't felt this upset since her parents kicked her out.

[Time Skip]

Back at Boxmore, Boxman looked down at a watch he wore on his wrist. It had been two hours and the Plaza heroes hadn't busted in to rescue Red Action.

Speaking of the cyborg, she was lying on the lounge chair taking a nap. After learning about Boxman's stupid scheme and also being reassured that he wasn't coming to hurt her or her baby, she felt relaxed enough to take a nap since she felt really tired.

"Ugh! Where are they?! I thought they would've shown up within twenty minutes of learning she vanished!", he shouted.

[Time Skip]

"Enid...I'm getting tired. Can we take a break?", KO asked as he met up with Enid and Rad while everyone else kept searching for Red Action. Enid ignored him as she continued sitting on the ground with her head buried into her lap.

Rad went to sit by her, "Hey Enid...its gonna be okay. We'll find Red, and I'm sure wherever she is, she's perfectly alright", he said. Enid slowly lifted her head up, revealing her red, puffy eyes which indicated that she had been crying.

KO patted her on the shoulder, "Oh don't be sad, Enid. Remember, your friends are all here. We're not stopping until we find Red Action and bring her back safe and sound", he said with determination. Just then, Elodie pulled up the street in her limo tank. "Did you find her yet, Elodie?", Rad asked.

"No but I'm gonna do another sweep of the area, there may be some places left unchecked. Drive Geoffrey!", said Elodie as her limo tank sped off.

Then Brandon and RMS came up to the three, "Me and Brandon are check the back alleys again!", said RMS.

Enid buried her head in her lap once again, "We're never gonna find her! Red...my baby...I'm so scared! Where are they?!", she moaned in sadness. That's when KO got an idea, "Hey wait a second, guys! Remember when Mr. Gar told us that he had security cameras put up all over the Plaza? Maybe if we check the footage, we'll know what happened to Red Action!", he suggested.

Enid's head shot straight up when she heard this, "Hey good thinking, bud! Let's head down to Mr. Gar's office and check the camera footage", said Rad. The three ran into the bodega and headed down to Mr. Gar's office, Rad sat in the control seat as he pulled up the camera footage from earlier.

They saw when Red Action was sitting at the bench earlier. "Okay there she is, she was sitting there at 10:30am. At 10:45, KO and Dendy went to talk to her; then Elodie showed up a minute later. At 11:00am, KO and Dendy went back into the bodega as Elodie sat down to talk to Red, they sat there talking for a whole hour because at 12:02, right when I posted the invites for the baby shower, Elodie got up and went into the bodega", said Rad.

"So Red Action was sitting there the whole time. Where did she go?", asked KO. Just then, Enid spotted movement on the screen. "Wait, what is that?", she asked as she pointed at the screen. They saw a shadowy shape sneak up behind Red Action and knock out with a rag before carrying her off.

The sight of someone or something ambushing her girlfriend and kidnapping her made Enid's blood boil, she let out a furious yell as she suddenly yanked the chair out from Rad and snapped it in half effortlessly; this scared Rad and KO, they had never seen Enid so angry before.

"WHO DID THIS!? WHO TOOK HER!?", Enid screamed in an almost demonic voice.

Rad frantically reached up to grab the mouse so he could rewind the footage and then slow it down, then he paused it right when the shadowy shape appeared on screen. "Who is that? Is it Shadowy Figure?", asked KO. "Hang on buddy, let me just enhance the footage a bit here", said Rad.

He moved the scroller on the mouse upward a few times to zoom and enhance the footage, once it was at its max, he saw what or rather who was standing behind Red Action. "Its Raymond!", said Rad. "Raymond? So...Boxman sent him to kidnap Red Action? But why?", asked KO.

Just then, the two heard something fall to the floor behind them. They turned to see Enid on her hands and knees, her whole body was trembling in anger as she breathed heavily. KO slowly approached her out of concern, "Enid are you feeling okay-"

"If you know what's good for you KO, get away from me!", Enid snarled cutting him off.

Rad bent down and grabbed him, carrying him out of the office. "C'mon buddy, let's go rescue Red Action", he said. "But what about Enid?", asked KO. "She can join us when she's cooled down", said Rad.

They two quickly left the office, leaving Enid on the floor as she seethed with rage. She slowly looked up at the screen, seeing the still image of Raymond looming behind Red Action with the chloroform cloth in his hand.

"Boxman...how dare you tell your robots to put their greasy, metal hands on my mate...and my pup!? I'll...I'll...I'LL KILL YOU!", Enid grumbled. Suddenly, she fell to the floor completely as the semi dark room was then filled with the sounds of clothes tearing and angered growling.

[Time Skip]

Red Action took a bite out of the vegetarian, thin crust pizza that Boxman had ordered; when she woke up from her nap, she was feeling quite hungry and asked Boxman to get her something to eat. Since even Boxman, himself, acknowledged that he was a terrible cook, he decided to order her a small pizza.

Of course, Red Action had to clarify that she was supposed to be on a healthy diet since it was better for the baby, so Boxman called up the number of a local pizza shop, Pizza Castle, and asked what their healthiest pizza was.

They told him about a pie known as "The Vegan Lovers": it had a thin crust made from wheat dough, a non fat creamy cheese sauce and a variety of vegetables on top including broccoli, spinach and cauliflower. Boxman ordered that along with a can of that fruit and vegetable mixed juice, and when it arrived, he went to pay for it. Though, he didn't give the delivery boy a tip.

Now Boxman sat on a stool, looking down at his watch as he still waited for the Plaza heroes to arrive any minute; he said with frustration as he looked over at Red Action who was silently enjoying her pizza. "This plan isn't going how I wanted it to. Instead of a villainous mastermind, I feel more like a stinking babysitter waiting for the parents to come pick up their kid!", he muttered to himself.

Just then, KO and Rad busted in through the door. "Stop right there, Boxman! We know you've got Red Action, now let her go!", shouted KO. Boxman groaned, "Oh it's about time you showed up! You know what? Just take her, I don't even care anymore!", he said.

He pushed a button on his remote, deactivating the laser cage. "Red Action, you're okay!", KO said as he ran over to hug her. "I don't get it. Why kidnap her if you were just gonna hand her over when we showed up?", Rad asked in confusion.

"Because you fools have been ignoring me, so I thought this would be a good way to get your attention so you could give me some attention! You were supposed to show up within a few minutes of me abducting her, then you'd battle with a battalion of Darrells I have hidden.

"You would've believed the situation was hopeless but then I'd push a button to deactivate them, making you think they malfunctioned. Then you'd collect your friend and leave, and I could plan my next scheme. But you took so long to show up that I've lost the drive for now, what were you doing that kept you from coming here?!", shouted Boxman.

Rad looked at him with a deadpan expression, "Okay first off, Boxman: get a life, dude! Seriously! Second off, we were looking everywhere for Red Action practically all day! And third, we only found out it was you because we looked at some footage on the Plaza security cameras. Honestly Boxman, Boxmore was not the first place we'd look because expects you to kidnap anybody.

"I mean, I'd sooner she Billiam Milliam or Cosma doing that, heck maybe even Professor Venomous, but you? You're a joke villain, nobody expects you do something as serious as kidnapping a pregnant woman", he said.

Boxman was mentally kicking himself for not realizing what Rad had just told him before now. Of course no one would've expected Boxman to do that; a villain who spends his time making robotic minions that he constantly commands to attack Lakewood Plaza instead of selling them to other villains like he was supposed to was not the kind of guy you'd expect to take a pregnant woman hostage.

"Uh...perhaps I should've thought this plan out more...", he said.

Suddenly, something had just burst in through the wall and landed onto the ground in front of the small group. When they all saw what it was, they all screamed in terror.

It looked like a giant wolf with purple fur and wearing torn up clothes but something was off about it: it had large bat ears and a flat bat nose, on it's back was a pair of leathery bat wings and its mouth was filled small needlepoint teeth with four long canines at the front.

The giant wolf's eyes were glowing bright red with black slit pupils and they seemed to shine with pure rage. Rad fell onto his rear in shock, KO clung to Red Action in fear and Boxman shook in fear as he pushed the button on his remote in order to release the battalion of Darrells he had hidden away.

Just then, a door opened up on the wall; behind it, was a chamber holding about fifty Darrells armed with laser swords and whips. "I-I-I don't know what that is, but g-g-get rid of it!", Boxman shouted at the Darrells.

The Darrells all ran out waving their swords and whips, the giant winged wolf roared as it slashed out with its claws. It ripped three Darrells in half while stomping down three more into flat metal disks; one Darrell slashed the wolf with his laser sword, burning the fur on its arm.

The wolf howled in pain before ripping his head off, then it smashed open the brain case, pulling out the brain before tossing it into its mouth. This action caused the other Darrells to drop their weapons and run away screaming in horror.

Boxman quivered in fear as he dropped his remote and fell over, he throw his arms over his head as he whimpered. "Please don't eat me! I don't know what you are or why you're attacking me but whatever I did, I'm sorry!", he shouted as his voice cracked out of terror.

Before the giant winged wolf could stalk towards Boxman, it stopped when it heard fearful whimpering; it turned around to see KO clinging to Red Action while she gently rubbed his back in an attempt to get him to stop crying.

It then leapt over to them and grabbed Red Action by the back of her shirt, lifting her and KO up into its arms. "Hey, put them down!", Rad shouted as he charged at the creature. The wolf slapped him into the wall like he was fly, Rad smacked into the wall head first and slid onto the floor. Just before he lost consciousness, Rad looked up to see the wolf flying off with KO and Red Action in its arms, screaming for help.

[Time Skip]

The winged wolf flew through the air, flapping its leathery wings as it soared up into the sky. KO clung tightly to Red Action as he shook with fear as tears fell from his eyes; she gently stroked his hair as she tried to calm him down.

"Red Action, what's going on? What is this thing? And where is it taking us?", KO asked. Red Action held him close to her, being mindful of her large belly. "I don't know little buddy...I'm just as confused and scared as you are", she said.

Just then, there was a loud clap of thunder overhead. The winged wolf quickly landed on the ground in the middle of the forest, it started running as fast as it could before it could start raining; soon, it came upon a small cave in the side of a cliff.

The wolf crouched inside to gently set KO and Red Action down within it, since the cave was small, they crawled all the way to the back; the wolf sat at the entrance, completely blocking it to keep the two from escaping.

Soon, it began raining. Thunder boomed in the distance as lightning flashed across the sky; the wolf moved back into the cave to avoid getting wet or struck by lightning. KO curled up in Red Action's arms as he had cried himself to sleep.

Red Action carefully shifted him a bit so she could lie down on the grass covered floor of the cave; as she settled in to go to sleep, she gazed over at the winged wolf, that sat guarding the cave entrance like a watch dog, as a single thought went through her head.

Enid...where are you, babe?

[End of Chapter 5]