The next day, KO and Dendy brought up their discover to KO's coworkers at Gars'. The two kids showed them how KO's maybe/maybe-not girlfriend became a feral wolverine of turbonic energy, and what happened before that. The young adults could not believe what they were seeing.
"Wow, I guess that changes everything." Enid commented after seeing this.
"I can't believe that the professor would turn their his own minion into a rampaging beast, and a little kid at that!" Rad added. "I guess we should have trusted you more little guy."
"Indeed, it is quite unethical. First Venomous would make it that Fink was the only one working at Boxmore, then when she was so badly fatigued that she would not fight against Turbo-death." The bodega-men freaked at the word 'death'. She brought a projector which had a presentation on the variety of glorbs and what they do.
"There are many different variants of turbo energy, each with it's own unique characteristics and affects. While most of them come from different types of glorbs, a handful of lifeforms can produce this energy naturally like KO. Back to the glorbs, each can have a different affect for each different color while enhancing one's ability. We've only seen green glorbs, but the others are very rare. Blue glorbs can increase one's natural speed and can allow the abililty to breath underwater. Yellow glorbs helps people handle hot and humid environments, and can allow one to step foot on the sun without burning their flesh off. Red means a great power boost, but also leaves the person with more rage and hatred than The Hulk or YouTube commenters. Grey glorbs temporarily erases all of one's emotions and feelings, leaving them as apathetic and stoic as a statue. The pink glorbs are commonly found in love potions and can increase a person's hormones sending them in a state of-"
"OKAY, move it along there are kids reading this!"
"Oh indeed, moving on!" she heeded Enid's warning, the next slide had a picture of a black glorb with a skull and crossbones. "Now we have the most powerful and harmful, thus the rarest and most hard to find glorb: black. These glorbs gives the user a boost 1,000 times the normal glorb, but with that much power comes with a terrible price. You see, these glorbs are not like the other glorbs. They are evil glorbs. The more you ingest, the more of you lose bits of your mind and stability. Thereby turning whoever has their power into a mindless uncontrollable genocidal zombie, and I can only assumed the worse with how many Venomous has injected Fink with."
The three bodega-men felt scared now, KO was probably the worst of all. Even Enid's ice-cold heart couldn't take this, "I'm sorry KO."
"W-what does this mean? Is Fink lost forever?" KO questioned as tears were building up in his tear ducks.
"I'm not sure." Dendy sadly replied.
KO then growled as he walked to the door, "Where are you going?" the kappa asked her friend, even though she had a pretty good assumption.
"I'm going after her, and I am kicking that walking pile of grape juice in a lab coat right where the sun doesn't shine." he said with a serious tone as turbo energy was pouring from him as he and TKO fused to form PKO, "Harm with KO, shame on you. Harm his Fink, you just made your death sentence. You three know that very well."
"We're coming with you." They got into battle stances.
"No, this is something I must do alone. As KO, maybe I can reach Fink. I know what it's like to be locked up in my own mind, now she needs my help. I can't let anymore of the people I love get hurt, which is why I have to go alone." he said before tossing them his POW card journal.
"KO?" Enid let out before he burst through the door and flew at hyper speeds. "We have to go after him."
"Do we have to too?" Rad complained as he was resting on a hammock he already set up.
"Rad! He's going after one of the most dangerous and possibly deranged villains on the planet, ALONE!"
Rad groaned at her reasoning, "Fine, but if I die and come back as a ghost. I will make your life miserable."
"You do that already." she joked.
"Focus people!" Dendy chastised, "We have to get to Venomous before KO kills himself fast, barring any unforeseen-"
She was interrupted by the big purple light in the sky, signaling a Boxmore attack. The three groaned as they headed outside to see what comes in this box now. "Seriously, now! We don't have time for this!" Dendy complained.
"Oh I sure that's the least of your worries".
Bursting from today's attack box, came a Shannon and Raymond bot. The former with giant hammers for hands, and the latter with a baseball bat. "It would seem you need some batting practice." Raymond quipped before sending bombs their way, the three organic lifeforms dodged the incoming explosives. Enid with some cool ninja flips and blocking them with fire kicks. Rad using his finger laser to repel them, and Dendy just used her digital KO armor as a shield.
"What time is it?" Shannon cackled.
"9:50?" Rad checked his watch.
"HAMMER TIME!" the lady bot slammed down her hammer fists onto the alien, the stock boy rolled out of the way with each swing from his robotic ex. "Will you quit moving your perfectly sculpted butt so I can hit it?!"
Rad grunted as he kept bobbing and weaving from her attacks, "Not unless your beautifully gorgeous face scats, we were in the middle of something involving KO!"
The battle paused as the robots see that they were missing a pint sized enemy. "Wait, where is the little runt away?" she asked.
"This battle feels empty without him, don't tell me he is off again with his lady friend." Raymond said.
"Not entirely." Dendy brought out the projection again.
One explanation later
"...and now you're all caught up."
After hearing everything from the kappa, the robots were in a state of disbelief and utter horror. Though Boxman built them to be heartless killing machines, they were programmed with an astute level of humanity. Which is why they always saw him as their father, and he saw them as his own children. And they knew how unfair a parental unit can be, but what Venomous had done to Fink was too much even for them.
Shannon looked about to barf, "The horror,... the... horror."
Raymond just had a thousand yard stare, "I cannot believe the professor would do such a thing, and to his own minion who sees him as her own father. There is a fine line between villain and a monster, and what he did takes the cake."
"Totally, and takes it all the way to insane asylum." Enid replied.
"Even after she was under the dark turbo power and tried to kill him, KO still loves her." Rad said.
"Which is why we're going after him, so he knows we support him. And to a lesser extent Fink." Dendy said as she put the projection back in her hack pack, just as she and the bodega-men were about to leave.
"Hold on, we're coming with you."
"What/huh/come again?" the three questioned at the sporty Casanova robot.
"That's right, ain't no way that lab-coat wearing purple pit-stain is gonna torture his own minion because she can balance villainy and a relationship with a good guy!" Shannon stated sassily. "She needs someone who know what it's like to date someone on the side of good."
"Even though we worked her down to the bone, I must admit I admire how much their love shines bright. Even after all the abuse they have taken because of it, they never stopped caring for each other. And the fact their love is forbidden makes it all the more inspiring, nothing should come between them." Raymond said.
"Not alone, you won't."
"DARREL/ LORD COWBOY DARREL!"
The Darrel bot in a cowboy costume appeared, "I know better than anyone to oppressed and looked down on by your boss. I maybe be an evil CEO, but I never hurt the ones that I love. Which is why I recommend a temporary truce until the young couple are back safe and sound, in favor?"
The five nodded "Aye!"
"Against?"
"Nay!"
"Carol, Gar?"
"Got room for 2 more?"
(With KO)
PKO had just burst through the doors of a dark room, "VENOMOUS! Where ever you are, give me back Fink! You will pay for what you did to her!"
Just then a metal door slammed down to seal the entrance, leaving the room pitch black. "What the?" he then felt an immense pain coursing though his body, like he was struck by a million lighting bolts. He collapsed to his hands and knees as he felt his turbo energy drain from his body, his head band going back from light blue to red. "Uhh, what happened? Why do I?" he tried to throw a power fist, but all that came out was a puff of smoke. "What happened?"
"There we go, that should be enough."
"Who said that?! Is it you Shadowy Figure?! Come out and face me like a man, SHOW YOURSELF!" KO yelled as he got into a fighting stance.
Just then bright lights came on, blinding him for a few seconds. When his vision came back he saw he was in a giant metal cell, like the ones from those professional wrestling shows he watches on weekends. "Welcome KO, to your final resting place." he turned to see...
"Venomous." he sneered at the scientist. "What's all this about?"
"What do you think? It's about you, taking away the only minion I ever love!" he growled as he picked up a picture of him and Fink from when she was just a small lab rat. "She was my first test subject, she's the reason why I am where I am today. When the accident that mutated her happened, I wanted nothing more than to protect her. When she showed interests in my work, I felt like I had the child I always wanted. I felt like I saw someone who can take over for me when I'm gone, she was so evil. Cruel, heartless, and vicious. The perfect minion.
That was, until you came along." he pointed an accusing finger at the caged kid, "You turned my little bundle of evil into a giggling pile of mesh, all she ever thought about was you."
KO raised an eyebrow, "I don't understand?"
"I knew the whole time of her little crush on you, I was there that day."
-Three months ago-
"Hehehehe, this has been the best night of my life KO."
"I'm glad you had fun, Fink. BTW, there's something I want you to know." KO got on one knee, Fink gasped while slapping her hands over her mouth. KO pulled out a velvet box with not a ring, but a golden chain with a heart shaped locket on it. "Fink, I'm glad we went out tonight. Because I can finally tell you, I love you. Will you be my girlfriend?"
Fink was pouring with tears, "KO." she cupped his cheeks and looked him in the eyes, "You do realize that if we go down this road, the consequences will be dire."
He nodded, "I know, and I will take any chance. As long as I'm with you."
She then closed the gap and slammed her lips on his, this marked the first of many kisses of a love that was never to be spoken of again. While they were kissing, KO took the chance to clasp the necklace around the rat girl's neck.
But what they didn't know, was that someone was watching.
(end flashback)
"... Since that day, all she ever talked about was you. Even when she thought I wasn't listening, I knew what was happening. Which is why I did what I did, the longer this love was here, the sooner I would lose my little girl to the side of good." Venomous finished with hints of tears in his eyes.
KO just looked flabbergasted, "You actually thought that? That she would give up evil just because she loves me? I would never force her to do something she doesn't want to do, she loves being evil. And I love her just the way she is, and I wouldn't change a thing about her." he stated with a serious look on his face, Venomous just looked stone-faced. "Why would you inject her with black glorbs? Don't you realize that stuff is incredibly dangerous?! What would you gain from turning her into a raging psychotic monster?!"
"Well, it's too late to turn back now. Especially with what's about to happen now."
"Huh?" KO then heard heavy panting, he looked up to see a dark figure. They jumped down so KO can het a good look at them, KO's heart nearly dropped. "Fink?"
Standing before him was what was left of the rat minion, her hair was all frazzled and unkempt. Her dress was torn and barely hanging on, her eyes were as white as a ghost. Her teeth were sharp and gnashing like a shark, her feet and hands now had long sharp claws. Her tail was now longer and had a sharp drill on the end of it. Lastly, she was just oozing with turbo energy. Her aura was sending off dangerous signals, KO looked scared to bits at what has become of the girl he loves.
"You should have stayed away."
