Chapter 65: Plaza Alone
Rad's doorbell rang and when he opened the door to reveal Enid. "Hey Enid!" he greeted happily as he moved aside to let his friend in. "You sure your parents are cool with me being here?" she asked. "Totally! They're visiting some family and they happily let me invite you over" he responded. "Where's Nebula?" she asked as she scanned the room for her friend. "She's making the popcorn and getting the snacks" he responded as she helped him get the television set up. "Hey guys, I feel like we're forgetting something" Nebula said as she came into the room with a bowl of popcorn and a bag of chips. "Like what?" Enid said. "I'm sure you'll think of it. In the mean time, let's start watching the documentary" Rad said as he used his levitation to put in the movie. He then put an arm on the nearby armrest and the other arm was slung on the back of the couch as she sat in between him and Enid. Rad wrapped his am that was on the back of the couch around her and the documentary started. Eventually, she fell fast asleep as she used her boyfriend as a pillow. While she was asleep, Rad had moved to where he was laying on the couch with Enid slouching by his feet and Nebula asleep on top of him with a blanket across her and Enid. The bowl of popcorn was placed on top of Nebula's sleeping figure. Rad and Enid began to cry and the front door then opened to reveal Ko. "Hello!" he called happily. "Hey guys!" he said as he unknowingly hopped onto Nebula's sleeping figure from behind the couch."I'm awake" Nebula said with a snort upon Ko's impact. She then moved to get up but she ended up rolling onto the floor. "I'm okay" she said as she was face first onto the carpet. "Hey Ko" they all greeted. "Do you guys know what day it is?" he asked excitedly. Soft snoring was then heard from Nebula on the floor as Enid blew her nose. "Uh yeah. It's Sad Documentary Marathon Day" Rad replied through tears. "No dummies, it's my birthday!" Ko announced happily. "Huh?" Nebula said half asleep as she lifted her head. "And do you know what my birthday wish is?" he asked. He then pulled Rad, Nebula, and Enid into a hug. "To spend it with my buddies, Enid, Nebula, and Rad!" he said. "Oh right! Your birthday!" Enid said. She and Rad then got themselves re-situated on the couch. "That's why we saved a spot for you. Get comfy" she said as she put the bowl of popcorn in Ko's lap. "Okay!" Ko said happily as Rad secretly stole some of the popcorn as he slung an arm over the back of the couch. Nebula then moved onto Rad's lap and he put his arm that was on the arm rest across her lower back. She then snuggled into him and let out a content sigh. "My spot" she said protectively as she noticed that they were all looking at her. The next documentary came on and Rad put an arm around her as Enid played the next documentary.
"A lot of good a small sword is gonna do" Nebula thought as the character scarcely threatened to use the small sword. "Ugh, these documentaries are so good!" Rad said and Enid nodded in agreement. "Don't you think so Ko?" Enid asked. "I dunno. I can't relate to this at all. It's too melodramatic. Besides, I have my friends! Let's go do something else!" he responded. "Are you sure you don't wanna watch Muscle Tragedy?" Rad asked as he held up the movie. Enid then threw the bowl of popcorn at Rad, hitting him in the face. Nebula removed the bowl and began to remove any remaining pieces of popcorn from Rad's face by kissing his face. She then reached over to the tissue box on the ground and cleaned up Rad's face. "Well it is your birthday. What do you wanna do?" Enid asked. "Let's go to the plaza! The happiest place on Earth!" Ko said excitedly. "What?! But we're there like every day" Rad said as Nebula finished wiping the tissue on his face. "It is our day off" Enid agreed. "Ko, what about" she was about to suggest something else when she saw how excited and happy Ko was. "It is his birthday. Let's just do what he wants" Nebula remarked. "Your day, your rules" Enid said. "Let's do it! I can't imagine spending my birthday anywhere else!" Ko said excitedly. "Just give is a few minutes to get ready. Okay?" Nebula asked. Ko nodded happily and Nebula ushered Rad and Enid into different rooms so they could get dressed. Once they were all dressed and ready, they got into Rad's van and went to the plaza. "You sure do love sitting in the front seat Nebula" Ko said. "Of course! It has the best view in the universe" she said as she lovingly looked at Rad. He blushed and flexed an arm as Nebula sighed dreamily.
"Well, here we are, at the happiest place on Earth" Enid said as they arrived. "This birthday boy wants to eat a birthday burrito!" Ko said. "Beardo, one Big Bad Birthday Burrito por favore" Ko said as he took something out of his pocket and held it up to the surprisingly empty food truck. "Oh, I guess he stepped out for a sec" he said. He then began to search the food truck for any signs of Beardo. "That's okay! There's tons of people in the plaza. Why don't we see what they're up to" Nebula said reassuringly as she put a hand on Ko's back. "That sounds great!" Ko said as Nebula helped him off the counter. They then went from store to store looking for people. To Ko's dismay, there was no one to be found. "The plaza's completely empty!" Ko said as they looked into Logic Cuts Salon. "What gives? Where is everybody?" he asked as they searched Gar's Hero Supply & Bodega. "It doesn't feel like the plaza without everyone else" Ko said as he sat on the sidewalk outside. "What do you talking about little dude? This is great! If anything, it's even more the plaza without everybody else" Rad said as he sat next to Ko. "Yeah, think about it. There's no one here to get in our way! We can do anything we want! It's like a theme park with no lines basically" Enid pointed out as she sat on the other side of Ko and Nebula sat on the other side of Rad. "Yeah! You guys are right! "Ko said excitedly. "There's our cheerful boy" Enid said as she pinched Ko's cheek. "So, what do you wanna do next Birthday boy?" Nebula asked as Rad ruffled Ko's hair. Ko thought for a moment and then told his friends what he wanted to do.
They then went back into the store and began to gather different food items to make a food replica of Mr. Gar. Nebula then levitated a large gold frame in front of it and took a picture as they all laughed at Ko's impression of their boss. Next, they went to Neo Rama Game Center where Nebula filmed Rad, Ko, and Enid on a dancing game. After that, they went to Logic Cuts Salon where they buried their faces in bags of hair to get beards and mustaches. Ko then made a 'hair angel' as Enid lounged in a large pile of hair and Rad come out on a sled. Nebula decided to try different styles on her mustache. Their next stop was the Fitness Dojo where they all attacked a wooden stand with Boxman's face on it. Rad then laid race first with one crate supporting his legs and another under his face. Enid then used her heel to bounce her foot on his lower body as they all laughed. She then got her foot stuck on Rad and she lifted him in the air. She then placed him on the ground and they got a fake that she kicked in half. Rad then laid back on the crates and Ko repeatedly tried to karate chop his butt. He then heard a strange noise. They went outside to the parking lot to investigate. "Huh?" Ko said as he picked up an orange with pink stripes part hat. "Well that's kinda weird" Enid said as Ko put the hat on.
They then went back into Gars to get something to eat. "Snack time! Snack time!Snack time! I love Lightning Nachos!" Ko said excitedly as he shoved a large amount of tortilla chips into his mouth. Rad ate an entire pile of hot dogs, Enid ate licorice, and Nebula ate a pile of chocolate. "Well, what do you wanna do next Ko?"Enid asked as she then handed him the special sauce for his favorite snack. Ko then began to squirt the sauce into his mouth and he ended up getting some on his hat and on his face. "Umm, eat some fried chiggy!" he responded. "Why not the supreme birthday snack, the dog?" he suggested as he held up a hot dog. "Let the birthday boy decide" Enid said. "I wanna choose for Ko" Rad whined.
Nebula quickly got up from the ground and she began to run around and say things that they could not understand. "Is she okay?" Ko asked worriedly. "Yeah, she's good. She did have a lot of chocolate so she's really hyper" Rad responded casually. She then ran back and licked the Lightning Nacho Sauce from Rad's face and arm before she ran off again. A loud 'crash' was then heard. "What was that?" Enid asked. "I think it came from the break room" Rad said. "Nebula? What did you do?" Rad called as if he were asking a dog who got caught causing trouble. "I did a thing!" they heard her respond happily. They then went towards the break room and they were surprised to see that Nebula was nowhere to be found. They slowly opened the door to the break room and peeked in. The room was dark and they slowly yet carefully walked into the room. The door then slammed shut and Rad tried to open the door. "The door! It's locked! We're trapped in here" he said worriedly. "Trapped my foot!" Enid said as she then made her foot on fire for her flaming power kick that she called 'Power Foot Fireball'. She charged towards the door and attacked it with Rad. But, no matter what they tried, the door wouldn't open. "What's going on?" Enid questioned. "Why would anyone want to trap the three of is in here?" Rad asked. He then began to bang on the door and called for his girlfriend. "Dude, I don't think she's coming" Enid said defeatedly.
Ko thought for a moment and he heard Enid say "I wish I knew what was going on" and something seemed to click in his mind. "Guys, all of this is my fault. All I wanted for my birthday was to spend it alone with you guys, so I wished for it on my birthday stack and I think it came true! We're just here by ourselves now and everyone's all gone!" Ko admitted. "That's silly Ko, don't get wild on us. Besides, if it did, you said that your wish was to spend it with all of us now and Nebula isn't here" Rad said. Just then, Nebula came running in from out of nowhere. "It's not wild Rad, wishes are essentially powerful spells! Especially children's wishes! If Ko made a wish from the heart on his birthday of all days, then there's a real chance that it actually came true! We might actually be stuck here!" Enid said. "Didn't you learn that when the soda genie turned into a hamburger?" Nebula asked as she walked over to them. "Come on Enid, don't you start going wild on me too" Rad said getting worried. "Dude! I'm a witch! I know these things! Wishes can change reality! If Ko wished for everyone in the plaza away, then who knows where they all are now! Who knows where we are now!" Enid retorted as she started to freak out. "We're still in the break room. Calm down, everything's gonna be okay. I'm sure the wish will only last until tomorrow" Nebula said as she tried to reassure her boyfriend and their friends. Her friends then began to freak out and Nebula tried to get them back into reality. Just as Ko was crying about he was alone, everyone from the plaza jumped out and yelled "Surprise!" and Ko looked at them in confusion. Carol then brought out a large cake and Ko started to ask her questions before he cheered at the fact that everyone was not gone and that there was a cake. Mr. Gar then explained that he saw everything so Enid and Rad began to freak out. Gar then explained how he did not trust them to keep a secret from Ko. They agreed and joined everyone as Ko was blowing out the candles.