Chapter 67: All In The Villainy
It was a normal day at Lakewood Plaza. Our heroes Ko, Enid, Nebula, and Rad were currently doing the jobs that they were assigned. Rad was setting up a display, Enid was getting the register ready, Ko was sweeping, and Nebula was stocking the shelves. "You know babe, it's still kinda weird seeing you with short hair" Rad commented. "Is that a bad thing?" she asked. "No, it's just that you had really long hair for a really long time and now you have it cut. It's not a bad thing" he responded. "Then what's the problem?" she asked. "It's just that we're so used to seeing you with long hair. That's all. You still look really nice with short hair" he said. "Then thanks, I guess" Nebula said as she ran a hand through her short hair and went back to stocking the shelves. A large box with the words "VM" on it then fell out of the sky and landed in front of the store. "It's snow time!" Nebula said excitedly. Rad, Enid, and Ko stared at her in confusion. "What? I'm trying out some catchphrases. What? You didn't like it?" she responded. They continued to stare at her blankly. "I'll work on it" she said. They all then rushed out and the box opened to reveal Shannon, Darrell, Raymond, Fink, and Jethro. They then began to fight against Boxmore's robots. Enid was fighting Shannon, Ko was fighting Jethro, and Nebula was fighting Ernesto. Surprisingly, Fink was fighting Darrell. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Ernesto pulled out a couch and desk with a chair and had Darrell and Fink sit on the couch. They all froze in confusion as to what he was doing.
"Thanks for meeting with me" Ernesto said as he gathered some papers together. "I've been sensing some tension between you two in the workplace. Tell me, how are you feeling?" he asked them. "I'm feeling fed up of having missions ruined by Fink here, who won't follow orders from her senior co-worker!" Darrell yelled as he pointed to Fink who had her arms crossed. "Well duh! Because I don't listen to ugly bozos who's orders will get me destroyed!" she retorted. "You're ugly!" Darrell yelled. "I know you are but what am I?" Fink mocked. "I just said you're ugly" Darrell responded as he attacked Fink who was laughing. "Uh, are you fighting us or each other?" Rad asked. "Yeah, this is super weird. Villains shouldn't fight each other" Ko said. "Guess it's okay if we fight them!' he said as he punched Jethro. "Okay, we'll be here when you guys finish" Enid said. "Please don't take to long. Kay fellas?" Ko said as the heroes left to go back to Gar's.
"Like where did they even come from?" Nebula asked as she tried to determine what had happened. They then cringed as they heard a long "No" being shouted from the Voxmore Building by what sounded like Fink and Darrell. "I think this is gonna get worse before it gets better" Ko yelled as they all covered their ears. "What?!" Rad, Nebula, and Enid yelled. The noise then stopped and they uncovered their ears and went into the store. They then finished their jobs and Ko invited Nebula to play with POW cards with him while Rad and Enid played on their phones. Ko shuffled his deck of POW cards and handed Nebula half. :Okay um, I guess I'll start by playing Punching Judy!" Ko said as he laid down the card face up. Nebula looked through her deck and bit her lip in thought as she debated which card she would play. "I guess I'll play Joe Cuppa!" Nebula said. "Punching Judy uses Mega Punch!" Ko said. "Then Joe Cuppa uses Wall of Coffee and Punching Judy is now burned!" nebula said. Ko smiled and placed a card on top of the card Nebula placed down. "Then I'll play Fish Dude to cool her off" Ko said. "Then I'll play Ms. Mummy to wrap him up" Nebula said. "But you forget that Fish Dude is a fish so he slips out of Ms. Mummy's grip and his water gets on her bandages" Ko said triumphantly. "Play, then I'll play Mr. Gar!" Nebula said as she put the card down. "Then I'll play my mommy for an automatic loss!" Ko said as he put down Silverspark's card. "Now I'll play Laserblast!"he said as he placed down the card. "Then I'll play Ice Queen who uses Wifley Powers! You lose!" Nebula said. "Okay then. Now I'll play Rad!" Ko said. Nebula gasped and placed down the card of herself. "You lose!" Enid commented. "No I don't" Nebula retorted. "Yes you do. We all know how you get when you're against Rad" Enid said as she gave her a look. Enid then grabbed Rad and placed him in front of her. Nebula stared down Enid before she hugged Rad. "Told ya" Enid responded with a smirk.
They then heard loud noises coming from the building so Ko called Shannon to complain. "Did you robots sort out your personal problems yet?" Ko asked. "Tell them we're not gonna wait all day" Rad said. "Because we're not gonna wait all day" Ko said. "And clarify that we're talking about finishing the battle from this morning" Enid said. "Okay. We're not gonna wait all day to finish the battle from this morning" Ko said. "I don't know though, I could wait. It's not like we have anything else going on today" Ko said to Enid. "And tell Shannon that I'm gonna kick her scrap metal butt!" Nebula said loudly. "Butt out Bodega Buttheads!" Shannon replied angrily before she hung up. Ko frowned and Nebula put a hand on his head and ruffled his hair. "Don't worry little guy, I got this" she said with a large smirk. She then took out her phone and an explosion was seen at the building across the street. "What did you do?" Rad asked. Nebula smirked and played a video of Shannon checking her email and being overloaded by span and ads. She then got overloaded and rebooted. Nebula began to sicker before she began to laugh hysterically. Rad and Enid began to laugh as well. "You are so evil babe" Rad said in between laughs. "I know" she said with a large grin. They then spent the rest of the day bonding and telling stories of their pasts. They then went outside and lain on the pavement in front of the store.
"You know what, maybe it's fine that we're not gonna finish that robot battle. This has been a really nice day of bonding and friendship" Ko mused as he laid in between Rad and Enid, holding one of their hands while Nebula laid on the other side of Rad. "I agree Ko" Rad said. "Let's just look at the clouds for a while" Enid said softly. Nebula let go of Rad's hand and instead rested her head on his chest. Light snoring could then be heard from Nebula after a while. "What a lovely idea" Ko replied. "Hey, that cloud looks like a Voxmore box" Ko said as he noticed the sky turning purple. "Awh man" Enid, Ko, and Rad said in unison as another box with the letters 'VM' on it crashed in front of them. It then opened to reveal Fink on top of Darrell, who had tentacles for arms. "Behold! Pure terror!" Fink announced as she began to fire tiny bombs from her gloves. Rad felt Nebula begin to stir and she slowly rose her head from his chest as they all stood up. "Check out my tentacles!" Darrell said as the trio looked at him in disgust. "That's disgusting" Rad commented. "Don't look at those Ko" Enid said as she and Rad covered Ko's eyes with their hands. "Uh oh' Rad said as he noticed a strange aura coming from his girlfriend. He knew what was happening so he immediately took a step back. "What?" Ko asked. "Nebula doesn't like to be woken up" he responded.
Before Nebula could blast Fink and Darrell, Fink used her teeth to latch onto one of Darrell's tentacle arms. "Hey! What gives Fink? No attacking each other remember?" Darrell pointed out as he got Fink back onto the ground. "The shrimp is mine!" she responded as she pointed to Ko. "There you go messing things up again!" Darrell yelled. "Why can't you just let me have this one little thing?" Fink yelled angrily. "It's not about us Fink! It's about pleasing our daddies!" Darrell responded. They then went back and forth with Fink insisting that they refer to them as 'Bosses' and Darrell retorting to call them 'Daddies' and while they were arguing, Nebula charged towards Darrell with Rad and Enid attacking him with her. They then began tormenting Darrell with Enid almost kicking him and Rad poking him. Nebula on the other hand was slowly pulling at one of his tentacle arms. Just then, tiny bombs surrounded them and when they exploded, the trio was sent back. Nebula groaned as she slowly stood up. She was about to attack when Ko put a hand on her leg to stop her. To their surprise, Darrell and Fink were apologizing to each other. "Awh, you guys solved your problem! I'm so proud!" Ko said happily. "Did he really just say that?" Nebula asked in confusion as she looked at Rad with a face of complete surprise. "But!" Ko started. "Are you weirdos gonna fight us or not!" Enid asked angrily. "Yeah!" Rad said. "I wanna nap" Nebula thought to herself as she got into a fighting stance. "Let's give um heck!" Darrell said to Fink as they charged toward the heroes. The heroes then combined their powers to sent Darrell and Fink flying back to the Voxmore building. Rad, Ko, and Enid began to congratulate each other while they got all of their belongings and prepared to go home with Nebula slowly walking behind them. When she was getting her coat, she kept reaching for the same spot in the closet, completely missing her coat. Rad levitated her coat off the hanger and onto his girlfriend's body. "I'm uh, I'm gonna get her home" he said. The friends said their goodbyes as Rad lead Nebula to his van. After he helped her into the passenger seat, she quickly fell asleep. Rad smiled softly and started his van. He gently stroked his girlfriend's hair as he spoke softly.
"Let's get you home"