Chapter 76: Surprise!
Rad and Nebula then pulled away and held each other's hands as they pressed their foreheads against each other. Bianca then slowly approached them "You know Nebula, if you want to, you can come with us back to P.O.I.N.T and you can continue your training" She suggested. "Just think about all of your untapped potential! Besides, I'm sure Solana would love to grow up with you as a big sister" Laserblast said and everyone watched with bated breath for Nebula's answer. Nebula felt Rad squeeze her hand and she looked at him. "Babe, you should go. As he said, you have a lot of untapped potential and you can only be a truly great hero if you go back with them" He said and he let go of her hand, only for her to grab his hand and squeeze it.
"I'd rather stay here with the people that I love. As I said before I left P.O.I.N.T the first time, I want to become a hero through real life experience. I also wanted to make friends and fall in love and I did! I love everyone here with all my heart! The plaza has become my home and everyone here is like my family! I don't want to leave them. Not now. Besides, I don't think I'm done here and I don't think I ever will be. As you know, Lord Boxman has teamed up with Professor Venomous and who knows what their next plan will be to get control of the plaza. So my answer is no" Nebula responded. "But Nebula, at P.O.I.N.T you'd be able to become a better hero" Ko said as he put a hand on her arm. "But P.O.I.N.T doesn't have any of you and there is nowhere else I'd rather be" she said as she knelt down to Ko's height.
"I understand, But just know that our offer is always available" Bianca said. She and Laserblast then took Foxtail to apologize to Doctor Greyman since she now knew what it was like to be powerless. He forgave her and he went appointed Bianca to be the new Wisdom teacher at P.O.I.N.T Prep while Foxtail resumed being the coach of Strength once more.
The following days were spent getting the plaza back to normal. Our heroes were slowly getting the store back to normal when an alarm blared. They immediately rushed outside to see a Voxmore box falling out of the sky. "This better not be one of Venomous' tricks again. I don't feel like finding out what his next mist or whatever will do to us, we still have a lot to do" Nebula said. The box opened to reveal Fink with Shannon, Darrell, and Raymond.
During the battle, while Raymond, Darrell, and Fink attacked Enid and Ko, Shannon pinned Rad to a nearby wall and he yelled at her to get off of him. "What? Don't you still have a crush on me?" she said coyly. She was then thrown off of him. "If you want to stay in one piece, I suggest that you keep your oily, cold, metal hands off of my boyfriend!" Nebula roared. "Didn't you know that he still has a crush on me?" she jeered and Nebula put a hand around her neck and raised her in the air.
"That happened in the past, before we started dating. He loves me and we've been through too much for me to dump him just because of something that is now in the past!" she said as her grip tightened. "Really? But you're a freak! You were made in a lab just like Fink. Do you honestly think that he would want to be with a freak? I'm sure that you're just a phase and he's only with you out of pity 'cause no one else that is normal wants to be with you" Shannon insulted. Nebula tightened her grip even more and the robot began to struggle to break free. Shannon could feel her inner circuits being frozen and she struggled harder to get free. "Yeah! You're a lab creation like me! Why don't you come work for my boss? He made me and I'm sure he'd love to improve you" Fink said as she hopped onto Shannon's shoulder. She then yelped as she quickly jumped off her shoulder due to the metal being extremely cold. "Hey Lakewood Losers, would you mind telling her to stop freezing our sister" Darrell begged. "You better ask nicely~ After all, I'm the only one that can stop her. Oh, and they better apologize" Rad said as he had Raymond in a headlock.
Unknown to them, two pairs of eyes were watching from a large screen across the street. "Remind me again why we're trying to get her really angry" Lord Boxman said as he watched as part of the plaza was getting covered in ice and Professor Venomous sighed. "We need her to go turbo. Once she does, she'll lose control of herself and that will allow us to control her. She was made to be a hero. But, what if she were to go evil and work for us? She knows about every one of those Lakewood heroes so she will be able to defeat them in battle. The great thing about it is that the Lakewood heroes would refuse to attack her and they would hand over the plaza and whatever else we wanted in exchange for her" he explained. He then began to laugh evilly and Lord Boxman joined him. They then watched as Raymond and Darrell kneeled before Nebula as her hair was getting darker.
Rad then wrapped his arms around her waist and he put his chin on her shoulder. "Babe, could you cool it down" he said lowly. He then kissed the junction between her neck and shoulder. Shannon began to gasp as Nebula's grip was slowly loosening. Shannon was dropped onto the ground with a 'thud' and Darrell and Raymond helped her off the ground. "The ice should thaw soon. Take that as a warning" Nebula said coldly. The robots gulped and they then retreated back into Voxmore. "I'm just saying, you would be of more use to my boss then you are here. Think about it, how many other heroes do you know that were made in a lab like you and me huh? Think about it" Fink commented. She then scurried away and Nebula looked at her hands.
"Would I really be better on the side of evil?"