Chapter 79: We are Heroes Part 2
"Happy now?" Enid asked sarcastically and Nebula kissed Rad's cheek. "Quite actually" Nebula responded. "Thanks for shopping at Gars" Ko called as Rad sped off. "Man we are crushing this hero biz! Permission to back pat now?" Rad gloated. "Permission granted" Enid said as she put on a pair of sunglasses. They then began to praise themselves while Ko remained silent as he thought to himself. Ko noticed that Nebula was also quiet and he glanced at her to see her on her phone with a content smile on her face. Rad then pulled into the hangar and Dendy greeted them. As she congratulated them, Nebula walked off while she was staring at something on her phone. "Hey guys" Nebula called as she walked into the store. "Hey Nebula" the new employees greeted. Nebula looked up from her phone and she looked around the store. "You guys are doing great! Keep up the good work!" she said and she walked into the break room. She then pulled up Mr. Gar's contact information and she debated if she should call him and talk to him about Voxmore. "He probably busy" she said as she put the information away. She then sat on the couch and she pulled up the security footage of all of the battles. "I'm sure they're just saying those things to taunt me because their supposed to be evil" she commented as she stopped the video. "But still…" as she trailed off, Ko, Enid, and Rad came into the room. Rad then levitated Nebula off of the couch and he sat down and levitated her back onto his lap. "A hero's work is never done. Right guys?" Rad asked. "Bodegamen!" a holo video appeared and showed Mr. Gar and Carol. "Yes Mr. Gar sir!" they responded in unison, having said that many times before.
"Good work de-escalating that dragon situation. I'd say you four earned yourselves a nice break" Mr. Gar said and the four of them sighed in relief. "Unfortunately, heroes never rest! Another distress call has come in" he said. "I already sent the details to Dendy. Deal with immediately. Good luck team. Act swift, act smart, and don't disappoint me" he said and he hung up. They all sighed and leaned back on the couch. "Well, you heard the man" Enid said as she stood up. "Sure beats mopping floors, stacking boxes, and going through inventory" Rad commented as he put an arm around Nebula's upper body and the other under her legs as he stood up and carried her out of the room with Enid following behind them. "Um, mopping floors isn't so bad" Ko said meekly. "Yeah, and I thought that you were proud of your box stacking skills. Remember how excited you got when you were going to stack your one millionth box and how around the time when we first met, you were always stacking boxes and making them into different shapes just to try and impress me?" Nebula brought up as Rad brought her to the hangar where his van was. He used his levitation powers to levitate her into the air, open the passenger door, and levitate her into the passenger's seat.
"Hey Ko, is everything alright? You're not your usual sunny self?" Enid asked and Nebula turned her head as Ko was giving her a fake smile. "No dice little buddy. That's not gonna fool me" Enid said. She then picked him up and played him into the back seat. "Now what's the matter?" she asked as she got in next to him. "Well, it's just that I don't think that I'm contributing as much to the team as you guys" Ko said as Rad got into the driver's seat and they all buckled their seat belts. "But you punched a dragon into next week" Rad pointed out. "But is that my only skill? One thing?" Ko asked.
"Look Ko, I know what you're going through. I remember when I first started working with you guys how all I could do was levitate stuff and freeze stuff. Now, I apparently have super strength and I'm really good at hacking stuff using my phone! I never knew this all that time ago. What I'm trying to say is, you are capable of so much and sometimes it takes time to discover what else you can do" Nebula said. "Yeah! But I wouldn't worry about it Ko. Punching a dragon into next week is plenty" Enid sais as they took off.
"So Dendy, where are we going now?" Rad asked and a holo screen popped up. "Triangulating distress signal. It appears to be coming from the same mountain hilltop you came from earlier today" Dendy responded as she showed the coordinates. "Hey, isn't that Ted Viking and Foxy's place?" Nebula asked. "We just solved that problem" Rad said. They then arrived back at Ted Viking and Foxy's property. "My yard! Help us, help us again!" Ted Viking was heard yelling in distress as the dragon from before was setting the property on fire. "What? This guy again?" Rad asked. "W-what if he's back for revenge?" Ko asked nervously. "Don't worry Ko" Enid said. "Yeah, if that dragon wants another round of bitt-kickery" Rad started as he landed and parked his van. "We'll give it to him!" Nebula finished as she, Rad, and Enid tried to attack the dragon. Whatever they did was not working. "What? This seemed to work last time" Nebula said as she tried to freeze the dragon. "Come on Ko, we need your powerfist!" Enid called. The dragon swung it's mighty tail and hit Nebula, causing her to fly into the nearest tree. It then spotted Ko and was charging towards him. Nebula rubbed her head as Rad helped her stand up against the tree. "That might leave a mark" she said. She then noticed the dragon chasing Ko. "Huh? Ko! Hang on buddy" she called as she tried to step forward, only for her to fall into Rad's awaiting arms. "Why do I always get this weak when I'm knocked into something?" she wondered out loud. She held her breath as the dragon stopped behind Ko. "What the huh?" she asked as the dragon glew and a red stripe appeared onto it's long body. Ko then began to leave a long trail of glorbs and the dragon was happily following the trail and eating the magical orbs.
"Why must the dragon keep attacking our hut? It is giving me such anguish" Foxy said as she and Ted Viking walked over to the trio. "He returns!" Ted Viking said happily. "Ko!" The trio said in unison as they saw him giving some more glorbs to the dragon. "Interesting, it eats glorbs. Maybe we can do something with that and all the extra glorbs from the plaza" she said out loud. "Ted Viking, Foxy, does your hut have anything weird?" Ko asked. "Well nothing really" Foxy replied. "Yeah, we don't know" Ted Viking said. "Other than the glorbs that come through the floorboard sometimes. Why?" Foxy asked. "Wait! There are glorbs under your hut?" Ko asked. "You call that nothing really?!" Rad, Nebula, and Enid yelled in unison. "Ah-ha! I thought so, Rad, Nebula, can you two move the house over to the right two steps?" Ko requested. "I don't see why not" Nebula said and she and Rad levitated the hut into the air and Rad counted out two steps as they moved the hut. They all stared in awe as more glorbs then began to float out of the crack in the ground. "I knew it!" Ko said happily. "So did I" Rad said and Nebula nudged him in the arm with her elbow. He rubbed his arm and the dragon roared happily as it flew over to the crack and ate the glorbs.
It then shone bright like the sun and revealed an array of colors on its body. A holo video appeared and Dendy was shown. "Wow! That must be the Rainbow Dragon! They usually feed on glorbs to survive, but this one must have been so malnourished that it lost it's brilliant hue. It explains why we did not recognize it sooner" she explained in awe. "It's so beautiful!" Ko mused as Nebula used her phone to take pictures of it. "Uh, excuse me Mr. Dragon. We are so so sorry for driving you away we didn't know you were yust yungry" Ted Viking apologized. "Please come back any time! And have as many glorbs as you wish" Foxy said and the dragon licked his lips.
"I got it! Necromancer!" Nebula said and they all looked in her in confusion. "His name could be Necromancer" she said and the dragon let out a happy roar and he nuzzled her. They all then waved as Necromancer flew off into the horizon. "Well, all's well that ends well" Enid commented. "Yup! But Ko, I gotta ask, how did you know that all the dragon wanted was some glorbs?" Rad asked as he drove back to the plaza. "Oh, I don't know. I guess I just thought about the dragon and why it was attacking instead of just trying to punch it" Ko explained. "Thoughtful, empathetic, and insightful. Looks like you're learning a new skill. What do you guys think?" Enid asked. "Yep! A special skill called maturity" Rad agreed. "Yeah! Hey, why don't we all go to Beardos for something to eat? It's on me" Nebula suggested. They all agreed and Rad turned his head to burp in Enid's face. "Dude! Not cool!" she said as she kicked the back of his seat and he only laughed.
Moments later, they arrived at Beardo's and ordered their food. As they ate, reminisced about the day and how Ko was maturing. Rad then drove Ko and Enid home. That night, Rad had just finished his light work out while Nebula got ready for bed. "You know Rad, seeing Ted Viking and Foxy together today was really nice and refreshing" she said as she tucked a stray strand of short hair behind her pointed ear. "Why is that?" Rad asked as he used a small cloth to wipe the sweat off his arm "Well, when I saw them today, I can't help but think about how cute it is that just like us, they finish each other's…" She started as she looked at Rad lovingly. He put a hand on his chin in thought for a moment. "Sandwiches!" he said happily and Nebula face palmed.