Heroic Legacy
Chapter 3 First Day
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
At Rad's house, Rad, Shannon, and Mikayla were getting up for work. Today was Shannon and Mikayla's first dad of work at the bodega. Rad, Shannon, and Mikayla got changed up, loaded up in Rad's van and headed to the plaza. When they got there they were greeted by Gar, Enid, and K.O.. The bodega opened up and Gar had Shannon working at one of the registers and Mikayla working in stock. As the customers started coming in they saw Shannon and gave her nervous looks. Shannon knew that the customers were afraid of her due to her past at Boxmore and the past attacks she had been involved in on the plaza. It would take some time for the people of the plaza to trust and accept her. Shannon just had to earn their trust. She put on a big friendly smile and waited at her register. A while later a big group of customers were lined up at Enid's register, but none were at Shannon's register. Enid was getting a bit overworked and annoyed by the large number of customers and a few of the customers in line were giving her annoyed and impatient looks. Finally Enid had enough of this and let loose her temper.
"If you want to pay and leave so badly, go to the other register!"
"Um...we would, but...we um..." Said one customer who tried to come up with an excuse, but couldn't.
"But what? Is it because Shannon is working at it? You think this is some kind of Boxman scheme to steal money from the plaza?" Asked Enid giving some of the customers glare.
The customers looked away from Enid and shuffled their feet. A few of them simply shrugged their shoulders.
"Seriously? Look I get its a little weird seeing Shannon here, but she's no longer working for Boxman and she's not a threat. Shannon helped protect the plaza from a huge attack from Boxmore and she saved Rad's life during the attack. She could have easily turned against us and sided back with Boxman during the battle, but she chose not to. That makes her a hero in my book and that makes her one of us. Shannon is trying to start her life over by working here and she deserves a chance. We can't really call ourselves heroes if we refuse to give people chances to prove themselves." Said Enid.
The customers looked at each other and mumbled in agreement. It was then that Potato and a few other anthropomorphic animal kids came out from a nearby aisle and headed towards Shannon's register. Potato and the other kids smiled at Shannon as they handed their purchases. Shannon smiled back and checked their purchases and as she did this she saw Mikayla poke her head out from behind an aisle and wave at her. The robot smiled since she knew Mikayla was tight with the anthropomorphic animal and probably put in a good word in for her to get Potato and the other kids to come to her register. A few customers from Enid's line and got into Shannon and soon things went by quick.
After a while things slowed down and there were only a few customers in the store just browsing. Shannon left her register and went over to Enid.
"Hey I just want to say thanks for defending me back there. I really appreciate it." Said Shannon.
"No problem. We're coworkers and your Rad's girlfriend, which makes you one of my friends. You proved yourself during that fight against your dad, so I say you deserve a second chance. People will eventually forget about what you did in the past and see you in a different and if they don't that's just their problem." Said Enid with a cool smile.
"Your right." Said Shannon with a smile as she returned to her register.
The first day was going pretty well and Shannon had a feeling she and Mikayla were really going to like it at the plaza.
To be continued.