Dendy had almost been adopted as the little pet of the Chameleon Gang. Getting them tokens as they saved up their tickets and bullied other people. It was a good thing that others only viewed Dendy as being intimidated to do their dirty work, and when T.K.O. was around, the Chameleon Gang wouldn't approach her, mainly due to how T.K.O. had asserted himself to them in their fight and how he had given the nickname "Science Baby" to Dendy and would refer to her as that when they were around and the lizards would begrudgingly glare at the humans. Dendy still hadn't talked about how she was a kappa.

Today, however, Dendy was getting the Chameleon's more tokens when she heard laughter of Rad's friends and nervous chukling of T.K.O. . She got the wires there and back, before quickly walking away from the Gang, mumbling out her "you're welcome" as she made her way around to spy on the group that just came in. Two villains, Mega Football Baby and Bell Beefer, who were in their teens were slapping T.K.O. on the back, and T.K.O. had straws in his hair that stood like Rad's antennae. Well, that's queer. Why would T.K.O. have straws in his hair?

It wasn't the fact that the villains were near him, oh no. Villains would constantly ask T.K.O. questions about his dad when he wasn't working or at school, usually at times when he was held up from hanging out with Dendy. It was that strange little accent to his outfit that just did not fit with his character, especially since they were a contrasting white to his typical purple and black. And, of course, the scientist needed answers.

T.K.O. and Bell Beefer made their way over to the Air Hockey table and started the game, with Dendy bringing up her screens to analyze how T.K.O. was acting. He seemed to take on a different persona, and she analyzed this. Could it be that because of making friends with herself and then gaining a protective Enid to defend him from his father that he had decided to hang out at the arcade and show off his more extroverted nature, and his phone died instead of him turning it off? That would have made it much better than what Dendy thought happened last night. But she wouldn't go into that. T.K.O. didn't need that in his life from the fear that he had from his father.

T.K.O. blocked his goal and seemed to put in a fraction amount of joules to push the puck in a slightly opposite direction, and of course the air kept it going at the speed. He then ran to the basketball game and began shooting hoops at a very high speed, his powers seeming to kick in. Now, Dendy wasn't familiar with his powers, but this made her begin programming a scanner app to apply to her "hackpack," so she could keep track of his spikes. As far as she knew, she wasn't aware of a new youth villain pack coming out for wide release so she didn't know if T.K.O. had a POW Card or not.

He successfully won both games and Mega Football Baby cried while Bell Beefer got slimed from the game. A young woman by the name of Drupe walked up to T.K.O. and began talking to him. Dendy couldn't tell what Drupe was saying as Dendy was too busy recording what she had just saw, but soon Mega Football Baby came up to T.K.O., calling him "Rad."

Rad? As in Radicles? The alien that worked with T.K.O.? They thought T.K.O. was him? Dendy needed to get to the bottom of this. As T.K.O. walked away, Dendy made a beeline towards him and cut him off. "Hello T.K.O.," Dendy greeted, causing T.K.O. to turn slightly.

"Oh, thank Cob." T.K.O. sighed. "Everyone thinks I'm Rad! Except Enid, and you now, I guess."

"Everyone? Really?"

"Yeah, I mean, I bet if I go outside, people will know better."

"Why do they believe that you are Radicles?"

"Well, Rad gave me his nametag today, because mine…" T.K.O. cringed before closing one eye and giving Dendy a nervous smile. "I-I lost mine."

"Oh. Do you usually lose your things?"

"Nah, I just…I've had a bit of an off day, y'know? School really kicked my butt today."

"But Ms. Quantum was her usual nice self. You didn't have to deal with Principal Krampus did you?"

"Nah, I just was distracted today." T.K.O. avoided Dendy's eyes as they began to walk by different establishments.

A tiger motioned T.K.O. to come over shouting: "Rad! I got those special calendars for you!" T.K.O. walked over and was secretly passed a calendar in a bag. Dendy and T.K.O. looked in to see a kitten a day calendar.

"What? But Rad said: 'The only animals I care about are sharks and bees.'" T.K.O. remembered before looking back at the bag. His eyes seemed to sparkle before the two began to head back to Gar's bodega.

As they walked, T.K.O. saw an elderly woman walk by who waved to them as she carried groceries from Gar's. "Rad, hope to see you at yoga again this week!" She told him.

"Rad doesn't like yoga." T.K.O. whispered to Dendy. "He told me, 'yoga strengthens your core, but core's nothing when you've got guns.'"

Dendy pocketed these little info nuggets away in her brain. She supposed she could start looking at Rad's daily routine when she is done finding T.K.O.'s. Or she could just look at Rad. Maybe find out more about him. See how he learns how to build up those muscles. She was in her own daydream until T.K.O. was tackled by a gaggle of children and a mother thanked Rad for babysitting her kids.

"It's so strange for someone with a level -2 power level to do all these little things.

"It's almost like he's wanting to be a hero." T.K.O. whispered softly, only enough for Dendy to hear. But it wasn't of disbelief, it was awe. A small but genuine smile graced the child's face, and Dendy thought of asking him a question, but decided to save it until later.

The two went into Gar's bodega. "Oh, have you started on your homework yet T.K.O.? Dendy reminded."

"Ack! No! I haven't! But I've got work to do!"

"That is alright T.K.O., I haven't either. When I'm done, I'll be sure to get you and we can go over it together.'

"Thanks Dendy." T.K.O. said, his teeth sort of showing as he pulled up a weak smirk. He struggled. A lot. Even to the point where he tested Ms. Quantum's patience, and usually when it came to him, he was sent with the other troublemakers to Principal Krampus's room. However, Rad came bursting into the store, shouting for his name tag. "Oh, hey Rad." T.K.O. greeted as Enid rolled her eyes.

"Wait…" Rad stamped over to the 6-11 year olds. "You have my name tag." He pointed to T.K.O. "Identity thief!"

"What?" T.K.O. looked at Rad as if he was crazy.

"You heard me, you're an identity thief! You stole my name tag!"

"Rad, you gave the name tag to me this…"

Dendy drowned out the rest of the words. She was enamoured by the way he was built. Oh yes. He would have to be her next experiment.

Somehow, it turned into a competition of a Rad-off, which has happened 9 times annually from how the announcer talked about it. The reason that they needed to do it was to prove there was only one true Rad.

"Hallelujah." Enid and Dendy said together. Enid said it sarcastically while Dendy was practically swooning. The two girls decided that Dendy had gotten her first crush, which, shouldn't last due to Dendy not really liking emotional bonds. Most likely she'd study him and then the infatuation on him would wear off, even if he was an attractive build in Dendy's eyes.

The first feat was a belching competition, which Rad was able to burp and set a line of cars on fire, but T.K.O. won because his burp was faster made than Rad's, much to the chagrin of T.K.O. All he wanted was to have a name tag, not to get into a competition with Rad!

The second feat was lifting crates, which again, T.K.O. won because he didn't use his powers. T.K.O. made a playful jab to Rad stating that he might be the real Rad after all, but the real Rad warned him to not get cocky.

The third feat was a rapping contest. "Enid! Give me a beat!" Rad ordered.

"No." Enid said plainly.

"Ugh. DJ Fireball, can ya give me a beat."

Enid smirked. "Heck yeah!" She said, turning into a much more casual wear. No longer did she look like a witch, but her hair was pulled up into pigtails and orange tinted sunglasses as she wore a t-shirt and shorts. She hit the counter, flipping it into a DJ set and began to play a sick beat.

Rad nodded. "Yeah, I can work with that. All right, imposter, get ready, 'cause this ends here." He smirked before beginning to rap. "Ohh, I'm the extraterrestrial, emphasis on extra. My skin is blue because I come from Planet X, bruh. If you step on this, you gonna get creamed. If you outta line, you gonna get laser beamed. Arms ripped, afro poofy. Ears tipped, you goofy. Liftin' and pumpin' and crushin' the weights. Don't be surprised when I thrash you. Movin' and settin' and stackin' the crates." He demonstrated his power "And you ain't nothin' but trash, do." T.K.O. let out a shout before being flung into a crate marked "trash" "You lookin' foolish. You ain't the real me. I am the true Rad. I know you feel me. He is Radicles. Ain't nobody ever wanna mess with me. I said he is Radicles. I ain't got time for no identity thief." With that, he dropped the mic.

"Hey, be careful with my equipment!" DJ Fireball barked.

"Tch, whatever." Rad growled, but picked it up.

T.K.O. growled as he pulled himself out of the crate. He may have wanted Rad to win, but now. Well, the harsh black that entered T.K.O.'s eyes made him seem, not quite himself. He picked up a disc and slammed it on DJ Fireball's equipment. "Play it." T.K.O. growled in a seemingly less intimidating voice, but with such seriousness that it sent shivers down the audience's spines.

"Jeez." DJ Fireball glared. "Sorry for defending you." She said as she played the disc.

T.K.O. smirked as he brought out a notepad and began to read it over as he started to rap. "Well, I'm Radicles and I'm here to say. I learned a lot about myself today. I'm a yoga guy with a yoga mat. Don't believe it, ask the kids I babysat. Sharks and bees ain't where it's at. I rather snuggle up with a kitty cat. I like to burp and I like to toot.

"But deep inside, I'm really cute. " And the entire time, T.K.O. had this smile on his face that seemed so malicious. Like he took pride in making Rad feel this way. Rad seemed to turn red as T.K.O. went on and the crowd began to laugh, with no signs of stopping. Was this the T.K.O. that Dendy didn't know? The T.K.O. that was prominent at the bodega? No. This was his facade.

The T.K.O. she knew would not do this. Rad snatched the mic from him and the malicious black began to fade from T.K.O.'s eyes. "Listen, imposter. I don't babysit or do yoga, and I definitely don't like snuggling kittens."

T.K.O. looked down for a moment searching himself. "I don't understand. That all seems like cool stuff to me." He whispered.

"But Rad would never find that stuff cool. And even if he did, Rad wouldn't be ready to share those things about himself. If you really were Rad, you'd know that."

T.K.O. looked to Rad with wide eyes before tightening his jaw. "Oh. Gah! You got me! All that stuff I rapped about was lies. I was, uh, trying to embarrass you. Yeah. Isn't that what rapping battles are all about?" He shrugged.

"I guess. Uh, yeah! Yeah, you're right!"

"Well, I guess my little plan didn't work. You're the real Rad—tough, cool, and totally one-dimensional." T.K.O. then passed rad his nametag and lost himself in the crowd quickly.

The record scratched as Enid gave a bored look. "All right. Everybody out."

The crowd shifted out, satisfied and Rad found T.K.O. mopping. "T.K.O., when did you get here?" He asked.

"Saw you thrash that Rad imposter." T.K.O. smiled. "You were so cool! He never stood a chance!"

"Hah! I know! There's only one real Rad after all!"

"Welp, I need to go on break now. Homework and all that."

"Hah! When you get back, Enid and I will rap so more for ya!"

"No I won't." Enid called.

"Well, then I'll do some acoustic rapping!" Rad declared.

T.K.O. and Dendy worked in silence before Dendy finally found her voice. "T.K.O., I've noticed something about you."

"Whassat?"

"I…You don't want to be a villain, do you?"

T.K.O. flinched, breaking the pencil in his hand. He seemed frozen.

"You-you don't have to-"

"Yeah. I don't want to be a villain."

Dendy blinked a few times. "Oh, I didn't realize you'd…be so open with me."

"You were gonna find out eventually. You're Ms. Quantum's golden student. It was bound to happen."

"So, you-"

"I wanna be a hero." T.K.O. nodded.

Dendy looked down at the floor. "I-"

But at the same time, T.K.O. spoke. Dendy let him go ahead. "I've just… had this question for so long… would I wake up and be able to tell my dad? Would I be able to wear a mask? Regardless, I want to be one…I love reading about P.O.I.N.T., when Mr. Gar and my dad and…and my mom worked there…An entire life-job -to help people. Other people. Who wouldn't want that kind of life?"

Dendy took that as a rhetorical question. She rested her hand on T.K.O.'s wrist that had the broken pencil. T.K.O. looked to her with surprise, before his gaze softened. "T.K.O.," Dendy began, "I know that we're friends, so I want to help you. And, maybe we can…help each other."

T.K.O. smiled at his friend before hugging her with relief.