Even after becoming one of, if not the most popular pro hero of 201X, KO still finds time to buckle down and enjoy the simple life of working at Gar's bodega. When he's not out saving people's lives or battling robots and killer mutants on death vehicles, he spends his days doing routine chores at his stepdad Eugene Garcia's bodega. After he and Carol got married when he was 9-14, Gar filled the role of father perfectly. Although the bar was kind of low, considering that KO grew up with no father in the first place and the only adult male he knew well enough was Gar. But it all worked out, despite a couple fears from Gar about messing up at first.
Right now KO was just mopping up a mess around the slushy stand, some raspberry mixed with pinacolato, and what he hopes was diet cola flavor. Though he always faced the world with a bright smile and was always ready for any sort of contingency that tries to bring harm upon his place of occupation, he had the nagging feeling that something is gonna go horribly wrong.
His suspicions came into fruition when the light in the sky came and a portal dropping a giant box into the parking lot, KO dropped the mop and turned to his best friends and coworkers Rad and Enid. Whom didn't look much different in the last 7-12 years, except Rad had a mustache and Enid let her pink hair down that reached her lower back. "Saddle up guys, it's the hourly attack from Boxmore!"
Enid who was reading a magazine nonchalantly looked at her young friend, "Actually KO, maybe you can handle this one on your own. Being a level 12 pro you should be able to deal with this, I mean it's just another Boxmore robot."
Rad who was levitating himself in a laying down position, "Totally, you just stopped a meteor from crashing into the sun with your bear hands. I'm sure you can handle some lame bots you whopped when you were 6-11."
KO thought about what his friends said, "Well, I guess so. In that case!" he then burst through the ceiling and landed in a battle stance as he stared at the box. "Alright Voxmore, bring it on!"
But instead of a robot bursting through the box like normally, instead a drone came up from behind. KO raised eyebrow at this scene, but jumped when he saw a holographic projection of Professor Venomous standing right before him. "Good Evening KO, it's quite miraculous outside. Wouldn't you agree?"
"Venomous!? What's the deal here? What are you doing here in...… digital form?" he questioned as he just poked the professor's eyes were, this made him reel back and hold his eyes in pain. KO panicked, "Oh my god I'm so sorry!"
"I'm just kidding." Venomous straightened himself out, causing the hero to sigh in relief "Can't hurt a hologram. Jokes aside, me and the idiot are not actually up to anything terribly nasty today. We just have this minor problem, and could really use some 'Help'."
KO groaned, he knew his hero inside must always assist those that utter the word 'help'. But, "What could you possibly need my help with? Don't you have like a million robots to do everything for you now that you bought it back for Boxman?"
"Oh but this one can only be solved by someone with a kind heart, great power, and that's a level 12."
'That's... all me' he shook the thoughts out, "Nice try Venomous, but I'm not falling for your little trick a third time." he readied two power fists with Venomous' name on it.
Holo-Venomous just sighed, "I kind of expected that response, and normally I'm a reasonable guy. But my partner is not, as you have known since the start of the show." He said as another holographic projection appeared next to him, which depicted of Boxman in the middle of a room certain hostages being held in some kind of dark and abandoned room.
KO gasped as he saw his friends Rad, Enid, and even Dendy along with both his parents chained to some kind of spinning chair thingy with a laser gun pointed to them. "WHAT?! But how did?" KO turned around to the Rad and Enid he just saw earlier in store, as they ripped of their faces to reveal Darrel and Shannon in disguises. "DARREL! SHANNON!" he turned and growled at the professor projection. "What did you do to my friends and family?!"
"Don't look at me, that part was all his idea. Look all I ask is that you do one teeny tiny favor for me, and I promise to return your loved ones safe and sound. Now do we have a deal?"
KO just looked between the two projections, from seeing his loved ones in danger and back to Venomous in a repeated motion. Help out one of the most evil minds ever created, or let his family and friends perish? Though the solution is obvious, it pained him to do so. "Fine, what do you want?" behind him, Darrel and Shannon high fived.
"Oh, it's not really what 'I' want. More like, what SHE wants."
Before KO could question it, the side of the box opened up and he was suddenly pushed by the two robots as he closed trapping the hero inside. "HEY! WHAT GIVES!? LET ME OUT OF HERE!" he banged on the box, but found that it was made of a rare metal that not even he can break out of. Just then he felt the space inside getting launched up in that air, he figured he was getting abducted and taken somewhere. And since they were no windows or holes to see out of, he didn't know where he was going or where he was being taken to.
"Don't worry guys, whatever those madmen are planning I'll stop them! Even if it's the last thing I'll ever do!" he screamed as he felt his prison stop and he burst through the opening side. He landed hard on the wall before falling onto a soft mattress, he looked around to see he was taken to some kind of bedroom.
"What the heck?" he rubbed his head as he saw posters of punk bands and what looked like a dungeon themed design for a bedroom. "What kind of madhouse have I ben stranded in?"
Just then he heard a door opened up behind him in a nearby mirror, KO panicked when he saw a thick layer of steam coming out as a silhouette appeared in the door way. "Ooooh, you're early. I was just getting ready for your assignment."
His eyes widened at the voice he heard, a voice he knew all too well from his younger days. He hesitantly turned around, and blushed when the smoke cleared up to reveal who had him sent here. Standing there, was Venomous' minion Fink the Rat. Well grown up and looking pretty soaked, she had just gotten out of the shower as per the towel wrapped around her. "Fink? Wh-What's going on?"
She menacingly chuckled at his scared face, she just stared him with the creepy smile as she slowly approached him. Like a hungry predator, and he was the prey. Right when she was about a couple centimeters away from his face, his sweat pouring down his face as he shook like a rattle. She gently place a hand on his shoulder before saying four little words.
"You're going to prom."
KO's head nearly exploded, "I. I'm uh what now?"
