Well everyone, here is the final chapter. I used a few OC characters from my friends in this chapter. Yuki and Mallory belong to my friend Mallory627, while Alice Spacebyte and Kyara belong to Animegirl. Kel is an Gen Rex OC that is mine. As usual I own nothing except Holden, Tessa and Kel.
Chapter 57: Awakening, Truths and the Wedding
A gentle breeze flutters pass on the air outside Space Port Plaza. The Plaza is no longer surrounded by a containment shield and any fusion matter has thus disappeared from the surrounding surfaces and walls. Traffic has resumed and Plumbers and KND crafts arrive and depart hourly.
The light gust of air continues on to Off World Plaza hospital, which no longer has any signs of Vilgax or Ben having even been there for nearly a year during the war. The birds are chirping loudly outside an open window to the building. The cool air blows pass the eggshell white currents and ruffles a head full of fuchsia hair.
Another gust of wind enters the room and gently kisses Holden's cheek, as he eyes start to move rapidly. The teenager has been in a coma for nearly two weeks after his fall back to Earth after his battle with Fuse. Another soft breeze enters the window, spilling over Holden and ruffling his hair.
The young man's eyelids start to flutter and he slowly opens his eyes back onto the world. The tip of Holden's index finger brushes up against the call nurse button as he struggles to sit up in the bed. Holden shakes his head, since he thought he heard a voice from down the hall, but the door to the room is closed tightly.
He touches his forehead and shuts his eyes, since a headache is developing. He opens his eyes again and begins to look around the room. Three beds sit across from his, each being occupied by someone wearing pink, blue or green clothing. The door opens and Holden turns his head to see who it is.
"They haven't left your side since you were brought here. They were worried that you would never wake up." Doctor Holiday said as she walks in to the room and stops in front of Holden and then looking at his chart quickly.
"How did I even survive Dr. Holiday? That impact with Pokey Oaks Kindergarten should have killed me." He said weakly.
The teen feels a slight pain around his temples and a set of indigo eye beams shot out from Holden's pupils, hits the mirror in the corner, then bounces off it and strikes the wall near one of the other beds, leaving a small smoldering mark. Holden yelps from the shock of what just happened and grabs the metal railing on the side of his bed. A small look of fear flashes through his eyes and he grips the rail harder and crushes the metal flat.
"W…W…What is happening to me? Why do I have powers!" Holden said in a scared, almost hysterical tone.
Dr. Holiday sits down next to him and places her hand on his shoulder and says in a calm reassuring tone, "Holden, I know you're scared, but please calm down."
Holden nods and takes a deep breath, but his entire body is shaking.
Dr. Holiday stands up and walks over to one of the beds and whispers, "Blossom, wake up. Holden is awake and I need you to calm him down a bit more while I get the laptop from the nurse's stations."
Blossom immediately snaps out of her sound sleep and sits up quickly. Without a moments thought, she jumps out of bed and rushes over to Holden, sits down and hugs him. Holden wraps his arms around Blossom, happy to be with her. His body stops quivering and a bit of the fear in his eyes vanishes.
"I'm so happy that you're awake! Bubbles thought you would be in a coma forever," Blossom said as tears of joy appear in her soft pink eyes, "Girls wake up! Holden is awake!"
Buttercup jerks up quickly from a sound sleep. Her green eyes appear swollen and red from lack of sleep. She struggles to get out of the bed, fighting with the blanket.
Finally ripping the blanket, Buttercup stands and walks over to him, "It's great to see you awake again little bro. Very nice work clobbering the way you did." She grins and pats him on the back.
Bubbles slowly opens her eyes, blinking twice thinking she is dreaming, and then smile happily, "HOLDIE," She yells happily as she darts from the bed and glomps Holden.
The teen falls back onto the reclined bed with Bubbles kissing his cheek.
"That's enough Bubbles! You're going to hurt him." Blossom states in a bossy tone.
"Sorry Blossy! I was just so happy and excited to see Holdie awake!" Bubbles apologetically gushes as she stops hugging the teen and sits down to wait for Dr. Holiday to return.
Dr. Holiday returns a few minutes later with her laptop under her arm and pushing a small cart into the room.
"I'm sorry I took so long, I was informing Dexter and Professor Utonium that you have woken up."
Dr. Holiday pulls the cart over to them and places her laptop on it and she presses the start button.
As the computer starts up, Holden looks at Dr. Holiday with a frown, before finally speaking, "How did I get these powers and how is that there was plasma present when Fuse was killed!"
Dr. Holiday sits down next to Holden and looks him in the eyes, "From the data we acquired from the mini Computress; Dexter, the Professor and myself are certain that the nanos used the last of their energy and powers as they passed away to cause the Exvarn in your blood to break down. Do you remember the last thing nano Bubbles said to you?"
Holden crosses his arms and closes his eyes to think before finally speaking, "Yes, I remember what nano Bubbles said to me. 'Don't be sad about what we did, since even as we go, the last thing we do is for you' Are you sure that is when it happened? I didn't use any special powers during the fight!"
The computer's desktop appears and Dr. Holiday places her hand on the built in mouse pad and clicks on an icon. A lay out of the W.A.R.D. armor flashes onto the screen with the words "Armor status" at the top.
"If you look carefully, all of the armor systems are green, except for one. The jet boots were damaged and it correlates right to when the nanos protected you. You were flying around on your own volition."
Holden eyes widen in surprise, "WHAT! How could I have been flying and not realize I was doing it of my own accord?"
Holiday smiles, knowing the answer, "You didn't realize the jet boots were damaged. Computress tried telling you at some point, but from what we gathered from the data, you didn't hear her."
Holden sighs and leans back in his bed trying to wrap his mind around everything, "That still doesn't explain the plasma and how Fuse died."
Blossom sits down on the bed next to Holden and looks him straight in the eyes. "The Professor and Dexter both looked over the data from the time the plasma pulse occurred. The plasma that mixed with the imaginary energy came from you. Dexter thought that it was a defensive reaction by your body to protect you. He also told us, that the possibility that you could do such a thing again, either on your own or by accident is nonexistent," she explains in a calm voice.
Holden looks down at the blanket, then to Blossom and then to Dr. Holiday, "How developed are these powers of mine right now?"
"They are rather weak and undeveloped. The Professor has calculated that at the current time, you have 1/16th of the power that the girls and Tessa have. It's going to be years before you can equal them," the good doctor states before continuing, "Do you have any other questions?"
Holden rubs his forehead, thinking about what he wished to ask and then looks at Blossom, "I can only think of two questions. What happened with Tessa after Planet Fusion was destroyed and is anyone calling me a hero or planning to honor me? You know how much I hate that kind of attention."
Buttercup snarls at the mention of Tessa's name and starts to rub one of her knuckles, "Once she saw Planet Fusion crumbling apart and all the things it had consumed shoot off into deep space, she flew off to the new Exervent headquarters over near Tech Square in Townsville. She held a conference last week about a new lotion that she is marketing. There hasn't been a peep from her since."
Buttercup growls again and slams her fist into her open palm.
Blossom looks at Buttercup for a moment with a stern expression and then back to Holden, "We told Dexter that you wouldn't want to be named as the one who stopped Fuse in the end. He fully understood and he told the press that the nanos were the true heroes since they sacrificed themselves to kill Fuse in the end. He also told them they would be honored in someway, but not publicly and left it at that."
Holden nods, "That's the way it should be. I'll honor them in my own way when I get out of here. Dr. Holiday, thanks for the answers. When will I be released from the hospital?"
Holiday smiles at him and nonchalantly states, "I was glad to give them to you Holden. You will be released tomorrow afternoon, but I need to give you a full medical exam before I can clear it. Girls, can you please leave the room?"
The girls nod and leave the room so Dr. Holiday can begin the exam.
Six months pass relatively quickly for everyone as cleanup of the left over fusion matter had wrapped up in June. A month before in May, the Puffs had a big party celebrating their eighteenth birthday, as well as Holden's.
The air of Townsville is abuzz as the August wedding of Buttercup and Ace arrives and the echoing chime of a church bell carries across the breeze around town. A black limo pulls up to the front of the church and the Mayor and Miss Bellum exit.
The Mayor is wearing a black tuxedo with his blue sash and top hat. Miss Bellum is wearing a dark purple dress with a single strap across her right shoulder. Ms. Bellum's hair is now shoulder length and is styled with a barrette in the back of it.
Her light purple eyes shine brightly as she looks down at the Mayor, "How do I look, Mayor? Do you like the new hair style?"
"I love it! It truly brings out how stunningly beautiful you really are Ms. Bellum. I do hope they have pickles at the reception later."
They slowly walk up to the steps to the reception area, where Holden is standing in a black suit and tie, his hair neatly combed.
"Holden, how are you? It's been sometime since the Mayor or myself have seen you." Ms. Bellum comments as she hugs Holden.
He returns the hug, grimaces and utters in an unhappy tone, "I haven't been that great. I still can't control my powers that well and I really don't want to use them even if I did have control."
Ms Bellum frowns and before she can ask, Blossom walks up to them, interjecting, "He broke the toaster again, when he was trying to open it up."
She is wearing a long pink strapless dress with pink roses embroidered onto the chest line of the dress. Her hair is in bun with the rest of her hair fall behind in a braid. Bubbles stands behind Blossom, in a sky blue strapless dress that falls to her knees. The dress also has small sash around the middle that is the same color.
"Mayor, Ms. Bellum, if you come this way, I'll show you to your seats!" Bubbles says in excitement as she led them into the church.
Blossom walks up next to Holden and places her hand in his and squeezes his hand a bit, "I know you are freaking out at breaking the toaster, but try to relax. Its Buttercup's big day, we don't want to ruin it for her. I need to get back to helping Bubbles."
She gives Holden a quick kiss on the cheek and walks back inside. Holden smiles at a bit and soon relaxes as a white limo pulls up and two people exit and walk up the stairs. As they get close, Holden recognizes the person in the green suit and sunglasses as none other than Agent Six, and he is holding the hand of the woman with him.
"Six, it's been awhile, how have you been and who is your date?" Holden asks him as they shook hands.
The woman, who has her hair down, is wearing a tan dress with ruffles on the right side, a small bow at her waist, and a small strap around her right shoulder that connects to some lacy material on the front, with a lacy bow on the shoulder.
"I've been doing well, Holden. My date is Rebecca Holiday." Six replies as he watches a look of realization dawn appear on Holden's face as he figures out who the woman is.
"I'm so sorry Dr. Holiday; I didn't recognize you with your hair down like that," the teen apologizes.
Dr. Holiday smiles at Holden and reassuringly comments, "Not many people recognize me with my hair down like this, so there is no need to apologize Holden. Rex will be here soon along with his date and some other people."
Rebecca and Six walk pass Holden and into the church to find their seats. Several guests walk by Holden to join the growing crowd inside, when a white car with blue trim and the Dexlabs logo pulls up. Dexter exits the vehicle wearing a white tuxedo with a blue shirt and bow tie.
Dexter moves aside and Deedee steps out, wearing a simple peach colored spaghetti strap dress with a brown sash around her waist. Dexter and his sister ascend the stairs and stop when they reach Holden. Dexter smiles and shakes Holden's hand, while Deedee gives him a hug.
"It feels good to be out of the lab. How is the Professor holding up today? I bet he is a nervous Nelly." Dexter inquires as he places his hands in his pockets.
Deedee rolls her eyes at her brother, and then comments sarcastically, "No, the Professor is just fine Dexter. Of course, he's a bit jittery. He's watching one of his daughters get married today. Think about how dad will be when I get married!"
Dexter nods, "So very true Deedee, I should have thought about that. Holden, who will be seating us?"
"Bubbles or Blossom will be the ones to show you to your seats." Holden replies, pointing them to where Blossom is inside the church.
"Thanks Holden!" Deedee excitedly replies as she runs over to Bubbles and begins to talk animatedly with her.
Dexter sighs at his sister enthusiasm and slowly gravitates towards the other guests so he can mingle and talk. Holden turns back around, watching as more people arrive. A green sports car with a black stripe parks on the side of the road and the doors open. Ben and Kevin step out of the car, both wearing black tuxedos with black ties.
Kevin extends his hand back into the car and a female hand places her hand in his and then steps out of the car. Holden recognizes instantly the person that Kevin helped from the car is Gwen and her hair is in an elegant bun.
She is wearing a full length lavender dress, with a white lace belt, a floral lace print on the side that has material pleated under it and thus gives way to a white silky fabric that is elegantly embroidered on the bottom.
The three teenagers walk up the garnet steps and as they come upon Holden, Gwen inquires of him, "Holden, I wanted to know if you and Blossom were up for another double date next week."
"I think we would both enjoy that Gwen." Holden responds with a small smile.
"Come on Gwen, you know that's not really what you wanted to talk to him about." Kevin interrupts rolling his eyes.
Gwen gives Kevin a stern look and scolds, "Kevin, I thought we would bring this up later!"
Kevin just shrugs and comments casually, "I thought that now was a good time to bring it up."
"Kevin does have a point Gwen. We should just tell him right out." Ben said as he tugs at his collar.
A confused look crosses Holden's face, "Tell me what exactly? What is going on?"
Gwen lets out a long sigh before finally responding to Holden's inquiry, "I wanted to ask if you would want me to help you train with your powers. I had to learn how to use mine and practice to become as good as I have."
"It would be a good idea Holden. Blossom can't really help you like Gwen since she has personal experience." Kevin said with a smirk on his face.
Holden folds his arms across his chest, and softly states "I'll think about it Gwen."
Gwen nods and smiles, "Don't rush to a decision right now. Kevin, Ben, we should go inside."
She grabs Kevin by the ear and drags him into the church with Ben following behind her, chuckling at Kevin's misfortune. Holden sighs heavily and looks at the ground. He felt torn between taking Gwen up on her offer to help him and just doing nothing about it. He closes his eyes and begins to think about it a bit more.
The roar of an engine overhead snaps Holden out of his thoughts and he quickly opens his eyes to the sight of a S.C.A.M.P.E.R. hovering in the street, letting five teenagers off. After the last person disembarks of the KND vehicle, the S.C.A.M.P.E.R. rises back into the air and zooms off in the direction of Sector V.
The five people walk up the steps, talking and laughing with one another until they reach Holden.
Wearing a simple black tuxedo with a red tie, Nigel shakes Holden's hand and smiles broadly. "I hope the adult that are here won't ruin this for Buttercup."
Hoagie, who is without his piloting cap, is wearing a blue dress shirt with tan slacks.
He just looks at Nigel with a frown and comments, "Nigel, I doubt any of them would do such a thing on this day. We should enjoy our day off."
Nigel sighs and nods, "Come on team, let's go inside."
He and Hoagie pass Holden as does Wally, who is in a red dress shirt and Black slacks. An African American female in a knee length dark blue strapless dress, with a black sash around her waist that is tied in a ribbon, with a lacy, see through material with flowers below the sash, walks up to Holden.
Her hair covers part of her left eye, while the rest of it falls down her back in an elegant braid.
Holden looks at the teenager and queries, "Hello, do I know you miss?"
The girls sighs and looks back at Kuki, who is in a long pink dress, with a small belt with a silver star on it, a bubbly frilled bottom and her hair is in a traditional Japanese bun.
"Numbuh 5 told you no one would recognize her in a dress," the girl states in irritation.
Kuki giggles a bit, "You lost the bet Numbuh 5! You look so beautiful in that dress!"
Holden's mouth drops and he eventually stammers, "I…I'm sorry Abby. I really didn't recognize you."
Abby smiles, "Numbuh 5 forgives you. Come on girl, I want to make sure we get a good seat."
They enter the church and Holden turns back around, to watch other guests walking up the stairs, among them are Juniper and Ray Ray, who are talking rapidly with each other. Juniper is in a simple full length sage colored dress while Ray Ray is wearing a black tuxedo.
Ray Ray runs up to him, looking excited and shouts loudly, "Holden, can you take me flying sometime? It would be awesome!"
Juniper rolls her eyes and in an apologetically replies, "Sorry about my brother, Holden. He's just really excited about the wedding."
Holden chuckles a bit. "It's fine Jun. We all deserve to be excited today."
Juniper smiles at Holden for being so understanding and enters the church with Ray Ray, who is jumping up and down excitedly. Holden sighs at the exuberant youth and turns back around to witness a large Providence transport rumbling down the road and stopping just outside just below the church.
A ramp lowers form the back of the transport and two male teenagers and two female teenagers along with two children clamor out. The ramp then disappears and the transport turns around and leaves. Rex who is in a black suit and tie and a girl with black hair with streaks of red in it approach Holden. The girl is wearing red shirt with black jeans and boots.
Rex grins at Holden as the girl steps up beside him and introduces them to each other, "Holden, this is my date, Circe. Circe, this is Holden. He's the guy that saved the Earth six months ago."
Circe just nods in Holden's direction and respond, "I'm going inside, Rex. It was nice meeting you Holden."
She walks inside and Rex grins in an embarrassed manner, "Yeah, she's kind of anti social since she feels EVOs are outcasts. See you inside."
Rex vanishes into the church and the other two teens approach Holden with the two six year old female children at their sides. The male teenager, who is seventeen years of age has black hair, blue eyes and is a moderately built. He is wearing a black tux, but no tie.
The girl, who is also seventeen, has blonde hair with brown eyes and is wearing a full length aquamarine dress with a strap that goes around the back of her neck, and gold embroidery of flowers on the chest. The two girls are wearing simple white dresses with designs on them and dress shoes.
The little girl with the braided brown ponytail has little smiling suns on her dress and has a teddy bear in her arms. The other little girl has black hair in pigtails and her dress has little musical notes all over them.
The male steps forward and shakes Holden's hand, then speaks up, "So you must be Holden. Rex and Dr. Holiday speak very highly of you. I'm Kel Darkwell. I work with Providence and help Rex stop EVOs. This lovely lady beside me is my girlfriend Mallory Akizuki and the two children behind me are Kyara and Yuki, our adopted children. Kyara is like a sister to Rex."
Mallory playfully sticks out her tongue in greeting and then shack his hand. She leans in close to Holden and say in a quiet tone, "Don't say anything to Kel yet, but I hope this wedding will make him pick a date for our own wedding at some point. I really want him to propose." She giggles a bit and the two girls step out from behind Kel and smile at Holden.
Kyara walks up to Holden and says shyly, "Arctos likes you. He says you and I are the same."
Holden raises an eyebrow and Kel quickly interject, "She can talk with the nanites in her teddy bear. Are you all ready to go inside?" Mallory and the two little girls nod and they enter the church.
Holden scratches his head and wonders what Kyara was talking about. Maybe he would ask about it next time he saw her. Holden sits down on the steps and in the distance, he sees Noah running down the street with a frantic look on his face.
He runs up the stairs and then stops to catch his breath, and slowly pants, "Hey Holden! Am I the last one to arrive?"
"Nope, you aren't the last one Noah. Are you alright?"
"I'm fine. I really didn't want to bring Clair to this. It felt embarrassing to invite her." He runs inside, leaving Holden by himself.
A minute later, a taxi pulls up to the church and a girl with blue hair, in a full length turquoise dress, with a blue and silver diamond design on the front and a sash of the same color, gets out of the taxi and walks up the stairs.
Holden immediately recognizes that the girl is his friend, Alice Spacebyte. The last time he had seen her was a week before the mishap with Dexter's time experiment. At some point before he had returned to the past, Alice's hair changed from brown to blue and she learned that she herself was an alien and that she had powers.
Alice smiles as she reaches him and gives Holden a small hug, "Hi Holden, it's good to see you again. I hope I'm not late."
Holden shakes his head and comments, "You aren't late. The wedding doesn't get started for another ten minutes."
Alice breaths a sigh of relief, "If I had been late, I wouldn't have tried to enter, since I didn't want to disturb the ceremony."
She gives him one last smile, and goes into the church. Holden waits outside five minutes more and then enters the church.
Once inside, the young man walks quickly down a side corridor and up to the Professor, who is waiting outside a room in a black tuxedo and tie.
A look of worry shows on his face as Holden comes up to him, "All the guests are here, Professor. We can start on time."
The Professor has a smile of relief cross his face and he takes out his nancom, "That's great. I'll send a message to the organist and we can get going."
Holden smiles and heads back down the corridor and into the entry, which has a pot of green roses near each door. Holden opens a large door and walks into the church and looks at the flower arrangements.
The aisles are lined with rows of green roses and each pew is has a small set of flowers connected on them. He quickly walks down the center of the church and sits down in the front row next to Blossom.
She gives him a curious look and whisper, "Is everyone here?"
He gives her a small smile before replying, "Yes, everyone is here and we should be starting any moment."
He gives her a quick kiss and takes her hand in his. A moment later, Ace, who is wearing a black suit, walks down the center of the church and stands near the alter. Little Arturo joins him a minute later, since he is Ace's best man. Everyone begins to quiet down as the Professor is seen at the back.
An organ begins to play a wedding march and Kyara and Yuki both come down the center of the church, each with a basket, spreading flowers onto the floor and when they reach the front, they both go to the right to rejoin Rex, Kel and Mallory.
A moment later, Buttercup and the Professor walk down the center. Buttercup's hair is now down passed her shoulders, but styled to have volume. She is wearing a full length white dress, with an opaque lacy top, a puffy bottom and a small train in the back.
She smiles and slowly walks with a bouquet of green roses in hand toward the front, where Ace is waiting with a smile. As she reaches the alter, the Professor goes to the left and sits down in the pew on the far side next to Bubbles.
As the music starts to wind down, a priest walks up to the alter and looks at the crowd that has gathered and then begins to speak, "Dearly beloved, we gather in this place today to witness the blessed event of matrimony between this woman Buttercup and this man Ace. They have endured many trials over their course of love these past two years and have become a stronger couple for it. I look around this church to see many friends and family who love these two very much. This love will make this bond stronger than before."
The priest turns to Ace, "Do you Ace, take Buttercup to be your wife?"
"Yeah man, I do," Ace replies and he puts a ring on Buttercup's finger.
"Do you Buttercup; take this man to be your husband?"
Buttercup smiles, "Of course I do." She then slips a ring on to Ace's finger.
The priest smiles at the happy couple, "Does anyone…"
A moment later, the church shakes and one of the stands with flowers on it falls over. Everyone is looking around to see what is happening and start to chatter.
Holden stands up, looks at the priest and says in a serious tone, "Keep the ceremony going. Do not stop for anything. I'll find out what is happening."
Holden runs to the front of the church and opens the front door to the church. Outside the church, the teenager finds Mojo standing at the top of the steps with a discarded weapon.
A look of fury crosses Mojo's face and as Holden walks closer to him, Mojo begins to monologue, "I, Mojo Jojo will ruin this perfect day for Buttercup, since I was not invited to this event. Since I was not invited, I must destroy this event and by destroying it she will be unhappy, thus making me happy! I suggest you move, since by not doing so, I would run you over and hurt you."
Holden rolls his eyes and shouts, "Take a hike Mojo! Plot to do this some other day besides today!"
Holden takes a step backward and punts Mojo in the stomach, sending him flying into the distance.
As Mojo flies away, a faint cry of "CURSES!" is heard on the wind.
Holden starts to turn around, but spots out of the corner of his visual range, a teal streak of light flying thought the sky. He quickly turns and confirms what the light is as it comes to a halt.
He and Tessa stare at each other from a distance, giving each other nasty looks. She then zooms away, back towards Exervent. Holden sighs and deep in his heart, he knows that the battle between him and her would never be fully over. She had probably put Mojo up to attacking the wedding.
Holden spins around, and sprints back into the church so he wouldn't miss the rest of the wedding. As Holden walks back into the church, all the female guests are gathered near the front and Buttercup has her back to them. She then throws her green rose bouquet behind her shoulder.
The bouquet travels through the air, hits Holden on to top of the head and rolls in his arm. His eyes open wide when he realizes what had just transpired and what it meant to have gotten the bride's bouquet.
Holden smiles and with the flowers in his arms, he walks up to Blossom and he whispers, "I love you."
He drops the flowers into the pew and kisses her.
Well that is it everyone, Unintended Hero is done. That doesn't mean things for Holden are done. I plan to write a sequel in a few months time and it deals with him and his powers. I also plan to do a fic based on the bet between Abby and Kuki. If anyone wants to see where I got the dress ideas please PM I will send you a link with the picture. Animegirl helped me out with them. Anyway, thanks to those who helped me on this. I do hope you enjoyed this fic as much as I enjoyed writing it.