List of oneshots part 4
chapter 77
The big truth behind Eric's past and who he is finally comes to light on his birthday.
Series: Sidekick
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It was what seemed like a normal day for everyone in Splitsborough, except for a certain sidekick who was smiling as he got out of bed and hummed to himself, getting dressed and ready for the day ahead of him.
"Alright! 14th birthday!" Eric shouted happily as he put on his glasses and quickly ran downstairs for breakfast where he was greeted by a huge stack of pancakes and three large boxes.
"Oh! Well, hello birthday boy!" Brain smiled as he passed Eric the syrup. "Maxum Mom dropped these off before going off to her nuclear knitting circle." he spoke, gesturing to the gifts.
"Aw shucks, that was nice of her." he smiled, coating the stacks in the syrup before digging in. "Mmm, delicious. Thanks Brain."
"Not a problem. I figured what better way to start your big day than with a big breakfast?" the super computer smiled as his alarm went off. "Uh oh, better eat up fast or you'll be late for school!"
Eric started to toss each flapjack in his mouth at a faster rate before pouring the whole pitcher of juice in his gullet, forced it all down his throat with some resistance, before they plopped down and sighed in relief as he bolted. "Bye Brain, see ya after school!"
"Alright have a good day!' Brain cheered as he cleaned up the mess Eric had left behind.
*Splitsboro sidekick school*
Eric gave a sigh of happiness as he walked into homeroom. 'Alright, here's hoping my friends remembered!'
Inside, the other sidekicks were already seated and talking to each other, Trevor looking bored as he stared at a game console in his hands.
"Hey Revere!...have anything to say to me?' Eric smiled as Trevor gave him a bored look.
"Huh?"
"You know, something you wanna say about today?"
"Uh…" Trevor looked up in thought before going back to his game. "No."
"...you uhhh ya sure? Cause it's a special day ya know!" Eric smiled again as Trevor just droned on while playing his game.
"Yeah ummmm it's gravy nachos day in the cafeteria? Yeah I hope they use chicken gravy this time and not turkey gravy." Trevor said as Eric sighed and slumped into his seat.
"Nevermind." he muttered while rolling his eyes.
Kitty happily skipped over and sat next to Eric. "Hey Eric, happy birthday!" she smiled.
"Thanks Kitty, at least someone remembers." he smiled as an alarm sounded.
"Ooooh, did I hear that it's Mr. Needlemeyer's birthday?' Pamplemoose smirked maliciously.
"Yes, yes it is." replied Eric who gulped nervously as Pamplemoose pressed a button on his chair which summoned a huge hand and grabbed Eric.
"Alright class, today is little Eric's birthday. You know what that means, birthday target practice!"
"Wait, what?!" Eric let out with wide eyes before seeing everyone stand and hold up spiked dodgeballs.
"On every sidekick's birthday, we celebrate with a little target practice now….OPEN FIRE!" he cried out, the students all throwing the balls with Eric closing his eyes as he felt several of them make contact.
"Ow! Ow! Oof! Eep! OW!" Eric yelped in pain as he was repeatedly pelted with spikey balls of doom. "Ugh…my head." he groaned in pain as the giant hand dropped him onto the floor as Pamplemoose floated over to him.
"Happy birthday Mr Needlemeyer….NOW GET TO YOUR DESK!"
*Later in the cafeteria*
"That hurt more than usual." muttered Eric, rubbing the back of his head as he sat with Trevor, still playing his game.
"Yeah buddy, I'll buy you some chocolate." Trevor spoke still not listening as Eric rolled his eyes until he spotted Vana.
"Hey Vana!" he called out, making said girl roll her eyes. "Wanna sit with me and Trevor?"
"Ugh, why should I?" she grumbled in annoyance.
"Weeeell, today is an extra special day." Eric smiled as Vana rolled her eyes.
"Is it the day you jump off a cliff?"
"Ha ha, good one." he chuckled. "Nope, it's a day that comes once a year."
"...Is it kick Eric in the nuts day?":
"No, that was last month." he flinched. "Come on, it's a special day for me? A REAL special one? Comes once a year? Something anyone would have?" Eric spoke again as Vana simply ignored him.
"Nothing comes to mind." she replied flatly before walking away, making him look down sadly.
"Aw man, can't believe she forgot." he sighed as he noticed Trevor had gotten a tray of Gravy Nachos.
"They used turkey gravy." Trevor cheered as he sat down and began to down his food making Eric sigh.
"I just hope the rest of the day goes by better." he muttered to himself.
*Later on*
"It didn't go better." muttered Eric to himself, stumbling around. He was dazed, beaten up, and looked like he had gone through a meat grinder. Having survived gym class will do that to a guy, but as luck would have it Eric saw Kitty talking to Vana and decided to once again make his move. He dusted himself off and put on his best smile before walking over. "Hey there girls."
"Oh! Hey Eric!" Kitty smiled as Vana gave an irritated sigh.
"What do you want, Nerd?"
"I just thought I'd stop by, say hello, maybe see if you were busy later on?" Eric spoke as Kitty was about to say something until Vana covered her mouth.
"...ok look Eric it's time, I laid down the law with you." She spoke in an oddly cold tone. 'I will never, ever, EVER, go out with you." Vana snapped as this caused everyone in the hall to face them.
"Yeah….but…" Eric spoke only for Vana to cut him off.
"BUT NOTHING! NEEDLEMEYER! YOU'RE WEIRD! YOU SMELL! AND TRUTHFULLY?...Your glasses make you look stupid!"
He flinched with each insult, the last one hitting him deep as he winced with her looking livid. "Well…I mean I could try contact lenses…" he muttered as Trevor walked down the hall holding a tray of more gravy nachos only to slip and fall sending the nachos into the air and splatting on eric.
"...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Everyone laughed as Eric stood there covered in gravy.
He looked at himself, feeling mortified as he saw fingers pointed at him as they laughed, his face turning red from the embarrassment. He tried taking a step back, only to slip on the dripping gravy and fell flat on his face, making them laugh even harder.
"See!? This is what I was getting at Eric, you're nothing but a no-name loser Orphan!" Vana laughed as Eric stood up and ran out the school.
"Vana!" Kitty gasped before frowning. "Getting covered in gravy is one thing, but that last part was going too far!"
"What? It's the truth! He'll get over it, trust me." Vana said, unaware of how wrong she was.
"I don't know, that seemed a bit harsh." remarked Trevor as he munched on one of the nachos.
"Shut up Trevor, someone had to tell him the truth!"
"But you didn't have to break his heart!"
"Nah, she didn't break his heart, more she ripped it out, set it on fire, crushed it into dust and threw it to the wolves….and maybe even blew up the wolves!" Trevor spoke as Kitty rolled her eyes.
"Yes thank you Trevor."
"No problem." he smiled with a thumbs up.
"Still, after school we should go see if Eric is alright." Kitty suggested as Vana scowled.
"Ugh, fine, if it'll make you happy."
*With said boy*
Eric kept on running, not bothering to stop for anything as he ran back to the mansion, fighting the tears in his eyes. 'It's not fair! IT'S JUST NOT FAIR!' He thought as he ran in and ran up to his room and cried in his pillow. He felt all the sadness and frustration from the day rush out as he sobbed, Maxum Brain having seen him when he burst in through the front doors and seemed concerned.
"I wonder what could have happened to him?" he thought as he transferred his AI to the upstairs tv. "Eric? What happened?" Brain asked his young charge.
Eric went silent and turned his back to him. "I don't wanna talk about it." he spoke as Brain sat a glass of milk down on his night stand.
"It'll make you feel better." Brain smiled as Eric sighed and explained how his day went.
*Five minutes of explaining later*
"Hmmmm that Vana girl, honestly I never liked her." Brain frowned, crossing his metallic arms.
"To make matters worse she called me a no name Orphan!" Eric sobbed slightly.
The computer brain lightly patted Eric's back with sympathy. "There there Eric, there's no sense in letting that get to you. She's just jealous of you, and letting her words get to you will just encourage her."
"But it's true! I mean let's face it Brain, I try to be a sidekick, but how can I if Maxum Man is gone? Out of all the people he could have picked, why me? It makes no sense, and just makes what she said even more true." Eric sighed as he slumped on his bed. "Maybe I should just drop out of school" he muttered as Brain tapped his screen and sighed.
"Eric? I…have something that might make you feel better." he told him.
"I doubt anything could at this point." Eric spoke as Brain opened up a small secret compartment in the wall and pulled out a small box.
"Here…it's from your mother." he told him as Eric spit out the milk he was drinking.
"MY WHAT NOW!?" he cried, Brain rubbing the back of his screen as Eric looked at the box and snatched. "You mean, MY mom? Birth mom? Not like a robotic one you made?"
"Yes, I mean your biological one." he nodded as Eric stared at the box silently and transfixed.
"But, how? Why do you have this? When were you gonna tell me you had it?!" he exclaimed while throwing a hand up.
"She made me promise not to give you this until you were 18. I'm sorry Eric." he spoke as Eric opened it and saw it was a heart shaped locket.
'Wow…so she bought this for me?"
"Bought? She made it by hand!" Brain chuckled. "I still remember her exact words. She said, and I quote 'My baby deserves only the best and that's what he'll get' unquote."
"So what's in it?' he asked the computer who shrugged.
"Open it and see."
Eric looked down at it and felt himself giddy with eagerness before slowly opening it and went wide eyed in awe. "Is…that her?" he asked seeing a woman with long black hair that was adorned with bright white stars and suns smiling as she held a baby in her arms.
"Yes Eric, that is Felicity, your mother." Brain told him
"Wow…." he let out, amazed while seeing the resemblance to the baby and felt his eyes started to tear up. "I…I always wanted to see her in person." he looked at Brain with hope. "Is…Is she…you know."
"Uhhhhh…..No, she's not….ehhhhhh, well it's complicated." Brain spoke nervously as unbeknownst to either of them, the opened locket had sent a transceiver signal into outer space.
*Somewhere in the depths of space*
A Large alien warship, as well as numerous other battleships, were currently surrounding a blue and green planet. The massive ship in front of the army, most likely the mothership, had a massive laser poised and ready to fire as the camera zoomed into the ship towards the woman sitting in the commander's chair.
"Now than Prime minister Glibbleshook, you have exactly 15 minutes to meet my demands; either surrender your planet to me or else…I'LL BLOW IT OUT OF THE SKY AND TURN IT INTO A PARKING LOT!" She yelled to an alien that was on her viewing screen.
"Forget it! My people will not surrender! We shall fight till the very last man, woman, and child!" the alien replied before the other alien beside him looked shocked.
"Wait, we will?"
"Veeeery Poor choice of words. Droidenhimer? Press it!" she ordered her robot servant.
"At once." the floating robot moved its hand down to a red button, right before a beeping sound went off. "Alert, we are receiving a sudden transmission."
"It can wait until after the planet is taken care of." she spoke as she slowly and dramatically eased her finger to the button.
"But my lady, it's coming from Splitsboro!" the robot spoke as she stopped.
"...Splitsboro?...*GASP!...MY BABY! ALL UNITS MAKE A BEELINE FOR PLANET EARTH NOW!" She ordered.
All the ships around her own immediately shot off into space before her own did the same with the woman grinning and folding her hands together.
"Wow, that went better than I thought!" The prime minister spoke as the ships quickly flew back and blew up their planet before flying back off. "...I stand corrected!" the prime minister groaned.
"Time went by faster than I thought, but it doesn't matter. Now I can see Eric again." she let out a devious chuckle as the camera panned back all the way to Earth with Eric slipping the locket around his neck.
"Fits like a glove!" He smiled as Brain gave a chuckle.
"Yes indeed, it looks good on you Eric!" he said as he then started to beep and his screen started to flash purple. "...Uh Oh!" Brain spoke quickly.
"What? What's wrong? Are we under attack?!" Eric spoke in a panic.
'Uhhh, no no nothing like that, Noooooo…it's…uhhhh…much worse than that!' he gulped nervously as they heard the sound of a loud whistling which every cartoon expert knows is the sound of something falling from the sky. "Hit the deck!"
Eric raised an eyebrow before something came falling in from the ceiling, causing a lot of dust and debris to kick up, making him cough and close his eyes. "Huh?" Eric groaned seeing what looked to be an escape pod had crashed through the roof as Brain face palmed.
"Ugh I told her years ago to stop doing that! Does she know how long it takes to fix the roof!" he exclaimed as the pod opened up and out stepped the woman from Eric's picture.
"...BRAINY! HOW ARE YOU!" She exclaimed, hugging the computer's mobile body before accidentally crushing it. Luckily Brain transferred to his regular spot before she did so.
"Ugh hello Felicity." he groaned. "I see you are just as strong as I recalled."
'Well being the strongest chick in the known universe has its perks…well most of the time, now where's my baby? I bet he's become stronger than that lousy deadbeat I was forced to call my husband." she spoke as Brain pointed behind her.
'He's behind you"
She turned and spotted Eric waving some of the dust away, making her eyes widen. "Eric?" she spoke as Eric froze. He didn't know what he was feeling, but he knew one thing, for the first time in a long time he was truly happy.
"...Mom?" he smiled as he ran over and hugged her, making Felicity tear up as a waterfall of tears shot from her eyes.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH! MY BABY!" She sobbed. She pulled him into a spine busting hug.
"GAH!...MY SPINE!" Eric yelled. See? Spine busting!
"MY BABY BOY IS GROWN UP!" she wailed, the tears flooding the ground as she shook him around. "IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE I LAST SAW YOU!"
"Felicity let him go! I think you might kill him!" Brain told her as she dropped Eric who landed face first onto the floor.
"Oops! Sorry sweetie….wait a sec, you don't look 18." she spoke, crossing her arms and staring at Brain who gave a nervous whistle. "Brain? I said 18, 18!"
"Yes, well…certain things made me reconsider." Brain spoke as she raised an eyebrow.
"Reconsider? And why is that? Speaking of reconsider where's Max? I thought he said he would take care of Eric?" she asked as Eric stood up and dusted himself off.
"Wait. Mom, you know Maxum Man!?" he exclaimed as she rolled his eyes.
"Know him?...He's your father!" she spoke simply.
"...WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!"
"...Maxumous Brainingdale 94.29-75654321…..did you not tell my son who his father was?" Felicity spoke in a VERY VERY low and cold tone of voice
Brain gulped and looked away. "Well…"
"Wait! Brain, you knew?! This whole time?!" Eric gaped at the computer with shock.
"Ok ok. Look, to be fair Eric, in my defense, if our situations were reversed how would you react if I told you your father was not only one of the earth's greatest heroes, but also your mother was the most dangerous and wanted super villain in the whole galaxy!?...oops...logic error?" Brain spoke covering his mouth from the last part as Eric simply took off his glasses and popped his eyes and dipped them in the nearby fish tank to clean them before wiping them on his shirt, placing them back in his head, and putting his glasses back on.
"YOU'RE A SUPER VILLAIN!?" He yelled pointing at his mom who beamed with pride.
"Yep! Lady Kosmic! The Scourge of the Andromeda galaxy and the wrecker of alpha centauri!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!...But you know my friends call me Felicity." she smiled.
Eric's jaw dropped straight through the floor, giving the flooded room a hole to drain out of, before he held his head and started pacing. "But…but…but….HOW?! First I learn you're still alive, then I learn Maxum Man, my idol, is my DAD, and now I learn you're a super villain?!"
"Yeah, weird day for you huh?" she chuckled as Brain sighed.
"Look Eric, the point is I was sworn to secrecy not to tell you until you were ready. If word got out that Maxum Man had a son you'd be the target of every villain in the city!" Brain spoke as Eric gave a smile.
"That's okay Brain…wait so Maxum Mom?"
"Yes, she Knew as well. Aside from her, she's the only one who knows the truth."
"That explains why she's the only one who doesn't treat me like dirt." Eric muttered.
"Wait, what did you say?" asked Felicity with a frown, making Eric look away.
"Uh…what I meant to say was…we like to roll around in the dirt while training!" Eric spoke nervously.
"Brain?" Felicity spoke looking at him as he sighed.
"Eric is the most hated child in all of Splitsboro and honestly I'm not sure why. Sure he's made mistakes, but he's also saved the city more than any other hero and yet he's always getting tormented for his troubles. There's even a national holiday called Beat up eric day." Brain spoke.
Felicity stared at Brain silently and then looked at Eric. "Eric? Is this true?"
"Well it's not THAT bad. I mean they do have games, rides, great food, and-"
"Eric? Is. This. True? Tell me the truth, young man." she ordered firmly.
"...Yes mom it's true and it's kinda worse at school with all the target practice, Meat shield training, and scapegoat lessons" Eric spoke as he and bBain flinched when they saw her hair flare up in rage.
"THE WHAT NOW!?" She growled as Eric was confused.
"Wait Mom, didn't you know? Sidekicks have to take the brunt of attacks from villains while the heroes do all the work!' he explained.
"WHY IN THE WORLD ARE YOU A SIDEKICK!? YOUR FATHER SHOULD HAVE BEEN TRAINING YOU SO YOU DIDN'T DEAL WITH ANY OF THAT!"
"Well…hey wait a sec, if Maxum Man is my dad than…why was I in an orphanage?" he asked as before Felicity could blow up some more they heard the door open.
"Eric honey, I can answer that one!" Maxum Mom spoke walking in holding a gift wrapped box. "Felicity darling, long time no see! I figured you'd be here so I brought you a yellow cake uranium scarf from my nuclear knitting. I know you love it!" she smiled, handing her the box.
"Ohhh yeah! Maxine you get me!" she exclaimed as she pulled it out and wrapped it around her neck. "Ahhhh yeah, Mama Kosmic likey very much!" she shuddered.
"I always know what my daughter-in-law likes." smiled the older woman before picking Eric up and giving him a hug. "Happy birthday Eric!"
"Thanks Maxum….Grandma." he let out with a smile before focusing on the big question. " So why did Maxum Man adopt me if I was his actual son?" he asked as his grandmother sighed.
"Maxxy was always so wrapped up in his publicity and wanted to keep his fame no matter the cost. So instead of taking care of you like a good father should, he dumped you in an orphanage until you were twelve and waited till than to adopt you because in his words; 'If the people of Splitsboro learned I adopted a No Name Orphan as my sidekick, my publicity will be even higher than it is now I bet they'll even carve an asteroid in my likeness!' " she spoke as she sat Eric on the couch.
Said boy looked down, feeling even more like crap than earlier. "So…this whole time, in my whole life, I've had parents, and one of them used me for a publicity stunt?"
"I'm afraid so Darling. I'm truly sorry I didn't tell you this Eric, I was worried you wouldn't take it well." Maxum Mom sighed.
"Its fine grandma I don't blame you or Brain for what he did.'' Eric smiled.
"I DO!...not the blaming you and Brain part, BUT I BLAME MAX! WHERE IS HE!? WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON HIM I'M GONNA!" Felicity shouted as Maxum Mom quickly covered Eric's ears as he noticed his mother making all kinds of angry gestures. This went on for about 15 minutes until his ears were uncovered. "WITH A RUBBER DUCK AND CARTON OF GOAT'S MILK AS HE SCARFS DOWN YAK'S MEAT!" She finished yelling.
"Well I see your foul mouth has yet to close." Brain snarked.
"Shut up Pong boy!" Felicity grumbled. She rubbed the bridge of her nose and began pacing, objects all around them beginning to float. "Oh he's a dead man, he is a DEAD man."
"Just please don't cause another meteor shower. The mansion couldn't take one of yours." spoke Brain with a wince.
"Well if you happen to know where my deadbeat husband is I'd be more than happy to hunt him down and personally show him what the dark side of the moon is myself." remarked the woman while clenching her fist as the floating objects dropped down with a loud crash each.
"Hmmm, if memory serves, Maxxy usually hides out in the Maxum cave whenever he wants to hide from the paparazzi." Maxum Mom spoke as Eric and Brain gasped.
"The Maxum cave of course! We've been there before and searched the place, but I forgot it has numerous secret passages inside of it!" Brain exclaimed.
"Oh the place he met me on our honeymoon? Of course he'd be there…but first Maxine, Eric told me he's training to be a sidekick, why is that?" asked Felicity while crossing her arms. "Of all the things to do while I was away, a sidekick is the WORST thing I'd want for him. I would have accepted a bus boy rather than a sidekick."
"Mom? What's so bad about being a sidekick and the whole taking the brunt thing? That's normal for sidekicks to do world wide. Even villain sidekicks are like that." Eric spoke as his mother sighed.
"No sweetie, it's not normal, even villain sidekicks aren't like that. What do you know about sidekicks from other parts of the world anyway Eric?"
He held his chin and looked up in thought. "Uh…I…um…"
"You don't know, do you?"
"No, should I?" he asked.
"Of course, it's common knowledge." she shook her head. "Sidekicks aren't meant to be meat shields, they're meant to actually help side by side. They're meant to work WITH the heroes as they stop crime. Sure some don't do as much work as the hero, but they do their best to help out as best as possible." Felicity explained while throwing her hands up. "Why do you think they call them Sidekicks?" she chuckled.
"Uhhh, so heroes can have someone by their side to kicks towards a villain?"
"No Eric, it's so heroes can have someone by their side to kick them into action!...I swear this is why I hate this city." Felicity sighed.
"So…everything I was taught was completely wrong?" Eric sadly.
"I'm afraid so Eric." Maxum Mom sighed.
Eric looked down, tears coming out of his eyes as he sniffled and held his knees close to himself. "A lie. All of it was just one big lie. I…I don't know what to do. Being a sidekick is terrible, but I'm not good enough to be a hero. What else am I supposed to do?" he sobbed as Felicity gave a smile.
"Easy Kiddo, become a Villain!" she smiled.
Eric looked at his mom, trying to wipe the tears away. "A…villain?"
"Of course. I mean, why be a hero who follows the rules and has to be squeaky clean when being a villain is so much fun? You can do what you want, when you want, and to whoever you want." Felicity smiled as Eric thought about it long and hard.
He thought about all the times his so-called friends made fun of him, all the times he was beat up, and all the times they weren't real friends. Vana with her bratiness, Kitty with her weirdness towards him, and Trevor with his….Trevor-ness.
"...Okay, I'll do it!" he spoke with conviction.
"That's my boy!" she smiled with an arm around him. "I can see it now, mother and son, causing chaos and mayhem. After all, I'll bet you've had some fun with your own powers when you're bored."
"...what powers?"
"...ok, so we'll cause chaos and mayhem AFTER I help you learn how to use them. After all, I remember the day you were born. You were so cute waving your hands around and caused the crib to go floating out the window and even blew up Pluto and made mars red. This calls for some good old fashion training."
"...Wait, made Mars red? I can affect planets!?"
"Eric, you can affect anything celestial body you want, watch this!" she smiled as she opened up the curtains and pointed her finger at the sun before casually moving it out the way and began to drag it across the sky. "See? Night! Day! Night, Day! Night day night day night day night day day night day!" she chuckled before moving the sun back into its regular spot.
Eric's eyes started spinning around in his head as he tried to follow before holding his head for balance. "Wow…"
'Yeah I know right, its awesome!...and I may or may not have accidentally froze parts of the earth from doing that…again." she spoke nervously as Brain and Maxum Mom looked at Eric.
"Eric honey, are you sure you wanna be a villain?"
"I'm sure grandma and if I'm being honest…I had more fun as a villain during career day." he said."I actually felt like I belonged there way more than doing the right thing."
"Well…okay if you're sure, Brainy and I support you!' she smiled as Brain gave a nod.
"Indeed Eric you've always made us proud" Eric gave his own smile and nodded in eagerness.
"But just so you know, if you god own this way, I still gotta rough you up." warned his grandma with a smile. "I can't just ignore you breaking the law."
"Don't worry, by the time I'm done with Eric, he'll take on any hero without trouble." Felicity smiled as she picked him up and pulled a remote, pressing a button which opened the pod she came in. "Let's go meet my robots sweetie!" she smiled as she walked into the pod as it took off into space.
"I think I should go on vacation." spoke Brain. "She's bad enough as is, but with Eric? I think I should look into moving to a condo."
*Space*
Felicity's pod landed back onto her ship's dock as she happily stepped out. "ROBOTS ASSEMBLE!" She yelled as they all ran up to her and crashed into each other before falling onto the floor. "...Well….better than last time." she sighed in annoyance.
"Woah." Eric let out as they walked past the robots with him in awe at the huge ship. "This is all yours?"
"Yep! All of this will be yours Eric! Soon enough" she smiled as he looked out the window and marveled at the sights.
"Woah! This is amazing." he smiled while moving over and poked one of the robots. "How many robots are there?"
"Let's just say when we're done with your training, it'll be a drop compared to the rest on my other ships." she told him which confused him.
"Wait, training?" he asked as she gave a nod.
"Oh yeah! Training. I will teach you how to be strong in the real way!" she exclaimed.
"So I can't just clap my hands and they'll start working?"
"Nope, which means you'll learn how to use them the same way I did." she inhaled and let out a loud whistle before a robot hovered over. "Get the simulation room ready, we're gonna be busy."
"...Mom, this won't hurt, will it?'
"No, of course it won't hurt…." she said as she opened the door. Eric stepped inside and right as the door closed, she then said: "For the first 3 minutes."
"Wait, what?" he let out as the door sealed shut, making him feel dread as he looked around the empty white room with a window near the top with the robot at the controls.
"Commencing simulation." Droidenhimer spoke as he pulled a lever.
*One Montage Later*
"Come on Eric! You got this!"
"I don't got this!" he cried, running away from a mass of tentacles chasing him as a large robot tried to smash Eric into the ground only for him to dodge and grab the tentacle as he yanked it off the robot. Said robot would up grabbing him with its claw while the tentacles wriggled closer.
"Remember Eric, you need to make gravity do what you want! Make it bow to your power!" his mother exclaimed as Eric began to think. He gained an idea and started to focus his power as the ground around him began to swirl.
The tentacles and robot stopped and looked down before slowly getting lifted up with Eric straining himself to try and keep focus.
"C'mon Eric you can do it!" His mom spoke as she noticed he was lifting the robot and opened his eyes which made the robot explode.
The tentacles stuck up in fear and shock before he looked down and noticed his own body floating as well due to the lack of gravity.
"ALRIGHT! THAT'S MY BOY!" Felicity yelled in happiness and pride at her son as he slowly floated down.
"Wow…that was….AWESOME!" Eric shouted as his mom rushed over and hugged him tight. "AHHHH! MOM! MY SPINE!"
"Oooh, my baby boy is getting the hang of it!" she smiled as she kept him in her vice grip of a hug.
"Still….in….pain!" Eric gasped as she finally let him go.
"Now that you're all trained up, lets go and burn Splitsboro to the ground!" Felicity exclaimed.
"Yeah!" he cheered out with a fist pump before lowering it. "But, can we grab some lunch on the way? Running from a robot and tentacle monster kinda made me realize I forgot to eat."
'Sure! Lets hit up Mcspankies, they have some of the best burgers you'd ever had!" his mom smiled.
*MEANWHILE back on earth*
Kitty gave a sigh as she sat on her desk. It's been three days since anyone last saw Eric and she was worried about him.
"Something on your mind kitty?" she heard Trevor ask.
"It's Eric. I'm really worried about him." she sighed as she could hear Vana's groan of disgust.
"Why? The Nerd's most likely fine." she spoke with an eye roll as Kitty gave a growl and stood up.
"OK THAT'S IT! VANA, WHY DO YOU HATE ERIC ANYWAY!? HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG TO YOU!" Kitty yelled in rage.
"Because he's an annoying creep!" she spat back with a frown. "Going on and on about how he likes me when it's just gross and weird!"
"Oh? And suddenly bringing up how he's an orphan is SO much better?!" Kitty threw back with a glare.
"What? It's true! Seriously, why did Maxum Man choose HIM to be his sidekick and not anyone else?' Vana scowled as Kitty faceplmed.
"That's it? THAT'S the reason?! You couldn't just get over it?! Wow, way to be so 'cool and perfect' with that stupid ass reason!" Kitty frowned as Trevor gave a nod.
"Honestly Vana I think that was a dumb reason. I mean Eric is an orphan so he had no choice in who adopted him so to hate him for sometung he had no control over seems kinda stupid." he spoke.
"SEE! You know it's bad when TREVOR is making sense Vana!" Kitty shouted as an alarm went off.
"ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS! ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS! REPORT TO THE AUDITORIUM IMMEDIATELY!" Pamplemoose exclaimed.
The class quickly got up from their seats and headed out to the auditorium where their teacher was hoving back and forth in place, looking like he was going to have a panic attack.
"Uhhhh Professor are you okay? It looks like you got the runs!" Trevor spoke as he ignored him and pressed a button on his chair.
"!SILENCE OF ALL OF YOU! WE HAVE A CLASS QZ344 EMERGENCY!" He yelled in fear.
"Oh no!" gasped Trebor in fright before holding his chin and looked up. "Uh…a what?" he said as soon as all the Heroes of Splitsboro soon arrived into the school.
"LADY KOSMIC HAS RETURNED!" Pamplemoose screeched as they all gasped in shock.
"...Who?" Kitty asked as all the heroes looked at the sidekicks in training.
"You've never heard of her?" asked the mayor in shock before shaking his head. "Oh, it's a day I thought would never come."
"She's only THE most dangerous supervillain ever!" cried Static Clint.
"She's the only Villain that not even Maxum Man himself could defeat, but through some miracle he did!" Savannah exclaimed as Vana had never seen her sister so worried before which…unearveded her greatly.
"This is bad for everyone." gulped Uni-Cyclops.
"To think I'd still be alive when she'd return." spoke Clock Puncher. "I'm too old to die!"
"ENOUGH ALL OF YOU! WE NEED TO PREPARE BEFORE SHE WHIPS OUT THE ENTIRE CITY!"
"Aw come on, how bad can she be?" Trevor asked without looking worried as Kitty rolled her eyes
"Guys I'm worried about Eric, what if he gets hurt by that crazy lady?" she asked as Vana groaned.
"Oh please, what's he gonna do, seek revenge?" she snarked as the roof was blown out by Lady Kosmic herself.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! HELLO MEATBAGS!" She roared with an evil smile on her face.
Everyone there gasped in horror as she floated there with her hands glowing.
"Aw, you got everyone together for my big visit? How sweet." she mocked them before laughing. "Well, it's not going to do any good for any of you. I've come back for one reason and one reason alone. To burn this whole city down to the ground!" she exclaimed as all the heroes soon started to panic in fear as they were all frozen in place by none other than Eric with his hand outstretched, wearing a red bandanna around his head.
"Wow….you guys seriously are worthless huh?" he chuckled as Kitty gasped.
"..Eric?" she spoke as Eric and his mother both landed onto the ground.
"That's right Kitty, it's me, and I'm here to seek my revenge!" he declared dramatically.
"Tone it down, loser." Vana rolled her eyes, only to start glowing and suddenly find herself floating upside down and pulled over to Lady Kosmic who gave her a cold glare.
"Care to say that again to my son, you insignificant little bug?"
"Uhhhhhhh ... .who we talkin' bout?" she replied nervously as she was dropped to the floor.
"That's what I thought. Eric honey I'll let you deal with them while I have some fun with the heroes!" she gave the heroes a dark grin as the mayor tried to stay strong.
"Heroes, attack!" Savannah exclaimed as they all charged Lady Kosmic while Eric crossed his arms with a smirk to his former friends as the sound of horrible screaming was heard off to the side.
"Wait, Eric? Your MOM is Lady Kosmic?!" Kitty let out in disbelief.
"Yeah, I know right? I didn't expect it either!" he chuckled as he cracked his knuckles. "I learned a whole lot more crazy stuff than that, like this." he held his finger up as a small asteroid formed above it. "Turns out, I've had super powers this whole time." he explained as he tossed said asteroid onto Vana's dress, setting it on fire.
"WAAAH!" she screamed, running away to put it out while Trevor.
"Nice one dude." he gave a thumbs up, right before a large meteor dropped right on top of him, crushing him easily. "Ugh…still…awesome."
Eric zapped Kitty who braced for the pain…..only to get a small meteor belt orbiting around her.
"Wait what?"
"Yeah, you were weird, but one of the few who didn't treat me like dirt so you get an annoying asteroid belt that'll inconvenience you at times!"
"Really? This doesn't really seem all that bad." she remarked before one of the small meteors bumped into her eye. "Ow! Hey!"
"And now for my former teacher." he gave a dark smirk at the hovering chair bound man who gulped.
"N-Now Eric, let's be adults about this. I know the thrill of power is addicting, but I-"
"Silence! Since you like seeing me in so much pain, let's see how you feel about the pain of gravity!" he snapped his fingers, causing the man to glow before ending up flat as a pancake due to the gravity field around him instantly multiplying by 50.
"Calling…for….backup!" Pamplemoose strained as he tried to press a button on his chair which sent out a distress signal to the villains.
Said bad guys were in the middle of having a personal spa day given how things were pretty slow on their side of town. Master XOX however was busy trying to create a death ray one, that would destroy the sidekick academy.
"Hmmmm, it's almost done, and soon nothing will stop me from assuming control over Splitsboro! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!...*DING!*...OOOOOOH my scones are ready!" he smiled, running to the oven and carefully pulling the tray out before giving them a smell. "Ah, perfection."
Right as he was going to take one, he immediately heard an alarm start going off, making him groan.
"Ugh now what!?" he grumbled as he answered his communicator. "Who dares to call Master XOX when he is enjoying his scones!?" he demanded while eating one.
"Emergency…need….help." groaned Pamplemoose on the other end.
"Hmmmmm? What's this, the illustrious Pamplemoose, headmaster of the sidekick academy needs MY help!? And why should I do such a thing?"
'I'll give you blackberry jam for those scones!"
"...Throw in Jalapeno honey butter and I'll be there in 3 minutes!"
"Deal!"
XOX cut the feed and made his way to his battleship. "Hmmmm, obviously this is a trap, so I think my fellow villains should get on this as well!" he snickered as he stopped to pick up his cohorts on the way.
*Back with Eric*
Vana and Trevor were running around on fire as Kitty was being pelted by asteroids from her mini orbit all while Eric used his powers to force Alan HA-Amazing and the other popular kids dance like dorky puppets.
"Oh man, this is great!" he laughed while leaning back in the air. "How's it feel to have the 'loser' be on top for once?"
"Oh Please Needlemeyer, once a Loser, always a Loser!" Alan laughed as Eric lifted him up and held him over a toilet. "NO WAIT! I'M TOO SEXY FOR A SWIRLY!"
"Oops." Eric let him go, making him splash into the toilet before giving it a flush, making the arrogant teen flail around. "Look on the bright side, it'll help wash all that gel from your hair.'' Eric chuckled as he used his powers to bring in a cow whose butt was connected to a tub which led to a filthy outhouse. "I think some NATURAL hair gel would suit you waaaay better Alan!"
"No!...No! AY DIOS MIO! NOT THE MOO-MOO SURPRISE!"
All others who saw this felt their stomachs churn while Vana managed to put the fire out and huffed in anger and annoyance.
"This is insane! Out of everyone here, Eric was the one to go full villain?" she exclaimed as she watched Eric toss Alan into the outhouse as the cow strained an huge exploding sound of wetness hissing and for some reason ice cream truck music started to come from the outhouse as alan screamed in pure terror.
"I know right? It's insane." spoke Trevor while adjusting his flattened hat.
"It's totally out of nowhere. I mean, it's…it's…actually…kinda hot." Vana giggled with a blush as Kitty felt her mouth drop as she grabbed one of her asteroids and threw it at Vana.
"Oh sure, NOW you like him!?" she growled slightly.
"Ow! Kitty, what the heck?!"
"I've literally been nuts for him since day one, and you suddenly get the hots for him when he's trying to destroy us?!" Kitty snapped as Eric overheard that.
A part of him kinda felt bad for Kitty, but a part of him was also upset at her for not saying anything sooner. 'Well it's too late now Kitty, just be glad I showed you mercy. Crush or not, I am grateful that you at least tried.' he thought as he turned the dial on the outhouse increasing Alan's torment as he screamed louder.
"LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT! I CAN SEE NUMBERS! TASTE PURPLE! AND I CAN SMELL EVERYTHING!" He screamed as the students all paled in fear, especially Vana making her glad they never did this to Eric on Prank day. Actually it made them all glad they decided against it at the last second.
"Eric! You don't have to do this!" Kitty let out, covering her eye from an asteroid. "You can't become a villain like your mom!"
"And why not?" He raised an eyebrow.
"Uhhhhh well ... because you'd make for a better hero like Maxum Man!" she smiled nervously.
"Oh yeah, the same hero who not only left me after adopting me, but who was also my dad this entire time!"
"WAIT WHAT!?" Everyone, yes even the heroes, all screamed in shock at this.
CRASH!
"HAHAHAHAHA! HELLO FOOLISH CHILDREN! YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE DESTROYED BY MASTER XOX!" XOX proclaimed as he crashed his ship into the building and walked out with the villains behind him. "PREPARE TO DI…..wait a sec…L…L…LADY KOSMIC!?...yeah, nope. Not doing this, you guys have fun, see ya!" he quickly waved before the villains went back into the ship before it zipped off from the school with Lady Kosmic chuckling, sitting on top of the pile of badly beaten heroes.
"They always run and I forgot about XOX, wonder if I should torment him later on."
"How about Now mom? The heroes are beaten and I could use some more fun hearing Alan beg for mercy, gets bored after a while." Eric spoke as he snapped his fingers and let Alan out who was crawling on the floor and stayed there in a fetal position.
"Dude, you ok?" Trevor asked.
"I like the taste of happy and sunny lemons drops while daffodils and daisies all do the bunny hop!" Alan sang to himself, obviously traumatized by what just transpired.
"Hmmmm you know honey? That's a great idea!" Lady Kosmic spoke as he outstretched her hand in the directions the villains flew and dragged them back to the school. "After all, why give the heroes all the fun? Villains know how to REALLY party."
The ship crashed into the ground, XOX and the villains falling out from the windows, disorienting and confused.
"Good news XOX, you and your friends get a turn too." Felicity smirked as the Villains all paled before pushing XOX forward.
"It was his idea he should go first!" Ringmaster shouted as XOX gave a chuckle.
"Uhhhh yes! MAGICAL DISAPPEARANCE!" He shouted as he pulled out a smoke pellet and threw it on the ground. As soon as the smoke cleared he was gone.
"Uh Oh….." Ringmaster gulped.
"Oh well, he'll get his turn later." she gave a cruel grin to the others who huddled together in fear. "Time for a refresher course on why I'M the big bad."
"HOLD IT!" Eric shouted as his mom stopped. "...Is the Struction Family here?" he asked as Mandy walked out from the crowd.
"Eric? Yeah we're here" she spoke uneasily.
"Oh, I see. You want to go ahead and crush them first. Go ahead sweetie." smiled his mom.
"What!? No! Mom, She's my girlfriend." he blushed as Felicity let out a loud squeal.
"MY BABY HAS A GIRLFRIEND!" she shouted as Mandy and her family walked up to them.
"Whoa. Eric, I had no Idea your mom was THE Lady Kosmic! I have all your Comics and How to books!" Mandy gushed.
"Wait Mom, you have comics?"
"Yep, tons of Villains get good royalty checks ya know. it's one of the few things we won't steal!"
"Gotta keep that in mind for later." he muttered before looking up at Mandy and smiled. "Yep, kinda threw me for a loop myself, but it's the truth. So…technically speaking, there's really nothing stopping us from officially going out, right?"
"What about those friends of yours?"
"Aside from Kitty, I have no friends." Eric spoke, glaring at them.
'Well…at least he still sees me as a friend.' Kitty thought sadly as another asteroid hit her in the face.
"Sweet! See mom? If this doesn't prove why me and Eric can't date, then nothing will. Now can you PLEASE just leave us alone?"
"Hmmmmm, fine, but Lady Kosmic or not don't you DARE break my baby girl's heart! GOT IT!" She growled as Eric gave a nervous smile.
"Hheheheh, yes Ma'am." he squeaked as Felicity giggled.
"I like 'em already!" she exclaimed as Eric as well as the Structions moved next to Lady Kosmic.
"Okay mom NOW you can have fun with the villains!" Eric smiled as he held Mandy's hand.
"WITH PLEASURE!" She held up her glowing hands as her shadow covered the villain group huddle, several of them whimpering in fear.
*MEANWHILE!...at the Maxum-Cave*
Maxum Man, the hero of Splitboro was…lounging in a recliner eating ice cream.
"Ahhhh this is the life." he sighed in content while eating a bowl of chocolate chip ice cream. "No burning buildings to worry about, no cities in danger, and no horrible crisis that needs taking care of. Just me, myself, and ice cream." he sighed as he cut the tv on ... .and instantly regretted it.
'THIS JUST IN! EVIL SUPER VILLAINOUS LADY KOSMIC AND HER SON ERIC HAVE TAKEN THE SIDEKICK ACADEMY HOSTAGE!...Now here's Sunny Cakebaker with the weather!"
Maxum Man spat out his ice cream. 'GREAT GRAPES OF WRATH! FELICITY!?" He shouted as he heard a banging on the front door of the Maxum Cave. Speeding over he opened the door and saw it was none other than his nemesis. "MASTER XOX! I KNEW YOU WERE BEHIND THIS!" He shouted as XOX rolled his eyes.
"Oh clamp it Max! I'm here on Business, Lady Kosmic has returned as I'm sure you're aware and she must be stopped!"
"Ugh, why did she have to come back?" he groaned facepalming. "I thought she left for good on some interplanetary conquest, or something like that." Maxum Man groaned as XOX rolled his eyes.
;Maybe she's upset you didn't pay her child support or something. ver since you married that wackjob she stayed away from earth. what made her comeback? Don't tell me you left her pregnant and sired a child with her/" XOX Groaned as the Hero cleared his throat.
"What? Noooooo of course not! I don't know why she came back, but WE must stop her!"
"Of course we do. As much as it pains me, literally and metaphorically, we have to..to..to…ugh…work…together." groaned XOX, forcing himself to get it out and not hurl.
"EXACTLY XOX! COME! LET US GO AND SAVE THE WORLD!" Maxum Man shouted as he took off flying through the air…leaving XOX behind.
"YOU MORON YOU LEFT ME BEHIND!" he shouted as he started to walk in the direction Maxum Man flew off in. "Always shouting with that guy."
*Back in Splitsboro*
"This is so embarrassing!" Savannah spoke with a blush as she was forced by Eric to perform a pole dance.
"Woooooo take it off!" Mandy shouted, tossing rocks at her.
"Come on, you're great everything else, so show us what you got." smirked Eric without an ounce of hesitation while using Static Clint as a footrest.
Savanna gave a deep blush and was about to take off her outfit….if not for Maxum Man crashing through the ceiling….with XOX literally dragging himself in.
"YOU…MORONIC….APE!" he panted tiredly.
"Maxum Man?!" Eric and Mandy cried out in shock as said man stood there with his fists on his hips with a smirk.
"YES, THAT'S RIGHT ERIC, IT IS ME, YOUR MENTOR! HERE AT LAST TO SAVE Yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooouuuuu!" Maxum spoke heroically…until Eric punished him directly in his nuts.
"YOU!" Felicity roared in rage as Maxum Man gave a gulp and slowly stood up.
"Oh…..hehehe, hello honey. How goes the planet conquering?"
Felicity's eyes narrowed before she swung her hand, causing a meteor shower to come down through the ceiling with him forced to roll out of the way. "You rotten little bastard!"
"Now now Felicity, darling, calm down! I can explain!" he said as she crossed her arms.
"Do so!"
"Okay, I know it was wrong of me to abandon our son…" he started.
"Okay, that's step 1 of 500 that'll make me forgive you." Felicity spoke as Maxum Man continued.
"But I had to do it! If I didn't they would have taken away my best hero of the year award!" he exclaimed holding up a small trophy the size of a thumb tack in his palm.
"...a trophy?" Eric growled.
"Yep! The best hero of the year award trophy to be precise!" he smiled as XOX facepalmed.
"Wait, so let me get this right. You abandoned your ONLY CHILD for a small plastic trophy they give out in cereal boxes!? You are a seriously bad father, and this is coming from someone who IS a supervillain!" XOX exclaimed.
"See, you got me agreeing with XOX Max that's how badly you screwed up!" Felicity spoke as before Maxum Man could say another word the ground began to shake as Eric's eyes were glowing a dark blood red.
"You…you…you….are….DEAD!" he let out, the whole place shaking before his hands glowed. He swung them down, the sky slowly turning dark before numerous meteors could be seen coming down, making the hero's eyes widen. "I'LL BURY YOU AND THIS WHOLE DAMN CITY!"
Maxum Man crouched down, putting his trophy away, before he flew into the air with his fists out. He swung and hit one meteor aside, crashing into another, and did it to another, causing a domino effect before Felicity held her pointer finger out.
"Try cosmic radiation, asshole!" The finger started to glow before a beam shot out, hitting the hero and sending him flying before Eric made himself float.
"Mandy, you might want to take shelter, things are about to get messy." he said as she kissed his cheek.
"Kick his ass honey!" she told him as he blushed and flew off after Maxum Man.
Said hero back flipped in the air, skidding across downtown and looked up before punching a meteor and breaking it, sending dust flying around as he jumped to the side to avoid the small boy. "Eric, stop this! You're supposed to be a good guy!"
"Good guy? Ha! That's a laugh coming from the man I idolized, the man I thought I could trust, the man who abandoned me not just as a baby, but as his sidekick!" Eric held his hands together and formed a tiny sun before hurling it like a dodgeball.
Maxum Man took a deep breath and exhaled cold breath, cooling it down into nothing before grabbing a lamppost and swung it, knocking Eric down the street. "I had to! Being the best hero in the world is a tiring job! I couldn't stick around all that time to look after you. You had to grow up and learn the world isn't a nice place. It was to help you build character!"
Eric rubbed his head, the gravity catching him in the air and scowled. "Lies! All of it! You just stuck me with being a sidekick because you didn't want to be a dad! All to look good, all for the fame, and all for a trophy! Well now I'm gonna show you just what I can do, and you'll be BEGGING ME for mercy."
Maxum Man narrowed his eyes before Eric made the gravity heavier, making the man grunt, but keep standing as he walked towards Eric no matter how heavy the pressure got. "Big talk, but no experience! You want me to be a dad? Then let's start with a swatting!"
"Lets!" Eric smirked before forming a small cluster of starts and fired them, hitting the hero head on who ran through them and tackled Eric, pinning him to the ground and making him grit his teeth.
"Give up Eric, you're not as strong as you think."
"Oh…yeah?" he struggled to raise a hand out to the side with his finger pointed up and smirked darkly. "Then what's that?"
Maxum Man turned up, eyes widening before he saw a glowing red meteor five times the city coming down. He got up and was about to fly up, but couldn't. Looking down he found his ankles frozen to the ground as Eric got up.
"Did I forget to mention I learned just how cold Neptune can get? A little trick I came up with myself."
"You've gone too far! That'll destroy everything!"
"True, everything YOU like to look good in front of." Eric raised his hands up before the meteor started cracking apart and broke into hundreds of smaller meteors, all of which flew down and started to bombard the good side of the city, reducing buildings and spaces to rubble and craters while Maxum Man struggled to break free. "And you get to watch it ALL!"
"NO!" Maxum Man exclaimed as he was soon pelted with meteors and was knocked out as the good half of Splitboro was soon left devastated, all except for the Maxum Mansion.
"Ha..ha…some hero…you turned out…to…be…" Eric panted out with a smirk before falling on his face as he blacked out from exhaustion.
*Much Later*
"...Ugh, my head." Eric groaned as he sat up and saw he was back on his Mom's ship. He felt like his head was gonna split open as he tried to sit up. "Ow, how did I get back here?"
"I brought you here sweetie." Felicity smiled as Maxum Mom walked beside her. '
"Eric sweetie, I'm so glad you're okay!" his grandmother smiled.
"Grandma? Phew. I was worried. Kinda thought I went a bit far and you got caught in that meteor shower I started."
"Don;t worry, Brainy and I got away just as the fight got started!" she said, showing her smartphone where Brain was residing.
"Believe me Eric you should have seen what Maxum Mom said to her son, it was priceless!" Brain laughed as Eric was curious about this.
"What happened?" he asked as Felicity pulled out a screen and showed Eric the footage.
*Footage from a few hours ago*
Maxum Man groaned as he woke up bound in chains. He tried to break free only to see he was incredibly weakened. "Huh? What the? My powers are gone!" he exclaimed.
"Good!" he heard Maxum Mom said as she marched up to his cell.
"M-Mom?!" he broke out in a nervous sweat. "What uh, what brings you here?"
"MAXIMILIAN QUINCY COPERNICUS LESLIE MANNINGDALE! YOU ARE IN BIG TROUBLE MISTER!" She roared, making him flinch at using his full name.
"B-But mom! I can explain!" he stammered nervously.
"ALL OF THIS FOR A TROPHY!? YOUNG MAN I DON'T CARE HOW OLD YOU GET YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO STILL GO OVER MY KNEE! WE RAISED BETTER THAN THIS!" She yelled, pulling his ear hard.
"Ow ow ow! But mooom!"
NO BUTS YOUNG MAN! NOW YOU STAY IN YOUR CELL! YOU'RE GROUNDED! YOU HEAR ME GROUNDED!" She yelled as she slammed him onto the floor and marched off.
*end footage*
"Wow…that was…yikes." Eric let out as his mother fell over laughing her butt off.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GROUNDED HIM THAT WAS PRICELESS!" She laughed.
"Well I wasn't gonna just send him to his room. That'd be letting him off the hook." Maxum Mom huffed while crossing her arms.
"Hey Mom? What happened to the heroes and villains?' Eric asked.
"Oh just the usual thing I do to those I crush under my power. They've been put into my slave labor camps so they can be of some use. Relying on robots for everything gets pretty old." she explained as Eric tried to stand up. "Careful honey you over exerted yourself too much." she told him. "You still need more training before you can really cut loose, but it was pretty good for your first try. For the time being, just rest and get your strength back."
"Wow….so now what do we do?" he asked his mother as a knock was heard from the door and Mandy poked her head in.
"Hey Eric, you feeling alright?" she smiled.
"Yeah I'm fine, how about you and your family?"
"Oh they're alright, but my mom's a bit jealous. I mean, you took out half of a whole city! That's more than what she's managed, on the upside, it definitely shows you'd fit right in."
Eric gave a chuckle. "Yeah, so….guess we can date now huh?" he chuckled with a blush.
"Oh big time." he smiled with Felicity smirking.
"Mandy, why don't you keep Eric company until he's feeling better? I'm sure he'd love the attention." Felicity teased, making Eric blush as she, Maxum Mom, and Brain left the two alone.
"Mom! You can be so embarrassing!" Eric said, covering his face with his pillow as Mandy gave a giggle.
"Oh Eric~" she smiled as he saw her taking off her shirt revealing her sports bra.
"M-M-Mandy?!"
"Its time I showed you how bad~ I can be.'' she spoke in a sultry tone as she crawled on his bed.
*Meanwhile elsewhere*
Trevor lifted a Pick ax and brought it down onto a large Boulder made of coal. He panted and had to lift up and bring it down again while all around the partially ruined city, the people were being made to break rocks and carry them around. Partly to mine for resources, and the other part just to make them miserable. "Who knew…hard work…was so…hard?" he grunted tiredly as he tried to move the rocks onto the wheelbarrow which was hard due to the chains on his ankles.
Kitty grunted as she pushed a cart down the tracks, filled to the brim with numerous pieces of bigger rocks as robots hovered around, keeping an eye on them.
"Work faster slave." the robot said as it zapped Vana who Yelped before looking at Kitty. "Work faster I say!" it spoke again before it once again zapped Vana. "Next time that'll be you!" it spoke pointing at Kitty.
"Why wasn't it her the second time!?" she groaned as Kitty was the only one who didn;t have any ankle cuffs.
"Maybe if you picked up the pace, you'd be fine." remarked the asian bluntly.
"Forget that! I'm wondering something…..you think Eric would still like me if I had my hair up or down?" she asked Kitty as Trevor who was above the two on a hill gave an annoyed look as he dumped his wheel barrow of rocks on top of Vana.
"Oops, sorry…..my hands slipped." he snarked.
"I think rocks look better on you." snarked Kitty before getting back to the manual labor.