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"Sorry, K.O.," Venomous sneered as he put on Lazerblast's helmet. He loomed down at the boy menacingly, "I am your father."
"No," K.O. whispered, his strength failing him. The purple lightning cloaking his arms began to spread as his fight for control waned. He wanted to scream, cry out for help, or ignore Professor Venomous' claim.
No. He thought. No no no no no no no no no no!
The purple lightning began to thicken, T.K.O. banging inside of his subconscious for freedom. No amount of will power was going to help him. K.O. invested a great deal of energy in containing T.K.O. and he could feel it slipping away in his shock, slipping away like water trickling through cracks in a pool.
It's just a dream, K.O. thought, Just a bad dream and I'll wake up and Lazerblast won't be Professor Venomous and I'll still have full hero blood in me. Let me wake up, Cob. Please let me wake up!
He didn't notice Professor Venomous kneeling down next to him, or how the villain slipped his hand into his lab coat to pull out a remote.
"Your blood," Professor Venomous sounded amused, "Is it…beckoning you? Fighting for dominance?"
K.O. was too startled to respond.
Professor Venomous continued in what K.O. thought was meant to be a fatherly tone, "You shouldn't keep it in like that, it's not healthy for you. Don't fight it, K.O. Let your blood boil. Free the beast."
"N-no," K.O. gritted his teeth, feeling his voice deepen for a moment before he quashed it down. He wasn't letting T.K.O. out again, there was no telling what would happen if he did.
This made Venomous sigh, "Well, if you don't want to let it happen, who am I to make you?" For a brief moment, the lightning faded away. K.O. looked up at him hopefully.
Click!
K.O. felt the floor beneath him rise up and the purple lightning began to consume him again. TKO's voice grew louder in his head.
Let me out. Let me out! LET! ME! OUUUUUUUUT!
Straps pinned his arms and legs together, rotating him to face Venomous, who was searching through his lab coat again.
"Something for the nerves," he said before shoving something under K.O.'s nose and he smelled something like lavender and mint. Immediately, the lightning was gone, and K.O. sagged in relief. His body felt numb, the effort from containing K.O. must have been a lot harder than he thought. This must be what pudding feels like, unable to keep itself together on its own. Maybe a little shut eye wouldn't hurt…
K.O. snored softly as the straps released him. Venomous looked at him with near fondness, as if he were seeing the boy for the first time. He picked up the boy and leapt off the railings. The floor beneath him rose and the ceiling above opened, right as a cannon rose up from the floor with Boxman inside it. He had two helmets with him, one already on his head.
"Cannon's aimed at Billiam's, PV!" He grinned. He caught sight of K.O. in Venomous's arms, "What's that kid doing?"
Venomous accepted the helmet without comment and secured it onto his son, "I'm thinking of turning this into a Bring Your Kid to Work day."
He climbed into the cannon with a baffled Boxman and smirked as it went off, sending all three of them into the sky.
Author's Note: I'm fairly new to the canon, but I am going to try catching up on the series. I thought it was good when I watched the first few episodes and the latest one has made me want to catch up. Fast. Please review!