Finally, a different story veiw! This is gonna be a really interesting chapter, no? Hueheuehuheeheh

Hope ya'll like how I astral project all of my feelings onto K.O in this chapter-

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K.O's POV

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With a small grunt, I slowly opened my eyes. The sun was... Nice to feel in the morning. Especially after being in T K.O's mindscape for a long time. I sat up, rubbing my eyes, trying to wake up as quickly as possible. But, that might require food... I frowned, remembering what T K.O mentioned, and looked over at the door.

All I saw on a plate was hashbrowns, that smelled overly salted and peppered. I sighed, shaking my head. Guess I wasn't getting breakfast.

"Well, you finally woke up." I heard off to my right, and I almost jumped. T K.O did the same thing I did yesterday! It looks so cool, now that I see it myself. I laughed a bit, rubbing the back of my currently spiky haired head.

"Oh! Sorry Grumpo! How long have you been waiting...?"

"At least an hour. I saw some... Freaky things in your mind. When you were asleep." He looked a bit stiffly off to the side, and I became confused.

"I... Had a nightmare?" I asked cautiously, not remembering. Perhaps I did, and just wasn't really paying attention.

"No! I didn't say you had a nightmare..." He growled, looking back at me. "We... We lived with Carol. And we actually worked with heroes. And we defeated all the robots, n-not that I actually care about them..." He hissed.

I however rose an eyeridge, before shrugging. "Meh. I can't remember it, so I dunno what you're worried about." I hopped out of bed with a slight yawn, doing various stretches to get blood flowing through me. Once I was done, I went to grab my headband, and quickly put it on, my uncontrolled hair looking neat, sharp, and tidy. I smiled at myself in the mirror, before grabbing a new white tee-shirt and dark blue shorts, to look ready for the day.

"Why do you wear such... Plain things?" T K.O scowled, and I looked behind me to see his expression.

"Because it's simple! I don't want to have flashy shirts in case someone catches me!" I argued, crossing my arms in mock arrogance. He rolled his eyes, before pushing me towards the locked windows, keeping me a good distance in case there was a radius that he couldn't pass into.

"Now, I'm gonna stay in the mindscape until you get out of here. When you did this sort of thing to me last time, I couldn't use my powers. You can do this without me, right?" T K.O briefly explained, and I hesitantly nodded my head. "Good. See you on the flipside." He nudged me, before disappearing once more.

I went closer to the window, and slowly placed a finger down on one of the advanced locks... But felt nothing. I blinked, confused. Shouldn't it have shocked me? Even just a little bit? My confidence was renewed when I simply undid the locks, and opened the window.

But something was left out of the earlier explanation, wasn't it?

As soon as I cracked it open, bars closed down on the window, and even more bars collapsed down onto T K.O's door. I panicked, looking around, hearing an angered, "What did you do?!" from my alter ego himself. He looked just about as panicked as me, but worse, probably. He's always had a fear of being locked somewhere. And this was most likely hell for him.

"I-I don't know! I unlocked the locks, a-and then it just shut us in!!"

"Well then get us out!" He screeched at me, zipping around the room in the air to help me try and find a way out. "Wait!! Can't you teleport too!? I can't; those locks could still take my energy!"

"I-I don't know-"

"TRY!" And with that, he left once more. I cried out in suprise when I heard a slam at the door.

"Turbo K.O! You better not have left!" I heard dad's voice snarl through the door, and I almost felt tears fall down.

I calmed down as much as I could, closing my eyes. Tears did in fact escape, seeing as I was so scared of him getting to me.

"I'm sorry, Dad." I say, aloud, voice trembling. "But I won't let you keep me in here."

With a final thought, I teleported out of the room, a flare of blue left behind from my natural energy color.

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Since I had saw the plaza once before, it was so much easier to teleport myself there. I collapsed to my hands and knees, finding it hard to breathe. What had I done? I thought I was gonna die, if I stayed in my dad's path. I felt tears sting my eyes once more, and I let them freely drop, as I whimpered. I was so glad T K.O was in control most of the time. I'm such a wimp, and I have terrible speaking skills. And now I was here, in the middle of a small heroes plaza, and I felt so freaking scared. What would someone think if they saw a crying child?

I sniffled, sitting back on my butt and trying to calm down. Thankfully nobody was out in the parking lot, or else-

"Oh my cob! Rad!" A lady's voice yelled, running steps coming close quickly. A second pair followed soon after, and I heard heavy breathing from the girl.

"Gosh, kid, are you alright?!" The girl asked, and I looked up at her with red eyes. "Rad, put those Lightening Nachos down! It's not what he needs!"

"Well, it's what I need! He probably just fell down, and cried over it or something." The boy huffed, the crinkle of the lightening from his snack causing me to jolt in my spot.

"Hmph, jerk." The girl growled, before gently placing a hand on my shoulder. "Are you okay, brush head..? I suddenly saw you drop half a foot from the ground, you know?"

I shook my head slightly, and she frowned worriedly.

"...You're not Enid." The boy, Rad(?), suddenly spoke up. "She literally hates helping others. I once saw her cry when Pird asked for gum." Rad snickered.

"Cob-damn, Rad! Just leave and get Gar, alright?! You're obviously not helping." Enid, presumably, snarled at her partner.

"Alright, Geez." He groaned, before leaving. I watched him walk off, and I turned my face back to the ground, a few more tears falling. Why was I so scared? I just... Didn't want to be around them when they were fighting about what to do with me. I hated yelling.

"Listen, Kid, I'm going to bring you into the Bodega, and I'll grab you something to eat. We can talk later, when you're not so... Teary eyed." Enid gave me a crooked smile as she tilted my head up, but I still looked away. She frowned, probably not thinking I'd be so stubborn.

So, she pulled me up off the ground, and trudged into a store called 'Gar's Bodega'. I kept my eyes to the floor, even as she set me on the countertop.

"Seriously, dude. If you're mute, just nod." Enid sounded exhausted, as if all this help was making her be so exhausted.

I shook my head, and she perked up a bit.

"Wait, you're not? Just don't want to speak?"

"...Nothing to talk about." I answer with a hoarse voice.

Just as she was about to answer, Mr. Gar burst into the store with Rad, and I looked up shakily. Cob, there's three heroes now. My hands gripped my shaking body tighter, as I attempted to listen to what the new hero, Gar, I think, was saying.

"-Are you alright, boy?!"

"Y-Yeah." No.

"You look ready to jump out of your skin, kid." He frowned, and his glasses seem to frown with him. I look down again, almost clawing into my skin. Cob, I want to leave. Let me leave. Let. Me. Leave.

"I-I'm sorry.." I stuttered instead, feeling like I needed to put up with this.

"No need to be. But you're shakin' really bad, kiddo. What's your name, so, y'know, we can take you back home." Gar suggested, offering to put his hand in mine for a handshake.

I swallowed hard, looking up at all three of the heroes. They weren't pushy, but, I just felt so scared. Enid, the purple haired girl, came off as strong, confident, and kinda apathetic, like she didn't want to work here, but had no real choice. Rad, the alien, looked arrogant, cocky, but looked comfortable here. He must like working here. But Gar, I just was shaken from the sheer size of his muscles. He must be really strong.

"Uh, Kid?" Rad rose an eyeridge at me, and I whipped my head to face him. "He asked for your name. Don't you have one?"

"Uh- ah-" I stuttered, feeling my throat close up, my eyes stinging once more. I was hot and cold, hot and cold, numb, and could feel everything all at once. I scrambled off of the counter, earning a gasp from the three heroes, as I ran as fast as I could to try and escape them. Tears streamed from my eyes as I heard their running steps behind me, trying to stop me. Thankfully, there was a door in the back, probably a distribution unit. I opened it and closed myself in, locking it as soon as I could.

I gave a silent scream, suddenly falling unconcious as T K.O forced me back into the mindscape.

I screamed out in fear, sobbing my heart out. I felt his arms around me, pulling me close to his chest. I sobbed freely, hiccuping and crying into his chest. He whispered nice things to help encourage me to come out of my panic attack.

"Okay, you'll be okay..." He mutters to me, when my crying slows down. My head was still screaming, but I looked up at him.

"Now... Calm down with me... What is 5 things you can see...? It can be anything.." We haven't done this sort of a thing in a long time. I haven't had a panic attack in a long while, anyway.

"I-I... I, hhnh, I can see... P-purple.." I choked on my snot, feeling him trying to wipe away my tears. "I can see, f-floors..."

"Mhm... Three more..."

"Y-you... M-me... A-and my hands..."

"Okay, that's good." He nodded, sighing. "Now, four things you can feel..?"

"Y-you, m-me..." I started," the floors, and how cold they are..."

"Okay, three things you can hear..?"

"Your voice, my voice, a-and the silence.."

"Two things you can smell.."

"Some mind spaghetti, and my sweat...?" He chuckled a bit at that one, shaking his head.

"Want to tell me anything you can taste, or, you doing better..?" T K.O rose an eyeridge, and I shook my head. I felt calmer, once more. I pulled away from him slightly, rubbing my eyes pitifully.

"So, meeting heroes head on like that isn't so fun, huh?" T K.O smirked, as if poking fun at my anxiety was such a fun thing to do. I frowned at him, though it didn't do much to deter another laugh from him.

"No, don't worry, bro. I promise I'm not being rude just for the hell of it." I looked back up at him, as a somber look came upon his face.

"You sure sound like you're lying.." I muttered, looking away.

"How do you think it felt for me when Carol forced me to come with her to her Dojo? I wanted to run out right there and then. I was scared she'd find out we were villains, I was a villain, and fight me. Like Dad said." T K.O sighed, looking troubled. "But she didn't. She only said your name with hope in it. I just... Don't get it."

"...Me neither."

The two brotherlike twins stayed silent.

"Hey, you've been in the mindscape for a while, K.O. Want me to take over? You don't need to deal with it any longer than you have to." T K.O smirked, and I was wholly tempted to let him take over. But that smirk unnerved me. He had an idea, and I wasn't going to let him carry it through.

"N-No, I've got this. I was just really overwhelmed.." I nervously smiled. I could feel his doubt coming off of him in waves, but shrugged and let it be.

"Alright. Neither of us have been watching, so who knows what's happening." T K.O shrugged. "So be careful." He pointed angrily at me, before I was sent back to reality.

I gasped awake, my eyes widening at the sudden sight of Carol and Gar in my peripheral vision. Neither of them looked down at me, which meant they didn't realize that I woke up. All for the better.

"Gene, I can't say for sure! W-what if it's him!"

"It can't be, Carol! This kid was shaking like a leaf when Enid and Rad brought him in! As if he was scared of us!"

"Well he's never met any of you, has he?!"

"He hasn't met you, either."

The two adults stayed quiet, and I just watched as Carol slowly fell to her knees, starting to cry. Gar's angry face morphed into one of concern and worry, as he laid a hand on her shoulder. She seemed to flinch, but didn't pull away from him.

"I-I'm sorry..." Gar tried, but Carol shook her head, looking up at him.

"M-maybe it was too much to hope he was still alive..." She mumbled, wiping away her tears. "I just... I was so hopeful that he might be mine." Her voice broke, and Gar sadly nodded.

"I know, Carol... But, maybe when he wakes up again, we'll know for sure?"

"O-okay."

I closed my eyes once again when I saw them turn towards me, and I heard the lady gasp.

"He's moved, Gene! Maybe he's awake..!" She suggested, and I shuffled in my spot, pretending like I was just waking up. I slowly opened my eyes, and sat up just as slowly. Carol had the most focused gaze on me that I'd ever seen, and I almost flinched under the ferocity.

"C-carol..?" I muttered out, and her eyes widened.

"Y-yes, kiddo?"

"...Are you talking about your missing son...?"

The warehouse went silent. The single mother slowly nodded her head with a pale face.

"...What was his name?"

"Kaio."

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Hope ya'll are ready for some angst in the next chapter lmao-

So much be happening-