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Another night means another area of South Park to fight crime in.
The Freedom Pals had been fighting crime for a while, and Kenny would always tag along. He enjoyed playing superheroes, it gave him a good excuse to help the town and play with his friends. Tonight was no different as Doctor Timothy called the Freedom Pals to base for another nightly crime-fighting mission.
Once Kenny had arrived at the base, he was no longer known by his regular name but rather by his superhero alias “Mysterion”.
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Though they had all arrived at differing times, all the heroes had eventually made it to their base and were ready to hear about any new plans their leader had made.
“So,what’s our mission for tonight, Doctor Timothy?”
The room went silent as everyone waited for Doctor Timothy to say-or rather telepathically communicate-his reply.
“TIMMY!--Tonight, we will infiltrate the Chaos Lair. I have received a tip as to where it may be, and there must be some kind of plan Professor Chaos is coming up with, so we must thwart it before he can do anything substantial.”
“W-wEll, do you have any sort of-AGH! Plan of your own!???” questioned Wonder Tweek.
“Yes. The rest of the Freedom Pals will investigate Chaos Lair, while Mysterion will distract Professor Chaos so he doesn’t get in our way. As for General Disarray, I will leave you three to the task of neutralizing him.”
When Mysterion heard the Doctor’s plan, he was slightly taken aback. Why him? How could he even distract Professor Chaos?
“How am I meant to do that??” asked Mysterion.
“Oh, I think I’ve got an idea!” Tupperware exclaimed, “You could try to scare him!”
“Wait, dude! That kid s’all lonely and stuff, so you could pretend to be his friend!” Toolshed chimed in. “Like maybe some love and affection? You know, ‘cause Butters’ parents don’t like him?”
Well, now that they’d brought it up, Mysterion wasn’t exactly opposed to that idea. He admired Butters, particularly how cute he was.
“I’ll do it,then.” He confirmed.
“Alright, let’s go!!” shouted Toolshed.
After that, the Freedom Pals all set off to go on their mission.
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After a bit of searching, Mysterion had found the Villain's evil lair.
Mysterion quietly crept into Professor Chaos’ base, planning on sneaking up on the villain to take him by surprise. At the moment, Mysterion was hiding, waiting for the right moment to make an appearance. He tried plotting out how it would all go in his mind, but it only seemed to go south in any imaginary scenario he tried to conjure up.
“I found you.”
Mysterion crept up behind Professor Chaos, and grabbed the villain by his cape.
When the evildoer felt the pulling sensation at his back, he immediately spun around to face whoever was there-- he even jumped slightly, almost like a scared kitten.
“Uwah!? I, uh-Greetings Mysterion!!”
Professor Chaos stumbled back a slight bit when he spoke. “What’re ya doing in MY evil base!? Oh-only my servants know where this place is!!” His breath was shaky as he spoke.
“That doesn’t matter right now.” the hero responded, slightly leaning in to get closer to Professor Chaos.
“I’m here to do something a bit different this time…No beating you up, or anything similar, I swear. ” Mysterion promised.
“Oh ya swear? Like, yer super sure ya won’t? Cause I’m not so s-sure about all this. Actually, I bet this’s all a big trick or somethin’! Ain’t it!?” Professor Chaos protested.
Mysterion knew he had to choose his next words very carefully after that.
“No, there’s no tricks. I just thought that… I started to, uh, feel a bit bad after fighting you so much. So consider this an apology.” Mysterion tried his best to make the boy trust him, worrying that the plan may fail.
“Oh really!? Hwell gee! Thanks Mysterion!” Professor Chaos exclaimed with glee as he grabbed onto both of Mysterion’s hands.
In retaliation, Mysterion let go of the Villain’s hands and pulled him close into a hug. Chaos was taken aback by this action at first but he eventually leaned into it, humming to himself faintly.
He couldn’t quite recall what being hugged felt like before. Now that it finally happened for the first time in so long, he felt safe and warm in Mysterion’s arms despite being the hero’s rival. It all felt so comforting, Professor Chaos just didn’t want to leave the other’s arms. A short while after that, Mysterion pulled away and began to move towards a wall, bringing Professor Chaos with him.
“Hey,”
Mysterion called out to the villain,
“Sit down there.”
Professor Chaos wasn’t sure why he was suddenly being commanded, but he complied with it anyway. As Professor Chaos sat down against the wall, Mysterion sat beside him, making sure that he stayed close to the boy at all times.
“Hwell whuh-what’s this all about?” Professor Chaos questioned the other boy as they looked at each other’s faces. Professor Chaos wasn’t sure how to feel about it all, they were meant to be enemies, so why was his enemy giving him hugs and making him feel so tingly inside? Why was a boy, especially his nemesis of all people, giving him butterflies!? Professor Chaos just wanted to be as close to Mysterion as possible at that very moment. Without thinking, he tackled Mysterion to the ground and threw off his own helmet so that he could more easily get close to the other boy. It wasn’t like the heroes didn’t know who he was anyways.
“Ah! Couldn’t you warn me before doing that!?” Mysterion complained,
“Oh…I just got a bit excited there…” Professor Chaos mumbled in response.
Mysterion then relaxed a bit, and wrapped his arms around the villain.
“Hhmmmmh…Now ya can’t l-leave my grasp…Mmmplease don’t try to…..t’sall part a’ my…evil plan…” Professor Chaos mumbled, his voice muffled.
“I wasn’t planning on it, Chaos.” Mysterion reassured him. After all, Mysterion couldn’t leave until the Freedom Pals told him to.
After a couple of minutes, the weight of Professor Chaos’s body, even if it was small, did bother Mysterion. He wasn’t fond of how his lungs were being crushed under the boy who was using his chest like a pillow.
“Hey, Professor Chaos. I’m gonna move a bit… that way.” Mysterion informed him. He only hummed in response.
Mysterion took that as confirmation, and sat up slightly before turning his back to lean against the wall– all while holding Professor Chaos close to him still. He quietly sighed in relief, thankful that he wasn’t being suffocated by the other. Dying like that didn’t seem like a bad way to die, though.
Professor Chaos wasn’t bothered much by this shift, leaning back into the other boy’s embrace. He wasn’t sure why, but being in Mysterion’s arms was comforting, which was something he thought he would never have admitted to himself. At that moment, he just wanted to stay in those arms forever. Likewise, Mysterion didn’t budge. He enjoyed cuddling Butters-- after all, it’d be something that nobody could find out about, and it was something he fantasised about for a long time. Mysterion could feel himself getting more sleepy, it was only natural given how late up he'd usually stay for these games. Mysterion didn't care if he dozed off with Professor Chaos, even if the Freedom Pals or some Chaos Minion found them like that he could've easily made up some excuse about it being all a game. The mission mattered less to him at that moment, he just enjoyed being with the other boy. With Butters.
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Mysterion had woken up, dazed and confused. He looked down at Professor Chaos sound asleep, resting against him.
It seemed that Mysterion dozed off.
He wasn’t sure what hour it was but it seemed like a lot of time passed since he'd fallen asleep. Everything was quiet and still; with the outside being completely silent. He had figured that the Freedom Pals might've left without him-- though if they hadn't, he could surely find them.
He carefully tried to lift Professor Chaos off of him, trying to not wake the boy, and gently picked him up before leaving the secret base they were holed up in.
Mysterion crept out of U Stor It, seeing that his suspicions about the other heroes leaving without him were correct and that the town was completely silent.
Mysterion first went into Butters' bedroom to put the boy in his actual bed. Somehow, that was the time Butters eventually woke up ; right before Mysterion was leaving.
“Mysterion…?hwat's goin’ on?” He said in a hushed voice, squinting confusedly at Mysterion.
“We’ll talk about it later. Get some rest, and get out of your costume too.” The Hero whispered a reply, then he left through the window before Butters could say a word back.
That night was a fairly normal night for the boys. All except Kenny and Butters, who’d learned a bit about themselves. After this night, Kenny continued to meet up with Butters to give him company at night, even if he left a bit early. After all, why sleep alone when you could sleep by the side of someone you admired?
It was just more cozy.