"Sayori?" Anon held two ice cream cones from a nearby stand, perplexed at a very focused looking Sayori perched atop a garbage can.

"Super Lad, who is this 'Sayori' person?" The girl who was not Sayori replied, affecting a deep and dramatic voice while fixing a steely gaze on Anon.

"Oh for fu- really? We're doing this now?" Anon matched not!Sayori's gaze with one of his own before she suddenly shifted to puppy dog eyes and a quivering pout, shattering Anon's fragile resolve against the act! With a belabored sigh Anon handed not!Sayori her ice cream before affecting a high pitched, boyish voice of his own.

"Gosh Mega Girl! What evil could possibly be lurking in such a fun and happy place like this carnival?" Anon couldn't help but smile a little as Sayori's act immediately returned to form, brooding atop a garbage can and blissfully ignorant of the strange stares they were receiving.

"Oh young, naive Super Lad, our latest villain is hiding directly under our nose! Luckily I, Mega Girl, have used my masterful detective abilities to discover their plot! Behold!" Sayori leapt dramatically from the garbage can, flinging her ice cream up in the air in the process. Years of dealing with her shenanigans had honed Anon's reflexes to a fine edge, and his arm snapped out to catch the cone before it could splatter sadly onto the ground! Sayori pointed at a billboard in the distance with all of the confidence of a seasoned leader, chest puffed out proudly and cocky grin splayed across her face.

"Sayo...erm...Mega Girl? That's just an advertisement for a Nickelback concert." Anon's affected voice faltered slightly under the strain of actual confusion. Sayori only looked at him as if everything made perfect sense, not elaborating further.

"Come Super Lad! We must scout the carnival for more clues, and the best place to do that would be...the ferris wheel!" Sayori dashed off without another word, leaving Anon to run after her with both ice cream cones in his hands.

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"Mega Girl, I don't understand what we're looking for." Anon and Sayori were at the top of the ferris wheel, Sayori happily finishing off her ice cream cone while Anon pretended to look intently for some kind of villainous peril. Sayori turned to him with a huge smile, swinging her legs back and forth out of the ferris wheel seat.

"Ehehehe~, just you wait Super Lad! A patient and watchful eye is needed for rooting out evil doers wherever they may hide! Such as right there!" Sayori pointed down towards the largest tent at the carnival, past the roller-coaster and beside the spinning teacups. At the base of the tent was a group of roadies loading equipment out of a truck and into the tent.

"But Mega Girl, those are just people doing their jobs?" Anon's voice slipped back to it's regular pitch and timbre for a moment, breaking character as he continued. "Also we can leave before the Nickelback concert starts right? Because man am I not a fan."

"EXACTLY!" Sayori's enthusiastic exclamation encouraged the seat to start to swing as she bounced on her side. "Super Lad don't you see? NO ONE is a fan of Nickelback! How do they keep getting concert gigs? The only reasonable answer is nefarious villainy!" As Sayori finished explaining her reasoning to Anon, the ferris wheel began to move again to lower the two back to the ground.

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The rollercoaster roared along it's track, Anon occasionally snapping his arm out to catch Sayori's bow from flying off into the carnival grounds and placing it back onto her head. Sayori was far too caught up in the fun of the lurching and twisting of the track to notice, and all too soon the ride came to a stop. As the safety bars were lifted, Anon helped Sayori out of the cart as they both tried to stifle a bout of adrenaline fueled giggling.

"Woo...okay Mega Girl, that was a great time and all but I don't understand why we needed to go on the rollercoaster to stop evil?" Anon smirked a bit as Sayori's smile lurched into a nervous grin, her index fingers poking into each other as she struggled to find an in-character reason. Just as suddenly as her apprehension appeared, it vanished as Sayori shot her arm up triumphantly (and Anon blocked her from accidentally smacking a passing carnival goer in the face).

"To throw evil off our tracks of course! If they knew such a daring superhero duo were after them they'd abandon their plan and we'd lose them! By passing ourselves off as regular carnival patrons, we can stay under their radar! Now come Super Lad, I think it's time we snuck in and dealt with our nefarious ne'er-do-well once and for all!" Sayori then lunged away towards the big top, Anon haphazardly chasing after her.

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The huge canvas of the big top did a remarkable job of blocking out sunlight from the sunny afternoon of the carnival. Anon was following Sayori as she did exaggerated ninja cartwheels and super-spy rolls between boxes of musical equipment and large amps, albeit in a much more subdued manner.

"Okay Sayori this isn't really funny anymore, we could get in some actual trouble for being back here!" Anon hissed, ducking down as a pair of roadies set down another large box of equipment just a few feet away.

"Hush now Super Lad! Our nemesis reveals themselves!" Sayori whispered back, pretending not to hear Anon call her by her name and instead gesturing towards a group of four men in black t-shirts and jeans speaking with a roadie wearing a headset.

"Oh for shit sakes that's just Nickelback. Wait, Sayori what are you doing get back here right now!" Anon's frustrated whispering turned to panic as Sayori dramatically leapt atop a tower amp, pointing down below at the confused band and crew.

"A HA! I've caught you red handed Nickelback! Your nefarious schemes will not go unabated for I, Mega Girl, am here to stop you!"

There was a moment of silence as what had just happened processed. The entirety of Nickelback staring up at an increasingly nervous looking Sayori, the realization of the present roadies that someone had been messing around by the equipment, and Anon hunkered down behind an amp waiting to see how the scene would unfold. Then, with a steady chuckle and a slow clap, Chad Kroeger stepped forward.

"Well well well, if it isn't Mega Girl? And here I thought I'd get to pull off my little stunt without any interference! But alas, you've shown your hand too early. Roadies! Attack!" With a wave of his hand a group of angry roadies began to encroach on the tower amp that Sayori was standing on. Thinking quickly, Anon slipped behind a stack of boxed equipment and pushed, sending it toppling onto a small portion of surprised crew members! Sayori saw her chance and took a mighty leap, landing squarely onto the shoulders of another roadie and knocking him to the floor. Leaping up from her landing, Sayori rushed to climb another set of boxes with roadies hot on her heels!

"Goddammit Sayo-Mega Girl I told you this was a bad idea!" Anon shouted as he kicked over the tower amp Sayori was previously standing on, sending it toppling down with a mighty crash as roadies dove out of the way for safety, leaving Sayori open to finish her climb to an advantageous position atop boxes of concert props and supplies. Chad Kroeger laughed maniacally, pointing at Anon in a defiant fashion.

"Ah ha! And the plucky sidekick Super Lad reveals himself! No matter, for you shall both soon succumb to my Faninator 9000!" Chad's villainous demeanor was only enhanced as Ryan Peake and Daniel Adair both rushed forward to attack Anon!

"Wait wait wait wait, hold the fuck on. Why do you know my and...erm...Mega Girl's superhero names? Why do you know us at ALL, actually?" Ryan and Daniel both stopped in the tracks, turning to Chad for an explanation.

"Ahhhh, poor, poor uninformed Super Lad. You and Mega Girl have been foiling my plans for years now with your wholesome outlooks and peppy, go-getter attitudes. However, after this concert that will never be a problem for me again! Even now, the Faninator 9000 charges up, waiting to be activated by my distinctive yet generic singing to turn everyone who hears us tonight into rabid Nickelback fans! You will buy our merchandise, you will buy our concert tickets, and your taste in music will be irrevocably ruined! Just as soon as Mike is finished hooking everything up, I will be able to claim that I have taken down the greatest superheroes in the world! And then finally, Avril Lavigne will come back to me and be my rightful queen as we set about creating a new world order of loyal Nickelback fans! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Anon could only stare dumbfounded at Chad Kroeger as he gave into bog standard villainous laughter, before finally speaking up again.

"Fuck right off."

"AHAHahahahaha...haaa...herm. No, no I'm being serious."

"Fuck RIGHT off. No way."

"Yes way, one hundred percent. You and Mega Girl will probably become our most diehard fans."

"No way is this happening right now."

"I'm afraid it is young Super Lad, there's very little you can do about it."

"Are you seriously telling me she was right about you guys only being successful because of villainy?"

"That is correct, yes." And no sooner had Chad finished his little back and forth with Anon did Sayori come down from her perch with a flying kick directly into the side of Chad's head! Sent reeling from the blow, Chad tries to regain his footing only for Sayori to crash into his ribs with a vicious left hook! Every attempt Chad makes to fight back is brutally and swiftly countered by Sayori channeling the full wrath of a superhero! Anon, Ryan, Dave, and the roadies could only stand and watch in awe and confusion as the beat down continued, Chad's grunts of exertion quickly becoming cries for help as the shit-kicking continued.

"Is this real? Am I having some kind of fever dream right now?" Anon wondered aloud, pinching his arm to test if he was in fact awake. As Chad's cries for help became feeble whimpering leading into him being knocked unconscious, Dave, Ryan, and the roadies all gave a sudden jerk as if something had just released it's hold on their spines.

"Ah ha! Victory for justice! Come on Super Lad! We must destroy the Faninator 9000 to ensure no one else falls prey to such a diabolical device!" Sayori called out triumphantly, standing astride a battered and unconscious Chad Kroeger.

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Anon sat on a bench outside of the big top with his chin in his hands, pondering his reality and the circumstances of his life as an officer of the law dragged Chad Kroeger into a police van. Police were taking statements from the roadies and other band members as EMTs tended to whatever damage they had sustained. Sayori was congratulated with a job well done and a coupon for half off carnival food, which she proudly flaunted in front of Anon's glassy stare.