Despite the warm sun that beat down upon the small mountain town, South Park was still relatively cold. Which was a normal start to another day of high school. The four- no three of the boys met up at the bus stop, which was another normal occurrence.

Well, it wasn't normal at first, but over the months, it has, with the way things have been changing for Stans' Gang.

Cartman had a ginormous growth spurt, and while he was still on the heavier side, he wasn't as overweight as he was in high school. Something he like to lord over everyone since he was officially the tallest of them all.

Though Kyle was a close second, getting a mix of his mother and dad. His fathers height and his mothers attitude; well you could say that Kyles' Jersey side was showing more frequently.

With that, their rivalry grew, the smallest things setting them off. To quote Kyle 'that fat fucker needs to get his gigantic head out of his rotund ass to see the light of day properly. Doubt his overstuffed ego will ever let him do that though.'

Stan on the other hand, hadn't grown much like his friends. He was more stocky and lean from his years playing sports. All his muscles were built to play football in the fall and baseball in the summer. The noirette barely cracked 5' 11" so he was the main runner, the main scorer; the soccer team really wanted him to join their team but he really enjoyed baseball and football.

And that was something Cartman always joked about, which is when Stan always looked for Kenny. Blue eyes sought out the blonde, but he's been missing for months.

Stan wasn't sure when Kenny fully disappeared from the group, but he did know it was a slow fade. First he didn't show up to the bus stop, but he'd be there during lunch or vice versa. Then it was every few days that he wouldn't show up at all.

Stan missed the perverted blonde, but he had figured he was just needing space, but the month now that he was gone, it hurt. Sure they had a few classes together and their lockers were fairly close, but he always slipped out before he could talk to him or disappeared beforehand.

Stan once brought it up to the group and Cartman replied with a brisk 'Dude, that poor ass probably got too jealous to hang with us people who have actual money,' and waved it away dismissively, going back to talking about whatever it was.

Kyles' answer was far more eloquently put, 'Maybe he's going through something and just wants to be alone?' which very well could be true, but why would he shut us so completely out.

"I just thought we were closer friends is all," Stan grumbled as Kyle patted his back in silent support.

Today however, as they boarded the bus, Stan was quieter than normal, the bickering between Kyle and Cartman was heavier than the usual and all Stan wanted was to find out what was going on with Kenny. His blue eyes sought out any sign of the blonde, but he could only see Tweek sitting with Craig, the two still going strong even after their break up back in middle school while they tried to find out if they were just getting comfortable with each other or if they still had feelings for each other. And Butters, the quiet blonde still as nervous as ever, but Stan faintly remembered that he and Kenny were really close so maybe he would know what was going on with their friend.

"Damn Stan, you're still pinning after Kenny?" Cartmans latest jab got the noirettes' attention and glaring at him, Marsh turned to face him full on, knees clashing against Kyles lanky frame.

"Really Cartman? Is it so bad to be worried for him? I haven't heard from him in two months and he's avoiding all of us," Stan challenged, daring Cartman to say anything against him.

"It's super gay of you," he shrugged and smirked a bit. "Considering what he's apparently been doing behind our backs."

That gave Stan pause. What was Cartman getting at?

"Check the message board," he insisted, and both Kyle and Stan pulled out their phones.

Going to the South Park message boards, the top four articles were all about the gun running ring operating in the town and Mysterion was helping them.

"What…" Stan breathed, skimming the page to get the jest of what was going on.

"He's still playing superhero?" Kyle quietly questioned as he read the article fully, both the redhead and noirettes' minds racing a mile a minute.

While Kyles' was probably more confused than anything, Stans' was wondering why the fuck Kenny would do something so stupid?

Just what was Kenny thinking?!