Crazy trouble with love part 8
Karmi and Hiro
Series: Big Hero 6
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-San Fransokyo, San Fransokyo Institute of Technology-
Hiro was hard at work soldering together pieces of a circuit as Baymax watched.
"Hiro. My scans show that your adrenaline levels are increasing."
"I'm fine Baymax."
"I have also noted you have been working on this for the past three hours, you require a break to recharge your body's natural energy."
Hiro sighed. "Not until I finish this new hardware."
Knock knock.
"Not now aunt Cass."
"Hiro. Your maternal figure is back at home." Baymax said while Hiro blinked.
"Uh...maybe I should take a break."
Knock knock.
"Can you scan through the door and tell me who it is? I think I've almost got it."
Baymax scanned the door. "My scans show that the individual is Karmi."
And cue Karmi walking into the room. "Hiro, you're supposed to answer the door when someone's there." she frowned making him sigh.
"I'm a little busy here."
"With what exactly?"
"A new circuit for Baymax." he smirked with pride. "This one is made to let Baymax understand what's going on around him and react with a faster speed."
"Uh huh." Karmi nodded. "As long as it doesn't affect my new project."
"And let me guess, this time you're moving from germs and moving to mold, right?" snarked Hiro.
"No!" She frowned. "It's not mold! It's a new...wait why am I telling you this?! You aren't versed in bacteriology or even microbiology!"
"Excuse me, I'm just trying to make conversation." Hiro smirked.
Karmi grumbled as Baymax started scanning her.
"My scans indicate you have a high amount of stress, I recommend taking deep breaths and herbal remedies."
"I'm not stressed!" she yelled before stamping away.
"Looks like stress to me!" Hiro called back.
"Oh be quiet!"
"I think today is gonna be a good day Baymax."
"How so? From my scans, her stress has increased, which can lead to dangerous results if left alone for quite some time. Shall I list them?"
"No no no. It's fine, just let her do her on thing."
"Very well."
(With Karmi)
She grumbled while feeling very mad. "Oooh that Hiro! Sometimes he makes me so mad I wanna hit something."
As she walked into a nice quiet lab, one she called her own, she felt very angry at Hiro's starkness.
"Oooh I'm Hiro, I have a talking robot, ooh I'm so cool. Anyone could make a robot like that, it's not rocket science."
But as she grumbled, the idea of Baymax giving her a hug came into her mind, making her dream about how soft the healthcare robot
'Then again, not many robots would be so soft and cuddly as that one, so I guess it's-NO! Do NOT give him the satisfaction of praising his work!' She thought while getting ready for her project. 'Just focus on my project.'
Knock knock.
'Oh now what?' She thought before opening the door, only to see a semi tall guy with dark black eyes, long blond hair with a curl on each side of his cheeks, wearing a white shirt with a shrimp on it, blue slippers, black shorts and had large bags under his eyes. "Yes?"
"Are you Karmi, the second most important microbiology student in this institution?" He asked with a slightly tired tone, but with a LOT of arrogance in his tone mixed with something...foreboding.
"Yes to everything except the second. I'm the first." she frowned crossing her arms.
"To Hiro right?" He asked with a sneer. "That brat is nothing but a wannabe. I mean Takashi dies and he comes by? Must be the fame."
"Hey, I might not be a fan of him, but don't go that low." she frowned. "Even I know when to shut up."
He rolled his eyes before looking at her bacteria and virus samples. "Mmm, such rare specimens. Not as great as my own, but mediocre at best."
"Just who the hell are you?!"
"Ren Iki."
"Who?"
He frowned while gripping his fist tightly for a second. "Ren Iki, the best virologist on campus and your better."
"First off, never heard of you. Second of all, walking on here as a new guy and declaring you're MY better? Alright, then you won't mind telling me your grade point average." Karmi frowned.
"An easy 4.0 every week."
"Same with me and Hiro!"
He rolled his eyes and ignored her while picking up a container. "My, a strain of cowpox, how simplistic."
"Hey!" she snatched it back. "Don't go touching my petri dishes without knowing what you're doing!"
"Oh I know what I'm doing." He said with a smirk. "As for you, you're just another second place loser."
"Why don't you go do a lecture on some worms? You two could get along just fine." she spat walking past him.
Ren rolled his eyes. "Same goes to you, after all, your admiration for Big Hero 6 is pathetic, especially the boy you seem to be infatuated with."
That made her stop and turn to him slowly. "What did you just say?"
"I said-"
BAM!
"SHUT UP!"
Ren frowned while rubbing his cheek. "Well it is. Especially when the tool of your affections doesn't care about your well being."
"SHUT UP you slimy creep!" she snapped. "You don't know a thing about him! Go crawl back under the rock you came out of!" before turning and stamped off.
He rolled his eyes before looking at her samples, mostly viruses, and pocketed them away. 'Just a few more components.'
(With Karmi)
Karmi let out a yell and kicked a rock as she got outside. "That guy is driving me nuts!" She growled before something clicked in her head. "Wait? Why am I here? That creep should've been the one to leave!" She turned and started marching back the way she came.
(In her lab)
She opened the door and frowned as the guy had left, but left mud on the floor. "Ugh, figures some creep like him would leave a mess. Now I have to be the one to clean it up." She grumbled while getting a mop and started cleaning it. 'When I do I'm gonna talk to the professor and find out just who this guy was.'
As she kept on cleaning, Ren's words rang into her mind, causing various scenarios of her 'boyfriend' to either ignore her or leave her to a deadly fate.
She shook her head. "No, he doesn't know what he's saying. Captain Cutie is sweet, kind, handsome, and he's just jealous."
Only to realize that every time she meets him, he tries to push her away or runs, mostly runs. Also a thought dawned on her.
She had no powers whatsoever.
"It must be so cool to be a superhero." She muttered before slowly getting an idea. "Wait that's it!" She pulled out some paper and began writing something down. "I will become his new super girlfriend! Captain Kawaii!" She let that sink in before shaking her head. "Nah, something a bit more...me."
She looked at her papers before brainstorming lots and lots of ideas, both good or bad.
(Some time later)
"Hey Baymax, do you think I was a bit harsh on Karmi?"
"Yes."
Hiro grumbled while on patrol, again. "I better try to say sorry tomorrow."
As they flew across the city, he noticed something odd. That being a certain glob monster trying to get a cat down from a tree with a golden collar.
"Get down from there!"
"Meow."
"Take us down Baymax."
He did while landing on the ground as the glob tried to grab the cat.
"Meow!"
"Get down!"
"Hold it right there Globby!"
Globby turned. "Not you again!"
"Meow!"
"I'm getting to you cat!"
"Meow!"
"What are you up to this time?"
"I'm just getting this collar!" He tried to grab the cat, but it moved to the left. "Stay still!"
"Meow."
"That you stole."
"What? How dare you assume such a thing!"
"Meow!"
"Get down!"
Hiro deadpanned at this.
"Uh...ok fine! So I stole it, big deal. It was just dangling off this lady who had plenty on her! Now if you'll excuse me I need to get it from this thieving cat!" Globby frowned while the cat climbed the tree. "Hey! No fair!"
"Baymax."
"On it Hiro."
"Meow."
"Get down!" Globby yelled out.
"Baymax try and restrain him."
He waddled over and grabbed Globby, only for him to get out of the grasp.
"Hey!" He glared before turning his hand into a steel hammer and knocked him back.
"Oh no."
CRASH!
Globby laughed at this. "Ha ha!"
"Meow." The cat said before jumping off a branch and right onto another tree.
"And now for my-"
"STOP RIGHT THERE BLOBMON!" yelled a synthesized robot voice from the tallest building in the area.
"Oh what now!?"
Hiro looked up and saw a giant suit of dark blue armor with smoke coming from the top of the helmet, arms and legs, a mask with sharp dagger teeth and green eyes, long gray claws with a yellow hue to them, and was the size of a ten foot human.
"Stop your kitty harassment or you shall face the heroic claws of Jami, the bacterium avenger!" They said while posing with their right arm flexing a little.
"...who?"
The figure pointed at Globby. "Jami you blob! Now stay away from the cat!"
"Is this one of your guys?" Globby asked looking at Hiro.
"Nope." Hiro said.
That was when Jami jumped down and pointed at Globby. "Surrender amoeba!"
"Amoeba? Of all the rudeness!" he glared before swinging both iron fists at him. Only to get scratched by the claws, causing the arms to fall off.
"Hope you like my Clostridium botulinum and Chikungunya laced claws!" She smirked while Globby started to become super tired and had trouble putting himself back together. "Aka muscle weakness and joint pain!"
"Glug...blbab…"
"And trouble talking."
"Noose...fere..."
Baymax slowly got up and scanned Globby. "You're body shows signs of the toxin Botulism and the disease CHIKV. I suggest visiting the local hospital within 72 hours or wait until a week has past. Risk of death for Botulism, ~7.5%, risk of death for CHIKV, ~1 in 1,000."
"Ok, that's pretty good." muttered Hiro caught off guard.
Jami extended their hand up. "Mission accomplished fellow hero."
"Uh...yeah, thanks." Hiro gulped. "So um...why help us?"
"To join you in fighting crime!" They said with a 'smile'. "With my viruses and bacteria powers!"
"Well I do appreciate the help, but...maybe cut back on using anything too lethal. We wanna stop villains, not possibly kill them."
"...but blobmon's fine."
"Blib...zible..."
"Still, it's better to incapacitate someone without the risk. For instance, what would you do if someone has an allergic reaction to a strand of bacteria and there was NO cure?" Hiro frowned.
Jami gulped. "Um…..research?"
Hiro sighed. "Just give up the hero business until you learn to control your actions."
And cue a large mental crack hitting 'Jami' hard. "B-B-But I can help!"
"I'm sure you can, but being a hero isn't just beating the bad guys, you need to be ready for anything, including holding back when in a fight. If a thief, robber, or even innocent bystander is possibly killed, then you could be seen as a new threat for everyone around."
"B-B-But….."
"I'm not saying quit altogether. Believe me your suit is something to be impressed with, but if you wanna help, you might need some time to learn on how to be a hero. If you want, I could help teach you." he offered making Jami freeze up.
"What?"
"You heard me."
They gulped before falling back and fainted.
"...ok, didn't expect that."
"Hiro, shall I perform CPR?"
"No, I don't wanna be a jerk and unmask them like this."
"Are you sure Hiro?"
He nodded.
(Much later)
"Sorry." Jami bowed. "It was a...overloading stimulant."
"It's fine."
Jami sighed. "So you want to know how I made the suit?"
"Well I am a little curious."
They 'smirked'. "Well I used a system similar to your robotic friend, but with temperature controlled cooling systems for my viruses and RNA based organisms. The smoke is a byproduct of the cooling system, as for the claws, renewable canister system with a selection of illnesses to incapacitate foes and capable of coating the claws like poison on a blade. Oh and a suction system to obtain bacteria on the fly."
Hiro nodded.
"And a super mode if the going gets tough, although I added titanium and stainless steel for added mobility and toughness."
"Wow, now that's pretty impressive. But how did you know what system Baymax uses?"
"Um...internet?" They gulped.
"I never put it on the internet." he raised an eyebrow with suspicion.
They gulped. "Um...so I have some interesting abilities."
"Like?"
"The Common Cold, Blastocystosis, the Botulinum toxin, Campylobacteriosis, Cat-scratch disease, Chikungunya, Influenza, Tetanus, and Athlete's Foot." They listed. "All non lethal."
Baymax scanned the suit. "My scans show a ninety nine percent possibility of contamination and/or leakage. Shall I suggest possible improvements for your possible health?"
"No worries, I made this suit the last min-I mean! All month! I know it won't leak."
"You have a large tear on your back."
"Nothing to worry about." Jami said while Hiro looked behind them and saw it was rather large, showing a elastic black suit with wires all over it.
"I'd beg to differ. Maybe we could give you a hand with that."
'They' turned around. "I-It's fine! I have a crack team to help me!"
"Are you sure?"
"Y-Yes!" 'They' said before running away, tripping a little on Globby before quickly vanishing behind a building.
"Ugh...glibly zow…"
(Later with Jami)
"I can't believe I did that!" Jami cried out while going into a lab and began taking off the armor. "I had to make him so...so...upset and embarrassed myself as well!"
As they took the helmet off, it showed Karmi, who was very stressed and embarrassed. She felt like her world fell apart as she sat on a chair. "Why didn't I just take his offer? I would have had him right up close to me, oh so close, we might have even brushed hands against each other."
As she tried to calm down, she started to feel like the world was destroyed.
"But still." Karmi grumbled. "The Jami suit needs work and….ugh! I can't ask Hiro for help or he'll get a big head!"
A thought bubble showed the boy lording over her making her frown as it popped.
"I made the suit on short notice, so I can fix it no problem." She muttered before looking at the tear. 'Oh boy, this might take a while.'
(Two days later)
Hiro walked down the hallway while heading to the lab, only to see the 'best virologist' in the campus, Ren Iki. And he knew this because the first time they met, the guy made it VERY clear to Hiro's face, much to his annoyance.
"Hello, Hiro." He said with a slight jeer. "How's being an only child treating you?"
Hiro glared at him and tried to keep from losing his anger. "Pretty good, how's being a pompous big head on campus?"
Ren ignored at that part. "Oh don't act like that, it's unbecoming of a simple robotics engineer."
"Oh yeah, real simple. It's not like robotics doesn't take a lot of hard work and skill. Or that the school USES robots to clean up the cafeteria and save time. Yeah, totally simple." remarked Hiro sarcastically.
He rolled his eyes again while saying. "I don't have time for small talk, my project is ready and you, a small child, will not stop it. After all, you are like a simple bacterium, not even worth existing."
Hiro saw red hearing that as Ren walked away, but dropped a piece of paper. He looked down and saw...a microbot with a virus like upper body and lower spider like legs as the words 'Instant Cure Bot. Good for curing viruses and other microbes.' "Wait…that's my idea! He stole my idea!" he clenched the paper and ran over before cutting him off. "What's the big idea!"
"Oh." He took the paper out of his hands and walked away. "Why thank you."
"Hey! Don't act innocent!" he grabbed his shoulder. "That's my idea! You're taking my idea!"
He smirked a little. "Yet you stopped to work on a marshmallow. Face it, I'm the new owner of your 'failed' project."
"The heck you are! Just because I'm not working on it doesn't give you the right to take it." He frowned as Ren pushed him away and walked away, cackling.
"Have fun being third place, only child."
'Oh he's not getting away with this.' Hiro thought while recalling that 'his' project was going to shown to the entire school tomorrow, and he needed help.
(Later)
-Principal's office-
Said woman herself was working on some digital files.
Only for Hiro to open the door while looking annoyed. "Professor Granville I have a problem."
She looked up. "And that would be?"
"This guy, Ren Iki, he stole my microbot idea." He spoke walking up to her desk. "He's trying to play it off as HIS when he even admitted to taking it"
She raised an eyebrow at this. "And you have proof?"
"Yes. Well...I mean I did, before he took it." He admitted sheepishly. "But I know what I saw."
"Mr. Hamada, accusations like this must be shown evidence before action can be taken to keep any misunderstandings from happening."
"B-But-"
"If you can find me definite proof it IS your idea, then I can do something and punish him."
Hiro groaned. "Look, I will get the proof. I guarantee it."
"I hope so." She nodded as the boy turned and left her office.
'Ugh! I need to get his work, no wait. I need to get my research on the microbots.' He thought. 'I'm not gonna let that smug bastard do whatever he wants.'
(On the day of the event)
-Auditorium-
The students chattered to themselves as several liked some of 'Hiro's Group's' projects, and were waiting for the last two students.
Karmi and Ren.
Said girl was double checking to make sure she had everything. 'Ok.' She thought with a sigh. 'This is it.' she took deep breaths while practicing her smile. 'You got this Karmi.'
As she looked over her work, Ren brought his work, which was in a large tank covered in glass, in a large wagon.
'Show off.' She thought while Ren walked to the stage with a smirk.
'Time to unveil my masterpiece in virology.' He thought with a grin.
The audience chattered to themselves while looking very interested.
"Welcome ladies and gentlemen, to what's sure to be the crowning moment for all of this." Ren said while taking in a microphone. "And as you know, I'm the best in my field, which is why throughout the months I created a new means of healing from the most deadly of viruses."
The crowd blinked while Ren took off the cover, revealing tiny black objects with a long spiral body, a giant five sided pentagon with long spindly legs on each end while a small smiley face was on them.
"Meet Instant Cure Bots, the next generation of healing nanobots." He smirked while pulling out a small headband with tiny black horns on it. "And with this apparatus, I can control them and form special medical tools for any situation."
Karmi blinked before frowning as she recalled how Hiro got into the school in the first place. 'Those are Microbots!'
"And with my invention, humanity will be able to stop viruses that seem impossible to be destroyed in a conventional way. No need to thank me." He smirked. "I live to help humanity."
The crowd clapped while Hiro crossed his arms with a glare while his friends were just as irked.
"Oh by the way." Ren said while pointing to Hiro. "Thank you for giving me my work, I really enjoyed that. But who knows, I might need a grunt simian in the future."
He saw red before noticing Karmi was walking over and-
KICK!
"AH!" He cried out while getting hit in the balls.
"You bastard! You plagiarized someone's work!"
"Ah….what are you talking about?" He grunted.
"Don't act like you don't know! Anyone here who knows Hiro would know the machines he made that got him here in the first place."
"Yeah, microbots." spoke Gogo walking over while blowing a bubble. "You know, things that seem awfully similar to your little robots."
Ren slowly got up. "So? My Instant Cure Bots are nothing more then an improvement on a siblingless boy."
That made them go wide eyed before Karmi growled and grabbed the mic and turned to the crowd.
"Ladies and gentlemen! I'd like to ask a serious question. Can any of you recall the incident a while back? The one where there was a fire that claimed an innocent life?"
They muttered while it was still sore and in the minds of some of the students.
"If so, then you must remember an important invention showcased there. Something that was so amazing and revolution, it was stolen by a mad man who killed that student. I'm talking about Hiro's own microbots, tiny robots that could build anything together WHILE also being used by a headband neutral controller. The kind that REN here, also has for his robots. Doesn't that strike you as odd?"
That got them to mutter loudly.
Ren just straightened his outfit and tisked. "Really Karmi? You bring that boring event up, the one that no one cares anymore."
That made the crowd gasp and Hiro yell before getting held back by Honey and Wasabi.
"It wasn't boring you bastard! My brother DIED because of that!"
"Then he died for a ridiculous reason." He smirked. "After all, people don't care for sentimentales or bonds, they care about adapting. And my Instant Cure Bots are just that, adapting to a flawed invention of a boy whose brother was nothing special. Just another bag of viruses that I can use to advance my career. So go ahead, put me in detention, I don't care, as long as I show the bot fighter and the bacterium lover who's the real master of science in this institution."
This made the crowd more horrified and the students so angry they were ready to lose it, but the one that surprised them was Fred who let out a yell and straight up tackled Ren and started punching at him.
"Don't you dare talk shit about Tadashi! He was a great guy! A swell guy! Someone you aren't a quarter of!" he yelled out in fury while blindly hitting at Ren's face before grabbing the front of his suit and looked him dead in the eyes. "And you know what the best part about this is?"
"What? That he's dead?"
"No, it's that I'm not a student, so I can't get expelled." he smirked before headbutting Ren so hard it broke his nose and kept wailing on him before Wasabi and Gogo moved over to pull him off. "Let me go! He needs to get his ass kicked!"
"That wouldn't be what Takashi wanted!"
He growled before Ren got up, cleaned himself up and smirked.
"I don't really care, I'm winning today." He smirked. "After all, Karmi here has nothing worth using."
And cue Karmi getting pissed and decided to bring out her own project, just to put this….bastard in his place. "Oh yeah? Ladies and gentlemen, I ask you to turn your attention to my project!"
They did so as Karmi revealed her project, which was a very slim suit of armor with dark blue and pink colorization, a pair of long syringes on each gauntlet and a pair of rocket boosters on the feet, similar to Jami's armor was what Hiro thought in his head.
"This is my Bacterium Containment Protocol Armor, or BCPA for short." She smirked. "While a little bit like my Captain Cutie's armor, I made sure to actually put credit into my works while also changing it up. For example, the syringes are designed to extract harmful diseases and vaccines without penetrating the skin and able to go mach two speeds on the fly. And with its built in AI, capable of categorizing and maintaining a library's worth of treatments, the BCPA will be used to help with medical based problems during a disaster. In a sense, a hero that helps the sick." 'And a coverup for my Jami armor, thank you instant shrinking capabilities.'
The crowd were intrigued while she showed it off.
"Wow, that would make doctor visits so much less painful." whispered Wasabi in awe. "I want one."
"Not to mention it could help out so many hospitals identifying unknown diseases or ones the staff don't know at the moment. Very handy." nodded Honey.
"And it has rocket packs!" Fred grinned with stars in his eyes.
Ren frowned slightly before saying. "Really? A suit of armor? That is nothing more than a diluted idea for an idiotic crush on a hero with no real abilities outside a bunch of would be 'heroes', if you can even call them that. You should have stuck with bacterium."
Karmi smirked. "It also can scan for bacteria or virus based illnesses, genetic or manmade. Care for a demonstration?"
The crowd seemed intrigued with several nodding.
Karmi clicked a few buttons on the right gauntlet before the head's visor began scanning Ren.
"Scanning complete. Subject has a severe case of narcissistic personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, and a high case of a superiority complex." the AI said in Hiro's voice. "I highly suggest long term treatment-"
And cue Ren using the Instant Cure Bot's to form a giant hammer and smashed it.
"Oops, looks like your project was destroyed." He smiled evilly. "Too bad for you, second rate bacteriologist."
"Hey! You can't just destroy someone else's project with a stolen one!" called out Hiro.
He turned to him. "But I just did, so I won and she is now in last place. Just like anyone else that crosses me."
Karmi just shook her head before the armor started to fix itself. "Not yet, and I just used a nanotech based bacteria, all in the form of an internal engine, to keep it from rusting or getting smashed by cheaters."
Ren growled while the crowd clapped in applause.
"Also." She walked over and kicked him in the junk again. "THAT'S for being an unfeeling bastard!"
He grunted while seeing the principal walking towards him. "Ah...so you came to verify my….perfect project?"
"Actually Mr. Iki, I came by to give you this." she replied handing him a paper with him reading it and went wide eyed.
"E-Expulsion?!"
"That's right. You see, I happened to be seeing everything, and I mean EVERYTHING." she frowned. "Like how your project happens to work EXACTLY like Hiro's past microbots. Along with insulting a great student who fell in a tragedy, while denouncing him as ridiculous for losing his life over trying to save a previous staff member here. You have also shown unorthodox behavior of a student here by insulting and belittling them and believing you to be superior. I also happened to look at your test papers you took when you applied here, and low and behold, I discovered them to be exact answers copied directly from MY computer."
Ren slowly got up while looking mad. "So? I just adapted to this lowly school's pathetic quiteria. As for the so called 'greatest student', he's not so great. Just another microbe for me to dissect and repurpose into my virology field."
"Well then, if you believe yourself to be so great, you can be the best somewhere else." she smiled. "Although when news of what you've done has reached the other schools, I don't think they'll be so eager to want someone like you there. Now get out, you're disqualified."
He frowned before suddenly using the 'microbots' to slap her away as he walked off. "Alright then, I'll just get my stuff. Goodbye, peasant."
Granville rubbed her cheek before narrowing her eyes and pushed a button on her tablet, causing two security drones to drop down and snatch the controller making the microbots go slack. "Your stuff is already outside, and I took the liberty of disposing of a few other plans you were going to 'repurpose' from some of the other students here."
He slowly turned around before showing a very strange face, one full of pure hate and malice. "You will pay for expelling me." He then looked at Karmi with the same face. "And you, if I ever find you in San Fransokyo, I will show you the true meaning of 'adapting'."
"Take the hint Ren, and leave." spoke Hiro with his friends nodding. "Before you make a fool out of yourself."
Ren turned around before walking off, leaving behind his 'creations' in the process. 'I will come back for them later. And then they will all pay.'
"Apologies everyone for a display like that. I can assure you the students here are very clear on acting like that." spoke Granville into the mic. "Please, continue and observe and see what they've prepared for the occasion."
And like that, everyone went back to watching the show as Karmi felt both relieved and a bit unnerved at the same time.
(Some days later)
-Karmi's Lab-
"Alright, now to just….there!" she smiled while putting a petri dish on a shelf along with dozens others. "Perfect, nice and organized."
Knock knock.
She blinked before carefully pushing a button to hide her Jami armor, now more streamlined and with the 'bugs' semi fixed' in a special case that then turned around to show a bookcase. "Who is it?"
"It's me, Hiro."
"Oh, come in." 'Thank kami I got my suit hidden. I didn't need him finding out about my….boy, what am I now? Hero or anti hero?'
Yep, she was conflicted on what side of the law she was on, normal justice like her crush or vigilante justice like from the old cartoons she used to watch. Especially after she made the 'small' mistakes of using almost lethal bacteria on the bad guys, sending them to a hospital and making 'Captain Cutie' very disturbed and stayed clear of her.
Hiro entered and walked over with a smile. "Sorry if I'm interrupting something, but I thought I'd come by and...say thank you for the other day."
"Oh." She said while taking her goggles off. "Well it's the least I can do. He was really pissing me off and stealing from you? It's just wrong in my books."
"Yeah, honestly I thought I was gonna have to sick Gogo on him." he joked.
"From her demeanor and twitching eye, I think that would've worked fine with me." She joked back. "But is there anything else you wanted to talk about? And no, not your crush on me."
Hiro groaned and shook his head. "For the last time I-nevermind. I also wanted to say your project is pretty cool. I mean it's not exactly something I'd make, but it's definitely you."
"Well thank you, and to tell you the truth." She sighed. "The BCPA was based also on a fanfic of mine, one where Captain Cutie gets stuck on a mountain and I, dawning the armor, rescue him and….ah~" she blushed wildly at the last part.
Hiro paled and shivered. "Uh, yeah, bit too much info, but yeah, just wanted to say thanks for standing up against that guy, and props to the invention. Who knows, maybe you'll get it patented in a year." he joked.
"Oh I'm planning on it. Right after I fix one tiny bug." She said.
"And that's?"
"Oh the AI sometimes malfunctions in the heat of ba-I mean training and it will suddenly emit gas that's similar to helium." She said with a quick tone of voice. "So I really need to find a non flammable gas for the cooling system." 'Ah! Almost spilled the beans!'
"Well I could lend you a hand."
She gulped. "Um...that's ok. I mean you have other projects right?"
"None right now."
"Um…..oh! Right I have some bacteria to study, so off you go!" She said quickly while Hiro's watch started to make a beeping sound.
'Crap! Another bad guy...in the same day!' "Uh yeah, I just remembered...I need to...help Fred with a monster suit of his."
"Wait, he has a what?"
"He likes to dress up like giant monsters around his house, you know the foamy ones they use in monster movies."
"Then why do you need-HEY!" She yelled as Hiro ran off. "I wasn't done talking!"
As she grumbled, she noticed a blinking light from behind the bookshelf and caused it to spin around to show the Jami suit was blinking, an indicator that 'Captain Cutie' was on patrol.
"I guess it's time to save the day, again."
(Elsewhere with Hiro)
"Alright Baymax, what have we got?"
"Hiro, scans show that Globby is currently below us."
"Wait, didn't we just catch him?"
"Affirmative."
"How'd he get away?" Hiro asked before looking down and saw Globby, or something similar to him with a light green tint to him, crawling around like a slug. "Something feels off about him."
It crawled around while causing a strange 'rot' to form around it, causing people and animals to fall to the ground in pain.
"Baymax move down!"
Baymax went down to the ground before scanning the blob and flew back up.
"Baymax what's wrong? We have to get down there and stop him."
"Hiro, my scans show the one called Globby has signs of Myxococcus xanthus, California encephalitis orthobunyavirus, Influenza A, Koala retrovirus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Orf from the Parapox virus, Powassan virus, Rabies lyssavirus, Rhinovirus, West nile, and Yellow fever. Direct contact or air contact will compromise your bodily functions and lead to death."
"Ok I only understood like part of those viruses, but I trust you. How did Globby end like that? He can be tough, but he's a walking biohazard." Hiro said before seeing Jami flying towards him.
"Ready for butt kicking!" 'He' said while waving as the blob moved farther away from them.
"Jami, good timing. We could use your help with this one."
"How so?"
"The subject is suffering from signs of Myxococcus xanthus, California encephalitis orthobunyavirus, Influenza A, Koala retrovirus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Orf from the Parapox virus, Powassan virus, Rabies lyssavirus, Rhinovirus, West nile, and Yellow fever." Baymax said.
"...shit! All of those are plagues! And most of them will kill anyone or worse, disfigure them in horrible ways before they expire! Wait, is that blobmon?"
"It's Globby."
"I don't see it."
"Well do you know of any other weird glob?" asked Hiro rhetorically. "Do you have anything that might cure him?"
"Unfortunately no, if it's a conglomerate of deadly viruses and an adapting predatory bacteria, then I don't have it. It's new to the world of microbiology."
"Oh no." Baymax said as the blob suddenly jumped into a manhole and disappeared.
"If we let him get away he could cause an epidemic!"
"Then we have to get him before that happens." Hiro said with a serious tone.
Jami nodded. "I'll head north, you head south captain."
Hiro groaned. "Stop calling me captain! I'm Hi-" He then closed his mouth quickly.
"You're what?"
"Um…...nothing."
"But I thought you said Hi-" Jami said before seeing the other hero going the other way, making 'him' recall a very similar incidence from a few days ago, which he just ran off after talking about the 'auditorium' incident, which 'he' heard from a friend of a friend who looked at the university, and how 'he' thought Hiro was going to give 'Karmi' a kiss or something. Needless to say, that didn't help at all. "Hey!" 'Ok….this is getting REALLY suspicious.'
(Later)
After a LONG day of searching….well they didn't find the blob, but they did learn something after visiting Globby in jail.
It wasn't him, at all.
"Ok, so we have some random wandering blob whose literally a walking plague. Great." muttered Hiro sarcastically.
Jami 'blinked'. 'That reminded me of someone...but who?' "Still, at least it wasn't blobmon right?"
"No because now we gotta let the whole city know. If that thing is allowed to roam around, we're talking about some kind of super plague being spread."
"True, but where would a giant amoeba of bacteria and viral plagues go to?"
"Aren't you the expert here?"
"Yes, for normal bacteria!" Jami 'frowned'. "This isn't normal at all!"
"Then the best thing we can do is tell the police and see if they can keep anyone from leaving or entering the city."
'He' nodded before Baymax's batteries started to hit ten percent.
"Ah….I'm Baymax…." he groaned out in a high squeaky voice. "You look...funny."
"Oh no, he needs to recharge. Go tell the police what's going on." Hiro said while trying to move Baymax away.
"Fuzzy baby….Hiro, the world is spinning…." he groaned out while Jami heard it and 'jaw dropped' in the helmet.
'Wait….Captain Cutie's robot just said...Hiro?!'
(Later)
"It can't be...it just can't be...it must have been my imagination." Karmi thought while in her lab as she placed her armor away. "I mean….Captain Cutie is….Hiro….what is wrong with my imagination?!"
Yep, she was in both denial and shock, mostly shock.
"His robot must have blown a circuit. Yeah, that's it. I mean, Hiro and Captain Cutie? Way too different and nothing alike at all." She said before pulling out a picture of her hero, only to notice something.
The face being reflected inside the helmet.
"..." she blinked rapidly before doing a spit take. "WHAT?!" she looked closer and paled. "No...no no no no! This...it can't be!"
But it was true, for in the visor, was Hiro's face.
"Captain Cutie IS Hiro?! FUCKING HIRO?!" She cried out in horror, but not as much as a normal person would have as she was just in horror for JUST realizing how similar the two were. "He...He can't be! He just can't!"
'But you know it's true.' said her fan fiction side, which was the more lovey dovey side. 'After all, they have the same body type~!'
"Shut up!" she covered her ears. "Lots of guys are short like that!"
'But look at him, he's got the same eyes, the same drive, and OOOH! Both were scared when you mentioned the crush, oh! Wait….oh no.'
"What?!"
'I think….we both ridiculed AND love him….meaning we kinda made him choose another route in the story and he's looking for another, less crazy romantic lead.'
"Quiet!" Karmi got up and walked to the sink to splash water on her face. "Just be quiet!"
'I will not! You might be dense, but face it, you love Hiro as a hero and a boy. But we just screwed that up by making him uncomfortable around us! Hell I think that's why he's running away from Jami!'
"He doesn't even know Jami IS us!" she snapped while looking in a mirror and recalled Baymax and went wide eyed. "Oh god...Captain Cu-I mean, Hiro's robot was there the whole time!...how the HECK did I not see THAT!?"
'Again, dense.'
"Quit talking and let me think! I can't believe I'm arguing with myself."
'Fine, but I will tell you this. You better get him or you might become a depressed oc character in a bad fanfic.' The other self said before going silent.
"...I need tea, a lot of it." Karmi muttered while putting a hand on her forehead while not noticing a small light blue goo slinking in the ventilation systems, holding tiny black bots in its body.
(A few days later)
Karmi groaned while currently eating some muffins in the cafeteria, still trying to wrap her mind on her….revelation. She had been pondering on just what she should do now. Tell Hiro, keep it to herself, both? Her mind was all over the place.
All the while feeling her heart skipping several beats from just thinking about Hiro, as strange as it may sound.
'I feel like a complete idiot. It was so obvious, it was right there, and I missed it. Not to mention all the fanfics I wrote about us….I pray he doesn't actually read them.' She thought with a light blush before recalling that Hiro, in his hero persona, has….been avoiding her like the plague. 'But still, why is he running away from me? Is it my methods? My suit? My bacteria? What?!'
'He's nervous, especially when you did call him captain. That and you did scare him with your vigilante methods.'
She groaned as she kinda been beating up more criminals lately, or just accidentally using more leatha diseases on some of them, like the cowpox virus on that sushi villainess last week.
'That and let's face it, you're not really being subtle about getting easily annoyed by him.'
'I get it! But how am I going to keep myself sane?'
'Maybe become an anti hero? An anti villain? Or something, I mean you have written stories about lovers from opposing sides before.'
'I can't do that. I mean if I start doing stuff like a villain, then I can kiss my future goodbye. At least with what I'm doing now is some good at least.'
'I said anti villain. But I get the point, so why not be an anti villain? One that uses more violent methods on criminals, that way Hiro spends more time hunting you down and less time running from you. Either that or at least try something that's not eating muffins.'
'Oh yeah, have him hunt me down, not like he'll just find me the exact same place I stay at.'
'Just try something. I mean you might be a cute ship if you get off your ass and try SOMETHING!'
Karmi grumbled at this while not seeing Hiro sitting next to her, eating a bit of cereal.
"Hey Karmi."
"WAHH!" she jumped while tossing her muffin in the air and looked at him in surprise. "H-Hiro!?"
Splat.
And cue him getting a muffin on his face.
"..." he took it off him. "A bit jumpy today?"
"Jumpy? Me? Of course not, what would make you say that?" she asked looking away.
"The screaming and the muffin." He deadpanned. "So mind me sitting here?"
"Yes! I mean no! I mean...oh forget it." she spoke getting up and quickly walking away with a blush.
"Hey wait! I had something to ask you!" he spoke following her.
"I'm busy!"
"But it's really important! Like really important!"
"Don't care!"
"But-" he tried to say before both noticed that one part of the building was quarantined, that being the storage block and the virology department. "Hey, what's going on?"
Karmi stopped and saw a guy in a hazmat suit walking by. "Excuse me, but what happened here?"
"Oh someone broke in last night and stole some stuff before releasing a large amount of infectious diseases into the department. We're still trying to figure out who it is, but stay back or you might get scrubbed."
That made both kids shocked and worried.
"What were those things exactly?" Hiro asked.
"Thousands of viruses, frozen mind you, bits of armor from last year's 'San Fransokyo Robot Bash Tournament', the defeated ones, and something called Instant Cure Bots. No idea why it was in there, but apparently it was important or the thief wouldn't have stolen it." He said. "But the strangest thing was that all the doors and cases were locked and airtight."
"Wait, Instant Cure Bots?" asked Hiro with suspicion.
"Yeah, but I have no idea what they are, just saw the leftover box they were in." He said. "But you two should get going before you get contaminated."
"Good idea." spoke Karmi already moving away. 'Time for a little patrol.'
"Hey wait!" Hiro yelled out as Karmi ran off. 'Ok….whats going on here?'
(Later)
Big Hero 6 got together while Wasabi, Honey and Fred were notified about the infectious diseases and had some masks on, or with Wasabi, five of them on at the same time, as they made it to the scene of the crime.
"Wow, this reminds of this awesome movie involving rabid zombies that went around after a huge outbreak. I saw it ten times." smiled Fred.
"Please don't talk about that, I don't have enough hand sanitizer for something like that." spoke Wasabi while Gogo rolled her eyes.
"Whoever took all that stuff has either a weird obsession, or has a big grudge against the city."
As they got to the storage room, they saw Jami already there, looking over some of the now rotted boxes inside.
"O-Oh hey." 'He' got out nervously. "Um I'm here."
"We noticed." remarked Go Go with a raised eyebrow while the others got on guard. "And just who are you?"
"Jami?" spoke Hiro surprised. "It's ok guys, this is that guy I mentioned before."
"The one that turned Globby into a actual blob?" Honey asked.
"Yep." Jami 'smirked'. "Blobmon was sure annoying, right?"
"Blobmon?"
"You know, he's a blob."
"Uh, the name is Globby, thank you very much." Fred pointed out with his hands on his sides.
"Oh, Blobmon sounds better." 'He' said before pointing to the boxes. "And from my findings, they have been coated in a mix of Rabies lyssavirus and Influenza A. So don't touch them without your armor and….monster suit."
And cue Wasabi screaming in horror.
"Quiet." spoke Go Go bluntly before she looked Jami over. "Just how long have you been here before we showed up?"
"About two minutes ago, and no I didn't steal anything. I'm no thief."
"But you did inject viruses into some of our bad guys."
"Accidentally! Really, how was I supposed to know that Athletes Foot mixed with Cowpox would make that crazy sushi ninja throw up and break out in boils?!" Jami snapped before coughing. "Sorry, got a little too into the moment." 'And trying not to blow my cover!'
"I'm just saying, seems kinda convenient considering what we heard, you DO use stuff like that." Go Go pointed out.
"Yes, but they are bacteria based, not viral based. I'm not a virologist." 'He' 'frowned'. "Jeez, some people really don't read up on the differences in microbiology."
"Look, let's all be calm." spoke Honey. "Right now we shouldn't fight with each other."
"It's not called fighting if I have a good reason not to trust him. Other than two of us, we've never actually met with this guy."
Hiro spoke up. "Look, let's just solve this mystery before someone gets hurt. Those 'Microbots' were dangerous enough with Calaghand, if anyone else has them it's bad news."
"Wait! I got it!" spoke up Fred. "Maybe this guy can follow the trail! I mean, don't those tiny things leave some kind of trail?"
"Well yeah but I don't know how he might have done it and I don't even know if that bastard changed the frequency before he got expelled."
"We won't know unless we try." spoke Wasabi. "Preferably AWAY from here."
Jami 'pulled' out a vial of black metal from the gauntlet. "Found this while storing the viruses into my suit, maybe this might help...but one question."
"What?"
"Um, are you avoiding me? I mean you do avoid me a lot lately on patrol, and that's kinda rude." 'He' asked while Hiro shook his head at that question.
"Not now."
"But it's kinda important. I mean aren't we partners?" 'He' asked. 'Or am I really causing him discomfort?'
"Well...uh….look, can we talk about this later? Now's not exactly a good time."
Jami groaned while handing him the vial. "Fine, but we are talking about this later Hi-I mean captain-I mean….nevermind."
"What is that?" asked Honey.
Hiro looked it over while Baymax was trying to get inside the room, but the armor wasn't helping matters. "It looks like….oh. It's a microbot component."
Baymax finally got inside before scanning the vial. "Scan complete. Frequency similar to the original microbots. Shall I track them Hiro?"
"Yes."
Jami felt very embarrassed while hoping that no one found 'him' out, especially Hiro.
(Elsewhere)
-Abandoned Hospital-
The team and on again off again hero looked at the rundown building while it was covered in light blue goo and had strange dark green gas emanating from it.
"Scans show the signal coming directly, precisely in the basement area."
"And my scans." Jami said. "Have picked up hundreds of airborne viruses, many of them lethal. But it's strangely not blowing away in the wind like any normal microbe, it's staying stationary."
"Are any of them flammable?" asked Hiro. "Because if so, then we're gonna have to hold it on the fire." he looked at Fred.
"Aw man."
"No." Jami said. "There isn't anything flammable here, but it might be a good idea. Flames and the pipes in this rather unsanitary building might not be a good idea."
"Are we doomed of getting infected the minute we step in there? Cause if so, I vote someone stay outside just in case, I volunteer." spoke Wasabi.
Jami shook his head at that. "Unless you break your mask or armor, I don't think that's a problem….unless they somehow adapted. But I'm the only one with bacterium with inorganic and organic consumer in my claws. Great for stopping giant robots like in my fan-" 'He' then covered 'his' mouth. 'Shit!'
"Your what?" asked Go Go.
"Um, well….oh you caught me. I sometimes write fanfics about giant robots. It's a stress reliever, I mean don't you have things to use after a stressful day of asskicking?" She half lied as it was a coping thing after so many stressful patrols.
"Uh...well yeah, I mean we all have hobbies." spoke Honey. "Personal I'm a fan of hand stitching together plushies."
"Oh." 'He' said before they looked at Wasabi. "Coming?"
"You're SURE it's safe?"
"Maybe. But you'll live...with a lot of pain but you'll live." Jami sweatdropped.
"Let's get going then." spoke Hiro.
(Inside)
In the hospital, well...it was dark, creepy and had dead rats and bats all over the place, which made Wasabi nearly puke.
And that was only the first floor.
"Ok guys, keep your eyes peeled. No telling where Ren might pop out." spoke Hiro as Baymax lead them to the basement.
"What makes you think it's Ren?" asked Honey. "Maybe it's someone else?"
"Or an alien monster." Fred pointed out.
"Oh yeah, because some alien is the biggest asshole who we just recently saw get kicked out." remarked Go Go sarcastically.
"Wait, there WAS an alien in the campus? Holy smokes!" spoke Fred making Go Go facepalm.
"Forget I said anything." She groaned before they saw Baymax trying to walk down some stairs.
Jami looked around before asking. "Do you have the feeling we're being watched captain?"
"Please don't call me captain." Hiro said. "I really don't like the title, especially when a certain someone uses a variation of it constantly."
"Oh...just who would that someone be?"
"Karmi." He said while Jami stopped in 'his' tracks for a second. "She's always trying to write fanfics, chase me around with love letters, and once tried to hug me. Ugh, she's like some...crazy stalker."
'Stalker?' she thought looking down. 'I didn't really act like that, I mean, it couldn't have been that bad, right?'
"And the worst part is that she's inconsistent." He grumbled while trying to to reveal his secret identity. "Like one minute she's nice the next, thinks I'm crushing on her or something. Ugh, it's just annoying and very creepy."
And cue 'Jami' halting in 'his' tracks and looked horrified and downright hurt, not that you can see it from the helmet.
"It makes things really awkward and it's why I don't really try to, you know, give her a chance. I'm just not sure it would work out. I mean, all she does is know my hero job, she doesn't know what I'm really like."
"..." 'Oh kami…..I really screwed up this time! I think I felt my heart shatter!'
"But we can talk about that later. Got any leads Jami?" He asked before hearing nothing. "Um Jami?"
But 'he' kept on standing in place as the team looked back confused.
"Maybe he has to go to the bathroom." Fred whispered.
"Really dude?" Wasabi deadpanned.
Jami then turned around and let out a loud scream that lasted for a few minutes before turning around and bowing. "I can't take it anymore! I'm sorry, but I can't keep this a secret anymore!"
"What secret?" asked Honey.
"I'm not who you think I am! I'm not some good crime fighter, I'm…" 'He' said before the robotic voice vanished to reveal a very familiar voice. "Just a stalker that thought her hero would accept me. Fat lot that did since you think I'm creepy."
"Wait, that voice…" Hiro's eyes widened big along with the others. "Karmi!?"
"Plot twist!" Fred yelled out.
Karmi grumbled. "Sorry. For being dense. I mean, how did I not know you were the same person?"
"We have all been wearing various colored armor to hide our identities." Baymax pointed out.
"But how did you find out?" Honey asked.
"I saw Hiro's reflection." She sighed. "And look, I didn't mean to lie, but I thought I had a chance at being your partner, but all I did was act like a fool."
"Wow...this is kinda awkward." Wasabi muttered while Hiro was utterly floored and felt mortified.
"Oh my...I mean...oh man." he muttered looking at the floor.
"Well." Karmi sighed. "After this patrol, I'm hanging up my mantle. I mean, I can't stay near someone that doesn't feel the same way, or even likes me in general." 'Ugh! Why do I always blow it!'
"Uh guys? Can we focus right now?" spoke Go Go. "There'll be plenty of time to kiss and make up, AFTER we find the rat."
Hiro shook his head. "R-Right." 'Crap, I just HAD to say that!'
(Towards the basement)
As the team made it to the door, they found it was covered in light blue goo and had a otherworldly feel to it.
"Stand back, time for my patented Dragon Kick!" spoke Fred backing up.
"Wait, it might not-" Hiro called out before Fred got his leg stuck in the goo. "Work."
"Saw that coming." spoke Go Go. "Honey, think you can freeze this stuff?"
"Yes." Honey said before producing a ball from her purse and threw it at the blob.
Which suddenly wiggled around like a pile of worms before dashing back inside as a loud scream of pain was heard in the room, not human nor completely animal in nature, more like a mix of the two on a very low decibel.
"Did anybody else get shivers or was that just me?" asked Wasabi.
"Nope, we all did." Karmi gulped. "And it sounded like a...a...something."
"Which means we have to go in." spoke Hiro.
"But who's going to open the door?" Fred asked.
The group looked at Go Go.
"Fine, but if I get captured, you're getting an asskicking." she moved over and swung her leg, cutting into the door before it broke apart.
CRASH!
They looked inside and noticed it was completely dark, sans a glowing pair of red dots in the very back of the room.
Hiro walked in as the others followed. "Hello?"
Silence.
He gulped while noticing that there were more dots in every dark corner of the room, all tinted red and unblinking. 'Ok, this just got ten times more creepier.'
That was when the lights turned on to reveal a large tank of 'Instant Cure Bots' in the middle of the room along with several tables of petri dishes, all of which had been labeled with the most deadly viruses in human history, and several bits of robotic armor littering the ground like a carpet.
"Woah." spoke Fred as they looked around. "Mad scientist lab, sweet!"
Karmi looked at one of the dishes and gasped. "Shit! This is smallpox!"
"We found the stolen stuff, now to find the one who took them." frowned Go Go.
"No need to. For I'm already here." said a low voice that boomed all around them as the red dots appeared all over the shadows.
"Stand your ground!" spoke Hiro as they got ready. "Show yourself Ren."
The voice laughed while the blue blobs, which had red eyes started to ooze from the ground and floated from dark blue clouds of gas into a shadow like form on the ground. "Oh? How did you know it was me, like I even care."
"It wasn't hard. Who else would go so far to take all these diseases but a dropout like you." Karmi remarked.
"Dropout? No, I'm just a genius that was scorned by foolish bags of microbes. But look at you, Jami the Bacterium Avenger, or should I say Karmi the bacterium stalker." He said calmly. "I knew your obsession with a simian grease monkey would lead you down a path of embarrassment, and I was right as always."
Karmi gritted her teeth and made a move, but Hiro beat her to it.
"The only thing 'foolish' here is you. What happened? You get tired of looking at your ugly mug you tried a whole new look?"
He 'rolled' his eyes. "If you really want to know, after I left, I came back to my lab to obtain my work. Until I saw Karmi's lab door open, which I chose to enter and 'adapt' her next project. That being a new strain of the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus that would help adapt a disabled person's limbs if applied. A foolish effort if you ask me."
"You stole from me?! Why I oughta!" growled Karmi with Hiro holding his arm out.
"So you had to steal again? Wow, for such a genius, you sure suck at coming up with your own stuff." he smirked. "Let me guess, you 'adapted' them and it made you into a ripoff of Globby?"
"No. I advanced my work and added the strain into my Instant Cure Bots, allowing them to change from solid to liquid and into gas with a simple thought." Ren smirked. "But, that was when the gelatinous moron barged into the lab, followed by the so called hero and slashed at the fool, hitting the tank and causing a blackout. For a 'hero' you are an uncultured savage."
Karmi blinked. "Wait, now I remember. I was chasing Blobmon and it was already dark in there! And I was still working on the thermal technology."
"Regardless, I became drenched in my own perfection. Leaving me a mass of viral infections." Ren growled. "And for the last few days I've been nothing but a blob, unable to become a sack of meat, like I want to become human again after seeing all the 'patients' I practiced on. Oh they might have died, but it was to advance my current abilities so, why cry over a few hundred people?"
"You know what? I think you're wrong about that." glared Hiro. "You like to think you're 'perfect', but I think the new you fits you just fine. You're the one who got yourself like this because you don't have any real ideas to call your own so you have to take from others. And if it means hurting others you don't care. You were never human to begin with, you've always been a monster on the inside."
Ren laughed a little as a lot of malice was put into each one of his dark bellows. "Like I care. After all, with all the viruses and parts here, I will just reform myself and then cause the next extinction, or perhaps a Spanish Flu? Or the Black Plague, I haven't decided yet."
"Not while we're here." spoke Go Go.
Ren slowly cackled while the goo and gas started to rise up and began moving through the sea of robot parts as it began to get bigger and bigger.
The heroes slowly backed away as the blob started to become the size of a ten foot man, and still growing, with large black and gray robotic horns on its head, sharp red claws and toenails, an almost unnatural head with aspects of a human and that of a virus like dragon with brownish dagger like teeth, long pointed ears and a pointed head, eight pairs of long spindly legs popping out of the back and formed several large arms in the process, and his red eyes started to multiply to encompass his entire armored body as he destroyed the top of the hospital and became a one hundred foot giant that spewed toxic dark blue gases from his breath and nostrils.
"Like I care peasants, for I am above you all." He laughed out while his eyes looked at the heroes with malice. "For I am Reiki! Your new kami!"
"Oh no." Baymax said while looking up.
"Holy crap!" spoke Fred.
"That things huge!" Wasabi yelled out.
"And he's going to infect the city!" Karmi yelled as Reiki started spewing toxic gas into parts of the city.
"Guys! Keep your masks on and try to get his attention!" spoke Hiro.
"On it." Go Go said before racing around the giant blob. "Hey jackass! I can't tell who has bigger balls! Me or Honey compared to you!"
He looked down before using his arm in an attempt to squash her with his oversized palm.
SMASH!
Which left a large imprint in the road and several buildings.
Honey ran over and started firing orbs that froze against him while Wasabi moved over and tried cutting into the metal.
But the armor started to regenerate while the parts that were frozen fell to the ground and were replaced with new parts.
"Pathetic bags of flesh, you shall never stop Reiki, the kami of viruses! You shall all be destroyed!" He said with a malicious grin while Karmi started using her claws to at least try and paralyze him, which didn't work as the viruses started to adapt to the effects. "And then the world shall be my petri dish!"
"Baymax! What can you tell us?" asked Hiro hopping on his back.
"Hiro, the one called Reiki has high amounts of brain activity located in its chest." He said while Hiro saw a large dark green core that was protected by several layers of metal and microbots and made up the entire upper torso and the core was the size of a small child too.
"So that's his weak spot?"
"Affirmative."
"Alright. Fred! Aim for his chest!"
Fred blasted flames at Reiki, only for a large hole to move around the flames like a piece of cheese. He then saw the hole fixing itself up before getting squashed by the blob's right foot.
"You can never stop perfection! The perfect adaptor! The perfect kami!"
"Well he has the perfect big ego." Karmi said before seeing Honey's bag and got an idea as she ran towards her. "Wait a second! Mind if I borrow that for a second?"
"Why? Do you have a plan?"
"Yes." She said before taking the bag and started pressing buttons until getting the right combination as a freeze ball hit Wasabi's leg. "Oh sorry!"
"I'm on your side!"
"It was an accident!" She called out while dodging a palm smash from Reiki and ran over to Hiro. "Hiro, I need you to use your rocket fist on me."
"What for?"
"I'm going to use my bacteria suctions." She caused her hands to change into two large vacuums. "To capture the nuclei of the bastard, but I need to get in close and freeze him with all of the fire power this purse has."
"That could work, but it's pretty risky too."
"I really don't care, we have to stop him before he wipes San Fransokyo off the map! So just do it Hiro!" She yelled in a serious tone.
"Alright alright! Baymax?"
He looked at Hiro before Karmi jumped on his right arm. "Yes Hiro?"
"Rocket fist."
"But Karmi is currently on it and may most likely get hurt."
"Baymax." Karmi said while getting the purse ready. "I will be fine, but if Reiki keeps spewing viruses, then hundreds of people will die. Please, just fire the fist."
"Very well." he spoke before his fist was launched, sending her flying with it.
Reiki grabbed Go Go while smirking. "You will be the first to be exterminated fleshbag."
She struggled while Karmi started hitting the purse and sending it into overload.
"Any last pathetic words?"
"I DO!" yelled Karmi making him turn. "THIS IS WHAT I THINK OF YOUR SO CALLED PERFECTION!"
"What are you-"
That was when the rocket fist got stuck in the blob's chest just as it-
BOOOOOOM!
Exploded with ice shards as the core started to freeze along with the rest of the body.
"N-N-NOOOOOOOOOO-" he yelled before getting completely frozen solid.
"It can suck a dick." spoke Karmi before crashing into a car.
BEEP BEEP BEEP!
"Ow…." she groaned while the ice started to break as she got up and quickly sucked up the nuclei. "I'm o-"
CRACK!
"OW! My leg! My leg!"
"Oh my gosh!" Honey ran over. "Is it broken? Sprained?"
"Broken….ow…." she groaned. "Just….help me out of the armor…."
"On it!" Fred said before running up and started pressing buttons, only for Karmi to recall something important.
"Wait don't-"
But it was too late as when the armor opened up, the entire team saw Karmi, only in a black and yellow bra and panities, with a chibi version of Hiro's hero persona on said garments.
"Eeeep!"
"Well, that's something." remarked Go Go bluntly while Wasabi blushed and covered his eyes, Fred gasped, Hiro jaw dropped while Honey blushed and tried to cover her from the guys.
"Don't look! Baymax come over here!"
He moved over and blocked the view.
'Why did I forget to fix the cooling system before I came here?!'
(Some weeks later)
-Hospital-
Karmi grumbled a little while in bed and had a cast over both her legs. 'That was a very stupid idea back then...and Hiro had to see my underwear!'
Knock knock
She jumped a little. "Come in."
The door opened to reveal Hiro, holding a box of cupcakes in his hands.
"Oh Hiro, so you came here again have we?" She asked with a small smile.
"Well if I didn't you'd probably be upset if you didn't get some of my aunt's cupcakes." he smiled walking in. "Then again, if you want, I COULD leave you be. I'm sure the hospital food is much better."
"No no! It's fine, you can stay." She said quickly. "Besides, I need the company."
"That's what I thought." he smirked setting the cupcakes on the side and took a spot. "So, any good news with the casts?"
"Well I'll be out of here next month and then I'll be bugging you for a long while for drawing a crude picture of a virus on my cast."
"Actually That was Fred."
"...oops." She lightly blushed in embarrassment. "So any other reason for visiting me? A crush?"
"Again no."
"It was a joke." She said while her heart was semi better from the revelation in the abandoned hospital, but it still hurt a little. "I know you don't like me that way."
"Yeah." spoke Hiro glancing away and rubbed the back of his head. "Look, I think maybe we should talk about what happened."
Karmi sighed a little. "Then talk...I'm ok about it. For the most part." She muttered the last part to herself.
"What I mean is that, because of everything being all over the place, it wasn't exactly the good time to talk about it. But now that we know about each other more, at least what our side hobbies are, maybe we should try and clear it up here instead of beating around the bush."
"Yeah." Karmi nodded. "So you can go first Hiro."
"Well, for starters, I kinda think we should go over the whole...ok I'm gonna be blunt. Why did you always seem like you enjoyed being better than me? I mean you were nowhere near as arrogant as Ren, but it felt like you made yourself seem that way just to get on my nerves."
"Well I guess I kinda felt like you were trying to outshine me." She admitted. "You were the newest student that's younger than me, so I felt a little animosity towards you, but not as much because I knew you had a rough time beforehand."
"I didn't wanna outshine you. I just wanted to get use to college life and thought we would be friends when Granville introduced us, but then you went through the whole….you know."
"Yeah." She sweatdropped. "Kinda my fault that I acted like an idiot to you and a….stalker the next minute."
"Yeah, when I found out you liked my hero side THAT much, and even went on to give me a name like that and write fanfics about us, let's just say it didn't really make me feel like I'd be attending the university much longer without word maybe getting out. I mean, people do tend to read your fanfics a lot."
"I know, but to be honest, it was to keep my stress levels down." She said. "And it's nice to write about you, even if I exaggerated your height and personality a little."
"And the name." he reminded making her blush.
"In my defense, I've never….really….had a crush before."
"Seriously?"
"Yeah, I kinda stuck with my work my whole life and didn't really find any boys around me all that interesting. But then when I heard and saw you, well….you seemed different, in a really good way." she admitted tucking some hair behind her ear with him blushing. "I didn't really have any experience, so I just acted the way I did without really holding anything back."
"Um...I….um…" he stuttered before shaking his head. "Yeah, I kinda get it. But was it the armor or the heroing?"
"A bit of both, but I'm more inclined to say your charm."
"My charm?"
"Yeah, you have a charm that makes people feel confident or remorseful. I mean you talk a villian from fighting sometimes and well, I don't really see that in most people."
"Well I do have quite the charisma." he puffed out his chest making her roll her eyes with a smile.
"Now who's being arrogant?"
"I'm not arrogant, I'm just feeling on top of the world."
She chuckled at that. "Don't change Hiro, or I might have to make a bacterium that makes you stay the same forever."
"Oh you'd love that wouldn't you?"
"Maybe." She chuckled. "Maybe not, or perhaps in a fanfic. Oh, and I got a title 'Captain Cutie and Miss Vira vs the Forces of Microbia'. Oh and it's going to be the best fanfic in the world-"
"Ok, duly noted." he spoke. "But does this mean you're really gonna call me that? You know, when I'm out saving the city?"
"Oh? You don't like the name? I could make up a new one if you want."
"Well it just feels like 'Captain Cutie' is fit for a more...uh...hero whose trying to come off as cute. When I'm trying to be a hero, I'm not wanting people to look at me like I'm cute, but just trying to help them."
"Ah." She nodded. "Then I got a new name for you, Captain Roboto."
"That's...actually something I can see." he admitted.
"Then it's settled."
"But that actually brings up a question I have for you. After you're out of here, and get caught up with all the stuff you've missed in classes, are you planning on being a hero again?"
"Well I've been pondering that a little bit." Karmi admitted. "I mean I could become Jami again, but then again, the reason why I did that was to get closer to you as well as saving lives. But I'm a little bit shaky on the topic, maybe you could help with the tie breaker?"
"Well, my advice is this. It's not easy, and it's not something to exploit either. If you try to be a hero, you have to remember it's danger and you can't tell anyone who doesn't know about it."
Karmi nodded before slowly smiling a little. "Then it's decided, I'll keep the mantle up. But I'm not that good with technology, the Jami suit is kinda breaking down a lot. So….care to help?"
"Trust me, by the time I'm done with it, that suit won't break from an atomic bomb." he boasted.
Karmi snickered a little. "That I'd love to see, partner."
"Well since I'm the only one here, better than nothing." he held his hand out. "Welcome to Big Hero 6, Karmi."
She extended her hand out and shook it. "Make that Big Hero 7, oh and before I forget, thanks."
"No problem, now you just focus on getting enough rest and enjoy the cupcakes."
"So you're not going to have one with me?" She mocked gasped. "And here I thought you were considerate."
"Oh ha ha." he smirked while she got them.
"Come on, it's the least you can do for your newest member."
He sighed with a chuckle before taking a cupcake. "Alright, Princess Bacteria."
"Hey." She huffed. "No fair using my own silly names again me."
"Oh it's very fair."
Karmi huffed while they chuckled as they ate their cupcakes, although deep inside, she wanted to ask Hiro a question that's been bugging her for a while. 'Do I ask it now or just hold off?'
That was when Hiro asked an interesting question.
"Karmi, are you going to act like an actual partner or a love struck puppy on patrol? I mean Go Go has been bugging me with that complaint for awhile now."
She blushed and shook her head. "I'll take my work for seriously, I promise."
"I don't know." He teased. "You are kinda dense."
"Hey!" she frowned while slapping his arm. "I am NOT dense!"
"You sure?"
"Yeah!"
"Good, because I knew you would be able to float one day."
Karmi deadpanned at him. "That was bad. Like really bad."
"What? Just trying to crack a joke."
"It didn't work." She said. "Anyway, Hiro, I know that you're not into me but, should I keep my feelings for you or just move on to another person?"
"Well….honestly now that the secrets out, and I can trust you not to tell anyone, I don't think it'd be a bad idea if we….you know."
Karmi blinked before blushing crimson red. "O-Oh! I mean...so we're dating….oh kami I might need to get the wedding schedule ready soon-"
"What?!" he blushed.
"Sorry! Sorry! Getting ahead of myself, like really ahead. My bad." She blushed while Hiro felt very flustered.
"Um….r-right." 'That was way too far ahead!'
Karmi took soon deep breaths before breathing out the embarrassment. "So...I hope the relationship turns out well...and not ending in one of us dead or mutated."
'Kinda morbid thinking.'
Both looked at the other while the camera zoomed towards Karmi's lab, where a certain vial was stored in a glass container.
The contents within kept on bumping against the glass while the computer screens started to flicker as a purple symbol appeared on it and vanished several times as the screen went black.
