Chapter 16
Everyone stared in horror at the masked man above the water looking down at them, and Akari screaming next to him. He waited until the car was at the very bottom of the port, and then he walked away, taking Akari with him.
Everyone went into a state of panic. First of all, they were about to drown, and second of all, the masked man who was trying to kill them took Akari away, and they don't even know where he took her.
The car was filling up with water fast, because the side door was missing. The group took a deep breath, and let the car fill up with water. They needed to get out, and they were trying to get out of the car before they ran out of air. Baymax was removing his armor, and they all got out of the car. They grabbed onto Baymax, who helped them float to the surface. When they reached the surface, they all gasped for air.
"I told you we'd make it!" Honey Lemon cheered.
"Your injuries require my attention, and your body temperatures are low," Baymax stated.
"We should get out of here," Hiro stated.
"I know a place," Fred said, and they all swam to the docks. When they reached the docks, they all hopped out, pulled Baymax out, and followed Fred to his house, walking through the dark, cold streets of San Fransokyo, soaking wet.
They reached a high-class neighborhood, and all of them were a bit confused about why they were there. However, they followed Fred anyway, and he led them to one of the largest houses in the neighborhood.
"Fred?" Hiro asked.
"Where are you going?" Tadashi asked as Fred walked up to the front door.
"Oh!" Fred cried in realization, "Welcome to mi casa. That's French for 'front door.'"
"It's really…not," Honey Lemon replied honestly.
"Listen nitwit. A lunatic in a mask just tried to kill us! AND Akari just got kidnapped by him! I'm not in the mood for any of you-" Gogo said, but was interrupted by a butler opening the door.
"Welcome home, Master Frederick," the man said.
"Heathcliff, my man!" Fred shouted happily.
The group looked at Fred in shock. They couldn't say anything. Fred turned his attention to them, "Come on in guys. We'll be safe in here."
"Gimme some," Fred said to Heathcliff, who gave him a fist-bump. He held his fist up as everyone else walked by, and Baymax stopped to fist-bump him. Everyone heard Baymax say, "Ba-da-la-la-la-la."
As they walked through the house, Honey Lemon found the courage to speak. "Freddie, this is your house?"
"I thought you lived under a bridge," Gogo stated.
"Well, technically, it belongs to my parents. They're on a vacay on the family island. We should totally go there some time. Frolic," Fred explained. He clapped his hands and a door opened. They all entered, and were shocked at what the room looked like. The door closed behind Gogo, who also looked shocked at the sight of the room.
"You gotta be kidding me," she mumbled.
Honey Lemon gasped. She was looking at a narwhal with a note on it that said, "Fred, do not touch! –Fred."
"If I wasn't just attacked by a guy in a kabuki mask, I think this would be the weirdest thing I've seen today," Wasabi stated as he stared at a painting of a "Jacked up" Fred riding a tiger.
"My brain hates my eyes for seeing this," he mumbled.
Hiro walked over to the table in the center of the room and sat down on the bench. He put his head in his hands. Tadashi walked behind him, with Baymax following suit. He walked over to the two of them and scanned them.
"Your body temperatures are still low," Baymax told him, but neither of them were really paying attention. They were too busy freaking out internally because they had no clue where Akari was.
"Yeah. Uh-huh," Hiro mumbled.
Hiro and Tadashi felt pressure on top of them, only to realize it was Baymax hugging them and warming them up with his heater. Hiro and Tadashi allowed Baymax to warm them up, and they sighed contently. Fred jumped on Baymax and groaned.
"It's like spooning a warm marshmallow," he said.
Honey Lemon joined him, then Wasabi and Gogo. "Hmm… it's so nice," Honey Lemon said.
"Oh yeah, that's toasty," Wasabi said as he leaned on Baymax.
Gogo leaned onto Baymax's arm and yawned, "Good robot."
Baymax stood up and turned his heater off a minute later. He scanned the entire group, and he said, "All of your neurotransmitter levels are low, meaning you are experiencing sadness, or despair.
"Well why wouldn't we be?!" Gogo shouted furiously, "Akari just got kidnapped by the masked man, and we don't have a clue where she is!"
A deafening silence filled the room until Baymax spoke once again, "Akari said that apprehending the man in the mask with improve her emotional state."
"Apprehend him?" Gogo asked, "We don't even know who he is!"
"Why would she need her emotional state improved?" Tadashi questioned.
"She found out that the fire was no accident, and she wanted to figure out who started it and why,"
"Who would start the fire?" Honey Lemon asked, confused.
"I have a theory," Fred stated, and ran over to his comic book collection. Everyone else sat down on the couch. He came back a few minutes later with 3 comic books in his hand. He gave one to Hiro, Wasabi, and Gogo.
"Dr. Slaughter, MD?" Wasabi asked.
"Actually millionaire weapons designer, Malcolm Chazzletick," Fred stated.
"The Annihilator?" Hiro asked.
"Behind the mask, industrialist Reid Axworthy," Fred explained.
"Baron von Destruct- oh just get to the point!" Gogo shouted.
"Don't you guys get it? The man in the mask who attacked us, is none other than…" Fred paused and turned on his TV, "Voila! Alistair Krei."
"What?" Hiro asked in disbelief.
"Think about it… Krei wanted your microbots, but you said no. But rules don't apply to a man like Krei," Fred explained his theory.
"It makes sense," Tadashi agreed.
"There's no way, the guy's too high profile," Hiro stated.
"Then who was that guy in the mask?" Honey Lemon asked.
"I don't know. We don't know anything about him," Hiro admitted.
"His blood type is AB-negative. Cholesterol levels are…" Baymax started, but was interrupted.
"Baymax… You scanned him?!" Tadashi asked in disbelief. Hiro walked over to Baymax, with a hopeful gleam in his eyes.
"I am programmed to asses everyone's healthcare needs," Baymax stated, and showed Hiro the masked man's information.
Hiro laughed and put a hand through his hair, "We can use the data from your scan to find him."
"You'd have to scan everyone in San Fransokyo. And might take, I don't know, forever," Gogo told him.
"No. We just have to look for a new angle," Hiro retorted picked up one of Fred's robot action figures, "I could upgrade Baymax's sensor, that way I could scan the whole city at the same time. Actually, if we're gonna catch this guy, I need to upgrade all of you."
"Wait, what?" Tadashi asked.
"Upgrade who, now?" Wasabi asked.
"Those who suffer a loss require support from friends and loved ones," Baymax told them.
"Ok, I like where this is heading," Fred laughed.
"We can't go up against that guy, we're nerds!" Wasabi shouted.
"Hiro, we want to help. But we're just… us," Honey Lemon stated.
"No…" Hiro started, and stepped on to the couch, "You can be… way more."
Gogo stood up, "Professor Callaghan was our favorite professor, and we're going to get Akari back," she said, but then continued, "We're in."
"Can you feel it? You guys, do you feel this? Our origin story begins. We're gonna be superheroes!" Fred shouted with glee.
Tadashi rolled his eyes. Gogo scoffed, "Great, he turned on Fred's super hero switch."
Tadashi looked at the time, "Hiro, we have to go back home now. Aunt Cass is probably worried."
"Ok," he said and jumped off the couch, "See you guys tomorrow."
A chorus of goodbyes filled their ears as they walked out of the room. They walked out of the mansion, and back to the café, with Baymax following behind them.
"Tadashi?" Hiro asked.
"Yeah?" Tadashi asked.
"How are we going to tell Aunt Cass that Akari was kidnapped?" Hiro asked.
"I don't know Hiro, I don't know," he replied honestly.
When they arrived back at the café, they were worried about how Aunt Cass was going to take the news of Akari being kidnapped, but they were about to find out. They walked in the door, walked up the stairs, and walked over to Aunt Cass, who was currently scarfing down a doughnut.
"Hi Aunt Cass," Tadashi greeted quietly.
"Oh, you're back! Are you ok? Where's Akari?" Aunt Cass asked as she hugged them.
"We're fine. But Akari…she uh, got kidnapped," Hiro said nervously.
"WHAT?!" Aunt Cass screamed fearfully.
"She got k-kidnapped," Hiro stammered.
"How did this happen?!" Aunt Cass asked.
"We were driving in Wasabi's van after we called the gang, and this masked man came out of nowhere and snatched Akari out of the car. Then he pushed the car into the port…with all of us still inside," Tadashi explained.
"ARE YOU OK?!" Aunt Cass asked, and began to look them over for injuries.
"We're fine, but we don't have any clue where Akari is," Hiro said sadly.
"Did you tell the police?" Aunt Cass asked.
"…Yes," Hiro lied. Tadashi understood what he was doing. If she found out they were going to become superheroes, she would immediately turn it down… no, she'd FORBID it.
"What did they say?" Aunt Cass asked.
"That they're starting the search tomorrow," Tadashi stated, adding onto the lie.
"Ok," Aunt Cass sighed, "Go get some rest boys."
"Ok. Night Aunt Cass," Hiro and Tadashi both said and walked up the stairs to their room.
They deactivated Baymax, and only wondered where Akari was when they went to their beds, both falling into a dreamless sleep.
Aunt Cass knows Akari's been kidnapped, and the superhero team has been formed. Find out what happens in the next chapter today... if I get at least 2 reviews...
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