When Hiro told Fred to tell Ari who he was inviting to his movie marathon, he thought it'd be a piece of taco.
"Are you crazy?!"
He was wrong.
"You're nuts! Mole fed you some weird mind control thing at the burger tasting or something!" Ari exclaimed. "Baymax, Baymax! Scan Fred!"
The healthcare companion waddled up to the comic fan and scanned him. "I do not detect any signs of mind control, Fred is in good health."
"Maybe he used some hypnotism, that's a thing, right?" She shook her head.
"Ari, chill-"
"How can you be calm, remember he-" Ari realized she was still in the cafe and lowered her voice. "He was gonna tell people your secret, without the consequences."
"Tell people what?"
Both of them yelped as a familiar teenaged reporter popped up behind them. "Don't scare me like that, Megan!" Ari clutched her chest. "You gave me a heart attack!"
"I do not detect any symptoms of a heart attack." Baymax noted. "However, your heart rate has accelerated, I suggest deep calming breaths."
Her deep calming breaths were rather loud. "Sorry, jeez." Megan winced. "I just overheard your conversation and got curious."
"I invited my arch-nemesis to a movie marathon as a peace treaty." Fred bluntly explained. "Ari thinks I've been replaced by a clone."
"The real Fred would never offer Mole an olive branch!" She exclaimed. "Not after he blackmailed you guys!"
"Blackmailed with what?" Megan narrowed her eyes.
"Classified group secret." Fred sweatdropped, he shot Ari a warning look.
"Sorry." She held her tongue. That was close, Megan almost found out!
Megan looked curious, but she didn't push it. "Okay." She shrugged. "Ari, would it make you feel better if I third-wheeled this peace treaty?" She wouldn't mind hanging with Fred anyways, she got along well with the comic fan.
Ari pouted and slowly nodded. "Make sure Mole doesn't steal anything."
"Mole wouldn't do that." Fred rolled his eyes. "He's annoying, not a wild animal. A true comic fan wouldn't build his collection out of crimes."
"Can we change the metaphor to food?" The reporter held one of the Lucky Cat's frosted donuts. "These are bad for my diet but I don't care." She finished it in a few timed bites.
Fred nodded in agreement. "Yeah, don't have them daily though, like once in a while." He told her.
"Noted."
The next day…
"Wow." Megan whistled. "I knew your family was rich, but I didn't think that rich, what's your secret?"
"Great-great-great grandpappy ran a lot of businesses." Fred explained, he was set up for the Kentucky Kaiju marathon, and brought Megan as a third-wheel.
At least if him and Mole started their spats, he'd have someone to movie marathon with, and it was the weekend so Megan didn't have to worry about school.
"Really?" She raised an eyebrow. "I was expecting a tech-development company like Krei-Tech."
"Meh, most of the family business are establishments like restaurants, ranches, and other entertaining family-friendly things." He gestured. "Company stuff is what Mole's family does, except his is a lot less nicer than ours."
"Hmm." Megan raised an eyebrow. "Has your family dealt with his before?"
"I've lost count." Fred groaned. "Mostly passive-aggressive comments at my Bro-Tillion or other social gatherings. I can't remember when my rivalry with Mole started, but it was when I caught him harassing a girl at a party. I told him off, he noticed I was wearing Captain Fancy brand sneakers, and the rest is history."
"I feel sorry for that girl." She commented. "And you're inviting him over?"
He chuckled. "Yeah, not my best idea, but maybe it'll end the family feud."
"Family feud?"
"Yeah according to my Mom it was when she married into the family, her parents ran a restaurant that Mole's family really wanted to buy. They got really mad when her parents sold it to my family's business, they actually threatened my grandparents to turn their business over to them."
He had been told the story a few times when he was younger as his mom wanted to end the feud by trying to impress Binky, it never worked. "Dad isn't really affected, since he's never around. But those Moles spread rumors."
"Ouch." The reporter winced. "What kind of rumors?"
"Meh, accusing one of my parents of cheating on the other and I'm not related to one of them." He gestured. "Always wanting to start drama."
Megan didn't know how to respond to that, seeing the clouded look on his face, so she went for an awkward side hug. "Sorry that happened."
"It's okay." He reassured her. "I don't care what anyone says about my family, because they're wrong anyways."
She chuckled. "Yeah, exactly Fred."
Richardson arrived as Fred was setting up the snacks. "Whoa, Frederickson!" He was taking pictures of the room. "I didn't expect your fan cave to be so, uh… dare I say, off the chain?"
"I'd call it dedicated." Megan commented.
The boy kept looking around. "Even your Captain Fancy collection is banging." He then saw in the corner of the room a piece of undergarments displayed. "Wait. Is that…?"
"The original underpants Captain Fancy wore in the first Captain Fancy movie?" Fred explained. "The one and only."
"Oh! How did I misjudge you?" Richardson questioned. "You're obviously a man of taste and intellect."
Fred nodded. "Yes, and you are a boy of taste and intellect, obviously."
"I look forward to this new relationship based on respect, and pop-culture references." They shook hands.
"Let's do this!" Both of them raced to the couch, Richardson took the far end, and Fred sat next to Megan. "See you on the other side!"
"If we can survive." Megan commented, then Fred started the first movie.
After the fourth movie, they took a small break, to rest their eyes and go for bathroom breaks.
The comic fan took the time to speak to his new friend. "So, Mole." Fred turned to him. "What do you like to do for fun?"
"Meh, run the store." Mole shrugged it off. "What do you do?"
"Well when I'm not being SFIT's mascot, taking English classes, hanging with my friends." Fred listed on his hands as he rambled. "I sometimes help my Mom's charity work at the orphanage."
"Wow!" Megan exclaimed. "What do you do there?"
"Mom helps get the kids gifts and stuff they want on holidays." He explained. "I show them my Captain Fancy comics, read them to it, one time I brought them a movie to watch, and give them collection stuff I don't need."
Richardson stared at him. "You… you give away your collection stuff?"
"Not the ultra rare stuff, but stuff I can do without." Fred told him. "Those kids need it more than I do."
"That's really sweet, Fred!" Megan hadn't known that stuff about her friend, but it was kind of him to help out kids in need.
Fred did have a big heart after-all.
"Thanks, now let's continue." They picked right back up just as the MonsterCorp CEO Caliban was about to unleash his mutant army on the city.
Superhero Squad group chat:
Ariel: Any sign of Steamer or Sue?
Captain Cutie: No : (
Speed Queen: Would be nice if FRED helped
Chem Girl: Leave him alone he's watching a movie!
Chop Chop: I wish we were invited
Ariel: Meh, he brought MOLE
Speed Queen: Yeah I wouldn't want to go
Captain Cutie: Uhg. On another note, at least there hasn't been much crime
Chem Girl: Yeah, the monster attacks have been scaring people.
Ariel: You don't say?
Chop Chop: I've been scared myself
Captain Cutie: I am so tired rn
Captain Cutie: I'm tired of monsters
Ariel: You and everyone else XD
They had gotten to the end of Son of Kaiju. When Eric was watching the Kentucky Kaiju leave the city behind, his son in his arms, the Kaiju and Eric exchanged glances, the man smiling as the two went to the sea.
Then the credits rolled, symbolizing the end of the epic saga.
Fred wiped his eyes and blew his nose. "We did it guys. We watched all-" He turned and saw Mole was snoring asleep on the couch, Megan had crashed out last movie.
He sighed. "Goodnight guys." And draped a blanket over them, he had to go to sleep himself.
But as Fred exited the room, Richardson's eyes shot open, his face curled into a devious grin.
"Rise and shine, gang!" Megan blearily opened her eyes as Fred walked into the room.
"Mmm. What time is it?" She yawned, and saw the lights were on.
"It's nine AM!" When seeing how panicked Megan was, the comic fan calmed her down. "Don't worry, I called your dad after the movie marathon to let him know, you should head back after breakfast."
"Oh, phew." She sighed. "He freaks out if I'm not home at a certain time, so what's on the menu?"
Fred gave her a cup of hot cocoa. "Mini-Max is making one of his famous breakfast burritos."
The small robot companion hopped on Fred's shoulder. "I substitute a pancake for the tortilla!"
She licked her lips at the thought. "That sounds awesome." She nudged Richardson. "Wake up, dude." He didn't budge.
"Hm, maybe he needs a harder push." Fred shook him. "Wakey-wakey! Who wants pancakey?" He threw off the covers, both of them gasped.
"What the-" The reporter poked at what was in Mole's place. "Is that a pillow double?"
"I didn't even know he had one!" Fred exclaimed.
"Mini-Maximum suspicion!" Mini-Max scanned the room. "It appears that your prized undergarments are missing." For a split-second in her tired state, Megan thought the robot was talking to her.
He was talking to Fred, who laughed it off. "No, they aren't. They're right-" He looked over to where the Captain Fancy underpants were displayed, and found they were gone.
What was placed instead were underpants that had the face of-
"Mole!" They both ran over to the case, a phone was placed on the bottom with a sticky note under it.
"Play this?" Megan frowned. She held out her phone and hit record as Fred opened up the video on the phone.
Richardson's ugly mug popped on screen. "Thanks to you, Frederickson, my Captain Fancy collection just got fancier."
"What?!" Fred exclaimed.
"I set up that Noodle Burger tasting to lure you into my trap." The devious boy exclaimed.
"Man, that's just wrong." Megan shook her head, the lengths some people went.
Fred felt a sharp pain in his chest. "I thought we were buds!"
"I knew you'd think we were buds! Ha-ha!" Richardson laughed.
"He is not gonna get away with this." The reporter told Fred.
"And I'm gonna get away with this!" On-screen he dangled the Captain Fancy underpants in front of the camera.
"But we have evidence!"
"Burn." The phone shut off. Fred yelped and dropped it like a hot potato as it singed his fingertips.
Mini-Max hopped over. "I will cool it!" He sprayed the phone with water, it blew up. "I should not have used water."
"No, probably not." Fred shook his head.
"Don't worry, Fred." Megan ended the recording. "I filmed it, my dad will make that jerk pay, for ruining my experience of eating a breakfast burrito!" And she dashed out of the room like a teen on a mission.
"Fred, what are you going to do?" Mini-Max turned to him as he picked up the broken phone. "Megan should not fight the dirty backstabber alone."
"You're right, Mini-Max." He nodded. "There's only one thing to do. Revenge of-"
The tv screen flashed as Hiro popped on-screen. "Fred, we got a message from Steamer. Meet us at school." The tv then flashed off.
Fred raised his hands dramatically to the air. "Blast! Looks like revenge will have to be served cold."
"I shall stay to remove the broken evidence and protect the rest of your valuables from the devious Mole!" Mini-Max declared, the comic fan patted his head.
"Thanks, buddy, thanks." At least he had one friend he could count on.
I thought the family feud was going to be over at last. While he was skeptical about befriending Mole, he put his whole heart into trying to mend the wounds.
And Richardson did in response? He spat at him.
Maybe that's why his friends were angry at him, because he was an idiot with a bleeding heart.
"We found this wax cylinder by Steamer's old lair." Hiro held it up, and was about to place it in the phonograph they found there. "It had a sticky note from Sue."
"Play it then." Fred mumbled, the others noticed he was a little downhearted, but they had business to deal with first.
Hiro placed the cylinder in. "Big Hero 6, I'm recording this while Sue is in the potty." Steamer's voice played from it. "I don't think she washes her hands, so I have to be quick!"
They all recoiled in disgust. "Not cool, Sue. Not cool." Wasabi verbalized his thoughts on the matter.
"Take heed, heroes. Sue's secret skate lair is in an abandoned factory near the docks. I can't believe I used this precious amount of time to record a wax cylinder instead of escaping!" The old cyborg rambled. "Anyways, hurry! She's coming back and she's not happy AAH-" The wax cylinder cut off with a screech.
"That is a trap." Gogo lifted the phonograph.
"Yeah. She probably made him record that." Wasabi nodded in agreement.
"But we still have to go, right?" Honey Lemon asked them.
"I put my underpants revenge on hold for this!" They looked at Fred. "Nevermind…" He handed his phone to Hiro, as he found the location of the abandoned factory.
"We have time, Freddie." The chemist gently tapped his shoulder. "What happened at the movie marathon?"
"Did Mole do anything?" Gogo cracked her knuckles.
"Guys, I'm fine." He lied.
"Your tone indicates you are not fine." Baymax pointed out.
"Frederick, tell us the truth." Wasabi crossed his arms. "We just wanna help."
Fred sighed, knowing his friends wouldn't budge. "Fine. Mole did something, he stole my Captain Fancy underpants overnight and revealed he setted up the Noodle Bigger Burger tasting to get me to trust him."
"Ouch." Gogo winced in sympathy. "Sorry to hear."
"Yeah, you guys were right to be skeptical. Now say I'm an idiot." Fred huffed. "Go on. I'm waiting."
"Freddie…" Honey Lemon frowned. "We wouldn't do that to you."
Her girlfriend nodded. "Yeah, Mole's the idiot for not seeing what a good friend you are, his loss."
"And he stole the collectable your Dad got you for your birthday?" Wasabi added. "That's horrible, cruel, and definitely illegal."
The comic fan smiled a little at their words. "So… you guys don't think I was stupid for extending an olive branch?"
"No!" They all exclaimed.
"Fred, you might not be a scientist like us, but you are not stupid." Hiro told him. "You're one of the most clever people I've met, the way you use your comic book knowledge and apply it on missions n' stuff, we'd probably be lost without you."
"And the Kentucky Kaiju you built helped us save the city." Wasabi added. "Even if it almost destroyed the city once… wasn't your fault since Noodle Burger Boy took it though."
He wiped away his tears. "Thanks guys, for the pick-me up." He chuckled. "Now let's catch some old villains!"
Crash!
They got into their gear and headed for the docks. Baymax had rocket fisted the door open. The sound of skates in the shadows alerted them of Sue's presence.
"Oh, no! The circus is in town!" Sue sarcastically stated. "How did you ever find me?"
Before any of them could respond, a familiar mechanical spider fell down on them. "Ha-ha! You fell for our trap!" Steamer cackled.
"Just for the record, I didn't." Gogo stated.
"Aw, were the wittle heroes outsmarted by maturity?" Sue taunted.
Wasabi narrowed his eyes. "Why are you talking like that?"
"Because it's funny. Lighten up." The old skater prepared her electric elbow and sent a shockwave onto the group, stunning the heroes.
Steamer cackled as he and Sue leapt, preparing to slam them with the full force of their villainy.
Wasabi screamed, barely moving out of the way from the spider's legs.
Thankfully the crash didn't hurt any of them, but it did scare them. "Who's ready for a butt to the gut?" Sue smirked.
Fred reacted to the taunt. "Bring it-" As he leapt, Sue knocked him hard into the wall, and he slid painfully in one of the wooden boxes.
"Goal!" Steamer shouted. "One down, five to go." His next target was Honey Lemon, she zigzagged to avoid the fire blasts. She stopped and made two chem balls, clapping them together at the next blast. The ice froze the fire and it crashed on the floor.
"Thanks for the whip, toothpick!" Sue grabbed her chem purse, spun her and threw the chemist on top of poor Fred.
"Name calling is totally immature!" Honey Lemon cried out from the bottom of the wooden box.
"Supersonic Sue me, why don't you?" Sue yelled back.
"How about this instead?" She turned as Wasabi channeled his plasma blades, and charged, swiping at her. However she dodged every blow, laughing as he started to run out of steam.
"That all you got, laser paws?"
Wasabi weakly held up a hand. "Give me… a second."
"Okay. One." She sped and slammed into his sides. "Who else wants a shoulder sandwich?"
Sue saw Gogo launching at her and barely dodged, then the chase was on as they chased each other like a game of cat-and-house.
"Chop Chop, watch out!" Hiro exclaimed as Wasabi got up and nearly got a face full of Steamer's fire. Then the hammer was about to come down on him, were it not for Baymax grabbing it and Hiro helping him escape another hammer.
Steamer groaned as Baymax made the mechanical spider wobble. "This isn't my first rodeo, junior!" He charged at them, upstairs the speedy chase continued. Until Sue sped downstairs and leaped, sending her electric elbow onto the floor, hitting all of them.
"Red Panda, rocket fist!" Gogo shouted, as the healthcare companion was the last hero standing.
"Red Panda, rocket fist." Sue mocked as she sped over and redirected the fist at Gogo, who ducked her head as the fist hit the boxes behind her, she groaned in pain as the boxes and packing peanuts pinned her down.
Sue sped around Baymax before stopping. "Well, looks like it's down to you, fire truck."
Hiro groaned, fighting past the electricity, he had felt stronger zaps than that. "Red Panda, engage overdrive mode!" He shouted.
"Overdrive mode initiated." Baymax whirred as his form changed.
The old villains didn't flinch. "Hey, Steamer." Sue shouted to her partner. "Can your bug thing do that?"
"Oh, please. It's all flash!" He shouted back. Sue tried elbowing Baymax with her electric elbow but she bounced back. Steamer attacked next, hitting Baymax with a hammer but it had no effect.
Baymax summoned his blade and slashed several of the legs. "Ow!" Steamer groaned. "Those were load-bearing legs!" His mechanical spider was down for the count.
"Red Panda, nice!" Hiro cheered.
As the old cyborg fell out of the machine, Sue smirked. "Okay, you got the power Red, but you got the endurance?"
Gogo said it first. "Oh, no."
Thus, Sue sped around Baymax in circles until his battery ran dry, each time he swung his blade he kept failing to hit her. His eyes beeped yellow and overdrive mode deactivated.
"You're so fast. Look at you go." He slurred, he threw his sword and collapsed.
"Aw, baby fell down!" Sue tapped her skates.
"Time for nap-nap!"
"No substitute for a bad attitude." She grinned, Steamer walked over to her.
"We've still got it!" He cackled, which caused Sue to cackle, and then they both started cackling while glaring at each other.
Hiro cringed, next to him Wasabi groaned. "Are you actually competing for the last laugh?"
"We'll finish this later." Sue told Steamer.
"Agreed."
She then cackled. "I win!"
"I give this trap a C-minus." Gogo said from under the packing peanuts.
Steamer smirked at her. "Oh, we're not through yet. This was just the trap's preamble."
"With Big Hero 6 on the ropes, Boss Awesome will be forced to come here to save you nitwits." Sue added.
"But he won't expect Supersonic Sue, and Baron Von Steamer to be fighting side-by-side! And finally…"
"We'll have our revenge!" They cackled.
"Hey this isn't my first rodeo."
Steamer and Sue turned around. "Who's the cowboy?" The latter narrowed her eyes.
"I just said that line!" The former shouted at him. "Five minutes ago!"
"But not just like this." The cowboy stepped out of the shadows. "Now the quip has layers." Revealing-
"Boss Awesome!" The villains chorused.
"Dad!" Fred cheered.
Mr. Fred-Boss Awesome greeted him. "Good to see you too, son." He grinned. "That is you in there, right?"
"Yeah." Fred nodded. "Oh, and BT-dubs, this is a trap." Meanwhile, Sue glared at Steamer.
"You didn't tell me one of them was his kid!" She scolded him.
"Uhg. Dealing with his baby child and his crayon colored pals is ten times more annoying!" He argued.
"Fair enough." Sue turned back to Boss Awesome. "I knew you couldn't resist a classic villain team-up."
He cracked his knuckles. "You know me too well, Susie. So you know I'm not gonna let you win."
"Ha! You'll never beat the two of us. Mostly because of me. But also because you've been out of the game, Boss Dinosaur!"
"She's right Dad. It's been awhile since you were in an over-the-top, climatic superhero fight!" Fred pointed out.
"Be careful!" Honey Lemon warned him.
"Thanks, kids, but I got this." Boss Awesome took off his cowboy hat and got into a battle stance.
"Ah-ha!"
"Let's tango!" The battle was on. Steamer made the area foggy thanks to his steam, while Sue circled around Boss Awesome, she landed a square hit on the chest as the smoke faded. She sped over and they tackled, until he picked her up and slammed Sue into the ground.
A punch from Steamer made Boss Awesome go back on his toes and leaped over him, exchanging blows.
He leapt over a steam attack only to get hit by Sue. He gestured for Steamer to come at him and the old cyborg fell for the taunt. But then Sue attacked once more, and they both knocked him into the wall.
"I call this one 'The Blender.'" He launched off of the wall, spinning as he hit Steamer and he went down.
"Oh, yeah?" Sue glared. "Well, I call this one 'The Flying Squirrel!'" She sped and leapt at him, electricity serving as gliders.
When the smoke dispersed her skates were on top of him. "Prepare to be defeated by your real number-one enemy." She cackled, but before she could finish Boss Awesome off, a blast of steam knocked her out.
"There's only room for one Boss Awesome number one enemy, and that one is me!" Steamer maniacally laughed. "Now I-"
"Hammer Swing." Boss Awesome kicked him across the room and he fell into one of the wooden boxes.
"Woah!" Fred slapped the lid on as Honey Lemon applied gooey globs of glue. "Nice one, Dad."
"The inverted hammer. It never fails."
Later, the police arrived to take the old villains away to jail.
As an officer took Sue out of the warehouse, she turned to Gogo. "You know, I gotta thank you, skater tot."
"Oh, yeah?" Gogo raised an eyebrow. "For what?"
"Inspiring me to lace up after all these years." Sue grinned. "I saw you tearing it up on the news, and I knew I had some skate left in me."
Gogo flashed a smirk. "Supersonic Sue me, why don't you?"
"Ha-ha. Nice."
"Let's do this again sometime." Boss Awesome told them. "Say, ten to twenty years?" He patted Steamer's bald head. "Classic."
"Settle one thing." The old cyborg turned to him. "Which of us is your arch enemy?"
"My arch enemy?" He placed a hand to his chin. "Cabbage soup. I love it. It doesn't love me."
Were it not for the officer restraining him, Steamer would've fallen to the ground in despair. "NOOOOOOO!"
"Noooooooo!" Baymax echoed. "Right?" Hiro patted him on the arm.
One of the detectives walked up to Fred's dad. "Excuse me, Mr. Boss Awesome sir?"
"Oh, Detective Rosemary." Boss Awesome greeted him, recognizing the detective.
Elio blinked. "Wow sir, It's an honor you know me."
"I've met your father back when he was on the force here." He replied. "Good head on his shoulders, sorry to hear he passed a few years back."
"Mhm. At least it was peacefully in his sleep." Elio sighed. "Um, y'know my daughter is a real big fan of yours. She's gonna be upset when I tell her that I met you, that was the one big reason she was excited to move here. For a chance to meet the famous Boss Awesome!"
Fred picked the perfect time to slide up to them. "Y'know, I bet Boss Awesome here would be glad to meet another fan!" He nudged his dad. "A visit from her idol might speed up her recovery." He was winking, though no one could tell.
Boss Awesome got the message, he had heard what happened from his wife, after-all. "Oh, of course. I'm sore what happened to her, I would be glad to make her week a little brighter."
Elio was star-struck, to the point he was crying tears of joy. "Give me a moment." He sniffled.
"Tissue?" Wasabi gave him one and he blew into it.
"Okay, I'm good." He took a deep breath. "Do you mind staying a bit longer so we can arrange it?"
His dad nodded. "I don't mind at all."
Honey Lemon nudged Fred. "That was sweet of you to do." She whispered. "Rachel's gonna be so happy."
"Yep." He whispered back. "Now there's just one thing left to do."
Ferns and Nerds group chat:
Sara Ferns: Steamer is imprisoned, hallelujah!
Wasabi: Of course you're ecstatic
Fredzilla: Rachel Rosemary
Rachel Rosemary: Wut
Fredzilla: Is your Dad home?
Rachel Rosemary: He just got here? One sec he's calling me down
Fredzilla: Wait for it : )
Mikan Ferns: Fred what did you do
Honey Lemon: Nothing bad?
Rachel Rosemary: OH MY GOD GUYSGUYSGUSYGUSYS
Sienna Kline: What happened?!
TheLittleMermaid: Are you okay?
Rachel Rosemary: MY DAD SAID I'M GETTING A VISITOR TOMORROW AND THE VISTOR IS BOSS AWESOME IM LOSING MY OWNE9ADSKAID9A09KSA0OKSA
Fredzilla: There it is : )
Mikan Ferns: Is she okay?
Rachel Rosemary: Hi this is Katie I took Rachel's phone she was too excited Fred how did you know
Fredzilla: I have my ways!
Sienna Kline: I don't wanna know
Sienna Kline: Tell Boss Awesome I said hi!
Sara Ferns: ^
Rachel Rosemary: Will do I'm excited myself
Hiro Hamada: We noticed
TheLittleMermaid: He just looked at me like he was on the office
Hiro Hamada: STOP CALLING ME OUT SIS!
Perfect! Fred thought as he crept into the Mole Hole, he was in his Fredmeleon suit, invisible to the human eye.
He'd go in, find where his beloved underpants were, and swipe them back. That'll teach Richardson not to steal from under my nose, so I'll steal under his! He saw Mole in the corner and waited for him to go away.
"I know you guys didn't think I could pull it off. Well, get ready to be amazed." He was behind Richardson, but didn't see anyone. He must be on a call. "Meet the newest addition to my Captain Fancy collection!"
Fred frowned as he heard no response. Maybe he's using voice-to-text. "Okay, who's ready for pizza?"
"Anchovies? Not again, Christopher." But as he crept over, he saw no phone, no one there, only Richardson in the dark with his figurines. "Ooh! Good idea, Hector. I'll go see if we have any coupons. Oh, don't worry, Brittany. We'll get a gluten-free option." Richardson gave a sad chuckle as he exited the Mole Hole.
Fred should've been grabbing the underpants and leaving. Fred should've left the sticky note that said "Karma, backstabber!" In place of the underpants, but he just stared.
Richardson… was all alone.
Even if Fred himself wasn't the best person at times, he at least still had friends to help him out, but his arch-nemesis didn't.
As Fred returned to his room, Mini-Max was pretending to eat popcorn on the couch. "Was vengeance served?" The robot asked as he took off his head and sat next to him on the couch. "I do not detect your prized undergarments."
"No, Mini-Max. Mole needs those underpants a lot more than I do."
Mini-Max blinked at him in confusion. "Turns out he collects to fill a friendship void." Fred sighed. "I felt bad for the little jerk, so I let him keep them."
"Your nobility is immense!" Mini-Max told him.
"It's like my dad says: a real hero helps everyone in need, even his enemies."
In the back of his mind, he thought about Noodle Burger Boy. Who still had Obake's chip in him, he'd do his best to try and get the former customer happiness robot back on the side of good.
If Honey Lemon was right about Globby, then there's good in some of our other foes. Fred thought to himself. I just gotta look for a new angle.
Mini-Max was just processing what he just said. "Help an enemy? You have blown my mind!" He scooted back as fire combusted on the robot's head, and he poured water on himself to quench the flames. "I am in need of repair."
Fred chuckled. "I'll text Hiro. Don't worry buddy."
Ding-dong-ding-dong!
"I wonder who that is." He took off and put away his suit before answering the door.
Megan was the one who was at the door. "Fred, I have good news!" In her arms was a box, she handed it to him. "Open it."
"Okay?" He ripped the box open, it was light and not sealed very tight, he dropped it once grabbing the item in it. "This is…"
It was his prized Captain Fancy underpants! "But how?!" It was just at Mole's a few hours ago!
"Simple. I was going to have my Dad solve it, but he was really busy at the time, so I blackmailed the fake friend." Megan smirked. "I told him he either hands the underpants back, or be charged with theft and be forced to pay a fine. As you can tell, he chose option A."
Fred just stared at her. "Why?"
"Because, you're my friend for real, you and Hiro have made me feel more welcome in San Fransokyo more than my classmates." She replied. "I felt bad for not being able to catch Mole in the act, you didn't deserve to have something special stolen from you."
"I have a few rarer collectibles, I'd have lived." He lied.
"Yeah, but I heard from Hiro that those were given to you by your Dad." Megan replied. "I have a camera that my abuelita gave to me before she died, it's very close to my heart."
"I'm sorry about your grandma." Fred told her.
Megan smiled sadly. "Thanks, I've got to get home now, see you later Fred."
"See you later Megan." As he closed the door and went back to place his prized undergarments in their rightful place, the comic fan couldn't stop the tears.
Man, I really love my friends.
AN: And that's the end of Supersonic Sue!
This'll be the last HOF chapter of 2021, I need to take a break from updates, hope you guys don't mind
Also I couldn't help but add Megan in, she deserves more screentime!
QOTW: Got any plans for New Years you wanna share?
See you guys on the other side of 2022!