Gene-Sys…
It is a genetics cooperation founded by famous geneticist and novelist, Edgar Potter, headquartered in the Financial District of San Fransokyo. It is distinguished from the other buildings by a green slogan titled 'Gene-Sys' with a pincher pulling out something from a DNA helix strand. It is open twenty-four hours a day, with employees switching shifts every day so as not to create complaints of overworking.
Tonight, they are receiving an unexpected visitor…
In the public parking garage near Gene-Sys's building, Mr. Sawyer's car was seen pulling into an empty space. Various other people are walking about at this time, either leaving or arriving for work. Mr. Sawyer waited inside for a while before he pulled out his tablet and began to type something up.
From the side, a small drone was activated in the passenger seat. Mr. Sawyer pressed a button on the roof of the car, and the sunroof slowly opened, making way for the drone to fly out. After briefly checking to make sure that there is no one is out at the moment, he pressed a button, and the drone began to lift from the chair.
"Now…to disable some of the place's security features…" he mumbled to himself as he piloted the drone out of the car and out of the parking garage.
The drone flew across a couple of blocks towards the building, eventually arriving at the main building. The drone hovered in place, slowly descending towards a ventilation air duct. The drone then opened a slot on the front, extending a tube as it drew closer to the duct.
A few seconds later, seven tiny, spherical robots rolled out of the main drone, and into the vent. The mini-robots rolled into the vent, traveling along the shaft to get to their destinations.
Eventually, they've arrived at another opening of the shaft, revealing another room inside. It was a security room, and there was only one person inside. It was a male, around thirty-five years of age, listening to music on his headphones and had fallen asleep due to monotony of his job, so there's not to say about him.
The mini-robots rolled away from the air duct, along the walls, and onto the floor. The mini-robots then opened up several other apertures, revealing spiderlike legs. All but one of them crawled towards the security guard, while the one approached the main computer.
The guard continued snoring as the majority of the mini-bots crawled up the seat. Four approached the neck, while two approached the chest, where the heart was. Then, one of them opened a slot and out extended a drill. The other mini-bots did the same. The guard's eyes slowly opened as the drills turned on, and loved forward towards their spots.
The guard opened his eyes wildly as he felt several painful punctures on his neck and heart. Given that he was in a sleepy state at the time, he could only make spastic movements, and gurgling noises as blood began to seep from the injuries.
Meanwhile, the sole mini-robot crawled towards the main computer system, eventually arriving at the main desktop. The mini-robot then lifted its two front legs and jammed them between the keyboards.
There, a few electrical surges became resonated from the body and towards the keyboard. The electricity pulsed throughout the keyboard, along the wires, and into the computers several times.
After a few seconds, the computer screens began to show static and the machine nearby began to make whirring noises. Suddenly, the machines stopped whirring, and the entire computer system shuts down. This meant that the security measures, for the moment at least, is down, leaving the facility, and the workers inside, vulnerable.
Now that their work is done, the mini-robots quickly moved away from the room, back through the vent, and towards the flying drone.
Back at the car, Mr. Sawyer chuckled to himself as he typed in the commands to retrieve the drone.
"Hmm-mmm-MMM! You may have been a pioneering figure in genetic engineering, with some of the best security San Fransokyo ever had, Mr. Potter. But, as they say, 'everything has a loophole'." he boasted to himself as the drone approaches, and lands on the seat next to him. "Now that THAT'S out of the way…time to cause some mayhem…" he muttered to himself as he took in a deep breath, and tensed up his body.
Then, a bright light flashed for a moment, before quickly disappearing, with Mr. Sawyer now gone.
Meanwhile, inside one room of the main building, a group of scientists are working at their stations. They all wore blue lab coats with latex gloves and surgical masks to prevent their germs from infecting their specimens.
In one corner of the room, there is a small office, with only one occupant. It is a woman in her early-40s, with black hair tied to a bun.
This is Gene-Sys's head geneticist, Catherine Coleman.
Catherine was looking at one of the company's many files. She sighed to herself as she stares at the file. The file itself is rather strange.
The file shows a picture and description of a familiar man in his late-40s, staring at the camera, like a mugshot. Catherine tightened her lip as she gulped.
"Mr. Sawyer…you are a maniac. You murdered most of my colleagues…they were good people." she seethed to herself as her breathing soon became hitched, as jogged memories of what happened years prior. These memories of filled with her colleagues screaming in fright and agony, followed by sounds of bodies being flung around, and flesh being torn.
*Flashback*
Various images flashed in her mind:
One involves Catherine cowering in a corner of a laboratory.
The other was her in screaming in fear as a body was flung to the wall a few inches from her.
And the other was a pair of legs with bloodied hands staring down while she stared back up, tears streaming down.
All this time, the sounds of screaming and tearing continued…
*Flashback ends*
Catherine wiped her eyes, taking in a deep breath as she gritted her teeth, trying to get rid of that night out of her mind.
"Come on, come on…Let it go…that's all in the past, Catherine…" she muttered to herself, rubbing her forehead as she tries to rid her mind of the screams. After a while, she opened her eyes and panted. She couldn't hear the sounds of screams, and she sighed in relief.
BAM!
Catherine jumped and lets out a scream of fright as she turned towards the source of the sound. What she saw was horrifying…
It was one of her other colleagues, a female in her early-30s, and she had a look of terror on her face. What was even more terrifying was the bright-red stain on the window where her stomach was. Catherine screamed as the body slid to the floor, and during that time, the door was kicked open.
"Evening, Ms. Coleman." a familiar voice entered the room, and Catherine turned to the source, skin paling at the sight of Mr. Sawyer entering the room, with a bloodied blade on his left hand.
"M-Mr. S…" she stuttered. Mr. Sawyer raised his brows, and made a few hand gestures.
"Yyyeeees?" he asked with a teasing smirk. Catherine hyperventilated as she gulped.
"You…you're…" she began, pointing to the stain on the wall. Mr. Sawyer nodded.
"Yes. I killed them, so what? I don't care. The same you and your previous team didn't care when my friends and I had to go through so much torture just to make us superhumans!" he shouted. Catherine flinched at his tone, and backed up into a corner. However, Mr. Sawyer just took in a deep breath and sighed, before looking at her with a smile.
"But on the other hand…I guess I should be glad that I have it. Without them…this mission to bring that boy back would be so much harder." he said with a shrug. Catherine raised a brow in slight confusion.
"B-Boy? W-Who are-?" she began, but a raised hand silenced her instantly.
"THAT information is on a 'need-to-know' basis if you will. So…" Mr. Sawyer interrupted as he got his blade ready. Catherine raised her hands in a futile gesture
"No! No, please!" she pleaded as he raised his blade up in the air!
No one was nearby to listen to the screams of Catherine Coleman that night…
The next morning, things are mostly quiet in Esai's neighborhood. But, poor Esai is not in the mood for a playful day.
This morning, Esai was lying down on his room, staring up at the ceiling. He had a frown on his face. The memory of his discovery yesterday was, to say the least, still rattling to the core for him.
"I'm…I'm a mutant." he thought to himself as he looked at the nearby mirror, placing his hand on his forehead.
"I…well, to be fair, it kind of makes sense…I don't have powers, like that Scarlet girl, but…I have intelligence FAR beyond that of even William James Sidis. That is NOT normal…" he muttered quietly. Gulping, he looked down at his hands.
He knew the Flores family loves him to death and he loved them all, especially Honey Lemon…but now, he is beginning to doubt that.
"Why would the mutants come after me? Did…did my family do something? Did they take me away from the mutants?" he pondered in his mind. He wanted to ask his moms, but then he remembered: he figured this out when he was with Big Hero 6. He promised Honey that he wouldn't tell ANYONE their secret, least they will disembowel her, bury her alive, and dance on her grave.
Esai then felt another sense of dread when THAT thought entered his mind.
"Do…do they hate me? Do they wanted to keep me just for my brain?" he thought to himself. Looking at the door to his room, he gulped as he made a decision:
He will take Alba's phone, and call Honey about his thoughts.
Moments later, Esai walked into the kitchen, and saw Alba's phone charging up on the kitchen counter. He then turned to Alba and Elizabeth, who was watching TV.
"Momma? Can I use your phone to call Lucy?" he asked. Alba turned her head to him in confusion.
"Huh? I'm sorry, what?" she asked as Elizabeth followed her gaze. Esai clasped his hands together.
"Can I please borrow your phone to call Lucy?" he asked. Alba and Elizabeth looked at each other, and gushed at first at the prospect of him calling her. But then they grew a small frown.
"Um…are you sure you want to call her? I mean, she could be busy with her classes." Elizabeth explained with a concerned look. Esai shook his head.
"She doesn't have classes today. I remember the schedule you helped her plan." he explained with a shrug and a grin. The two mothers raised their brows for a moment, before nodding, remembering the days she had classes: Firstly, there's 2 classes Mondays from 8:30 AM to 2:15 PM. And there's 4 classes Wednesday from 9:00 AM to 3:45 PM.
"Alright. I guess you can call her. But, if she answers and says she's too busy, leave her be for a few hours. Alright?" instructed Alba, with Elizabeth nodding. Esai perked up, and then took the phone.
"Check the battery percentage!" she then called out. Esai checked quickly.
"It's 100%! Thanks, momma! Love you!" he said as he approached Alba and kissed her in the cheek. Elizabeth pouted.
"Oh, come on. No kissy-kissy for me?" she asked, teasingly. Esai stuck his tongue out.
"Nope!" he said as he prepared to run off. Elizabeth made a mock gasp, while Alba frowned.
"Esai!" Alba warned. Esai giggled and leaned in to kiss Elizabeth on the cheek.
"I'm joking. Love you too, meemaa." he assured. Elizabeth nodded in satisfaction as he ran upstairs. The two women laughed; Esai is such a cheeky bugger sometimes.
Esai is now back in his room, searching for Honey's number. He finds it and pressed the button. The phone began to emit a ringing tone. Esai waited and waited, hoping that she picks up.
"Hello? Momma?" Honey's voice called out. Esai sighed in relief and approached the phone. "I'm a little busy right now, so can I-" Honey began before Esai interrupted with,
"Hi, Lucy." he greeted. There was a brief moment of silence before an 'oh' sound came from the phone.
"Hi there, Esai. How are you?" asked Honey, apparently in a cheery tone. Esai smiled at this.
"I'm…I've been better." he replied with a shrug.
"Oh…are you still thinking about yesterday?" asked Honey. Esai nodded.
"Yeah. When Baymax told me that my genetic anomaly is much like theirs…Lucy?" he then asked. "How did you find me?"
"H-How did I what?" asked Honey again.
"I'm obviously your family by blood. So, how did you and your moms found me?" he asked again, this time not referring to Alba and Elizabeth as his own mothers.
There was a moment of silence for a while, before Esai heard a sigh.
"Esai, I'm patrolling right now. But when Gogo and I are finished, we're coming over and then I'll explain everything to you. Is that okay?" asked Honey in a serious tone that Esai rarely hears. However, he nodded, knowing that this might be a difficult thing for her to explain.
"That's good." he said.
"Great! I have to go, but I'll be there soon. Are momma and meemaa there?" she asked.
"Yes." nodded Esai. A sigh, followed by a clearing throat sound was heard.
"We'll figure something out, okay? Just, be ready for me. Love you." she explained. Esai nodded solemnly.
"Love you too." he muttered to himself, not really feeling the same warmth from when she says that as he would usually get. Then, he heard the line cut off, meaning Honey hung up. Esai sighed to himself as he then took the phone and walked towards the bed and sitting down, waiting for her.
Meanwhile, Honey and Gogo are overlooking the city block in their super suits, and the former was putting her phone back in her pocket.
"It's Esai…he's still a bit shook up from the revelations of yesterday." she explained. Gogo nodded in understanding, before she looked off at the city, crossing her arms. Honey turned to her, and due to Gogo's visors, she couldn't see her face.
"What are you thinking of, Gogo?" she asked. Gogo took a deep breath as she pondered about something.
"It's about yesterday, Honey Lemon. The girl that was hired to be his babysitter, whose name I forgot." she explained. Honey raised a brow.
"Suritu Sawyer?" she answered. Gogo snapped her fingers and nodded.
"Yes, that one. There's something about her that seems…rather off-putting to me." Gogo explained. Honey raised a brow and approached her.
"Why? She seems like a nice lady, and she's very sweet to him. Esai seems to like her a lot. Who knows, maybe they'll be a thing together." she said, before giggling. Gogo turned to her and stared at her. Honey could tell she was not amused and shook her head.
"Gogo, I was joking." she clarified.
"I know that." Gogo reassured with a nod, before staring back out into the city. "But the point I'm trying to make is…there's something about her that I find suspicious."
"Um…alright, I'll bite. What makes you think that?" she asked. Gogo sighed as she turned to her.
"Well, for one; why would she leave Esai, the boy she was assigned by your parents to keep an eye on since the mutants attacked them, on his own in the lab? Sure, you guys are family, but remember that one mutant can create a portal without any need for a machine, and how the other one can run super-quick? Now, if you are his babysitter, would you not want him to stay in your sight at all times, especially when you have two people that can DO THOSE THINGS?" she began. Honey raised a brow and tilted her head. She pondered for a moment, and then slowly nodded.
"I…can see why you would think that. I mean, I find it a bit weird that she would be wandering around, leaving him with me." she said. Gogo nodded.
"Also, how was Suritu able to tear open Baymax's skin and reach in to tear out that bug? Baymax is strong, there's no way she would do so without getting hurt at least once!" she added. Honey took this question in and pondered for a moment. Gogo then continued with,
"And more importantly; given that we saw what the mutants are, again, capable of, how did Suritu get onto the roof with Esai and the other kid? Again, one can create a portal, and I'm pretty sure I saw one of them slightly levitating off the ground when she and the leader were approaching the group. Not to mention, I've been in that part of the city when I was younger, and there weren't any ladders or anything to help them climb up on the building they were on."
Now Honey was feeling a bit overwhelmed by her friend's points. She took off her helmet and rubbed her forehead.
"Oh, hold on, Gogo. I have a lot of things in my mind right now…" she groaned. Gogo nodded, but she still remained firm in her beliefs. Honey then turned to her.
"Let's just focus on finishing up our patrolling, and then go visit Esai, okay? We'll worry about Suritu later." she suggested. Gogo sighed and nodded.
"Alright. I'm just saying that I do not trust that girl. And given how Esai is with her…" she began but didn't finish as she saw Honey forming a pink, solid 'bridge', and slid off from the building. Gogo knew that that meant she didn't want to discuss that any further, so she stepped back, placed her magnetic disks near her feet, and sped forward, using the disks to increase her speed as she follows after her.
Half an hour later, Esai was still in his bed, waiting for his sister to arrive. He was rubbing his eyes, sighing to himself in worry.
"Oh, boy…Get it together, Esai. You just ask her where did I come from? And then she'll tell you. That's all!" he whispered to himself. However, a part of him still felt anxious. He still wasn't sure why, though.
Suddenly, he then heard tapping on the window, making him gasp and jump upwards. He turned to the window, a bit fearful that the mutants are back. However, he saw Honey Lemon and Gogo in their super suits. Honey Lemon waved at him. Esai sighed in relief and opened the window.
"Hi there, Lucy. Hey there, Gogo." he greeted. Honey smiled, but she didn't pull him into a hug.
"Hi there, Esai." she greeted.
"Sup, kid?" added Gogo, though not quite as warmly. Esai shrugged.
"I've been better, I guess." he answered. Honey gave a small chuckle. After a moment of silence, Honey then leaned in with a smile.
"Can I come in? I'll be quiet." she asked, even though she was crawling inside anyway. Esai nodded.
"Of course." he said, a bit hesitant. Gogo, however, remained behind.
"I'm gonna stay out here, just in case." she insisted. Honey nodded, before Gogo jumped back down, leaving the two alone. Esai stared at the window, arms around his chests. The two of them stood there awkwardly. Honey then breathed in through her teeth, and worriedly looked at Esai.
"Esai…is there something about yesterday that's been bugging you as you said at the call?" she asked, kneeling down to get to his level. Esai stared at her, and after another moment of silence, nodded.
"Yeah…I know that I'm not ACTUALLY your brother. And that I might be related to the mutants." he explained. Honey sighed in sadness as she took of her helmet. Esai fiddled with his fingers for a bit, and then looked at her.
"Luciana? Did you and your mothers take me away from the mutants?" he asked. Honey gasped and shook her head.
"No! We would never take a baby away from the family that still wants him or her! Don't ever make accusations about us like again!" she scolded. Esai didn't back down from this, and he then asked,
"Sounds plausible to me. Otherwise, they wouldn't have Scarlet try to erase my memories. Do you guys hate me or something? Were you guys trying to keep me just for my smarts?" he asked, stubbornly. Honey's jaw was agape.
"Esai…where are you getting all of this from? We do NOT hate you." she stated. Esai frowned, not at all convinced.
"Then where did I come from? Why am I here, and not with the mutants?" he asked. Honey glared at him, offended by his accusations, but she knew that he wasn't gonna just be convinced with words alone. So, she sighed and grasped his shoulders.
"Esai, I'm gonna show you something that my parents and I swore to keep secret from you until you're ready. How long until then, we weren't sure. But now that you know…well, I'm sure you get the point." she explained. Esai nodded as Honey fished through the suit's pockets and pulled out her cat-phone.
She typed on the screen and motioned Esai to come closer. He did, and he saw her album on her phone gallery.
"Look at this one. This is when I first found you." Honey instructed as she pressed once on the video to enlarge it, and then again to play it.
In the video, we see a twelve-year-old Honey Lemon talking about some chemistry-related subjects in her former make-shift lab at the family shed. She was just about to pour something into a beaker when her head turned to the sound of something coming from outside.
"What was that?" the young Honey asked to herself before she left the table, sped towards her phone, and picked it up. The video continues on, with the camera screen shaking as the young Honey ran across the field.
"Who's there? Llamaré a la policia!" she called out. Her response was another rustling sound, followed by rapid footsteps. Young Honey was gasping in fear.
"Mamá! Meemaa! Hay un intruso en nuestro patio trasero!" she called to her moms!
Then, as she approached and opened the gate, running out into the streets, she looked around, trying to search for whoever was inside her backyard at the time.
However, as she stepped closer to the front door, we hear a gasping sound from young Honey as the camera turned towards the stair…to see a basket on the doorway. Young Honey then stepped towards the stairway, and the camera slowly moved forward to look at what was inside.
Inside the basket was a sleeping baby. It looked to be around a few days old and is covered in a warm, thick blanket. We hear Young Honey gasp as she gently sets down the phone to inspect the baby.
The video then cuts to Young Honey speaking with her parents about the child, who was on her arms.
"You said you found that baby in the stairs?" asked Alba, who was running her hand on her hair in exasperation. Young Honey nodded.
"Yes, momma! And I thought I heard his family in our backyard!" she explained. Then, another woman stepped into frame. It was Elizabeth.
"So…what do we do now? Are taking him away or are we keeping him?" asked Elizabeth. Hearing this, Young Honey perked her head up and grinned at them.
"Yes, yes, please!" she said as she looked at the baby, who was looking up at her in curiosity. Elizabeth smiled at her enthusiasm, while Alba looked at her with incredulity.
"Luciana Flores, are you insane? We can't keep him!" she scolded. Young Honey pouted.
"Come on, momma! They must've left him here for a reason!" she protested. Alba raised a brow.
"What kind of reason? Is there a note?" she asked. Young Honey shrugged as Elizabeth reached out of frame and pulled the basket closer to her. She fished around as Young Honey explained with,
"There's no note."
"She's right. Although there is a small empty paper." Elizabeth pointed out as she fished out the paper. Young Honey and Alba raised their brows.
"Huh…I guess they didn't get to write it in time because…my shouts were pretty loud, so that's probably why…" Young Honey explained as she looked at the baby. It was smiling and smacking its hand on her chest. She smiled as she gently took his hands.
"Well, if they didn't leave a note then…I'm not sure that they would want us to keep him." Alba said. Young Honey frowned again.
"But why else would they leave him to us? Maybe they couldn't take care of him. Maybe they just don't want him." she listed. Alba and Elizabeth looked at her, and then at each other. After sighing, Alba turned to Elizabeth.
"Let's discuss this some more in private. Luciana, watch over him in the meantime." she instructed. Young Honey nodded as they walked off-frame.
The footage then cuts over to Young Honey and the baby leaning into the laundry room door, listening in to the conversation. Young Honey sighed as she then pulled away and looked into the screen.
"Well, class…my project is probably ruined because of this little devil." she said as she turned to the baby, who was fiddling with her hair. "I…honestly wasn't expecting a baby in our front yard. I do hope we can keep you. I've already wanted a little sibling, especialmente un lindo, hermanito blando!" she cooed softly as she rubbed her nose against his cheek, making the baby laugh. The baby then responded by hugging her, wrapping his arms against her chest, making babbling noises.
Young Honey looked at him with a bit of shock, before her face nearly broke down into tears, and she gently hugged him back softly, kissing him in the forehead repeatedly.
"I love you already, mi pequeño mono." she cooed softly, before she began a small tickle fight with him with her nose, making the baby laugh. At this point, the door was opening, and Young Honey and the baby looked back at the two mothers.
"Luciana…after talking with your mother, we have decided…" Alba began, and Honey and the baby gasped slightly as they anticipated their answers.
And that was when the video ends…
Esai stared at the ending, eyes widened as he now knows where he came from. Honey sighed as she gently grasped his shoulders.
"And that's how we found you. So, do you believe me now?" she asked. Esai looked at her and nodded.
"Yes…but if it is really the mutants…then why would they leave me here? And why do they want me back now?" he asked. Honey sighed as she rubbed his back.
"I don't know, mi amor. I really don't know. Regardless, until we get some answers, we won't let them get you. Okay, Esai?" she asked softly. Esai looked on the floor and rubbed his hands together. At least he got an answer for one of his questions, the how. But now, he wants to know the why.
"Esai?" Honey asked again. Esai turned to her. "Are you okay? Did you hear what I said?" she asked. Esai nodded, but then gulped.
"Lucy?" he began. Honey turned to him. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry about all those accusations. I just…given how they were, I honestly thought that you guys did something bad to me. But after looking at that video…" he began, before he was pulled into another hug by her sister.
"It's okay, Esai Flores." she explained. Esai shook his head as he leaned into the embrace.
"It's not. I…I was so distant to my moms, that I think they might've been worried that they did something wrong…" he explained. Honey frowned at this, and then lifted his head upwards towards him.
"Listen to me. I know you may know exactly who you are yet, but no matter how you act, or where you came from, that will not change what your…OUR parents will think of you. I know that, because I know I still do." she cooed. Esai stared at her as she grew a smile.
"Esai…you ARE my little brother. Regardless of what you are, you are always going to be my ray of sunshine. Ever since we were little, you've given me and my mothers so much brightness and hope in our lives that…I can't even put it in words. You mean everything to us…to ME. And I want you to grow up and be a happy person, regardless of whatever trials life throws at you." she says as she picks him up. Unlike with yesterday, Esai felt his heart flutter at her words, and he smiled at her comforting gesture as she sat down on the bed.
"And if means I have to give up parts of myself so you can live…I'll do it a hundred times over." she said. Esai smiled and decided to tease her.
"What about a thousand times?" he asked. Honey smiled back and nodded.
"Yeah, a thousand times." she replied. Esai smirked back, which began a brief competition of one-upping the times Honey will sacrifice herself. This usually happens before a tickle fight can occur.
"How about a hundred thousand?"
"Maybe even half a million!"
"A hundred million!"
"A hundred billion zillion!"
"That's not even a number, Lucy!"
"Yes it is, you little…*squeal* I still can't stand your cheeks. Time to feast!" Honey squealed as she held Esai's head again, and opened her mouth again. Esai closed his eyes and with a big smile, prepares a long overdue tickle that might just back to him after all.
Knock Knock!
The two of them gasped in fright, before they turned around to see Gogo glaring at them as she jumped inside.
"Guys, I think someone's watching us!" she warned. Honey and Esai gasped, and Honey gently sat him down on the bed, and placed her helmet back on.
"Were you able to at least get something from this stalker?" she asked. Gogo shook her head.
"Not exactly. All I got was a black cape hiding behind a bush." she said as she got her maglev disc from her back. Honey turned to Esai.
"Stay inside this room!" she instructed. Esai nodded as he hopped off his bed and hid under the bed. Gogo scoffed.
"That's the last place you want to hide in, kid." she stated bluntly. Honey patted her shoulder.
"Forget about the hiding. Let's find this stalker." she said as she typed up something on her chem-purse, before the two girls jumped outside, preparing to confront the stalker. Esai stayed under the bed, biting his lip in worry, not only for himself but also for his sister and even Gogo. Even though he didn't really like her that much, he didn't want her to get hurt too bad.
At the backyard, Gogo and Honey landed on the ground, and the former pointed towards the bushes near the old shed where Honey used to perform her chemical works.
"That's where I spotted the cape. Be careful, sunshine. It could still be around the backyard." Gogo growled as she stepped away to investigate. Honey raised a brow.
"Are you sure? I mean, the neighborhood is pretty crowded, so I highly doubt the stalker would be sticking around for long." Honey explained. Gogo scoffed.
"You'd be surprised how dumb some criminals can be. Remember Globby?" she said. Honey gritted her teeth in sadness.
"Yeah…" she said, before shaking her head and the two began to search across the backyard.
Back inside the house, Esai laid there, not know what to do. There was a stalker in his backyard, and for all he knew, it could be a mutant! He wanted to help them, but he wasn't sure how, since he doesn't have any weapons like they do. However, the thought of the mutant that creates the portal coming out from the bed came rushing back into his mind.
That stalker outside could be a diversion!
Esai scrambled out from underneath the bed and went to the window to try and call out to them. However, his peripheral vision caught onto something on the wall…or rather, someone.
It was a person latching onto the wall with clothing covering up almost every part of their body. He screamed in fright as he saw the person, and the person stumbled back, almost losing her grip on the wall. This made Honey and Gogo turn back to them.
"Esai?" Honey called out in worry, before she saw the spy nearly hanging on. Gogo gritted her teeth and prepared to launch her disc.
"Get the hell away from him, you bitch!" she called out as she launched the disc towards the spy, the spy letting go just in time as it lodged against the wall. Honey and Gogo then rushed towards the spy, the spy reacting quickly as it kicked at them in self-defense. Honey jumped upwards while Gogo ducked downwards.
Honey then turned around and launched a chem-ball towards the spy. The spy, however, grabbed it and tossed it aside, creating a large glob resembling a kitten. Gogo skated towards her, catching the spy and the two tumbled to the ground.
Gogo and the spy rolled along the ground. Eventually, they stopped with Gogo on top. Gogo reached her hand downwards to try and remove the mask, but the spy pushed her off with ease, taking Gogo by surprise at the strength. Gogo and Honey then stood side by side.
"Yep. That's a mutant." Gogo confirmed. Honey gritted her teeth in anger.
"What do you want?! Why do you want him with you?!" she screamed out in anger. The spy didn't say anything, although she did have her hand on the side of her head.
Esai was looking on, panic and desperation fueling his body. However, as he saw the spy's hand on the side of her head, he raised a brow. At first, he thought she cut herself during the tussle with Gogo. However, they didn't roll into anything sharp. So he got a closer look, and he saw strands of red-hair sticking out.
What made Esai stunned even more, was that it was curly. As he processed this, the door to his room opened, and in stepped Alba and Elizabeth. They had listened to the tussle and are immediately concerned for their son.
"Esai, sweetie! What's going on?!" asked Elizabeth as she rushed forward and took him in her arms. Esai pointed to the window, where the two superheroines and the spy are at a standoff.
"There's a spy in our house! It could be a mutant!" he explained. Alba and Elizabeth widened their eyes as he explained this to them. There's already a mutant at their home! The two women looked at each other in worry as Elizabeth held him.
"What the hell? Where did she go?!" the voice of Gogo shouting caught their attention, and Alba sped towards the window. Elizabeth held him closer as she stepped back. Alba then turned to Esai and raised a brow in confusion.
"Hey…where is the spy?" she asked. That was when Esai and Elizabeth raised their brows. She then stepped forward and joined Alba, and her jaw dropped.
"What the hell? My garden!" she asked as Esai took a good look at the garden. There was nobody else aside from Honey and Gogo, and there was a kitten blob where the flowers once stood.
"Where did it go?" he muttered to himself as the two mothers stared in panic. Honey and Gogo stared at each other in worry, and then at the parents.
"Excuse me, Mrs. Flores, and…Mrs. Flores? We need to talk." Gogo instructed. Esai bit at his lip in worry.
Later on, as the women are talking, Esai was holding Basco and Otis as he pondered about the spy, and the strands of curly-red hair he saw. He tried to think of any of the mutants who had red, curly hair. One came into his mind, but he shook it out in denial. However, the fact that the spy mutant seemingly teleported into thin air, as with Gogo's outburst earlier, made him reconsider his decision.
Then, he remembered the first attack, and when Suritu Sawyer saved him and his friend Daniel (having remembered his new friend, he made a mental note to visit him in the near future) in the Good Luck Alley…and how she was able to toss the two of them effortlessly at such a height, as well as jumping from one wall to another to get to the ceiling…as well as the fact that Suritu did something to get herself out of Quicksilver's grip and onto Scarlet at such a short amount of time.
Esai, as he held onto Basco and Otis, paled at the realization of who that mutant really was…
Suddenly, the TV, which was still on during all of this, issued a small alarm as the channel switched to the news, with host Bluff Dunder speaking. On the top right corner, there is aerial footage of Gene-Sys, with many police cars and ambulances.
"Breaking news: Famous company Gene-Sys suffered from a brutal massacre, resulting in the deaths of a security guard, six scientists, and head geneticist, Catherine Coleman. The perpetrator of the massacre is unknown, as the security features were down at the time." he explained.
Everyone stared at the television set, and Honey turned to Esai, who was still holding onto the dog. She approached him and gently caressed his back. Esai gasped and looked up to see her.
"Sorry…are you okay?" she asked. Esai sighed and shrugged.
"I…I don't know…" he said, still shook up from the mutant encounter, and then the news. Then, Bluff dropped something else,
"One thing the police found interesting on the walls of Catherine Coleman's office, was a sentence drawn on the wall, painted with blood."
As he mentioned this, the box on the top-right showed an image of the wall in Catherine's office, with the haunting words written as;
We're coming to free you, boy…
Honey and Esai paled even further at the message, and the former pulled her closer to him protectively. Gogo and the two mothers stared at them in alarm as well. In Gogo's mind, she felt like that mutant they fought might have something to do with the murders last night…
As for Esai, he looked down at the dogs as Honey hugged him, slightly hyperventilating as he bit his lip, holding in the urge to cry.
"Those people at Gene-Sys…the mutants killed them because…of me…"
AN: Hey everyone, superkoola here!
Here we are: the plot thickens! Here's hoping that things will go well for poor Esai. And how will Suritu end up trying to get herself out of a hole she dug up by the unexpected visit…
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