Hiro tapped his pen with impatience, waiting for Professor Sally Ferns to finish up her lecture. He'd normally focus as she was a teacher who had a tendency to surprise the class with pop quizzes, but this was a class he excelled in so he didn't care.
"Class dismissed, I hope you all took notes because you may have a test next week," the class groaned, "yeah yeah, make sure to at least study." His classmates picked up their backpacks and exited the door, already planning study groups and all nighters. Hiro began to follow, but he stopped at the teacher's desk.

"Hmm?" Sally looked up, her golden eyes staring back at him, "is there something you need? Are you alright Hiro?"
"Oh, I'm fine Professor Ferns," he shrugged, "just wanted to ask you something."
"You're a friend to my kids, you can just call me Sally," she smirked, "what is it that you need? If it's related to the upcoming test I can't tell you what specific questions will be on it."
"Not that," Hiro shook his head, "it's about something Mikan mentioned to me the other day, and it's been on my mind as of late."

"Ah yes, Mikan has been acting strange of late," he noticed that Sally's eyes had darkened, "always claiming to be on errands for her father...I hope she hasn't been bothering you."
"No no, she just asked me how I felt about Ari," he explained, "I told Mikan that she was just a friend but she said otherwise, it's complicated."
"Mhhhm," Sally nodded, "I think perhaps you should speak to Ari about this, maybe she's feeling the same way, and you both might be able to find an answer."
Hiro thought about it, that sounded like a good idea to him. But he worried it would stress Ari further, she hadn't remembered anything in a while, so it was starting to get him worried. No what she needed was some rest, he could figure this out on his own.
"Okay, great talk professor, have a good day," he smiled and waved as he exited the class.
"Have a good day too Hiro," Sally waved back when he left, now she was the only one in the classroom until her next class started. "Now I might be able to get some work done," she huffed.

However Hiro mentioning her semi-adopted child Mikan made her think about the girl, she was still doing well in her classes, and didn't cause any problems most of the time with the other students. But recently, there was something off about her, and not just her trips with Ari every now and then, she knew where they were going and even approved. No, the real problem was Mikan's father, someone she's known for years. Sally didn't know what kind of project he was doing that seemed to take all of Mikan's time, but she didn't like it, not one bit.

"Annnd now I sound like a conspiracy theorist," she facepalmed, "what am I thinking?! It's probably just something harmless."

Ferns and Nerds group chat:

Sara Ferns: David's been hit by a cold

Honey Lemon: Awww hope he gets well soon : (

TheLittleMermaid: I never get sick! Maybe I'll visit!
Wasabi: Tell him to get some rest

Sara Ferns: He's been so tired lately, so he's been sleeping all day

Hiro Hamada: David? Tired?

Sara Ferns: Dude have you seen the bags under his eyes? He and Mika match!
Wasabi: Why is Mikan tired?

Mikan Ferns: Why is Mikan being mentioned?

Sara Ferns: WHERE DID YOU COME FROM

Mikan Ferns: I'm the admin, I see all. And I do not like being the topic of gossip

TheLittleMermaid: Did you get a cold too?

Mikan Ferns: Nope, I scare the germs away

Sara Ferns: Huh, no wonder Karmi's intimidated by you

TheLittleMermaid: That's kind of mean

Mikan Ferns: ROFL

Late that night, the San Fransokyo bay was empty. Fog permeated the city and spread into the sea, the only movement was the yacht Krei Fisher.

"Air feels cold tonight," Steven sighed, he was on the yacht for any maintenance, and frankly he wished that his boss just left him at home. He didn't know what this was for, but he knew that it was shady.

His boss Alistair Krei was staring into the sea with his binoculars, "alright, now we're here, now what?" He lowered the binoculars as the boat stopped.

"We wait?" Judy questioned, surprising Krei as he yelped and dropped the binoculars. Steven chuckled as he was inspecting the deck.

"Don't do that!" Krei turned to Judy, "didn't know you were back there."
"Talk to yourself much?" Judy raised an eyebrow.
"No, I was thinking out loud," Krei's phone beeps, and he goes to answer it, "this is Krei."
"I see you have reached the drop point," the voice was distorted and deep, Steven frowned. There was a feeling of dread in his stomach as his boss continued to talk to whomever on the phone.
"Couldn't we have done this in the office?"
"No, you will transfer the funds."

"How do I know you'll deliver? This is a staggering large amount of cash."

"That is why it was the winning bid."

Krei sighed, and transferred the money, "done."
"And?" Judy stared at her boss.
"I think we continue to wait," Steven spoke up, but a noise caught his attention, "do you hear that?"
Krei stared into the sea and saw a missile heading straight for the yacht! "Aah! Hit the deck!" He yelped, curling into a ball and bracing for impact.

But nothing happened, "you might want to see this," Judy told him, Krei got up and saw that missile stopped beside the boat. It beeped, opening up and a mechanical arm handed Krei a blue chip.

"Ha-hah it's good to win," he smirked as he held the chip.

Steven just rolled his eyes, don't think you won yet boss, he thought. These kinds of deals tend to bring trouble.

"Yeah, got our target." Elsewhere, three individuals were high fiving and armoring up to carry out their next mission. They had to obtain the chip that Krei just got, "let's fly." Their blonde haired leader ordered.

"Anyways, I'm going to head inside, it is freezing out here!" Krei exclaimed, heading inside the yacht, Judy followed suit.
"You coming in as well Steven?" she turned to the mechanic, who was staring out into the sea.
"Nah," he told her, "I don't mind the cold, could use some fresh air."

"Suit yourself," and she went inside, leaving Steven on the front deck all by himself.

He took a deep breath of the cold air, "aah, the chill makes me feel young again," Steven hummed.

Another noise brought his attention, "huh?" Steven saw something moving in the fog, it looked to be three humans wearing jetpacks. What the heck?

"Triple pound!" the blonde haired one fist bumped his other two teammates.

"Jacks rule!" they all exclaimed, oh noooo..Steven realized far too late what was about to happen.

The blonde fired a laser at the front of the yacht, causing it to spin, Steven yelped and grabbed onto the railing.
"I'm gonna hurl," he felt nauseous as the other two hooked the sides of the boat causing it to stop, "never mind," guess his stomach would live another day.

"That's the stuff!" the blonde exclaimed, but then saw something heading his way, "ooh!" Two familiar superheroes that Steven recognized as the purple and red members of Big Hero 6 flew into the scene.

They broke the wires that hooked the ship down, "phew," Steven gave a sigh of relief knowing that the superheroes were here to save the day.

"Hah! Nice job Baymax!" Hiro smiled at the robot, he held a hand to his helm, eavesdropping on the jetpack people's communication.
"Look sharp Jack,"
"Roger that Jack, Jaq you got this?"
"Copy Jack," a woman with tan skin and brown hair shaved on the right side crashed into them, sending Hiro and Baymax into the freezing water.

"Nailed it Jaq," her teammate, a muscular bald man with dark skin gave her a fist bump.
"Back at ya, Jack."

They all were knocked away when Baymax flew out of the water, Hiro coughed as they reasurrfaced. Baymax stared at him but he gave the robot a reassuring smile, then was nabbed by the leader, "aah!"
"Lesson one: Don't mess with the Mad Jacks," the leader glared down at him as he dragged Hiro upwards by his foot.
"Jacks rule!" Both of his teammates exclaimed.

"Wait, so you're all named Jack?" Hiro raised an eyebrow.

"Actually, my real name's Greg," was his response, "but I go by Jack. Team cohesion man!"
"Well uh..that makes no sense,"

"Yeah well..you make no sense," and Greg dropped him.

Hiro screamed as he fell, "Aaaaah! Baymax!" he yelled for help, "aaah!" the robot scooped him up before he could plummet into the water.

"Ah, thanks," Hiro sneezed.
"You have sneezed," Baymax stated, "a sneeze is a semi-"

Hiro climbed back on Baymax's back, "I'm fine, come on we have to check out that yacht," they landed on the deck.

"I am scanning the occupants, one of them is.." the front door opens, "Alistair Krei."

"Welcome...aboard," the CEO greeted them.

"Is this another revenge against you thing?" Hiro narrowed his eyes.

"No?" a laser fired nearby the yacht.

"Unethical business deal?"
"That is offensive and also no."

Steven coughed, "liar," he muttered under his breath from inside the yacht, he was taking cover from all the lasers firing outside!

"Then what?" Hiro questioned.

"Look, I was out on the bay enjoying my yacht. Krei Fisher, and then those flying maniacs swooped in." another blast shook the boat, "aah!" Krei fell overboard, but Baymax managed to grab his leg, however the top half of his body got soaked.

Baymax places a life vest on Krei, "it is advisable to wear a flotation device, when boating."

"Noted," Krei grumbled, another laser blast causes him to retreat back inside so he doesn't fall overboard again.

The boat drives away from the Mad Jacks, who fly after them.

"Baymax, I'm thinkin rocket fist," Hiro tells the robot, who stares at the approaching enemies.

"Three targets will require precise timing,"

They waited for a few moments, until the targets on Baymax's visor aligned, "now!" Hiro ordered. The rocket fist hit Greg, who bumped into Jack and Jaq and they fell into the water.

"Heh, nice shot! That had to hurt!" Hiro chuckled.

The rocket fist went back to Baymax. "I do not detect any major injuries."

"Bet they're mad though!"
Silence greeted his response, Baymax blinked at him.

"Mad...Jacks? Because they're-" he continued to get blinking, "never mind," Hiro gave up on explaining the joke to the robot.

They kept a watchful eye on the yacht as it landed on the docks, Krei and his assistant Judy exited. Steven however, had to repair some of the damage the Mad Jacks left.
"I am not paid enough for this...stupid Mad Jacks," he grumbled as he got his toolkit and went to work, Hiro felt bad for the mechanic.

He landed on the ground and turned to the CEO, "Mr. Krei, are you sure there's nothing you want to tell us?" He knew Krei was hiding something, his bet was on an unethical business deal.

"Uh, there is one thing-" Judy speaks up but her boss cuts her off.

"Good night!"
Hiro sneezes again, but Baymax covers it. "Hiro, I am detecting unusually thick mucus in your nasal membranes."

"Well that's disgusting," Krei flinches, "no viruses around the CEO. That's the rule, good night."
"Oohkay, let's go Baymax,"

"I will monitor your symptoms." They both fly off into the night.

"Why didn't you tell them?" Judy questioned her boss, "I mean they did save you."
"I do not need that kid lecturing me about how 'that technology is too risky,'" Krei argued.

"Is it risky?" Judy raised an eyebrow.

"No risk, no reward," he pulls out the chip, but places it back in his blazer as Fred lands on the ground next to them.

"What I'd miss?!" Fred looks around, "aww man.." he realized he missed the fight and jumped away.

The next morning, Hiro couldn't breathe. His nose was stuffy, he had to take some Afrin just to allow him to breathe through his nose without struggling to.

"You alright Hiro?" Ari asked him, she stayed a few feet away from him for some reason, "you sound a little sick."
"I'm fine Ari," Hiro sniffled, "just a stuffy nose."
"Huh," she raised an eyebrow, "well I'll visit you at the lab later today, hope your nose clears up."

"Uh huh," Hiro nodded, grabbing his things and heading out of the cafe door, he wasn't sick. He just had a stuffy nose.

Everyone else at school however...thought otherwise, all he did at the cafeteria was pick an orange instead of an apple.

"Hiro, what did you just do?" Karmi walked up to him, her usual lunch diet already on her tray.

"Uh, changed my mind?" he didn't know why she was getting on his case about it.

"You touched the apple!"
"But I decided I wanted the orange," Hiro argued, "There-there's no comparison really, it's apples and oranges, heh."
"Do you know how many microbes you left on that apple?" Karmi narrows her eyes at him.

"No, but I bet you do Karmi," what was the big deal?
"This is cold and flu season, all it takes is one careless-" he sniffles and Karmi drops her tray, she stares at him with wide eyes and tiptoes away.

"Come on it was one sniff!" He exclaims.

His sniffles hadn't improved at all, and now he felt hot and sweaty when he got to the Robotics lab. Hiro shivered, despite feeling warm, his body ached as he went into the lab.

"Hi Hiro, aww are you feeling okay?" Honey Lemon called to him, she took off one of her gloves and felt his forehead, "hm, you feel a little warm."
"You look like death, go home," Gogo walked past him.

"Why does everyone think I'm sick?" Hiro rubbed his nose with his jacket sleeve.

"Because you look sick?" Ari told him. She was playing on a DS with Fred, in some sort of competitive battle. "Not a good idea to push yourself! I tried once to force myself to remember something and all I got was a super bad migraine, get some rest!"
"Yeah Hiro," Fred nodded beside her, "plus I never get sick."

"Really?" Ari raised an eyebrow.
He nodded as he played his game, "every year, I get stung by an irradiated bee so I'm protected."
"An irradiated bee?" Gogo narrowed her eyes at him.

"Yeah, I close my eyes, the doctor says I'll feel a pinch, and then-"
"Fred, that's a flu shot," she tells him.

"No! Irradiated bee!" Fred grumbles and goes back to his game, "that's what my mom says."
Ari rubs her right arm, wincing, "hey R, you okay?" Fred glanced over to her in concern.

"Oh, um..when you mentioned a flu shot.. I remembered this time I had like...several vaccinations at once..I think maybe four..it hurt a lot because it was one after another."
Fred winced, "ouch..that's a painful memory, why four?"
"To keep me healthy?" Ari was confused, "I think I got sick a lot as a kid or something, maybe didn't get a vaccination one year and had to get extra another? Well at least I remember another thing!"
"Nice keeping it positive," Fred gives her a high five, "a positive memory is a good memory."
"Mhmm," their attention was averted by a loud scream by Wasabi, because Hiro had sneezed on his new computer in an accident which freaked him out.

"I am concerned about the sneezing," Baymax states, as Wasabi runs out of the lab to clean his computer of germs, "also, the screaming."

"I am going to drag Mikan herself over here to get you to rest Hiro," Ari grumbled.
"Can't," Gogo tells her, "she isn't here today."
Honey Lemon frowned, "that's odd, had she caught a cold from David? I know he's sick too."
Gogo shrugged in response.

Where Mikan was, however, was not lying in bed to recover from any hypothetical cold, she was helping her father in his latest scheme.

Speaking of that, there was an incoming transmission, he opened the call and Greg of the Mad Jacks answered from the other line.

"Situation report, um let's see.." Greg began to explain, "at approximately t-twenty three hundred hours-"
Obake brings up an image of the purple armored leader and his red robot friend, "you were defeated by a child," he raised his eyebrow.

"A really small child too," Mikan speaks up from behind, but her dad gestures for her to be quiet during the call.

"The kid had a robot!" Jaq chimes in.

"Yeah, tell him about the bot!" Jack adds in, they both pop in next to Greg.

"Finish the job, understand?" Obake tells them, "finish...it!"
Both Jack and Jaq cower behind Greg, "roger that good copy. Mad Jacks out," he ends the call.

"Wow, bunch of chickens for a bunch of high action daredevils," Mikan snickers, "you sure showed them dad."

He smirks, "well, they are at least perfect for the job," Mikan could agree, the Mad Jack commercial was "perfect" in both their eyes. Obake brings up on one of the monitors, an image he captured of the purple leader of Big Hero 6. The one who captured his eye, "such a tenacious young man. What would it take, I wonder, to lay you low?" He zooms in on his face.

"You're sure that this kid can help with whatever your plans are?" Mikan raised an eyebrow, she didn't see much in Big Hero 6, besides the fact her siblings David and Sara admired them, though her other sister thought of them as an annoyance. "I could help too.."
"No, you need to work on your schoolwork, gathering information for me." Obake walks up to her and places a hand on her shoulder, "trust me Mikan, you are a great service to my plans."

"I know dad," Mikan smiles, "I wish you'd tell me about them other than they 'will help my future' or something along the lines, but I trust you."

She chuckled, "though don't tell me who Big Hero 6 is, I don't care about them and frankly, whoever that purple one is can't be any better than me!"

Hiro sneezed, he groaned as he was lying down in bed, a box of tissues on his nightstand.

When Ari woke up, she saw poor Hiro lying in bed weak with illness. Nothing dire but he sweated and shivered in bed, when Cass went upstairs and saw his state, she took him to the doctor's and brought Baymax along. Ari stayed at the cafe, not wanting to catch Hiro's illness, and moved a sleeping bag to the living room, she was not going to get sick today! When Cass came back from the doctors, which Ari thought was a waste of time since they already had a healthcare robot at home, she learned Hiro was suffering from a fever. She just told him to get some rest and left him upstairs.

Hiro did not blame Ari for avoiding him, he didn't want her to get sick either, he got his computer and went into a call with his friends.
"Hey Hiro!" Fred, Honey Lemon, and Gogo waved.
"You feeling any better?" Honey Lemon asked him.

"Y-yeah, I'm good," Hiro nodded, he wasn't feeling better but that wasn't important right now.

"I managed to do some research on the Mad Jacks like you asked!" Fred told him, he looked at Hiro's room, "is Ari there with you?"
"She's not, what did you find out Fred?"
"The Mad Jacks are an elite shadow ops-" a cup of tea blocks the screen.

Baymax holds a cup of tea, "Hiro, I have brewed tea for you."

He pushes it away, "uh, no thanks Baymax, I'm not thirsty."
"A patient with a viral infection should drink plenty of liquids."

Hiro grabs the tea and places it next to him, "okay I'll drink it later."
"Hey, where's Wasabi?" Gogo questioned.

Speaking of the devil, he enters the call, "one more pass with the sanitizer, and-" he stops cleaning his computer and looks up. "Oh, hey, sorry I'm late."

Hiro turns behind him to see Baymax fluffing up his pillows, "Hiro, a patient diagnosed with a viral infection should rest."

"A viral infection?! It was a brand new computer!" Wasabi closes the call, but opens it up, "oh, and feel better Hiro," and closes the call again.

"I don't think he's rejoining the call," Honey Lemon frowns.
"Yeah...we'll tell him what we found out later," Gogo shrugs, "Fred, spill."
"Okay, here's what I dug up," Fred brings up a link on the call. "The Mad Jacks not only have a website, they have a theme song!"
He clicks the video, which blasts them with rock.

When you need down and dirty action

Mad Jacks!
With a guaranteed satisfaction

Mad Jacks!
Who's got might to the max?

Massive surprise attacks!
Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Jacks!
"You got a mission? Don't sweat it, we'll crank it up to Jacks-imum overdrive!" Greg advertises.

"Jack Attack!" All three of the Mad Jacks exclaim.

There's an explosion as the song ends.

Mad Jacks!

There is a little paragraph of words following the end of the song. "The Mad Jacks are a high octane action team. They will wreak havoc. The Mad Jacks will not be held responsible for said havoc, but it will be awesome. All payments are made to The Mad Jack's, LLC. Offer for hire is on a first come, highest bidder system. Jet fuel is attached to all hires invoices along with passport costs. Costs of plane tickets included in fee, but special terms and conditions may apply. This life is not for everyone. This life is definitely not because you lost a puppy when you were a kid but your parents refused to address your grieving emotional state, which later manifested in a repeat pattern of negative ways to get attention." There were more words at the bottom but it went too quick for him to process the entire paragraph.

Hiro stared at the screen with wide eyes, clearly shocked at what he just watched. Honey Lemon stared shocked as well.

Gogo however had a deadpan look on her face, "wow, somebody's been pounding too many sports drinks."

AN: This chapter is ironic considering the whole virus going around

At least Ari is practicing social distancing...

...

I'm terrible : D

Also a reader of mine recently asked me about what happened to Mel last chapter (being shoved in the same prison Juniper was in)..also fun fact: Juniper was overreacting/being dramatic when she called Mel her "next door neighbor" (he just bothers her.) I did some reasearch and apparently prisons sperate by gender :/ (whoops). Well at the end of "Issue 188" Bluff reported that High Voltage was sent to a "maximum security prison" since y'know.. supervillains

Krei probably threw the book at Mel so hard he got swung into the same kind of maximum security prison.. there's probably some gender separation.. But I've seen both genders in the prisons on cartoons so.. sorry for the slight error!

Btw it's my birthday at the time of posting this! *confetti* So I'd like a lot of reviews this chapter (and other HOF chapters if those silent readers want to tell me their opinions please :3) as a nice present

Now for question of the week:

Tell me your favorite HOF character (canon and/or oc) and why you like them so much?