"Breaking news now! Super heroic, super damage downtown today when Big Hero 6's leaping lizard failed spectacularly trying to catch the mutated menace known as Globby. Coming up…"

Ari rolled her eyes at Bluff Dunder's latest news report, apparently Flame Jumper did not know how to damage control. She winced at the damage shown on the T.V, A for effort I guess.

A paw prodding her shoulder caught her attention, she turned around to see Rachel and Katie staring at her, the feline peered at the news, "ouch..."
"Yeah, yikes," Ari sat next to them, it was one of the rare days Ari didn't assist Cass in the Lucky Cat Cafe, instead she spent the time talking to her friends.
"The more I hear Globby on the news, the more I'm disappointed in his life choices," Rachel rolled her eyes.
"It's funny seeing him on screen though," Katie snickered, "San Fransokyo didn't have any monsters until he showed up."
"And you happen to know places with monsters?" Ari questioned. The blue and her friend looked at each other.
"Well, I saw a lot of stuff during my trip to New York," Rachel drummed her fingers on the table, "I mean there was a giant lizar-"
"Ohhh don't go on," Ari moaned. "I don't like monsters!"
"I thought you didn't like eels?" Katie twitched her whiskers.
"Both are bad!"
Rachel had a smirk on her face, "imagine if one day, you woke up, saw the news, and there were eel monsters-"
"Noooo!" Ari exclaimed dramatically, "that'd be my nightmare come to life!" They all giggled.

Elsewhere in Hiro's garage...

the gang were looking at the news report on Baymax's screen.

"Not again Fred," Hiro groaned at the report.

"Maybe he shouldn't roll solo for breakfast again," Gogo commented.
"Oh brunch," Wasabi chipped in, "Fred loves to brunch."
Honey Lemon turned to them, "Freddie means well guys, it's just when he puts on the suit, he gets carried away."

"Yeah?" Gogo raised an eyebrow, "tell that to the Zimmermans."
"But someone has to watch the city when we're at school."
"Yeah, but who's gonna watch Fred watching the city?" Wasabi questioned.

"Mini-Max."
Gogo turned to Hiro, who was working on the table, "Mini-Max?"

He turns on the desk lamp next to his table, lighting up the small skeletal structure he was working on. "I'm designing Mini-Max to keep an eye on Fred while we're in school," he explained, picking up a hand that was crawling away from the body.
"Cool!" Wasabi was impressed, "like a nanny."
Honey Lemon walked up to the desk, "Oh! He's so adorbs, a Fred-sitter."

"Ahem,"
They all turned around to see Fred at the garage door.
"Oh! Hey Fred," Hiro flashed him a peace sign, then glanced around, ''How long have you been standing there?"
"Long enough," Fred replied, "long enough to hear you're building me a sidekick!"

"Uhh..yeah, uh..yeah!" life just loved giving Hiro excuses doesn't it? "A sidekick! Right!"
Fred bounced up to him, "so, Hiro, when's my new sidekick going to be ready to side kick some butt? Pun intended!"
"Pun intended to what?" Gogo raised an eyebrow.
Fred smirked and flashed her finger guns, "amuse those who go in for that sort of thing."
"So no one," he pouted at her.
"He'll be ready soon," Hiro rubbed his hands, "I just need to use the lab at school to finish the programming on his superhero chip."
Fred laughed with excitement, exiting the garage with a spring in his step. "You're building me a sidekick! You're building me a sidekick!" He sang as he left.

Honey Lemon glanced at the group, "should we tell him that Mini-Max isn't really his sidekick?"
"I've never been happier!" They glanced at the direction Fred left, well it didn't hurt to see him happy like that.
"Nah," the others chorused.

Ferns and Nerds group chat:

TheLittleMermaid: Omg I missed Sienna's introduction HI

Sienna Kline: Hello n.n

Sara Ferns: "Isn't she great?!" -David

TheLittleMermaid: Sure is David… -_-

Hiro Hamada:

Gogo:

Wasabi:
Honey Lemon:

Fredzilla: I feel the tension

Sienna Kline: So, did anyone see the news today?

Mikan Ferns: Yep. This is why the lizard is my least favorite member of Big Hero 6, just ...wow. Way to fail at your one job.

Fredzilla: HEY

TheLittleMermaid: That's kind of a mean thing to say

Sara Ferns: Mika!

Mikan Ferns: Not like they can read it :/, it's just my opinion

TheLittleMermaid: Is David still there?

Sara Ferns: No he went to pick up his toolkit he left in the robotic lab

Gogo: Aren't you the one who usually leaves toolkits there?

Sara Ferns: Irrelevant!

Sienna Kline: Ouch, sometimes I leave my sketchbook in one of my classes half the time.

Sienna Kline: It always has a few less pages…because my classmates steal them.

TheLittleMermaid: Wow rude..can't they just buy paper?

Sienna Kline: I mean they steal my sketches

Honey Lemon: what

Sienna Kline: Art thieves

Speaking of grabbing that toolkit, just as David found it and was about to bring it back to his lab, he ran into someone.
"Ah! Careful!" David exclaimed, as someone brushed past him, a sharp gasp was all he needed to identify them. "What's got you so distracted Karmi?"
Karmi grumbled, "I was just about to go looking for you, David." She said his name like it was forbidden, something was on her mind.

He bit his lip, "what for?"

There was a pause, "I can't believe you're related to her.."
David gulped, her?...what was Karmi talking about? Was she referring to..no, no way, even with her biotech knowledge could she conclude that-

"Momakase." She glared. "You're her son.
Those words were what sent shivers down his spine, "wh-wh-what?" his throat felt hoarse. Quicker than a whip the joyful atmosphere was sucked out of the lab, Karmi held so much power over him in that moment, those words could break him.

"You have no proof," he bared his teeth, attempting to scare Karmi, and felt a glimmer of satisfaction when hearing her startled yelp.

"She told me herself," what? Karmi kept speaking bravely, "plus you look very similar, except the eyes."
"How could she tell you?" David crossed his arms, it was impossible. His ears then heard Karmi's soft sniffles, and her heavy breath before answering.
"She-she abducted Ari and I! To use as bait for Big Hero 6-we almost disintegrated on Akuma Island!" Karmi's outburst caught him off guard, but what really shook his core was the words.

"She..what?"
"Almost got Ari and I killed! She was punching poor Ari right in front of me!" He felt Karmi grip his elbow, "she knew that I was your classmate because you must've told her that information!"
"And it's my fault?!"

"Well who else could it be?!"
"Her then!" David screamed, "I didn't know she did that! And I am furious at her, but just because I share her blood doesn't mean I share her crimes!"
Karmi paused, "you didn't know?"
"No! I didn't!"
She let go of his elbow, "I'm sorry, it had happened so suddenly and..."
"Still on your mind huh?" David sighed, "I know how you feel."
"No you don't," Karmi grumbled, "none of you do," she began to walk away.
"Wait!" David called to her, he attempted to grab her shoulder-
"I said, leave me alone!" Karmi snapped, "god why can't you or your sisters understand personal space?! At least Ari and her brother do, and they're younger than you!" She bolted away at a more rapid pace, leaving him alone with his toolkit.

David just stood there, pondering her words. Did my mother really hurt Ari and her? He was aware that she was not a kind person, but you'd think she'd leave his classmates alone. And what was that about personal space? He recalled the last time he tried reaching out to her. She had already declined but still he pushed for her to reconsider. Maybe… maybe she hasn't changed, even though she opened up to Ari… she's just giving the rest of us the cold shoulder. With a heavy sigh, he started walking back to his lab, Sara wanted that toolkit back to work on her midterm assignment.

Later that night..

Hiro and Baymax were attempting to enter the robotics labs, so he could finish his work on Mini-Max. But his ID wasn't letting him in. "What?!"

"There is a sign," Baymax told him. Hiro looked up at sigh next to the door.
"The robotics lab will be closed for maintenance until further notice," he read, "what? Who okayed this?"

"I did! Hiro turned to see Granville was behind him.

"B-b-but, our midterm projects are due," he stammered.

"I'm giving everyone an extension," she narrowed her eyes. "Until further notice, the lab is off-limits to everyone Mr. Hamada!" Granville then walked away, "I'm going home, I suggest you do the same!"
Hiro frowned as she went out of sight, "maintenance? The lab was fine yesterday."

"Come on, there's another way in," he gestured for Baymax to follow, they rounded a corner to one of the open windows. "Trampoline time, Baymax."

"Please use caution, there are significant incidents of trampoline related injuries," Baymax warned him as the robot lay down on his back. Hiro made sure to be careful as he bounced up to the open window, his arms clinging to the window frame. Once he was in, he went down to the door to open it for Baymax, the robot attempting to jump up to the window himself. "I was not designed for jumping."
"Baymax," Hiro whispered.
"Hiro." He gestured for the robot to follow him inside, Baymax blinked, waddling inside the lab doors.

Once inside, it didn't take much time for Hiro to get to his lab, and finish programming the chip for Mini-Max. "One Mini-Max super sidekick chip, done!" he plucked the chip out of the computer. As he admired his new chip, Baymax whirred, scanning outside the lab.

"I detect Professor Granville."

"What?" Hiro blinked, "she said she was going home." They poked their heads out of the door, and watched Granville use her ID to enter a room. They ducked back into the lab when the dean glanced left and right. When the coast was clear, they poked their heads back out, "we better get out of here." He whispered to Baymax, they closed the door, preparing to exit via the window.

Unknown to either of them, what Granville was working on was a machine of some sorts.

She clicked a button, "vocal command test."
"Vocal command acknowledged," she placed a panel back onto the wiring.

The next morning, the gang (including Ari) were at Fred's house to see Mini-Max being activated.

As Fred giggled with excitement, Ari turned to Gogo, "what made Hiro want to program Mini-Max?"
"For Fred," Gogo replied, "kind of like a sidekick of some sort.
"Correction, Mini-Max is a sidekick!" Fred exclaimed.

Honey Lemon, Gogo, Baymax, and Ari circled the table as Hiro inserted Mini-Max's chip. The small robot opened his unnaturally bright blue eyes. He bounced, jumping on Wasabi's shoulder and hopping onto the floor.

Fred was vibrating with excitement.

"Greetings! I am Mini-Max! Defender of justice!" His voice was loud, boastful, which fueled Fred's excitement as he bounced to his new robot friend.
"I can see it now! We are gonna be such a classic duo. I'm obviously going to be the more serious logical one, and Mini-Max is going to be the plucky comic relief."

"Like Rachel and Katie!" Ari exclaimed, the others shared glances.

"Which one out of that duo is the logical one?" Wasabi turned to Gogo, who shrugged.

"Right Mini-Max?-AAH!" Fred attempted to pat the small robot on the head but for his efforts he got backhanded and hogtied, the group winced. Ari felt phantom pain in her sides just watching it.

"Do you yield?" Mini-Max demanded.

"I was... trying to pat your head..." he explained through strained teeth.

"My apologies!" he was untied, "carry on with your affectionate gesture." Fred hesitated, patting Mini-Max's head with his right hand a few times, then recoiled, wincing.

Baymax scanned his hand, "you have a minor abrasion on your wrist." He lifted him up from the floor and pressed his large vinyl hands onto Fred's wrist, his palms turning blue. "Icing the area for ten minutes twice a day is recommended."

Fred hummed, while he enjoyed the refreshing cool feeling swelling his pain, the two robots made eye contact, blinking at each other.

"Hello, I am Baymax."
"Greetings! I am Mini-Max! I am programmed to assist and protect my fellow heroes, to thwart villainy, and to always be a champion of justice!" The small robot bounced on top of Fred's beanie, and then on top of Baymax's head.

"I am a personal healthcare companion."
"We all serve in our own way!"

"Awww," Ari gushed, "he acts like a little superhero, maybe you could sign him up to be the seventh member of Big Hero 6! They could use a little guy like him on their team," behind her, the others gave chuckles and awkward smiles.

The buzzing of her phone in her pocket caught her attention, "I'll just take this out there," she waved to the group as she exited the room to answer the caller. "Hey! How are you doing?"
"Not well," Karmi replied on the other line, "I talked to David about... that, it didn't go so well?"
"Did he hurt you?" Ari frowned.
"No, I um… might've blamed him a little."
"Karmi!"

"In my defense I'm still in shock."
"Yeah," she pressed a hand against her right side, the black eye had healed last week, but it still hurt. "Um, speaking of that..remember how when my brother came to pick me up, he gave you a hug-"
"Don't remind me!" According to Hiro, Karmi had been avoiding him since then,"I didn't expect that. From him."
"He was just happy you were there so I wasn't totally alone," Ari lowered her voice, "between you and me, he was worried about you as well."
"Really? Are you trying to make me feel better?"
"Well it's not like he wants you dead or anything, I bet he'd miss someone to compete with."
"I guess you're right..don't tell him I said that!"

Ari snickered, "is that all you wanted to tell me?"
"Well yes but no," Karmi hummed.

"Haha very funny, did you see the news today?"
"Yeah I did and yikes!"
"I know right?! Ouch..."

When she returned to the room, Hiro was in front of the group who were sitting on the couch. "-I had a good reason, what if Professor Granville's up to something, you know, bad?"

Ari said nothing as she took a seat between Gogo and Honey Lemon, the entire group dissolved into laughter at Hiro's words.

"Oh please!"
"That's funny!"

Even Mini-Max joined in, his mechanical laughter bounced off of the others. Ari, feeling bad for her brother, was the only one not to laugh, but she did stare at him awkwardly.
"I'm serious," Hiro held up the yearbook he found in the school library, "think about it! She mysteriously stopped teaching here 20 years ago, and has suddenly returned."

"He has a point," Ari whispered to the others, "kind of odd."
"Plus, she used to keep the, you know, just the rarest superconductor in the universe on her desk as a paperweight."

"And now she's working on some secret project!"

Wasabi stood up, walking up to him and placing a hand on Hiro's shoulder. "Ever think you might be letting your personal feelings get in the way here? Just a tad-ski?"
"Yeah, everyone knows Granville's really hard on you," Gogo pointed out.
"Try to focus on the positive," Honey Lemon added, "she gives you a lot of attention!"
"Sounds like tough love," Ari concluded.

Hiro sighed, "guys I'm telling you, something's not right." He started to walk out, "c'mon Baymax?"
"Where are you going?" Wasabi questioned.

"To find the truth about Professor Granville."

There was an awkward silence in the room once Hiro and Baymax left, "hey uh.." Ari spoke up, "who was the former dean of the school before Granville?"
The others around her flinched, "nevermind..." she sighed, "just curious." Even though Karmi told her she shouldn't bother the others, I am definitely missing something.

"We should start the movie," Honey Lemon was the first to speak, "you haven't seen The Mermaiden's Tale haven't you Ari?" She shook her head.
"What happened to, 'it's so much more than a movie?'" Gogo narrowed her eyes.
"Hey! It's a masterpiece!"
"No spoilers!" Ari covered her ears in a comical manner.
"I will defend your ears from leaked information!" Mini-Max leapt to her side and also covered her ears, she giggled.

"Thanks."
"You are Mini-Maximum welcome!"

Ferns and Nerds group chat:

Fredzilla: Ari,jpeg

Rachel Rosemary: OMG

Gogo: Ari after we showed her a movie

Sara Ferns: The Mermaiden's Tale?

Fredzilla: Other,jpeg

Fredzilla: Yes

Sienna Kline: Awww poor HL

Mikan Ferns: Wasabi no

Rachel Rosemary: Who's the robot?

Fredzilla: Mini-Max! My new sidekick!
TheLittleMermaid: Iwrwas soersaaaaad

Gogo: Fred did you give Ari back her phone

Fredzilla: SHE SWIPED IT

TheLittleMermaid: TJewaokdos wirh tbe harokfdc,

Sienna Kline: yeah that part gets me every time

Sara Ferns: How do you understand her?!

"The hero looks, scans, searches, not a sign of illegal activity." Under the cover of night, Fred and Mini-Max patrolled the city, the small robot was dressed in a miniature version of Baymax's armor, but in a blue color. "Not a sign." Fred lowered the binoculars.
"I have detected a sign of illegal activity," Mini-Max pointed below to the streets.
"Yeah! Just saw that! We're so in sync!" He chuckled, "we should probably get on that."
As Fred bounced downtown, Mini-Max activated his small wings and thrusters, "Mini-Maximum damage control!"

On the streets, a figure was stealing money from a parking meter, Mini-Max landed behind him. "I will cross-check physical characteristics against my criminal database!" The figure dropped all the coins.
"No need Mini-Max!" Fred landed in front, "right, Globby?" He narrowed his eyes at the glob monster with a ski mask atop his head.
"Globby? I don't know who you're talking about," he replied in a bad Cockney accent.
"That ski mask isn't fooling anyone Globby, we can see your entire body." Fred pointed a claw at him, "oh, and you call that a Cockney accent?" He then started speaking in a bad Cockney accent, "I can do better guv'nor!"

"Both your accents were highly inaccurate!" Mini-Max commented.
Globby sneered at him, "well sorry! I've never been to Cockney."
"And this ski mask is..because I heard it might snow!" Globby turned his body into a snowball, then rolled down the street.

"You cannot roll away from justice!"
"Don't worry Mini-Max," Fred walked to his sidekick, "Fredzilla's all over this!" He leapt after Globby.

"And I am all over Fredzilla!" Mini-Max followed, as Fred chased the snowball into an alleyway. Mini-Max made sure to do damage control for any of his wayward attacks, from shielding a car from fire to intercepting a wrecking ball.

"Nowhere to go snowball!" Fred stood in front of the alley, "give it up!"
Globby's head popped out of the snow, "never!"

"Have it your way," he breathed fire at him but the glob monster turned into fire himself, and swallowed up the blast.

Globby smirked, he belched a small small, "ah, spicy," he then rocketed at Fred, knocking him to the ground and smoke steamed from the suit. "Turns out you can fight fire with fire." As he was about to engulf him in flames, his trusty sidekick arrived.
"Mini-Maximum extinguisher!" The small robot blasted Globby with a fire extinguisher, turning him back to his violet globby color.

"You haven't seen the last of me," he narrowed his eyes and swung away, cackling as he escaped.

"I successfully averted all Fred-related disasters," the small robot declared.

"Yeah that's not really a sidekick sorta line," Fred lifted his suit's helm, "but nice hustle out there!"
"We make a great team Mini-Max! Are you feeling it?!" He was pumped.
"I feel nothing. I am a robot."
"You will, before we know it. We're going to be…" he gestured to Mini-Max, who shook his claw, "...finishing each other's sentences."
"Don't worry, we'll get there." Fred smirked, "come on, Mini-Maximum fist bump?"

"Mini-Maximum fist bump!" he fist-bumped him, which turned into a rocket fist and knocked Fred to the other side of the street.

"Ow! Maybe we do a Mini-Medium fist bump next time?"

Next morning at the robotics lab, Gogo, Honey Lemon, and Wasabi were doing some work. As Wasabi was placing the tools on his desk, Gogo rolled over, bumping on the desk, moving his tools, grabbed one, and popped her gum.

"Uh, Granville update, everybody," Hiro walked into the lab, Ari trailing behind him like a little puppy, "totally, up to something!"
"Mysterious past, mysterious work in the lab, and a mysterious visit to Good Luck Alley." He walked past Wasabi's desk, taking a seat in one of the chairs. Ari hummed in agreement.

"That is a lot of mystery," Gogo nodded, behind her Baymax in a trenchcoat moved some of Wasabi's tools back into their places.
"What was she doing in Good Luck Alley?" The latter raised an eyebrow, he smiled seeing Baymax moving his tools to their spot but then frowned when noticing his disguise.
"I don't know," Hiro was looking at the old SFIT yearbook again, "we got chased away by Yama and his thugs, before we could find out."
"Good think you did too," Ari nodded, "when you put like that, I'm starting to get suspicious of your dean," she narrowed her eyes to the others, "and the old one..." she added under her breath.
"What was that Ari-woah!" Hiro stopped at a page.
"Hiro, what is it?" Honey Lemon turned to him.
He narrowed his eyes, staring at a picture that included a familiar face, "I think I found someone who might have some answers."

For-shadowy jokes, David's two cents on Akuma Island, a tense conversation next chapter about "you-know-who!"
At least Mini-Max has showed up, writing my cousin's fav character helps.

Yeah last chapter's commentary was great, as nice as it would've been for Ari to MAGICALLY fend off Momakase, I at least try to have some realistic logic in this fic.

I say, in a bh6 fanfiction with a talking blue cat, OCs related to canon characters, and not even mentioning what will later be revealed.

Speaking of that superkoola sent this lovely question! why does inserting an OC into canon worry you?

Well y'know... trying to keep my OCs not being mary-sues if I add anything unique into their character and character backstory, their interactions with other characters, the fact that some people on this site when they add an OC-insert tend to de-grade other characters to make THAT OC sparkly and special and write the characters their OC doesn't like OOC- I'm getting off topic. I just want my OC's to be... human, alright? Have human flaws n' stuff. I just worry I'm not doing that good.

Sorry for that mess of a rant, I have issues :D

A part of me kind of feels bad for writing Momakase not hesitating to punch Ari, but at the same time she will hurt a child (*coughHirocough*) I like her as a character, but she's a villain... this show makes me like villain characters and I don't know how to process it. DW tho Momakase fans, I've got some plans for her, and they involve her son :)

Question of the Week: Do you think Hiro will tell Ari the superhero secret when they talk about Callaghan?

Have a good week y'all!