"Mika… can you tell me where we're going?" the unofficial Fern kid was dragging David, the youngest, somewhere. She couldn't tell him, but his pestering was beginning to wear down on her.
"It's a surprise!" she chuckled, leading him to a secret entrance, at least Mikan didn't have to blindfold him-okay that was cruel, she told herself, but he'll thank me later for this.
"Give me a hint, please," David's ears perked up, "are we underwater?"

"Close, elevator to the water," Mikan pointed out, watching the fish swim by, "you can always ask me to bring you by the way."
"Like how you and Ari go on trips together?" David raised an eyebrow.
"Yep!" she lied, technically Ari has me drive her to visit her hopeless crush, but sure, it's trips. The elevator stopped, "so, how have things been with your mom?"
"Oh uh, Sally and I went out to eat the other day-"
"I mean Momakase." She rolled her eyes, "does she even know you refer to Sally as mom?"
David huffed, "she does!...but I haven't talked to her since she escaped from prison, but I'm mad at her." Odd..Mikan hummed.
"What? Did she hurt a security guard in her escape or something?"
"No, she-"
"Oh look, we're here!" Mikan shoved him into another room, he yelped as he was pushed in. She watched him sniff the air and try to hear his surroundings. The room was a small, miniature kitchen that had seen better days. There was a person working by the counter, none other than recently escaped mercenary/sushi chef herself, Momakase, or in David's case-

"Mother?" he gasped, Momakase stopped cutting fish, she almost dropped her graphene knife at the sound of David's voice.

"David.."

"..Am I dreaming?"
"Nope," Mikan gave him a hard pinch on the shoulder.
"Ow!"
"My dad hired her as a chef, her food is rather killer, and part of that deal was some well-earned family bonding," she nudged him to the counter, "just let me know, I'll drop anything so you can visit your mom at any time."

Mikan stepped to the side, watching as David debated on his next move. After an eternity of silence, David wrapped his arm around his mom's torso. Momakase had the warmest smile she had ever seen as she returned the hug, droplets of tears trailed down her cheek.
"I missed hugging you like this," Momakase told him.
"I know.." David then let go, "Wait Mika..your dad hired her?"
"Yep," Mikan shrugged.
"Did he..break her out?"
"Can't confirm or deny," why was he acting weird..shouldn't he be happy?

David crossed his arms, "did he also tell her to freaking kidnap some of our friends as superhero bait to Akuma Island?!"

"Um…" Mikan wondered how he knew about that, "no hard feelings to your mom..orders are orders."
"Mika!" David clenched his teeth, "Karmi and Ari could've died!" he then turned to his mom, "please don't threaten my classmates ever again please."
"I will make a note of that in the future," Momakase replied, who was also shocked by his outburst.
She huffed, always so heroic..he'd be a great superhero, Mikan thought sarcastically. She wrapped her arm around his shoulder. "David..bro..buddy, it was for the greater good, my dad's got something that'll help me, and you and Sara's future..the Akuma Island thing won't happen again."
He frowned, "what are you talking about?"
"The future!" Mikan exclaimed, "by the way, please don't tell Sara, she's so sensitive, and it'd hurt her feelings. Not to mention Steven and Sally would flip, plus it might put your mom back in jail," she gestured to Momakase, "you want to give her hugs, right?"

"You watch your words," she narrowed her eyes at Mikan.

"Just saying!"
David sighed, looking glum, "right..I won't tell."
She ruffled his hair, "don't be blue!" Mikan bounced out of the room, "gotta report to my dad, until then, enjoy catching up with your mom!" There was a grin on her face as she left, he'll get over it..Not that it's completely horrible, sometimes you gotta do bad things for the greater good after all.

David just sighed, "no wonder she's acting weird.." he mumbled. He then turned to his mom, "hey uh..do you need any help cooking?"
Momakase gave him a small smile, "I'd like that son," she gave him a pat on the shoulder, he chuckled, feeling better than he had been in weeks. He'd have time to ponder his sister's weird behavior later, right now he just wanted to make up for lost time with his mother.

Ferns and Nerds group chat:

Rachel Rosemary: You know what I miss

Rachel Rosemary: New York's really good pizza

Hiro Hamada: Oh yeah! They have really good pepperoni!

Fredzilla: Hiro! You said you've never been outside San Fransokyo

Hiro Hamada: By car : )

Gogo: Gotta admit, that's a good one

Rachel Rosemary: you've been to New York?

Hiro Hamada: Yeah to visit some relatives for holidays!

Wasabi: Cool

TheLittleMermaid: Oh that's awesome! New York must be cool in person!

Rachel Rosemary: It's awesome

Honey Lemon: Oooh maybe we could come with you on a trip!
Hiro Hamada: I don't have enough money for those plane tickets

Rachel Rosemary: But I do : )

Mikan Ferns: Guys really, New York always has some vigilante menace making a mess every week, don't go there.

Sara Ferns: MIKA

Hiro Hamada: Hey watch it you're on thin ice Ferns

Mikan Ferns: I'm not scared of you

Rachel Rosemary: My vengeance will be swift

Mikan Ferns: OKAY I'M SORRY

It was afternoon at Krei-Tech, the automated doors opened as Ari entered the building, a small envelope in her hands.

"Excuse me?" she walked to the front desk, "do you know where Steven Ferns is?"
"He's over there," the lady pointed to the mechanic, who was just about to exit the building. Ari thanked the lady and ran up to him.
"Hey Steven!" she yelled, Steven froze in his tracks, covering his ears.
"Oh hey uh..what can I do for you Ariel?" he questioned.

Ari held up the envelope, "I have a letter to you!"
"From?" He raised an eyebrow.
"Mikan! She told me to give it!"
"Ah," Steven took the envelope, "thanks Ari."
She smiled, "no problem I-"
"Steven! There you are!" The moment Alistair Krei walked into the lobby, all of the employees started working like dogs, zipping and running around. "Just the person I was looking for! I need you to do something."
"Mr. Krei, it's my lunch break," he sighed, Ari could feel the frustration coming from Steven. His eyebrows narrowed and his lip curled.

"I'll give you an extended break, I need you to watch my latest presentation and give a review before I deliver to the public." Ari raised her hand, "yes?"
"Can I watch too?" she requested, "a public opinion might help you deliver a better presentation." Ari winked at Steven, he stared back with a look of surprise.
Krei shrugged, "sure of course, why not," he then squinted, "aren't you that girl who follows Hiro Hamada around? His girlfriend?"
Ari gagged, sticking her tongue out, "gross! No!"

"They're siblings," Steven explained, Krei didn't seem to pay attention.
"Yeah sure, whatever," Krei began walking away, gesturing for the two to follow, "come on! I have a strict schedule to follow!"
Steven just sighed as he and Ari began following the CEO, "I am not paid enough for this.." the mechanic mumbled.

Ari had to admit, Krei was great at delivering presentations. She'd buy the product if it wasn't so pricey. Maybe since Steven works here and I know him, I could get a discount! She hummed, the mechanic however, just wanted the whole thing to be done with.

"And with this Krei-Tech miracle miro battery," Krei held up a small blue battery with the Krei-Tech symbol printed on it's side, "we will power the world! Together!" A recording of audience cheer played, signaling it was over.

Ari clapped with excitement, "awesome!" she hummed.
Steven was clapping at a much slower pace, "it is a good presentation."
"Thank you," Krei chuckled, then paused the recording on his phone.

"I'll take it!" exclaimed an unknown voice, Ari's eyes widened as she recognized the voice. But to her surprise, Steven also recognized it as well, he let out a sharp gasp, his eyes widened and his mouth parted open.

Krei squinted, seeing the woman who spoke in the far back, "uh ,you there! You shouldn't be in here, this is a closed rehearsal." he told her. "But don't worry, the battery will be available soon for purchase."

The woman leans forward, the auditorium light showing her light spiky blond hair, colorful purple and black outfit, and cocoa brown eyes. "Did I say purchase?" She backflips out of her seat and onto the stage, knocking Krei over and snatching the battery.
"Pretty sure I said take it!" Barb, the mother from the mother-daughter duo High Voltage, exclaimed, holding the micro battery in her hands.
Krei winced, "oww…"
Then, another person backflips on stage, snatching the battery from Barb. "Ha!" Then Krei got up and snatched the battery back. "Aha!"

Ari knew that sassy voice all too well, the newcomer was a young girl, a bit older than Ari herself. With dark blonde hair, a colorful purple and pink outfit, and warm cocoa brown eyes that made her swoon.
"Juniper?" Barb was surprised to see her daughter, "what are you doing here?"

The crime-dancer narrows her eyes at her mother, "could you please tell Barb who I'm not speaking to because she betrayed our mother-daughter bond-" she spins on stage, gesturing to Krei, "that I am taking the battery!"

The CEO was puzzled, "Mother?" he looked back and forth to the two members of High Voltage, who narrowed their eyes at him. "I don't believe you," he scoffed.
Juniper then kicks him to the side, snatching the battery out of his hands and Krei finds himself wincing from pain on the ground a second time. "Yeah, I feel the resemblance.."

Neither of them on stage notice Ari and Steven in the peanut gallery. The mechanic was frozen silent and watching the fight with a lamentful gaze. Ari meanwhile had a hamster wheel going off in her head, last she checked both of them were still in jail. How did they get out? Were they released or did they break out? Doesn't matter because oh my god I did not expect them to show up and Juniper is looking beautiful as ev-FOCUS ARI, she placed a hand to her cheek to stop blushing. It didn't work.

"Young lady, you give me that right now," Barb demanded.
"No mother, not after what you did! This battery's mine!" Juniper exclaimed, she then frowned, "not that you care about that.."
"Just what is that supposed to mean?"
"You know exactly what it means."
Barb had no time for this right now, "Juniper, cut the sass and give me the battery!"
"Never!" And the two of them start a tug-of-war over the battery, however the moment that happened a sharp pain went to Ari's head. Her vision turned red for a split second, she groaned and covered her head.

Krei got up again, staring at the fight, "okay I know I shouldn't say this but there's another battery right there." He gestured to the display pillar with a second micro battery, both of them stare at it. Barb is the one who reacts first, leaping into the air, knocking the pillar over and swiping the battery.

"This is not how I raised you to steal things!" And she made her escape with the micro battery.
"I'm my own crime-dancer now mother!" Juniper called after her, she inserted the battery into her gauntlet, it hummed to life. "It'll do for now," she tosses an electric kiss to Krei and backflips offstage, also making her escape.

"Excuse me for a second," Ari got up and started running in the direction Juniper exited. As she left, Steven got upstage and walked to his boss, who was a little shell-shocked.
Krei pulled out his phone, "I should call my mom," as he began ringing he noticed Steven's expression. "What's gotten into you?"
"Oh uh.." Steven glanced, "nothing, it's nothing." He sighed.

Ari did not expect Juniper to able to run so fast, then again, at least she was fast enough. Though a part of her wished the crime-dancer would slow down so she could catch up!

"Juniper!" Ari called after her, "slow down!" She was still following her a block away from Krei-Tech, and Ari was starting to feel the fatigue.
"JUNIPER!" that got her attention. The crime-dancer whirled her head around, very shocked to see Ari panting after her

"..Ari?" she gasped, "how did you.."
"Long story..was at the auditorium..head hurts," Ari wheezed, "why..are..you..going..solo?" she fell to the ground in a dramatic manner, "why do you run fast?"
Juniper sighed, sitting next to her on the ground, "I would've slowed down, If I knew you were behind me." She started fanning the exhausted girl with her hands, around the area where her face was dark crimson red. "Jeez maybe you should stop wearing such a thick sweater, you're getting cooked!"
Ari gave a nervous chuckle, "I like this sweater though.." she placed a hand to her head, "ow.."
"Is your head okay?" Juniper frowned, "are you remembering something?"
"I don't know..I see red, it hurts my head," she groaned, "owww.."
"Yeah you rhyming is a sign you're not feeling well."
"Juniper I don't feel so good.."

The crime-dancer had a look of concern on her face, "oh no," she pressed her hand to Ari's forehead, and placed another to her neck.

"Are you checking my pulse?"

"A little," she was conscious enough to notice her friend's worry.
"Hey, June I'm not dying," Ari sat up, the pain fading from her head, "just a bad headache..note to self take some aspirin later.." She felt better when seeing her friend's sigh of relief, "um… what was the deal with your mom?"
Juniper frowned, crossing her arms, "I don't want to talk about it, not with you," she turned away. Ari was surprised at her negative attitude.
"What exactly caused you and Barb to argue so much?" She questioned, "seriously I think you guys were bickering before Big Hero 6 busted you!"
"Don't remind me of that," Juniper rubbed her arm, "that goop was so itchy.." she brushed away a tuft of her purple highlights that was covering her warm cocoa brown eyes, Ari couldn't help but marvel at her beauty. She felt her heartbeat quicken and her blush deepened in color. Juniper noticed her gawking, "are you sure you're okay? You have something… on your face..."
"Oh um." Ari covered her cheeks, "don't judge my sweating!" The buzzing of her phone saved her from having to come up with another excuse, she pulled it out of her pocket to look at the news report.

"Bad news, San Fransokyo," Bluff Dunder reported, next to him were images of a certain mother-daughter duo's arrest, "infamous mother-daughter duo, High Voltage, broke danced out of jail and are making a crime dance comeback."
"Gee thanks," Ari sarcastically stated, she stopped when noticing Juniper giving her deadpan look, "sorry.." she sheepishly chuckled, "I have Big Hero 6 news alerts on, so.." her friend continued to stare at her. "Geez why are you pretty when you're mad.." she muttered.
"What was that?" Juniper raised an eyebrow.
"Nothing I said nothing!" Ari blushed, "I um... better head back home, or else my brother is going to call the superheroes themselves to look for me."
Her friend nodded, "alright, uh, see you later I guess.." and she bounced away before Ari could say another word.

The news report was playing in the Lucky Cat cafe when she returned home, her head was still throbbing so she took a seat by the counter.
"I get the crime," she heard Gogo comment, "I don't get the dance."
"See, I get the dance, I don't get the crime," Wasabi noted. Her brother and his friends were sitting at one of the tables enjoying lunch, her head pounded, I hope Baymax has aspirin on hand… the chiming of the door brought her attention. She groaned as a familiar obnoxious eleven year-old in the form of Richardson Mole entered the cafe.

"-Big Hero 6?" Baymax lifted a hand, Ari leaned in, wondering if the group were talking about the superheroes.

"What about Big Hero 6?" Unfortunately for them, Richardson was also eavesdropping.

Fred, who was between Hiro and Honey Lemon spoke first, "nothing!" his shouting surprised the two. "Why do you wanna know Mole?"
"Because if there's something you want to know about Big Hero 6, I'm the one to ask." Richardson gestured to himself, "I'm kind of an expert."

Ari scoffed, I think that title goes to Karmi Khan..she knows everything about them! Well almost, because nobody knows their identities.
"Right," Gogo shoved her straw in Richardson's mouth to shut him up. But he pulled it out and inched closer to her.
"I see I've piqued your interest Dream Girl, I'm not just a superhero expert, I know villains too," he boasted. "High Voltage, Glooby-"

"Globby!" Fred and Ari exclaimed, the latter placing her hands on the table and leaping forward. "Um, I'm I-I mean, I believe it is pronounced 'Globby,'"

"And I know more about High Voltage than you can comprehend," Ari sneered, her hostile attitude towards the obnoxious boy was surprising, but not shocking to the others.

"Stay in your lane Fred!" Richardson snapped, "It's definitely Glooby."
"Uh no, it's not, the man's a giant glob. Thus, his name is Glob-by, he's not a giant gloob." Fred sarcastically stated.
"You don't know what you're talking about."
"Oh I know exactly what I'm talking about."
"No you don't!"
"Yes I do!"
"You're ruining my lunch serenity guys," Wasabi told them, holding up his sandwich.
"Yeah, move along Richardson," Fred waved his hand, "this is my side of town."
"So get out," Ari rasped, "we don't want you here." She stuck her tongue out at him.
"You have sides?" Honey Lemon raised an eyebrow.

Richardson smirked, "not for long, I'm buying the lot next door. It will soon be home to the Mole Museum of Superhero History," he pulled out blueprints.

"Great we're having such wonderful neighbors moving in," Ari muttered under her breath, Hiro snickered.
Fred had a more vocal reaction, "a superhero museum?! That was my idea!"
"Was not!"
"Uh-huh!"
"Stop, just stop." Gogo gestured with her hands, Richardson took one.
"Sure, anything for you Dream Girl," he puckered his lips and attempted to kiss her hand.
"I wouldn't," she narrowed her eyes.
"Someday," he whispered softly as he began walking out of the cafe.

"Uhg," Gogo crossed her arms, Fred grumbled at the door Richardson left in.
"I hate that kid," he sat down and growled.
"I don't like how he treats Gogo," Ari turned to her friend, "I'm sorry."
"Eh, you didn't do anything kiddo," Gogo patted her head, "thanks though."
"You really shouldn't let him get to you Freddie," Honey Lemon told him.
"He's just trolling you, do not engage," Wasabi added.
Fred just curled his lip in response. Ari glanced back at the tv, which now was talking about the weather, "so uh… speaking of superheroes, how long do you think it'll take for them to catch High Voltage this time?"

Her friends gave awkward glances, "I dunno." Hiro shrugged, "two days?"
"I hope not," Ari pouted, her statement shocked the others.
"Ari, what makes you say that?" Honey Lemon tilted her head.
"It's because of her stupid crush on Juniper." Gogo rolled her eyes.
"Hey! It's not stupid!" she barked, "but I'm just uh… thinking… that maybe… I might have a chance?" her voice turned squeaky and high-pitched as she sank down into her seat.
Hiro pinched the bridge of his nose, "Ari…" he sighed, "I thought you got over your crush at this point."
"Are you guys being mean about it because I'm crushing on a girl?" she demanded, she was just pushing their buttons with that one.

A chorus of "no!" and "no way!" followed after her question.
"You'd know that us of all people wouldn't be mean about it," Gogo told her, "we're just worried because your crush is a literal criminal."
"She's not on Momakase levels of evil," Ari stated.
"She has a point," Wasabi whispered to Gogo.
"Look, just don't do anything dumb." Hiro placed his hand next to hers, "you're not going to run into her at all anyways."
That's what you think big brother, Ari thought to herself as she slurped her smoothie, I might have to ask for a tracking animal though if I'm gonna find her…

Ferns and Nerds group chat:

Sienna Kline: Hey guys did you see the news today?

Mikan Ferns: "I heard the news today," -David

Gogo: Haha very funny

Sienna Kline: XD, seriously, High Voltage broke out of jail!
Honey Lemon: Yeah it's kind of scary!
TheLittleMermaid: Not as scary when Momakase broke out though

Hiro Hamada: Ari -_-

TheLittleMermaid: Hey! I'm just saying!
Sara Ferns: Speaking of that, my uncle was at Krei-Tech and then HV showed up and stole some batteries they were gonna be selling soon

Rachel Rosemary: :eyes:

Fredzilla: Ooooh! Why?

TheLittleMermaid: Because they don't have their orb

Sara Ferns: -_-

Hiro Hamada: -_-

TheLittleMermaid: Stop giving me those looks! You brought them up!
Mikan Ferns: "Technically Sienna did" -David

Sienna Kline: I just brought it up because I kind of hope someone records another one of their performances so it's on the internet to enjoy

TheLittleMermaid: Omg same! High five!

Gogo: Oh my god there's two of them

Later in the afternoon, Hiro was at SFIT knocking on a person's lab door. It opened to reveal Sara on the other side, "oh, Hiro!" she was happy to see him, "what do you need?"
"Some advice," he sighed, "can I come in?"
"Yes of course, take a seat!" she nudged him into the lab and placed him on a stool, then handed him some crackers. "What can I help you with?"
Hiro took a bite out of his snack, "well it's… Ari, I'm worried about her."
"Awww," Sara pouted, "is it about her crush?"
"A little," Hiro gestured, "I thought she was over it at this point but uh..recently I discovered she wasn't," he wasn't going to bring up the letters to Sara. Yes he was aware that before High Voltage broke out, his little sister was writing letters to them. She was not as sneaky as she thought, but it wasn't harmless so he let it be. "I'm worried she'll do something stupid, or something that'll get her hurt!"
"Mhhm," Sara nodded, "I know that feeling, I am so worried for David all the time, and Mika too. They've both been acting..strange."

"Strange?" Hiro raised an eyebrow, he hadn't noticed. But Mikan had been pushing to spend more time with him and his friends, it was a little creepy to be honest. Her recent jabs at Big Hero 6 were also uncomfortable, almost as if she knew the superheroes (aka them) were going to hear that.

"Yeah, David with his mom and Mikan with her dad," Sara took a pot of tea, poured herself a cup, and took a sip, "so glad I don't have any villainous parents, but I guess my mother counts… uch," her hand briefly brushed the scars on her wrist at the memory. "I'm guessing Ari told you about David's mom at this point?"
Hiro shook his head, "oh jeez, that's a shocker." Sara's eyes widened, "forget I mentioned that, but seriously, Mika's been acting weird. Between you and me I doubt she's going on shopping trips with Ari and then goes shopping herself afterwards, something's… fishy."
"Mood," he sighed. "I wonder if this is how Tadashi felt when I used to go bot-fighting."
Sara nodded vigorously, "oh yeah totally! He would come in here so many times I'd have a cup of tea waiting for him, and he'd go on a 20-minute tangent on how his brother could use his gift for something good instead of bot-fighting at three in the morn-" she stopped when seeing his gloomy expression, "sorry…"
"It's okay," he sighed, "just… I miss him a lot."
"Me too Hiro, me too," Sara stared at the ground. "He'd be proud of you, for going strong in school, and helping out Ari." Her gaze was gloomy. Hiro noticed her demeanor turned more sorrowful.

"He'd be proud of you too," he told her, "you're a good sister to David and Mika."
A smile crept on Sara's face, "thanks buddy. Do you want some more honey tea?"

"Yes please."

Later that night, at the police station..

A police officer was working on his office, as his attention was turned to the computer, he didn't notice Barb behind the door. 'Nor did he recognize her in his sleep-deprived state when she entered the office.
"Hi there," the officer stopped typing and swirled around.
"Ma'am, you can't be in here."
"I'm so sorry to bother you officer," Barb held up a battery, "but my little ol' GPS here, well, it just conked out, and I'm all turned around. Could you be a sweetheart and point me in the right direction?"

"Uh okay," the officer adjusted his hat, "where are you trying to go?"
"Well thank you darling," she clapped her hands. "I'm trying to get.."

And zapped the poor officer out of his chair, "here." As the unlucky officer spun around the office while being shocked, Barb began searching through his computer until she found something. "Got it," once she found what she was looking for she swiped the man's ID and entered the evidence room.

"Come to.." she grabbed a box, opened it, and her eyes widened with horror as the box was empty. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no!" she tossed the box into the air, and it landed behind someone.
"Having a bad day?" Barb turned to find the yellow and blue members of Big Hero 6, aka Gogo and Fred.

"Too bad, because it's about to get worse." Gogo charged at her, and she was bounced back with electricity.
"Who's having a bad day now?" Barb taunted.
"Still you!" Fred exclaimed, roaring fire at her but she dodged with ease, then shocked him, into the wall, "ohhhhh..and me."
Gogo charged at her again, but this time Barb created an electric fence that zapped her as it came into impact, and she was stuck. She growled and gave the crime-dancer the evil eye.
"Yeah sorry about that," Barb didn't look affected as she exited, "buh-bye!"
Due to the electric fence blocking her path, Gogo was unable to pursue Barb.

"Great, High Voltage got away," she groaned.
"Well technically half of High Voltage got away," Fred pointed out, "since they're clearly not working together according to the info from Krei-Tech."
"Lucky us," Gogo rolled her eyes, it would be easier taking them one-on-one but having to chase two electric welding crime dancers separately was more annoying than fighting them both at the same time. She then noticed the evidence box "hmm.."
"Since they're not working together..maybe we should call her Half Voltage! Or-ooh ooh I got it! Low Voltage, eh, ehhhh?" Fred rambled as she inspected the evidence box.

"Look," she held up the box, "it's empty."
"Huh, why would Low Voltage-going with that name, want an empty box?" he questioned.
Gogo tossed it to the side, "she didn't want the box Fred, she wanted whatever was in the box." There was only one thing that High Voltage would want to go to the police station for, something they had to get substitutes at Krei-Tech for until they found it, "their energy orb."
"Ah, interesting theory Gogo," he hummed, "this requires research."
"Research?" she raised an eyebrow, "like the time you thought Issue 188 had the answer to us beating them the first time?"
"It worked!..Kind of…" Fred glanced away, "I might bring Ari though, I saw her eyeing some of the newer comic additions, might as well buy her a new copy while I'm at it." He noticed Gogo giving him a weird stare, "what's with the face?"
"You're gonna spoil the kiddo if you keep buying her stuff," she pointed out, "first the phone and now comics?"
"Hey! Even though Hiro calls her his little sister, she's kind of like the group's little sister too," Fred crossed his arms, "that and I need company when going into the territory of my arch-nemesis."
"Of course you do.."

Ferns and Nerds group chat:

TheLittleMermaid: Hiro the aspirin isn't working

TheLittleMermaid: Help me

Hiro Hamada: Did Aunt Cass give you anything else?

TheLittleMermaid: Cold water just please have Baymax on standby when we get to school I'm dying here

Wasabi: Oh my god are you okay?!

Honey Lemon: I think it's another migraine

TheLittleMermaid: Wonderful observation!

Fredzilla: It's migraines

Sara Ferns: Jeez what's causing her migraines, wrong side of the bed?

Sienna Kline: Poor dear, get well soon Ari!
Hiro Hamada: Baymax sends his concerns

TheLittleMermaid: thanks

"Ari you alright?" Fred had a look of concern seeing the girl's discomfort as she groaned and had a hand to her head, there was also a look of fear in her eyes which doubled his worries.
"Yeah just..this is the most painful memory I'm remembering," she whined, "all I'm remembering is shouting and red, and feeling scared.."
He gave her a pat on the shoulder, "it's okay Ari," he glanced at some of the more recent issues, "here, I'll buy you a set of comics you wanna buy, okay?"
Her eyes lit up, "okay!" the pain seemed to subside from her head, "I'm gonna go pick something, they made some comics based off of New York's superheroes and I gotta grab some!" Fred chuckled seeing her run to the shelf and scan for whichever comic she desired to take home. Which also gave him time to do his research.

"Hmm," he drifted towards the villainous section, "the mother-daughter supervillain section is so vast." Fred hummed, "where to start?" His observation was interrupted by a familiar figure approaching his presence, he glanced down. "What do you want?"

"Just wanted to make sure you weren't soiling my comics with your finger dirt," Richardson stated, then turned to Ari, "or hers."
"Rude!" Fred scoffed, "I wish you weren't soiling my life with your face."
"Oh witty retort, not!" Richardson sarcastically stated.

"What? No! You cannot mock with a 'not' that's just-" he then noticed a particular picture on Richardson's wall, "wait, what is this?!"

"What does it look like," his arch-nemesis smirked.

On the wall, was a framed "autograph" to Richardson from-

"Wait, 'Lizard Guy' isn't even my-his name!" Fred exclaimed at the forged autograph, out of all the things he's seen Richardson do, this by far was the worst.

"Yes it is!" The argument was starting to lure Ari to the counter, already selecting her comics of choice. "For your information, I am a close personal friend of Big Hero 6."
"No way!" Fred exclaimed, aware that Richardson was lying due to himself being a member of Big Hero 6.
"You're so full of it." Ari scoffed, "that's how you get kidnapped by villains."
"Well you're as pleasing as Fred," Richardson sneered, "we hang out all the time, brunch, kayaking, uh-last weekend we went apple picking. It was delightful."
"They're too busy saving the city to hang out with snobs like you," Ari muttered under her breath.

"That is a bushel of lies Richardson," Fred slammed his hands on the counter, "I know Big Hero 6, and they would never pick fruit with you. Ever!" If he was thinking clearly he'd notice Ari raising her eyebrows and staring at him puzzled, the gears in her head whirring. However he did not notice and was more focused on his arch-nemesis, who scoffed at his statement.

"Oh, please, there's no way you know Big Hero 6."

"I do!" Ari raised her hand, "they saved me a few times, and are really nice."
"That's because you're a typical ditzy damsel in distress," Richardson sneered, which only fueled Fred's anger.
"Hey! Don't you dare talk to Ari like that ever again!" He snapped, his sky blue eyes showcasing his anger.
That got Richardson to turn on him, "Besides, they'd never hang out with you, they're big-time superheroes and you're just a big.."
Fred gasped.
"Old."
He gasped some more.

"..nobody."
"Hey!" Ari exclaimed, "he's a better person than you!" But the statement had already sent Fred into a reckless state of mind, as he shrieked in offense.
"I DEFINITELY KNOW BIG HERO 6 BECAUSE I AM LIZARD GUY!" Fred roared, "Except that's not my name! It's Fredzilla baby!" And he showed a picture of him in his suit, with the helm down.

Ari's jaw dropped, Richardson stared at the picture with a deadpan look, "fake."
"Yeah, I guess this is fake too?" Fred clicked the Skymax app and summoned the robot into the comic store, but once he saw Richardson's shocked reaction, and Ari who looked like she had an existential crisis, he realized what he had done. "Oh," and shushed Skymax out of the shop, nervously laughing. He then turned his attention to the two, "Forget you saw that!"
"..Little too late.." Ari mumbled, still gawking at him like he just announced he'd been elected president. Panic started to settle in when they both saw Richardson's wide-eyed expression shift into a more sinister smirk

"Oh no," Fred squeaked, the others were going to kill him!

AN: The girls are fightiiiinnnng!

And some more of Ari's dumb feelings added into the mix equeals even more chaos. And Fred HAD to spill the beans! I had this planned for months, all of my chapters are written ahead of time, so any attempts of "backseat" driving are failed from the start. Sidenote, please don't comment what to put in my fic, theories of what you think will happen is fine, but "omg you should put blah blah blah" just irk me.

To distract from that serious note, trivia!

David, since he's blind, uses a cane to help him get around but since he's with his sisters most of the time or other friends he doesn't use it as often, but he does use one. I just forget to write it in ;-;. Also he can use a phone but the reason he's not in the group chat is bc it burned : (

Question of the Week that I to do to try and get more reviews (hey that rhymed!): Is Ari okay? Like combined with interacting with her crush, and having a headache and Fred spilling the beans, do you think she's okay?

Next week...

*maniacal laughter* Muhahahahahaa