Hiro had a long discussion with his aunt after they tucked Ari to sleep. They had spent about an hour talking about what to do.

"Do you think she has any relatives left?" Hiro questioned, "you had Detective Rosemary investigating right? Maybe-"
"Hiro, I asked him that weeks ago, and so far nobody has shown up looking for her," Cass sighed, "I think her parents were the only relatives left, now.."
"They're gone," he sighed, "poor Ari… we're not going to kick her out, right?"
"No! I would never!" his aunt exclaimed, "she's part of the family now, so we're gonna take care of her."
He nodded, "I have an idea..."

Ari had woken up to a plate of pancakes, waffles, bacon, cut up oranges, everything she loved for breakfast being handed to her by Hiro.
"Here Ari," Hiro placed the plate on her bed, "breakfast in bed."
"Oh uh… thanks?" she took a bite of the bacon, "mmmm, turkey bacon.."

Hiro smiled, "you feeling better?"
"A little," she gestured, "I uh, am still very upset about what I remembered, but it was… awhile."
"A while?" he raised an eyebrow.
"When my parents passed," she sniffled, "I just feel numb, I miss them so much, but I can't bring any effort to cry anymore."
He knew that feeling all too well, "Ari, I know how it feels to lose a loved one," he sat next to her, "when I lost Tadashi… everything felt pointless."
"How did you recover from that?" she questioned.
"I didn't."

She gasped, "what?"
"Well, I'm still trying my best to move on every day," Hiro elaborated, "It wasn't until Baymax and the gang that I started to heal," he sighed, "some days are harder than others, but what helps me most is remembering that.."

"That?"
"Tadashi is here," he placed a hand to his chest, "and as long I keep him in my heart, he's never truly gone."
"Would the same pass for my parents?" Ari asked him, her voice sounding hoarse.
"It will," Hiro wrapped her into a hug, "I promise that Baymax, Aunt Cass and I, we'll be there for you, because you're our family, you're my family."
"You're my family too," she hugged him tight.

They continued to hug for awhile, but Hiro had to go to school, and Ari's hug was getting a little too tight for him to breathe properly.
"Is things going with Mole awful as ever?" she questioned, recalling his blackmailing yesterday.
"Yep," he nodded, "I feel bad for Fred, but then I remembered he spilled the biggest secret of the group so.."
"Wow, cold," she sighed, "I just want it over so I can ask you several dozen questions about 'that' and I have a list of several scenarios where I could've figured it out!"

He chuckled, "thanks for being flexible for now."
"One of us has to be the mature one, and Baymax can technically classify as a parent sometimes so.."
"Hey!"

Ferns and Nerds group chat:

Mikan Ferns: Why on earth did I see a little gremlin in the robotics lab being massaged by Baymax

Sara Ferns: Gremlin?

Fredzilla: Richardson Mole is blackmailing us!
Sienna Kline: I feel so sorry for you

Mikan Ferns: Why tho

Fredzilla: It's classified?

TheLittleMermaid: Fred spilled a group secret so they have to do Mole's bidding or else

Wasabi: Ari!
Mikan Ferns: Understandable, have a nice day
Hiro Hamada: Hey Ari, are you feeling better?

TheLittleMermaid: Noo

TheLittleMermaid: I wish Baymax was here, but at least Aunt Cass has been so nice

Honey Lemon: Are you okay?

TheLittleMermaid: Ask my brother

Wasabi: Hey remember when Ari refused to call Aunt Cass "Aunt Cass?" It feels like forever ago

Sara Ferns: Yeah time flies by!

Sara Ferns: I think it's because of Big Hero 6, they're making college easier for me

Honey Lemon: Awww

Mikan Ferns: pfft, they're kind of annoying though

Sienna Kline: Wow.

Fredzilla: Rude!
Gogo: Didn't they save you from Noodle Burger Boy once?

Mikan Ferns: you got me there

As the morning passed, Ari spent most of her time watching customers in the cafe go by. Every now and then Cass would check up on her, which got old at the seventh time, but she appreciated the gesture.

She tried to not think about the reopened wound from yesterday.

The chiming of the door opening caught her attention as a familiar duo, and their detective father walked into the cafe.

She stared silently as Detective Rosemary and Cass conversed, wonder what they're talking about? Ari hummed, probably me.
"Katie told me you remembered something awful yesterday," Rachel walked up to her table, the blue in her arms, "I'm sorry."
"I'll admit I'm not doing well, but I'm trying to have a good day," Ari sighed, "have you experienced loss?"
"Me? Not really," Rachel glanced to her father, who had a frown on his face as he talked to Cass, "my dad didn't have the best home life..he lost his mom when he was my age and his brothers..well let's say I only know my mom's side of the family for a reason."
"Because they're evil jerks," Katie quipped.
"TMI Katie!"
Ari winced, "Yikes, if there's one thing that's worse than supervillains, it's one you're related to."
"Tell me about it," Rachel rolled her eyes, "anyways, I also wanted to tell you something."
"Uh, huh," Ari kept glancing to the adult's conversation, it probably was something about-

SLAM!

Rachel's hands hitting the table jerked her upwards, "never, ever, go looking for supervillains, again."
Ari's eyes went wide, she flinched at Rachel's green glare. "Katie told me how if it weren't for 'so-and-so' you would've been in major trouble! Just don't do it again!"
"But they're still not getting along!" Ari exclaimed, "something bad will happen if they continue to argue!"
"Ari you're being paranoid," Rachel pinched the bridge of her nose, "why are you continuing to chase someone that doesn't even share your feelings at this point?"
"Because-"
"Girls, is everything alright?" Ari clamped her mouth as Elio walked to their table. "I heard shouting."
"We're just having a debate," Rachel hummed, gesturing for Ari to "not say a word."
"Yep," Ari nodded, "we're talking about that fantasy show on Netflix, y'know the one with dragons and magic."
"Oh, that one," Elio sighed, "well try to keep your debate at a lower volume, I was getting worried."
"We will!" they both chimed, the detective chuckled.
"Good," he knelt down to look at Ari in the eyes, "hey, Cass told me what happened, you must be going through a lot right now."
"That's an understatement,"

"So, I'm really glad to hear that she's looking out for you," he gently ruffled her hair, "not a lot of people get that comfort, and it's a real shame."
"Dad," Rachel called his attention, he got up and cleared his throat.
"Oh uh, you two have a good day," he then went back to his conversation with Cass, Ari started, puzzled. That was weird..

"So," Rachel swiveled back to her, "my bad for yelling, I just don't see the point in your endeavors,"
"Gee thanks," Ari sarcastically mumbled.
"I find it hilarious," Katie chirped.
"No one asked you!" both girls exclaimed, the blue jumped, her fur ruffled.
"Fine, I'm gonna go bug Mochi," she sniffed the calico who was curled under a sunbeam, with a twitch of her whiskers she bounced over to him, the two cats greeted each other in friendly meows and began conversing. At least that's what Ari thought, she didn't speak cat.

"At least Katie has a friend outside of me," Rachel commented, "she's either stone cold or hissy to anyone that tries to befriend her."
"Aww, how come?" Ari raised an eyebrow.
"She's the kind of introvert that has one friend, and one friend only," the girl gestured to herself, "me."
"Hm," Ari hummed, "thanks for visiting, I uh..still feel really numb."
"You just remembered you lost loved ones, of course you're gonna feel numb and sad," Rachel sighed, "and maybe cry a lot and spend hours eating cookie dough ice cream from the carton."
"Are you talking about me there?"
"I might be referring to something else.."
Ari giggled, and Rachel felt glad to see a smile on her face.

She stayed at the cafe awhile after the Rosemary's had left, Cass continued to pester her with concern to the point Ari said she needed some air.

So here she was, strolling around San Fransokyo and enjoying the crisp air. Well technically she was taking a ride on the trolley, hopefully this one wouldn't go crashing downhill.

God, I was so worried about how Hiro would react and he was there the whole time! Ari grumbled, heck, Baymax is the most obvious member, how could I not tell!? Logically, she knew it was because she never put two-and-two together, that or some comic book logic reason that Fred would probably explain.

Still, she couldn't help but mentally smack herself in the face for not catching the obvious. But at the same time, Ari couldn't help but feel pride for her brother and hi-their friends. They were doing a lot of good as Big Hero 6, if only that jerk Richardson would see it instead of blackmailing them..poor Fred, then again, it was a sick play of karma considering he was the one who spilled the secret.

Speaking of the group, Ari felt the need to check up on them, considering they could use a friendly face in these dark times. So she took the trolley to SFIT, giving a sigh of relief when seeing the familiar building. A sharp pain in her chest froze her up, the pain of loss, she mused. It was something that felt numb at this point, but it still hurt.

Should I even check up on them? I don't want to weigh them down with my grief, Ari thought, then shook her head. No, you are not a burden Ari, she huffed and made a beeline for the robotics lab.

To her dismay, the group wasn't there, but luckily for her, Sara and Mikan were.

"I'm just worried about you and David," she heard Sara explain, not wanting to disturb them, Ari crept behind a shelf.
"What? Since when did you become so paranoid?" Mikan rolled her eyes, "relax, I just took David somewhere secret one time, one time!"
"My problem is that he's not telling me," Sara frowned, "he said 'I wouldn't understand' which sounds very Mika-like to me!"
"So you're blaming me?"
"Yes-no! Look just tell me where you went!"
"Nope. You wouldn't understand."
Sara gasped, "see? That's what I'm talking about! You're hiding something."
"It's none of your business sis," Mikan shrugged, "you're overreacting, drop it."
"It just feels like since you said you were helping your dad out with more stuff, you've turned into a-"
"I said drop it sis," Sara yelped, fear crept in her eyes as her sister gave her a sharp green glare.
Ari cleared her throat, and the two Fern kids noticed her.
"Oh uh...hi Ari," Sara stuttered.
"What do you need mermaid?" Mikan raised an eyebrow.
"I was looking for Hiro, and the others," Ari explained, pretending she didn't hear their argument.
"Hm, is that so?"

"Yep!" she was starting to feel uncomfortable from Mikan's glare.
"Mika, knock it off," Sara punched her in the shoulder, "you know what Hiro told us." she turned her attention to Ari, "he told us about what happened, well the part about your...real sorry to hear."
"I'm doing fine," she sighed, "but do you know where Hiro went?"
"Fred's house," Mikan shrugged, "for some reason, but they brought that gremlin along."
Richardson… what is he doing now? But Ari kept her expression neutral, "got it, thanks!"
"No problem," the snow-haired girl hummed, Ari waved them goodbye and went on her way to Fred's house. To see whatever the obnoxious eleven year-old was making them do now.

Ari wasn't surprised, no, she was mortified.

To find Richardson Mole, in his very own lizard costume, a smaller redder version than Fred's suit, but made fit for the little brat.
"Brother why have you created this monstrosity?" she turned to Hiro, who looked rather squeamish.
"He forced us to.." Hiro whispered.

Baymax was holding the little monster in his arms, "check it out everybody," Richardson bounced over to them, "much better than Fred's suit," Fred narrowed his eyes.
"Thanks to a few changes I dictated to Hiro, I changed the color story.."
"Uh-huh," Gogo ignored him as she stared at her phone.

"Increased the force and trajectory of the fire blast, and I added cup holders." He lifted up his hood to reveal the two cup holders next to him.
"Whatever," Fred scoffed, "mine's still-" he paused as he watched Richardson bounce around slurping soda. "Should've thought of cup holders.."
Ari gave him a pat on the back, "there there Fred," she narrowed her eyes at Richardson, who was punching cardboard figures of Fred, "you have the better costume."

"This is some twisted karma," he groaned, "I never should've spilled our biggest secret…" Fred glanced at Hiro, "it's like he said..people can't know who we really are."

"I know," she hummed, "which is why you didn't want to tell me."
"Hiro wanted to, he really did," Fred told her, "but he worried it would put you in danger, and it would kill him if something bad happened to you...it would kill me too."
"Really?" her eyes widened.
"Yeah!" Fred patted her on the shoulder, "believe us when we saw that you're part of the group now, when Hiro told us about your parents..we were all so upset to hear, you didn't deserve that."
She sighed, "thanks Fred," Ari wiped away a tear from her eye, "for reminding me that I still do have loved ones, you guys."

Their heartfelt moment was ruined by stupid Richardson flying around spewing fire, and it hit some of-

"Not the topiaries!" Fred exclaimed in horror.

Baymax waddled up to the flames, "fire. Please step back," he began extinguishing the flames.

"Okay that's it-" Fred began walking over to Richardson but Gogo held up a hand, her phone had chimed with a news alert.
"High Voltage."
Ari perked up, her eyes widened, "we've gotta suit up," Gogo told the others.
"Yes! My first superhero mission." Richardson exclaimed, not noticing his tail was still on fire, "we are Big Hero 7!" Baymax then extinguished the fire on his suit's tail.
Fred groaned and buried his face into his hand, Wasabi gave him a sympathetic pat on the shoulder.

"This is the worst.." Ari groaned, she turned to her brother, "hey Hiro can I-"
"No," he crossed his arms.
"I didn't even finish my-"
"You didn't have to," Hiro narrowed his eyes, the brown orbs staring into her soul, "I know it's about your dumb crush but-"
"It's not stupid!" she exclaimed, "I think I can help in this situation!"
"You're gonna get hurt," Hiro glared, the team called their Skymaxes and equipped into their superhero armor, "just stay here where it's safe."

As the team flew/bounced away, Ari narrowed her eyes, she couldn't stay put while High Voltage was still arguing! Something bad would happen!

She was going to get involved, whether her brother liked it or not.

"How are you doing down there, Richardson?"
"This is really high!" Fred snickers, he was riding on top of Baymax alongside Hiro, with Richardson clinging onto the robot's arms, he had to admit it was satisfying to see his arch-nemesis dangle.

Hiro scanned the streets, "right there!" He pointed towards downtown, where people were booking it out of the area due to Barb zapping lightning everywhere.

"Wasabi, you see her?" he asked on the comm.

Gogo, Wasabi, and Honey Lemon were on their way via car, the vehicle had been Sara's but since Wasabi's car was still at the bay, the former didn't mind renting her own. He glanced out of the window, seeing cars zip by to get away from the lighting uphill. "Yep," he glanced left and right and began driving. Too slow for Gogo's standards as she tried to touch the console, he batted her hand away.
"Nuh-uh, no buttons." He adjusted the rearview mirror and drummed his fingers on the wheel, despite his protests, Gogo pressed a button on the console which revved up the car.
"Gogo!" he exclaimed as the car began speeding uphill, Honey Lemon and him screamed while Gogo relished in the adrenaline rush.

Come on, here we go.

We're headed to the show (oh!)

Barb noticed the incoming car headed her way, she smirked and began zapping electricity at them.

"Wasabi look out!" Honey Lemon exclaimed. He yelped and revved the wheel to avoid the bolts

I'm going downtown spinning round, like a clown

Honey Lemon clicked a button on her chem purse and tossed a chem ball which created a shield that deflected the bolts.
"Okay, that button I like," Wasabi commented, the radio continued to rap out verses but he couldn't decipher any of the words.
Barb struck the car's wheels which caused them to skid around, stopping, they all flinched at the screeching sound.

I'm so smart

I got the know-how

They watched as Barb leapt onto another car, zapping it to life as it began driving towards them, Wasabi screamed at the oncoming vehicle. Which was stopped by Baymax arriving at the scene and punching the car to a stop, Barb then leapt into the air, Hiro and Fred watched with gaping mouths as she jumped over them.

Wow!

Wow! Wow!

Gogo, Wasabi, and Honey Lemon exited out of the car, Fred and Richardson hopped off of Baymax. "This is real, this is happening," the latter gasped.

A few lingering citizens noticed the superheroes, "It's Big Hero 6!" they cheered.
"Seven!"
"Uhg get off of me," Fred shook Richardson off, who jumped onto his back.

What do you need to know?

Bubble-up, bubble-up

Barb smirked, she emitted a wave of electricity that affected all the nearby electronics, cars flickered and rumbled.

Come on, here we go.

Here we go

What do you need to know?

Bubble-up, bubble-up

"Oh no," Baymax pointed to a telephone pole that broke due to a wave of electricity, and was about to fall onto a passing train.
"Baymax!" Hiro and Baymax flew into the air to catch the pole before it fell, then went back to the ground.

What do you need to know?

Bubble-up, bubble-up

We're headed to the show

A blast of electricity knocks the telephone pole out of Baymax's hands, snapping it in half.

"What was that?" Hiro and the team turned around as the other half of High Voltage was behind them.

"Five, six, seven, eight!" Juniper swung her arms, "oh, hello mother."
"Guess they made up," Gogo commented.
She was proven wrong not even five seconds later when the young crime-dancer screamed and threw a bolt of lightning at her mother, who deflected the blow with another bolt, the group jumped out of the way as the blast knocked several cars over.
"Or not.."
Barb threw another bolt at Juniper, "I thought I told you to stay out of my way."
"You also told me to make my bed, and I didn't do that either!" she deflected the bolt, the electricity instead bouncing off of a nearby billboard and even a wind turbine. Both of which began hurtling towards the ground.

The team split up to deflect the objects, "got it!" Honey Lemon tossed a chem ball above a group of citizens, the billboard broke and bounced off of the gooey shield, while Gogo and Wasabi began evacuating citizens still trapped in their cars.

Meanwhile, High Voltage was still blasting electricity at each other, Juniper shot a bolt at her mother, who deflected the blow and started to moonwalk into a store.
"Oh no you don't!" She ran after Barb.

Wasabi glanced over as he helped a woman out of her car, "comic book store!"
"My store?" Richardson gasped, recognizing the building they ran into.

"Why are they going in there?" Gogo questioned.

"I don't know, but we still have a lot of problems out here," Hiro commented as Baymax flew over and grabbed the wind turbine before it hit the street.

"Fred and I are on it."

Gogo and Fred entered the comic store, which had been utterly trashed, "alright, be cool, okay?" the latter told her.

"Out of my way!" Richardson ran into the store, pushing them to the sides, he gasped with horror at the knocked over shelves and torn comics, he picked up a half-ripped Captain Fancy comic. "Who would do such a horrible thing?"

"Villains, that's who," Fred walked up to him, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Filthy villains!" He began patting Richardson on the back, but then realized who he was talking to, "wait, I don't like you."

"I don't like you either!" They both began growling at eachother, Gogo sighed, she did not have time for this.
"Boys, focus," she grabbed both of their faces, "we need to find High Voltage." Neither member of the mother-daughter dancing duo were in the store, even though they went in. While Richardson rubbed the side of his cheek that she touched, Fred walked up to a certain telephone booth, "the Mole Hole." He opens up the booth.

"Yep," Gogo begins to walk over but she then notices an item on the ground, she bends down to pick it up, it was a light blue rosemary pin, "Fred, look at this."
He bounced over to her, "what is it-ohhh no.." he too recognized the accessory, Ari always wore this in her hair.
"I swear, if she's down there as well," Gogo grumbled pocketing the pin, "she's gonna get it."

Fred leapt down into the Mole Hole first, he immediately got off of the chair so Gogo could land in it. Then Richardson fell down, landing on her lap, he grinned and she shoved him off. They ducked behind an arcade machine, seeing as both members of High Voltage were down there, as well as much to their annoyance, Ari.

The girl had wedged herself between both members, she looked exhausted, perhaps from running all the way to the store, how she snuck in under their noses was another question entirely. Gogo was more focused on the energy orb that Juniper was clinging to.

"Oh no you don't!"
"Juniper, give me the orb right now!" Barb demanded.
"After the way you betrayed me?! Never!"

Ari looked really out of place, she didn't speak a word but Gogo could see the sweat dripping off of her face as she tried to keep a distance between the bickering duo.
"Ari…" Gogo grumbled, the girl yelped and ducked out of the way as High Voltage started spinning around, "well guess we know what they're looking for."

"Hey Gogo you were right," Fred smirked, the energy orb after all, "wait-" he hit Richardson, "why do you have that?"
"For the museum! Obvi!"
Gogo just rolled her eyes and turned her attention back to High Voltage, and Ari, who was just with the fight with utter horror in her eyes.

Juniper climbed on top of one of the arcade games, still clinging onto the orb, "I will not ask you again!" Barb spun a move and swung electricity to the beat of her hips.

"And I will never trust you again!" Juniper gave an offended gasp and blocked the bolts with the orb, "that move is mine. You stole it!" She repeated the move at her mother, who spun out of the way. The trio behind an arcade game yelped as a bolt hit the machine, which activated the Fred-themed game.

Richardson yelped and whimpered, jumping out of the way from the bolts, he spun onto the chair and flew towards the "Wack-A-Fred" game, peeking behind it as High Voltage continued to fight for the orb.
"Guys, stop it!" Ari pleaded, but neither Barb nor Juniper listened, they continued their tug-of-war over the orb.
"Gotta be honest," he jumped over the game, "your tap is a little sloppy, ladies."
Both of them paused in the middle of their tug-of-war, they had widened eyes and gave offended gasps.
"Richardson!" Fred called out, "never insult the bad guys in an enclosed space!"
But Richardson ignored him, "especially you," he pointed to Juniper, "shuffle-hop-step? More like shuffle-hot-mess."
She pouted and placed the orb on an arcade game, clearly wounded by his insult, Ari narrowed her eyes at Richardson, but before she could say something in her friend's honor, Barb cut her off. "For your information, the move is called the Power Surge," she channels a bolt of electricity, "and Juniper does it perfectly!" She fired at Richardson, who jumped onto the "Whack-A-Fred" game, he yelped as the heads bounced him around.

Barb prepared a bolt of electricity to blast him with, as she fired at him Fred leapt into the air and pushed Richardson out of the way, the bolt rickeshed and hit one of the cardboard Freds, slicing his head off.
"That could've been me!" He gasped.
"Yeah, so stay down!" Fred grabs him by the hood and runs as Barb fires more electricity at them.

Juniper danced towards her mother, both of them were doing their routine on instinct, "you really think I do it perfectly?"

"Of course I do," Barb told her, she sent a bolt that shocked Fred and Richardson, who ducked behind the arcade game Gogo was hiding at. Ari noticed the trio over there and slowly began creeping around that game, but not too close.
"But then, why did you steal it?" Juniper questioned.
"Because...I can't do my move anymore," Barb lifted up her leg, "my extension just isn't what it used to be."
"Aww, you could've just told me."
"I was embarrassed. And I thought you wouldn't want to crime-dance with me anymore." They complete their routine, electricity shimmers from the arcade machines as they spew out dozens of dollar bills.
Juniper stared at her mother with shock, she sobbed. "But we're a team, every move I have, I learned from you!"

Barb was silent, then she started to cry, tears dribbled down her cheeks, "oh, come here!"

Her daughter started to cry as well, "I love you, mom!" she began running to her.
"I love you too!"

And for some weird reason Gogo started to hear some music play from one of the arcade games, how? She didn't care at this point.

You were out of my life.

But always in my heart.

Whoa, whoa

She gave a deadpan stare while Fred and Richardson sniffled, in the corner of her eye even Ari was getting emotional.

Let's get our acts together

This time is forever

Together forever.

You and me.

Mother and daughter reunite in a tearful embrace, "that's why I think it's time we got the team back together," Barb sniffled.

Let's get our acts together

Never say never

They both reach out to the orb, which shimmers and floats into the air, the micro-batteries fall out of their gauntlets as electricity flows.

But forever together

We could be

Together forever

Now!

"What are you doing?" Gogo questioned Fred, who was still sniffling.
"Not..crying?"

"Uhg! Get it together!" She gestures to High Voltage. "We need a plan, they're charging up to full power with that thing."

Together forever!

"I've got an idea."
"Um, what are you thinking?"
She pointed to a storage vault, "cut them off from the orb."
"Ah."
"Ready?"
"Ready!" Fred began moving into position as Gogo skidded towards High Voltage.
They noticed her incoming, "together, we're High Voltage! Power Surge!" Gogo skated on all fours and dodged the electricity being thrown at her.

High Voltage!

She skids around them and tosses her disks as the electrical currents attach them to the orb.

High Voltage!

Both of them groan as they slam into the arcade games due to the disks pinning them to the wall.

High Voltage!

Gogo picks up the "Whack-A-Fred" mallet and jumps to hit the orb, but Juniper in a last-ditch effort, tosses a bolt that makes her hit the ground.

High Voltage!

But she leaps into the air and manages to whack the orb into it's storage unit like a pinball machine.

Fred picked up the batteries, "hm, you probably should've kept these as backup."

Juniper flinched, "oh Mom, are we going back to jail?" the flash of fear returned in her eyes.
"At least we'll be together baby," her mother comforted her.
They both cringed as Gogo slammed the mallet down, "woman up." She told them, in the corner of her eye she saw Ari slinking around the corner.
She didn't get very far, because Gogo skated over and grabbed her shoulder, "ow!" she yelped.

"You, are in major trouble kiddo," she glared at her.

Ari just squeaked, staring up in mild horror.

"Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Owwww!" Ari whined as Gogo dragged her outside of the comic book store by the ear. High Voltage was also pushed out of the store by Fred, who then returned to the Mole Hole to clean up.

Wasabi and Honey Lemon were waiting outside, both of them very shocked to see Ari. "What is she..?" the former gestured with his hands.
"Making stupid life choices," Gogo shoved her out, Ari yelped, "make sure she doesn't make a run for it."

Next to her, Juniper cringed at how Ari was being treated by the superheroes, she opened her mouth to speak up but decided against it, flashing a sympathy look to her friend.
Honey Lemon's fingers brushed her chem purse, "should I..?"

"Ah, no!" Juniper spoke up for that, "not the goop! Please no!"
Gogo crossed her arms and scoffed, "fine..but if you step one toe out of line before the police show up.." she drew a finger to her throat, both members of High Voltage gulped.
"Really?…" Ari whined, "you're rather mean today."
"And you, Ariel 'if I knew your middle name I'd say it' Rosemary," Gogo turned to her, "what on earth were you thinking?!"
"Clearly she wasn't," Wasabi frowned.
"Now, now, don't judge so harshly-" Barb tried to speak up in her honor, both superheroes were having none of that.
"Stay out of this!"

Honey Lemon stared in silence, she never saw either Gogo nor Wasabi this angry in their life..then again, Ari could've been badly hurt by all the electricity.
"You could've been killed!" Gogo voiced the thought aloud, "how would your brother feel if something bad happened to you?!"
Ari had the decency to look guilty, her head dropped, "I just… it was because..."
"You're in love, yes," she rolled her eyes, "didn't anyone teach you sometimes you must lead with your head instead of your heart-"

"It's not because of that!" her outburst shocked Gogo, "well..partially, but not the full reason."
"And what's that?" Wasabi crossed his arms, his eyes narrowed with a mixture of anger and disappointment.
"Well..around the time of their arguing..because I was there when they stole stuff from Krei-Tech.." Ari murmured, sparing a glance to High Voltage, "I remembered that uh...the last memory of my parents before they died was that they were having a bad argument..t. hey fought with anger and non stop bickering for hours as I watched helplessly, then..they were gone.." a tear dribbled down her chin, "so I thought if I remembered that... what if the same happens to Barb? Or Juniper? I... I don't wanna watch helplessly again.."
"Ari.." Juniper frowned, she and her mother had horrified looks at her confession. So did Wasabi and Honey Lemon, small tears from the latter, Gogo was in shock.

"You..that was the last memory of your mom and dad?" her anger just went away at the broken look in Ari's blue eyes, "that's horrible.."
"Judge me for my choices sure," she sniffled, "but..I was just so scared and I remembered during that and I was worried it would repeat-"
Before any of the superheroes could react, Juniper ran to Ari's side and pulled her into a hug. "Hey Ari..don't cry, sure my mom and I would argue but we would never hurt each other like that, ever.."
Gogo attempted to speak up in protest but Honey Lemon cut her off, "let them be.." she murmured, "she was there for her when we weren't."
"I hate it when you're right.." she sighed.

Not a single word was spoken as Ari hugged Juniper, and not a syllable was said when Barb joined the hug as well.

Ari was the first to let go of the hug, "m' sorry," she turned to the superheroes, "I was just scared it was going to happen again and I.."
"Don't apologize," Honey Lemon patted her shoulder, "we understand, right?" she gestured to Gogo and Wasabi, who gave nods.
"Just stop doing stupid things for the name of love," Gogo shrugged.
"Okay.." she nodded, Ari then realized the incoming sound of police sirens and groaned, "uhg.." She was hoping she'd have a little more time with Barb and Juniper, guess not.

Juniper also heard the incoming sirens, and sighed, "aww.." she turned to Ari, "well, you'll still visit, right?"
"Of course!" Ari nodded, "but uh..maybe stop doing illegal stuff so I don't have to visit you and your mom in prison all the time?"

The superheroes snickered behind her..traitors..Ari grumbled. But to her surprise, Juniper giggled as well, "well, I'll take your advice into consideration." She gave her one last hug, "see you Ari."
"See you," Ari smiled, "and see you later too Barb."
The woman had a small smile on her face, "oh, you are honestly such a dear."

A thought suddenly came to her mind, "hey how did you break out of jail again?"

Mother and daughter exchanged glances, "weird story about that," Juniper had an awkward smile.
Ari frowned, "what kind of weird story?"
"So one night, this security guy made the rounds but he didn't look like a guard," she paused, then turned to her mother, "Mama?"
"He placed our gauntlets in the cell, and they had batteries in them, but they ran out quickly," Barb finished, "the guard didn't look familiar, so it was weird."
"And he had a glowing face." Juniper added, "really creepy, amiright?"

Ari turned around, Gogo, Wasabi, and Honey Lemon gasped, with the latter mouthing "Obake," then she gasped too.

"Right, weird story," Ari sweatdropped. guess that creep broke them out too like he did Momakase, thank god they didn't try looking for him, I would hate it for my friend to be working under a higher evil. Though I wonder why Obake needs supervillains, it's really weird..

She and Honey Lemon waved as the police took High Voltage back to prison, Hiro and Baymax had finished cleaning up the street to grab the batteries, then flew over to Krei-Tech before he could react to Ari sitting by the sidewalk.

"Am I still in trouble?" she asked Gogo, who shook her head.
"Kiddo, I was just really worried about you," she turned to her.
"We all were," Honey Lemon added.
"Yeah, bottling up your emotions like that isn't healthy, next time, please talk to one of us, okay?" Wasabi placed a hand on her shoulder.
Ari sniffled, "th-thanks guys," she wiped away a tear, "I'm sorry I scared you."
"It's okay Ari," Honey Lemon told her, "you're forgiven."

They all turned their heads as Fred bursted out of the shop, "Fred what?-" Wasabi was cut off by a startled alarm.
"Guys! Richardson got zapped by the orb and he was knocked unconscious!"

"He didn't have a heart attack..right Baymax?"
"His heart rate is normal."
"Good to know.." Ari sighed, as much as she hated Richardson, she didn't want him to get mortally wounded..much, he totally deserved to get his store trashed after what he did to Fred and her friends, "even I know not to touch the energy orb."
"Really?" Hiro raised an eyebrow.
"Hey! That better not be an insult mister," she narrowed her eyes at him.

"It wasn't!" he held up his hands, "but I was asking scientifically-wise, of course you know not to touch a dangerous energy orb common sense-wise."
She placed a hand to her hip, "let's see..I forgot all the science mumbo jumbo..but something something programmed specifically to work for High Voltage something something DNA test something something painful consequences if you touch it without insulation."
The others gave her strange glances and raised eyebrows, "I told you I forgot all the science stuff! I have an average IQ!"
"I know how you feel," Fred told her, "I'm aware that I'm not the smartest person in the room, so it's hard to remember all the technical details."

Richardson stirred, Baymax placed an ice pack on his head as he woke up, "hello, on a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your pain?"

"I'm not in any pain," he got up, "why are you guys here?"
The group exchanged puzzled looks, "High Voltage attacked your store…?" Gogo was the one who spoke.
"Wait, was Big Hero 6 here? W-where are they?"

"You don't remember?" Honey Lemon asked him.
"Remember what?"
"Fred revealed to you that we are all members of Big-"
"Uh-uh big uh, big nothing!" Hiro cut the robot off, "one big nothing!"
Richardson frowned, but didn't question it.
"He doesn't remember," Honey Lemon chuckled.
"That's a relief," Ari sighed, no more blackmail..and he wasn't going to keep his end of the bargain! Fred has mentioned Richardson said how he was going to go public with their secret, she felt a blood vessel pop after hearing that.
"Perhaps the unique nature of the orb's caused memory loss," Baymax stated, Hiro gestured a "cut it out" motion to him.
Wasabi nudged him with a broom, "okie-dokie let's go with that."
Fred walked up to Richardson as he held up his fingers, "hey buddy, need a hand?" he offered.

Richardson scoffed and nudged it away, "pfft, not from you loser."
"Excuse me, but I just-" he breathed deeply, "staying calm…" Fred attempted to walk away.
"You just what?" Richardson stood up, Ari mentally prayed for Fred to not lose his cool, and spill the beans again.
"Do not engage, do not engage... anyone have any crackers?!"

"So." Mikan whistled to her dad, both of them were watching a news report in his lair. "You're not gonna use High Voltage?"
"No." Obake turned off the report detailing their arrest. While he thought they had some potential when he broke them out, they were too… emotional for his plans. "What a waste of time."
"At least it was funny watching Big Hero 6 run around." She giggled. "And Ari, wonder why she's infatuated with the daughter so much. That's not gonna end so good…"

"All love stories usually do. You're better off not focusing on that pointless stuff."

Ferns and Nerds group chat:

Sienna Kline: Ok remember that funky pop song that plays whenever HV does a routine show?

Hiro Hamada: Yes..

TheLittleMermaid: Mhhmm!

Sienna Kline: I found it online

Fredzilla: Oh wow

TheLittleMermaid: Omg send it to me please!
Sienna Kline: Of course

Hiro Hamada: Great she's gonna sing it non stop now...Sienna why

Honey Lemon: Ari promise not to annoy your brother too much with it

TheLittleMermaid: K

Hiro Hamada: -_-

Fredzilla: I am so proud

"And after that, we became Big Hero 6, and the rest is history."
"Mhmm.."
"You okay Ari?" Hiro and the group went to Fred's house after cleaning up the mess with Richardson aka get all of Fred's stuff back, burn the atrocious suit, and cancel the interview Richardson had with "Good Morning, San Fransokyo."

"Yeah, just give me a second," Ari walked over to the couch, grabbed one of the pillows, and began screaming at the top of her lungs into it.

The others gave awkward glances, Hiro just frowned as his sister let out all of her shocked emotions out onto that pillow since learning their secret.
"OH MY GOD!" She exclaimed when done with all her yelling, "everything makes so much more sense now!"

"You should breathe now," Baymax told her, Ari started panting and gasping for air, she sat down next to Hiro.
"Do you have any questions?" he asked, she held up a hand, gesturing "wait a minute," and spoke again once she caught her breath.
"Not..really? I mean it'll take awhile for me to process, but I'm chill with it," she sighed, "you guys do a lot of good for the city and help a lot of people, I'll do my best to cover you for Aunt Cass though."
"That would be great..." he chuckled, "I'm not the best liar."
"Oh now you admit it."
"Hey!"

Next to them, the others chuckle, "thanks for being patient until we told you Ari," Honey Lemon smiled. "We would've explained everything sooner, but.."
"Mole," Fred gritted his teeth, "uhg! I can't believe he tried blackmailing his way into the team."
"Which was your fault," Gogo pointed out.
"You got me there."
"At least he forgot the whole thing," Wasabi gave a sigh of relief, "it would be really weird to call ourselves Big Hero 7."
"Do you know how many fanfictions of you guys that are out there who have people self-inserting themselves onto the team?" Ari raised her hand, "one too many.."
"You know guys... I wouldn't mind changing our name to Big Hero 7," Hiro spoke up, the others gawked at him, "if you were the seventh member."

"What?!"

"I mean who else would we add?" Gogo shrugged. "Definitely not Mole."
"Isn't that bad for her health?" Honey Lemon argued.
"I agree. That would be counterproductive to her recovery," Baymax pointed out, "A head injury may worsen her amnesia."
"He's got a point," she gestured to Baymax, the offer was tempting, but she didn't have the heart, or the guts. "I think being a seventh wheel is good enough for me. Plus, what superpower would I use? The ocean?" She giggled, "but thanks for having confidence in my hypothetical superhero career brother."
He chuckled, "just saying, you'd be a better member than Richardson."
"That isn't such a high bar."

Fred cleared his throat, "can I bring up something," he turned to Ari, "you..visit..High Voltage? In prison? This whole time?!"
Ari's eyes widened, "um..noo?"

"I have so many questions," Wasani gasped. "Mostly 'why' questions, but questions!"
"She totally does," Gogo added, "Mikan took her once before we went bird-watching, guess she went again and again."
"Gogo you promised not to tell anyone that!"
"You said you wouldn't do it again, but here we are."
Honey Lemon glanced nervously to Hiro, who had a neutral expression on his face, "did you know about this?"
"I knew she was sending letters. But I'm pretty sure it's harmless, and I've learned my lesson about boundaries at this point," Hiro sighed. "But that doesn't mean I like it."
Ari buried her face into a pillow, her cheeks turning red, "this is the worst.."
"Hey I'm not mad," he patted her shoulder, "just tell me next time? Okay?"
"Okay.." she mumbled, "um, can we go get Yaki Taco now? I'm hungry."
The group chuckled, "I can get the tacos," Wasabi offered, "I still have Sara's car."
"Which we managed to fix," Gogo pointed out.
"Don't tell Sara! She'll kill me if she finds out I got her car scratched."
"I doubt she'll get mad at you," she muttered, "I'll come with you."

As the both of them returned with tacos, Ari was sitting between Hiro and Fred listening to their superhero stories as Baymax rattled on the health pros and cons of their food. Honey Lemon was chattering with Gogo, the latter had a warm smile on her face as Honey Lemon ranted about her latest work. Wasabi just ate his tacos and listened to Baymax's speech.

As Ari leaned beside Hiro, she felt a warmth in her chest, she could almost cry of joy at how loved she felt at that moment. Even though she remembered the loss of her parents, she still had a family with Hiro and their friends.

Nothing was going to change that, not any villain in the world.

AN: And that concludes Big Hero 7. *sniffle* Sorry this one is long... I feel a little bad lol

Also I had to add the song lyrics in this ep. You can't stop me! Well as much as I could decipher. Disney pls give us the show's soundtrack!

This chapter is just "Ari no" and "ARI YES" and the gang chewing her out

Now for some explanations! For things

-Ari is a little "iffy" on how her parents died, could be murder, but she thinks maybe they killed each other. And Barb and Juniper's argument reminded her of that so she freaked and thought history was gonna repeat, so it's why she was really involved. Poor gal : (, least she got a hug.

-And yeah, I hc that Obake broke HV out of prison but didn't collect since he didn't think they'd be useful for his plans. (I think I got the idea somewhere on a blog, can't remember). I mean... they got help breaking out in S2 so... 83c

-The scene of Ari and gang chatting about the secret(tm) equals no Ari will not join Big Hero 6 thus creating Big Hero 7. Just no, nope. Not falling down that rabbit hole. No offense to people who write "Big Hero 7" but ehhh, not my cup of tea. So she's the seventh wheel *rimshot*

Next week is an og chapter, and it's our girl's birthday : D

QOTW: Tell me how you feel about Ari knowing the Big Hero 6 secret for good. Did you think it was predictable? Are you happy she finally knows?

That's all for this note, I don't want to make these too long but at the same time... I don't have an off switch.

Watch me rant when I get to something I'm worried about... Have a good one guys!

And please read (and esp review) AgentOfAngst's fics! They have GOOD FOOD! And good Wasabi content, and Gogosabi for you Gogosabi shippers.