"I can't wait to see Wasabi's face!"
"Here it is." There was the sound of a screen flickering to life with an image. "You are welcome."
"I-I mean when he sees his car." Honey Lemon sweatdropped, Hiro, Gogo, Baymax, and Ari were also there to help fix up the car. Fred had volunteered to distract Wasabi so he wasn't there providing moral support. But Ari was trying!
"All good to go." Gogo stated, she then saw Hiro scrolling through a picture on his phone. "Is that a picture of your conspiracy wall?"
"Yep." Ari nodded. "He really won't let it down."
"Obake's playing us, I know it," Hiro growled.
Honey Lemon walked up to him. "Don't worry Hiro, we'll be ready." She placed a hand on his shoulder.
"When it really matters," Gogo attempted to place a hand on his shoulder but hesitated, "Yeah, I'm not really a shoulder patter.'' She performed the gesture in an awkward manner.
Ari giggled, the playful banter relaxing her. She exchanged glances with Hiro, he raised an eyebrow and she shook her head, he nodded in agreement. We're not bringing up the water thing anytime soon.
At least we managed to tell Aunt Cass… Ari thought. And that took an hour. If she had to describe that family discussion in a sentence, it would be lots of questions and concerns from Aunt Cass, and both she and Hiro trying to calm Ari's worries of her newfound power putting them in danger. Good news is that she bought the cover story of it randomly happening when Ari passed by the beach, otherwise Aunt Cass would stress eat half of the cafe if she found out what almost happened to Hiro.
"Happy birthday dear Wasabi! Happy birthday to you!" The group sang, they had finished up the car and were now serving the birthday boy a cake in the cafe.
"It's my sock drawer!" He squealed at the shape the cake was in. "And it's a cake!"
"Oh, and don't worry, none of the frostings are touching." Cass explained.
"I helped out with frosting! And I was very careful!" Ari chipped in.
"It's perfect, except you got the plaid and argyle mixed up but still."
Gogo crossed her arms. "Wasabi, just blow out your candles."
"Birthday cakes have a significant increase in bacteria on the surface after candles are extinguished." Baymax told them, the images on his screen showing further input.
"See? This guy gets me." Wasabi nudged the robot, and began putting out the candles with a small extinguisher.
The group exchanged glances, they gestured outside.
"Follow us." Hiro had a grin on his face as they began to leave.
"We have a surprise for you!" Honey Lemon added. Wasabi nodded, and quickly extinguished the rest of the candles, Fred had to drag him outside.
"Okay, so what is this surprise?" He asked as Honey Lemon covered his eyes and led him to the garage.
"A fun surprise!" Fred exclaimed.
Honey Lemon moved her hands away so he can see his newly repaired car.
"Surprise!" They chorused.
"Surprise."
Wasabi stared puzzled. "Hey… that looks like my car."
"That's because it is your car! But now it's dry!" Fred nodded.
"Hiro and I fished it out of the bay." Ari told him. "There were a lot of barnacles on it."
"We upgraded a couple of things." Gogo explained.
"By 'a couple', we mean everything." Hiro added, Wasabi sniffled, he ran and hugged his car happily.
"You guys! You're giving me all the feels!" He turns to them, Gogo then tossed him the keys, "now, who wants to go for a test drive?" Wasabi flashed the group a smug smirk, they all raised their hands.
"Uh, can we all fit in there?" Ari questioned, narrowing her eyes at the car. She lowered her hand down.
"Well we could, but Baymax takes a lot of room." Hiro placed a hand on the robot's belly. "No offense buddy."
"I am a robot, I cannot be offended."
"Do you not wanna come with us?" Wasabi asked her.
"No-no-no I do!" she sputtered, "it's just-
"Hey! I thought we've moved past this." Fred exclaimed. "You're already part of the group!" She shook her head, it wasn't that all!
Hiro turned to her. "Maybe you're just too tired from the water expedition." He winked.
"Right." Ari nodded, winking back. "I guess I am tired." It was the truth, the expedition exhausted her in more ways than one.
"It's fine." Wasabi patted her shoulder. "Thanks for helping me get my car back. I think Sara was gonna kill me if I got another scratch on hers."
"Well you did drive it towards a supervillain fight."
"That was one time!"
The group chorused into giggles.
Elsewhere, a crab skidded across the ocean floor. It's little feet moving through the sand. It stops, an underwater pipe above, the pipe scans it. The crab retracts, curling it's legs as the pipe sucks it up and it begins travelling to a secret underwater base.
At the other end of the pipe was a dark, large room. The only lighting from the bright green computer screens.
Obake was at the screens, analysing a vial of water in his hands, his daughter Mikan was next to him. She was propped up in a chair and fiddling with her phone, she was the first to see the crab skittering towards them.
"Pops, your pet is back." She teased.
Obake growled at the nickname with annoyance, but smiled as the robotic crab climbed across his shoulders and onto a panel on the computer desk. The crab deactivated, and transmitted it's footage into the computer. The video played of Hiro, Baymax, and Ari pushing Wasabi's car out of the water.
"The boy likes to keep busy." he smirked, observing the vial in his hands. "So do I."
"Woah, back up." Mikan jumped to the computer, noticing the water moving as Ari's hands pushed upwards. "Is she?.." She played the footage back, seeing the part where she bent the water against the sea snake. "Gasp!"
"So, that's what that scientist wanted with her." Obake frowned. "He craved the use of her water powers."
"Dad, that's impossible!" Mikan exclaimed, in disbelief upon seeing the footage herself. "Ari's like some wizard! She's totally useful to your mystery plans now, right?"
"No."
"What-Wh… SHE GOT WATER POWERS!"
"Don't shout, I know and I don't care." he continued to observe the vials. "You may wish to dissect her if you want to see how she has those powers."
She gave her dad a weird look. "Uh, no?" Mikan frowned. "And I would miss talking to her."
The base rumbled, Obake put the vial down and pulled up an outside camera, where a drill emerged from the ground. He found the match in his database.
"Baron von Steamer? Stupid name." He scoffed, switching the screen to the "City Rising" blueprints.
"I know, right?" Mikan rolled her eyes. "He's worse than High Voltage, and the only comical thing about them is watching Ari pant and drool after them like a dog! Ha, dog! Get it?"
"Mikan..."
"I'll go back to my Candy Crush, you have no sense of humor."
Ferns and Nerds group chat:
Sara Ferns: selfie,png
Sara Ferns: The selfie of me with the Boss Awesome statue! I recorded a video for my channel abt it as I went for ice cream with one of my friends
TheLittleMermaid: Oh you ran into Hiro and the others?
Gogo: We're still in the car
Honey Lemon: Wasabi says hi!
Sara Ferns: I have more friends than my siblings and college friends
Sara Ferns: I have a few blogger friends, we make videos about the news and talk about Big Hero 6 sometimes
Rachel Rosemary: Oh yeah, I remember being a guest in one episode
Rachel Rosemary: Spoiler alert: It was about the time that man-child manhandled my cat
Sienna Kline: Ah, you mean Sparkles?
Rachel Rosemary: Yeah, that brat
Sara Ferns: I hate that guy! His show sucked! But my least favorite villain is Steamer
Fredzilla: Why do you hate Steamer again?
Sara Ferns: He will pay for touching Wasabi with his BLOOD
Hiro Hamada:
Gogo:
Honey Lemon:
Fredzilla:
Hiro Hamada: Wasabi has an "0_0" and does not want to get on your bad side.
Car horns honked as Wasabi drove slowly through traffic. They were on a hill that had a clear view of the new statue out into the bay. "Your dad's statue looks cool." Gogo commented.
"Huh." Wasabi glanced out of the window. "It's a lot bigger in person."
"Okay fine, I get it." Fred was the only one not looking at the statue. "I'll never measure up to my dad, who is so awesome, it's literally in his name."
"Whatever." Gogo turned to him. "You don't have to be him."
"You be you, Freddie." Honey Lemon patted his shoulder, he smiled.
"What brought that up anyways?" Wasabi asked.
"Oh uh, I was watching the news report on the statue donation, and it made me realize that… my dad's this awesome amazing hero, and we haven't even had a big arching finale yet!" Fred exclaimed. "I just finally felt the pressure."
"Well we have been superheroes for only a few months compared to him." Hiro shrugged. "We're still learning, but we have caught some baddies and helped a lot of people."
"You're right." He hummed, perking up a little. "So, how was the water expedition by the way?"
"Oh, it was-" Hiro stumbled. don't bring up Ari's water powers don't bring up Ari's water powers… "Fun, Baymax used his sonic blaster to scare away a shark and then there was the snake-" He covered his mouth. "Whoops."
"Snake?!" Wasabi almost hit the breaks. "You ran into a yellow-bellied sea snake?! Those things could kill a grown man!"
"Yeah..that was a close one, Baymax was able to scare it off too," Hiro lied.
"Next time, take one of us with you." Gogo crossed her arms.
Fred's phone rang, he answered. "Ooh Heathcliff my man, what do you want?"
"Master Frederick, an urgent message from Baron Von Steamer." The others turned to him.
"On the phone?"
"No."
They drove to Fred's house as soon as they could. "I hope he's not gonna kidnap me again." Wasabi had joked. Neither of them wanted that reality, since last time he had managed to get away with a few burn scars and in a… slightly damp condition.
Heathcliff rolled an old film reel to the group. "Baron's message sir."
"Oh." Fred turned to his robotic sidekick. "Hit the lights Mini-Max."
"I thrive on being useful!" the small robot sprinted towards the switch, shutting off the lights.
The reel played on Baymax's chest. "Greetings, Boss Awesome. It is I, Baron Von Steamer, your archnemesis."
"Really could've just phoned." Fred commented to the others.
"Meet me in Night Market Square by tomorrow at noon for an epic showdown! Otherwise I'll, dramatic pause… destroy the city!" Steamer cackled. "Hey uh, I didn't mean to read 'dramatic pause,' but in fact pause dramatically-well you get the gist!" The reel ended on his evil laugh, the group just rolled their eyes.
"We better call your dad or else Steamer is going to sooo destroy San Fransokyo." Hiro sarcastically stated. "He'll steam us all into toast, oooooh."
Fred however looked concerned, "Hiro! You never make fun of a villain's 'I'll destroy the city' threat, because most of the time it backfires!"
The group didn't notice the pair of red eyes watching them, due to the hidden camera in one of Fred's large stuffed dragons. Obake was the one on the other end.
"Gee, mister, that old-timey guy sure is gonna mess with your plans." NBB was sitting next to him, his little legs kicking the air.
"Big Hero 6 lives for this sort of thing, not worried." He just switched back to the blueprints, a vial in his hands.
Back at Fred's house… specifically Boss Awesome's lair...
"Can't you show up to showdown on Steamer? You have a private jet!"
"I wish I could help son, but-"
"I know, I know." Fred huffed. "You're halfway across the world, at the family rainforest preserve, saving the sloths."
Mr. Frederickson held up a sloth. "She thinks I'm her mommy." the sloth purred as she was wrapped around his arm.
"He'd never make it in time anyway." Gogo pointed out.
"Steamer has pulled this same stunt a dozen times." Mr. Frederickson explained.
"Threatened to destroy the entire city unless you show up to a showdown?" Hiro questioned.
"Bingo."
"How did you beat him?" Honey Lemon asked.
"Yes, I am confused." Mini-Max chimed in. "According to Hero-pedia, you were repeatedly captured."
"While he gloated about his plans, I'd bust out and save the day." Mr. Frederickson explained.
Hiro frowned. "Wait, so every time you pretended to get captured, Steamer would just explain his plan?"
"Like clockwork."
"What are you thinking, Hiro?" Honey Lemon turned to him.
"What if we dress Fred up as Boss Awesome?" He suggested.
"And wait for Steamer to reveal his plan, so we can be ready to stop it!" Wasabi added.
"What happened to me being me?" Fred complained.
"New plan, you be him." Gogo told him.
"For now at least." Honey Lemon added in.
"What do you say son?" Mr. Frederickson stared at him, Fred took a deep breath, he'd swallow his discomfort for the sake of the city.
"Classic!"
Mikan huffed as she filled up a vial of water. Dad had to make me do this for "life experience, she thought sarcastically.
"Whatcha doin, Mika?" NBB stared at her with his beady eyes.
"Pops is having me turn the H2O water in the ocean into D2O." Mikan hummed. "Though it's been kind of slow..." Thanks to stinkin 'Steamer.
"What's Dad doing that for?"
"I dunno what for." she shrugged, holding up a vial, "But did you know isolating the deuterium turns water into fuel?" Mikan poured the vial into a jar.
"What's deuterium Mika?" NBB asked.
"In a nutshell, heavy water." She huffed. "Why don't you go bug our sister? Or Globby?" Mikan nudged him away. "Mika needs some alone time."
The robot tilted his head. "Gee whiz, you sound kind of sad."
She frowned, sure she'd rather be hanging with David, Sara, or even Hiro and company instead of doing heavy work, but her dad needed the help. "I'm fine, just..." An idea struck her. "Can you bring me some food?"
"Order up!" NBB happily hopped away, Mikan gave a sigh of relief when he left. My new little brother can be a handful.
But he only likes you because Dad reprogrammed him. Her consciousness told her.
"Uhg." She groaned. "I'm starting to rethink my life choices… a little." Wonder what my dad would use this for? Fuel obviously, I hope this doesn't do too much damage to the bay. I do like the scenery of my home after all, it would suck if anything hurt the city.
Superhero Squad group chat:
Ariel: Status update?
Speed Queen: Steamer took the bait
Chop Chop: So we're just waiting and listening through the comms
Captain Cutie: Aka the boring part.
Chem Girl: Freddie did a great Boss Awesome impression!
Ariel: I heard
Captain Cutie: Oh good the comms are working for you.
Ariel: Well the microphone isn't, so I can't speak
Chop Chop: Oof
Ariel: This cures my boredom, also I need to know if I should start hiding in a bunker or not
Speed Queen: Kiddo you'll be fine, we do this stuff a lot.
Captain Cutie: qoqlc[o[lo[
Chem Girl: Hiro?
Captain Cutie: Flying and typing on Baymax at the same time is not a good idea!
Wasabi drummed on the rims of the steering wheel, trying to relax the anxiety in his chest.
"Fred will be fine, relax Wasabi." Gogo told him, but he could see the worry in her eyes. "He's waltzed with Steamer before and he can do it again."
The comms buzzed, signaling them that Fred was most likely in the center of Steamer's scheme, they stayed silent with bated breath.
"Wh-I mean uh-where have you taken me Steamer!" They heard Fred on the comm, his "Boss Awesome" impression deeping his voice like Hiro did with his "Captain Cutie" impression.
"My revenge! Muhahahah!" Steamer cackled, "I'm going to make you watch the destruction of your beloved San Fransokyo before I destroy you!"
"And...?" Fred probed.
"And what?"
"Are you gonna tell me in great detail how you're going to destroy the city?"
"No, I'm just going to destroy it." Wasabi mouthed a "what," to Gogo and Honey Lemon, who both were concerned at the direction their plan was going.
"What?" Fred was wording his thoughts aloud there.
"You see, I realized you always beat me because I explained my plan right before I went through with it! But not this time!" Steamer explained.
"Uh, but wouldn't it be fun to tell me?" Fred questioned.
"It would be delicious… but must resist oversharing!"
"Come on Steamer." Fred taunted him. "No villain can resist the urge to revel in their own brilliance!" Wasabi had the mental image of the old supervillain cowering as Fred kept teasing him, tied to a pole. Now I wish the comms had video feed.
"You're right, I can't resist a good revel!" Their eyes lit up. "But that is why I am taking precautions!" There was the ripping of something and Steamer's cackling suddenly became muffled.
"Nooo!" Fred yowled.
As Steamer gave a muffled cackle, Wasabi realized that he must've used duct tape to cover his mouth.
"Now what?" He turned to the girls.
"We have to figure out where the attack is going to come from." Honey Lemon explained.
"Steamer could show up anywhere." Hiro said through the comms. "And he has a drill car."
Screech!
All of them winced as they heard microphone feedback. "You know, for a child prodigy, you disappoint me."
Honey Lemon was covering her helm and growling in anger at the sound of the voice, Gogo and Wasabi had similar reactions.
"Obake." Hiro sounded angry through the comms. "And for a grown man, you do a lot of nonsense."
The man on the other line ignored the jab. "Isn't it obvious, Hiro? Steamer's end game? Think bigger." And the feedback whined as he cut off.
"Well, that was creepy." Wasabi grumbled.
"Think bigger." Hiro mumbled, then he gasped. "Guys, that Boss Awesome statue, it's a weapon!"
They turned to statue, just as he said those words, the statue hissed steam as it transformed into a Baron von Steamer statue!
"That explains why it was an anonymous donor." Gogo commented.
Wasabi unmuted Fred's comm, muffled noises were on the other line. "Okay I think you're being evil but I can't tell." He heard Fred say to Steamer.
There was the sound of tape being ripped off. "Aah! Sorry. Completely forgot I gagged myself." The old villain rasped, "what I said was… Say goodbye to San Fransokyo!"
"The statue! Of course!" Fred realized.
Steamer gave an evil cackle. "Yes! The Boss Awesome statue was a secret weapon the whole time! Oooh! Oh it feels good to let it out!" Wasabi muted the comm again upon hearing even more evil cackling. Hold on a moment Fred. We'll get you out of there soon.
But first, they had a city to save, again...
He turned to the window, noticing the statue starting to fill up it's steam tank with the Bay's water. "It's sucking up the water in the Bay, so it can-"
"Blast the city with it!" Gogo narrowed her eyes.
"How cruel." Honey Lemon frowned. "And he said he wasn't going to destroy the city if 'Boss Awesome' appeared at the showdown."
"Villains never follow their vows Honey Lemon."
"I have an idea." Hiro told them. "I'll use the underwater gear to take down the steam tank before it sucks up enough water."
"Sounds like a plan." Wasabi started driving down to the bay, as a splash was heard from Hiro's end.
"Baymax, overdrive mode."
"But overdrive mode will drain Baymax's battery, Hiro." Honey Lemon warned him.
"My systems cannot fully function on low battery." The robot added.
"I know Baymax, but we need as much speed as we can get."
"For what?" Wasabi questioned, what was Hiro doing?
"No time to explain, Baymax?"
"Entering overdrive mode." Wasabi listened to the sounds of his teammates moving in the water as he drove closer to the docks. He gasped in horror as the Steamer statue lifted up it's steam gun, preparing to blast the city.
"Baymax, sonic blaster, now!" He heard Hiro, and watched just as the weapon was about to fire, the steam tank broke and the water spilled out.
"I did the thing!" Baymax slurred as he imagined them hitting into the water, Wasabi gave a sigh of relief.
He unmuted Fred's comm again.
"Big Hero 6 for the win! Say whaaat?" Fred was practically jumping for joy on the other end. "I mean-I mean-I mean, classic!"
Steamer huffed, "I wouldn't drop that annoying catchphrase so fast if I were you. It also occurred to me that you win every time because I never have a plan B! Behold!" He heard the villain tapping something paper, Wasabi mentally imaged Steamer showing Fred a book labeled "plan B."
"I don't even know who you are anymore."
He muted the comms again, not wanting to be deafened by more villainous cackling. "Be on your guard guys." Wasabi turned to the girls.
"Hello, I'm balalalala, I swim in the water."
"Baymax!" Sounded like the robot was down for the count in low-battery mode. "Huh?"
"Wasabi, look." Gogo pointed to the Steamer statue as the limbs fell apart and the torso and head turned into a submarine speeding through the water.
"Um..." Hiro stuttered, "guys?"
"Don't worry Hiro, we're on it."
"We are?" Wasabi turned to Gogo. I'm not sure what we can do against a submarine.
"You still haven't tested the coolest new feature we added." She pointed to a blue button with a water symbol. "Just press that button."
He frowned. "How's a self-car wash button gonna help us Gogo?"
"That's not a self-car wash button." Honey Lemon told him.
"What is it? A button that transforms my car into an underwater car?" He jokingly asked, upon seeing his friend's smiles, he squealed. "It's a button that transforms my car into an underwater car!" He pressed it, and just as the car flew into the Bay like all those months ago, this time the windows didn't shatter and his car transformed into an underwater car.
"Best birthday ever!" He laughed as he drove through the water, he saw on the GPS three dots.
"Heat seeking missiles!" Honey Lemon exclaimed.
"We have to divert them! Fast!"
"Button for that." Gogo pressed the yellow button right of the blue button, the car sped up towards the missiles.
"Freddie, time to get out of there." Honey Lemon pressed the comm button.
"No! That's the wrong target!" Wasabi heard Steamer yell. Good, the missiles won't attack the city now.
"And I'm guessin' you don't have a Plan C?" Fred cheekily replied.
Just as the missiles were about to hit them, Wasabi pulled up and drove for Steamer's sub. He grinned as he drove out of the way and watched the missiles hit the sub, there was a large splash. Wasabi smiled when he drove back to the shore and saw Fred get out safely, but frowned when seeing Steamer crawl to the docks.
"Out of my way, millennial!" The old villain tossed a citizen off his segway and attempted to use it as a getaway vehicle, but was stopped as the car headlights flashed at him. Hiro emerged from the water to block Steamer as they got out of their car.
"You won this time, Big Hero 6. But mark my words, I will have my reveng-" he was cut off as Fred leapt onto his back, poked points on his shoulders, removed his boot, and began tickling his foot.
"Goochie-goochie-goochie."
"Stop it! Please! No, please I despise getting tickled! I'll do anything!"
"Will you surrender and turn yourself in to the police?"
"Yes! Yes! Yes! I-I'll surrender and turn myself in to the police! No! Please!"
Meanwhile, they all cringed at seeing the old villain getting tickle-tortured by Fred.
They tied up Steamer and tossed him into the back of Wasabi's car, as Fred ripped off the fake moustache he had on. "Wait! You're not Boss Awesome!" Steamer realized he had been played. "You're his baby child! Mark my words! I will have me re-"
Gogo slammed the car door shut. "I just can't with the revenge-vowing anymore."
"Nice Fred." Hiro smiled at the comic fan. "Was that one of your dad's moves?"
He lifted up his goggles. "Yeah, but I put my own twist on it." Fred placed the fake moustache on his chest.
"What do you call it?" Wasabi asked.
"I was thinkin' the 'Goochie Goochie Gatcha.'"
"As Mr. Frederickson would say..."
"Classic!" They all exclaimed.
"Classic." Baymax slurred as he dragged himself to shore.
Ferns and Nerds group chat:
TheLittleMermaid: IT'S A TRAP!
Sienna Kline: ?
Rachel Rosemary: I assume you mean the fake Boss Awesome statue
Sara Ferns: It was a fake!?
Hiro Hamada: Did you not see the statue turn into Baron von Steamer? Attempt to blast the city, and fall apart?!
Sara Ferns: I was at my shift at Noodle Burger
Wasabi: Wait! No!
Fredzilla: Noodle Burger Boy whyyyyyyy!
Gogo: Oh get over it -_-
Rachel Rosemary: Well since Steamer is in jail according to the news, we're safe, for now.
Honey Lemon: What do you mean for now?
Rachel Rosemary: Well maybe doomsday will come from the sky next time
TheLittleMermaid: I doubt it
Sienna Kline: This is why you always question anonymous donors
Sienna Kline: Classic villain trap 101
Fredzilla: FINALLY! A KINDRED SPIRIT!
After their heroic victory, the gang met back at the garage. "I don't know about you guys, but I'm still creeped out that Obake was able to hack us." Wasabi commented. Hiro just kept looking at his conspiracy board.
"And how weird was it that he helped us?" Honey Lemon added.
"Yeah, why would he help us save the city?" He raised an eyebrow.
"Maybe it wasn't about the city." They turned to Hiro as he placed a pin at the "City Rising" painting's water. "It was about the water.
Elsewhere, a villainous figure smirked as the screen confirmed a tank was 100% full of D2O.
"Thank you, Big Hero 6." Obake grinned.
Next to him, Mikan rolled her eyes. "Yeah, thanks for not noticing the literal weapon in the bay." She scoffed. "Idiots..."
"Curb that attitude young lady."
"Hey Pops." Mikan turned to her father. "You going to tell me what converting the H2O into D2O was-"
"No."
"Aw man."
AN: Mikan why are you like this? XD
So Steamer's Revenge, glad you guys didn't kill me over Ari being a waterbender.
She's not going to be a superhero? Idk why you guys keep saying that, even at the slight chance she is... she's not going to join Big Hero 6.
I'm not going to bring up the water powers every chapter (that'd be annoying), but eventually Hiro and Ari are going to have to tell the gang.
But hopefully whatever they are... they are used as a force for good.
Next week y'all are gonna RIOT because Hiro you dumb noodle XD
QOTW: Do you guys think Mikan will help her pops in Countdown to Catastrophe (CTC)? Or do you think she'll join the good guys when realizing he's going to thanos-snap San Fransokyo?