"So you got a fancy SFIT backpack from your boyfriend…"
"S-Stop that! He's not my boyfriend!"
Kathleen was walking from school to the monorail station with some of her friends from school. The other girls were teasing her about her new backpack as she tried to keep ahead of them. "You guys are too much!"
"Hey not every day a college student asks one of us girls to come with him to his special high tech school."
"We didn't do anything besides me getting patched up by his healthbot and he got me a new backpack because mine broke. I didn't watch a movie, or fall asleep in his arms... " She blushed furiously at the thought. Sure wouldn't mind though…. "Just… Leave me alone!"
"Aww! Our friend is growing up so fast." one them squealed a little. "Who is he anyway?"
"I think I know." said another. "I've only heard of one child prodigy in San Fransokyo and who has a nursebot. Hiro Hamada."
The others gasped.
"You know HIM?!"
Kathleen gave a small shrug. "Yeah… So? He's like one of my best friends…"
"I'm so jealous!" One of them sighed. "I've heard he's really cool and has quite the mind."
"Now now Kailey I thought you liked that bad boy of yours?"
The girl, Kailey, shrugged. "I do, I love him a lot… But of course Hiro's in a league of his own… And… My dad might not want to murder him."
"Pfft! Not want to murder him? Any dad in his right mind is reaching for his shot gun or a kitchen knife as soon as his daughter looks at a guy!" Another laughed.
"And what about you Shiloh? Your self proclaimed knight?"
"W-Well…"
Kathleen rolled her eyes a little giggling. "Alright guys, first off, Hiro is incredibly intelligent… He was skipping grades before I was even riding a bike. He's also nice…. Kind…" She got a wistful look in her eyes. "Funny… And he's got this little gap in his teeth that makes him look soo cute when he smiles-" She stopped herself as she turned red noticing the grins the other girls got. "But I don't like him like that!" She exclaimed a bit too loudly.
"Diagnosis girls?"
"DENIAL!"
Kathleen blushed more as she lowered her head. "Guuuuys!"
"She really is growing up, eh Annabelle?"
"Agreed Elly!"
The girls laughed giving Kathleen a few playful nudges. "You're gonna be marrying him one day I bet!"
"GUYS!"
"Now girls…" Kailey smirked. "He has to get past her daddy. Our guys will have to… But at least ours will probably make it past the front door."
"My dad knows Hiro thank you!"
"HA!"
"Wait-"
"Ah Kathleen, you're so blind when it comes to love. You got a lot to learn." Elly shook her head. "You're so crushing."
Kathleen turned brighter red. "W-Well, what about your papa? Have you brought a boy home to meet him yet!?"
"Yeah and my dad's fine with the fact I'm dating a comic book writer. Long as he doesn't break my heart he's in the clear."
"Yeah and my dad's cool with it too. He likes Caleb and so does my mother… And to be honest, I think my mother would be the worst contender." Annabelle giggled. "Demon lady of the hospital."
Kailey shook her head. "Yeeeaaaah…. Angry doctor parents or doctor and nurse parents in Anna's case… Not a good combo if our guys screw up."
"And my dad's a bonafide redneck…" Shiloh muttered. "And I have brothers."
"Well Charlie and my dad wouldn't-Gaaaah!"
Elly patted her back. "There there. You'll figure it out-"
"MONORAIL TO DOWNTOWN SAN FRANSOKYO NOW APPROACHING."
"Oop, looks like our ride is here."
Oh thank you whatever high power there is out there! Kathleen thought, relief coming over her.
"Aww and just when we were getting to the good part!"
The girls paid for their tickets and boarded the monorail taking their seats or in some cases standing and holding onto the poles.
"So you guys hear that Alex won the track meet?"
"He wins everything if he's running!"
"Probably all that time running from Dr. Keller!"
"Hey Elly, how is Royden doing with that comic of his?"
"It's coming along, he says he'll have another issue of Captain Eagle published soon."
"Oh that's awesome!" Shiloh grinned. "And my guy is going for the national fencing competition. Big deal, with college scouts and everything."
"Well it is Taylor…" Kailey smirked. "He'll do anything if you're cheering him on… What did he say when he saw you in that uniform for the first time?"
"You're keeping that." They all laughed as Shiloh turned red.
"Oh shut up! A-Anyways… I'm also going for the gymnastics meet later this year… Whole team's getting ready."
"Aren't they all totally psychotic-Oh wait… That explains it-"
WHACK!
"OW!"
"So says team manager KAILEY."
Ah I love listening to these conversations. The joys of being single sometimes. You don't get targeted. Kathleen giggled.
"Well it sounds like all the knights are doing well."
"Yep! The Knights of San Fransokyo."
"Yeah… Caleb's doing good too… His novel the Star Prince is almost done… He's hoping to get it published soon…" Annabelle smiled proudly. "He's been so happy with it… Of course I'm sworn to secrecy of what it's about…"
"Well if he needs help with publishing he can ask Royden for advice since he does it all the time." Elly giggled. "He knows the system."
"I'll make sure to tell him." Annabelle giggled. "He's just happy with a lot… It takes a lot to get him down…"
"Gosh how long has it been since he got that cornea transplant of his… Three, four years?"
"Yep and he's looking at things always on the bright side. He's really glad he can see now."
"Things that can really change perspective." Kathleen hummed in thought. "But that's life."
"Yup… Everyone's got something…"
"Yeah…" Shiloh sighed looking out the window. "Me and my twin were conjoined twins and now I'm a gymnast and she's on the debate team…"
"And you two fight like cats and dogs!"
"She goes to a rival school of COURSE that happens! But I'd still take a bullet for her!"
"You're awesome like that." Elly giggled. "I know my brothers would probably do the same."
"I'd do the same for Adrian… Though I think anyone who wanted to hurt him would be cut into pieces before I could do anything." Kailey cringed remembering one incident. "That kid must never be left alone with watermelons…"
Before they could respond there was a loud screech of metal on metal as the passengers were flung forwards or back from how hard the monorail moved… As it tilted right off of the track.
"ACK!"
"WHOA!"
"DON'T LET GO OF YOUR SEAT!"
Kathleen and her friends hung on looking around in panic as their row was part of the section that was hanging right off of the track threatening to go down at any moment.
"Oh man…" Elly whispered, clinging tightly to her seat.
"This is bad…" Kathleen whimpered a little. "Really, really bad!"
"Nobody panic… No one. Move." Shiloh hung onto the bar she was holding onto with one arm as Kailey hung to her legs almost going towards the front from the force. "Capiche?"
All of them nodded.
"C-Capiche."
"Good…"
There was another screech as it lurched forward a bit as the girls yelped and kept holding on. "My dad is SO gonna sue this station…" Kailey deadpanned. "If he doesn't kill 'em first! Who checked this!?"
"Hey think of how sympathetic the guys'll be!"
"I'm just hoping Papa doesn't possibly have a heart attack after this."
"I know one thing… I'm probably never taking the monorail after this." Kathleen sighed. "Back to the good ol' bike."
"Good idea, exercise is always a nice option."
"I wonder if it's too late to ask my dad for a steamroller…" Kailey mused.
"If it keeps you from this I'm sure he'd hand over the money and say buy a car."
"That'll be the day." They deadpanned.
Kailey sighed. "Yep…"
"I know one thing… After this I'm bugging my dad about fixing his motorcycle…"
"Shiloh… Wasn't that the one that you crashed and broke your wrist AND broke Mel's collarbone with?"
"... We were young and stupid."
"That's what they all say." Elly rolled her eyes chuckling.
"The only thing missing from this is some handsome guys coming to the rescue."
SHINK!
All looked to see a laser blade cutting through one of the doors before it was pulled away, a young man in a green set of armor dropping in along with a blue lizard like thing, and a guy in a set of white armor with a tinted visor. They knew very well who they were.
"Big Hero 6!" Elly cheered.
"Yes!" Annabelle cheered.
"Dude I totally called that!" Shiloh grinned.
"Alright, Immortal 7, H-5… Let's get to work."
"Roger that."
Immortal 7 lead the way, allowing them access to the girls by walking on energy gears he was generating.
"We're gonna get you out of here, just stay calm." he instructed as he took Elly into his arms.
"We're pretty calm already. Just y'know… Hanging." Shiloh remarked.
The girls cringed at just how corny that sounded.
"Shiloh… I'm gonna whack you when we're out of this." Kailey commented.
The green armored hero shook his head as he picked up Shiloh and Kailey. "Got ya."
"Thank you."
"Dude, totally called it. Getting rescued by heroes? Made my week."
The team continued to work, getting passengers out.
Out of her group Kathleen was the only one left.
Do I speak up? No, no keep quiet… Calm… It's not like this stuff doesn't happen…
"There's one other girl down there. Anyone open?"
"I am, I'll be in and out. H-2, let's do this."
Soon, a young man in purple armor came in, riding on a robot dressed in red and purple armor. They flew over to Kathleen.
"Let's get you out of there."
The young man offered a hand to her.
She took his hand as he pulled her onto the robot with him. "W-Whoa..!" Big Hero 6… Being saved by Big Hero 6…. And not just that but this is H-1…
H-1 looked at her for a moment, his eyes widening for a moment before they became focused again. "Hang on." He said, keeping a good hold on her. "Let's fly."
The robot flew them out, heading to where everyone else was.
"Nice job kid." A woman in yellow armor commented as the robot landed.
H-1 shrugged as he helped Kathleen down. "Just doing my job H-3."
Kathleen sighed in relief as she landed on solid ground. "Thank you…"
"You're welcome. You okay? Nothing broken?"
"Nope, I'm fine. Honest."
"Good." H-1 sighed in relief.
Kathleen nodded. "Thanks again… I better make sure my friends are okay…" She gave a quick bow before running over to where her friends were. "Guys!"
"Kat!" They hugged her.
"You okay?"
"Yeah!"
"Good… BECAUSE H-1 FREAKING RESCUED YOU!"
"You got ride on H-2's back! That's so cool! What was it like?!"
Kathleen shrugged a bit. "It was cool… I was just glad to be out of there. H-1 held onto me so I wouldn't fall off…" She blushed a bit.
The girls were silent before they all squealed.
"LUCKY!"
"Seriously!"
"Jealous!"
Kathleen shook her head, looking back, seeing the team take off.
Immortal 7… wait… I … I've seen him before! He was the guy at the lab!
Kailey looked at her friend some concern in her eyes. "You okay? You look like you saw a ghost…"
"I… I've met one of them… That Immortal 7 guy… I… I've met him… he… he was at SFIT."
"Weird…" Kailey murmured. "Think he's a student there? Or… I dunno would it be weird to call it his Batcave?"
"He was fully armored there too… reason I recognized him despite the tinted visor… I… I'm genuinely confused now…"
"Eh I wouldn't dwell on it too much." Elly commented. "You question a hero too much and they just give you a headache. Royden gave me that advice."
"Noted… So… How do you think telling this story to our parents is gonna go?"
They all looked at each other in silence before speaking.
"DON'T SCARE US LIKE THAT AGAIN!"
Yep… Just the rule of the world…
oooooo
"Remind me never to take the monorail again Nii-san. That's the third time this year…" Hiro sighed as he got out of his armor in the garage, slipping back into his casual clothes. "They really need to fix that track."
Tadashi made sure no one else was around before letting his armor fade off. "Yeah no kidding… Feels like they're getting lazy with maintenance on some things."
"Anyone else feel like they just use us for damage control? "Oh no don't fix that, if something happens Big Hero 6 will come and fix it all for free! No money spent on us!" Ha…" Hiro commented as he ran a hand through his hair. Still get helmet hair too…
"Maybe I need to invest some time into haunting them into fixing it and besides, Wasabi had to cut the doors open this time around, I'm pretty sure they'll want to fix it this time."
"Remember the cable car? That one went off track last time too but they never fixed the hole… Something about "BIG HERO 6 WAS HERE." was painted on top of it near the hole!"
Tadashi shook his head. "It's starting to sound like they just do it on purpose… Yes, we step up to the plate to protect people but now that's just being stupid if they just want to make news. Those girls we rescued handled the situation well but they still had a good chance of getting seriously injured."
"Or killed… And I don't think you want any Remembered friends THAT young."
"No I do not… and not to mention someone I already know." Tadashi looked to Hiro. "I saw Kat too just FYI."
"Yeah…" Hiro sighed. "Kat handled herself well… Heck I think she and those girls she was with handled it better than some of the adults on that thing… But man she was shaking like crazy when I pulled her onto Baymax… She was calm but she was scared…"
"Aftershock, her body finally taking the toll of everything that was happening. I'm glad we got there in time."
"Me too… If they don't fix the freaking monorail after this mess, I'm gonna sneak in there late at night and do it myself! Least she didn't put two and two together… But it's pretty clear she recognized YOU."
"Well she saw me at SFIT and I'm always walking around in my armor when it comes to broad daylight, it's not something I can help unless I find a major loophole in my contract or I some how learn to change my appearance."
Hiro knew he was going to get whacked but he couldn't resist what came out next.
"Tadashi…" He started with a mock sympathetic look. "I know you think you're that pretty but you're not-"
WONK!
Tadashi caught an energy gear as it came flying back. "You were saying?"
"OW! That's it! No rice candy for you!"
"Fine, I'll just take your gummy bears and feed them to my friend's niece."
Hiro got a horrified look. "You wouldn't DARE!"
"My rice candy is at stake. I would."
"Alright deal. I won't touch your gross rice candy and you leave my gummy bears alone!"
"Deal… though I admit… it would be interesting to be able to create something that could disguise me so I wouldn't need my armor on all the time."
"I'll look into it. Maybe me and Honey can brainstorm something." Hiro mused. "... Besides I did want to make something to cover Kokoro's inner workings so he'll be more human… I'll play with that…"
"I'd appreciate that, I'd stick out less at SFIT. I'm really glad no one questions me regardless but still…"
"We share a building with Fred. Any arguments are invalid by default."
"Yeah that and they just look at me as another school mascot kind of thing."
"Least no one's mistaken you for the San Fran Knights' mascot. Then they'd be stealing ya in claims of manliness or something."
"Or try to swipe my helmet and then… crack." Tadashi shook his head. "Yeah, maybe making a disguise thing soon would be great."
"I'll add it to my to do list bro. I mean it." Hiro hugged him. "I know you miss taking classes and stuff…"
".. You… think I could possibly lead somewhat of a normal life again if I did have something like that?"
"I don't see why not. You just need to not look exactly like you… We'll go through family albums and stuff. We'll make you look like a cousin or something."
"That'd be fantastic…" Tadashi leaned back in a chair, sighing a bit. "I don't mind my new life… just… I had one I wanted to follow through…"
"We'll think of something…" Hiro hopped up onto his work table leaning back. "I'll figure something out bro… Plus I bet Honey would like to have a normal date for once…"
"No kidding. She doesn't mind but… I'd like to treat her to something and not have to hide."
"Like I said… I'll do my best… And when you take her out to a good scary movie so she'll cling to ya you'll be thanking me."
Tadashi chuckled. "Darn right."
Hiro smiled. "Yep… For now…" He sighed. "Beat poetry night awaits… I think some of these guys forget that just because you tell something into a microphone that it actually has to rhyme… Or make sense."
"Oi… yeah… Hey, are you gonna check on Kat? Just curious."
Hiro held up his phone. "Doing that now." He said as he hopped down and dialed her number. "Just hope she picks up… I haven't checked to see if she was in the cafe yet since we just got back…"
"Got ya, just want to be sure she's holding up alright."
"I do too… If I have to I will drag her here and we can sick Baymax's medicinal wrath on her-"
"Hello?"
"There she be."
Hiro nodded. "Kat?"
"Hiro?" She asked before sighing in relief. "Glad to hear a familiar voice… My parents are kind of clinging right now since there was an accident on the monorail… I was on it… Did you hear about that?"
"Yeah… Oh gosh you were on that thing? Goodness…."
Looks like all those role playing nights with Fred are paying off. Tadashi smirked. Hiro's good at acting.
"Yeah… I'm not hurt just really shaken up… I can't even focus on my homework. My hand's shaking too much…" Kat sounded tired as she spoke. "It's just been a long day…"
Hiro frowned a little. "Oh Kat… Hey, why don't you come over like old times? I'm working on some stuff in the garage and well… could use some company."
"Can we listen to old world rock and eat donuts?"
"Yeah and maybe some Fall Out Boy too."
"On my way just gotta give my folks a heads up."
"Alright… see you soon."
"See you…" She hung up.
"Aww… My little bro's got a date…"
"Oh shut up."
