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Go Go Tomago woke up with a groan, not to birds chirping merrily outside, nor the sun shining in her face, but to 3 guys screaming like there was no tomorrow.
"Ugh, can't someone just take a good nap once in awhile?" she groaned, twisting to look at them.
"But, I just was called 'BS' and had to take the whole pile, and that's like, 25 cards!" protested Wasabi, accusingly pointing to Fred, who was laughing and giving Hiro a high five.
"Really?" she questioned, grimacing as she sat up. "Sometimes I can't believe I'm friends with you guys. Actually, correction - most of the time."
"Hey," Hiro said, raising his palms and shrugging, "it's your choice on who you wanna be friends with. So take us or leave us."
"Tempting," she replied. "But I'll pass. For now, anyway. No promises in the future."
"How far are we, Honey?" Hiro questioned, twisting to look at her.
"At this rate, we'll be there in about 2 hours and 26 minutes. I've looked up the directions on how to get to the abandoned school, and, according to the distance between that and the station, we will have to walk 20 minutes until then."
"I get the feeling that there would be some major security outside the place," Fred sighed.
"Yup. So that means, if Baymax is still out of commission . . ."
"He is," Hiro sighed, looking up at the ceiling.
"Then our best way in is . . ." she left off.
"NO!" groaned Go Go. "Not like the Doughnut Infiltrators case! Anything but that!"
"Yup. It means we get the lovely experience of traveling through the Biraben sewers : filled with rats, putrid water, and germs all over the place!" Wasabi threw up his hands in exasperation and slight disgust.
"So much for advanced crime fighters," Hiro said, not as affected by the idea of their means of getting in the abandoned college. Mostly because Baymax would most likely carry him. Unless he refused to, but he didn't think that was a very big possibility. Besides - Baymax was still ⅓ healthcare companion . . . unless the chip did something more than purely adding more information in his system. Which he hoped wasn't the case.
"Did you know that Rattus norvegicus have the ability to survive without food or water for up to 14 days?" questioned Baymax. "If there is no food, some may resort to cannibalism."
"Okay then, thanks for the tip, Baymax," Hiro tried to say. Except the robot continued to give wonderful rat facts.
"Their bodies are 7 to 10 inches long and weigh about 10 to 17 ounces. They are colorblind, and an adult rat may be able to enter your home through a hole as small as a quarter. Additionally, the eating habi-"
"Th-that's enough," stammered Fred, looking down at his stomach. "I really don't need to know if rats can eat humans or not."
"Actu-"
"So!" Hiro interrupted, "in the meantime, Honey? Can you find the quickest route to the Institute without getting spotted?"
"On it," she replied, already tapping at her silver laptop.
"How are we going to execute our non-existent plan?" Fred wondered.
"Well, we should probably split up, since it's such a big place, yes?" said Go Go. They all nodded - it made sense, after all.
"Hiro and Baymax can go get Tadashi," she continued. "Fred and I will go off to be distractions - both of us will be able to escape fairly easily : Me with my speed, and Fred with burning down the building, I suppose. Wasabi being set ahead of Hiro and Baymax, and Honey Lemon behind - Wasabi can carve a path, Honey with slowing the ones down, and both for defense. What about that?" Hiro thought about it for a moment.
"Sounds good, but what's our plan if one of us gets caught?"
She didn't hesitate to respond. "If one of us gets captured, everyone else : run. The one being captured : make as much trouble and ruckus as you can. Our suits are next generation technology. They help, Hiro, especially now that you have an actual weapon to defend yourself."
"What, I can't take care of myself with just my suit?" he asked hotly.
"No, you can't take care of yourself without Baymax by your side. When designing that thing, did you ever think you would need something to help you if the robot wasn't around?"
He was about to protest, before realizing she had made a very, very good point. "Ok, fine. You win."
"So, we can all agree just run and the rest we can take care of ourselves?"
"But, we can't just leave each other at that college!" Honey protested. "We're supposed to be a team, not a 'save yourself' kind of deal?" Go Go sighed, blowing her hair out of her face.
"Fine, if you get captured, your partner is responsible for getting you out. So Baymax and Hiro, Fred and I, and Honey and Wasabi. That way, not all of us will be caught or taken, but you won't be completely left behind. Does that satisfy everyone?"
"Sounds good," Fred said, giving her a thumbs up, and the rest had to agree.
"Great . . ." Hiro said uncertainly.
"Wonderful. Time, Honey?"
"Still 2 hours and 21 minutes, Go Go. We won't be there anytime soon, that's for sure."
Go Go sighed. "So, I suppose I should get settled in, shouldn't I?"
"Indeed."
"Oh, joyous."
The train jolted, making all 6 nearly fall. Hiro did, as did his robot companion.
"What in the world was that?" Go Go asked, rushing to glass, peering outside. They had stopped.
A voice picked up over the intercoms. "Sorry, folks, uh, it appears the San Fransokyo train has stopped unexpectedly."
"No kidding," Fred said.
"It may be some time before we can fix this, I'm sorry to say. In the meantime, it appears we have stopped at the Aria Festival. Feel free to go and enjoy that; the train will whistle when we get back on track - excuse the pun. Thank you." With that, it went silent.
"Oh, great," Go Go said, rolling her eyes. "Yet another thing to set us back.
"But we get to visit Aria's festival!" Honey squealed. "I heard they have the best animal and environment-friendly purses!"
"Wow," Hiro muttered. "Purses? Environment-friendly? Sign me up!"
"C'mon!" she begged, already packing up her multiple papers with her assignments. "It'll be fun!"
"What is it with women and their shopping?" Wasabi groaned, getting up reluctantly. Fred followed, bounding out of the door.
"Wait!" called Hiro. "What about our armour? We can't exactly go parading around Aria in these!"
"Too bad," replied Go Go, also getting up. "It'll make us look crazy, getting other people out of the way. Besides, I'm too lazy."
"Oh, goodie goodie," Hiro said under his breath, following the group hesitantly - Baymax trailed behind. "What next . . ."
They sent the assassin to find them. They sent the assassin to capture them. They sent the assassin to bring them back.
Watching the 6 split up, she breathed lightly. They looked fairly ordinary - like any typical teen group, laughing and joking around.
Too bad they were such a problem. They needed to be taken out, immediately.
She might have already caused the San Fransokyo train to stop unexpectedly, but that was only Phase One. Next : get the team.
The boy and his robot headed east, the rest going the opposite directions.
She decided to follow the small group of girls - one looked like it was the most amazing thing to be wandering through Aria's fair . . . the other, not so much.
She noted the way the blonde rested her arm on her strange looking purse, as if nervous for something unexpected to happen. The bubble-gum blower - bouncing just the slightest on the balls of her feet, ready to dash off.
She felt the double bladed katana clinking on her back, muffled by the sleek fabric. It had been a while since she had had a mission to keep her opponents alive - in fact, she probably had to kill all her victims for the past 3 years. Today was a challenge. She would have fun with this job.
Eyes glittering, she continued to watch, pretending to be interested in jewelry. The blonde - what was her name? Didn't matter - the blonde one, as she could see, had a reminiscent look on her face. The girl sighed, mouthing something to herself.
'Tadashi,' the assassin guessed, whispering ever so slightly to herself, but it was so light, it was lost to the breeze, drifting away. She allowed herself a small, thin smile - so it was true, as they said. So it seems someone clearly had something more than a friendship - or at least, hoped to have one - with the older Hamada sibling. Things ought to get interesting now.
Grinning, showing her pearly white teeth, she waited for the right moment.
The teen had to admit, Aria made absolutely amazing food.
Chomping on a deep-fried, glazed bacon donut (how that was even possible, he didn't know), Hiro glanced around. Activity was bursting, people weaving in and out around the colorful stands. He had lost the rest - except Baymax, of course - a long time ago; Fred and Wasabi went somewhere he didn't know, and the girls went to find new hair accessories and skateboards . . . or something.
So far, he had spent his emergency money more on food than other things . . . actually, scratch that - he's spent it only on food.
Surprisingly, none of the people visiting Aria had given him a second look - after all, there were much more interesting things, like a considerably large drama group cosplaying some sort of characters from a comic he didn't know.
"I fail to see how eating especially unhealthy food will help boost your emotional levels," Baymax commented. A week ago, Hiro would have thought nothing wrong of this statement. Now, however, he could hear the element of sarcasm very clearly.
"Good for you. Now calculate how many calories this is." That shut the robot up . . . for about 6 seconds.
"334 calories," he announced. "About 13% of your daily calorie intake."
"Great."
"It should be. Nutritional facts about yourself is good to know and can be helpful in the future."
"I'm sure . . ."
Stopping to admire some nice tools, he noticed the sun had suddenly freed itself from the clouds, glaring loudly - almost as if saying, "Pay attention to me!" Obviously, he didn't want to, considering it might lead to his eyes being permanently blinded, but the sun didn't know that.
He looked behind him - Baymax was nowhere to be seen! Darting in and out of the groups, Hiro searched for a big, walking, talking marshmallow with an attitude problem . . . no such luck.
"Sorry," he apologized over and over, nearly shoving everybody. An intimidating man gave him a scowl; nevertheless, he continued on, frantically dashing on and off the walkways.
He spotted his companion, talking to another person. Cursing slightly under his breath, he ducked behind a stall and watched as his Aunt Cass was confusedly talking to Baymax.
'What is she doing here?' he thought, biting his lip. 'And what in the world is he saying?! Probably how much of a trouble child I am . . ."
Crap crap crap - what was he going to say if Aunt Cass spotted him?
He was about to try and get Baymax's attention, but someone tapped him on the shoulder. Hiro turned around - it was Honey.
"What do you need?" he questioned. She looked scared.
"Someone's tracking us," she whispered, looking behind her. "Go Go and I split up, but it's not enough. We need to get Wasabi and Fred immediately and go. Get Baymax. Find one of them, then head to the train station as soon as possible. I'll meet you there." With that, she ran.
Not thinking about it for a single second, he dashed, meeting Baymax and tugging at his arm.
"Hiro?!" Aunt Cass asked, extremely confused and perplexed. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at the Institute?!"
"GottagoniceseeingyouI'llbebackintimefordinnertomorrow!" he yelled back, forcefully pushing the protesting robot in the direction of the station, leaving the woman standing there, mouth wide open.
She stopped, watching in amusement as the blonde ran, searching and calling for her friend. She followed, this time more on speed than stealth.
It was almost time.
Hey! I would like to apologize for not having a set date on the next chapter post, as it's been busy lately and school midterms are coming up, plus a bunch of stuff in the upcoming February - the new month won't have as much chapters written as I would like to have - Sorry! :( I will try to make them extra long (as per requested) in some sort of small, pathetic compensation. But anyways, thanks again for the support and I will see you all later. :)
-DragonFire0102