Location: Metroville, Western View High School
It was awkward in that moment. Violet was at her locker, grabbing her books for her last class of the day and any she needed to do homework for. She caught a glimpse of Tony passing by and he seemed to have noticed her and gave a friendly waved. Not wanting to seem rude, Violet gave a small wave back to her ex. Once he was out of sight, Violet closed her locker and sighed as she leaned her back against it.
"If you still like him, why don't you two just get back together?" Kari asked.
"And be labelled the on and off couple? I'd rather not." She said. "And besides, I just don't think we're...you know? Meant to last."
"What are you talking about?" Kari questioned as the two girls began heading to their final class of the day. "You two went out for a year and half and people were going to vote for you two as "cutest couple" at prom!"
"Prom is not for another couple of years." Violet stated.
"Yeah, but they start planning those things now."
"From what people saw, I guess one could say we looked good, but that's all we had going. I was just never around and it wasn't fair to him. We agreed it was best that we just break it off."
"Vi, when you're in a relationship you have to commit." Kari told her.
"I know. But something always comes up. I can't help it."
"Your secret activities are really going to make you miss the best things of your life."
"Yeah." Violet said looking down. She did enjoy super work. It had made her no longer afraid of her powers and made her embrace who she was, but there were times when it interrupted her normal life. Sometimes a girl just wants a chance to go to the mall with friends or the movies with her boyfriend, well...when she had a boyfriend.
"Well, you can't always have the best of both worlds." She shrugged.
"Doesn't mean you can't try." Kari stated.
Violet laughed lightly. "How about we get to English and then I'll worry about balancing my life."
"Don't wanna delay too long. Otherwise it'll be too late."
"I doubt one class counts as a life time."
"Sometimes it does. Have you seen Mr. Kurt's lectures on the first thanksgiving? Everyone falls asleep before he can get the slide up."
"That's a matter of time slowing down cause we're all bored."
"You call it what you want, but I could've accomplished a lot in that hour."
"Yeah, you would've become president." Violet said sarcastically,
Class went by as usual. Read the prescribed text, take notes, answer questions. All that jazz. It wasn't hard. Violet had gone through the book already. She did read in her spare time. Although, it was rare when she'd get moments just to herself. When you have two lives, you rarely have time for yourself. But since her family saved the city a few years ago, many supers had come out of hiding and so it made things a little easier when they came to the scene. It would mean she didn't have to jump into action and just enjoy being Violet.
The bell rang and all the students went off in their separate directions to get home, or work or just hang with friends. Violet headed down to the bus stop nearby and waited the few minutes for her bus.
She got on and showed her pass when it arrived. She only had to wait two stops before it stopped nearby her street. Seeing as the bus stop wasn't by her house, she did take another couple of minutes to get home. Dash probably ran home and beat her. She bet if they had to move again, it'd be because of him. But she hoped they didn't have to move.
Location: Metroville, Parr Residence
"S.B Williams Hall?" Helen raised an eyebrow. "The name makes it sound like an asylum?" She joked.
"It's an old, isolated NSA Base." Lillian, one of the agents from the NSA, stated. "We can use the school as a cover for training supers and of course they will still be able to do the required school curriculum. They'll have their normal classes, such as English, maths and etc. But we will also add in occasional training sessions. Both with and without their abilities."
Helen wasn't completely fine with sending her two eldest children off to some off chart location, but with people like them disappearing, she had to consider their safety and it would help Violet and Dash improve greatly with their abilities, allowing them to take care of themselves.
"I understand it isn't easy being apart from family." Lillian said sympathetically.
"It never is. But we all have to make sacrifices when it comes to family. I'll make sure to tell them when they arrive home." Helen informed. She knew they would pick a fight and argue, but if anything happened to her family...she couldn't think of it.
"We're sorry we couldn't take your youngest, but if you'd like we can arrange the the two of you and your husband could be relocated?" Lillian offered.
Helen shook her head. "I'll keep it in mind if something does happen."
"Alright. For safety measures, we'll be locking all NSA files and access will be given to higher authorities in the agency."
Helen nodded understandingly. Although many government organizations had the tightest securities, they weren't always safe from outside sources.
Lillian got up and headed for the door. She turned to face Helen.
"We'll send a car to pick them up first thing tomorrow." She said before leaving. The woman stopped when she saw a raven haired teenager at the doorway. The girl looked as if she was about to unlock the door.
"Sorry, Miss Parr." She bowed her head and then moved to the side of Violet and walked off.
Violet blinked and then looked at her mother confused. She recognized the suit. The only time she'd seen people dressed like that and enter their house was when someone from the NSA had something to stay.
"We're not in trouble again are we?" She asked.
"No." Helen assured.
"So...what was that all about?"
"I think it's best we wait for the whole family to arrive before I tell you all." Helen said, earning a suspicious glance from her daughter.
Location: San Fransokyo, Lucky Cat Cafe
"You've been out of it a lot lately, Hiro." Honey noted, seeing he wasn't exactly paying attention to the conversation.
The boy was currently staring at his glass and swore it moved on it's own a tad just a minute ago. There had to be some explanation as to how. He was interrupted from his thought when Gogo lightly nudged him.
"Huh? What?" he blinked confused and then noted the worried glances everyone was giving him.
"Have you been sleeping well, little dude? If you haven't I could lend you some sleep music to help you out?" Wasabi offered.
Hiro shook his head. "No. It's not that. It's..." how was he suppose to finish that sentence? He wasn't sure what was going on and didn't have any theories.
"What?" Honey titled her head, pushing her glasses up as well.
"I don't know how to explain it, but lately...it's like...I don't know...I keep seeing things move on their own. Does that make sense?"
Judging from the looks his friends were giving him, they weren't exactly following.
"Maybe you're getting some kind of super power?" Fred explained. They weren't sure if he was being serious or messing around. It was probably the latter choice.
"That's impossible." Hiro rolled his eyes. "Don't you think if I had super powers I would've known about them by now?" He knew that there were supers, but as far as people were concerned, they've been born with their powers. No case of someone getting them in a lab accident and he hasn't been in any that could've caused it.
"I've read that some supers develop powers later on in their life."
"And where'd you read that? A comic book?" Gogo asked sarcastically.
"They're a very informative source." Fred said as a matter of factly.
"And so are the infomercials no one watches." Gogo retorted.
While the two friends bickered about comics, the bell of the cafe rang, signalling someone had entered. It was some guy in a black suit and sun glasses. He looked real serious.
"Woah! The men in black are eating over at your cafe!" Fred exclaimed.
Cass approached him, ready to take his order. "And what will it be to-" she stopped when she recognised the figure. Same attire, same face. It was the same man who had informed her of what happened to her brother and sister-in-law thirteen years ago.
"Is there some place private we can talk, Miss Hamada?" he asked.
"Uhm...yes." she nodded uncomfortably. "In the back." she motioned to the entrance leading from the cafe to the main apartment. The two walked passed the group of friends, Cass stopped by them. "Honey, could you take over for a while. I got some business to attend to." she said unsurely.
"Sure." Honey blinked. She offered to help out and it did help her pay for her share of the rent with Gogo on their apartment.
Cass closed the door and turned to the man.
"You're not taking Hiro away?" she asked worriedly.
"I'm sorry Miss Hamada..."
"You said if nothing came up you wouldn't." Cass reminded.
"Supers have been disappearing and it's for your nephew's safety."
"He hasn't shown any abilities though."
"We're aware, but our detectors say otherwise. Keep an eye on him. Someone is taking supers and if he isn't careful someone might come after him."
She couldn't risk something bad happening to Hiro, but there had never been any indication he was a super. Still, as his guardian, she had to consider his safety first.
"The deal was if he showed any signs I'd call yous. And he hasn't.
"I understand. Just keep an eye on him and if something worries you, contact us."
"If I agree to this, where would you take him and would I have contact with him?" Cass asked.
"A school. S.B Williams Hall. And safety protocols prohibit contact from the outside."
The woman looked down sadly at the response. "Of course. I understand. But he is in college. I'm not sure a school..."
"We are familiar with your nephew's academic levels. And if you allow him to attend, we'll arrange for classes at his level."
"So he'll be alone in this school as far as classes go?"
"Not exactly. Many students attending have enhanced IQ and may be around his level and training classes will be his age group."
"Training?"
"To help control their abilities and apply them to combat."
Cass seemed to put her foot down on that. "I won't have him go out and fight and be a superhero!"
He was staring at her startled. "Not train him to be a super." He shook his head. "Just so he can defend himself and so he won't lose control..."
"He doesn't even have powers! Thank you for your time, but I think it's time you leave." She didn't even let him bring a word in when she brought him out the door. She didn't bring him out the cafe door, so not to make a scene. Once he was out, she locked the door and groaned. Maybe she was reluctant to let Hiro go because she didn't want to lose him. She had already lost most of her family. But what if keeping him here was just as endangering to him? She shook her head at the thought. He was perfectly safe here. They hadn't had many problems that could endanger him since he came to live with her.
"You appear to be in perfect health." Baymax informed. "However you appear to have an increase in brain activity. Readings show unstability."
"Unstability?" Hiro looked at the robot questionably.
"I do not have the data to clarify."
Over 1000 medical procedures and he couldn't get the source of his headaches?
"But what about my hallucinations? I keep seeing things move on their own. Things that shouldn't be moving are moving."
"Hallucinations are cause by mental illness, medication side effects or consumption of alcohol. You do not seem to show any indications of having any."
"I could be losing my mind." Hiro threw his hands in the air. "I've lost it. That's it..." Hiro stopped when he heard something shaking on the table. He quickly turned around and saw that Megabot had moved from a sitting position to laying on the table. Hiro walked over and picked up his old robot. He wanted to ask if Baymax knocked him down, but he wasn't near the smaller robot's location. He placed Megabot back and focused.
"Okay. Move." He ordered. Nothing happened. He wanted to prove he wasn't going insane. That the moving was all inside his head. He tried again, ordering it to make some kind of movement and still nothing. When it was obvious Megabot wasn't going to move, Hiro turned around to face Baymax. "What was I expecting? That Megabot would just float mid air?" He joked.
Baymax didn't seem to pay attention to Hiro's comment and looked to be staring behind him. "Like that?" Baymax said and pointed one of his balloon like fingers.
"What?" Hiro blinked and turned around. The second he turned around Megabot plummeted back onto the table, but Hiro caught sight of the millisecond he had been in the air. Either this was a prank or he was causing it to move? "Maybe something knocked the controller." He thought. Megabot was never able to float, but it could've been a trick of the eye.
"I was not aware you had upgraded Megabot to levitate." Baymax blinked.
That was because he didn't. He hadn't touched Megabot in years, so nothing would've been done to upgrade him. So what did it mean if Baymax saw Megabot floating?
"Perhaps you should try on a different object. One that does not require a controller." Baymax suggested.
Hiro figured he'd humor the robot. "Okay, Baymax, but I doubt anything will happen." He meant it to sound sarcastic, but he wasn't sure about this. Hiro looked around his room and picked up a pencil and held it flatly on his palm. He was mentally telling it to levitate. A twitch. The pencil had gently rolled on his hand. He was focusing, but all he could do was make it fidget around uncontrollably on his hand. It may not have been levitating, but it was still moving on its own.
"Baymax? Are you seeing this?" He said, not reverting his gaze from the pencil.
"My scans pick up increase in brain activity." The robot informed.
The pencil rolled off the tip of his finger and instead of hitting the ground it remained suspended in midair.
"Hiro?"
The boy broke his concentration, causing the pencil to drop as he looked at the shocked look on his aunt's face.
"Aunt Cass?" Before he could get to her, she had ran downstairs. Hiro wasn't sure if she should follow her or not, but he had to see if she was okay.
There was no denying what she saw. The pencil was floating and it was Hiro making it do so. It was what she feared. He was one of them. Now she had the choice to either let him stay here or send him away. There was no guarantee he'd be safer here then he'd be at that super school.
"Aunt Cass?" She heard Hiro. "What you saw...I mean...it's not what you think." He was trying to say.
"I know what I saw Hiro. You were making that pencil float. Don't deny what I saw with my own two eyes." She told him strictly.
Her nephew nodded, lowering his head.
"How long have you been able to do that? Make objects float?" She asked.
Hiro shrugged as he wasn't entirely sure. "Recently, I guess. But it's not just floating. I've been making them move too. The levitating thing is new." He replied.
"Why didn't you tell me something was wrong?"
"Because...I wasn't sure about it. I kept thinking it was in my head, but the more frequently it happened, the more I started to wonder."
That was Hiro for you. If something got him curious, he'd do whatever he could to find an answer to it.
"I guess I don't have a choice then."
Hiro looked blankly at his aunt's words. No choice in what. "What do you mean?" He asked, growing a bit worried.
"After your parents died, a government agent came and told me that you may have some...unique abilities and if anything came up I was to call him."
"Wait a minute? You knew I had powers?!" Hiro asked taken aback.
"No!" She shook her head. "I didn't. I wasn't sure what they meant at the time, but they would sometimes check up to see if there was anything. The only thing abnormally strange about you that they could find was your incredibly high IQ."
By check up, does that mean they knew of what he did behind his aunt's back. As in the whole keeping San Fransokyo safe occupation he and his friends had adopted.
"Why didn't you tell me this before?"
"Because I wasn't sure what to think about it and earlier they came back and said someone is after supers. That they have a place where you'll be safe and you can learn to control your abilities."
"You're sending me away because I can make a pencil float?!" The tension was growing and Cass could feel that Hiro's emotions were heightened at the moment.
"Hiro! You know I wouldn't. And that's not why!"
"Because you can't handle the fact that I might be different?"
Was he really jumping to conclusions now?
"You knew something important about me and never told me!"
The lights in the room were flickering on and off and all kinds of objects were starting to shake. It was making the woman worry. Hiro's anger was causing it and that was enough to tell her that he did need help. Help she couldn't provide. Hiro noticed her concerned look and realised what was happening. He was causing the whole room to shake as if it was in an earthquake. He calmed down and that caused things to settle down and eventually stop.
"I-I'm sorry." He apologised.
He was surprised when Cass hugged him. "It's okay." She stroked his hair.
They then pulled apart. "Look Hiro. I wouldn't consider sending you away if things were fine, but you clearly have powers. Powers you can't seem to control."
"I'll learn. I don't want to leave you."
"I know. I don't want you to leave either, but people like you are in danger. I feel you'll be safer there than here right now." She gave a comforting smile.
"Where would you be sending me?"
Location: Todayland, Robinson residence
Seeing people in suits in his home happened quite often. But today, there was something different. Usually the guys in suits would be investors or something that were interested in working with his father. But no one ever really required both his parents.
This wasn't a school related issue, was it?
He hoped not. He hadn't done anything wrong as far as he knew. He sat in the living room, flicking through channels as he waited. The low battery signal popped up on the screen. Doesn't anyone charge this thing? He got up looking around for the remote's charger and found nothing. He looked at the remote and...it wouldn't be the first time he's charged it without a charger. He didn't have much reason to use his skills and took any opportunity he had.
He remembered when he brought Lewis back three years ago and used them to fry the time machine and later on the PB and J gun. It was all part of his plan to help build Lewis' self esteem. Well...maybe crashing the time machine wasn't the best idea, then again, he hadn't originally planned that and caused it to short circuit in his panic.
He smiled at the memories though. His time with Lewis were probably the best memories he had of spending time with his father.
Wilbur sent a spark through the remote and then tested it on the TV. He grinned when the channel changed.
"And Wilbur Robinson has done it again." He cheered, blowing on the remote as if smoke was coming out and then spun it round in his hand, pretending to place it in a holder. Like those cowboy films.
He heard a bang, followed by a crack. Wilbur turned the TV off and investigated the sounds. Like he expected, he found his uncle Gaston lying on the floor in a painful position. His head was leaning too far to the right, hands were facing backwards and his left leg was facing an odd angle. Yet, he was still grinning. The man fixed himself up, Wilbur being able to hear the crack of bones as he did. The bruises he should've obtained from them, healed instantly. Soon enough, uncle Gaston was normal and unharmed again.
"That is still gross." Wilbur said, looking a little disgusted.
"Self healing is a useful power to have when you shoot yourself out of a canon." Gaston said matter of factly.
"That is pretty cool, but doesn't change the fact that I still find it gross. Doesn't it hurt?"
"Young nephew, what may be excruciating pain for you, is merely a tickle for me." He patted Wilbur on the head.
Wilbur groaned as his uncle messed his hair. It takes him hours to keep it this neat.
"Come on. No matter how many rubs on the head you'll get, the family cowlick always stays up." Gaston said as Wilbur fixed his hair.
"Yeah, but keeping hair in place is another story." Wilbur said. "Who do you think mom and dad are talking to?" Wilbur asked.
"Looks like NSA agents." Gaston replied.
"They only come here on super related business. We're not in trouble are we?"
"Unlike your mom, I'm not as in the loop as she is with the NSA." Gaston said. "It's probably just some new security protocol." Gaston shrugged. "Well...I'm going to try my canon again. I don't think I fired it hard enough."
"Breaking your limbs isn't hard enough?" Wilbur joked.
He walked down the hallway and before he could enter his room, the agent exited from his father's lab and farewelled the couple, who followed after.
"You talk to him. I'll show our guest out." Cornelius said to Franny when he saw Wilbur.
Franny came over to her son and told him to go into his room.
"Honey." She started. "You probably won't like this idea, but we're going to have to send you away for a while." Franny told him. He could see she wasn't happy at the idea. He didn't seem to be either.
"Why?"
"The NSA have reported supers are missing and are most likely being kidnapped. To keep the younger supers safe they decided to open up a school. It'll allow you to learn how to use your abilities and they guarantee you'll be safe there."
"A school for supers does sound cool." Wilbur smiled, trying to lighten the mood.
Franny smiled. Wilbur always knew how to put a positive spin on things. "It would be nice for you to be around kids like you."
His powers had never been an issue for him when it came to fitting in with normal kids, but he was never able to express them. There were strict rules about revealing your powers to the public. If you revealed yourself, you'd have to be relocated. But his father was world famous. If word got out that half the family were supers, who knew what would happen?
The super thing came from his mother's side of the family. She and both her brothers had powers. Wilbur had obviously inherited the super gene from his mom. They told him it was a shock when his father and his side of the family found out. But they still accepted them and promised to keep their secret. They were family after all.
"What about you and uncle Art and uncle Gaston?" He asked. It seemed as if he was the only one who was going to be sent away.
"We'll be fine. As long as we don't draw attention to ourselves. And this school is also suppose to train you on how to use your powers. We already did our time."
"So you're saying when I graduate I get to be a superhero?" He smirked.
Franny laughed. "Something like that. You'll definitely know how to fight."
"Why would I need to learn how to fight? I'm already a black belt in karate."
"But can you use your powers in combat?" Franny raised an eyebrow.
"Touché." Wilbur nodded.
"You seem to be onboard with this idea."
Wilbur shrugged. "I'm kinda iffy about it." He admitted. "It all sounds cool, but leaving home, friends, family? I'm not sure."
She saw it coming. She knew that the factor that would hold her son back would be home.
"We'll all still be here when you get back. It's not like its forever." She smiled and hugged him.
"You have a point." Wilbur said when they pulled apart. "So when exactly will I be leaving?" He asked.
This made Franny jump all of a sudden. "Tomorrow! Which means we need to start packing now!" She exclaimed and quickly went to gather his belongings.
Wilbur had to watch amused as his mother ran around his room looking for what he needed. He did eventually help out. Taking out the stuff he didn't like that his mom had put in the bag and replaced them with what worked for him.
Location: Silverlake, Animal Shelter
Penny was ready to call in for the day. She placed her apron on the hook and then grabbed her bag.
"See ya, Maya!" She farewelled her coworker.
"Later, Pen!"
The bell rang as she opened the door. It was still fairly bright. Penny headed to where her bike was chained and undid the lock.
"Nice bike." A deep voice said, causing the girl to look up all of a sudden.
He was a large man and looked very intimidating. A small girl like her couldn't physically take him down.
"Thanks." She said. "Good day." She gave a nod and hopped onto her bike. But before she could ride off, a cloth was placed over her mouth. Penny struggled, but then found herself going limp and then blacking out.
The man then looked around for any witnesses and when there were none, he dragged the unconscious girl and stuffed her in the trunk of his car.
"Got the target." He said into some earpiece.
"Excellent." The voice on the other end said. The man then got into his car and drove off.
Unbeknownst to him, Maya had been watching from across the street. The girl looked around and when she felt the coast was clear, her figure changed shape. She shrunk down a few centimetres, her curly black hair fell straight and turned red. Her skin had also changed colour.
It had all been an illusion. The man had made her uncomfortable and Penny quickly resorted to her powers. As she thought before, she couldn't take him down physically, but mentally, she had a chance.
He believed he had her, but really he had nothing. He never grabbed her or stuffed her in the back of his car.
Before she could give him a chance to realize she was gone, Penny quickly got her bike and headed home as fast as she could.
"MOM!" She yelled as she went up the front porch and barged into the living. Penny stopped when she saw her mother was talking with some black suited stranger.
"What's wrong?" Her mother asked concerned. Her daughter was shaking and sweating all over. It was making her worried.
"Th-there was a man a-and he tried to take me bu-but I got away." She puffed.
"Could you describe the man?" The stranger asked.
"H-he was large. Blonde hair. He wore black sun glasses." It was hard to think for her at the moment.
Elise ran to the kitchen and passed her glass of water and helped her down onto a chair.
"I should call the police." She said.
"Could you show me the scene?" The man asked.
Penny looked up confused. Show him? She turned to her mother for a hint as to who he was.
"Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Agent Schmidt of the NSA."
"He protects people like you." Elise told her.
"People like me?"
"With abilities. Powers." Schmidt clarified. "I know about your powers. How you can make anyone see what you want. I'm assuming that's how you escaped the kidnapper."
"Well...yeah. I just had to create a fake me and hide."
"Do you think you can recreate the scene with your abilities?" He asked once again.
Penny looked to he mother, to see if it was okay. Schmidt was still a stranger.
"People with powers have been going missing." She told her.
"And you think this is linked to that?" She looked at both of them.
"Your encounter may be the only lead we got." Schmidt said.
"Okay." Penny nodded. She then concentrated and the room became the street in front of the animal shelter. Schmidt took in notes.
"The car's plate number is blank." He noted.
"I didn't really get a good look at it. Sorry." Penny apologized.
"It's fine, Miss Forrester." He assured. "At least we have our suspect. I'll be able to send a detailed description back to HQ and we can locate him from there."
When it was clear he had what he needed, Penny let the scene disappear and return to the living room.
"What are you doing here anyway?" Penny asked.
"He's told me that in order to keep you safe they're going to take you to a sort of boarding school." Elise replied.
"Just until this whole thing blows over. You'll be with other kids like you and you'll be trained on how to fight and use your abilities."
"What about my mom?"
"Originally you were suppose to be picked up tomorrow, but I think we should leave as soon as possible. Can't risk the possibility of someone attacking you or your family." Schmidt said. "You should pack what you need and I'll take you to headquarters. From there, someone can take you to S.B Williams Hall and we can relocate your mother to a safer location."
"Relocate me?" Elise blinked. "I don't understand."
"This man attacked your daughter. He may use you to get to her."
"He's got a point mom." Penny sided with Schmidt. "I don't want anything to happen to you because of me."
Elise nodded understandingly. "I see. We'll get our things."
"What about my pets?" Penny asked. "Can't I take them with me?"
Schmidt looked at the girl. "We can keep them with your mother, but we cant take them to the school."
"But..." Penny tried to protest.
"They'll be fine with me and I can handle them." Elise assured.
She didn't want to abandon her pets, especially Bolt. But taking them to some secret government superhero school maybe wasn't a good idea. How could she take care of them there?
"Okay. But you promise to take care of them?" Penny said to her mother.
"I will." Elise kissed her daughter's forehead and then told her get packing.
While the two females packed, Schmidt had to inform the NSA of the change of plans involving the Forresters.
AN: This could be my longest chapter ever.
The school's name is a reference to the directors of the four films.
And I will be making more superhero story references or ideas. So far, I kinda have an X-Men thing going and a TASM thing for Hiro.
The supers being hunted down is meant to be inspired by Heroes.
And yeah, Wilbur gets his powers from his mom's side. Made sense seeing as her side of the family seems inhuman-ish. You'll get me later.
Also my vision of Maya is meant to be like Tip from Home.
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