Please note. While this story is rated K+, this chapter might go a bit into "T rated" area. It's nothing big I think, but a warning should be made regardless.
Well anyway, this chapter kind of gotten away from me. Had to put a lot in it, but I'm happy with how this turned out. Hope you will like it as well!
It was late. Probably too late, because at this time of the day Big Hero 6's patrols around the city were already done and the crew would head back home for a much deserved sleep. But this night was different, they had one more thing that they needed to do in order to call it a night. Many would consider it an act of foolishness which goes against the team's moral code, some would consider that an act of heroism which is the team's job to pull off, to one however it was an attempt at redemption and fixing her mistake.
The plan was pretty simple in its concept and maybe even execution, but what surrounded it was the part where things started getting complicated and what might cause the conflicting opinions. Never the less, the team went on with what they have planned in the short time they had. When the time to end the patrol arrived, all of the members got together near their destination in order to make sure they are all synchronized. "It's time. Are we ready?" Hiro, the young leader, asked from the back of his robotic companion, Baymax.
"We planned this all the way through." Wasabi told them. "If we'll stick to the plan, we should be alright."
"Yeah, we can do this!" Fred showed his un-ending enthusiasm for any plan his team would come up with.
"I'm ready." Honey said as well, her voice sounding a bit shaky, yet determined at the same time.
"Okay then, each one of you will head towards his post. Once Baymax will confirm your locations, we could start." Hiro explained the first phase of the plan before Baymax ejected his wings and both boy and robot disappeared high into the night sky. Fred was the next to leave, leaping away from Wasabi and Honey while they split each in his and her specific directions.
Once Hiro and Baymax were high enough the robot stopped elevating and began to float in place while scanning the entire city for the locations of the other three teammates. Hiro counted five seconds backwards in his heart as soon as his robot came to a stop; when he reached zero, the robot spoke. "Hiro; Fred, Wasabi and Honey are all in position."
"Right on que…" Hiro said quietly before addressing his friends. "Okay guys, we are ready to go."
When she heard Hiro give confirmation that they're all set, Honey took a deep breath and closed her eyes in order to calm down. Once ready, she started pressing buttons on her purse. She didn't even need to look at what she was pushing her fingers against, the layout of what she needed was burned in her mind. Once her commends were tapped, a red and orange ball ejected from the purse and right into her hand. Honey grabbed it hard as soon as she felt the ball make contact with her palm. She looked at it, narrowing her eyes and knowing that it was time to put this to an end.
"I'm ready"
Lucas walked back towards the party with wide eyes, containing mostly fear but also shock. He just saw clear evidence that the factory was throwing all of the chemicals from the failed experiments right into the city ocean, where the citizens are getting their water from. What was he supposed to do with that information? How come this factory, the work place for his father which allowed them to make a decent living, could do something like this and cover the tracks?
He had to tell someone. But to whom should he tell? Most of the workers probably don't care about this one bit. His mind quickly shifted to Honey, only for him to realize an even bigger problem. Go-Go was right all along. She probably did find something on the night of the break in before getting caught. Sharing this info with Honey right now will probably cause more harm than good, especially under those circumstances.
When he saw the doors to the cafeteria getting closer, Lucas managed to improvise a plan regarding his newly found knowledge. It might be risky, but the results could prove that Go-Go was indeed innocent and make Honey happy. Lucas located Aron as soon as he opened the doors to the cafeteria, catching him chatting with some of the workers. With the bottle he was asked to bring in his hand, Lucas approached Aron. "Here's the bottle you asked for." He quickly said, surprising the CEO with how randomly he appeared. "Uh… may I talk to you in your office once the party is over?" Lucas asked almost immediately after Aron grabbed the bottle.
Aron seemed surprised by the request, having no idea what Lucas wants with him in private. "Of course…" He replied to the question. "Meet me there after everyone leaves." Lucas nodded in understanding before disappearing into the crowed.
It seemed like the party didn't want to end now that Lucas had something to look forward to once it's finished. He did manage to kill some of the time by talking to Honey and several other workers, but his mind couldn't shake off the upcoming talk with the boss. When the time did come however, he felt a bit of a relief. Or maybe his anxiety was just beginning, he wasn't entirely sure. As the workers all headed out of the building, Honey approached him. "Hey, aren't you going home?" She asked him.
Lucas shook his head. "I have a talk with the boss. Nothing bad though, I'm the one who asked for it." He reassured Honey's worried face that it wasn't that kind of talk.
"Oh okay… See you tomorrow?" She asked and he replied positively. When Honey started walking away she suddenly stopped and called his name again. "Thank you. For today, I mean. This conversation really helped me." She thanked him.
"No problem." Lucas said with a smile before turning towards Aron's office. His smile vanished and was replaced with a concerned look as he walked through the door.
Aron sat in his office and waited for Lucas to arrive. Thoughts of what could he possibly want from him were running through his mind, but none made sense; to him anyway. When Lucas arrived and opened the door, Aron stopped thinking and offered him to sit. "So, what do you want to talk about?"
The intern looked at the bald man in front of him, the monotone voice sounding a lot more threatening than usual now. Knowing there was no chance of turning back now, Lucas pressed on. He didn't say anything but just threw the folder he found on the table for Aron to see. "Care to explain this?"
When Aron saw the words written on the folder and the pictures inside of it he rolled his eyes and placed his head against his palm. "Where did you find this?"
"It was in the staff closet." Lucas answered, gaining more confident when he saw Aron losing his own. "So it was all a lie, then? When you said no one would die? Do you have any idea how many people can die from this?" The young man asked, raising his tone a bit in order to get the answers he wanted.
"Lucas, this is for the greater…"
"Don't you dare say that's for the greater good!" Lucas slammed his hands against the table and rose up for his chair, the fire building up inside of him with each sentence. "You said that this medicine will help make us better! That it will help to prevent other similar mistakes from happening! You are aware that everyone in San-Fransokyo could potentially die from this, right!?"
"There may be some casualties…"
"Casualties!? Do you even hear yourself!?" Lucas cut him, now even angrier. "This is not only illegal; this is going against everything we have tried to achieve with this medicine!"
"The medicine's job is to make the human brain smarter!" Aron's tone also rose, though he wasn't shouting like Lucas did. "With smarter people we could prevent other accidents, like what happened to your mother!"
"But by putting everyone in danger you're not any better than those who killed mom, or the ones who got her into this mess!" Lucas fired back. "Do you really think she would have appreciated you being responsible to the death of millions?"
"She's not here anymore. What does it matter?" Aron argued back.
"It matters to me, dad!" Lucas screamed at him. "As much as I want this pill to work and be successful, I never signed up for poisoning the water!" When Aron didn't reply, Lucas continued to speak. "Turns out Go-Go was right all along. And now Honey's eating her heart out for nothing because of you!"
"Are you feeling sorry for your new girlfriend, now?" Aron asked Lucas, sounding like he was trying to hurt him with the way he referred to Honey.
"I'm feeling sorry that my dad is a murderer and he feels fine knowing it!" Lucas shouted again.
Aron got up from his seat and looked at his son, putting his hand on his shoulder with a deep sigh. Both stood like that for a few seconds before Aron turned back and headed towards one of his drawbacks. He opened it and searched for a few seconds before pulling out a small hand gun, loading a few bullets into it and aiming it right at Lucas.
"What are you doing?" Lucas asked, terrified by this turn of events. He might have had some worries about this entire talk, but he never imagined it will come down to this.
"You sound surprised for someone who just found out his father is a murderer." Aron said in a low tone as he got closer and closer to Lucas's position.
"What? You're just going to kill me now?" Lucas asked somewhat sarcastically. "How are you any better than the ones who killed mom?"
"Your mother died because of the foolishness of your aunt; and if she herself was smart enough to not help her with her problems, then she would have been alive today." Aron explained, his voice cold as he spoke slowly. "You seem to forget that the point of the entire research wasn't preventing something like your mother from happening again. It's about making mankind smarter and able to reach perfection."
"What…?" Lucas couldn't believe what he just heard.
"I believe that in a way filled with obstacles, you need to get rid of the obstacles." Aron said coldly before pressing the trigger and sending a bullet right towards Lucas. When the younger man fell to the ground and his blood spilled all over the floor, Aron walked up to him and stared at his son without any sense of lost or sorrow for what he has done. "You were an obstacle."
Despite helping her mother reaching a breakthrough in the development of her most ambitious project and early tests going really well, Honey still felt down when it came to subjects which weren't work.
While she did start to feel better regarding the entire thing with Go-Go, another problem raised its head. Her best friend in Medicamentum, Lucas, who helped her settle in and provided her with confidence and moral support when she needed it most, suddenly vanished. The last time she saw him was the same day her mother reached a breakthrough and there was a celebration. It's been a few days now, and she hasn't seen him since. Honey did ask anyone who worked at the factory if they have seen Lucas at all, but received no positive answers. Was she destined to lose all of her friends?
One day, after finishing her shift as the security guard at the entrance to Medicamentum, Honey returned home to find a letter in her mailbox. When she examined it she found out it wasn't addressed to her mother, but to herself. The envelope didn't contain any logos on it so it couldn't have been from the institute and neither the factory; so who could have sent it to her?
Curios, Honey headed inside and sat on the living room couch. Ripping the envelope open, she pulled out a letter which was hand-written.
"Dear Honey,
If you're reading this and haven't talked to me ever since the day of the breakthrough, I fear the worst might have happened to me. I'm writing this letter to let you know that Go-Go was right all along and Medicamentum are disposing all of the chemicals from the failed experiments into the ocean. I know this sounds crazy, but I've seen all of the files. I'm going to try and talk to Aron about this, so if something happens to me, promise me you'll get to the bottom of things and set this right. Trust me as someone who knows Aron, he can be unexpected.
I don't know what I can accomplish, but I know I can count on Big Hero 6 to save San-Fransokyo. Your friend,
Lucas"
Along with the letter came one photo showing the chemicals being disposed right into the ocean, just like Lucas stated in his letter. Taking all of those revelations in, Honey started to cry. For starters, Lucas being gone meant that he was badly hurt if not more than that. Second, and the most important thing, that meant Go-Go was wrongly imprisoned, which just made her feel worse about stopping her that same night.
Honey was so deep in her grief that she didn't even hear Julieta coming down the stairs. "Natalia!" Her mother called as she noticed her daughter crying on the couch, rushing towards her to see what was wrong. When she asked, Honey gave her the letter and the picture which came with it; Julieta was just as shocked by the entire thing as Honey was. "I… I never knew… I was told they were being disposed, but not into the ocean where we get our water!" She told both to herself and Honey while hugging the younger blonde girl.
Both mother and daughter sat in silence while digesting the truth about their work place, which they protected from any kind of made up criticism. Following those few seconds, Julieta felt Honey pull away from the hug. "I'm not going to let Lucas's wish and actions to be in vein." She declared, determined to stop the factory.
"Natalia, it's too dangerous!" Julieta immediately interjected. "You can't do this on your own!"
"I'm not going to, mother." She informed. "He said that he counts on Big Hero 6 to handle this; and they need to be in full form in order to do it."
Go-Go had to admit, being in jail wasn't as bad as she thought it was going to be. True, the constant empty threats from criminals she helped put in there were getting old, sleeping was almost impossible when your bed was a wooden plank, and the food left a lot to be desired; but she wasn't suffering as much as she thought she will. In fact, Go-Go managed to find a friend in the same criminal she wrongfully helped imprison and started the entire thing. She won't say that he was the best of company, but she appreciated having someone to talk to after fighting with Honey.
He shared with her everything he knew about the factory, being employed there prior to finding out about its dark secrets. Throughout their talks he informed Go-Go about the countless animals which apparently died due to the chemicals killing them, the hidden photos he accidently found while searching for something in the staff closet and how psychotic the soft-talking CEO actually is. One story Go-Go found really psychotic was when Aron apparently stole one of his own worker's pet for experiments and it's still unknown what its condition is. That man needed to be be stopped as soon as possible, and with her presumably out of Big Hero 6, she's going after him by herself the moment she's out of jail.
During another usual dinner at the jail cafeteria, an alarm was heard, catching the prisoners by surprise. While everyone seemed to know what this alarm meant, Go-Go was confused by the sound and had no idea what it signaled. "What's wrong? Someone broke free?" She joked with her new friend who shook his head at her.
"That's the Big Hero 6 alarm." The answer surprised Go-Go as she never knew they had a special alarm. "Whenever your team approaches the police for help regarding something, this alarm is heard. It was on when you were reported to break into Medicamentum." He told her of the most recent case of the alarm being turned on.
"So, what am I supposed to do when I'm in here?"
"The guards should escort us back to our cells before they head out to help your team." Sure enough, cops showed up at the cafeteria and started evacuating it, pushing all of the prisoners out and escorting them back to their cold, tiny, cells. When one of the cops approached them, the former Medicamentum worker whispered into Go-Go's ear. "Don't try and sass them, just go with it."
"Come on, Tomago. Your friends won't appreciate you holding them back." The officer said while lightly pushing her towards the exit.
"If you say so, officer." She casually shrugged. She might have been told to not talk back right now, but no one said anything about not keeping her attitude in some shape or form. With the bars now separating her from the cop, she put her finger up to him. "Don't ask if you should say hi to these guys for me. This joke isn't funny." She told him, earning a disapproval look from the cop before he was on his way to help his friends.
Having nothing to do, Go-Go sat on her plank bed and started to think on how much better it would have been to be outside right now and help bust this criminal who was on the loss. As she thought about it more and more her mind flashed back to working with Honey, and that's when Go-Go shook her head annoyingly. Honey is the one who put her in jail without listening to her; she's nothing more than an enemy to her at this point; as much as she wanted to be her friend again deep down.
The surprise of the evening came however, when out of nowhere the roof of Go-Go's cell exploded. Out of instinct, Go-Go back-flipped away and got into a fighting position, ready to take on whatever this thing was. The next thing to happen was that a small blue ball dropped down the hole and landed inside the cell, turning into a pile of light blue chemicals. Shortly after, Honey came through the same hole, landing softly on the chemicals and standing before Go-Go.
The two girls stared at each other for a few seconds. One having somewhat of an idea on what to do next, the other having no clue what was going on.
Well, I said this chapter is going into "T rated" territory, so I'm allowed to say shit is going down!
To those who started shipping Honey and Lucas after last chapter(Someone told me he/she started to, so I'm going based on that), I'm so sorry about this! I didn't intend for them to be a ship and this decision helped the story flow better when I thought about it all. Don't hate me for killing off Lucas, I really am sorry!
Okay, so with that out of the way, what happens next with the two halves of Big Hero 6's girl power? Find out next time! We're almost done guys!
Hope you all enjoyed and please leave a review!