A snake slithered across the dark streets of the city, being careful not to be spotted by the streetlights. It was a few feet long, the scales greyish-black with dark eyes. It slithered into an alleyway, and onto the metallic greyish-red shoulderpads of its master.

"Good girl, Parsnip." Kamara cooed, bringing a finger to trace under the cottonmouth's chin. "Soon, we will lure that traitor out of hiding, and get back our leader's little heir." She still remembered the stinging loss under Kat's claws.

Indigo had been furious to hear of her defeat.

"You let that imbecile get away with Ari?! Do you realize how dangerous it could be without us to keep her memories sealed? She'll be able to regain her memories and all of Doctor Lancer's hard work is now a waste!"

"I'm sorry Lord Indigo, Kat was too strong for me too-"

Crack!

"...Commander, go to the lab."

"I beg your pardon, my lord?"

"General Frigara would have been able to get our heir back, until you prove to us that you can fulfill a mission without failing, Commander will have to do."
"I understand, my lord."

"I understand, my lord." Kamara mocked. That pompous spoiled brat thinks he's all that just because Lady Shadowclaw elected him as heir before she croaked. Not that she would've been a better leader, but her bloodline had been tied to the cause for four generations compared to Indigo's.

Hiss! Parsnip alerted her to a young man walking down the street. He had blonde hair covering his eyes and a scar across his nose, and was wearing a Bridgeton High School football uniform.

Ah yes, can't forget my plan. "Now go." Kamara whispered to Parsnip. The cottonmouth nodded and snuck to the man, she watched with glee as her snake's fangs gently sunk into the man's ankle.

"Ow!" He yelped. But Parsnip's job was done and she slithered back to Kamara. "Man, I hate flies. Nana was right, I should wear bug spray."

The commander silently chuckled as the young man walked by like nothing happened. "Oh, I don't think your nana will have any spray for snake bites." Kamara giggled, petting Parsnip who returned to her shoulder.

"He'll be in for a surprise next morning. Soon my babies will cause enough fuss for those heroes to take note, and then we'll lure them and Kat into a trap." It was the perfect plan that her stupid grunts couldn't ruin. "Nightshade has a craving for the blood of heroes after-all, and as her owner, I will gladly oblige."

Very soon, she'd win back her position, and get rid of some competition along the way…

The next day…

The afternoon rush of the Lucky Cat greeted Ari as she walked in. "Hey!" Cass waved her over. "How was your day at school, sweetie?"

Ari shrugged. "Alright, but one of the people in my group in science was sick today." She explained. "Again. I guess Stewie Sonic caught the same bug that Barry did."

"Ouch, hope they feel better soon." Her aunt ruffled her hair playfully before going back to the counter and serving a gentleman a cup of coffee.

As she went out of the cafe and into the house, she bumped into Baymax. "What kind of bug did your classmate catch?" He questioned. "I would like to know in case Hiro potentially catches it."

"I don't know, actually." Ari told him. "One day, Barry and Stewie were fit as a fiddle, and suddenly they ended up absent." The worst part? It wasn't the first time she heard about people being sick as of late. Her creative writing teacher was suddenly absent because of a random bedridden illness, and Chad and Janice voiced their concerns when their mother had fits of vomiting out of the blue.

"Fit as a fiddle, really Ari?" Hiro spoke up behind her.

"Hello." Baymax waved to him.

Ari on the other hand, jumped up. "Don't scare me like that!"

"Don't say weird old timey quips." He argued. "Besides, if you did catch your classmate's bugs, I think I would've been sick already." Hiro shuffled his feet as he seemed to recall something. "Some of my co-workers at Krei-Tech have been calling in sick, it's been making Krei wear that stupid cow costume to 'protect' him from any viruses."

"Chad and Janice's mom works at Krei-Tech!" Ari recalled. Could the virus have come from there?"

Hiro raised an eyebrow. "Oh, really? Well, luckily I haven't gotten the bug. But one of my co-workers, Carl, did." He bowed his head. "Haven't seen him at work since last week, I hope he's doing okay."

"I'm sure he is." Ari placed a hand on his shoulder. "Let's just be careful until this bug passes, alright?"

"That would be a good suggestion. As being careful can help prevent catching viruses." Baymax chimed in.

"Good point, buddy!"

Her brother chuckled. "Yeah, maybe we're just overreacting. But I wouldn't want Aunt Cass to get sick."

"It wouldn't hurt to be able to run the cafe by myself…"

Hiro shot her a glare. "Ari…"

"I mean oh no, it'd be horrible!"

Ferns and Nerds group chat:

Mikan Ferns: So uh

Mikan Ferns: Anyone under the weather?

Rachel Rosemary: Little bit. I'm not feeling very well

TheLittleMermaid: Not you too!

Hiro Hamada: Why are you asking that Mika

Mikan Ferns: My friend Nicole called in sick.

Sienna Kline: I think I just have a normal cold, I'm not bedridden if that's what your asking

TheLittleMermaid: Bruh, some of my classmates have been dropping like flies. I'm scared to be next

Wasabi: I am also scared ;-;

Gogo: Change the subject?

Fredzilla: I can : D

Fredzilla: Guess who's gonna try all the combos at Silly Yogurt's, this guy!

Hiro Hamada: FRED NO

Honey Lemon: omg Freddie noooo

Wasabi: FRED. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS

Gogo: no

Fredzilla: food,jpg

Fredzilla: Try and stop me now!

Wasabi: YOU WILL DIE OF SUGAR

Sienna Kline: is that the one near the mall

Gogo: That narrows the search

Fredzilla: Can't hear you over all this ice cream

Honey Lemon: FREDDIE WHY

TheLittleMermaid: Oh I feel that. I feel that so hard

Rachel Rosemary: y'all scare me tbh

Hiro mentally cursed as sparks flew from the Buddy Guard he was working on. "Note to self, don't mix gloop with robots ever again." Krei had found out about the attack on his building, while he was grateful that the "Gluten Pesters" were driven off, he wanted Hiro to do some studying on the chemical effects that happened to the Buddy Guards that had been knocked down for good before the Galaxian Pirates retreated.

"Just think, we could finally solve the key to making sure they don't go haywire!" Krei exclaimed. "Figure this out and you'll have a nice shining paycheck with your name on it!"

If Hiro was honest, the money helped his motivation a little since his sister found his candy stash again.

"No offense to Big Hero 6, but I really don't like them for being the cause of our suffering right now." He also was working with Ian, the recent college graduate was an expert in research in development, but also complained everytime they worked on Buddy Guards. "These things haunt my nightmares."

Hiro snickered. "Oh come on, it's not that bad." He reasoned. "Adding a chemical compound to the circuitry prevents water from getting in, I'm not a chemistry or biotech major, but I've picked up some things from friends." He gestured Ian to the microscope. "See? We're just about done."

As Ian paused from the Buddy Guard he was working on and looking at Hiro's work, Steven came in. "Hey, how's it going?"

"It's going." Ian deadpanned.

They glared at each other for a few moments before the robotics genius spoke up. "Uh so, I think we've made a breakthrough." Hiro chimed in. "Krei's probably going to be able to sell those Buddy Guards soon."

"That's good to know!" Steven looked pleased. "He's gonna be happy about that."

Ian scoffed. "If he's ever happy, you both are sour grapes." He muttered the last line under his breath.

"What was that?" The mechanic shot him a glare, Ian started stuttering.

"W-W-Well I mean th-that we don't know h-how Krei will react." He stammered. "It looks to cost a l-lot of money, you see."

Steven frowned. "Hm, well I think he'll prefer paying investments over the lawsuits." He winced a little. "I hope."

Hiro shot up from his chair. "Uh, Steven, a word?"

The mechanic followed him to the main lobby. "Why does Ian have a bone to pick with you?" Hiro asked him.

"He has a lot of bones." Steven shrugged. "Guess he got sick of me reminding him to get back to work, the amount of times I've caught him slacking off…"

"Really?" Hiro frowned. He knew that Steven was the developer's supervisor, but did he have to be so harsh on the man? "Ian looks hard working to me, are you sure you're not being harsh?"

Steven sighed. "Well, it's different circumstances. Ian thinks that just because Krei doesn't force too many tight deadlines, he can slack off and still get paid." He placed a hand to his chest. "I for one, know that as long as you get your work done as soon as possible, it opens a lot of free time, and you still get paid just as much."

"So, different work ethics clash?" Hiro titled his head.

"Yeah, that's the bare minimum, among other things…"

The robotics genius opened his mouth to question what the mechanic was talking about, but something slithering by the pots resting on the side of the wall caught his eyes. "Did you see that?"

"See what?" Steven turned around, noticing the plants shaking. "Hm, I hope it's not Alice Porter's ferret sneaking into work again."

"Alice Porter's what?" Hiro questioned as Steven investigated. "Y'know what, I don't wanna know."

That's when he saw it. The creature slithering the plants and eyeing the mechanic like a juicy mouse. Its fangs opened wide and its neck stretched and eyes slitted. Hiro realized what kind of animal it was until it was too late. "SNAKE-"

Chomp! The reddish-brown scaled snake sunk its fangs into Steven's exposed ankle. "Ow!" Steven kicked the snake off of him but the damage was done. "Oh no, that was a copperhead."

"A copperhead?" Hiro watched the snake slither out of the building with its tail between its… lack of legs. "What's that?"

"A venomous snake, one of my friends is a snake breeder, she told me about snakes like that during a herping trip once." Steven clutched his bitten ankle. "Ow, someone call poison control!"

"Got it." The robotics genius chased after it, an anger boiling inside him. How dare that stupid thing bite my supervisor! But as he chased it down the street, he noticed the coppermouth slithering into a nearby alley. Hiro slowed down his running, frightened it'd jump out like a horror movie jumpscare, but what he saw was way worse.

Familiar teal eyes and violet hair stared back at him. "You…" Eye contact was made for half a moment and Hiro booked it back into Krei-Tech like fire was nipping at his heels. When he came back, Krei was down by the lobby giving orders to a few people, one of them was tending to Steven.

"-and get animal control here as soon as possible!" Krei paused as he saw Hiro run in. "Intern! Did that thing get you too?"

Hiro had to stabilize his breathing before he could reply, his words coming out like tangled wires. "Remember to breathe in through your nose and out of your mouth." Judy advised. He took a few moments to follow that advice, allowing his body to calm a little, even though his mind was racing like a roadrunner.

"Right… Well, I think I know who owns the snake." Hiro gasped. "And that's really bad news."

That was the last thing Hiro said in the lobby before he called his friends to arrive in their superhero gear, Krei was eyeing him like a hawk as they waited inside his office. "More bagels, Mr. Hamada?" Judy offered him his third plate of bagels with sesame seeds sprinkled on them.

Hiro nodded and was halfway through the second bagel when the gang arrived.

"Oh, it's a Big Hero 6 thing now." Krei deadpanned. "Is this going to result in another major catastrophe?"

"Fun fact, Mister Catastrophe is the name of a supervillain Boss Awesome faced!" Fred quipped.

"Yeah, I don't really pay attention to that."

Honey Lemon walked up to Hiro. "What happened?"

"A copperhead snake bit Steven, when I chased after it, that's when I saw her." He explained. "The um… commander lady from the Galaxian Pirates, I don't remember her name."

"Kamara." Gogo hissed out the name. "Should've known we'd be seeing her again."

Wasabi and Fred, who weren't there during the battle at Krei-Tech, paled. "Wait, you mean the same lady who was why Ari was locked up in Yama's base?" The latter was shaking with fear underneath the lizard suit.

Hiro nodded. "Yeah, she's back with snakes." He sighed. "Why'd she have one of them bite Steven?"

"Assassination attempt?" Wasabi suggested.

They looked up at Baymax as he moved his arm to speak. "That is technically impossible. A copperhead's snake bite can rarely cause fatalities. Because it only injects minor venom into a bite." He pointed out. "To determine the effects of the bite, a blood sample is required."

"The nurse took a sample before I had someone drive him to poison control." Krei stated. "Assistant! Bring him the sample."

Judy nodded. Leaving the room to retrieve the item. "That's oddly caring for your standards." Gogo grumbled.

The CEO took offense as he stood up. "Hey! I'm not a total monster."

"The secret lab you had on Akuma Island begs to differ." Hiro rolled his eyes.

Krei sat back down. "Fair enough."

Shortly after, Judy came back with the blood sample. "Here you go." She handed it to Baymax.

"Scanning." He lightly dipped his finger into the sample. "Scan complete. The snake venom does not belong to any known species of venomous snakes. However, 53% of its venom composition is related to the venom of a copperhead."

"That's weird." Hiro frowned.

"That's concerning." Wasabi winced.

Fred tapped his foot on the ground in frustration. "Uch, a strange snake venom that bit him? What if this is connected to the strange illnesses going around?"

"I doubt it." Gogo shot that theory down. "That's digging the bottom of the barrel."

Her girlfriend had different opinions. "Gogo, Freddie has been right on the mark in cases that seemed out of the box." She pointed out. "Let's keep it in mind, alright?"

"You have a point but I think it's not true." The engineer shrugged. "Maybe Kamara is trying a different tactic to steal from Krei-Tech."

"Why are all of these supervillains trying to rob me?" Krei groaned.

"Probably because you tend to make dangerous stuff, like Noodle Burger Boy." Hiro answered.

The CEO just groaned louder. "That was supposed to be rhetorical."

Unfortunately for Steven himself. The effects of the snake bite resulted in him being bedridden the next morning, no matter how much of the venom had been expelled, the damage was done. "This is just like what happened with Nicole." Mikan stated. "Sweaty, looking like a limp noodle, feverish-"

"We get the picture." Sara deadpanned. "I doubt your friend from work got bitten by a weird coppermouth."

"Copperhead." David corrected.

"Whatever, jerk snake."

Mikan placed a hand to her chin. "Hm, I didn't ask, but she thought it was a bite from a rat."

The kids' conversation ceased as Sally walked into the room, carrying a bowl with a damp cloth in it. "Elizabeth is making a batch of matzah ball soup downstairs." She placed the cloth on his head.

David perked up at the mention of his mother. "Hey Mom? Can I help make the soup?"

"Of course you can, but I'm not sure it's a good idea to bother your mother while she's in cooking mode." Sally winced. "Last time I went in there while she was making fajitas, she threw tongs at me."

Her son snickered. "Mum doesn't like people besides me, she likes it when I help her cook!"

"All bless David, who is privileged to walk among cooking gods." Sara gestured with jazz hands. Since Momakase moved in to serve her sentence of house arrest, she took over making meals for the family, not just for her son or former co-workers, as a gesture of gratitude. However, they learned the hard way of the chef/mercenary's fierceness that was cooking mode.

Mikan snorted, joining in with her own fanfare. "Yes, all hail the mighty Lord David and his royal cookingness."

A soft giggle made them all turn to the door. "Why are we talking about cooking?" Barb raised an eyebrow. "Are you doing okay, Steven?"

"I'll live." He weakly said. "Did one of you call Krei?"

His niece's hand went up. "I did!" She grinned. "I told him that if he made a fuss about your sick day or made you work overtime to catch up when you get better, then he'd be having a nice reunion with Chef Momakase's specialty food."

"I am so proud." Mikan declared as the adults were low-key terrified of the feral expression painted on the wavy-haired blonde's face.

David tiptoed to the door. "So I'm just gonna go help my mum, bye!" He waved as he headed down the stairs.

"Do I want to know what she was talking about?" Barb questioned.

Both her friends shook their heads. "You don't." Sally warned her. "You really don't want to know."

Teen Dorks Squad group chat:

June: Update on Steven everyone!

Hiro: Is he okay?

June: Yeah, a bit bedridden but he'll live

Ari: Oh thank god!

Karms: Wait what happened to Steven?

Hiro: Some venom snake bit him at work, I was a witness : (

Karms: Ah, that's horrible! I hope he gets better soon.

June: Yeah, same. All of us are really worried.

Meg: Can I ask about the snake?

Hiro: You don't wanna know who owns it.

Rach: Let me guess… GP?

Ari: *sigh* GP…

Meg: ?

June: Ohhhh no O_O

Karms: I have no idea what that means and I'm too afraid to ask

Rach: Good

Meg: Anyways, June, want me to come over?

June: No, I'm good.

Meg: You sure?

June: Yeah. Everyone is kind of tense and shouty, please don't come over.

Hiro: Can we leave a care package on the front door? Aunt Cass wants to send "get well soon" food

June: That'd be nice : )

At the Lucky Cat cafe, Hiro was showing the others a video he was sent by Sara, since the news hadn't covered the snake incident yet, but her friends had.

The camera showed a snake, just like Kamara's coppermouth, sneaking up on someone and biting them before they noticed. "And next thing he knew, he was sick in bed!" One guy named Josh reported to the audience.

"These snakes have been all over, making people sick. What do they want? Who owns so many poisonous snakes?" The other, Tabby, questioned as well.

"Who knows Tabby, but we suggest people keep on their toes, and go see a doctor if something bites you."

"Yeah, stay safe out there, San Fransokyo!"

Hiro then turned off the video. "We have to find Kamara before she gets the whole city sick, or worse, her snakes end up poisoning someone to death."

"Yeesh, I think I heard about a snake taming villain from one of my dad's stories, but not even they were that cruel." Fred winced.

"I hate to nitpick, but did the lady in the video call the snakes 'poisonous?'" Wasabi frowned.

That prompted Baymax to add his own two cents. "Yes, that is incorrect. The snakes are actually venomous."

"Technical terms aside, we have a crazy snake lady to catch." Gogo pointed out. "Let's split up into pairs."

The team looked skeptical. "Are you sure?" Hiro raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, we'll cover more ground."

"She's right." Honey Lemon spoke in defense of her girlfriend. "It's not gonna happen like last time."

The robotics genius wanted to protest, but he gave up. "Okay, just be careful."

The team split up in their usual pairs, Hiro with Baymax, Wasabi with Fred, and Gogo with Honey Lemon. The girls of the team were scouting around Krei-Tech, since that had been where Hiro spotted Kamara in the first place.

"Man, I really wanna punch her teeth in." Gogo hissed from the binoculars. "Flashy, snake tongued, child kidnapping jerk."

Her girlfriend had other plans. "I'm mad about what she did as you, but I wanna focus my energy on protecting everyone then getting revenge."

"I know, but I'm giving her a punch for putting Ari through that." She placed the binoculars down. "Ari's the sweetest girl I've met, and knowing that group is why she had a rough childhood and a lot of baggage? It makes me see red."

Honey Lemon reflected on that as she hugged Gogo tight and gently kissed her knuckles. They had all been horrified to find out that the Galaxian Pirates put the little sister of their group through, Ari had been a ray of light during one of their darkest moments, and watching her suffer during the monster crisis had been torture enough. "I know, we're not going to let anyone tear apart our family."

Gogo responded with a surprise hug. "Don't tell anyone about this." She grumbled. "I have a reputation, y'know."

She couldn't help but giggle. "I know, love, your secret is safe with me."

"Awww, isn't that cute?"

Both of them pulled away in fear as the teal eyes of Kamara stared up at them, flanked by her lackeys crawling up the roof. "Well, well, well, boys, we've got some precious wittle girlfriends here."

Flare raised her hand. "Um, I'm not a boy-"

"Quiet!" Kamara bared her teeth at her. "How many times do I have to tell you to not interrupt your commander's monologue!"

"You might be my commander, but you're not as powerful as my mother is." Flare stuck her tongue out. "At least she doesn't-" Platinum placing his gloved hand over her mouth cut her off.

"Thank you, Platinum." Kamara looked relieved. Then turned her attention back to Gogo and Honey Lemon, only to see the rest of Big Hero 6 there. "What the- how did you get here so fast?!"

Fred chuckled inside his suit. "You probably should've kept an eye on your foes, rookie mistake!' He took a fighting pose. "Prepare defeat at the hands of Big Hero 6!"

Kamara flashed her fangs. "So be it, you'll be the first to fall." She pounced first, going straight after Fred. The comic fan quickly super-jumped out of the way and sent a roar of ice to freeze her in place. "What the?!"

"Hey! Ice is my mom's thing!" Flare shot a fireball that sent Fred towards the edge of the roof. That sent Wasabi after her, he used his plasma blades to block the flames and was at a stalemate, as he struggled to get a hit.

It was getting on her nerves as well. "Hold still so I can burn you!" She hissed. He noticed she was getting angrier and angrier, and was too caught in the moment to realize they were dancing over the edge.

Wasabi just smirked as he knew what to do. "Well maybe you should pick up the speed, by the way, what's your name again?"

"Why you-" Her guard slipped and his plasma blades knocked her off of the roof. "Not agaaaaaain!" Her voice faded as she slipped and landed on top of a dumpster.

Gogo outsped a fast-footed pirate and also knocked him down to the same dumpster. "Nice job." She high-fived Wasabi.

"Thanks." The moment of reprise was cut off as Platinum looked over them. "Oh, you."

Platinum chuckled, blade in his hand as he was joined by Lonna. "Ready for round two?"

"Gladly!" Both looked up as Baymax rocked-fisted Platinum and Hiro went after Lonna. He used his super strengthened gloves to crush the dagger pair pins.

She froze seeing her hidden weapon torn to bits. "What the…?!" And then Honey Lemon shot a chem ball that covered her in a goopy ball, and rolled her over to the edge, poor Platinum also got caught in the ball.

"Great, that's almost all of them." Fred whistled, freezing the edges of the dumpster to keep them in place. "That just leaves…"

"Me." Kamara was standing on the edges of the other side of the roof, smugness in her eyes. "My minions were only a distraction."

Baymax tilted his head in confusion. "Oh?"

Hiro scoffed. "Distraction? What other things are you gonna pull from thin air?" Something slithered by his leg, he winced at the touch. "Did anyone else feel that?"

"Feel what-" Fred's high-pitched scream made them turn to him to see what the commander was talking about. A large snake with fangs poking from its mouth and its hooded up body was wrapped around his legs.

Then they all looked to see snakes of all kinds trying to attach themselves to their legs as well. Instantly, they all scrambled on top of Baymax. "Watch out, they're poisonous!" Hiro warned them.

"Venomous." Wasabi corrected.

Gogo glared at him. "Now's not the time!"

"Guys, halp!" The cobra around Fred tried biting down on his leg but its fangs only felt the lizard suit.

Wasabi readied his plasma blade. "Hold on, buddy!" He shot laser blasts at the cobra and Fred quickly hopped to the others. "You okay?"

"I think." Fred extended his leg and they all winced. Despite not breaking the skin, the fangs somehow melted part of the costume, exposing some of the wires that connected to the feet. "How bad is it?"

Baymax turned to scan. "On a scale of 1-10, it is a four."

"I'd rate it a five." Gogo grumbled. "We're sitting ducks at this rate."

"It's either that or end up bitten." Hiro argued.

Kamara seemed to relish at the sight of them all on top of the healthcare companion for safety. "The poor heroes! Reduced to sniveling cowards over a couple snakes. Get them my babies!" At her command, the snakes started biting down on Baymax's feet and legs, melting part of the armor, and some even tried slithering to get to the others.

"Oh, no." Baymax lifted his legs to try and shake the snakes off, it didn't work. "They are melting my feet."

"That's it!" As the others tried batting the snakes, Gogo leapt and started firing disks at Kamara. The commander dodged one but got hit in the shoulder. "How do you like that?!"

"Not as much as this." Kamara stepped back as Gogo charged right in the maws of a large, dark-scaled snake.

The others gasped. "Speed Queen!"

Gogo herself shut her eyes and held up her disks to try and brace for the fangs. But she felt someone tackle her and a cry of pain rang out in the form of a horribly familiar face. She opened her eyes to see Honey Lemon took her place, the snake's teeth digging into her arm and blood dribbled down the puncture wound.

Honey Lemon bit her teeth but started screaming from the pain she was in. It felt like a fire was inside her skin and it was burning her up. "Hhhhh, get off!" She used her strength to punch the snake off of her, but that's when the agony started.

"Honey!" Gogo caught her as she fell, her eyes widened in horror seeing her girlfriend writhe in pain.

Kamara just laughed at the scene. "I was expecting Nightshade to take you out, but I think this is even sweeter!" A rocket fist came her way but she ducked.

"What did you do to her?!" Hiro demanded.

"Oh, just a little special love bite from my baby. You're lucky Nightshade is only part black mamba, or pinky would've been dead the moment the venom entered her veins."

She taunted. "I'd enjoy the last moments you have with her." A blast of ice went her way and she jumped off, laughing maniacally as she fled with her grunts, who had gotten free of the ice without Fred reapplying it.

Once the snakes were gone, they all circled Gogo and Honey Lemon. "It's gonna be okay, Aina." Wasabi tried to comfort her with a touch on the shoulder, but she shut her eyes and continued gasping loudly, using all her strength to not scream.

"What are we going to do?" Fred questioned.

They all winced as Gogo stood up, murder in her eyes. "We're going to make that snake-tongued rat pay for poisoning my girlfriend."

Because of the pain she was in, Baymax had to put Honey Lemon to sleep for her own safety. Gogo kept a strong facade until they got to Fred's house, but she broke down in tears once it sunk in. She wasn't crying hysterically into a ball, but she was on Wasabi for support, tears running down her face.

To Hiro, seeing the strong engineer who was always there to keep them grounded breaking down was rough, it pained him more than seeing Honey Lemon twist in her sleep from the venom infecting her veins.

"Man, I hate this." Fred himself was pacing around the room. "We have got to do something."

"But it's not like the hospital knows how to help with mutant snake venom." Wasabi pointed out. "That's out of the question."

Even Baymax was helpless. "I cannot identify the species of snake, all I can do is make sure Honey Lemon is not conscious to feel the side effects of the venom." The healthcare companion lowered his head. "I am sorry that is all I can do to provide assistance."

"It's okay, buddy." Hiro patted him on the shoulder. "You did the best you could."

"Yeah, you made sure she's not in pain." Gogo added, still leaning on Wasabi like a liferaft.

The physics major wasn't in tears like the rest of them, but it was a struggle to keep his composure. "I just wish there was something we could do."

"There is!"

All eyes went to the bedroom door as Heathcliff walked in with a familiar snow-cloaked superhero by his side. "Apologies for the wait." The butler handed them their cups of tea or soda. "I had managed to get in contact with Mx. Kat."

"Howdy." They waved. "Which one of you gave the call?"

Fred raised his hand. "I did, thank you for coming."

"Anyways, I didn't get much from the call, it seemed to have been flooded from tears." They quipped. The group shot her dirty looks. "Too much salt in the wound?"

"More like all the salt in the wound." Gogo snapped. "Just get to the point!"

Kat took a few steps back. "Okay, jeez."

Hiro decided to speak up. "Why didn't you warn us that Kamara had an army of snakes?"

"Well let's just say one of them got to me." Kat winced. "Again. Not the first time one of her 'babies' managed to leave me sick in bed, I'm lucky that it wasn't one of her more venomous snakes. Did you know that most of them were mutant specimens created by Dr. Lancer? That guy is a hazard to society and then some."

"Mutants?" Wasabi squeaked.

They rolled their eyes. "Not like the human-monster-mutants Amarawhatsit made, but a similar level of nasty. We're getting off topic though." Kat plopped down on one of the couches in the grand bedroom that was technically Fred's room but he preferred sleeping in his fan cave. "Did you happen to get the name of the snake that had bitten your friend?"

"Nightshade, and something about it being part black mamba." Gogo answered.

Fred raised an eyebrow. "What's a black mamba?"

"A black mamba is-"

"One of the deadliest types of venomous snakes, primarily residing in parts of sub-Saharan Africa." They looked at Heathcliff, who had cut off Baymax to provide his own explanation. "My apologies for the interruption, however I knew an acquaintance that was experienced in taming her own venomous snakes."

"She sounds awesome for dealing with the deadly kind." Fred commented.

Heathcliff cracked a small smile. "I suppose she is, in her own way."

"Okay, but how can we use this info to help Honey Lemon?" Wasabi pointed out. "That's the reason we called you, Kat."

Kat nodded. "Right-o, so we have to get some of Nightshade's venom so I can make an anti-venom, apply it to your bubbly ray of sunshine and she'll be swell lickity split! Easy peasy, and no lemons squeezied!"

"I do not understand that saying." Baymax commented. "Also, there is a 70% chance of failure."

Hiro gestured to him. "Yeah what I was thinking, are you nuts?!"

"Technically I'm insane in the membrane."

Fred groaned. "I regret calling you."

"Whatever, I'll do it if it means it'll save my girlfriend's life." Gogo stood up, facing Kat. "I'm in."

"As much as I don't like those odds, I'm also in. She's my best friend, of course I'll risk failure to save her." Wasabi chimed in, being the second to stand up.

Hiro and Fred exchanged looks as they stood up. Baymax was already standing but he raised his hand. "Do you know where we can find Kamara?" He asked Kat.

"Totally! She's easier to find than a needle in a bamboo stack!"

"That's not- that's not the saying." Fred pointed out.

They ignored him. "Anyways, don't worry. This is all going to work out in the end."

"I will make sure Miss Lemon is resting well while you are gone." Heathcliff told them. "Best of luck on your quest."

"Don't worry, we'll kick some pirate booty and take cookies!" Fred cheered. "And I just had the last batch of chocolate chip!" He kicked the air but tripped on his own feet. "Totally on purpose!"

Everyone snickered, even Gogo muffled a few giggles, it had lifted their spirits. But they'd save the laughter until the bubbliest of the group was feeling fine as sunshine.

Superhero Squad group chat:

Captain Cutie: Ariel sidenote DO NOT head outside

Ariel: Why

Speed Queen: GP

Flame Jumper: The snake theory was right btw!

Ariel: Snake theory?

Chop Chop: Tldr we suspected the sickness going around was bc of the snake Hiro saw that bite Steven, he was right, also HL got bitten : (

Ariel: Omg noooo

Sora: No not Honey Lemon!

Captain Cutie: SORA?!

Flame Jumper: I FORGOT YOU WERE ON THIS CHAT OMG

Red Panda: Hello Sora : )

Sora: Hi Baymax! Also, you guys didn't kick me out?

Captain Cutie: Nice seeing you again btw, but also we have a emergency

Sora: Ouch. Also what's the GP?

Flame Jumper: Galaxian Pirates. Bunch of baddies, like that Voltrax lady.

Chop Chop: That went all Heartless when you fought Dark Baymax.

Sora: Ohhhhh. Sorry to hear you guys are having that problem, wish I could help but I have my own emergency : (

Sora: Wishing you best of luck from across worlds tho!

Captain Cutie: Thanks, we have someone helping us out.

Sora: Let me know if you need any advice, just me, Donald or Goofy.

Ariel: In the meantime I will be hiding in my room stress eating cookies

Chop Chop: XD cookies XD

Ariel: Why is that funny

Speed Queen: Tell you later, don't eat the whole pantry tho

Kat led them to one of the many abandoned warehouses in the city, to their displeasure, it was the warehouse where they had first seen Obake, and trapped them all in puzzled rooms. Hiro felt his blood boil at the reminder of the sinister villain, as the one they were hunting down was potentially worse. "I tracked Kamara's squad to here, hopefully we'll get lucky and she'll be trying her snake trick on someone else."

"What are the chances of that?" Wasabi questioned.

"Very unlikely." Baymax pointed out. "I have scanned the warehouse, and I detect that Commander Kamara is inside. I also have detected the snake that bit Honey Lemon. It is currently resting in the same room that Kamara is in."

The snow-cloaked superhero groaned. "Well poffin tops."

"I mean, wouldn't she have just left her henchmen to sit around even if she wasn't there?" Fred pointed out. "Don't get me wrong, it's still sucky, but we can take her!"

"Agreed." Gogo nodded. Despite their dampened spirits, Fred never failed to lift them up. "Do you think you could use your fire breath this time?"

Fred flipped off his suit's hood to flash her a big grin. "Don't worry! I got your back!"

Hiro slapped the hood back on as they got on top of the warehouse roof. "Guys, we want to enter silently."

The conversation ended as Kat slowly cut a hole in the roof with their carbyne claws, then entered as silent as possible, the only sounds being Baymax's heavy footsteps and their nervous breathing.

"I don't know why we're staying around for longer than we need to be." Platinum, one of the grunts, was speaking to Flare with anger in his tone. "Lord Indigo ordered us to scout, that's it."

Flare shrugged. "Dunno, Commander Kamara wants to send a message to the people of San Fransokyo. Maybe hearing about their suffering will make him cheer up."

"From Kamara? She can't even kidnap a child properly!"

Hiro growled, tempted to smack the masked pirate with a magnet. Wasabi lowered his raised gauntlet, shaking his head.

"I heard that." Their target stepped out of the shadows, Nightshade rested on her shoulders. "Our beloved lord hasn't been himself since Lady Voltrax is missing in action, so why not spill a bit of superhero blood to appease his aching soul?"

"I guess… but you bit the wrong target!" One of the pirates with light brown hair and amber eyes pointed a finger to the commander.

"Shut up Falkus." Flare scoffed at him.

"For the last time, it's Falcon!"

The heroes exchanged looks, now was the time to strike. Fred bounced off of the upper levels of the warehouse and greeted their foes with a blast of fire. "Ambush time!"

His flames hit everyone except Flare, who had bent them out of the way. "Fire doesn't work on me, you idiot!" She shot them back at him, and he bounced to avoid her redirect. The flames melted one of the steel pillars in the warehouse that fell in the direction of his friends trying to sneak up on Kamara.

"Trying to ambush me, were you?" Kamara sneered, amusement in her eyes as she zoned in on Kat. "If it isn't the little traitor, tired of babysitting Elio's rat spawn?"

"Oh, shut up." Kat rolled their eyes. "At least I didn't get demoted because I sucked at my job so much."

"You little-" Her insult was drowned out by Gogo launching herself at Kamara.

Anger burned in her eyes. "Hand over your stupid snake!" She tried grabbing Nightshade, who hissed at her as Kamara dodged the disks thrown her way.

"Someone's a little angry, pinky not doing so hot now?" She taunted, making Gogo more angrier as her attacks got sloppier.

Meanwhile, the rest of the pirates launched themselves at the gang before they could assist their teammate. "So, Falkus-" Hiro asked the speedy pirate trying to punch him as he used his gauntlets as a shield.

"My name is Falcon, tiny!" He growled. Falcon tried leaping up to strike but got launched across the warehouse by a rocket fist.

Hiro grinned, fist-bumping Baymax. "Nice one, buddy!"

"Ba-la-la-la."

Kamara growled with annoyance as a disk clipped her shoulder. "I'm getting very tired of your games." She jumped up to another level of the warehouse, rows of slitted eyes opening as she landed. "Attack these intruders, my babies! Make them fear the Galaxian Pirates!"

And just like last time, Kamara's army of venomous snakes slithered from the warehouse wall.

"Dangit I am tired of these stupid snakes in this stupid city!" Kat growled. They flexed their claws and stomped on the tails of the smaller snakes.

Wasabi knocked back Lonna to chime in. "Kat's right! We can't let these snakes beat us, we've handled way worse!" He shot a laser blast at a few cobras looming over to the shivering Fred, the ones that weren't knocked back shot him glares. "Even if they're really creepy!"

His encouraging words snapped some sense back into the others, Hiro hopped onto Baymax's back to avoid the scorching venom. "How about some overdrive mode?" He suggested. "We haven't used that in awhile."

"Overdrive mode activated." Baymax started to change into his other form, equipped with his glowing sword, the healthcare companion batted the snake army away with ease.

The commander screamed as Baymax swatted at her snakes. "NO, NO, NO! Stop doing that to my babies, you awful creature! I'll turn you into scrap metal for this!" She ran to protect her snakes, but Gogo grabbing her by the arm stopped her in her tracks.

"You're not going anywhere." Gogo growled. Kamara paled as she got knocked out by her punch. "That was for Honey."

Nightshade hissed and tried attacking Gogo, but Kat grabbed her by the neck. "Ah, not so fast you pain in the butt." They held the snake and pulled out a glass tube. "Hold this for me, speedy?"

"Sure." Gogo held up the glass as Kat squeezed the venom out of Nightshade's fangs. "Is that enough?"

"Yeah, that's what we came for." Kat nodded.

While focused on extracting the venom, Platinum ducked from Fred's fire blast and ran to grab Kamara. "Commander! Are you alright?" He shook her awake.

"Retreat…" She hissed. "We'll be back for revenge." The pirates fled in the shadows of the warehouses, Kamara's snakes following them. Kat released Nightshade after the glass tube filled up somewhat and the dark scaled snake slithered into the darkness.

"I don't wanna see another snake for a long, long time." Wasabi mumbled.

"Me neither!" Baymax hiccuped, his batteries drained and he shifted to his regular form. "Snakey snakes go brr!"

Hiro stammered as the healthcare companion spun around. "Woah, Baymax can you stop spinning- AAAAAH!" Baymax fell to the ground, pinning Hiro underneath his weight.

"Wheee!" He giggled. "Wait, Hiro where did you go? Come back Hiro!"

The robotics genius let out a muffled scream of eternal frustration.

Blurred shapes danced in Honey Lemon's vision. Where am I? Her memory felt fuzzy, like the colored blobs in front of her. Last thing I remember is the Galaxian Pirates and there was a snake going to attack Gogo, then there was pain…

"...ork?"

"...think so."

The faces got more clearer, revealing her friends. "Honey? Are you okay?" Gogo stepped into her field of vision.

Honey Lemon fought the utter exhaustion to stand up a little. "Mhmm…" Her body fought back and she fell back onto the bed.

A soft vinyl hand lifted her up this time. "Please be careful. You should not force yourself to function when you are not feeling well." Baymax gently chastised her. "Honey Lemon, are you alright?"

"A little." She gestured. "What happened?"

Fred cleared his throat. "We had to put you to sleep because you were in so much pain, it really sucked seeing that. So we teamed up with Kat to beat up the Galaxian Pirates and they made an antivenom cure with the venom of the snake that bit you!" He held up a glass tube, she squinted at it. Wasabi handed her back her glasses and as she put them on, she noticed there were small bits of yellow in the tube.

"You guys didn't get bit, did you?" Concern edged in her voice. "I'd feel bad if you were all hurt because of me-" Honey Lemon was cut off as her girlfriend suddenly hugged her.

"Don't ever say that." Gogo told her. "It wasn't your fault, we all love you very much Aina, we couldn't stand seeing you suffer like that."

Honey Lemon didn't reply, she just hugged Gogo back. The rest of the gang felt their hearts melt at the scene, even Kat had a few tears in their eyes seeing the heartfelt moment.

"Kat?" They shook the tears, albeit unseen thanks to their mask, as Hiro addressed them. "Do you happen to have a phone number?"

"Yeah, how come you're asking?"

He looked over to his friends. "Well, in case something like this happens again, or we fight the Galaxian Pirates again, there has to be a better way to keep in contact."

They shrugged. "Fair point." Kat wrote their number on a slip of paper and handed it to him. "Don't think about sending dog memes at 3 AM, I already have my sister doing that."

"You have a sister?" Hiro raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, her name's Bea. She's kind of like the computer lady that's the brains of every comic superhero. Like Kelly Computer in the Captain Fancy comics." Kat explained.

Fred's eyes lit up with glee. "You read Captain Fancy?!"

"When I was little, I used to." Kat looked down. "Well, I'm gonna go." Without another word, they waved as they exited the door.

Hiro noted that their mood had become somber at the mention of their childhood. Judging by their history with the Galaxian Pirates, I'd say that Kat has been through a lot in their life.

Another life who had been ruined by the ruthless pirates, he didn't know why the Galaxian Pirates were so determined to make people so miserable, but today had been a victory against them, and he was going to make it stay like that.

No matter what, he wouldn't let them destroy his city, his friends, and his family.

Meanwhile, in a place eroded by time, covered in dusty sand, a figure with sharp purple eyes was staring down at Kamara and her group.

"Lord Indigo, it is just as you feared." Kamara bowed. "The traitor Kat has teamed up with Big Hero 6, they even attacked my precious babies!"

"No one cares about your stupid babies." Flare hissed under her breath. "You're the one who wanted to stick around the city."

Indigo's eyes glared down at Flare. "Silence." She instantly froze. "Thank you… for telling me this Commander, you may go now."

"As you wish, my lord." The group chorused, and began to disperse. But one remained.

Platinum walked up to Indigo. "My lord, are you alright?"

"I miss her." Indigo sat down on his sandy throne. "Without Lady Voltrax, I simply can't think properly. She'd think of a clever plan to defeat those pesky heroes."

He knew how his lord felt, he was also missing Voltrax. "She will come back, until then, why not let our new recruits cause some fuss?" Platinum suggested. "Allow yourself to rest my lord, until our lady returns."

"You always know how to cheer me Platinum." Indigo slowly smiled. "Don't worry, we'll get revenge on the Rosemary's soon enough."

Platinum only smiled with malice. "Indeed. They cannot escape the consequences of their actions for much longer." When they took over the city, they'd start with getting rid of them first. Hopefully their oldest would see the truth of her wicked family's ways.

Even if they had to force Ari to forget once more, they would not let her be fooled by the false kindness of the Rosemary's.

AN: Disclaimer, snakes in media are generally misrepresented and actually make great pets if you know how to handle them, not every snake is a murder machine like they show in the movies and also not all snakes are venomous

Felt like I had to add that since this was an episode about evil snakes, though I'd argue their pet owner is worse for using them for evil n.n; hahahahaha... told y'all the stakes are high in this one... (Sorry Gogo and Honey Lemon)

Also for the gc segments, yeah the Keyblade Hero 3 are still there, I really liked writing the KH crossover so they're still gonna be lurking in the gc, moral support!

Thanks for reading! See if you can spot some of the easter eggs in this chapter, and be sure to check out Karmi's Camden Adventure which takes place the same time as this story!