Chapter 14


Sam, Alex, and Clover fired up their jet packs, and they all flew off in pursuit. Siu swiftly jumped up to grab the top of the tall stone wall to the backyard, and hauled himself over. He dropped to the ground and spotted a black helicopter on a small asphalt landing pad next to a shed.

The armored man ran to it, noticed an electronic lock, and extended a forefinger. A small wire moved out, attached to the lock, deactivated it, and the door opened. He climbed in and was about to shut the door when he glanced back to see his pursuers who flew towards him. He turned back to the controls and used his free hand to hover over the ignition and activate the chopper with a jolt of power. Then he found the stick to take off, thankful for his knowledge from military experience.

"No you don't," Alex called out, with a focused look.

She activated her Bungee Belt, and the heart-shaped center shot out to magnetically attach to the frame of the door. Alex rocketed in the opposite direction from him, and retracted the cable into her belt. Siu yanked down on the door, which sent her flying, then refocused on the controls. Alex managed to regain control before hitting the chopper, and breathed out to compose herself.

Sam and Clover darted to him but halted when he swung a backhanded slash with his energy blade. Clover huffed in relief when it missed by inches. Sam held the Ice Queen Perfume, and her mind worked as they all ascended to match the altitude of the rising chopper.

"Girls, you hold him and I'll freeze him," she said evenly.

Clover and Alex quickly reached into their backpacks and pulled out the extendable staffs they'd received as gifts from their previous mission in Japan. Siu pulled the control stick, the chopper dipped down suddenly, and the rotor blades descended dangerously above them. Sam noticed and dropped down. "Look out!" she cried.

They glanced up and moved quickly to avoid the attack. Though Baymax still held Heathcliff, who continued to struggle against him, Hiro ordered the robot to fly in closer. Hiro kept one hand attached to Baymax and with the other, fired off a short-range electrical charge at Siu. The armored man grunted in surprise, then reared back a fist to attack.

A metal staff slammed into his arm before he could swing, and Clover flew right into the cockpit to push back his arm with all her force. Before he could attack with his other hand, Alex used her staff to pin his other arm back, and used the thrust of her jet pack for extra force.

"Alex, once I spray, break that faceplate!" Sam yelled and gestured to mimic the act. Alex nodded slightly and prepared to move. Sam shot the last of the frosty spray into the man's faceplate. His vision was obscured by a heavy covering of ice.

Clover used a free hand to grab the chopper's stick and desperately fought to control it into a smooth descent. Alex's brows furrowed and she released Siu's arm to thrust the staff forward with precision to shatter the brittle faceplate into small ice chunks. She hit his forehead with minimal force.

"Injection time, Baymax!" Hiro shouted. He glanced down at the residential area below, then back to the armored man and the girls in concern.

Baymax flew in closer and reached out an arm towards Siu. Heathcliff took the opportunity to batter the robot with glancing blows which scratched the durable armor.

But the robot focused on Siu and extended his forefinger to the dazed man. The tip of his finger opened, a needle emerged, and he delicately poked it into the side of his neck. Alex and Sam each held one of Dave's arms, while Clover kept the helicopter in a hover to ensure the procedure was done precisely. Siu blinked and looked in surprise as his armor vanished piece by piece until everything was gone.

"Injection successful," Baymax said pleasantly.

Hiro smiled briefly and looked to Sam. "Get his phone! He used something on it to put the CuraTech workers in the armor and under his control!" Hiro yelled. Sam found Siu's phone in a coat pocket. She quickly searched through the apps, flustered at being locked out of one that looked promising, and shoved it towards him.

"Turn Heathcliff and the CuraTech workers back to normal now!" she shouted emphatically. He looked disdainfully at her until Alex and Sam each grabbed him by a leg and started to move him out of the still-airborne chopper.

"Yer bluffing," he mouthed to them, as the noise of the chopper drowned out his words. Hiro and Sam watched Alex point discreetly to Baymax then back to Siu.

"Get ready to catch him Baymax," Hiro said, his voice just loud enough for the robot to hear.

Alex and Sam promptly dropped him out of the chopper. The man's eyes widened in shock and he screamed as he fell.

Baymax swooped in and caught him by an upper arm so that he dangled beside Heathcliff, who still struggled. Sam hovered over to Siu via her jet pack and held out his phone again to him with a measured look.

"Okay!" he grumbled and pressed the buttons needed to perform the task.

Heathcliff immediately stopped his struggles, and his armor vanished as Siu's had. Baymax adjusted his grip on the butler's upper arm carefully and brought both men down over the residential area, back to the yard of Fred's mansion. Hiro hopped off Baymax, and Clover managed to land the chopper on the landing pad roughly.

She shut off the rotor blades, and climbed out with Alex. Sam drifted down beside them and shut off her jet pack. Police officers had managed to get to the backyard, and one swiftly cuffed Siu. Another searched him for weapons, but instead found a small electronic device, which Hiro noticed was the Super Processor.

"Officer, that was stolen from the SFIT Expo recently," he addressed the man. "Can I give you the contact info of the student it was taken from?"

"Sure thing," the tall man said and brought out his phone to get the number.

"Great work everyone! Guess that takes care of the others stuck in that armor too," Sam said.

"Yeah," Hiro replied after he put away his phone. He looked to Heathcliff. "You okay?"

The winded man managed a nod, then turned to gesture at the small chip lodged in the skin of the back of his neck. "Yes, except for this," he said.

Hiro tugged Baymax over and Sam approached the trio. "Siu shot the chip into him there," she said with concern.

Baymax looked closely at the chip. "It is not deeply lodged in the epidermal layer," he said. "I believe I can remove it."

He moved a forefinger to the tiny chip, the end of the finger opened,and he precisely used tweezers to gently pry it off. He turned and handed it over to Hiro. The youth examined it for a moment with distaste, then crushed it between his forefinger and thumb.

Suddenly, the air whipped about, and Hiro looked up. A sleek WOOHP jet descended, landed, and opened a door to extend a gangplank to the ground. Jerry walked out, followed by two athletic agents in matching black suits. Jerry chatted briefly with the officers, and the two agents stood attentively by their director. The elderly man then walked over to the spies, Hiro, and the others with a pleased look.

"Excellent job, ladies," he said. "Oh and you as well young man, and the rest of your team." He looked in surprise at Baymax and nodded to Heathcliff. "I'm Jerry, head of WOOHP."

"Pleased to meet you," Hiro replied and waved to him with a bulky gauntlet.

"We stopped all the CuraTech shipments," Jerry said emphatically.

"What a relief," Clover said happily. Everyone else agreed, and Hiro promptly climbed onto Baymax with an anxious look.

"I'd better pick up my friends and have Baymax get the other chips out," he said.

"Alright," Alex said, "and we go downtown to get the mastermind, right Jer?" She looked to him expectantly.

Jerry tugged on his tie nervously, and avoided her gaze. "I wish it were that simple, Alex," he said. "It seems no payments to Mr. Siu can be traced directly to any CuraTech executives. The mastermind was very careful in his few conversations with Siu not to incriminate himself."

Obake, Hiro thought to himself. He's always behind everything.

Sam noticed the intent look on Hiro's face, frowned, and looked to Clover and Alex. "Guess it'll take a little more time to catch someone so high up and careful about involvement," she noted.

"We'd better get back home and let you do your thing. But we've got to stop by your cafe sometime. How about tomorrow morning at nine?" Clover asked as she, Alex, Sam, and Jerry turned to board the jet. "We can take the jet, right Jer? Considering how many times we've saved lives, cities, countries, and..."

"The world," Clover, Sam, and Alex said simultaneously and leaned closer to him pleadingly.

Jerry raised his hands in defeat. "I'll WOOHP you over to my office at 8:30," he said with a sigh.

Hiro chuckled as Baymax lifted off. "A trip from L.A. To S.F. for a visit to the cafe? Now that's gotta be a first," he said.

"Actually, it's even further than you think," Sam replied and gave a knowing look to Clover and Alex.

"You've got my number. I'll invite my friends. See ya." He waved, then flew away. After she watched him depart, Sam turned to Jerry.

"Oh, we need to get the other two inventions out from the robot at CuraTech," Sam noted.

"Indeed. Thank you for the reminder. With the use of your M-Rays and Laser Lipsticks you three can help us retrieve the devices easily. Let's depart," he replied.

"Bye, Heathcliff," Alex called out to the exhausted butler. He straightened a bit and waved in return.

Heathcliff answered a few questions from officers and agreed to get looked over by an EMT. The damage in the mansion and the helicopter would need to be addressed after. A whoosh of air and the sound of turbines signaled the departure of the spy jet as it lifted into the air and shot off into the early evening sky.


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