No good times to be seen here, folks
Wilbur sighed and tried to adjust his arms once again, muscles stiff from being stuck in the same pose for almost a week.
When he woke up earlier that week (or was it two? It was hard to keep track of time in a dark room with no natural light, y’know), he did not think he would've become a hostage for ransom but here he is now.
Tilting his head back, Wilbur glared at the red light above his… cage? He wasn't exactly sure what he was sitting in. It was a chair that bonded his hands behind his back, forcing him to lean forward. Not comfortable, 2/10, would never recommend.
Rolling his neck, Wilbur stared at his surroundings, which were becoming quite familiar.
He didn't want to seem impatient but he was starting to lose hope anyone was coming for him. Sure, it had only been 7 days at least, but going that long with no sleep and no company was starting to weigh on him.
And it left him alone with his thoughts and memories, stuff he never felt like sitting through.
Not that he doesn't have good memories or thoughts but he has a lot of bad memories, most of those being his fault anyways.
Like how he alwaysseemed to mess things up or somehow make situations worseand now look where he's got himself! Mom and Dad were going to be-
He shook his head quickly.
“Nope, not going down that road today.” He muttered, his eyes scanning the room once again.
He really needed a distraction, anything to keep him occupied. He shivered in the chair.
As if someone had listened to him, the door on the other side of the room made several clicking noises in rapid succession. Someone was coming in.
Wilbur set his gaze at the door. This would do for now, but he wasn't sure how much more of the isolation he could take.
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Penny wrung her hands as she listened to the mission debrief by one of the Big Hero 6 members, a teen probably not that much older than her in purple and black. Hiro Hamada, she knew of him.
Graduated highschool at 14, pretty cool in her opinion. But now wasn't the time to look over info on Supers she knew about.
As she bounced her leg, Penny frowned. This situation was a bit more serious than the ones she was used to.
Usually she could keep her cool when Calico took her for ransom because Bolt would always come to her rescue and Calico would always lose.
But this time she wasn't the one in danger.
This time someone else's kid got kidnapped and the entire family was panicking trying to find him, and as of two days ago, negotiating to get their kid back.
Wilbur, she remembers his name. She heard his mother say it a couple of times earlier before she excused herself and her husband out of the room. She said they had to go check on something, probably related to their son.
He had been in Calico’s hands for a week and Penny felt like this was somehow her fault. Bolt noticed his owner's distress and nudged her leg, but she didn't notice.
After almost 6 months of radio silence from Calico's end, she should've known he was up to something! Now someone else's life was on the line and she felt like she was to blame.
Bolt whined and set his head on her lap. Penny smiled reassuringly, petting his head. 'Not the best time to throw a pity party, Pen. Right now we focus on the mission.’ She thought before tuning back into the debrief.
“-When we get inside, Invisigirl and I will go turn off all security measures at the control center on the 7th bottom floor.” Hiro stated (she didn't know his actual name so she was just gonna call him by his suit color, unoriginal but she had nothing else to work with.).
The other super sitting at the table jumped before nodding in agreement. “Yeah, i can do that.” She said. She tucked a stray strand of hair behind her headband.
Violet Parr, 15 and known as Invisigirl by the public when she's out saving lives. Penny came across her a couple of times in school, she was nice.
“The rest of BH6 will go take out any guards and search for the Time Machine, Bolt will assist you guys, if that's ok with you miss forrester?” Hiro turned to her questioningly, making Penny turn her head to him.
“Oh! Yeah that's fine, I can handle myself.” She leaned forward in her chair, scratching behind Bolt’s ear.
Hiro nodded and turned to face everyone. “Take 45 to get ready, we don't know what he has planned, but we do know that Dr. Calico cannot get his hands on that Time Machine-”
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“-No matter what! It's not gonna happen, Neil and I won't let it!” Franny demands, pacing around the Robinson garage. Her hair was messy from constant tugging and stress over the state of her child. To put it bluntly, she was a mess.
Cornelius Robinson wasn't too much better, but he had thought up a plan. Rolling out from under one of the Time Machines, he walked over to his wife, giving her a reassuring smile.
“Fran, Wilbur is resilient, he can handle himself but I agree. He's only 14, and I'm not sure he can handle something like this on his own.” Franny frowned and looked into her husband's eyes. “However, we can help him later on today by planning things now.”
Cornelius led his wife to the Time Machine and had her roll under the vehicle to take a look at what he just did. “Neil, is that a-”
“Time bomb? Yep.” Cornelius answers.
“And it's set to blow up-” “When you or I press this button.” He finished, holding up a controller with multiple switches on it.
Franny smiled and kissed her husband. “It's not a sure-fire way of keeping him safe, but at least we can protect the future.” Cornelius added.
Franny let out a small shout of joy, starting towards the other Time Machine.
Smiling, he handed his wife the other keys and climbed into the rigged vehicle. “Besides, what's the worst that could happen?”