Tough Thoughts - Mildcard - We Can Be Heroes the Threequel

Chapter 13 || Another Plan

A-CAPELLA

I stared at the screen that displayed Missy. Missy... I wanted to hug my best friend and never let go...

"Guys," she was saying, "Now that we have Ojo's drawings, we can tell the future again."

"But we don't know what the drawings mean," Noodles shook his head, "And it's literally just you, me, Guppy, and Rewind. We're down on numbers."

"Maybe that's what the Velocrian King wants you to believe," Missy said wisely, "Don't worry. A good leader's always got a Plan B."

She sat down on the floor and began to say it.

"Ojo drawing that gem has to mean something. It can't mean nothing."

"Yeah... so?"

"So whatever that gem is, it must be really important. And Ojo just drew another drawing. Of me smashing that stone apart."

"Whoa... so you're gonna have to kill the stone?" Guppy asked, wondrously.

"I guess... but I don't know why. The way she draws the gem... with all those sparkles and how she tinted everything purple... It's like it's magic or something."

"Magic?"

"But there's not really such thing as magic," Rewind shrugged, "Unless you count superpowers as magic."

"Superpowers aren't magic. Anyways," Missy continued, "We need to find the best way to get to wherever it is, but since it's glowing purple in this picture, the best time to see lights is..."

"During the night!"

"Yes. So at night, we all have to be wide awake, looking out for any trace of pink light nearby. We just look around and follow it if we see it."

"Smart plan," Rewind nodded.

"But what happens when it's day?"

"Think about being bats for a couple days," Missy said, "We wake up in the night and go out, and we sleep in the day."

"Don't we increase our risks?" Noodles curiously asked, "Because all the time we've been attacked is during the night. The Velocrians must hunt at night or something."

"Yeah, that's why we need to rub ourselves in leaves and mud and everything so we look like our surroundings. I overheard one Velocrian muttering about how he wishes he had night vision. They can't see, but their senses are super sharp so they know where we are regardless of their sight."

"So if we're camouflaged... they won't notice?"

"We just need to be quiet. And that's it. If needed, we just throw a rock and let it land far away from us."

"Smart," Guppy smiled.

"What makes you so sure the answer is in that gem?" Rewind frowned.

Missy glanced down at the iPad.

"Well, it must be important if Ojo's drawing it three times on her iPad... in a row."

"But this Velocrian King can stop us anytime! He'll send up storms and everything to try and stop us!"

"He could in the past. But Wheels cut the cords to the cameras. So he can't see us. The only way he can see us is through his soldiers, which is why we move at night, where they can't see us. So we can get there without being reported, and we can somehow find a way to destroy part of the Velocrian plan."

Marcus Moreno smiled at his daughter's intelligence.

"Sometimes... I wish I was as smart as her," Wheels said.

"Wheels! Come on! You're smarter than any human being alive."

"Thanks, A-Capella," he smiled.

"No prob," I smiled back and turned away before he could see my pink cheeks.

Ojo smirked at me, raising an eyebrow with a knowing look. She pulled me over and began to whisper with me. Slo-mo did the same with Wheels.

"You like him!" she whispered excitedly.

"Shhh!"

"Oh, come on! It's just like you were like when Missy was in love. I'm being you, and now you're Missy!"

"Oh..."

"Remember, just as you told Missy... if you like the guy, just say so!"

"Who?" Mom came over.

"She likes a guy," Ojo responded calmly.

"Shhh!" I hissed, "He's at the other side of the room!"

"This room is huge. No need," Ms. Vox scoffed, "But who is it?"

"Wheels."

"Miracle Guy's son?"

"Yep."

"Oh... just as long as he's not like his father, you're good."

"Did you just insult Miracle Guy?" Ojo snickered.

"Maybe..." Ms. Vox brushed herself off.

WHEELS

"Like... you... said..." Slo-mo said, "when... Wildcard... liked... Missy. Just... tell... the... girl... you love... her..."

"Yeah... easier said than done," I patted his back.

"But... Wildcard... did it..."

"But he and Missy have a really special connection. They were literally made for each other."

"And... who's... to say... you... and A-Capella... aren't... the same?" Slo-mo asked.

I glanced over at her, giggling with Ojo. Her light brown hair and brown eyes with that cute smile... it was like she was the goddess and I was her worshipper.

"Holaaa..." Slo-mo gave me a look, "Stop... staring... at her..."

"I-I can't!" I exclaimed.

"You can't what?" A-Capella frowned, looking over at me.

"Oh chizz," I looked over at Slo-mo and he slowly shrugged, walking away to join Ojo and his dad.

"Oh... um..."

"Uh huh?" A-Capella raised an eyebrow.

"Okay... I-I... like..."

"Like..."

"Electronics! Yeah... I like electronics!"

I saw Ojo facepalm and Slo-mo sigh.

"Oh... it's not a secret," A-Capella chuckled.

"Okay..." I sighed, taking a deep breath, "I like y--"

And she smashed her lips on mine before I could close the sentence. Ms. Vox almost screamed and my dad jolted out of his seat. Anita Moreno raised an eyebrow, clearly amused by the Heroics' surprise. The kiss lasted seven to eight seconds before it ended and A-Capella put her hands on my shoulders.

"Like me?" She smirked.

"Yeah..." I flushed red.

"Aw..." Lavagirl and Sharkboy said simultaneously.

"Yeah... aw... BUT IT'S NOT YOUR SON THAT GOT SMOOCHED! WHAT IF... I DUNNO... WILDCARD KISSED GUPPY?! WOULD YOU BE awww?!"

Lavagirl and Sharkboy were silent.

"Yeah, that's what I thought!" Miracle Guy said in shock.

"Dad," I said, "Dad, I've liked her for a long time."

"And I've liked him for a long time," A-Capella said.

"Aw..." everyone said.

"STOP WITH THE AWING!" I rolled my eyes.