Just Friends?

Chapter 7: A Very Special Picnic

Amaya had her plan in place. All she had to do was stick to it and make sure it all goes smoothly.

It was evening. She got out a picnic basket and put in her favourite snacks, along with Connor's. She also packed juice boxes and sandwiches. She prepared a picnic blanket too. She placed the basket and the blanket near her desk.

She tapped on her amulet. A hologram of PJ Robot came up. He waved and beeped when he saw her.

"Hi, PJ Robot!" said Amaya. "I was hoping if I could have a special meeting with the Power Heroes tonight."

"What for?" PJ Robot beeped.

"You'll see." Amaya winked. "Oh, and Connor can't know about this. It's a secret."

"A date?" beeped PJ Robot, teasingly folding his robotic arms.

"Kinda," replied Amaya. "See you tonight." She ended the call.

That night, all the Power Heroes gathered at the main HQ room. "Any missions tonight?" asked Catboy.

PJ Robot gestured for him to go to the hangar. "Fix the Cat Racer," he beeped.

"I thought I already tuned it up last week." Catboy scratched his head and stood up.

"Broken engine," PJ Robot beeped again.

"Um, okay then..." said Catboy as PJ Robot pushed him towards the hangar. "I'll see you guys when I'm done...?"

"Well that was weird," said Ice Cub as soon as the hangar doors closed.

Now Owlette had the floor. She stood up. "Alright, you guys, I have a special mission for all of us. But we must keep it a secret from Catboy."

"You wanna do something special for him, don't you?" teased Gekko.

Owlette smirked at him. "Yes, I do. I was thinking of making him a special moonlight picnic. Any suggestions?"

"Maybe you guys could have the picnic in the park," suggested Newton. "We could ask Orticia to grow some of her prettiest plants."

"And maybe Pirate Robot has some fairy lights we could use too," Ice Cub chimed in.

Owlette clapped her hands. "Amazing ideas, you guys! We can head to the park in a while to get ready."

An Yu raised her hand. She had a question. "But won't Catboy grow suspicious?"

"He most probably would," replied Owlette. "Which is why I have come up with the perfect distraction."

"And what's that?" asked Newton Star, raising an eyebrow.

"I'll talk to the Speedy Twins Carly and Cartoka and see if they can do me a solid," said Owlette.

"But, aren't they... I dunno, villains?" Ice Cub pointed out.

"Hey, just because they're villains, doesn't mean they're at it all the time," Gekko argued. "Take Luna Girl for instance - she's not always such a meanie, sometimes she helps us out on our missions. Like, that time she asked me to help her at the Lunar Fortress, a few nights ago? She didn't seem like she was up to anything bad, in the end anyway."

Owlette was surprised, even though she knew what Gekko said was right. But he had never spoken up like that before, much less say nice things about Luna Girl. She suddenly had an idea as to what happened at the Lunar Fortress that night, but she decided to save that question for later. "Anyway," she said, changing the subject. "Maybe they could keep Catboy busy enough for us to get the picnic ready."

"Well, there's 50% chance that would work," said Newton Star, considering this.

"So, what do you guys say?" asked Owlette, clasping her hands hopefully. "You in?"