The Modern Four

Chapter 28

A day or two later, Hiro was working in his lab when he finally finished the super suits. He let out a cheer, grabbing his phone and texted Violet, Penny, and Wilbur. They all texted back with their responses in an instant, and Hiro smirked. This was gonna be awesome.

Within fifteen minutes, everyone was there, and an air of excitement surrounded the small room. They were all grinning, Hiro most of all. "Alright guys, are you ready?" He asked.

The other three let out whoops and cheers. "I'm taking that as a yes! Alright, first up, Violet." He picked up a small bracelet, and handed it to Violet, who blinked. The other two stared, looking confused, and a little bit angry.

"Uh...Hiro..." She said, looking over the bracelet, which was silver with a purple charm. "It's pretty but..."

Hiro smirked. "Press the button." He said, gesturing to the charm.

"Hiro. That's a charm..." She said, but pushing it anyway. When she did, the charm began to expand, first enveloping her hand, then continuing up her arm, and covering up her body in a purple and black suit. Everyone's eyes widened, staring with amazement. "How the-"

"Simply, I just used..." Hiro started, droning on and on about some advanced scientific method that the rest of the group did not understand. Hiro sighed, and shook his head at the blank expressions on his peers faces. "I used science." He said. The rest of them nodded, still in awe.

"Where'd you get the idea for it?" Wilbur asked, glancing at the bracelet charm that still dangled off of Violet's wrist.

"What, you don't think these kinds of ideas just pop into my head?" Hiro asked, crossing his arms. Penny giggled a little, raising an eyebrow.

"Well, did you?" She asked, putting her hands on her hips.

"Well, I- no... I got the idea from a french TV show..." He said, slumping his shoulders. Everyone else laughed, shaking their head.

"Nice." Violet said, putting her hands on her hips, reflecting Penny's pose. "Now, out of curiosity, how do I get this off. I don't really want to wear a super suit out and about." She said, looking at her hands and arms.

"Just press the charm again, it'll fade back." Hiro replied, grabbing other pieces of jewelry and handing them to his friend. Wilbur received a black and blue ring, Penny got a black and green necklace, and Hiro held onto a black and red watch for himself. Violet pressed the charm, her suit fading away, and everyone else tested theirs, putting them on and taking them off, grinning and amazed at the technology. Hiro cheered, high fiving everyone.

"Woo! Alright, now it's time to test these puppies out. Everyone's suit comes with agility technology, to help keep us balanced while fighting. Wilbur, your suit will help you be faster. You won't be like, the Flash fast, but you will be much quicker than the average human, reaching speeds of up to 50 miles per hour, about the speed of the lion. Your clothes are designed with that in mind. Penny, your suit has hover technology in the boots. You can reach heights of up to 20 feet. And me, I can lift up to about three tons, thanks the same technology that makes Baymax able to do so." He rambled on, the other three getting more and more ecstatic as he went on.

"This is totally amazing!" Penny exclaimed, giddy with joy. "Where can we test it out?"

"There's a couple options. Theres the park- but we'd have to wait till dark. There's the dump, but that smells and again, we'd have to wait till dark. And lastly, there's the university. My brother can get us in, there's a place to test experiments, but we'd be bombarded with questions by Tadashi. Vote?"

"I don't think there's a real choice." Wilbur said, looking around. The others nodded, shrugging.

"Yeah, the lab seems like the best choice." Violet replied. Penny nodded in agreement.

Hiro sighed. "I was afraid you'd say that." He muttered, pulling out his phone and calling Tadashi. "Hey, Tadashi. No, no, everything's fine. I just needed to ask a favor of you. No, I'm not in jail! Why is that your first instinct. No, I just-are you home? Just come down to the garage. I don't care, Honey Lemon can come too. Yeah, we just need a ride." Hiro said, as the others crowded around, listening to the conversation as best they could, though they could only hear the one side of it. "Thanks, bye." He said, hanging up. "He'll be down in a minute." He said. The rest nodded, quiet for a minute, before Wilbur asked what everyone else was wondering.

"Have you been to jail before?" He asked. The rest of them turned to Hiro, raising an eyebrow.

Hiro smiled nervously and shook his head. "That-that's not important." Penny opened her mouth to ask a follow up question, but Hiro was saved by the appearance of his brother and his brother's girlfriend.

"So, where's the ride to?" Tadashi asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Just your lab. I gotta test out an experiment." Hiro said cooly, shrugging. Tadashi raised an eyebrow.

"Really? I've been wondering what you've been working on. Can I see?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.

"No! I mean- Not until I make sure it's perfect. Then you can see it. But until then, no way. I-uh.." He bit his lip, tugging his hair. The others around the room raised an eyebrow.

"I'm sure it's fantastic, Hiro. Can we please see it?" Honey Lemon asked, looking at Hiro and frowning a little.

Penny stepped in, smiling nervously. "It's a surprise!" She said. Everyone looked at her, confused.

"It is?" Hiro mumbled.

"It is! Hiro wants to surprise you guys with his experiment, and we've been helping him with it." She said, gesturing to the rest of them. They straightened up and nodded in agreement, smiling. Tadashi narrowed his eyes and then shrugged.

"Okay, yeah. I buy that." He said. "Let's go." He grabbed his keys and started the car, the rest of them trailing in behind him.