The Lonely and The Brave

Chapter 22 - "Welcome" -

Nearly two weeks later and Hiro still hadn't figured out how to go search for Kira and keep the city safe. He hadn't been able to really think since it seemed the crime activity had increased since she had left. Though, the group shrugged it off as a coincidence since now there were six of them. They had been putting off talking to anyone about their team member's disappearance, but the news talked about it a lot.

"The culprits behind the robbery had been caught with the help of the group of individuals that have still not been recognized," Everyone in the Lucky Cat Café was paying close attention to the news on the small TV, listening to every word. Everyone including the group of friends.

"However, there were still only six of them, not seven, once again." A picture of Kira in her armor with the glass on her helmet tinted black was shown. How they got it, no one really knew.

"We have tried to confront the group but they always manage to leave before we can ask anything. Everyone wants to know what has happened to this 'hero' and where they are. Did they have a fight and was kicked off? Or did they just simply disappear?"

"A little of both..." Hiro muttered under his breath, sighing.

"The city is way too busy for us to actually leave to go get Kira," GoGo said softly, making sure no one could hear them.

"I know we've all shrugged this off as a coincidence," Fred replied, "But, what if it's not? What if it's a giant plot to keep us here by some super villain so we can't leave the city!"

Everyone looked at each other for a moment, "That... Kind of makes sense," Wasabi said.

"That could mean Kira is in danger," Honey added.

"But we don't know if it directly links to Kira..."

"But think about it! Kira leaves for San Andreas, next thing you know, the city suddenly becomes a lot more active! It's all one big plot!" He threw his hands up in the air, "Like in a comic book!"

Together, everyone facepalmed at his words.

"Although," Honey said, "It does kind of make sense."

"Maybe Fred is right for once," GoGo said, popping her gum.

"Of course I'm right!"

"Regardless," Hiro interrupted, "We still need to figure this out. We only have about 2 more weeks of vacation and we've got absolutely nothing."

"Can't you build something that would help?" GoGo asked.

"It would take longer than a month. By then school would've started up again and it would be pointless."

"What about me?" Rover walked down the stairs and into the café. He hadn't really been active since the night Kira had gone missing, but how had he activated himself?

"How did you walk down here?" Honey asked curiously.

"Ms. Cass had activated me," he replied, "so after a couple of questioned I came down here."

"What could you do to help us?"

"What should I do? Anything you ask and maybe I can do it." His eyes changed to a light shade of purple, "I want to help. Maybe I can go get her while you all stay here."

"If you go though," Wasabi said, looking up at the robot, "You might get stopped by many people since you're a robot, and we don't know what's wrong with your coding yet since we haven't had access to Kira's computer. It's too dangerous."

"...Okay... You're right..."

Hiro sighed, resting his chin in the palm of his hand, "...I give up..." He said softly, "We... We can't leave, and we can't send Rover. We can't do anything..."