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We were having a quiet day. It was Saturday, and no villains were running loose either. Or if there was, they were not making themselves known. The fact of the matter was that we were bored out of our minds. Thus we were brainstorming ideas for killing time.
“How about going to the city to give some autographs,” Fred suggested, “we are famous after all.”
“No way in hell!” GoGo disagreed, “We’re NOT going public.”
“How about a movie?” Honey Lemon suggested.
“No, I already have a movie scheduled for tonight,” I said.
“Cutie, am I invited?” Karmi asked, looking at me.
“Of course, you are, Sweetie,” I replied, moving my chair slightly closer to hers, “you’re practically living with me half the time.”
“I’m not your sweetie!” she whined and nudged my shoulder playfully.
“You’re only saying that because they’re here,” I teased her, gesturing to the others.
She just gave me the “You’re messing with me” look.
“We could just study,” Wasabi stated, “We have a test in a few weeks?”
“You, maybe. We don’t,” I said, pointing at Karmi and myself.
“Oh, I know,” I said, remembering the time Karmi and I pranked the others with our super suits, “how about superhero hide-and-seek?”
“How does it differ from regular hide and seek?” Karmi asked.
“You can use your suit’s powers in whatever way you like,” I explained, “use your equipment in creative ways to hide from the seeker.”
“There are only two rules: one, no using Baymax to find the hiders. And two, no lasting harm,” I continued, “but there is a catch. Once the seeker has found you, they must also catch you by physically touching you. Otherwise, it won’t count.”
“So, they first have to find you and then catch you?” Wasabi asked, “so a combination of hide-and-seek and tag.”
“Exactly,” I confirmed.
“So, what happens if the seeker is outrun?” GoGo asked.
“Then you get to find a new hiding place, and the seeker has to start again,” I explained.
“Why does that sound like it’s a very one-sided game?” Fred asked, “the hiders seem to have the advantage.”
“The thing is, you can block their escape,” I answered, “And there will be two seekers at first. And when you get caught, you become another seeker.”
“That sounds better,” Fred said, “I’m in.”
“So are we,” Wasabi said, gesturing to the others.
“Karmi, you in?” I asked.
“Absolutely, Cutie,” she answered.
“Ok, Tomorrow morning at Fred’s?” I asked.
“Deal!” The others agreed.
Karmi stayed behind as the others left.
“Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” she asked with a sparkle in her eyes.
“You mean mischief?” I asked, playing innocent.
“Yep, you have anything?” she asked.
“Actually, I do have this Chameleon cloth I invented for Fred’s second costume,” I revealed, “but I think we can put that to better use.”
“This’ll be fun,” she said, “remember last time?”
“I do. Their faces were priceless,” I chuckled, “that’s why I came up with this in the first place.”
With that, we set out to upgrade our suits. Well, I did most of the work. Then we headed home to the movie night.
“Let’s test these,” I said before opening the door.
“Shall we prank her?” she asked.
“Of course, but not too much,” I answered as I activated my invisibility mode.
“Aunt Cass, we’re home,” I called out.
“Finally, I was waiting for you,” came the reply.
“Here we are,” I said when we found her sitting on the couch. Due to special filters I had added to our helmet visors, we could see each other. I had transferred my microphone to Karmi’s helmet, so my voice came from where she was standing, trying not to laugh.
“Where? I don’t see you,” she said, looking around.
“Right in front of you,” I said, switching back to my own helmet and tapping her shoulder.
Apparently, I startled her quite well as she literally jumped on the sofa knocking her head on my helmet visor with an audible clonk. That caused me to lose balance, so I fell on my butt.
“Auch, that hurt,” I stated. But not before I disabled the invisibility.
“Are you ok?” Karmi asked, still invisible as she ran over.
“Yeah, I’m fine,” I replied, letting her help me up.
Meanwhile, Aunt Cass was just looking at me like I was a ghost.
“Aunt Cass? Earth calls,” I said, waving my glove in front of her face.
“Hiro, you scared me,” she sighed, relieved.
“Maybe a little,” I admitted, “but at least these upgrades work.”
“Where’s Karmi?” she asked.
“Right here,” she said, turning off her invisibility as she sat next to me on the sofa.
“You two sure love getting into mischief,” Aunt Cass said, looking at us.
“What’s that?” I asked innocently, trying not to burst out laughing.
“Never heard of it,” Karmi stated likewise.
We looked at each other and burst out laughing.
“Who am I to say that?” I asked.
“I guess we just like pranks,” Karmi added.
With that, we settled down to watch the movie then went upstairs to sleep.
“Tomorrow is going to be fun. Right, Cutie?” Karmi asked when we were about to go to sleep.
“I’m sure of it, Sweetie,” I replied before falling asleep.