Big Hero 6: The Nightmare Crown
Post-film & post-the 3DS game Battle in the Bay. A month after the events of the film, and a few days after the battlebot invasion, the last thing Hiro Hamada and his friends expected was Professor Callaghan to break out of prison. Soon, what starts as trying to find him soon turns into an epic adventure that will have them digging deep into the past which will soon reveal the truth behind Professor Callaghan, the Hamada family, and very soon, the fate of San Fransokyo itself.
[I do not, and never will, own Big Hero 6, or anything else mentioned, but I do own my OCs.]
Chapter 1: The Return of Professor Callaghan
The town of San Fransokyo.
What it was is pretty simple: the city of San Francisco, a city of culture, combined with the energy of Tokyo, the capital city of Japan. It was a fascinating mash-up of culture, history, and modern technology.
The city was under the protection of a group of 6 armoured heroes, called Big Hero 6.
Who was Big Hero 6, you ask? Well, no one in San Fransokyo knows their identities. But I'll tell you who they are.
There was…
Wasabi, A germophobe teen with a distinct hatred of dirt, and [perfectly clean] plasma cutter blades to slice through evil.
GoGo Tomago, a girl who was as tough as Spinelli from Recess, but also fast as she was clever and fearless, complete with her levitating wheel discs.
Honey Lemon, a chemistry enthusiast girl, who uses a purse full of chemical capsules as her weapon.
Fred, a teen with a huge mansion, and a huge love of comic books, superheroes, monsters, etc. [Also has a familiar Marvel comic book writer as his dad!] His suit: a blue & orange Kaiju monster suit, complete with a flamethrower and super jump capability.
Baymax, a healthcare companion robot, also able to wear special armour that allowed him the power of flight and delivering justice to criminals.
And last, but not least, Hiro Hamada, a robotics genius teen with smarts in his body, and his purple armour.
Night & day, these 6 heroes defended San Fransokyo from crime, wherever it was found in the historical and vibrant neon jungle.
But, how did Big Hero 6 first form, how you ask?
Well, to answer that question, we have to go back, back, to…. approximately 2 months ago…
[WARNING: SPOILERS FOR ANYONE WHO HAS NOT SEEN THE FILM]
Hiro Hamada, raised by his aunt Cass and his older brother Tadashi, after the death of his parents, mostly spent his time participating in illegal robot fights. To redirect him, Tadashi took him to the robotics center at his university, the San Fransokyo institute of Technology, where Hiro met Honey, Wasabi, Fred, GoGo and Baymax, Tadashi's invention: a healthcare robot.
Seeing that inspired Hiro to create an invention of his own: microbots, tiny robots that could form any shape imaginable, controlled via a transmitter. Then, at a demonstration at the university's showcase, everyone was impressed, including Professor Callaghan, the head professor of the robotics program, and Alistair Krei, the president of Krei Tech. Krei offered to buy the microbots from Hiro, but after warnings from Callaghan, Hiro declined.
But suddenly that night, everything changed. A fire started in the university, and Tadashi got word that Callaghan was still in the building, so he ran in to save him, but a moment later, the building exploded, killing Tadashi.
Hiro was so upset about his brother's death, he stayed far away from society, until one day, he inadvertently activated Baymax, who followed one of the remaining microbots to an old warehouse, where they discovered more being created. Suddenly a man wearing a kabuki mask attacked them, but they escaped. Hiro decided to program fighting techniques into Baymax and fit him up with armour and they followed the masked man to the docks, only to be ambushed by his friends – and the masked figure. They managed to escape to Fred's manor, and there, Hiro got the idea to make himself, Baymax, and his friends superhero suits, so they could find the masked man, believing him to be Krei.
Baymax tracked him to Akuma Island, an abandoned Krei Tech lab that was once researching teleportation wormhole technology, until a test pilot was lost in an accident. They found the masked man, but despite a few slip-ups, Hiro got the mask off of him, and the team got a big shock when they saw who the masked person was – it was Professor Callaghan!
He escaped the explosion using Hiro's microbot transmitter to shield himself from the explosion, and left Tadashi to die in the fire. Hiro felt so angry that his brother had died for nothing, he ordered Baymax to destroy Callaghan. Baymax stated he wasn't programmed to harm people, but Hiro didn't care. He angrily removed the healthcare chip, and threw it away, leaving only the fighter chip. As a result, Baymax became a mindless killer, and only Honey getting the healthcare chip back in stopped his murderous rampage, but Callaghan escaped.
Feeling mad at his friends for interfering, Hiro abandoned them, flying out with Baymax. Upon trying to remove the healthcare chip again, Hiro saw clips of Tadashi with various test results of creating Baymax. Upon realizing that killing Callaghan is not what Tadashi would have wanted, he makes up with Baymax & his friends, and they planned to stop Callaghan properly.
They discovered from a jump drive that Callaghan wanted vengeance on Krei because his daughter Abigail, the identity of the test pilot, was lost in the portal. Callaghan attacked Krei at an event at the Krei Tech building, and planned to use the same portal to destroy Krei and the building as well. Hiro and his friends raced to the rescue, and by using their skills and working together, they managed to destroy the microbots, and the transmitter, defeat Callaghan and saved Krei.
Baymax detected Abigail in the unstable portal, in hypersleep, and he and Hiro flew in to save her. In the portal, they found the pod with her in it, but before they could get it out, a big piece of debris hit Baymax, damaging his armor, but he used his rocket fist to propel Hiro & Abigail to safety, forcing Hiro to leave Baymax behind. Once back in San Fransokyo, Abigail was put into an ambulance and taken to hospital to recover; her father, on the other hand, was arrested.
Sometime after that, Hiro enrolled in the university, and he discovered the healthcare chip in the rocket fist. With a bit of work, he rebuilt Baymax, and he, Hiro, and their friends continued being superheroes, fulfilling Tadashi's dreams of helping others in need.
[SPOILERS END HERE]
But almost a month or so after that, Yama, a bot fighter Hiro defeated in the bot fighter tournament, sent an army of battlebots to invade San Fransokyo, but the team defeated him and soon things were finally normal again… for now.
And where was Big Hero 6 now?
Chilling out by the pool at Fred's manor, relaxing after a long hard week of fighting crime.
"Whew." GoGo said, "That was the most exhausting week of crime fighting ever. Am I glad to be relaxing… for once. But it's gotten rather… quiet around here."
"I'm very good at this relaxing. It's a hobby of mine." Fred stated proudly.
"I dunno, Fred." Wasabi sighed. "GoGo is right. It's been rather quiet lately."
"Wasabi's right. The crime rate has dropped since that battlebot invasion a few days ago." Honey Lemon said.
"Don't worry. I've been using the time to work on an upgrade to your suit." Hiro said to her. "Hover boots, so you can get a bit of a boost after jumping. I think they could be helpful in any future battles."
"Yes, yes they will." Honey said.
At that moment, Heathcliff, Fred's butler, arrived with a newspaper.
"I do believe you & your friends should see this, Master Fred." He said, before handing Fred the newspaper, then he left.
Fred looked through the paper, and then, he suddenly gasped. "Oh my gosh, I can't believe it!" Fred said excitedly. "What?" Hiro asked. "It says here that a TV series based on the film The Incredibles is coming soon!" Fred said, excited.
"Really?" GoGo said, a bit mad at the news.
"Oh, and Professor Callaghan just escaped from prison."
"What?!" everyone said at once.
Fred showed Hiro the paper, which was on the page about Callaghan's escape. Hiro looked at the page headline, and his eyes widened. "Guys, look at this." He said, and read out the headline and article on the page.
''''VILLAIN PROFESSOR ESCAPES PRISON'''
'Mr Robert Callaghan, the former head professor of the robotics department at the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology, also the one responsible for the attempted destruction of Krei Tech last month, has recently escaped San Fransokyo Prison 2 days ago.
'How Professor Callaghan escaped the prison is currently unknown. The prison guards have stated that no damage was done to the prison, so no destructive methods have been used for the means of his escape.'
'But assuming Professor Callaghan has escaped prison, he could be up to something. If you see any sign of him, let the San Fransokyo police department know right away.'
The team stared at the newspaper in varying amounts of shock, dismay, and general worry. No one said a word for a while.
"This doesn't make any sense." Honey said, breaking the silence at last. "Professor Callaghan has only been in prison for a month." "And a few days since the battlebot invasion." Fred added. "Yeah. And he was sentenced to 30 years, as we've heard." Wasabi joined in.
"Why has Callaghan broken out of prison? Is it because he wants revenge on us for putting him in prison?" GoGo asked.
"Oh my gosh, guys, I can't believe it!"
"What, Fred?" GoGo asked quickly.
"I never noticed how nice I look in these shorts." Fred said, contemplating his swim shorts. GoGo facepalmed.
"But aside from that, this is…" Fred paused impressively. "…a revenge story!"
"Now he gets it." GoGo said sarcastically.
Hiro stared at Baymax in his charging station. "Hang on." Hiro said. With that, he pinched his arm hard. "Ow." He said.
At that moment, Baymax rose up. "On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your pain?" He checked Hiro's injury. "Small but simple cooldown is needed." It was then he saw Hiro's face. "Something tells me you are not satisfied with my care." He said.
Hiro showed him the paper about Callaghan's escape. "Your heart rate is rising. You must be worried." "I know." Hiro said. "Perhaps finding Callaghan will improve your emotional state." Baymax said.
Hiro nodded. 'Whatever Professor Callaghan is up to,' he thought, 'we have to see to it that he's stopped. Tadashi wanted us to help others, so now, that's what we've gotta do.'
He turned to his friends. "As soon as we get dressed, we're heading out." Hiro said.
After they got dressed, Hiro's face showed a grin of determination. "Guys, Let's suit up."
With that, Big Hero 6 suited up, and set out to find Professor Callaghan.
Little did they realize that they were in for something much bigger than they imagined…
Off goes Big Hero 6, to find Professor Callaghan.
But little do they realize what adventures will await them.
This fic is in honor of the anniversary of Big Hero 6 being released in cinemas in the UK last year.
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