New Beginings

Tadashi!

Tadashi!

I'm sorry Hiro, I'll be back as soon as I can.

The fire clawed at him as he ran. He had to make it to his brother's invention, then he could save both himself and his professor. But the heat and smoke made it hard to see and breath. He had to hurry, the building could collapse or an invention could explode. He had to hurry to the microbots and use them to make it out.

"Professor Callaghan!" He shouted as he rounded the corner to the mail hall, "Professor, are you in here!?"

"You shouldn't be here Tadashi." came the professor's voice, "Its not safe."

"I know Pro… is that Hiro's Neural Cranial Transmitter?"

"Yes, and I'm sorry, Tadashi, but you've seen to much." Callaghan said. Tadashi heard a snapping sound and looked up to see Microbots snaking their way around the ends of the support beam above his head. Tadashi barely had time to throw himself to the side before the support beam fell, barely missing him.

"Professor!?" Tadashi gasped, fear making his voice crack, "Why?"
"You're a slippery one Mr. Hamada. But I have plans that you're now a threat to." Callaghan sent a stream of Mircobots and slammed Tadashi into a table of inventions, causing their contents to spill all over the young man. Tadashi glanced up to see his attacker looking at his watch. "Goodbye Mr. Hamada. Its a shame it had to come to this. You had potential."

Tadashi wasn't sure how to react when Callaghan made the Microbots form a dome around him and quickly fled. Everything happened so fast and his head was spinning. Using the table to stand he caught something out of the corner of his eye. Turning his head his eyes met a timer counting down. He barely had time to register it was a bomb when the timer hit zero and he was hit with the explosion.

A groan escaped his lips as he regained consciousness. Everything hurt and he was disoriented. He tried opening his eyes but the sudden brightness of wherever he was made him close them again. He sat up and put his hand to his temple. Blinking until his eyes adjusted he took a glance around.

The room made was full of machinery and medical equipment. Most of it looked like advanced versions of common medical devices but he didn't recognize some of it. He knew he was in some kind of hospital, but he couldn't remember why. He sighed and rand his hand through his hair. Or at least he tried to. But all he felt was his scalp and something, well he wasn't sure what it felt like but he know it didn't feel like his hair.

He brought his hand in front of his face to look at it, and his heart dropped. Instead of his normal light skin he saw his skin was a glowing orange white color and it swirled and danced around like it was alive. His breathing quickened. Throwing the blanket covering him off he looked down at himself. His torso was covered by a hospital gown, but his legs were uncovered and he saw them in the same condition as his arms.

His mind was racing as he practically flew out of the bed he was in. He ran to the door, but stopped as his hand reached for the handle. He caught his reflection in a mirror in the bathroom next to where he stood. Without taking his eyes off his reflection he slowly walked to the mirror, as if he was in a trance. His breath hitched as he studied his reflection.

The face staring back at him was clearly his own, but at the same time he couldn't recognize himself past the changes. His skin, like the rest of it, was a swirling orange white color. His hair, if it could be called that anymore, was made of small flames that danced in the open air. But what he couldn't stop looking at were his eyes. They were a glowing yellow white and lacked pupils. They looked so menacing they scared him.

"No…" he whispered, a sob escaping his throat, as he ran his fingers over his face, "No… What… happened to me? I'm… I'm a… monster..."

He was pulled from his thoughts when the door opened and a middle aged woman walked by. She was blonde, fair skinned, blue eyes, and wore a lab coat, over a yellow scrubs with black sneakers. Sticking his head out of the bathroom he noticed that the back of her lab coat was bedazzled with a butterfly in pale blue and pink gems.

"Hello Mr…" She started saying before she noticed the bed was empty. She quickly turned around and saw his head sticking out of the bathroom, "Oh! There you are. I'm so glad you're awake! I was hoping you could answer some questions."

"I… Where am I?" he asked, his voice dry, "What happened to me?"

"First off, my name is Doctor Jane Hawkins." The woman said, "Secondly you're in my medical ward. You were brought here after you were found in the wreckage of the SFIT showcase hall. Thirdly, I was hoping you could tell me what happened to you. What do you remember? Oh! And your name please."

"My name is Tadashi Hamada. And I remember… I remember running into the burning building to save someone… My brother! Where's my brother!?"

"According to the report filed by the person who found you, you were the only person in the building." Jame answered, "What was his name? I'll look into it for you."

"His name is Hiro. Hiro Hamada."

"Heathcliff," Jane said into the phone she pulled from her coat pocket, "Can you look into a Hiro Hamada for me? See what happened to him after the fire? Uh huh? Okay, thank you. He was taken to San Fransokyo General Hospital for a concussion. But other than that and a few scrapes and bruises he's otherwise unharmed."

"Thank goodness." Tadashi sighed.

"Can you tell me what happened to you in the building?" Jane asked, "It might explain how you came to be like you are."

"Um, I ran in to… save… my professor! He tried to kill me! He tried to drop a support beam on me, but I managed to jump out of the way… He knocked me into some machines and what ever they had inside spilled all over me. When I didn't get back up he left. Then there was an explosion… Next thing I remember is waking up here…"

"I see." Jane said, looking down, "It may have been the contents of those machines that are responsible for your condition. Do you mind if I take some blood?"

"Um, sure?" He watched as Jane pulled a syringe out of her coat pocket and drew some blood. His eyes widened at the sight of it. Instead of normal red blood the substance in the syringe looked more like, well, liquid fire. "Is that…?"

"It looks like this is what your blood has become." Jane said, as she studied the liquid, "Most interesting. I'm going to go get this tested, do you want me to have someone bring you some food or a drink or something?"

"Some water would be nice."

"Okay, I'll have someone bring you some. I'll be back once I find out about your blood sample."

"Thank you."

Jane nodded as she left, leaving Tadashi to his thoughts. Did Professor Callaghan really try to kill him, or was it just someone who looked like him? No, he called him by name, it was surely Callaghan. But why would he try to kill him? The professor had been kind and supportive. He'd been someone he looked up to like a father. Why would he betray him like this? It made no sense. Maybe he was being blackmailed or brainwashed or something.

"Someone order some water?" a voice pulled him from his thoughts.

He looked up to see a boy around fifteen or sixteen walk into the room holding a glass of water. He had dark brown, almost black, thick hair and brown eyes. His skin was light tan. He wore a red t-shirt and blue jeans with black sneakers. He didn't look like he belonged in a hospital. Maybe he was a volunteer or something. Tadashi knew he did not want this kid to see him.

"Oh, fire guy." he said and Tadashi wished he had told him to set the water down somewhere and leave, "Whats up?"

"Been better…" Tadashi wasn't sure what to make of this kid's nonchalant attitude at his condition. The doctor was probably hiding a reaction so he didn't freak out. Yeah, the kid was probably doing the same thing.

"I bet." the kid responded, the same nonchalant tone in his voice, and set the glass of water on the bedside table, "Well, here's your water."

"Thanks." Tadashi replied and reached for the glass. He took a sip, but the instant the water touched his tongue it evaporated and a sharp pain rang through his mouth, causing him to cry out.

"Hey, you okay?" the kid asked, having rushed back into the room.

"Yeah," Tadashi coughed, the pain was quickly fading, "The water hurt…"

"Understandable." Jane said as she entered the room, "In fact, I'm not sure why non of us thought of it. You're made of fire and water puts out fire."

"I see…" Tadashi said, solemnly, "So I can't drink anything? Won't I dehydrate?"

"I highly doubt it." Jane said, "I have the results from your blood test. There is no actual blood. Its more like a kind if liquified plasma. There is very little actual water in your blood. I'm at a loss at how this happened. It defies any known science. You are a very unique and interesting case Mr. Hamada."

"Is there any way to change me back to normal?" Tadashi quietly asked, "I can't stay like this…"

"I'll try to find a way Mr. Hamada. But I'll be frank, it's unlikely." Jane answered, "But maybe if you can learn to control your fire you can turn yourself back to normal. If not, than I'm sorry."

"So what do I do?" Tadashi asked, despair evident in his voice and his flames growing, "I can't go home like this, I can't risk hurting my friends and family. I'm not sure how I haven't set anything on fire yet. I'm scared."

"You can stay here and train to master any new abilities you may have gained from your new form." came a new voice. All heads turned to look at the older man in the door. He had salt and pepper hair, a thick mustache, and pale skin. He wore sunglasses and a dark blue business suit. "My name is Stanley Lieber and I own this place. We train the next generation of Super Heroes here. And you could be one of them. One of the greats. What do you say young man, will you do it?"

That's it for chapter. This is based on the rumor where there will be a Big Hero 6 sequel where Tadashi is alive and is Sunfire.

I like giving characters voices, so Jane would be voiced my Lily Tomlin in her Ms. Frizzle voice. The boy who brought Tadashi's water would be Antony Del Rio in his normal talking voice, specifically from the '3 Inches' pilot. And of course Stanley Lieber is Stan Lee.