"I didn't expect you to come and see me, and I really didn't expect you to come today of all days" Robert Callaghan said from behind the glass in the prisons visiting room, studying the messy haired youth that sat opposite him. "Yeah" Hiro Hamada said with a bit of a shrug, before his expression went serious "There was a long time, when I never would have thought I would come see you either, but things have a tendency to change." He paused a moment before continuing "This last year I came to understand. Holidays, his birthday, my birthday. Important times became times of pain because Tadashi was not there any more to share them, and I began to slowly understand" For a moment the two just sat there, looking at each other, then once again Hiro spoke. "Look, I won't lie. There is still a part of me that wishes you would spend the rest of your life in guilt and sorrow for what you've done. Another part of me that is glad Tadashi never saw what a man he was willing to die to try and save, did, but those parts of my mind grow smaller as time passes. You would think, the anniversary of his death they would be loudest, but they aren't. He always wanted to help people, to make things better. More than that, Tadashi taught me how to forgive, and more than wanting you to suffer, it's his memory, and the part of him that is always with me, that wants you to know I understand, and I forgive you, and I wish you peace" With those words Hiro stood, and left. Neither man seeing the moisture in the others eyes."
"How was it?" Gogo Tamago said as he stepped out of the prison where she stood waiting. Her arm snaking around his shoulder for a brief hug before letting go and leading the way to her bike. "better than I expected," Hiro said, giving the briefest and faintest of smiles. "I wasn't sure at first if I really could, but face to face like that, forgiveness actually came easier than I expected it would." "good" she said with a nod, climbing on to the modified street bike, and putting her helmet on, "I'm proud of you," she said as she closed the visor so that he wouldn't see her lips move, as she whispered, "I don't know yet if I can" Stilling her breath and biting down hard on the gum in her mouth a moment she reached down and turned the key on her bike and the gauges before her lit up reflecting blue light off her black helmet visor while she felt Hiro settle himself on the seat behind. This wasn't the same bike as the one in the lab. The frame and chassis where from a street racing bike, but the power plant and drive, that was all Gogo. Electric power plant, and electromagnetic suspension powered by two high capacity power cells, which read at 87% charge, gave it a top speed and performance that satisfied even her need for speed, well almost anyway. "Hold tight" She said with a tight grin as she kicked the stand back up into place and hit the throttle.
The electric motors that drove the bike where, in theory near limitless in speed, the more power sent, the faster they would spin. Of course even they had their limits, and too much power would burn them out, so of course there was a governing capacitor setup in place to limit the top speed, but even that was getting awfully close to the two hundred miles per hour range. What Wasabi called 'suicide speed' when she first told them of it specs. Still, during the day, and especially with a passenger on board, she kept it down to the posted speeds as she threaded her way down the familiar streets until she came to a stop outside the 'Lucky Cat Cafe' "wanna come in for a coffee?" Hiro asked as he swung down from the seat. "Nah," She replied, I'm going to head on up to the lab, run a diagnostic on this girl, see how she's performing, and recharge the cells." "Alrighty, have fun" hiro said turning to go before turning back "hey, Gogo, Aunt Cass and I are going to go up to the cemetery tonight. If you wanted to come that would be okay." "Dunno," Gogo said with a bit of a shrug, I'll think about it" With that she waved, then pulled off into traffic and was gone.
A/N This is only my second story submitted here. If you like it, or see things that need work on, please leave a review.