A/N: So I started to write this story back during Thanksgiving break and I've been wanting to post it for so long. Finally, I had the time to go back through and edit it. So I have more chapters waiting to be edited and I really hope you like this!
Chapter 1: The Call
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They did it. The rag-tag group of five friends and a robot succeeded. The villain was caught and his daughter was saved while the robot was lost. But little did the heroes know, the robot was right. Tadashi was still there.
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"Mmm, this food is amazing!" Fred raved, stuffing his face with the hot wings Cass had cooked up for the group of friends who were all eating in the café.
"Thanks Fred. Just wait 'til it makes your face all numb," replied Cass as they all laughed.
It had been a few days since they had finally got Callaghan, and the group was closer than ever. Hiro finally felt as if he belonged somewhere.
As they all ate, the phone rang in the house upstairs.
"I wonder who would be calling this late?" Cass wondered as she wandered quickly up the stairs to answer the phone.
"So Hiro, I heard that you've been getting tons of attention for your robots!" Honey Lemon said excitedly, after she wiped her face of food.
Hiro smiled modestly, "Yeah, uh, it's been pretty insane. But I think I'm just going to go to SFIT for a while before selling any of my work..."
"Cool, can't wait to see you in the lab," Wasabi said after carefully setting down his hot wing that he had been holding with as few fingers as possible, trying his best not to make a mess.
"Hiro, we've been thinking..." Honey Lemon started.
"You should have Tadashi's old lab," Gogo pronounced.
Hiro's eyes widened in surprise. "Really? Guys, I-"
They all smiled at him.
"If anyone should have his lab, it'd be you," Wasabi said as Hiro started grinning.
"Thank you-"
THUD.
The noise echoed from above them as they all instinctively look up, curiously.
"What was that?" Asked Honey Lemon, as she stood up.
"Aunt Cass!" Hiro jumped out of his seat and rushed up the stairs, with the others following, panicked.
"Aunt Cass!" Hiro was at the top of the stairs where he saw his aunt. She was leaning back on the counter, clutching it with white knuckles. The phone lay on the ground, as if she had dropped it.
"Aunt Cass, what's wrong?" Hiro asked as the others came up behind him, all worried.
Cass looked at them and looked Hiro in the eyes. She was shocked, shaken, and definitely surprised.
"Tadashi... He-He's alive."
This made them all freeze.
The same thoughts ran through all of their heads. No, it couldn't be. Tadashi Hamada had died in a fire.
"What?" Honey Lemon managed to stammer, disbelief in everyone's eyes.
Cass took a few deep breaths. She slowly spoke, "They- They called and said... said he was alive."
Gogo shook herself out of her initial shock first. She bent down and picked the phone up tentatively. She slowly brought it up to her ear.
"Hello?" she asked, unsurely.
She must have gotten a response because she started saying yes and no and explaining what happened to Aunt Cass.
Everyone else just watched silently. They didn't know how to respond. Tadashi was dead. He died in the fire. But then again, they thought Callaghan was dead.
"Mhmm, yeah. Could you repeat that?" Gogo searched for a pen and paper, but ended up writing on a napkin.
"Thank you. We'll be there right away."
She hung up and took a deep breath. Everybody waited patiently, wanting to hear what was going on.
She raised her head, looking at them, but her eyes seemed far away. She swallowed and quietly said, "He's alive."
Her eyes focused as she cleared her throat and got back some more confidence.
"He's at the hospital now. They'll tell us more when we get there. Come on, I've got the address," she spoke more steadily.
"I'll drive," Wasabi volunteered as they quickly made their way down, still rather silent.
"Gogo, h-how is he alive?" Honey Lemon asked nervously. She didn't know what else to say. So many questions were running, more like sprinting, through her mind.
As they all got into Wasabi's car Gogo explained what the caller had said.
"Callaghan. He had Tadashi with him in the microbot shield he made in the fire. And somehow he got him over to the island and kept him prisoner. They said he-he's really weak."
Hiro couldn't imagine it. It was unbelievable. After all this time, Tadashi was alive? It didn't sound real. But apparently it was? It hurt him, but he partially doubted that it was true. Partially.
"Tadashi is still here." he realised, saying it out loud.
"What?" sniffed his aunt.
"Tadashi is still here," Hiro repeated, louder this time. "I-it's something Baymax kept saying. I just thought that he meant in spirit, but now..."
"He knew," said Fred in awe. "He knew that Tadashi was still here."
"Guys, we're here," Wasabi said as he parked.
They got out of the car, not exactly sure what to do. Parts of them were anxious, other parts nervous, excited, scared, joyous, and seemingly hundreds of other emotions.
But they walked, step by step, up to the building where the one they thought was gone, was waiting.
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A/N: Cliffhanger! I tried to break the story up into reasonably lengthen chapters so far. I really hope you guys enjoy this story. There will be Tadashi x Honey Lemon (Tadahoney) eventually. Not much, but bits :)
Anyways, please review (anyone can even if you are not a member of the site) I honestly get so happy when I see any feedback and it interests me to know what you think of my story/portrayal/writing type and more! Though, I freak out whenever I see that I got another view. Thank you, I hope you like it ~ Charmfeather