Hello everyone! This is my first venture into the Big Hero 6 fandom, aka the movie that ruined me. In my emotional distress, I was somehow motivated to write this little sad one-shot, which is in the 2nd person point of view of Hiro. I'm sorry for the sadness, but expect more from me in the future!
Enjoy!
-Marcelle
Your carefully crafted armor now floats in the bright space around you, and it's then that you see Baymax as Tadashi had intended him. Baymax blinks at you with those round eyes, and you know that he wants nothing more than to help. But he can't this time.
The portal is closing, your friends are waiting for your triumphant return on the other side, but it's slowly beginning to dawn on you that you're going to fail them. You're going to let everyone down.
Look for a new angle. It's what Tadashi always preached, and you want more than ever to hear his encouragement now. But you've tried everything, haven't you? Baymax can't help anymore, there's nothing - nothing - left to be done. Until, suddenly, the nothing turns into something.
Baymax is holding out his fist, the one that will eject and shoot off into space at your command. You remember how proud you were of your creation, how much cooler you considerd Baymax when he had become a crime-figting machine rather than a robot nurse. You had turned him into something he was never meant to be, but now you're staring at the product of Tadashi's own efforts and kindness. Baymax is just Baymax again.
"I cannot deactivate until you say you're satisfied with your care."
Of course, he's trying to save you and Abigail, and he's not considering himself. So you do it for him.
"No, no, no - wait. What about you?"
"You are my patient."
"B-Baymax-"
"Your health is my only concern."
Your mind is racing now, speeding uncontrollably with equal amounts of frustration and fear. You have to get out, you know you do. But it will not be at the expense of Baymax.
He keeps asking you that same question, over and over again. Are you satisfied with your care?
But you don't answer him, you can't. Because if you do, then you don't only lose Baymax, but you lose your big brother a second time.
You're supposed to be a prodigy, aren't you? You're supposed to be some genuis who can think your way out of any situation. So why can't you think of anything now? Why is your mind consumed with thoughts of Tadashi and what he would have wanted?
Baymax is all you have left of your brother, but more than that, you consider Tadashi's dumb robot to be just as much a part of your family as Tadashi was. As he still is.
So you can't do it, you can't just let Baymax go because Baymax is Tadashi and you won't lose Tadashi, you can't, not again...
"Hiro. I will always be with you."
Suddenly, you stop. You stop and you look right at Baymax, and you know what you have do. Baymax is only serving his purpose, and if you ever loved him - which you have - then you have to let him. If you don't let him do this, then you are undermining everything you've done up until now. You'll abandon your friends, you'll let Aunt Cass lose even more of her family, you'll condemn Abigail to drift forever in the endless expanse of the portal.
You'll fail Tadashi, and you'll fail Baymax.
And you can't do that.
You throw your arms around your personal health care provider one last time, your heart heavy and your eyes blurred with the prospect of your next move. But it's the only thing left to do.
I found the angle, Tadashi. Just like you said.
"I'm satisfied with my care."