Chapter 2
~Flying Without Wings~
AN: If you want, you should play the soundtrack 'First Flight' from the Big Hero 6 soundtrack during a particular scene in this chapter, I've marked it with a (*)
He had just turned intangible.
Suddenly, everything that Hiro had read about ectoplasm, leading into the subject of ghosts, clicked in his mind. Could it be that he had somehow gained ghost powers? His mind exploded with the different possibilities.
"Okay Hiro, breathe."He said to himself.
Still staring at his foot, Hiro willed it to turn intangible again. To his surprise, he watched his foot sink through the floor again, but it didn't stop there. The next thing he knew, his entire body had slipped through the floor soundlessly.
Hiro gasped when he suddenly found himself in the middle of the kitchen where Tadashi and Aunt Cass were. He furiously patted his arms, legs and chest to check that he was finally tangible before nervously looking around to see if anyone noticed him.
"Hiro?" Tadashi's eye's widened with confusion and concern for his little brother.
"Hiro!" Aunt Cass jumped.
Hiro waved awkwardly, "H-Hi, Aunt Cass!"
"You're down! Take a seat honey, the wings are almost ready." She said as she jostled the chicken in a bowl.
"Okay!" Hiro bounced to the table, trying to make himself as small as possible and avoid the questioning stares Tadashi was giving him.
Hiro jumped on to his computer and scoured the internet until he stumbled across a department in the government that speciailised in the supernatural.
"The Guys in White," Hiro read. "Weird name…"
He moved his mouse and clicked on the link.
'Access Denied' in large red letters flashed on the screen.
Hiro smirked.
He cracked his knuckles and loosened his neck. Hacking into a government database was child's play for Hiro; after all, he wasn't called a child genius for nothing. It wasn't long before 'Access Granted' flashed on the screen and unlimited freedom to a database overflowing with files was showing before him.
After only a couple minutes of Hiro absorbing all the data like a sponge, he shivered as though someone had walked over his grave. Hiro hugged himself tightly; a tingling overcame his body, starting from his legs upwards. Assuming that it was just pins and needles, he moved to walk and stretch his legs, only to find that his feet didn't meet the ground.
Hiro looked downwards.
He was floating several centimeters above the chair, steadily bobbing up and down. Hiro cautiously moved his hands and swiped above his head and below his legs to make sure that there were no strings holding him. When he was satisfied that he was indeed hovering, he chuckled with disbelief.
"I can fly?" He grinned. "This is so cool!"
"Hey Hiro, I think I'm going to head to bed-" Tadashi echoed from the stairwell as he rubbed his eyes, slowly coming up the stairs to his shared bedroom.
"Oh no…" Hiro grabbed the table ledge, forcing his feet to the ground with a loud thump.
"Hiro? Were…" Tadashi began. "Were you just hovering?"
"N-no!" Hiro waved it off with his hand. "You must be imagining things, bro. Better catch some z's before you start hallucinating!"
Tadashi shook his head, letting it go with a deep breath. He walked over to his side of the room and disappeared behind the shoji screen whilst Hiro was already bubbling with excitement from the discovery of a new power.
Later on that night Hiro hid under his covers, feigning sleep while his ears were straining to hear Tadashi's soft snores; a signal that he was free to slip out of the house unnoticed.
After an agonising wait, Hiro kicked off his covers, already kitted in his trademark hoodie, a simple shirt and pants. He looked to his brother's side of the bedroom, checking that Tadashi was most definitely asleep. Phasing through the floors, he left the house through the front door and ran to the first highest building he could find.
Hiro peered over the edge of the abandoned building he was stood atop of, starting to question whether or not this was a good idea.
"Okay…That's a long way down." He gulped and took a couple of steps backwards to get a running start.
Placing one foot in front of the other, Hiro's heart thundered harder and faster as the edge of the building came closer. Then he bent his knees and jumped…
Hiro outstretched his arms and clenched his eyes shut, bracing himself for a harsh fall. But after seconds ticked by and nothing happened, (*) Hiro opened his eyes to find himself whizzing through the streets of San Fransokyo.
"I'm flying! I'm really flying!" Hiro yelled.
He started accelerating, enjoying the feel of the wind rushing through his hair, the chill of the night air and the feeling of weightlessness.
Feeling daring, he pushed himself to perform acrobatics in the sky, taking sharp turns and fancy flips as he navigated through the city, watching the bright colourful lights blur past him.
He whooped with delight.
Eying a plane in the distance, he flew up towards it and lined himself up above the wings.
A little boy, sat at the window seat, looked out of the plane with boredom. Hiro waved at him gleefully. The boy's glum expression morphed into one of wonder and bewilderment as he hesitantly waved back.
Moving upwards, Hiro twisted through the clouds, leaving wisps of white behind him. He turned over, so that he was flying with his back to the ground, and stared at the midnight sky. By now he was flying high up above the clouds and he reached outwards, imagining that he was touching the stars.
He stopped in mid air, letting himself plummet freely from the sky.
He felt immortal.
Not paying attention to where he was going, Hiro didn't see the tree rushing towards him.
"Oh no…"
Not knowing how to stop, he resigned himself for a less than graceful landing and wrapped his arms around his face.
Twigs jabbed at him from all directions until he hit the tree trunk with an 'oof' and slid down to the base.
"Ugh…" Hiro picked himself out of the mess of broken branches and leaves. "Gotta work on the landings… But, I am never taking the bus again."
Hiro smirked, preparing to take off again and return home.
Once he reached his bedroom, Hiro phased through the walls and changed into his pyjamas, being mindful to not wake Tadashi who was still peacefully sleeping on the other side of the room. Hiro crawled into bed, going to sleep with a satisfied smile.
When morning came, Tadashi was utterly speechless when he woke up to find that Hiro's hair had leaves and twigs protruding from it, he laughed at the irony that now Hiro's hair truly did look like a bird's nest.
As Hiro's strange behaviour continued, Tadashi had started to keep an extra close eye on his little brother, unbeknownst to Hiro. He noticed Hiro's empty bed in the middle of most nights and the odd 'accidents' his little brother would have, despite Hiro's best efforts to hide them. He had gone as far as sewing trackers into each and every one of Hiro's favourite hoodies.
Tadashi sighed as he glanced at the clock.
10:00pm
Hiro still wasn't home yet and it was getting late. He pulled out his phone, and opened the app he used to track Hiro's movements.
A red dot blinked at him.
"Bot fighting, again?" Tadashi groaned.
Jumping out of his room and down the stairs he shrugged on his jacket and firmly clasped his helmet.
"Tadashi? Where are you going?" Aunt Cass said.
"Out! I'm going to collect Hiro." He shrugged on his jacket and rushed out the door.
Meanwhile, Hiro was out flying again just above the streets of San Fransokyo. He hovered over the town, breathing in the cold crisp air and watching people bustle about. In the corner of his eye, he noticed an odd glow from a maze of alleys.
Hiro's eyes squinted. The glow was roughly shaped to that of a human and it was floating above the ground.
"A ghost?"
He flew down to the ghost before stopping at a weary distance away from it.
The ghost appeared to have green skin, white hair and what seemed to be a light grey lab coat.
"Uhh, hey there. Who are you?" Hiro said.
The ghost momentarily stopped what it was doing and turned around to see Hiro with an expression of surprise.
"Uh…Hello?" The ghost said, unsure of what to make of Hiro. "I am Technus, master of technology!" He proclaimed loudly.
"Technus? What kind of lame name is that?" Hiro laughed, beginning to relax a little. "Master of all technology you say. Then I guess you could call me master of all robotics, I'm pretty sick at programming."
The ghost seemed impressed, giving Hiro a nod of approval.
"Maybe you could teach me this sick programming of which you speak." Technus replied, seeming interested in Hiro's hobby.
Hiro craned his neck to see a small electric transformer box, behind Technus, it was ripped open and the wires were frayed. "So Technus, what were you doing?"
Technus appeared hesitant in replying before shrugging his shoulders. There was no way a little boy could get in the way anyway, he thought.
"I'm going to absorb this city's power," He threw his hands up into the air, revealing his 'master plan'. "And take over all things electrical and beeping!"
"What?" Hiro's expression turned incredulous. "You can't do that!"
At atmosphere tensed. Technus turned himself so that he was fully facing Hiro menacingly.
The young Hamada tried to put on a mask of confidence, straightening his back, puffing out his chest and squaring his shoulders. "I-I won't let you do that."
Technus raised his hand at the teenager. "Child, watch me." Tendrils of electricity left his fingers in a flash.
Hiro yelped and shook with electricity, feeling it travel down his spine before falling with a heavy thud. He groaned as he attempted to get up, getting blinded by the sudden bright lights.
"Hey, kid! You ruined my bot fight."
Standing up, Hiro looked around him at the angry onlookers. Quickly dusting himself off, he laughed nervously.
"Sorry guys! I'll just quickly go and let you get back to your bot fight then!" He picked up the robot he had fallen on. Its leg had become slightly dented inwards. Hiro carefully balanced the robot back on its two feet and instinctively backed up several steps with both his hands held up in surrender.
The robot fell over with a clang.
"Yo Yama, what should we do to the little punk?" A man dressed in black nudged the large man that was scowling intensely at Hiro.
"Teach him a lesson." Yama nodded to his gang before he pushed his way through the crowd.
Hiro found himself shoved roughly against the wall.
"H-Hey fellas, let's talk about this!" He suggested.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a fist flying towards him. Instinctively he ducked to the side, watching the arm go past in slow motion.
'That was close…' He thought and jumped as a kick swiped at him.
"You missed." Hiro grinned, letting his confidence grow, Hiro goaded them to try a little harder. He turned his chin intangible as another punch came towards him. "And again! Man you guys are terrible at this."
Yama's henchmen looked at each other in confusion.
"You guys finished then?" Hiro asked with a smile. Then, his eyes narrowed and flashed neon green.
"My turn."
End of Chapter 2
So, I'm at the point in writing the next chapter whether or not I should let Tadashi live or die muahaha, this will be fun! Thank you so much to everyone that reviewed and added this fic to their lists and stuff! I'm really overwhelmed with the amount of feedback, so thank you! :D Is there anything I can improve upon? See any mistakes? Or is there anything you would like to see in the story particularly? Leave a PM, review or ask (tumblr is on my profile page)! :)
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