A/N: Well Chapter 2!
"Hiro, Tadashi is here." The words echoed in the room. Pulling away from Abigail, Hiro just looked at Baymax and then at the curtain.
"Baymax, w-what are you talking about? Tadashi is dead. I thought we fixed this problem?" Hiro asked.
"Tadashi is here." Baymax pointed at the curtain. "My scans tell me that Tadashi Hamada is here.." It took a split second before Hiro realized what he was saying, but Hiro couldn't move. His feet seemed like they were glued to the floor, he didn't think he could be disappointed again. He didn't want to pull back that curtain, and find the bed empty or with someone else sitting there. If Baymax's scans were wrong and Tadashi wasn't there, Hiro didn't want to get his hopes up to get them crushed again.
It seemed like hours before anyone moved. "Oh for christ sake!" Gogo marched over to the curtain, where Baymax was standing. "We aren't going to know unless someone checks." She pulled the curtain back, and it snapped everyone out of this daze. Each one of the group, besides Hiro, moved towards the bed. There bodies blocked Hiro's view, and Hiro was ok with this, because there was no way Tadashi would be laying there.
At least, that's what he thought until Honey practically screamed "Tadashi!" That was what brought Hiro out of his daze. He moved so quickly, he was across the room in a second, the rest of the group parted for Hiro who moved close to the bed.
Tadashi Hamada was laying on the bed, his hair messy and unkempt. Hiro could see the left side of his face had scars of where the fire must have licked at his face, as it seemed to go down his person, scarring his neck and no doubt plenty of his body. He was breathing normally, with an IV drip attached to the inside of his arm, and a heart monitor attached to his finger. Even with the scars, the unkempt hair, the lack of his beloved hat, it was Tadashi Hamada. Hiro's brother was alive and...laying here.
Hiro just blinked, once. Twice. Thrice. Trying to make sure that this image was real. Hiro reached out and ran a finger across one of the scars, before Hiro threw himself at Tadashi's body, hugging him deeply. "Tadashi! Tadashi! How, how are you alive right now?!" There was no response.
It was Abigail who spoke, "He's in a coma." Everyone turned to look at her. "Ever since I got in here he's been in a coma, and no one has came to visit him."
"How come no one came to tell us he was alive?! Don't they have records? Couldn't they have identified him?!" Hiro asked, the anger boiling up.
Gogo walked out, "Let me go find out." She cracked her knuckles.
"I'm going to make sure she doesn't kill anyone." Wasabi said, following her out. "Gogo! No! Assaulting someone is illegal!" We heard Wasabi yell as he ran after her.
Fred, Honey, and Hiro just sat there in silence looking at Tadashi. "How could he be alive?" Hiro asked no one in particular.
"The chances of him surviving that fire...he shouldn't be alive now." Honey said.
"It's Tadashi though." Fred was the one who spoke up. "You know, the hero always has the best of luck, and when you think he is down and out, he beats the odds! If it was going to be anyone that would be able to survive a fire it would be Tadashi!" Fred reassured him. "Or…"
"Here we go." Hiro chuckled, not really knowing how he should be feeling.
"Hey! I was just going to say, maybe,"
"Maybe, he secretly had super powers that made him resistant to fire. Or, the fire gave him powers after the explosion as he got hit by some chemicals while running through the building, and when he wakes up he will be able to run incredibly flash, or have telekinesis, or something." Hiro listed the possibilities he could think of.
"Or maybe, he got the ability to turn into a godzilla like monster and all this time he was in a different form until he finally got it under control." Honey laughed alongside Hiro who couldn't help the chuckles he had.
"If anyone is going to be able to turn into a godzilla like monster it's gonna be me!" Fred objected. "How cool of a mascot would that be?! I would crush the competition!" He roared knocking over a pile of papers and plates sitting on the table next to Abigail.
They heard the small laughter of Abigail, "How are you guys super heroes?" She asked, and everyone of them started to laugh. It was a better atmosphere without the weight of wondering what happened to there best friend.
It was a few minutes later that Gogo and Wasabi came back into the room, "It looks like Tadashi didn't have a wallet or anything to confirm who he was. His hat was lost so they weren't sure if he was a student at San Fransokyo. He was so badly burned that they had no way to match his picture to the one from the newspaper, and it wasn't until the last skin graph that he started looking like himself. Even his fingerprints were burned off. Apparently, they were going to get into contact with the school later this week." Gogo explained.
Wasabi just sighed, "After threatening the Doctor's of why they didn't contact them sooner, Gogo also made sure they called your Aunt Cass, Hiro. She will probably be here soon." He turned to Gogo, "Do I have to give you another pamphlet discussing the laws in place to keep us safe?!"
"Do I have to remind you we risk our lives as vigilantes?" Gogo popped her gum. "Baymax, what does your scan read about Tadashi?"
Hiro completely forgot that Baymax could scan Tadashi and give a thorough report. How could he forget something so crucial? "Scan complete." Baymax announced. "Tadashi's vitals show that he is in excellent condition, with his neural functions working just as they were before. The levels of hormones in his body are out of balance, but is normal due to the severity of his burns. No damage detected to the cerebral cortex, or the brain so motor functions, memories, and intelligence are still the same. His lungs are healing still from the smoke inhalation and will require monitoring."
"Can you determine when he will wake up?" Hiro asked.
"It is inconclusive. There is no determinant that will tell when a coma patient will awaken." Baymax says.
"Well that's just great." Gogo rolled her eyes.
"How you holding up Hiro?" Honey asked, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"I just...I don't know how to feel. He's here guys. Tadashi is alive right now." Hiro said, looking at all of them. They were all smiling now, softly. "How are you guys not excited right now?!"
Honey was the one who spoke. "It's great he's alive Hiro! He was our best friend, and helped all of us, but like Baymax said...he's in a coma. It could be years before he wakes up…"
"We don't want you to get upset if he…" Wasabi trailed off.
Hiro looked at all of them like they were crazy. "How could you even say something like that?! He's going to wake up! You know he is! Right?!" Hiro looked at each of them, but none of them wanted to look at him in the face. "He survived the fire! You said it yourself Fred, if anyone is going to pull through it'll be Tadashi!" Hiro was getting pissed now! Couldn't they see that Tadashi was here?! That Tadashi would be able to get through all of this.
"Yeah, but I mean dude...I've read stories of them never waking up too." Fred said, scratching the back of his head. "He hasn't woken up since he got here, and I mean…" He tailed off still avoiding Hiro's gaze.
Hiro just looked away now. "I can't believe you guys have no faith in him."
"We have faith in him! It's Tadashi, he had faith in all of us when we thought we were going to fail, and we have faith in him, but Hiro...you have to prepare for the worse." Honey told him.
"The worse?! The worse was him dying! I already dealt with that! We all did! There is nothing worse than that, but right now he is still fighting! Our fights end when we go home and sleep, but he is asleep and still fighting for his life!" Hiro almost yelled at all of them. They all kept quiet.
"He'll wake up." Abigail said. "I believe that if anyones voice will reach him it'll be yours Hiro." Abigail watched the group as they watched her. "Talk to him, they say that coma patients can hear their loved ones even when they are in a coma." Hiro just stared at Abigail before nodding. It was surprising to know that the one person who supported him was Abigail.
"Hey Tadashi….it's, it's Hiro." Hiro said, the room seemed to disappear and it was just the two of them. "You knucklehead, made all of us worry about you, you know that? We all thought you were gone. We all tried to move on with our lives, but we couldn't. Everyone you met was influenced by you, and the reason we are here is because we know it would be what you would do. Risking our lives for the betterment of the population, all because of you." Hiro smiled down at Tadashi. "You always told me I would beat the odds and surprise everyone, but it looks like you were the one who surprised us all." Hiro let his tears flow again. god he was becoming a sap now, first with Abigail and now with Tadashi. The rest of the group came behind him and hugged Hiro gently.
"You would be proud of Hiro, Tadashi." Gogo said. "You were right about his ingenuity, he creates things that we couldn't even dream about."
"Little dude has a gift. You all said that breathing fire wasn't science, but he was able to do it. Without any of those chemicals or giving me a terrible backstory." Fred piped in.
Wasabi just laughed, "Only one of us who understands my methods of organization. Everyone else just takes things, but Hiro tries to keep things neat like you did. Gotta thank you for raising such a good kid."
"Hiro has been an inspiration to us. He hasn't taken your place Tadashi, but he has helped us all. He's just as brilliant as you kept bragging about." Honey concluded. Baymax came and laid his big marshmallow self in the group hug, and everyone just laughed.
"Talking about one's feelings is good for the grieving process." Baymax chipped in.
"So are hugs Baymax, we know." Hiro told him, making everyone laugh.
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There was no response from Tadashi even when the group talked to him. He just stayed there, motionless. When Aunt Cass arrived she was crying and hugged Hiro tightly to her as she cried saying how it was a miracle Tadashi was alive and promised Tadashi all of the baked goods he could want if he woke up. Unfortunately still no response even with those promises. She even offered to make hot wings for them, so hot it would melt his face off...which everyone thought was definitely too soon of a joke. Aunt Cass and Hiro stayed there until visiting hours were done, even when the rest of the group had to go earlier. Even so, Hiro didn't want to leave.
When Hiro got home though, he began to fix up his room. He dusted Tadashi's side of the room, organized his stuff just like Tadashi liked, and picked up all the spare parts that were littered across the floor. He changed the bedsheets from Tadashi's side of the room, and picked up Tadashi's hat, placing it next to his bookbag. When Aunt Cass came to bring him some dinner, she asked what he was doing, Hiro just smiled at her and said. "I'm fixing the place up for when Tadashi comes home. Duh." Aunt Cass just laughed and smiled telling him not to work to hard before going back downstairs. Baymax tried to help Hiro clean, but because of his...big size he just kept knocking things over. Hiro just used him instead as a ladder when he couldn't reach the ceiling or the shelves too tall for him.
Everyday for the next two weeks Hiro would go to school, work on his projects, go to class, and then head straight to the hospital. The first day he came back, he placed Tadashi's hat right next to his bedside table, so when Tadashi woke up he would feel the familiarity of home. Hiro would work on homework or on his laptop while in the room, telling Tadashi about his day. Something that Fred did that pissed Gogo or Honey off, how Wasabi almost lost it when he lost his wrench, or how the school was progressing without Professor Callaghan. Hiro also made sure to bring a charging station for Baymax in the room.
Hiro also talked with Abigail, apparently the two had plenty in common. He brought in Megabot, who needed an upgrade, and Abigail went wild over the magnetic servos bearings and the way it worked. Professor Callaghan wasn't lying when he said that Abigail wanted to be a bot-fighter. They talked about robotics, and how the future of robotics was changing now. They discussed about Baymax, and about how Hiro made the upgrades to his programming to become more self-learning than Tadashi originally had. They also talked about what Abigail would do now that she was going to be released soon. She was debating going back to school to reacquaint herself with the year and a half she missed inside the portal. San Fransokyo was on her list of schools, but was unsure considering her dad did burn down part of the school and almost kill Daniel Krei.
Hiro and her would talk, but other times they would stay silent as Hiro worked on homework and Abigail filled out the required forms needed for her release. Abigail was good company, and even though her father was seeking revenge, she seemed like a nice sweet girl, just as intelligent as Professor Callaghan bragged about.
Sometimes the gang would come with them, they would do homework in the room, or grab food and just eat there, making sure they got something for Abigail as well. She seemed to integrate seamlessly into the gang, even though Wasabi was still a little weary of her. I guess he developed a new fear of Callaghan's. He'd get over it. They would all talk with Tadashi as well, just saying hey, and hoping he would wake up soon.
Hiro and Baymax stopped their super hero gig for these two weeks as well. If any problems came up, Gogo, Honey, Fred, and Wasabi would handle it, and there was only one incident where Hiro and Baymax were needed in which some crazy robotic armed creature saying it was a creation of someone by the name of Doctor Octopus came to visit them and wrecked part of San Fransokyo.
It took two weeks when Hiro was falling asleep in the small chair next to Hiro's bed, that Hiro heard the most amazing sound groaning from the person laying in the bed. "H-Hiro…?"
