Chapter 4
Tadashi led Hiro and Akari into his lab and was putting a few tools in his toolbox.
"So… what have you been working on big brother?" Akari asked curiously.
"I'll show you guys," Tadashi answered and pulled out a roll of duct tape, and ripped a piece off of the roll.
"Hate to break it to ya bro, but duct tape has already been invented," Hiro stated.
Tadashi rolled up one of Hiro's jacket sleeves, placed the piece of tape on his arm and yanked it off. "Ow! Why didn't you do that to Akari?"
"Because you have a lower pain tolerance than she does," Tadashi stated.
"How do you know that?" Hiro asked.
"I have my ways of finding out things," Tadashi said mysteriously.
Akari heard a whirring by the window while her brothers were fighting. She looked over and she saw a white figure inflating behind Tadashi. "Um…Hiro? Tadashi?"
Hiro looked over to Akari, who was looking at the white figure behind Tadashi. "This is what I've been working on," Tadashi said, gesturing to the white inflatable figure. The figure walked up to Hiro and started to talk, "Hello. I am Baymax, your personal healthcare companion. I was alerted to the need for medical attention when you said 'ow.'"
"A robotic…nurse?" Hiro asked in disbelief.
"Tadashi! You did not do that!" Akari shouted, and Tadashi laughed and nodded.
"Do what?" Hiro asked his sister.
"I'll tell you later," Akari informed her brother.
"On a scale from 1 to 10, how would rate your pain?"
"Physical… or emotional?" Hiro asked rhetorically, and Akari laughed.
"I will scan you now. Scan complete. You have a slight epidermal abrasion on your forearm. I suggest an anti-bacterial spray," Baymax informs Hiro as he walks up to him, getting to ready spray Hiro's arm.
"Whoa…wait a minute. What's in the spray specifically?" Hiro asked.
"The main ingredient is bacitracin," Baymax informed him.
"That's a problem. You see, I'm allergic to that," Hiro tested the robot.
"You are not allergic to bacitracin. You do have a mild allergy to peanuts," Baymax retorted.
"Wow big bro, I'm impressed," Akari said amazed.
"Me too… you must have done some serious coding, huh?" Hiro asked Tadashi.
"Yep. I programmed him with over 10,000 medical procedures," Tadashi says revealing a chip in Baymax's access port. "This chip is what makes Baymax, Baymax."
"Vinyl?" Akari asked walking up to Baymax.
"Yeah. Kinda goin for a huggable design," Tadashi informed him.
"He looks like a walking marshmallow. No offense," Hiro told Tadashi.
"I am a robot. I cannot be offended," Baymax said.
"Hyperspectral cameras?" Hiro asked, looking at Baymax's eyes.
"Yep," Tadashi stated.
Akari looked at the inside of Baymax's body, "Titanium skeleton?"
"It's carbon fiber," Tadashi corrected.
"Oh right. Even lighter," Akari corrected herself.
Hiro looks inside Baymax and gasps, "Killer actuators?! Where did you get those?"
"Oh, I machined them right here in house. He can lift a thousand pounds," Tadashi informed his siblings.
"Shut up," Hiro said
"No way," Akari looked at Tadashi in disbelief.
"You have been a good boy. Have a lollipop," Baymax complimented Hiro and gave him a lollipop.
"Nice," Hiro said as he took the lollipop.
"Cool but… where did he get the lollipop?" Akari asked.
"I'll explain later," Tadashi answered.
"I cannot deactivate until you say you are satisfied with your care," Baymax informed Hiro.
"Well then… I'm satisfied with my care," Hiro said, and Baymax walked back to his case and deflated.
"He's going to help a lot of people one day," Tadashi said, walking up to Hiro and Akari. Akari heard the door open behind them, but didn't turn around.
"Burning the midnight oil, Mr. Hamada?" a man asked.
Tadashi turned around, "Oh, hey, professor. Actually I was just finishing up."
Akari turned around to look at the man in the room. She gasped, "You're Robert Callaghan!" she squealed.
Hiro turned around, "like, as in, the Callaghan-Catmull spline, and Callahan's "Laws of Robotics?"
"That's right. You must be Hiro and Akari. Bot-fighters right? May I?" he asked, gesturing toward the bots in their hands.
"Interesting," he handed them back their bots, "did you ever think about applying here? Your ages wouldn't be an issue."
"I don't think so… their both pretty serious about their bot-fighting," Tadashi informed Professor Callaghan.
"Well… kind of serious," Hiro and Akari said in unison.
"Well, I can see why. With your bots, winning must come easy," Callaghan guessed.
"Yeah, I guess,"
"Well if you like things that are easy, then my program isn't for you two,"
Hiro and Akari walked down the hall into the elevator behind Tadashi and Callaghan said one last thing that changed their minds completely, "We push the boundaries of robotics here. My students go on to shape the future."
"It was nice to meet you Hiro and Akari. Good luck with the bot fight," Callaghan said as the elevator door closed. The twins looked at each other with the same look on their face. It was now a necessity to go here. The three siblings walked out of the school and the twins turned to face the building.
"We have to go here," Akari whispered.
"Totally," Hiro responded.
"We have to hurry if you guys still want to catch that bot fight,"
"I have to go to school here! If I don't go here, I'll go totally insane!" Akari shouted.
"You took the words right of my mouth sis," Hiro laughed.
"How do we get in?!" Akari asked
Tadashi smiled, "Hop on, let's get home and I'll show you.