Chapter 7: Speed Demon
Hiro was feeling better the day after he got the stomach bug. It turned out that all Hiro needed was rest and attention from his healthcare companion. Hiro was dragging Baymax down the street the next morning in his charging case.
They were going out to buy some more supplies for the hideout and Hiro thought that it would be wiser to bring Baymax in his case, so there wouldn't be a lot of witnesses that could possibly lead back to Tadashi. The relaxation room was already filled with tons of entertaining items, but they just had to make a run into town real quick before Tadashi woke up.
Hiro was dragging Baymax down a street that didn't usually have very many people in the morning, so he had a better chance of getting in and out without question. He was going to this small store for some decorations. They had to pass by the motorcycle shop to get there.
Hiro was just having a normal day so far. That is, until the door to the motorcycle shop opened and slammed Hiro right in the face.
"Ow, that hurt." Hiro was rubbing his face with closed eyes.
"I'm sorry, are you okay?"
Hiro opened his eyes to see a concerned Korean girl who was slightly taller than him with short, spikey hair with purple streaks. "Oh, yeah, I'm fine."
Hiro noticed the bag of motorcycle parts in the girl's hand. "So you like motorcycles?" Hiro asked.
The girl looked down at her bag and then back at Hiro. "Yeah, I'm working on a bike that will go faster than anything, but it doesn't go fast enough. Not yet at least."
The girl held out her hand. "By the way, I'm Leiko. Leiko Tanaka."
Hiro took her hand and shook it. "I'm Hiro. Hiro Hamada."
Leiko thought for a second. "Hamada, huh? You wouldn't happen to be related to nerd boy, would you?"
Hiro scoffed and rolled his eyes. "If you're talking about my nerdy older brother Tadashi, then yes, yes I am."
Leiko smirked. "Yeah, I like to tease him a lot."
Just then, Hiro could hear an inflating noise behind him. He turned around to see Baymax and wondered why he would activate. "Oh, that's right, I said 'Ow'."
Baymax did a cute little wave and spoke. "I apologize for the delay. What seems to be the problem?"
Hiro smiled nervously and turned back to Leiko. "Isn't that Baymax, the robot that Tadashi was just dying to show me?"
All of a sudden, Hiro got into his begging position. "Please Leiko, I'm begging you. Please don't tell Tadashi about this, or else he'll get mad and everything will be ruined."
Leiko smirked. "This looks like your deal. I won't get involved."
Hiro smiled. "Thanks Leiko, I owe you one."
Her smirk grew wider. "Really. I think about it and get back to you."
Hiro smiled. "It was nice meeting you, Leiko."
She smiled. "It was nice meeting you too, kid."
Later in the day, Hiro had returned Baymax to the hideout. He was sitting in front of the café and watching all the customers that were coming and going underneath the Mega Scanner. For some reason, Hiro had a habit for putting the word Mega at the beginning of his invention names.
He couldn't help but notice the next two people who walked into the café. Tadashi and Leiko came in with their backpacks after a long hard day of nerd school. Hiro decided to walk over and say hi.
"Hey Leiko, nice to see you again."
Tadashi shifted his eyes between the two. "You two know each other?"
Hiro shifted his eyes to his older brother. "Oh, right, you're here too."
Tadashi playfully rolled his eyes. "Yeah, we actually met this morning when I accidently slammed a door in his face and then..."
She looked over at Hiro who had a pleading look on his face, begging her not to tell him about Baymax. "I told him about my motorcycle and how I was trying to get it to go faster than any other bike in the world."
She looked back over at Hiro, who was wearing a thankful expression.
"Well, we've gotta get started on our studying now." Tadashi interrupted.
Hiro shrugged it off. "No worries. You crazy kids just take all the time you want."
Tadashi and Leiko smiled as the walked over to a table and started opening some books. Hiro stood by the front counter watching them, until he got a call on his communicator. So naturally, he answered it.
"Hey Baymax, what's going on?"
"Hiro, the Mega Scanner has picked up a new scan. One of our teammates has been found."
Hiro's eyes widened upon hearing this. "I'm on my way."
Hiro quickly exited the café. Tadashi watched as he left and wondered what he was up to, but that quickly subsided as he and Leiko continued studying.
Hiro made it to the hideout as quickly as possible. He entered the code and rode down in the elevator and met Baymax in the lab.
"Alright Baymax, I'm here, now who is our new teammate?"
The robot displayed two identical scans on his belly. "Our teammate goes by the name, Leiko Tanaka. She is the Speed Demon of our group."
Hiro's eyes widened. "Leiko? Really? Man, how are we going to get her to join our team?"
Baymax raised his finger. "You have to convince her in whatever way you can so we can stop The Yokai and save the city."
Hiro nodded. "I know, but I just don't know how I'm going to do it."
Baymax continued. "In other news, The Yokai will be on the move tonight, specifically in Sakura Park."
Hiro nodded in understanding. "Well then, we'll just have to stop the robot before it can do any damage."
Baymax nodded. "We could also used the parts from the robot to make a super suit for Leiko."
Hiro nodded. "Well buddy, let's start planning for tonight."
Later that night, Leiko decided to pay a visit to Sakura Park. She would often go there whenever she needed to get her thoughts strait or dwell on something. Tonight, she decided that she would go there just to sit and think. She started thinking about her bike and how fast she wanted it to go. She was also thinking about that test that she had coming up. She had a lot on her plate right now and she had a lot to get done.
As she kept on thinking, she started to hear the sound of electronic whirring coming closer. She turned around and her eyes widened as they landed on a giant spider-like robot headed her way.
Hiro could hear screaming in the distance and he knew that the monster was already there.
"Baymax, let's go." Hiro pulled out his purple Transformation Cube.
"Hiro, Transform!"
Baymax did the same thing.
"Baymax, Transform."
The two were instantly transformed into the crime fighting duo. "Come on, let's go."
Hiro hopped on Baymax's back and the two immediately took off. Leiko did her best to try and run from the monster, but it kept coming after her. She saw as a bunch of Microbots wrapped themselves around the robot's legs and held it back. She saw as the superhero duo from the news appeared, and the one riding on the other's back jumped off and tried to contain the robot.
The spider-like robot took a swipe at Leiko with its free leg, but the larger figure of the two swooped in and save her in time. "There, there, it will be alright."
Leiko knew she had heard that voice somewhere before, but she couldn't figure out where. The smaller figure was able to bring the robot down and destroy it once and for all. Baymax had set Leiko down gently.
"Are you alright?" Hiro asked her, without her knowing it was him.
"Um, yeah, thank you."
She looked back up at the larger figure and saw a face that consisted of two dots connected by a line. A face she had seen somewhere before.
"Well, good night, citizen." Hiro tried to say in his official sounding voice.
Hiro got back on Baymax's back and flew off, having the Microbots carrying the robot off with them.
Just then, it all snapped into place. It all made sense now. Leiko smirked and thought of how Hiro could repay her for keeping his secret about Baymax.
