"Tadashi?"
"Yeah Hiro?"
"Mom and Dad...they are never coming back...are they. They're gone."
The older brother wrapped his arms around the little form of his five year old sibling and pulled him close. The two years without their parents had been hard on both of them, Hiro the most.
"First rule of our Hamada Book of Brothers, I will never let anything happen to you." The older boy swore. "As long as I'm here."
"You'll always be here...won't you big brother Dashi?"
Tadashi cringed at the nickname but ruffled his brother's unruly hair, snickering reassuringly.
"Always, even when I'm old and grey."
"But...he isn't here. And now I have to visit the one responsible for him not being here."
Hiro clenched his fists as he entered the prison. For some twisted reason, Callihan had summoned him, and because Aunt Cass wanted the boy to stop moping, Hiro was forced to oblige.
Baymax had kept the boy sane shortly after his aunt had told him that the man, facing a life sentence, had asked to speak to the young Hamada. Hiro had at first boiled in a silent rage, then had exploded in a hateful outrage, then had to be reminded that no, Tadashi would NOT approve of him bringing Calligan a drink laced with cyanide. The bot alone knew firsthand the boy's still lingering hatred of the man, though Hiro had calmed down since the whole 'trying to use Baymax to destroy my brother's killer' incident. However the act itself wasn't what set Hiro off.
It had been the way the professor had blatently cast aside Tadashi as a foolish idiot that made the boy's blood boil.
"I can't believe I have to look him in the face again." Hiro growled at his nursebot. "I don't want to blow him up any more, but that doesn't mean I can tolerate the way he talks about my brother!"
"Perhaps the professor is wanting to apologize for his inaccurate description of Tadashi." Baymax reasoned.
Hiro snorted as the two were led to the cell of the vengeful professor.
"I'll believe that when Fred can change into a fire-breathing lizard at will."
At last, they reached the cell with Calligan, and Hiro took a deep breath before walking inside.
MUHUHAHAHA CLIFFHANGER! Well this is it until about a week. As many of you know, I'm off to vacate in sunny California for a week. See you all after!
