A/N: Hello! As always, thank you guys so much for your support; it means the world! I'll be out of town for the next couple of weeks, but I'll try and update when I can. As always, please follow, favorite, and review! Enjoy!

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There was a missing person sign in the front window.

Hiro Hamada

14 years old.

Height: 5 ft.

Hair: Black

Eyes: Brown

Last seen...

And it went on. Travis' gut twisted with guilt as he pushed the door in. The place was practically empty, with only the barista and two people at different tables. As he glanced around at the patrons, Travis stopped in shock.

At a table near the window working on a laptop was the guy from Big Hero 6, the one on the robot. Though if he hadn't gotten a good look at the guy's face, he never would have guessed. Dark bags, hidden by his visor, were now quite visible, as were his hollowed out features. Not to mention how skinny he was; almost unhealthily so.

"Can I help you?" The voice of the barista brought him back to the present.

"Huh? Oh yeah. Um, what's good here?" The lady laughed and Travis couldn't help but note the resemblance to Hiro.

"Well, I'm a bit biased, but I do have some favorites if you want a recommendation."

He listened as she rattled off some of the best pastries and breakfast items. He ordered enough for everyone on the team and as she was ringing him up, he leaned forward and said casually,

"I saw the missing person sign outside. Do you know the kid?" The woman's face grew worried.

"Yes. He's my nephew."

"How long has he been missing?"

"Nearly two weeks now."

"I'm sorry about that. I'll keep my eye out for him." She gave him a small smile.

"Thank you. Enjoy your breakfast." Travis nodded and turned to leave just as more people started to come in. It looked like early morning rush hour had started and with the woman behind the counter distracted, he shot a look at the Big Hero 6 guy and made an impulsive decision.

"Can I sit here?" he asked. Tadashi glanced up at him, then at the multitude of empty seats, and said,

"Uh, sure." Travis sat down and extended his hand.

"I'm Travis." He warily shook the guy's hand.

"Tadashi."

"Tadashi Hamada?"

"Yes?" Tadashi hoped this guy didn't recognize him from the obituaries.

"You're one of Big Hero 6." Tadashi's eyebrows shot up. This guy definitely had his attention now.

"How did you know that?"

"I fought you last night." The inventor's gaze pierced the guy in front of him.

"You work for Callaghan," he growled. Travis nodded.

"Yeah, and I know your brother."

"Where is he?" Tadashi snarled, and leaned forward threateningly. Travis hid a smirk and held up his hands; with the shape this guy was in, there was no way he could hurt him.

"Easy there. I want to help.

Tadashi was a bit confused. "But you work for Callaghan."

"It's called being a double agent. Trust me, I have experience." Tadashi tried not to scoff.

"How can I trust you?" Travis had to think about it for a minute.

"Because at this point, you really have no choice," he whispered. Something in his voice made Tadashi's gut twist.

"What's wrong? What's happened to him?" Travis scratched his beard.

"He's not in good shape," the villain admitted. "Callaghan's been hard on him. He won't be able to escape on his own." Tadashi's face turned even more pale.

"Please," he whispered. "What can I do to help him?" Travis' heart ached for the man in front of him who just wanted to save his little brother. He sighed inwardly.

I'm sorry Marcie, he thought. But if it comes down to it…

"Lucky for you," he replied with fake confidence. "I have a plan." Tadashi glanced up and sat forward, interested.

"What is it?"

Travis laid it out. The next time Callaghan left the island, Travis would contact Tadashi and get Hiro ready to leave as soon as his brother arrived.

"There are a few other members of the team that would be willing to help Hiro escape, but only if we could have plausible deniability."

"Why?" Tadashi asked.

"Leverage," Travis admitted. "Callaghan has something over all of us. If it's even possible, I'd like to help your brother and get paid." Tadashi was silent for a moment, then quietly asked,

"What does he have on you?" Travis chuckled.

"Besides being able to turn me in for previous crimes? Pregnant girlfriend. This is my last job and then I'm done," he replied with a wave of his hand. Tadashi nodded, mildly impressed with this guy.

"Good luck to you."

"Thanks." They exchanged numbers, Travis stood to leave, and then said, "Hey, what's Hiro's favorite thing from here?"

"Um, cream filled doughnut. Why?"

"I think I'll take him one. Anything you want me to tell him?"

"Tell him... We're coming for him; we haven't given up."

"You got it." He stuck out his hand and Tadashi shook it. "I'll be in touch."

::::

Hiro's mind probed the darkness, trying to decide if it was worth it to wake up. Very faintly, he could hear voices, but they were obscured like he was under water or something.

That thought alone was enough to make him come to. His eyes shot open and he sat up before he could stop himself.

"Argh!" he shouted

"Whoa! Easy there Hiro." Ryan was sitting next to him. "How you feeling?" Hiro's breathing started to slow down and he asked,

"What happened? Where am I?" He looked around the unfamiliar bedroom from the unfamiliar bed he was in and spotted Shizuko in the far corner, though she came over as soon as she realized he was awake. Things started to come back; contacting Gogo, trying to escape, and then his punishment. He started to shiver involuntarily.

"Was Travis here?" Hiro vaguely remembered hearing him and then things got hazy. Ryan nodded.

"Yeah, he and Shizuko found you. And good thing too. You took quite a beating."

For the first time, Hiro took a good look at himself. He noted he was in someone else's hoodie and sweats and that there were some heat packs in the bed with him as well, then carefully took stock of his injuries. His whole upper right arm was covered in bandages as were most of his legs. His ribs were wrapped professionally and he found he could breathe somewhat normally. There was also the huge bandage on his face.

He gently felt his side.

"How bad is it?" he asked quietly. Ryan sighed.

"Three broken, one cracked, several others bruised as far as I can tell. I did what I could, but there's not much else I can do," he admitted.

"Thanks," Hiro said. "For fixing me up." He directed this to Shizuko as well and she gave him a small, sad smile.

"How long have I been out?" he asked.

"About four hours since we got you out of that room," Ryan replied.

"Does C-Callaghan know I'm out?" he asked. His pulse started to speed up again; him knowing would just make things worse. Ryan shook his head.

"Nah. We left shortly after Callaghan had, uh, taken care of you, but we had to split up and regroup after Big Hero 6 attacked." Hiro perked up at this. "No one else is back yet as far as I know." At that moment, there was a knock on the door. Shizuko peered through the peephole and opened it for Travis.

"I'm back and I brought food! Hey Hiro. Glad to see you're awake," he said as he passed out breakfast. Hiro didn't reply right away; he was looking at the bag.

"You went to The Lucky Cat Cafe," he muttered.

"Yep. Here. These are for you." Travis handed him a blueberry bagel and donut. Hiro took them numbly.

"But that's… that's my aunt's shop. That's where I live." Ryan and Shizuko looked surprised and turned to Travis for an explanation. He too looked a bit surprised.

"Didn't know you lived there. I met your aunt though. She's worried about you. I talked to your brother too." Hiro sat up straighter and tried to lean forward.

"Tadashi? You talked to him? He's- Is he-"

"Calm down kid. He's ok, but could probably stand to eat more. Did you know he's the leader of Big Hero 6?" Shizuko gasped lightly and Ryan's eyes widened. Now they turned to Hiro for an explanation.

"That knucklehead. Of course he is."

"I think you owe us an explanation Hiro," Ryan interjected, then turned to Travis. "Then you can tell us what you've been up to." Everyone turned to look at him and Hiro sighed before saying,

"Technically I'm the one who started Big Hero 6."

He told them about the scholarship contest and the fire, then finding out about his microbots and upgrading him and his friends. Then he explained about finding out his brother was still alive and getting kidnapped.

"I honestly wasn't sure if I had imagined that he was alive again. It was only a minute long video call and then all of this happened and I could barely-barely keep going..." You could almost hear their hearts breaking for the kid. He was too young to be mixed up in all this.

"He told me to tell you that they're coming for you. They haven't given up yet." Hiro couldn't help but smile a bit. Maybe there was still hope.

"Thanks."

That hope was dashed a moment later when Kamiko burst in. Everyone was too shocked to move and instead just waited for her to catch her breath, then she simply stated,

"Callaghan's gonna kill you."

Shizuko noticed Hiro's face turn a deathly shade of pale.

"I won't let him," she stated forcefully in Japanese. Everyone looked at her in surprise.

"Did you know she could talk?" Travis whispered to Ryan who shook his head. Kamiko scowled at her sister.

"I'm not going to either y'know," she replied, in Japanese, then switched to English. "He's furious. Callaghan thinks you've escaped," she said to Hiro. "He sent me to look for you and, well, kill you. But judging by who's in here, that's not going to happen."

"I've got a plan," Travis interjected.

"You're plans are generally terrible," Ryan pointed out.

"Well this is the only one we've got to go on. Kamiko and one of you two, keep Callaghan busy and see if you can convince him that Hiro's dead. I'll call Tadashi and have him meet Hiro above ground."

"I'll come with you," Shizuko told Travis in shaky English.

"Guess that leaves you and me, Kamiko. Let's go."

"Right." Kamiko nodded to Hiro. "Good luck kid. And, uh, sorry for the grief I gave you." They left. Shizuko and Hiro exchanged a surprised look that her sister would apologize, while Travis made a call.

He spoke for a few seconds, hung up, and then turned back to the others. "Let's go. We need to get Hiro to the top as fast as possible, preferably without anyone seeing us."

"What are we waiting for then?" Hiro said, swung his legs out of bed, and tried to stand. "Let's-agh!" He clutched his ribs and was about to try and stand again, when Travis simply scooped him up in his arms.

"Sorry kid, but it will be quicker like this. Shizuko, scout ahead. Make sure no one's coming." She nodded and darted out, quickly followed by the two of them. They were running down the hallway when suddenly Hiro whispered fiercely, "Wait! No! Go to my lab!"

"Why? We don't have time-"

"Callaghan knows which exit I'd try to take. I found some blueprints of the building, but never got a chance to look at them. They're in there! Let's go." Travis huffed, but made the detour.

"Where are they?" he asked as they entered the room.

"On the computer. Let me down." He set Hiro gently on his feet and helped him to the desk where he quickly pulled up what he was looking for.

"Ok. So there's the exit we've been using…."

"There's another one," Travis said, pointing. "Back the way we came, past the showers." The door opened and Travis instinctively put himself in front of Hiro, but they both breathed a sigh of relief when they realized it was Shizuko.

"Sorry," Travis explained. "We found another exit, back the way we came. Come on."

Travis picked Hiro up again, and they raced back through the hallways. Shizuko turned on her comms, then tapped Travis on the shoulder. She skated backwards as she spoke quickly.

"Ryan's keeping an eye on Callaghan; right now he's searching the upper floor, no where near us. Kami says as soon as Hiro's on top, she'll tell Callaghan she's taken care of him." She raced ahead and the boys were left to process that a) Shizuko was speaking and b) this was really happening.

They turned a couple more corners and met Shizuko at the base of some stairs. She beckoned for them to hurry.

Hiro gritted his teeth as Travis ran up the stairs, jostling his ribs.

"Which way now?" he asked.

"Straight, then left."

Shizuko raced ahead, katana drawn, just in case. Travis ran faster when he heard a muffled shout. They turned the corner and found Blake with a blade to his throat.

"Travis! What the heck is going on!?"

"Hey! Keep it down mate! Shizuko, blade down!" The assassin snarled, but backed off.

"Listen," Travis explained quickly. "Callaghan's got it in for the kid. We have a chance to get him out. You in?"

"Callaghan told me to look for the kid, but... You're gonna get yourselves killed."

"Which is why we plan on not getting caught. Help us out? Please?" he nearly begged. Blake sighed.

"I'll take rear. Let's just hurry."

"Thank you." They took off again towards the exit and finally, finally found it. Blake and Shizuko wrenched the wheel on the door around until it opened. The glaring sunlight blinded them, Hiro above all.

They had come out a side door, on the fringe of the forest that covered most of the island. Travis set Hiro down near the trees, then pulled out his phone and sent a quick text.

"Your brother should be here soon. Take care Hiro."

"I will. And thank you guys."

"No problem," said Blake. He and Hiro shook hands, then with a deep breath, the ex-acrobat went back inside. Travis gave him a side hug and ruffled his hair before following his friend. Shizuko grinned brightly and gave the young inventor a hug.

"Good luck Hiro."

"Thanks. Be careful, okay?" She winked at him, then ducked back inside, leaving him alone.

Hiro stood there, on one hand, relishing the sunlight and fresh air, and on the other, jumping out of his skin at every noise. He hoped Tadashi got here quickly.

Not a moment later, he saw a speck of red growing in the sky.

"Baymax," he whispered. He waved his good arm above his head and before he knew it, the robot was landing in front of him and the person he never thought he'd see again was sliding off his back.

"Hiro!" Tadashi yelled.

"Tadashi!" The brothers basically tackled each other so hard that Tadashi ended up swinging Hiro around.

"Ow, ow," Hiro muttered.

"Sorry," Tadashi replied, and they just stood there hugging for a minute. Hiro was sobbing softly and Tadashi had tears streaming down his face as well.

"You're alive," Tadashi murmured into his brother's hair.

"I'm alive?" Hiro choked out, and actually laughed. "You're the one who ran into a burning building!"

"You're the one who got kidnapped by a supervillain!"

"So did you!" They were both laughing now.

"Come on," said Tadashi finally, grabbing his brother's hand. "Let's go home."

They ran back over to Baymax and Hiro noticed that Tadashi hadn't even put on his suit, but was just wearing jeans and a tshirt.

"Hello Hiro," greeted Baymax as they neared the robot.

"Hey Baymax."

"You are suffering from extensive injuries. I will have to carry you as we fly."

"Yeah, sure," Hiro replied, ignoring his brother's worried look. The robot scooped him up and Tadashi hopped on his back.

"Hold on," said the robot and they were off, across the bay, away from that nightmare of an island, and towards home.

And for that one moment, everything was perfect.

But that moment couldn't last forever.