Chapter 10: Hurt in both ways
The twins head upstairs to find Baymax sitting on the floor with Mochi on his lap.
" Hairy baby" cooed Baymax as he is petting Mochi. " Hairy baby."
" Ok buddy lets get you on your charging station." Hiro said as helps Baymax up to his feet.
Baymax leans heavily on Hiro as he is steered towards the station. Hiro finally gets Baymax on to the station. Baymax starts to inflate as he charges. Hiro collapses on to the bed with his twin joining him. It has been a long day.
" Why would he would want my microbots?" Hiro asked holding his microbot.
" Whatever it is, it can't be good." Tetris said massaging her stump. The ice pack on it can only numb so much of pain.
" Tadashi." Baymax said looking at Tadashi's side of the room.
" What?" Hiro said. Both he and Tetris look at Baymax.
" Tadashi." Baymax said again. Hiro gets up and walks over to see Baymax looking at Tadashi's hat that is on the bed.
" He's gone Baymax." Hiro said taking the japanese screen that separates Hiro's side from Tadashi's and starts closing off Tadashi's side.
" When will he return?" Baymax asks.
" He's never coming back Baymax." Tetris said sadly. Again the robot doesn't get it.
" He's dead Baymax." Hiro said as closes off Tadashi's side.
" Tadashi was in perfect health. With proper diet and exercise, he should have lived a long life."
" Yeah he should, but there was a fire and..." Hiro said couldn't bring himself to finish it.
Baymax looks to Tetris who is hunched over on the side of the bed trying not to cry out in pain. Tonight's phantom pain episode is real bad.
" My sensors are indicating that you are experiencing phantom pains. Common in recent amputation patients. From the way your nervous system is reacting, you must've received this type of amputation from a trauma. Did the fire have something to do with your injury, Tetris?" Baymax asked.
" Yeah it did Baymax. I can't remember how it happened. All I remember is something heavy pinning my arm and someone lifting it off. The next thing I knew was being in a hospital room and finding out that Tadashi's gone. " Tetris said clutching her stump as a flash back hits her in the face.
Tetris has seen more brightness than she has ever experienced and the brightness dims as she wakes up in a hospital room.
It was dark and stormy outside according to the window on left side of her. By looks of it, it's daytime.
Her right arm is hurting and she feels exhausted like she ran a marathon. She tries to move her arm, but she can't feel it. Her right shoulder and chest are heavily bandaged under a blue hospital gown, but no complete arm was there. She touches it with her other arm to confirm her loss.
She looks up to see Aunt Cass sleeping in a chair. Her brothers aren't there.
" They must be at home." Thought Tetris.
She looks around the room and sees a vase full of tiger lily flowers on a table with a Get Well card in it.
She hears something groaning and she looks to see her Aunt stirring from her sleep. Cass yawns loudly as she opens her eyes to see Tetris' tired blue eyes staring back at her.
" Cass." Tetris said quietly.
" Hey Sweety." Cass said as she kisses her niece's forehead.
" It hurts." Tetris moans tiredly.
" I know sweety. I wish I could take the pain away." Cass sadly said.
" Where are my brothers?"
" Hiro's at home sleeping. He's pretty shaken up from what happened. The doctors had to prescribe him a sedative so he could sleep. You're not the only one who had it hard last night." Cass said.
" What about Tadashi. I thought he would at least be here." Tetris said. She found this strange not wake up to seeing Tadashi. He'd been by her side when she walked her first steps. When she had her allergic reaction. Maybe he's at home taking care of Hiro.
Cass choked up and is trying to say something, but she can't and leaves the room. It was then that Tetris understood.
" No. No. No. It can't be." Tetris cried as she heard beeping. It's most likely her heart monitor, but she doesn't care about that.
She doesn't care that she's hurting. She doesn't care that she's lost arm and that she will never be the same. She cares that she lost Tadashi and that he's never coming back.
" Tadashi is here." Baymax said snapping Tetris out of her flash back.
" I know that Tadashi's not really gone as long as we remember him. It still hurts though." Hiro said collapsing into his desk chair looking at his luxo lamp.
" I do not detect any physical injuries from you Hiro." Baymax said.
" It's not that kind of hurt Baymax." Hiro said.
" It's emotional Baymax and he's not the only one." Tetris said.
Baymax now fully charged walks off his station and over to one of the computer monitors and places his hand on top of it. A screen pops up both the monitor and Baymax's stomach showing many images skimming through.
" What are doing Baymax?" Hiro asked.
" I am downloading information on personal loss." Baymax said. " Downloading complete. Treatments include being in contact with love ones. I will contact your friends.
" Then a screen pops up on Baymax's stomach with pictures of their friends.
Hiro and Tetris run over to Baymax to try to stop him from doing that.
" Wait! No. Don't contact them!" Hiro said.
But the screen disappears as Baymax says, " Your friends have been contacted."
" Oh. Great." Tetris said. This is the last thing they need. Though they haven't spoken to the group since the funeral. " What the..." She said as she and her brother are enveloped in a hug by Baymax.
" Closeness and compassion are also ways of treatment." Baymax said as he hugs the twins. " You will be alright. There. There." As he pats their heads.
Both Tetris and Hiro smile a little. They can't help but find Baymax's caring attitude kinda funny and cute.
" Thanks Baymax." Hiro said as Baymax lets go of him and his twin.
" Yeah. Thank you." Tetris said.
" I am so sorry about the fire." Baymax said.
" Don't worry about it. It was an accident." Hiro said. Then he his facial expression changes. Tetris knows that he feels something's not right and she is starting to feel the same way.
" Tetris what did you remember about the fire?" Hiro asked.
" Hiro you know I don't remember much." Tetris answered.
" My sensors indicate that you are suffering amnesia as a result from post traumatic stress. You can't remember the event that took place on the night of the fire." Baymax said.
" But do you know how it started. You must've seen it." Hiro demanded.
Tetris closed her eyes to think about that night and she says as a memory was leaking through, " A box. There was a man with his back turned and was messing with the insides of a metal box. I think it was the main power source for the building."
" Do you remember who was messing with it?! " Hiro demanded.
Tetris tries to remember again, but her head starts hurting. " No. I can't." She responded.
Hiro paces back and forth in the room as he concludes, " It was no accident. Whoever started the fire, stole my microbots and started the fire to cover his tracks. We have to catch this guy." Hiro looks at Baymax and said, But to do that you're going to need some upgrades."
" I'm thinking the same thing Hiro." Tetris said.
" You can't go." Hiro said.
" What!?" Tetris said.
" Tetris. You have no right arm. You're not as much able as you used to be." Hiro gesture to her.
" As I used to be! Hiro. I may not be the same physically, but my brain is stronger than ever like yours, genius. I'm going to help bring down the Kabuki man whether you like or not. Got it." Tetris stubbornly said.
Hiro hesitates, but he turns around to look at his sister for the first time since that night. He doesn't take note of the arm she lacks, but fire in her blue eyes. He said with a smirk, " One less arm, but still stubborn as a bull."
Tetris smiles back at her brother's improvement, " Hey. You're no walk in the park either brother."
Tetris and Hiro's relationship is kinda starting to mend a bit. Along with Baymax helping them. Next chapter is going to be about the upgrades Baymax will get.
Did you guys see the new profile picture for the story. It's what Tetris is kinda going to look like in her suit. You can't miss it.
Oh! and I am thinking about doing a Christmas story with the twins and Baymax. It'll be cute and definitely about famil. Tell me if you guys want to see it.
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