Chapter 10

Hiro, Akari, and Baymax approached the police station, out of breath. They ran in frantically, and walked up to the front desk and filed a report.

"So you're telling me, a man in a kabuki mask attacked you two and balloon man over there with an army of miniature flying bots," the officer asked, not really believing their story.

"Microbots!" Hiro corrected him, holding up the petri dish with the bot inside.

"Microbots," the officer typed down on the report.

"Yes officer. He was controlling them telepathically, with a neurocranial transmitter," Akari explained. She noticed the officer's attitude. He didn't believe them.

"So Mr. Kabuki was using ESP to attack you two and balloon man," the officer asked again, looking over at Baymax, who was grabbing some pieces of tape to cover the holes on his deflated arm.

The officer was about to ask another question, when the sound of air hissing came from Baymax. Everyone in the room watched him tape up his arm.

"Did you file a report when your miniature bots were stolen?"

"No. We thought they were all destroyed in the fire," Akari explained.

"Look. We know it sounds crazy, but Baymax was there. Tell him Baymax," Hiro told him.

"Yes officer. They are telling the truuuuuuth," Baymax slurred, and looked as if he were going to collapse.

"What's wrong with you?" Hiro asked.

"LLLOOOOWWW BAAAATTTTTERRRRYYYY," Baymax hiccupped and laughed.

"Whoa… whoa try to keep it together man," Hiro said, trying to help Baymax. Akari couldn't help but laugh at this hilarious situation.

"I'm healthcare, your personal Baymax companion," Baymax slurred, and Akari was laughing hysterically by now.

"Kids? Why don't we call your parents and get them down here," the officer turned around to pull out a clipboard.

"What?" Hiro asked, and Akari stopped laughing. They helped Baymax out the door before the officer could call their Aunt.

"We have to get him home to his charging station," Akari told Hiro. "Can you walk?" she asked Baymax.

"I will scan you now scan complete!" Baymax slurred and hiccupped, "Healthcare."

"Guess not," Hiro answered for him.

"Come on Hiro, let's get him back home," Akari told him, and they walked down the busy streets of San Fransokyo with a drunk looking robot.

By the time Hiro and Akari came home, it was dark outside. The café was closed so they had to enter their apartment the back way. Hiro opened the door slowly, so he could pop his head in and see if Aunt Cass was there. She wasn't. Hiro opened the door wider so he could let in Akari and Baymax. When Baymax entered, he was almost completely deflated and could barely walk.

"If Aunt Cass asks, we were at school all day, got it?" Akari asked and Hiro nodded.

"We jumped out a window!" Baymax whisper-shouted.

"Shh! You can't say those things in front of Aunt Cass!" Hiro told him, hoping Aunt Cass hadn't heard that.

"We jumped out a window!" Baymax whispered. He bumped into the wall, which caught Aunt Cass's attention from upstairs.

"Hiro, Akari? Are you home?" Aunt Cass shouted.

"Yeah Aunt Cass, it's us," Hiro shouted from downstairs.

"Plus one," Akari mumbled. The three of them walked up the stairs- the twins actually just carried Baymax up the stairs and stopped when they reached the top of the stairwell.

Aunt Cass looked at her niece and nephew and smiled. She pulled her hair behind her ear, "Aww! Look at you two! My little college geniuses!" she squealed. She turned around to get the food, "You're just in time, the wings are almost done."

"WWWWWWWIIIIINNNNNGGGGGSSSSSS!" Baymax shouted, and luckily, Aunt Cass thought it was from Akari and Hiro, so she replied, "Yeah Wings! Whee!"

Aunt Cass had her back turned, so Akari and Hiro saw this as an opportunity to get Baymax upstairs to his charging station. They struggled to get him up the stairs because Aunt Cass had started to set the table, but the finally managed to get all the way up the stairs, but they heard their Aunt say, "Ok… I want to hear all about-" meaning that she saw they were gone.

Hiro ran back down the stairs trying to think of a good excuse. "Well you see, since we both registered so late we've got a lot of work to catch up on," he said with a fake smile, and Aunt Cass bought it.

"Ok. But at least take some food for the road," she said, handing him to plates.

"Thanks Aunt Cass," he said and ran up the stairs to his room, where he saw Akari struggling to get Baymax to let go of Mochi.

"Hairy baby! Hairy baby," Baymax said while holding Mochi.

Hiro put the plates down on the table by the door- he knew they had no intention of eating it- and helped her get Baymax into his charging station.

"This doesn't make any sense," Hiro said quietly, looking at the microbot in his hand.

"Tadashi," Baymax said, looking at Tadashi's side of the room.

"What?" the twins asked at the same time.

"Tadashi," Baymax repeated.

"Tadashi's gone," Akari choked.

"When will he return?" Baymax asked.

"He's dead Baymax," Akari said, pulling the paper room divider so it covered his corner.

"Tadashi was in excellent health. With a proper diet and exercise, he should have lived a long life," Baymax stated, and Akari had tears in her eyes, threatening to fall, and they fell anyway.

Hiro saw that Akari was to sad to say anything to Baymax about Tadashi, so he did it for her. "He should have. But there was a fire and…" Hiro couldn't finish so he sighed sadly. "Now… he's gone," Akari finished for him, stammering.

"Tadashi is here," Baymax said.

No. People keep saying he's not really gone as long as we remember him," Hiro informed him.

"It still hurts," Akari said and walked over to Hiro for a hug.

"I see no sign of physical injury," Baymax tilted his head.

"It's a different kind of hurt," Hiro told him.

Baymax walked off of the charging station and toward Hiro and Akari. "You are my patients, I would like to help," he said.

"You can't fix this one buddy," Hiro answered and fell back on the bed next to Akari. They both heard a whirring sound, and turned to face Baymax, who was receiving information from a computer just by placing his hand on the top. The screen flashed different colors and so did Baymax's stomach.

"What are you doing Baymax?" Akari asked.

"I am downloading a database on personal loss. Database downloaded," Baymax stated. "Treatments include: contact with friends and loved ones," he said holding his finger up.

"I am contacting your friends now," Baymax told them.

Akari jumped up and tried to get him not to contact their friends, "No! No! No! d-don't do that," she stammered.

"You're friends have been contacted,"

Hiro stood up, next to Akari, "Unbelievable," they both said.

Baymax wrapped himself around them. "What are you doing now?" Akari asked.

"Other treatments include: compassion and physical reassurance. You will be alright. There, there," Baymax said and patted the tops of their heads.

Akari giggled, "Thank you, Baymax," she said. Baymax released them from the hug.

"I am sorry about the fire," Baymax apologized.

"Don't apologize Baymax. It wasn't you're fault. It was an accident," Akari said softly.

Hiro looked at the petri dish on his desk. "Unless…unless it wasn't," he muttered.

"Hiro? What are you talking about?" Akari asked, worriedly.

"The s-showcase. That guy in the mask stole our microbots," he told Akari, "then he set the fire to cover his tracks." Hiro stammered.

Akari gasped. His explanation made sense. Their microbots weren't fire-proof. "He's responsible for Tadashi," Akari said angrily, "we have to catch that guy Hiro."

"You're right," Hiro said and looked at Baymax, "I've got an idea."

"What is it?" Akari asked.

"Let's go to the garage and I'll explain," Hiro answered, and Akari nodded.

They began to walk out the door, when Hiro turned around and said, "We need Baymax for this."