"I know... you must be confused. Maybe even feel betrayed. But, I promise you, everything happened for a reason." Duncan was across from Tadashi. The effects of the drug had worn off a while ago and the white coats had allowed for Duncan to talk to him. Tadashi didn't want to listen to anything that man had to say.

"Then why would you abandon us?!" He demanded, glaring across the table at his old friend and father-figure.

"If you calm down, I will explain." Duncan said calmly, in the way he used to talk to get Tadashi calm down, but he wasn't that kind of boy anymore.

Silence.

"Fine." ...Yet he listened to Duncan anyways. Tadashi silently cursed himself.

"Alright. It... I don't believe you fully understand why your brother was brought here. And you, for that matter-" Tadashi cut off Duncan's words.

"No, I don't understand. You brought us out of here because you didn't think it would be safe!" Tadashi yelled, his temper flaring. "And then you just bring us back?!"

Duncan sighed. "You always have been like this..." He shook his head. "You don't understand yet, Tadashi. But you and Hiro... You two are special. Hiro has always been of special interest of us- surviving the experiment that nearly took his life." Tadashi's fists clenched at the memories. He had been convinced Hiro would die- and Tadashi couldn't handle it. He hadn't been able to handle it...

Duncan continued anyways. "He's always been special... But Tadashi..." Duncan glanced up, meeting Tadashi's eyes. "You. You were always one of our main focuses. We needed Hiro to draw you in- it was just a pity that everyone else got drawn in too."

Tadashi felt his stomach jolt. "Everyone?! What about Fred and Wasabi- are they okay?!"

"You see, Tadashi, you were always the main focus." Duncan ignored Tadashi's question. "I took you out... because I needed to prepare and keep you trained and alive."

"I don't..." Tadashi shook his head. "I don't get what you mean-"

"The thing, Tadashi." Duncan cut him off. "You needed to be saved because no one else can do what you can do. No one else can become what you must become- and no one else will be able to accomplish what you can accomplish."

"And what's that?" Tadashi asked, but Duncan was on a roll. He ignored him a second time.

"You're life is worth the lives of a thousand regular mortals. You are the only life that is worth anything!" Duncan met Tadashi's eyes. "I can't tell you too much, but... You're more than special-"

"You've said that." Tadashi snapped. "What are you trying to say?"

"I'm trying to tell you..." Duncan sighed, smiling. "That Tadashi..." Duncan was really annoying Tadashi now. "You were meant to save the world."

When he finally opened his eyes, Hiro felt sick- like he was about to throw up. His shoulder hurt and his entire body ached. His eyes fluttered open and his stomach seemed to flip. Hiro moaned slightly.

"Hiro?!"

Fred...?

"Are you awake?"

Wasabi...?

"Hiro? Is he awake?"

Gogo?

Hiro tilted his head slightly, his entire shoulder screaming in protest. He gritted his teeth and shut his eyes, trying to dull the pain. Slowly, Hiro opened his eyes. Gogo was in a cage, looking out at him. Her hair was messy and she had a cut against her forehead. She smiled a little, one hand gripping the cage-bar loosely. "Hey Hiro... How are you feeling?"

Hiro groaned in response. He didn't want to explain what happened- after all, he'd just been shot. His eyes tried to wander around the entire room, but he didn't want to move... It already hurt so much...

"Don't talk if it hurts." Gogo said immediately. "It'll be okay." She glanced over her shoulder, as if checking to see if anyone was coming. Probably a white-coat... Hiro hoped no one was coming. He didn't want to be tortured anymore- he didn't want anyone to be tortured by them...

Gogo's eyes narrowed slightly. Hiro wondered why. He was so tired and so confused... Gogo launched herself at the cage bars with speed only she could achieve. "What did you do to him?!"

"Relax." Hiro's blood went cold. He knew that voice... "He's fine. Ask him and he'll tell you."

"I'm fine..." Hiro's eyes widened and he wanted to look up. It hurt so much... but he turned his head and saw-

Tadashi.

His eyes met Hiro's eyes widened. His mouth fell open slightly- with relief or with confusion or with pain, Hiro didn't know. Duncan- Duncan Nelson- opened the car. Tadashi ducked inside his cage, which was near to Hiro's. If he wanted too, Hiro could reach out and touch Tadashi, if Tadashi reached out also. Duncan shut the cage, locking Tadashi inside the cage. "I hope you remember and understand everything." Duncan whispered to Tadashi, who glared back at him. "I'm sorry for everything, Tadashi." He stood up, straightened his shoulder, and walked away with clicking heels.

Immediately, Tadashi was staring at Hiro. "Hiro- oh my god Hiro! Are you okay?! I mean..." Tadashi was rambling now- the way Hiro knew he did whenever he got panicked. "I know that you're really not okay, but... god Hiro..."

Hiro forced himself to smile, slowly pulling his hand out of the cage bars towards Tadashi's. Tadashi reached out, grabbing Hiro's hand. Hiro shut his eyes. "T'dashi..."

Tadashi was silent, squeezing Hiro's hand. "It'll be okay." He said after a while. "I promise."

Honey didn't know what to do. Everyone else was gone- stuck in the School of all places. She wasn't though- she was out. Alone, trying to save her family from the hell they'd escaped from only a few years ago.

Honey didn't know... She ran a hand through her long, messy hair. She wasn't sure how she'd escaped the Erasers, but she had. Everything just seemed so wrong and she was so scared... God what would she do?!

A/N: Whoa, like... 3 updates in like... a week or so?! What even is that?!

I still don't have very much to say, but... Yay! Stuff happened! This one will be over really soon- probably once something with Honey happens ;) I have the ending planned out, but maybe one more update before this fan fiction's ended? But there will be another second one- like in the series :)

But thank you for reading!