A.N: Hi guys! Been a while, huh? I don't know what to say. I apologies for my tardiness. You guys deserve better. I'm sorry, I've been really overwhelmed lately. My close relative passed away and my family and I had to travel three states over for the funeral. So I missed a lot of school too and catching up is really hard and exams are coming up. Also pretty much had the worst Bday ever. BUT! I wouldn't have made it this far if I hadn't gone back and read your wonderful heart-warming reviews. Like seriously! I can't thank you enough! You guys are really awesome! And I love each and every one of you! Thank you all for being so patient and sticking with my story. It truly truly means the world to me.

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Chapter 11: Frosted Guidance

"Yo, Tadashi! Long-time no see, huh?"

"No kidding." Tadashi grins before turning around and gazing upwards to spot the owner of the voice balancing himself skillfully on one of the high beans belonging to the rafters. He watched as the pale teen parkour'd his way down to base level. Tadashi tipped his head towards him. "I see you haven't broken your neck yet."

"I'm too talented for that." The teen smirked back as he landed on the ground gracefully and walked over to them. The others looked at him like he was some sort of a mystical creature conjured right out of a fairy tale. The guy was almost as tall as Tadashi but not nearly buff enough. In fact, he was so thin that it seemed a simple gust of wind could knock him over. He held a stick that looked very similar to a shepherd's crook. His staff left a trial of frost in its wake. His skin was ghostly pale and his eyes were as blue as ice crystals, sparkling with wonder and mischief. Frost patterns decorated his blue hoodie. He wore faded brown jeans that were torn in all the right places. But the feature that captured their attention the most was his hair. He had snow white hair; almost silver even. It stuck out messily in odd angles… but somehow that only added to his charming appearance.

In short, the kid looked like he was the sole embodiment of winter.

"And you guys are...?" The pale teen cocked his head to the side and gestured to the newcomers. It was rare for him to have visitors he didn't know about. The four of them seemed to be shivering, keeping their arms wrapped tightly around their torsos; occasionally rubbing them together to get more friction for warmth. It was probably due to the low temperatures inside the house. Most people thought it was a fault but not him, nope, he thought of it as a feature. And so did Tooth.

"They're Tadashi's friends!" Tooth said cheerily before the masked teen or anyone else could answer. She emphasized on the 'friends' bit and winked at the Hamada brother.

"Whoa, I never thought I'd live to see the day." The pale teen smirked, leaning heavily on his staff. He always had his ice-staff with him. He never let it out of his sight. It was the most useful tech he'd ever come across. It could convert the moisture in the air around it to ice. Brilliant if one were to create ice shards or a barrier or any other sort of weapons. It could be used for both offence as well as defence and that made it the perfect weapon for someone like him. He stretched his free hand towards the SFIT students. "My name is Jack Frost."

"Wait, Jack Frost? Like as in the winter spirit Jack Frost?" Fred's eyes lit up like a Christmas Tree.

"Not exactly. But close enough I guess." Jack laughed. Manny, his late guardian, had given him that name seeing as how well it suited him. "But people around here know me by FrostByte, just keep that in mind." Jack said with a crooked smile and tapped his temple.

They nodded, and then one by one began to introduce themselves to Jack. After Tadashi had given them the A-Okay, of course. Wouldn't want them to reveal their real names to untrustworthy folks, now would they?

"So, Tadashi, what brings you here? Keeping that little brother of yours outta trouble?" Jack asked, hopping onto the blue sloppy staircase railing before settling on top of it; one leg dangling back and forth.

"Actually that's why I'm here… I need your help." Tadashi then proceeds to tell Jack everything that happened from the day before; making sure not to leave out even a single detail.

It seemed like a lifetime ago... watching Hiro sitting by the tilted table and working on his most prized invention.

Hiro giving him that goofy know-it-all grin whenever his paranoia gets the better of him.

Hiro parading around San Fransokyo with him; laughing as the wind blew threw his messy black hair.

He missed their brotherly banter.

He missed his baby brother.

Hiro... You better be okay, kiddo.

"Damn," Jack breaths as Tooth watches with sympathy and concern. Her tiny Tooth bot sat perched on her right shoulder.

Jack shook is his head in remorse. It was like deja-vu but in reverse. The same thing had happened to his little sister a few years ago but with Tadashi's help, he was able to get her back. Now she was safe and sound and he owed it all to Tadashi. From one big brother to another, Jack swore on Manny's grave that he'd help the older Hamada in whatever way he could to get his kid brother back. "I'm sorry abou-"

"Don't." Tadashi sharply interrupts him. "Hiro's fine. I'm getting him back. The ones who should be sorry are the bastards who took him." He growled.

He felt Honey's hand on his shoulder. He glanced back at his four new friends. They gave him reassuring smiles. The message was pretty darn clear. And this time, he didn't just shrug it away.

"No arguments there." Jack chuckles; playfully raising his arms in mock surrender. He had no doubt in his mind that Tadashi would make whoever took his little brother pay dearly; probably with their lives.

He couldn't blame him; especially if Hiro was hurt. Hell, he had pretty much done the same thing in the past; specifically for three reasons. One, so they would never be able to come back for his sister and two, to quench his own thirst for vengeance and lastly to make an example of them. No one would dare come near his little sister again.

Love and fear were two very different, very dangerous emotions. It can make a man do just about anything. Crazy, scary things…

So it seemed history was repeating itself. "Let me guess? You want me to snoop around and find out if there's any buzz about this floating around." Jack asked. But it sounded more like a statement than a question.

Tadashi nods. "I'll be coming with you. It'll be faster that way." He left no room for arguments and that was that.

"Fine by me," Jack shrugs and hops down from where he was perched on the railing. He and Tadashi were half way out the door when a voice stopped them.

"Hey man, what about us?" Wasabi asked.

Tadashi gave them a 'isn't it obvious' look. "You're staying here."

Jack's frozen home was one of the safest places in SFB. It was one of the few safe houses that he knew of and could trust. No one would dare try anything to harm to them here. Even if someone dared to attack them, he was sure Tooth and her mini-bots were more than capable of protecting them. It was the best place for the SFT students to stay until he returned.

GoGo though didn't seem to agree. She was getting pissed at his attitude of always leaving them behind. They were here to help, dammit! She didn't like feeling so useless and having to just sit around and no nothing. They'd only been following him up until now, she wanted some action. She wanted to be a part of this fight too. She was sure the others felt the same way. "Is this going to become a regular thing with you?" She deadpans, also sending a glare his way.

"If there's danger involved, then yes." Tadashi says curtly; adjusting the Kitsune mask on his face. He'll be too distracted in finding Intel about Hiro to keep an eye on all of them at all times. No, it was far too risky.

They had barely lasted their trip to Jack's home. Never mind to SFB's core. They wouldn't last even a minute if he took them any deeper into SFB where the real darkness resided. He and Jack were going to have to be stealthy, cunning, brutal and lethal if they were going to get the Intel they needed. Tadashi also didn't want his friends to witness that side of him. The darker side… The wrong side…

The side that made him wonder if he was still even Tadashi anymore…

He would never admit it to anyone but having his new friends here with him, supporting him, waiting for him to return with his brother… It kept him grounded. It kept him focused on what's important. On what truly mattered.

That annoying feeling inside his heart grew a little more. Shined a little brighter. It both irritated and comforted him at the same time.

He and Jack were already out the back door before anyone could stop them.

Just hang in there a little while longer, bud. Big brother's on his way.

Miles and Miles Away-

"Tadashi?!" Hiro called out, turning in circles. He was lost, he was alone and he was scared. "Tadashi! Where are you?!"

Hiro was in a room. A gigantic room that was so big he wasn't sure if it ever even ended. He couldn't see any walls; it just seemed to stretch on forever.

This strange wide open place wasn't empty though… It was filled with all sorts of neat looking tech. If Hiro wasn't so busy panicking and searching for his brother, he would've stopped to marvel at it all. The sweet tech was everywhere and it reached far beyond what Hiro could see.

He didn't know how he had ended up here. Had he come here on his own? Had Tadashi brought him here? Had someone else? He dug through his brain for answers that it refused to provide. It was like someone had locked away his memories and thrown away the key.

But he knew one thing for sure though, and it was that Tadashi wasn't with him. They'd gotten separated somehow. But for the life of him, he couldn't remember how it had happened.

He couldn't remember a darn thing!

Well, save for the never ending room and limitless Tech, Hiro was also bewildered by another thing.

The people…

Millions of people filled the room, all bustling about in some sort of a crazed frenzy that Hiro didn't understand.

The people around him were all different. Different heights, different weights, different skin tones, different body structures and yet Hiro couldn't make out a single unique thing about them. Some of them wore dark ruggedly clothing that was torn around the hems from extensive use; they also wore color coded bandanas around various parts of their limbs while the other set of people wore pristine white coats that went down to their knees, all neatly bottomed up.

The two sets seemed like they were from two different worlds. Worlds that would never be understood by the other. Worlds that would lead to chaos if they ever collided. The people all dashed about aimlessly. This made it even more difficult for Hiro to find his brother. It was nearly impossible height wasn't doing him any favors either.

What was even more disturbing was that these people had no faces. No eyes, no nose, no mouth and yet he could hear them whispering. But what or how they whispered was completely lost on him. There were too many voices to make any sense of it that Hiro had stopped trying ages ago.

Where did all these people come from?

Who were they?

This isn't right... Something was definitely wrong here. Very very wrong.

He pushed through the crowd; sometimes even crawled; yelling his brother's name repeatedly hoping for a reply. But no matter how hard he tried he could never find his brother. Tears began to blur his vision as he hastily rubbed them away. Don't lose hope, Hiro.

Tadashi would find him… Tadashi always found him.

Though something told him, if he didn't find Tadashi soon then it would be too late. Too late because something bad was coming… Something evil…

Despite the lingering feeling of dread, Hiro couldn't stop looking, if anything, it only spurred him to look more... Tadashi would never ever give up on him. So he wouldn't give up on his brother either. Tadashi must be looking for him too. They'd surely find each other. They had to!

They were brothers after all.

But all of a sudden, everything came to a screeching halt that it took Hiro a moment to comprehend what was happening. The faceless people around him stopped whispering, stopped walking, and stopped moving. It was as if someone pressed the pause button on them all.

Hiro stood still and silent too. But it was by choice. He feared that any movement he made would trigger something terrible. He even held his breath.

But in the end... The trigger wasn't him. It was the voice of the person he longed to hear from all this time.

"HIRO!"

Hiro swirled around and saw him. His brother. Tadashi was standing only a few feet away. He looked completely fine. The relief on Hiro's face was clearly evident. He'd finally found him. A smile began to play on the younger Hamada's face.

But that's when all hell broke loose.

The nameless people who were completely frozen a moment ago abruptly started screaming and running. They ran in all directions, disorienting Hiro who tried his best to keep track of his stationary brother.

Though it was a stampede, Tadashi stood passively. He stood like a statue in the middle of the orange that burned red.

Fire...

Everything around him was on fire. The air, the tech, the people. Except Tadashi who stood in the middle of it all.

"Tadashi!" Hiro yelled on top of his lungs. He coughed as the air suffocated him. Despite all the chaos and disarray around him, he tried his hardest to reach his brother who still hadn't made a move towards him yet. But Hiro was too to be surprised. He had only one thing on his mind. Get to Tadashi! Get to Tadashi. Safe. Home. Tadashi…

The swarms of people were crashing into Hiro like tidal waves, forcing him farther and farther away from his brother. He desperately stretched his open palm towards his older sibling. "Tadashi!"

He yelled for his brother over and over again. But the latter still didn't budge. He stood, now nothing more than a silhouette in front of a wall of roaring hell fire. Shadows danced on his face, hiding his stony features.

Suddenly, the endless room seemed too small for Hiro. The people had disappeared and now, it was just him and his big brother… and the fire. He didn't question it, he just blindly ran towards his only remaining family. Tadashi's in trouble! I have to save him! I have to protect him!

Hiro shut his eyes and ears as the tech around them began to explode like bombs. He didn't stop running even as the whole place shook and debris fell from above.

Finally, he had done it. Without any more obstacles Hiro quickly ran to his brother, colliding into him with a fierce hug.

"Dashi…" Hiro whispered, holding tightly onto his sibling afraid that he might vanish if he let go but still Tadashi stood still. He said nothing. He didn't return the comforting gesture. "Tadashi...?" Hiro lifted his head to meet his brother's gaze but it was empty and vacant…

… It scared him to death.

Before he could question him, the fire roared and raged even further and the huge flaming tech around them started to tip and fall towards them.

Realizing that they both would be crushed in an instant if he didn't do something, Hiro used every ounce of his Technopathic powers to push the metallic objects away with a wail of terror.

"CRRRRAAAASSSHHHHH!"

Hiro thrashed about on the exam table that he was strapped to. They had bound him to the flat surface by his wrists, his ankles, his knees, his waist and his torso; allowing him a very minimal amount of movement. The machines around him started to malfunction as sparks flew everywhere. The doctors covered their heads in shock and ducked at the sudden attack and inched their way away from the boy seizing on the table. They watched stunned as the machines flew away from their subject. Monitors began to scream alerts as the room blinked red warnings.

Watching these events play out in front of them from the observation room above were two people. One of them was Jackson and the other was his personal assistant, the woman who had helped capture the little Hamada brother in the first place.

"Sir?"

"Hmm...?" a distracted response.

"Maybe we should stop for today." She stole a glance at her boss who pretended like he hadn't heard her. She cleared her throat and continued. "You are going to break his mind if you continue. The kid needs rest... His mind needs rest..." We've already pushed him past his limits…

Still nothing.

"Sir… We're killing him..." the woman whispered as she saw blood tickle down poor Hiro's ears and nose.

Her fingers curled around her clipboard as she hugged it closer to her chest. She couldn't watch this. She couldn't watch them torture some poor innocent child. He hadn't done anything to receive such harsh punishments. These experiments were just plain cruel. She felt applauded at herself for helping them, for being an active member of this heartless project but she had no choice. She felt sorry for the young Hamada, wishing she could do something for him. She swallowed and tried again. "Sir, if subject HT 229B continues this hazardous behavior, we might lose the valuable data we have on him. We'll be left with corrupted data."

Finally, that got her the response she was hoping for. You can count on Jackson Day to only care about his own benefits, screw everything and everyone around him as long as he got what he wanted.

"Alright. That's enough." Jackson's voice boomed in the Examination Room through the loud speakers; making the brunette beside him sigh in relief. "Take him back to Recovery. I want him back here to resume the tests before dawn." He says and walks away.

The woman watches him retreat back to his office, silently wishing she could stab him in the back before returning her attention to the Exam Room.

Inside, the doctors looked at each other, silently debating on whether or not it was safe to approach the dangerous kid yet. Finally, one of the braver doctors to Hiro's right began to step forward carefully with a filled syringe in his hand. It was filled with some yellowish green liquid. Once he was close enough, he jabbed the needle into the Technopath's arm and pushed the plunger all the way down. He watched as the liquid emptied into the little boy's vein.

And as abruptly as it started, it ended and all was peaceful once more. The monitors had stopped wailing, the machines had powered down and the room had stopped blinking showing the warning sign.

The boy had stopped seizing but the blood continued to flow from his nose. They hastily stanched the blood flow and replaced the swabs with an oxygen mask.

They quickly transferred Hiro to a gurney, none too gently, before strapping him down and wheeling him away to recovery.

Abigail watched him go, sending her own prayers to the heavens above. "Oh Lord, forgive me…"

That's it for this chapter. Hehe... And now finally, to my favorite part!

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