"I cannot believe she managed to convice you, Honey, to follow up on that phone call." Hiro grumbled as he and Baymax flew above the bay.

Through Piper's knowledge of the devices, they rigged a few disks of scrap that Stark gave them to float with the hover pads. Fred was having the time of his life, Wasabi kept glancing at the water, just waiting for his to fall apart, and the girls both seemed to take to it like a fish to the ocean.

"I heard that Hi Hi!" Parkour shouted at the back of the group, skimming along the water on her hover skates.

"Okay! Cave system check...now where is that dock." Connor muttered to himself and he glanced down at the phone.

"You okay back there?"

"Yeah... I think so." Tadashi mumbled, leaning against the rock wall, panting.

"...Felt like I haven't had exercise in years."

"You haven't. Your body was completely shut down." The telekinentic replied.

"What?"

"You wanna get your mind scrambled like me or do you want to get out of here? Because asking questions will just slow us both down right now."

Connor took a step and slipped on the rusted and damp floor.

"Ah! γαμώ!"

He held his ankle.

"Oh you have got to be kidding me!" The telekentic hissed.

"You okay?"

"Nope...and if I wasn't terrified of what'd he do to me if he caught us, I'd be less concerned."

Tadashi pushed himself from the wall and went over to Connor. When he got to him, he held out a hand to the telekinectic. The other young man sighed and took it. His pride was shattered and who knows what else broke with it. Refusing a helping hand was not going to repair what he's already lost.

As he pulled Connor up, Tadashi noticed burn marks around his neck. A few of them looked like they've been there for a day or two...but the others looked raw and fresh.

"What happened to your neck?"

Connor froze.

"Something that is going to be a lot worse for the both us if we don't keep moving. We're on borrowed time and we need to get off wherever we are."

"...Right."

"Is that Akuma Island?" Parkour called.

"Yep! Still saying we should've burned it to the ground!" Gogo shouted.

"Not helping Gogo!" Hiro called back.

"I can see why you guys like this!" Honey Lemon squeeled.

"Oh the wind in my hair! I'm going to get so many tangles from this, but I don't care!"

Fred was doing various poses on his hover scrap, making most of them roll their eyes.

"Guys...Is that a boat?" Hiro intrupted the team as he pointed towards the island.

A motor boat sped across the bay full throttle, its bow barely touching the sea's surface, but strangely no sound of a motor.

"Baymax, get a scan."

"Of course, Hiro." The robot replied stopping and going into a hover.

"We don't need to! I know Con's handywork when I see it!" Parkour replied, racing pass them.

"How are you doing that?" Tasdashi asked Connor, half horrified, half fascinated.

"Trust me, I'll explain later. This is one of the hardest things I've ever done and I hold up burning buildings on a regular basis." The telekentic replied, completely focusing on moving them forward. The motor was completely shot, and was now providing an anchor for the psychic to use to propel them.

"Focus on steering."

"...Connor?...What is that?"

The other young man snapped his head to where he was pointing. He smiled slightly.

"Don't worry...it's just someone that was scared I wouldn't come home." Connor replied, seeing the familiar green and black suit speeding across the water.

In seconds Parkour came along side the boat.

"I was worried sick!" She cried at him.

"...Sorry, but in my defense I now know what not to do to get caught. Now let's get us all to dry land, I'm getting a lot worse than a migraine."

Tadashi was just plain confused until a chorus of noise made his head turn.

"TADASHI!"

"Wha-?"

He saw six heroes, each in different colored armor come up around the boat too.

"Mr. Marshmallow, help me push." Parkour cried.

"I suggest you hold on." Connor warned.

Tadashi quickly did so. The rotor of the broken engine stopped and the speed that was lost was quickly picked up by the hero and robot.

"YOU'VE BEEN DOING WHAT THE PAST SIX MONTHS!" The elder Hamada screamed.

They all made it back to the tower in one piece, hopefully losing the thief's trail. Tadashi was incredibly confused and started immediately asking questions about these heroes and what happened to him...that was until Hiro took off his helmet and hugged his brother.

Connor plugged his ears.

"Please sweet Zeus, no screaming. My ears are still ringing." He begged as the robot and Piper checked him over. He was absolutely exhausted. Yet...a small part of him didn't want to fall asleep...because if he did..he might wake up back where he was.

"Your level of anxiety has raised." Baymax observed.

"And you seem to be exhibiting the first stage of shock."

"Con, what happened?" Piper asked, grabbing his non burned hand.

"I... I don't..." He started to say.

Tears started to stream down his face.

"...Why..." He murmered, head bowed.

"Oh no." The robot commented.

Connor hunched over, and started to cry, pulling into himself.

"Con...Connor are you okay?" Piper asked.

She was worried and scared. They've been in some situations where one of them had gotten captured and they both made it out...but this was the first time she's seen him so...broken.

"Connie? What'd they do to you?"

Connor sat up and rubbed his eyes, gropping for his bedside lamp.

"Piper, it's 2:30 in the morning." The 14 year old telekinentic groaned as he flicked on the lamp and looked down at the mass of blanket next to him on the bed.

"...I...I got scared, Connie." The former homeless teenager admitted, raising her head slightly from the cover she was using.

"Scared of what? And you know I don't like you calling me that."

"That if I fell asleep...I'd get kicked..."

Connor sighed.

"Piper, you're not gonna get kicked. My godfather wouldn't do that to you. Not without having to go through me first." He told her.

"...Boss is really cool and everything...But...can I stay with you for the night?"

"...Fine. But just for tonight. Got it?"

"Thanks, Connie."

"I said not to call me that..." He replied as he yawned.

"You have suffered a terrible shock." The robot observed.

"You have suffered from multiple electrical burns on your neck as well as abrasions on your wrists and ankles...You have been...tortured?"

"You aren't helping, Mr. Marshmallow!" Piper snapped at the robot.

"...Y-yes..." Connor murmered, still hunched over.

The entire room went silent.

"Oh...god...that's where those burns came from." Tadashi muttered.

"What! I knew Callaghan was vicious, but that kind of vicious." Hiro commented.

"Why are you guys abusing the name of our professor?"

"Because we thought he'd kill you." Gogo replied.

"And he nearly killed Krei before we stopped him."

The elder Hamada held his head.

"I think I need to sit down."

"Yeah...probably should, man. I recommend the recliner. 'Parently everything in here is Hulk proof."

"I don't want to know how and why you know that Fred."

"...It wasn't Callaghan..." Connor murmered.

The entire room went silent again. Piper grasped his hand tighter.

"Was it the thief? Did he do this to you? Did you get a name?" She asked desperately.

"I'll get the boss on the horn and tell him. He'll be here in-"

"NO! Tony can't come here!" Connor shouted, still sobbing.

"Dad wants to kill him!"

"...Con, your parents...I thought they were dead."

"Funny thing about this damn city...no one seems to die...My dad stole the armor...He wanted me to help him...and for disobeying...he turned my tech against me."

The entire Big Hero 6 took in a breath. That all hit them a little too close to home.

"...I don't want to lose two dads...don't call Stark...that's what he'd want."

As if given a message from the gods, Socrates leapt up onto the couch and sat on Connor's lap before curling up and purring.

"...Connie it's okay...You're okay. Dashi is okay..." Piper said, grabbing his other hand and rubbing the fresh bandages with her thumb...Did she always paint her nails? They were green...her favorite color.

"Real oικογένεια never abandon each other."

"...I know..."

"Then you have no right to be sad. Because I'm οικογένεια. Honey Lemon is οικογένεια. Wasabi is οικογένεια. Fred and Gogo are οικογένεια, and Hi Hi, Mr. Marshmallow, and
his brother are οικογένεια. Even Tony Stark is, even with how much you bicker, he's family."

Connor looked up at her as she spoke. She smiled a bit. When did she get so pretty? Her acid...no, emerald green eyes were sparkling with hope and determination. She cared...She'd never abandoned him during a fire. She never let up when chasing bad guys. She even saved him with her grapple when he passed out at the peak of the Empire State building.

She was the reason he started to fight the control. The thought of her getting hurt made him angry, made him protective. Made him realize...

"...οικογένεια huh?...Does that mean I can push beanie brain off the tower and not feel bad?"

"Why am I the target for the abuse!" Fred shouted.

Connor looked up at him and cocked an eyebrow. Fire coming back to his eyes.

"Because you called me a mutant that's why."

Honey and Piper started snickering.

"Don't worry, Sushi will be joining you." He jabbed a finger at Wasabi.

"What did I do?!" Wasabi shouted, waving his arms.

"And it's Wasabi!"

"Whatever you say, Sushi. Now back in your suits all of you! Arena in ten."

"Whoa. Whoa. Whoa." Piper countered as Connor started to get up.

"You ain't no Captain, Con. You're hurt."

"Oh. I'm fully aware of that, but we're on borrowed time."

He moved the cat and got up.

"Did I stutter! I said in your suits!" Connor snapped at the group.

"You guys wouldn't know combat if it came up and bit cha and the kid needs to learn how to actually fly! Frankly you all could use some lessons and we need to replace those chunks of scrap you were using into something more practical and decent looking."

He turned to Piper.

"Find the VI chip. We need to get the Paradox Inititave a new coat of paint and get it so you all can call your suits at will but after-"

He raised a finger.

"You guys train until you can't feel your arms!"

Piper didn't know whether to laugh or take him seriously.

"Guys, he's gone full Captain America. You better do it. Steve's done this to him too many times."

Tadashi had his mouth open, completely lost for words. The girl behind Parkour took his arm.

"Let me get you some coffee and I'll tell you what I know."

"Yeah...Yeah that'd be great."