It's been at least 3 weeks since I've arrived to an empty San Fransokyo. The streets are silent, the parks are at a standstill, and docks are vacant of incoming and outgoing ships.
All the while, I've been living off of the stuff I could find that was left in the cafe. Sandwiches, small sweets, and the rare bowl of noodles. Food was starting to get scarce in the cafe. I wanted to go and raid other places for food. I did once, but couldn't get myself to do it again.
In terms of entertaining myself... I mostly played whatever games I had on my computer. Other than that, I sometimes made visits to the island. I tried searching for the two bodies I have interacted with before, but to no avail. All I found was a water-torn mask and a white sash that was washed on shore on one of my trips.
I spiraled into a deep depression. The voices kept speaking to me, telling me to end it all. That I'm worthless. That I have nothing to live for, that they're not coming back. I've been trying to throw them off my shoulder, but every time I try, they lash back stronger than before.
Maybe they're right. Maybe I am now a worthless person who shouldn't be on the Earth.
I stepped out of the cafe, taking in a deep breath. I commanded microbots to lift me into the sky and over the skylines, and towards the top of the skyscraper that was riddled with holes.
When I was up there, I commanded the tiny robots to form a safety net to cradle me if I were to fall. I sat down on the edge, looking down from the perch and over the dancing lights of the city.
"What had happened to me..." I whispered, looking down. "Why didn't I listen to the warning signs that flashed? Why did I go on ahead?"
I looked back up from where I was looking before. My feet swayed from the edge as I stayed there.
Hours seemed to pass by when I closed my eyes, and returned to the dark field. I was tight in the vines, as I had been every time I've visited it lately, and the dark silhouettes were waiting for me.
"You're almost there!"
"Come on, a little fall from here shouldn't hurt, would it?"
I looked down at the vines that were holding me.
"You're right." I responded, nodding.
"We're r-right?" one of the voices spoke out, startled.
"Of course we're right. Why would we be wrong? We're you." another voice said. "So, what are you waiting for? Go ahead!"
"Can I just... do something first?" I replied.
"Go ahead, Hiro, take your time."
Just then, I awoke on the rooftop with my legs laying still. I took in a deep sigh, before standing on a platform of microbots that carried me a distance away from the rooftop, and directly over the rubble that was once the new Krei Tech building.
I cleared my throat, before beginning to speak.
"I've... I've done unspeakable things... I've mercilessly destroyed everything I knew and loved... And what for? To get Tadashi back? I know he's gone forever, but my mind just told me to go with it, and do whatever I had to do to get him to return. But it was for naught; Callaghan used me to get what he wanted back - and yet, he didn't get anything from this. Other than obliterating Krei."
I caught my breath, before tilting my mask so that I could access the transmitter for the gigabots on my back. I tossed the metal piece off, before making the microbots snap it in half. Immediately, the gigabots fell limp.
"But... now he's gone, too. I was the one who drowned him in the bay, blinded by my rage. Even then, I shouldn't have done that to him. I should have shown mercy. But I didn't. I'm... I'm really sorry for all I've done. Now, I walk these empty streets of what used to be San Fransokyo alone. There's no one to talk to, no one to laugh with, no one to visit and go out on the town. Hell, there isn't any town anymore. Everything... everything I knew had literally been taken from me - taken from me by me." I added, before removing one of the transmitters that had microbots connected to it.
I heaved a sigh of relief when the platform holding me stayed in place. I tossed the transmitter down, before taking off my mask and leaving the remaining transmitter resting on my forehead.
I looked at the mask in my hands. Before anything else, I snapped the thing in half and tossed both halves down, watching their descent until I could see them no more.
I looked out into the skyline, my eyes beginning to mist. "I'm sorry, Aunt Cass. I'm sorry for running away. I'm sorry to everyone I knew at the school - and I'm sorry to you, Baymax, for throwing you into the portal. I shouldn't have. I really shouldn't. I shouldn't have ran away. I..."
I fell to my knees on the platform, trembling. "There's literally no choice... but to visit Tadashi - properly - and beg for his forgiveness. For everyone's forgiveness. But it's going to be hard. Real hard. I'm..." I whispered, before reaching for the final transmitter on me.
"I'm sorry." I whispered, before ripping the transmitter off and tossing it far. Immediately, I started to fall swiftly to the ground.
My hands clawed into the empty skies in habit, even though there was nothing to hold on to.
Seconds later, an earth-shattering pain coursed through me as I crashed against the ground. My breathing struggled to continue as I saw a thick, red liquid pool start to form around me.
It's working.
I looked up at the sky, my vision beginning to fade. As the final breath in my lungs left in a wheeze, I smiled weakly. My eyes closed, and-