'Cause I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity

I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake

I've gotta get outta here

And I'm begging You to be my escape.

- "Be My Escape" by Relient K

Three months later

"Thanks for sending me that info on patent laws by the way." Hiro told Vera as he shifted the box on his arm into a more comfortable position in his arms.

"My pleasure. I hope some of it was helpful to you." Vera answered as she lifted her foot and somehow managed to open up the door for the both of them.

"It was." he assured her as he quickly shoved his back into the door so that she wasn't awkwardly balancing the box in her arms and the door with her leg.

"I know a good business lawyer if you're interested in pursuing the patents too. Well, actually Prof Harnwell knows a good business lawyer that owes him a favor. Say the word and I'll pass his name along to you."

"Thanks. I'm still thinking about it though. Mr. Krei is pretty interested in helping me get my patents but it's always good to keep your options open." Hiro told her as the pair of them started up the stairs past the cafe. Again he had to pause and readjust the box in his arms. "Remind me why we are carrying Tadashi's stuff up the stairs?"

Vera snickered, "Because your friends monopolized Chiune the minute he stepped off of Travis's plane."

"Ahh, of course how could I forget." Hiro rolled his eyes.

Vera only laughed again, "Leave him be. They've missed him. They weren't able to skype every night with him like you were the last three months. I think Chiune said the last time he actually got to talk to beyond the standard 'hey' was a week ago. He's been so busy packing and making sure all his papers were in for his transfer. Then on top of that he had to finalize his admissions' papers for SFIT."

"Yeah, yeah. I know." Hiro rolled his eyes. Tadashi had stayed for about a week after Vera had gone back to New York but had eventually gone back to take care of the necessary affairs. Hiro didn't think that Tadashi had meant to take three months. Then again, there had been some "outside" forces that had prevented anything from happening sooner. Vera had probably hit the nail on the head when she'd confided to him that she was pretty certain Coulson was stalling to make sure that Hydra wasn't on their tail anymore. "How've you been by the way? Y'know with your PTSD and flashbacks?" he asked genuinely curious.

"Better." she answered. "My psychiatrist changed my meds after the incident at the airport so that's really helped with some of my nightmares. I think what's been most reassuring is the fact that Williams is in custody."

Coulson had assured him, Tadashi, Vera, and everyone else that it had been Williams at the head of the kidnap scheme. Tadashi agreed and backed Coulson up on that one. He seemed to have knowledge that supported the idea from when he was held captive by Hydra. Not that Tadashi had actually told him what that knowledge was. Tadashi would never tell him when he asked. He always got really quiet and got a dark look on his face. Hiro hoped that one day, at least, Tadashi would trust him enough to tell him what had happened while he was with Hydra.

"Good," he smiled at her supportively. Vera rolled her shoulders noncommittally but there was a ghost of a smile on her lips. After one or two painfully awkward skype conversations that Tadashi may or may not have engineered, the two of them were trying to get along. They'd started off in a rocky place for sure but it was quite evident that Tadashi wanted them to at least try to get along. For Tadashi, he would do his best.

Okay. So Vera wasn't so bad. Besides, she was making a genuine effort. He could appreciate that.

"Oh! There you two are!" cried Honey Lemon as they came up the top of the stairs.

"Thought you two were eaten by the van." GoGo teased. Everyone else must have thought it was a great joke because they all started laughing.

"Ha ha. Very funny you guys." Hiro snorted as he rolled his eyes.

"Where's Chiune?" Vera asked as she looked around the kitchen for him. "Thought you guys would be playing twenty questions."

"He's upstairs with your boyfriend. Travis, right?" Aunt Cass supplied as she sat a tray full of cookies down on the counter. Fred immediately started eyeing them with great interest. As he reached for one Aunt Cass smacked his hand with a spoon.

"I think they're airing it out or something." Wasabi added as he sat a second tray of cookies down. He wasn't quick enough to keep Fred from snatching a cookie off of his tray.

Hiro and Vera exchanged a quick look. Of course Tadashi was slacking off upstairs. "Typical," they muttered in sync with an eye roll on Vera's part.

"Come on, let's get this stuff upstairs and see about getting Tadashi to pull his weight." Hiro told Vera.

"Right behind you." Vera agreed.

"Fred don't eat all the cookies." Hiro called over his shoulder as he and Vera started for the stairs to his and Tadashi's bedroom.

"I make no promises." Fred informed him.

Wasabi made some indignant noise that had everyone laughing again.

X X X

A cloud of dust rose into the air as Tadashi and Travis pushed open the screen that separated Hiro's side of the room from his. "Well, at least your Aunt and brother tried to air this place out... I think. Ugh." Travis said before dissolving into a coughing fit.

Tadashi waved his hand in the air to try and clear the dust. However, the action was so futile that he wound up covering his nose and mouth with his arm instead. "It's the thought that counts right?" he replied weakly as he looked around his room.

It was obvious that someone had definitely tried to clean up a little before he came. The books on the shelf were straight. The sheets on the bed were clean. The deep layer of dust that was hidden on top of the screen as well as behind the books though told him that before that the room had been rarely visited. Tadashi idly wondered how many times this side of room had been visited after his supposed death. Judging by the still musty smell, not very often. He felt heartache starting to sink in again as he looked around his room. Then his eyes fell on the battered wooden floor at the foot of the bed.

"No, Hiro don't try to force it." Tadashi could almost hear the voice of a younger him saying to a pint sized Hiro. There was vivid image in his head of his little brother, maybe age five, trying to shove the head of a red toy robot on to its body. Hiro had been sticking out his tongue and scrunching his nose up as he came perilously close to breaking the connecting joint.

"It won't go on Nii-chan." whined little Hiro.

"Here," little Tadashi said patiently as he reached forward, "like this otouto."

"Chiune?" called a voice from far away. The hand on his shoulder brought him out of the memory. Travis was looking at him with evident concern. "You alright bro? You kinda zoned out there."

Tadashi laughed a little and rubbed the back of his neck. "Yeah, just got caught up in a memory is all."

"A good memory or..." Travis question trailed off as he shifted nervously. Though he'd managed to reclaim a lot of his memory, not every memory was a good memory. Travis knew that.

"A very good memory." he assured Travis as he thought about how determined little Hiro's face had been.

"Good," nodded Travis as he visibly relaxed. Travis squeezed his shoulder once more before letting go and surveying the room. "You think you're going to be okay here?"

A smile tugged on Tadashi's lips. "Yeah, I think I'm going to be alright."

"You're gonna be a crazy college kid again." smirked Travis.

He suppressed a derisive snort. "I highly doubt as a doctorate candidate I'm going to have time to do anything wild."

"Eh," Travis shrugged, "you're no fun."

"What about you and Vera?" asked Tadashi quietly. "You think you two are going to be okay?"

Travis exhaled slowly and was silent for a few minutes. Then he gave a nod. "Yeah, it will probably take a bit of time to adjust again but yeah. I think Vera will be okay. She's come a long way in just a year."

"She has." Tadashi agreed. They stood silently for a moment before Tadashi asked, "You two will be heading out of here tonight right?"

"Yeah, Vera and her internship with Prof Harnwell." laughed Travis. "It was a miracle I convinced her to even take a pit stop in Las Vegas before heading back. I really can't pull these long distance flights back to back and I'm not letting Vera anywhere near the cockpit after her last foray with a plane."

"Yeah I don't blame you." Tadashi muttered. "Oh and by the way, I swear to God if you and Vera get drunk and have a quickie wedding in Vegas I will end you."

Travis laughed, albeit nervously. "It's funny you should say that."

"Wait, hold on a second." he said in confusion as he watched Travis fish around in his pocket. "What exactly are you saying?"

Travis pulled out a ring box in response and gingerly opened it before handing it to Tadashi. His breath caught as he opened it. A diamond solitaire ring on a gold band was nestled inside. "It's not much but I think she'll like it." Travis explained sheepishly as he rubbed his forearm.

Tadashi pulled the ring out of the box to get a better look. Oh yeah, Vera would love it! He was certain of it! Tadashi offered a huge grin to Travis. "How long have you had this?" he asked.

"A little over a year..." Travis murmured. Tadashi froze. A little over a year. That meant Travis had had this ring before Vera was captured. A cold feeling dropped into the pit of his stomach. Travis cleared his throat as if he were trying to cover the silence as he thought of something to say. "I was going to propose after she came back from that mission."

"Travis... I'm so sorry." whispered Tadashi. He wasn't exactly sure what he was apologizing for but he didn't know what else to say.

"No, it's fine. It just didn't seem like the right time after all y'know. Not with the way Vera kept trying to push me away and break up with me every other day."

"I'm not supposed to tell you this." Tadashi bit his lip, "She didn't want you to see her like that. That's what she told me."

Travis laughed dryly, "I figured as much but I love her you know. If she never wanted to see me again then I'd move across the country to make sure she got what she wanted. Maybe... maybe now though she's ready."

"She'll say yes." he assured Travis with a smile.

"I hope so." Travis replied with a smile as well. "Listen, if this all goes like I hope it does then I want you to be my best man."

"Me? I'm flattered but..."

"I owe you a lot Chiune. For everything you've done for Vera. You're my best friend and there's no one that I want more standing beside me than you."

"Wow, yes! Of course." laughed Tadashi.

Travis clapped him on the shoulder. "Excellent! That's one thing settled then. Figured I ask you before Vera got a chance to recruit you as her maid of honor or something." Travis snickered.

"I didn't realize that Vera would plan enough ahead to have a maid of honor." snorted Tadashi, "You realize that you'll probably be planning the majority of this wedding right?"

"Maybe a quickie wedding in Vegas doesn't sound so bad." grumbled Travis.

"I will kill you." he threatened. Best friend or no, he was not about to let someone marry his imouto in front a preacher dressed like Elvis without him being there.

"Watch your step Vera." Hiro called from the stairs.

"Why is everything in San Fransokyo so steep?" whined Vera.

They looked at each other in shared lack of comprehension. Then they looked at the ring that was still in Tadashi's hand. Travis cursed under his breath. Tadashi stuffed the ring back in the box and all but threw it at Travis. Fumbling and nearly dropping the box, Travis shoved it back into the pocket he'd pulled it from. By the time Hiro entered the room, they both had ginormous cheesy grins on their faces.

Hiro took one look at them and his eyebrow rose. "Um, what are you two doing in here?"

"Nothing!" both he and Travis replied a bit too brightly before wincing.

"Sure," Vera said rolling her eyes. "That sounds convincing."

Vera and Hiro didn't push the matter. Vera did, however, press the box she was holding into his chest. "You two are slacking. There's a whole slew of boxes downstairs that need to be brought up and Hiro and I are not doing it by ourselves."

"We're getting there. Don't rush it. Besides, the sooner we get me settled in here the sooner you two will be leaving right imouto?" Tadashi teased her complete with a crooked grin. Vera opened her mouth, no doubt to tell him not to call her 'imouto.' Unfortunately for her, he cut her off. "Or are you in a hurry to get away from me?"

"Excuse me?" huffed Vera as her face turned bright red.

"C'mon kid, let's give these two a moment alone." Travis said as he took the box out of Hiro's hands and set it on the ground.

"Might as well get another couple of boxes since Tadashi doesn't seem to be interested in helping out." Hiro shrugged, a smirk on his lips. Tadashi rolled his eyes. He heard Hiro snickering to himself as he followed Travis out of the room.

Vera crossed her arms over her chest. "Trying to get away from you," she muttered, "coulda got away from you a long time ago buddy."

"No you couldn't." he countered, "You enjoy my presence and wit too much."

"You mean your sarcasm? Yeah, probably won't miss that."

"Not even a little?" Tadashi pressed as he held his thumb and forefinger up in measurement in front of his eye.

"Alright, maybe just a tad." Vera conceded. Her shoulders slumped. "I'm going to miss you Chiune."

He wrapped his arms around her. "I'll miss you too but I have every intention of skyping you every night until you're sick of me." he promised her. "That and I have this feeling we're going to be seeing each other again sooner than we think."

"Probably," she mumbled as she returned the hug. Vera pulled away and wiped her eyes before smiling. "Travis is already talking about coming out this way for midterm break next semester."

"That would be awesome. We would totally make it a better trip than our last midterm break foray."

"Yes, no Supervillians or homicidal Hydra agents to chase down or chase us. That would be nice."

"I'll get planning a list of things to do." Tadashi promised her.

"I still want to see a bot fight." Vera told him with a grin.

"Still illegal Vera." he scowled. Vera laughed loudly. Heaven help him.

"And I'm still only joking... mostly." she smirked. Then she gave a sigh. "We need to get the rest of your stuff up here otherwise no one is going anywhere. That and there are other people who want their time with you."

"Huh?" was his oh so clever response.

"He's all your's Hiro." Vera called over her shoulder.

Hiro poked his head into the room with a confused look on his face. "Okay, that was creepy. How did you know that I was here?"

"Former Superhero and lawyer trained to spot little details junior Robot Boy," she responded as she rolled her eyes. Hiro looked at him but the only response Tadashi had for him was a shrug. It was better not to question it sometimes. Vera reached up and kissed him on the cheek before turning towards the door. "I do expect you to help drag some of your own stuff upstairs Chiune." she told him over her shoulder.

"Alright, alright. Sheesh!" he laughed a little. Vera gave a nod and disappeared past Hiro down the stairs.

"Does she ever scare you?" Hiro asked as he came over to stand next to him.

"The better question is when does she not scare me." sighedTadashi. "But what can I do."

"You once threatened to duct tape me in a box and lock me in a closet." Hiro offered. "Though I doubt Vera would be on board with that. I definitely wasn't."

"Was I going to duct tape you into the box and then lock you in the closet or..." he asked with a raised eyebrow.

Hiro shrugged, "I don't know, I was kinda still shaking too hard to fully pay attention. It was the first time I'd ever seen a gun up close."

"Unbelievable," Tadashi groaned as he rubbed his face. And he thought Vera terrified him. When he looked up Hiro was staring at him with a huge grin on his face. "What? Did I do something?"

"Nah, it's just good to finally have you home Nii-chan."

"Aside from the gaping holes in my memory, I feel whole. There's a long way to go and there are some things that will take some time to get used to but I'll get there."

"You mean my Superhero job?"

"That I don't think I'll ever be used to. Sorry, not ever going to be comfortable in the world of spies and Superheroes. At least the action side of it anyways."

"Eh, you'd be surprised. Aunt Cass is perfectly okay with it."

"Which is why she spent an hour and a half screaming at you over scaring her to death after the whole bomb on Krei's plane incident." Tadashi reminded him pointedly.

Hiro had the good grace to at least look sheepish as he rubbed the back of his neck. "I hadn't realized Aunt Cass knew that many curses in either English or Japanese."

"Do you realize that she managed to scare the ever living daylight out of my boss. Do you know how difficult that is to do? He faced off against a Norse god and lived to tell the tale."

"Well, I'm happy to report that I've made a lot of promises to a lot of people to exercise a little more caution in my Superhero escapades." Hiro explained as he jabbed his elbow into Tadashi's side. He also had a winning grin on his face that Tadashi was fairly certain said something along the lines of "come on, you still can't be angry about that whole thing."

Tadashi sighed in defeat and shook his head. "I suppose this is just like old times then?"

"Give or take a few things but yeah. We've both changed. You with your amnesia and whatever Hell Hydra put you through. Me with becoming a Superhero and dealing with the Hell that your death put me through. But you know something?"

"We're still the same people we were underneath it all." suggested Tadashi.

Hiro smiled and nodded, "Exactly."

Tadashi hesitated for a moment. Then he reached out and pulled Hiro to his chest. At this very moment in time, Tadashi didn't care if it was awkward. Hiro went stiff in surprise but it was only a fraction of a second. He wrapped his arms around Tadashi's shoulders.

"We better go and help otherwise we'll incur the wrath of Vera." Hiro told him after a couple minutes as Tadashi pulled away.

"I can firmly say that is definitely not something you want to experience first hand." he agreed as they both made their way to the door. "By the way otouto, do you still have that little red robot that we built as kids?" Tadashi asked Hiro as they left the room.

Fin

Final Author's Notes:

Well six months, 301 reviews, almost 200 followers, and 138 favorites later here we are. Mind you it's been even longer for me because I started writing this story all the way back in November. I can't believe this story is over. I just wanted to take one last chance and tell you just how amazing you readers are. I can't thank you enough. I don't know how you found my story or why you read it but thank you so, so, so much! I was completely convinced that everyone would hate it and wouldn't read it for various different reasons. It wasn't until probably chapter five or six that I actually started feeling like the response to Scientist wasn't a dream. That there were people out there who enjoyed it. From the bottom of my heart, thank you! This story is for you guys!

I basically wrote this story as kind of a platform to experiment with different things. I was experimenting on how different characters would view my OC, Vera, and different perspectives/thoughts they would have about her personality. I was also experimenting with writing from a male's point of view. That is not something I've done a whole lot and I wanted to see if I could do it. I think I can :) Thirdly, I wanted to experiment with writing a character that was coping with PTSD. It was something completely outside my comfort zone, more so than anything else in this story, and it was kind of a test run for something I might write in the future. I'm still not sure if I did a good job with it but that's what writing is about. Practice. Finally, I wrote this story because I truly wanted to. I love Big Hero 6 and its characters.

Vetra "Vera" Motzey is a character I created a long time ago. I've said this already I know but she was one of the first characters I ever created. She has her own story, an origin story, though it hasn't really been finished yet. I've already decided to make that my next big writing project...mainly because of you readers. It made me sad when I first started playing with the plot bunnies for Scientist because there was so much about Vera that I had to cut for either plot reasons or structure reasons. Vera lost a couple of powers and more than HALF her support network of friends and family. She very much became a fanon! version of her canon! character but ultimately I am okay with that. Her personality remained intact and it allowed her to be a secondary character behind Tadashi and Hiro. Nobody really reads fanfiction for OCs. They read it for the characters they originally fell in love with during the movie. And for those of you who are interested, her Superhero alterego is known as Verde...I swear to God there is a story behind that ridiculous name. I just didn't have time to get into it nor was it prevalent to the story.

As far as Scientist is concerned the story is over. in reality, this epilogue chapter probably wasn't necessary but was more my own enjoyment than anything else. I will be marking Scientist as complete with this update. However, as I have said quite frequently, I will be posting oneshots. Anything that features Vera will probably be uploaded as a chapter for this story. I just don't want to bog down the index page with a lot of things pertaining to Vera. It is my hope that I will be able to upload something to the site every week. It might not pertain to this particular AU but it will be more Hiro and Tadashi and co. At this point I have no plans for a sequel and I'm not sure if there ever will be one. I am not ruling out the possibility though. The ideas and the plot just have to be there is all.

Please consider following me on Tumblr. That is where I will post the majority of news about my writing and whatnot. is where I'm at. Also, as I begin my big editing project maybe think about supporting my original fiction too... maybe... you don't have to but your support would be amazing!

Review Responses:

XXPay4XtraShippingsXX: I'm so glad you enjoyed it. The reunion scene was the scene that I think came out best when I wrote it and I absolutely loved writing the whole group together. I was sad that I had to cut some of it out in some chapters for length. I tried to keep the tone upbeat but suspenseful because that, I feel like, is what a Superhero story should be. That's why I enjoy the Marvel Cinematic Universe so much. Thank you so much for reading.

NerdwithaBook: Thank you so much for reading! I'm glad that you enjoyed the story and my writing. I had so much fun writing it and sharing it. I hoped that this epilogue answered some of your questions about Vera and Tadashi's relationship. They would stay very close and would probably talk almost every day, either via text or skype. They would probably visit each other fairly regularly and I wouldn't put it past Tadashi to try and convince Vera to move to San Fransokyo. Hiro and Vera's friendship would also continue to progress.

Tony18: Vera's powers coming back was something that I was looking forward to the entire story. That and seeing her drop on top of Williams's face. I think I had that particular scene/image planned out in my head as soon as I knew Hiro and Baymax were going to be rescuing her. As far as Callaghan is concerned, I actually had something completely different written for his ending just two weeks ago. It didn't ring true with the way I'd written him throughout the story though so I knew I had to change it. I'm glad I did. Tadashi's promise to Callaghan about Abigail was something that I knew would have to put in when I wrote the entire sequence with her. I knew he was going to be angry at Callaghan but I also knew that Tadashi probably didn't want Abigail to worry any more than she had to.

jaymzNshed: Bad guys finish last and are carted away. All that happens next is just fluff mixed with a little chaos. Life will continue for everyone. Tadashi will go to school to get his doctorate. Hiro will graduate top of his class. The Big Hero 6 crew will continue to be pioneers in their fields. Vera will go on to be a shark of a lawyer specializing in victim's rights cases. And Tadashi and Hiro will eventually become "uncles" to her and Travis's kid... all while in the world of Superheroes and spies :)

UntitledJoy: *Internet hugs back* Thank you so, so much for your wonderful complements. I think there will be plenty of Hiro and Tadashi oneshots to write. I'm looking forward to exploring and developing all sorts of relationships with Tadashi and everyone. I have a few planned out but it will be fun to write them. Again, thank you for your complements and your readership. It means the world to me!

narniac4aslan: Those few ending paragraphs I kept tweaking because they were so important to me and to ending this whole identity crisis arc with Tadashi. He knows there's still a long road ahead of him but he feels better knowing that he is Tadashi Hamada because there's history, love, friends, and family with that name. There's history with both the name "Chiune" and the codename "Scientist." With the former though there's only about a year's worth of history with only a few close friends and with the latter there's only a history that he wishes he could forget. There will probably be a oneshot dealing with Hiro's addiction to certain candy too.

Espe Kuroba: The fact that no one died in this story is rather uncharacteristic for me. However, Scientist was a fanfiction and I have a massive aversion to killing off canon characters in fanfiction. Fred fanboying over Vera was something that I probably could've done without story wise but I left it in as my own private inside joke. It stems from some of Vera's original story that I wasn't/couldn't get into. In my "universe" of Heroes and Villains she's the first teen to put on a mask. I know it doesn't exactly fit seeing as how I think the first Marvel teen to don a mask was Bucky (I believe he was 16 in the original Captain America comics during the 30s-40s).

Sabeloid: I hope at least some of the mixed feelings you're having are at least positive ones though lol. Honestly, I don't think there's anywhere else I'd rather end this story. Endings for some reason are really hard for me. Probably because I've worked so hard and for so many months I just simply can't believe it was over. I cried a little bit when I wrote the last sentence of the last chapter.

CrazyFeralVigilanteDragonLady: It was so satisfying to write Tadashi punching Callaghan. After all the stuff that Callaghan's done (both in canon and in this fic), he deserves it and there was no one more fitting to deliver the blow than Tadashi. Sadly I have never been in a Zing shop. My geek/nerd paraphernalia is rather woeful.

SanctuaryInMusic: Fantastic timing is always a favorite trope of mine. And yes, Fred finally figured out where he knew Vera from. That was pretty much an inside joke with myself. Wasn't necessary to the story but I so desperately wanted to put it in that I found a way to sort of make it work lol. Tadashi will continue to sort out who he is as it is a process but a large part of the battle is already won. After a lot of thinking, I do believe that he will regain all of his memory eventually.

Notes and Promises: Cool name change! I personally can't think of any better way to end the story than with everyone alive and happy and Tadashi back where he belongs. The goal of this story was always to reunite him with his family.

WhiteWinterStar: Thank you for your wonderful comments. I've done the whole "read everything at three in the morning" thing too. I managed to do that with Twist of Fate by WillowBlueJay17. I had a hard time sleeping after that because I was crying so much. As far as Vera's Superhero name, it's Verde. I know, I know. It's cheesy and ridiculous but that's what happens when you leave it up to six year old Latina after you rescue her. The media kinda took "Senorita Verde" and ran with it. Honestly, Vera's lucky they only kept the Verde part. Extra head shaking ensues when Vera is called "Verde Green" by reporters... okay I know it's dumb but it just kinda fits. Please don't make fun of me. I was like, 12, when I came up with it. GAHH!

ZebraFinch: I wish I could give definite details for a sequel but the ideas and plot isn't really there. Like I said though, I'm not opposed to it one hundred percent. Everything just has to be there. If I ever do write a sequel, I will probably announce it on Tumblr.

FireandIce128: Tadashi's trials and tribulations were some of the most exciting things to write during this story. I'm a big fan of character development and seeing how a character grows over the course of a story. I put Tadashi through Hell but they say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Thank you so much for your fantastic complements.

PerrythePlatypusGirl: I knew that Tadashi wearing the Yokai mask/hijacking the hive drones was something that was going to play into the final battle. I had this little movie playing in my head up until I wrote it where I was like, "YASS! SO AWESOME!" I truly appreciate your comments too! Thank you so much!

Ember Neutron: Oh my gosh! I wanted to do a Stan Lee cameo so badly! Like you don't even know how badly. I had this awesome, epic scene planned out in which everyone goes to Fred's house and Vera sees the picture of Fred's dad. I was going to have her flip out so much! I planned to have her in shock and demanding to know if Fred knew who his father was. Like did Fred realize that his father and his partner were two of the originals... the ones that paved the way for every Superhero who came afterwards... GAHH! I wanted that scene so bad but it didn't work structurally. So sadly, no Stan Lee cameo :(((

bukalay: Oh, Hiro and Tadashi will definitely discuss Hiro's microbots at length eventually. Especially seeing as how they played a rather large role in the entire situation. There's a lot of pent up guilt though on Hiro's part about the microbots just as there was with Tadashi and the hive drones. However, Hiro's guilt is even worse because he feels as though the microbots were the reason he lost Tadashi in the first place. There's a persistent evil whisper that tells him at night that had it not been for him and the microbots, Tadashi would have been at home. That guilt would come to a boiling point in which both brothers have to address it.

Again, from the bottom of my heart, I thank each and every one of you readers.
Without you, this story wouldn't have gone very far. Your encouragement really made me want to keep writing and sharing.
I wish I could express to you what all of your reviews, favorites, and follows have made me feel about my writing and talent.

Until next time...
Francesca (FieryArtemis)