HE OPENED the door, cold sweeping past them as they entered the foyer. Looking around, they took in the narrow expanse, a pair of stilettos coming to view to their left. Moving forward, they cast their gazes around, curiosity peaking in the teen as she followed the scientist.
"Chloe?" Dr. Cello moved to the end of the hall.
"Hey, you in here?" GoGo pocketed her hands.
They entered the living room, white dominating the view along with matching furniture and a black rug at the centre. Static met their ears as they walked, the TV's flicker illuminating the room dimly. Moving inward, surprise dilated their eyes, their gaze fixed to the left side of the expanse,
Blood droplets splattered on the floor, bullet casings littering around with cracks lining up the wall. Shards of glass crunched under the girl's foot, a frown crossing her face as the sticky fluid stained her shoe. Dr. Cello ran out of the room, moving into the hall to look around.
Moving through the apartment, the scientist began his search, quickly moving furniture aside as he progressed. Finding nothing in the house, he returned to the living room, finding the teen looking around curiously. Fishing his phone out, he dialled a phone number.
"Hello, 911?"
"I HOPE she's okay." Honey Lemon turned to him.
"This doesn't make any sense," Wasabi crossed his legs, "God, who could've done this?"
Getting off the phone, Dr. Cello approached the others who sat in the centre of the room. Leaning back, Hiro winced slightly as a loud ringing invaded his ears, a headache engulfing his thoughts as his pain increased. Worry exuded in Honey's expression, her eyes latching to the floor as her mind raced.
"Just talked to the cops, they've got nothing so far." Dr. Cello took a seat.
"Well, you can't really expect anything after half an hour." GoGo frowned slightly.
"Could this be connected to the building that crashed?" Fred gestured, "Maybe someone's got some plan in the works.
"Attack a building, killing hundreds of random people and then capture a new assistant at a university far away from the building? It doesn't tie up." Hiro crossed his arms.
"Things didn't tie up when we dealt with the Crimson Phantom, maybe it's a similar situation." Honey looked around the room.
"I highly doubt it." Hiro shook his head, "This isn't related, but if it is, what could someone gain from it?"
The door swung open, drawing everyone's attention as Jack entered the room. Frowning deeply, he paced around, pocketing his hands as he breathed angrily. Calming himself, he turned to the others in the room, his voice stifled from a shout.
"I …," he sighed, "I need your help."
"With what?" Fred raised his brow.
"You heard the news, huh?" Honey turned to Jack.
"I guess I have no choice," Jack sighed slowly, "Let us just get one thing straight, this is classified information, but I feel that since you were students here, I should let you in on what's going on here."
"Sure, spill it." GoGo crossed her leg.
"Chloe Martin is a SHIELD agent like myself and she was on a mission to gather intel on SFIT." Jack sat down.
"Why?" Hiro raised his brow.
"It was because of your brother, Tadashi's death."
"Tadashi? What does this have to do with him?" Hiro leaned toward him.
"When we were first given our assignment to assess you for the Avengers Program, Chloe always felt that something was strange about your brother's death, so she did some digging and smelled something fishy." Jack clasped his hands together, "She had found that since 2012, the university's student roster had spiked and it was an oddity. The university has been known to have been for the most intelligent students in the country and some of the students who had been enrolled don't quite cut it for the standard of students from previous years. What made things stranger was the fact that over half of the students in the school received scholarships or reduced tuition fees, which begged the question of how the university could accommodate more students with less money coming in."
"They probably got funds from an NGO that wanted to help students get higher learning. It's not unheard of." Wasabi sat back.
"Exactly," Jack nodded, "And that is what led her to go on her solo mission. The university had started receiving funds earlier in the year from an NGO named Outreach for Scientific Aid and Advancement, but the company has never been capable of acquiring such huge sums of money and has been relatively inactive in philanthropy. For it to suddenly be able to fund a university like this one out of the blue is unheard of."
"Wait, wait, you lost me, come again?" Fred raised his brow.
"I think Chloe stumbled upon something in her investigation and someone tried to silence her." Jack frowned slightly, "I'll need your help with this."
"So, how can we help?" Honey furrowed her brow.
"We'll need to search the facility and see what she found. I looked through her computer and I found that she's searching through the Chancellor's office files. We should probably check the office first before we search his computer in case she missed something." Jack folded his arms.
"Okay." Hiro nodded, "We'll come by tomorrow and begin the search."
"Good idea." Jack stood up, "We'll meet here at 8pm."
"I'll be on comm." Dr. Cello raised his hand.
"The more help, the better." Jack nodded, "I'll take my leave." He headed for the door.
"Yeah, headin' out too." Fred rose to his feet, "I'm gonna need some Catnip."
"Bro, that was just bad." Wasabi shook his head.
"What? I do need some catnip, Cat said she wanted a cat." Fred grinned.
"Damn, this is gonna get really annoying." GoGo massaged the bridge of her nose.
"I'm coming with," Dr. Cello rose to his feet, "I wanna see how catnip tastes."
"You're gonna need me to help you find the right cat." Honey stood up.
With that, they made their leave, Honey and Fred chatting about the pet while Dr. Cello stared into space, wondering what flavour to buy. Shaking his head, Wasabi followed them, saying his goodbyes to Hiro and GoGo who remained in the room. Turning to Hiro, GoGo furrowed her brow, studied his face as his expression raised concerns.
"Hiro, you okay?" She moved up to him.
"I don't think we can be heroes anymore." He frowned.
"C'mon, you're kidding, right?" she chuckled, then her smile died, "Wait, you're serious?"
"I don't know," he sighed, "I don't think we can really save anyone."
"We can't save everyone, but we can still try," she held his hand, "It's not over till we give up."
"But, it never ends." He turned to her, "I mean, we fought Robert Callaghan and lots of people in Krei Tech died then we lost to Nazar and we barely saved the world and who knows how many people died during the blackout. After the Crimson Phantom and that building crashed, I really wonder if we can protect this city anymore."
"Yeah, it has bothered me too," she let go of his hand, "We've barely survived after each villain. I nearly lost my dad with the Phantom and I nearly lost you when we lost to Nazar. I do feel like quitting sometimes."
"… It's too bad we didn't sign up for anything." He shrugged, "If we did, we could just quit and go back to our normal lives."
She sighed, sifting through her thoughts as she cast her gaze around the room. Turning to him, a thought came to mind, her eyes locking with his. With a small smile, she held his hand again.
"But you know; it isn't all bad. If we weren't heroes, we wouldn't spend any real time together." She drew a smile from him, "Doubt you'd stop your bot fights to come to the Nerd Lab."
"Yeah, the bots are pretty fun, way more interesting than all this." she chuckled in response.
"We can still be heroes, plus we didn't sign up for it anyway, so we gotta do it." she shrugged, "Being a nerd just isn't as fun."
"Yeah," his smile faded, "I just wonder if we're strong enough," he lowered his head, "I don't wanna see people dying again."
"We're strong enough, Hiro, as long as we stick together." She squeezed his hand gently, "I'm with you, even if we die in the end."
"I hope we don't." he shrugged.
A warm smile adorned her as she moved toward him, tugging his hand to make him face her. She pressed her lips against his, crashing them together as she drew closer to him. He responded in kind, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her onto him.
FEET PATTERED against the floor, reverberating down the empty hall as the group traversed the expanse. Honey's eyes fixed on her handbag, fiddling with the mixtures to come up with a bomb in advance. Fred stalked around, eyes darting around as he walked anxiously. Jack straightened his jacket and Hiro focussed his mind on their search. Wasabi wiggled his fingers, visualizing the plasma blades and Baymax followed the group, his eyes illuminating their path.
"Scans show that there is no one in the building. We should be safe here." Baymax blinked.
"You never know what can come for ya," Fred jumped, walking backwards, "Enemies can come from," he spun around, "anywhere."
"Yeah, I don't wanna get caught off guard." Honey clicked on her bag.
"It would have been better to come without your battle suits." Jack sighed, "You superheroes and your costumes baffle me. It would be far more efficient if you wore something less heavy and darker in tone."
"Well, we do have a camo setting," GoGo tapped her shoulder twice, "Kinda haven't used it before." Her suit turned black, the red lines and white darkening slightly, but remaining the same.
"Really?" Fred tapped his shoulder, the blue in his suit turning black, "Cool."
"Lemme try," Honey did the same, the purple and red in her suit turning black, "Sweet."
"Meh, it's not bad though." Wasabi's suit turned black.
"It's better than nothing." Hiro did the same.
"Precaution is best." Baymax's armour became fully black.
"Well, camouflage is meaningless if you keep talking." Jack growled.
"Sorry." Honey laughed uneasily.
The group continued on and Fred began to tiptoe, his behaviour putting a frown on GoGo's face. The shrouding darkness deepened in the hall, the glints of the lights outside seeping in and providing a dim source of light. Jack led the group, huffing in irritation as he began to regret seeking their help. His earpiece beeped.
"Yes, this is agent Franklin," he listened, his eyes dilating in surprise, "What?"
The person on the other end conveyed the message, the frequency being shared with the others in the room. Hiro clenched his fists, anger engulfing him as he looked around the room. Without a word, he spun around, rocket thrusters opening on his suit's shoulder blade compartments. releasing bursts of fire that propelled him down the hall.
A HUFF escaped him, his mother's glare increasing his anger as he turned away. Giving the hotel receptionist her credit card, the woman turned to her son, his behaviour deepening her frown. Turning him to her, she clasped his shoulders, forcing him to look her in the eye.
"Look, Tommy, I know you don't like the Morrisons, but you didn't have to behave like that."
"I didn't want to go there anyway." He turned away from her.
"You couldn't just keep quiet? Just do that? What do you think they're gonna think about us?" her voice raised slightly.
"I dunno," he shrugged, "that we don't give a damn what they think about us."
"Well, I hope you don't give a damn about being grounded the entire time we're here." She crossed her arms, "I'm very angry with you."
He sighed, his gaze averted from her. She turned back to the receptionist when a young brunette haired girl entered the corner of her eye. Smiling slightly, she turned to her son, nudging him toward her.
"C'mon, apologize to her."
"I don't wanna." He whined.
"Just do it. I'll wait for you here and we can go up to the room afterward." She pushed him toward the girl, "Go on, it won't hurt."
"Fine." He groaned.
Walking away from his mother, the boy moved along the concourse, ignoring the girl and hoping to avoid her as he approached a wall nearby. Leaning against it, he turned his head away, hoping his mother would not see him. A tap on his shoulder made him jerk, a smile greeting him as he groaned.
"What do you want?" he crossed his arms.
"Hey, Tommy, didn't think I'd find you here." Her smile widened, "How are you?"
"'How are you?'" he mimicked, "God, just leave me alone, Mary, I'm not your friend."
"Then why'd you come to see us, hmm?" she raised her brow.
"I didn't want to come along," he huffed, "My mom forced me."
"Well, you still came." She shrugged, "I'm glad you liked it."
"… I didn't like it." he glanced at her, muttering under his breath.
"Come on, what's the matter?" she tapped his shoulder.
"There's nothing wrong," he shrugged her hand off, "Just go."
"Is this 'cuz of the time I pranked you? That was two weeks ago." She chuckled.
"People still make fun of me." He lowered his head, "They still call me 'pee pants'."
"It's not like you haven't done it before." She shrugged.
"Ugh, go away, Mary!" he folded his arms, turning away from her.
"Okay, fine," she shrugged, "I'm sorry, does that make you happy?"
"… No," he glanced around, "… maybe a lil."
"See? Come on, let's bury the hatchet." She stretched her hand to him, "okay?"
"Yeah, sure." He shook her hand.
She smiled at him, the action causing him to avert his eyes, drawing a chuckle from her. Pink radiated in his cheeks as he walked away from her, his hands stuffed in his pockets. She followed him, grinning widely as she looked around the concourse.
"This place is kinda nice, you know?" She turned to him, "It'd be nice if our rooms were nearby."
"I told you to leave me alone." His voice lowered beneath a groan.
"I know you don't want me to." She looked him in the eye, her smile widening.
He blushed, turning away from her and pushing his shoulders close to his neck. Feet pattered near him, his head rising as he saw his dad walk up to him. Masking the pink in his face, he looked away, sighing to calm himself down.
"Hey, Tom, how's your little girlfriend, Mia, huh?" he smirked.
"She's not my girlfriend," he folded his arms, "and her name's Mary."
"Yeah, sure she isn't." he patted his head.
"Dad." Tom groaned, his expression drawing a giggle from Mary.
"Well, let's just go up to our room and we'll –," a low rumbling interrupted him.
The room shook violently, the chandelier and furniture shaking as a low sound echoed. Cracks fissured up the walls, the windows shattering as the building quaked. Screams swept the room as people began to run toward the exit.
"What's happening?!" Tom looked around frantically.
"Ben!" Tom's mother walked up to his father, "What's happening?"
"I dunno," the room shook, "but we've gotta get outta here!"
Scooping the panicking girl in his arms, Ben headed for the exit, his wife and son following him as they made their escape. A large piece of concrete fell off the ceiling, blocking the doorway. Stepping back, the man looked around the room, other escape routes failing to come to mind.
"It's an earthquake!" Tom clasped his head.
"We're gonna die!" Tears flowed down Mary's face.
"We're not gonna die," Ben turned to her, "We're gonna find your parents and we're getting outta here."
Ben ran toward the centre of the room, a broken window coming to view. He sprinted toward it, a voice calling to him as he approached it. Turning around, he saw a man and woman run toward him, the fear in their faces deeper than his.
"Mom!" Mary turned to the woman.
"Oh, honey, you're alright." She took her daughter in her arms.
"We've gotta go out the window, it's the only way we can –," concrete fell near Ben.
Pulling his wife out of the way, Ben stepped back, a whimper escaping Mary's lips as it meshed in with the screams of the people in the room. The other man looked around the room, the building's collapse eminent as cracks split the ceiling. A piece of concrete fell toward them, overshadowing them faster than they could escape.
The concrete parted in two, dust and small rocks spraying as it dismantled around them. A loud thud met their ears, turning to see a silhouette in the dust cloud. Rising to his feet, the teen turned to them, the interface of his visor taking in their vitals as he scanned.
"Phew, you're alright." Hiro walked toward them, "You've gotta get outta here."
Hiro shot a sonic beam at a wall nearby, drilling a hole in it large enough for them to escape. The two families made their way out of the building, the young boy entering Hiro's peripheral as he turned to him. Looking at the people in the room, he made another scan, statistics coming on his interface as he studied the expanse.
"Guys, we've only got three minutes till this building collapses," he spoke into his earpiece, "how far are you?"
"Just about half a second." Fred's voice came.
"What?"
Dust exploded from a wall above him, a loud roar echoing as flames spread around in circular formation. Fredzilla landed near him and took in his surroundings, letting Honey get off his back and assess the situation. Clicking the keypad on her handbag, the girl drew out a Chem. Ball, tossing it on the ceiling above her. The bomb exploded, releasing a thick grey substance that held the concrete in place.
"Tetracalcium trialuminate sulphate, enhanced with a chemical mixture of my invention." Honey smirked, "That should hold things together."
"Whatever." Hiro shook his head, "How long will it hold?"
"Probably three or four minutes." She sifted through her mind, "I haven't tested it out on the field."
"Here's the plan," Hiro went on comm., "We need to evacuate as many people as possible. Don't worry about the damage, just get everyone out. Honey will do her best to hold the building up, you got that?"
"Loud and clear." Baymax's voice came.
"Okay, let's get moving." Hiro went off comm., flying off.
He flew through the ceiling, breaking through the floor of the upper room and landing on one knee. Taking in his surroundings, he calculated about twenty people on the floor. Clenching his fists, his thrusters came on, propelling him forward as he flew toward a woman. Grabbing her, he swerved toward a nearby wall.
"Hold on, this'll be very quick." He turned to her, panic evident in her expression as she squirmed.
He shot a sonic beam at a wall, flying through it and coming out of the building. Turning back to the building, he made another scan, the outer surface of the edifice showing deep cracks that spread upward rapidly. Looking down, he shrugged, turning back to the woman who screamed.
"Heads up." He threw her down, flying back to the building.
Wind rushed around her, breath escaping her as she let out a bloodcurdling scream. The ground approached and she gasped, bracing herself for the impact as she crossed her arms before her face. Confusion replaced the fear, surprise dilating her eyes as she realized that she was still alive.
"Do not worry, you are safe now." Baymax held her.
"Yeah, don't worry about it." GoGo popped a bubble, holding onto the robot as she leaned on his shoulder.
ROCKS EXPLODED as they crashed onto the pole, Fred's motion swiftly crushing the concrete as he spun his weapons. He spat fire onto a wall nearby, creating a large hole in it leading to the outside. Turning to the people nearby, he shrugged, disappointed that they still feared him.
"You wanna get out or not." He gestured at the hole.
With stiff nods, the three teens exited the building, sending frightened glances at Fredzilla. Shrugging it off, he launched into the air, slicing a piece of concrete in half and sending a fireball at another chunk of falling debris. Landing near Honey, he twirled the poles, looking around as he checked to see if the floor was clear.
"Okay, this floor's clear." He turned to her, "Think you can take care of this, Honey?"
"Yeah, get going." She tossed a ball at a wall nearby.
"Awesome." He jumped away.
DUST RUSHED out of a wall and the rocket fist returned to him, his gaze taking in the carnage around him. The robot looked around, traversing the expanse as he watched people escape. GoGo skated past him, sending a disc through a window to enable people to climb out. Flipping over a piece of debris, she continued on, making her way through the wreckage of the collapsing building.
"You sure this'll work?" she went on comm.
"Yeah, luckily the building was near the fire department, so they came quickly." Hiro's voice came, "People on the higher floors can make their way down easily as long as we get 'em out in time."
"Let's just hope your right."
"Well, you might not be fast enough, but I will." Dash's voice came.
"Look who came late to the party." GoGo frowned slightly.
"It's about time I did more in this team." Dash went off comm.
GoGo zigzagged past falling rubble, grazing her maglev discs against pieces of concrete as she made sharp turns. Skating off a large rock, she flipped into the air, slicing a piece of debris with a kick and tossed a disc at a nearby window. Breaking the glass, she received the weapon, tackling a man out of the way of a large ceiling tile that was about to crush him.
WASABI CROSSED his arms, scoring an 'X' shape into a piece of rebar that balanced concrete over a girl. Tossing the boulder aside, he helped her up and sliced a window, breaking it off and allowing her to climb down a ladder set near it. Shoving the blades out like forearm strikes, he ran towards the corner of the room, cutting falling debris in his path.
A gust of wind swept a man away, feet pattering quickly past Wasabi who ran toward a woman nearby. Dodging falling debris, Dash darted across the room, leaping through a hole in the wall swiftly and diving out of the building. Traversing the expanse, he rushed down the side of the edifice, placing the man on the ground and running back up the structure, bursting through the wall with a punch as he crushed a piece of concrete.
Kicking a hole in a cracked wall, Wasabi entered the next room, directing people toward an open window that had a ladder set on it. Dash swept past him, running laterally across a wall over a pile of rubble and flipped toward a woman, scooping her up and diving out a window. Slicing a door in half, Wasabi gestured toward the adjacent room, evacuating the people inside.
"HOW MUCH time we got left?" GoGo went on comm.
"About a min –," a loud rumbling interrupted him, "Maybe thirty seconds."
"Dammit."
She soared through the air; slicing pieces of debris with a heel kick and landed near a small boy who cowered in a corner of the room. Crouching so that she was at eye level, she stretched her arms out, looking at him warmly. She softened her voice as she approached him, moving slowly as the confused child backed up.
"Look, don't worry, we're gonna be just fine." She panted, "Just come and I'll help you –,"
A chunk of concrete collapsed on the boy, crushing his body and causing her to jerk back in surprise. She skated back, avoiding a piece of falling debris. Horror rippled through her as she shut her eyes, sighing heavily as she moved toward another person.
The floor shook violently, tremors rippling through the room as it slanted to the side. Turning to his right, the robots eyes narrowed as he saw a wall crumble near him. Flying up to it, the robot held up the structure, his feet sinking in as the floor cracked.
Slipping off her feet, GoGo held onto a part of the floor as it parted in to, the half she was on sinking toward Baymax who sank into it. The concrete crumbled in his hands as he tried to latch onto it, failing to grab anything as it collapsed through his fingers. Failing to find any footing, he began to slip as the floor tilted.
"I cannot hold onto the wall." He stepped forward, "the room is too unstable."
A scream escaped GoGo as she held onto the splitting floor, her fingers slowly slipping as pain swept through them. Desperately trying to pull herself up, her hands gave out, sending her over the edge as she fell toward Baymax. He let go of the wall, wrapping her in his arms as he flew through the floor and descended toward a lower room.
A LOUD rushing met her ears, her eyes latching to the ceiling as it rumbled violently. Hiro flew into the room, tackling her out of the way as debris poured through the roof and enveloped them in a cloud of dust. Shuffling to his feet, Hiro groaned, taking in his surroundings as his vision was obscured.
Honey struggled to her feet, looking at her arm as cuts lined it and bled profusely. Grabbing it painfully, she limped toward Hiro who assisted her to stand. Looking around the room, he moved forward, shuffling through rubble and tripping slightly amongst the rocks. A loud thud met his ears, coughing following as he heard sand crunching.
"Ugh, damn." Dash groaned as he struggled to stand up.
"Dash." Honey's voice came weakly.
"Man." He staggered to his feet, "If that was," his voice strained, "just one floor, how bad will the rest of the building be?"
"That was just one floor?" disbelief dilated Hiro's eyes.
Baymax landed nearby with a loud crash, raising dust into the air. Stepping forward carefully, he looked around, seeing some people underneath the rubble. Setting GoGo on her feet, he scanned the room, moving around to find survivors.
"We've gotta get outta here." GoGo panted, "There's no way we can save these people."
"But, we can't leave them here," Honey's voice strained, "There's still people on the upper floors."
Fred collapsed on the ground and moved toward them, stumbling and nearly falling as he shouldered Wasabi. Setting him down, he fell on his knees, panting heavily. Removing his helmet, he breathed deeply, coughing as sand invaded his lungs.
"See?" GoGo gestured to Fred, "We're all down and we've barely made any progress in saving them."
"No …," Fred rose to his feet, "We can't," he wheezed, "leave all these people here," he slapped his helmet on, "We're supposed to be heroes."
"That's not gonna matter if we're all dead," Dash walked toward him, "Even heroes gotta know when to call it quits."
"These people are gonna die if we leave now." Honey coughed, "We've gotta –," a loud rumbling met their ears.
"The building's structural failure is eminent." Baymax scanned the room, "we have mere seconds before thousands of pounds of concrete and rubble comes crashing down on us."
Hiro frowned deeply, anger heating his breath as he tried to think. He looked around, seeing his friend's pained and exhausted faces. Taking in the surroundings and the bodies lying on the rubble, he sighed heavily, turning back to his friends.
"We've gotta go," he lowered his head, "We can't save them."
"Karla!" a man's voice came, "Karla!"
A man walked through the rubble, his voice husky and filled with desperation as he limped. Clutching his bleeding leg, he tried to move, leaning against a piece of a wall as he continued. Fred turned to Hiro, frowning at him as he jumped toward the man. The wall collapsed on the man before he could reach him, the loud thud echoing in his ears.
"No …," Fred's eyes dilated in horror, falling to his knees as he looked at the collapsed wall.
"We have," a loud rumbling came, "a few seconds left." Baymax turned to Hiro, "It would be best if we left now."
Turning to Fred, Hiro lowered his head, assisting Honey to walk as he and the others left the building. The rumbling continued; its sound increasing as the room shook violently. Piggybacking the girl, Hiro flew onward with rocket boosters from his feet. Dash grabbed Wasabi and Fred and ran out and Baymax grabbed GoGo, taking off with her.
THE SOUND was loud, the unyielding cacophony setting in as explosions mixed in with the sounds of sirens and ambulances. A cloud of dust spewed out of the collapsing building, debris flying outward as it crashed to the ground. Turning her head away, she clasped to her arm, regret filling her as she heard the building fall.
Sighing heavily, GoGo turned to her friends, each one of them as distraught as she was. Slumping on the ground of the sidewalk, she sat beside Hiro who looked forward blankly. Everyone shared the sorrow, their faces downcast as they winced in pain. Baymax transformed out of his armour, moving around to administer medication.
"How could we have left them behind like that?" Fred's voice came hoarsely, "If we'd stayed, we could've helped them."
"If we did stay, we'd all have died." Dash turned to him, "I'm sorry, man, but it was hopeless."
"At least we saved some people." Honey's voice came weakly, "It wasn't a lot, but it was something, right?"
"A hero never backs down. We can't be heroes if we run away when things get outta hand," Fred frowned, "Real heroes would've –,"
"Shut up!" GoGo growled.
"GoGo?" Honey turned to her.
"We failed okay? There's nothing we could've done and those people are dead because we weren't strong enough." She frowned, "It's true whether we like it or not and we'll have to live with it," she glanced at Hiro, "But it doesn't mean we should throw in the towel either. This city needs our protection and whether we're good enough or not, it's our duty to make sure we're there to help people. We may not have saved everyone, but at least we saved some people."
"But we could've saved more." Fred turned to her.
"If you wanna die, fine, but I wanna be able to stay alive and keep helping anyone the best way I can." She looked at the others, "If people die, so be it, but we're not gonna back down, no matter what."
Gazes shifted away from her as the others pondered on her words, Fred's teeth gritting as his brows stitched in anger. Turning to Hiro, she leaned on him, resting her head on his shoulder as he looked outward blankly. Despite hearing her words and being filled with sorrow, his face exuded impassivity, emotion masked behind it as he stared at the sky.
"I have been processing a scan through my databanks and I have come to a conclusion," Baymax's voice came, drawing everyone's attention as he treated Wasabi who was still unconscious, "During the rescue mission, my scans detected heat signatures throughout the building, those unlike that of human beings."
"What were they?" Hiro's voice came hoarsely.
"It was difficult to pinpoint, but I have finally discovered the last place I found the reading." Baymax turned to him, "The heat signatures matched those of the boxes my X-Ray scans failed to read in the Crimson Phantom's warehouse."
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