TWO TEENS trod down a pathway through a courtyard near the Ito Ishioka laboratory at SFIT, chatting happily. The male placed his arm over the female, bringing a frown to her face as she walked onward angrily. He followed her, chuckling as she avoided him.
"C'mon, April, let's just –,"
An explosion met their ears, drawing their attention as they turned to the building and saw a strip of dust fly out of it. Engines whined as Hiro shot out of the building, thrusters opening down his back in two vertical rows propelling him forward. Allie hurled through the air, pain searing through her body as blood splashed out of her mouth.
Wind rushed through the air above some people walking down a sidewalk near the institute, hearing a crash as she fell onto a car's hood. Rising slowly, she rubbed her head, her eyes dilating in shock as she realized that she survived the impact. Forcing herself off the vehicle, she held her arm, a numbness spreading throughout.
A loud thud came from behind Allie; metal clanking as Hiro walked toward her, a high-pitched sound emanating from his palms that glowed. Her mind raced for answers, finding none as she backtracked, fear enveloping her. Confusion reigned as her eyes dilated, dumbfounded by what was occurring.
He threw a punch at her and she sidestepped instinctively, instilling a panic as people around them fled the scene. He sent a right hook then a left one, each one meeting rushing air as she sidestepped fluidly. He shifted his weight quickly and shot a sonic beam at her face. She raised her arms in defence and metal ripped off the hood of a nearby car, flying up in front of her and blocking the attack. The resultant force knocked her back, hurling her backward and he flew after her, thrusters from his feet propelling him forward.
She fell through the window of a hardware store, mental clanging as tools flew through the air and onto the floor. She grazed the tiles as she rolled over, swiftly getting onto a knee as she balanced herself. Air escaped her lungs in huffs, sweat beading down her forehead as she tried to recuperate. She was in a fight, there was no way of denying it and all her questions would have to be postponed for later.
Hiro flew into the room, a fist clenched at his side for an attack and she crossed her arms before her. Tools rose into the air between them, intercepting the punch and pushing him back, hurling him out of the store. She panted, opening her eyes to see the cluster of metal hovering before her. She gasped, backing away and causing the objects to fall on the floor.
"What the hell?" She looked at her shaking hand, pieces of metal mimicking its movements of it as they rose into the air slowly.
What was happening? Was this her power? She never believed she would have powers, but this was what was happening to her now. This strange ability felt natural to her, though it hit her like a slap in the face as she summoned metal repeatedly on accident. She could not believe what was happening to her and she began to think she was hallucinating, yet it continued.
Hiro threw a punch at her and she lifted her arms up, creating an invisible shield as the collision knocked her back and flung her through the wall behind her. A man entered the store, his jaw dropping as he saw the carnage as Hiro stepped out of it. Allie rolled on the ground, grazing her skin against the concrete and asphalt as she fell into the street, quickly catching herself as she rolled to her feet. She held her fists before her, setting in a firm fighting stance as she controlled her breath. She was in a fight now, there was no way of denying it and all her questions would have to be postponed for later.
Hiro lunged toward her with a punch, colliding with her forearm as she deflected it and kicked him in the head, sending him hurling to her left, digging into the road and raising dust into the air. Hiro got to his feet, holding onto rocks as he rose and looked around. A panic spread in the streets, police officers getting into action as they drew their weapons.
Allie lifted her arms before her, drawing a car door to act as a shield, deflecting the oncoming lead. She shot a fist at the police officers, sending the part smashing against them and the wall behind them. Hiro lunged at her and threw a punch at her head, meeting her forearm as she blocked. He retaliated with a kick to the head and she rolled out of the way, smacking against the side of a black van.
He flew toward her, opening thrusters behind his right leg as he threw a kick at her. He collided with her midsection which she guarded with a telekinetic invisible shield, still being pushed back as he cleaved the vehicle in half and burrowed her into it. She balled her body up, drawing metal off the van's door and wrapping it around her body in black form-fitting armour that covered her head to toe, leaving space for her eyes as she flung through a store's wall behind her.
Hiro walked through the burning vehicle, small pieces of metal smacking against his visor causing him to lift his hands to block them. Allie flew out of the building, tackling him and pushing him into the air as she dove toward a truck. She tossed him into its trailer, moving back and hovering as she watched carefully for him.
He sent a sonic beam at her, missing her head as she dodged and flew out of the trailer, giving her an uppercut and hurling her toward a building. She caught herself in midair, looking up as he elbowed her nape, crashing her down onto a car below. Its occupants fled, screaming as he flew down and punched her midsection.
Using both legs, she kicked him off her, flinging him into the air. He balanced himself and shot a sonic beam at her. She rolled off the vehicle, jumping away as it exploded. He swooped down with a roundhouse and she blocked it with her forearm, ducking as he threw a punch and jumping back as he stomped at her head. She thrust a palm at him, detaching a lamppost behind her from the sidewalk and chucking it to him.
He grabbed the pole, whipping her head with it, pounding her into the road. Tossing the streetlamp away, he jumped toward her with a punch, meeting asphalt as she rolled out of the way. She kicked the back of his head, turning again as she threw a punch at him, missing as he dodged.
She threw two punches at him, meeting his forearms as he blocked. He parried a kick and gave her a head butt, making her stumble and dropkicked her, sending her flying back. She caught herself midair and flew toward him with a right hook.
He sidestepped, letting her fly past him and grabbed her leg, slamming her onto the ground. He kicked her in the neck, sending her toppling toward a car nearby, driving her into its side. She struggled to sit up and he punched her, sending her through the vehicle and digging her into the sidewalk.
She punched him off her, launching to her feet and shot her hand at him, sending a water pipe out of the building beside her toward his head. Swerving out of the way, letting it crash on a store's roof, he sent a sonic beam at her, knocking her onto a hotdog stand. She flew up to him, shoving both hands at him, drawing two strips of the crumpled hot dog cart.
He smacked the strips away, shooting two sonic beams at her midsection. He grabbed her leg as she fell back, spinning in midair and tossing her toward a skyscraper nearby. She smashed through a window, bouncing off an office table and onto the floor, causing a man in the room to step back in panic.
Hiro flew into the office, throwing a punch at Allie and she stepped back, giving him a swift boot to the face, knocking him back as his knee dug into the floor. She threw a kick at his temple, meeting his fist as he blocked the attack and grabbed her leg, smacking her against the ground. He stood up, lifting her by her ankle, spinning around as he threw her like a bowling ball and smashed her through a nearby wall into an office in the adjacent room.
She scrambled to her feet, tossing scattered paper in his face as she ran toward an adjacent wall, ignoring a woman in the office who screamed in terror. She jumped into a hallway, running towards a window to her left. He flew towards her, bursting through concrete as he tackled her out of the building. She elbowed his neck as they were airborne, freeing herself from his grip as she lifted her arm, drawing a pole from a nearby building's wall and smacked it against his side.
He plummeted helplessly, wind rushing around him as he fell like a helpless doll. Failing to catch himself, he smacked against a building's wall and fell into the street, meeting an oncoming car's bumper as it hit his head, flinging him onto a bike parked nearby. She landed in the middle of the road, lifting her arms and sending two fists at him as she drew doors off of cars nearby and shot them at him. They collided with his arms, hurling him back as he crashed onto the ground, breaking asphalt under his back.
He sat up, looking at his badly grazed armour as the sparks of electricity met his ears. He looked forward as her shin smacked into his chin, flinging him back as he toppled on the ground and smashed through an abandoned building's wall, grazing against the sandy floor. He rolled over, struggling to his feet as dust coated his body, his arms numb as he felt the pain of the attack. She flew into the hole in the wall, landing on the ground as worry filled her eyes.
She moved toward him, her lips quivering in uncertainty as she stifled her words. He stood up wobbly, barely catching himself as he felt the bent metal wrap tightly around his arms. Sparks flew out of the armour, its badly dented material being covered by the dirt and sand coating him.
"H … Hiro …" She moved toward him, her burrows furrowing in worry. "I didn't mean to do this I –,"
He shot a sonic beam at her, grazing against her shoulder as she stepped out of the way and went into a fighting stance. He fell on his knees, breathing heavily as he clutched to the ground, the rubble crunching against his fingers. She eased up, walking towards him slowly as she looked at him with concern.
"Look, I didn't mean for this to happen, I …" She held the side of her arm. "I didn't –,"
He lunged onto her, screaming wildly as he pinned her down and sat astride on her stomach. He looked down at her, his eyes wide in rage as his teeth gritted, blood trickling out of his mouth and streaking down his forehead. He clenched his fists tightly, the metal audibly creaking as it bent in his grasp.
He punched her, breaking her armour off her face and his glove off with it. He hit her repeatedly, his fists bruising her cheeks as he pummelled her without mercy. Blood splattered on the ground as he continued, his eyes filled in rage as he lashed out. She clenched her fists against the dirt, closing her eyes as she let him beat her. He punched the ground near her head, her eyes widening in confusion as she turned to him. She looked at him in shock as she saw a tear streaking down his cheek.
"GoGo … she's gone …" His voice grew hoarse. "I couldn't save her … j… just like before. I can't save anyone."
"Hiro …" She turned to him, looking at him worriedly.
"Mom, Dad, Tadashi … they're all gone … and I could do nothing." He whimpered. "I couldn't …"
"Hiro, I'm sorry." She tried to push herself up. "I … I didn't want it to happen like this."
"Why … why'd you do this?" He gritted his teeth.
"I didn't want to, it was an acci –," He punched the ground beside her, making her yelp in surprise.
"They're all dead." He breathed heavily. "… They're all dead and I can't bring them back." He punched the ground again. "You took her away!" He punched her again, driving her head down as she spat out blood. "You killed her." He hit her again.
She pushed him off her and kicked him, hurling him back as he rolled over on the ground. She breathed heavily as she sat up, touching her face as she felt blood on her chin. He struggled to his feet, wobbling slightly as he steadied himself.
"Hiro, please, you have to understand." She struggled to her feet. "It was an accident." She walked towards him. "I've never had powers bef –,"
Her eyes widened in shock as he turned to her, her feet crunching against the sand as she stepped back. Crimson filled his cracked visor, blood coating it entirely, fogging as he breathed heavily. He growled at her, sending shivers up her spine as she backtracked.
He flew up to her and punched her, knocking her off her feet and onto her knees. She shot her palm at him, drawing metal off the walls nearby to wrap around him, flinging him up to an opposite one and pinning him to it. She breathed heavily as she stood up, walking up to him painfully as she saw him struggle to move.
"Hiro, you have to understand …" She winced. "I've never had powers before today." She walked up to him. "I never wanted to hurt you." Her eyes lowered in grief. "It was my –,"
Thrusters opened down the back of his arms, pushing them forward as he broke the metal bars and grabbed her face. He pushed her down, the boosters on his back freeing him from the metal as he held her. He squeezed her head, trying crush her skull as he looked at her with hateful eyes.
"I don't care." He growled. "Nothing can change what you've done. I'm gonna kill you, here and n –,"
She stabbed his neck in between the spaces of his damaged armour, causing him to stagger back. He fell over, smacking his head against a wall as he felt around for the weapon. He yanked it out, seeing that it was a metallic syringe with a black liquid dripping off the tip.
"What'd you do to me?" He shuddered, shivering as he sat back.
"I'm sorry, Hiro." Her eyes brimmed with tears.
"Wha …" He grunted as he held his stomach in pain.
She knelt before him, looking at him worriedly as she gently removed his helmet. She pressed her lips against his, a tear rolling down her cheek as heat radiated from them. She parted from him, watching him slowly go unconscious as she stood up. She covered her mouth, walking away from him as she began to cry.
"I'm sorry …"
"YOU ARE all pathetic fools." He adjusted his glasses.
Maxwell stood in the middle of the debris laden office, his friends in the room sitting on the ground as Baymax administered medication to them. Stepping forward, he looked at each of them, his unimpressed gaze falling on GoGo who looked at him with disapproval.
"I foresaw the attack and stood in the middle of the room, avoiding all the debris as the roof collapsed on us." He lowered his eyes condescendingly.
"Then why do you have the most dust on you, huh?" GoGo raised her brow.
"It's called surviving, okay?! I was in the middle of the room and the dust covered me 'cuz the debris hit all of you." He pocketed his hands.
"Actually, you just got the most debris on you." Violet's eyes drooped.
"I do not need to dignify your accusations." He walked away from her.
"Well." She huffed. "It's a good thing I came here just in time, otherwise you would've been crushed" She crossed her arms. "I may've been off the field for four years, but I still got it."
"I'm still way better than ya." Dash sat back. "I got here faster and I pushed Honey outta the way."
"Why didn't you push the rest of us outta the way as well?" Wasabi frowned.
"Hey, I wasn't fast enough." Dash shrugged.
"That's a lie! You just wanted to cup a feel, didn't you!?" GoGo growled.
Dash chuckled and Honey Lemon nudged him, feigning anger. Baymax held his finger over Jack's arm, administering an antibacterial spray on an abrasion that lined it. Stepping back from him, he went back into his battle gear and started a scan, his eyes taking in the occupants of the room.
"I have successfully treated your wounds. They should heal if you do not strain yourselves." He stopped his scan.
"Hey, you seen Hiro yet?" Dr. Cello walked up to him.
"Try checking for Allie as well." Jack stood up. "There's a possibility that they were both captured."
"Who could've done it?" Violet furrowed her brow. "There's no way the roof could've collapsed on its own."
"Maybe Dash saw what happened as he came in." Fred walked up to him.
"No dice, bro." He shrugged. "I only pushed Honey outta the way and I ended up falling into the next room. I heard some talking then I got back here."
"What about you, did you see anything?" Honey turned to Violet.
"I only covered your bodies with force fields to reduce the damage." She turned to her. "It was pretty dusty in here, so it was hard to see anything. I did hear talking, but I couldn't tell who it was."
"I have located Hiro, but it seems Allie is out of range." Baymax turned to the others. "My scan's functionality is optimal at higher altitudes, so I could try another scan."
"Then let's get moving." GoGo walked up to him.
"Wait, do you mean all of us?" Jack turned to her.
"Yeah, I don't think we can all fit on Baymax." Wasabi shook his head.
"I can fly there." Violet shrugged. "My powers have improved since the last time I did a serious battle, so I don't need to get on him."
"I can run there also, so that just counts Jack and Dr. Cello." Dash folded his arms and turned to him.
"You forgot about me, you fool." Maxwell frowned.
"Wha, no, no, I'm afraid of heights." The scientist laughed with unease. "Or was it afraid of Lionel Messi?" He stroked his chin. "Floating cheetahs are quite common in Southern India, right next to Massachusetts and the Euphrates River." A silence fell as the others looked at him in confusion.
"He's on crack, isn't he?" Violet shook her head.
"Steven Spielberg …" Dr. Cello furrowed his brows. "I need a glass of water." He nodded repeatedly.
"While this imbecile continues searching the wasteland he calls a brain." Maxwell massaged his temples. "We need to find a way I can follow you, because I will not ride on this robot's back."
"Actually, we kinda don't need ya." GoGo smiled smugly. "We only need people who can fight."
"Intellect trumps force every time." Maxwell adjusted his glasses.
"Well, you have neither, so …" She walked away from him.
"I –," Dr. Cello's sniffling interrupted him, causing him to raise his brow. "What's your problem?"
"Daenerys Targaryen is a queen." He wiped his nose. "I knew it all along." He sniffled.
"Uh…" Maxwell's jaw dropped in confusion.
"Yeah, don't try to understand him." Violet tapped his shoulder sympathetically.
"Just go!" Jack frowned. "Dr. Cello, Maxwell and I will try to keep up in my car. We do not have time to waste."
"Understood." Baymax nodded.
"What about the secret room?" Dr. Cello pointed at the wall behind him.
Jack turned to it, sifting through his thoughts as he tried to decide the right course of action. With two agents in his team out of commission, continuing the mission he was assigned to might be unwise, taking into the account the possibility that he could come across hostiles. Even if he did not, which was most likely the case in his mind, the fact that the ceiling collapsed definitely drew the attention of people in the vicinity, so stealth was completely lost. With a heavy sigh, he headed for the door.
"We'll have to put the investigations on hold for now." He frowned. "Our cover's blown and people will be here indefinitely and we do not want anyone else to find out what's going on."
"Yeah, it'd be better if we got out as fast as possible." Wasabi darted his eyes around.
They took their leave, Jack being the last as he turned into the room, finding it convenient that the ceiling would collapse the moment they were about to get more clues for their investigation. Were Hiro and Allie attacked? Did they somehow survive the initial attack that took the rest of them down and go out to chase down the assailants? He would have to find out himself after finding them.
A STRIP of exhaust manoeuvred between buildings as Baymax swooped down, avoiding a blimp that flew a little lower than the others. His visor flickered as he continued his scan, turning to his left as he increased his speed. Honey and GoGo sat on his back, Wasabi and Fred hanging from his arms as they received real-time feeds from the robot's scan on their visors' digital interfaces.
"We are half a mile away from Hiro's location." Baymax's voice came.
GoGo looked around, concern narrowing her eyes as she looked at the streets below. A detached water pipe lying atop a store's roof came to view, confusion plastered over her face as she raised her brow. Damaged car parts littered the road and small fires had started all over.
"You seeing this?" GoGo nudged Honey who frowned upon looking at the street.
"What in the world's going on?" She looked closely.
"Kinda seems like the aftermath of a big fight of you ask me." Violet flew up to them.
Wind weaved through her raven locks, eyes fixed on the ground and open-palmed hands held out at her sides. Purple energy seeped out of them, wrapping around her legs and keeping her afloat. A navy blue three-quarter jacket covered over a black shirt and trousers, matching with light leather boots and gloves that covered her forearms. Turning to her left, she looked at the others, frowning slightly as they stared.
"What?" She raised her brow.
"Sorry, it's kinda the first time I've seen powers like that in real life." Wasabi shrugged.
"Cool." GoGo popped her gum.
"This is gonna be so awesome!" Fred held his fists before him excitedly. "Our team's gonna be the greatest superhero group ever!"
"Well, sorry." Violet chuckled. "I'm not here to stay."
"Fine." Fred huffed, folding his arms.
"Hey, guys, I beat ya to it." Dash's voice came on their earpieces.
"You're already there?" Wasabi raised his brow.
"I've been here for three minutes or so." Dash chuckled on the other end. "So, should I start searching for him or do I wait up or something?"
"Look for him, we'll catch up when –," Baymax interrupted GoGo.
"There's an emergency."
The robot halted, shifting into a standing position abruptly, causing the others on his body to hang on in a panic. Wasabi scrambled, desperately holding onto Baymax's arms while Fred grinned, almost excited that he nearly fell. GoGo strained, climbing onto his shoulder while Honey held on barely.
"Hey! How's about warning us next time?" GoGo frowned.
"I nearly fell!" Wasabi's eyes widened with panic.
"My apologies. I have detected the heat signatures we found in the Crimson Phantom's warehouse." Baymax turned to them.
"What? Where?" Violet hovered up to him.
"In a building, due west of us." Baymax pointed. "A couple miles away."
"You mean another building's collapsing?" Honey raised her brow.
"I am sending you the coordinates right now." Baymax turned to her.
"We'll try to alert the authorities." Jack's voice came on their earpieces. "We cannot have further loss of life."
"Well, we need to get going." Violet turned to them.
GoGo frowned and lowered her head, clenching her fist as Violet flew away from them. Her mind raced, weighing the situation at hand with Hiro who was possibly in danger. Sighing as she made the selfish decision, she struggled and climbed up, standing on Baymax's shoulder.
"I'll meet you there, guys." She huffed.
"GoGo, where're you going?" Wasabi turned to her.
She jumped off Baymax, bending her knees as she dove toward the roof of a café below and landed on it, leaping off and onto the street. As she skated away, wind rushed past Baymax and swooped over his shoulder. Turning to his left, he saw that Honey had disappeared. Wasabi and Fred shared a look, scanning the area as confusion set in.
"Where's Honey?" Wasabi raised his brow.
HONEY YELPED as her feet hit the ground, disoriented as she looked around, quickly straightening her dishevelled hair. Explosions and screams met her ears, turning to her left as she saw a dust and smoke billowing from a building nearby. Dash walked up to her, sidestepping as people ran the other direction down the sidewalk.
"Honey, how many Chem. Balls can you make in say …" He turned to the building. "Fifteen to thirty seconds?"
"Lots." She started dialling on her handbag. "What mixture do you need?"
"That tetra whatever stuff you mixed up last time."
"Tetracalcium trialuminate sulphate." She smirked and dialled faster.
"Yeah." He dashed away and returned with a satchel strapped over his shoulder. "I need as many as you can make."
"Shouldn't we work as a team?" She handed him a Chem. Ball and dialled up another one.
"We don't have enough time." He received and bagged it. "They're gonna be here in a minute or so and some people would've died by then."
"Then, what're you gonna do?" She handed him two more.
"Evacuate the building and put the Chem. Balls around so it doesn't collapse." He received them. "If the building's up a lil longer, then the street can be evacuated and we can find out what's been causing these collapses."
"And you're gonna do it on your own?" Her brows furrowed as she gave him three more.
"C'mon, I'm fast enough." He chuckled.
"I think we should wait for the others." She dialled up another one. "We lost lots of people last time, so we've gotta work together to prevent that from happening again."
"Trust me." He filled the bag up. "I've been jogging lately."
"You sure?" Honey raised her brow.
"Just watch." He smirked.
Dash turned to the building, feeling a rumbling spread through the street as dust spewed out of its roof. He took a deep breath and ran, bolting through the crowd. Wind rushed behind him in a line as he sprinted between the people and avoided vehicles. He stopped abruptly, spitting repeatedly.
"Gross." He wiped splattered bugs off his face and frowned.
He dashed up to the edifice, scaling up its walls and leaving a trail of cracks as he stepped on the glass. Strips of wind crisscrossed around the building, going up and down at rapid speeds, increasing before the others dissipated. People appeared in the street, baffled as they looked around in surprise. Honey stepped forward, smiling as she watched Dash at work.
The world around him slowed as he ran, his breath being the only sound as everything else muffled. He jumped into a room, darting laterally across a wall, avoiding a cracked floor and leapt forward, pushing a woman away from a falling ceiling tile. He got his footing, shouldering the woman as he ran up to a young boy, frozen in motion and about to trip, scooping him up. Placing the two on his shoulders he flipped over a rock, holding onto them as he did and landed on the floor, leaping out the window.
He ran down and placed the mother and son in the street, sprinting up into the building. He dashed into a hallway, fishing out a Chem. Ball and tossed it onto a badly cracked wall, coating it in a grey substance that exploded out. Turning to his left, he saw an old man trying to wheel himself away from a crack in the floor that rippled toward him.
Dash ran up behind the man, lifting the wheelchair by the armrests and darted out of the room. He ran down the hall, tossing two Chem. Balls at adjacent walls that nearly fell over while keeping the man up. He sprinted into another hall, moving rapidly down the stairs, passing several floors and exited the building, placing the man on a sidewalk far from the building.
He shot back into the building and went up to the second floor, tossing three Chem. Balls onto a fissure in the ceiling that lined it. He ran up a staircase to his right, tackling a girl who nearly fell into a hole in the floor and jumped out a nearby window, placing her on a street across from the building and returning to it.
He reached the second floor, seeing cracks shatter the entire room and a small boy leaning against a window, trying not to fall. Dash leaped over the floor, running laterally across the wall and jumped, stepping off the ceiling and flipped downward, grabbing the child. Scooping the child in the crook of his arm he tossed six Chem. Balls, half on the floor and the rest on the ceiling.
He ran into a large room and his eyes dilated in shock, seeing the floor sinking downward in the middle. Two people laid dead, crushed under debris and three others held on to the window and broken concrete, trying to avoid falling. He looked up, seeing the ceiling just about to cave in.
He fished out six Chem. Balls, tossing them on different spots on the ceiling and looked around, sifting his mind for a strategy to save the room's occupants. He ran across the floor, avoiding deep cracks as he moved up to a girl across from him standing near a window. He grabbed her and shouldered her, running out the window and down the side of the building, placing her and the young boy he carried on a bench nearby.
He ran back into the room, quickly grabbing the last remaining occupants as the floor collapsed and out the building. He sped into the third floor, tossing Chem. Balls at cracks on the walls and floors and grabbed some people, placing them on the streets outside the building. Having depleted his Chem. Balls, he ran out, sped up to Honey and collapsed on the floor, panting heavily.
"Whoa." She turned to him. "You got everyone out?"
"Most of 'em." He panted and struggled to get on all fours. "Still got the last two floors left." He coughed. "We've also gotta get the people as far from the building as possible in case it still collapses."
The clanking of steel met their ears and they turned to see Baymax, Wasabi, Fred and Violet run up to them. Sighing in relief, Dash rose to his feet, breathing heavily as he dusted himself. His sister came to his side and Honey dialled up more Chem. Balls.
"Guys, we've got the top two floors left, so we've gotta get moving." Honey walked up to the others. "Dash put some of my Chem. Balls around, so it should buy us more time while we evacuate."
"You're gonna be alright?" Violet turned to Dash.
"Yeah, just need a few seconds." He stood up. "We've also gotta get the civilians away from the building in case it still collapses."
"I'll handle that." Wasabi ran off.
"Dr. Cello, how far are you?" Dash pressed his earpiece.
"Not too far." The scientist's voice came. "The cops should be there soon."
"Good." Dash went off comm. and turned to Honey. "Okay, I need more Chem. Balls."
"Sure." She turned to him.
"Okay, we'll meet you there, okay?" Violet flew off.
"Gotcha." Dash nodded.
Thrusters opened on Baymax's back and he flew towards the building along with Violet. Fred jumped high above civilians, shouting at them to leave and frightening them, making Wasabi shake his head. Dash received the Chem. Balls and scooped up Honey, running into the building and leaving her on the bottom floor.
HONEY TOSSED a Chem. Ball to her left, hardening a crumbling wall nearby. She turned to her right, following the source of the rumbling to an elevator nearby. Unlike all the tremulous chaos around her, the vibration was consistent and low compared to them. She entered and looked at the buttons, feeling that the vibration was coming from below. She reached for the floor number dial when Dash ran up to her, holding her wrist.
"Hey, what're you doing?" He furrowed his brow.
"It's odd." She looked around. "Just listen."
"For what?" Dash looked around and frowned slightly. The room rumbled and he looked down.
"You hear that? There's a rumbling coming from below us and it's different from everything else." Her brows stitched in curiosity.
"You think it's why the buildings are collapsing?" He raised his brow.
"Wouldn't hurt to find out." She pressed the basement button and shrugged. "Well, anymore than it already did." She drew a smirk from him.
THE DOOR creaked open as Honey pushed it, Dash tailing her as they entered a large, dim room. Large steam pipes lined the walls, reaching towards large tanks and other machines that sunk into the blackness of the shadows. Flipping the light switch, shock enveloped the pair as they reached the epicentre of the room.
A large metal plate lay on the floor with four metallic spikes that spread out and dug into the floor. It sent out tremors, causing them to stagger as they got closer. On top of the machine in its centre was a black and red Kabuki mask with glowing eyes.
"Uh … guys?" Honey pressed her earpiece.
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