A/N: So I've decided I am gonna write a sequel for this, because I'm not quite ready to let these characters go. I've already been brainstorming ideas for new characters and villainous plots. Basically, I'm gonna have fun with these characters until I get bored and start with a new obsession. Anyways, just putting that out there and if anyone has any ideas at all about things you wanna see just PM me and I'll have a look.

A few evenings later, they were gathered around Hiro's computer in the Hamada's garage. Hiro had wanted to get started the next day, but Rena and Tadashi had point blank refused to let him go anywhere that wasn't either his bedroom or down to the kitchen. His ribs were still a little tender and his head ached dully every now and then but on the whole, he was fine. As though nothing had even happened to him. In his opinion, his siblings had been annoyingly stubborn. In their opinion, they had been keeping him safe. However, time was running out and they could no longer deny that they needed to get on with actually creating some gear. And that is how Rena Hamada ended up stood in her freezing cold garage on a Wednesday night instead of studying, watching her little brother enthusiastically explain things that none of them had the heart to tell him that they already knew. Displayed on the screen in front of them was a mask with the neurotransmitter behind it as well as a digital drawing of a red bird that Hiro had been pondering for the last few days. Rena stared blankly ahead at the screen as Hiro blabbered on about needing to take the mask or whatever. Unlike her friends, she'd heard it all before and was beginning to grow bored. She just wanted to get scanned and get back into her hoodie, which Hiro had made her take off in order to get a more accurate scan. She was stood next to an over-excited Fred and behind Honey-Lemon. She let her eyes drift over to her silky hair, watching how every slight move sent ripples down the golden waterfall cascading down her back. She let her mind wander, and before she knew it she had completely lost focus, too busy daydreaming about something that she could not recall when she thought about it later.

'Rena! RENA!' Hiro was snapping his fingers impatiently in her face. 'OI! Get in line.'

She snapped back to reality quickly and stumbled quickly over to the line up. She lifted her arms up at Hiro's command and he scanned them before sliding back over to his computer and typing frantically on the keyboard.

'Okay. We should be able to get everything finished by this weekend if we work fast. Starting now.' He reached over the desk and grabbed a notebook that he had thrown on the side earlier and brandished it in the air. 'I've planned everyone's suits, I just need some input from you, then we can get to work. He tossed the notebook to them and turned back to the computer, face set in concentration. Fred caught the book and flicked through it until he saw the proposal for his suit. He gave a roar of delight. 'A monster! This is so cool! I can't believe this is finally happening!'

'Okay dodo brain, but can the rest of us see?' Gogo asked, holding her hand out for the notebook. He handed it over reluctantly and watched as everyone admired the plans for their suits.

'Everyone good?' Called Hiro and they all gave various agreements. 'Nice. Gogo, I'm gonna need the wheels for your bike. Honey, I'll need these chemicals from the lab -' he began to explain what he needed from everyone to create their suits, and after an extensive list of gear to grab he sent them on the way to SFIT. Gogo, Honey-Lemon, Wasabi and Fred headed off to SFIT in Tadashi's car, leaving the three of them alone in the garage. Rena grabbed the notebook again and flicked to the page of the proposal for her own suit again so she could get a proper look at it. To be fair to Hiro, he had designed it well. It was a generic superhero suit with a matching helmet, in a pleasing shade of sunset orange. The most interesting thing about it was the gloves, they were black but had orange spots in the middle. In typical Hiro fashion, he hadn't decided to label anything of importance.

'Hey Hiro, what do the gloves do?' She asked as she approached him, perching on the edge of the desk as she watched him input the code to begin the first of the 3D printing.

'Genetically enhanced plasma. Professor Davies gave me the idea in his last lecture. You know that elastic woman in the incredibles? The idea is similar, I'm gonna make it so that you can flick your wrist and send out a shoot of it so you can grab onto stuff, as well as climbing walls and shit. There's also one in the bottom of the boots.'

'Huh. Neat.' She said, admiring the drawing again.

'Yeah, I thought that you were the best at physical combat out of all of us, so you didn't particularly need a weapon.'

Rena smiled 'thanks, I guess.'

A distant memory stirred up at his words. She was a sophomore, and Hiro was a little freshman who had started high school at the tender age of 11. It was a pretty bad time for him, for all of them. Tadashi and Rena had both skipped grades themselves, but they had never been bullied as much as he had been. At first it was subtle, the standard name calling that anyone would expect to hear in high school. Soon, he was being shoved into lockers and pushed down the stairs. The worst part was, Tadashi and Rena didn't know. Didn't even notice until he had tried to kill himself soon after he turned 12.

It was safe to say that they went ballistic. Tadashi non-stop cried for a week and Rena was excluded for a week after she broke the head bully's nose (as well as a broken arm and rib). She remembered vividly a conversation she had had with a kid that she didn't remember the name of.

'I heard you got excluded, since when did you get good at fighting? I thought you were a nerd?'

'I have two brothers.'

'Oh so they taught you to fight then? Pretty cool.'

'What? No? Hiro started high school at the age of 11 and Tadashi is weaker then wet tissue paper. They need someone to be able to defend them'

She couldn't remember the kid, not even what he looked like. She hoped he was well.

'Hey not bad!' She held out her arm and examined her new suit. It fit surprisingly well. Hiro beamed at her, scribbling something down on his clipboard. He circled her quickly, adding notes as he went.

'Okay.' He scooted to the side and nodded. 'Get the mask.'

She turned towards Fred's butler and formulated a plan. Time to try these fancy gloves. She flicked her wrist and a shot of orange plasma shot out, matching the colour of her suit perfectly. It stuck to the column of the wall, and she flicked her wrist again to pull herself to the wall. She hung there for a second, gooey orange line sticking her to the ceiling of the shelter they were in. She sent another beam of plasma out of her other hand, and quickly used this to climb horizontally along the ceiling, getting quicker as she went. She looked like an overgrown child crossing the monkey bars. After a minute or so, she dropped down in front of Heathcliffe and took the mask straight off his head.

'Nice one!' Hiro called. She ran over to him and handed him the mask before high-fiving him victoriously.

'I rate it!' She said over her shoulder as she sped up to join her friends gathered around an outdoor seating area. She sat down next to Honey, admiring her purse and Wasabi's glowing blades. She watched Tadashi test his suit from afar. He basically had the same gear as Baymax - rocket boosters in his shoes and a fake leg that was sent flying when he pressed the button on his forearm. Rena watched him circle unsteadily around Heathcliffe before swooping in and grabbing the mask. However, he also had a particularly large blade in his belt. Rena knew that after the fire, Hiro was going to make sure that he was best equipped for a quick getaway, whether or not he did this without even realising so. She grinned hugely at Tadashi as he approached, fist bumping him as he stepped past her and sat on the table. The only person left was Fred, and they heard him before they saw him. He emerged from the side of the house, whooping loudly. A great, blue monster leaped in the air and landed perfectly next to Hiro as he wrote more notes onto the clipboard. After a minute or two, he gestured over to Heathcliffe and stepped back. Rena watched, interested. Fred was the only one that refused to disclose the capabilities of his suit, claiming that it would 'ruin the fun.' He jumped into the air, soaring upwards into the sky with huge yells of pure glee. As he came soaring back down to the air, he let out a huge wall of fire around Heathcliffe, trapping him inside the burning ring. She caught Hiro stumble backwards out of the corner of her eye, and watched as he fell onto the ground, chest heaving and eyes wide. It then came to her - the fire.

'STOP!' She screamed, 'FRED! STOP!'

She jumped up, pulling Tadashi to his feet. They bolted towards their brother who had collapsed on the floor and had his head buried in his hands. Tadashi immediately went to his side and Rena grabbed the hose that Gogo had left discarded on the floor after retrieving the mask. She ran to the house and turned it on, the water reaching the fire from where she was stood. She didn't want to move any closer, so instead stood rooted to the spot, extinguishing the fire from afar. Tadashi was pulling Hiro away, and their friends had encircled him, looking concerned. Particularly Fred, who'd taken the top of his costume off and was watching the scene as though close to tears. It was only then that Rena realised how much her own heartbeat had raised, and she found herself running a sweating hand through her hair. She dropped the hose with a dull thud, and walked silently back into the house, pulling her helmet off as she went. Searching for a room she could take refuge in, she walked briskly down the huge hallways. Eventually, she encountered a fairly large library and sank down into one of the chairs. She shakily let out a breath and shut her eyes. That fire had relived some unwelcome memories that she quickly pushed down as soon as she realised about Hiro. Now, however, they returned with full force. As though she'd been smacked in the face. A few tears escaped her closed eyelids as she sank further down into the cushy chair. Slowly, her breathing returned to normal and she was snoring softly in the huge room.

'Rena?' Tadashi's concerned face was inches from hers as she awoke.

'Mmmmm?' She mumbled sleepily, rubbing her eyes as her mind swam back into focus. She remembered Hiro freaking out, and then how she had rushed to the library and-

'Is he okay?' She asked, stretching.

'Hiro? Yeah, he's fine. He's out with Baymax, they should be back any minute now. Then we're gonna find the masked man.'

'What, now? We've barely had any practice with our gear!'

'I know,' he paused and perched on the end of the expensive coffee table in front of her. 'But we've already wasted enough time, we don't need to give him any more advantages than he already has.'

She nodded, leaning back into the chair and subconsciously tapping her fingers on the armrests. She realised then that she was still wearing her suit, and grabbed a book from one of the shelves using the plasma. It wasn't for any particular reason, just to do something to fill the awkward silence that had filled the room. She held the book out and read its dusty title. Pride and prejudice. Brilliant. She leaned down and gently dropped it onto the floor. Straightening up, she rested her chin on her hand and looked at Tadashi, who was chewing his lip anxiously.

'What's up?'

'Why are you up here?'

'I don't know. I don't like fire so I came inside, sue me!'

'Okay, but why did you both freak out like that?'

'Seriously? Is it not obvious?' He shook his head and she let out a deep breath. 'The fire? The one where you nearly died? I wouldn't suppose you'd get it, I never did tell you what happened immediately after the building exploded.'

'Why not?'

'Because I couldn't! I didn't want to talk about it! Even if I wanted to, I know I would not be able to!'

'Well, can you talk about it now?'

She faltered. 'Maybe?'

Tadashi gave her a piercing look and she nodded. Time to finally tell him. And she did. For the next half hour, she relived everything. From the moment she woke up after the explosion to the second he opened his eyes in the hospital. Tadashi didn't say a word throughout, and she hadn't expected him to. It was surprisingly easy to get everything out, and once she had she felt as though a weight had been lifted somehow. As soon as she finished talking, Tadashi enveloped her in a huge hug, sniffling on her shoulder.

'I'm sorry.' He sniffed, 'I had no idea. At all.'

'I know you didn't, and I didn't expect you to either.' They pulled apart and he sat back on the balls of his feet, marvelling in the information he'd just received.

'I get it now. It makes sense.'

'Yeah.'

Rena stared out the window, not really looking at anything in particular. She sensed Tadashi about to say something, possibly launching into a big speech. However, he was interrupted before he even had the chance. They both turned their heads at the sound of footsteps approaching. Rena wiped her eyes quickly and cleared her throat loudly as Honey appeared in the doorway.

'They're back, and they found the guy. We're gonna set off now. Hey, you alright?' She added to Rena as she caught sight of her tear-stained face. Tadashi had already left, racing ahead of them to hear whatever news Hiro and Baymax had brought back with them.

'Yeah. Fine. Let's catch this bastard.'