A/N: Nearly at the end now! I am planning on writing 2 more then I will begin work on the sequel(s) of this. (A combination of my own story lines and story lines from the series all mashed up lol). Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has read this - particularly those that have added it to your favourites, reviewed it, followed me etc etc. I really appreciate it :) Just wow - cannot believe that 1,297 people have read this so far. That's absolutely unreal. ENJOY!

Tadashi was being pulled to his feet by Baymax. He didn't even remember falling. His mind was reeling, desperately trying to process all the information that he'd just received. His head was pounding and his entire body was aching.

'My protocol was interfered with momentarily. I am sorry for any distress I may have caused.'

'What was that?!' Hiro burst out angrily, and Tadashi stared at him. 'He got away! What the hell did you interfere for?!'

'What you just did, none of us signed up for.' Wasabi snapped acidly.

'Yeah, we said we'd catch the guy. That's it.' Gogo added coolly.

'I never should have let you help me!' Hiro sneered, 'you're all useless anyway!'

Tadashi strode over to him and jabbed a finger at his chest. 'Stop this. Now.'

'Did you not hear what he did?' Hiro shouted, eyes blazing, 'he deserved that!'

'YOU CAN'T JUST TURN AROUND AND DO THAT!' Tadashi roared, and Hiro flinched. 'Baymax was never, ever made to murder ANYONE. I cannot believe that you would do that, it was an idiotic thing to do and you know it. I don't care who he is, I don't care what he did. You cannot just order him to kill anyone that you're angry with!'

'HE NEARLY KILLED YOU! HOW IS NO ONE ELSE ANGRY AT HIM?'

Tadashi scoffed and turned away from him, hardly believing the pure idiocy that he was spouting.

'Tadashi! Look at me! I'm your brother! I-'

Tadashi turned to face him again thunderously. 'No brother of mine would ever do anything like that.'

He watched his brother's face crumple and was flooded with shame. Hiro shoved past him roughly and climbed onto Baymax.

'Baymax. Wings.' His voice was shaking.

'Hiro wait-' Tadashi began to say, approaching his brother. Hiro ignored him as Baymax's rockets started up.

'No wait!' Yelled Gogo as she tried to pull Baymax back to the ground.

'Hiro!'

'Stop! Hiro!'

'Come back!'

It was too late, they were left in smoke as Hiro jetted off without them.

'I cannot believe him!' Rena exclaimed as Tadashi finished explaining that they were trapped on the island. They were all sat leaning against the wall where Baymax had been taking care of her whilst they fought Krei. They'd only just joined her, and she had instantly began questioning them on the lack of a giant robot and one of her brothers.

'To be fair, what you said was a bit of a douche move.' Gogo said, addressing Tadashi.

Rena narrowed her eyes at him, before yelping in pain. She had momentarily forgotten about the many gashes on her face. Baymax had stitched up two particularly large ones on her forehead and cheek. She brushed off their worried glances, instead choosing to pretend that she hadn't noticed.

'The hell did you say?'

Tadashi sighed deeply and lowered his head down, leaning it against his knees that were pulled up against him. He mumbled something incoherent and she frowned at him.

'What?'

'I said he was no brother of mine!' He raised his head to look at her, eyes full of tears.

'Oh.' She stated simply, doing nothing to comfort him as he buried his head in his hands. 'Well yeah, okay. That was a bit stupid.' No one said anything for a second, and she purposely avoided his eyes as she chewed her nails. For a couple of minutes, no one moved and the only sounds being made were Tadashi's pathetic sniffs as he cried into his hands. Rena looked up to see Honey and Gogo furiously communicating non verbally behind his back and she smirked. Gogo caught sight of her and pointed at him.

Say something! She mouthed at her and Rena shook her head, the grin sliding off her face.

The hell do I say?! She mouthed back furiously. Gogo shrugged and Honey mimed putting her arms around him. Gogo nodded to this and Rena sighed in defeat.

Fine!

She shuffled forwards and knelt next to him. She awkwardly pulled him into a hug, not really knowing what to say. Tadashi barely cried, and when he did she was never really the one to offer any useful words of comfort. He lent his head on his shoulder and she was reminded painfully of the day when he awoke at the hospital. Funnily enough, she barely did anything to help him then. She looked over to Honey Lemon (easily the most compassionate member of the group) for help.

'Hey, don't beat yourself up about it.' She mumbled hesitantly after Honey didn't offer any words herself. 'Hang on, why did you say it?' She hadn't been filled in on the whole story, but from the looks on their faces she knew whatever it was, it wasn't good.

'What happened?' She asked, sitting up straighter. Gogo and Honey avoided her gaze, whilst Wasabi cleared his throat loudly and shook his head. Fred jumped to his feet, rambling on about how he was gonna call them a lift back home. Gogo stood and followed him, Rena could hear them muttering together as they disappeared round the corner.

'Uhh, what?' She was now thoroughly confused. 'Stop being all weird!'

Tadashi sat up and lent against the wall, breathing deeply. She tried not to look at his tear-stained face.

'It wasn't Krei in the mask.'

'Oh.. then who was it?'

He shook his head and shut his eyes. She leaned over and placed a hand on his shoulder, wondering what the hell had overcome him.

'It was Professor Callaghan.' Honey whispered, eyes also on Tadashi.

'What? No.. I- he's dead!' Rena exclaimed, sure that they were pulling some sort of sick prank on her. Honey Lemon clamped her lips together and shrugged quickly, shoulders sagging.

'How?' She whispered in awe.

'He stole the microbots.' Wasabi answered heavily.

'Holy shit.' It was all she could say. Her mind was reeling.

'So, then what happened?' She asked quietly, looking over at Tadashi. He sighed deeply and launched into explanation, carefully detailing the events of how he had unveiled himself and about how Hiro tried to murder him.

'Oh my god.' She breathed, only speaking when she was sure that he had finished. 'I- christ man.' She ran her hands through her hair, thinking things over. 'I mean, I don't blame him for going apeshit.'

Tadashi stared at her and she stared back defiantly. 'What?! A man he thought was dead suddenly turns around and says 'oh aye yeah I almost killed your brother but I don't care' and you expect him to be chill with that? Obviously I don't think he should have been murdered!' She added hastily as he opened his mouth to argue. 'But, come on. He's just a kid!'

'So are you!'

'Piss off! 'Dashi you have no idea how much the fire destroyed him, right? Just give him a break!'

'That doesn't excuse anything-'

'Oh yes it does. It does if I say it does. And besides,' she pulled away from him and leant back against the wall, 'if I can forgive him for saying that he wanted me dead then I'm sure he'll forgive you.'

'What?' Tadashi stared at her in disbelief, 'no way.'

'Yeah? You're overrreacting.'

'Nah I think you lot are just seriously messed up.' Wasabi butted in nervously and she grinned.

'Thanks. It's the trauma.'

Tadashi looked appalled but Honey and Wasabi were laughing.

'Why are you booing me?' Rena laughed as he elbowed her roughly, 'you know I'm right! Mate, our parents died in a car crash that we were in and you half burned to death like 6 weeks ago.'

'Maybe..' Tadashi sulked.

Gogo and Fred emerged from around the corner, no longer immersed in conversation.

'Heathcliffe will be here in like, 10 minutes.' Fred said, sitting down next to Wasabi. 'What did we miss?'

Tadashi hesitated, then sat back with his arms folded behind his head.

'Not much.'

Rena snorted and he smacked her, but he was grinning.

'Jesus why did we ever think we could actually be superheroes?' Tadashi spluttered into his hands.

'Fuck knows mate.' Sighed Gogo.

'What do you mean? We did perfectly!' Rena said sarcastically and they laughed again.

'To be fair, your fight with Callaghan on that hill was pretty badass.' Fred said encouragingly and she shrugged.

'I guess.'

'Well. At least we're all alive!' Honey Lemon exclaimed, clapping her hands together.

'Nah I'm gonna kill Hiro when we get home.' Rena said, cracking her knuckles. 'Little dick, leaving us here stranded.'

The laughter quickly died out.

'Well.' Gogo said, breaking the brief silence, 'bet you're looking forward to that conversation when we get back.'

Tadashi nodded grimly 'woohoo.'

Hiro jumped off Baymax as soon as they landed in the garage, pulling his damaged helmet off his head and throwing it on the desk. He plugged it in, tapping some rather complex code into his computer.

'You appear to be distressed.'

No shit. 'Baymax, I'm fine.'

'Your neurotransmitter levels are-' Hiro shut him up by ramming his helmet back on his fat head.

'There!' He snapped, 'is it working?'

'My sensors are operational.'

'Good. Now, let's get back to- hang on.' He jabbed at his access port, annoyed. 'Open your access port!'

'Are you going to remove my healthcare chip?'

'Yes! Now OPEN!' He punched furiously at Baymax, but his access port remained firmly closed.

'Tadashi programmed me to heal the sick and injured.'

'Yes but-'

'Is this really what Tadashi wants?'

'Baymax, open your access port!'

'I cannot do that Hiro. Tadashi-'

'I don't care Baymax!'

'But Tadashi-'

'I DON'T CARE!' He yelled, punching the robot in his frustration. All of his anger and sadness and frustration and confusion and just everything suddenly poured out of him and he found himself to be collapsed against the robot, feeling more exhausted than he had ever felt in his 14 years on the planet. He whimpered quietly and slid down slightly.

'Tadashi doesn't care.' He whispered, so softly that he was unsure if Baymax would even hear him. 'He doesn't care.'

'Yes he does.' Said Baymax automatically.

'No he doesn't!' Hiro yelled, lifting his head up to look at Baymax in the eyes (well... lenses). 'He ran into that damn fire even though I tried to get him to come back! He ran right in there because he doesn't care about me! About us! All he cares about is being the hero!' He paused, chest heaving and heart hammering so loudly in his chest he felt as though it was gonna burst or something stupid. 'In fact, I don't think anyone cares about me and they shouldn't because I'm a terrible, selfish person that just randomly decides to attempt murder and abandon his friends? What sort of dickhead does that?'

'Hiro. None of what you have just stated is true.'

'What do you know? You're a robot.'

'Your neurotransmitter levels are abnormal once more. The treatment was working for a while but-'

'SHUT UP!' He yelled, pressing his palms to his eyes so hard that he could see spots of colour dance across his vision. Baymax said nothing - but Tadashi's voice rang out clear in the tiny garage. He jumped, lifting his hands away from his eyes so he could locate the source of the noise. A video of his brother was playing on Baymax's chest.

'Okay. This is Tadashi Hamada, and this is the first test of my robotics project. Come on big guy. Ow. Wait! Stop! Stop! Stop-' He yelled as Baymax practically fell apart and went flying at him.

A second video appeared, time had passed and Tadashi looked slightly more stressed - but still happy. 'Tadashi Hamada again. This is the thirty-third test of my robotics project...'

Hiro stared at his brother on the screen, temporarily forgetting about his anger. Tadashi was stood there with a wide smile on his face for every video, even as the robot failed and the screen was cut to black. Hiro stared at his face, realising how... whole it seemed. There was no trace of scars on his face, or anywhere else. He had forgotten about just how different Tadashi looked after the fire - practically his entire body was covered with scars as a result of the fire. Tadashi called them medals for 'fighting like a hero against the wicked flames that fought against him.' Rena called them 'dumbass marks.' Hiro had to admit that he rather more agreed with the latter. He barely noticed them now, he'd gotten used to it.

'Tadashi Hamada again, and this is the fifty-second-'

Hiro exhaled sharply as his sister came into view.

'Hey! I need to borrow your- oh. Sorry! I didn't realise you were doing something!'

'No don't worry, in fact you can do the honours.'

'Sure!'

She approached closer to the camera and stood next to Tadashi. She stood on her tiptoes, held tilted to the side as she examined Baymax.

'Ow!'

'Hello I am Baymax-'

There was a shout as the screen went black, and Tadashi appeared close up to the camera with a flashlight. Rena was stood a little further back, watching on anxiously.

'Come on Tadashi, you've been working on this for so long. Can't you just scrap it and start with something else?'

'No. No way.' He peered closer to the camera before turning to face her. 'You - he - doesn't understand this yet. But he's gonna help a lot of people.'

She shrugged and walked out the room as he turned back to Baymax.

'You hear that buddy? I'm not giving up on you. Let's get back to work.'

The video faded back to black once more, before flickering to life once more. Tadashi stood in front of the camera, looking exhausted.

'This is the eighty-fourth test.' He sighed, almost in defeat. 'What do you say big guy?'

'Hello! I am Baymax, your personal healthcare companion!'

His jaw dropped and eyes widened. All previous signs of distress were wiped from his face as he realised that Baymax was actually working.

'IT WORKS!' He yelled, jumping into the air. 'I did it! I can't believe you actually work!' He stopped his victorious dancing and straightened up.

'Okay. Big moment here, scan me.'

'Your neurotransmitter levels are elevated. This indicates that you are happy.'

'I am! I really am! Oh wait 'til everyone sees you. You're gonna help so many people buddy, so many. That's all. I am satisfied with my care.'

The scene shifted, and instead of being happy, the eldest Hamada looked nothing short of.. well.. depressed. He was sat in a chair, staring into space. His eyes were red and his mouth was set in a frown. The camera rose and was accompanied with a slight hissing sound as Baymax inflated.

'Hello. I am Baymax. Your personal healthcare companion. What seems to be the problem?'

'What? Oh - Baymax.' Tadashi shrugged and shifted his position slightly, as though he had only just realised where he was.

'Your neurotransmitter levels indicate that you are feeling a high amount of stress.'

'Oh.' He stated simply, turning away from the robot and typing something into his computer behind him.

'What is the issue, Tadashi?'

'Nothing that you can fix I'm afraid.' He gave Baymax a forced smile before folding his arms on the desk and resting his head.

'You can tell me Tadashi. I am programmed to help.'

Hiro shook his head, thoroughly confused. The video was silent for a long time as Tadashi sat with his head in his arms.

'Uhh, why are you showing me this? It just looks like he's fallen aslee-' He was cut off as Tadashi burst into speech, surprised.

'I don't know Baymax! I have a lot of deadlines due in and I told Fred I'd go with him to watch some dumb movie and now I'm gonna have to blow him off cause I need to study and I need to work because Aunt Cass has just let another waitress go and we're short handed and the 3D printer needs a new part but I'm saving to buy this new equipment I need and-' He paused and bit his lip. 'Hiro.'

'Hiro?'

'Yeah. My brother - I've told you about him. I'm worried about him! He graduated high school a while ago and he's bot fighting. I know one day he's gonna get hurt and there's absolutely nothing I can do to stop that. I thought he'd get better once he was away from that awful place! But apparently not: it's getting bad again. I know it is. But I can't do anything because he won't listen to me!' He sniffed and turned away from the camera.

'Tadashi. There is no need to cry. You will be able to find a solution to your problem.'

'Will I?' He cried, spinning his chair back around to face Baymax and throwing his hands up into the air in defeat. 'I love him more than words can say and I promised Mom and Dad that I'd protect him against anything and I've failed! I failed once, and I'm failing again! I just.. I just want him to be happy!'

The video stopped and Hiro blinked. His hand gently traced his brother's on screen and he felt an awful wave of guilt crash over him.

'I'm sorry. I- I had no idea I was putting you through all that.' He whispered to the screen. Wiping his eyes with his arm, he raised his head and addressed Baymax.

'Thank you. And I'm sorry, Baymax. I really, genuinely am.' Baymax blinked and Hiro sighed.

'Hiro.'

He flinched, surprised. He turned to face his brother. The real one, not a video of him displayed on a screen. He shifted uncomfortably, aware of everyone staring at him as they filed in behind Tadashi.

'Listen, I-'

But he didn't get to finish because he was pulled into a tight hug.

'I'm sorry.' He whimpered quietly into Tadashi's chest.

'So am I.' He said gently. 'I didn't mean what I said.'

'I know.'

They stayed like that for a few seconds before Rena had put her arms around both of them, forcing her way into their hug. A moment or two passed before Gogo joined in, then Honey Lemon, Fred, Wasabi and finally Baymax. Hiro breathed a sigh of relief, feeling warm and safe from the love of those around him. He wasn't sure how long it was before everyone detached themselves, but felt as though it didn't matter. Not in the slightest.

'Hey,' Gogo said, flicking him on the head. 'We're going to catch Callaghan.' She straightened up and nodded to the group. 'But this time, we'll do it right.'

'But hey, maybe next time don't leave your team abandoned on a spooky island?' Wasabi added, half joking and half serious.

'Oh god! I'm sorry you guys I-'

'Don't worry about it!' Fred exclaimed. 'Heathcliffe picked us up in the family chopper!'

'Yeah,' Tadashi grinned, 'there's no way I was flying everyone across that huge ass ocean.'

'Let's go catch Callaghan then!' Hiro announced excitedly, but Tadashi pushed him back gently, shaking his head.

'No. First, we're gonna recharge here. Not for long! But we need to come up with a solid plan and we can't do that on the scene. Besides,' he glanced over at Rena, 'some of us need to rest.'

'I do not!' She objected angrily, but Hiro noticed how she winced with the slight movement of stepping towards Tadashi.

'Fine.' He said.

'I do need my helmet fixing though.' She added, tossing it to him. 'Cheers bro.' She walked stiffly over to the couch and plopped down onto it, moaning slightly.

Rolling his eyes, he turned and started tapping away on his computer. 'Coming right up.' His voice was still thick from crying, and he didn't think that anyone had noticed. However, he was wrong.

A few minutes later, Tadashi announced that he was going to make tea whilst everyone recovered from the fight they had just epically lost.

'Hiro come with me, you can help carry the mugs.'

'Get someone else to 'Dashi. I'm busy doing this!'

'Oh come on, for once in your life get off your arse and just do something helpful.'

Something in the tone of his voice made Hiro sigh, before tapping a few more keys and follow him out of the room and up the stairs to their flat. It was only mid-afternoon, (they had gotten up really early to test the gear, and the fight had lasted a surprisingly short amount of time) so the flat was empty as Aunt Cass was busy with customers. Hiro sat on the counter as he watched Tadashi pull the mugs out of the cupboard and set them on the side, dumping tea bags into each one. When he'd finished, he turned to face Hiro, arms folded and eyes furrowed in concern.

'What's up?'

'The sky.' Hiro responded sarcastically, not really in the mood for some deep discussion where they talked about feelings or whatever. Yuck.

'Oh come on!' Tadashi exclaimed, exasperated. He ran his hands through his hair and Hiro sniggered.

'What?'

'You!' He imitated him, dragging a hand through his mop dramatically. 'You look exactly like Rena when you do that.'

Tadashi glared at him. 'Ok first of all, she looks like me because I am oldest and I came first. And second of all, stop avoiding the question.'

'I don't really know what you mean though.' Hiro replied innocently.

Tadashi held up a hand, ticking things off as he reeled off a list he had planned in his head. 'Ok first of all, you have your first panic attack in ages this morning. Then, you come back and then almost get killed, like three times due to your own recklessness and lack of regard for your own wellbeing. Thirdly, you go all apeshit and try to kill Callaghan. Then, I come home to find you crying and apologising to a robot.

Hiro squirmed uncomfortably. 'You're the one to talk about recklessness! If Rena was here now then-'

'I don't care Hiro, stop trying to distract me.'

'Oh quit it!' Hiro snapped, annoyed. 'What is it with you? Stop demanding answers that I don't even know myself!'

'What do you mean?'

'Well, first of all, I don't know why I freaked out over the fire. Oh wait, maybe I do. Ah yeah, maybe it had something to do with the fact that my brother almost died in a fire and me and my sister were left in the smoke, coughing our lungs out and screaming our heads off for you! Did you ever think about that?' Hiro snapped.

Tadashi didn't say anything, so he took this as a cue to continue. 'Ok, yeah. I lost my cool and tried to kill Callaghan. But can you really blame me? He almost tore our family apart - almost left me without a brother!' His voice cracked. 'Do you know how hard it was? Do you have any idea what it felt like to be by your bedside everyday whilst you were dying? To know that you consciously decided to run out on us without even a glance back? Callaghan doesn't give a shit, clearly. And I wouldn't think that you did either if it weren't for Baymax and those videos of you having a breakdown over fucking botfighting.' Tadashi stared at him incredulously and Hiro tore his eyes away from him.

'I'm sorry. I can't ever fix what happened but I can promise that it'll never happen again. You're right. I wasn't thinking - I was just desperate to save him and be hailed as a hero. Because I'm an idiot.'

He strode over to Hiro and hugged him for the millionth time in the last few weeks. Despite Hiro's claims that he really wasn't a hugger, he clung to him.

'Hear that?' Tadashi whispered, tilting Hiro's head gently to the side so his ear was resting in the perfect centre of his chest. 'I'm alive buddy. I'm not planning on going anywhere, not anytime soon. I'll always be here for you from now on, I'll be here until I'm old and grey and you've forgotten my name. Unfortunately for you, you're stuck with me now. And Rena as well. We need to stick together, I realise that now. As shit as I may be sometimes, I will be here until you're sick of me and wish me dead.'

Hiro sighed gently.

'I'm okay with that.'