Rena stood there, staring at the place where her brother had just slipped through her fingers into danger once more. For a second, she didn't move. She didn't think, she didn't speak. But then, a horrible combination of emotions bloomed across her chest, spreading throughout her entire body and making her hands tremble. It was a weird mixture of grief, disbelief, confusion, pure anger, annoyance and a weird sense of pride. It was safe to say that she hated it. Tadashi gently placed a hand on her shoulder and instead of letting him guide her away from the dangerous portal she slapped him away.

'Why is it,' she said, her low and bitter, 'that you two are so DETERMIND TO KILL YOURSELVES?' She shouted this last bit, she didn't mean to really but anger clouded her judgement. She turned away from Tadashi's wounded look and stormed off towards safety. He followed her reluctantly as she kicked various stones and pieces of metal out of the way.

'We were so close!' She yelled, gritting her teeth. 'So close to getting away from here unscathed! For FUCKS SAKE!'

Tadashi didn't say a word, didn't even react as she yelled and raged about the injustice of it all. She was oblivious to everyone staring at her as she made a scene. In her opinion, it was completely justified! Her younger brother had basically just sacrificed himself to save the daughter of a man he hated. He was probably going to die in there and she hadn't managed to save him. It was like Tadashi all over again.

Except Tadashi wasn't dead, he was standing there looking like he was gonna cry. She deflated slightly, all anger quickly dissipating. It was replaced by a mingled feeling of guilt, sadness, worry, grief. You name it, she was probably feeling it.

She collapsed on a nearby rock and pulled her helmet off. She slammed it down next to her and buried her face in her hands. A small sob escaped her lips and she pressed her palms to her eyes, spots of colour swirling across her vision like the machine metres away from her. She heard a clunk of metal hitting rock as Tadashi plonked himself down next to her. He rested his head on her shoulder and sighed wearily.

'So this is how you felt outside the SFIT hall that day, huh?' He mumbled quietly. Rena lifted her head and saw tears slowly fall down his cheeks.

'No.' She said, hesitating slightly. 'There was a lot more... uh.. smoke and pain. Oh yeah, and vomiting and crying and-' She trailed off, not seeing the need to continue.

'I'm so sorry.' He whispered, and she shook her head.

'Stop this.' She said, slightly annoyed. 'Now's not about that, alright? It's in the past. You're not dead and that's final. Let's forget about that.'

'Yeah but-'

'No buts.'

He nodded gently. 'Okay.' He paused slightly, before rising to his feet. He began pacing up and down rapidly. Rena remained where she was, watching him sadly.

'He'll be fine!' Tadashi said, more to himself than to her. 'He's with Baymax!'

Rena nodded, not bothering to mention how the cons definitely outweighed the pros in this situation.

'Yeah he's too stubborn to die.' She replied, smiling sadly as she remembered reciting these exact same words to Aunt Cass many weeks prior. Tadashi looked at her before grabbing her hands and pulling her to her feet. He hugged her tightly, and she hugged back.

'He can't die.' Tadashi whispered, sounding so small and heartbroken.

'He won't.' Rena reassured him gently, but she was becoming more uncertain herself as the minutes ticked by. 'He'll be okay, I know he will. He has to be, because I don't know what we'd do without him.'

'I love you.'

'I love you too. Dickhead.'

'Well that's a bit harsh, bonehead.'

'Yeah yeah I get it, you've got to stay PG clean for your brand or aesthetic or whatever. Just admit you're a pussy and you don't like swearing.'

Tadashi laughed gently, still hugging her. 'In your dreams.'

'Listen,' Callaghan said, approaching them warily. 'If it's any consolation...'

But he didn't get to finish. Before he had gotten another word out of his treacherous mouth Rena had pushed Tadashi away from her and stormed towards him, all the anger that had previously subsided filling her being once more. She seized a fistful of Callaghan's robes and looked right at him with her blazing eyes.

'You,' she hissed, her voice dangerously low, 'can shut up. You're a piece of shit, you know that? Tadashi almost DIED when he ran into that fire to save you and you show no remorse. WE TRUSTED YOU! I thought you were kind, understanding. I thought you were one of the greatest men alive. But you're nothing but a snivelling piece of shit.' With that, she dropped his robes and he fell backwards slightly.

'I lost my daughter!' He retorted angrily and she stared at him in disbelief.

'So? You put people's lives in danger. You almost killed my brother and countless other people in that pointless fire you set. If you had asked, we'd have helped you! You literally work at a school of geniuses! How did it not occur to you to ask for help?! We could've recovered the portal and gone looking for her! All of this could easily have been avoided!' She swept her hands across the air, motioning to the smouldering remains around them.

'I-... well.. I-' Callaghan stammered.

'Die.' She said loudly, spitting at him before stalking off in the opposite direction.

'We're almost there buddy!' Hiro yelled encouragingly as they approached the distant pod. Baymax said nothing as they floated towards it, and before he new it he was clambering on top of the metal, slightly nervous that he was gonna plummet to his death. He let out a shaky breath, looking over at the healthcare robot and feeling slightly more comforted. Slightly. He reached over and wiped the glass, peering through to the girl sleeping within. She was young, only about a year or two older than Tadashi. He watched her for a second before turning back to Baymax.

'Okay Baymax. Let's get her home.'

Baymax nodded and seized the pod. He activated his boosters and they sped off towards the way out of this weird, colourful universe they had found themselves in. Hiro admired the view as they explored the.. space? World? Galaxy? Alternate universe? He didn't know, but he drank in the beautiful colours and floating shapes and rocks, knowing that he would never see them again. Unfortunately, he was too busy doing this to notice the huge wreckage speeding through the air towards them. He heard the whistling of oncoming metal and yelled out. Oh god, he was gonna die here! He promised Rena he'd come back! And his SFIT project, Aunt Cass, Tadashi!

'BAYMAX!' He yelled in panic as it loomed closer, almost slipping off the pod before he realised that he couldn't run anywhere, he really was trapped. He braced himself for the impact just as Baymax pulled himself to the front.

He cried out as the wreckage hit, small rocks and pieces of metal were raining down on him but he wasn't crushed as he was expected. He whipped his head around, Baymax was quickly floating away from them. He scrambled to his feet, panicked.

'Baymax! Grab on!' He yelled, reaching out to grab his hand. He just about managed to grasp it, and pulled him back to the pod before he was pulled away from it himself. He quickly analysed the situation - half the robot's armour had been tore off in the impact.

'Ok. Shit.' He muttered under his breath, desperately wracking his brains to find a solution to their problem. Baymax confirmed that his rocket boosters were inoperable and he deflated. There only way out of this was broken, they were trapped. He sat back on his knees, chest heaving as the realisation sank in.

'There is still a way out of here.' Baymax said, and his heart soared. But this hope was quickly diminished as Baymax rested his fist against the pod. He knew what was happening a mere second before he said it.

'I can deactivate if you say that you are satisfied with your care.'

'No!' He gasped desperately, feeling as though he was choking all of a sudden. An iron fist was tightening around his chest and tears were welling in his eyes. 'You can't deactivate! Just hold on - I'll come up with something! I will!' Baymax shook his head and Hiro slumped down even further, mind whirring rapidly as he tried to grasp at an idea far away in his mind. 'Please! Baymax, I- I cannot loose you!' He wrapped his arms around the robot's next, hugging him tight. Half of him felt stupid - he was just a robot after all. But at the same time, he was more than that. He had saved them! He was family.

'Hiro. There is no time.'

He knew that. Deep down, he knew it was the only solution. He'd known it since they'd stepped into the portal, somehow. He wanted to stay, wanted to come up with a magical solution that would fix everything. He could do that. But Baymax was right. If he hesitated and the portal imploded, there would be no chance of them ever getting home. He couldn't do that to his small, broken family. Could not add another heartbreak to their shattered lives. And that is the only reason that he said-

'I am satisfied with my care.'

He said it so quietly that for a second he thought Baymax hadn't heard him. But after a small delay, he watched as the robot deactivated and they were sent whooshing towards the exit of this beautiful hell. As they were hurtling through space, only one coherent thought was ringing in Hiro's sad mind.

'SHIT! Tadashi's gonna be so mad!'

Rena was stood on her feet near the portal, chewing her nails as she watched the swirling colours. Then, she wasn't. She found herself lying down on the ground, coughing in the dust that was now in the air. She lifted her head to locate the source of the sudden explosion, but there was no explosion. Instead, a metal pod was sitting on the ground near her feet. Pulling herself upwards, she noticed how the gravitational pull of the portal trying to drag her inside had subsided. She ran over to Hiro, lying slumped over the metal. Her heart stopped as she approached him warily, noticing how still he was lying there. Then, he lifted his head and looked right at her.

All anger she had previously felt had dissipated - for good this time. She threw herself at him, letting out a guttural sob. To her surprise, he hugged back. Tadashi piled on top of her and all three of them stood in an awkward huddle, both crying and laughing. Then, Rena could feel Honey Lemon's hair on her shoulder and Fred's stupid monster costume digging in her side.

'We did it!' Fred yelled excitedly as they pulled apart, high-fiving both Gogo and Wasabi as he said this.

'Where's Baymax?' Tadashi asked quietly, and it was only then that Rena noticed the clear absence of one of their number. Hiro shook his head, tears in his eyes as he looked up at Tadashi.

'I'm sorry!' He said, 'there was this huge wreckage of... something and he-'

Tadashi shook his head. 'It's fine. It's fine! You're alive, that's what matters.'

'Hey!' Rena reassured him gently, 'it's alright! We can rebuild him... right?' She addressed Tadashi as she asked this last bit and he shrugged.

'We'll figure it out.' He said heavily, and Rena nodded. Then, she turned and hit Hiro on the arm.

'OW! The hell was that for?!' He yelped, rubbing his arm in annoyance.

'Well I'm glad to see you alive but we have got to keep up with tradition!'

Hiro stared at her, dumbfounded. Tadashi looked her in the eyes and they both burst out laughing despite everything that had just happened.

'Wha-?'

'Don't ask!' Tadashi answered, shaking his head as he grinned.

'Uhh, can we go now?' Asked Gogo, also showing her confusion at this weird turn of events.

'Yeah the police are coming!' Fred said, eyes shining with joy. 'We have to keep our identities a secret - that is literally superhero rule number 1!'

Rena rolled her eyes at him and jogged over to pick up the helmet that she had previously discarded. She rammed it on her head and turned back to her battered group of friends.

'Yeah. Let's go.' She said, grabbing the hands of each of her dumbass brothers.

They turned and walked away together, leaving Callaghan a crumpled mess next to Abigail's pod and Krei in the background yelling at someone on the phone.

Well that's it!

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To clarify, I will continue to write 2 (TWO) more things;

1. An AU! This is literally just me writing this story as if Tadashi really had died in the fire, the only reason that I am calling it an AU is that Rena Hamada will be featured in it.

2. A sequel! This will be a random mashup of stuff from the series as well as my own plots! I really don't want to let these characters go yet because I love them so much.

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