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Hiro began to sturr back to consciousness, he was confused when he saw that he was staring at a metal ceiling but trying to move his head, he saw he was restrained by a magnetic field.
What?
And than it all came back to him.
Tadashi had handed him over to the military, deeming him a threat to the order of the city.
He didn't want to believe that he would do such a thing but he had memories that said other wise.
Baymax had been right, Tadashi had turned hostile towards him and he should have left then there.
He had stepped on Tadashi and his parents landmine and now he was here.
Where this was.
"Your are in the highest room in the city, Hiro Hamada" said a voice that was made up of a lot of voice said.
Hiro froze.
That was.
He turned and saw the thing that ruled the city.
Leader.
"We finally get to talk Hiro Hamada" said, Leader. "Face to Face"
Hiro felt the hairs on his back raise as the thing kept talking.
"How are you finding the city? Isn't it beautiful. " said the thing that had many voices.
"Where am I? Where is Tadashi?" Said Hiro, trying to be brave.
"He deemed you as a Threat, Mister Hamada" said Leader. "You shouldn't be asking questions like that. He contacted the authorities and handed you over. I have yet to think about destroying that robot"
"Don't touch Baymax!" Said Hiro. "I know what you did to Tadashi! You surpassed his memory somehow. Your keeping him from remembering who he is, so he won't come home"
Silence.
"Mister Hamada, when you see this city." Said Leader, as Hiro found himself forced closer. "What do you see?"
"I see a prison" said Hiro, deciding to honour the thing.
"I see another life for every single person" said Leader before he drop a bomb and said. "This is the land of the dead"
"What?" Said Hiro.
"How do you think your brother came out of the fire?" Said Leader. "He didn't. Shortly after he died, he gave me life and I revived him. I went to all the graveyards and revived all the people who once died and gave them a new beginning. Do you think the world down below wouldn't want to kidnap a person they knew to be dead? How many would want to hurt him and every one around him if they thought he was the secret to eternal life?"
And Hiro was speechless because he never thought what would happen if a known, dead person came back to life.
It would be chaos.
Even he would want to look at his genetic structure.
"Dead people need to stay dead for their sake and their love one sake" said Leader. "But some never got a real chance at life. What about the children who only lasted a few minutes in the world? What about the people who died just before they were starting to make a better life for themselves because they didn't have a good start in life?
What about the people who were taken by sickness or a factor they could not control. Don't those these people deserve a second chance in life?"
"Well, yes they do" said Hiro. "If I died for a reason I can't control, I would want to be alive as well. But why did you take Tadashi? Why did you take him away? My family would have moved just to be with him"
"Mister Hamada. When I got Tadashi memories. I saw what Tadashi was before your parents died" said Leader stunning him. "Unlike you, who couldn't remember. Tadashi was 7 when they died. I saw the happiness in his eyes. A life where he could just be childish and expect to be spoiled by his parents. If he cried, his mother would be there to hug him. They would go on family picnics. Visit a place every summer. Every day was an adventure"
Hiro was shocked to silence.
"But then when they died and you were only 3. Tadashi had no choice but to grow up" said Leader. "He didn't want to be a burden to his Aunt so he acted more mature then he already was. He couldn't talk to you about your parents because you didn't have that bond with them that he did. Do you know what you did at their funeral?"
"What?" Said Hiro.
"You were playing with a toy" said Leader shocking him. "You were simply too young to understand how heavy death was. In a few years you won't even remember who they were. He couldn't talk to you about them at all. So as your parents did for him, he tried to be there to guide you. He became the brother, that you always wanted to leave you alone until you were in trouble. He surpressed so many things about himself and just smiled every day. He was in a cage of his own making"
"If he felt that way then he should have come to me" said Hiro.
"How was he supposed to come to the boy who didn't listen and was going into illegal bot fighting all day?" Said the Leader. "Sometimes he got the feeling that he didn't even matter to you. Those months leading to his death, was a sad time because he was just happy that you were listening to him and where working on something together. He created Baymax in case something happened and he wasn't there but didn't you turn Baymax into a fighting robot not shortly after?"
Silence, as Hiro felt like something was going through his head.
"When I revived him, I read his wish" said Leader. "He wanted to live freely. He didn't want to be forced to be an adult. He wanted his parents back. He recognised that his time as a big brother was over. He trusted that you no longer needed him"
"But that's not true" said Hiro. "I do need him. Every single day, I dream of what it would have been like if I had dragged Tadashi away from the fire. I need him"
"Are you sure?" Said Leader and then Hiro heard.
"Mister Hamada, you are aware that this is being recorded?" Said a woman voice.
"Yes" said Tadashi and Hiro turned around and saw a holographic Tadashi sitting down.
"Mister Hamada, why did you turn Mister Hamada over to the authorities?" said a woman voice.
"Because, he was asking alarming questions" said Tadashi. "I felt like he wanted to go after Leader. If Leader dies, this whole place comes crashing down. I won't know where to go since I don't belong in the city below. You should have seen the looks I was given down there. I couldn't let him hurt Leader"
Hiro draw closer.
"And what did you think of Hiro before then?" said the woman.
"Honestly, I just wanted Hiro to leave" said Tadashi shocking him. "The other me died in this universe and I happened to stay at a house where the other me lived. Everyday, that kid is constantly looking at me as if he wanted me to turn into somebody else. I would feel him starting at him in the night. I walked past a building that said my name on it and it was so uncomfortable. I was glad that I was out of their because everybody was uncomfortable"
"Tadashi?" Said Hiro.
"And what did you think when Hiro showed up here?" Said the woman.
"I was creeped out" said Tadashi. "Here, I was getting ready to continue my life. Don't get me wrong, it was amazing catching a glimpse of the world Hiro lived in but even Hiro friends agreed that I should stay in the city. Hiro was a great kid, who I could feel was brave and wouldn't let anything hold him back. It may sound odd but I was proud that I met such an amazing kid down there."
"Tadashi..." Said Hiro.
"And then he came after me" Tadashi said. "I know this boy a couple of days max and suddenly he risks his life to go through the shield to find me. I was getting ready to graduate. I had a girlfriend. Hiro just forced his way into my life without my consent. I had to take him everywhere with me. His aunt was calling me constantly to make sure Hiro was alive. I now had to deal with stares in my own house. I just wanted to have him leave me alone. When he came here, he didn't consider my feelings at all in this matter. At least I knocked and gave them a choice. He gave me no choice"
Hiro looked down.
"But do you know what I would do if I was in his situation?" Said Tadashi making him look up.
"What is it Mister Hamada?" Said the woman.
"I would treasure the time I spent with my other self" said Tadashi. "The other Tadashi died, what? A year or two ago? This kid is in college making technology that is standard for us. If I were him, I would say thank you for helping me become the person I am today. Although you died, you taught me lessons that I will take with me, my whole life. Do you know how lucky it is to have somebody who cares about you? I live in a city. Not a country. A city. Clinging on to me, is basically you saying that you want to rewrite those precious moments that make up who you are. Do you really want to stain the memory of the person who watched over you until their final breath?"
Silence.
"And if he ever watched this. What would you say?" Said the woman.
"I would say, " said Tadashi before looking into the camera. "Hiro, your an amazing person. You have amazing friends. You have an Aunt who loves you. You may have lost somebody but you gained so much more. But I don't belong in that world and you don't belong in mine. But just because we can't be together doesn't mean I will forget about you. A person like you will stay with me for a lifetime." Before he laughed and said. "Who knows, maybe I'll name my first child after you. Hiro Jr. That does have a nice ring to it"
The recording stopped.
Hiro was crying.
"Mister Hamada. Holding on, your only hurting yourself and Tadashi." said Leader. "The world doesn't stop spinning just because you want it to. Isn't it enough just to know your brother is happy and he is proud of what you've become today? A lot of people spend their whole lives, wondering what their loved ones would think of who they are now. You got to see that. And he looks pretty proud of you. I may have taken his memories away but his feelings will always come straight from his heart. Aren't you hurting him by not letting him move on?"
And Hiro realised this thing was right, he was hurting Tadashi by trying to force him back into the past.
The world moves forward, no matter how much he wanted it to stop.
Was it fair to chain Tadashi because he wanted to relieve a time, he kept close to his heart?
"I want to leave" said Hiro. "But I want to see Tadashi one last time."
And Leader granted him the wish.
Suddenly Hiro found himself on the passage he first saw when he arrived in the city and Tadashi had been called in.
Tadashi visible flinched when he saw him, but then relaxed when he saw the guards.
"Takashi. I'm leaving" said Hiro. "I'm sorry that I forced myself into your life. I wasn't thinking about your feelings at all"
Tadashi was surprised.
"Can I...just have a hug?" Said Hiro startling him. "I promise I won't do anything shady"
Tadashi paused before he opened his arms up and wrapped his arms around him.
Hiro did so as well and felt it.
He just engraved the feeling of Tadashi warm body into him.
"Eh? Hiro?" Said Tadashi, this was getting uncomfortably long.
"Oh, sorry" said Hiro getting out of the hug. "It was nice meeting you, Tadashi"
"You too, Hiro" said Tadashi.
And then Hiro found himself in front of the Lucky Cafe, Cafe.
Suddenly he heard a noise making him look up.
The city in the sky was moving and then it suddenly disappeared.
For the first time in weeks the sky was clear.
They were gone.
But Hiro wasn't sad.
"Thanks for being the best big brother, Tadashi" he said. "Have a wonderful life."
End.
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