A/N: SO EXCITED! It's gettin' real up in this place!

[Chapter 15- Meeting]

"We gotta tell Krei," Tadashi fretted, pacing in front of his friends.

"Yeah, sure," GoGo scoffed. "Let me just call him up. 'Hey, Mr. Krei, you know that girl you secretly murdered a while back? Yeah? Well her dad's coming to kill you. Have a nice day!' That'll go over well." She rolled her eyes.

"Why not?" Honey Lemon whispered. "We have to warn him, and we're all witnesses. If this is true, we can't keep it a secret. Secrets are what got everyone into this mess."

"Um, no, how about we don't?!" Wasabi cried. "What if Callaghan finds out?! What if he comes after us?!"

"He already knows," Tadashi choked. It felt like the walls were closing in. He hadn't admitted it before, but he knew it. The air was getting thicker and thicker.

"Easy, Tadashi," GoGo maneuvered him into a chair. "Breathe."

"How would he know that?!" Wasabi panicked.

"We saw him," the Hamada explained. He tried to take a deep breath, but it was impossible. "The Baymax doll. Hiro lost it on the island. I know Callaghan found it."

"Shoot, shoot, shoot," Fred muttered. He flipped himself upside down in his chair. "Not good. We need a plan."

"It's gonna get worse before it gets better," GoGo sighed. "I guess we have no choice. If we tell Krei, at least there's a chance everyone can be prepared."

The others nodded.

"To the lab!" Fred cried, bouncing up. "The computer lab!"

-[]-

"Got it!" GoGo called. "Took some hacking, but I found Krei's number. He gives it away to anyone he wants to join his personal program."

"Nice. Good job," Tadashi grinned and leaned over her shoulder.

"Hacking is not nice," Wasabi grumbled.

"But at least we have his number and an excuse to set up an appointment," Honey Lemon pointed out. "Who wants to call?"

...

"I'll do it," Tadashi held out his hand. A phone was dropped into it, and he dialed the number on the screen. "It's ringing."

"Hello?" A soft woman's voice came through the phone.

"I'd like to set up an appointment with Mr. Krei?"

"How did you get this number?"

"I was given it...? I work in medicinal robotics. He was impressed with my work and wanted me to join some kind of program?"

"Oh! Oh, yes, sorry," she laughed. "That makes sense. Mr. Krei is very cautious about who can contact him on this number. What's your name?"

"Tadashi Hamada."

"Is that safe?" Wasabi whispered. "What if they figure out who you really are?"

"We want to go in as honest as possible," Tadashi whispered back, covering the end of the phone. The others nodded.

"Alright, Mr. Hamada. Mr. Krei has an appointment available on Wednesday from 9:00am to 10:30. Will that be okay?"

Tadashi paused for a moment. If he chose that, and they all went, they would miss class with Callaghan, which would raise some suspicion.

"What other appointments are open?"

"I'm sorry. Mr. Krei doesn't have any other available appointments this week."

"Nevermind, that's... that's perfect. Thank you."

"Of course. Mr. Krei will be happy to see you. What was the technology he wanted to discuss with you?"

"Oh, um, I made a... I made a nursing bot."

"Really? Sounds fascinating. We'll see you Wednesday, Mr. Hamada."

"Yeah, see you then."

-[]-

Wednesday rolled around, and the students found themselves in front of the towering Krei Industries building, dressed in business attire.

Fred tugged uncomfortably at his tie, and Honey Lemon fixed it with a sigh. GoGo popped her gum.

"I guess, we... just head in?" Tadashi murmured awkwardly.

The five students entered and approached the large desk at the back wall. People in suits and lab-coats swam past them like a tidal wave.

"Hello," Tadashi greeted quietly. The secretary didn't look up. "Um, hello."

"Yes?"

Tadashi gulped.

"I'm Tadashi Hamada? I have an appointment with Mr. Krei?"

The secretary paused, slowly looking up with sharp eyes.

The constant motion of the room slowly came to an impossible stop.

"You have an appointment with Mr. Krei?"

"Yes...?"

The secretary snorted and typed something in the computer.

"I don't see- Oh. Oh! Oh, I'm sorry, I- oh."

"Yeah," Fred snapped. The others looked at him in surprise. "Do you know how many offers our technology has gotten? If this is how Krei treats his appointments, maybe we should go...?"

"No! No! I'm sorry, you just don't-"

"We have the latest in medicinal technology and the longer we wait here for Krei to get his act together, the longer-"

"No! I'm sorry! I'll have you sent up right away! Krei Industries offers their sincerest apologies for the delay," the secretary promised, properly cowed. He pressed a button and quickly led them to the opening elevator doors. "Thank you so much for choosing Krei Industries." He bowed slightly just as the doors closed.

"Whoa!" GoGo turned on Fred. "I didn't realize you could do that!"

"My dad makes business deals like that all the time. He's really old-manish, cute, and friendly at home, but he knows how to get people to do what he wants," the brunette shrugged. "That guy wasn't going to let us up for a while. Not until he'd checked us out. And none of us brought any 'medicinal technology' to show."

"Anyway, it was amazing," Honey Lemon smiled.

"And kinda scary," Wasabi grinned.

The group laughed.

The elevator doors opened on the top floor, showing another secretarial desk and a large office further behind. They stepped up to the petite, feminine secretary.

"Hello," she greeted with a smile. "You must be Mr. Hamada... And... Who are these lovely people with you?"

"Oh!" Tadashi blushed. "They're my team. I designed the technology, but they helped me build and program it. We all deserve credit, really."

"I see..." She bit her lip. "Well, Mr. Krei's just finished his 8 o'clock, so head right on in!"

"Thank you," Tadashi offered. He took a deep breath and led his friends to the double doors. They entered, and Krei looked up with surprise.

"Oh, I'm sorry," he smiled. "I seem to have forgotten your names. And recruiting you."

GoGo closed the door, and the smile faded.

"Alright, who are you?" Krei demanded, anxious.

"Tadashi Hamada," the older brother informed gently.

"Hamada?" Krei questioned. "I tried to recruit your younger brother Hiro, with the microbots."

"Yes, I remember," Tadashi hid his clenched fist behind his back. "We're here to warn you."

"Warn me? Are you threatening me-"

"No! No!" Wasabi panicked, holding his hands out like Krei was a frightened cat.

"What we're trying to say..." Fred paused dramatically. "...is have you heard of Robert Callaghan?"

Krei paled and fell back in his seat like a collapsing sheet. All the wind had blown from his sails, and he was left empty and failing. "Mr. Callaghan? I have heard of him, yes. Worked with him actually."

"And you remember what happened with his daughter?" GoGo prompted. The man buried his face in his hands. He was trembling.

"Of course, but-" He looked at them with wide, terrified eyes. "How do you know about the accident?"

"It's... a kinda long and confusing story," Tadashi warned, rubbing the back of his neck. Krei reached for the phone on his desk.

"Melody, cancel all my appointments for today."

"But, sir-!"

"Something incredibly urgent has come up."

"...Yes, sir."

-[]-

By the time they had finished their tale, Krei was once again pale and shaky. He had copied down as many notes as he dared before the sense of dread and terror washed over him.

"I'll make sure the entire building has completely improved security, and I will keep my personal bodyguards with me at all times," he decided.

"It won't matter!" Tadashi fretted. His jacket had been slung over the back of a chair, and his sleeves were rolled up in agitation. "With my brother's microbots, Callaghan can do practically everything. We need a plan, a real plan."

"We could call in some superheroes! They could help us!" Fred suggested. "They could fight off Callaghan and keep everyone safe!"

"Superheroes aren't real, knucklehead," GoGo snapped. "Maybe we could call in the military? Surely they could stop him!"

"Isn't that a bit extreme?" Wasabi worried. "We don't want to... kill him."

"We could develop a solution that would trap him! Then we could take away the neural transmitter and stop all the microbots!" Honey Lemon cried. Tadashi stared at her, light flickering behind his eyes.

"We can use all of those ideas!" He breathed, tugging at his hair in excitement. "We can form a team. Some of us can distract him, and the others can trap him and deal with the transmitter!"

"Like you're brother's delusional dream?" Krei sneered slightly. "Is that wise?"

"Hey," Tadashi grinned. "My brother's a genius."

A/N: YES!

QUESTION OF THE UPDATE: If you could have an entire garden with a certain flower of any color, what would it be and what color? I would have a garden of yellow pansies.