Chapter Nine

"No, no, no, no!" Tadashi and Masashi both cry out, peering down the window as they watch Baymax waddling down the street. Their hard-earned project was leaving them! Gone AWOL. "We can't let him get too far!" Masashi groaned, gripping his hair bolting out of the room with Tadashi and Hiro not too far behind.

"I know, I know I'm sorry!"

Tadashi cursed as Hiro looks at him in shock. "I know, I know: I'll put my cash in the swear jar later." He replied, hurrying out of the café nearly bowling Cass over.

"What are you three in such a hurry for?" She asked, raising an eyebrow but the trio were more panicked at the sight of Baymax trying not to freak out. "But you're finally out of your rooms…and dressed! And Masashi I'm so glad you're doing better."

"Uh. Y-Yeah. Yeah we thought it was…time." Hiro was trying to act calm and collected.

"And I'm really doing much better! Tadashi and Hiro encouraged me to get out more."

"We were just thinking of-."

"Registering for school?" A hopeful expression could be seen on her face, clasping her hands with excitement in front of her.

"Yup! Masashi and I finally talked him into registering again," Tadashi replies with an all too fake grin that fortunately Cass is too excited to not notice. "We're going to take him to the Gyro Carts along the way. Bringing some of our friends along y'know?" Bouncing with delight but eternally screaming on the inside.

"Alright!" She hugged the boys making Masashi wince. "I'll make a big dinner then, don't get a ton of food, we'll have hot wings with the sauce that makes our faces numb!"

"Sure, sure. Sounds great!" They started out the door only to be pulled back in by another one of her hugs before once again making a break for the exit.

"Okay. Am I the only one who felt guilty?"

"We'll make it up to her later," Tadashi says to Masashi, spotting his moped leaning against the café entrance putting on his helmet and tossing the other two over to his friend and brother. "Get on quick! Before we lose him!" With that, Tadashi revs his moped taking off through the streets of San Fransokyo.

Masashi shakes his head in disbelief, gripping his arms around Tadashi's waist while keeping a look out with Hiro. "I had no idea he'd be this evasive for someone with stubby legs."

Hiro looked around grimacing. "C'mon…wait look!" He points over Masashi's shoulder seeing Baymax riding on one of the cable cars.

"Tadashi!"

"I'm on it!"

Masashi can feel the wind whipping through his helmet as they're soon not too far behind from the cable car. Nothing but pure adrenaline is in his veins, licking his lips gripping Tadashi's waist even tighter than before. "I cannot believe you didn't think to install a sarcasm program in him!" Hiro hollered at his brother and friend. "All that other stuff and not ONE sarcasm?!"

They get on the cable car station, jumping on only for Masashi to yell and point rushing after Baymax. "This way!"

"Oh gosh where? Where?" Tadashi bites his lip as they looked around, ignoring the passerby's whom some gave odd or questioning looks before glancing down the dark alleyway Baymax is spotted, they jogged up to Baymax who was in front of an abandoned looking warehouse.

"I have found where your tiny robot wishes to go." Baymax said, holding up Hiro's microbot.

"Baymax, buddy, I don't think it wants to go anywhere." Masashi attempted to reason.

'It's broken!" Hiro added taking it. "It's not-"

All three are startled when the microbot points to the direction of the warehouse. Tadashi tries the door but its locked shut. Clearly no one had wanted any outsider access for whatever could be inside. "There is a window." Baymax pointed.

Tadashi, Masashi and Hiro look up and give each other grins. All seeming to think the same thing which is under rare circumstances.

"You guys thinking what I'm thinking?"

"I believe we are Dashi."

Not much longer do they have Baymax underneath the window, Tadashi and Hiro climbing up first then Tadashi carefully as possible takes Masashi's mechanical hand. "Please take caution, a fall from this height could lead to bodily harm."

"We get it." Hiro muttered.

Upon entering the warehouse, Masashi squints his eyes trying to adjust to the darkness surrounding them. To outsiders such as themselves there appeared to be nothing inside. They soon hear a loud squeak, which Masashi thinks it's a mouse at first grabbing onto Tadashi's arm out of fright but it turns out to be Baymax squeezing through the window. Noting the smirks on the Hamada bros faces does he huff. "Oh shut up."

"... I will need to deflate a bit." Before he began to do so.

"Ya done?" Hiro asked, face palming.

Baymax let out a squeak as he nodded. "Yes."

Masashi chuckles but blinks when he spots an old curtain that looks to be blocking something from being seen. Now what do we have here?

A large bin catches his eye as he peers down into it. "Oi: Tadashi, Hiro!"

"What is it?" They run up to them after their own looking around.

Masashi reached down, picking up a handful of Microbots that look all too familiar. Very familiar in fact. "…Hiro's microbots?" Tadashi mutters, shaking his head in disbelief.

"And look at the numbers. Do you remember making this many?"

The three puzzled males look around finding a machine that makes more of them. Spewing out microbots one after the other. "Someone's…making more?"

"Tadashi? Masashi? Hiro?"

The trio jumped seeing Baymax, Tadashi turning around holding a hand to a chest. Hiro puts a hand over his heart. "You gave us a heart attack!"

"I wouldn't say that if I were you." Tadashi warned.

Baymax rubbed his hands together as the palms glowed blue. "My hands are equipped with defibrillators… Clear." But the boy jumps out of the way.

"Whoa, whoa stop! I'm fine!"

"It's a figure of speech!" Masashi explains to the robot, shuddering as he remembers that actually happening to him and Tadashi panicking seeing him twitch on the floor after the electric shock. Maybe we should have given him a sarcasm/figure of speech program after all

Then a thought crossed his mind. Loud. They were being very, very loud. At that moment there was distinct footsteps heard. Tadashi narrows his eyes at the dark clothed figure wearing a kabuki mask, pushing Masashi and Hiro behind him. A katana that looked all too familiar strapped to his back. Twin ones at that.

"Who are you?" Tadashi boldly demanded. "What are you doing with my brother's microbots?"

The man makes a lunge for them. They scatter, taking off as fast as they possibly can. Hiro makes a lap around the machines grabbing Baymax. "Keep goin! C'mon!" He barks out.

"I'm trying! I'm not as fast as you guys are remember?!"

"No shi-"

"Hiro!"

"Oh c'mon I can't even swear when we're being chased by a psycho?!"

One of the machines just barely grazes Masashi's hair as he ducks underneath it, screaming when the man jumps in front of him ducking and dodging as best he can from his sharp blades. "Masashi!" Tadashi hollers, ordering Hiro to toss him a wrench which he catches with ease, swinging it into the man's back.

The boys managed to re-group after only to have the man still in hot pursuit. Microbots becoming active as the man was lifted up by a wave of them.

"Oh…"

"Shittake…"

"Mushrooms." Tadashi finishes. "RUN!"

The quartet make their way through the ventilation system, screaming as the microbots make their way inside. A rope is formed by them that latches onto Masashi's leg. He cries out, feeling himself being dragged little by little away from Tadashi and Hiro when Baymax fortunately latches onto his wrist yanking him out of the microbot's grasp.

Eventually they find themselves out of that tight space bolting for the entrance after squeezing Baymax through. "Punch it down!" Hiro shouts, making a punching motion with his fist. "Kick it!"

A very light kick and punch.

"Are you kidding me?!"

Tadashi bops him on the head. "You bonehead! He's not a fighting bot remember?!"

"This, is HOPELESS-" Masashi curses, climbing out the window they originally enter. Hiro's scream suddenly catches his and Tadashi's attention when the boy is picked up by the microbots and hung up in the air.

"Hiro!"

"GAH!" He struggled.

"You asshole-put him down right now!" Masashi grabs the wrench out of Tadashi's hand running towards the mysterious masked man.

"Masashi wait!" Tadashi shouts, gritting his teeth as he tries to chase after the other. It's not long before he too finds himself picked up by the microbots along with Masashi, struggling and squirming to get out of the microbots grip. He snarls at the man as he brings himself and Masashi close to his face. Studying them. His message was clear as day. Get out. Or die trying.

Sweat trickles down the side of his head as they're brought over a window higher than the one before. The man lets them fall, the trio flailing about trying to grab onto anything or themselves squeezing their eyes shut.

THUD

SQUEAK

Baymax fortunately breaks their fall. Tadashi helps his brother and friend up, asking if they're alright. When they respond with a shaky 'Yes' they take off with Baymax out of that damn area.

The man on the roof still watching as they leave…

This was only just the beginning.

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"Who do you think that was?!" Hiro panted as they hurried along.

"Without a doubt it has to be Ackerman. Now before you say anything hear us out: He was there during the fire; he was the one who attacked me; he was stealing YOUR microbots. Tried to trap me and Tadashi both so we'd be burnt to a crisp! I can't believe I was stupid enough to trust him…" Masashi muttered as they raced up the steps to the San Fransokyo police department.

"Masashi don't start with that. For now, let's report what Ackerman had done and go home after." Tadashi replied, squeezing Masashi's shoulder as they walked up to the front desk. The officer lazily looks over at them when he spots the trio.

"Yes?" The officer asked in a bored tone. Looking like he didn't want to be there.

"We'd like to report an assault."

"What is the nature of the crime?"

The trio spare a glance with one another before shouting.

"We were attacked by a guy wearing a Kabuki mask!"

"No, no: We were attacked by ALEX ACKERMAN. He supposedly 'disappeared' after the fire but he's alive!"

"And he attacked us with a katana and microbots!" Hiro added, taking out the petri dish.

"So we ran but he just wouldn't give up!" Tadashi chimed in.

"Then the S.O.B throws us out the window!"

"So… Why didn't you report you're uh… Mini bots-"

"Microbots."

"Stolen when they were?"

"We thought they were destroyed!" Tadashi, Masashi and Hiro both shout in unison.

But the officer doesn't look impressed by any means. He gives them that 'Looks like you've been reading too many comic books' look that irks Masashi to no end. "And he was attacking us with a neuro cranial transmitter."

"So… Mr. Kabuki Zombie was using ESP?" The officer asked unamused. Looking over at Tadashi and Masashi, not believing they were going along with a teenager's 'crazy story' thinking they should know better especially.

"I know it sounds crazy but it happened! Baymax was there! Tell 'em!" Hiro nodded towards the robot.

The healthcare robot held up a hand. "Yes officer they are telling the-Truuuuuuth." Tadashi and Masashi cringe seeing the robot twitch before slumping over completely almost knocking Hiro over.

"Ack. Hey!"

Baymax stands up, swaying like a drunkard. "Loooowwww….battery…"

Hiro scowls at a sheepish Tadashi who laughs nervously at the look his brother and friend toss him. "Uh…heh: Did I forget to mention that I never put in a new battery for him?" He yelps when Masashi hits his shoulder with his mechanical arm. "OW!"

"You dummy! You could have warned us."

"Did you HAVE to use your mechanical arm?!"

"Look… Why don't we call your parents, just leave your names and number-"

The boys proceed out of the building, Masashi groaning as he tries to help hold Baymax up while they're walking. "I'm your personal, Baymax, healthcare…" Baymax spoke, eyes drooping before busting out in a series of maniacal giggles. Hiro gives the older males a questioning look.

"…This is really weird."

"C'mon Baymax, let's get inside." Masashi speaks in that of a coo, only to let out an 'ack!' when Baymax falls over onto him motioning Tadashi and Hiro to help him out.

"I will scan you now, scan complete!" He fell over again.

"Get. Your bubble but off me."