Chapter Fourteen

Masashi glances at Hiro with a nervous look at his upgraded armor that the youngest Hamada sibling created for him the next day. "Hiro…are you sure about this?" He asked in a weary tone, trying to get a better view of his back.

"But Masashi you look so epic!" Hiro replied simply with a laugh. "C'mon it'll be great: Trust me."

"Can't I at least test them out first?"

"We already tried them with Baymax."

"But Baymax doesn't have that same glare of doom Tadashi will give you when he sees what you upgraded us with!"

Hiro rolled his eyes smirking. "Your over dramatic side is showing again," he teased punching Masashi carefully in the other shoulder that didn't have stitches. "C'mon it'll be a blast dude!" He turns Masashi around pressing a button on his back that jets out two dark red dragon wings.

"….I feel like such a dragon-nerd." Masashi grumbled, giving him the 'evil eye' Hiro was all too familiar with.

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As soon as they entered the common room, Masashi and Hiro frown in thought as the others are watching the TV with grim expressions. Masashi whispered to Tadashi what was going on when the older male told him to just watch and see.

Krei Tech was under attack by someone they knew all too well…

"No way. He's after Krei?" Hiro muttered.

"And Callaghan…he said Callaghan was going to be next on his list." Masashi said, feeling sick to his stomach.

So many people are going to be hurt…we have to stop this and fast!

"We know where he's at now at least. C'mon, let's not waste any more time." Tadashi ordered.

Wasabi looks like he's going to be sick at any minute however when Hiro mentions they'd be taking flight. "Microbots. Please."

"Your choice." Tadashi, Hiro and Masashi shrug before the Hamada brothers droned their helmets and the microbots were summoned. "Let's fly."

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"Hiro these scanners you hooked the visors up with are WICKED!"

"I know, I know." Tadashi and Masashi knew Hiro would be normally basking in all the praising and such, but now was not the time to be goofing around. Masashi could see Ackerman holding both Krei and Callaghan hostage from atop the building.

"We shouldn't charge in like this," Tadashi warns them. "Why don't we try something else first?" He reasons landing on one of the other buildings with the others. "Professor Ackerman?!" He called out.

The man in question sneers at the group, all the while making sure Callaghan and Krei are secure in his grasp. "What do you want? You have your precious friend back. You cannot expect much else."

"Just what would this accomplish!?" Hiro called trying to reason.

"L-Listen to the kid, Alex." Krei tried next. "C'mon: Your wife Miranda wouldn't want you to be like this. Would she? She'd know it was an accident." Krei cries out while Callaghan merely grimaces as the microbots tighten more around their bodies.

"An accident? MURDERING someone is an accident?!" Ackerman barks. "You….You fools took my wife, the one person who I held most dear to away from me!" He then looks back over at Masashi and Tadashi, snarling at the older Hamada sibling protecting Masashi. "You took her away from me. And I want her back!"

Everyone in the team felt a sense of strong deja-vu. Tadashi and Hiro both growled but Masashi raises his arm to stop them.

"Do you honestly think doing all of this will bring her back?! Is this…Is this how she'd want to see you?!"

"How. How could you possibly fathom of what it's like to lose someone? You have your family, your friends and most of all your Tadashi…"

Masashi felt pain go through him but he continued on with his speech. "I-I think I understand. Yeah. I get it now…You saw your wife in me somehow. Didn't you? That's why you always took me out for coffee and such…that's why you took me away from my friends. Away from Tadashi…" He looks back at the others, clenching his fists tight at his sides. "Same plan guys. Get the mask!"

"Get the mask" isn't a whole plan Masashi!" Wasabi thought as they charged.

The girls went in the other direction and the boys in the other. Ackerman was just as merciless as ever however. He had Wasabi pinned between two roof tiles. Honey created a barrier around herself.

Gogo was bombarded with microbots trying to crush her in an orb.

Fred was immobilized.

Hiro and Masashi swallow as they fly above the scene, Tadashi holding onto Masashi with his blade drawn. Ackerman gives another thrust of his hand as the microbots fly forward knocking Hiro back sending him plummeting to one of the offices floating right atop the ceiling.

"HIRO!" Tadashi and Masashi both cry out. They tried going in after him but both were grabbed and slammed in opposite directions. The robots Tadashi had previously controlled were now being used against them. Both look up in horror at what they see in the sky..

Debris were getting sucked into it, a large portal… With a familiar symbol on it.

The tori… The bird…

Hiro was holding on for dear life to a portrait trying not to get sucked in.

"What's the plan short-stack?!"

"Yeah we could really use that big brain of yours right now!"

"Get us out of here!"

"HIRO!"

Hiro had never felt so powerless in his life as he had right at this moment. Any plan. He was desperate to think of any plan at any moment to save everyone he held dear to. Then just like that, a grin that earned him the nickname 'Little Devil of San Fransokyo' formed. "I got it… I know how to beat him!"

He looked down activating his communicator. "Guys, use those big brains of yours and think around the problem! Shake things up! Look for a new angle!"

Tadashi and Masashi grin wide with approval having known those words all too well. That's my little brother/best friend! They both thought. Before long, they had all broken out of their predicaments with a surge of pride coursing through their veins. Masashi screamed however as a piece of debris flies into him, sending him towards the portal.

He struggles and fights back as the microbots surround him, feeling that familiar adrenaline rush as he activates the thrusters-ever so thankful Hiro upgraded them for him now-breaking through and flying towards the Hamada brothers.

"YES!" He lets out a cheer, pumping his fist in the air. "That's what I'm talking about!"

Tadashi and Hiro grin as he floats down, Tadashi catching his arms once he's on ground level. "New plan, forget the mask! Take out the bots they'll get sucked up into the portal!" Hiro commanded.

"Now that's a plan!" Wasabi grinned.

"Honey, Fred, give us some cover. Dashi, Masashi are you guys up for another round of Hamada/Nishino action?"

"You better believe we are."

"Let's do this Freddy!" Honey Lemon created another chemical ball with Fred following after her.

Ackerman was trying to spot the trio. Tadashi was clinging to Masashi's back as they flew dangerously close to the portal. "Ready…" Hiro started.

"Steady…"

"DIVE!" The trio flew down towards the bots separating them breaking them apart. The bots break apart as they fly into the portal.

Wasabi ran between the pillars of microbots gasping as he was lifted up a bit. "Gravity's getting weird here guys-Wait… Let's use this!" He grins as he leaps off slicing bot after bot with his blades.

"With Green blades of fury!"

Gogo uses a fallen piece of roof as a ramp for her to shoot across over with her blades using another section. "Woman up!"

Ackerman takes notice as to what they're doing, trying to take the trio out first soaring and weaving in between his attacks. "You guys ready?" Hiro asked them with a grin.

"Whenever you are!"

"I'm good to go kid!"

Back kick!

The attack had been deflected as Hiro kicked clear through.

Knife swipe! Tadashi thought, doing a backflip as he swipes his blade across Ackerman's chest.

DOUBLE KNOCK OUT! Both Tadashi and Masashi spin through the air breaking another attack.

Ackerman sneered as he manages to get back on his feet. Halting all three of them. However, he glanced down to see only a few microbots were holding him up and the trio had more control over them. "Oh look at that." Hiro remarked.

"Looks like your toys are broken." Tadashi replied with a smirk.

Ackerman knew what was coming but he still cries out in pain as Tadashi and Hiro both punch him at the same time hearing the satisfying crack of his nose breaking. "Sorry." Hiro smirked. "My big brother taught me a thing or two about doing the right thing."

However, the trio stare up in horror at the portal just above them.

"Oh no…" The trio dead pans.

"Guys I think it's time for us to split." Masashi suggests only to be grabbed by Hiro.

"Wait! My sensors are picking up that a woman's inside it!"

Tadashi and Masashi touch their helmets as they to pick up the same thing, looking at the younger male with surprised expressions. "…You don't think?"

"Ackerman's wife. She's still alive."

Ackerman glances up at the portal whispering his wife's name, this time not shrugging Callaghan away as the older male gets him back on his feet. "She's in there boys," Callaghan gives a nod. "I believe you know what to do?"

Masashi and Hiro glance at one another. "….Last time Short-Stack?"

"…Last time."

"Whoa hold up! That portal's gonna blow any minute!" Gogo and Wasabi try to stop them but Tadashi holds them back, telling them that they can take care of it. As much as it pains him to see his brother and most precious person take off, as much as it churns his stomach at the thought of them being inside that thing. He knows they can handle it.

So much debris had been flying around inside the portal making even Masashi gulp. "Damn. There's way too much debris floating!"

Hiro puts a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "This only reminds me of when I trashed Tadashi's room when I was six." He flashes a trade mark Hamada wink. "Dodge the furniture!"

"And avoid your brother's fist!" Masashi grins, both sharing the last fist bump of the day. Flying and dodging passed countless debris, the duo finally hovers over a pod with a familiar symbol on it. Masashi nearly got hit by a large piece of glass that almost caused him to wet himself on the spot. "…We never speak of this to Tadashi."

"Agreed. First we'll have to get inside this thing." They take a look around before spotting the microbots now under Hiro's control moving towards them.

It was a tight, uncomfortable fit for three people they managed to make it work. Hiro fiddled with the controls while Masashi takes hold of the wheel. Grinning like the Mad Hatter. "Oh hoh: This is going to rock. You ready kid?"

"Wait a minute! Do you even know how to-?" The pod speeds towards the entrance. "DRIVE!" Masashi has a manic grin on his face with poor Hiro pressed into his seat out of petrifying fear. Whoa! Masashi's scarier then Gogo when she drives! "You're insane Masashi: Absolutely insane."

"I know!"

"…I fear for Tadashi and his sanity."

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Hiro and Masashi both successfully managed to get Miranda Ackerman out of the portal safe and sound. They shot through like a bullet landing hard on the ground, the pod crashing to the ground along with them.

"OOf!"

"OW!"

"Hiro! Ya little…your elbow's in my spleen!"

"Do you even know where your spleen is?" Hiro grumbled, dusting himself off when he gets up managing to get the pod open. They climb out first then get Miranda out soon after. Tadashi races over with a panicked look.

"Are you guys alright?! You're not hurt are you?!"

"We're fine Dashi, relax. It was no-OW!" Hiro and Masashi both cry out as Tadashi bops them both on the head watching as the team races over towards them.

"You…You knuckleheads! If you even think about doing something like that again-!" Tadashi begins but sighs after. "Never mind. Just…Masashi. Thanks…for keeping Hiro safe." He muttered, a blush creeping up on his face rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly grinning sheepishly.

Masashi can't help but chuckle and grin in return, placing a hand on the left side of his face. "I should be saying that to you…thank you. For keeping US safe. All this time." To his surprise, Tadashi leans forward and kisses him. Masashi was shocked, eyes wide at first but kisses back in return. Before they could go any deeper into the kiss though Wasabi is the first to clear his throat in which they pull away quickly.

"Uh…It's great you guys are together now," he adds with a smirk thumbing in the direction of the cop cars. "But the cops are on the way."

"But…" The boys look at Miranda. "What about her?"

"Let the paramedics worry about her, we got our own problems."

The group split from sight as soon as the cops and paramedics arrive on the scene.

Everyone watched in silence as Ackerman was arrested and Miranda was wheeled into the ambulance with Callaghan by her side to stay with her for the night. Masashi nods, gripping Tadashi's hand in a gentle grasp as they finally make their leave…

It's over.

Finally over.

"Oh yeah: Did I tell you guys yet that Masashi almost wet himself when we were-"

"HIRO!"

The sound of poor Hiro being hit on the head with Masashi's mechanical hand could be heard followed by Tadashi and the others cracking up at the scene of Hiro running like his life depended on it with a rather frightening appearing Masashi not too far behind.