Tadashi, Honey Lemon, Wasabi and Fred watched as Hiro's body, limp and lifeless, fell on the cold floor of the cage. The phosphor tears stopped flowing completely and no movements, no sound at all came from him. The team stood in their postions waiting for a sign, any sign that would say that Hiro was okay. But there weren't any.
Yokai pocketed the switch, and ordered the microbots to surround the cage in a huge spear. He then started bringing the cage towards the back door.
"No you don't!" Tadashi sprang into action- something not indicated in their plan, but he didn't care at all. He was angry, he was down right furiated. He loaded the disk player and quickly released one disk, aiming at Yokai, but the villain dodged just in time, the disk passing by the side of his face, cracking his mask, slicing his cheek. The whole lower half of his face was now revealed and it caught Yokai by surprise.
"Now!" Tadashi ordered, and Honey started typing a code. In a second, a white smoke started coming out of her phone speaker; it was evaporated chloroform. Due to the small size of the speaker, it was taking a long time to spread. So she quickly attached it to Freddie's now flying dinosaur and maneuvered it right above Tadashi and Yokai. Luckily, Tadashi knew ahead of time that it was chloroform, so he had immediately covered his mouth and nose.
Yokai, on the other hand, didn't.
He has already inhaled a large amount before he realized what it was. He was getting weak in the knees, but the villain didn't go down without a fight.
He sent his microbots flying towards the heroes, and that was where Wasabi came in. He set his laser pointer to a saber-like form and started intersecting the tiny robots before it could hit his friends, cutting all the spear like shapes it created and scattering the pieces all over the floor.
The robot easily recuperated though, going back at the larger male every five seconds.
Honey's phone finally turned off because maybe the amount of chemicals were used up, or the code timed out, so Fred returned the phone to her and decided to use the other skills his little toy had.
Fire breath; it toasted the microbots, and it actually prevented them from going back to all its fellow friends. The range was much smaller than Wasabi's saber though and it damaged much less too. They were barely keeping up, it didn't help that Tadashi's disk gun was taking time to load.
He still attacked Yokai head on, using the disk player itself as a weapon. He would hit him skillfully, but Yokai would dodge rather sloppily because of the chloroform. The disk player would slice over Yokai's head, but the villain would duck just in time and stumble back. Tadashi repeated it again and again until his opponent seemed incapable of keeping up.
Then at one dodge, Yokai jumped back but one of his knees buckled, causing him to kneel on the floor. Tadashi took this as a chance to jump on him and tackle him.
Yokai was now under him, struggling, but Tadashi was kneeling on his arms, and his legs couldn't really reach any of Tadashi's vital parts.
"What did you do to him?!" The ravenette shouted in rage. He didn't allow the villain to answer. "Wake him up, now!" He demanded, aiming the disk gun at the guy's head, and just in time, a disk just finished generating.
"Y-you're kneeling on my arm. How do you think am I going to switch him on?" The villain retorted weakly.
"Where is the switch?" Tadashi growled.
"My left coat pocket," Yokai answered rather obediently.
Tadashi didn't hesitate to look for the button in the man's pocket.
But he dropped his guard. Little did he know, Yokai already sent the microbots rushing towards him, and it collided with the hero, slamming him off of the villain and flat on the wall, disoriented himself.
"Tadashi!" All three of his friends shouted as they tried to fight quicker.
Honey Lemon started typing another code for cholorform, and when it started emitting again, she threw it straight at Yokai. The impact caused her phone to crack, helping it release more of the compound.
Yokai was starting to stumble back and forth, probably fighting to stay awake. He fell to his knees and shook his head, trying to keep away slumber.
He finally weighed his priorities.
Escape was more important than taking his most prized invention.
He gathered the microbots with all of the mental power he had left, formed it into a catapult like contraption, and catapulted himself out of there. As soon as he was gone, some microbots followed him, others fell to the floor, unmoving.
It took a while before everyone moved, they were making sure if it was safe enough. When they concluded it was, Honey and Fred ran to Tadashi, and Wasabi ran to cut open Hiro's cage.
"Ugh, damn it." Tadashi groaned as he sat up, holding his forehead, trying to shake off the stars around him. "I didn't get it." He growled and tried to stand up but failed, "We need to get it!"
"Tadashi, take it easy. That was a hard hit and you didn't have an armor to protect you this time!" Honey exclaimed out of concern.
Wasabi brought Hiro's lifeless body to them, and panic was evident on his face. "What do we do? He won't wake up at all!"
"We need that switch!" Tadashi exclaimed.
"B-but he's already gone!" Fred stated, feeling hopeless.
Tadashi refused to believe it. Despite feeling weak, despite being badly hurt, he ran out- or rather limped out of the building, only to be greeted with nothing but silence outside the barn surrounded by vehicle scraps and their own.
He fell to his knees and hit the hard ground with his fist. He couldn't believe that he let him escape, that he even let him do that to Hiro in the first place.
His three friends follow him, and they were left silent as well. They all felt the same. If only they had moved faster, then this wouldn't had happened in the first place.
"... ome in. Come in! Answer me!"
Their heads turned to their vehicle when they heard the familiar voice of their teammate. Worry was obvious in Gogo's voice, even with the static effect of the mobile phone.
She was the most worried of them all, despite that she stayed. They didn't know how to tell her that they failed the mission.
Honey was the one to walk over and pick-up. "Gogo, Hiro is-"
"I know what happened to him!" The woman on the other line hurriedly stated, "That's why you have to bring him here! Baymax said he knows how to help!"
"He said we needed privacy to do it, so we moved out of the hospital and to Fred's mansion. He said you needed to hurry! Move. Now!"
Everyone was shocked, but they didn't let a second be wasted. Everyone all went in the car, with Tadashi as the driver again, and drove to the blonde male's house.
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They practically exploded through the door. Heathcliff was the one to greet them with his usual sophisticated poker face.
"I sent your visitors to the guest room, Master Frederick."
"Where?" Wasabi frantically asked because he was the one carrying the unconscious boy.
"Oh," he seemed shocked and even saddened to see Hiro, even if he didn't know him very well, "Straight ahead through this hallway, and the first brown door you see is the guest room."
The big guy nodded and ran off again. Honey Lemon, who was helping Tadashi walk, followed carefully after. You could hear the ravenette asking her to walk faster, but a girl with Honey's build couldn't possibly speed up with a man like Tadashi's weight on her shoulders.
"Sir, is there anything else I can do to help?" Heathclif approached his master, who was as much as frazzled as every one of his friends.
"Oh man, Heathcliff," the blonde male ran his finger through his hair. "Bring the first aid kit, uhm, maybe some towels? I don't know. Bring anything that you think can help an injured person and an unconscious boy."
The butler nodded and went off, so did Fred.
Heathcliff has never seen his master that worried before. He always seemed so positive even when the going gets rough, but this situation was probably the roughest the man has experienced in his life.
Gogo was pacing back and forth in the giant room, biting her thumb nail.
"Your stress levels are elevating. I suggest taking a deep breath and relax-"
"How the hell am I going to relax Baymax?!" The woman snapped at the robot who seemed unmoved by it. "The kid is 'deactivated' now because I let my guard down! Because I let the Fujitas take him away! This is my fault!"
And at the exact time, Wasabi burst through the doors, carrying Hiro in his arms.
Gogo felt no relief seeing such a sight at all. "What do we need to do, Baymax?!" The woman asked in a hurry.
Honey, Tadashi and Fred then arrived at the scene.
"First, do not panic."
It was clearly impossible because everyone, was for a fact, panicking! It didn't help that Baymax moved and talked at the same pace he usually did- making Tadashi make another mental note that he should program Baymax to move faster when it came to emergencies.
"Second, place Hiro on the bed."
Wasabi did just that. He carefully yet hurriedly placed the young boy on the huge king-sized guest bed, even supporting his head with a pillow.
"Third, step back."
Everyone was confused by the third instruction.
Baymax rubbed his hands together and Tadashi could hear the electric shocks coming out of it. Was he going to use his built in defibrillators? Would such a simple device really work?
Another sound of electric shock came, and it was much louder to the point that everyone actually heard it.
Tadashi was concerened, "Baymax, what are you trying to-"
"Clear."
The medical robot used the defibrillators on Hiro's head. Contact made a sound of a small explosion, like a mini version of thunder. Everyone yelped when they heard it, and horror was printed on their face when they saw Hiro's body jump out of the shock, but not back to life.
"What on earth is he doing?!" Wasabi exclaimed.
"I-I don't know." Tadashi was too shocked to even think of an answer. "B-Baymax sto-"
"Clear."
He did it again. Another crackling sound of electricity. Hiro's lifeless body jumping again.
"Make him stop!" Honey begged.
"Hamada," Gogo approached Tadashi and pulled him up by his collar, "I will destroy your project if he doesn't stop this right no-"
"Clear."
That time Baymax kept the defibrillators connected to Hiro's head longer, making Hiro's lifeless body shake as if the boy was having a seizure.
Honey and Gogo couldn't help but scream and hold each other, while Wasabi and Fred turned away.
"Baymax, stop-!" Tadashi tried to approach his project, and maybe try to pull his arm away from Hiro, but Baymax turned his head to him and warned him.
"I suggest not touching me, Tadashi. I currently have high voltage than the normal human can take. Even with my elastic outer lining, those parts of me that are not made out of protective material can electricute you and possibly lead to your death."
The male ravenette flinched back, shaking his head from helplessness.
All of them just started to tear up. Honey was the first to go, then Gogo, then Fred, then Wasabi, and lastly it was Tadashi.
What could they have done to prevent this? Why was this happening? Why was this happening to him? To them? To Hiro? What did they ever do to deserve this? What did Hiro ever do to deserve this?
"I've done nothing to deserve this." Hiro's words echoed in the older ravenette's mind.
Suddenly, the light in the room started to flicker, electric devices like the T.V. and AC started going haywire, even the team's new weapons were going nuts; releasing small electrical shocks and frequencies and even lights they couldn't understand. As for Baymax, his eyes were turning cyan?
The team mustered up the courage to watch whatever it was happening in front of them.
Phosphor. Phosphor was coming out of Hiro's eyes. The team couldn't believe it. Was this a good sign? What did it mean?
He didn't know if it was his imagination, but he saw a slight movement from Hiro's fingers.
A light sensation washed over the older ravenette's chest. It was hope. Baymax's treatment was actually working- despite it being a little morbid in a way.
Soon enough, not only were his fingers movings, his legs started to move out of shock and reflex too, then his arms and even his head.
The team was holding their breaths, waiting for something, anything! Anything at all that would mean good!
"Hiro..." Tadashi said under his breath, "Please wake up."
And just like that, Hiro's eyes snap open, revealing cyan light that contained graphs and numbers and blue prints that they didn't understand, just like the very first time they met. Everything around them just came blaring life; the lights, the AC, even Baymax had a different feel to him.
Then it all went back to normal as Hiro shot up from the bed, breathing fast, sweating, crying phosphor tears and disoriented. He was touching his chest, his arms, his neck and his head, as if he was checking if they were still all there.
"Hiro!" The gang was overjoyed to see him up again, they were about to pounce him and give him a group hug-
But Hiro screamed. Every piece of tech activating with him.
The team flinched away from him.
Hiro screamed and covered his ears, pulling his long unkept hair in the process. He kept his eyes shut and his legs near him. His screams were pained and heartbreaking as the phosphor tears flowed non-stop.
It was like he woke up from something much worse from a nightmare.
It was like he woke from death itself.
Gogo was the one to spring into action first, grabbing the unused blanket on the end of the bed, and placing it over Hiro like a protective personal tent. She then gave him the warmest hug she could give. Hiro didn't even hug back, but it was okay. She understood, maybe not in full extent, but she did.
Hiro's screams turned to pure wails of fear. He was bawling on the woman's shoulder like a child who had just witnessed the death of their parents- maybe even worse!
"It's okay, it's okay now." She whispered in a motherly like voice.
The young ravenette only shook his head.
Of course, after having such an experience, the young boy would be terrified. He was deactivated for goodness sake! No one knew how that felt, but they had guesses.
It felt like being killed and brought back to life only to repeat the cycle.
And it left a poisonous taste in the back of Tadashi's mouth knowing that this wasn't the first time it ever happened to Hiro, knowing that this wasn't the first time he had to wake up like this after being deactivated.
And knowing that it could happen again because Yokai still had the switch.
XxxxX
Baymax prescribed time alone for Hiro because he wouldn't talk to anyone, he wouldn't even react. He just sat there, whimpering and sobbing.
As much as not one of the college students wanted to leave, they thought Baymax had a point. They moved to the next guest room, just the one beside Hiro's.
Everyone was silent. The only things that made noise were the eletric devices and gadgets due to the fluctuation Hiro's unstable emotions were making.
Heathcliff finally came with the first aid kit and everything else Fred asked him to bring, all of which were used to give the team medical attention. Honey and Fred were the least scratched, only obtaining a few cuts here and there from microbot passing by them whenever they attacked. Wasabi had scratches too, more than the two blondes. His arms were bleeding due to the long cuts he received, not to mention a ruined coat. But Tadashi had it worse; scratches, cuts, bruises and a big bump on the head. That tidal wave of microbots hitting him and slamming him to the wall really took a toll. It was the two females who started to treat their friends, while Fred left to bring them water and food, but who could eat at such a time?
Gogo was treating Wasabi, while Honey was treating Tadashi. The silence was suffocating.
"It's my fault." The big guy was the one to break it, guilt present in his voice. His three friends couldn't help but look at him, "If only I hadn't stopped at that red light."
"That was pretty stupid of you." Gogo stated. Tadashi, Honey and Wasabi cringed thinking that she was angry, but she wasn't at all, "But if we're playing the blame game, let me show you my obviously longer list." She spit out, obviously shaming herself. She couldn't help it. That's how she honestly felt.
"But Gogo you-" Honey tried to defend her, but the woman didn't allow it at all.
"I what? Was there when he said he felt something was off but didn't listen. Was there when they took him away and couldn't do anything. Was too weak to help in the mission. Wasn't there at all to protect him!" Every statement got louder and louder as it reached the end. She was furious that she couldn't have done anything to help. It was eating her alive.
Fred finally arrived with some fancy soup only to be greeted by such a gloomy atmosphere. He placed the tray on the nearest drawer and leaned on the wall. For the first time ever, the blonde science enthusiast had nothing to say.
"Gogo it's not your fault. It's not any of our faults." Tadashi spoke up, clasping his hands together as he leaned forward on his knees. His foot just won't stop tapping because of the nerves and frustration all together. Deep inside, he wanted to blame himself too- if only he drove faster, if only he sprang into action sooner, if only he got the switch. He sighed a broken sigh, "None of us wanted this for him. W-we just have to not let this happen again. Ever."
"Who would even do such a thing?" Honey tried so hard to hold back a sob. "Who would be so heartless to treat a kid like a machine? How is that even possible?"
"Yokai." Tadashi spit out like poison. "I don't know how exactly but H-Hiro told me that the-the chip in his head not only allowed him to control and understand technology- it also let's him function as a machine and the shut down option was a part of it."
"He told you?" Gogo was surprised, "When? Why haven't told us?" She was obviously offended.
"I'm sorry. I was going to tell you, but Hiro got lost, and we went to lunch, and-" he stopped, not wanting to bring up the kidnapping. He then turned to Wasabi, "That's why he didn't want to shut Baymax down. He was so traumatized, I bet, that he didn't want him to experience it too."
Everyone was speechless again. How much more did they not know about the boy they took in? What else unknown information that could lead him to danger?
The lights, the A.C. and the T.V. died down again. Everyone standing up out of concern and panic. Why did it die down? Was Hiro okay? But everything went roaring back to life and soon, back to normal. They all released a breath they didn't know they were holding. Did that mean Hiro was okay now?
A knock came to the door, the team's head snapping towards it.
It was Baymax.
"Hiro is now willing to take visitors." He informed, "But one person at a time please."
Everyone's eyes fell on Gogo. She had this pained look on her face. She was holding her breath again, hoping and maybe even praying she would go first.
Tadashi placed a hand on her shoulder, "Go on."
She looked at him thankfully and ran off.
XxxxX
A/N:
I'm glad none of you sent death threats. But I did get more reviews than I expected to get, like wow. I should do this more often /shot/
The next chapter is gonna be an emotional and fluffy filler chapter. Just Hiro and the team. Coughcalmbeforethestorm
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