"We thank you for your help Big Hero 6… I just hope we can catch these criminals soon… They keep slipping through our fingers."

"Don't worry. We'll catch them soon enough."

Hiro yawned as he looked over reports, the exhaustion from the day catching up with him a bit. It had been high stress. He had classes he was going to, but then he and the others had to slip out when trouble hit the city. Yeah it wasn't a full time gig… but yet recent times were calling for it.

"Hiro." Baymax's voice called, snapping him out of his trance. "You should rest."

The boy jumped a bit feeling his heart race a bit. "Baymax, I'm not tired." He denied, propping his chin up on one of his hands as he looked back to the reports. "I need to figure this out…"

"Hiro…" Baymax placed a hand on his shoulder. "You are showing low levels of distress… often associated with worry… Are you sure you want to be helping with this investigation?"

"They torched an elementary school… Where KIDS usually go… I can't give up." Hiro looked up at the nurse bot, stress evident in his expression and eyes. He was tired but he didn't want to give up… At least not yet.

Baymax nodded. "I understand…" He stroked his hair a little. "Your health is just my concern too… I know you and fires like this have a history."

Hiro's gaze fell as he nuzzled Baymax's hand a little. "It keeps bringing it back… It's stressing me out I'll admit that.. I just don't know if I can sleep… Stubborn ol' me again…"

"I just want you healthy…"

"I know buddy…" Hiro yawned once more rubbing his eyes. "Maybe I should call it a night…"

Just… I don't want this to set me back… And I don't want anyone to lose a sibling or a parent or their kid to a fire either...

"How about we see what the others are doing? It would help take your mind off things."

"Yeah…" Hiro smiled. "I'd like that… Maybe Honey Lemon has finally found a way to blow up the moon."

"Let us go see then."

Even though blowing up the moon would not be a good idea.

Baymax followed the boy out, heading into one of the main big labs. There, they found the team all going about their evening. Gogo riding around on her bike, testing the speed, Wasabi making modifications to his lasers, Honey Lemon looking over formulas, and Fred on his I-pad watching Youtube videos.

Glad to see they're able to relax. Hiro smiled a bit.

"And he emerges!" Wasabi grinned. "Good to see you, Hiro."

"Yeah, we were getting worried your project might've carried you off." Gogo smirked.

"Haha." Hiro rolled his eyes, chuckling. "No, just been reading. Wasn't in the mood to work on Kokoro after everything that happened today."

"Can't blame you." Honey Lemon looked up from her formulas. "It was an intense situation. I think one of the more intense we've been in awhile."

"You holding up alright?" Fred asked.

"Yeah…" Hiro rubbed the back of his neck. "It does bug me a little but… I'm not letting it shake me that easy." He got a determined look. "We're gonna catch those guys."

Gogo stopped next to him, ruffling his hair.

"That's our little brother." She smiled gently. "Tadashi would be proud of ya. You know that right?"

Hiro had a hopeful look in his eyes.

"I like to think that whenever we're out there… He wanted to help a lot of people.." He laughed a little. "Though I think he would've tried to kill me first before he knew all the details. Especially with what I did to Baymax."

Everyone burst out laughing.

"You did WHAT to my robot!?" They all shouted in unison, trying to mimic the young man's voice, laughing harder as they tried to imagine his facial expression.

Baymax seemed to have a gleeful look in his optics as he turned on the screen on his chest… showing a still frame of a rather annoyed looking and tired Tadashi.

Everyone looked at the image, some of them falling over.

"Oh gosh! M-My sides!" Honey Lemon was slumped against a wall. "That would so be his face!"

"Agreed!" Wasabi wiped a tear from his face. "Oh… still able to make us laugh."

"Yeah, the dork." Gogo smirked. "As usual."

Hiro smiled, placing a hand on the screen, nostalgia in his eyes.

Still with us… Love you, Bro…

Baymax patted Hiro's head.

"Tadashi is here."

Hiro nuzzled his hand.

"...Yeah... Long as we remember him…" He brought his arms around the robot, laying his head over the image of his brother.

"... Alright, hug the nerd." Fred declared, the others gathering around the robot, hugging him and Hiro.

"C'mere nerd boy!"

Hiro laughed. "Ack! We're surrounded Baymax!"

"It would seem we can not escape…"

"Submiiiiiit!" Honey Lemon laughed.

"Never!"

Gogo smirked ruffling Hiro's hair. "Then you get torment!"

"Nooo!"

"Bwahahaha!"

"Heh…. Glad to see you six having fun."

Everyone looked up as they saw their new professor walk into the room, a warm look in his eyes.

"Professor Wylie." Honey Lemon grinned. "We didn't hear you come in."

"Just got here, don't worry." Professor Wylie chuckled. "Everything going okay for all of you?"

"Yeah just keeping an eye out for the kid here." Gogo smirked. "Making sure he's alright."

"Just goofing around." Hiro added.

"Understandable." Professor Wylie nodded. "Was just making sure I wasn't interrupting anything. Wanted to bring a potential student in here to show him around."

"It's fine sir."

"Yep, go ahead and bring 'em around." Hiro gave a sheepish grin. "No chance of Kokoro bursting out of my lab space this time."

"Good." Professor Wylie headed back to the entrance. "Alright Mr. Sky, you can come in."

A young man came walking in, looking around the lab curiously. The group couldn't help but look at him a little. He had dark brown eyes and hair to match. He was dressed rather casually, a blue button up shirt over a long sleeved white shirt, jeans, sneakers and a baseball cap. But what caught their attention were the red marks on the left side of his face that went down his neck.

"Whoa..." Honey Lemon couldn't help but wincing as she took note of the marks. "Those look like they hurt."

"Yeah…" Hiro frowned bringing a hand to his own neck wincing in sympathy. "Wonder what happened…"

"Well, not our business." Wasabi shook his head. "But still, ouch."

The young man wandered around the lab. While there was wonder in his eyes... There also seemed to be a bit of a nostalgic look. It definitely showed when he got close to their stations, a smile coming to his face.

Hiro tilted his head a bit as he watched him.. He couldn't help but feel like he had seen that look somewhere before.

Just… Where…?

"Incredible work..." he said, looking to Professor Wylie.

"I can agree. Created by the five you see before you."

He chuckled, looking to the group.

"I see."

"All in a day's work for the nerd lab." Gogo shrugged. "Just how it is."

"Yeah, still figuring things out but enjoying the journey."

Hiro said nothing still racking his brain.

Just… Where have I seen this guy before…? He feels familiar...

"I hear ya." He gave a bow. "Pleasure to meet all of you. I hope we might be classmates in the future."

They nodded returning it quickly.

"Likewise. By the way… Got a name?" Hiro asked raising an eyebrow.

"Oh." He laughed a little. "Where are my manners?" He offered a hand. "Sky, Takashi Sky."

Hiro took it.

"Hiro Hamada. That's Fred, Gogo, Wasabi and Honey Lemon - Don't ask about the names. You'll get a new one in time too."

"I'll keep that in mind. Least if I get in."

"You are showing promise Mr. Sky." Professor Wylie grinned. "Just a matter of passing your tests and finishing your transfer from DVC."

"DVC? As in Diablo Vista College?" Fred asked. "That's quite a ways from here!"

Takashi chuckled.

"Yeah, I'm from the San Ramon area."

"Why come all the way out here then?" Gogo asked, crossing her arms.

"Robotics is my dream and well... I want to go to a school that can help me get there."

"Got it."

Hiro looked him over. "Well… You seem like you got a chance… If you're doing well like Professor Wylie says. Just be glad you don't have to do the showcase."

"My mother spoke of them." Takashi rubbed the back of his neck. "I think I'd rather lose sleep over homework than perform."

"Yeeeaaaah." Hiro shuddered remembering the sleepless nights and the stress of just coming up with the microbots. "It was nuts… I mean seriously worth it but the stress man…"

"I could imagine." There was empathy in his eyes. "Nice work regardless."

"Y-You saw them?"

Takashi smiled sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck once more.

"My mom had a cellphone on her when you were performing. She recorded part of it since she wanted to show it to me."

"O-Oh…" Hiro nodded. "Got ya… And thanks. Worked hard on them." Even if they got stolen… He took a step back. "A-Anyways… Wish ya luck getting into SFIT."

"Thanks, Hiro. Here's hoping we'll be classmates eventually."

Hiro nodded quickly smiling a little.

"Right."

Takashi gave a nod, looking at his watch.

"Well hate to cut this short but I better get going. Promised Mom I would help with dinner."

"Got it, well good luck with the rest of your exams. C'ya around." Hiro made his way back over to his lab. "C'mon Baymax!"

"Yes Hiro." The robot waddled after the boy. "Are you going to rest now?"

"Hahaha you're hilarious."

Takashi chuckled giving a wave to everyone before walking out with Professor Wylie.

"... Anyone else experiencing deja vu?" Wasabi asked, running a hand through his dreadlocks. "Cause that guy... I'm not the only one who thought he looked like someone we knew?"

"You're not the only one." Honey Lemon sighed. "He… He looked like…" She looked to where he had been. "Tada…"

"Impossible." Gogo shook her head. "Tadashi's gone… We were at his funeral… Hiro SAW him go into the building…"

"Maybe he's one of those rare occasions of a doppelganger." Fred reasoned, in an actual kind of serious tone. "It's a legit thing isn't it?"

"Well… Tadashi did say once he started yelling at a kid for bot fighting since he looked like Hiro… Mistaken identity… It's possible." Honey Lemon added.

"Though what's bugging me is those marks. Those were burns." Wasabi sighed. "But... He mentioned he had a mother."

"Which is something Tadashi and Hiro DON'T have… And he didn't seem to recognize Hiro… If it was Tadashi… We knew him… He'd be running right up to him."

"Yeah... I guess we're thinking too hard. For all we know those burns might've come from the recent fire reports. DVC got hit right?"

"Only sort of." Fred had a bit of a grin. "The guys causing them apparently got chased off before any real damage was done."

"Who chased them off?"

Fred picked up his I-Pad pulling up an article, showing it to them.

"An urban legend apparently."

They looked reading the article… Seeing a blurred photograph of a man in a type of fireman's uniform complete with a helmet that obscured his eyes somewhat.

"Odd…"

"He's known as The Phoenix." Fred started. "He literally just comes out of nowhere. He doesn't show up to every fire but he made his first appearance with the Mount Diablo Fire that happened six months ago."

"Amazing…" Honey Lemon murmured as she looked back to the picture.

"How often does he show up?"

"Every few fires it seems. It's chance that he appears. But firefighters all over the area consider him a brother in arms." Fred grinned. "What makes him a legend, and how he got his name is because he never comes out of a fire burned. Doesn't matter how hot. He comes out."

Their eyes grew wide.

"That's… Nuts."

"Wonder what kind of tech he has for that…" Gogo murmured.

Honey Lemon glanced back to where Hiro had gone. The teenager's back was to them and he didn't seem to have heard any of it. "Maybe before we continue this, we should get Hiro's opinion?"

Gogo followed her gaze noting Baymax was stroking his hair trying to get him to relax. "Yeah, hate to keep him up after Baymax is trying to get him to calm himself but… This is something he should know about too. Just in case…"

"I'll get him." Wasabi said as he made his way over. Hiro's head was bobbing and he felt a pang of guilt for getting him moving again which would wake him up for sure. "Hey… Hiro? You still with us?"

"Y-Yeah…" The teen yawned shaking his head quickly, neither missing the "sigh" of Baymax deflating a bit. "What's up?"

"Well… Something we think you should see."

Hiro blinked before nodding as he got up the two making their way back over. "What's up?"

"We were just talking about an urban legend that's been kind of floating around the area." Fred showed him the article. "Ever hear of The Phoenix?"

Hiro read the article quickly before shaking his head. "Nope… Never heard of him."

"Well, he's only been in existence for about six months… or least whenever the Mount Diablo Fire happened was when he first appeared." Fred hummed in thought. "Heh… I remember when that happened… The smoke coming off the mountain was affecting a lot of different areas."

"Yeah, it was even starting to reach over here." Hiro thought back to that time. It didn't affect me a whole lot but it was really annoying… Sucked when I got a bad cough but least it wasn't serious… "Well… Whoever they are glad they're trying to help."

"Oh it gets better…. Whenever he goes in, he always comes out unscathed."

"...WHAT?!"

"No joke." Fred dead panned. "That's why they call him The Phoenix. Goes into the fire, comes out completely unharmed with whoever he's trying to save. Most that happens is he's covered in soot."

Hiro ran a hand through his hair, eyes wide as the gears began to turn in his mind.

"He must have some serious tech to manage that… That's nuts…"

"It is. He apparently bumped into the arsonists that I think we're trying to catch. They were trying to torch DVC but he scared them off."

"... I need to talk to this guy." Hiro deadpanned.

"Hiro, you know finding one guy in this town OR SR would be near impossible right?" Gogo raised an eyebrow.

"Fire proof tech? Think about it… We could use something like that!"

"Yeah but the issue is it's chance that you see him." Wasabi sighed. "Least according to what we've read. Not just any fire is gonna draw him out from the looks of it."

"I do see his point though." Honey Lemon added. "Especially since we're starting to get involved with a case that could result in us going into a fire."

"And I doubt we could just waltz into the fire station in full armor and make demands." Hiro crossed his arms glancing off to the side a bit as he started to think. "I wanna know how he does it… Especially since he might have an idea what these arsonists look like."

"Well… any ideas HOW we could find him?"

All looked to Fred.

He shrugged.

"Heck if I know. But generally speaking, it's best to just keep an eye on when fires happen. Especially in the San Ramon area since according to reports that's where he'll show up the most. Especially when the big fires hit."

"Then we'll keep an eye out on reports and sightings. Fred, you know these urban legend kind of things better than the rest of us.. I'm trusting you to keep track of this guy's sightings on the web. Anything, pictures, cellphone videos, I want emailed to me." Hiro sighed. "... It'd be nice to have an easy answer… But seems that's not something we'll get this time."

"You got it." Fred grinned. "I'll ask around too. Maybe even phone in my dad and see if he knows something."

The others exchanged a look. They never knew what it was exactly what Fred's father did for a living but they figured it was best not to question it.

"Alright… Then that's the plan."