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CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR


Danny Fenton

Tadashi had the great idea of combining my X-Scanner with Baymax. He explained what a great idea it would be, claiming that it was exactly what he needed to finish Baymax since the scanner he built himself kept failing and causing malfunctions (and a few minor explosions). With my scanner, he shoulder be about to stop Baymax from failing- creating a sucessful 'nurse bot' as I've dubbed it. Of course, he already said that the credit for the scanner would go to me while the rights to Baymax would remain his. Something I'm completely okay with. It's not exactly like I want to be known for a robot nurse when I specialize in the paranormal/supernatural.

Tadashi hovers over me as we work in his more private lab on Baymax. I can see the nervousness on his face from the corner of my eyes as he eagerly waits to see if it's going to work. He lingers right over my shoulder, staring at my every move, causing my eye to twitch before I finally just stop working all together.

"'Dashi, I understand you're nervous, but you're going to make me nervous if you keep hovering," I say gently, causing him to pout.

"But Danny, this is so exciting. Do you realize if we get Baymax working just what it can mean for people? How many lives can be saved? How many illnesses can be noticed before they turn worse?"

He looks up at me with wide, pleading eyes that cause my expression to soften.

"...I get it," I say softly, leaning in briefly to plant a kiss on temple, "but we have to take it one step at a time. Fix the robot first, then we'll save the world."

He flushes slightly, tugging the cap down to hide his face, mumbling a bit to himself. When he looks up at me, I give him a cheeky, but reassuring smile that causes him to sigh as he takes a few steps back.

"Better," he asks, waving his hands around.

A little light bulb goes off in my head. We've been working for at least four hours now and I'm in desperate need of a laugh. So it's time to play how far can I get Tadashi to go before he realizes I'm messing him? I fight down the shit-eating grin that's threatening to appear- if I smile, he's going to know that something's up. I wave my hand a bit dismissively,

"Farther….. Farther….. Farther…."

Tadashi takes a few steps back each time and I have to bite the inside of my cheek to keep from laughing. He's right up against the window, an annoyed look on his face as he gestures his hands around as if to say am I far enough yet? I turn my head briefly to hide the snort of laughter that bubbles up before turning back to him with a straight face. Oh man, I can't believe he's actually listening to me.

"...Yeah, 'Dashi' I need you to go just a bit farther."

He looks at me in disbelief, his eyes wide as he mumbles a bit to himself, briefly looking outside the window. You can't tell me he's actually considering it? Or trying some way to get father? I let out a few snorts of laughter, barely able to contain myself as I take a step forward, preparing myself to tell him that I was just kidding with him. Yet as he turns to face me, he gives me a shrug,

"Okay."

My eyes go wide and I practically fly to the window as he just turns and jumps gracefully out of it. My heart stops beating for a moment as it leaps to my throat. Oh God, that idiot. Oh shit. He better live through this…. I'm gonna kill him. Goddamn it, why did I have to open my big mouth? Tadashi… Without even looking or thinking, I make a graceful leap out of the window and prepare myself to head after him….

Only instead of hitting air, I've landed on a balcony on the floor below us. I stand a bit confused, my eyebrows furrowing. My core is pounding in my chest and I still feel like I can't breathe even if I wanted to. The adrenaline is pumping through my veins as I register that if I've landed on this rather huge balcony that's barely even a five to six feet from our window…. Then Tadashi is here too.

My eyes go to his instantly. He stands just a few inches from me with a shocked expression on his face. I think he's saying something to me, but I don't hear him over my own relief. I scoop him up in my arms, picking up a good few inches off the ground with ease in a tight, bear hug, squeezing him tightly.

"Thank God, you're okay- you scared the shit out of me Tadashi! Just what were you thinking? You can't just do something like that!"

I bury my face into his chest as I hug him tightly, seeking relief in the fact that I hear his heart beat against my ear. I can feel the warmth radiating off of him. I can feel his chest rising and falling with each rapid breath. Thank God, he's okay. He's okay. He's alive. He's here. He's fine…. He's…. He's dead. He's absolutely dead. Just what was he thinking jumping out of a window like that? Even if there's a balcony, he could have landed wrong and hit his head. He could have twisted his ankle. He could have seriously gotten hurt.

I let him go out of the hug to land a few stray punches to his shoulder- I punch easily enough to not hurt him, but hard enough to let him know that what he just did was not cool.

"You big idiot! Do you realize you could have hurt yourself? Not to mention you gave me a heart attack jumping out like that! Don't you ever do something like that again!"

I feel like I could cry from the sheer emotion that's cursing through me- the relief, the anger, the happiness. God, why do I have to be so emotional sometimes? But it's not until I stop (gently) hitting him do I realize that he's not responding to me. He's standing tense as a tree, his face red as a cherry with his cheeks puffed up slightly and I can see the watery look in his eyes as he turns to me.

"….You jumped after me. You didn't even look. You just… Jumped after me…."

He mumbles a bit to himself and with a bit of surprise, I find myself getting the largest hug of my life as he pulls me close. He squeezes me almost as hard as I was squeezing him just seconds ago. He has to lean over a bit to do so, but his face is buried at the crook of my neck. I tense up for a moment, but relax and pat him comfortingly on the back. I suppose what I did isn't always the normal response. Most people don't just blindly jump after someone to save them. Then again, I'm not most people. I could have just caught him, flew away, secrets be damned if it means keeping him safe.

My face flushes a bit at his affection and from the corner of my eyes, I can see a few wide-eyed students watching us with a bit of confusion and shock. A few I recognize as the Dimensional Theory Club- man it's been a while since I've even seen them around- but they all grin cheekily at me. Jamie and Christine are laughing a bit, giving me a thumbs up. Diego is grumbling a bit under his breath and reaches into his pocket to hand some money to the guy beside him- who gives me a thrilled thumbs up as if I'm the reason he's getting money (ah hell, they're probably part of Fred's betting ring). Ai looks a bit pissy, crossing her hands over her chest with a huff.

My face turns a brighter shade of red at all the attention and I give a small cough to get Tadashi's attention.

"Um 'Dashi, as much as I'm loving this attention- I'd rather it be when we don't have an audience."

As if I'm hot as fire (which I probably am from this embarrassment), Tadashi pulls away quickly with a red face, his eyes puffy with emotion as he frantically turns his back toward the window of the building so no one can see him in this state. Aw, poor 'Dashi. I grin a bit and wrap my arms around his shoulders, pulling him close,

"I'm sorry, 'Dashi, am I ruining your big bad reputation," I ask mockingly, nudging him slightly that causes him to grumble a bit under his breath.

He fingers the collar of his shirt a bit and turns his attention elsewhere, looking around for a means of escape. Noticing that he just wants to get off this balcony as soon as possible without encountering all of our 'fans,' I grin and spot a support pole and a small ledge sticking out from the side of the building beside the balcony. I swing myself over the side of the balcony and onto the ledge, causing Tadashi to gape at me with a frantic expression on his face. I don't blame him for his concern. After all, if I so much as slip, I'd be tumbling down the side of the building before we could blink. But I give him a cheeky wink and begin to climb onto the pole.

"Danny," Tadashi speaks up, his voice wavering, "Danny, this isn't funny, just get down for there. We can just go through the building."

"Ah, 'Dashi', I'll be fine," I shush him, "Look at this way, if I fall, I'll get to see some ghosts."

Okay, maybe that it isn't exactly the best thing to say to your boyfriend to calm him down when you're doing something dangerous. But, despite all of this and his dotting affection earlier, I'm still a bit pissy at him for scaring me like that. I'll be fine. Even if I do fall, it's not like I'll hit the ground roughly. I think there's a balcony below this one so I'll just use my flight to slow me down a bit (not enough to get noticed) and just swing myself over to that balcony.

Tadashi's face turns to ash and for a moment, I wonder if he's even breathing as he stares at me in horror. I roll my eyes and begin to scale the pole, but I don't even get two feet up before people flood onto the balcony. Christine and Jamie are the first ones to where Tadashi and I are, leaning over the edge a bit so they can see me better, but they have horrified looks on their faces.

"Danny boy, just get down here," Christine urges, "It's not like we'll make fun of you for your little affection stunt with your boyfriend- well Jamie might, but still- just come down here!"

"Danny," Jamie stresses, "Six feet may not seem like a lot, but scaling it at this height is dangerous. Just jump back over to the balcony before you get hurt."

Diego and Ai join us. Behind all of them and Tadashi is a crowd of muttering people, their faces shining in concern as they wonder what they can do to help. Diego is the one to make a move to go after me, but he doesn't get onto the ledge that I used to hoist myself to the pole before Ai and Jamie pull him back by his jacket,

"You idiot," Ai hisses, "you're all idiots! Danny just get down here!"

Well. If I was closer, I would, but I'm not, so I won't. I give her a shrug and continue to scale the pole with ease, ignoring everyone's protests. I don't do anything fancy. I don't show off. I just scale the pole quickly, almost inhumanly so, and flip myself in through the window that Tadashi and I jumped out of. Once I'm in, I lean over the edge of the window to wave and grin at the crowd on the balcony. Most seem surprised I even made it that quickly and gracefully. I can hear Christine, Jamie, Diego and Ai cursing from here, but eventually Christine just gives me a crazy grin and a wave.

"Do you want to join me Tadashi," I ask cheekily, leaning half way out of the window, reaching my hands toward him.

Even in this position, my hands are still a good two feet above his head, but he's frantically shaking his head as he backs away.

"Danny, you're crazy," Tadashi insists, looking up at me, but I just continue to grin.

"What? You haven't already figured that out by now?"


Baymax's eyes slowly blink open as it stands at attention, a white robotic hand lifting up in a small wave. My heart swells with pride at what Tadashi has accomplished and what I've helped create. I can't believe that he's done this much in such little time. That he actually created a robot. An honest to God, borderline A.I., robotic nurse. To actually help people.

"Hello. I am Baymax, your personal healthcare companion."

Tadashi's eyes light up at the sound of Baymax's voice, doing a small little jig from sheer excitement that cause me to look at him in amusement. It took a few seconds for him to regain his composure and I stand a bit away to give him some distance, but close enough that if Baymax does end up exploding, I can save Tadashi easily. Tadashi stands with his arms spread out, a goofy grin on his face,

"Okay, okay, the big moment…. Baymax, scan me."

He closes his eyes, wincing as he prepares himself for the worst. I watch the scanner scan Tadashi carefully,

"Scan completed. You are not physically injured and appear in perfect condition… You have been a good boy, have a lollipop."

The robot takes out a lollipop from seemingly nowhere- a function that I'm almost sure that Hiro and I have inspired and influenced because I doubt Tadashi would have programed that in otherwise. Tadashi looks he's the one about to explode as he lets out a loud whoop, dancing in place once again with his face lit up like a Christmas tree. Just when I think he's done, he continues to dance for at least another two minutes before he actually kisses Baymax,

"Oh man, my brother is going to love you."

He does another little jig for a moment before he tries to calm down and not get ahead of himself. He takes a few deep breaths before he turns to me and begins to drag me over toward Baymax,

"Come on, Danny, you have to get scanned too. Just to make sure it's working."

Normally, I would pull away gently and refuse and even now I'm thinking about just refusing. Except, I'm going to try to have a little bit of faith in my X-Scanner. Even after all the tweaks I had to made to it to make it compatible with Baymax and scan the full body rather than just the brain, it's original programming will always be to detect ghosts. Nothing more, nothing less. Just a simple ghost scanner remains (which Tadashi reluctantly agreed to). Said ghost scanner has been programed from the beginning to not recognize me as a ghost. So I'll just cross my fingers and hope it does just that….

Granted, that's just the ghost part. Medically, there are many things wrong with me (heartbeat and temperature being only the tip of the iceberg) that Baymax would pick up on… Just when I change my mind and want to pull away, it's too late. I'm already standing in front of Baymax as he scans me. Panicking and thinking fast, I create an invisible duplicate, causing a brief cold shill to spread through the room. I can see Tadashi shiver for a moment and carefully concentrating, I feel my duplicate actually possess Baymax.

For a brief moment, the robot's eyes flash green. It's not that much different than what Technus does. Though this does mean I'll have to make sure it's ghost proof after this because if another ghost got a hold of this robot, they could be pretty powerful.

"Scan completed," Baymax's voice is slightly different and has more of an echo effect, "You are not physically injured and appear in perfect condition… You have been a good boy, have a lollipop."

It's really weird possessing a robot and even weirder to hand yourself a lollipop from said robot. I take the offered lollipop and don't hestiate popping into my mouth and casually side step out of Baymax's view before I stop possessing him and get rid of the duplicate, causing Baymax to blink a bit in what is best described as confusion before turning its head toward Tadashi as if to ask what happened.

Tadashi is eying Baymax carefully, almost suspiciously before shrugging off whatever thoughts he was having with a shake of his head.

"I guess this is it then. You're ready for the world, buddy… You're gonna save so many people," he gives a small smile as he clasps Baymax on the shoulder, "I am satisfied with my care."

With that, Baymax deactivates as I continue to suck on the lollipop. Leaning against the wall, I'm sure to suck on it as loudly as I possibly can to get Tadashi's attention. He turns to look at me to find the source of the smacking noise, only to turn bright red when I give him a suggestive wink. He pulls his cap down to cover his face, mumbling under his breath.

"In all seriousness," I pop the lollipop out of my mouth, "I should probably make him possession-proof."

Tadashi adjusts his cap and looks up at me with a curious expression,

"Can electronics and robots even get possessed?"

I shrug slightly and move from my spot against the wall, waving the lollipop in my hand as I speak- I'm not finished with it and the lollipops are actually really good. I don't care if it's bad for me (and my teeth). I don't care if I may get some very minor food poising from it (though I doubt it since candy, especially lollipops is mostly sugar which my system actually enjoys because hey it's energy and if there's one thing I burn a lot of, it's energy).

"It's not exactly common- most ghosts don't like it- but it yeah, it happens. I knew one ghost who was obsessed with technology. He'd possess Baymax in a heartbeat and use him for whatever purposes he wants…. Granted, he's not so malevolent now so I doubt he'd do it if I told him that if he did he'd get a one way trip back to the Zone."

I hum a bit to myself thoughtfully, wondering just how I can make Baymax ghost proof. I can always use the same hardware that's for the Specter Deflector and put it in Baymax. I get a thoughtful look on my face as I think about it. Maybe I'll just put the hardware onto a chip so it's in Baymax's system. I mean like really in his- wait a second. Goddamn it. Tadashi has me calling that robot a him now. Just when did I start doing that?

"Just how… why… How would that even work? Possessing a machine? I don't…"

He trails off a bit, his eyebrows furrowing in confusion. Sometimes I forget that he's not exactly well-versed in everything ghosts. I shake my head a bit with a sigh,

"It's complicated and each machine is different but in the case of robots- Baymax-, it's a walking, powerful, empty vessel. It's basically possessing a body without worrying about the person trying to fight you out. Most ghosts don't do it because- well for one, robots take more power to possess because it uses the ghost's own energy to recharge it. Not to mention they don't usually last as long and not all of them as they same endurance that Baymax does so what's the point? Besides, most ghosts that possession do it specifically because they want to be human or do things a human does- they can't do it with robots because robots don't blend in- and some even feed off the negativity and the person themselves during the possession which can kill some people..."

I trial off slightly, a small frown stretching across my face as I think. A side glance toward Tadashi tells me he's not really liking what I'm saying either. I'm not sure which is bothering him more- the idea that his creation (something made to help people) could be used for bad intentions or that possession could actually kill someone. He looks like he's about to be sick with his ashen face and a hand over his stomach. His breathing sounds unsteady and shaky.

I snap back to reality and quickly rush over to him and lead him over to a nearby chair, setting him down gently with caring whispers.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you, 'Dashi," I whisper as I rub comforting circles on his back, my mouth right by his ear, "Just take it easy…. Deep breaths. Slowly… I promise I won't let anything happy to you, Hiro, or Baymax, okay?"

He's barely able to nod at me, his head moving sluggishly as his face consorts into something akin to pain. I continue to just whisper to him slowly and softly, even going as far as sitting on the arm of the chair and bringing him into a comforting side hug. I place a soft kiss to the top of his head and hold him a bit tightly in an embrace. It takes a moment, but he slowly begins to relax and I can hear his breathing begin to return to normal as his face gains a bit more color to it. Seeing that he's doing better, I let him go and give him a comforting smile.

"See? Everything's okay…. So why don't you go head off to the waffle house and bring back some food while I work on ghost-proofing Baymax?"

"Y-Yeah…. That sounds like a plan."