A/N: I have no life. Instead of doing homework, I am writing this. I have no regrets. The positive feedback made me do it.
Enjoy!
"You stole my robot?" Tadashi said angrily.
"Uh, yeah." Hiro said, wishing he had come up with a better excuse. "I thought he was cool."
"Hiro, I have spent months working on this thing; fine tuning him to make sure he works! Baymax is not something you just steal!" Tadashi yelled.
"I would like to point out-" Baymax began, raising his pointer finger.
"Baymax, I am satisfied with my care!" Hiro said, in a rush, and he watched at Baymax deactivate. Hiro knew the robot would only make the fight worse.
"You and me." Tadashi said. "We need to have a talk right now."
"Yeah, yeah, totally." Hiro said. "But, uh what day, and more importantly, what year is it?"
"September 30, 2068." Tadashi said.
He added something to the end of that, but Hiro didn't listen. He, instead, had to sit down, shocked. This was the day before the robotics show last year. He had just recently finished his micro bots, and was about to show them off.
"Are you even listening to me?" Tadashi said. "We're taking Baymax back to the lab right now! You're not to touch him again!"
"No!" Hiro said. He may have his brother back, but he still had to have his robot. "No, Tadashi, you can't take him back."
"He's my robot; I created him."
Hiro ran his hands through his hair wildly. He didn't know what to do. Instead, he got up and paced around the room, trying to think of something to say.
"Argh!" Hiro yelled. "Why can't I think of anything?"
"Hiro, are you okay?" Tadashi said, his voice changing from anger to concern. "You're not yourself."
Hiro leaned his head back, and looked at the ceiling. "No, I'm not myself."
"What's going on with you? Stealing Baymax, wearing your backpack to sleep, you're acting weird."
"Oh man, I hope there aren't any time travel laws or anything." Hiro said to himself, turning to his brother. "I can tell you what's really going on, and you have to believe me."
"Did you say time travel?" Tadashi said, and he laughed a bit. "Did you eat too many wings before bed?"
"Tadashi, I'm serious. I'm from a year in the future. And, in a year, I take over Baymax."
"What?" Tadashi said, laughing. "That's not possible! How could you be from another year? I think you have had too many cups of coffee building those micro bots of yours…"
"I can prove it! Take me to the lab!"
"Hiro…"
"Come on!" Hiro said, grabbing his brother's hand, and Baymax's port with the other. If all was right, the old Baymax would still be in Tadashi's lab like it when he first met him. Then Tadashi would know.
His older brother drove his moped agonizingly slow, and Hiro wished that he could have somehow brought Baymax's armor over and flown to the lab. The boy had gotten used to flying as his primary choice for transportation, and it was hard to go back.
"We're here! Finally!" Hiro said, running into the lab. After a year, the young Hamada knew the place like the back of his hand, and he immediately ran to his, er, well Tadashi's lab.
"What are you looking for?" Tadashi said, walking in behind him. Hiro was staring at where Baymax was supposed to be, but was not. Hiro groaned.
"Tadashi! Where did you see Baymax last?"
"What? You stole him!"
"I mean before that!"
"Well, he was in here, until you stuffed him in your bag and took him." Tadashi said, crossing his arms over his chest.
Hiro groaned, not knowing how else to prove to his brother that he wasn't lying. Then, it hit him. Baymax!
"Ow!" Hiro said, and he watched as Baymax inflated.
"Hiro, how are you? My sensors indicate that I treated you only fifteen minutes ago."
"Wait, what did you do to him?" Tadashi said, glaring. "He's not saying the normal script on startup."
"I know!" Hiro said. "I reprogrammed him a few months ago! That's what I'm saying. I'm from a year in the future."
"Or this is all just a prank." Tadashi said. "You know, I don't really find this funny."
"Baymax, what's today's date?"
"My sensors indicate that it is October 1st, 2069, however, my connection with the internet says it is one year, and one day prior. I may need repairs."
"No, Baymax, you don't." Hiro said, and he turned to his brother. "I'm being serious, Tadashi. Something happened and I wound up a year in the past."
Tadashi's eyes narrowed, and he stared at his brother for a second.
Then, the door burst open.
"Hiro!" Honey Lemon said, happily. "I knew I saw you walk in! It's so good to see you. How are the micro bots coming?"
Hiro's stomach dropped at the word.
"Micro bots?" Baymax said. "Hiro, are you making more micro bots? Does this have something to do with your brother's revival?"
"Okay!" Hiro said, loudly. "Tadashi and I are having a huge brother bonding moment, so we need some time to ourselves! We'll be right out!"
Hiro quickly ushered the surprised girl out, before shutting, and locking the lab doors. He looked at Tadashi, who was staring at him, shocked.
"Baymax said earlier that it was my anniversary, and a second ago, he mentioned my revival." Tadashi said. He must have been done trying to get answers from his brother, because he turned to Baymax. "What does that all mean?"
"My records show that you died a year ago in-"
"Baymax, that's enough!" Hiro said, his heart racing. "He doesn't need to know all that."
Tadashi's eyes were wide, but as they turned on to Hiro, they settled for a glare. "You're taking this joke too far, Hiro!"
Hiro instinctively backed away, and Tadashi began advancing on him.
"I'm not-"
"You can't just steal my robot, prank me, and then change all of his settings to make him tell me I'm dead! You just undid months of work!"
"I'm not joking Tadashi! I-"
"Hiro, I don't want to hear it!"
"But-"
"Hiro, you tell me what you are doing right now!" Tadashi said, his voice louder, and meaner than Hiro had ever heard it.
"You died, Tadashi!" Hiro yelled back, his emotions finally getting the best of him. "You are, or were dead, and I had to deal with it! And you think this is a joke! You think that I would joke about that!"
Tadashi backed away, shocked. He didn't say anything, but Hiro continued.
"I don't know if I'm dreaming or if I'm just hallucinating, but you're dead Tadashi! I watched you die, and that's not something I would joke about!"
Hiro couldn't breathe; he couldn't function. He felt as if he was going to pass out, or worse, wake up. The only thing that brought him out of it was Baymax.
"Hiro." The robot said calmly. "You are experiencing the symptoms of a panic attack. Please, calm down."
"I can't!" Hiro yelled.
"Sh." Baymax said, pulling the boy into his arms. "It is going to be alright."
"No, no it isn't!" Hiro sobbed, curling into the robot. "I don't know what happened! I want him to be alive!"
"Tadashi is here." Baymax said.
"Yeah, but what about when I wake up?" Hiro said. "Then, he'll be dead again."
"Tadashi is here. And my sensors don't indicate you are dreaming, only that you are under duress."
Hiro continued to sob into Baymax. One thing he was happy about was that Baymax was so patient. He knew he could cry on his robots shoulder for as long as he needed to, and for now, he needed it. His brother, right now, was alive. The fire hadn't happened yet, and he had a chance, as long as all of this was real.
Sniffling, Hiro pulled away from the robot and stood on his own. "Thank you, Baymax. I'm calm now."
"Good. Is there anything else I can do for you Hiro?"
"No." Hiro said, smiling. "I am satisfied with my care."
Baymax nodded, and walked back to Hiro's backpack to deactivate. Hiro looked at his older brother, who stared at him his wide, brown eyes.
"You're serious." Tadashi said.
"Yeah." Hiro said, rubbing his nose. "You've been dead for a year, dude."
Tadashi crossed the room to his little brother, only to envelope him in a hug that lifted him off the ground. Hiro hugged his brother back just as tightly, hoping that this wouldn't be that last time.
"I'm so sorry I didn't believe you Hiro." Tadashi said, pulling away to look at his brother.
"Yeah, well, it was kind of a crazy story." Hiro said. "Come on, let's get back to the house. I've gotta put Baymax on charge, and tell you how I think I got here."
"That would be nice." Tadashi said, smiling. Hiro nodded, and they both walked out of the lab together.
However, they didn't get far, because they saw practically everyone in the lab gathered outside of Tadashi's door. Hiro groaned and covered his eyes. The lab wasn't soundproof.
"Well, nothing to see here!" Tadashi said, grabbing his brother. "Just two brothers yelling at each other like normal. Gotta go you guys!"
And just like that, Hiro was out of a sticky situation.
Or partly out of it anyways.