A/N: I hope you guys like this chapter!
Tadashi opened up the garage, planning on getting Hiro out of the house for a while. The boy had been working nonstop on the teams suits, and Tadashi thought he could use a break.
He had brought Wasabi, and Fred, planning on spending a guy's night out, maybe going go-karting, or just simply hanging out.
But, Hiro was nowhere to be found.
"Where could he have gone?" Tadashi said, frustrated.
"Ah, probably just blowing off some steam, which we should totally be doing." Wasabi said. "Hey, maybe it's better if we do let Hiro stay and do some work."
"Hiro has been huddled up in here for weeks!" Tadashi said. "He needs to see sunlight. I'm afraid he's becoming a vampire."
"Dude!" Fred said, and Tadashi and Wasabi turned to them. "Look! I found my costume!"
"Wow…" Tadashi said. "Very Fredzilla."
"I wonder if I can wear it now!" Fred said, excitedly putting it on.
"Maybe you should leave it alone." Wasabi said. "Hiro may not have it ready!"
"Wait, it this what I think it is?" Fred said, his voice muffled. Suddenly, fire shot out of the front of the suit, making the other two boys scramble for cover. "It shoots fire!"
"You could have killed us!" Wasabi said, peeking out from his temporary shield. "Wait, Hiro made that? I wonder what he made for me…"
"I don't know about this…" Tadashi warned.
"I found yours too!" Fred said. "Wanna try it on?"
A few minutes later they had gotten Wasabi into his suit, with Tadashi sitting on the couch, wondering why he had chosen these idiots as his friends. If Hiro came back, he would undoubtedly be mad at them for going through his stuff.
"Does it even do anything?" Wasabi asked, looking at it thoroughly.
"Maybe he's not done with it yet." Tadashi said. "And maybe you should leave it alone."
"Wait, I recognize this…" Wasabi said, and Tadashi rolled his eyes. "These are lasers!"
Suddenly, there were laser knives coming out of the top of Wasabi's hands. He looked at them closely. "They're just like the ones back in the lab! I wonder if they are as effective without-"
"Boring!" Fred said. "Cut this piece of metal!"
Fred held out the top of a metal table. Tadashi jumped up to stop him, but Wasabi cut through it with ease.
"Wow!" Wasabi said. "These things are great!"
"Tadashi!" Fred said. "Hiro made you one too!"
"Fred, I don't – wait, what? I specifically told him not to!"
"Well, he did." Fred said, and he threw the black suit at him. "You gonna try it on?"
Tadashi investigated the fabric closely.
"Dang it Hiro!" He yelled. "I'm going to go change.
"Woo!" Fred and Wasabi said, and Tadashi took his time changing the suit. He had no idea what it did, or how it worked, and nothing seemed to be that obvious when he looked at it. Finally, he came back out, in the black suit.
"You look good in Spandex." Fred said nodding.
"Shut up!" Tadashi said, crossing his arms.
"What do you think it does?" Wasabi said, walking up to him to investigate.
"I don't know." Tadashi said. "Nothing seems to be that obvious…"
"Well then, we should totally find out!" Fred said. "Superhero style!"
"I am not going out into public like this." Tadashi said shaking his head.
"Me either." Wasabi said.
"Man, I don't know what Hiro was thinking." Tadashi said. He began to walk away, but he hit the corner of the sawed in half metal table, and stopped.
"Aw man! You okay?" Wasabi said. "That must have hurt!"
"Actually…" Tadashi replied. "No, it didn't."
Tadashi slowly raised his arm, and swiftly brought it down on the table. He felt the pressure of the hit, but not the pain.
"Dude, did Hiro make you an invincibility suit?" Wasabi said.
"Made only out of high grade titanium, and a secret chemical that I invented myself."
"Hiro!" Tadashi yelled, turning to his brother.
"We found the suits!" Fred said happily.
"I noticed." Hiro replied, opened the garage door more, so that Baymax could walk in. Tadashi's mouth dropped open at the sight of his robot. Baymax wore red armor, just as he had been before, but he had wings coming out of his shoulder, and he stood proudly, as if he had done something great that night.
"What can Baymax do?" Wasabi said.
"The better question is, with all my new modifications, what can't Baymax do?" Hiro said, smirking.
"You really outdid yourself with this, Hiro." Tadashi said, smiling proudly.
"Eh, it was nothing… Oh, Baymax!" Hiro said, turning to the robot. "Try the new carrying modifications!"
"Ah yes." Baymax said, and suddenly, the armor began to retract, and seemed to fit in a small black backpack that was on Baymax's shoulders. "It seems to work perfectly, Hiro."
"Good." Hiro said. "That means a lot less work for me."
"So, where were you two?" Tadashi said. "You know, while we goofed off."
"I was testing Baymax's suit." Hiro said. "I made sure I got everything to work this time. Including the new super sensor."
"And what can your suit do?" Fred asked. "Can it spit lava? Or walk through walls? Or-"
"Easy there, Fred. I just do the thinking. Or ride on Baymax's back."
"Ride on Baymax's back?" Tadashi said. "Did you make him run fast or…?"
"You may want to come outside for this one."
They all stood outside, and watched as Hiro climbed onto Baymax's armor.
"So, it holds you?" Tadashi said in a teasing tone.
"Yeah, it holds me. As I fly!" Hiro said, and he pointed to the sky. "Baymax! Up!"
Baymax's feet were apparently thrusters, and the robot shot into the air. Tadashi, Wasabi, and Fred's mouths all fell to the floor.
Baymax did a few flips in the air, showing off what he could do, before hovering. The robot moved to where his right fist was outstretched.
"What's he doing now?" Wasabi asked, before the fist was launched off his arm, flying around at an incredible speed before reattaching to Baymax.
"That thing," Hiro said, landing proudly. "Can blow through three feet of concrete."
Fred began applauding.
Hiro was soaking up the glory as he hopped off the Baymax. The robot retracted his armor as soon as Hiro was safely on the ground.
"Hiro, my batteries are getting low." He said. "All the flying we have done today had drained them."
"Okay, buddy." Hiro said. "I am satisfied with my care. You can go to the garage now."
The robot did what he was told, and shrunk into his carrier in Hiro's backpack.
"You should have seen the first time he had a low battery. He acted worse than Tadashi did after he got his wisdom teeth out."
"Really?" Tadashi said. "I had never let his charge get low before."
"Yeah, I gave him a new one after I rebuilt him, and made it to where he tells me if they are low before he gets loopy. We've had a couple of close calls though."
"Oh, who cares about nerd stuff?" Fred said, and he rushed forward to grab Hiro's shoulder. "You can fly! Bro, how is it up there?!"
"Pretty cool." Hiro said. "I upgraded Baymax's thrusters to be more powerful this go around. We nearly hit a plane we went up so high!"
"Isn't that dangerous?" Tadashi asked, getting worried.
"Not as dangerous as some of the other stuff we do." Hiro said, shrugging. "It's too fun to give up anyway."
Tadashi went to say something else, but Wasabi grabbed his arm and shook his head. It was clear that Wasabi didn't want him to start a fight with his brother.
"Okay, should we call Honey and Lemon here to see if they want to try their suits?"
"Oh yeah!" Hiro said. "Wait until you see what they can do."
Hiro ducked out of the conversation. After getting Honey Lemon, and Gogo all suited up, he left them to practice on his own. Everyone was so into chatting with each other, that Hiro walked back into the garage, and sat on the couch.
"Ow." Hiro said, as he sat down.
Baymax inflated, and waddled over to sit on the couch next to him. "Hiro, are you alright?"
"I'm fine Baymax." Hiro said. "I think."
"You should spend time with your friends. Contact with loved ones is good for emotional development."
"They're not the same, Baymax." Hiro said, sighing. "I mean, they are who they are, but…"
"They are not the friends you left back home."
"I think I keep forgetting that they are Tadashi's friends. I mean, after he died, they took me in, but I don't know. I just don't fit right now."
"Are you under emotional stress?" Baymax asked.
"A little. But nothing for you to worry about, big guy."
"You are my patient. Of course I shall worry about you."
Hiro smiled. "Thanks, Baymax. Somehow you always know what to say."
Baymax reached to Hiro, and pulled him in to a hug. He patted his head as he always did. "There, there. You will be alright."
Hiro wanted to say that he was alright. He really did, but there were too many things wrong to do so.
"You are not seeming to get any better." Baymax said, after a few minutes. "Shall I try a new treatment?"
"What kind of new treatment?"
"My databases say, that when physical contact does not work, we should try a different approach. What else is bothering you, Hiro? Is it Tadashi?"
"No!" Hiro said quickly.. "I'm glad he's alive, but… I just don't know. That battle with the micro bots and Callaghan last time was the hardest thing any of us had ever done. And I never thought I would have to do it again, but while I'm sitting here training these guys, Callaghan's plan is about to happen. In three days, Krei is opening his new building and I just… I'm not ready Baymax."
"No one is ever ready to relive a terrible event. Are you afraid your brother will perish?"
"Well, him… and you too, Baymax. Last time, when we were in that dimension with Abigail, I looked away for one second and you died because of that. Because of me. I don't want you to die again, Baymax."
"Please do not worry about me. You are my patient."
"But you are my friend." Hiro said. "My best friend actually."
"I am not your friend. I am a robot. I cannot have friends."
"Well, like or not, buddy, you've got one. You're my friend Baymax, and I can't let you die again."
Baymax seemed to stare at him. For a long time, he said nothing. Hiro honestly thought he had broken him.
But then, the robot spoke softly. "You … are my friend too. I would put you above other patients."
That wasn't in Baymax's programming; Hiro was sure of that. He gaped openly at the large robot, before realizing that Baymax was more than a program. He always had been. Hiro felt his face form a smile, before he hugged Baymax.
"Thanks."
"No, Hiro. Thank you. You are my friend."
Hiro felt tears prick at the corners of his eyes, but he pushed them back. His friends had probably noticed he was gone by now, and when they found him, he didn't want them, particularly Tadashi, to see that he had cried.
"Would you like me to deactivate so you may rejoin your friends?" Baymax asked.
"No." Hiro replied. "You should join us. You're my friend after all."
A/N: I normally don't put author's notes below the chapter, but I really had to with this one. I hope you guys notice that I'm trying to find a balance. While Hiro is trying to rebuild his relationship with his brother, his relationship with Baymax is still there. One of my favorite parts of the movie was Baymax himself, and while Tadashi is there, Hiro also needs his robot friend, too.
Just wanted to throw that out there. Tell me what you thought of Baymax's development in this chapter!
