Chapter Summary: Abigail and Akumax arrive at Krei Tech Industries to settle a score with someone. However, they are interrupted by Big Hero 6 who arrived to stop them.
Disclaimer: I don't own Big Hero 6 and its characters.
A fishing boat sailed across the San Fransokyo bay that same morning and it came across a wreckage of a boat. The fisherman, a mean-looking man, noticed a several people hanging on to one of the floating debris and he quickly took them aboard.
"I'll see if I can get you all to the hospital," he grunted as he passed around blankets to the survivors.
"N-no," the woman said quickly. She wrapped a warm blanket around her companion, who was freezing after being in the water for so long. "Just drop me and my friend here at the pier and we'll take a cab from there. You can take care of the others. I'll pay you for your helpful services."
"What the heck happened to you guys?" the fisherman demanded. He then looked over to the woman's young companion and could not help but stare at the messy, dark hair. "He looks familiar to me. I think I know him..."
"It's nothing important," the woman interrupted him as she dried her glasses. "Just don't tell anyone what you found, Mister...?"
"Well, the other fishermen called me Murayama," the large, obese man answered her. "But you can call me Yama, lady."
The remaining Big Hero 6 team stood on top of a tall building in front of the Krei Tech Industries new campus. The four of them had spent many hours last night looking for their leader and friend after he fled the city, while being pursued by the police. They had failed to stop Tadashi and they're afraid of going back to Cass to tell her that she would never see her nephew again.
The four of them still decided to finish the job of apprehending Abigail and in order to do that, they would need Krei's secretary to help them. They went over what Tadashi told them of the disastrous Silent Sparrow project when Tadashi investigated Abigail's home, and Professor Callaghan's involvement with the project, Alistair Krei, and his daughter. Yet, neither of them have figured out what Abigail's true motives are and each of them became discouraged, especially without Baymax and Tadashi to guide them. Fred, however, is determined to keep the team's spirit up.
"It's 9 o'clock and there's a crowd outside the main building," he announced. He was using a pair of binoculars to observe the Krei Tech campus and the employees who are listening to Krei's speech. "I don't see that assistant anywhere. Maybe she got sick today from some bad coffee and is suffering from horrible diarrhea-"
"Fred!" Wasabi snapped beside him. "Why can't you say anything intelligent or serious for once?! Every time you open your big mouth, you try to make everything into a joke!"
"Hey, I'm just trying to lighten up the tension!" Fred snapped back. He was now as irritated as Wasabi. "Maybe if you should stop worrying about getting your 'system' messed up, and just go with the flow, you wouldn't be so high-strung!"
"Well, not everyone can be like you," Wasabi growled while he moved away from the school mascot.
"Guys, please," Honey timidly pleaded as she sat nearby with her power-purse on her lap. "Let's not fight..."
"Honey Lemon, keep out of this!"
"Hey, don't you talk to her like that!" Fred threatened Wasabi.
Then he raised his costume's clawed hand up in the air like he was about to smack the bigger guy right in the face. Suddenly, one of Gogo's disc struck the ground between the two boys and they jumped back in surprise. The disc returned to Gogo's wrist and the purple-streaked girl glared at her friends.
"All of you stop whining. Woman up," she ordered. Her chest is heaving as though she was trying to control her emotions. She knew why they are tensed at right now; ever since Tadashi left them, they are lost without him and his orders.
"If you guys can't handle being on this team anymore, you can leave and I won't stop you," she told them. "But we're here to find clues about Abigail's whereabouts, and maybe it'll help us find Tadashi. And I don't want this team to break up before that happens."
Gogo walked away from the group so she can move to the other side of the roof they're on. Fred and Wasabi became ashamed for lashing out their frustrations and they gave each other silent apologetic looks. Honey stood up and approached Gogo so the two of them can talk in private.
"Are you okay?" she asked her friend.
"No, I'm not," Gogo replied in a low, stiff voice.
Honey became quiet and stared towards the bay. It was a beautiful, sunny morning but she couldn't bring herself to enjoy this.
"Gogo, after what happened last night... do you think we're still capable of being superheroes?" Honey asked nervously. "We're so inexperienced and we already lost a couple of our teammates..."
Wasabi and Fred walked over to the girls.
"Hey, not to spoil the mood, but I just realized something..." Wasabi began hesitantly. "If Krei was the one who created Silent Sparrow and was responsible for the accident, wouldn't Abigail come to Krei Tech to seek revenge?"
Gogo slowly shook her head. "I doubt it. If Abigail wanted to destroy Krei, she would have done it a long time ago."
"Then why are we here waiting around and all suited up?" Fred asked. "I mean, all these stuff wouldn't be necessary to catch Krei's secretary-"
"Tadashi," Gogo replied. Everyone fell into silence at the mention of his name.
"No, he wouldn't..." Wasabi said, horrified. "Tadashi wouldn't dare to attack Krei. That guy had nothing to do with Tadashi!"
"It must be because he wanted to know why Krei had another Baymax," Honey said. She reminded the group of the photo the team found at the old Krei Tech laboratory. "Tadashi was really furious, he thought Krei stole his invention..."
"Yeah, but Tadashi promised us he wouldn't go after Krei!" Wasabi protested.
Fred suddenly interrupted conversation when he glanced up towards the sky.
"Holy Mother of Megazon!" he shouted, though his voice was drowned out by a roaring sound of rockets.
The team followed the noise and it was coming from the Krei Tech building. They looked over to see the crowd of employees running away in fear as a huge armored robot swooped down and snatched Alistair Krei. A figure wearing a familiar dark clothing is riding on the robot's back. It was Abigail.
"What's the plan?" Wasabi asked Gogo.
Gogo quickly removed the gum from her mouth and stuck it the side of her helmet. "We have to take down the robot," she answered.
"Is that it?"
"I'll think up the rest when we get down there. Let's move, team!"
Standing in front of the crowd of employees, old and new, and with a glass of champagne in his hand, Alistair Krei stood tall and proud. It took an entire year and half to make rebuild the main Krei Tech building and used his latest technology to make it sleek and modern. He was mildly irritated that his secretary isn't here to celebrate this day with him, and didn't even bother to send him a message about her absence.
Krei had a tough week; several of his employees have been kidnapped, an old laboratory facility of his was mysteriously destroyed, and there were broken microbots that were found at the site. The police interrogated him about the microbots and he only told them that they were created by a Hiro Hamada. He had heard about the terrible fire that not only took the young boy's life, but also someone he used to respect not as a friend. He never attended Callaghan's funeral because he was uncomfortable. It reminded him that their last conversation together was full of bitterness from Callaghan's side, and then Krei read the newspapers the following morning that Callaghan perished in the fire.
The last time he saw Professor Callaghan at the SFIT showcase, the man interfered Hiro's choice and subtly used his daughter's accident to justify Krei's reckless "cutting corners" attitude. Krei almost lost his cool since not only he lost his chance getting an interesting nanobot tech but he was reminded of a past he didn't want to remember. He would never hurt Abigail and the Silent Sparrow incident still haunts him once in a while but the professor still brings up his mistake to spite at him. Krei doesn't blame Callaghan for hating him, but he doesn't care; however, he still had not seen Abigail ever since he helped rescued her from beyond the portal. He felt his heart grew heavy with loneliness but he shrugged it off.
"This beautiful new campus is the culmination of a lifelong dream," Krei addressed his employees. "But none of this would have been possible without a few bumps in the road. Those setbacks made us stronger and set us on the path to a bright future."
The crowd clapped. Krei was smiling when a voice boomed, "Setbacks?"
Krei looked up behind him and saw a giant, scary-looking robot came flying down from the sky. The blow of the impact knocking Krei backwards. The crowd panicked and ran away. Krei tried to run too, but the robot wrapped its huge hand around Krei's waist and flew to the top of the tallest building in the campus. The robot landed on the roof and held the CEO tight in his grip.
The woman climbed down from the robot so she can look at Krei properly. Krei stopped struggling when he saw her. His eyes went wide.
"Was I setback, Alistair?" Abigail hissed dangerously.
"Abigail," Krei gasped. His expression became pained for a moment. "What happened to you back then... It was an accident."
"No!" Abigail yelled as Akumax's hand tightened around Krei. He groaned in pain. Abigail pointed a finger at the CEO, her eyes flashed with venom. "You knew something was wrong and you still pushed me into the portal! My father often told me how arrogant you are and I never listened him..."
"Abby," Krei begged. He started using her old nickname which he only called her by it when they're alone together. "Look at me. I'm sorry how things got messed up before, and had I known if it was going to happen, I wouldn't have made that risk."
"You don't know what I went through when I was trapped inside that portal!" Abigail screamed, her voice filled with anguish. "I was sitting helpless in some unknown dark space, and crying for anyone to come save me. And I couldn't walk for months after that, I was so weak and useless..." She stopped so she could catch her breath. Her body was shaking violently in pain.
"Abby..." Krei whispered weakly.
"Don't call me that anymore! My father told me that you've abandoned me and only saved me to protect yourself!" Abigail became furious again. "Akumax, wings!"
With a snarl, she got on Akumax's back. Akumax then dropped Krei and flew off, leaving behind on the roof. Krei sat helplessly as he watched Abigal and Akumax hover in front of him.
"What are you doing?" Krei asked, terrified, as the cannon on Akumax's shoulder pad opened up. It began to hum, getting ready to fire.
"You ruined my life when you sent me into that machine," Abigail told him. "Now you're going to watch me destroy everything important to you. And then, it'll be your turn."
Krei could only look at her as a defeated man. "... I already lost everything important when you disappeared," he said in a low voice.
Abigail looked at him coldly, though she was a little curious at his statement.
"You don't mean that," she said, her lips quivering. "You only care about your reputation…"
"And I've never abandoned you either," Krei continued on. "Your father lied to you about that. He wouldn't let me come near you."
Abigail felt as though someone slapped her and she almost forgot to breathe. However, she snapped back into her hatred and was about to give Akumax the signal when she heard a voice call, "Abigail Callaghan!"
She froze. She and Akumax turned around to see four of those meddling superhero kids standing on the roof of a Krei Tech building below her. While she was enraged to see them alive, she noticed their leader isn't with them. At least there's something to be pleased about. Akumax flew down towards the same roof and landed a good distance away from them.
"Let him go," Gogo said.
Abigail chuckled as she jumped down. She haughtily placed her arms on her hips.
"So you guys are still around," she mused. "I thought for sure you'd all be buried under the Krei Tech lab after I've destroyed it. But I can see you're missing a couple of friends. Two out of six isn't so bad, but it's still a sloppy job."
Gogo clenched her fists but she kept looking at Abigail with fierce defiance. She saw Wasabi stepped forward beside her.
"Hey… What do you hope to accomplish from all this?" he asked, trying to sound brave.
"This isn't right, Miss Callaghan," Honey added. "Is this really what you wanted?"
"You don't know anything about me!" Abigail shouted.
"N-no, we don't," Fred stammered. "But we know your dad, and we're sorry for your loss…"
"What could you possibly understand?" the young woman demanded.
For a brief moment, the group was reminded of Tadashi when he was still grieving and lashing out his anger after losing Hiro. The memories of him pushing them away still hurts them, even at this moment.
"This won't solve anything," Gogo stated.
Abigail became quiet. She thought of her dad, wondering what he would think of her right now, as a criminal about to destroy a man and his entire work for vengeance... Then she remembered her father had died trying to bring vengeance on Krei.
At that moment, Krei shouted from the top of building, "Listen to them, Abigail. Just let me go, and I'll give you anything you want!"
Abigail's expression darkened.
"I want you gone!" Then she turned to Akumax and pointed a finger at the superheroes. "Get rid of them!"
Akumax's red eyes glowed brighter. Then his shoulder-cannon launched an explosive at Big Hero 6 without warning. The group quickly tried to jump out of the way but the blow knocked them off from the building's ledge. Fred bounced down while Honey used her chem-ball to create a cushion to catch herself, Gogo, and Wasabi.
The team hurriedly regrouped on the ground.
"This is nuts!" Wasabi shouted, now panicked. "When did she get a robot?"
"I don't know about you guys but I have a strange feeling about it," Honey said slowly.
"Yeah, it's called fear!"
"I call it awesome!" Fred chuckled. "I mean, we're going to be killed but it's so cool to fight a big robot! I wish Tadashi was here-"
"I've updated the plan," Gogo muttered. "Forget the robot, just take out his weapons first."
"Now, that's more like it!" Wasbai grinned.
Gogo quickly told the others her plan and before they can do anything else, Akumax came down hard and shot his rocket fist at them.
The team scattered as the fist broke the cement wall of a building. It then magnetically returned to Akumax's hand and the robot began to menacingly follow the team around. He kept shooting his rocket fists and explosives at them, though the superheroes narrowly avoided them the best they can.
Umidori Island, an island sitting in the San Fransokyo bay with a bridge connected between both the island and the city. Inside an old lighthouse, a slender figure was curled up inside a ball made of microbots. Tadashi Hamada had been running all night and came to this lighthouse after arriving on the island. He collapsed with exhaustion but he used the microbots to protect him in case anyone came in to find him.
He felt sad and worried for leaving his friends and his aunt behind, but at the same time, he was relieved to get away from them. He felt so peaceful without anyone waiting for him to mess up. Being alone was easier too, he won't have to hurt and lose anyone else anymore. He lay on his side, thinking about what he was planning to do next since he's now a fugitive from the police. He could picture Baymax and Hiro speaking to him at this moment.
"Hey, why are you giving up now, knucklehead?" the fantasized Hiro chastised him. "I thought helping people was your thing?"
"Tadashi, you're still needed," Baymax's voice gently told him. "Your treatment is far from completion."
Tadashi shook his head and shut his eyes behind his helmet. "I can't do anything right… Why do I even bother…?" he mumbled bitterly. "You guys are gone because of me."
Then he heard something coming from the communicator. He thought he turned it off before he left the city. He sat up and listened closely; the voices were low and static but he recognized them immediately. It was his friends and they seemed to be fighting a dangerous foe.
"—We have to get to Krei and get him down from there!" Gogo's voice was heard.
"Easy for you to say!" Wasabi blurted out.
"I can't bounce high enough to reach him!" Fred shouted. "Why did the guy have to make that building so tall!"
Tadashi realized they must be talking of the new Krei Tech headquarters which Alistair Krei had been busy working on for a while. Confused, he wondered why his friends are there in the first place. He tried to listen more but the communicator went dead silent.
"What do I do now... ?" Tadashi asked to himself as the microbots gave away and formed a platform under him. "I can't return to the city again, but my friends are in trouble…"
He hugged his knees and think deeply about this situation.
Back at Krei Tech, the pointy-nosed CEO was too terrified to move from his spot at the top of highest building. He just watched his campus is being destroyed by Akumax before his eyes.
"I don't love that robot at all," he said to himself.
Meanwhile on the ground, Akumax saw a large chunk of fallen debris nearby. He used his amazing strength to lift it and toss it at Wasabi. The green-clad fighter released his plasma laser blades and sliced the cement debris in clean halves.
He sighed with relief but he was still shaking after he almost crushed.
"I wished I brought that extra pair of underwear with me," he grumbled sheepishly, his face turned red.
Gogo skated around the campus, throwing her discs at the robot trying to distract him from going after her friends.
Honey gasped in fear when she saw the Akumax coming for her next. She used two of her chem-balls to create a sticky concoction to slow down the robot. It worked and the robot came to a stop.
Then Fred ran forward and blasted fire at Akumax.
"It's Fred Time!" the school mascot roared.
However, the fire didn't seem to put a lot of damage on Akumax's armor and the robot managed to break free from the chemical concoction. Fred then leaped over to Akumax.
"Gravity Crush!" he called out his attack and he managed to knock the robot flat on his back. Then he used the kaiju-like claws of his costume to repeatedly scratch at Akumax's armor.
"Monster Slash!" he cried.
Akumax got up and simply grabbed the school mascot. He violently tossed Fred aside like a ragdoll. Fred slammed into Honey, and they knocked down easily like ragdolls.
The two of them looked up just in time to see Akumax raised his shoulder-cannon again. But just as he was about to launch, Gogo plowed into him. The blow redirected the cannon, missed Honey and Fred and struck the billboard with the Krei Tech symbol on it.
Akumax then smacked Gogo against the wall. He raised his shoulder-cannon towards her.
"Now, Wasabi!"
Wasabi leap forward and sliced the canon off like a twig just before it could fire. It caused a small explosion to erupt and the robot staggered back in confusion, now covered in smoke.
Abigail growled in fury while she watched her weapon being stopped easily. There is no way she would be defeated here today.
The team waited for Akumax to attack them. When the smoke cleared, they saw that the robot's helmet has been destroyed and they saw who it was.
"Baymax?!" they all gasped.
The former nursebot's white head looked out of place on top of the huge, bulky dark armor. He looked exactly like the one Tadashi had built except his eyes are still glowing red. He began to approach the team again, ready to tear them apart.
"Baymax, stop!" Honey shouted. "It's us!"
"Why is he attacking us?! He's not programmed to harm people!" Wasabi demanded. He turned to advancing robot. "Baymax, why are you attacking us!
"His nurse chip!" Fred remembered. "Maybe he doesn't have it inside his access port—DUCK!"
Akumax tossed another a huge block at them. Wasabi sliced them a little too late and the whole team were knocked down together and covered in broken cement debris. They all groaned in pain and tried to move; their entire bodies were sore and weakened after they wasted all their energy chasing and looking for Tadashi last night. Then they saw Akumax, with his wings out, hovering high up in the air, carrying a struggling Krei with one hand. Abigail is now back riding on top of the robot and she looked down at the group with contempt.
"Please stop this, Abigail," Honey said, trying to reason with the woman.
"I'm done listening to you," Abigail growled. Then she heard police sirens approaching. She had to make this quick. "If you want you to rescue Mr. Krei and finish our fight, come to Akuma Island tonight. ... That is if you can survive this."
She then dropped three of her bombs down at the group before she and Akumax flew off with Krei. Honey quickly summoned a chemical dome to shield them all from the blow. The group crouched down, panting heavily. The bombs exploded before they can land the explosion made several cracks on the dome, but the team were safe.
They waited for a while until it's safe to come out from the dome, and Wasabi used his lasers to slice an opening for them to pass through. They're all alive and have survived their first battle without their leader. Yet, after they looked around the ruined state of the Krei Tech buildings and realizing that Abigail kidnapped Krei, the team knew they haven't accomplished anything at all.
"What do we do now, Gogo?" Honey asked sadly.
Gogo slowly chewed her gum but she then spat it out. Honey knew her friend would never spit out her bubblegum unless she's upset. In the distance, the police car sirens are growing closer.
"Let's get out of here, we'll think up the next plan," Gogo said.
Tadashi used the microbots so he can travel secretly under the bridge back to San Fransokyo. He couldn't believe he's doing this, but at least his friends would be pleased to see him back. He tried to fix the communicator inside his helmet and he was able to hear his friends speaking clearer. He then heard rockets roaring and he looked around saw a robot flying off away from the city. Tadashi noticed quickly that robot is carrying someone who looked to be a captive.
"What is that?" Tadashi wondered out loud, more curious about the flying robot rather than the person. Judging from the direction it was going, it appeared the robot is heading towards Akuma Island.
Tadashi remembered the island was used as a base for the Silent Sparrow project, and it was the place where all the troubles first began... He clenched his fists tight when he thought of the possibility of finding Abigail there.
"Well, I've always wanted to visit an island," he said darkly. He made his decision. He glanced at San Fransokyo, his home, one last time before changing his direction towards the robot's destination.
Around noontime at the Lucky Cat cafe, the TV inside the cafe was blasting reports of an attack at Krei Tech Industries and but it was stopped by four mysterious masked heroes. However, Aunt Cass wasn't paying attention, she was busily mopping up the floor. She closed her shop for the day since she was still heartbroken after her Tadashi ran away without saying anything to her. She couldn't understand why the police suspected him as a criminal, and she didn't care what Tadashi had done. She lost her remaining nephew and she couldn't even help him overcome his depression after he lost his brother. She felt like a failure since she couldn't keep her promise to her sibling.
She felt fresh tears stinging her eyes. How many times did she cried so far? And would she be able to move after what happened to Tadashi?
She heard the door of the cafe opened behind her. Cass was sure she locked it.
"Cafe is closed, come back another time," she said in a heavy voice, sniffling.
"Hey, Aunt Cass..." a young voice called out to her and she dropped her mop in shock. She had not heard that voice since...
She quickly spun around to see Hiro, his hair and clothes drenched what it seemed to be seawater, standing at the entrance. Behind him is a woman with glasses and a pixie haircut. Her clothes were damped as well. Aunt Cass' hands reached to her mouth and she almost fainted.
Hiro smiled as tears roll down his face. "I'm home, Auntie," he announced himself in a shaky voice.
Aunt Cass did not hesitate anymore and pulled her once-lost nephew into the tightest and biggest hug. Hiro returned it and nuzzled happily into her warmth. He missed this so much, it was as though he woke up from a bad dream. It felt so wonderful to be back home again. He even thought he almost died again this morning if it weren't for the quick actions of Krei's secretary...
Hiro felt his aunt planting kisses all over him. They're both laughing and crying at the same time.
"M-my little boy... my little boy is alive!" Cass sobbed and buried her face into his wet hair. "Oh, Hiro..."
"I thought I would never see you again," Hiro sniffed. Then he turned to Krei's secretary who limped over to a table.
"Who is she?" Cass demanded, her eyes narrowed in suspicion.
"She-she was the one who saved me, Aunt Cass," Hiro explained. "A lot of things has happened to me..."
"I'll say!" Aunt Cass said as she picked up her mop. "Wait till your brother sees you..."
She paused and remembered the incident last night. She fell into an awkward silent and looked away from her nephew. Hiro became confused.
"W-what are you talking about?" he asked slowly. "Tadashi died in the fire, didn't he?"
Cass's heart began to race. She calmly placed her hands on Hiro's shoulders. She did not know where to start and she knew Hiro would not like what he's going to hear, but she could not hide things from him even though the two have just reunited.
"Hiro," she began. "Promise me that you'll forgive your brother..."
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