Chapter Summary: Two brothers finally reunite... only for them to depart once again.
Disclaimer: I don't own Big Hero 6 and its characters.
Back in Fred's estate, Aunt Cass and Krei's secretary waited in the backyard keeping vigilant watch for the helicopter to return. Cass is nervously pacing back and forth while Krei's secretary sat on a chair lost in her thoughts.
"Will Hiro and the others be okay?" Cass asked her.
Krei's secretary sighed and removed her glasses to clean them. "Abigail is formidable but her anger is both her strength and weakness," she answered. "However, since they've encountered her couple of times before, they probably know how to overcome every trick of hers. I'm positive they'll survive."
She then rubbed her forehead in worry.
"I hoped they'll manage to destroy that unstable portal completely," she continued, sweating in worry. "Abigail activated it for so long it could lead to terrible results."
Cass quickly turned to the woman. Her eyebrows raised in concern.
"What kind of terrible results?" she questioned.
"Let's just say Abigail should not try to travel to another dimension…"
Tadashi leaned over the rail of a wooden bridge overlooking the college campus. The Robotics Lab building was seen distance, illuminating so bright and filled of new beginnings.
He could hear Hiro walking up to him and saw him leaning against the rail too beside him. The two brothers shared jokes before they gaze peacefully over the campus and just enjoying the evening air.
"Welcome to nerd school, nerd," Tadashi said, his voice filled with love and pride.
Hiro smiled, shaking his head a little.
"Hey, if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be here," he said shyly. "So, you know, thanks… for not giving up on me."
Tadashi smiled back. Hiro cleared his throat, he could feel his face burning with embarrassment. He's not used being this sappy, especially around his big brother.
"So, why did you bring me alone here for?" he asked. "It can't just be about my fly being open, is it?"
Tadashi laughed a little but he became quiet for a moment, mentally preparing for his speech he's been preparing to tell to his brother if he did well in the SFIT showcase. Before he can open his mouth, he heard the distant sound of terrified people screaming…
"Tadashi?" Hiro tried to call out to him, but his voice sounded far away. "Tadashi…"
"Tadashi."
Hiro pulled away from his hug and looked up to his dazed brother; Tadashi appeared to be so pale and thin, and he has heavy bags under his eyes due to stress and lack of sleep. Yet, Hiro was filled with so much uncontained happiness, he couldn't believe he's seeing and touching his big brother again.
"I'm—I'm so glad you're alive," Hiro sniffled, pulling up his bangs.
Tadashi was finally brought back down to earth and his eyes finally met Hiro's. His hands suddenly ran over Hiro's face and hair, trying to recognize every tiny detail and hoping this is not some impostor tricking his senses.
"Are… are you really my brother?" Tadashi whispered in a tiny voice.
"Who else could I be, you big nerd?" Hiro replied.
Tadashi recognized the familiar sass in that tone and he was soon overwhelmed with a mixture of strange emotions; he was jubilant, angry, and… terrified. Tears sting his eyes and they roll down his face.
"Are you hurt? Are you okay?" he asked wildly. He began to hold his breath.
Hiro nodded. This conversation felt so familiar he was on the verge of crying again. Tadashi then buried his face on his brother's shoulder, his body trembling.
"Then what were you thinking, scaring me like that! You knucklehead!" he sobbed as his hands clutched on Hiro's back. He could recognize his brother's scent, it's really him. "I thought I lost you forever!"
"Y-you're one to talk, you ran into a burning building!" Hiro hiccupped.
He wiped away his tears and lovingly brushed his brother's hair. In response, Tadashi lovingly pressed his forehead against Hiro's and gazed deeply into his eyes.
"For one moment, I thought I was just seeing things," Tadashi whispered. "But the moment I feel your skin and breathing, and hear your voice… I knew you were real."
"You don't know how much I've long to hold you like this," Hiro said, gently nudging his forehead against his brtoher's. "I've had dreams that you survived and were just trying to find me, because you've never given up on me before."
Tadashi became silent and a horrible guilt gripped his heart.
"But it's alright now, we've finally found each other," Hiro sighed softly. "And I'm not going to let you go again…"
He was suddenly taken aback when Tadashi started laughing; it made his blood turn cold and the hairs on the back of his neck stood up.
"Tadashi…?"
"It's not alright!" Tadashi choked out, now crying and laughing at the same time. He couldn't believe all his efforts were wasted. He felt like a fool…
Hiro watched his brother pulled away from the hug and stood up. Tadashi dried his eyes and then staggered to pick up his helmet. He stares at his reflection on the cracked visor and saw how ghastly he appeared. Did he always look like this?
"I thought you were dead for a long time, it messed me up so bad…" he said. He avoided Hiro's eyes, he couldn't bring himself to look at them at this moment.
He felt Hiro hugged him from behind and he froze up in fear.
"It's okay, Tadashi. I understand how you felt since I thought you were gone too," Hiro told him. "But now we're together again, we can go home together.
"Hiro, it's not easy. At least for me," Tadashi said. A dreadful thought entered his mind and his stomach tightened; did Hiro know what he had done and why he ran away with the microbots? "If I go back with you, I will be arrested and we'll be separated again."
"Aunt Cass and everyone else told me what happened to you," Hiro stated.
Baymax silently watched the brothers talking to each other. He then medically scans them; there was an elevated improvement in Hiro's brainwaves while Tadashi is experiencing a mood swing.
He began scanning around the lab and observed something unusual. Small rubble and other objects began sliding towards the end of the room where the broken half of the portal stood as though they were being pulled by an invisible force. Two electrical generators began to hum and vibrate with full energy.
The two brothers did not even seem to notice what's happening at the moment.
"What did they exactly tell you, Hiro?" Tadashi asked suspiciously. He spun around to face his younger brother.
"That you became a superhero and formed a team to help people," Hiro answered. He dug inside his hoodie and pulled out a familiar pair of gloved gauntlets. They're the same ones filled with cable wires which Tadashi invented. "You built this and a lot of cool tech to make you and our friends stronger. It's so cool, I didn't know you have it in you."
Tadashi took the gauntlets from Hiro and put them on. A nostalgia feeling washed over him yet he felt cold all over.
Hiro became hesitant before he continued, "They also told me other things about what you did and... become."
"And did you actually believe them?"
Hiro was surprised to see how dark his brother's face and tone went. He never seen his brother like this before. He remembered Aunt Cass telling him something earlier when he came home.
"W-what are you talking about?" Hiro asked slowly. "Tadashi died in the fire, didn't he?"
Aunt Cass calmly placed her hands on Hiro's shoulders and looked at him straight in the eye. She looked troubled.
"Hiro," she began. "Promise me that you'll forgive your brother."
"Of course, I would," Hiro said. "Why would I not do that?"
"Your brother did a lot of things," Cass explained. "I don't know what happened to him, but he changed so much after you were gone."
Hiro stared at her in confusion. Cass sighed and looked away.
"Let me show you. Then you'll understand…"
Cass took Hiro upstairs to the brothers' room and Hiro saw, to his horror and shock, how completely messy Tadashi's side of the room is. There are torn papers scattered everywhere, his belongings from his desks were thrown to the floor. Hiro moved around his foot stepped over something. He looked down saw his old battlebot Megabot lying on the floor, next to a picture of himself that seemed to be ripped in half.
"Did… Tadashi do this?" Hiro asked.
"Hiro, I'm sorry for showing this to you," Aunt Cass apologized. Then she gave him a newspaper clipping showing a blurry photo of a mysterious vigilante wearing a sentai-inspired costume, and his pair gauntlets filled cable wire.
"I believe your brother tried to moonlight as a superhero to cope with his grief and pain of losing you," she said. "I don't know what he exactly did to get half the police of San Fransokyo to suspect him as a criminal, but… I think I was also responsible for discouraging him to continue his job. I was so worried of losing him, I didn't think of his feelings-"
Hiro silenced her with a hug and he looked up to her.
"Aunt Cass, do you really think my brother is a bad guy?" he asked her. "Nobody knows him better than us, he would never hurt people! He tried to save Professor Callaghan from the fire, remember?"
"I know, sweetie," Aunt Cass sighed and rubbed his back. "I'm just asking you to forgive him. He was just reckless... You'll forgive your reckless brother, won't you?"
"No, because I know you, Tadashi," Hiro said, shaking his head. "I know you'll never hurt anyone. I mean, you've built Baymax to help people. Tell him, Baymax!"
Hiro hastily looked towards the nursebot, waiting for him to answer and convince Tadashi as well.
"Hiro, Tadashi, I suggest we leave this place as soon as possible," Baymax commented. "It is for both of your safety."
"Got it, but gimme a few more minutes," said Hiro casually, not noticing the concerned tone in Baymax's voice. He didn't bother to question why Baymax even said that that. He then looked back at his brother.
"And we can tell our friends that you're still the same person before. The others!" Hiro suddenly remembered and slapped his forehead. "I got separated from them when we came to this island to stop Abigail. We have to find them."
"There's no need for that," Tadashi said, smiling in an odd way and placing a hand on Hiro's shoulder. "We're back together."
"Um, Tadashi… they're our friends," Hiro protested, staring at him. "They brought me here so I can meet you again. They're probably fighting Abigail at this moment somewhere in this facility-"
"And you don't have to worry about Abigail anymore," Tadashi interrupted him. His dark smile grew wider. "She can't hurt us again, I made sure of that."
"… W-what are you talking about, Tadashi?" Hiro asked nervously.
Baymax uttered in a monotone voice, "Last time I was here, you were trying to eliminate Abigail Callaghan. Did you do it, Tadashi?"
Hiro gasped and looked back at his brother. Tadashi narrowed his eyes and expression became hard and still.
"Why should that matter to you?" he asked coldly. "She had it coming for a long time."
"Regardless of her crimes, she is still a human being," Baymax told him. "And so were your friends. And yet you pushed them away when they wanted to help you."
"How would you know that?!" Tadashi angrily shouted. "You're a different robot from a different dimension-you shouldn't have remembered all that!"
"Hiro retrieved my caregiver chip and placed it back in me," Baymax replied. "I remembered everything, Tadashi, from the moment you activated me in your room. The therapy treatments, the days you upgraded my suit… Even the name of the boy we rescued from those two botfighters."
Tadashi stepped back in outrage, he was breathing heavily through his nose.
"You are still my patient, Tadashi," Baymax continued as he approached him. "I want to help you."
"I don't need any more of your stupid treatments, Baymax," Tadashi growled. "I've been feeling loads of better after realizing what I wanted."
"What do you mean?" Hiro inquired, now feeling terrified and confused seeing his brother transformed into someone different.
At that moment, a flashing burst of explosion broke out on the center of the broken half-portal. The two electrical generators began emitting powerful sparks. Hiro and Tadashi staggered backwards and were startled to see what looked to be shining crescent moon-shaped vortex that formed inside the portal.
The team of Big Hero 6 coughed in the dust but they were all saved in the nick of time. As soon as Honey saw Tadashi was about to throw the huge concrete block at them, she hurriedly popped out a couple of chem-balls and covered herself and everyone else in a chemical dome. It prevent the rubble from crushing them but they were all buried and trapped.
"Not bad, Honey Lemon!" Fred complimented her.
"Oh, it's just my smart thinking and superfast fingers," Honey smiled a little, blushing.
Abigail suddenly began to cough and she groaned in pain. Her eyes remained shut but the team were relieved to see her alive.
"Abigail, can you hear us?" Wasabi gently called out to her.
"Yes…" she wheezes in a low, raspy voice. She barely recognizes their voices but she doesn't care.
"You're going to be okay," Wasabi told her.
"We still need to get out of here," Gogo urged.
"Um, how do we do that, vice-leader?" Fred asked curiously. "If we try to force our way out, we'll get smooshed!"
Wasabi's eyes lit up with an idea. "Look for things from a different angle…" he muttered.
He figured the best way to escape was to go down. Using his laser blades, he dug through the floor. Everyone then carefully slid down on a bouncy chemical slide concocted by Honey. They finally reached the bottom of lower lab and Gogo looked at Wasabi with awed respect.
"Gary Maki, this is twice in a row you've amazed me," said Gogo. She looked over her shoulder and gave Wasabi a tiny smirk.
He was taken aback. "Hey, you've used my real name-" he blushed.
"We're so used to our nicknames, our real names sound weird to us now," Honey commented. Then she added in a mild shudder, "At least Honey Lemon sounded better than Carmelita."
Fred cradled Abigail's body since she was still too weak to move.
"I never gave him one before, but I have a mind right now to give Tadashi his own nickname after all," he grumbled. "However, I can't say it in the presence of children."
Wasabi said, raised an eyebrow, incredulous. "We're in college."
"Honey and I will take Abigail to Heathcliff," Fred told the team. "We'll rejoin you as soon as possible."
Gogo and Wasabi watched their friends ran off and carry Abigail to safety. Then they heard a loud noise coming from the upper lab. They looked at each other and nod together; they knew what to do next.
It's time to settle things with their best friend once and for all.
"What's going on here?!" Tadashi demanded, staring at the portal whirring a strange noise.
"Abigail told me that she built this portal based on an old, unfinished design from a secret file she found on her dad's computer," Hiro explained over the loud whirring coming from the portal and generators. "Krei's secretary and the engineers told her to not go through with it because it's dangerous!"
"But I thought I destroyed it!" Tadashi shouted. "I used the microbots to break it in half!"
"Abigail must have kept it on and activated for so long that even if you did destroyed the ring structure without shutting it down properly, a portal can still be created!" Hiro screamed.
Hiro saw steel and concrete debris began moving toward the distorted vortex. He too can feel himself being pulled but he can still stand straight and firm on his feet. The Hamada brothers saw a fist-sized concrete sucked into the vortex and it immediately disintegrates into tiny particles. Terror struck them speechless and a terrible realization hit them: Abigail unknowingly must have made a miscalculation into making this portal.
It's not going to take anything through another dimension at all. It's just going to suck and destroy everything until nothing is left.
Even the memories of Krei's words about tampering with the portal brought chills down Tadashi's spine.
"What do we do?" Tadashi asked, looking worriedly at Hiro.
"We can't stay here," said Hiro as he stared at the portal and the generators. "We might have to go far away from this place. Hopefully the portal will implode from all that powerful energy."
"Yes… let's go far away together," Tadashi said in a low voice, realizing how much Hiro would be endangered. A dark shadow crept over him...
Tadashi saw Baymax moving towards Hiro's direction to assist him. Instinctively, he donned his helmet and the microbots came back to life. Without warning, they knocked back Baymax away with brutal force. Hiro tried to help his robot friend but the microbots grabbed him and he was now trapped in a tight grip.
"Why would you do that to Baymax?!" Hiro screamed. He was pulled back towards Tadashi, who is now being lifted up by microbots.
"I'm sorry, but look—I can't let you get into any more harm if I leave you again," Tadashi said softly as he ruffled his little brother's hair. It came off creepy rather than loving.
"But you just… that's your own creation!" the younger Hamada brother stammered.
"And you're my brother," Tadashi stated. He looked possessed and his eyes crazed with obsession. "I refuse to lose you again."
"Tadashi, are you crazy?!" Hiro demanded, struggling. "We don't have enough time-we have to get out of here!"
"Of course," Tadashi said with a tiny smile. "Your life is my top priority, more important than anyone else. "
"Tadashi, please…"
"Hiro," Tadashi began calmly. "Before Callaghan started the fire, I was just a naïve fool thinking I could change the world and its future if I put my brains into good use. I wanted to be everyone's protector and nurturer. Yet after you were taken away from me, my eyes had been opened. I saw how cruel and apathetic people can be. Some who are willing to hurt innocent people while others just prefer to stand and watch someone get hurt without lifting a finger to help… The whole city is full of them and no matter how many people I tried to save or change them, nothing goes right for me. Then one night, something snapped inside me…"
He stopped as all the memories of the past few weeks came to him in flashing images. He could remember the terrified expressions of Yuan and the Banzai Brothers' faces in the cold rain...
"My hands have been soaked with so much blood, but I didn't regret it," he continued. "In fact, it made me understand a new goal for me. With your microbots, I can just hunt down every criminal with ease and not worry of losing a fight." A serene smile graced his lips and he closed his eyes a bit, casually thinking of that future.
Hiro lost his breath and he could feel his heart slowly breaking. Is this what his friends and aunt meant about him being "changed"? They only mentioned that he grew aloof and grouchy, but this is way unexpected. Seeing his brother's apathy towards his friends and him admitting that he did something to Abigail… Hiro felt his dream falling apart before him.
"Hiro, we don't have to be separated," Tadashi said. "We can watch over San Fransokyo together, using our skills and brains. We can do it together as brothers. And I'll always stay close to you, protecting you like I've always done before since we were kids… What do you say, little guy?" He smiled hopefully.
"T-Tadashi, I…" Hiro stammered. He thought of it slowly and he clenched his hands into fists. "… I just wanted to be with my family again. I can't do this, Tadashi."
"Hiro, there's no future where we can be together," Tadashi protested. He could feel the portal's vacuum slowly getting stronger. "You have to decide right now."
"Tadashi," Hiro begged, holding onto his brother's arm in desperation. "What you're planning to do… isn't what I wanted you to do. I know the city is full of bad people, but it doesn't give you the right punish them for their crimes. That's not justice at all. You'll be as bad and selfish as they are!"
"No, I won't," Tadashi frowned. He was getting more frustrated by the minute. "They all deserved to be taught a lesson. Even if I'll have to kill them to teach them that."
"Tadashi, I'm alive and right here! You don't have to do this for my sake!" Hiro cried. "Didn't you want to help people?"
"Not anymore!" Tadashi snapped.
Hiro stares, horrified. He couldn't believe this is happening to him. All he could do is stare helplessly while fighting the urge to scream and cry.
"How could you do this, Tadashi?" he said, looking away with sadness. "You were my hero and best friend… Is this what mom and dad would have wanted?"
Hiro paled when he saw how tranquil Tadashi's expression with his dark eyes were filled with icy rage. He's beginning to resemble less of a loving sibling and more into a spiteful stranger.
"Mom and dad made me promise to look after you," he said in a tired, empty voice, lowering his head. His fingers lazily brush through Hiro's messy hair. "Please don't fight back, Hiro… The last thing I want is for us to become enemies."
A familiar maglev disc came flying fast and struck his head before he could even react. The microbots released Hiro and the teen genius was dropped to the floor. Tadashi fixed his helmet before looking around for the one who attacked him.
The maglev disc returned to its owner, snapping back on Gogo's wrist. Gogo skated into view, lifted Hiro away from Tadashi, and carried him to a safer distance. She and Wasabi stood together to form a shield to protect Hiro.
"How are you alive?! I thought I crushed you all!" Tadashi shouted in outrage.
"A long time ago, someone once told us to use our big brains to think our way out of a problem," Gogo said slowly, glaring at Tadashi. "He told us to look for things from a different angle because he doesn't give up on people even if they don't understand why they are needed…"
Peering behind Gogo, Hiro saw solemn and lifeless Tadashi' face became. He doesn't know what his brother's thinking at this moment.
"What happened to that boy, Tadashi?!" Gogo shouted at Tadashi. "I thought we were friends! We started Big Hero 6 together!"
"I'm no longer part of your team," Tadashi said.
"Ugh, there should be a limit to how much stubborn a person can be!" Gogo growled.
Tadashi clutched his head in frustration. Whether it was the neurotransmitter influencing his thoughts or not, he could feel his skin getting hotter and his head ready to be split open. He looked to Hiro hiding behind the group.
"Hiro," he said. "Come over here. I don't want you to get involved…"
"N-no…" Hiro shook his head. His heart is slowly breaking to pieces as he tearfully glares at his older brother. "If you're willing to hurt people to keep me safe, then I'd rather be your enemy!"
Enraged, Tadashi shot a huge wave of microbots at the group. They dispersed quickly and dodged out of the way.
A thick cloud of blue smoke rolled into lab, filling up the entire room. It prevented Tadashi seeing where Hiro and the others are. Fred and Honey came out of the shadows and regrouped with the others.
"Did you enjoy the smokescreen Honey and I made?" Fred asked in excitement as Honey returned Hiro's helmet to the teen genius.
Hiro looked at the team. They're all waiting for him to give them the plan. Hiro was still shaken but he figured out a way to defeat Tadashi.
"Do whatever you can to destroy the microbots," Hiro told them. "They'll be sucked inside the portal and Tadashi won't have any left to use."
"Now that's a plan!" Wasabi grinned.
"I know how you feel about Tadashi, but… he must be stopped. Don't hold back," Hiro said, gulping.
Meanwhile, Tadashi shot a cable wire to the ceiling and maneuver above the smoke to find the team. He spotted them and summoned the microbots. Hiro and his friends spun around and they are surrounded by five, giant nanobot-formed serpents.
The group split up as the snakes lunged at them. Tadashi stood on high ground and watched his friends running and fighting as he controlled the microbots from the distance.
Honey ran as one of the microbot-snakes chase after her. When the snake came close to biting her, she concocted a chemical shield to block its fangs but the snake always breaks through it. She came to low slope and saw a thick metal pillar up ahead. Thinking quickly, she popped out chem-ball from her purse and tossed it to the floor behind her. A chemical frost started to form the snake skidded over it, losing control of its movements. Then it slammed into a pillar and broke into pieces.
"Yes!" Honey happily bounced a little.
Wasabi was trapped into a corner, cowering in fear as a giant snake loomed over him. However, he mustered up his courage and summoned his plasma lasers. The snake use its super sharp tail to stab Wasabi but the burly superhero blocked it with his lasers. No matter how many times the snake tried to hit him, he blocked and slashed away with ease. The snake then bit down on him; its long fangs pierce through his suit and grazed his skin, drawing blood. Wasabi groaned in pain but he forcefully slash open the microbot-snake's head and body with his lasers until there's nothing left of it.
"I'm going to need a new one," he panted as he held up his torn cape.
Another snake caught Fred and coiled around his body, trying to squeeze him to death. No matter how much he struggled, Fred couldn't free himself. Then he remembered he's inside a suit and he got an idea. He opened the top of his suit and hurriedly climbed out with the flamethrower weapon strapped to his abdomen. He released a huge burst of fire on full blast and completely burned it the snake's head. As the soon the snake released his grip, Fred immediately dived back into suit and ripped apart the burning snakes with his super-tough claws.
"Fredzilla's on a rampage!" he roared.
Gogo skated all over the lab, letting a snake follow her everywhere. It kept trying to bite and swallow her, opening its jaws wide every time. Gogo moved herself a good distance away from the enemy and revved up her discs to full force.
"Woman up!" she shouted.
She zoomed towards the snake and threw herself inside its mouth. However, she used the two discs on her wrist to tear through the body from the inside, destroying the microbots until she came out free on the other end. Then she tossed her two discs and they struck the snake's head in synchronization, breaking it completely.
Meanwhile, Hiro ducked as a snake hit the wall where his head should be. Then with a magnetic push, he blasted the snake away. The microbots scattered but then it formed into a giant microbot-gorilla. Before Hiro can do anything else, the gorilla wrapped its huge hand around Hiro's thin body and crushed his electromagnetic gloves. Hiro moaned in pain. A familiar rocket fist came shooting by and blasted the robot figure to smithereens, dropping Hiro to the floor.
Hiro looked up to see Baymax flying towards him and landed next to him.
"Baymax!" Hiro cried happily as Baymax helped him up.
"I sense that you're in need of my assistance," the nursebot said.
Tadashi snarled when he saw how everyone managed to defeat his creatures. He gathered up his remaining microbots, determined to destroy them himself.
He narrowly missed a maglev disc and saw Gogo skating down to the lower sections of the lab. He began to chase after her, trying to strike her with the microbots but she avoided his attacks.
Gogo ran straight up to a wall, flipped over in mid-air above Tadashi and threw her disc at his helmet, shattering the visor.
Tadashi groaned from blow and he was lucky no glass struck his eyes. While he was distracted. Wasabi used the portal's vacuum to boost his speed, throwing himself towards the huge column of microbots holding up Tadashi. He then slashed through with his lasers and the inventor toppled over and landed on the floor hard.
Honey used this opportunity to throw several flammable chem-balls on the microbots. Fred jumped in and released a huge blast at the pile and the microbots exploded like fireworks.
"Now that's a chemical reaction!" Honey laughed. The team look for Tadashi but he was nowhere to be found.
Despite having no microbots left, Tadashi isn't going to give up.
Wasabi looked around for Tadashi in the dissipating smokescreen and nearly jumped when he saw him appear behind him. The two engaged in close combat since they are both skilled in karate. Punches and kicks were thrown and blocked as the two moved around in a dance. Tadashi ended their match by blocking Wasabi's punch with his fist and elbowed the burly man hard in his face.
After Wasabi crumpled to the floor in pain, Tadashi ambushed Honey (who tried to come to Wasabi's aid) by covering her with the black trench coat he took off. He removed his now useless neurotransmitter-helmet and bashed her head, knocking her to the ground. Honey's purse flew out of her hands and he snatched it up.
Fred, angry that Tadashi hurt Honey, blew fire at him. Tadashi was almost paralyzed seeing the flames up close but he maneuvered out of the way in time on his cables. Fred chased Tadashi back to the upper section of the lab, breathing fire after him. Hiro and Baymax came flying to assist their friends when Hiro saw Fred trying to burn his brother.
"Fred, wait!" he screamed.
Tadashi swung over to Fred, Baymax and Hiro on the cable wire, tossing Honey's purse right in front of the flamethrower. The entire purse filled with chemicals exploded and all three were blown back by the shockwave. The school mascot was lucky he's wearing a suit that covered his entire body, otherwise he would be seriously hurt. Meanwhile, Baymax used his body to shield Hiro from the blow though he became immobile and half of his armor broken to pieces. Hiro fell unconscious from the blow and he's now trapped underneath's Baymax's body.
Tadashi glanced over to the generators that are now beginning to overheat with too much energy. Electricity began shooting out like lightning and the crescent moon vortex began to twitch and glow brighter. The whole lab is going to be destroyed in minutes, Tadashi might as well escape before that happened. He walked over to where Hiro and Baymax is and rudely flipped the nursebot over with his foot so he could retrieve his brother.
"Come, Hiro, let's get out of here together," Tadashi said to him as he cradle his brother.
However, he came face-to-face with Gogo. The two stare down at each other, ignoring everything around them. A strange calmness fell between them.
"So, it's just you and me now, huh?" Tadashi said softly.
"I guess this is how it should end," Gogo muttered, lowering her gaze. "It doesn't have to be this way, Tadashi. You can still come back to us… and to me."
Tadashi could feel the remnants of his old crush for her returning but it was soon followed by resentment
"To you? Quit lying, Gogo," he scoffed. "There was nothing between us. You said it yourself—you can't see yourself with me."
Gogo was silent for a while before she changed the subject. "I just wanted to know why did you left us to die earlier," she began. "Is it because we stopped you from killing Abigail before?"
Tadashi didn't answer. He looked away.
"I found a video that showed me where the other Baymax came from. I saw you and our friends… stopping Hiro from destroying Callaghan in another dimension," he finally said. "If it was our professor who tried to kill us instead of Abigail, would you still stop me?"
"Of course, I would," Gogo said. She remembered the video Krei's secretary showed to her, Hiro, and their friends of Callaghan being attacked by Baymax. She couldn't forget how terrifying and intense it was. "I would never stoop to a criminal's level."
"Even if that criminal would be responsible for a friend's death?" Tadashi questioned loudly, feeling his anger returning. "Both Abigail and her father are not so different, that's why they don't deserve any mercy. You never lost someone before, so how would you understand how I felt?"
"Stubborn and unreasonable, as always," Gogo grumbled. A grim smile formed on her lips. "Come to think of it... I wasn't exactly nice to you back then, right? That day we came to visit you but you threw us out…"
She recalled that day she and Tadashi argued back in his room when he isolated himself from everyone else. Gogo guessed this is Tadashi's payback for it, as well as the other times she and the others held him back in his rage and grief.
"You're so angry, you don't want to forgive anyone, right? I get it… go ahead and get as violent as you want to be. I'll take on any punishment you dish out!"
Tadashi narrowed his eyes and set his brother's body down somewhere, away from the fight. Gogo began to rev up her discs again, ready to fight him with her remaining strength. She fought back the tears forming in her eyes.
"But after that, you better quit this, you hear me?!"
Tadashi and Gogo dashed towards each other. Before they can clash, the entire lab shook and they stumbled to the floor. The portal had grown so strong that it began sucking everything in. Walls, ceilings, and even huge rubble on the floor, are now being pulled into the shining vortex; all disintegrated without a trace the moment they fell inside.
Gogo grabbed a steel rod jutting out nearby and hung on for dear life. Tadashi hid behind a strong concrete debris to prevent himself from being pulled in. However, he noticed his brother's unconscious body being dragged by the vacuum.
"Hiro!" Tadashi shouted. Before he can grabbed him, a pipe knocked Tadashi off from his spot and he began to fall into the portal.
"TADASHI!" Gogo screamed.
Tadashi shot his cable wire. It latched onto a wall on the other side of the lab. He is now hovering several feet above the vortex and Tadashi could feel how extremely hot it is behind him.
He remembered his brother; he looked around and saw Baymax hanging on to the wall while holding on to Hiro in his arm. Hiro slowly woke up, his ears ringing, and he saw his brother dangling above the unstable.
"Tadashi," Hiro gasped weakly. He realized his brother is going to be sucked in. He turned to Baymax. "Baymax, wings!"
Baymax tried to open his wings but nothing happened. They were destroyed earlier from Honey's chem-purse.
Now feeling helpless, Hiro looked back to his brother. He tried to pull himself away from Baymax's grip.
"Hiro, don't," Baymax told him quietly. "You'll fall in."
"Baymax, it's my brother!" Hiro screamed over the roaring vacuum. "I have to save him!"
Tadashi felt the cable being tugged and looked up to see his friends on the other side of the lab, holding on to support as they tried to pull the cable together.
"Hang on, Tadashi!" Gogo shouted to him. "We got you!"
"It's too strong!" Wasabi grunted as he tried to pull with the others.
Even with the group's combined strength, they couldn't overcome the powerful gravitational force of the portal. Tadashi tried to hold on to the cable with one arm but he's losing his strength...
Baymax slowly but steadily joined with the others and began to pull the cable easily thanks to his incredible strength. Tadashi is now being moved upwards. As he approached closer to his friends, he saw Hiro leaning over the railing, reaching out to him.
"Tadashi, we're going to save you!" Hiro called out desperately.
"Hiro, the generators!" Honey screamed. Everyone looked up and the electrical generators, now on the verge of exploding any time. And Tadashi's only halfway from their reach.
Hiro kept his hand out, he's now crying and shaking.
"Tadashi, take my hand! I can't lose you again!"
Tadashi stared in disbelief at his brother, then his robot, and his friends. A few minutes ago, he tried to get them killed but they're still risking their lives to save him. Are they willing to forgive him despite what he had done to them? He understood why they would do that but he still couldn't bring himself to accept their kindness. He's not worthy of their friendship after he abandoned the team back in San Fransokyo. He hurt and even killed people, there's no way he could take those back now…
How dare they show mercy on him.
Tadashi's eyes met Hiro's and the latter stared in shock at the resentful frown on his brother's face. Hiro realized what his brother is planning to do.
"Tadashi, no!" Hiro begged.
"Good-bye, Hiro," Tadashi whispered in a spiteful tone.
Yet somewhere inside him, he regretted everything.
Tadashi immediately released himself from the gauntlet. Hiro watched and screamed as his big brother fell into the portal… The generators exploded. The entire room is filled with light and heat.
The ceilings of the lab collapsed from the huge blast and buried everyone.
Minutes passed. The lab had finally stopped shaking.
A huge pile of rubble shifted and Big Hero 6 emerged. Baymax protected the team and everyone is unharmed though some are a little singed.
Hiro stares dumbfounded at the remains of the destroyed portal and generators. The vortex seemed to have disappeared after the explosion and no trace of it were left behind.
He crumpled down onto his knees.
"Tadashi!" he sobbed. His cries echoed all around the room. "TADASHI…!"
Ambulance and police sirens wailed on the port of San Fransokyo. After Heathcliff carried Abigail and Krei back to the city on the helicopter, he sent an anonymous call for help before leaving the scene.
As Abigail was wheeled to an ambulance on stretcher by the paramedics, the police tried to interrogate Krei but the CEO wanted to remain close to Abigail.
"Sir, are you aware that woman is a criminal?" Detective June Park demanded angrily. "We have witness accounts from your employees who claimed they were kidnapped by her!"
Krei looked over to Abigail who just woke up and is trying to figure out where she is. Their eyes met and remorse filled Abigail's heart.
She doesn't know when she'll ever see Krei again but she could tell by the look on his face that he has already forgiven her.
"Alistair…" she whispered his name weakly before the ambulance doors closed on her.
Somewhere standing on top of a building, Hiro, Baymax and the rest of Big Hero 6 watched the ambulance take Abigail Callaghan away. Hopefully she can get healed despite some possible lasting effects from the electrical shocks her body received.
Despite finally apprehending the criminal who escaped them many times, the team felt their victory came with a high, tragic price.
Without a word, Hiro and his friends slowly left the scene without looking back.
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