Welcome back. Enjoy your break? I certainly hope so. Either way, here's another chapter for you demanding folks (not really) and so read it whenever you would like, thanka very much. Sorry in advance if the morse code confuses you - anything italicized immediately after it is the translation.
If he were feeling more optimistic, Hiro would be making some sort of comment of how lovely the view was from his cell. In all honesty, though, he really wasn't up to the challenge.
His cell was surprisingly bright, which only made it hard for Hiro to try and go to sleep, despite his exhaustion. Smooth tiles lay on the floor and the walls were white and pristine, but there were no furniture, not even a pathetic excuse for a bed. Instead of a cell door made of bars, it was just some sort of solid that was similar to glass in the cases that you could see through, but probably couldn't break through. He wasn't about to try, anyways, considering the circumstances. Tiny airholes peeked out at the top, but that was about it. Besides, he was too short to even reach them.
Go Go sat in an identical cell across from him, and they were on the end of the hallway - on the left of her was Wasabi and further on, maybe Honey Lemon. He was fairly sure that Fred was to his left, and Tadashi in the cell even farther, but he couldn't be sure - either that, or Honey and Tadashi were switched. Didn't matter. Baymax? He wasn't sure where the robot was, but he had a very good guess.
Hiro sat against the corner, head down. His arms were bound in handcuffs - on two chains attached to a weight in the middle, built in the ground, but that was about it. However, there were three guards - two of them male, one female. They occasionally got up from their chairs at the end of the hall and walked back and forth, a bit lazily, as if they couldn't wait to be off the shift and go do whatever they do in this place.
They weren't allowed to talk without being threatened, so they couldn't discuss how to escape. They couldn't lean against the 'glass' of their doors, or they would be receiving death threats. And they couldn't even be allowed to pace their cell… or their lives would be threatened, again. He was fairly sure if he started breathing too loudly, he would be on his merry way to death.
Hiro couldn't believe it - how could he have been so stupid to bring Baymax's files along with him? Tadashi even told them their plans, which was the whole reason he had called him - to warn him that they would be coming for them for the information! And of course, he was too focused on saving his brother instead of saving the city. And now… neither of them would be saved.
'Don't you always have to be the "hero," just like your namesake?' he thought to himself bitterly, almost accusing the crime-fighting side of him forgetting themselves - himself - in this huge mess.
'It's in your nature, after all.' He had to agree - even with an overwhelming threat of doom looming over his head, he still had to go save Tadashi. Family before anything else. Not to mention if you thought that said family had died more than a year ago.
'But San Fransokyo, not to mention the team's lives, should have been more important than my brother, who I didn't even realize was alive until this morning,' he argued. He still couldn't believe that, either - all of this had happened within the course of one day. With Callaghan, he believed to took maybe weeks. He certainly hadn't uncovered the plan to destroy the city for a very long time.
His subconscious seemed to sigh. 'For most people, yes. But you're different - you're too loyal to your friends, let alone your brother. So, isn't he your first priority?'
'Was my first priority,' he corrected himself. 'Now, it's more like getting us out all alive, not to mention saving the city. Again.'
Hiro stared ahead, beyond the door and looking at Go Go. She appeared exasperated, like she always did. He furrowed his eyebrows. She rolled her eyes, then glanced down at her hand, which was resting on the floor, and up again at him. What?
Her finger tapped a few times, randomly. But after some incomprehensible thoughts, he realized it wasn't random, though - a pattern?
Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Pause… Tap. Tap. Pause… Tap. Tap-hold. Tap. Not quite believing his eyes, he waited for the next predictable pattern. Tap-hold. Tap-hold. Tap-hold.
His name - in morse code. H-I-R-O. In the time he had taken to yell at himself, Hiro suspected Go Go had been trying to get his attention for a while. Of course - the girl had taken to teaching him over break, appalled that he hadn't bothered to learn it, ever. He grinned, mentally thanking her genius and to do so later. Maybe not, though - all that praise could go to her head.
Making sure his hand was visible from her place on the floor, he barely tapped out: -.-/./ .../..-..
Yes?
She waited a moment to respond, the guard walking in front of their cells. Staring off into the distance as if pondering the answer to life, universe, and everything (which was obviously 42) she tapped out, all the while appearing indifferent: -./-/- -.-/-/..-/.-. ..-./.-/..-/.-../-/.-.-.-
Not your fault.
He felt angered, all of a sudden. A little more heavier than it really should have been, he tapped, Is too. I was stupid enough to bring it.
It was a long time before she responded.
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I would have done it too.
Are you kidding? I was too busy trying to be the hero. She seemed to scoff at this.
.../- .-/.-/... ../.-.-.-
So was I. He paused, confused of the confession.
What do you mean?
This time, it was clear that she felt some bitterness towards herself, too. I should have stopped you. Pause. She looked down at the ground, as if ashamed at herself for not doing such a thing - despite the fact that they both knew Hiro was much to stubborn to not go and try and rescue Tadashi.
.-/-./-../..-.., he tapped on the floor after making sure the guard had made his way back to the other end of the hallway. He didn't know if they knew morse code, but he was sure he didn't want them to be caught doing so. It wouldn't bring anything good. And?
.. -.-/-././.- -/.../. .-./../.../-.-/…
I knew the risks. This time, it was his time to scoff at her.
And so did I. That didn't stop me.
She looked up at him, making eye contact. He could see something like worry or regret in her dark eyes. .. .-/.-/... ..././.-../..-./../.../.../.-.-.- .. .-/.-/-./-/./-.. -/.-/-../.-/.../.../../.-.-.- -.../.-/-.-./-.-
I was selfish. I wanted Tadashi back.
.-/. .-/.-../.-.. -../../-..
We all did. It took a very long time for the girl to respond, and a small grin appeared on her face as she did, tapping it out, her finger almost heavy. Hiro gave her a confused look after a bit, losing his place, and giving an audible sigh, she tapped it out again for him. It was a very long message, and he struggled to remember all of it. It didn't help that she kept forgetting a few letters.
So, basically, all of our selfishness screwed us all over, right? If not for the dire situation, he would have laughed. It was so… Go Go-ish of her to say that. He missed that. It had disappeared a little over their short journey, and especially since Tadashi's birthday had been on the 20th last month - only about two weeks. That had left everybody a little somber, even Honey Lemon.
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Pretty much.
Great, she tapped back. So, now that we've gotten over your self-blame, what now? Hiro wasn't quite sure, and he voiced this back to her. She shook her head in response.
Well, she said, Neither do I. So I guess we're stuck here.
I think... he hesitated for a moment.
.-/.../.-/-/..-..
What?
I guess, Hiro responded, We probably should find Baymax, and if not, escape. Maybe get our gear? Though he couldn't hear anything as they would get into trouble, he was fairly sure she was trying to imitate a sarcastic scoff, if there was anything such as that.
-./-/-..- .-././.-/.-../.-../-.-/..-..
No, really? it translated. He felt his ears getting red, and he quickly tapped back, nearly messing up, set on defending his pride and dignity - that is, if he had any left. Spending too much time with the kinds of friends he had could have rendered him without it.
What? It's not like you have anything better. No response. She seemed to be interested in the floor now. Making sure that she was looking at his hand, he added, That's what I thought.
She rubbed the back of her neck, pursing her lips. Now that they were captured and were apparently prisoners, they had no idea what to do. Hiro hadn't thought of this scenario, as he was way too confident they would be able to get Tadashi and get back out, without too much trouble. He didn't expect this to happen. It was a mistake he vowed never to make again (which was pretty short lived, as it happened to be).
Well, he pointed out, we might be here for a while. So, might as well play O.U.A.T. She smiled at this.
../..-. .. -/.../../-./-.- -/..-. .../-/-/./-/.../../-./-./-..- .. .-/../.-../.-.. -/./.-../.-.. -.-/-/..- .-././.-/-../-.-/..-..
If I think of something, I will tell you. Ready?
You start? she asked, raising her eyebrow. Hiro was sure if she had any gum right now, she'd be blowing a defiant bubble at him.
-/-./-.-./.
Once, he tapped. Go Go smirked, raising one hand to brush the hair out of her face.
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Upon.
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A. He mimicked her smug look, which probably looked really, really bad. Or hilarious, depending on how you look at it - and judging by her attempt not to laugh, he would go with that.
-/../-/.
Time.
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Hiro-the-idiot…
Hiro and Go Go had pretty much finished their story of how he completely failed at defeating the dragon of an old land (why they even did these types of stories, he didn't know; at least they managed to pass the time) when a guard stopped in front of his cell. He stopped tapping on the floor, instead bringing his hand up to his chest almost in a defensive matter.
His cuffs fell off with a clatter, and to his slight amazement, the glass (as he called it now, for lack of a better word) lifted up, leaving the doorway open. Looking up again, he noticed the assassin - Alala, though it was such a weird name - standing next to the female guard, crossing her arms. She was in her regular, killing-fools-these-days suit, though some slight alterations - the sleek fabric harbored a few silver stripes running down the side and around her neckline. At the sight of Hiro, her eyes flared.
Without a word (as he was used to now - it honestly was absolutely creepy how neither the assassin nor any of the guards talked at all) she gestured for him to start walking behind her, then took off without bothering to see if he had understood. Great hospitality.
He got up quickly and winced when he buckled under his own weight, stretching his cramped legs. Go Go casted him a worried glance, to which he waved off. His feet heavy, Hiro followed the girl through the hall slowly, a little bit of his pride wounded at having to follow a girl perhaps three years younger than him.
While he was waiting for the girl to do the several hundred tasks in order to open the door leading out of the cell, Hiro noticed Tadashi sat in the corner of his cell. With a start, he realized the posture nearly duplicated his own, which gave him a pang of deja-vu.
On his other side, Honey sat criss-crossed in the middle of her bright room, staring intently at her brother. She mindlessly kept smoothing out her pink skirt, running her long fingers over the fabric. Something like care and worry rested in her green eyes - something he often saw when she looked at himself, but there was something more to them. Something… deeper.
Alala - you know what? Screw it; he's not going to call her that - the assassin stepped back, and she looked back at the teenager. He could see his reflection in her dark brown pupils, which slightly unsettled him. Glancing back at his brother, who didn't seem to recognize his presence.
He moved forward, ready to step outside the threshold, when she attacked.
I am not quite sure when I will be posting the next. Maybe sometime soon. But, this is closing to an end, so maybe 5ish more chapters! Mwahahaha!
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-DragonFire0102