Eleanor stood at the front door of her house. Her mind was dead set on getting answers. Hiro, much to his displeasure, wasn't welcomed. Leo had said that it was something she needed to do alone and he had let her go by herself under the condition that she tell him everything afterward. She took a deep breath. In, out. Calming herself, she stepped into her old home, the door creaking slightly as she slowly pulled it open. At the dinner table sat her mother. She pulled herself towards the table even though she was fearful of what answers she might receive. She didn't speak, she didn't think she could so she was relatively thankful when her mother spoke up first.

"Please, sit." and she did while her mother continued.

"What i'm about to tell you is top secret." she slid a manilla folder across the glass table. Why did this feel like a cliche action movie suddenly? Eleanor gulped, but nodded her head in a 'please continue' sense.

"Twenty five years ago, my field in science was working on a secret project. We were attempting to create a human weapon, of sorts, to send out electromagnetic pulses to wipe out incoming missiles, take down computers in hostile countries, and help our country in other ways. We tried creating several machines that could do this and it worked, but it could easily malfunction or be taken over. The idea came from your father. he came up with the idea to put the system inside a person. They were supposed to grow up through military training and then work around the country to protect it." Eleanor started to catch on to what her mother was implying, but there were still quite a few holes in her story, so she continued to listen without interrupting.

"Your father and I had been partners for a few years and decided we would have a baby to implant the formula into and then, at first signs of success, we would give her or him away to the military division in San Fransokyo." So she was a science experiment then? Her parents hadn't even loved each other? What did this mean for her health? Could she just one day explode into a ball of electricity? She continued once again.

"Yes, Eleanor, you were that baby. For the first years of your life after your injection you were just, normal. You didn't even have enhanced brain activity or an exceptional IQ. Completely normal." Gee thanks mom.

"You were classified as a failed experiment. It wasn't until just recently that your father revisited our old research when he found something he hadn't seen before. It gave us new outlook. We discovered that around the age of adulthood was the last time your brain would change as you became an adult, so that's why I called you. I thought this would be around the time that if things started to happen, then they would." she opened the file labeled experiment 7431. She flipped through several pictures and pages filled with words she didn't understand. It seemed like her mother was telling the truth, but she was still internally freaking out about the whole ordeal. To go through twenty one years of life thinking you're normal and suddenly, you're not and you never were. So many thoughts were flooding her brain and Leo had to take many deep breathes so as not to get a major headache. She subconsciously twirled her electric blue hair around her pointer finger and bit her lip as she tried to process all the information that had just been given to her. So what now? Her mother voiced her thoughts.

"We could take you to a base now and train you from here on out, but I have a feeling you won't go for that." She looked her mother in the eye and spoke her mind.

"Oh hell no. I've got a life and friends and family and people I love and call me selfish, but i'm not just going to up and leave them like you did me." Her mother's expression softened to that of kindness as Eleanor Rose's remained sharp as a razor and hard as steel.

"I figured you'd say that." with a sigh her mother met her harsh gaze and ignored the glare that was being sent her way.

"I know I wasn't there for you as a kid and your father and I never really loved you at first. I'm sure you've noticed that by now, but I owe it to you, Eleanor. I owe you for this. It was a mistake and I do apologize. Don't worry, I'll tell your father that nothing happened. the powers didn't manifest and you really are a failed experiment. It's the least I can do for leaving you like that. I really am sorry." She did seem sincere and even though Eleanor didn't really have any attachment to her mother as she never was there growing up she was still thankful for her decision of lying about the research, even if she didn't really enjoy being called a 'failed experiment'. She hugged the woman anyway.

"Could you burn the file, mom?" she always got so mad when she watched an action movie and they didn't get rid of the evidence so the bad guy got it and it just caused a whole bunch of problems for the protagonist in the future and she really didn't want that to happen to her. Seriously, movie characters could be so stupid sometimes.

"Of course, let's do it now." With that, both women stood up and lit up the papers in the fireplace. Eleanor couldn't help but think of the Fall Out Boy song 'light em up' which made her smirk a little bit. While it was horrible for her to test on Eleanor in the first place, she had already forgiven her. She was a very forgiving person because in her perspective, life had forgiven her for being such brat when she was younger by giving her Cass, Hiro, and Tadashi. A new family and chances and decisions and just a whole new life. It's why Leo still called her mom, mom, because no matter how much it bothers you, you ever change who your mom is. It would be as difficult as trying to change the rain into sun or the ocean into land. Impossible. She had definitely forgiven her eve if she was a crappy mom. It didn't matter because she was trying to be better by lying for her.

"You know, you are a shitty mom, but I think you're a very kind person." her eyes were glazed over as she remembered the earlier years of her life when her mother was completely out of her life and how she felt the nanny was more of a mom than her real mother was. It didn't matter though, there was no use in tripping over things behind you after all. The young lady's mother gave a small, eye-crinkling smile.

"Thank you." Leo could tell she meant it by the tone of her voice and the way her eyes lit up.

"I really need to think about this and I think i'm gonna go now, okay?" Eleanor was eager to tell Hiro, but on the other hand she was upset that she was basically a lab baby. That was some screwed up shit right there.

"Alright. Again, I apologize Eleanor. I was a different woman then, I didn't think about how it would affect you." Mrs. Parker's eyes became glassy as she remembered how obsessed she had been with becoming somebody in the field of science, to get to the top and earn respect. She had been selfish and naive. She honestly regretted it even if her partner didn't.

"We don't know the extent of your abilities Eleanor. There is no telling what you can do or how you can control it. You'll have to teach yourself and learn so you don't hurt innocent people, use it for good." The woman had a concentrated and serious expression as ELeanor took a deep breath and shook her head.

"I won't have to figure this out on my own mom. I've got friends now." Eleanor smiled.

"Wait so, you basically have super powers? Eleanor! This is totally awesome! We just need to teach you and then you can become like a character in one of Fred's comic books! Wait till Tadashi hears about this!" Hiro said as everything that had happened re ran through his brain and he visually slouched at the thought of his poor brother in a coma in the hospital. He had been so excited about the news and had forgotten for a split second that his life wasn't as perfect as it had been before. He felt even worse as he watched Eleanor's face drop from a smile to nothing. It was kind of awkward. he didn't know whether he should apologize for bringing it up as he knew the girl blamed herself for not stopping him, or he should continue on like nothing happened.

"Hey,Hiro?" She looked at the younger boy as he gave her a questioning look.

"I think i'm ready to visit Tadashi now." she looked him straight in the eye. The girl hadn't been to see Tadashi since that night. It had been nearly two months now and he was supposed to be waking up any day now, but there was no telling when for sure. Hiro had seen his brother the second that they moved him into a room in the hospital. he had been cleaned up, and they had performed emergency surgery to remove the bottom half of his right leg to save the top half. He had seen the pained expression on his brother's face even as he was sleeping on his bed after it all. Even in sleep he was in pain and it hurt Hiro to see him like that. Hiro was sure it would hurt Eleanor to see him like that. He could tell how much she loved him and he didn't like it when she was upset, but he thought it might be good for her to see him. To prove that he was still alive, breathing in and out. That would be enough till he woke.

"Alright, do you want me to come or are you gonna go by yourself?" hiro asked quietly.

"I-I think i'm gonna go by myself, okay?"

"Okay, just be safe okay? Don't take candy from strangers and remember 'stranger danger'. He smirked and Eleanor smiled. it was something she had always said to him when he was a little younger and decided to go out by himself into town. She could be a bit of a mother hen at times, but it was well justified. SHe reached down to ruffle his jet black hair and giggled at his antics of playfully shoving her hands away, smiling all the while. Leo turned and grabbed one of Tadashi's sweatshirts and his hat. He just wasn't tadashi without his hat nearby.

San Fransokyo Hospital:

"How may I help you today?" A plump blond woman at the front desk of the hospital asked Eleanor politely.

"I'm here to visit a patient here. His name is Tadashi Hamada oh and my name is Eleanor Parker." She smiled as the woman handed her a visitor's pass and directed her to the third floor and the seventh room on the left. She made her way there when she found a nurse in his room who seemed to be checking all the machines hooked up to him. She knocked lightly.

"Umm, excuse me, Am I allowed to visit?" she said hoping she wasn't interrupting some crucial tests.

"Oh sure thing honey. I'm just about done anyway." she returned to doing numbers as Eleanor walked in. She held her breath as she looked at him for the first time in what felt like forever. He looked a lot better than she recalled he looked during the explosion, but you could see definite scars and healing wounds, especially the missing right leg. She wanted to cry but also jump for joy because he was alive. she went to sit down at the chair next to his bed. Looking at him, not able to avert her obvious loving gaze. Her thoughts were interrupted by the nurse speaking up again.

"His brain is functioning normally. It's just that he can't really move his body yet, but he should still be able to hear you honey. If you wanted to talk to him. Who knows, maybe you could get him around to waking up." Eleanor smiled her thanks as the nurse left.

She looked at the man she loved once again. There was a thick white bandage wrapped around his head and the right side of his face had a few burn scars from his eye down to the corner of his lips, but he was still her Tadashi. She smiled and decided to speak. Maybe she could get him up, or at least to move or give some kind of sign he knew she was there.

"Hey Tadashi, it's me, Eleanor. I know I haven't really come to see you yet and i'm really sorry about that. I was being selfish, I know. I'm sorry, but I just really wanted to see you today. My mom gave me some news about why I was born and just a lot has happened since.." she trailed off then switched topics. hse felt slightly ridiculous. What if he couldn't hear her and she was just talking to herself like a weirdo? She concluded it would be worth it for the slight chance he could hear her and remember what she was saying.

"Hiro is doing okay. At first, he was really upset and just depressed and it was almost like he was on autopilot, but everyone helped pull him out of his funk and I think he's designing a prosthetic leg for you when you wake up. I'm a little worried he'll put rockets or jetpacks in it or something though." she said with a laugh. Tadashi could hear her. he was trying really hard to go towards her voice, but he was just too weak. Her laugh made him want to kiss her, even in his state of hazy consciousness. Leo continued.

"Aunt Cass is doing okay. She might be overworking herself a little, but I make her take breaks so don't worry. All of your friends have been to visit you a few times, I've heard. I've only been up to your lab once to get Baymax to the house, but when I was there everyone was wishing for you to get well soon. I- I brought your hat. It just seemed weird that you didn't have it. Maybe it's magic and it'll make you wake up." she said with a childish hope and slight sadness in her voice as she broke down into sobs. She grabbed his hand that didn't have a monitor on it and held it tightly, burying her face into the sheets next to him as she cried sitting on the floor now. She tried to hold it all in, but she wasn't wonderwoman. She was human and humans can only take so much before they break.

"I'm so sorry Tadashi, so so sorry." she tried to say through her sobs, but it came out muffled. She had blamed herself for letting him get that close to the building. She was mad at herself. She was mad at professor Callaghan for not getting out of the building. She was mad at Tadashi for being such a beautiful person, willing to risk it all to save someone. She was mad at the universe for letting this happen, but most of all she was mad at herself for not not being able to do anything. Her crying died down after what felt like hours. She stood up, still holding his scarred hand tightly in hers, kissing the fingers, then bending down to kiss his lips lightly.

"I love you." she told him as she stepped back, setting his hand back down next to him.

"I'm setting your hat right here on this side table for when you wake up Tadashi, which better be soon or I might turn you half of the lab into an art studio or something like that." she laughed lightly hoping that if he could hear her, she was leaving on a happy note. A few tears slipped from her green eyes as she wiped them away with the long gray sleeve of a large SFIT sweatshirt that hung loosely on her extra thin frame. Eleanor didn't really notice it herself, but if Tadashi had been awake he would have. She hadn't been eating much since the accident and her hip bones and ribs were slightly visible under skin. The bags under her eyes eyes from late nights of a teenage mind had become a charcoal grey and smudgy even on her better days. Her eyes didn't sparkle like they once did and her hair seemed to always be tangled and messy. Sweatpants had become her new best friend. If Tadashi had seen her, he would have probably been very mad that she had become so unhealthy all because of him. That was the problem though, Tadashi couldn't see her because he was in a coma and there was no telling when he would wake up, if he ever would. Eleanor Rose's thoughts of the wonderful man before her were interrupted once again as the same nurse re-entered the hospital room.

"I brought you some hot chocolate honey, looked like you needed it. Visiting hours are almost over, but you can come back any day." The woman kindly rubbed her back in a motherly fashion that she had never received from her own mother and rarely got from Aunt Cass.

"Alright, thank you." Eleanor smiled.

A/N Extra long chapter for my lovely fellow homosapiens! I hope it wasn't too depressing, but I feel like this story can't be all happy. Gotta pull through the tough stuff to enjoy the best ya know? Anyway, I might not update until the weekend because unfortunately, eighth grade sucks and I have some finals and state testing coming up and I should probably study, but I promise I will update asap! Thanks for reading, and any new commenting, following, favoriting etc.! ;) Thanks for reading, stay beautiful! ~

~ Wallflower