Kate

"You have your own key?"

"Yup." Tadashi unlocked one of the rooms in the recreation building on campus. We had both finished our classes for the day and Tadashi suggested that we start training as soon as possible, which I was all for. We slipped off our shoes and socks before stepping on the mat and stretching. "Well let's go ahead and get started." Tadashi lay on his back. "You'll be the attacker first so go ahead and get on top of me." I stared at him and he looked up. "Come on. I'm gonna show you how to get someone off of you." I slowly walked over to him before positioning myself so I was straddling him.

"Okay. First thing you do is bring up your knees as hard as you can." I flew forward and barely caught myself, my hands ending up on either side of him. He continued slowly, explaining every step. He trapped my arm with his so my forearm was lying flat on the ground. Then, he grabbed my opposite shoulder and pushed me, rolling so he ended up on top of me.

It was my turn now. He straddled me and reminded me of each step, which was good because I hadn't even noticed that before he flipped me, he moved his foot to block mine so he could easily toss me over. Tadashi was extremely patient and I repeated the maneuver several times before I managed to flip him over in one fluid motion. "Good. You can also just flip them off of you without rolling with them, which is probably best for you right now. You'll want to get them off and run. There is no need to keep fighting them if you can get away." I nodded and we moved on.

We practiced a few chokes and joint locks before moving on to a standing position. Tadashi grabbed my wrists and pulled me closer to him. "Okay. How do you get out?"

Looking up at him, I stated flatly, "I kick you in the balls." Tadashi chuckled.

"I thought that's what you'd say." He smiled, "Unfortunately, that doesn't always work." He released my wrists and held up his own, which I took. "Move your thumbs," he warned. "No matter how tight their grip is, you can always twist your wrists. Twist them so your palms are facing you and then hit your hands together, smashing their thumbs between them. If they still manage to keep their grip, cross your hands like this and swing down." His wrists easily slid out of my grasp. We practiced that a few times before calling it a day.

Kate

We walked outside and I took in a deep breath. It was a nice day. I smiled as we were passing the fountain but my smiled was soon exchanged for a scream of surprise as a skateboarder ran into me, pushing me into the fountain. As soon as I felt the water, the panic hit.

I felt hands holding my head under the water and I tried to struggle against them to no avail. They held me there until all my strength had left me and I began to lose consciousness. I was dying. Suddenly, I was jerked up and I gasped for air before being submerged again. Why?

"Kate!" I faded out of the flashback and saw Tadashi. He lifted me out of the water and set me on the edge of the fountain, kneeling in front of me. His hands went up to my face and he spoke to me softly as he pushed my hair back, away from my face. "Hey. Kate, look at me." My eyes found his but I couldn't stop trembling and I still felt as if I couldn't breathe. I took in shallow breaths, my heart racing. I grabbed Tadashi's shirt with a shaky hand as the dizziness set in. The world was spinning and my vision blurred. I tried to speak but nothing came out and I felt Tadashi pick me up again. He walked quickly away from the crowd that had formed and into a building. I felt Tadashi sit down with me in his lap, wrapping his arms around my shaking body. I buried my face in his chest, my hand still gripping his shirt. Eventually, I was able to breathe normally and I felt the shaking stop.

Exhausted, my grip on Tadashi's shirt loosened and my hand dropped into my lap. I collapsed against Tadashi and my eyes started to close. Tadashi tucked a lock of wet hair behind my ear and bent his head down, whispering, "You with me now?" I was barely able to nod before I passed out.

Tadashi

Kate was breathing normally now. Her eyes were closed and her head was resting against Tadashi's chest. "Hey," he whispered, "can you go to my lab section and grab the blanket that's in there?" Hiro was back with the blanket within a few seconds and he helped Tadashi wrap it around Kate. Tadashi had slept in the lab on numerous occasions to continue his work on Baymax and he was glad he kept a blanket in there for late night work sessions.

Most of the others tried to give Tadashi some space and went back to their stations but Hiro sat by Tadashi's feet, staring at the floor. "Hey." Hiro's head whipped up.

"Hey," Tadashi whispered, "You feeling okay?"

Kate nodded and whispered, "Cold." Tadashi carried her over to Baymax, who turned on his heater. Kate sighed and Baymax spoke. "Your neurotransmitter levels are returning to normal. Would you like to talk about what caused your anxiety?" Tadashi assumed that she wouldn't want to talk in front of him and turned away, hoping she would at least talk to Baymax. He was not expecting Kate to reach out to him.

"You're cold too," she whispered. "Asphyxiation." Tadashi looked at her. "Its one of the most effective torture methods. When you're drowning, carbon dioxide levels increase and eventually you can't hold your breath anymore. They held me under until I thought I'd pass out. Then they pulled me up, allowing me to gasp in a breath before starting over again. Sometimes, they would hold me under too long and my carbon dioxide levels increased to the breath-hold breakpoint. Once you get to that point, you can't help but inhale the water." She looked up to Tadashi's horrified face. "Yeah, that sucked. But they'd always stop after that. They didn't want to kill me…still don't remember what they wanted, though. Tadashi was shaking with anger and Kate took his hand. "Hey, I'm okay." She didn't regret telling him but wished that she didn't have to see the rage that was so evident on his face. He softened his gaze and hugged Kate to him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and breathed in deeply. Tadashi kissed her temple and whispered, "Lets just stay here for a while." Kate rested her head on his shoulder and he closed his eyes as she breathed softly into his neck.