Baymax

It took Tadashi half a day to finish the repairs to Baymax. It was the longest half a day of Fred's life. Tadashi and the gang had moved to the garage after Gogo's rather blunt statement. Honey Lemon hadn't stayed very long. Unable to bear the suspense, she'd slipped into the café and was currently helping Aunt Cass. Wasabi was helping Tadashi, silently handing him tools at the precise moment that Tadashi needed them. Gogo was tinkering with something in a corner and Fred was lounging on the sofa reading comic books. Ok, more like pretending to read comic books. He hadn't flipped a page in hours. In fact, the comic book he was holding was upside down! How was a man supposed to relax when his moment of reckoning was drawing ever closer?

Fred was watching Tadashi, the feeling of dread weighing heavy in the air. Each repair brought Tadashi closer to activating Baymax and there was no telling what would happen once that was achieved. Fred had lied to Tadashi in order to keep their secrets. It was unlikely that Baymax would do the same. Baymax wasn't exactly very tactful and Tadashi was his creator. The chances of their secrets slipping out were rather high. It was after all what Gogo intended.

Wasabi, Fred, Honey Lemon and Gogo had all made a promise with Hiro. They would never reveal their identities to anyone, no matter what. It was one of the reason's they hadn't told Tadashi anything yet but the team was beginning to question the validity of the promise. Hiro would probably be very angry if he found out his teammates had given his secret away, even more so if it was given away to either Aunt Cass or Tadashi. He'd see it as a betrayal which would likely lead to other complications. Baymax was their loophole.

"Ok, I'm done." Fred dropped the comic book at Tadashi's soft words, no longer trying to hide the fact that he was watching his friend. Gogo stopped tinkering and turned the chair she was sitting on around to face Tadashi. A pink bubble popped in the silence that followed Tadashi's declaration. Wasabi, chose not to join the staring, instead pointedly busying himself with packing Hiro's tools. This wasn't going to end well.

Pop. Gogo's gum popped a second time as the silence continued to stretch out between the gathered friends.

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"Are you going to turn him on or not?" Gogo suddenly snapped, unable to take the suspense any longer. Getting up off the chair she marched over towards Tadashi, determination in every step. "Because I'm happy to do it for you if you're not going to woman up and do it yourself." She crossed her arms and glared at Tadashi, silent challenge in her gaze.

"No, that's alright." Tadashi responded, awkwardly running a hand through his hair before reaching for the switch that would activate Baymax. The charging station lit up, indicating that there was power. Tadashi parted his lips about to say 'ow' in order to activate Baymax but was interrupted when the room was suddenly filled with the sound of inflation. Baymax had activated himself.

"I am Baymax, your personal healthcare companion, Hello, Tadashi." Baymax greeted his maker using his custom circular hand movement. Hand still up, he turned his head in order to scan the room. A moment later he turned back to face Tadashi, scan complete. He titled his head to the right. "My primary patient appears to be missing. Where is Hiro?"

Tadashi stared at Baymax in surprise, a rush of mixed emotions coursing through him. That was not the greeting he had programmed Baymax to give. He also hadn't programmed Baymax to inflate on his own...

Suddenly, the impact of running headlong three years into the future really hit him and he hated the fact that part of him was beginning to resent Hiro. Baymax was his project, the product of hours, days, weeks and months of research and hard work. Baymax was supposed to be his legacy, his way of leaving his mark on the world. Tadashi had created Baymax because he wanted to make a difference and now… now Baymax belonged to Hiro. Tadashi hated it. He hated feeling like his life had no meaning but what he hated more was the fact that Hiro wasn't there for him to reprimand. "Baymax seems… different." The words were cautious, loaded with shock and disbelief and a bunch of other complex emotions his friends were bound to pick up on despite his best efforts to stifle them.

"I have detected an increase in your respiratory rhythm and heart rate. These are possible symptoms of emotional distress." Baymax's informative tone was exactly as Tadashi remembered it, providing him with a sliver of familiarity to hold onto. The diagnosis, however, only served to highlight just how much Baymax really had changed since he'd last worked on him. He had not gotten around to programming the potential physical symptoms of emotional distress into Baymax. "Might I suggest deep calming breaths and a hug?" Baymax opened his arms. Tadashi was stymied, too overwhelmed to really think, let along react. The next thing he knew, he was enveloped by a large squishy vinyl marshmallow.

"Hey! Baymax. Big Dude." Fred rushed forward, grabbed hold of one of Baymax's arms, perching his right leg onto Baymax's waist to use as leverage. "You need to give Tadashi some space." Fred tugged insistently on the arm. "He's kinda dealing with a lot right now."

Baymax released Tadashi and took a step back in order to; as instructed by Fred; give him more space. Fred went flying, having been in the middle of a particularly aggressive tug when Baymax complied with his request. Fred picked himself up off the ground, smiling sheepishly. "Yo, Tadashi… you ok?" Fred asked dusting himself off as he made his way back towards Tadashi.

Tadashi glanced between Fred and Baymax, still fighting the mess of mixed emotions surging through him. He couldn't afford to have a break down. Not now. He didn't have time for it. Hiro was still missing and Tadashi still wanted nothing more than to find and bring his brother back home. He would deal with his own emotions and sense of self-worth, only once that was accomplished. "I'll be fine." Tadashi got up and began to pace, a bad habit he'd picked up early on in life as a result of constantly worrying about his little brother. "Baymax, are you still programmed to record all of your interactions?"

Baymax, tilted his head to the other side "All of my original functionality is still intact." He confirmed.

"Playback the recording before this one." Tadashi instructed.

Baymax blinked straightening his head. "I am sorry, I cannot comply."

"Why not?" Tadashi demanded in frustration. "You're hardrive shouldn't be damaged. I checked."

"The data is encrypted." Baymax informed him.

"Then decrypt it." Tadashi snapped, uncharacteristically losing his temper. Why did everything have to be so damned difficult? Why did it feel like every step he managed to take forward he was pushed another two back? He didn't know how much more of this he could take!

"I require the passcode."

"Passcode?" Tadashi stared at his creation, struggling to comprehend how much it really had changed. He clenched and unclenched his fist, his earlier sea of resentment and loss surging to the fore once more.

"I've got this." Wasabi spoke up for the first time in a long time, his tone soft, calm and sure, a direct contrast to the turmoil in Tadashi's heart. He dropped a firm hand onto Tadashi's shoulder silently offering him support and understanding. He turned to face Baymax giving him the passcode he was looking for. "Someone has to help."

Four words. Four simple words expressing the very code he lived by. They echoed through Tadashi's mind, grounding him once more, reminding him once again that he was still very much a part of his brother's life.

"Passcode confirmed." Baymax replied, accessing his database.

- BH6 - BH6 - BH6 –

Ern Estine 13624: That was quick XD

Rizard13: What can I say, I hear declarations of love and immediately think of marriage :P As you can see, Gogo is being a bit devious here. Her reason to have Tadashi fix Baymax goes further than Project Silent Sparrow. Also more questions are not always a bad thing as they are often the precursor to a change in thought. Hope this chapter cleared a few of them up.

shooting2stars: That really was the million dollar question though now the question should be how will he react? XD

Dreamer: I haven't been pulling your mind every which direction up till now? Darn it I need to up my game XD. I guess you could say that the majority of the setting up is mostly done at this stage but I'm not quite done yet. There are still a few key things that need to come into place for this story to hopefully make sense in the end. I loved Gogo in that chapter too. She's very harsh but she means well. As for Tadashi, a lot of the answers are exactly where you say they are, right in front of him. He just needs to realise this and find them. That's half the fun after all.

Alexissenpai: Obsessed is good. It means I'm doing something right XD