Hiro is Here
Tadashi sighed, leaning back in the swivel chair. He ran a tired hand through his hair and down to cup the back of his neck. He was exhausted. Tadashi was in the garage, going through Hiro's machine. He'd been going through Hiro's notes for days now and was starting to feel completely overwhelmed. They were, in typical Hiro fashion, all over the place and he was struggling to figure out which ones belonged to the same train of thought. Add to that the fact that he was wading through three years of ideas and Tadashi really had his work cut out for him.
"You are exhibiting the signs of severe stress and exhaustion." Baymax informed him. "Might I suggest a good night's rest?" Baymax appeared to have gained a life if his own and Tadashi didn't really know what to make of it. He refused to deactivate, completely ignoring the commands Tadashi had programmed into him, was constantly interfering and handing out advice to Tadashi when he was only supposed to be concerned with his primary patient's care, would randomly stop and stare off into space as if he was lost and would intermittently run a scan in order to look for Hiro. Tadashi hated to admit it but Baymax appeared to be exhibiting the signs of loss.
"Not now, Baymax." Tadashi said softly getting up to stretch.
"It will improve both your physical and mental state." Baymax waddled after him.
Tadashi couldn't help but smile at that. He'd never imagined he'd one day find himself holding entire conversations with the bot. His project had really turned into something special. "I know, buddy, but I really want to make some headway first."
Baymax titled his head to the side. "I have several recordings detailing Hiro's research." He offered. "I could play them for you."
Tadashi stared at Baymax in surprise. Why hadn't he thought of that? Oh wait, Baymax had been programmed to record all of his interactions with his primary patient. He had not been recorded track and identify events that did not require some kind of medical intervention. "You can do that?"
"I was programmed to record all of my interactions." Baymax replied, blinking.
"Yes but I only programmed you to identify medical emergencies." Tadashi pointed out.
"I am Baymax. Hiro's personal healthcare companion. Hiro's health, emotional and mental well being are my primary concern. I am required to track everything in his life in order to ensure I can respond accordingly."
"You can't seriously expect me to believe Hiro willingly programmed you to interfere with everything in his life." Tadashi exclaimed. The Hiro he knew would never do such a thing. He valued his independence and freedom far too much.
"Hiro has made no modifications to my core code base." Baymax declared titling his head to the other side.
Tadashi stared at Baymax in disbelief. Baymax's personality was a direct result of the core code Tadashi had implanted into his chip. If Hiro hadn't made any changes to the core code that would mean the anomalies in Baymax's behavior were a result of his own code. He'd programmed he ability to learn into Baymax's core functions but had never imagined the real impact that code would have. "Can you differentiate between the various projects Hiro was working on?"
"I have sorted and cataloged everything Hiro has worked on in the last three years. I've separated the projects linked to SFIT from and those linked to Big Hero 6." Baymax informed him.
Tadashi paused, contemplating the information he'd been given before asking. "Which project do you think is most likely the reason he was kidnapped?"
Baymax tilted his head and blinked, scanning his database before displaying a picture of Hiro's neuro-transmitter. "The neurotransmitter device appears to have the most destructive potential. Hiro used it to control the micro-bots he created and it was missing when we were attacked at Krei Tech."
Tadashi nodded. "Alright. I'll retrieve all the notes he made when he was creating the original neurotransmitter and you retrieve the ones he made to create the one linked to SKIN." Tadashi turned intending to head back to Hiro's PC but didn't make it that far.
"Hiro is here."
"What did you say?" Tadashi whirled around to face Baymax once more, his heart beating a rapid rhythm in his throat.
"Hiro is here." Baymax repeated before turning and heading into café.
"Baymax!" Tadashi sprinted after him, reaching out in an attempt to grab him but Baymax remained just out of reach. He sure was fast for something that was programmed to move at a waddle. Skidding around the corner Tadashi leapt to avoid Mochi before running up the stairs, still chasing a waddling marshmallow. Baymax headed all the way up the stairs and into Hiro's bedroom, turning his head to scan the room. "Hiro is gone." Baymax declared as Tadashi caught up sounding far too forlorn for a robot.
Tadashi leant forward, his hands pressed against his knees, supporting him as he tried to catch his breath. "I could have told you that, buddy." He gasped out straightening up to stand. "He's been kidnapped. There's no way he could be…" A stack of white pages caught his attention, "here?"
Tadashi rushed over towards Hiro's bed and scooped up the pages rapidly reading the familiar scrawl. The top page only had four words written on it:
A New Angle
~Hiro
The rest were covered in formulas and calculations.
"Baymax…" Tadashi took a shaky breath, before continuing, "Call the others."
Baymax complied. "Your friends have been contacted." Baymax turned on his display separating it into four in order to display the video conference. Fred was the first to answer his phone, Honey Lemon was the last.
"Hey man! What's up?" Fred asked.
"This." Tadashi lifted the top page of the stack of papers he'd just found, "Isn't. Funny. If you have something to tell me, I'd appreciate it if you told it to my face. I thought we agreed there would be no more secrets."
His four friend's leant forward to read the note. Gogo narrowed her eyes, Honey Lemon gasped and Wasabi paled. "Where did you find that?" Wasabi asked, eyes so wide they were in danger of popping out if his head.
"On Hiro's bed, attached to a bunch of sheets with calculations on them. This is the second note I've found since he's been kidnapped. While I appreciate the help, I don't appreciate the manner in which it is being given."
"Se…second note?" Wasabi's voice trembled. "What was on the first one?"
Tadashi frowned. This wasn't how he pictured this conversation going. His friends were the only people he knew that had access to Hiro's room. Other than Aunt Cass and himself that is and he highly doubted Aunt Cass would pull something like this. He walked over to Hiro's desk and pulled out the first note before marching back to Baymax and holding it up. "This one was stuck to his computer."
"It wasn't us." Wasabi looked like he was about to hyper-ventilate"
"What do you mean it wasn't you?" Tadashi demanded.
"He means we didn't leave the notes." Gogo snapped, glaring daggers at Tadashi.
"If you didn't leave them then who…"
"Woah!" Fred exclaimed, interrupting Tadashi's question. "The little dude's teleporting notes to us! I knew it! I knew it was only a matter of time before we all developed super-powers. It makes sense, what with all the strange stuff that's been going on recently and…"
"Wait! What strange stuff?" Tadashi snapped interrupting Fred in turn.
"There have been strange fluctuations of energy all over San Fransokyo." Gogo informed him. "Power has been going out, magnetic fields have appeared out of nowhere and things have been appearing from the past, kind of like you. We were investigating them the day Hiro got kidnapped but dropped the investigation to focus on getting Hiro back."
"And you didn't think to mention that to me?" Tadashi demanded.
"We didn't see the need to." Honey Lemon spoke up. "The phenomena started a few days before Hiro was kidnapped and we had just started the investigation. We didn't manage to find out anything that could have upset anyone. Hiro shouldn't have been a target yet."
"Well that's interesting, considering these calculations," Tadashi held up the rest of the sheets he'd found all clearly hand written by Hiro, "all have to do with the quantum mechanics of space and time."
- BH6 - BH6 - BH6 –
Mr m: I'm not planning a pairing at this stage and I'm not sure you're going to like where I'm taking this if you don't want to see Hiro hurt. I might consider writing a short fluffy story as a sequel to this, pairing Hiro with someone, if there is enough demand for it but hesitate to do so for the following reasons: 1) I am actually a gay fiction writer. I haven't really written a straight pairing as main characters to story. 2) I don't really see Hiro with any of the existing characters as I've written them so he would probably have to be paired with an original character. I do however see Tadashi with Gogo in this universe for some reason XD
Ern Estine 13624: XD
Rosycat: Hiro would make you a costume like that only then it would mean his was no longer unique and that wouldn't make him your sadistic side had fun :P
Guest (1): Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked kitty Hiro. I really enjoyed writing the light hearted chapter. It was a nice break from the usual tone of the story.
Guest (2): It's an overuse injury. I'm struggling to rest it though as I write documents for a living. Glad you enjoyed Hiro in the kitty outfit. I also thought it would be perfect for Hiro. It gave him a chance to use his robotics and neurotransmittter skills.
WinterDaysK: I'm glad you are enjoying the story. It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. Your support is really appreciated. You are 100 percent correct. Someone did put the note onto Hiro's PC while Tadashi was away and that's where the real fun begins for me!
Dreamer: Glad you enjoyed the Halloween fluff. We are now back to our regularly scheduled story so the angst shall continue. You must have read my mind with neko mimi :P. The hearing aid shaped transmitter is the same as the one Hiro later used in his SKIN project. The one in the video was one of his earlier versions of the device and experimenting with it was the only reason he agreed to dress up in the first place. Now to address your curiosity... yes I have seen Sukisho. Though to be fair my introduction to the genre came through Gravitation which I still love. Other memorable titles for me in that particular genre are Junjou Romatica, Loveless and 07-Ghost. That's just to name a few XD.
shooting2stars: Sorry I didn't write Tadashi's reaction for you. I actually wrote the Halloween special after this current chapter and a few others following it. I actually went back in the story and wrote something I could insert between what I already had. It was simply meant to be a little fluff just to give you guys a little something extra for Halloween. I also love it when Tadashi is all over protective. That the entire reason I wrote this story to begin with. Thanks for the well wishes for my hand. What I actually need to do is stop using it for a little while but since I write documents for a living... I'm icing it.
Rizard13: I can sooo picture Hiro as a black cat. I liked the outfit because of the robotics element I could incorporate into it. Maybe, as you say, one day someone will draw it for us XD.
Guest (3): Thank you so much. I am honored that my story is among the few you actually mark. I will do my best to finish this piece. I already know what I want to put into the last chapter. I just need to actually get to it XD.