Locating Hiro

Tadashi impatiently tapped a pen against the large map spread across the table in the kitchen. The first thing Tadashi and his friends had done was plot the locations of the timeslip phenomenon onto a map of the city. Tadashi had then printed out the affected area, spreading the resulting map onto the kitchen table in the hopes of narrowing down where the time device might be.

They suspected the time device was located within the boundaries created by the locations that has been exhibiting the strange phenomenon and even though that had narrowed down the possibilities considerably, it hadn't narrowed it down enough. Even knowing Hiro was probably underground had not helped. San Fransokyo was littered with underground tunnels, basements and bunkers. "Any ideas on how on we can narrow this search space?" Tadashi asked drawing a line between each of the five identified points."

"I'd suggest increasing the range of Baymax's scanner to include underground bunkers but Hiro has already tried that." Honey Lemon replied frowning down at the page. "San Fransokyo has a high concentration of minerals in the soil and it's difficult to neutralize all the interference that they cause."

"How about trying to find an underground space big enough to contain a lab?" Wasabi suggested.

Tadashi sighed pulling out the map of San Fransokyo's underground. "I already thought of that. This is the only copy of the underground map that I've been able to find online and unfortunately it's out of date. It hasn't been updated in nearly fifty years. Why city council still insists on using paper when digital technology has come so far, I'll never know."

"We could always break into city council and steal the updated map." Fred declared, taking another bite of one of the sandwiches Aunt Cass had made for them.

Gogo hit him over the head. "We're superhero's not thieves."

"We could just ask them for a copy of the updated maps." Wasabi suggested.

"I don't think that's information that's freely available to the general public." Tadashi commented tapping the pen nervously once more.

Tap, tap tap, tap, tap, tap.

Gogo reached over and snatched the pen away from Tadashi. Grabbing a piece of paper she jotted down the center point of the map as well as the scale Tadashi had used when printing it. "I have an idea." Standing she tossed the pen back towards Tadashi. "Stop tapping it. It's driving us crazy. Take a break, eat something. I'll be back soon." With that said, Gogo turned and headed back down the stairs towards Hiro's PC in the garage.

Tadashi blinked, holding the pen. "Am I really driving you crazy with the pen?" He asked, mind still processing the rest.

"We understand it's difficult to remain calm in these circumstances." Honey Lemon replied placing a hand on Tadashi's shoulder.

Tadashi sighed and dropped the pen before running his hands through his hair. "I'm tired of hitting dead ends." He admitted, swallowing around the dread thick in his throat. "I know you guys said they want Hiro alive but I can't shake the feeling that he's running out of time."

"We'll find him." Honey Lemon said standing and heading to the platter of sandwiches. She dished one up before bringing it back and placing it before Tadashi. "Gogo is right. We need a break and you need to eat."

"I'm not hungry." Tadashi muttered glaring at the food as if it had done him some kind of harm.

"I know." Honey pushed the plate closer. "Eat anyway."

Tadashi sighed and picked up the sandwich peering at the map once more not really willing to take a break. What were they missing?

Gogo returned twenty minutes later, carrying a rolled up piece of paper. She marched over to the table and unrolled it, covering the other two maps already lying there. It was a map containing all the Ley Lines that traveled across the area Tadashi had identified. Wasabi, Honey Lemon and Tadashi looked up to stare at Gogo in disbelief. "What? There are stranger things in San Fransokyo than Ley Lines." Gogo exclaimed. "Take Fred for instance."

"Hey! I'm not strange." Fred protested waving his third sandwich about. He'd been just about to bite into it when Gogo marched in.

"We just never pegged you as the supersti…" Tadashi started in response to Gogo before shaking his head. "You know what, never mind. Let's take a look." Picking up the pen once more, he marked the locations of the strange phenomenon onto the new map. Tadashi was a scientist at heart. He didn't believe in a hidden network of energy lines across the earth but they were out of ideas and this one was as good as any at this stage. Much to his surprise a pattern was emerging.

"Hey!" Fred exclaimed jumping up and down in sudden excitement. "All the weird stuff that's been happening is on one of those weird line thingies." Fred pointed his half eaten sandwich at the map and the ley lines on it.

"Get your food away from my map." Gogo snapped pushing Fred back before pouring over the map herself. Snatching the pen away from Tadashi she began to fill in the lines that the phenomenon had occurred on, marking the places where the Ley Lines crossed one another. "How about we start here." Gogo dropped the pen and pointed at the two marked spots on the map.

Tadashi nodded pulling out the map of the underground once more, corresponding the two locations Gogo had identified with points on the map. "This one is over an old sewer line." Tadashi picked up the pen in order to circle the first location. "And this one…" Tadashi circled the second, "is over an old world war II bunker."

"This one it is then." Gogo confirmed pointing at the World War II bunker.

"Yes!" Fred leapt up and started bouncing around the kitchen in excitement. "Let's get suited up guys! Big Hero 6 is on a mission! All we need now is a code name. How about Operation: Fredzilla to the Rescue!"

"We're not calling it Fredzilla to the Rescue." Gogo said standing up to head out. They finally had a lead and she was itching to be out there investigating it. Honey Lemon and Wasabi stood as well and began heading towards the door.

"I'm coming with." Tadashi declared stopping everyone in their tracks.

Pop. Gogo blew and popped a pink bubble turning to face Tadashi once more. "We've been over this. You're being watched by the cops."

"There is one major flaw with surveillance." Tadashi lifted a finger in illustration. "If it's maintained long enough, those doing it get bored and when they are bored they tend to miss things. I won't be exiting through any of the doors."

"How do you plan to get out then?" Wasabi asked, curious.

"I won't be going down. I'll be going up." Tadashi smiled. "Baymax doesn't have rocket thrusters for nothing."

Gogo chewed her gum for a few long moments contemplating Tadashi's answer before speaking once more. "And how do you plan to actually help us? We're on a mission here. We don't have time to babysit you."

"You won't have to." Tadashi grinned, looking far too smug. "I didn't major in robotics for nothing. Research is not the only thing I'm good at. I haven't exactly been idle while you guys were out investigating."

- BH6 - BH6 - BH6 –

A/N: Mwahahahaha…. Tadashi has a plan! I love devious Tadashi!

Anony mouse101: I do try to keep things interesting :D. I love reading all your reactions!

Ern Estine 13624: O.O XD. Agreed. Hiro really does need to be saved soon. Before Tadashi goes completely mad with worry.

CrazyBlueOwl: You should be proud XD. Thanks for the well wishes.

Rizard13: The space Hiro steps into when he enters the portal is not related to the timelines that the portal actually links to. His stabilizing device isn't working as expected. The time portal reacts differently to the addition of a human factor. Inquisitor and the other researchers don't know this which is why they are not suspicious. I'm not celebrating Thanksgiving either XD

shooting2stars: Hiro does tend to use his head. When he's not just reacting that is. The notebook will only help the team gather what Hiro has figured out and seeing as he has no idea where they are relocating to...