Hiro to the Rescue! (4 page)

T
he six heroes jumped into action. “Get the mask!” Hiro shouted. He knew that Yokai was controlling the microbots with it.

They battled Yokai. But the microbots made Yokai strong. He lashed out at them with the swarm of bots.

Honey threw a chem-ball at Yokai. But it missed, making ice on the floor. Go Go slipped on the ice as she raced toward Yokai and knocked Honey down. Wasabi knocked away the microbots in the air with his laser gloves, but then he realized the bots were holding his legs in place. The team kept getting in one another's way and was no closer to stopping Yokai. They needed to work together.

Finally, Baymax and Hiro flew close to Yokai. Baymax was pushed back by the microbots, but Hiro jumped forward and knocked Yokai's mask off.

“It's over, Krei!” Hiro shouted to the back of Yokai's head.

Yokai turned.

Yokai was not Krei. It was Professor Callaghan!

Hiro was stunned. “But...but the explosion. You died.”

“No,” Callaghan replied. “Your microbots kept me safe.”

“But—Tadashi...you just let him die?” Hiro's voice got louder. “He went in there to save you!”

“That was his mistake!” Callaghan yelled back.

Hiro was overcome with anger. He stared at the professor. Then he turned to Baymax. “Destroy him.”

Baymax couldn't do it. “Hiro, this is not what—”

Hiro opened Baymax's panel. He pulled out Tadashi's green computer chip, removing the programming that directed him to help people. “Do it, Baymax. Destroy him,” Hiro ordered.

Baymax lifted his rocket-blasting fist and attacked Callaghan.

“Get the nurse chip back into Baymax, now!” Go Go shouted to the others.

Hiro's friends loved him. And they missed Tadashi. But they could not let him destroy Professor Callaghan. They had to stop Baymax! Fred, Wasabi, Honey, and Go Go kept trying to grab the robot, but Baymax pushed them away. Honey was finally able to jam the green chip back inside him.

Baymax stopped fighting, and Callaghan moved quickly. He put on his mask. The microbots pushed Callaghan and the last piece of the portal out a hole in the roof!

Hiro was angry with his friends. “How could you do that? I had him!”

“Hey, what you just did—we never signed up for that,” Wasabi told him.

Hiro couldn't believe that his friends had held him back. The professor was a bad man. “Baymax, find Callaghan.”

“My enhanced scanner has been damaged,” the robot reported.

“AH!” Hiro yelled. He jumped onto Baymax's back. “Fly!” he shouted. They flew away, leaving the rest of the team stranded on the island.

At home, Hiro went to his computer. He quickly fixed Baymax's super sensor. Baymax watched from his charging station.

“Your blood pressure is elevated,” Baymax reported. “You appear to be distressed.”

“I'm fine!” Hiro yelled. He stood up and touched the panel on Baymax's chest. The panel didn't open!

“Wha—?” Hiro was confused. He wanted to remove Baymax's green computer chip.

“Will terminating Callaghan improve your emotional state?” Baymax asked.

“Yes! No....I don't know.”

Baymax refused to open his panel. “Is this what Tadashi would have wanted?”

“It doesn't matter,” Hiro said. “Tadashi is gone.”

“Tadashi is here,” Baymax stated.

“No! He's not here,” Hiro said.

“Tadashi is here,” Baymax said.

Suddenly, Hiro heard Tadashi's voice. Baymax was playing a video of Tadashi that was stored in his memory.

“This is Tadashi Hamada, and this is the first test of my robotics project.”

But the test was a mess. Different clips showed Tadashi trying over and over.

Until finally Tadashi said, “Okay. Eighty-fourth test. What do you say, big guy?”

Tadashi reached forward and pressed a button. His face lit up with joy. “It works! HE WORKS! AH! Ah, yes! This is amazing!” Tadashi spun in his chair. He pumped his fist in the air. “Wait till my brother sees you!”

Hiro stood still and watched. A moment passed. A tear ran down his cheek.

Tadashi had made a nurse bot. He wanted to heal people. He didn't want to hurt anyone.

“Tadashi had to help,” Hiro whispered. He understood now.

Just then, Hiro noticed that his friends were in the room—Fred, Wasabi, Honey, and Go Go.

“Guys, I'm...I'm—” Hiro said.

Go Go hugged Hiro. “We're going to catch Callaghan,” she said.

“But maybe don't leave your team stranded on a spooky island next time?” Wasabi said, and Go Go nodded.

Hiro felt awful. “Oh, man.”

“It's cool.” Fred smiled. “Heathcliff picked us up in the family chopper.”

Honey held up a video chip from the island. “We found something you should see.”

The friends gathered around Hiro's computer. They watched the first section of the video, which showed what had taken place before Krei's teleportation demonstration. Krei, Callaghan, and Abigail were all together.

Hiro looked closely at Abigail. He saw
callaghan
on her helmet. “The pilot was Callaghan's daughter. Callaghan blames Krei.”

Fred stared at the video. “This is a revenge story.”

E
verything made sense now. Callaghan was the enemy. He had caused the fire at San Fransokyo Tech. He had stolen Hiro's microbots and created more. He had used the neural transmitter fitted into his Kabuki mask to control them. Callaghan had used the microbots to move pieces of the portal from Krei's lab on the island.

Hiro guessed that Callaghan was headed to the grand opening of the new Krei Tech campus in San Fransokyo.

Meanwhile, Callaghan confronted Alistair Krei at the campus.

“You took everything from me when you sent Abigail into that machine!” Callaghan shouted.

Krei couldn't believe it. Callaghan was using the microbots to put the pieces of the portal back together. He wanted Krei to watch as he turned on the faulty portal. Once it was on, it would suck everything Krei had worked for inside and destroy it. Then he would send Krei into the portal, too.

The team got there just as Callaghan sent his microbots to capture Krei.

“Professor Callaghan!” Hiro yelled. “Let him go! Is this what Abigail would have wanted?” He knew how the professor felt. “This won't change anything. Trust me, I know.”

Callaghan didn't listen. He wanted to destroy Krei!

The team jumped into action.

“Go for the mask!” Hiro yelled.

The team used all their powers, but they were losing.

“Listen up. Use those big brains of yours to think your way out. There are no dead ends!” Hiro told his friends.

He wanted them to work together. As a team, they were stronger than Callaghan and the microbots.

He told Fred to create smoke so they could hide from Callaghan, who was at the top of a tower of microbots. Wasabi slashed the microbots with his laser gloves, keeping the swarm unfocused. Go Go threw her discs to make cracks in the tower of bots that held up Callaghan. Honey threw a chem-ball to deepen the cracks that Go Go had created. Together they knocked Callaghan to the ground and saved Krei from his enemy.

“No!” Callaghan cried.

Hiro directed Fred to grab the professor's mask. When it was taken from his face, the microbots fell to the ground. Because they had been holding the portal, the portal fell to the ground as well.

But it was still sucking everything inside! Baymax stared at the portal.

“We need to get out of here, now!” Hiro said, starting to worry. “Baymax!”

Baymax pointed toward the portal. “My sensor is detecting signs of life.”

“Callaghan's daughter!” said Hiro. “She's still alive!” He looked at Baymax, and the two friends went into the portal together. They reached the pod. Abigail was alive but very weak. Hiro and Baymax had to save her!

Baymax turned on his thrusters and flew toward the portal exit. Hiro led him around the flying trash.
BAM!
Trash smashed into Baymax. His thrusters were broken. They would not be able to leave the portal.

“There is still a way I can get you both to safety,” Baymax told Hiro. Baymax could save Hiro and Abigail, but not himself.

Hiro stared at his giant robot friend. Baymax would do anything to save him.

“What about you?” Hiro asked. “I need you.”

He loved Baymax.

Baymax spoke softly. “I cannot deactivate until you say you are satisfied with your care.”

Hiro's eyes filled with tears. To save Abigail, he would have to leave Baymax. Hiro hugged his friend.

“I am satisfied with my care,” he said, starting to cry. Then he let go of Baymax. Forever.

Hiro used the magnets in his suit to attach himself to Abigail's pod. He felt a bump when Baymax's rocket glove hit it and blasted Hiro and Abigail safely out of the portal.

Hiro cried as Baymax disappeared behind him.

Back at home, Hiro spent more time with Aunt Cass and his friends. But he never forgot Tadashi or Baymax.

He started college. With his friends by his side, Hiro enjoyed SFIT.

Then one day, Hiro glanced at Baymax's rocket glove. It was the only thing he had left of the robot.

He fist-bumped the hand, and the fingers opened. Hiro found a green object: Baymax's nurse chip! He grinned from ear to ear.

It didn't take long for Hiro to make a new Baymax from that green computer chip. After all, he was Tadashi Hamada's little brother! Hiro turned the robot on.

“Hello, Hiro,” Baymax said. “I am Baymax, your personal health-care companion.”

Hiro smiled and threw his arms around his best friend.