Heat. That's all he could remember. Heat and light. Light too bright for his eyes.

Tadashi squinted. All he had to do was find Professor Callaghan and get out of the building. Not too hard unless you take in the fact the building was currently on fire.

One foot in front of the other Tadashi thought. Smoke filled his mouth, his nose, his lungs. He couldn't breathe, he couldn't see. His eyes watered, his hands shook, the fire was getting hotter, hotter, burning, burning.

Almost… there… THERE! Tadashi could see him, could see Callaghan. Something was wrong though. Callaghan stood calmly, with Hiro's neurotransmitter on his head. What…? Callaghan looked up and saw Tadashi. He raised his arm towards Tadashi, and everything went white… then dark.

"TADASHI!"