(I don't own big Hero 6 or the Avengers. I hope you like it.)

Hiro knew his plan was working as Callaghan's attacks steadily became more sluggish to the reactions of his gestures and when he grabbed them ready to

make the final push to shove them through the portal he knew they had won.

Callaghan was all out of microbots so it was easy to swoop down and have Baymax crush the mask in his hand but what Hiro hadn't counted on was the portal

to make a rather large flash and increase in strength.

Whilst Callaghan fell to the ground Hiro was ripped off of Baymax's back towards the falling portal, he managed to shout "BAYMAX!" as he was being sucked

through it.

The last thing Hiro seen was Baymax racing towards him before he was lost a swirl of bright colours that rotated so fast it made his head swim.

He managed tostay awake another minute to call out another weak "Baymax…" before the lights twirled around him even faster and a strange force squeezed

all around him as he lost consciousness.

When he woke up next his vision was fuzzy and he couldn't make out any shapes just a blur of colour.

Everything was muffled as well and he felt as ill as the time he accidentally drank Aunt Cass's expired soup.

Tadashi had been awesome during the following week by doing things like making sure Hiro had at least two glasses of water by his bed and that he had a ton

of blankets in reach in case he got cold.

Hiro smiled slightly as he remembered how Tadashi had gotten himself into a habit of digging out an old cat patterned blanket whenever Hiro was sick.

The blanket was really soft and fluffy and that's what Hiro felt like he was wrapped in as he tried to make sense of where he was.

His arms and legs felt numb and weird, like all his limbs had gone to sleep just without the painful tingles of sleepy limbs, also his eyelids were so heavy that

each blink made him feel more exhausted.

He guessed that someone was carrying him though as the colourful shapes changed every other blink, the person was soft with splashes of red and white,Hiro

breathed out and said tiredly, "G' go'en Baymax."

Then with a deep sigh he let his eyes fall shut and slipped into a deep sleep.

Tadashi was so glad he was finally able to call an end to the day as nothing had gone right.

He grabbed his backpack ran a weary hand through his hair and started the walk home in the evening winds.

He idly wondered if Hiro would be home then scowled at thought as the little bonehead was the reason his day had sucked.

Firstly his younger brother hadn't even bothered coming home until four in the morning and because he was tired he didn't want to be woken early so he

decided to switch off Tadashi's alarm so he could sleep in.

Which meant that Tadashi didn't wake up until ten minutes before classes so he had to skip breakfast and he didn't have any money to buy lunch since Hiro

had 'borrowed it' without asking and on top of that his bike needed it's brakes fixed since Hiro had let a 'friend' ride it without asking!

Tadashi picked up pace as his stomach reminded him loudly 'Uh you've had no food today' to which Tadashi grumbled out loud and strode on while wondering if

there'd be any point in telling Hiro off again. He sighed again as he turned the last corned to home wondering why his little brother was just so determined to

be a pain. It was like the kid was trying to annoy him and Aunt Cass so that they would scold him. Especially after his great idea a few weeks ago when he got

his ear pierced by a 'friend', it wasn't so great afterwards, because the 'friend' had done it wrong which meant the piercing ended up infected and Aunt Cass

had to take him to get it sorted out. Hiro still stubbornly wore a stud like the whole thing had gone off without a hitch and it wasn't stupid and they couldn't

really stop him unless the hole healed over night. Not that would matter as he would just go and do it again anyway. In the end Tadashi decided he was going

to forget about his rubbish day for tonight and talk to Hiro about it all tomorrow until he spotted a very familiar figure asleep on a bench. If he had just glanced

he would have missed him but as he looked he could see underneath the ridiculous outfit it was Hiro on the bench. Tadashi stared at him before rubbing his

forehead in aggravation and said "Hiro what are you doing?"

His brother didn't stir so Tadashi crossed his arms and said louder, "Yeah very funny. Now get up and go sleep in your bed you were so determined on laying

around in."

Again there was no sign that he had heard much less understood what was being said.

Tadashi was actually worried now and crouched down to check his brother to find him breathing shallowly. "What have you been up to?" He murmured as he

looked over the strange purple outfit again before scooping Hiro up in his arms. He couldn't think on any reason why Hiro would be dressed like this but didn't

ponder on it too much as getting him warm and awake was a priority. After a couple of steps Hiro stirred a little but didn't seem like he knew what was

happening so Tadashi tried to clam him by telling him they were going home.

Hiro didn't answer though until he mumbled out "G' go'en Baymax."

Tadashi frowned at Hiro's face watching as it relaxed back into sleep and added the mental note of 'Find out who Baymax is' as he reached the café and called

to his Aunt Cass, "We're back. I'm just taking Hiro to bed and I'll be down in a minute."

Aunt Cass called back, "Alright sweetie. What's wrong with Hiro?"

Tadashi took the steps two at a go and replied, "I think he's sick."

He threw his backpack onto his own bed then spent about fifteen minutes taking apart Hiro's silly outfit and paused at the hoody, t-shirt and cargo shorts

underneath. The baggy clothes were a strange sight as he honestly couldn't remember the last time Hiro wore baggy clothes. Ever since he hit double digits

he'd been drawn to skinny jeans and slim fit shirts, not to mention the favoured wear a t-shirt over a long sleeved shirt thing that was his go-to outfit, so he

wondered if all his clothes had gotten dirty and a friend lent him something to home in. If that was it why the purple outfit then?

And also the clothes looked like they were bought to fit but when had he gotten them?

Tadashi's stomach growled again and he pushed back all his questions until Hiro could wake up and answer them himself. Tadashi pulled off his little brothers

shoes then covered him with a blanket and after one last thoughtful look he went downstairs.

When Hiro came around again he was warm, comfortable and in his room. His eye sight was back to normal which was a huge bonus but he couldn't help but

think something was slightly off. For instance where were all his figures?

Where was Megabot?

And where was Baymax?

If Hiro was home Baymax had to be the one to bring him back or even if one the others had brought him home they would have left Baymax with him. He got

up slowly wincing as his muscles complained from the movement, he must have really slept deep to get those kind of aches, as he looked around he noticed

what was wrong with his room. Somebody had moved Tadashi's things. He and Aunt Cass had a non-verbal agreement that nobody was to touch Tadashi's

things. They were fine exactly where they were and didn't need to be poked around in, unless it was Hiro looking for some tips on Baymax. but even then it

was always put back right where it had been left. Hiro scrambled off the bed and tripped over his helmet stumbling over a pair of socks where he crashed his

knee into the desk. He yelped "OW!" and was mildly upset that Baymax wasn't there to answer his cry.

Instead of dwelling on it he rubbed his sore knee and dug around in the helmet bringing out Tadashi's hat with a sigh of relief. Whoever it was that had gone

through their stuff hadn't found the most important thing at least. He dusted it off gently as the door opened and he turned ready to greet Aunt Cass only to

have the words get stuck in his throat as his brother stared back at him.

Tadashi looked tired and a bit concerned as he said, "Is there any reason you decided it would be a good idea to hibernate on a bench last night?"

The lump in Hiro's throat grew bigger as his mind tried to process what he was seeing. His brain scrambled trying to make sense of it, "I'm dreaming. I must be because that looks so much like Tadashi standing in front of me."

Tadashi frowned at the lack of a sarcastic answer and asked, "Why are you staring at me like that? Have I got something on my face?"

Hiro blinked and his fingers tightened on the hat still grasped in his hand which drew his eyes down to it, then back to Tadashi, well more like his hair which

looked strange without his hat to keep it down. His older brother didn't move but his mouth opened again, "Seriously Hiro-"

Hiro tried to speak again and couldn't so instead of letting Tadashi finish he stumbled forward, tripping over his shoes as he moved, and grabbed his brother in a tight hug. His eyes watered and he chuckled weakly as he hiccupped, "Tadashi!"

Tadashi was taken aback by the affection and hesitantly wrapped his arms around his teenage brother who was quickly soaking his shirt with tears, "Hiro what's wrong? Are you hurt?"

Hiro hiccupped a laugh and pulled back to dry his eyes and grinned brightly as he replied, "No bro. In fact I've never been better. Oh! I have something for you." Hiro placed the hat on Tadashi's head and said jokingly "Try not to loose it again OK?"

He watched Tadashi's eyes flick up the hats brim and then down to Hiro and he seemed confused like he wasn't following what Hiro was talking about.

Aunt Cass chose that moment to call up, "Boys hurry up or you're going to be late!"

Hiro reluctantly let go of his brother and said, "Have a good day at nerd school. Oh and say hi to your friends for me and maybe borrow one Wasabi's things

when he's watching. It's so funny when he squawks about it."

Tadashi's eyebrows went up to his hairline as Hiro set about picking up his helmet and he was going to say something when Aunt Cass called up again,

"Tadashi your friends are here!"

He said back "I'll be right down."

With one last look at Hiro he left him to fiddle around with the purple outfit.

Honey Lemon was the first to offer him a cheery good morning but he couldn't find it in himself to respond as warmly because while he couldn't put his finger on

it there was definitely something wrong with Hiro. Gogo was the first to call him out on his brooding though, "Alright who left the toilet seat up this time."

Tadashi managed a grin as he replied, "My terrible brother. Doesn't he know that the seat goes down as well as up? Is it so much to ask for a little

consideration now and then?"

Gogo slugged him in the arm with a pop of her gum that was pretty much her way of saying, 'That was me being nice. Now try again and this time don't be an

idiot.'

He rubbed his arm as Fred chimed in, "Yeah big T you look as if someone replaced a member of your family with a robot look alike that's actually the minion of a

super villain! Oh oh or maybe Loki's mind whammied you! Are your eyes blue!?"

Fred grabbed his face and stared intently into his eyes as his face was tilted this way and that into different angles of light as he searched for even a hint of blue.

Tadashi said blandly, "Nope. I'm pretty sure my eyes are brown as always. Thanks for checking though buddy."

Fred let him go and said, "Hey it is no problem. I'd feel pretty torn up if I let a friend of mine be dragged to the side of darkness. Whilst that would awesome it

would also be terrible trying to hit your head hard enough to break the mind control."

Gogo shoved Fred aside and said, "Idiot. The Avengers took care of Loki a year ago so I doubt he'll be back anytime soon."

Fred bounced into his chair waving a comic around, "Don't you know that every time a super villain gets caught they always return five-no TEN times stronger

than before!"

Wasabi set about tidying his workspace and commented, "As interesting as that is weren't we talking about Tadashi's problem?"

Honey Lemon flounced about squeaking, "Wasabi's right!"

They all looked at him expectantly and he automatically went to run a hand through his hair and bumped into the hat that Hiro had placed on him. He took it off

and stared at it as if it held all the answers. He said aloud, "I completely forgot I had this on."

Gogo popped her gum again and threw another wheel into the pile of 'not fast enough' rejections and drew up plans of an even sleeker design. "I did wonder

what was with that."

Wasabi added. "Not that it's bad! It's just I've never seen you wear a hat before."

Honey Lemon scrambled for her phone and placed the hat back on his head, "I think you should keep it! It fits you so well, CHEESE!"

She took a photo of the two of them and showed Tadashi the picture.

Strangely enough they were right and it did suit him.

Tadashi had never been a fan of having his photograph taken as he nearly always came out looking awkward, but in this one he seemed totally natural, as if

having the hat somehow gave him a finishing touch. How had Hiro known that though?

Gogo clicked her fingers impatiently, "So your problem then?"

Tadashi blinked and quickly put his thoughts into an order that wouldn't tumble out of his mouth in a jumbled mess and decided to give them the basics. "Hiro's

acting strange. I mean he's wearing totally different clothes and he didn't seem to care that his hair wasn't tied back and oddly enough he seemed really happy

to see me this morning when usually I'm lucky if I get a 'hey'."

Fred waved his arms and said, "Loki has returned!"

Gogo snorted, "You're all bent out of shape because of puberty? Woman up."

Honey Lemon clapped her hands together, "I bet he's about to hit his growth spurt! Isn't that adorable?"

Wasabi shuddered, "Urg it wasn't for me. I had limbsstretching, clothes shrinking and constant aches and pains."

Gogo tossed one of his tools at him making him squawk and they all laughed at Wasabi's flailing. Tadashi let their chatter drift around him as he looked at the

hat once more and couldn't shake the feeling that growing up wasn't what was wrong with his brother.

After Tadashi left the room Hiro sat on his bed trying to piece together what he knew and make sense of it all.

Fact one, Baymax was missing, Fact two, Tadashi is alive, Fact three, Tadashi dying must have really happened because Hiro's suit was lying on the floor at his

feet.

He did think briefly it could all be a wonderful dream until he remembered falling into a mess of colours with Baymax trying to reach him.

So what exactly had happened when he fell through the portal?

Time travel had crossed his mind as a possibility but then again wouldn't he have woken up in whatever his past self had been wearing at the time?

This brought him to his next idea that perhaps he'd woken up in another universe that was quite similar to his own.

If that was the case he didn't want to imagine how worried his friends must be back home after seeing him disappear through the portal.

Or imagine how his Aunt Cass would feel if they have to give up on him and tell her he'd disappeared and there was nothing they could do to bring him back.

Hiro's stomach squirmed with guilt and pushed those thoughts right back to focus on the now. If he was in an alternate universe then he had to find Baymax

as soon as possible and work out from there a way to get home. That thought in mind he placed the helmet on his head and tried to call Baymax, "Baymax? You there big guy?"

There was a whine of static and no reply so he tried again, "Baymax? Can you let me know where you are and if you need anything fixed?"

No answer was the firm reply so he blew out a frustrated breath and tucked the armour under the bed so he wouldn't stand out as much when he searched for

him. He was out the door of the Lucky Cat café in less than a minute and jogged towards the first bench that he could see. Tadashi had found him on a bench

so Baymax couldn't have landed much further away from him. If he wasn't anywhere around the closet benches Hiro was going to have to run around looking

for a tiny needle in a massive haystack.

Tom slouched against a wall whilst his friends laughed at a girl who dropped her papers all over the ground. He scowled as his friends took forever to get

themselves ready, he did want to play soccer sometime today after all, but instead they noticed and snickered, "Uh oh Tom's pouting better hurry up or he'll

scratch us."

Tom growled lowly and they all laughed louder until his best friend Whistle took a breath and asked, "So how bad did your bro yell at you this morning?"

Tom shrugged and replied, "Dunno I didn't go home because I stopped with Splat last night."

Splat snickered, "He didn't really stay over. He just kinda curled up on my sofa and refused to move until this morning."

Whistle clapped him on the back, "Man Tom you're really going to get grounded this time."

Tom shrugged him off, "Eh whatever let's play some soccer already."

Splat said, "Hey look at that funny thing."

They followed to where he was pointing to see an armored thing soar over head in less than a minute.

Whistle's eyes lit up and he all but shouted, "I think that was Iron man!"

Tom closed one eye from the loudness and snarked back, "Yeah because this is such an awesome place to visit."

Splat scratched his cheek and kicked the soccer ball away thoughtfully, "It was a bit bulky to Iron man… It also had wings and I've never seen an Iron man suit

with wings before."

Tom toed the ball around his feet and said "Aw who cares what it was."

With a well placed kick he scored a goal. "One nil to me guys."

They teased each other jokingly and started to play the game for real uncaring when the light started to fade from sunset into a moonlit sky.

Tadashi wiped his forehead and chucked the rag away as he looked over his newly fixed motorbike proudly. He'd manage to find and fix the problem in just

over fifteen minutes and he'd made sure he kept the keys hidden which would hopefully discourage Hiro from anymore joy rides. Speaking of which he could

see his brother walking home caked in mud and grass stains, once again wearing his usual clothing, with his hair tied back in a low ponytail. He was walking

slouched and kicking any piece of trash he found into the nearest bin and Tadashi had to admit he had brilliant foot control but athletics weren't everything. Still

he promised himself he wouldn't argue with him tonight and would actually get some questions answered. So he put his tools away and greeted him with a

simple "Hey Hiro."

Hiro scowled as he entered the garage and muttered "How many times do I have to tell you to call me Tom."

Tadashi rolled his eyes at the attitude since it seemed that Hiro was over his change and back to his usual self. He continued on anyway "I didn't have time to

ask you this morning but what is a Baymax?"

Hiro shrugged his shoulders as he walked past "How would I know?"

Tadashi put a hand on his shoulders and spun him around, "Hang on I have a couple more questions for you."

Hiro scoffed and brushed the hand off and replied, "OK I'll play along. Hey Tom have you seen my new hat! Oh wow its amazing Tadashi I wish I had one! Well

I'm glad you like it now go to bed and brush your teeth after you get all your homework done! I will because you're the best brother ever!"

All of that was said in an exaggerated happy tone with next to no expression and Tadashi grumbled back "Are you done with the sarcasm?"

Hiro tapped his chin in mock thought and said "Hmmmm uhhhhhh eehhhhhhh no."

Tadashi rubbed his eyes as Aunt Cass called out, "Boys dinners ready!"

Hiro raised an eyebrow "Welp you heard her."

With that said he pulled away and went inside leaving Tadashi to pull off the hat and stare at it again. "I just don't get it."

He was tempted to chuck it in a corner and forget about it but after a slight hesitation he placed it back on his head and went inside.

Hiro looked at the ground warily being quite sure it didn't look that far away when he first climbed into the tree he was now struggling to get down from. He

thought he'd seen Baymax flying overhead and had scrambled up as fast as he could to call to him but by the time he had a decent view the figure was gone.

This left him back at square one again. He sighed and dangled his legs each side of the branch feeling tired, scratched up and at a loss what to do next. He'd

been practically over half the city and found no trace of Baymax and nobody had seen him either. As the night was getting colder he knew he'd have to give up

his search until tomorrow morning at least.

That didn't sit right with Hiro as he knew that Baymax's battery would be getting low and who knew what kind of trouble the big guy could get into in his

deflated state. Hiro swung down and onto the ground barely jarring his teeth as he landed and stretched his arms as his stomach rumbled.

Well one perk about going home was Aunt Cass was bound to have something delicious to eat. That was of course if Tadashi hadn't fed it to Mochi first which

he actually did once. He claimed it was an accident and he only meant to tease Hiro by hiding it away but Mochi was not to know that and took great pleasure

in licking his lips at Hiro for hours afterwards.

Tadashi of course gave Hiro half his meal in apology and also his dessert which was a bigger portion than Hiro's original one because Aunt Cass had a strict

'don't give Hiro too much sweet stuff' rule which Tadashi backed up anyway. Not that night though and Hiro grinned at the memory of the following energy

burst he had which lasted well into the next day. Sometime during those bouncy hours he had ended up making a toaster that you could pour cake mix into

and get an instant toast size slab of cake in five minutes.

This was dubbed the 'Cakester' as it also had icing and sprinkle features so with a push of a button it would have the cake slab insta-iced. Needless to say the

'Cakester' was put away unless it was a special occasion or Aunt Cass had slipped back into stress eating.

Hiro shoved his hands into his pockets trying to remember which way was the fastest to get home when a big meaty hand grabbed his shoulder.