Hello! This is going to be one of my first fanfictions in a few years. I found the idea of a crossover really fun, so I put my characters from an original story into the Big Hero 6 world. The character I'm bringing over into this story is my main character, Alice. She has her own story in the works, which has yet to be posted.
So... Let's start this.
Exams were without a doubt the worst thing about university.
On top of the SFIT professors hounding for their students to keep up their personal projects, they expected them to do group robotics assignments', study for exams, write term papers and go to class. It was no wonder by this point that a majority of the students lived in their labs.
Tadashi was on his third day of non-stop school work and he was looking like a mess. Unshaven face, bed head and a slight case of B.O was the least of his problems. He typed furiously away at his keyboard, determined to have the last of his papers done before the stroke of 7. As the words on the screen became blurry, he stopped and leaned back, rubbing his eyes. He had been at this for what seemed like hours, he just wanted it to be over. Turning his attention away from the computer, he looked at the large robotic blue prints he had pinned to the wall facing him. He had started a skeleton and coding, but most of it lay in pieces on the ground. He knew what he wanted to make the moment he joined SFIT, but with school getting in the way, it was getting harder and harder to work on his project.
"Don't you worry, buddy. I'll get back to you as soon as I'm done," He said with a small smile, cracking his knuckles. "Just a few more paragraphs and the conclusion… and the bibliography…" He trailed off as he went over his work. It was going to be another long, long day.
With what seemed like hours that passed by, Tadashi let out a cry of victory as he hit the send button on the laptop. After proofreading his paper three times, he finally had the perfect thesis and polished off, as well as editing the title to not say "Last fucking paper of my life yaaaaaaaaaaas" to something a little more professional. He was proud of himself, he pretty much finished in record time. At least that's what he thought until he actually looked at the clock.
"You're kidding me. It's nine o'clock?!" He groaned, covering his face with his hands. Peeking through his fingers to his phone, he saw the texts from his friends. It had been close to four days since he had seen them in person, their texts telling him to leave to lab and go home for the night. Wasabi even texted him a list of health food stores by the university so he could eat.
Shutting down his laptop, Tadashi decided to take his friend's advice. Instant ramen could only fill a man for so long before he's ready to eat his own shirt. Grabbing his bag from off the floor, he walked over to his unfinished robot and placed a hand on its head. "I'll come back in the morning. See you then, buddy," He said, patting it before turning to the door. Reaching put for the handle, the door was pulled open by a familiar face.
"Ah, Professor Callaghan," Tadashi said in surprise, standing up straight. "I was just heading out."
"Off to the medical lecture you asked me to sign you up for?" The professor inquired, a knowing grin on his face as Tadashi dead panned. "It's in hall C, room 812." He chuckled as he watched the older Hamada ran feverishly out of the labs to the other half of the campus.
Tadashi stumbled up the step to the lecture hall and turned the corner so quick he went right into the wall. Recovering in record time, he dashed down the hallway, mentally reading the numbers until he came to the right one. Shoving the doors open, he dragged himself to a nearby lecture table and collapsed, crumpled up like a paper ball on the floor. He understood why Fred liked lying down after he was out of his mascot suit, the tiles where cool and inviting. He almost didn't even care that he could hear the people behind him snickering; he just wanted to catch his breath… Maybe close his eyes for a moment… It would be fine, he'd be up and ready to go in no time.
But when it rains, it pours. He didn't even get even get five minutes before a loud slap on the table above woke him from his delirium. Tadashi awoke with a start, jumping up and narrowly missing whacking his head on the tabletop. He quickly sat down in the seat next to him, staring at who or what awoke him.
Standing by the table next to his was a tall Native American woman in a lab coat, her right arm in a sling. She wore dark blue skinny jeans and what looked like a blac, sleeveless turtleneck under her coat, while her long hime styled hair was lazily thrown into a bun.
On the table was a large metal case, about the size of a guitar. He safely assumed that was what woke him up. Digging into his own bag, he pulled out his laptop as the woman stood in front of the class. She smiled before speaking.
"Good evening, I'm Alice Lore," She began, looking around the class slowly as if to meet everyone's eye. "As you may know, I've been brought here for the next few months to continue and expand on my research in robotics. Some of you may know me from my medical papers published on artificial intelligence," She continued, idly walking around the classroom.
Tadashi recognized the name. His coding for his robot required for it to think on its own and during his own research, he had read over her reports. She expanded on the idea of robots working in the medical field and a possibility for an advanced AI would be used for grieving parents. He watched as she walked over to his table and opened the large case, pulling a set of colored balls out. What in the world was this going to be used for?
"Since my publishing, I've moved into a different field. Can I get a volunteer to give me a hand?" She asked, stepping back from the tabletop. The class was almost silent, a slight murmur as students leaned over to their friends to whisper. Alice stood patiently and waited for a moment. A look of annoyance crossed her face and she began to speak before Tadashi held up his hand.
"See? It wasn't that hard," She said pointedly to the rest of the class as Tadashi got up and stood beside her. She was very tall, a mere centimeter off Tadashi's 6'0. "Thank you, sleeping beauty," She said with a chuckle, walking over to her desk. Tadashi stumbled over himself, following after her.
"I am so, so sorry. I didn't mean to…" He started, before being promptly cut off. "It's alright, Mr…?" She looked at him skeptically, waiting for a reply.
"Hamada. Tadashi Hamada," He replied, adjusting his shirt. This was a first; he expected to be reamed out… or maybe she was waiting for his guard to be down before she laid it on him. "I want you to stand over there and throw those balls at me," She stated assertively, turning him around and shoving him back towards the balls. He stared at her, confused by what was going on as he walked over and picked them up.
"Alright, Hamada. Throw them," She said with a grin. Tadashi glanced up at the others behind them, all of them watching him worriedly. "Today, Hamada." He took a breath, tossing them to her.
With a flick of her wrist, she ripped off her sling and the class collective gasped. Her entire right arm, all the way up past the shoulder blade was a full robotic prosthetic and to their amazement, her robotic hand caught the balls. Tadashi almost swore as Alice chuckled loudly and began to juggle them, clearly having fun. Everyone got out of their seats and walked over to where Tadashi stood, trying to get a better look as she walked around.
"You can all guess what I went into," She smiled, tossing the balls to a nearby student. "So… who wants to learn just how this piece works?" A loud cheer erupted from the class as she motioned for them to come closer.
"Hamada, give me a hand," She said, having him stand beside her. "Hold out your hands for a second." Doing as he was told, she held her arm out above him. Alice reached behind her shoulder blade and after a set of beeps and clicks, the arm dropped off into his hands. He had to readjust himself due to the weight, examining the arm as quick as he could.
"As you can see here, the limb connects to me via this port," She explained, showing them the metal connection line incased in her shoulder. "These wires and valves connect to my nerve ends, which clearly you can't see at the moment, and it relays commands sent by the brain to this little piece here," She continued, pointing out a section of the inner arm. As Alice continued her lecture and presented the makings and workings of the arm, Tadashi took mental notes on everything he could remember, including how the procedure was exceedingly painful to undergo.
"Now as this class is just a trial-run, I don't expect any of you to create one of these. I do expect to see you all showing me the best coding and machinery handling the school has to offer," She replied, taking back her arm. With a bit of difficulty, she reattached the arm with a sickening crack and started a few basic hand movements to insure it all worked. The students began gossiping amongst themselves as she did a few more arm stretches.
"If you don't want us to make them, then what is this class for? It's only a month long, how to you expect us to learn anything?" A male student chirped in.
"You'll be repairing and coding limbs for our future patients," Alice replied, tapping a triangle piece on her wrist. It flipped around and shone a bright light before it settled and projected a hologram of seven different people, all missing one or two limbs.
"These people here have completed all the trails and have their correspondence pieces attached to them already. What you are going to be doing to assisting me in completing and working out the kinks of these new limbs." As the class began talking excitedly, Tadashi could only think of one thing.
This would help a lot of people and if he used what he learned to his advantage, Baymax would be even more equipped to be the greatest nursing robot.