Finding Hiro

Chapter 3

Hiro was really beginning to hate the police station, he had to tell them all he could remember about his da-Callaghan. Luckily Tadashi was allowed to stay in the room with him. The others had went home after unsuccessfully chasing after him. 

Hiro rambled off details only to bit his tongue before he mention the meeting. He hoped his da-Callaghan would take a hint and leave. 

 "Thank you for coming in, Hiro, we greatly appreciate it. We'll get him." The officer smiled sincerely. Hiro didn't say anything. All was quiet as the Hamada brothers hopped on Tadashi's moped. Tadashi had been switching focus between the road, his brother and possible going out with the team that night until he heard the murmur of his little brother. Pulling over, he turned to give his focus to his brother.

"What's going on, Hiro?" 

 "How can they be sure they'll get him?" Taking a shaky breath. "Dashi...Is it bad, that I just want him to disappear..."That threw Tadashi off. 

"Well, what do you mean disappear?"

 "I...I just want him gone, vanish, just run away and never appear in our lives again. I know Da-...Callaghan should go to jail but..." Feeling the tears well up in his eyes, Tadashi took no time to wrap his arms around his little brother. 

 "Hiro don't...don't push yourself, you thought he was your dad the past 12 years, he's been my idol for most of my life. If you still need to call him Dad, Aunt Cass and I will understand, I know you want him to just vanish but Hiro what if he tries to take someone else?Hiro hadn't thought about that, what if Callaghan did take someone else? He couldn't help but think about all their Father Son days, that stupid blueprint..."Hiro, it's time to get back to work." Had Callaghan kidnapped him because of that. 

"Dashi, when you and aunt cass were showing me photos last night, I remember seeing one of us fiddling with a bot."

 "Yea? You were a robotic protege..." 

"Did we ever meet Callaghan before I was taken?" 

 "Well yeah, he knew mom and dad, ...now that I think about it he was there, the day we put our first bot together. I was getting fustrated, so i went to get a drink and when I came back, you were halfway through. Dad expected it to take about a week but with us working together...we finished it by the time they came home. Callaghan was quite impressed was saying how once we finished school. Mom and dad should look into SFIT, but that was over 3 moths after that, that you were taken. Callaghan even sent flowers for their funeral so we had no really reason to think of him." Hiro now knew why he had been taken but what was so important about those blueprints? 

 "We'll go back to our lives, meet me at the old town center in two days at 2pm please come." Hiro had plan to ignore it and just hoped Callaghan would take a hint but if he was willing to take a kid, he would likely have no issue kidnapping, someone else. 

"Dashi, there's something I need your help..." 

 *Two Days Later* 

 "Ok, so the cops are stationed all over, the closest being the couple sitting on the bench over there, the team has spread themselves out too. GoGo is the only one in her suit in case, he tries to run...and Baymax will be right he-" 

 "Dashi, I'm gonna be fine. I trust you." It was true, he could feel it, Callaghan wasn't going to get him this time and yet he could not rid himself of the sinking feeling. "Now, you better go before he comes." Giving his brother a hug he turned away only to be pulled back into it. 

 "Last hug, Knucklehead. Remember, I'll be right over there in that cafe." Pointing to a small shop just across the way."Alright, keep your phone on." 

 "That goes for you too."o

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 Tadashi watched his little brother pace back and forth near the fountain. He admitted it was very unusual for Callaghan to be late, perhaps he was attempting to survey the area before moving in, it could be bad if Callaghan realized that not only were the cops there but his team. He was pulled from his train of thought, by the aroma of coffee permeating under his nose. 

 "I didn't order this..." 

 "It's from the woman over there." The waiter pointed to a young woman sitting with a group of women. She had short red hair, thin sunglasses covered her eyes and she wore a beria. She gave a seductive wave which cause the other women to giggle. 

 "Well tell her thank you." The waiter nodded, leaving Tadashi to look out the window once more. After a few minutes, Tadashi looked at his almost empty mug. (How did she know what I liked?) He wiped his head around to find his nightmare sitting beside him. "Callagha..." His body began to feel heavy. Darkness dance on edge of his vision. 

 "Oh Son," Callaghan's voice feeling far away almost echoing. "You don't look so good. Let's get you home." He could feel someone help him to his feet but had no strength to fight him. Even his mouth had went numb, forcing him to go along with Callaghan's fabricated lie."I'm sorry, my son had some work done at the dentist, the drugs really seem to be effecting him. I'm parked out back, do you mind?" 

 "Not at all." The waiter answered. 

 "Please let me help you." A feminine voice spoke. With his limited vision he saw strands of red.Tadashi felt himself thrown in the back of the van, trying to make sense of where he was. Feeling his phone vibrate in his pocket he attempted to reach it, of course with his movement was so sluggish Callaghan ripped his phone out of his hand. 

 "Thank you, Mr. Hamada, you'll be of great help." Tadashi finally could no longer keep his eyes open and everything went black. 

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 "Hiro, your pacing is causing your blood pressure to rise. I advise sitting down and taking deep breaths." Baymax stated but Hiro couldn't, one thing head a learned from years of living with his dad...Callaghan was more than punctual, he was pre-punctual. He never left less than a half an hour before a scheduled time. Looking up at the old clock, 2:15. He was already 15 minutes late. Something wasn't right. He looked around and saw all the cops, the team had scattered themselves around the square. Fred read a comic under the tree, while Honey Lemon jogged by for the 5th time. Wasabai had taken a farther away spot inside an old book store. Keeping close to the window. He turn to the cafe Tadashi had been sitting in only to see no one in the window. (Ok breathe, he probably went to the bathroom.) After a minute he decided to call his cell. After three rings he picked up. 

 "Dashi, geez don't scare me like that listen, I don't think he'll show up." 

 "Hello Hiro."He froze."What's the matter, Hiro didn't expect to hear from your old man?" 

"W...Where's my Brother?!" He was choking back tears. 

 "You mean Tadashi? Oh I found him at this cute little cafe. He didn't look so well, so I thought I'd give him a lift." 

 "Why are you doing this? I thought you were after me, Leave Dashi out of this!" He had started yelling at some point during their conversation because all his friends began to turn their heads. 

 "Oh Hiro, the plan was to bring you home but last not someone made me think, you have't worked with any tech this big before. Where as "Dashi" has been building a lot longer, not to mention, why wouldn't I use this to my advantage, I mean the leader of the Heroes of San Fransokyo?"Hiro paled. 

"H...How do you know that?!" There was nothing but silence until finally Callaghan's chilling voice came over the line. 

 "Tell the team hello from Yokai and the Fujitas." Then silence. The phone slipped from Hiro's grip to the ground. 

 "Hiro, Hiro!? What's going on?" Hiro looked up to find Tadashi's friends surrounding him including GoGo. 

 "GoGo!? You've gotta find them I...I don't know what kind of vehicle they're in but you gotta hurry!" 

"Hiro, please calm down. You are causing yourself to hyperventilate." Baymax added. 

 "Hiro, what's going on what's wrong?" 

 "Callaghan has Tadashi!"