When Stars Collide, a BH6 x Dr Who crossover

Chapter Six: Awake

Hiro couldn't help but feel comfortable for the first time in what felt like forever. He was warm. His headache had lessened significantly. And his belly was full, without being too full. That, and he felt a sense of contentment he hadn't felt in a while.

His world swam before him in hazy colors, more like abstract shapes than anything. At least it wasn't memories of tragic things this time, he mused. It was almost as if he had control over his own dreams this time, which was a nice change.

He thought about the first time he and Baymax had flown. That had been truly mind blowing. He'd been a bit scared of the idea, especially when Baymax seemed to start out awkwardly. But then his robotic friend had surprised him by showing off some serious flying skills, making him wonder if the robot hadn't done the initial splutters on purpose.

Despite that, it had still been amazing to fly over the water, making it spray up in waves who knew how tall. Then to fly over the San Fransokyo Bridge, and all over the city like Superman had been unlike anything else he'd experienced. It was amazing, even though he'd almost peed his pants a couple of times.

He smiled slightly in his sleep, rolling onto his side. Subconsciously, he could still feel the oxygen mask over his face, probably more of a precaution than necessity. Baymax did tend to worry. At least they'd helped him out of his gear before he'd fallen asleep, otherwise things would have been far less comfortable.

Hiro laughed a bit as he dreamed about his friends' first attempts to use their gear. As cool as it had been, it had also been really entertaining to watch them get used to the idea of what everything could do. Part of him was already thinking up ways to improve on the original designs.

Then his dream changed and he found he was no longer in control of it.

They were back on the island, in the control room of the facility there. He still couldn't quite remember what had alerted them to the presence of the masked man, but he turned as the giant hunk of cement came crashing towards them. Baymax managed to block it just in time, but most of his team went down on their knees from the impact.

Hiro was just about ready to get back on his feet when his ears began to buzz again. It wasn't quite the same, but it still hurt and he went to his knees, hands to his head as he cried out.

.............................

"Stop!" Rose called out, hearing Hiro's cry of pain.

The Doctor immediately stopped fiddling with the piece of slag, turning his sonic screwdriver off. On a whim, he'd decided to test out the properties of the metal. The setting he'd chosen had made the metal hum at a high frequency.

No more than a few seconds after the screwdriver's hum began to change, Hiro had curled back into fetal position, his hands over his ears, eyes still closed, as he cried out.

Baymax shuffled to the boy's side as quickly as he could. "Oh no," he intoned.

"Doctor!" Rose called out again, her voice frantic.

Taking a moment to understand what his companion meant, the Doctor's eyes lit up in comprehension. "Oh! Right!" He changed the setting on the device and sent off the same pulse he'd used earlier.

Without any real warning, Honey Lemon almost dropped to the floor as the high frequency wavelength hit her ears. She went to a crouch as she covered her ears against the sound, though it still seemed to vibrate through her brain like a jackhammer had gone off in her head.

"The connection has been severed," Baymax observed as he checked the boy's vitals. His shoulders seemed to sag in relief. "There does not appear to be as intense a reaction this time."