The Modern Four

Chapter 40

Hiro knew the truth. He knew that Violet had been kidnapped, and he knew that she was in distress. But, he couldn't yet tell his friends, because he knew how they'd react. Penny would cry- he knew she would cry- and he didn't want to see her cry. Wilbur... Wilbur would go after her. Wilbur would risk life and limb to find her. This, this was dangerous. He had to let them known in the right way. He had to make a plan. He paced his room, looking around at his things, trying to come up with a plan. He groaned loudly, flopping down on his bed.

"...Are you okay?" Tadashi asked from high side of the room, taking his earbuds out. Hiro sighed. He forgot his brother was in the room too.

"You're not supposed to be here." He said, sitting up. He couldn't concentrate with his brother in the room, and he definitely couldn't tell his brother about the fact that one of his best friends had been kidnapped, because he knew for a fact that he would freak out and call the police, or at least call aunt Cass. Not that any normal person wouldn't. In fact, if Hiro didn't know why this was happening to friend, he'd be calling the police as well. But he knew all too well what his friend got herself into.

Tadashi raised an eyebrow. "Uh, it's my room too, bro. I'm allowed to be here whenever I want."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." He rolled his eyes and groaned. Tadashi laughed.

"You are pathetic." Tadashi grinned, then stood, walking over to Hiro's bed.

"What're you doing? Get away." Hiro crossed his arms. Tadashi smirked, and lifted his younger brother off the bed, holding him upside down.

"Hey! Ow! Knock it off!" Hiro yelled, trying to reach up and hit Tadashi. Tadashi laughed and then stopped when he Baymax heard from the corner.

"Hello, I am Baymax. Your personal healthcare companion. I was activated by the sound of distress. What seems to be the problem?" Baymax said, tilting his head and waddling over to Hiro. Hiro sighed.

"We're good Baymax, we don't need you. Just Tadashi being a-"

"Don't say it. And also, that's not gonna get him to go away." Tadashi smirked, letting Hiro down not so gently.

"OW!" Hiro yelled, glaring at Tadashi and rubbing his ankles, which Tadashi held him by.

"On a scale from one to ten, how would you rate your pain?" Baymax asked.

"Non-existent." Hiro said, rolling his eyes. "I'm fine, deactivate."

"I cannot go away until you say 'I am satisfied with my care. I shall now scan for injuries."

"No need, bay-"

"Scan complete. You have a minor pain on your ankle. Take an aspirin and it shall go away." Baymax said, and from his chest out popped an aspirin and a glass of water. Hiro stood up and took it, glaring at Tadashi once again. Then, he realized something that caused him to drop his glass.

"Wait a minute... Baymax, who have you scanned?" He said, looking over at Baymax.

Tadashi raised an eyebrow. "He's programed to scan anyone he comes in contact with. Why do you ask?"

"So you're saying that he's probably scanned all my friends?" Hiro asked excitedly.

Tadashi furrowed his eyebrows. "I mean, yeah, probably. Why? I mean, what's the big deal?" Tadashi asked, looking at his little brother.

"Nothing! I uh- I'll be in the garage. I- have something to work on." Hiro said, pulling on his shoes and grabbing his phone.

"I can help, I have nothing to do."

"No! I mean- no. That's okay. I don't need any- I don't want any help. But uh... can I borrow your robot?"

Fifteen minutes later, and Hiro and his friends had gathered in the garage. Hiro could see that this was taking a toll on his friends. Penny's eyes were red and puffy, like she'd been crying. She probably had been. Wilbur just looked mad. He frowned, his arms crossed.

"What are we doing here, Hamada. We should be out looking, not standing in some garage." Wilbur asked, glancing around the room.

Hiro rolled his eyes. "Listen, just give me a minute, and you will totally understand why I've called you here today. So, I'm just gonna cut right to the chase. Violet's missing and we have to find her before the police do anything." He paused for a minute and bit his lip. "Or our parents. It's a real possibility that they'll stop letting us go out. So we have to figure this out... and probably tell Violet's parents what happened, and-"

"No. We can't tell them about this. They'll tell our parents and then we're screwed." Wilbur said firmly, glaring at Hiro.

"Maybe we should tell them. I mean, what if they know how to help her. They are superheroes... I mean, they'd understand, right?" Penny spoke up, sniffling.

Hiro shook his head. "You didn't let me finish. I have a way to find her." He said, giving it a minute to sink in.

"You what?" Wilbur said, his expression changing. "Find her then. Now!" He said, deadly serious.

"I- I can't. Not yet. Baymax isn't properly equipped with-"

"I don't want to hear any sciencey junk." Only he didn't say junk. Hiro gulped.

"Baymax scanned her. Baymax can find her, but first, I have to find a way to get him to scan everywhere at once, to locate her. So, I'm gonna give him wings. But we can't have our parents stopping us. So we have to go to Violet's parents and tell them that we can find her, so long as they tell our parents everything is okay." He said quickly, running his hands through his hair.

Wilbur's eyes widened, and his expression turned slightly softened.

"We... we can find her." He whispered, more to himself than anyone else.

Penny looked over at Wilbur and gave him a hug. "We can do this." She said, giving him a watery smile.

"Not just can. We will." Hiro said confidently, smiling at his friends. "Well, what're we waiting for? Let's go tell the Parr's."