Protector

Chapter 8

Night had soon fallen upon San Fransokyo and Hiro still remained sitting against the wall. He looked down at the ground, his neck was starting to hurt but he was too tired to lift it up. He couldn't see or hear anyone else, he figured that Taffy was still knocked out cold and Eyes was probably getting ready to kill him.

He froze as he felt a vibration against his thigh, he remembered when he had left the hospital to go and save Aunt Cass. He remembered stuffing his phone into his hoodie pocket and because of all that was going on with him being kidnapped he must have forgotten all about it. He frowned, it was going to be a challenge trying to get his phone since his hands were tied behind his back but he had to try.

He held down the right side of his hoodie with his left hand as he twisted his body, he tried to push his right hand into the right side pocket and cursed quietly when he missed. The muscle in his left arm started to get sore as he gripped the edge of his hoodie. After a few tries he then finally stuffed his hand into his pocket and gripped the phone.

He sighed quietly in relief as he pulled out the phone carefully. He held it by his hip and opened up the text messages. He smiled when he saw Gogo's name pop up.

:Hiro are you alright?

It took a minute for him to type out his sentence because of his awkward position but was able to type out the text.

:Yeah I'm alright how's Aunt Cass?

:She's fine, we're all so worried about you, do you know where you are?

:I don't know the location but I think I'm in some type of abandoned factory

:We'll look around, Hiro, please stay safe

:I'll try

He bit his lip gently before typing in the rest of the text.

:I love you

:I love you too Hiro

He smiled, but that smile soon faded as he heard a metal door open. He shuffled to get his phone back into his pocket and decided to give up and just hold it behind his back as he saw Taffy walk into the room.

She rubbed the side of her head that got hit and groaned as she grabbed a water bottle that sat on the table. She looked over at Hiro before taking a gulp of water.

"Did you see what happened?"

He nodded, "Yeah, your sister hit you in the head with a crowbar."

She frowned, "That wouldn't be the first time," she then sighed gently as she grabbed another bottle and walked over to him. She knelt down to his level and handed out the bottle, "Are you thirsty?"

He eyed her suspiciously, "A little."

She undid the bottle cap and held the bottle up to Hiro's lips; he drank some and soon pulled away. She put the cap back on and went back to set it on the table.

"I'm not like my sister you know."

"Really? You both seem pretty insane to me. Both of you are kidnapping and murdering innocent people."

"I don't kill, that's my sister's job. Personally I hate blood; it's such a dark and depressing color, it always reminds me of my father and how he-"she paused and looked down at the table.

Hiro shook his head slowly, "If that's the case, why don't you just leave your sister?"

"Because if I leave now she'll hunt me down and do who knows what to me."

"Ok then why did you join her to begin with?"

"She was and is the only family I have. I was young at the time and so naive that I didn't see the signs that she was a little crazy, by the time I put together the pieces it was too late."

There was a moment of silence as Hiro processed the whole thing, "So you're the good guy?"

She shook her head, "No, I'm still a bad person for helping my sister, and believe me when I say that I regret ever helping her. But I'm too scared to fight her; I'm scared that she'll kill me."

He nodded, "You're not the only one."

She turned her gaze to him and eyed his small body, she took a deep breath before asking, "Was Tadashi nice?"

He just stared at her with widened eyes, "W-What?"

"Tadashi, my sister told me that he was your brother, was he nice?"

Hiro nodded, "Yeah, he was one of the nicest people I know. My parents died when I was little and he was always there for me, he was my role model, he meant a lot to me, he did to everyone."

Taffy brushed a lock of her hair behind her ear, "Oh, well, I'm sorry for what happened to him."

"Yeah, I am to."

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"He said that he thinks he's in an abandoned factory."

"Do you realize how many abandoned factories are in San Fransokyo?" Wasabi questioned with his arms crossed.

"Yeah Wasabi, that's why we're all splitting up," Gogo growled.

"Wait, what do you mean by 'we're', you're not thinking about coming with us are you?" Honey Lemon questioned with a puzzled look.

"Gogo this mission is dangerous, you were in an accident you need to stay here," Aunt Cass said as she rested her hand on Gogo's shoulder.

She just scoffed, "Oh please, I've been in this stupid building for about a week now and I feel fine. I'm coming with you and that's final."

"Aw yeah!" Fred said as he nudged Wasabi in the arm.

"Be quiet Fred," Wasabi said rolling his eyes as Gogo stood to her feet.

She grabbed her phone and turned to them, "Alright, let's go suit up."

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! ^^. Comments are always helpful and thanks for reading.:)