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[ Liv Amara is lying. He can feel it in his gut, darnit, and he isn't going to let something like a false positive sway him from that. Because like heck Mr. Sparkles is behind the city suddenly filling up with monsters. That guy couldn't bio-tech his way out of a paper bag.

So when Baymax picks up a massive power surge from Sycorax while they're out on patrol, Hiro already knows what he has to do. Sneak in. Alone. Could he get help from the others? Probably, but they're (rightfully) a little bit skeptical of both Hiro's assumptions and his tendency to suggest sneaking in undercover, especially when his rivalry with Karmi is involved. Which - okay, fine, yes, it would be great to show up Liv's mentor as being a massive fraud, but it's not why he's here today.

He doesn't quite convince her to help him sneak in. That would have been smarter, probably, but it's much faster to have Baymax distract her while Hiro swipes her keycard. That gets him past the initial security and into the parts of the facility he's bypassed before. A few wires pulled here, a console override there, and he's descending deep into the facility. Past sublevel 9, down ... well, he's not sure which level he's on? The elevator indicates sublevel 10, but it's such a long drop past 9 that he's wondering exactly how big this level is. And what the hell even needs to be down this far into the ground.

When the elevator finally comes to a halt, Hiro carefully creeps out into the underground vault. It's almost completely dark down here, save for the occasional flicker from a distant panel. The ceiling is somewhere high overhead - he can't see it, though whether that's from distance or darkness, he can't tell. ]

Baymax? I made it in.

[ Static answers him. The portable scanner he brought still works, but he's so far underground that he can't get a strong enough signal to contact Baymax. Or anyone else. If there's a monster down here ... He swallows nervously, trying not to think about it. He can hide if he has to, right? There's a forest of cylinders down here. Some filled with liquid, some filled with god knows what else, but more than a few of them are empty. He could hide in one of those, right? Totally safe. Yep. Definitely a great idea coming down here ... ]

Keep it together, Hiro. You've got this. Amara's up to something, and I'm gonna find out what it is.

[ His scanner still detects an energy surge coming from the opposite side of the vault. Something hot and volatile? It isn't clear on what the energy is, just that it's massive. And that it matches what he scanned the other day. Whatever it is, he's going to come face to face with it real soon. ]

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Then I guess I won't show him.

Just us, all right?

... Fine. Just us. But you're gonna have to bribe me.

[He crosses his arms at that.]

All right, what's your cost, little man?

Show me some firepower, dude.

[ A pause. ]

If it doesn't hurt.

[A little chuckle.]

It doesn't hurt.

[He'll take a breath and raise one hand, getting a small bit of flame up. Easy and warm.]

[ Oh shit. Ohhhh shit. Hiro's eyes light right up. ]

Dude, that's amazing!

Yeah?

[He turns his hand this way and that, the flame staying on top no matter what.]

It's pretty handy. Like when it's dark.

And also lighting things on fire, dude.

[ He grins. ]

Bet I could make you a suit you could use it through.

A... suit.

[It's taking him a couple seconds to catch up. But when he does, his brows furrow together.]

I don't know if that's such a good idea.

Why not? You’d be a great superhero.

I-

I dunno. I kinda want to finish graduating, maybe?

You wanna go back to SFIT?

Well... Yeah?

[Should he not? Hiro's attitude has him questioning it himself. Maybe he shouldn't.]

No, dude, I mean - it's a great idea. Just uh. I mean, they kind of named a building after you.

They what?

[Whoa whoa whoa. Everything in his expression reads being caught off guard. Tadashi leans forward a little, hands gripping at his ankles.]

Why would they do that?

[ Hiro just stares back at him in return. ]

Because you died, Tadashi. You've been dead for a whole year.

[Tadashi goes perfectly still, but his hands grip tighter at whatever they landed on his legs and ankles.]

How has it been a year...

[He knows. He knows it's been a year, but hearing it from Hiro, seeing it in front of him... It doesn't hit right.]

I. I'm sorry.

[ Hiro just looks down at his feet at that. ]

I'm just saying. You should totally come back to SFIT, but ... It might be a little weird too.

Well... [He rubs at the back of his neck.]

Maybe we can try to make it not weird?

Well - I mean, yeah. I'll do my best. Promise.

[Tadashi's all relief hearing that, extinguishes the flame and relaxes.]

Thanks. I- I mean it.

...So you guys all really became superheroes, huh?

Dude, we have a secret hideout and everything.

Okay. You know I have to ask.

Where.

It's not secret if I tell you where it is.

[ A pause. ]

But I'll totally show you.

Fine, fine, keep your secrets.

Show me tomorrow. Because I'm definitely not going to have any energy left after we have dinner with Aunt Cass later. Sound good?

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