Welcome to the planet
Hiro swallowed, hard.
Welcome to existence
He was still shaking slightly as he lifted his helmet, but he steadied himself, taking a deep breath.
Everyone's here
He looked around at his team, wondering.
Everyone's here
Go Go with that steely determination in her eye. Wasabi big and tall and not showing a trace of that once crippling fear.
Everybody's watching you now
Fred clutching the head of his suit, uncharacteristically quiet, a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth. Honey gazing at him with her hazel eyes understanding and hopeful.
Everybody waits for you now
And Baymax, steady and constant as a beacon on the sea, looking down at him with what almost felt like love.
What happens next?
Hiro was tired. He was confused, he was afraid, and he was terribly shaken.
What happens next?
But they had a job to do, and they were going to do it. And do it right.
I dare you to move
He put the helmet on.
I dare you to move
He tugged it over his shaggy hair, feeling the now-familiar weight slide onto his head.
I dare you to lift yourself up off by the floor
He adjusted it, shifting it so it sat straight, feeling the scratched material under his fingertips.
I dare you to move
He blinked through the visor, shaking mussed his hair out of his eyes.
I dare you to move
He looked out once more at his friends, heart throbbing in his chest.
Like today never happened
And then he set his jaw, refocusing his thoughts into one single goal, ready once more to lead his team.
Today never happened before.
"So, what are we waiting for?"
~~~
Welcome to the fallout
They burst out of the garage into an incongruously sunny day, silent and purposeful.
Welcome to resistance
As they'd practised so many times before, they clambered onto Baymax, each taking his or her assigned place: Hiro, Honey, and Go Go on top, the other boys both safe in a giant robotic fist.
The tension is here
The robot rose into the air, his passengers clinging on tight, until they hovered kilometres above the city in miniature.
The tension is here
Knuckles white, Hiro grit his teeth in the face of the powerful winds, thoughts churning.
Between who you are
Here he was. Just a scrawny fourteen-year-old boy with a bigger brain than most. Just a kid who was bitter and angry and up to now had had more power than was good for him.
And who you could be
But things were right again. He had a team by his side and a best friend in the robot he rode. He could be more than the boy who only hours ago had tried to kill a man.
Between how it is
Because now they were after Callaghan not for revenge. They were going to save innocents. To help people.
And how it should be.
Just like Tadashi had wanted to do.
~~~
Maybe redemption has stories to tell
They landed on the top of the Krei Tech building and alighted, steel in their eyes, fire in their hearts. None of the team gave another thought to Hiro's earlier meltdown. They were here and now, and they would stand with their friend no matter what the cost.
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Hiro couldn't keep a small smile from his lips as his team banded by his side. What had he ever done to deserve them?
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
On the roof of the building, looking over the crowds collected for Krei's opening speech, they planted themselves firmly: six heroes waiting to be needed.
Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go?
They weren't going anywhere.
Salvation is here
From the corner of his eye Hiro saw a dark, hulking, shifting mass move towards the stage. Callaghan.
I dare you to move
"Come on!" He leapt into action, running across the roof, closer to where the man had begun terrorizing the crowd, dispersing it in all directions.
I dare you to move
Go Go was first to follow, snapping her gum, wheels sending sparks up from the floor.
I dare you to lift yourself
Then Wasabi, face set hard, lighting up his blades as he charged across the building.
To lift yourself up off by the floor
Fred let out an involuntary whoop as he bounced behind them, a comical and yet formidable sight in his blue rubber suit.
I dare you to move
Honey put one hand on the strap of her purse, ready to receive her chemical concoctions, wedge heels flying across the cement.
I dare you to move
And finally came Baymax, lumbering but unstoppable.
Like today never happened
They were ready.
Today never happened before.
Your move, Callaghan.
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