At the Sanfransokyo Institute for Robotics many different projects were taking place to prepare for the big final assignment that would need to be completed in less than two weeks. Since Fred didn't need to do such subjects he was currently lounging around in possibly one of the noisiest rooms that the institute had to offer.
"But Sound Hound! Just think of what a hover board could do!" Fred groaned from his sofa set up to a side of the room out of the way from all of the easily breakable equipment.
Sound Hound sighed as she looked to one of her friends turning the heavy metal music coming from the stereo off, "Fred you know what a hover board would take right?" She asked with a sly look.
The young woman, affectionately known as Sound Hound, was a native to the large city and had grown up learning from the best about robotics and engineering. Light brown hair was tied back in a messy knot and a light scattering of the too far gone hair was seen poking out from all sides. Her slightly rounded face gave way to the light dusting of oil and rust which coated any part of her body which came into contact with her work or her times dumpster diving in the scrap bins outside of the building.
The man shrugged, "I don't know, but if there's anyone around here that could make it happen it would be you. You or Honey Lemon either way."
Sound Hound blushed as she grabbed one of her projects shaped like a small disc and held it up to a small black board just above Fred's head. The man shrugged into himself as she let the device send out a large pulsing and sighed when it soon stopped and walked over to a computer in front of the window.
"Damn, still not powerful enough to knock a man down," The woman growled as she threw the device to Fred after looking over all of the readings, "Hold this would you."
Fred shook his head as he began looking at the object, "Why do you want it to be able to knock a man down? I can't be that bad."
"If you actually knew about any of our work you would know we have to choose either police, ambulance or firefighters and create a device made to assist. And being the idiot that I am," Sound Hound said turning to Fred as she was walking back to her workshop, "I decided to make a device to help the good men and women of law enforcement. Besides, I know a lot more easier ways to get rid of you."
Fred shook his head as he began throwing the thing that he had been given in the air repetitively, "So do you want to take your mind off of it?"
Sound Hound sighed as she put down the few parts that she had been working with, "Sure. What did you have in mind?"
Fred shrugged as he sat up, "Well the gang and I were going to be hanging out with Hiro at his aunt's shop. You up for it?"
Sound Hound shook her head, "I'll pass. I have to do this, and the others shouldn't even be doing that. They have to do their work."
"What don't you like about Hiro? He's a cool kid," Fred asked.
Sound Hound shrugged as she pulled out a cardboard box from under the desk of her workshop and began putting in random items from the benchtop, "I knew Tadashi and he was a great guy, but you know that I need a person to come up to me and have the first interaction. I can't be introduced like a pet," Sound Hound grumbled unhappily.
"You'd think with a guy like your dad you'd be used to new people by now," Fred remarked absentmindedly as he stumbled to catch the disc that he almost dropped.
Sound Hound shook her head, "Well you were the last new person to meet and look how well that left me?" Sound Hound said as she turned to look at her, "I have a bum of a rich friend who likes living on my couch because he likes the fun of living the simple life," She joked friendly.
Fred shrugged as he stood up and leaned by the door, still holding the thing that Sound Hound had given him to hold onto, "It's better than my place. Besides I get to annoy Wasabi whenever I come over."
Sound Hound sighed as she grabbed her box heaving it up under her arm and walking towards her friend, "Come on genius. If we get the next metro to my place I'll see what I can do about this hover board of yours."
"Sound Hound, have I ever told you how much I love you?" Fred asked grinning from ear to ear.
"Well if you grab my satchel I'll know how much I'll love you," She grinned as she walked out the door with Fred hot on her heels with her bag and the device which was softly glowing as the room went dark when the door closed behind the two.
The two began walking down towards the open space made for the rest of the students who didn't have as disruptive or as dangerous projects as what the students with their own rooms had, which included Sound Hound. She was however in possibly both categories and a third unnamed category and generally unknown one known as the 'amount of donations parents give to further their children's learning'.
It was pack up time and everyone that Sound Hound and Fred had been looking for had left for the day which made Sound Hound feel slightly down at the prospect of being home alone again. That's when she remember Fred. She sighed and shook his head as she walked past him, "Come on Freddy. If you want your hover board we need to get to work now."
A/N - Great! Now I've signed my life away with another OC story. Good thing people don't read this type of stuff otherwise I would feel bad for never updating -Grins- Seriously though, if you like leave a review so I can feed the hamsters turning the gears in my head XD