Once they all settled down in the cafe, Emi looked at Tadashi. "Hey, we should look at that box now." "Box? What box?" Fred asked before Tadashi even had a chance to respond. "This old lady came up to us while you guys were getting your drinks and gave us this box that looks like its made out of obsidian pieces layered like scales with gemstones of all kinds decorating it on top of that." She explained.
"Whoa!" Fred's eyes widened. "That's so awesome! It's like something out of a comic book! Do you think it could have magical properties?!" "maybe. Tadashi and I both felt a kind of aura radiating off of it." Emi explained. "Show them Tadashi. Maybe we can figure out what it is." "I'm still not sure if we should open it," Tadashi answered hesitantly. "I mean, we don't know what we're dealing with here-what if it's cursed or something?" "You do know that you're talking crazy right now, right?" Wasabi said in a slightly disbelieving voice. "There is no such thing as magic!" "Shun the nonbeliever!" Fred retorted, sticking his tongue out at the other young man.
Emi grinned. "Sorry Wasabi but I agree with Fred. But back to the actual conversation, that makes since to be wary of it but it's better to try to figure out what it is so that we can take care of it properly." "If it's potentially magical, doesn't that mean it could be dangerous, and if that's the case shouldn't we be trying to get rid of it?" GoGo answered, popping her gum a little nervously. Emi shrugged. "Probably but we can't just throw it in a river or something." she replied. Baymax had joined them after a while and listened.
Mochi snuck into the room and saw something shiny in Tadashi's bag and leapt up and pounced on the bag, knocking the box out since it was on top. It fell open once it hit the ground and a stone rolled out and rolled on the floor before stopping and falling flat. Emi stared at it. "Well...That's one way of figuring that out..." she said and stood up and came over to Mochi who was trying to play with it. "It's... a rock," Tadashi said, blinking in surprise and finding this development rather anticlimactic. "See, what did I tell you?" Wasabi huffed, folding his arms over his chest. "It's not magic, someone was just putting you on!"
Mochi touched his nose the rock curiously and it started glowing a soft orange color, almost the same shade as his orange fur. Emi stared in amazement and bent down and carefully picked it up away from mochi's swatting paws. It shifted colors, from soft light orange to more of a foxy red orange. Her eyes widened in amazement and she felt strangely calm when she held it. She drew her gaze away and looked at the others.
Okay, possibly magic glowing rock? Not good. Not good at all. Panicking, Tadashi pulled it out of Emi's hands, only for it to start glowing a dark orange color. As soon as it's in his hands, he has the strange urge to keep holding onto it, but he forced himself to let it go, dropping it back into the box. "Okay, nobody else touch that thing!" he cried, not sure what exactly had just happened but seriously worried.
"But dude, it's not doing anything!" Fred complained, leaning forward and poking the rock, causing it to change to green. "Yeah, it's just a dumb glowing rock," GoGo added, rolling her eyes as she also picked the rock up, the stone changing to black and white spotted. "There is nothing dangerous about it." "Guys, stop it!" Tadashi shouted, freaking out as Honey Lemon, giggling, took the stone from GoGo, causing it to glow a warm yellow color. "We don't know what it does! We could all be cursed!"
"Tadashi, I hate to say it, but I really think you're overreacting," Hiro said, rolling his eyes as he takes his turn in examining the rock, which switched to midnight black. "This is obviously just someone pranking you, and you need to chill." It somehow made it into baymax's hands and it glowed a pale skin tone like color. He wasn't sure what to do with it. Emi watched. "Hiro's right," Wasabi agreed, grabbing the stone from Baymax and holding it teasingly out towards Tadashi as it turns a deep turquoise. "We've all held it, and nothing's happened. Someone was just putting you on, and there's no reason for you to be freaking out!"
Mochi got onto the table and leapt at Wasabi's hand, succeeding in knocking it to the hard floor and the sound of it shattering filled the room. They all felt a wave of energy rush past them. Emi gasped and slightly stumbled back. "What... the heck... was that?" Tadashi asked quietly-if he hadn't been freaked out before, he definitely was now. Emi bent down and carefully scooped up the shattered colorless stone glass. It was cold and emtpy feeling. She placed them into the box and picked up the box, setting it on the table. "I...I don't know. The remains feel different than what it was a moment ago..."
Tadashi looked nervously around at the others. "O-okay..." he said slowly. "I... Hopefully we'll all be all right and nothing happened. But everyone-if you start to feel anything weird or notice anything out of the ordinary, I want you to let me know right away." "What good would that do?" GoGo snarked, popping her gum in a nervous way. "I-I'm not sure, exactly, but at the very least Fred and I will be able to get on researching to see if there's some counter-curse or whatever," Tadashi answered, trying not to sound as worried as he felt. "If nothing else, we need to stick together no matter what happens, okay?"
Emi nodded. "I could also ask my parents about it over the phone. They might be able to help too." Emi said. "Any help we can get," Tadashi agreed with a firm nod before looking at the others, who were honestly looking slightly freaked out. "Hopefully we're all fine and that stone wasn't magic," he quickly hurried to add. "But still... Just be careful." Emi nodded. "I'll let you guys know what they find out." She said picking up the box. A little while later Emi had talked to her parents about the box and stone and they told her they'd look into it.
(BTW Emi's parents may or may not be super famous scientists that also secretly work for S.H.E.I.L.D...XD Also cookies if you can name Fred's reference! R&R! Thanks again!~Rachel)