The building of Sycorax was metallic, green, and full of life as they entered. Employees were friendly as they greeted the touring students.
The trip had been split into two groups, and the gang was all there in Granville's.
"Wow." Honey Lemon looked around in the main lobby. "Sycorax is even more amazing than I imagined."
"And even cleaner than I imagined." Wasabi stared at his reflection on the floor. "And I imagined immaculate."
"Well they've gotta keep the place clean." Sara hummed.
"It's fine." Gogo stared at her reflection, she didn't appear to be impressed.
"Same." David nodded in agreement.
"Settle down students." Granville turned to the group. "Liv Amara pledged a fortune to the school. I expect best behavior."
As she said this, a security guard came in, with Hiro being dropped into the group.
"Ah. I know it said 'no photos' but… I didn't know it meant 'no photos.'" He weakly defended.
"Hmm." The dean raised an eyebrow. "I trust you will all be supportive of Karmi and her new internship."
"And Mika's..." David weakly added, the group gave slow nods.
"It's an internship, it-it's not a big deal." Hiro protested.
"You're right." Gogo pointed out. "It's a huge deal."
"Hiro." Honey Lemon walked up to him. "Are you feeling competitive with Karmi again?"
"What?" Curse his bad lying skills. He wasn't jealous or anything... But he was starting to feel like he was inferior. Maybe I am jealous but I'm not letting the others know that. "No I uh-"
"Grace!" The voice of Liv interrupted him. "Sorry to keep you waiting." She walked up to Granville. "I was stuck at a holo-conference. You know how tedious those are."
"It's quite alright Liv." Granville replied.
"Then let's get this tour started!" Liv beamed, she then gestured to the man next to her, "This is my assistant, Chris."
He was a handsome blonde with tanned skin and green eyes, wearing a green polo shirt. "Oh! Do the joke! Do the joke with my name."
"My Chris-sistant."
He and a few of the group chuckled. "She makes me laugh."
"We can tell." Sara giggled.
"Anyhoo." He started distributing name tags to each tour member. "Your name tags have been individually programmed to display your age, height, interests…"
"And names?" Wasabi raised an eyebrow.
"Of course, Roger." Chris winked at him as he handed Wasabi his name tag.
"He knows my name!" Wasabi squealed, clutching his name tag.
"Huh, Granville must've had them use our real names for the name tags." Gogo looked at hers, which had her birth name instead of her nickname. "Haven't heard someone call you by your real name in awhile."
"Yeah it was weird." Wasabi noted. "But cool!"
Hiro found himself rolling his eyes along with Sara, who was shooting glares at Chris for some reason. Don't tell me she's jealous too...
The tour continued as Liv narrated. "I don't see Sycorax as just another biotech company. Mother nature is an artist, and I see myself as her protege. Studying and even improving on her work."
"Inspiring." Granville commented as she looked around the lobby.
Liv walked up to one of the desks. "I favor a holistic approach to the work-life balance."
"Ooh that's cool." David beamed. "It's a great philosophy to have."
"Thank you." The CEO smiled. "In fact, right now, you're walking on biometric scanners which are linked to your name tags."
"So that's how they have information on us." Sara whispered to Hiro. "Must be great security too."
"You don't say?" He whispered back.
Liv demonstrated by gesturing to the floor, which lit up in a yellow circle. "Watch." She clicked her name tag.
"Liv Amara. Your readings are normal and healthy." The name tag read. "Have a great day."
Hiro looked to his name tag and frowned. Why did Karmi have to get an internship at such an innovative company?
The woman then gestured to the green tinted drones floating around. "You'll also notice these little guys flying by." A drone hovered to them and Chris opened it. "Employee lunches are made fresh. And delivered right to their desks."
"I sourced the ingredients myself." Chris whispered to Wasabi.
"Ooh!"
Just as they were about to continue the tour, an employee walked up to Liv. She had short black hair with a white streak going down in the middle, making it look like a skunk. "Pardon to interrupt you Ms. Amara." She sounds familiar... "But Nicole had found another leak in the pipes and wanted me to tell you."
"Hm." Liv frowned. "Another one?"
"Yeah." The woman clenched her teeth. "You might just want to replace the pipes if this keeps happening." Then she turned to the group, and Hiro already recognized her by
the sharp green eyes. "Hey gang."
Awkward silence...
"Hey Mika!" David was the first to greet her. "How is it at your internship so far?"
"Oh uh..." Mikan blushed. "It's not really an internship, more like a job..." Then she turned to Liv. "No offense ma'am."
"None taken."
"Did you get a haircut?" Hiro asked her.
"Oh?" A hand went to her black hair. "Yeah, I decided to dye my hair back to it's natural roots, and give it a cut. Y'know, new semester, new me."
"And her skunk-stripe is back." Sara dryly commented.
"Hey!" Mikan blushed. "So, you guys having fun on your tour?"
More awkward silence…
"Yeah, that's fair." She flinched, then turned to Granville. "You enjoy the rest of your tour, we at Sycorax make sure our visitors have the best time!"
"Thank you, Ms. Ferns."
Mikan chuckled, and went back to work.
Liv then continued with the tour. "Of course, we're proudest of our state-of-the-art gen-tech lab." She opened the door, and the group awed at the large and fancy lab.
Hiro walked into the lab in awe. "Th-this must belong to someone doing really important work."
"It does." He turned around to see-
"Maybe not that important." He glared at Karmi. Did she have to rub it in?
"Karmi, this is your lab?" Granville asked her, even the dean herself was impressed with the workspace.
"Oh, just temporarily." Karmi replied. "My real lab is being modified to my specs."
Hiro felt like shooting another snarky comment, but stopped when seeing how... happy Karmi was. It was rare for him to see Karmi in a good mood, mostly because they were always bickering, but he didn't want to wipe the smile on her face. "Good for you." He muttered.
"Uh, thanks." Karmi flashed him a small smile.
"We treat our interns well." Liv placed a hand on Karmi's shoulder, smiling. "Now let's keep this tour moving."
"Enjoy the rest of the tour."
Hiro then flashed Karmi a small smile. "Thanks, Ari says 'hi' by the way." She's probably gonna kill me after I told her I visited Sycorax today.
"Oh, glad she's doing alright."
"Bye." As he was about to catch up with the tour, Chris was in front of him.
"Ceviche?" He offered a bowl.
Behind him, Wasabi and Sara flashed thumbs up.
"Eh, why not."
Ferns and Nerds group chat:
Hiro Hamada: Fred we're on our way back from Sycorax, how are you and Baymax?
Fredzilla: Baymax and I are playing ping-pong
TheLittleMermaid: HIRO I AM GOING TO MURDER YOU WHEN I GET HOME
Hiro Hamada: GET BACK TO CLASS
TheLittleMermaid: I'M DONE ALL MY CLASSES
David Ferns: How were classes?
TheLittleMermaid: Not as hard as I thought. Rachel and a few other students helped me catch up, I'm already "popular"
Sienna Kline: What school are you going to?
Rachel Rosemary: Same school as me; Bridgeton
Sienna Kline: Oooh I used to go to Bridgeton, they had the best 'muses' there!
TheLittleMermaid: Cool! Maybe some of my classmates used to know you?
Sienna Kline: It's been 2 years since I graduated, maybe.
Sara Ferns: Tfw Ari is going to a better high school and you didn't.
Hiro Hamada: ^
Fredzilla: ^
David Ferns: ^
TheLittleMermaid: Now I feel bad : (, sorry guys for rubbing it in.
Hiro Hamada: Ari omg no
On the outskirts of the city, in an abandoned warehouse. Two robots were inside.
The small robot, pried open the crate his 'sister' was in. "Howdy and hello, T-Trina!" NBB whirred.
"Hey, Noodle." Trina greeted back, she was curled up in the crate, her head still severed. "Come on, help me put myself back together." Her body exited the crate, but without her head to see where she was moving, her body stumbled around.
"Can't complete that order now, big sis!" NBB told her. "I-I-I have to go home." He stammered.
Trina winced as a shrimp skittered from him and on top of her head. "What are you talking about?" She asked NBB.
"Home." He titled his head.
"Home is gone, father's gone." Trina stated. "And Mikan betrayed us so she could play 'family' with a bunch of softhearted pushovers!"
While stuck in the crate, all she could think about was how her big sister had betrayed their father. It fueled her metal heart with anger, she would get revenge on her and her "family" when she could.
"Not daddy or big sis' Mika's homes." NBB giggled, lifting Trina's head out of the crate and placing it on a table. "My real home! See ya around, later style!" And he bounced out of the warehouse.
"Wait! I need my body!" Trina called after him. She tried placing her head on her body, but she ended up falling on the table again.
The robotic teen groaned, revenge was a slow and painful journey.
When the gang had gotten back to the Robotics labs, Fred was of course chillin' with Baymax. He swiveled up to them from his chair as they entered.
"Hello." Baymax waved.
"Was Sycorax the coolest?" He questioned.
"It was incredible!" Honey Lemon answered.
"It was awesome." Sara hummed.
Wasabi chuckled. "Chris-sistant."
"It wasn't so great." Hiro stated, sitting on the ping-pong table.
"Uh, did you see his smile?"
"It wasn't that great..." Sara pointed out.
"It was perfect!"
"Wait a minute." Fred sniffed the air, he swiveled to Hiro. "Do I smell locally-sourced ceviche?"
"Yes." Hiro grumbled.
"Hiro's got Karmi issues." Honey Lemon explained.
"Again." Gogo added.
He sat up. "She got an internship, woo-hoo, when's the parade?"
"Tuesday." Baymax gestured to his screen, where an invitation played. "We have all just received invitations."
Everyone's phones chimed. "Yes!" Fred exclaimed, but noted Hiro's phone didn't chime. "Hard maybe."
Meanwhile...
"Huh." Ari looked at her phone. She was taking the bus home today, since it'd give her the excuse to spend more time with Rachel
Speaking of the scruffy brunette who was chatting to another student on the bus, she turned around. "What's the 'huh' for?"
"I just got an invitation to a party. From my antisocial buddy Karmi." She told her.
"What does it say?"
"It says 'dear Ari, you have been invited my party that Mikan is hosting to celebrate me getting an internship, no she did not do it without my permission I just wanted a party, P.S bring your brother.'" Ari squinted at her phone. "She could just send Hiro an invite herself."
"Maybe she's a tsundere." Rachel snickered.
"Rach no, oh my gosh no-"
"Uhhg!" Hiro groaned. "I need an internship."
"No ones gonna hire you if you're just in it to be competitive." Gogo pointed out.
"Yeah." Honey Lemon added. "It's kind of shallow."
But Hiro didn't listen to his friend's words of wisdom. "Competitive, shallow… yeah!" He then walked over to Sara, who was starting a study session with David. "Can I borrow your phone?"
Five minutes later…
"You want me to WHAT?!"
"Provide a good word for me to your boss so I can get an internship at Krei-Tech." Turns out Hiro decided to call Sara's uncle Steven, since the mechanic was an experienced worker he'd be able to get an internship much smoother.
"There are plenty of other companies to get internships from." Steven pointed out. "No offense to my boss but there's a reason he has an assistant." Because if it was just him we'd be burned to the ground.
"C'mon Mr. Ferns, I need an internship!" Hiro pleaded. "Karmi's already got one, Mikan's got one, I need to catch up!"
Steven squinted at the phone. "Is that why you're getting an internship."
"Nooo…?" Hiro trailed off. "But I'd still like one!"
"I'll arrange a meeting with Krei for you."
"Yes! Thanks Mr. Ferns!"
"You're welcome." Steven ended the call. Oh boy, when will that kid stop making dumb ideas.
He then got an idea, a bit of a mischievous idea, but one that has a good life-lesson.
First, he had to talk to Krei.
"So you want me to take Hiro on as an intern and push him until he realizes it's a bad idea?"
"Yep." Steven had just explained the plan to his boss. "He's been jealous ever since two of his classmates got internships at Sycorax-"
"Wait, Liv has interns?" Krei scrunched his nose in irritation. "Well I'm definitely on board with this plan of yours Steven, I need an intern." Judy raised an eyebrow at the CEO. "What?"
"You better not try to treat him like your previous interns, remember why they sued?" Steven pointed out. "Just give him some of Judy's errands for a bit, I can try and persuade him to stay at Krei-Tech when he learns his lesson. Sides, if you try to bind him by contract that's technically illegal since Hiro's a minor and-"
"Okay, okay I get it!" Krei raised a hand in defense. "I'm going to pretend this conversation never happened for now."
"Thanks for helping me with this sir." Steven bowed his head down. "Hiro is a good kid, always busy for some reason but hardworking. I think an internship will be good for him…"
"I hope for both our sakes, you're right."
AN: And we've hit canon episode turf!
Ahhhh Sycorax, you have suuuuch great security. Oh look Mikan! (And Chris. he he he)
Yeah so far the gang have given her silent treatment, they're not outright hostile but just... don't wanna talk to her for now. Anyways I'm definetly going to change up how the whole internship thing happens as when I was looking at the wiki for this ep, one of the errors was that it'd be illegal for Krei to keep Hiro at Krei-Tech by legally binding contract because as like Steven says, he's a minor.
Oh yeah also Trina and NBB... glitchy NBB... I never wanna do that again in my life
QOTW: Which is better, Krei-Tech or Sycorax?