"Michelle wants to see me?" Honey Lemon asks surprised of the subject. No one in her friend group could blame the chemist since she made her uncomfortable from the last two encounters they had.
"Yep." Fred answer happily from the other side of her table of lab equipment. "She knows that you meant well, and she really want to know you."
"Have you told everyone about this?" At that moment, the tall women sees her friend's eyes shifted.
"Ummm...no." She lower her lips worried.
"I know that I've promised to tell you guys everything, but-but… just see it for yourself! Michelle's maybe not really into the whole 'snooping-in-our-secret-identity thing!'
Honey Lemon wasn't convince with her friend's plead. As much as she love his enthusiasm for making a new friend that has the time to hang out with him, she still doesn't trust the Chinese girl. She can't let his words be taken for assurance.
"Also, didn't you wanted to apologize to her… again?"
"Yeah… But she… she-" She began to stammer. But then Fred made a face that shows diminishing hope, and she doesn't like making her friend feel that way. The chemist took a deep breath, preparing herself to speak truthfully. "I also would love to get to know her too, she seem like a really nice person. But we can't let ourselves get too comfortable with her, not when she could possibly have that hidden agenda like Karmi. And… I feel like I'm gonna make her uncomfortable again, and I still feel bad about the two times we talked." She awkwardly shifts her body weights to one leg and to the other, looking down at her equipments.
Silence filled the air between the two upbeat people of Big Hero 6.
"... Third time's the charm, right?" She looks up to meet the eyes of hopefulness that clashes with hesitation. "But the thing is, Michelle is the one who's willing to try again. We could take this as a chance to spy on her as she's doing that with us, ooor see that she's not gonna do that."
"Please give her chance."
"So…."
"So…?"
The two girls meet up in front of one the SFIT's buildings that their mutual friend set up. Fred did as he promised to Michelle and like he planned for Honey Lemon: in hopes for them to be friends… and to prove his claim of the artist not willing to be a spy.
"I'm, first things to clear up, I'm sorry... again, for… that… and the first time, we… talked." She stammers with hand gestures before finally clasp them together in front of her chest, her green eyes shifting to the ground.
"It's okay. I'm really glad that you agreed to hang out with me today. Fred is definitely right about you. You're a rightful person." The artist smile kindly for the Latina's goodness to apologize herself instead of through someone else. Honey Lemon looked up to meet a pair of truthful blue eyes, and sighed in relief for her reaction.
And the two began walking as they continue their conversation, jumping to a different topic.
"So, my friends and I read that article about your win at SFAI competition over the summer. Congrats on winning a huge scholarship."
"Ohh, it was… nothing." The artist looked away, remembering that Hiro mentioned about a while ago.
"Don't be modest! It was incredible! The blending in your background, the perspective, and the details…! Not to mention your color theory," the chemist went on about stuff that the other girl was surprise to hear. "It had a warm tone, but I noticed you added some pale shade of green on the sky proportion. As for the clouds, did you use a fan brush?"
"For someone in a school for science, you know a lot about the arts."
"I been meaning to take an art class sometimes. But with school, creating new formula and… other stuff gets in the way." The small girl raise an eyebrow at the last reason.
"Well do want to take an art class? I mean, YouTube got you cover."
"I like the environment of being in an art class than learning through a screen. I bet you understand." The chemist then mentally slapped herself forgetting that she's taking the online classes right now.
"I see what you mean. I prefer doing things where I prefer to be, kind of like a need to get out of the house." The small girl agree happily with the statement. "Of course online classes aren't too bad."
"Maybe I'll think about taking one."
"Which art medium do you think of taking, if you do so?"
"Painting. I mean after seeing your latest work, it looks fun."
The two girls continues with their conversation over the art subject, and knowing a bit more of the Asian's artistic background, for the sake to inform Big Hero 6. Honey Lemon have collected information on the girl beside her. Not exactly what the super team needed, but enough to maybe believe what the one member was insisting.
"Enough about me." Michelle states with politeness. "I want to know more about you. What's your major in this school full of science." She spread her arms and twist her torso, gesturing the whole SFIT campus. Seeing that so far for observations, she only seen the biotech's studies of viruses and some other students robots on the quad.
"I major in chemistry engineering. Which is not like Karmi's field. But we create things that cause different reactions with different things."And so the Latino went on a huge ramble of anything relating to her field of studies. Explaining how each element and compound creates an entire new product, creates different forms of matter, and reactions of different substances.
"So if a problem comes up, like any problem. Your memorization of the periodic table is there, and you already know what compound, mixtures, or some chemical...thing, to solve it."
"Yep."
"Oh wow, that's a lot of things to remember." Michelle may have the gift of photographic memory, but having the skill of coming with solutions in record time, is admirable. Might wanna keep that in check for notes. "Do you write everything down, have some notes in your phone. Like how do you memorize all this, both individually and the many mixtures of… This?!"
"It's all in the head. Knowledge is the greatest weapon."
"Arguably imagination is the greatest weapon." Michelle smirks at the pride of an artist.
"That may be true, but only in some cases."
"Hmmm, debatable." She shrugs her shoulder as that smirk began to read as a challenge. "Are we about to have a SFIT versus SFAI debate?"
The blonde is surprised to hear the small Chinese's knowledge about the two school historic rivalry.
"We'll see about that. Would you mind showing me your other artwork to prove that theory?"
"In exchange you show me some of your chemistry work?"
"So how did it go?"
"It was really fun, Fred."
The beanie wearer approach her with an all-knowing smile. He raise an eyebrow to get some good news.
"So? Is she awesome or is she awesome?"
"She's really nice." The tall Latino walks passed, having the man follow her to the robotics lab.
"So has she prove that she's not a spy?"
"She is a good person. But I didn't ask her about anything of her hidden agenda, not wanting to risk any suspicions."
"I'll take that as possible."
"She can join us, but we have to very careful when we do."
After class hours were over, the artist texted Karmi that she'll be walking around town for an art store. Of course the biotech girl is gonna be worried, so she got herself a mapping app so Michelle and find a way back to her home.
Another intention for the artist is she need rethink her next approach for another member of the targeting group.
So far Fred is already siding with her, and Honey Lemon is at least warming up to her, slowly than she predicted. All that left is Hiro, Wasabi, and Go go, two out of the three she's gonna have to tiptoe around. The small genius is definitely a
Her planning was interrupted by the sound of a window breaking out. The undercover spy quickly look up to the source of the noise, which happens to be a few feet away from her. Everything she witness is shown at a rapid pace that her photographic memory couldn't capture exact.
All she saw were broken shards and a huge purple shiny ball breaking out and bouncing around the streets.
"What the…?"
"Get back here!" A bulky man, assuming he's the owner of the broke-in store, shouts at the ball.
"Shouting isn't gonna make anything better for you!" The bouncing ball (shouts back?) makes a
"It talked?" She comments on the whole scene that just happened before her eyes.
Curiosity easily dominant her mind, she follows to where the talking ball was bouncing.
Eventually her temporary target stopped at an alley in the most troublesome part of the city. Seeing there were not much people here, at least those that don't look like crooks. Michelle was a couple of feet away from the ball, standing right beside a nearby wall before peeking at the turn corner that leads into the alley.
Inside the girl is scared of what that thing is capable of. Wanting to see if the talking na
The ball began to melt onto the ground like melting candle wax, then it reform itself to a semi-liquified stick figure. The body contained itself thin and the head appeared more small and thin than an average human's. When it turn its head, a pair of large glowing green eyes.
'Holy crap!' The girl quickly hide away from the corner, placing a hand over her chest where her heart is beating rapidly. 'What is that?!'
"... Man they aren't loaded in the cashier department." Her ears perked at the purple glob's voice. She slowly scoots closer to hear better and to again peek and observe.
"For a electronic store, you think they be loaded in this city. But nope, they got," his hand blown itself into a bubble that possess the money he just stolen. He brought it closer to his face and his glowing eye shifted from the paper and coins. "Fifty-five bucks… and three cents. What a shame. Well I hope Obake is happy with the these small thingy."
"Obake." Michelle is surprise that this sticky being is associated with her boss.
Knowing it was already time to abort her mini mission, she left the corner and turn back to find Karmi's house.
Hopefully the internet got information on her co-worker.
AHHHHHH! IT HAS BEEN TOO LONG! I'm super thankful for you guys that are either still following this story or just added to their list, even though I haven't updated this story in three months. And please comment if you feel this story is rushed, because that's how I'm feeling about this chapter.
I did want this chapter to be long, but I also didn't want it to be boring, especially between Michelle's and Honey Lemon conversation. I had a bunch of dialogue, but I realized it'll be too long to show the persuasive side of Michelle.
I know I'm gonna get called out for grammar errors and some missing words in this chapter, but please critique this chapter pacing so I can correct it and probably rewrite and come up with a better scenario.
Also for future reference and for appropriate writing... What is Karmi race? There's already a full descriptive page for each of the main cast on the series, but there's no confirmation on Karmi. is she Indian, Mexican, African-American? Possibly biracial like Hiro? Please don't be harsh and give me answer and sources.
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