Second Chances

Freelancing

Hana sighs and walks in her mother's office:

Tina shook her head, "Inappropriate.

Put on a sweater."

Hana sighs and puts on:

"Better?"

"Tremendously..." Tina nods, "now, where are you going?"

"To Wilder's Construction, then Synergy, and to Nemo's; I'm gonna be all over LA for the next few hours..." Hana nods before leaving.

As she drove to the Wilder's Construction, Hana held her breath as she was handed a safety helmet. "Thank you..." Hana smiles.

The man, who handed the helmet to her, looked surprised, "Mrs. Minoru?"

Hana shook her head, "I'm nicer and more approachable than my mom."

"Of course, Ms. Minoru." he sighs.

"Hana," Geoffrey jogged towards the woman, "so glad you can come..."

"Mr. Wilder..." Hana shaded her eyes with her left hand with her right on her hips as she walked towards Geoffrey, "so where are these potential buyers?"

Geoffrey chuckled, "You look like your mother, right now..."

Hana rolls her eyes, "Where are they?"

"They're at my office." Geoffrey led Hana to his office, where an elderly Japanese couple sat on the loveseat, "Mr. and Mrs. Gushiken, Hana Minoru." Geoffrey introduced, "Hana, Mr. and Mrs. Gushiken."

Hana smiles, "はじめまして."

"日本語をますますか。" Mr. Gushiken asked.

Hana nods, "はい, 親は日本人。"

"本当に?" Mrs. Gushiken looks up.

Hana nods, "Mr. Wilder said you were looking to purchase a house..."

"Yes." Mr. Gushiken said in a thick Japanese accent. "But in LA houses are 高い."

"Fair point..." Hana nods. "Why in LA?"

"We have a grandson that works for Nemo." Mrs. Gushiken claimed. "I know we should let him live his life but he's the only one we got left..."

"Okay," Hana sighs. And texted Victor, "your grandson is up for a promotion is he not?"

"What?!" the couple looked shocked.

Geoffrey pulled Hana's elbow, "You can't lie to them..."

Hana showed Victor's reply:

Scott Gushiken is an engineering scientist, who just received a promotion minutes ago...

Then a call. "It's Scott..." Mrs. Gushiken smiled excitedly. "むしむし... wait what?!" Mrs. Gushiken smiled at her husband, "Scott got promoted."

"To what?" her husband asked.

"Third engineering scientist... we will take the house." Mrs. Gushiken stood up, "いくらなの?"

Hana smiles and hands them the contract and pen, as Mr. Gushiken stood up and shook Hana's hand. "Pleasure doing business with you, Ms. Minoru. Mr. Wilder." he then shook Geoffrey's hand, before leaving.

"Thanks kid." Geoffrey smiles at Hana.

Hana nods, "Anytime, Mr. Wilder."

As Hana walks in the Synergy's lab, she was given a lab coat and goggles.

Stacey was hunch down looking at a microscope, "Hana..."

Hana looks around surprised, "How do you know I was here?"

Stacey looks at the woman, "Kinda hard to miss... everyone's buzzing about a Minoru being in the building... Never mind that, come look at this..." Stacey beckons for Hana to look through the microscope.

As Hana looks through it, Hana shocked jumps back. "What the hell is that?!"

""It's Jonah's DNA we isolated it and diluted it..." Dale explained. "So, it could be injected to people with cancer it would heal them, with minimal side effects..."

Hana shook her head, "I don't think that's safe..."

"It's safe." Stacey sighs.

"Still..." Hana insisted. "You need a test subject..."

"No." Stacey shook her head.

"Why not, you need a test subject fast, and I'm here volunteering to be your lab rat?" Hana asked.

"We don't want Tina Minoru barging in here and yelling at us for using you as a test subject..." Dale explained.

Hana sat on the chair and took off her jacket, "I won't tell if you don't..."

Stacey looks at her husband and exasperated, "Fine!" Stacey took out the syringe and injected the substance into Hana's bare shoulder.

Hana smiles, "See nothing."

"Hana," Dale sighs, "I think you should probably sit down."

"I'm fine," Hana shook her head, "just a little light headed."

Stacey looks at Hana, "I really really think you should sit..."

Hana nodded her head and sat down, as Stacey checked her vitals. Stacey looked at the monitor, "Her BP is normal, her pulse is low and so is her oxygen..." Stacey looks at her husband, "What is in that?!"

Dale shook his head still in shock, he picked Hana up. "We need to tell Tina..."

Hana was brought back to Wizards.

Tina gasped at the sight, "What did you do to my daughter?!" she demanded.

Dale placed Hana on the couch, as Stacey tried to explain. "Before, you get angry-"

"Oh there's no 'before'," Tina snapped, "I'm furious... what did you do to Hana?!"

Dale sighs, "Hana volunteered to be a test subject..."

"You made her your lab rat!" Robert screamed.

Stacey steps in front of Dale, "She was the one who wanted to be injected with the new drug..."

"You drugged her?!" Tina red in the face, "With what?!"

"Jonah's DNA..." Dale admitted.

Tina's eyes widened, "You remember what that did to Victor, why on Earth would you inject my daughter with that?"

"It's a diluted version..." Stacey explained.

"And that's suppose to make it okay?" Robert asked.

"It was supposed to be safe enough for human's to consume." Dale explained.

"Does that look safe to you?!" Tina gestures to Hana.