An Unlikely Partnership~Tododeku

10~ Code 181198

Midoriya jumped back in through the window. Bakugou and Todoroki were already looking through the lists, D.A.M.S assisting them to what it could possibly help with.

"Oh good Midoriya! You're back! Help us look for Melissa Shield in the list! There are thousands of people here and not much time. The BWO could be onto something else and we might not know." Bakugou had the others looking through people too.

Midoriya joined them, tapping on the screens to dismiss popups, swiping to go to the next person and sorting the people into categories.

"AHA!" Yaoyorozu called out, "I found her! Shield, Melissa, daughter of David Shield!" She fist bumped Iida who looked worn out but happy.

Midoriya glanced at the number and pulled out his mobile, dialling her number into the keypad before holding the phone up to his ear.

Pick up, pick up, pick up, pick up! He chanted in his head.

Melissa picked up on the seventh ring. "Hello? Who is this?"

"Hey Melissa-san! It's Deku!"

"Deku? Oh it's good to hear from you! How are you?"

Midoriya glanced at Bakugou and gave him the phone. "One second Melissa-san, Bakugou's going to explain the situation."

"Huh?" Melissa blinked twice. "Oh ok!"

Bakugou smiled a little before relaying everything to the enthusiastic scientist. "You got that? Any questions?"

Melissa shook her head. "Nope! I'll pack my things and tell my father I'm going on a business trip 'cause heroes invited me to have a look at something. I mean, that technically is the truth... So yeah! I'll be here in one hour, two hours tops! Bye!"

The call ended and everyone smiled. 

"Huh? Deku-kun? Who is this Melissa-san? Is she pretty? What are we going to do when she gets here? Do you think she and I could be friends? What do you think?" Everyone laughed at Hado's outbreak of questions. The girl was naturally curious and asking questions became a frequent thing.

"Come on! Let's go to the front where the chairs are and we can tell you about her!"

Yaoyorozu laughed. "She was so nice though! She even offered to give us a free tour of I-Expo!!! I mean! WOW!"

"Aww thanks guys! But I'm sure I'm not that nice!" 

"MELISSA!" Yaoyorozu, Jirou, Uraraka, Asui, Kaminari, Kirishima and Midoriya all sprang up to greet her.

"Hey guys! How's it going?" Melissa stumbled backwards, blonde locks flying, glasses shooting off her face as the heroes sprung towards her.

"We've been good!" Uraraka and Asui chorused. 

Yaoyorozu and Kirishima helped the girl up. "Sorry about that Melissa-san!" Yaoyorozu's black ponytail bounced around as she turned her head.

Melissa smiled and put her glasses back on. "I brought my equipment too! I don't know how helpful that'd be with the mission, but maybe I could be of some assistance!"

"Melissa-san. I'm going to need you to pretend that you're my friend that's sick. You probably watched my interview earlier, right?" Melissa nodded. "So I lied about that, but the news is going to get restless if I keep disappearing. I need someone to actually be there if it comes to that. And worst case scenario, I'll have to keep out of sight and pretend I've gone to America with Shield-san and I'm not here. But then your father would be involved and I don't want to put him in danger."

Melissa hummed. "I may have something that can help with that..." She walked over to her case and entered a passcode into the screen and the briefcase expanded into an entire, but very small, room. "Come in guys. It's bigger on the inside!"

A/N: DR WHO REFERENCE TO ALL DW FANS OUT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Alright, alright! I'll stop interrupting the story now!

The lab was actually very airy and white glossy surfaces shone back at them. All seventeen of them managed to fit in, with a lot of room to spare. 

"Welcome to my portable lab! I have a duplicate of all my research here, so I'll always be able to bring it with me!" The heroes were in awe. 

Gadgets lined the shelves and scientific equipment filled the cabinets. Several microscopes lined one bench and there was two entire bookshelves of research. There were also two sinks, a cabinet for half finished projects, a fridge (for scientific purposes), an incubator and a section for engineering and assembly if neeeded.

Melissa just giggled at their shock and disappeared behind a door. Upon noticing this, they also noticed there were three doors leading off the main room. One said, 'Large Finished Projects (that won't fit the cabinet)', another said, 'Melissa's Room' and the last one read, 'Toilet and Bathroom'. 

The door which Melissa had disappeared behind was the one marked 'Large Finished Projects'. The LFP room. There was a little bit of banging and rustling, but Melissa soon emerged with a small, black, sleek box.

"Hi everyone! I'm back!" Melissa made her way round to the heroes. "This is the Mimic, Model 357! Hatsume-San and I developed it together!"

"Huh? Melissa-San? What does it do exactly?" Yaoyorozu stepped close towards the device. 

Melissa blinked and looked down at the sleek black box in her hand. "Well... It's better if I show you! Stand back everyone!"

She pressed an invisible button on the surface of the object and set it on the floor. There was a small beep before a small buzz emitted from the machine as it unfurled, slowly becoming a robot made of a black, glossy material. 

"So... This robot can Mimic any human on earth! It has that person's voice, quirk and characteristics! All you need to do is to turn it's compact mode on and let it record your voice, characteristics and other things for a day! It's dead simple! It can go for about 12 hours a day on full charge and will return to a certain place- which you can tell it where to go- when on 10% or under."

Midoriya grinned. This could really help him. That way, no one else would be suspicious of why he'd keep disappearing! He couldn't let anyone see them both at the same time though. That would raise more suspicion.

"Thank you Melissa-San! We start recording the things tomorrow! Then we can carry on with the misson."