Disclaimer: I do not own Lab Rats or any of the characters, just the plot.
"Are you sure this is safe?" Leo asked yet again.
"Yes, Leo," Chase replied, mildly exasperated. "It would be even more unsafe if I didn't update my system; my bionics have gone haywire within the last day."
"Do you even know what you're doing?"
"I am the smartest person who ever lived – of course I know what I'm doing," Chase said with a self-satisfied smile.
"It's just that Big D normally does this, not you," Leo commented.
"That doesn't mean I can't do it. And besides, this is urgent and he isn't going to be back for days. I have to do this."
Leo sighed. "If you screw up, I had nothing to do with this."
Chase shot him a look. "I'm not going to mess up; relax."
"Whatever," Leo said, putting his hands up in surrender. He watched in silence as Chase finished typing the code for the update.
"Alright – when I'm in my capsule, hit this big red button, and that will start the update," Chase instructed, patting Leo on the back before hopping into his capsule. The bionic gave Leo a thumb-up, and Leo did as he was told.
The middle capsule glowed green for a few minutes, Chase wincing inside. When it finished, he stepped out, seeming in a daze.
"Whoa, I feel…" Chase trailed off, his eyes rolling up as he fainted.
"Chase!" Leo exclaimed in shock, rushing over to his step-brother. After being shaken by Leo for a moment, the bionic groaned, his eyes fluttering open. "Are you okay?" Leo asked him.
The bionic scowled, but his confusion was apparent. "Leave me alone, nugget-head," he growled menacingly as he sat up, his voice low and gravelly.
"Sp-Spike?" Leo stuttered in surprise. He leapt back hurriedly as the commando app clambered to his feet. Chase's artificial alter-ego, Spike, was not one to be messed with.
"What brings you here this fine day?" Leo asked nervously, attempting in vain to stay calm.
Spike only glared at him, swaying unsteadily on his feet. A wave of dizziness overcame the app, and he staggered over to the cyber-desk, leaning heavily on it.
"Spike, are you alright?" Leo asked worriedly.
"Well enough to make you as spineless physically as you are in every other way," Spike snarled, but his words lacked their usual vigor. He looked exhausted, to the point where he might get sick.
Hoping Chase would come back if he did so, Leo cautiously approached the app, saying "Why don't you go in the capsule? It might make you feel better."
Spike gave Leo a look of loathing, but he was in no mood to actually put up a fight. He reluctantly let Leo guide him to Chase's capsule, the door shutting once he was inside.
Leo stepped away from the glass, sighing in relief once the capsule locked. He watched, almost with amazement, as Spike leaned against the glass sides, closing his eyes. He seemed to fall asleep immediately.
"Whatever Chase did, I don't think this is what he wanted to happen," Leo muttered to himself as he exited the lab, thinking of how much Chase disliked his commando app. Spike was never good news when he made an appearance, and Chase often had to clean up the mess the app made, both figuratively and literally.
I hope this is just a fluke and Chase comes back, Leo thought fervently. He was certain that if Mr. Davenport and his mom came back three days from now and found Chase completely screwed up, not one of the four teens would escape punishment. And this was especially important for Leo – he was still trying to prove to Mr. Davenport that he was responsible. More than once things had gone wrong under Leo's charge, and he was determined to break that streak.
But it was already looking as if he was out of luck on that front.
AN: Hey peeps, Asori here. This is kinda weird - normally I put this author's note at the forefront, but I didn't want to spoil Spike's appearance. NOTICE! This is NOT the big masterpiece Spike story that I've been talking about in past author's notes! It is simply a short story I wrote half a year ago for my own entertainment and had no intention of posting, but here I am now :S This story could alternately be titled Asori-is-desperately-stalling-until-the-Spike-story-is-done-and-might-possibly-be-scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel. In rereading and editing it, I think it is actually quite a bit better than scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel, and I hope you agree!
So, about the story itself: this is centered around humor (and awkwardness galore - you'll see), this is set in the second season, it won't be higher than a K in rating at any point, and there are only a couple other characters that are not listed in the description - and you've already met one of them.
Anyways, welcome to the Asori Express, otherwise known as the Crazy Train. For the record, I'm only as crazy as the official Lab Rats writers :P Feel free to laugh throughout this story, and I hope you enjoy!
Stay tuned for Chapter 2!