After locking mr. Davenport in the lab, Chase went for a walk. His siblings barely even acknowledged him as he told them he would be out for an hour or two. He had barely closed the front door when he saw the entire house darkening. He grinned: "He should have listened to us..."
Chase looked at the empty road and decided to head to the park. He felt like he needed to clear his head and going for a walk always helped with that.
While walking, he thought about all the things that had happened that day: the videomessage from Douglas with a warning for Krane, Tasha and Leo getting kidnapped by Krane, fighting Krane, Douglas saving their lives...him saving Douglas' life... Mr. Davenport kicking Douglas out...
'I didn't even got to thank Douglas for saving us...', Chase thought. For him, it was the second time Douglas had saved his life. Even though the first time, he had wanted to bring him to the dark side. But without Douglas, he wouldn't have survived that avalanche.
'Maybe that's why I saved his life?', Chase wondered. Because he really didn't know why he had made that move at the moment. He knew that the risk of getting hurt himself was a lot bigger than the chance of saving both Douglas and himself, but he acted in a reflex. 'A walk around the park will help my mind to calm down', Chase thought as he entered the park.
When he entered the park, he noticed a shadowy figure sitting on the bench next to the pond. Carefully, he walked closer, already mentally preparing for a fight. Suddenly, he stepped on a branch lying on the ground. The figure jumped up and looked ready to fight.
'Wait a minute', Chase thought 'That spiky hair... Those muddy trousers... The camouflage shirt... That fighting pose...' "Douglas?!", he asked. The figure jumped again and started to run away. "Douglas, wait!", Chase yelled again as he started chasing him. But it wasn't as easy as Chase had hoped it would be to catch up with his biological father.
Suddenly, he saw Douglas fall down. Chase sped up a little bit more and grabbed Douglas' arm before he could move. Douglas struggled to get free, but Chase had a tight grip on his arm.
"Okay, you got me!", Douglas said "Go ahead and take me to Donnie. Or jail. Or whatever gruesome place you found for me."
"What?", Chase asked "I'm not here to arrest you."
"Really?", Douglas asked, still lying on the ground. Chase nodded and let go of Douglas' arm.
"Then why are you here?", Douglas asked.
"I was just going for a walk when a saw a dark figure sitting on my favourite bench. And when I realised it was you, I called your name.", Chase explained.
"And why didn't you just let me run away?", Douglas asked "It would have saved you time and energy and possibly a lot of trouble with Donnie."
"I don't know", Chase answered hesitantly "I didn't really think about it actually. I just... felt like I should run after you".
"I created the smartest guy in the world and he didn't think before he did something...", Douglas sighed. But when he looked back up at Chase, he had a small smile on his lips.
Chase smiled back and offered him a hand, which Douglas took gratefully.
"So..." Chase said after an uncomfortable silence "I should probably go home before Adam or Bree start looking for me."
"Or..." Douglas offered "you could stay here a little longer."
Chase looked at him like he was pointing a gun at his head.
"No, never mind", Douglas quickly said "Forget I ever said that. Just go home."
"I can stay for a little longer, I guess", Chase said hesitantly "I mean, it's not like they'll miss me at this moment. I don't even think they know where I am at this moment."
Douglas looked at him with a look Chase couldn't quite identify. "Okay then", Douglas said "In that case: let's have a walk".
They walked for about five minutes in silence before Douglas spoke up: "So when you say they probably won't miss you at home right now-"
"Just forget about it, Douglas", Chase interfered. Douglas nodded and just continued to walk in silence.
Two minutes later, Chase sighed: "I'm sorry, that was rude. For once, it's not your fault."
Douglas smirked: "I'm a supervillain who has tried to hurt you and your family plural times. Believe me when I tell you: I'm not insulted."
Chase nodded: "Why don't we sit down on the bench where I kind of scared you into a heart attack?"
"Okay", Douglas agreed "And just so you know, I didn't have a heart attack. I was just scared that you would have me locked up for the rest of my life. Or worse: bring me back to Donnie!"
Chase laughed: "Okay then." Douglas looked at his laughing son and couldn't stop himself from smiling as well.
By then, they had reached the bench. Together they sat down and looked at their reflections in the calm water.
"So this is your favourite bench?", Douglas asked.
"Yeah", Chase answered "Looking at the water and the ducks helps me to-"
"Relax", Douglas and Chase answered simultaneously. Father and son looked at each other and smiled.
"Chase", Douglas said as he put his hand on his son's shoulder "You and I are more alike than you know"
"Yes. Maybe we are...", Chase smiled
Author's note: Hi! I know I'm still working on 'down once again', but this idea came to my mind and I couldn't help but write it. I've always liked Douglas and especially his interactions with Chase. So I wanted to try if I could do something with that… Hope you like it! :D