Chapter 1: Crush, Chop, and Burn Part 1

LEO POV
"Welcome to your new home Mrs. Davenport." Big D said as he carried my mom inside.
"Why thank you, Mr. Davenport." my mother replied.
"Absolutely Mrs Davenport." they began kissing much to my disgust.
"We get it. You got married! It's getting old." I dropped my suitcases onto the ground.
"Wow!" I exclaimed as I looked around, "You got this big house just from inventing things?"
"Mhmm." Big D hummed, looking proud.
"Way to go mom!" I exclaimed, "That's a husband."
"What the heck is that?" I wondered, approaching a big metal silver thing.
"Oh, that is my latest creation." Big D smiled, "Davenport Industries first completely interactive 3D TV."
He waved his hand and a yellow beam shot out of the metal thing creating a baseball field mid-air.
I backed up, trying to catch a flyball, but I hit the wall instead.
"Watch the face, termite!" an automated voice called out.
"Mom, I think the little voice inside my head is back." I stated.
"No, this is Eddy." Big D said, gesturing to a panel on the wall "He's my smart home system. Eddy, this is my new stepson, Leo. Remember, I told you Leo and Tasha are moving in today."
"Hey, welcome. Everything here is mine." Eddy quipped.
"Uh Leo, why don't you go check out your new bedroom." Big D suggested, "Just go down that hallway, and when you see the room with the video games, and the action figures and the fifty foot flat screen TV, keep walking that's mine."


I walked down the hallway, searching for my room.
"This place is huge. I'm gonna need a GPS just to find the bathroom." I leaned up against the wall, and suddenly a door materialized on the wall a few feet away from me and the doors slid open.
I walked towards it cautiously, sticking my head inside.
"Hello?" I called out stepping inside.
Before I could do anything else, the door slid shut behind me and the room I was in started to plummet, causing me to scream.
Then, after a few seconds, I stopped falling and the doors opened, revealing a cavernous room.
I walked out of the room- which was an elevator apparently- and gazed around the area.
"Woah. My new dad is Batman!" I exclaimed excitedly.
Before I could do or say anything else, the door opposite the elevator slid open and a strange kid who looked to be about my age ran into the room, prompting me to hide behind some barrels. I watched as he tapped out some code on a panel by the door, and they closed, barricading another taller kid from getting through.
"Good luck getting in." the shorter one mocked, "That steel door is thicker than your head."
Suddenly, a dent appeared in the door, and my eyes went wide as it came tumbling down.
"Well," the shorter one shifted, "There's another way to get in."
The taller one then came over to him and lifted him up.
"Give me back my ePod!" he damnded.
"I don't have it!" the shorter one replied, struggling to get free.
Then, two girls walked into the room, one brunette the other blonde, the brunette girl holding what I assumed was the tall boy's missing ePod.
"You took my ePod." the taller boy gasped, dropping the shorter boy on the ground.
"You should be grateful." the blonde giggled, "We were helping. You have a serious Tayor Swift addiction."
"Yeah. I mean, Taylor Swift megamix? Really?" the brunette added.
"I find her soothing." the tall boy shot back.
Rolling her eyes, the brunette linked arms with the blonde and they began to walk away, but then the tall kid's eyes glowed red, and two lasers shot out of his eyes and went over the two girls' shoulders.
"Oh I know you didn't just shoot that laser at me." the blonde said, as the two girls turned around, their eyes narrowed.
"No, it was just Bree." he admitted.
"Excuse me?" the brunette crossed her arms.
"Oh, sorry, it was a terrible mistake. Just like your face." the tall kid retorted as the blonde girl sniffed the air like an animal would.
"Guys." her eyes went wide with confusion, "There's something strang-"
Before she could finish her sentence, the brunette girl ran to the tall boy in a blur of motion and shoved him at a row the row of barrels concealing me, causing them to fall and revealing my presence.
When they saw me, they all started screaming. Then I screamed, which was followed by all of us screaming together before I ran into the adjoining room, the four kids following behind.
"Okay, I don't play this card too often, but MOOOOOOOM!" I hollered as my mom and Big D walked into the room.
"Leo, there you are. What is this place?" she asked, they her eyes fell on the four kids from earlier, "Who are they?"
"Uh. They uh. Are uhm a boyband I have been working with um and the twist is that two of them are girls." Big D lied.
The four kids smiled.
"Oh alright. They are part of secret project I've been developing: genetically engineered superhuman teenagers." he confessed.
We stared at him with shocked expressions.
"Tasha, Leo, Meet Adam, Bree, Lexi, and Chase. the greatest combination of biology and technology ever developed." he said, gesturing at them, "I don't wanna brag, but I am incredibly smart."
My mom turned to me, but I gave her an 'I-told-you-so' expression.
"Don't look at me." I declared, "I told you to stay away from internet dating."
"So they're robots." she stated.
"Woah." Chase put a hand to his chest in an offender manor.
"Hey!" Adam protested.
"Excuse me?" Bree gasped.
"Oh no she didn't!" Lexi exclaimed, putting her hands on her hips.
""No, Tasha, they're human. I've just given each of them a unique set of bionic abilities controlled by a microchip implant in their necks." he said as if he was talking about something as normal as getting groceries, "It sounds a lot more complicated then it is."
"See, Adam has brute strength, Bree has speed and Agility, Chase has supersenses and a superior intelligence, and Lexi can shape shift into different animals, and can gain their attributes in human form, like claws or gills."
"Donald," she walked towards him, saying a quick 'hi' to the kids as she passed, "There are children living in out basement!"
"This is a scientific habitat." he corrected, "I mean look at it. it's got a game room, and a rock wall, anything a kid could ask for. I've created this place so they could train in the utmost comfort and technology."
"It's true." Adam piped up, "The toilets have seat warmers that talk."
"What do they say?" I inquired.
"Well it varies depending on-" he started.
"No." I interrupted.
"Donald, I don't know what to make of all this." my mom told Big D, "Some new wives get surprised with a honeymoon in Hawaii, or a cruise. Bionic Teenagers were not on our wedding registry."
"Honey, they have to stay down here for their own safety." he said, "This is all very top secret but as soon as their training is complete they'll be able to handle any crisis or problem that the world throws at them."
"I wanna go to the Pyramids." Chase smiled.
"I wanna go to Paris." Bree said dreamily.
"I wanna save the Amazon Rainforest and then go to Paris with Bree." Lexi said, linking her arm with Bree's.
"I wanna go upstairs." Adam stated.
"Hey what're those?" I asked, noticing the tubes on the wall, "Time Machines?"
"No they're not Time Machines. Time machines are actually in the shop. These," he walked towards the tubes, "Are my biologically regulated atmospheric chambers where my bionic creations live and sleep and eat. Which reminds me it's dinner time."
"Yes!" the four teens ran over to the capsules and got inside, all of them putting on goggles except for Lexi.
"Ready?" Big D asked them.
"One minute..." Lexi said holding up one finger.
"What's she gonna-" I turned to Davenport for a split second, and my question was cut off suddenly by a bark, "No way."
I turned back and saw a golden lab standing in the place where Lexi used to be.
"That's awesome!" I yelled, and Lexi barked again in response, wagging her tail.
"Okay, here we go." Big D said before hitting a button on one of the panels, causing pellets to rain down into the capsules.
Adam and Chase were trying to catch them in their mouths while Bree caught them and ate them by hand and Lexi was both jumping up and catching them and eating them off the ground.
"These are my patented protein pellets." Big D explained, "Whatever they don't catch is tomorrow's breakfast."
My mom and I stared at him, but he didn't seem to notice.


LEXI POV

"Okay Chase," Mr Davenport held the light in his hand, "Enemy Grenade... Three O'Clock!"
He threw the light ball, and chase summoned up his force field to deflect it.
I swung my legs back and forth off the edge of the counter that I was perched on.
"Hey," Adam spoke up, "Why does he get a force field and I don't?"
"Because if you had one, I wouldn't be able to do this." Bree smiled and threw her water bottle at him.
"Nice." I laughed, jumping off the counted and giving her a high five.
"Okay. You guys take the rest of the day off, I'm going to go speak at a tech conference 'cause I'm awesome. I'm going to have the speedboat detailed and then I'm going to go get waxed." Mr Davenport said, causing us to give him odd stares, "Don't judge me."
He then proceeded to exit the lab.
"Well, I'd better get ready for school." Leo said, causing Bree and I to perk up.
"Wow, I've always dreamed of going to school." Bree gushed, "Passing notes."
"Going to Prom." I added, nodding along.
"All the cute guys." Bree squealed.
"Breaking into choreographed dance numbers after math class." I added, sighing dreamily along with Bree.
"Yeah. All we do is eat, sleep, and train for missions. We're like human Lab Rats." he quickly continued, "No offence to any animals whatsoever."
I nodded showing him no offence was taken.
"Come on, it can't be that bad." Leo argued.
"Oh really." I deadpanned, gesturing towards Adam who was running on a giant hamster wheel.
"So you've never left this room?" Leo shook his head, "Well, that explains the haircuts."
Adam, Bree, and Chase all touched their hair self-consciously, but I simply shrugged.
"In the animal kingdom, the only hair cut that you get is spring and summer shedding." I said thoughtfully, causing them to give me weird looks, "What?"
"You know, I bet school's fun." Adam smiled, "You know, except for books, classes, and learning stuff."
"It's not fun when you're the smart kid." Leo admitted.
"Well, down here, smart is considered superior." Chase bragged.
I shared a glance with Adam and Bree.
"No it's not." we said together.
"Hey, you guys should come to school with me!" Leo suggested, "You could be my bionic bodyguards."
"Okay!" Chase nodded.
"I'm in." Bree said excitedly.
"Let's go." Adam added.
Adam, Bree, Chase, and I were about to follow Leo out the doors when a robots voice called out, "Not on my watch, laser brains."
"Aw shoot." Adam sighed, "We forgot about Davenport's creepy computer."
"I thought he was just in the living room!" Leo exclaimed.
"Nope. I'm everywhere." Eddy said, appearing on every screen in the room.
"In my shower?!" Leo inquired.
"Yep" Eddy chanted, "And by the way, nothing needs to be that clean sport-o."
"Okay, we need to shut that thing off." Leo amended.
I nodded in agreement and walked over to the power panel, inspecting it along with Adam.
"Never gonna happen, okay." Chase said, not noticing Adam taking off the cover and revealing a cluster of wires inside, "Eddy is an incredibly complex and sophisticated piece of machinery. It would take years before-"
His speech was cut short as I morphed my nails into claws and slashed at the circuitry, causing Eddy to turn off.
"You were saying?" I grinned, turning around to face the others.
"Cool! And you barely got electrocuted." Adam cheered, causing me to laugh.
"Okay, come on. If we're going to go to school, we should shower first." Bree said, changing the subject, "Because, two of us really stink."
I glanced at Adam and Chase who were sniffing themselves.
"I agree." I nodded.


After the showers were done and we were dressed, we stepped out of our capsules. I was wearing a dyed gray crop top with a gray tank top underneath. I was wearing some magenta Chuck Taylor's and some blue jeans. My golden blonde hair was done in waves, and I had some sort of eye makeup on that I obviously couldn't see.
"Aw great." Adam spoke up, shifting uncomfortably and looking at Bree, "They gave me your underwear by mistake."
"Gross." Bree complained, looking disgusted.
"What are you complaining about?" Chase demanded, "I got Lexi's Bra."
"Uh, what?" I was blushing profusely, "You're wearing my bra?"
"Let's just change." Bree said quickly, but when I glanced at her smirk I knew that she would question me about my blush later.
"Agreed." Adam nodded as we stepped back into our capsules.


I walked into the school, my eyes wide as I took in my surroundings.
"We're actually here." I breathed excitedly, "I can't believe it."
"I know right!" Bree agreed, "I'm so excited!"
Then, we saw a person wearing a blue apron and hairnet coming towards us.
"Oh! My first Lunch lady!" Bree cheered, running up and hugging the flustered woman before Leo pulled her back, "She smelled like fish sticks."
"Do me a favor and try to act like you've seen the world." Leo stated, "I have a reputation to uphold here."
A man in a blue shirt walked up behind Leo and gave him a wedgie before walking off.
"Good to see you too Steve." Leo smiled.
Then, a group of girls walked near us and Bree went up to them.
"Hi I'm Bree!" she said excitedly, "I like ponies and girl things."
Suddenly, a person got into my line of vision, blocking my view of what came next.
"Hey there darlin'." I looked up to see a boy standing in front of me and I began to inch backwards.
"Woah woah woah. It's cool. I don't bite." he moved forward and placed his hand on my shoulder, and he bared his teeth.
In an instant, I had flipped him onto the ground, and I moved away, crouching slightly.
A crowd of people had formed, staring open-mouthed.
"Did she just beat up Crusher?" I heard the crowd murmuring.
"Lexi!" I breathed a sigh of relief as Adam, Bree, Chase, and Leo, pushed through the crowd.
"Uh, and that concludes this er... demonstration of the upcoming martial arts club." Leo stuttered, gesturing wildly.
The people seemed to accept this excuse and few moments later, the crowd had dispersed-including the boy who had run off- and we were left alone.
"Lexi what happened?" Adam asked, "It was totally awesome, but why?"
"He bared his teeth at me." I tilted my head in confusion at their questions, "It's a sign of aggression so I defended myself."
"You mean he, smiled?" Leo asked incredulously, face-palming.
"Oh. Whoops." I blushed and looked down, "I guess I'm a little jumpy."
"A little?" Leo repeated.
"Okay guys, we have to focus." Chase said quickly, "I mean, Adam ripped off a locker door, Lexi judo flipped someone, and Bree is basically a walking high school movie. We have to try harder not draw attention to ourselves."
Just as he finished speaking, a loud ringing sound tore through the hall, causing Chase and I to fall to the ground, clutching our ears.
"What's up with the crazies?" Leo inquired to Bree as Chase and I were on the ground panting.
"Uh, he has ultra-sensitive bionic hearing and she has ears like a hawk- literally." Bree told him.
"What what that?" Chase asked, still breathing hard.
"It's called a bell." Leo answered
"Well, it's horrible." I stated, shaking my head.
"Well, it rings every forty minutes, eight times a day." Leo said, "So, have fun with that."
With that, he walked off, leaving Chase and I gaping.


I was in the gym with Adam, Bree, Chase, and Leo, watching the other students play basketball.
"I hate gym class." Leo grumbled.
"Why?" Adam questioned.
Then, a ball was thrown to Leo, who tried to dribble it but failed miserably, dropping in on his foot before it rolled away.
"That's why." Leo said.
"So what, big deal, you can't play basketball." Chase stated, "Chess club is where all the actions at."
I chuckled at his statement, smiling to myself.
Suddenly, a ball was thrown in Bree's direction and she caught it.
"What do I do?" she panicked.
"Throw it!" Leo exclaimed.
Bree threw it, hitting a guy in the face and toppling him over.
"To someone who's looking." Leo deadpanned.
Bree ran over to the guy that she had hit.
Just then, another ball flew over to me and I caught it this time.
"What now?" I said frantically.
"Just throw the ball!" someone from the court shouted.
"Uh-er-um" I froze in place seeing all the people looking at me.
"Throw it!" another person yelled.
Freaking out a little, I closed my eyes threw the ball.
I heard a swish and opened my eyes just in time to see the ball fall from the net.
People started clapping and cheering, saying how I made an 'awesome basket'.
I got a little scared with all the people staring at me- even if they were praising me. I started to feel my animal instincts rear up, telling me to flee from all the gazes. Thanks to my instincts, I was quite shy with new people, and I hated large crowds.
Just when I thought I would bolt from the room, I saw Leo soar through the air across to room and dunk the ball, causing everyone's attention to shift from me to him.
"You okay, Lexi?" Bree asked as she, Adam, and Chase came over to me.
"I'm fine." I smiled, "What just happened though?"
"We decided to use Leo as a distraction." Chase explained, "Although, he doesn't seem to mind much."
We all looked over to where he was being crowded, everyone giving him high-fives or cheers.
"Yeah! I'm the man!" Leo bragged, flexing his arms.
I laughed along with Adam, Bree, and Chase.
"I love school." I smiled.
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