~ I originally wasn't going to post this right away, but I figured I would to see what people think of the story and plus it's a self-birthday present (:

~ Some of the chapters might seem short because they are going to be from Dani's (Danielle) POV (Point Of View) but as I get closer to 'Bionic Showdown', the chapters will hopefully start to get longer. That goes for the ones that are also after 'Bionic Showdown'

~ This starts from the season 1 episode 'Concert In A Can', which is the same episode that Marcus is first introduced in. He will be a semi-main character in this story since Dani was raised along with him by Douglas.
~ Douglas and Marcus might seem a bit OOC (Out Of Character) at times, but that's because I feel that they could act the way they will if they had the same situation... but let me know what you think after you read the first chapter (:

~ This chapter ended up being longer than I thought it would be, but hopefully that'll prove to be a good thing (:

~ I have links to Dani's outfits on my profile as well as future outfits on my Polyvore (:

ENJOY!

Danielle's POV

He was about to punch me, but I quickly blocked it. He tried to punch me a couple more times but I kept blocking. I kept blocking no matter how many times he tried to punch or kick me.
"You're getting slow." I said with a small smirk. In a flash he wasn't in front of me and I was kicked in the back. I landed on the ground face first. "Ow." I said before turning over on my back. "Dad said no Bionics during training." He held out his hand and I took it to stand up.
"Dad's not here." He said before trying to kick me. I put my hand out to lift him up before the doors opened.
"What are you doing?" I turned around and put my hand behind my back.
"Nothing." I said, trying to play innocent.
"Dani was..."
"...Shut up Marcus!" I said as I glanced back towards him. He flew into the wall and hit the ground.
"What was that for?" He asked as he stood up.
"Sorry." I said with a shrug as he rubbed the back of his head.
"What did I say about using your Bionics during training?" Our dad asked.
"He started it." I pointed at Marcus. "He used super speed to kick me in the back." Dad looked at Marcus before looking at me.
"You got your payback."
"Why is she so special?" Marcus asked and I just stuck my tongue at him.
"You two have to get ready for school." Dad said, which made me happy. I've been bugging him for years to send me and Marcus to a normal school. 'It's finally happening' I thought with a smile. "No using Bionics at school." He pointed to the both of us before sitting at one of the computers to work.

Marcus and I walked upstairs and into the living room. I grabbed my backpack and put it over one of my shoulders.
"It sucks that we can't use Bionics at school." I said as Marcus walked towards me with his backpack and a guitar case.
"I won't tell if you won't." He said and the two of smirked.
"Pinky swear?" I held out my pinky and he hooked his with mine. "Now hurry, I don't want to be late for our first day." We unhooked our pinkies and walked out of the door for our first day of school.

I was nervous about my first day of school, but I kept myself calm so I wouldn't glitch. Once Marcus and I got to school, it felt that there was nothing to worry about. We got our class schedule and our locker numbers with no problems. 'Everything will be just fine' I thought throughout the day.

Before lunch I met up with Marcus, who 'introduced' me to Adam and Chase. 'I wonder if they'll notice' I thought, knowing how I was related to them. My dad said I couldn't say anything and I didn't really like that, but I knew that eventually they would find out. I was okay with them finding out later, it gave me time to get to know them before then. Marcus talked a lot with them before he started to show off his guitar skills. I was sitting next to him as he stopped playing.
"Awww...sweet look at your fingers go." Adam said after Marcus had stopped playing. "It's like each one has a brain of it's own." I slightly smiled but because I was on the other side of Marcus, they didn't see it.
"Thanks." Marcus said to them. "You know you guys are the only two that have talked to us at this school."
"We hate being the new kids." I said as I moved a little bit so I was in their view.
"We used to be the new kids that no one talked to. Now we're just the vaguely familiar kids that no one talks to." Chase said to us.
"Hey peeps." I looked to see Leo walking toward us. "What's the dealio?"
"Hey, I'm Marcus." Marcus held his hand towards Leo. "And this is my sister Danielle"
"He knows Marcus." I said to my brother. "Leo and I have English together." Leo and Marcus did a fist bump.
"I know you..." Leo said to Marcus "...we have gym together and study hall, and also chemistry. We're lab partners."
"Oh...I did not know that." Marcus said and I stopped myself from rolling my eyes. "So Chase... do you play the guitar?"
"No, but I always wanted to." Chase said to Marcus.
"Well I'm also a jammer as well. My rocking is only eclipsed by my rollling." Leo said, obviously feeling left out.
"Leo, your mom said you played the clarinet for three weeks until you swallowed the reed." I tried not to laugh because it was funny to me.
"I passed it..." Leo said before I turned my attention back to Marcus.
"Hey Chase, want to give it a go?" Marcus asked.
"Yeah..yeah, sure. Why not?" Marcus carefully handed Chase the guitar. After putting the strap around his neck, he looked at the guitar's neck for a few second before playing it like a professional. I looked at him with amazement, pretending that I didn't know that it was from his bionic abilities. When he stopped playing, he looked nervous but I didn't say anything. "Hey... whadda ya know...beginner's luck." Chase gave the guitar back.
"It's way better than Marcus..." I said, which made him look at me. "What?" I asked, pretending to be innocent. "You know it's true." He just ignored me and put the guitar strap around his neck.

When lunch time finally came around, I was happy. It meant I was halfway through my first day of school and nothing went wrong. There was a part of me that hoped that the school lunch would be good, but over-hearing people say stuff about the food made me me hope it would be half-way good. I sat down at a table and was joined by Marcus, who had his guitar with him.
"Do you have to carry that everywhere?" I asked but he didn't answer as Adam and Chase sat at our table. I gave them a small smile as started to eat my lunch and the talked with Marcus.
"Dani and I moved around with our dad a lot." Marcus said to Adam and Chase after a while. "We were home schooled most of our lives."
"No way...so were we." Adam said to Marcus. "We are so similar. Do you have a third nipple to?" Marcus and I didn't know how to answer that which we didn't have to because Chase spoke.
"Anyway...that's a pretty sweet guitar Marcus." Chase said as he looked at the guitar.
"I got it for his birthday last year..." I said as I glanced at Marcus "...he never lets me play it though."
"That's because you suck..." Marcus said and I just looked at him.
"Hey!" I said before slapping the back of his head.
"You're a natural on the guitar bro..." Marcus said to Chase, obviously ignoring me. "Guys, we should start a band."
"That's a great idea." Adam said before banging his chopsticks on the table. "But what would I play...oh, I got it..." Adam stopped banging the chopsticks "...no...I don't got it..."
"I could be the singer..." I said because I wanted to be a part of it "...and Adam, you could be the drummer."
"Interesting choice... I've been pondering the french horn." Adam said as Leo joined us at the table.
"Hey Leo, guess what..." Chase started to say "...Marcus, Dani, Adam and I are forming a band."
"Well, you guys just met, don't you think it's a little soon?" Leo asked Chase.
"A little soon for what?" Chase asked. "Taking the deeply committed step of jamming together?"
"Now we just need somewhere to practice..." Marcus said "...we live in a pretty small place so..."
"I know a place." Adam said before standing up. "The Lab." I couldn't help but notice that Chase almost choked on his milk and Leo faked a cough. "Oh...a...Labrador Retriever Park. Yeah, the dog park... nice acoustics. Plus they have dogs." He bend towards Chase. "Saved it..."
"You know, we have a pretty big place, we can all just jam there." Chase said to me and Marcus.
"Oh...woah...hold it cowboy." Leo said before standing up. He pulled Adam and Chase away but we could still hear them. "Chase, what are you doing? Do you really think it's a good idea to let total strangers into our very private home?"
"That's okay guys." Marcus said as he stood up. "We don't have to jam. Not everyone needs a bright spot in their otherwise horrible life..." I looked at Marcus, trying to silently tell him not to over-act.
"Look Leo...you made him feel bad." Chase said before he stepped towards Marcus. "Don't worry Marcus, we'll practice at our place later. Come on over..."
"Great. We'll see you guys after school." Marcus looked at me before he started to walk out of the room.
"I'm gonna go to." I said before standing up. "See you later." I said with a small smile to the others before pushing my chair in and walking away.

After school, Marcus and went to their house. It was nice to spend time with everyone even though we were mainly practicing for the band. I tried to sing, but the others weren't really playing a song so it wasn't easy while having it make sense.
"Well, it's only our first day and you guys sound great." Marcus said to Adam and Chase after they stopped playing. "I think you both have real raw talent."
"Well, if our talent is raw... we better get cooking." Adam said before doing a rim shot. I slightly smiled before noticing Leo right behind Marcus.
"Leo, what are you doing?" Chase asked after Marcus turned to face Leo.
"Just asking Marcus and Dani a few questions." Leo said to Chase before looking at Marcus. "Where we you born? When is your birthday? Who's the president of Venezuela?"
"I don't know..." Marcus said before Leo turned to me.
"Neither do I..." I said.
"Ah ha! So they're not from Venezuela." Leo said and I just looked at Marcus.
"Okay, that's it." Chase said as he stepped towards Leo. "This practice just became band members only."
"Well then I guess I'm in the band." Leo practically went on his tip-toes so he could look at Marcus.
"Leo, you don't even know how to play an instrument." Chase said.
"That's where you're wrong." Leo said before walking away and returning with a tambourine. He played it before doing the same thing with a washboard, maracas and even an accordion. 'Who plays an accordion?' I asked myself because I knew it wasn't a popular choice for an instrument.
"Like I said... you don't even know how to play an instrument..." Chase said after Leo stopped playing random things.
"You know what guys... let him in. He could play this..." Marcus went to his back-pack and took out a cowbell before handing it to Leo.
"Thank you. I never played the cowbell before...but let's see what I got." Leo said before hitting the cowbell. He smiled and looked at us. "Wow...I'm a natural."

After a little break we practiced again. The guys practiced while I just sat on the couch and watched the four of them play. It was almost like having my own private concert... even though Leo playing the cowbell didn't make much sense with the rock music they were trying to play. The front door opened and then Chase's amp got unplugged.
"Hey...you know it's not enough to play notes, you want to get them in the right order." Adam did a rim shot and I tried to look past Marcus so I could see who was talking.
"OMG, you're Donald Davenport." Marcus said with excitement before moving so I could see. 'That's him' I thought before standing up.
"Guilty as charged." Donald said with a smirk. I was going to call him Donald in my head even though he was technically my uncle.
"The genius, billionaire, scientific entrepreneur..." Marcus started to list the things that Donald was, knowing that it would make his ego happy.
"Don't forget multilingual megastar."
"Oh, Gracias."
"Denada"
"Wow...Mr. Davenport... I'd love to hear your theory on plasma classification."
"Who wouldn't?" Donald said with a smirk before walking past Marcus. He didn't walk away too far before turning towards us. "Hey, you know Bree and I were going to demo the holo pet for career day, but since you guys have a band... we can demo my concert in a can instead." 'That'll be interesting' I thought. "That'll be such a great surprise for her."
"That is good." Marcus smiled and glanced towards me before looking back at Donald. "That is good...what is it?"
"I'm guessing it's as the name says..." I said after getting a water bottle from my backpack. Donald turned towards me and looked at me strangely. 'Does he know?' I asked myself before he nodded his head.
"It's a can that creates a virtual holographic concert experience." Donald said towards Marcus. "It's something I designed for those of us who would be rock stars if we weren't busy being brilliant inventors..." He smirked and I slightly smirked with him.
"Well you're a rockstar to me." Marcus said, obviously trying to butter him up.
"I know." Donald smirked. "Bree is gonna love this." He said before walking away.
"Well, I'm going to get Davenport's mega amp." Adam said and moved his hands out to show how big the amp was. "Because everyone knows that louder is better..."
"Woah, woah, woah... That amp is pretty heavy." Chase said as he went to Adam's side. "Don't you think you need my help to carry it cuz um... you don't have the strength of 10 men... "
"Yes I do...not..." Adam looked towards me and Marcus. "I'm frail." He pretended to have a weak voice before rushing away with Chase. I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket and when I checked it was my dad wanting me home.
"I have to go home." I said as I stood from the couch. "Dad wants me to cook supper..." I said to Marcus before grabbing my backpack. "Don't stay out too late..."
"Okay...mom..." Marcus said and I just rolled my eyes before leaving.

I went home and cooked some food before going to our lab. I was sitting at one of the desks doing my homework when Marcus came in.
"What happened?" I asked after turning around to see his guitar broken.
"I don't know what you mean." He said, obviously playing dumb.
"Your guitar...it's broken."
"Leo broke it." I stood up and raised my eyebrow because I didn't believe him.
"Really?" Marcus could tell that I didn't believe him. He looked a little nervous as stepped towards him. "So you broke your own guitar." I took the broken guitar from him and looked at it. "You know you're why I don't have nice things."
"I don't break things..." I held the guitar up "...except for that."
"So you did break it."
"Oh oh..." He sped towards the metal balcony, but I sped in front of him. I pushed him over and looked as he hit the floor.
"Payback." I stuck my tongue out at him. I sped back down and continued on my homework.

~The Next Day~

I had the perfect outfit picked out to try the concert in the can that we were going to use. It was mainly a black sparkle tank top, a pair of distressed jeans and earrings to match. I felt like I was the only that was dressing the part of being in a band, but I couldn't help it. I didn't get that many chances to dress up, so I was taking advantage of it.

Marcus and I went to the school where we were going to meet the others. When we got there, they were already setting up Adam's drum set. I helped a little and we got it done in no time. Donald let Marcus use one of his guitars.
"Wait until they get a load of this..." Donald said as he showed us a can "...my virtual concert in a can is gonna knock their socks off." He stepped in front of us and put the can down."Now it'll activate itself so make sure you stand back. A couple guys in research and development found that out the hard way." All of us stepped back, not wanting to get blind.
"That's for loaning me this awesome guitar Mr. Davenport..." Marcus said to Donald "...it's almost as good as the one Leo so viciously destroyed." I looked at Marcus, trying not to glare since I knew the truth behind the broken guitar.
"If I had a nickle for everything Leo destroyed... I'd still be down about two million in change..." Donald said which made me chuckle.
"Yeah... and that's just the stuff you know about." Chase said, which made Donald look at him.
"We don't know anything." Adam quickly said before he hurried closer to the drums with Chase. I just looked at Marcus for a few seconds before we walked closer to the drum set. There was a little part of me that was nervous...but it went away when I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.

"And now for your career day entertainment concert in a can..can...can... featuring Adam, Marcus, Dani, and Chase..Chase..Chase..." I opened my eyes when we were announced through the PA system "...brought to you by Donald Davenport...port...port..." The concert in a can activated and I couldn't help but look around at it. 'It looks like an actual concert' I thought before looking back at the guys. We I gave them a small nod to let them know I was ready before they started to play.

We only played two songs before Donald decided to stop us. He wanted to use it with Bree and we couldn't really argue since he was the one who designed it. I sat at the table between Chase and Marcus as Bree played with Donald. My ears hurt from how bad they were playing so I covered them up...I could still hear them, but not as much. Out the corner of my eyes I noticed that Chase and Marcus were doing the same.

After they were done performing, Marcus and I helped them pack their things away.
"Well, well, well... if it isn't my old friend Marcus..." Leo said as he walked in the room.
"Sorry Leo, you're too late." Marcus said. "We safely packed away all of the guitars. Maybe now you can find something else to break..." Marcus fake laughed "...because you broke the guitar..."
"Excuse me...I would like everyone's attention right here." Leo said and I knew he mainly meant Adam and Chase. "I have proof from our home security system..." He swiped his finger across the screen he had in his hand.
"Heeeyyy!" A voice came from it.
"Now watch as I..." Leo started to say, but Marcus interrupted him.
"I have a confession to make..."
"Oh no you don't..." Leo said, obviously being able to tell what Marcus was going to do.
"I did it... I broke the guitar..."
"That's not fair... I was going to crack this case right open."
"Ah! He got you again." The voice from the tablet said.
"What's going on here?" Donald asked, which made me realize that both him and Bree joined us.
"I broke my guitar and blamed it on Leo." Marcus said to him. "I owe everyone an apology..."
"You broke the guitar?" Chase asked and Marcus nodded. "Why didn't you just say so?"
"Yeah...why didn't you just say so?" Leo asked.
"Because I had already cracked the guitar and if Dani found out I broke it, I would be in soo much trouble since she saved up a lot for it and I just want everyone to like me cuz I'm always the new kid..." Marcus said and I could tell that it was going to turn in a ramble "...so I made everyone think that Leo did it because I'm so scared and it's so hard to make friends and I'm a dumb kid compared to all of you and our grandma just died." Marcus began to cry, but I was the only one that didn't believe it. I put my arm around his shoulder to make it look like I believed that Marcus was crying.
"Are you crying?" Donald asked Marcus before looking at me."Is he crying?"
"I think so." I mouthed to him as I looked at Marcus.
"It's okay Marcus." Bree said.
"Yeah, it's no big deal." Donald said.
"And we don't think you're dumb." Chase said and I slightly smiled.
"Yeah...and your grandma didn't die..." I looked at Adam. "I don't know." He mouthed to the of us.
"Marcus, why don't you and Dani come out and have dinner with us?" Donald asked.
"M'kay..." Marcus said after he stopped pretending to cry. "You guys go ahead...I want to apologize to Leo." I looked at Marcus before walking out into the hall with the others.

We were all standing near the doors as we waited for Marcus and Leo.
"I like your earrings." Bree said to me.
"Thanks." I said with a small smile. "Marcus gave them to me for my birthday last year." She gave me a small smile. Bree started to look at me a little strangely, almost like Donald looked at me yesterday. She was shaken out of it when Marcus and Leo joined us.

When Marcus and I got home, we told dad that we were out with Adam, Bree, and Chase. He said we were doing a good job getting to know them. I saw it as getting to know my siblings rather than my dad's plan on trying to get them back. I didn't think about it too much though because it was late and I was tired. Marcus went into his capsule before I went into mine. 'It's been a good day' I thought before the capsule put my pajamas on. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath before slipping into sleep.

~ After watching the episodes 'Bionic Showdown' and 'Avalanche' I tweaked my original idea so it would fit what happens in those and so it wouldn't be weird. At first it was going to be a Marcus/OC/Chase story... but after those episodes I decided to change it. I thought that this idea would be interesting to work with first for the show.
~ Although I might eventually do a Marcus/OC/Chase story (depending on how well this story goes).
~ If it goes well, then I might do my story idea along 'My Babysitter's A Vampire' or possibly 'Wizards Of Waverly Place'.

~ If there are any specific Bionic abilities that you think Dani will have or that you want her to have, I'd like to hear about it. (: That includes what ones she knows about along with any hidden abilities she might have.
~ I will also get into why Dani was raised by Douglas instead of by Donald as the story goes on...hopefully you'll stick with the story (:

~ I wanted to make the 'Parallel Universe' episode a chapter, even though it's a Leo based episode. I had a way to include the alternate version of Dani which could change how some small things go in the episodes after that. It wouldn't be too big, but it depends on your thoughts are on that.

~ This story is going to go until the season 2 finale and then there will be a sequel along season 3 (assuming people like the story).
~ If there are any questions or thoughts, please leave them in the reviews (: I try to reply to all of them in the author's notes (and sometimes PM's). Reviews help a lot when it comes to muse and when I get writers block.

~ I rated the story a T just on the safe side just incase I decide to put in swearing and more violence than the show. (: I'd rather be safe than sorry.

R&R 'till the next update