Toys Time
Chapter One: "Birthday"

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Spin could have punched them, when Bree and Leo had ripped open the door of his capsule and almost screamed 'Happy Birthday' at him. He didn't even know what a birthday was, yet here they were screaming it at him and waking him up early for it. Whatever it was, didn't really have Spin interested in it if it meant being up before lunch time. His annoyance only grew when they grabbed hold of him and pulled him towards the former mentor's quarters.

"Couldn't you let me get dressed, at least?" Spin protested, with the t-shirt and boxers clad boy not making it easy for the pair.

"Whatever," Leo groaned, only helping because Bree forced him to, "Just hurry it up."

"Why?" Spin whined.

"Because it's YOUR birthday!" Bree exclaimed, grinning widely at the now shorter haired boy. She had to admit that the little twerp looked a lot better now that he had gotten a haircut finally and had lost his longer hair.

"And what the heck even is that?" Spin shrugged, tugging his arm out of her surprisingly tight grip.

"It's the day you were born, silly! It's a day where we celebrate you, give you presents and even have cake!" Bree grinned, hoping that the younger boy would at least get excited about that.

"Do I get new bionics?" Spin asked, a little more excited at the prospect.

"Well, no… but you get things like toys, clothes and stuff like that." Bree exclaimed, deliberately not mentioning anything related to Tasha's hugging.

Spin's face fell flat, disappointed. "Oh."

Bree bit her lip, noticing that the boy was being even more apathetic than Chase on his birthdays. "Aren't you excited about cake? It's WAY better than the bars we get fed here." She explained, already almost tasting the frosted goodness.

Her response was a confused look.

"Cake? What the heck is that?" Spin wondered.

Bree was lost for words. She knew Krane was a deranged villain only obsessed with an army to take over the world, but had he really not taught them about birthdays or cake. From the look of pure confusion on the younger boy's face, she had to guess that Krane hadn't. She also guessed that Spin hadn't even known that today was his birthday, with Bree finding herself wiping a slight tear and gulping back a cry from the sadness of the situation.

"Whoa… why are you crying? Is cake that good or something?" Spin questioned, growing uneasy at the sight.

"Don't worry kiddo, I was just thinking of something… sad." Bree attempted, unable to look the boy in the eyes as she replied to his question though.

Leo stepped in and roughly gripped Spin's arm. "Come on already. You've already made her cry, stop stalling."

"Hey! Let me go, punk!" Spin bit, trying to pull himself away from Leo to no avail.

"Ugh, do we really have to celebrate this little mouthy brat?" Leo growled.

Bree flicked Leo's ear, almost attempting to drag him by the lobe.

"BECAUSE, he's like family." She snapped. "Besides, your mom is making us do this, and we get cake so stop complaining!"

"So you are doing this because you're being MADE to." Spin bit, growling slightly. "Fine, let's get this out of the way."

Bree and Leo could only watch as Spin stormed past them towards the quarters. He always looked grumpy but something they had said or done in the past five minutes sure had set the bratty little kid off. Bree almost felt another tear forming when she thought he might be remembering the past under Krane's control. Leo rolled his eyes as he watched Bree shed another tear over the little brat, before shaking his head and following Spin.

Instantly the young and tired boy was greeted with more loud voices and unusually bright faces screaming: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"

Spin's brown eyes narrowed and a small sigh escaped his lips at the ridiculous sight. So asinine. Streamers, balloons and confetti or all colours painted the room and made it more of an eye sore than the boy could handle. He would have turned and left if it weren't for the two taller teens blocking the exit. Spin never really had an issue with Chase and Adam, until they had blocked him from leaving today, but it was enough for him to send them a quick glare.

"Happy birthday, little man. You're how old now?" Adam looked confused, trying to match the boy up to his age. "Nine?" Failing horribly, of course.

"I'm…" Spin began, before pausing when he realised he didn't actually have the answer for that.

"He's fourteen." Bree grinned, as she pointed towards the writing on the boy's birthday cake.

"Oh… Hey Chase doesn't that mean he's old enough for- mph!" Adam found his own hand forced to cover his mouth. As hard at the muscle-head tried, he couldn't pry away his palm; and even if he did, his lips wouldn't move.

"We do not discuss THAT in front of Tasha, Leo and Bree." Chase hissed, with Adam shrugging since he wasn't entirely sure why.

Leo raised an eyebrow, hoping it was some form of prank. "Oh, and what are you two talking about? I want in!"

Spin was just as curious as the darker-skinned boy, but focused on the fact Chase hadn't mentioned Mr. Davenport in his list of people that couldn't know. He saw the looks that Adam and Chase had shared with the owner of the bionic island, and wondered fully what was going on but if Adam was right, then it sounded like he might get added to it soon.

"You can't! You're aren't…" Chase began.

"Aren't mature enough!" Donald cut in, shooting his sons a look that shut them all up. "We're here to party, aren't we? Celebrate the ones getting and looking older while they thank the ones who aren't?"

"Aren't mature enough? But the mouthy little shit is?" Leo snorted.

"LEO!" Tasha snapped, slapping the back of her son's head. Spin found himself grinning at the action, deciding that if all of his birthdays included Leo getting in trouble and smacked, then he could come to love them. Tasha, seeing the grin on the younger boy's face, thought that Spin was finally coming around to the idea of celebrating his birth. "Now behave yourself Leo, we are here for Spin. Not you."

Leo grunted in response. "Whatever, just hurry up."

"Since you are going to like THIS, you can give Spin his present from you then head to your bedroom." Tasha growled, not liking the behaviour that her son was showing.

"I don't HAVE a bedroom!" The dark boy almost yelled, realising only now how much that annoyed him. Nevertheless, the eyes his mother gave him were enough to have him moving to the present table, rolling his eyes as she spoke.

"Well then if you are having such a issue with not having a bedroom. Then maybe you should return home and share your old room with your BABY SISTER! Who you claimed you were happy to GIVE your bedroom to." Tasha growled, with the bionic trio gulping as they realised the level of the guilt trip that Tasha was pulling. "Or should I KICK HER OUT, to make you happy young man."

Spin found himself giggling under his breath and hiding his smile, as he enjoyed Leo getting scolded. Leo picked up the little box he has poorly wrapped and threw it at the younger boy, fully aware that he was grinning.

"There. Hope it breaks you little shit." Leo hissed as he strode from the room, ignoring the yelling behind him.

Curious about what he had been brought, Spin slowly opened the box and looked up with a weird look on his face. "There's nothing in here?"

"What? Pass it here, bud." Chase offered, outstretching his hand before inspecting the box.

As he looked into the box, Chase found himself growling in response as he realised that Leo had indeed given the young boy an empty box. Motioning for the others to distract Spin for a moment, Chase slowly reached behind his neck and undid the chain he wore around his neck. Before lightly placing it into the box and pretending to find it for the younger boy.

"You must not have noticed it bud, but there's definitely something in here." Chase smiled, handing the box back to Spin. Spin took the present with a doubtful frown, only to feel his face brighten when he heard the light jingle of metal inside.

"What? How did I miss that!" He exclaimed, removing the fine silver chain.

"It must have been caught up." Chase smiled, while glaring slightly at the looks he was getting from his family who were wondering why he had given up his chain.

Adam leaned in close to his brother and whispered: "I thought Leo was just getting him a box of air? Why'd you give him your necklace?"

"Because he doesn't deserve a jackass like Leo ruining his special day." Chase growled, in a whisper back.

Spin looked up at the brothers and wondered what they were whispering about. He was about to ask when another box was shoved into his face and almost knocked him over. It was certainly bigger than Leo's half-ass box, and much better wrapped. It could have done without the bright pink bow. "Wow…"

"Open it up kiddo, this one's from Me and Adam." Bree grinned.

Adam grinned as well, while revealing: "I added the bow!"

Spin wasn't sure why the muscular twenty-five year old man was looked quite proud of himself.

"Why?" Spin scrunched his nose up at the ugly sight.

His response was a shrug.

"I thought it needed some color." Adam added, once pushed by the look on the younger boy's face.

Bree groaned, agreeing that it was pink enough to make her want to puke. "It didn't NEED anymore colour, Adam."

"That was your opinion." Adam replied. "Logan and Bob, both happened to agree with me."

"Whatever. Just open it," The girl said, not bothering to argue with her brother. She was much too eager to see Spin's face when he opened up his present.

Pulling the bow undone carefully, Spin slowly opened the present to reveal a box. He slowly opened the box and tried to fight the groan that wished to escape. Putting on his best smile, Spin looked up at Bree: "Oh hey, books!"

Spin had to admit that he was shocked. If anyone gave him books, he expected it to be Chase.

"Aww! I knew you would love them."

"Look underneath, there's something extra from me." Adam grinned.

Spin gave the muscular boy a look before searching around until he found a small box. He opened the new box to find a dried out and definitely uneatable chip. "A Chip?"

"That's my lucky chip, little dude, been with me since day one!" Adam beamed, again looking overly proud.

The rest of the group sighed in union with Donald leaning over to whisper to his wife. "I thought you got rid of that!"

"I did, I threw it in the trash!" Tasha groaned.

Spin scrunched his nose up again and set the chip aside, mentally noting to throw the rotten snack away once the older boy was gone. "T-thanks?"

"Now that -whatever that was…- is out of the way. Time for the best present." Donald beamed.

"Mine! It's the latest and greatest Davenpresent!."

"It's not another statue of you is it, Mr, Davenport?" Chase groaned.

"Well, it was. Gold Plated, too! But Tasha vetoed it and well you know what they say little buddy, angry wife and you get the couch. So enjoy what she picked out using my Davencard!" Donald responded, pouting slightly at the loss of his statue.

"Douglas helped me to pick them out, sweetie." Tasha smiled. With the women a little saddened that her brother-in-law couldn't be here, but he understood that he needed to be with his son. She was just glad that he was taking Daniel seriously.

Spin sighed but accepted the third present, not caring to notice the Davenport logo all over the wrapping. This present wasn't a box, but rather it was almost lumpy yet soft. Tearing away the paper, Spin felt a groan in his throat when he saw that his sort-of-parental figures had gifted him clothes. A blue button-up shirt with little white designs, a two-toned grey jacket, some Calvin Klein boxer briefs and the good set of pajamas.

"Come on sweetie, why don't you try them on." Tasha smiled.

Spin gave the room a weird look before shrugging and deciding to do it, since they had been this nice to him. However, he made sure everyone had their eyes shut as he changed, especially since he slipped into the new underwear, too. While the rest of the family covered their eyes, Chase and Adam only pretended to cover their eyes until Spin was changed, enjoying the sight and feeling their cocks twitch.

"Next is mine, bud." Chase smiled, as he handed over a smaller box which was a little bigger then Adam's chip box.

Curiosity got to him and Spin grabbed the box and began to unwrap it, with Chase grinning widely as Spin got into it and wasn't going as slow as he had with the rest. Spin was a little confused when he pulled out a leather wallet. "You got me a wallet?"

"Well, back when I was your age. I was given one very similar to it by Mr. Davenport." Chase smiled. With the teenager not going to reveal that he had gotten his own one from when he was younger repaired to prime condition for the boy. "Open it up, it has your very own Davencard and well you will see."

Spin wasn't sure if he was too excited about a Davencard, whatever that was, but he found himself liking the gift. Opening it up, he looked around the wallet and found the card along with a bit of cash inside. "You gave me money? Why?"

"Because buddy, when you give someone a wallet it's tradition to give them their first bit of cash inside of it as well." Chase smiled.

"Oh." Spin whispered, still a little confused.

Chase offered a soft smiling, not liking that he couldn't read the younger boy's expression.

"Oh, there's just one left." Tasha interrupted, quickly moving the last box into Spin's hands. "It's from Daniel. He said he wished he was here and that he would chat to you though your pods later."

"Capsules-" Donald bit.

"No body cares, Donald." Tasha growled. With Spin hiding another light giggle.

Spin grinned, with the younger boy loving the idea of chatting with the very slightly older boy later on. Unaware to the rest of the bionic academy, him and Daniel had heavily 'connected' when the teen had first visited. Daniel had showed him things that he had never known about before, which they continued to explore anytime they got their chance. It was also the reason that he wore boxers now, since the fifteen-year-old had mentioned that it as what he wore and it made their late night fun easier.

Grabbing onto the box, Spin began to pull on the wrapping until he revealed yet another box, which featured a clearish section that revealed what was inside. The teen found himself confused as he looked down at the present and saw what looked like a controller to Leo's gaming system. He continued to look around the box until he noticed the car, with the boy wondering why he would be given such a small car.

"Wait, he got me a tiny car? I'm not THAT small, and I can't drive!" Spin growled, setting the box aside. The younger boy was ready to scream at Daniel for picking on his size.

Chase noticing that the younger boy was ready to explode, moved over to reveal what his younger brother had given Spin. "It's not a TINY car bud, it's a remote control toy car. You play with it, not drive it."

"Oh." Spin replied. With the teen turning his head back to the toy momentarily before looking at Chase in further confusion. "Why?"

The boy didn't hear the gasp coming from the back of Tasha's throat as tears stung her brown eyes. Quickly her husband's hands were around her shoulders, whispering to her while the woman cursed Victor Krane. "How, Donald? How could a man be so heartless that his own child doesn't know what a TOY IS?"

"I… don't know." Donald whispered.

The man's voice was soft, as he found himself wondering about how he dealt with both the teams of Bionic's that he commanded through Leo and Adam, along with the Elite Force through Chase. Donald's eyes continued to go distant as he thought back to how he had raised the trio, and realised that he had been Victor Krane. He had done that.

"I-I have to go." Donald finally whispered, he needed to get out of here and go somewhere. He had to make this right somehow but for now, he needed to think and plan.

Confused about his uncle's behavior, Chase turned his attention back to the younger boy.