Title: "The Boy Frozen in Time"
Rating: T for time travel
Genre: Drama/Family/Angst (that one's actually pretty light)
Characters: Leo, Mr. Davenport, Bree, Chase, Adam, two OCs (I guess, they're only there for like a second)
Pairing(s): None
Summary: He stood still, struggling to free himself from the clutches of time. There were those who tried to save him, but the solution always slipped from their grasp.
Extended summary (don't ask why I have one, but it popped into my head and sounded rather good, so…)—In which Leo Dooley is far too desperate, and it all crumbles to dust before is eyes.
Warnings: None, really, it's just a bit sad
Notes: I am still working on the humor, guys, but I actually have a story pretty far in the development stages! I might have it up before Christmas!
Anyway, this is the two-shot I mentioned a few days ago (it's actually not the one I was going to post, but I'll post that other one sometime).
So two things: first, this is vaguely built off of some elements from Spy Kids: All The Time in The World, but it really has nothing to do with that. Second, I wasn't actually going to post this at all, but BluePeach007 suggested I at least try to make this time travel story good. So thanks!
Although quick note—there's not actually time travel, per se. You'll understand once you read it.
The first chapter of this is up now, obviously, and the second chapter should be posted tomorrow (if it's late, I'm sorry, I honestly don't know what I'm doing!). It's probably not my greatest work, but I spent literally hours editing and revising, and this is the best I could get it. So I hope you enjoy!
It all began with a car crash involving the four bionic heroes.
It was quite pathetic, really, that after all the dangerous missions, they were destroyed by their car simply flipping over. But that's what happened, and so many things were left undone.
The eldest brother died instantly, having taken the brunt of the impact, and was declared dead on the scene. Adam was gone.
The sister was thrown into a coma, though she was still alive, and still stable. Bree had hope.
The other brother was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, though still alive. Chase could make it.
And somehow, impossibly, their stepbrother was unhurt. Perhaps it was because he was sitting in the back, or perhaps it was because Adam deflected the majority of the impact.
Either way, Leo was fine.
Physically fine, that is—mentally, he was a wreck. When Mr. Davenport came to visit him, the first thing the boy said made sense only to a genius (which he was) or a madman (which he also quite possibly was, too).
He wanted to build a time machine. We know it can be done, he reasoned. It worked once, it can work again. If it worked in an alternate timeline, it should work here. The same laws apply. We just have to build it.
But it could be different here, Davenport had argued. You don't know what could happen. It might not work, and we've never done it before!
But Leo told him just a few words: It'll be fine.
And because his father had learned to trust him, and he knew that this may be the only way to save his possibly last remaining son, he agreed.
The second Leo was discharged, they began to work. Their lab was overtaken by the machine. Piece by piece, it all came together.
They continued to work, even as Chase's injuries overcame him and the world's third bionic superhuman died, despite everyone's best efforts. It simply fueled their resolve.
They continued to work as Bree lay quiet and still, the second bionic trapped in the clutches of a possibly endless sleep. That too only made them work harder.
For well over a year they worked, focusing on one thing—going back, undoing the damage.
And when it was finally ready, when the words it's finally done left Donald Davenport's mouth, Leo didn't hesitate.
Literally instantly, he jumped into the machine and turned it on.
Mr. Davenport had yelled, because no, it wasn't tested, and the results could be catastrophic.
Too late, was all that left the boy's mouth.
That was the last thing he said before an impossibly bright light shone throughout the lab, and when Mr. Davenport could see again, his son was still there.
But there was something wrong. He did't get off the machine, he simply stood there, completely still, unblinking. Frozen. Completely and utterly trapped in time.
All the poor boy could do was stand, so still, unable to talk or blink or even breathe. Just stand, helpless, waiting for his father to rescue him.
And it shall be continued!
Small recap, in case you didn't catch all of it: Adam's dead, Bree is in a coma, Chase is also dead, Leo's trapped in time, and Davenport is the only one left, really (I kinda omitted Tasha and Douglas and pretty much everyone else from this story, sorry).
Anyway, I should update the last chapter soon! Remember: reviews make everything better ;)