Chase and Marcus had been fighting for almost ten minutes when the youngest lab rat was thrown against the brick wall. Chase slid to the floor and took in a shaky breath. He looked down at his bloody hands and then he looked over to where Marcus was hovering over Bree. Both the girl and Adam were struck with Marcus's energy wave before Chase had arrived. They were both conscious and fully aware of their surroundings but we completely useless in the battle. They couldn't move a muscle!

Chase coughed into his hand. He watched as Marcus stroked Bree's cheek and something in Chase lit up. He felt a familiar fire crawl it's way up and he was scared. Spike was on his way and he hated Spike. He was so scared but nothing could stop the creature from rising now. Spike rose onto his feet and walked towards Marcus.

"Oh Chase, I thought you were supposed to be the smartest of the three? Looks like you very well may be the dumbest." Marcus removed his hand from a frowning Bree and stalked towards Spike. The creature growled before running towards Marcus. Big mistake. Marcus took Spike's momentum to aid him in the attack. Soon Spike was on the ground and his eyes flashed to show that Chase was back. The boy panted, a mix between sweat and blood dripped down the side of his face.

"Such a stupid boy." Marcus chuckled creating a blue light in his palms.

"It's time to finish you off." Marcus blasted the electricity towards Chase, but the boy simply created a shield. He was tired though. He couldn't possibly hold Marcus off for long. It was a good thing that Marcus was impatient because he dropped the electricity and ran towards Chase.

The boy jumped up onto his shaky feet and dropped his force field in the process, allowing Marcus to attack. Punch after punch, Chase was losing. With a sharp punch to the face he was on the ground again, a bloody mess. Marcus laughed and grabbed the boy by his hair.

"Chase!" He could barely register Bree's voice before she knocked straight into Marcus sending Chase to the cold ground.