Chapter 1:Focus
A/N: Ok this takes place after You Posted what? Part one. Some things obviously changed. Leo still got a bionic arm, but let's just say part 2 of that episode never happened. I was loosely inspired a while back watching a movie. A few characters have been added in. I'm a little rusty, but I hope you'll read and any comments, suggestions, ideas are appreciated.
"Some day you will understand," She pulled a long strand of her long brown hair away from her eyes as the tears threatened to fall. "It has to be this way."'
"No, don't go!"
"I promise I'll be good." A young Adam pleaded as he squeezed tightly to Bree's hand. Chase refused to let go but was taken back by the anger in her voice.
"I said let go, Chase." Adam pulled his younger brother and sister away as even he was far too young to understand why she was leaving. Quickly, she handed the children toys to occupy their young minds as she began her final work. Chase was advanced for his age, in fact she often called him her little "smartie"; so naturally he was focused on what she was working on.
With one final look at Adam and Bree who was enticed by their toys, she headed for the door. Goodbyes were never meant to be said. She was confident that they were far too young to ever remember her. It would never be goodbye. It was just see you later, for now. Chase hurriedly tried to stop her as he pulled on her coat, "Please, don't go! I DON'T want you to go!" Chase sobbed.
"You'll be ok. All of you will." She leaned down and kissed Chase on the forehead. Her voice cracked and tears ran down her face as she whispered "I love you all. You're special, Chase. "
"Chase! Chase, wake up!" Adam began to shake Chase trying to get their leader focused. It was so surreal, somehow their bionic secret had been made public knowledge. The government came to whisk them away from everything they had ever known-calling them a threat to society. They never gave them a proper goodbye with their family. Leo was probably the only real, true friend they had ever known and they didn't even get to say goodbye.
His mind was precise, and yet he was plagued by a dream, or a memory of some sort. But that's strange, it felt so real.
"This doesn't make any sense. " Fear was whisked away and replaced by an intense curiousity. He may be the younger brother, but he was their leader and right now Adam and Bree needed him. "I don't understand why they are keeping us together."
"Maybe was wrong, maybe we're ok here." Adam did his best to stay optimistic. It was in his nature to try to make the best out of a worst case scenerio.
"Where's Bree?" Chase questioned as he began to pace back and forth, Adam nervously following.
"I don't know. You were kind of out of it and they took her from some 'tests'. Whatever that meant. I wanted to go with her, but she told me I needed to stay with you. How's your head?"
"My what?" Confusion hit him like a ton of bricks. Nothing made any sense, the last thing he remembered was those guards placing the three of them into the van. As soon as he arrived at the facility, his head began to pound and weakness poured out of him. "I take it you're head still hurts? You know usually, it's a welcoming site but I'm worried about you. After all, you're no good to us unconscious. Bree, said it was probably the stress of today. I don't know. I'll be honest, Chase. I'm scared. And I'm supposed to be the one to protect the two of you."
"I know this is a far stretch, considering I'm asking you, but do you remember anything about when we were kids? I mean I know Mr. Davenport said he took us from Douglas. But do you remember a woman?" Chase walked over to where Adam was sitting and sat beside him,needing his siblings now more than ever.
Adam thought hard for a moment before shrugging "I'm sorry, Chase. I don't. Why? Is that why you're head hurt like it did because you had some kind of playback?"
Chase chuckled "You mean flashback? I don't know. It seemed real. You and Bree were there, but it was a woman I never seen before. She told us it had to be this way. But what I don't understand is why now? Why am I thinking of her now?" Just as Adam was about to answer he was interrupted by the sounds of approaching feet.
Agent Graham shuffled into the boys dormitory, slithering like a snake, Chase knew he could not be trusted. "Why are you here? Where's Bree?" Adam questioned.
"Relax boys, all is well. I've agreed to let you two stay together as we have temporarily disabled your bionics."
"You what?!" Chase fumed
"We have the top researcher examining things, but first things first; Chase, you and I need to have a little discussion."
If looks could kill, Graham would have been struck dead. Now more than ever, Adam wished he had his blast force. "NO! You took Bree and you can't have him too."
"Adam, I understand where you are coming from but Chase and I are just going for a little talk and Bree should be back by the time we return. I assure you both, everything is fine."
Chase rolled his eyes, but he didn't want to further Adam's worry. "I'll be back shortly. I promise."
As soon as Chase left, another boy was brought in. "So what's your story?" the young boy asked Adam.
Agent Graham ushered Chase into an interrogation room, handing him a glass of water. "Have a seat." Chase pulled the seat back and tried his best to recall what Mr. Davenport had taught them about interrogations.
"I'm sorry to inconvience you. I appreciate you agreeing to talk with me."
"Yeah well I agreed to go with you, I never agreed to talk."
"Very well."Graham pulled up a seat in front of Chase" I won't take up too much of your time then. We need your help."
"Why should I? You still haven't told me anything about my family. Not to mention, I have yet to see my sister for verification that she's ok. Besides you said so yourself, our bionics have been disabled."
"I knew there was a reason they called you the leader. I also know if I expect anything from you, you need something in return so here-"Graham handed Chase a tablet that showed Chase everyone's whereabouts. Everyone appeared and looked safe, but looks can be deceiving, right? Without his bionics, Chase felt useless.
"Why are we here? You have the wrong people!" Chase pounded his fists against the table, he was beyond frustrated "Krane is the one you want. We go on missions to save lives, meanwhile he's out to take lives. This is wrong."
"We've been informed of Krane but we have no way of knowing where he is. Krane is a powerhouse that needs to be stopped and we need you all for that job. Your bionics are only temporarily disabled. There are limitations but we will work with you all to make you the best soldiers. We have our best researcher on the case and when the time has come she will see you. But as of right now, you're on our side. "
"Oh and by keeping us prisoner is solving that problem? There is no safe with us trapped here. Our family needs us. Keeping us trapped here is just going to get people killed."
"Oh, stop being so dramatic! You said you're part of a team, understand this, you three are safe here. When the times, we will let you leave. But not until that time. Any questions? "
"You really expect us to help you? You took us away from our family? We have no obligations to you, and as far as your mission you want us to do, well you're going to have to find someone else. Our family will find us!" Chase got up and headed to the door awaiting the guard to walk him back to Adam. "You can go to hell."
As he watched the guard walk Chase back to the dormitory, Graham picked up the phone "It might be harder than we think. I'll work on my end, you work on yours."
As Chase was ushered back into the room, Adam embraced him as he feared he would never see him again. "Still no word on Bree?" Adam shrugged, hanging his head low. Chase grit his teeth, while Adam punched a wall. "What if we never see her again?"
"See who?" a young boy asked. "Oh, I'm Bob, by the way."
"How long have you been here?" Chase questioned as Adam placed his hand on Bob's shoulder.
"Oh I just got here a few minutes ago-"
"No, I mean how long have you been at this facility? Why are they keeping you?"
"I don't really remember. Oh great, it's almost dinner time!"
Right on time, the door opened for them to attend dinner. "This sucks." Adam muttered to Chase.
"Tell me about it."
The boys were ecstatic when they saw Bree in the small cafeteria eating. They rushed over to her side. "Bree! You're ok."
Both boys embraced her tightly, Chase examining her over to check for any signs of abuse. She didn't respond immediately, she just allowed both her brothers to comfort her. Her lip trembled with fear and her hands shook at her sides, but what scared him the most was the fact that her eyes revealed pure and absolute terror.
"I promise I'm fine, but things are not what they appear to be. It's not safe here, but it's not safe out there, either."
"Bree, what do you mean? What did they do to you?" Chase questioned, Bree was always the speed talked. Meanwhile, he had 1,000 questions and at this rate and stares from guards he would be lucky if he even got one answered.
"It doesn't matter. Just keep your eyes open and your ears. Right now, we need to keep distance from each other."
"No, we have to stick together." Adam replied strongly.
"Adam, we can't. I asked them to let me see you both, but I guess this is as good as it's going to get. I love you, both. I'm trying to work on a way to get our bionics back., but it's hard. When the time comes though, you have to leave! Don't argue, please." Her neck tensed as she watched the other guards staring at the trio.
"We'll find a way out of this, I promise." Chase sighed deeply as he tried to comfort his sister.
"You both will. Chase, you're smart with or without your bionics. Adam, you may not have the strength you had before but you're still the strongest guy I know. But I can't risk you both. I know we said we'd always stick together but you two have to save yourselves, especially you, Chase."
"What does that mean?"
"I'm sorry I have to go." Bree hurriedly kissed both boys cheeks as she allowed the guards to usher her away. Tears welled up in his own eyes as they found a seat near Bob and another young boy. Neither Adam nor Chase had an appetite after their encounter with Bree.
"This isn't fair!" Leo whined as he propped himself on the couch. "They don't deserve this. We have to do something!" Leo threw the game controller across the room.
"Hey! That almost hit me!"Douglas made himself a seat next to Leo. When the agents came to take the trio away, Leo and Douglas quickly escaped. Poor Leo had a close call with Krane and his soldier, and Douglas was forced to give him bionics. "I did it for them, you know. I knew they would have worried about you losing an arm and they probably would have felt guilty, so I did the next best thing and saved it."
"We should've stayed. We could have done something."Leo responded the only way he knew how. He was so angry about what had happened but he was also in such denial. It just felt like a bad dream.
"There's anothing we could have done, Leo. Their GPS have been disabled as the rest of their bionics have too. There is no way to get in contact with them."
"So we're just going to give up?" Leo had never hurt so badly. His arm being crushed was nowhere near the pain he felt with his siblings being ripped away.
"Of course not, Leo. Donald and Douglas are working nonstop at finding them." Tasha sadly spoke to her son. She never expected to love those kids like she did, but they were her family. Regardless if they saw her as their step-mother or just an aunt. They were now her family.
"Yeah, and I know them. They are resourceful, with or without bionics. They will find their way home." Douglas glared at Donald. "Ok, well two of them will. Listen, I'm just as scared for them but with Krane getting so close to the two of you today. Finding the kids isn't the only thing we have to worry about."
Frustrated Leo ran down to the lab, as he walked around his focus managed upon Douglas' phone which was now chiming like crazy.
"Hey Douglas-" Leo began to call for Douglas when he glanced at the screen and read a text message that shook terror in him.
"Douglas, I need your help with the kids."
Ok? Comments?
Recap: Adam, Bree and Chase were taken away. Right now, only Bree has been separated from the boys. Bob has been introduced. I might be introducing Spin as well (maybe). They will escape but then again Bree did say it isn't safe out there so we may get more of a grasp on why she said that? Hmm Leo finding Douglas' text-Is Douglas still bordering Evil or is he good?