Working for Douglas is no party. I've had to train all my life to get Adam, Bree, and Chase back. Honestly, I have no idea why I even bothered with Douglas. He never really cared about me; he just cared about getting his "family" back.
He's reminded me many times I'm not a normal human being. I wanted to be, and honestly, Adam, Bree, and Chase were the first people to ever care about me.
Every night, Douglas would say to me, "You have a purpose on this earth, Marcus. And it's not to be a normal human being. You are a soldier. Don't let your "emotions" get the best of you."
After he'd say that, he'd drain out any human feelings or actions I had discovered that day, and I was a robot once again, with one mission: To get Adam, Bree, and Chase for him.
The worst part was I didn't want him to take them away. He had to strap me down so that I wouldn't stop him. "Why!?" I'd scream to Douglas. "Because, Marcus, these feelings, these emotions, they're weakness, take it from me. My brother was my weakness. I got rid of it, and now I'm ten times stronger than he is," Douglas would reply.
"Now today, I want you to put the cameras in Donny's house. Find your own way to get inside and plant the cameras. Do whatever it takes." "But how will they trust me? How will I do it without anyone noticing?" I asked. "Make sure no one is in each of the rooms. Do it when Adam, Bree, and Chase aren't home," Douglas explained.
"And Leo?" I asked. "Leo is nothing; if you happen to come across him, make something up. No one would believe him anyway," Douglas replied with a smirk on his face.
I went over to Davenport's house and knocked on the door. Chase had a backpack in his hand. "Hey Chase! Where are you going this fine Saturday?" I asked. "Oh, hey Marcus! We were just going to come with Mr. Davenport to help him promote his new invention," Chase explained. "How convenient," I thought to myself.
"Cool! Are you all going?" I asked. "I think so. Leo is sick though and Mr. Davenport says we can't leave Leo alone when he can't take care of himself," Chase said, "Tasha is away for her job, and we're trying to figure out who will watch him. The only problem is, we all want to go." Then I got a brilliant idea, "I'm not doing anything, how about I watch Leo?"
"Really? You would do that for us?" Chase asked excitedly. "Yeah, and after you guys come back, we can all hang out," I replied with a grin. "Here, come in, sit on the couch. I'll be right back; I'm going to go tell Mr. Davenport," Chase said. He ran and he jumped into the air with excitement.
Mr. Davenport, Adam, Chase, and Bree entered the room. "Thanks so much for doing this, Marcus. Leo can usually stay home alone, but like Chase said, he's really sick. He hasn't left bed all morning," Mr. Davenport explained. "No problem, just leave it to me, I will make sure he's okay," I said with a smile.
"Come on, Mr. Davenport, we gotta go!" Bree said pulling him. "I call shotgun!" Adam exclaimed. "No fair, I wanted shotgun!" Chase said. "Too bad, you snooze you lose," Adam said to Chase. "Thanks for everything, Marcus! Bye!" Mr. Davenport yelled.
I smiled and as soon as they were gone I called Douglas, "Marcus, are you in?" Douglas asked. "Yeah, I'm in. It was so convenient. They're all gone. Only pathetic Leo is home, and they said he hasn't left his room all day since he's sick," I told him. "Perfect. Place the camera's in every place of the house," Douglas said. "Talk to you soon."
I planted the cameras all over the house. Even in the basement. I studied the Lab carefully. "So this is what goes on down here…" I said to myself. I took the elevator and headed back up the stairs.
As soon as I was done, I heard Leo start to yell, "Big D! Big D! I need more tissues!" I rolled my eyes; I forgot I had to "take care" of Leo. I would have just ignored him, but Leo might tell them I didn't even bother and I needed to stay close to them. I grabbed tissues from a closet and I headed into Leo's room.
As soon as I went through his door, Leo screamed. He jumped on his bed and put his arms up for defense. "What are you doing here, Marcus!?" He asked. "I promised your family I'd watch you," I said simply, "Your tissues?" I said handing the tissue box to Leo.
He carefully and cautiously took it. "Is it contaminated? Did you put a spell on it!?" Leo asked shakily. "No, they weren't even used. I got them out of Mr. Davenport's closet," I replied.
"Why are you watching me? Did you capture Big D and Adam, Bree, and Chase!? Did you feed them to your pet snake!?" He asked. Why so many questions! "They are helping Mr. Davenport promote a new invention. I agreed to watch you and I don't have a pet snake!" I answered a little bit annoyed.
"Why would you watch me? We can agree we both hate each other. What's in it for you?" Leo asked. "None of your business. You should get some rest Leo. Being stressed out really does a number on you. How will you ever get better if you're not getting some shut eye?" I asked.
He cautiously sat down on his bed and as soon as I was gone he was asleep. I went into the kitchen and called back Douglas, "They're all planted. You should be able to see what is going on in the house right about… now," I said. As soon as I said "now" Douglas said, "I see everything, nice job, Marcus. Now we just got to wait until my big brother comes home and then we will start the fun."