"If it's a war they want," Chase Davenport proclaimed, as he noticed his father, Douglas, lying on the floor following his attack by Chase's evil ex-girlfriend, Reese. As Chase's next words slipped out, he got a lump in his throat, feeling full of guilt for hurting Douglas like this. "It's a war we'll give them."
His sister, Bree, whipped out her cell phone. "I'm going to call up Adam and Leo, get them to help with Douglas," Bree said.
"You do that, Bree," Oliver said, only to notice Chase running back to the hyperlift.
"Don't you want to help Douglas?" Bree asked.
"No. Let Oliver, Kaz, Adam, Leo, and Skylar handle everything." Chase cried, going up, out of Mission Command.
"Chase!" Bree yelled. "Come back!" Bree sped up after him.
"Guess I need to tend to Douglas," Kaz said.
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"Chase, what's the matter?" Bree asked, as she ran into the boy's room and plopped down on Oliver's bed.
"I feel like…"Chase caught his breath. "Like all my actions the past year were bad choices."
"Why would you think that?" Bree asked, alarmed.
"Well, first off…when I scoffed at Oliver and Kaz's superpowers," Chase said.
"That was out of context, you're the smartest man in the world in all fields but that one." Bree said.
"Still, I don't really like this defying of the laws of science," Chase said.
"What else do you feel guilty about, Chase?" Bree asked.
"I've been very mean to Kaz and Oliver. Very mean. And I…I think I should have refused Oliver's offer to help him get Skylar her powers back. Maybe we should have build a time machine." Chase said.
"Well, you can't change the past," Bree pointed out.
"But Bree, it's way worse than that! I started hogging Kaz and Skylar, making Oliver miserable. He probably wants to become a villain now!" Chase whined.
Bree slapped him. "Chase! You shouldn't say things like that! Just because you're stealing Oliver's best friends…and embarrassing him…and being an overall pain in the butt…"
"Stop, Bree!" Chase moaned. "I get the point."
"And what about when you locked Skylar and Perry up in Mission Command?" Bree asked.
"Bree, you're making me sound like Adam!" Chase said.
"Well, to be honest, you have been kind of acting like him. Remember all those things you said to Oliver and Kaz? Calling them names from time to time?" Bree asked.
"I just…wanted to be an older brother," Chase admitted.
"Exactly," Bree said. "But since you only had Adam for inspiration, and he's a bad influence…"
"Bree, there's more things I feel guilty over." Chase whined.
"Like what?" Bree asked.
"Well, like when I made an android girlfriend for myself…" Chase stuttered. "And…and that device to reverse the aging process."
"Yeah, the Chase I know wouldn't do stuff like that," Bree snapped.
"Oh, so I'm not the Chase you know? I'm just some rando kid?" Chase asked.
"Yeah, I don't even like having you for a brother!"
"Out of my room!" Chase growled, offended. Bree, realizing she had gone too far, ran off.
"Yeah, you better run!" Chase said. Chase was grateful that Bree had finally left. As he drifted off to sleep in his capsule, he couldn't wait to check on Douglas. "Tomorrow will be fun," Chase muttered.
