Prologue
It's been a long time since I've been happy. All the joy in my life has been taken away from me. To everyone else, I was useless. Even though the people who called me useless denied it, I heard them. And they did insult me. It broke my heart.
Flashback
I was taking my mission suit and gear off in the other room. I hear voices in the lab.
"Mr. Davenport can we talk to you for a second?" I hear Bree say.
"Yeah sure Adam and Bree. What's up? You guys did an awesome job today…"
"Yeah about that" Adam interrupted, "We wanted to talk to you about what happened today."
"Well what's the problem?"
"Chase is the problem" Bree replied, "He almost ruined everything!"
"What do you mean guys?"
"We were fighting some bad guys and he couldn't even defend himself because his bionics are not as great as ours." Adam explained.
"All he has is a huge brain that is useful for nothing!" Bree exclaimed, "Leo's more useful than he is!" I gasp. For ten more minutes all Bree and Adam talk about is how I just boss them around during the mission and I can never do anything for myself. And instead of Davenport telling them to lay off, he agreed with him!
"He is a bit….well weak when it comes to agility and strength" Davenport them, "And can be a little over himself when it comes to his smarts sometimes."
"Just admit he's useless" Adam barked, "Everyone knows it. Even Tasha and Leo." A tear comes out of my eye. Useless? I'm the one who leads the whole mission. I'm the one who warned Adam and Bree about the bad guys sneaking up on them!
"Don't worry guys" Mr. Davenport cried, "I'll make sure he's in the most physical shape possible by the next mission."
End of Flashback
After Mr. Davenport said that, he made me train even harder than before. After my regular training time with Adam and Bree he had me stay an extra two hours to physically train for the next mission. I was so tired and sore by the time the training was over. Then right after practice we were called to go on an 'actual' mission to save one of Davenport's buildings. I was too tired and one of Davenport's buildings got destroyed because I was too tired to plan out a way to save it. It was a little building and nobody even got hurt and Davenport still was upset with me. I apologized a million times, but he didn't listen to me. When Bree and Adam weren't around after we came home from the mission, Mr. Davenport took a beating on me. I can still remember being whipped over 20 times by his belt. He was so angry at me. Now every time I do something wrong, he punishes me badly. One time I forgot that I had to help Mr. Davenport with one of his projects after school. He ended up doing poorly presenting the project because I wasn't there to help him. As punishment, he beat me until I was unconscious. When I came to, I was on the living room couch and Tasha was attending to my injuries. I was in so much pain. Before I could tell her anything, she had told me that Davenport had told her that I had been getting beat up at school and he had found me passed out in the lab when he arrived home. Before I could her the truth, Davenport came and told her that there was someone on the phone that wanted to talk to her. When she left the room, Davenport threatened if I told anybody about what really happened, he would make my life even more miserable than it already is. I was shocked. Mr. Davenport has always been nice to me; I didn't know what had gotten into him. I did know that he had started drinking more often than he usually had. Maybe that was the reason. But he didn't seem to snap on anybody else. Maybe I was overreacting. Maybe I deserved the beatings. I do come off as arrogant sometimes. But I don't mean too. I have never told anybody about Mr. Davenport still. I thought eventually his weird personality towards me would wear off. Boy was I wrong.
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