"Did you guys hear that?" Bree asked suddenly, looking first at Owen who was sitting beside her on the couch, then at Mr. Davenport who was reading a book at his desk. Both of them looked as uneasy as she felt.
"I'm sure it's nothing," Mr. Davenport said, trying to assure himself as much as the teens.
"Oh it's something," Eddy giggled as his emoticon came up on one of the screens in the main living area.
Mr. Davenport frowned, saying "I'm going to check it out. Bree, why don't you and Owen go to town and get some ice cream or something?"
Bree, getting the hint, grabbed Owen's hand, pulling him up as she stood up. "Come on, I know just the place we can go!" she said cheerfully, shooting her father one last worried look as the front door closed behind them.
As soon as they were gone, Mr. Davenport raced over to the secret elevator, already knowing where he needed to go. "What's going on, Eddy?" he asked the smart home system.
"Oh, it's good, it's reeeeally good!" Eddy replied, barely able to control his laughter.
The elevator ride down seemed excruciatingly long to an impatient Mr. Davenport, and he leapt out of the elevator as soon as the doors opened wide enough for him to squeeze through. "What's going on?" he demanded as he caught sight of the startled troublemakers. He looked around and saw that there was a dog wrapped in much too large clothes on the floor and guilty looks on the faces of Adam and Leo, who were hiding something behind their backs.
"Chase got turned into a dog!" Adam burst out, and Leo glared up at him.
"Adam!" the younger boy exclaimed.
"I'm sorry, I buckled under the pressure!"
"What pressure?" Leo asked irritably, rolling his eyes.
Throughout this exchange, Mr. Davenport looked increasingly confused, finally cutting them off by saying "Seriously, guys, what's going on?"
"We are serious," Adam deadpanned.
Mr. Davenport shook his head in vexation, saying "You two won't fool me with that one, so just stop. Let me guess – you wanted to prank us into thinking that this dog is Chase, so you dressed the dog up. That's probably why we heard yelping up there." He began to turn away.
"Mr. Davenport, we're telling the truth!" Leo said quickly. "You have to help us change him back!"
Mr. Davenport rolled his eyes, saying "Would you cut it out already? You aren't fooling anyone. It's creative, I'll give you that, but it's too far-fetched for anyone to believe you."
He started walking back towards the elevator when Eddy popped up on the screen on the wall, saying "Not so fast, Donnie. Take a look at this video!"
On the screen played video footage of Adam and Leo fighting over the machine, when it went off unexpectedly and nailed Chase in the chest as he had been walking in. Mr. Davenport watched in horror as the youngest bionic transformed into the dog he saw before his eyes. He looked back at Adam and Leo, whose heads were hanging in defeat. The billionaire's eyes widened.
"You were playing with my stuff, and you turned your brother into a dog!" he all but screamed hoarsely.
"Can we keep him?" Adam asked innocently.