Around 8:30, Bree supersped back into the house with Tasha and Adam riding her back. Tasha carried five bags filled with clothes and shoes. Adam still had his smoothie in his hand.
"That was a productive day!" Bree concluded to Tasha. "We got everything I needed. And the spa and movie theater were a great bonus!" Tasha struggled to walk to the couch and dumped all the bags in front of it.
"Whew!" Tasha breathed out. "Well, Bree, I have to say, you do know the best places to go." She went into the kitchen to start dinner preparations.
"Yeah," Adam added. He turned to Chase and Douglas. "We went to New York for the smoothies. Don't even get me started on the shoes." He sipped the rest of the smoothie until it was empty. He closed his eyes in pain and yelled, "Oh! Brain freeze!"
"Guys!" Chase said. "Douglas and I got a glimpse of Mr. Davenport's invention. It looked like a ray, but I don't know what it does."
"Wow," Bree said. "The smartest guy in the world doesn't know something? That's a shocker." She arched her eyebrows.
Chase ignored her and confided, "I don't know, something doesn't feel right about it. I don't know what though."
"I agree," Douglas added. "Donny and I never made anything like that. I can't figure out what it does either."
"That's not a surprise."
"Hey, I may not be the smartest man in the world, but I'm still a well-known genius scientist." Douglas defended.
"Yeah, for trying to kill us!"
"And destroying the lab!" Leo exclaimed.
"You're never lettin' that go, are you?" He raised his hands in the air.
All of a sudden, Mr. Davenport came into the house. "Surprise!" He carried Chinese takeout.
"Hey, Big D! What's the occasion?" Leo shut off the video game console and approached Mr. Davenport.
"As you all know, I've been working on something secret for a few days." He put down the boxes of food on the countertop. "The buyer offered the most money in the history of Davenport Industries, so I figured I'd get you all dinner for my hard work!"
Tasha approached Mr. Davenport, smiling. "I was just about to make dinner." She pointed her spatula at him.
"Trust me, no one wants to eat your food," he remarked. She opened her mouth and made a face.
"At least I can cook!" She followed Mr. Davenport into the kitchen as they opened the boxes of food, and the smell of Chinese takeout filled the room.
As Mr. Davenport and Tasha prepared the plates with Douglas trying to get the first plate, the Lab Rats (including Leo) began talking about Mr. Davenport's mysterious device.
Chase whispered, "I think I should ask Mr. Davenport about it." He turned to his direction.
"No!" Bree grabbed his arm. "You shouldn't. He didn't want you to know anything before, so if you keep asking about it, he'll get suspicious."
"I guess you're right."
"Wait," Leo said. "How'd you guys even see the device?"
"I planned it all out," Chase smiled proudly, and then paused. "Didn't you hear when Douglas and I were talking about it? We sat right next to you."
"I was in," Leo put his hands by either side of his head and slowly moved them forward, bulging his eyes, "the zone."
After serving dinner, no one spoke much until after everyone was done. Mr. Davenport yawned. "Well, it looks like this billionaire genius needs a rest." Everyone headed to their rooms and got ready for bed. In Tasha's sewing room, the Lab Rats had their pajamas on and were just about to close their capsules when Leo poked his head in. He walked inside.
"Hope I'm not interrupting," Leo said in a quiet voice.
"Leo? What are you doing here?" Bree asked.
"Turns out that invention wasn't the only thing Mr. Davenport was working on. Ta-da!" Mr. Davenport brought in a capsule for Leo and placed it next to Chase's capsule.
"Sorry for taking so long, Leo. The other project took up most of my time, but at least this is done," Mr. Davenport smiled. "It has all the upgrades Adam, Bree, and Chase have for theirs. I figured since you now have a bionic leg, you should have a full on capsule and not the arm capsule Douglas made you."
"Thanks, Big D." Leo hugged him.
"Not so tight," Mr. Davenport hoarsely said. Leo let go of him.
"Oh, right, my bionic arm. My bad. Guess I'm not used to it, huh?" Mr. Davenport grasped his arm.
"Nope." He left the room. Leo went into his capsule and closed the door. He smiled softly, keeping the excitement inside this time. The four of them closed their eyes and drifted into sleep.
Bree woke up. She turned to her brothers and step-brother, sound asleep. She breathed slowly and closed her eyes to try to sleep again.
Where am I? Bree opened her eyes to find herself in her mission suit in a forest. She was alone.
"Hello?" She supersped around the whole area and soon found a small facility. She walked in. Her footsteps echoed in the large room she found herself in. Around the room, old broken equipment lay around. Picking one device up, she studied it. All the equipment reminded her of the lab when Douglas blew it up. She put down the device, but the moment she did, it began to rapidly beep. It's a bomb! Bree realized. There was a door up ahead. She ran inside and shut the door. The explosion shook the facility a bit. All the windows in the large room shattered and fell. Bree was in a hallway with seven doors, three on each side and one at the end. The door at the end of the hallway was ajar. Bree was drawn to it. As she entered, the door slammed on its own.
"What's going on?" Bree shouted. "Who's here?" Bree thought, I must be on a mission to capture a rogue bionic student.
Bree saw a ray, like what Chase and Douglas had spoken of. A man stood behind it, aiming the machine at her. Before she could run away, arms from the floor grabbed her legs and arms, trapping her in that spot.
"What does that ray do? Tell me!"
"You'll find out soon enough," the man said. Bree could not see his face, for he was in the shadow part of the room, but his voice seemed oddly familiar. He activated the ray, and the blue light hit Bree.
"Aahh!" Bree cried out as pain shot throughout her body. The arms released Bree. She fell to the floor on her hands and knees, breathing heavily. She looked at the man again, but her vision was blurred. The man laughed loudly.
"Ha ha ha! The world shall be mine, and no one can stop me!"
Bree opened her eyes. She was in her capsule. She slowed down her rapid breathing.
"It was just a dream." Bree got out of her capsule shakily.
"Bree, are you all right?" Chase asked from his capsule. He opened the door and walked to Bree.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a bad dream." Bree dismissed him, but inside, she said, My dreams are never that vivid. Or painful. It felt so real. Adam and Leo woke up.
"Back to the Bionic Island," Leo said with a hint of excitement.
"I wonder how Bob held up without me," Adam outstretched his arms. Bree and Chase went back into their capsules and they changed into their mentor clothes (Leo wore his student clothes) within seconds.
Bree was back to her normal cheerful self after getting off the hydra loop at the Bionic Island. The bionic students and Perry came to greet them. The students cheered. Adam saw Bob and they started a secret handshake that ended with a chest bump.
"Hey Bob! How were your three days without us?"
"It could've been more fun. Perry is scary! Wait, you guys were gone for three days?"
"Yeah, didn't you notice?" Bree asked, her arms crossed.
"I noticed when you weren't around, pretty lady." Bree rolled her eyes.
Bionic training began shortly after that with a demonstration. Bree and Chase called for all the students to gather in front of them.
"Today, we're going to show you guys how to take advantage of your bionics. Leo is going to try to hit Bree, but she's going to use her super speed to avoid him." Chase looked at Leo and Bree. Bree stepped back about six feet from Leo. Chase and Adam stepped back to avoid getting hit by Leo's energy ball. Chase nodded. Leo aimed at Bree and quickly fired. Bree attempted to superspeed to the side and attack Leo, but her superspeed attempt failed. She was hit by the energy ball and fell backwards, nearly hitting her head.
"Bree!" Leo exclaimed. He, Adam, and Chase approached Bree and helped her sit up.
"What happened?" Chase asked.
"My bionics… they're gone."
Poor Bree! I hope you enjoyed the second chapter. More to come soon… Reviews are appreciated!