Chapter 2: A Flaw In Our Code

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Leo grasped the phone firmly as he stared deeply at the phone. Who was texting Douglas? What did that person mean by needing help with the kids? Puzzled by the new discovery, Leo struggled with how to approach the subject with Douglas. Racing over to his Mission Specialist desk, Leo worked his hardest to trace whoever sent the message. He threw his head down as it was absolutely hopeless.

"You ok? Arm's not bothering you, is it? I can take a look if you need-"

"Do you really care what happens to them?" Leo suddenly interrupted, Douglas turned to face Leo appalled that he was even being asked such a question.

"Of course, I do." Douglas gazed over at their capsules. "Yes, I screwed up in the past with them, but I want them home just as much as you do. I messed up before and there's nothing more I'd want then to build a relationship with them. Donald raised them, so if all I get from them is to be their "fun" uncle, then that's ok."

"I'm just worried-"

"I know. We all are. But trust me Leo, I have changed."

"What about their mom? I mean was there, I mean well you know what I mean-" Leo stumbled to find the right words for the confusion of the existence of his siblings.

"Yes, they had a mom. Her name was Sarah. She was a few years older, but she was incredibly brilliant."

"So what happened to her?"

"I'm not really sure. She just disappeared one day." Douglas plopped himself down into the chair as he worked on trying to hack into Government's system.

"You really think that's going to work? That'll just get us thrown into jail faster." Douglas rolled his eyes " So, she just disappeared and you didn't bat an eye?"

"No, she left a note. Listen, these were rough times. Donald had found out what about the kids, threatened to call the police on me. She had her own issues going on with work. Things were just a mess. "

"Gee, I wonder why. Testing on children is kind of frowned upon." Leo smarted back.

"Ha Ha." Douglas mocked "I guess when he met the kids he changed his mind, because he realized what could happen to them. But I couldn't take the risk, she was gone, the kids were gone. So I did what I had to do-I faked my own death."

"This Sarah...was she-"

"Evil like me? It's ok, I know you're thinking about it. Of course, we had different ideas for their future. She was very in touch with her research, almost to the point that I swear she didn't see any harm in what we were doing. But she loved those kids."

"Yeah because nothing says 'I love you' then abandonment." Leo spoke with such disgust, that even he was unsure how much he could stomach from Douglas.

"Look, what's done is done. If I could change it, I would. But let's just focus now on getting them back. The quicker the better."

Leo struggled with whether or not to confront Douglas. Unfortunately, there was no way of knowing where they were at. He just prayed that he was doing the right thing.

"So when's the last time you talked to her?"

"Probably the same time Marcus started going to your school. She wanted me to get back with the kids, but she disagreed with my method."

"So she had no intentions of meeting them?"

"As far as I know, no. She didn't even seem to want to meet up for coffee. Can you believe that?" Douglas shrugged as he took a sip of his coffee.

"Actually, I can't. Since apparently, she needs your help with the 'kids' " Anguished Leo threw Douglas' cell phone at him. "By the way, your phone buzzed. You say you changed, but yet you're working with the one who took them."

Douglas was stunned at Leo's revelation, he stared at the message. "Leo, I didn't know anything about this. I swear. But if she has them, I don't think they are in danger. This doesn't really make any sense. I promise we will get them back."

As Douglas worked on tracing back the message, he sent a reply even showing Leo the reply in good faith that he was on their side.

"I got it! Look the governement is breathing down Don's neck and if I tell him they'll just-"

"If you think I'm going to just stay back then you obviously don't know me. They aren't just my family, they are my best friends. I'm going with you."

"Leo, this is dangerous."

"Well danger is my middle name, because I'm going." Douglas shook his head but knew it was a lost cause, and arguiing was just wasting time so he agreed to let Leo go.

"Please don't make me regret this. Don will kill me."

Chase threw the small stress ball up and down repeatedly as he awaited Adam's return.

Bob and a young boy named Spin continued to talk as they too waited for Adam to return from his "training" session. Just as Chase was about to race up from his cot, Adam was pushed forward into the room.

"Adam, are you ok?" Chase immediately questioned.

"Chase, I'm fine. Nothing I can't handle."

"All I'm trying to say is Bree's right. These people can not be trusted. We have to start working on a way out."

"I miss home." Adam replied sadly.

"So what was this training like?" Chase questioned as he watched Adam lay down on his bed.

Throwing his younger brother a 'leave it alone' look, Adam continued to ignore Chase.

"That bad?"

Adam sat up and sighed deeply "All your worst fears are laid out in front of you. But the worst part is, there's nothing you can do but watch yourself fail." Adam couldn't bring himself to look at Chase as he had just been under a stimulation where Bree and Chase both died and he was helpless to save them. "You don't get it Chase. We're not getting out of here." Adam spoke somberly as he looked at Chase, he was so used to being the strong one but he couldn't help but allow the tears to seep through as he thought about how damaged their life was right now.

Spin and Bob couldn't help but eavesdrop as they watched Adam's demeanor change as he entered the room. "That's what they want you to think. There's a way out, it's just we've never been able to figure out how exactly." Spin tried to explain but was at a loss for words as he faced the boys. "It's you three that she's after anyway."

"I don't really think the world cares that you guys have bionics. I mean if you told me right now that Superman or any of the Avengers were real, I'd be excited."

Spin rolled his eyes "I think what Bob is trying to say is, you have what other people don't have and that scares people. They want to learn how to control you, because they see you as a threat. "

"What did you mean when you said 'it's you three she's after'? I mean you and Bob have bionics of some sort yourself. So we're not the only ones out there."

"But you're the original three. We were just a means to an end. An answer but not the solution. Whatever she wants exactly it isn't coming from us, but it was inspired by you three."

"I get it now. Bob has strength like me, Spin has Bree's wit and hey look he's also, tiny like you Chase."Adam teased looking from Spin to Chase.

Chase scoffed at Adam's remark "Good to see that you're still you."

"So you guys never tried to escape?"

"It wouldn't of mattered. They found you, didn't they?" Spin Replied

"Yeah because somebody posted on the internet." Chase confirmed.

"No! That's not true." Spin practically shouted. "She's building her own army. Look I don't know all the details, but I overheard her saying when you three were brought in that nothing was to happen to you three. But then I don't know she made it also sound like something was wrong." Spin stammered as he tried to explain. "She said something about a cure and that this Krane guy had the power to wipe us all out."

"So we're going to die?" Adam exclaimed, confusion mixed in as he stared at all three boys.

"Wait, does that mean us too?" Bob frantically cried.

"No Bob, I don't think. I don't know." Chase took his hands to his face trying to cover the worry that was now aging him. "I don't think we have to worry so much about her. I mean she's the brains, but Agent Graham is who you need to focus on. He has his own agenda. Sometimes I'm not sure which one is worse."

"Ok so obviously there's something in us that they want. What if there's a flaw in our code? I mean whoever is in control knows more then what that video ever revealed. We have to start working on a way out-"

"What about Bree? We can't leave her." Adam strongly announced. He may have failed Chase and Bree in his stimulation but he wasn't going to let them down again.

"You're right. Listen, we just have to formulate a plan. I know you two are just as scared and you don't have to come with us, but I know we can make it."

"But we don't have training like you guys. Graham, even said we wouldn't last one day out there."

"Yeah you can. You got Hustle, Muscle, and Flash Glue." Chase rolled his eyes as Adam explained their roles.

"I thought they disabled your bionics." Bob questioned as he tried to understand how an escape was even possible.

"You're right. Adam, you remember Perry's niece?"

"That tiny girl that pulled all that stuff over you and Bree?"

"I learned a few tricks from her. Next time, we're in the cafeteria. I need you to distract the guards and I'll slip out the keycard from one of them. We'll rescue Bree and we'll need you two to cause a distraction and once we've got Bree, we'll work on getting out. All of us."

" You really think this can work?" Bob asked innocently.

"Without my bionics, there's no way for me to hack into any system. I hate this. I hate not knowing how to fix this. But it's the best I got right now. It could work."

Just as they were about to discuss further details on how they were execute their escape, Graham came in discussing it was time for Chase's training.

"Good luck, bro." Adam placed an encouraging hand on Chase's shoulder as he was ushered out.

Bree screamed as she clutched her head tightly. "It hurts." Tears began to fall as she laid in bed, the pain was almost unbearable. "Why are you doing this to us?"

"I'm not trying to hurt you. Far from it, I'm trying to save your life."

"This doesn't make any sense. Why are you separating me from them? What do you mean save my life?" Bree watched her intently as the woman began to type on her laptop.

"Did you recently destroy your chip? Because this is not the original. Bree, what did you do?"

"Why do you care? You're just going to kill us anyway." Bree pulled her knees to her chest "I'm sure whatever you want us for anyway, can't be good."

"Bree, I do care. Because I'm the one who created that chip." Debating on whether or not to continue, she decided if she was going to earn Bree's trust she would best start with the truth. "Bree, I'm your mother. My name is Sarah, and I know this is alot to take in-"

"No! Douglas would have mentioned you. We were small but I'm sure I would have had some kind of memory of you and I don't! You're just trying to mess with our heads."

"You're wrong, Bree. You have no memory of me because I made it that way. You're in so much pain right now because we believe when Douglas redesigned his Triton App that Krane implanted some sort of virus. Your chip is a replicate so it's easier to succomb to damage. As long as Krane is out there, you three are not safe. "

"We're not safe here. Mr. Davenport has safe houses for us and his cyber security would keep us safe. The only reason it didn't last time was because Chase let the security wall down."

"I agree. Donald would do his best at keeping you three safe. It's in fact why I gave him the information on you three to begin with. Douglas had horrible plans for you children, and I loved you three enough to let you go-"

"No. You did it to save your own skin. Don't get that confused." Bree voice stung with bitterness.

"Fair enough. I was selfish when I said goodbye. And I'm not asking for forgiveness. When I created bionics, I made the mistake of getting too close. You were children and I misused you. It wasn't fair and I made a horrible mistake." She took a seat beside Bree as she watched Bree continuing to hold her head. " Krane had a brother, his name was Deckard. Douglas wasn't the only one who faked his death. Deckard threatened to go to the police and I knew what they would do to you and your brothers. So I did what I had to do-"

"You killed him?" Bree stood dumbfounded as she took in what she was saying.

"It appeared as an accident . But yes, I did. I couldn't take the chance as Douglas had already warned that Donnie had found out about you three. So I inevitably erased myself from your memories. I explained how important it was to keep you all safe and how I wanted you raised for good, not evil purposes. I knew he would protect you. "

"Considering you had us stolen, it's pretty hard for Mr. Davenport to back up your story since he's not here."

"Donald was young himself when he took you three in. He had no idea what he was doing but look at how you've all turned out. I couldn't be prouder-"She began to slide her hand down Bree's cheek when Bree smacked it away.

"Don't!" Bree began to breathe heavily as the virus continued to work through her. "Why would Krane work with Douglas?"

"Douglas knew nothing of Krane. I had been keeping tabs on Douglas and I tried to reach out to him when I found how he had Marcus in your school."

"You knew about Marcus?"

"Douglas always prided himself with knowing that he figured how to make an android with bionic capabilities. I assumed after I left and you three were taken away that Douglas was in a dark place. I was livid when I found out he was working with Krane but I couldn't risk telling Douglas anthing yet until I figured it out myself. I'm shocked that Krane never mentioned anything to him. Of course the Davenport brothers love their money but Douglas wouldn't be desperate enough to put himself in that kind of danger."

"Why are you keeping me from Adam and Chase though? "

"I have to keep them in line." Bree scoffed. Once more they were still being used. "They can't see you like this. The virus has expanded because your chip is different. In time, the virus will take effect in them as well. But right now I deactivated your bionics because it's what best. I've been working on androids and a few bionics on myself but the encryption is different. I can't seem to get it right like before. And we will need an army against Krane."

"Can I see them? Please, they would cooperate better with you if they knew for sure I was ok?"

"When you're stabilized enough, I will allow it only when you are well enough-"

" So what does this virus do?

"It attacks the body instantly. It's deadly."

"Ok so how would he get that kind of information?"

Sarah looked at her daughter. " I have no idea, but I'm doing everything I can. Bree, I will fix this." The resemblance was uncanny, she was so smart and so beautiful. How in the world could she tell her daughter that she was the one who created the virus? She's the reason, Krane is after them. As Sarah left Bree's room, she whispered to Bree's Doctor about keeping her comfortable. As she walked down the hall in preparation for Adam's stimulation, she began to type on her phone a simple text to Douglas. He had no reason to trust her, but he knew Krane. He had worked with her with the kids bionics. Douglas knew the art of being subtle and how to keep a secret, maybe she was in way over her hand. Maybe for once in her life she was doing the right thing.

Ok so there's Chapter 2...The ending was a flashback to when Bree got to see Adam and Chase. Any thoughts or ideas are always appreciated? Of course someone will die in the story. Next Chapter, Chase's stimulation. The boys encounter their mother And a plan is set in motion. Review please...it keeps me writing and it also lets me know people actually read this.