Destruction [dih-struhk-shuhn]
noun
the act of destroying; to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate: wantondestructionofatown.
"You destroyed it!" Chase yelled at his sister, holding his project a bit closer to himself as she took a step closer in order to explain herself.
"I'm so sorry Chase!" Bree apologized, guilt pulsing through her body. "It was supposed to be a prank but then-" She tried to explain but was cut off by Chase.
"Just stop! I don't want to hear it! Why do you have to ruin everything?" He asked seriously as his face turned redder.
"Please Chase, it was an accident. I didn't think-" Bree started but was once again cut off by Chase.
"Yeah! You didn't think, just like you never do! I put a lot of time into this project and you ruined it in two seconds!" Chase fumed and Bree faltered, unsure what to say considering she had already said sorry. "I'll be down in the lab trying to fix this mess!" He told her angrily before storming past her and out of the kitchen and to the elevator.
Bree stood in the middle of the kitchen dumb-founded for a minute before being snapped out of her thoughts by Adam.
"Ooh, he's really mad." Adam commented laughing slightly as he ate a bowl of cereal at the countertop.
"It's not funny!" Bree said exasperated as she spun to face your older yet much less mature brother. "I don't think I've ever seen him that mad before." She continued her voice miserable.
"Yeah," Adam remarked drawing out the last part of the word before sighing and throwing his bowl in the sink, "well, good luck with that!" He said cheerily and began to leave the kitchen before being stopped by Bree's hand on his forearm.
"Wait! You have to help me fix this!" Bree pleaded and Adam laughed a little.
"Sorry Bree, you're talking to the wrong dude. If I try to help I'll probably only make things worse." He told her and she sighed, taking her hand off his arm because she knew he was right.
As Adam left Bree slipped onto a stool deep in thought. She really hadn't meant to mess up his project; it was supposed to be a prank. But she was so bad at pranks she supposed it shouldn't have really been too much of a surprise when this one blew up in her face. "Ugh!" She bawled in annoyance. Why was it that when she tried to pull a prank it always ends up bad but when Chase and Adam pull a prank on her everything's all fine and dandy?
The sound of a door slamming made Bree sit up due to reflexes as she watched Chase come storming through the doorway. He was still clearly upset as he made a bee-line for the door. Right when he reached the door, it opened, revealing Leo and quickly backed out of Chase's way, realizing he was in a bad mood.
"Where are you going?" He asked confused.
"I have to go get some new parts." Chase growled out shooting a dirty look in Bree's direction.
"Okay well you have," Leo started but Chase was already out the door before he could finish, "fun with that." Leo finished anyway. Leo cautiously watched the door as he slowly made his way over to Bree. "Okay what's with Mr. Angry Pants?" He asked expectantly and Bree looked down guiltily.
"Imightofsortofsmashedhissciencefairproject." Bree mumbled so quickly Leo couldn't make out a single word.
"Say again?" He asked with a tone that clearly said 'slow it down'.
Bree let out a deep breath she didn't know she had been holding. "I broke his stupid science fair project." She told her step-brother slowly and Leo's eyes widened.
"You mean the one-"
"Yes." Bree answered quickly already knowing what Leo was going to ask.
"Wow, how'd you manage that?" He asked with genuine curiosity.
"It was supposed to be a prank! I really Leoed up." She sighed, burying her head in her arms.
"Yeah, you di- hey!" He stopped mid-sentence as he realized she had just used his name as a verb.
"Ugh!" Bree moaned into her arms as Leo patted her awkwardly on the back.
"Man, it took Chase hours to build that thing, no wonder he's so mad." He commented, not really helping but then again, when did Leo ever really help?
Suddenly Bree perked up, turning to face Leo with a look in her eyes that made Leo nervous. "What are you-" He started.
"You helped Chase with his project right?" She asked excitedly and Leo nodded slowly, not quite sure where the bionic teen was going with this. "So you can help me rebuild it!" She stated happily.
"Whoa whoa whoa. Slow down." He told Bree holding his hands out as if to steady the girl. "I use the word 'help' very loosely. I watched and handed him stuff when he needed it." He explained and Bree sighed.
"Please Leo! You're my only chance to get him to forgive me!" Bree begged taking both of Leo's hand in her own attempting to sway the boy.
Leo hesitated for a moment before relenting. "Okay. Fine. I'll help you." He gave in and his step-sister engulfed him in a hug.
"Yay! Thank you so much Leo!" She cheered and Leo pushed her away.
"Yeah, yeah." He responded as they both slid off the stools of the kitchen and headed down to the lab.
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When Chase returned home he was still fuming. He grumbled to himself as he shuffled a large paper bag in his arms as he headed towards the elevator. He was almost all the way there when he was intercepted by Adam.
"Hey little bro, and yes I do mean that literally." Adam greeted him, a smirk firm on his face.
"I don't have time for this Adam." Chase told him annoyed and tried to side-step him but Adam simply stepped back into his way.
"Wow," He whistled, crossing his arms over his chest, "this whole science fair project thing really has you worked up doesn't it?" He asked and Chase rolled his eyes in annoyance while shifting his weight from one side to the other. "What's the big deal?" Adam asked looking down on his brother. "You're a super genius; you can just build another one."
"The big deal is that Bree has no respect for me or for what I do!" Chase told his brother clearly wanting to talk to someone about it.
"Oh lighten up, it was a prank." Adam told his brother seriously. "It's not like we haven't pulled pranks on Bree and have it gone bad." And Chase struggled with what to say because for once Adam had a valid point.
"This is different!" He finally said, placing the brown bag on the counter of the kitchen. "Bree destroyed something I worked so hard on and she doesn't even care!" He huffed trying to defend his emotions.
Adam's face hardened slightly. "She said she was sorry. It sounded to me like she cared. It seems like you were just too pig-headed to see it."
Chase sputtered for two reasons, one Adam had made an observation that he hadn't, and two he used the word pig-headed. "I guess you're right Adam." He finally admitted before thinking about what he had just said. "Wow, never thought I'd say that."
The brothers' conversation was interrupted by a high pitched piercing scream. They both looked around confused.
"That sounded like it was coming from the lab!" Chase told Adam and they both ran quickly for the elevator, heading down to the lab.
They burst through the lab doors to find Bree and Leo in front of Chase's broken project, Leo was looking guilty while Bree had a grimacing look on her face, holding her arms behind her back.
"Are you guys alright?" Adam asked, "We heard your scream Bree."
"That wasn't me that was Leo." Bree told her brothers nodded towards the younger boy.
"What are you guys doing? And why did Leo scream?" Chase asked, raising an eyebrow and crossing his arms over his chest.
Leo and Bree shared a look before Bree began to talk quickly, not too fast that Chase and Adam couldn't understand her, but fast enough to make them a little dizzy. "Well I thought maybe you'd forgive me if I fixed you project so I kind of roped Leo into help me so he was telling me what to do while I tried to fix it and I had just put the last part on it and Leo pushed to red button to see if it works but my arms was still kind of in the way but hey good news! You're machine works!" She explained in one breath before moving her arm to the front of her body so her brothers could see how it was bent at a strange angle.
"Bree, I don't want to alarm you but I think there might be something wrong with your arm." Adam told his sister seriously and everyone gave him a 'are you serious?' look.
Chase sighed, still upset with his sister but at the moment more concerned. He stepped towards Bree looking at her arm gently and sighing. "Leo, you might want to go get Mr. Davenport, her arm is definitely broken." He told Leo and Leo nodded, running out of the Lab. "Bree, why would you try to fix something you didn't know what it did?" He asked and Bree shifted uncomfortably.
"I just wanted to fix it; I really didn't mean to break it! I'm sorry." She sighed disappointed in herself.
Chase hesitated for a moment before finally relenting at the look on her face. "It's okay. You didn't mean to do it."
Bree considerably perked up, her eyes shining as she looked at Chase. "So you forgive me?" She asked excitedly and Chase smiled.
"Yes I forgive you." He told her and she squealed throwing her good arm around him trying to give him a hug. Chase hugged her back smiling.
"FAMILY HUG!" Adam yelled wrapping his large arms around both his siblings and picking them off the ground swinging them from one side to the other.
"Um Adam?" Chase called out to his brother and received a 'hm' for a response.
"Can't breathe." Bree told him breathily and Adam set his siblings down.
"Right."
They all laughed light-heartedly before Bree turned to Chase.
"So what does you science fair project do anyway?" She asked.
"Oh, it's an automated can crusher."
AN: There's D for you! Pretty much anyone who suggested a word suggested destruction so here it is! Thanks so much to everyone who reviewed! I know this one isn't quite as much hurt/comfort as my other ones but I wanted to give you guys so variety. Also, if there is a specific situation you want to see just let me know in the review section! Thank you all for being such good readers! See you at E!
~ Grace