Chapter 3: Straight Forward
He's…
Ly..
ing…
toyou…
Alllll…
Me-eean noth…ing…ing…ing to him…im..im...
Open your eyes… see it… see it, see it, see it…
He's lyyyyy…ing to you…
He doesn't care…
He's lying…ing…ing…ing
All three bionic siblings awoke in a cold sweat.
"That was weird." Adam thought.
"What was that?" Bree wondered.
"Was… was it her again?" Chase wondered.
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Leo was frantically getting ready for his big date with Janelle. After so long of convincing, she finally gave him a second chance so this night needed to be perfect.
"Come on Leo why are you so worried?" Tasha asked.
"Because last time I missed our date and it ruined everything this time I'm gonna make sure I get it right." Leo said.
"Come on Leo it's not like you're going to marry Janelle. So don't fret so much." Tasha joked. Leo huffed through hid nose. If only she knew.
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Later, that afternoon after Leo had finished his date, Adam and Chase were hanging out with Marcus under the newly built city bridge.
"So you guys I just came up with this new great idea for a new song-" Marcus said. But he was cut off by the sound of Adam's cell phone.
"Sorry buddy, I gotta take this. Adam said before answering.
"Hey Adam, where are you and Chase?" Leo's voice sounded through the phone.
"Hanging out with M-dog." Adam said using Marcus's nickname knowing Leo was jealous of it. Marcus and Chase smirked with Adam, then they all heard shouting from the phone and Adam pulled it away from his ear from how loud it was.
"I can't believe you guys are still hanging out with that lying, evil little troll!" Leo shouted. Unbeknownst to Leo Adam had pressed the speaker button on his phone for all to hear. Leo heard snickering in the background of the phone.
"Huh? Adam? Do you have me on speaker?!" Leo shouted angrily. Suddenly the background snickering turned into a loud uproar of growled into the phone with grit teeth, then the phone was snatched away by Tasha.
"Adam?" The sound of Tasha's voice sounded through the phone and made all three of the boys eyes widen. Adam quickly pressed speaker again to turn it off and placed the phone beside his ear.
"Yes Tasha?" Adam said.
Tasha looked over at Leo having no idea what he was fuming about and spoke into the receiver.
"Look, just calling to say that I want you and Chase to pick up a pizza on your way home for dinner tonight, okay?"
"Yeah, sure." Adam said.
"Alright, you two better be back by seven."
"Okay." Then Tasha hung up.
Adam flipped his phone shut and stuffed into his pocket.
"What'd she say?" Chase asked.
"Pick up a pizza and be home by 7:00." Adam said then got up.
"Hey where are you going?" Marcus asked.
"I have to go pick up the pizza."
"Adam, Tasha said she wanted us home by seven it's five we've got plenty of time." Chase said.
"Oh, right." Adam said before sitting back down.
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"So Katelyn, Rodney, Ethan, what do you guys think of this dress?" Bree asked as she came out of the dressing room trying out her fifth dress.
"Cute ." Ethan said. Bree's shoulders slumped.
"You said that about the last four dresses.
"I honestly think this one's the best one!" Katelyn said cheerfully.
"Thanks Kate!" Bree said brightening up.
Rodney, what do you think?" Katelyn asked looking at her off and on again boyfriend.
"Not bad." He said.
"You said that for the last few dresses too." Katelyn said.
"So why are you looking for a new dress anyway?" Rodney asked, changing the subject.
"Well the other night Dav- I mean my dad took us to this really fancy dinner and I felt completely underdressed so just in case, I'm picking out a really good dress for the future."
"Do you think you could afford it?" Ethan asked. Bree entered her dressing room and came out with her clothes on with the dress hanger hanging from her fingers, and jumped down from the step that lead to the dressing room, she pulled out her wallet and started waving it around boasting, "I'm very good at my chores." She grinned. Ethan Rolled his eyes and wrapped his arm around Bree's shoulders as the three walked away from the dressing area. Bree paid for her dress and they all headed for the food court of the mall.
The four walked out the mall full, and walked Katelyn and Rodney to the bus stop so the couples could have some alone time with their partner. Ethan offered to walk Bree home which she gladly accepted.
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Davenport was currently in his office. The sky was dimming and the lights were automatically turning lightly on as the night ascended. He remembered that morning he was in a hurry to get to a meeting that morning so he grabbed the mail from the mail box and took off to work. He remembered he stashed them in one of his drawers he took them out and looked through ever envelope, many of them were worthless bills, and a few from his executives in other cities. He didn't even bother looking at the final envelope and dropped it to the floor along with the others. Even Eddie had his own screen in that office.
"Hey Donald you wanna play?" Eddie asked in his usual loud robotic annoying voice.
"Not now Eddie." Donald said feeling the exhaustion from the day's work taking its toll.
"Hey what are those?" Eddie asked looking down at the discarded envelopes.
"Some stupid letters. Who cares about them." Davenport said getting up from his desk to start packing up. Eddie looked down at the letters and saw one that caught his digital eyes. He spent a few minutes while Davenport was busy packing up contemplating whether or not he should tell him. He looked up and saw Davenport about to grab the knob.
"See you at home Eddie." Davenport said.
"I think Chase would." Eddie said at the last minute when Davenport's hand was mere inches away from the knob, just to bug him.
"What do you mean?" Davenport asked turning around to look at Eddie.
"One of those letters down there has Chase's name on it. Ha! Who would send him a letter anyway?" Eddie asked. Davenport furrowed his brows and walked over to the letters. He looked at all of them and saw one that said Chase Davenport on it. He grabbed it and looked at it. His eyes skimmed across the front of the envelope and recognized one other familiar name.
Wolf…
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Adam and Chase were walking down the drive way, pizza box in hand, and caught sight of Bree with her boyfriend. As soon as Bree caught sight of her brothers she tried to send Ethan away. Ethan however wasn't about to leave without mischievously, quickly kissing Bree on the cheek before running off. Bree was slightly annoyed and very much turning several shades of red and heard her brothers laughing hysterically behind her. She turned to glare at them and sped (literally) up to them.
"I'll give you guys five bucks each to not tell Davenport what you just witnessed!" Bree hissed through her teeth. Chase and Adam looked at one another and smirked as they held out their palms signaling Bree to pay up fast. Bree sighed feeling even more annoyed and placed her shopping bags in one hand and pulled out ten dollars from her wallet and handed five each. Suddenly bright car lights flashed near them indicating the arrival of Mr. Davenport.
"Come on let's get inside before Adam tries to blurt out something completely unnecessary." Bree said before speeding inside dragging Adam along with her so he wouldn't say something when Davenport got out of the car. Chase was about to fallow when the car suddenly stopped and Davenport calling out to him.
"Oh, good evening Mr. Davenport." Chase said turning around with a smile. Davenport got out of the car closing the door. Mr. Davenport walked up to Chase at normal speed, half tempted to confront him right then and there and noticed the large box he was holding. He could wait till everyone was finished eating so he could talk to him. Davenport had no intention in making dinner awkward for everyone.
"Hey Chase. I see you brought pizza." Davenport said.
"Yeah, Tasha called and said she wanted Adam and I to pick one up."
"Speaking of which where is Adam?"
" Bree sped him inside." Chase said smiling like he knew something. Davenport knew that smile, Bree obviously did something or something embarrassing happened to her that she didn't want Adam to spill. Davenport wasn't about to pry. There are still other important matters that are currently being put on hold.
"Alright then, let's head in." Davenport said. Guiding Chase inside.
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Throughout the evening as the family ate and watched a movie, several members of the family noticed Davenport slightly fidget uncomfortably about something about something.
"Is everything alright Donald?" Tasha asked.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, everything's fine, don't worry about me." Davenport said his voice quivering a bit nervously.
"You don't seem right Big-D."
"I'm fine, enough worrying please."
After a while Chase began to notice how Davenport's eyes would glance his way.
"Did I do something wrong?" Chase wondered. After the extremely large pizza box was emptied and the movie was finished Bree pulled out her phone and started texting.
"Leo will you help me with the dishes?" Tasha asked. Leo didn't answer he was too busy texting Janelle.
"I'll help. I'm good at washing dishes." Adam said.
"I'm better." Chase called out about to head downstairs to the lab. Davenport took a deep breath and followed Chase down to the lab. The two entered the elevator luckily the elevator moved at high speed so the silence wasn't awkward and Davenport didn't have to confront Chase about the letter in the elevator. Once the elevator stopped at the lab Chase came out asking, "Was there something you needed Mr. Davenport?" Chase asked. Davenport let out a breath, he couldn't help but worry what Chase was going to tell him about the letter, especially after what Prof. Wolf and Dr. Aris talked to him about.
"Actually Chase, there's something I need to talk to you about." Davenport said. Chase stopped mid-step. He knew it had something to do with him.
"Did I do something wrong?" Chase asked confusedly. Davenport grabbed something from his pocket and revealed an envelope. Chase stared at it, not understanding.
"Explain this to me." Davenport said handing Chase the envelope. Chase thought it was odd,
"Who would send me a letter?" Chase thought as he grabbed the envelope. He looked at the front of it.
"It was from Wolf himself!" Chase said surprised and excited. Davenport stared at Chase.
"What is it Chase, why did he send you a letter. Chase tore it open and read the contents of the letter. His eyes widened, which worried Davenport a bit.
"Chase, read it to me, I need to know what it's telling you." Davenport said. Chase looked at Davenport and ran straight for the elevator. Davenport chased after him. Chase ran straight for the living room demanding everyone's attention. Davenprt came up behind him.
"Chase what are you doing?" Davenport asked.
"I think everyone should hear this." Chase said.
"What is it honey?" Tasha asked. Chase took a deep breath and began reading.
"Chase,
I know who you are. Who you, Adam and Bree are. I am writing to you, this letter, so that I could tell you, you and your siblings are all not alone. There are others like you. I am offering you, Adam, and Bree the chance to return to my facility so this could be explained more clearly. I hope that you would all consider it and return to the facility in less than seventy-two hours from receiving this letter. I'd also like to introduce you all to girl who is also a bionic creation. Her name and bionics will remain unrevealed until you're arrival. Remember this is optional so talk about it with your family in the meantime, please consider this opportunity.
Yours Truly,
Prof. Wolf"
The whole family stared at Chase in shock.
"Chase… how does he know about our bionics?" Bree asked.
"And… what does he mean by others?" Adam asked. Chase turned to them.
"Guys, I don't know. I swear I never told anyone." A few glances were aimed at Leo.
"Don't look at me!" Leo said.
"Adam?" Davenport asked.
"Do you seriously think people took me seriously at school whenever I made those excuses?" Everyone shook their heads a majority of the time people just laughed it off taking it as a joke.
"Guys, do you think he's serious, when he says there are others like us?" Chase asked looking at the letter.
"That can't be possible. I'm the only one in the world who came up with the original idea on bionic humans." Davenport said. Everyone looked at him now that he's finally entered the conversation.
"Looks like someone else had that idea too Big-D." Leo said.
"Mr. Davenport what should we do? Should we go?" Bree asked. Davenport was worried. He knew if he took them there he'll offer them to stay. But he's already gotten them convinced with knowing who they are and practically bribing them with the existence of another bionic human of course they'll be curious about who she is even he's just as curious.
"They copied my idea." Davenport accused in his head.
"Well?" Chase asked. Tasha looked at the kids and Davenport, thinking that she needed to save him.
"Kids I think you should all get some rest and we'll talk about this tomorrow."
"Mom, I think it's best to talk about this now!" Leo said. "This is serious. Someone knows about Adam, Bree, and Chase. There's another bionic human, and Prof. Wolf is a liar."
"How do you know he's a liar?" Adam asked.
"He originally said he wanted to meet me and Chase, but instead he was just after you guys." Leo said.
Suddenly all the teens burst into an argument.
"Alright everyone enough!" Davenport exclaimed. "I know this is serious and we will talk about it. But right now it's late and you should all rest so we could continue this discussion tomorrow."
"I have something to say first." Chase cut in.
"What is it honey?" Tasha asked.
"I… I think I saw… the other bionic human when we went to the facility that day."
"You did?" Leo asked.
"Why didn't you say anything?" Bree asked.
"I didn't think she was all that important. I don't even know if she is the bionic girl Prof. Wolf was talking about. The only thing that didn't make me suspicious about her is that no one at the dinner table seemed to mind she was there. So I thought she was some casually dressed important intern or something."
"So she was there at the dinner table and they didn't even bother introducing us to her. That's messed up! Not to mention rude!" Adam said.
"Why didn't they introduce her earlier?" Leo asked.
"Alright everyone stop. Like Chase said we don't even know if she was the bionic human Prof. Wolf was talking about, but if she is she must've been put there so that way one of us would notice her."
"That person was Chase." Bree said.
"I already said I didn't think she was important."
"No one's accusing you of anything Chase." Davenport said.
"Alright I'm lost here, are we going or not?" Tasha asked.
"I think we should go." Chase said simultaneously as Davenport said they shouldn't.
"Shouldn't go? Why shouldn't we go?" Adam asked.
"Guys we don't know Wolf very well. Like Leo said, he could be a liar."
"Guys I don't think he's lying." Chase said.
"What makes you think that?" Leo asked.
"After we left the facility that night I could've sworn I heard a girl's voice talking in my head. Even last night I could've sworn I heard a voice. Maybe one of her bionic abilities is telepathy. I think she's trying to contact me for some reason."
"Chase come on. Clearly you just got a crush on the girl you saw and imagining things about her." Leo joked.
"I don't think so. I didn't see the girl that night and I'm pretty sure I heard a girl's voice last night too." Adam said.
"Now that I think about it I think I did too." Bree said.
"Well, what do you think she was saying?" Davenport asked.
"Hard to tell her voice was distant, echo-y, and fuzzy. Like a broken down walkie-talkie." Chase said.
Everyone was silent for a bit until Davenport decided to break it.
"Alright. Clearly all of you won't stop being curious about all this until you confront it. as much as I hate to say it we'll go tomorrow night so you all could prepare yourselves for what's coming tommorow. Whether or not Wolf is lying." Davenport made his choice. If he's wrong about this he's prepared to take the blame.
"Davenport I don't get why you don't want us to go" Bree said.
"Well… you kids never know." Davenport said. "I want everyone to get some rest and prepare for tomorrow, got it?"
"Got it." The bionic children said and walked off as did everyone else.
A/N: Sorry it took forever. I am having some serious writer's block. Even listening to music isn't helping me out. I had to re-watch some of the episodes during theAdam-athon today, or yesterday, or whenever you guys are reading this. Fortunately next chapter the Lab Rats will be meeting Project D. Keep reading! :D
Sincerely,
*SS8*
