There's Just Some Major Issues

Chapter Three

Chase Davenport's Video Journals #10

Lee and I were in mission command, reading (Lee was reading a book titled, "I Hunt Killers," and I was reading "Advanced Experimental Physics") when the mission alert went off.

"Lee, that's the mission alert, we'd better suit up!" I said as we both ran to the hyperloop.

We met back in the living room, both wearing our Elite Force mission suits.

"Should we wake the others?" Lee asked.

"There's no time." I said. "There's been a sighting of Silver and we need to investigate the scene."

"Alright, let's go, then." She said as she grabbed my hand and geo-leaped us to the scene, which was downtown.

We walked around the area, ready to fight. Eventually, we just scanned the area for any traces of Silver.

"Chase, I think I found something." Lee said as she bent down and picked up a bottle that appeared to have once contained perfume.

I walked over to her and looked at the bottle.

"I'll scan it." Lee said as she activated her bionic eye.

She scanned it and gasped. "It's full of melted down lead."

I took the bottle from her and scanned it myself.

"Yep, lead." I said as I deactivated my bionic eye.

"Hmm," Lee said. "I wonder why the Silver would need melted lead. Or if he even left this, but I don't know why anyone would just leave lead in the middle of the road. Or have it on them in the first place."

"Maybe he needs lead to create his effects." I said.

Lee shrugged. "We'd better get back before the others realize we're gone."

"Alright." I said. "Hold onto that bottle. We should analyze it and keep it for evidence."

"Okay." Lee said as she locked arms with me and we appeared in the penthouse living room.

I laughed a little. "I just remembered, they don't know that you have more bionics than they have superpowers."

"Well, at least Oliver and Kaz." Lee said. "I mean, doesn't Skylar have somewhere around fifty?"

"Yeah, but she gave some up to give Bree superpowers from the same space rock that Kaz and Oliver got their powers from."

"Space rock? Like a magic witch pebble?"

I smiled. "Yeah, something like that."

Lee walked to the hyperlift. "I'm going to put the lead in mission command so we can analyze it tomorrow."

"Alright." I said. "Goodnight, Lee-bee."

She smirked. "Goodnight, Chasey."

In the blink of an eye, she was in mission command. I smiled at the ground and went upstairs to get to my capsule for the night.

The Next Morning...

The next day, I went downstairs to find a note next to the bottle of lead that Lee and I found.

I walked over to it and read the note.

Chase,

I forgot to tell you all, I start work today. I should be back by two.

Anyway, Chase, I found some DNA samples on the bottle. I took them off the bottle and they should be in the system. I didn't have a chance to analyze them.

~Lee

I went downstairs to analyze the samples. I managed to get into a government database (That we had access to, by the way) and matched the fingerprints.

My eyes widened when I saw the name.

Daniel Hutchinson.

Or, Agent Daniel.

Lee's father, and the murderer of our mother.

I ran a hand through my hair. "But, how did he get powers?" I thought.

The hyperlift opened to reveal Bree, who looked ready for her training session for the day.

"Hey, Chase." She said. "Do you know where Lee is? We were going to work on my proton ring and her laser bo."

"She forgot to tell us that she started work today." I said.

Bree noticed the worried tone in my voice. "Chase, what's wrong?"

"There was a mission late last night, Lee and I went alone. We found this bottle of lead, and we brought it back to test it for fingerprints, just DNA in general." I said. "Well, I just tested it, and it turns out the Silver is Daniel, Lee's father and Marie's murderer."

Bree looked astounded. "Well, do you think he might want to capture you or Lee?"

I shrugged. "Maybe. For now, we need to figure out his motive and see how we can get him to stay in one place long enough so we can battle."

Bree looked around. "Well, can you help me out with my proton ring since you have a laser bo?"

"Yeah." I said as I activated it and walked to the training area with Bree.

Basically, Bree would throw her proton rings at my laser bo, and I would deflect them. We did this for a few hours before we went upstairs to shower and do other things.

I was on the couch when my phone went off, with a text from an unknown number.

It read:

"If you want your little sister back, come to the corner of 86th and Robinson.

~Silver"

My eyes widened.

I ran upstairs and told everyone to meet me in mission command, mission suits and all.

"Why? What happened?" Skylar asked me.

"Is it the Silver? Is he nearby?' Oliver asked.

"Where's Lee?" Kaz asked.

"What's the mission?" Bree asked.

I stood before them and pulled my phone out. "I got this text."

I then tossed the phone on the table and let them look at the message.

"We now know that the Silver is Daniel Hutchinson, Lee's father." I said.

"Well, what would he want with Lee?" Oliver asked.

I sighed. "Lee and I are not genetically engineered, contrary to popular belief. We watched our mother die last year. My father is Douglas, and her father is Daniel, as I said earlier. Lee was taken from Daniel, hours after being born by Douglas, who then implanted her with a bionic chip."

"Is that all?" Kaz asked sarcastically.

"Oh, you don't even know." Bree said.

I nodded. "He has a grudge against me because I am the son of the guy who stole his daughter, and in his mind, bionic people are criminals and should not exist."

"I wonder if he started the investigation against bionic humans." Skylar said, out of the blue.

We all looked to her for an explanation over her statement. It made sense, but needed to be explored further.

"Well, maybe Daniel just wanted his daughter back and wanted revenge on Douglas for implanting her with a bionic chip, then taking her away and ruining his family." Skylar said.

We all thought for a moment.

"Yeah." Bree said. "I think that's one of the reasons why."

"Where was Lee raised if she wasn't brought up in a basement of a egotistical billionaire, then?" Oliver asked.

"Alabama. Douglas took her to an Alabama orphanage when we were discovered, then she was adopted and loved by a family of five. Well, until they found out she was bionic. That's when she came to the academy." I explained.

We stood in silence for a moment before Bree broke it.

"Should we go get her?" Bree asked.

I shrugged my shoulders. "We should at least try to get her back."

"Where did he say? 86th and Robinson?" Bree asked.

I nodded.

"Grab on. Let's go." Bree said.

A/N: "I Hunt Killers" is a real book trilogy, not just something I came up with. The trilogy is by Barry Lyga and I'm loving the series! The series revolves around a serial killer's kid, and, I'll stop there. It's super dark, so if you're into that stuff, then you'll love this series!

Can't stop listening to "The Phantom Of The Opera,"

~Alto