AN: Hey folks, I'm back with another update! I've finally cracked down on myself to take a break from writing A Man of a Monster so that I can give my one-shot collections some TLC, so here's a new chapter. With this one I was able to kill two birds with one stone, and even add in a third bird from my own stock of ideas, and I think you guys will like this one. It takes place in Season 4 of Lab Rats, before the special Space Colony where it is revealed that Krane was in fact still alive. This is dedicated to the lovely Stardust16 :D


"Mr. Davenport, what's the mission alert?" The bionic siblings burst into the atrium where Mr. Davenport and Douglas hunched over the cyber-desk.

"Sebastian got loose earlier this morning, and somehow his bionics are back online," Mr. Davenport informed them.

"Lexi and Tank didn't escape too, did they?" Chase asked.

"No, they didn't," Douglas replied. "You three against Sebastian."

"He doesn't still have all the abilities, does he?"

Douglas shrugged. "Even if he does, he won't try using them all at once again. He probably does have them, though."

"It'll take all four of us, then," Leo said.

"No, Leo, I need you back here with the rest of us," Mr. Davenport said.

"What! No fair!"

"Sebastian may try to come back here, and we need at least one mentor to hold down the fort and lead the students. Adam, Bree, and Chase have more experience going out in the field, and they are most likely to subdue Sebastian with just the three of them," the billionaire explained.

"Still not fair," Leo pouted.

Mr. Davenport turned to the older three. "Suit up, and I'll send you Sebastian's coordinates."

The three ran to their quarters, hopping into their capsules. "How do you think he escaped?" Bree asked.

"I can't figure that out. He must have had help," Chase thought aloud.

"Guys, he probably just used his bionics," Adam shrugged. They stepped out of their capsules.

"Adam, we removed their chips – that would be impossible," Chase told him with annoyance.

"We can worry about this later – let's get a move on," Bree interjected. "Grab on."

The boys latched onto their sister, and the three of them disappeared in a whoosh! They appeared again in a forest, the trees around them climbing high. There were no signs of human life.

"Are you sure this is the right place?" Adam asked, squinting in the low light. Between the dark clouds above and the thick canopy that shaded what little weak light there was, their surroundings were shadowed and difficult to make out.

"This is where the signal came from," Bree murmured, her head swinging around.

Chase switched to his night vision. "Guys, something's not right here."

"You're right about that, Chasey," a low voice said from above them.

"Ambush!" Chase shouted, but it was already too late. Sebastian landed on Adam, kicking Bree as he did. His fist met Chase's face.

All three Davenports hit the ground. Only Bree and Chase sprang back up.

Sebastian activated his laser trident, illuminating the scene with an eerie red glow. His boot rested on Adam's crumpled form. "Long time no see, friends."

"Give it up, Sebastian – you're outnumbered," Chase growled, switching off his night vision.

Sebastian looked down at Adam thoughtfully. "Well, the big one's out, so that makes this a little easier. I'm pretty sure I can handle you two."

"You're going to have to get ready to be schooled, then," Chase replied. He activated his own laser bo.

"You forget. Though I'm the student, I've beat my mentors – you – before. You've taught me all of your tricks, and now it's time for me to show you what I've learned."

"You didn't make it that far in your training," Chase countered. He spun his bo in his hand. "Let's see what you've got."

Sebastian smirked before leaping forward, blocking both of Chase's stabs and Bree's attacks. His trident whirled through the air, pulsing with each impact.

When none of them made any headway, the three separated, panting for breath. "You haven't got what it takes to beat me," Sebastian gloated.

"We don't want to hurt you," Bree retorted.

"Too bad you feel that way. I don't care what happens to you," Sebastian sneered. With that he generated electricity, the energy crackling along his arms.

"Bree, behind me!" Chase yelped, dropping his bo and forming a shield. But Bree didn't seem to hear her younger brother, entranced with the enemy. When the lightning flickered, she still stood tall.

"No!" Chase cried out as she collapsed. The last Davenport standing stood up straight as his sister had, dropping his shield. "Why are you doing this?"

"Because things are about to change, Chase," Sebastian said with a dark mirth. He stalked over to Bree. "You know, I always thought that she was pretty. Too bad things didn't work out."

Chase stepped forward. "Get away from her."

Sebastian hefted her limp body up, looking into her face. "I suppose, with the Triton App, I can make her love me, no matter what side I'm on. I can make her do anything I want."

"No!" Chase exploded. His vision went red – literally. The words Commando App Engaged swam before his eyes.

"Just think, putting my once BFF and a future girlfriend under the Triton App – it's just too perfect," Sebastian leered.

"Not as perfect as ripping out your nervous system to make into a hammock," Spike snarled in his deep, gravelly voice.

Sebastian froze, frowning in confusion. "Chase, what are you doing with your voice? And why did you say that? I didn't think you were that creative."

"Oh, I'm not Chase," Spike smirked maliciously. His face fell into a menacing snarl, and he lunged forward.

Sebastian dropped Bree, jumping backwards out of Spike's high kick. "What? That doesn't make any sense – stop messing around!"

"I'm not who you think I am, snowflake. I am Spike, and Spikey's going for the kill."

Sebastian yelped as his feet were swept from underneath him, and he rolled over backwards to avoid being crushed by the commando app. "This is insane! What's going on?!" He activated his laser trident again, swinging it around.

Spike caught it in the air, ripping it from his adversary's hands. He spun it around, cackling with an evil smile.

Sebastian gulped, deactivating the laser trident. It disappeared from within the app's hands, and the app growled in frustration.

"If I can't use your puny glow stick, I'll just have to find one that will really hurt," Spike grunted. A fallen branch a few feet off caught his attention, and he scrambled to grab it. When it was in his hands and ready to be wielded, the app turned to see that Sebastian was holding Bree again, this time using her as a human shield.

"You wouldn't hit your own sister, would you?" Sebastian scoffed. Bree stirred within his arms, groaning.

"You overestimate me," Spike retorted. Sebastian's eyebrows rose.

The app rushed the other two, bringing his large branch around. It was thick and knarly with twigs and leaves, seeming to have its own fingers that reached forward, wanting to scrape, to scratch, to claw.

Sebastian ducked behind his hostage, and at the last second Spike held his blow. He cut in and threw away the branch, tackling Sebastian from the side. The two boys went rolling, and Bree flew forward to her shaky hands and knees.

"You didn't hit her," Sebastian observed smugly between blows.

"Didn't need to. It was easy enough taking a buffoon like you out without doing something like that," Spike growled. He slugged the larger boy's protruding jaw, slamming him to his back and pinning him.

"Did you really just get the nerve to punch your best friend?" Sebastian asked.

"Raaaaaaahr!" Spike roared in Sebastian's face. He wound back and punched him again.

"I overestimated your character, and I underestimated your guts," Sebastian grumbled, spitting out a tooth that had been knocked loose. With a surge, he sent electricity flowing through his arms into the app, sending him flying backwards.

"Spike," Bree gasped, crawling over to him. He was sprawled on his back across the uneven ground. His breaths were ragged. She looked up to watch Sebastian stagger to his feet and saunter over.

"You know, I really underestimated him. I didn't think he'd be able to put up this much of a fight," Sebastian said, spitting out another glot of blood. He was surprised at how hard the app could punch.

Bree wanted nothing more to stand and fight, but her limbs felt like leaden jelly, her muscles quivering from electric spasms. She could barely see straight, and she knew that she wouldn't last a second.

Sebastian stopped right at Spike's feet, smirking down at him. Without warning, Spike wormed to his feet and kicked off a mid-air roundhouse kick. Sebastian didn't have much time to react before he was bashed in the face by the app's foot, sending him slumped into the ground.

Spike, still out of sorts from the electricity, didn't make the landing. He didn't get up, simply laying there, groaning.

"Spike, that was amazing!" Bree stuttered through her shocked and aching teeth. She fumbled with the chip extractor in her belt, creeping up the Sebastian. He was out cold.

She removed his chip, sliding it into one of her pockets. Into the com, she said "We got him, and his chip is extracted. We're ready for you guys to get us."

"Bree, is everything alright? You sound funny," Mr. Davenport's voice came from the other end.

"Fine, Sebastian used his electricity on us."

"Right. We'll be right there."

Bree turned back to her brothers. Spike had his face buried in the ground, and Adam was snoring. She looked over to the boy she had once been attracted to, feeling the familiar pang of disappointment.

Oh well; if there was any way for him to be beaten, I'm glad it was being bullied by Spike. That app's got one heck of a kick.

Sebastian's going to feel that one in the morning.