Speaking of Douglas... from, like, three chapters ago?
Either way, Dougie's here!
Donald called Douglas for his help. When Douglas arrives, he states, "So it's true that my older brother needs my help-"
"Douglas, this no time for gloating," Donald states.
Douglas sees the three bionics present have body scans on the monitor. He's brought up to speed, a bit perturbed, but impressed that Chase got a message to the team. His brilliant son hasn't defected. Douglas then goes through the nano bot schematics they took from one of the nano bots on Bree.
"This is definitely Giselle's work," Douglas states, "state of the art, complex coding, beautiful color schemes-"
"We get it, she's perfect, how do we destroy them?" Leo asks.
"We can deactivate them from here," Douglas answers, "but we have to do all three at once. Giselle will be notified the moment they are offline. Any still online will be activated as a failsafe."
"Which we don't want," Adam says, but his tone suggests he's guessing.
"Exactly," Donald says. Adam fist pounds the air, happy to be right. "Everyone in a capsule. The sooner we do this, the better."
Adam and Bree go to their old capsules, while Leo is directed to Chase's. Douglas and Donald take up positions at the console, but in order to get all three, they need one more person. Donald gets Tasha, who is told the basics.
"Donald, I don't think I can do this," Tasha says hesitantly.
"We need you to, Tasha," Douglas says. She glares at him and he backs off.
"What if I mess up?" Tasha asks her husband.
Donald cups her face and kisses her. Everyone else looks away. He looks her in the eyes, "You won't. This won't work without you."
"…Okay."
The three adults stand ready at the console. They type in the correct directions. "Douglas, this will work, right?"
Douglas flinches, before answering, "Yes."
"Well no going back now." Donald puts a hand over his button, "Three."
"Two…"
"One-"
I couldn't resist this ending. But don't worry, the next chapter is up already.
Or will soon. The '30 minutes after posting' thing is a little confusing.
~CtW
