Now we go back to the hospital. I can hear you think: finally we see how they react! Yes you will see how they react! Here are the promised reactions! I still hoped you enjoyed reading about Wi-Fi, though. And now, the reviews:
TKDP: Thanks for reviewing! Wi-Fi's a technological villain; he can do whatever he wants with them. And I loved describing what was going on his head - I intended it to be like a computer.
LabRatsWhore: Yes he's smart. I just made up that middle name, and I thought there had to be more connections between Lab Rats and Mighty Med than just Donald and Diaz. Thanks for reviewing!
PurpleNicole531: Thanks for reviewing! That's indeed the big question... will it work? Well, you'll find out eventually, just not right this chapter.
daphrose: He could've been wearing something like that, but he's too busy with being a villain. Also, I really like Wi-Fi as a villain. Probably because of the way he's portrayed in the show. Thanks for reviewing!
Enjoy!
-Writer207
You can imagine the surprised and confused looks of all who were near the entrance. Let's start with those already in the hospital. Horace Diaz recognized the kids (not the man accompanying them) from TV and realized they were Donald's. Donald could barely believe his eyes – how did they find out where he was? And how did they come here? Kaz and Oliver, they were just confused to see the three bionic heroes and then were very enthusiast. They were going to meet the three bionic heroes!
And now at the side of the janitor's closet. They all stumbled out as to get that bit more space. Adam was a little disappointed. First, they were in the emergency room of the hospital, and then they had walked into the lobby of the same hospital. Bree and Leo were looking around this place. So Mr. Davenport did come here for a hospital visit. What are the odds? Chase just tried to figure out what exactly this place was. He had noticed the nurse behind the desk wore a mask, similar to what heroes would wear to cover his face. must be a coincidence. Can't be anything else. Douglas was the first to walk up to Donald, the other guy and the two teenage boys.
"What are you doing here? Why did you bring the kids with you?" Donald asked. They should've stayed at home. They shouldn't have come here. and that was only because he heard the story of his he wanted to cube Oliver once. Then again, Horace hadn't recognized the young boy as Horace, but that said enough. If he was willing to cube a young boy, he'd be able to cube Douglas and Leo as well, and maybe even all his kids. Douglas shrugged.
"Donnie, something's fishy is going on here. That guy –" he pointed at "– has no records whatsoever. The only thing we could find about him was an online dating profile. Besides, why do you need to be so secretive about it, huh? What is it that we're not allowed to know, Donnie?" The others have gathered close to them. Kaz ad Oliver were sort of freaking out because they were standing so close to the Davenports.
"Who is this man?" Horace asked Donald.
"That's Douglas. He's my brother."
"Oh, okay." Horace then said, "Guards, take Douglas and have him cubed!" As the guards appeared out of nowhere (not like geo-leaping), there were three people protesting against this decision. Those people were Donald, Kaz and Oliver.
"Horace, you can't do this!" Kaz yelled. If that man was related to Donald Davenport (and the bionic heroes) he was worth saving. Besides, there's gotta be a better punishment than immediately bringing everyone to the cubing chamber. And they also have not yet seen or heard anything which could give away this was a superhero hospital.
"He's right!" Oliver helped Kaz while the two guards grabbed Douglas' arms. "Can't we just erase his memory?" Nobody deserved to be cubed anyway. But knowing of this place was a privilege not given to many Normos, rather taken away from every Normo who had ever set foot in the building.
Leo looked at the two random teenagers in the hospital who helped to save Douglas from being cubed, whatever that meant. Leo had no idea where they were or what 'cubing' exactly was, but it sounded painful and even though this man tried to harm them multiple times, he didn't deserve to be 'cubed'. He decided to help them.
"Yeah! I don't want him to be cubed and… wait, did you say something about erasing our memory?" Leo then said when he noticed that one of them had said something about erasing their memory. He didn't know what was worse, memory erased or being cubed (still: whatever that means).
Leo looked at Big D. He was getting very nervous, looking at the man whom they knew as Horace Diaz. Could it be Big D was a bit afraid of Dr. Diaz? And if so, what is so scary about that man? He didn't look like he had bionics, and he still was creepy but harmless. Maye it had something to do with those guards who magically appeared out of nowhere and the cubing/erasing the memory.
Only now Horace Diaz seemed to notice the fifth member of the group Davenports. And since there were only three bionic heroes – as Donald told him – this had to be a friend or something. "I almost forgot. Guards, take him with you too." He pointed at Leo, who shrieked in fear when he realized Diaz meant it.
Adam immediately stood in the way of two other guards – seriously, where did they come from? – and he shook his head. The guards stopped in front of him, and Adam started to talk. "No, you don't!" he said, "You're going to have to go through me if you… hey!" Adam stopped when the two guards in black and blue disappeared and appeared at Leo's sides, trying to grab his arms. In a reflex, Leo used his bionic arm and fired a laser sphere at the guard at his left. Luckily, this didn't go unnoticed.
"That was awesome!" Kaz exclaimed, clapping. The teenager next to him was just as excited.
"You're bionic, too?" Oliver asked, and Leo nodded. The guards were just standing there, doing nothing, waiting for Horace's orders. They could have changed now Leo showed them his bionic arm. Horace Diaz was impressed with the fourth bionic teenager in the world, and especially the ability he had just showed.
"Impressive," he said, then looked back at Douglas. "I changed my mind. Only Douglas has to be cubed."
Douglas' eyes widened. Now only he has to be cubed, and only because Leo had to show off and use his bionic arm, even if it was only self-defense. To be honest, he was a little scared of what would happen next. The process of cubing was a process he was unfamiliar with. He had no clue what he could expect, and that terrified him. He looked at Donald, who simply had been watching the scene unfold.
"Well, don't you stand there! Do something!" He yelled. The guards holding him hadn't moved at all, probably because Horace had not yet given them the order to bring him away. That, or they were just really stupid.
Donald immediately jumped into action after hearing his brother yell those words. "Mr. Diaz, maybe we can arrange something else. You can't cube him."
"But Mr. Davenport, he's a Normo."
"Well, in case you've forgotten, so am I!"
"What's a Normo?" Bree then wanted to know. She thought it had something to do with normal people, as a general name for those normal people, not bionic and not exactly crazy. One of the two teenagers answered her question.
"'Normo' is a term used for people without powers," Oliver explained.
"And are you Normos?" Chase asked.
"Sure are," Kaz said with pride, "we're the only Normos to know about this place. well, we were, until…" Kaz didn't bother to finish his sentence, but instead he just looked at Mr. Davenport. chase couldn't help to start pondering about this place thanks to Kaz' choice of words. Nobody is supposed to know about this place – why? This also means they are the only 'normal' people around here, making Chase wonder who or what else is walking through the corridors of this mysterious place. What is this place, anyway? Looked like a hospital… Whatever secrets this place held, Chase didn't like not knowing about all the secrets this place held.
"Dr. Diaz, please let him go. He hasn't seen anything – he knows nothing of this place." Mr. Davenport tried to convince Horace Diaz, who rose his eyebrows. He already had an answer ready.
"Knows nothing. He knows the location of this hospital and how to get in, and he's witnessed the guards' arrival. Why should I not cube him?" Mr. Davenport as thinking about it, and he eventually answered the question.
"Because if you cube him or even think of doing that, I'll… I'll stop funding the hospital!" It might have sounded weak, but half of the money the hospital got for equipment came from Mr. Davenport. Horace's eyes widened. "And I take my stuff from here with me." Donald added. Both Mr. Davenport and Horace Diaz knew the hospital badly needed the money for the research and the helping of heroes. If those funds were stopped, Horace would have to make sure everything runs the same but with half the money he usually had. The heroes would not be able to be healed immediately, so the villains would have more time to perform crimes, and so the people possibly could not be saved in time.
"Fine!" Horace said after a while. "I've made a decision. Nobody will get cubed." Kaz and Oliver high-fived, Donald sighed and the bionic kids nodded. "Also, you four can keep your memories. I don't care what Dr. Bridges says about you! We really could use all help we can get. But he's losing his memory." Horace pointed at Douglas.
The four teenagers were surprised when they were offered a job as guards. Yes, that's what they thought. They still didn't have any proof this was a superhero hospital, so they thought they were getting a job. Before any of them could say something about Douglas, who was clearly getting paler and had to lose his memory, Donald spoke up.
"No. He keeps his memory. Unless you have made modifications to it, you're letting him go."
"Modifications?" Adam asked, only to know what that word meant.
"The device Dr. Diaz uses, erases a person's entire memory. I just want him to forget about this place, that's all." Mr. Davenport and Horace Diaz seemed to have a staring competition, eyes locked and testing how far they would go. Eventually, Horace sighed.
"Alright. He keeps his memory. Let him go, guys." The guards let go of Douglas' arms, and he quickly searched safety with his bionic kids. Donald smiled. Now he only needed to get the kids and Douglas out of Mighty Med, to home so he could erase their memories of the Mighty Med. Donald didn't plan to have them keep their memories. The more people knew about this place, the more people could tell others about it. Secrecy was something to be respected, and Donald would not regret erasing their memory. He'd do it and feel like they should know someday, but not today.
"Okay, guys, you'd better go home." Donald then told his four kids and brother. The five of them protested, just as the two Normo teenagers Kaz and Oliver. They started to talk simultaneously, so Donald couldn't understand what they were saying.
"Silence!" Horace yelled, silencing them all and grabbing everyone's attention. "Thank you. Mr. Davenport, I think what they're trying to say, is that they want to stay here longer." Mr. Davenport looked from Horace to his kids. He eventually accepted the offer. He still could erase their memory after this trip anyway.
"Okay, they can stay in the hospital. But you have to behave!" He told his kids. Chase was thinking. He'd been right – this place indeed was a hospital. Well, this room looked like some kind of lobby anyway.
Then, Leo turned around to look a little better to this place. This indeed looked like a hospital, like Big D said. His eyes fell on the man entering the lobby, and he almost jumped up when he realized that man was dressed like the superhero Surge and could possibly be Surge.
"Adam, look!" He pointed at Surge when Adam (and the others) had turned around. "There's Surge!"
"It's not Surge," Chase said, "superheroes do not exist."
"They do exist," Kaz said; Oliver could've hit him in the back of his head, but he didn't. The two of them knew that someone did not want these four (or five) to know about the superhero world, but it would be a great advantage. That way, their memories didn't have to be erased every time they saw a hero and the villain he or she was fighting.
"No, they don't!" Chase continued to say it. "They are superheroes, they are just tales from comic books. It's just for the amusement of –" He was interrupted when he completely stopped. He stopped moving, talking, blinking. It was as if he was trapped in time.
Donald shot an accusing look at Horace, who shrugged.
"What? He was getting annoying." Was his response. He didn't seem a bit bothered by the fact that he just showed his power to the Davenports, who were confused. Adam slowly waved his hands in front of Chase's face, to try if he would react. Donald folded his arms.
"Unfreeze him now." He demanded, and Horace did that. He used his powers once more to unfreeze Chase, who immediately grew suspicious of the immortal doctor. He backed away, confused. What the heck was going on here? that doctor stopped him, froze him in time. Behind him still stood that superhero, Surge, who had been watching. The puzzle was almost complete, and he only needed one more piece to solve it.
"What is this place?" Chase asked. Kaz smiled as he told him exactly what he needed to hear.
"This, my dear bionic superheroes, is Mighty Med, the hospital for superheroes."
