A/N: He's back with another chapter. Originally, Calla was not supposed to make an appearance. However, I decided to add her in the middle of the episode.
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Anyway, onto the chapter! But first, Bree, you're up!
Bree: Humanusscriptor does not own Lab Rats. He owns both Leo's future. Kihonne owns Calla, Jaden, and anything you don't recognize.
Note: PLEASE read A/N at end of episode. Future Leo is OOC, if that's even possible.
Leo's POV
It was seven o'clock on a Friday morning and I was in Mr. Davenport's lab, playing an online game. I wanted to be at school so I could avoid meeting my future self, but apparently, that wasn't going to happen. Every time the Lab Rats have a mission, I have to get down here, no matter what time of day it is. Even if I'm just there for moral support. I had school in little over an hour and I'd rather be there than here.
"Your mission supplies are packed, the schematics have been uploaded into Chase's chip, and your transport is on the way…Did I forget anything?" Big D asked aloud.
"No, we'll just guess what the mission is and see how it all plays out," Bree replied.
"You guys should try that next time," I suggested.
"A particle collider is a three mile long underground facility where scientists-" Mr. Davenport began.
"Race subatomic particles at each other at light speed for energy experiments!" Chase finished. They both exchanged that nerdy-scientist look.
"There's a particle collider in Berkley that is accelerating out of control. Your mission is to shut it down," Mr. Davenport ordered.
"Awesome!" Adam exclaimed. "I hope one of us knows how to do that."
"Okay, we have to act quickly. The scientists that operate the facility-excuse me," Mr. Davenport pushed my chair to the side, "have already activated the control center. If we don't shut it down in time—"
"It will create a massive black hole that will implode the planet," I finished. "We can't let that let happen. Today is Shelly Evan's birthday. And her mom makes the best cupcakes."
"Leo!"
"What? I'm just saying: that lady doesn't skip on the sprinkles."
"Don't worry, Leo, you will get your cupcakes," Mr. Davenport assured. "Adam, Bree, and Chase have all the training they need to complete this mission."
Knowing that Future Leo would arrive and everyone but me would be scared shitless, I whipped out my phone. "I don't know, Big D. I think they might need some…BACKUP!"
"Yes, and you can be BACKUP, right here, in the lab, with me, after school."
Adam laughed. "You said back up and then he said back up. Saying things twice makes it funny. Oh! Saying things twice makes it funny!"
"Stop!" Mr. Davenport yelled.
Here it came. A large, glowing electrical ball flew into the lab surrounded by glowing rings. We all screamed and hid behind the counter as future me stepped out of the glow. Sorry, Bree and Mr. Davenport hid. Adam jumped into Chase's arms. I video recorded the whole thing. Next stop: Youtube.
"Nobody panic!" Mr. Davenport called. "It's probably just the cable guy."
"Relax, Big D. I just came from seven years in the future. Your time machine actually worked!" The man looked at us, a familiar light in his eyes. "It's me, Leo."
They all turned to look at me. I chose at that time to stop recording.
"Cool! The cable guy has the same name as you!" Adam exclaimed.
"So you're," Mr. Davenport pointed at Future Leo, "the future version of him." He pointed at me.
Future Leo nodded.
"Do you know what this means?" Mr. Davenport asked me.
"You cracked time travel?" I guessed.
"No, I cracked time…shut up," Mr. Davenport told me before doing a celebratory dance. "Can you do me a favor? When I see you in seven years, remind me to tell me how awesome I am? Let me high five myself." He gave himself a high five.
"Oh, I'm sure you won't forget," we both said in sync. They looked at each other and stopped. Neither of us wanted to go there again.
Future Leo 2 looked at the Lab Rats. "It's so good to see you guys again!" he announced as he ran forward and hugged Adam, Bree, and Chase.
"It's good to see you too," Chase said, crushed in Future Leo 2's hug. "Older, yet strangely similar Leo."
They pulled away from the creepy hug.
"So, what did time travel feel like?" Big D asked curiously. "Did your body mass increase exponentially as you accelerated towards light speed?"
"Umm, I pushed a button; felt a lot of wind, there was a big flash, but yeah. Mass and speed stuff."
"So if you're from the future, what color are my eyes?" Adam questioned, still not completely buying my future version's story.
"Uh, brown," he guessed.
Adam's face lit up with shock. "Oh my god, he IS from the future!" he exclaimed.
Bree pushed him aside. "Ignore him," she told Future Leo 2 as she hooked her arm in… his I guess. "Let's jump to 2025 and see what people are wearing. I want to start now and be a trend setter."
"Sorry, but it took Big D years to scrape up just enough zano fuel for me to come here once and go back," Future Leo 2 explained.
Bree sighed and glared at him.
"Fine, but if I end up wearing mom jeans and hair scrunchies, you are going to get back in that thing and fix it!" she ordered, pointing her finger at my future self.
He nodded. "Sure, no hair scrunchies or mom jeans. Got it," he agreed. I'm sure he didn't care though.
A buzzing sound drew her attention away from Future Leo 2. Mr. Davenport checked his phone.
"The collider mission!" Mr. Davenport remembered. "You guys have to get ready. Head to the equipment room and gear up." He ushered the three lab rats out of the room.
"Bye, Future Leo!" "Nice to meet you!" "Congrats on growing out of your awkward stage!"
"What are you doing here?" I hissed.
"Same thing as last time," he answered.
"You're kidding, right?"
"Sadly, no. Adam, Bree, and Chase…don't make it to the future."
"What?" Big D cried.
"OH NO! OH NO! OH NO!" Adam ran in screaming.
We all looked at him, shock and horror still on our faces. He must have heard what Big Leo said. Instead, he smiled his idiotic smile. "I forgot to pack my pudding."
He left the room, not even noticing the looks on our faces. "You're uh…you're joking right?" I hoped, begging him to say yes.
"Maybe we should go upstairs so that they don't hear?" Future Leo 2 suggested.
Mr. Davenport nodded and led us to the elevator. As soon as we entered what would be a three-second ride, he started asking questions.
"What do you mean Adam, Bree and Chase don't make it to the future?"
"I was sent back here with a video that will explain everything," Future Leo 2 said, pulling out his phone and placing it on the kitchen counter. A blue screen popped up.
"Whoa!" Big D gasped. "What is that?"
"It's a holophone," Future Leo 2 stated blandly.
Mr. Davenport grinned. "Cool! I invented the holophone?"
"No, but you did she did wait in line six days to get one."
The screen turned on, and it showed a forty-five year old Mr. Davenport. A forty-five year old Mr. Davenport who had put on at least seven hundred pounds and lost most of the hair on his head.
"Greetings, past Donald!" the Mr. Davenport on screen greeted.
"Wait, that's me? Please tell me the holophone adds a hundred pounds," Big D cried.
"The next seven years are pretty hard on you, Big D," Future Leo 2 said.
"Or should I say, Bigger D," I joked, making the two of us laugh. Mr. Davenport on the other hand looked positively horrified.
"If you are watching this…WE CRACKED TIME TRAVEL! INTER-DIMENSIONAL HIGH FIVE!" Mr. Davenport and Older Mr. Davenport high fived each other through the screen.
"I just high fived my future self!" Mr. Davenport said proudly. "What? Look at me! Let me have some joy!"
Even the older version of my boss seemed pleased with himself. A voice cleared in the background though, bringing Old Mr. Davenport back to reality.
"I've sent Future Leo back in time to stop you from sending Adam, Bree, and Chase on the particle collider mission."
"What? Why?" Mr. Davenport demanded.
"Now, I'm sure you're thinking 'What? Why?'"
"I know myself so well," Mr. Davenport boasted.
"As a scientist, I'm loathed to change the past, but in this case, I have to make an exception. Adam, Bree, and Chase don't make it back from the mission. Send an automated rover in their place. It's the only chance we have to save them.
"Oh, and by the way, every time you say 'hey, this calls for a cookie' think about this!"
Older Mr. Davenport moved to pull up his shirt, but we never saw what was under it because the screen was pulled away from.
"Come on, old man, Leo isn't sixteen years old yet! Don't traumatize him that early!" a young woman criticized. She was tall, in her early twenties, with long chocolate brown hair and bright blue eyes.
"Hey, Mini Leo, Mr. Davenport," she greeted. "Just wanted to make it very clear, you are NOT to let those three die today again, got it? Seriously, Mr. D, you're a mess. And it's starting to freak me out. I mean, after all, you gave up on the company!"
"I what?" Mr. Davenport yelled, looking at Future Leo 2.
"Yeah. As soon as she was old enough, you named Calla CEO so you could focus on the time machine project," he replied.
"And as for some last minute advice…um, Leo, don't ruin things with that pretty girl of yours. Mr. Davenport, stay away from cookies. Calla, if you're watching this, Caleb will be asking for forgiveness soon. Don't give him that. Oh, and while you're at it, figure out whether or not Eddy is secretly evil. I still don't know."
With that, the video ended. I looked at my future self.
"IS Eddy secretly evil?" I asked.
"Still don't know."
"Ignoring that, how could I send them on a mission they don't return from?" Mr. Davenport asked distraught.
"And how could you have let your hair recede with so many trusted over the counter remedies available?" I demanded.
"If Adam, Bree, or Chase hear any of this, it'll shatter their confidence. Please tell me you won't say anything to them."
"I won't," Future Leo 2 promised.
Mr. Davenport looked at me.
"What?" I asked. "Future me speaks for both of us."
"There's not much time. The collider situation is getting worse by the hour. I've got to go build that rover," Mr. Davenport said, starting towards the lab doors. They opened right as Adam, Bree, and Chase entered the room, ready for the mission of doom.
"Good to go, Mr. Davenport. We'll call you when we reach Delta point," Chase said.
"NO!" Big D snapped. All three teens stopped short, surprised by his apparently sudden anger. "I mean, the mission's cancelled."
"What?" Adam asked as they exchanged confused looks. "But you said it was urgent."
"Urgent? No, I think I said urging. Like I was urging you not to go on the mission."
"Why?" Bree asked.
"Because I'm sending a rover that can shut down the collider via remote. As soon as I build it."
"A rover?" Chase laughed. "You might as well send a handbag on a stick. The three of us can handle-"
"NO!" Big D yelled. The smiles on all their faces fell at the sound of his tone. "I said no and I mean it! My decision is final! Now just…everyone go get ready for school."
They stared at Mr. Davenport for a minute, and then walked back down the hall dejectedly. "Thank you," Future Leo 2 stated. "Future you would thank you too Big D."
"Or should I say, Bald D?" I joked.
Future Leo 2 and I laughed.
Future Leo's POV
"Hey, Big D, Calla," I greeted as I walked down into the lab.
"Hey, Big D, Cal—Calla?" Leo asked in astonishment when he saw Calla was over here.
"Hey. Aren't you supposed to be at track?" she asked.
"I made up an excuse about having a doctor's appointment," Leo admitted. "I'm glad you're feeling well enough to come out here. Big D, I got an A on my history test!"
"Did you cheat by getting the answers from future you?" Big D was very frustrated with the rover and wasn't in the mood.
The two of us exchanged a look. "So, how's that rover coming along?" we asked, changing the subject.
"Wait, future Leo? Why are you here?" Calla asked.
"Adam, Bree, and Chase don't make it back from the mission," I summarized.
Frustrated, Big D asked, "Are you sure they don't make it back? Maybe you were wrong." I pulled out the holophone (the one Calla designed), and pulled up a video.
"Yes, I'm sure. I'll show you. We downloaded the security camera footage from the control room."
A clip came onto the screen and Big D and Calla saw Adam, Bree, and Chase in the middle of the control room. An alarm blazed in the background as they shut down the collider, no problems. The alarm stopped and they hugged each other, grinning proudly.
"They shut it down!" Mr. Davenport sounded relieved. "They completed their mission. You came back for nothing. I think this calls for a cookie."
"You haven't seen the ending," I said harshly.
A bunch of dust and dirt started to fall from above them. The Lab Rats had just enough time to look up in surprise as the ceiling caved in and crashed down on top of them. Calla and Big D stared at the screen in horror, unable to avert their eyes until I shut it off.
"Scratch that cookie," Mr. Davenport said sadly. "I've got to start working again on that rover."
"Aha! So, it's still not mission ready!" Chase declared. He looked vaguely annoyed with Big D. "Why won't you just let us go?"
"No, no. That won't be necessary. I just need to buy a few things…from NASA. They're having a sale; everything's a million off," Mr. Davenport replied, trying to sound cheerful. "Uh, I'll be gone for a couple of hours. Leo, you're in charge."
"You got it, Big D," Leo and I replied.
Mr. Davenport shot Mini Leo a look. "Future Leo!" he clarified before storming out.
Calla looked at me, perplexed.
"How did you get here?"
"I caught it all on video, Cal. Don't worry," past Leo stated.
I looked aghast at him. "You videotaped the whole thing?"
"Of course! Why wouldn't I? Next stop: Youtube!"
"He thinks this mission's too big for us." Adam exclaimed.
"It's not that he thinks it's too big-" Calla tried to intervene, but I stopped her.
"Calla," I warned.
She nodded. "I know," I muttered. Meanwhile, the others got back to their conversation.
"I guess Davenport just lost confidence in us," Bree said.
Chase snorted in amusement. "Or he lost confidence in you two." Chase pointed at his siblings. They both stared at him, offended.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Bree demanded.
"Yeah, I'm the one always carrying you two. You're the weak links," Adam responded harshly.
Bree and Chase glared at him. "Oh, I'm the weak link?" Chase repeated. Adam nodded his agreement. "You can't even spell weak link!"
"Can too!" Adam argued.
Then they all started yelling at each other, bickering like little kids.
"GUYS! GUYS! GUYS!" Leo yelled, getting them to stop. "Enough! Future me came back to warn Davenport not to let you go on the mission because you don't come back from it."
"GOD! I never listen to myself!" I cried in frustration.
Adam, Bree, and Chase all stared at us in horrified shock.
"Don't come back?" Adam repeated, stunned.
"Wow. I guess this mean we're not…not invincible," Bree realized.
"Did it happen in the original timeline?" Chase asked.
I sent a questioning glance to Leo. "You didn't tell him, did you?"
"Tell him what?" Bree asked curiously.
"That both Leo and I—"
"No, no, no!" Leo cried.
"Are from the future," I finished. "And it did in my timeline. Twice. Leo is actually 20 years old," I stated. "And in this kid's body."
"Wait, so… he time travelled to stop this event, but in another timeline, the exact same thing happened, and now there are two Future Leo's with similar futures?" Calla questioned.
"Yes and no. It's complicated. Ow!" I exclaimed as Leo slapped me on the chest with his hand.
"I told you not to tell them!" he hissed.
"They would've found out eventually. Chase knew, somehow."
"I saw a piece of paper in your room that said: Things to Change in the Original Timeline. It was yesterday when Leo and Calla were at the movies," Chase verified.
"That would explain it."
"So, you can see the future because you are from the future. Is that what you were going to tell me tonight?" Calla asked.
"Yeah. Your guess was correct. Chase told Janelle that Leo's from the future."
"YOU WHAT?" Leo roared, lunging for Chase. "HOW DARE YOU!? I WAS GOING TO TELL HER THAT!"
I refrained Leo while Adam stood in front of Chase protectively. After a while, Leo calmed down.
"Look, I'm sorry for not telling you, but I had a promise I needed to keep," Leo told them.
Chase nodded. "I understand. You'll tell me tomorrow then?"
"If you come back alive, yes," Leo assured him.
"You want us to go?" Calla asked. She could tell they wanted some alone time.
They nodded. Bree smiled at her weakly. "Go help Leo get ready for his date," she suggested.
"Yeah, I uh, postponed it to tomorrow."
Bree nodded and we all headed upstairs to give the Lab Rats their space. Midway upstairs, I stopped and stood there. The gears in my head were turning.
"Oh no."
"What?" Calla asked.
"Leo, remember what happens last time?"
"We leave to dress me, then… oh no," Leo said.
"What?" Calla reiterated.
Leo and I dashed downstairs immediately, but it was too late. "Adam, Bree, and Chase go on the mission anyways," I finished. There was an orange note on the table. Snatching it up and reading it, I repeated, "Oh no."
"What?" Calla sighed.
"It's a note from Adam, Bree, and Chase. They went on the mission!" I exclaimed.
"What?" Calla demanded. She tore the note away from me. "Dear Mr. Davenport, we went to stop the collider. We know we won't make it back, but that's a small price to pay to save you, Leo, Calla and the rest of the world," she read, recognizing Bree's handwriting. Then, below in less tidy writing that could only belong to one person: "P.S. Sorry we get blown up."
Leo frowned. "Adam used proper grammar? Impossible!" he declared.
I wanted to not believe it, but it was there in plain sight. Adam had used proper grammar. What was this world coming to?
"We have to tell Mr. Davenport about Adam, Bree, and Chase going on the mission," Calla said, trying to stay calm. "What happened in the old timeline?"
"We saved their sorry asses. I guess it's time to do that again. Only, I get trapped under rubble, so I'm doing this one out," Leo stated.
Calla nodded in understanding. "I guess it's just me and Big Leo. Let's go. We can take Mr. Davenport's Turbo Speedster," she told me.
Calla followed me out back to the high speed van and climbed into the shotgun position. I hopped in and started it up. We drove away quickly, going nearly as fast as Mr. Davenport's high speed train.
"Oh man…I hope we're not too late," Calla said as she looked at the passing background as we sped towards the facility.
"Don't think about that. Think about something else," I suggested nervously. Just like Calla, didn't want to think about the possibility that when we got to the facility, we'd be greeted by three bodies.
After talking for a bit and telling her about the holophone she created, I pulled up to the facility. A loud siren was ringing as we rushed through the place, trying to find our friends. Just as we found the tunnel that would lead us to them, the sirens stopped.
"Why did they just go silent?" Calla asked in a quiet voice.
"They must have shut down the particle collider. We have to hurry!" I shouted as we raced down the hall. We found them, thankfully still alive. They were staring at a rover that was in front of us.
"Dude, look, it's Mr. Davenport!" Adam exclaimed giddily.
Calla ignored him. "Did you shut down the collider?" he demanded.
Chase nodded. "Yeah, we just finished." He replied.
"Calla? You're there too?" Mr. Davenport exclaimed.
"Then get out of there fast!" I ordered.
Calla nodded. "The room's about to collapse!" she yelled as a scary rumbling noise started to grow louder.
"What?" they all asked, not able to hear us.
Calla started to run forward, but I grabbed her arm and stopped her from rushing in. "No, wait."
Adam looked up and saw the ceiling quickly collapsing. He was horrified for only a few seconds before Adam's expression grew serious and he grabbed his siblings and dashed to where Calla and I were. I watched aghast as the ceiling broke apart. Adam had saved his siblings. This never happened in any timeline!
"That never happened in the timeline," I muttered.
"Well, it did now," Adam stated.
I couldn't help but smile at his idiocy, but an alarm made that grin falter.
"Oh no. The blast doors are sealing!" Chase exclaimed. "Everyone out now!" he ordered.
Adam was the last one out. Again, I couldn't help but stare at him. He wasn't the screaming bozo like last time. He really had changed. Shaking that thought out of my head, I dashed to the van.
"Let's go home," Bree suggested. "Mr. Davenport will want to yell at us."
We all piled into the van, Adam and I in the front, Bree, Chase and Calla in the back. "Are you all right, Calla?" Chase asked after a moment.
"Never better," she replied.
Calla's POV
"Thank goodness you guys are okay," Mr. Davenport exclaimed as he hugged the bionics as they entered the lab, just a couple of steps ahead of me. Then he pulled away. "What were you thinking? Get in here!" He turned to me. "And you…"
"Keep in mind that I'm your assistant, not your child," I told him, an innocent smile on my face.
"You…have a death wish," he finished.
"I can't argue with that." I really couldn't. At least not after today.
"Look, Big D, I know you were worried, but I…" I elbowed Future Leo in the ribs. "I mean we, changed the course of the mission and saved Adam, Bree, and Chase."
"I think what she's trying to say is if they saved the world…" Leo looked at me to finish.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…Forget it."
I smirked and skipped over to the others, pulling myself onto the counter next to Chase.
"So, this is good, right?"
"I don't know. Let me check."
Future Leo pulled out his holophone and looked up a picture of himself…and me. We all stared at it. "I end up with Calla?" Leo asked in disbelief.
"You better fix this!" Future Leo seemed horrified. "I am not walking down the aisle with that WITCH!"
It had taken me a while to comprehend what I just saw. My jaw was dropped open. When I heard Future Leo call me a witch, I closed my mouth and glared at Future Leo. How dare he call me a witch?
I was just about to tackle him to the ground when Leo did a very unLeo-like thing. He slapped his future self. "How dare you call her a witch? You knew just as well as I know that she is one of our closest friends. Now, granted, I find it surprising, but I came here to fix the future gosh darnit, and if I end up with a better future and Calla, then my golly, I'm going to take it! You should be ashamed of yourself disrespecting a friend like that who you looked after! Now go get in your time machine, and get the hell out of here because you sure aren't welcome here after that comment!"
We all stared at Leo. Did he just… defend me? He did! I felt a warm wave of happiness wash over me. He was always there for me. It was time I do the same for him. "He's right," I stated. "How dare you call me a witch? The tide has changed now, big bully! And for the first time, I'm beginning to realize important things."
"Enlighten me," Future Leo replied sarcastically as he rubbed his bruised cheek. "Well, now that you guys are safe, I guess I should be getting back to the future," he said, walking towards his chair. We were all silent as Future Leo strapped up. Soon, he left.
"So, are you going to tell me about the future?" I asked, smiling sweetly and holding my hand out to him.
He smiled and took my hand in his. "I am. How about we discuss things over at your place?"
I smiled. My mom would be gone, and Jaden likely wouldn't bother us. I would have some alone time with Leo. Back then, I would have been worried. Now, I was looking forward to it. "That sounds perfect," I admitted. Together the two of us walked to the elevator.
Whatever the future holds for me, as long as Leo was by my side, I would be ready. And I would enjoy it every step of the way.
A/N: So, there's the chapter. I hope you guys and gals like it. I feel I ended the chapter with too much romantic fluff. Sorry about that. It was for Kihonne. I'm pretty sure I made Kihonne all 'awww' on that ending. Next chapter, Leo tells EVERYONE about his future, and Calla tries to make her relationship with Leo official. Every reader is probably itching to learn about the future and what happened to Calla and Jaden. ANY questions that you have involving Leo's future, Calla's future, Jaden's future, or anyone else's future for that matter, PLEASE leave a review as to what questions you want answered and I will make sure to have them asked next episode. I can't promise they will all be answered, but please ask and I WILL put in as much information as I possibly can. I'm hoping you all ask a lot of questions. Next chapter will be up in about a week and a half, so you have plenty of time to think about all the questions you want asked.
All right. TTYL folks!