Kihonne: Okay! So, I'm done another chapter. I didn't expect it to be done this fast, but I had the spare time after last week's CIVICS exam. Not to mention, my brother has FINALLY gotten his own laptop, so I no longer have to share! As you can probably tell, I'm VERY happy about that! :)
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Calla's POV
"Hey people! I'm home!" I joked, skipping in the front door of the Davenport's house. I dropped my overnight bag on the floor by the door.
"Hey Cal." Chase greeted, before going back to his graphing thingy-majig. Bree and Adam looked up from their phone and TV program enough to acknowledge me. Leo wasn't even in the room.
"Wow, real enthusiastic." I commented, leaning against the arm of the couch so I could look over Chase's shoulder. It took me a few seconds to realize what he was doing. "You know, I'm not sure this is going to convince Mr. Davenport that leaving us all here in his very expensive house alone is a very good idea."
"But-" Chase was but off as my boss and his wife started walking down the stairs.
"Oh, this is so exciting." Tasha squealed. "I have never been to Australia before."
"Maybe you'll like it so much you won't want to come back." Eddie suggested. Tasha gave him a look, then turned to me.
"Calla, you're sure your parents have no problem with you spending the weekend here?" she asked as Leo came into the room. I nodded.
"Yeah, they're not even going to be in town anyway, so it's better than me sitting in a hotel room all day." I replied. Leo frowned.
"Okay, one, you're really spending the weekend? And two, why aren't they going to be in town?" he asked.
"Mission Creek made it to the National Minor's league in football and Jaden's playing. The tournament's all the way in Bakerville, so they agreed I could stay here. And I came over to keep you from destroying everything in sight." I told him. He looked offended.
"I'm not that destructive!" he objected. I waved my hand dismissively.
"Sure, what ever you said Mini-man." I replied. Tasha smiled at us, then turned to Mr. Davenport.
"Donald, honey, do you have the plane tickets?" she asked. Mr. Davenport laughed.
"Honey, we're taking my fully automated private jet." He informed her. "Plane tickets. Why don't we just slap on a bunch of stamps and just mail ourselves there?"
She smiled. "Private jet, that works." She turned to Leo, smiling giddily. "Score!" she whispered to her son. Mr. Davenport looked at Leo.
"Okay Leo, this is your chance to prove that you're responsible enough to stay home without us." He told him. Leo frowned.
"Me? What about them?" he asked, nodding to our bionic besties. Mr. Davenport chuckled in amusement.
"They were designed to go on missions and save the world." The three of them were doing absolutely nothing of any significance, so his point wasn't exactly proven. Never the less, Mr. Davenport looked back at his step-son. "You were designed to break stuff."
"What about her?" Leo demanded, pointing at me. I smiled.
"I was designed to make popcorn and watch the tragedy unfold." I replied. He glared at me, to which I responded with an innocent 'you know you love me' smile.
"Don't worry, I know the rules." Leo assured Mr. Davenport. "No touchy-touchy your stuffy-stuffy."
"Leo, I'm serious. There's millions of dollars worth of technology here, so no goof ups, no explosions, no fires…you know what? I'm not going. I'm not going." I groaned. This was the eighth time he had changed his mind since yesterday afternoon.
"Donald!" Tasha called, amused. "Leo will be responsible, he is a big boy." She turned to said 'big boy'. "Sweetie, I left your flame retardant undies on the dresser." She informed him, making the rest of us laugh quietly.
We spent another ten minutes trying to convince the inventor that nothing would go wrong. After making sure we knew where we could get easy access to an inflatable raft, he finally left with Tasha…and Eddie, but I don't think they knew about that last part. The second the adults left, Adam, Bree, and Chase jumped to their feet.
"Whoo! Party in the lab!" Adam cheered. Leo and I stared at the three of them as they started to plan our fun-filled weekend.
"Did you not hear what Davenport just said? We're supposed to be responsible." Adam nodded.
"Okay. I'll be responsible for the snacks. Leo and Calla, you're responsible for blowing up that raft! Whoo-hoo! Party in the lab!" they ran down stairs, dancing and hollering. Leo and I exchanged looks.
"And he's worried about me?" Leo questioned. I shrugged and looked at the elevator door.
"I really hope Adam wasn't paying attention when Mr. Davenport told us where the life raft was.
"We should go check on what they're doing, shouldn't we?" Leo asked me. I bit my lip.
"Well, we're talking about three rebellious, super powered teenagers who are being left alone for the first time in their very boring life." I said slowly. "I don't know about you, but I'm afraid to see what they're up too."
"It's either that, or watch infomercials until something decent comes on TV." Leo informed me. I sighed and headed towards the elevator. He followed me.
We found the three of them sitting around the lab. Chase was on Mr. Davenport's private computer (the one he won't let even me touch), Bree was pacing with a magazine while staling snacks off the counter, and Adam was doing something with random foods and a chart.
"Australia looks interesting." Bree was saying as we walked into ear shot. "But I'd really like to check out New York."
"That makes two of us." I told her, sitting down at my desk. Chase gave me a knowing smile.
"Where would you go first?" he asked. "The 600th floor of the Empire State Building or Long Island?"
I laughed. "Long Island. I would love to check out the Athena cabin." I replied. (1)
Bree ignored our random geek moment. "Seriously though, it looks awesome."
"Yeah well, maybe someday when we're older…" there was a strong breeze and when we looked up, she was gone. "Or now."
"Dude! Take me with you!" I called into the air.
"She's not there." Adam told me.
"I know that!" I snapped. Then I frowned.
"Uh, Leo? You want to take this one, or should I?" I nodded to the bowls of food. Leo sighed.
"Adam, what are you doing?" he asked. Adam grinned.
"I am combining foods." He replied happily. "You see, butterscotch pudding and tomatoes is probably a no, but being home alone and doing what ever I want is a HUGE yes, so I'm going to do it anyway!" he dipped the tomato in the pudding.
"Adam, st-" I slapped my hand over Leo's mouth.
"Don't stop him now! This is the closest he's ever been to science!" I hissed. Leo rolled his eyes as Adam gagged on his butterscotch covered tomato.
"Oh god, that's bad." Adam spit the rest into a napkin. At least he had the sense to do that. Leo nodded at the brainier of the two brothers.
"Fine, I won't say anything. But it's your turn." He told me. I nodded and put my arms on the back of Chase's chair.
"Chase?" I asked. "What are you up to?"
He grinned evilly, which was not a good look on him. It looked kinda creepy. "I'm pulling a prank on him. The next time he checks his bank account, it's going to be in euros. Bam!" he exclaimed. "Same value, but still funny."
"I need to teach you about pranks." I decided. Leo shook his head at me.
"Don't you dare!" he ordered, pulling Chase away from the computer. The bionic boy was so into his 'prank' that he gripped the keyboard as hard as he could, refusing to let go. Suddenly, Bree was back in the room, wearing the…boldest outfit I'd ever seen.
"Oh…my…gosh." I stared at it in horror. What monster had forced her to wear that?
"You won't believe what just happened to me!" Bree complained in a loud, and obnoxious accent. "I was headed to New York City, but I got stuck in Jersey! Oh, check out my bling." Bree showed us a pair of large, silver earrings. "Boom! How do you like them sparklers?"
"Please tell me that's a rhetorical question." I begged, unable to think of one thing nice to say. In case you couldn't tell, I wasn't a fan of her outfit.
"Bree, look what you did! You got butterscotch pudding all over my broccoli." Adam complained. He took a bite, then gasped in awe. "What a delicious mistake!" he exclaimed in delight.
"Aww, I'm sorry Adam," Bree apologized "I meant to get it on your face."
She took a scoop of butterscotch and threw it at Adam. He ducked out of the way, causing the pudding to splatter all over Chase's face. "Boom! I'm throwing pudding here!" Bree laughed. Chase glared at her.
"Oh! Butterscotch pudding and Chase! I never thought of that!" Adam grinned. I stepped in between the three of them, deciding to stop things before Chase ended up as snack food.
"That's enough guys." I said calmly. Leo nodded.
"Yeah! I really need this weekend to go well for me." Leo told them. Chase rolled his eyes and grabbed a bowl of vanilla cupcakes from the counter.
"Chillax Leo. What's the big deal? We're just having a little fun." he asked. Leo looked at him.
"I'm not!" Leo protested. "If Davenport trusts me to stay home alone, then next he'll give me a project in the lab. And then he'll let me go on a mission with you. Don't you want me to go one missions with you?"
"Meh." "I guess." "Not so much." "As long as you're not here bugging me." We all replied. Leo crossed his arms.
"Okay, that's it. No more crazy foods, no pranking Davenport, and no more breaking your curfew to go to New York." Leo said. Bree sighed audibly.
"Jersey!" she corrected. "Whatever. This guy, what a nudge."
Leo sighed. "Just get in your capsules and go to sleep." Leo ushered them towards the display cases. "I'll turn on a night light for you."
"Night guys!" I called, heading towards the elevator.
"Night Calla!" they replied before shutting the doors. I headed upstairs, dumped my bags in the guest room, and went to grab a snack from the kitchen. Leo walked in a second later.
"Uh, you know they don't need a night light…well, Bree and Chase don't." I told him, yawning. Leo frowned.
"Then how come there was one down there?" he questioned. I shrugged.
"I didn't even notice one down there. Maybe Adam brought it down 'cause he got scared, or Chase might have decided it was a good idea after last week's blackout." The entire city had been pitch black for about three hours right after dinner. The six of us (Adam, Bree, Chase, Jaden, Leo and I) had ended up playing Monopoly in front of my fireplace for the rest of the night.
"Yeah, maybe." Leo agreed. He grabbed a glass of milk and headed off to bed. I did the same, but ended up playing Angry Pigeons on my phone for a couple of hours before I fell asleep.
Just as I was drifting off, something weird happened. The guest room had an alarm clock by the bed, and I remembered it's lights flashing several times, then it shut off completely. I thought it was odd, but was too tired to care.
Xxx
"Morning Leo. Want some pancakes?" I asked as the younger boy entered the kitchen. It was already eight, but apparently we were the only two up.
"Sure. Where's Adam, Bree, and Chase?" Leo asked tiredly, sitting down at the kitchen counter. I shrugged.
"Still asleep is my guess." I replied, handing him a plate, then grabbing one for myself. Leo frowned.
"Are you sure?" he asked. "Because Chase is always up by six-thirty, weekend or not, and Bree's usually watching Teen Wolf at around seven thirty. As for Adam…well, we have to drag him out of his capsule some days. Actually, make that everyday."
"They could be messing around in the lab again." I suggested. Leo nodded.
"Wanna go find out?" Leo asked, abandoning the pancakes. I nodded and followed him to the elevator. Leo opened the door to the lab. "Good morn-ahh!"
Now, I expected for the lab to be a mess. But by mess, I meant a few bags of chips and popcorn on the floor, maybe some papers out of place. I certainly wasn't expecting to see Adam blindfolded in an inflatable raft, my work papers everywhere, several chairs flipped, the counter moved, Chase panicking in a corner, and Bree no where to be found.
"What happened?" I demanded, a little shocked.
"Leo? Calla? Is that you?" Chase called out, panic in his voice. He was standing at the back of the lab, tensed, and facing the wall. Leo looked around in horror.
"WHAT HAPPENED?" he screamed. "ALL WE DID WAS GO TO SLEEP!"
"Something happened to my vision." Chase turned and faced another wall, this one a little closer to us. "I can only see pixels."
I frowned. "Are you serious?" I asked, stepping over to him. He nodded, still facing a wall.
"Yeah. I can't see anyth-ughh!" Chase groaned, tripping over a fallen chair. "I'm okay."
I took his hand gently and pulled him to his feet. "Stay." I ordered. We didn't need him tripping over anything else. Leo walked over to Adam.
"Buddy, up what's?" he asked. Leo and I looked at each other.
"He sounds different?" Leo said after a moment. Chase nodded.
"Yeah, that's because he can only speak backwards. It was fun for the first five minutes. Now I just wanna rip his head off." I smirked.
"Let's not do that. Or at least wait until we can fix your vision." I told him. "Um, where's Bree?"
"If you say she went to Paris for crepes, I'm going to lose it." Leo snapped.
"No idea." Chase replied, grabbing my arms. He looked at me, or to my left, desperately. I could tell he was seriously freaked out by what was going on, but at least he was freaking out.
"Okay, what happened?" I asked gently.
"Something woke us up in the middle of the night, she started bouncing around the room like a pinball, and I haven't seen her since. I haven't seen anything since." Chase explained. I looked at Leo.
"Call her, and get her back here. Now. We need to get this figured out." Leo nodded, walking over to the consol.
"Call Bree." He ordered. It did as he requested, bringing up a live feed of the bionic girl. She looked like she was in a dessert, with a palm tree…and a dinosaur. Leo stared at the dinosaur. I walked over to the screen to get a better look at it.
"Please tell me you didn't go back in time." He begged. I rolled my eyes.
"No! I just woke up and started running!" Bree explained. "The next thing I knew, I was in the middle of the desert, my feet were smoking, and my navigation system was all goofed up." She was distracted for a moment. "Crap! Guys, my battery's about to die! What do I do?" She asked as the screen went black.
"Bree! Bree!" Leo desperately tried to get the feed back up.
"Oh uh." Adam said worriedly.
"Guys? A little help here please." Chase begged. When I'd seen the dino, I'd left him standing there all alone and he'd wandered off. I felt a pang of guilt as I ran over to help him. I led him back over to the counter. I made sure he had a hand on it, so he had some sense of where he was.
"Here you go." I told him. Adam grinned, and kicked his brother to the ground.
"Really?" I looked at him. He grinned happily. "Did you have to do that?"
"Did I yes." He replied. I rolled my eyes and helped the brainier boy up again. Suddenly, a loud, piercing alarm went off.
"What's that?" Leo asked. I thought about it.
"Well, it's either Mr. Davenport's radon gas alarm, or his emergency telephone." Chase said calmly. I nodded.
"And being that none of us have passed out yet, I'm going to go with the telephone." I walked over to the telephone and picked it up.
"Davenport Industries, home of the little man's big dreams, Calla speaking. How may I help you?" I answered professionally. Mr. Davenport sighed on the other line, apparently satisfied that Leo hadn't killed us all yet. Yet.
"Calla, what's going on?" he asked.
"Not a thing, just watching some cartoons, having pancakes. You know, Saturday morning things." I lied. Adam gasped.
"Cartoons watch wanna I!" he exclaimed.
"Was that Adam? Can I speak to him?" Mr. Davenport asked as Chase clamped his hand over Adam's mouth.
"No, that's…a cartoon, called Captain Backwards. Horrible show, but Leo likes it. As for Adam, he's sleeping."
"What about Leo? He hasn't spontaneously combusted yet, has he?" I looked at Leo.
"He wants to talk to you." I handed him the phone. He listened for a second.
"No! I did not set any fires! Geez!" he sighed. A few more seconds later. "Umm, Bree? She's not around…you know girls. She's knee deep in rainbows and makeup." We all looked at him.
"Don't judge me." He hissed at us before turning back to the phone. He looked at Chase. "Uh, he's working on homework and doesn't want to be disturbed."
Leo frowned, listening, and then walked over to the consol. He stopped near the LEMP and I gasped. Nightlight. I figured out exactly what happened and of course, it was all Leo's fault.
"Do you mean the nightlight?" he asked. I face palmed.
"Nightlight?" Chase repeated, confused.
"He's talking about the LEMP. He must have turned it on last night, thinking it was a nightlight, and it fried your systems. It's basically a giant glitch machine. Makes me wonder why Davenport built it in the first place." I explained. Chase sighed.
"Wonderful." He muttered sarcastically as Leo unplugged the machine.
"No, no I did not." Liar! "Umm, I should go. Tell my mommy I love her."
I rolled my eyes and smirked at that last bit while Leo glared at me. Suddenly, I could hear Tasha yelling into the phone. I could hear her exact words from across the room.
"LEO! WE'RE COMING HOME RIGHT NOW!" She yelled. I crossed my arms as Leo hung up the phone.
"They're coming home right now." He told us, as if we couldn't hear his mom yelling.
"What?" Adam gasped.
"Tell my mommy I love her?" Chase repeated, annoyed.
"You might as well have said 'Hey, I'm a massive idiot and your lab is destroyed.'" I agreed. Leo glared at the two of us.
"I'm sorry. When I freak out, I talk baby talk." Leo snapped. "Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to go upstairs to take a night-night with my binky."
Leo started to walk upstairs, but I caught him by the collar. "Oh no you don't. This is your fault, so you can help clean up this mess."
"But-" Leo started to protest, but stopped when I glared at him. "Fine."
"Okay, first things first, we need to figure out how to get Bree back here." I said aloud. Chase grinned, an idea coming to him.
"Why don't I locate Bree's chip signal and send her the coordinates, so she can find her way back?" he suggested, bending over the consol. I walked over.
"I can do that." I offered. Chase glared over my shoulder. "Hey, don't give me that look. Your vision is still impaired!"
"Calla, Calla, Calla." Chase sighed. "Genius knows no limits."
"Well, I'm glad to see that your lack of sight hasn't taken away from your sense of superiority." I commented dryly as he input some numbers. The screen behind us flashed the words SIGNAL RECEIVED.
"Okay, she got them." Leo announced. "But what about them?"
"Um…" I trailed off, unsure of what to do next. "Oh! Chase, didn't Davenport give you a video clip for emergencies? Play it!"
"But we're only supposed to watch it in case of emergency." Chase objected. Adam groaned and pushed his brother over to the USB finger port.
"Doofus, up wake! Emergency an is this!" he snapped. A video of Davenport appeared on the screen behind us. It began with a long sob-fest for Davenport's death, because that's the only reason he's expect us to use it. Typical.
"Fast forward. Please." Leo requested. Chase started scrolling through the chapters. The titles appeared one after another on the screen. I read them aloud so Chase would know where to stop.
"Bionic Malfunctions. Bionic Maintenance. Somebody didn't listen and turned on the LEMP. Stop there." I told him. Leo frowned.
"Well, that's oddly specific." I smirked.
"Not really. If this had nothing on it, I was going to go through the six hour video called 'Solutions to Leo's Screw Ups.'" Leo looked at me.
"He doesn't really have a video like that." He said uncertainty.
"Yes, he does." "I suggested it." "Funny of kind it's." we all replied. Leo rolled his eyes as Chase played the video.
"Get into the Chase's capsule with bare feet and place your hands against the sides of the cylinder." Mr. Davenport instructed. "This connects a circuit, imitates a reboot, and will repair all the damage."
"Okay, once we restore my settings, we can get things back to normal before Tasha and Mr. Davenport get home. And they'll never know how thoroughly and completely you messed up." Chase pointed to the empty corner. We frowned and looked where he was pointing. I took his hand and redirected it Leo's way.
"He's over there." I said gently. Chase rolled his eyes and sighed in frustration.
"Somebody just show me where my stupid capsule is!" he demanded, kicking off his shoes. Adam grinned, and roughly pushed his brother into the capsule and slammed the door. I looked at Leo.
"Crap! What if the LEMP fried the capsule's settings too? We could be doing more damage than harm!" I gasped. It was too late to do anything though, as the capsule was already glowing with power. Chase stumbled out.
"So?" Leo asked expectantly. Chase looked at us.
"Where am I?" he questioned. "Who are you people?"
"Great!" Leo was frustrated. Chase smirked.
"Just kidding. Your turn." He said to Adam, walking over to me.
"Luck me wish." Adam said as Leo pushed him into the capsule. I elbowed Chase in the ribs as his brother went for the reboot.
"That wasn't funny." I muttered under my breath. Chase chuckled.
"It was and you know it." He replied. I rolled my eyes, smiling at Adam as he came out.
"Whoo! I think I'm okay." A horrified expression crossed Adam's face. "Wait, my voice isn't coming out of my but, is it?"
"And he's back." Chase decided. Leo and I nodded our agreement.
Xxx
Three hours and several garbage bags later, the house was perfectly clean. In fact, I think it might have been cleaner than before Mr. Davenport and Tasha left. Chase was sitting on the couch, checking on Bree's location.
"Okay, everything's cleaned up. Now all we need is Bree." Leo announced.
"No problem. I'm tracking her right now and according to this she should be here in three…two…one…"
Super girl blew in the room, the door hanging open behind her. "Zero." Chase finished.
"That took forever!" Bree complained. "My phone died and I had to buy a map! A PAPER MAP! I mean, do you have any idea how hard it is to fold this thing up?"
"Why did you buy a map? Didn't you get the coordinates I sent you?" Chase asked, as confused as I was. Bree frowned.
"What coordinates?" she asked, answering his question. I looked at Chase's screen. There was a green dot still moving towards us on it.
"Hey, what are you tracking, if it's not Bree?" I asked curiously. Chase shrugged.
"Probably just a bird." He guessed. There was a loud rocket sound behind us as a miniature plane (about the size of a kitchen table) flew into the house. It crashed into the window and Chase pulled me down onto the ground to avoid being hit. Adam, Bree, and Leo were ducking behind the couch along with us. We all stared at it in shock, then ran over to see what it was.
"Holy crap!" I exclaimed, recognizing it at once. "It's one of Mr. Davenport's drones."
"I must have sent it the coordinates instead of Bree!" Chase realized. Leo turned to him.
"Yes, because it looks exactly like a teenage girl. I can see how you made such an easy mistake." He yelled. Chase glared at him.
"I made a mistake because my vision was impaired. By you! Mr. Touchy-stuffy-mommy-misser!" Chase snapped back.
"Okay, stop it!" I shouted. "Arguing won't solve anything. Plus, we have a major problem! The drone controls ALL of Mr. Davenport's GPS technology, including his plane!"
"Why would he keep the command center for all of his technology flying around in the sky?" Leo demanded.
"To keep it away from you?" Chase suggested. I rolled my eyes.
"Okay, Chase, you and I can fix this thing. Adam and Bree, you deal with the broken window. Leo, you be lookout." I knelt down next to the machine. While Chase was doing the technological work, such as rebooting the machine, I stared on the exterior repairs. About twenty minutes later, it was good to go.
"Adam!" I called. The oldest boy in the room ran over. "You take this outside and get it airborne ASAP."
"Yes m'am." He ran to the roof, carrying the large ship. Leo came running into the living room.
"They're back!" he yelled. I looked at him, Bree and Chase
"Act natural!" I ordered. So of course, we did the most unnatural poses our panicking minds could think of. Mr. Davenport and Tasha walked in.
"You are on the list cupcake!" Eddie announced, appearing on the wall. I frowned.
"What's that about?" I asked curiously.
"Never mind about that." Mr. Davenport told me. He looked around, confused as to why his house wasn't on fire or flooded. "Hey, what do you know? The house is in one piece." He seemed genuinely surprised.
Leo walked forward to give his mom a hug. "Welcome home mommy." He greeted. Tasha gave him a look.
"Okay…what are you guys up to?" she asked. We all exchanged looks.
"Up to? What do you mean? We're not up to anything!" Bree was a horrible liar. Mr. Davenport looked around again, and noticed something wrong.
"Where's Adam?" he demanded. Suddenly, a voice from behind us made us start.
"Just warming up your welcome back hugs. Bring it in peoples." Adam announced, grinning like a fool. He hugged them both quickly. Both adults looked at us suspiciously.
"Well…I guess we overreacted." Mr. Davenport said slowly. Suddenly, there was a loud beeping noise.
"What is that?" Tasha asked. We all ducked for the second time as the drone crashed through the window behind us.
"By the way, you forgot to reset the coordinates." Adam told Chase and I. Mr. Davenport looked at us.
"Excuse me?" he demanded.
Chase and I looked at each other, then pointed accusingly at Leo. "It's his fault!" we yelled in unison. Mr. Davenport looked at Leo.
"It looks like somebody touched my stuff!" he yelled.
Leo's reaction? "Mommy."
Alright! I can't wait to see what you think guys! Oh, and just so you know, I'm going to skipping ahead again. The next chapter will be Concert in a Can. See you all next time!
