Jailbird [jeyl-burd]
noun
a person who is or has been confined in jail; convict or ex-convict.
"Okay, so I've taken out all your chips so I can try to fix some of the glitches you guys have been having lately, which means that you are all capsule bound for the next twenty-four hours." Mr. Davenport told the three bionic siblings who all groaned in response.
"Wait, why are they capsule bound?" Leo asked confused from his mission specialist desk.
"Their chips protect them from disease, making them practically immune to everything. But when you take away their chips, they have no immune system because their bodies haven't been sick ever." Mr. Davenport explained.
"Our capsules are basically like a germ-free environment." Chase continued.
"I personally think it's ridiculous." Bree put in, crossing her arms over her chest like a teenage girl would. "We've never gotten sick before." She complained.
"That's because you guys have always been in your capsules during this time before." Mr. Davenport replied smugly before ushering each of his kids into their respective capsules.
He walked back over to the cyber desk, pressing a few buttons before the room flashed red lights and an overhead voice called out "Lockdown Engaged."
Mr. Davenport sighed before turning to Leo. "I have to go to the electronic store, no matter what they say or do, do not press this button right here," He said, pointing to a large red button, "It lets them out of their capsules and then even the common cold can kill them."
"You got it Big D!" Leo assured his step-father and Mr. Davenport looked apprehensive. He paused for a moment before finally decided that he had to go to the electronic store and trust Leo.
It took seconds after Mr. Davenport was gone for Bree to begin prompting Leo to open up their capsules.
"Come on Leo!" Bree begged, pressing herself up against the glass of her capsule trying to open it up. "I have a date with Owen! Do you want me to be alone for rest of my life?" She asked seriously.
Before Leo could answer, Adam cheerily responded, "You won't be alone Bree! You'll have us for the rest of your life!"
Bree sent a pleading look to Leo. "Leo, if you have any humanity in you, you will open this capsule door and save me from a future with these two dib wads." She told him earnestly, trying to use her puppy dog eyes from a distance.
"Sorry Bree. Big D trusted me with this and I'm not going to screw this up." He told her and all three siblings laughed loudly.
"You are kidding right?" Chase asked when Leo sent them all an undignified look. "Leo, you somehow manage to single handedly ruin everything you touch."
"Well then it's a good thing I'm not going to touch anything isn't it." Leo snapped back sarcastically and walked back to his mission specialist desk.
"Well, I have to go to the bathroom." Bree complained, crossing her arms and Leo stood up moving to let Bree out of her capsule.
"Wait, don't fall for that. Bree always has to go to the bathroom when we're on lockdown." Chase told Leo, who paused in his movement. "You let her out and you want see her for a couple of hours."
"Ugh!" Bree groaned miserably as Leo sat back down. "This is so boring. Mr. Davenport should at least consider putting a TV in here." She suggested as she leaned against the cool glass of her capsule.
"Oh! And a mini fridge!" Adam added and Bree sent him an annoyed look.
"Why don't you just let us out? Then you can say you didn't mess anything up, you did it on purpose." Bree suggested and Leo shot her a look that said nice try. She sighed, almost giving up before developing one last smirk on her face. "Leo," She called out, working hard to make her voice said tried and hot, "it's really hot in my capsule can you turn on the fan?" She asked and Leo looked at her suspiciously.
"What?" She asked, seemingly outraged that he was so apprehensive of her behavior. "If I'm going to be in a capsule all day I'd at least like to be comfortable."
Leo sighed and got up, walking over to the cyber desk. "Fine, how do I turn on your fan?" He asked, looking at the vast number of buttons on the desk that he didn't know what they did.
"All you have to do is press the black button in the middle and then press the blue button in the third row down." She told him simply, trying extremely hard not to let her face so how much she was anxiously awaiting for Leo to press the button.
"Wait a second," Chase whispered quietly to himself, finally registering what buttons Bree had asked Leo to push. "Wait Leo don't press-" It was too late to warn Leo that Bree had just had him unlock her capsule as Leo pressed the blue button.
A whooshing sound filled the air as the doors of the three capsules swung open and Bree gladly stepped out.
"Bree get back in your capsule." Chase told her, using the 'you're being stupid' tone he loved to use.
"Um, how about you stop getting in my business." Bree suggested annoyed, crossing her arms over her chest.
Leo rushed up to Bree, trying to push the girl, very unsuccessfully into her capsule. "I could use a little help here!" He called out and Chase and Adam sighed, also stepping out of their capsule.
"See you guys later!" Bree called and started to run before realizing she wasn't super speeding away.
Chase laughed as he stepped closer to her. "Awh, did little Bee-Bee forget that she didn't have any bionics right now?" Chase asked in a patronizing tone causing Bree to stick her tongue out at him.
"Whatever, I'm pretty sure I'm still faster than you!" Bree challenged and began to run towards the elevator.
"Get her!" Leo called as Bree stepped onto the elevator. The three boys reached it just as the doors were closing on Bree's smug face.
"What do we do now? Big D's going to kill me!" Leo stressed as he paced in front of the elevator waiting for it to open again.
"I got it! We move to Mexico and change our names. Chase can be Maria Gonzalez!" Adam suggested seriously nodding his head while he tried to work out the details.
"Or we can just stop the elevator." Chase suggested staring incredulously at Adam.
"Do it!" Leo yelled, gripping Chase's shoulders and shaking him, "Do it now!"
The three ran to the cyber desk and Adam and Leo watched as Chase pressed a couple of buttons causing the elevator to stop.
Bree let out a yelp as the elevator shook beneath her and came to a halt. "What did you bozos do?" She called down the shaft.
"You're not going to leave that elevator until you agree to stay in your capsule." Chase called up and Bree yelled in frustration.
"Why do you guys always have to ruin my life?!" Bree yelled in frustration.
"Duh, because it's fun!" Adam told her acting as if she was stupid.
"Just let me out!" Bree cried in frustration.
"I don't know, this is enjoyable." Chase laughed.
"You know what's going to be enjoyable?" Bree asked, narrowing her eyes in spite of the fact that they couldn't see her through the metal doors. "Killing you once I get out of here!"
"You mean if you get out of there." Chase corrected her and Bree made a rude sound.
"Why couldn't I have just had a sister?" Bree asked, looking up at the sky as she did. She hit the open doors button a couple of times trying to get it open and the sound of a door slamming find the room.
"Big D's home! Bring her down! Quickly!" Leo cried, running over to the cyber desk.
"Okay, calm down." Chase told Leo, pressing a couple a buttons and allowing the elevator to lower.
As the doors opened, Leo grabbed Bree's leading her to her capsule and pushing her into it.
"Hurry up, get in your capsules!" He called to Adam and Chase, who but did as they were told, their doors closing right as Mr. Davenport came walking in.
"How'd it go?" He asked Leo and Leo smiled nervously.
"They haven't been out of their capsules at all!" Leo promised and Mr. Davenport smiled.
"Good!" He said, turning to put things on the cyber desk.
Right as he took out the first item, Bree sneezed, Adam coughed, and Chase hiccupped.
Mr. Davenport turned to Leo and growled, "Leo!"
AN: Sorry that this is short and not my best work. I tried to make it more light hearted then I normally do but I don't really know how this turned out. Tomorrows will be better I promise! Thanks for all the support and reviews! Please continue with it so I can try to make it better. Please make suggestions!
~ Grace