~I do not own Lab Rats~
Leo's POV:
My hands fly up and cover my mouth, to hold back my gasp. How could Douglas have snuck up on us so easily? I guess we weren't paying the best of attention.
"Surprised?" He laughs. "Don't be, I've been watching you the whole time. I'm surprised it took me speaking, just for you to notice me." I narrow my eyes at him.
"So, let me guess. Now that you've found us, you're going to take Adam and I away. Then we're going to escape again, and until Bree and Chase have recovered, it will repeat. Then when will defeat you, and you'll get taken away forever." I guess, giving a smug smile.
"And then I escape once again, and everything repeats. Am I not wrong?" Douglas guesses laughing, but his expression suddenly becomes serious. "But it's not like that this time. I actually want to help you, because I guess I'm starting to realize the truth. I honestly never meant for this to go this far." We all give him a non-believing look.
"Okay, okay, I'm not asking for you to forgive me, just give a chance." He pleads.
"How are you going to do that?" Adam asks.
"I'll bring you to Donald. How about that?"
I look over to Bree, hoping for her to help me decide if I should believe him. But, she's fast asleep. She must've fallen asleep while we were talking.
So, I look over to Adam, who has suddenly become very interested in his shoelaces. I don't think he's purposely trying not to help. I think he actually is interested in them, because he has crouched down to play with them.
"Alright," I sigh, "but you need to hand over all your weapons."
"Really? I have so many hidden all over this place. Giving you the ones on me won't make a difference." He says.
"Um, well then..." I don't know what to say or do.
"Why don't I just show you to Donald, while you figure out your demand that has no purpose." On that note, he turns on his heels and leaves.
I reach over and pull on the back off Adam's shirt, making him jump up.
"What? What happened?" He asks frantically looking around.
"Come on." I urge by grabbing his sleeve, and pulling him out the door.
We immediately catch back up with Douglas, who wastes no time leading us down the various hallways. He leads us straight to the elevator, which I didn't even know was here.
Douglas presses the button to go down. It feels like forever until the elevator dings, and the doors open. We all step inside, Douglas pushes a button, and an eerie silence follows.
The elevator ride feels longer than the wait for it, if that's even possible. But the elevator finally comes to a stop, and it opens up. Standing before us, with happiness and shock in his eyes is:
"Mr. Davenport!" Adam yells and charges forward, giving a huge bear hug.
Mr. Davenport's POV:
I had been so engrossed in my work, that I hadn't been paying attention to anything around me, which includes the monitors. So, I hadn't noticed Adam and Leo coming, and the same goes for Douglas.
But I don't care about any of that, because I getting so close to a breakthrough.
When the elevator dings, I stop what I'm doing and rush over. The doors open revealing Adam, Leo, and Douglas, and I don't know what to think. I'm overcome by shock that Adam and Leo here, and happiness that they're okay. I don't feel anything for Douglas, maybe a bit of hatred.
"Mr. Davenport!" Adam yells, as he rushes forward and tackles me in a gigantic bear hug.
"Adam. Can't. Breathe." I squeak out, and Adam instantly releases.
"Sorry," he apologizes.
"It's fine." I say, but then give a puzzled look. "Why are you here all of a sudden?"
"We originally were going to come and find you." Leo starts, gesturing to him and Adam. "But Douglas found us before we could look. He actually brought us here."
I look to Douglas to know if it's the truth, but he just shrugs and nods.
"Alright, but why did you want to find me?" I ask confused.
"Well, at first it was to escape, but now it's to know how the antidote is coming." Leo explains, and I sigh.
"You told them?" I ask Douglas, who puts his hands up in surrender.
"They already knew by the time I got there."
"Got where?"
"They were in the room with Bree and Chase, talking to Bree. Who, by the way, has woken up, if you didn't know." I keep my mouth shut, not wanting him to know that I did know, but chose not to tell him.
"I'm sorry you two had to see them like that." I apologize giving Adam and Leo a small hug.
"It's fine Big D, we're okay." Leo says.
"Yeah, we're tough," Adam smiles.
"I know you are, but this is different. Bree may seem okay, but she's only awake. She still suffered from shock, and is slowly recovering." I stop for a minute, choosing my words carefully. "While Chase's condition is slowly deteriorating, and I have no idea how to stop it. We've never had to suffer this, it's so different." I sniffle a bit when I finish.
"Don't worry Big D, we're here for you." Leo says, trying to put his arm around my shoulder, but failing. "Why don't we stay with you, and help. With all four of-" Leo stops suddenly, looking over at Adam, who is shoving pencils in his ears. "Correction, three of us. We can figure out this antidote, alright?"
"I guess." I sigh.
"Wait, wait, I never agreed to any of this." Douglas complains, shaking his hands at us.
"You got us into this mess, now you have to get us out." He huffs, but obliges. "Good, now I've been coming close to what I think may be a major breakthrough. Come look at this." I urge and the two follow.
I suddenly think of something. "Adam, can you watch the monitor for us?" I ask, and he gives me a quick solute, before following through.
"Now, back to what I was saying..."
Third Person POV:
Heat.
It's the only thing Chase can feel. It's almost as of his entire body has been set ablaze. He can slightly feel the sweat dripping down his face.
There are muffled voices around him, but he can't figure out who they are. They aren't there very long, and soon, they have disappeared.
Chase can't move, can't truly think, he can't even speak!
He can't register anything, and probably will not remember anything. If he wakes up.
Nothing happens for a while, but suddenly something new happens. In this case, new is not good.
It feels as if hundreds of knives are being pried into Chase's skin. He can't groan or scream, even though his throat is begging him to. He wonders if he's bleeding, but he highly doubts it.
For a split second his voice is magically able come out. A pained scream emits, but he doubts anyone can hear it.
The pain suddenly increases, and Chase is unable to do anything to stop it. Every thought and feeling suddenly disappears.
While Chase suffers, Bree is doing better.
She never truly fell back asleep, because she just didn't want to become a part of the conversation. Her eyes peal open, and they dart around the room.
Her eyes land on Chase and her expression saddens. He's suffering so much, and there is nothing she can do to help. She can only hope that the antidote is found.
A sudden movement in Chase surprises Bree, and she doesn't have a moment to react. A short, but pained scream emits from his mouth. Bree's eyes widen, as she realizes that her brother is in pain.
Her whole body aches, but that doesn't stop Bree from carefully pushing herself off the bed. Her feet hit the cold laminate floor, and she winces as her whole body collects goose bumps. Bree still charges on, but isn't very fast.
Bree takes slow steps to the door, and has to occasionally stop to steady herself. When she reaches the door frame, she has to stop to catch her breath. Bree knows that she shouldn't be up, but the determination to help her brother keeps her going.
The whole time down the hallways, Bree is leaning against the wall for support. The only flaw to her plan, besides the struggle of walking, is she has no idea where to go. There are so many hallways, and Bree has to guess every time she chooses one.
It had to be luck that led Bree straight to the elevator. With a new goal, Bree rushes to it, and pushes the button. Almost immediately the elevator opens, allowing Bree to step inside. When she does, however, her vision becomes cloudy. Bree tries her best to ignore it, but it doesn't work.
The elevator comes to a stop, and Bree tries to step out. The world spins around her, and her knees weaken. Bree can slightly hear muffled voices and footsteps come her way, but she doesn't know if they ever reach her. Bree's knees give out, and she tumbles into darkness.
The scene that unfolds in front of the three truly shocks them. One second they are busy figuring out the cure and the next the elevator door opens, and Bree comes falling out.
Mr. Davenport is the first to her side, but isn't fast enough to catch when she hits the ground.
"How did this happen?" Leo asks rushing forward.
"Yeah, Adam was..." Mr. Davenport's voice trails off as he notices that Adam has fallen fast asleep in his chair. "Adam!" He yells and Adam suddenly jerks to attention.
"Huh? What?" He looks around frantically and confused. Douglas, now joining the conversation, goes over and hoists Adam out of the chair by his ear. Douglas then drags him over to the others.
"Ow," he complains.
"Adam, why did you fall asleep?" Mr. Davenport asks.
"Um, I was tired?"
"I gave you a job, and now look what happened because you decided to take a nap." Mr. Davenport says gesturing to Bree.
Adam gasps and covers his mouth. "What happened?"
"I don't know, but we would've if you had been watching!" Mr. Davenport yells at him. "I can't believe you were so inconsiderate!" Adam gives him a confused look. "Thoughtless, selfish, need I say more!"
"I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-" Adam starts, sniffling a bit.
"You never mean to! This is all happening because of you! For once in your life, could have not messed up or been so thoughtless!" As soon as those words leave Mr. Davenport's mouth, he wishes they hadn't. Slowly he covers his mouth.
"Adam, I didn't mean-"
"Don't try to take it back. We all know that you did mean it." With that, Adam runs into the still open elevator with tears in his eyes.
A/N: I am sorry for not updating soon, but I did explain that in my last author's note. School is out for me, but I am taking a government course starting next week for six weeks. So, updating will be slow for a while, sorry. I worked on this chapter all last night, and I promise that another will be up within the next couple days or so. Keep watching my profile to know.
Poor Adam! The same goes for Bree and Chase. :( The last POV was sort of confusing, sorry. If you don't understand the name of the title for this chapter, it is because Chase and Bree are suffering physical pain, while Adam is suffering mental pain. Also, good news, the next chapter wil be more around Chase!
Thank you to pershipping-daikari12 and cupcaketiff123 for favoriting!
Review Replies:
beverlie4055: I'm so happy you think it's excellent!
daphrose: I do believe you on that, and I have done it before too. I get it on the "okay" thing, so I sort of incorporated that into this chapter. She is getting better, but not exactly okay as in perfectly fine. Now Donald is going to be terrified of you, and what others will do when they read about what he did to Adam. Yeah, I guess the whole updating soon thing didn't really work out. Also, just like my mother, the puppy dog eyes don't work on me. (Just kidding, those make me feel so guilty.) ;)
Avengers13: I probably made you more worried about Chase. You will actually know more about him in the next chapter!
AllAmericanSlurp: I'm glad you liked the ending, because I'm not that good at keeping Douglas in character! :)
catfloppy24: Surprises are my favorite thing to write, because they tend to catch people off guard, and I love that! Thank you!
Thanks for reading! :P