And I'm back with yet another chapter of this story! Here's more Henderson, more soldiers and more painful screams as we've almost reached the climax. I had a blast writing this, but before you can read it, here are my replies to your reviews:
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Henderson didn't need to look to know the siblings were ready to fight, even if they were completely outnumbered. Leo hid next to Henderson behind the desk, Tasha was upstairs – he hoped she didn't hear what was about to happen downstairs – and Donald was down in the lab; he was going to get something and would be upstairs within ten minutes, or fifteen if he still hadn't found what he was looking for.
Henderson hoped Donald would stay down for more than a few hours. It might really take that long.
He didn't need to see it to know the three siblings were ready to fight these soldiers again. So far, he didn't hear anyone attacking, so they at least stood in a fighting stance. Davenport laughed, presumably because the three Davenports thought they could win.
When he heard some sounds, Henderson dared to look for one second, staying down. It was no longer than one second, but that was all he needed. Davenport had folded his arms across his chest. The three Davenports were already caught, with six of the soldiers holding an arm each, making sure that the three bionics from this universe couldn't escape, which they obviously tried to do. And suddenly, the amount of soldiers had doubled. That couldn't be good.
"Nice try," Henderson heard Davenport say, "but you're not strong enough. They have way more powers than the three of you combined. So they are strong, you are weak. Don't even bother to escape – if you do, you will be killed. Now, where's Donnie? And where are Marcus and Chase Henderson?" Henderson and Leo exchanged glances. He could see Dooley was scared enough to wet his pants, and Henderson knew Dooley probably saw the same expression on the non-bionics' face. At least they were safe, for now. He knew this Leo not that long, but he did know he wouldn't give him to Davenport. Their Douglas was their enemy in this universe as well, he'd have to be crazy to just tell the evil genius they were hiding there.
Then, he heard Chase speak up. "I'm right here." Henderson needed to know what Davenport was doing. He had to satisfy his curiosity and thus he looked again. When he was sure the soldiers and Davenport didn't see him, he remained in that position for a little longer. Davenport walked closer to Chase, looked very closely and then he hit him in the face.
"You're not a Henderson! I know them better than you think. He's hiding somewhere, I'm sure he is." He then turned to the soldiers. "Find him!" Most of them geo-leaped to other places, and others searched, traveling by foot, whether they were fast or super speed-fast. It took them a complete minute to find Leo and Chase Henderson. Two soldiers noticed them eventually, and they grabbed the two hiding weak non-bionics by their arms. If Henderson wasn't scared, he probably would've commented not to hurt him too much. But he was scared, so he didn't dare to say anything. Not yet.
"You shouldn't have fled," Davenport said.
"You shouldn't have left the door open so I could flee." Henderson dared to say. Davenport shot an angry glare at the non-bionic Chase and then sighed.
"That doesn't matter right now. I've got you, I've got Donnie's kids… all I need now are Marcus and Donnie. Where are they?" None of them answered. They either didn't want to reveal the location of Donald and Marcus, they didn't know where they were right now in Adam's case, and Henderson just didn't want to talk or listen or see. They might show him some shocking images of his siblings and friends, maybe with some audio.
Davenport didn't really like the way these teenagers didn't cooperate. "Fine!" he grunted, "But I will find them eventually, with or without your help." He snapped his finger and a bionic soldier brought a small remote to the man, and he showed it to his prisoners. Normally, he never told his enemies about his plans, but there was no way they could escape so he didn't see a problem.
"Do you know what this is?" The bionics and Leo had no idea what the purpose was of that machine, but Henderson did know. Davenport saw how Henderson recognized it. He came closer to the non-bionic Chase. "You do know what this is. Why don't you tell the others about it, huh? Maybe you can add where you've seen it, too."
Henderson didn't want to talk, didn't want to be reminded of the remote's power over the bionics, but he had no choice. He had to answer. They needed to know.
"It activates the Triton App," he said, trying not to look at Dooley, "He's been using it since creating it. We learned about it when he took Dooley. He…" he closed his eyes and paused. He calmed himself for as far as it was possible, and then continued. "He was trying to kill us. To kill me. He almost did, until I talked him out of it. It doesn't mean he's resistant, though."
Henderson had no idea that it was the other way around when Chase Davenport and Leo looked at each other, as he was thinking of something. Davenport knew Leo wasn't resistant. Could he be… no, he didn't want to think about that right now. There still was Spike – he might not like the answer he got.
"That reminds me of something," Davenport said and turned to the bionics. "I'll come back to the Triton App later." He then turned his head to the non-bionic Chase, and he knew it was time to discuss matters with his partner in crime. he took some sort of I-pod out of his pockets.
"I have something for you. A special gift." Henderson didn't move his head. He looked from Davenport to the I-pod, and then back to the evil grin on Davenport's face. the device could be used for various purposes, but knowing Davenport, he either filmed something or recorded some screams.
He tried to stay cool, but he knew that Spike could come any second now. Luckily (or not) he was getting used to it. He was only alarmed when they were running because it was so close, so clear, as if she really was dying.
"Bree or Adam?" Henderson asked. There wasn't much of a choice – he never heard Leo scream. Davenport didn't answer, he only activated the device and then pushed some buttons, so the audio would be heard all over the house.
"NO!" Bree. It was Bree. Henderson closed his eyes as she screamed. This was okay. Bree screamed more than Adam, he sometimes could hear it in his cell. He was used to it, just slightly. Just enough to pull through. Just enough to keep Spike under lock and key. Her voice kept yelling. She shouted they had to stop. She insulted Davenport with every vulgar word in her vocabulary, she… begged Leo to keep fighting. That was odd – she usually didn't bring up Leo at all. He then noticed the words she used were comprehensible. When she was tortured, it just was a long scream, with sometimes a 'no' or 'stop it!'. Henderson opened his eyes, looking at the device.
He didn't look at the Davenports, but they too were uncomfortable. Adam looked like he could break free and get to Davenport for hurting Bree, even if it wasn't his Bree. Bree, on the other hand, didn't like these shouts at all, knowing the other her was tortured. Chase only looked in shock, but there might be a lot of thoughts in his head which all told him to hit Davenport. Leo just turned his head, as if it would go away by just turning his head.
Then, Bree cried. And then, an unfamiliar high-pitched scram rang through the room. He noticed how the bionic siblings looked at Leo, who immediately denied shouting. Henderson knew what that meant and his eyes widened. Leo… they were torturing Leo… and he screamed… how did they make him scream? How could he scream? They never heard him scream! Why did he scream? What was Davenport doing to Dooley? What did he do to him? What could possibly make the bionic scream that much and for the first time? No! Dooley…
Panic took over, Henderson closed his eyes, pinching them together. Dooley's screams of pain and agony were enough for Spike to come back. And, after all, there was only one advantage of sharing this body with a psycho who liked to kill: he didn't have to see Spike's victims die in front of his eyes.
Henderson disappeared when he bowed his head so he was facing the ground.
Henderson was gone for now.
