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Chapter Thirteen: The Science Fair
It was officially the day of the science fair. Chase had spent three hours beforehand setting up his display (with some of Bree's help) and was finally ready for the big day.
"Do you think I'll win?" He asked his sister. Bree rolled her eyes and pointed to a girl and boy presenting a robot made out of toilet paper rolls and aluminum foil to the judges.
"What do you think?" She replied. Chase chuckled.
"You're right. Not much competition here is there?"
"It's a science fair! When is there ever competition?"
Chase ignored his sister's comment and proceeded to make sure everything in his display was perfect.
"Oh! The judges are coming!" Bree exclaimed, noticing the three adults walking over. "I'll be over there sitting with the family. Remember: do your thing, genius. Good luck!"
"You bet!" Chase waved as his sister jogged over to where the rest of the family were sitting and watching.
"Chase Davenport?"
Chase looked up to see the judges. He grinned. "That's me and this is my invisibility cloak!" He said, gesturing to the invention.
"Proceed." One of the judges stated.
Chase gulped. Suddenly, he felt extremely nervous. What was he going to do next? He completely forgot what he was supposed to do!
Hello? You're going to demonstrate it, of course!
Oh, right!
"Uh…just watch." Chase grabbed the cloak and put it on. His body faded and his head was the only thing visible. The judges gasped and the crowd stared in awe.
Nailed it!
"As you can see, this cloak allows anyone who wears it to turn invisible." Chase continued to explain. "And don't worry, it can turn you visible too." His body then reappeared. Chase took the cloak off and put it back on the rack. The judges and the crowd immediately burst into applause.
"Wonderful presentation!"
"This is an amazing invention!"
"I love it!"
They liked it! They really liked it!
"Thanks!" Chase replied, bowing. "But it wasn't all me. I had some help." He turned to look at his sister, Bree. "Bree? Want to come down here?"
Bree looked surprised, but she came over to her brother.
"I didn't do this all by myself. And I probably wouldn't have been able to if it wasn't for my sister pitching in to help. Thanks to her, I managed to build my invention and enter it into the science fair in time. So thanks, Bree."
Bree blushed. "Uh…no problem." She said, a little embarrassed.
"Aw, that's so sweet!" One of the judges stated. "I choose Chase Davenport as the winner of the science fair! Who's with me?"
The other two judges nodded and the crowd began chanting and cheering.
"Chase! Chase! Chase! Chase! Chase!"
"Wow…I never thought you would acquire so many fans just for entering in a science fair." Bree remarked. "Wait…oh now I see it."
"Here you go, Chase." The judges handed Chase a trophy. "You've earned it."
Chase shook his head. "No, we've earned it." He handed the trophy to Bree.
"Wow, this is a heavy trophy." She stated. "Uh…why are you giving this to me?"
"Because you've earned it too." Chase replied. "Thanks for helping me, Bree. I wouldn't have been able to do this without you."
Bree smiled. "Well, I do make an awesome assistant!" She boasted.
"Yes, now don't get a big head." Chase teased.
"Seriously? No one has a bigger head than you, Mr. Bionic Brain." Bree teased back.
"Oh, I'm so happy for my little brother!" Adam exclaimed, picking Chase up and hugging him.
"Not again!" He groaned. "Adam! Put me down!"
Adam put his brother down. "Sorry! I'm just so happy that you won your nerd thing!"
"You mean the science fair?"
"Yes! Your nerd thing!"
Chase rolled his eyes. "Yes, Adam. My nerd thing."
"This brings back a lot of memories." Donald stated. "I remember my first science fair."
"You won?"
"No, but participating in that fair is what bump-started my career as a tech mogul!" Donald replied proudly.
"Leo, what are you doing?" Chase asked, seeing his brother grab the invisibility cloak.
"Time for L-Doo to go on a little investigation." He responded. "And by investigation I mean to spy on Janelle and her lady friends to see what they're saying about me."
"I'm pretty sure most of it is about how you can't even lift one-pound weights." Bree commented.
"Sorry, Leo, but this is going back in the lab away from any grabby hands." Chase said, taking the cloak. "And by grabby hands, I mean yours."
"Aw, come on!" Leo pouted.
"Well, I think you did an amazing job!" Tasha complimented. "How about we go put Chase's trophy on display and then go out for some pizza?"
"Yeah!"
"Totally!"
"I'm game for that!"
"I'd love to, but I have something to do first. Wait for me in the car?"
Bree looked at her brother suspiciously. "Why can't we be there? What is this something you have to do?"
"It's nothing." Chase insisted. "Just wait in the car, okay? I promise I'll be there in a couple minutes."
"Okay, Chase. Don't keep us too long." Donald replied, walking out of the room. The rest of the family followed.
Chase sighed, checking the time on his watch. The science fair was over and everyone was leaving. He could finally do the thing he promised he would do today.
"Nice job, Chase. You did great!"
Chase turned around to see Sabrina. "Oh, uh thanks, Sabrina."
Sabrina smiled. "You're welcome! It was nice of your sister to help you with the cloak, but I'm pretty sure you would've been able to do it yourself no problem. You are a genius after all."
"Yeah, I just became busy and didn't have a lot of time left so I recruited some help."
"Okay, well I'll see ya around. Bye!" Sabrina waved before walking out of the room. Chase watched her go and a smile spread across his face.
"Did a girl just talk to you? Wow! We must have entered a parallel universe!"
Chase let out a yelp as Marcus geo-leaped in front of him. "Marcus!"
"Relax, it's just me. You did say to meet here at this time, didn't you?"
Chase nodded. "Well, yeah."
Marcus grinned. "Great! I'm here! What now?"
"I want to know if you still want to be a hero."
Marcus tapped his chin with his finger. "Hmm…I don't know. Will your family be okay with it?"
Chase scoffed. "Who cares about them? They may not believe in you, but I do. I know you can change, Marcus."
"Someone's acting a bit evil. Betraying their family and all to help the enemy." Marcus stated.
"I'm not turning evil or anything! I'm only doing this to turn you good!" Chase protested.
"And who says I'll turn good?"
"Enough with the trick questions, Marcus." Chase said. "Just tell me if you want to or not."
"It's a tempting offer, but…"
"Either you say yes to it or you don't. It's not that hard, Marcus." Chase interrupted.
Marcus groaned. "Fine! I say…yes."
"You'll really do it?" Chase asked, excited.
"I'll try it." Marcus corrected. "Don't expect too much though. It's not that easy training an android to be a hero."
Chase smirked. "We'll see about that. With my help, you'll become a bionic hero and I'll prove my family wrong. Who knows? Maybe one day you'll be a part of our team."
"Maybe…"
"I know you can do it, Marcus. My family will too once they see that you can change."
"You really believe in me, don't you?" Marcus asked. "I'm…surprised."
"It's what friends do."
"I'm your…friend?"
"Duh! Why else would I be helping you?" Chase replied. "I'm giving you a second chance to be a friend instead of a foe."
"Oh…" Marcus stared at the ground. "Thanks…Chase."
"You're welcome. I better go now. My family will be looking for me soon and I don't want them to see me with you."
Marcus nodded. "Yeah…I better go too."
"See ya later?"
"See ya later."
Chase watched as Marcus geo-leaped away. He then grabbed the invisibility cloak and ran out of the school.
"Hey Chase! What took you so long?" Bree asked as her brother hurried to the car and got in.
"Just visiting a friend." Chase stated.
A friend and to be hero.
The End.
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