Hey guys! *wipes tears from eyes* This journey has finally come to an end! I'm sad and glad and I'm not even sure anymore because my emotions are quite confused. I'm sorry I didn't update last week- My fellow authors and I are doing a Secret Santa, and Stardust16 and I are hosting it. I've been working overtime with that, writing professional sounding copy-pastable PMs, setting everyone up with a Secret Santa, inviting people to join the event, making a forum and writing up FAQs and information, and writing my own one-shot as a gift to my Secret Santee. Thankfully, it's over for now, but after I type this (I'm typing this on the 27th) I need to go PM everyone to see how they're doing and see if we need to extend the date. We've got some pretty reputable authors participating in the event, so please look for the link on my profile page and check it out, even if you're not participating!
Anyways- I want you guys to know that I'm not leaving you guys and that you're gonna be stuck with me for a bit. I've got five other Lab Rats stories that I've been thinking about, not to mention the one-shot for the Secret Santa that I'll be releasing. So if you're sad (which I doubt anyone is) please leave a review and follow me, I'll be active a long time after this as well! This is officially the longest story on this account (I've written 100 chapter stories before..those were stressful) and I've proud of it despite its faults.
Speaking of faults, I want to thank EmeraldTulip for betaing this story! She recently started betaing it, and if you haven't noticed, the chapters are each being edited, starting from chapter one. If you want to know if I chapter is edited, scroll down to the bottom- I've left an 'edited' note at the bottom of every chapter I've updated, as much for your sake as it is for mine.
Anyways, as I promised, I'm going to give some shoutouts to the people who reviewed, favorited, and followed. The complied list of everyone who reviewed, faved, and followed is at the bottom of the chapter, but here I'm gonna thank everyone who reviewed every chapter and those who came very, very close.
Thanks to:
Dirtkid123: You've reviewed every single chapter since the very beginning when I published this story almost six months ago! I'm really glad that you stuck with me this whole time, and it makes me happy to think someone cared enough about what I wrote to read my inconsistant and crappy updates and still review every single time! I'm thankful for your dedication and interest, thanks so much, darling! :3
Lady Cougar-Trombone: You popped out of nowhere and reviewed every single chapter LIKE A BOSS! I'm glad to have you along and I hope that you enjoyed the story and will continue to enjoy my works! By the way, your username is AWESOME! :D
House of Anubis 1890: Dude, you are awesome! I'm happy you went back and spent your time reviewing every chapter, and it makes me feel special beyond anything you could imagine! I'm really glad to have a fan (if I can call you that) like you! I'm super lucky, and I wish the same to you and your writing endeavours!
And also thanks to Asori, PurpleNicole531, and tennisgirl77 for reviewing almost every chapter! I hope to be able to talk to you guys sometime again, or see you reviewing my other stories! By the way- PurpleNicole531- I really wanted to PM you but you have your PMs disabled! If you want to talk any time, you can email me at leaootori gmail (a fake email, obviously, haha!) and I'll chat with you- which I've been wanting to for a while. Thanks to everyone again, and see you at the bottom!
My siblings.
The words hit Chase like a lightening bolt, as he watched, seemingly in slow motion, the heavy ceiling nearing them, and his sister and brother protecting him even though they'd get hit in the process.
Bree. Adam.
Tears and emotions and memories and fears and love bubbled up inside Chase like boiling water on a scalding hot pot.
"Adam!" He yelled. "Bree!"
He had to do something, he had to do something. Time seemed to slow as he thought, the thoughts and possibilities plaguing him.
Suddenly, he swung his foot under Adam's cussing his brother to lose his balance and fall to the left of the veering path of the ceiling chunks, and he pushed Bree to the other side with his arms.
Leo, Tasha, and Davenport watched it all happen so fast it was breath snatching.
One second, the chunk of ceiling was about to crush the three bionic children, the next, two of them were out of the way, and the third- wasn't quite.
A howl of pain erupted from Chase as the heavy chunk of wood, metal, and other house materials landed on his prone leg.
"Chase!" Adam yelled, bounding towards his little brother, whose face was scrunched up in pain.
"Ad..Adam." Chase groaned, gripping his twisted leg with his eyes squeezed shut.
"He remembers!" Leo yelled with joy.
"This isn't the time to talk about that!" Tasha exclaimed with a harsh look to her son as she began dialing the emergency room for the third time in a very recent time span.
"Right…" Chase heard someone mutter, before he drifted off into an oblivion of black.
~Amnesia~
Douglas lay still as stone in his little glass coffin, face peaceful, a dry tear mark on the left side of his face.
The laboratory around him lay in wait, as if life itself had frozen. The lights were barely flickering anymore, and the gadgets were running low on battery.
The life surveillance of the tube he was in was functioning, but barely so. The lights inside the tube flickered, though brighter than the ones outside the tube, and Douglas breathed peaceful breaths in the glass coffin.
In. Out. In. Out. It was the only sign that he was even alive.
There he was, the masculine Snow White, waiting for his princess to come and lift him out, lift him out of this coma, like Snow White's prince had once done.
So there he laid. Waiting. Waiting.
~Amnesia~
Chase awoke with a startled gasp. All he saw a bleary white, white, white, white, and white.
Where am I? The realization dawned upon him at once. His hands clawed at the covers and curls up in the starched sheets, fear clawing at his chest with talons of steel. What happened?
He heard this vexatious beeping noise in the corner of his conscience but he paid it no mind. At the moment, he wasn't concerned about what was happening around him, but what had happened.
The door to the white room burst open and in filed many people dressed in white and blue, and not to mention a few dressed like familiar people he knew.
He'd hurt people.
He'd hurt Mr. Davenport and Bree and Adam and Chase and Tasha and Eddie.
He'd ruined the house.
He'd tortured his sister.
It was all, all his fault.
He finally became aware of what was around him, and he gasped as if he'd been drowning and just surfaced for air. The blurry mass of caloric colors faded into serene, calm, contained ones, and the unnerving multitude of faces dissolved into what looked like a doctor, two nurses… And his family.
Chase fought to remain still, trying to act like he was calm despite his heart jumping to his throat and his eyes filling with water and his fingers shuddering and his face heating up beyond measure. He took one deep breath, trying to calm him to the best of his abilities.
"He's fine," the doctor began. "We have his stuff packed up and ready, you can take him home now."
Davenport gave a curt nod and threw a little relieved grin in Chase's direction.
Chase have a weak smile in return, but it did nothing to help the guilt hounding his screaming heart.
~Amnesia~
The Davenport's car stopped outside their mansion. Tasha moved to get out, along with Adam and Bree, but Leo and Davenport didn't move. Chase was beyond confused. "Wait, are we not going back to the house?" He asked. He was surprised how soils his voice sounded, he had envisioned something a lot more cracked.
"We're all actually supposed to stay in a hotel tonight for the sake of the house and our safety, but Adam and Bree desperately need to sleep in their capsules tonight, they need a recharge."
"Bree?"
"Oh, yeah, we fixed her chip while you were sleeping in the tube, actually. We just got the chance to insert it after we took you to the hospital."
"Oh." Chase fidgeted. "Can I- Can I stay too?"
Davenport blinked. Then he just turned around and looked Chase in the eye. "Why?"
"I don't know…" Chase shrugged. "I just think… I just want to. And because I want to see what happened, I guess."
Davenport sighed. "Alright. I guess nobody will find out if we park the car inside that we stayed overnight." He mumbled, and opened the said garage, inching the car into it. "Kay, Chase. Let's get a move on."
~Amnesia~
Chase limped into his home on crutches. The house looked disastrous to him. There was a blue, waterproof trap where there was a huge chunk of the ceiling missing. The ground directly underneath it was littered in plaster and wood and brick and shingles, also covered in a tarp and taped off from the rest of the room. The furniture had been moved away from the spot, and all the smaller furniture like the TV and the vases had been move to the corner of the room, some in boxes, some sitting about them. There were safety cones around the area, Telling everyone to stay away.
Chase looked at it all with a building mass of guilt in his gut.
Adam must have seen the expression, for he put a hand on Chase's shoulder. "Hey, Chasey," he said, with a big, goofy smile on his face. "At least you know that you're not completely a lost cause! Even a midget like you can make damage!"
Chase couldn't help but smile as Adam's attempt to cheer him up, despite his attempts to squander the expression threatening to overtake his cheek muscles. The cheek muscles won soon afterwards. "Thanks Adam." He mumbled quietly, and his older brother's face lit up.
"Hey, Chasey," he began again, "Do those crutches hurt?"
"Hurt?"
"Yeah?"
"Um… A little bit, I guess. " Chase replied, wondering why Adam inquired this specific question. "It makes your arms sore after a while."
"I can help!" Adam chirped.
"Huh?" Before Chase could say another word, Adam scooped his brother off of the floor bridal style, sending the crutches clattering to the floor with uncomfortably loud bangs. "Hey!" Chase cried, grabbing his brother out of reflex.
"You won't be sore then!" Adam said, as he ignored his younger brother's struggling and hauled him to the elevator.
"Hey!" Chase yelled again. "Put me down!" Adam didn't even flinch but instead carried his struggling younger brother with ease.
Leo giggled under his breath, sounding more like a girl than he meant to. Bree glared at him before he could come up with some stupid pun or joke about the situation, and it was effective as Leo kept his mouth shut and looked away sheepishly, because he has been no doubt about to say something before Bree silenced him.
Tasha picked up the crutches laying on the floor with a sigh as she herded the rest of the family into the elevator.
As the doors closed, the situation couldn't have been more awkward. Chase looked bedraggled and upset was pouring at his older brother who was now bouncing him up and down like a baby. Bree was trying her hardest not to laugh and tried to sneak her phone out to take a picture of this blackmail-worthy moment. Tasha gave her a look and silenced her and stopped her from taking said picture, but even Tasha couldn't control Leo's laughter. Donald looked on, wanting to take a picture of his own, knowing he'd get reprimanded if he did. Instead, he hid his mouth behind his bulky cast and pretended her didn't see anything.
Finally, after what seemed like hours (though it'd only been a few seconds) they got out of the elevator to the basement.
Adam finally put Chase down in a chair, and it was good for everyone else as they were dying is the act of trying not to laugh.
Chase immediately turned on the stool and looked Davenport in the eye. "Mr. Davenport… We need to talk."
"Chase, is this is about the incident, then it's fine. You don't need to say anything, it's not your fault." Donald replied.
"You don't understand." Chase stressed, brow furrowed. "It's not just that… But I do need to apologize. It was my fault that you guys got hurt. I was weak, that was the only reason that he was able to overpower me. It is my fault."
Donald placed his hands on Chase's shoulders and looked at him, eye in eye. "Chase. Listen to me. None of what happened is your fault. It isn't anyone's fault. What happened happened, and you aren't to blame."
Chase opened his mouth, but before he could say a thing, Leo sidled up next to him. "Big D's right- there's nothing you can do about it. We're all fine, and that's what matters."
Tasha started nodding along her approval and she came over to hug Chase from the back, affectionately ruffling his hair as she did so.
Bree and Adam joined in not soon afterwards, and it turned into an uncomfortable group hug- but as most group hugs are, even if they're uncomfortable, they lift one's spirits.
"If Eddie was here, he'd say something snotty." Leo mumbled out of the blue.
"Something like, 'Ew, physical contact.'" Tasha chuckled, and everyone laughed at that, even Chase.
"I'll fix him soon," Donald promised. "There isn't much that goes on at this house without Eddie watching over us like a guardian angel."
"Guardian? More like vengeful house demon." Bree mumbled, recalling some of the events during which Eddie had been nothing but a bother- but couldn't help but miss the sarcastic little piece of technology anyways.
"This time, make his control box laser proof." Chase laughed lightly. He wasn't completely healed- but healing takes time. And starting that path was the most important part.
After separating from the hug, Donald gave Chase a wink. "Definitely… Eddie will probably pressure me into making the control box bullet proof, fire proof, ice proof, and other kinds of proof that I've never even heard of."
"That vain little piece of technology." Tasha mumbled, much to everyone's amusement.
"He's not that bad." Adam shrugged.
"Um… Excuse me?" Bree went off listing every single thing that irked her that Eddie had ever done, Leo chiming in now and then as she spoke.
Tasha wanted to join in, but reminded herself that she was too mature for that, and instead slipped beside Donald to watch the teenagers interact. She looked up at her husband with a smile and squeezed his arm. "It's finally over, Donald." She said, pretty smile lighting up her face.
"No."
The simple word confused Tasha. "What?"
"Douglas is still out there. It's my responsibility to find him and make sure that he can never hurt my family again." He looked down at his casted arm. "And we have a lot of healing to do."
Tasha nodded slowly. "So I guess we have a break at least. But it's not over."
Donald nodded, expression determined yet blank at the same time. "It's not over," he said, voice cool and low, as he watched his children interact. Oh, it wasn't over. But it would be soon, if Donald had any say in it.
~End~
And it's over.
LOL, no, Donald doesn't think it is- and for him it isn't. But that's it for this story and for Amnesia as a whole. What happened in this chapter IS NOT to be classified as ChaseXAdam- it's simply bros being bros. And Adam being Adam.
Here's the list of everyone who reviewed as of 12/27/15 3:36 PM ET, in order from the very first reviewer to the latest one.
WinchesterShepherd, LabRats124, Dirtkid123, ShyMusic, PolarWolf13, Teeloganroryflan, Asori, LabRats, UnknownDiva, Asha Davis, vampiregal007, Tanya, PurpleNicole53, Guest Star, Book Freak, Harry-Potter-Magic, tennisgirl77, Karly Kat 13, Singertoheartandsoul, humanusscriptor, Who Doesn't Like Reading Grrr, judaiandjohan, Agent-Swartz, ArcticWolf003, Sodaluv8, Z.I., reviewer5000, Sodalover71, imaginedragons4eva, arashikageriverflower, Guest, Guest, Sarcasmisinmyblood, Braille Rocks, Nxiqj45, girlface187, House of Anubis 1890, Rania ell, Guest, J-Deep, Guest, jbadillodavila, Guest, Guest, Anonlabratslover, the Red Rogue, EmeraldTulip, Stardust16, the ghost of the shadows, Guest, Guest, Bloodanddreams, Guest, Guest, Lady Cougar-Trombone, Cakeisawesome444, APUFAN007, smartgirl13579
That's the list of individual reviewers, and I'm super happy to have had a story that you guys wanted to review!
Here's a list of everyone who favorited this story as of 12/27/15 3:43 PM ET-
Airforce1990, Anonlabratslover, ArcticWolf003, Asori, Braille Rocks, Cassie2012, DDDOT101, Dirtkid123, DustinHunterPRNS, EmeraldTulip, Gokudera29, Happykitty123, House of Anubis 1890, Hugkisshug, Interview A Sarcastic Demon, LabRats1510, Lab Rats Rules, MusicAnimeBooksMagic, Nw-NdA-H-JF, PabuPower, PhoenixInside, PolarWolf13, R5lovers15692, Sarcasmisinmyblood, SoccerArtist7, Still A Lover Of Franchises, TerryRose1228, Unknowndiva, WinchesterShepherd, cantbestuffed, girlface187, gizmo1011, htomcatftw, imaginedragons4eva, jbadillodavila, judaiandjohan, mar2890, moonstoneangel, moviesgalore1, nxiqj45, otakugirlxx, smartgirl13579, tragedy in a letter, vampiregal007
Thanks so much to everyone who favorited this story, you don't know how much it means to me!
Here's the list of everyone who followed this story as of 12/27/15 3:52 PM ET-
Agent-Swartz, Asha Davis, Asori, Bloodanddreams, Bloom12, Bookzworm2, Braille Rocks, Cassie2012, Cinnmilk, DDDOT101, Dirtkid123, EmeraldTulip, Happykitty123, Harry-Potter-Magic, House of Anubis 1890, Interview A Sarcastic Demon, LabRats1510, Lab Rats Rules, Lady Cougar-Trombone, MusicAnimeBooksMagic, MusicLover2405, Mysterywriter24, Natsume1111, PabuPower, PhoenixInside, R5lovers15692l Robinkel-el, Sarcasmisinmyblood, Singertoheartandsoul, Solemn Knight, The Chibi Overlord, Tycoon228, Unknowndiva, WinchesterShepherd, X-X-Midnight Star-X-X, Zehyra, arashikageriverflower, .confused, cantbestuffed, girlface187, gizmo1011, htomcatftw, imaginedragons4eva, jbadillodavila, judaiandjohan, mar2890, moviesgalore1, nxiqj45, otakugirlxx, parksooyoung60, peaceout0311, shinxshinx1595, smartgirl13579, smellypineapples, soccerlover91, stikenotes, tennisgirl77, the ghost of the shadows, tragedy in a letter, vampiregal007, youde123
Thanks to you guys too, for followin gmy story and reading this story thus far!
That concludes the listings, and I have a few more things to say before I close for the last time-
1. Please leave a review! It means a lot to me and I'll definetly be sending you a personal thank you review if you review this chapter! If you can't PM because you're a guest or you blocked it on your account, email me at leaootori gmail - I've LOVE to talk to you!
2. Is this a solid ending? Please tell me that in a review, I really like knowing what you guys think? Are you satisfied, or is there something I haven't tied up yet?
3. If you're gonna miss me (which I'm pretty sure you won't) you can read my other Lab Rats stories, "Monopoly" and "Once Upon a Bionic Fairy Tale". Please follow me, I'll be posting another Lab Rats one shot in January and more stories after that!
Well, this is Lea Ootori, signing out for the last time! *wipes tears* Goodbye everyone, and have a happy new year!
12/28/15
I couldn't take it...I need to say one last goodbye to this story before I post it and mark it as complete...SO GOODBYE, AMNESIA! I feel like Taylor Swift at the end of her Fearless tour. I want you guys to know that this has been a developing chapter in my passion for writing (I know that sounds dramatic but I'm being honest) and you guys have helped me along the way, helping me accomplish my dream! Please review and email me!
Have a happy new year guys, signing out!
~Lea