Hey guys! First off: I AM SO SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING ON WEDNESDAY! I had/have HORRIBLE writer's block on this story. :( Ugh. Hate it. But I'm here now! And hopefully the amount of action in this chapter will make up for it.

April: Hey guys! Great to see you again. Daphrose doesn't own Lab Rats, just me. Enjoy!

* * * Chapter 14: How to Fight Bionics * * *

That Saturday Adam, Bree, Chase, and Leo were all sitting together in the living room when the doorbell rang. "I'll get it!" Chase called, hopping up off the couch and abandoning his video game controller.

"Wow, I don't think I've ever seen you want to answer the door," Bree noted.

"That's 'cause he knows it's April," Leo said in a sing-song voice. He and Adam shared a fist bump.

Chase just scowled at them before opening the door. He and April greeted each other with a small kiss. "'Sup Davenports?" April asked as she entered the room. Then she quickly added, "And Leo."

"Hey April," Leo said.

"Who's up for some training?" April announced.

"Ugh, already?" Adam whined. "You just got here."

"Yup, and I'm ready to train. So move your butt and let's get down to the lab," April told him bluntly.

Bree chuckled. "I like your style!" the older bionic female said.

"Thanks," April said. "But that includes you too. Move it! Where's your, ahem, 'dad?' Should I even call him that?"

"We still consider him our dad," Chase explained. "He raised us, after all."

"Big D's already down in the lab," Leo explained. "Working on some invention, I think."

"Great," April said as she shepherded them over to the elevator.

Once the elevator reached the lab, everyone piled out. Mr. Davenport looked up from the cyberdesk as they walked through the doors. "Hey guys," he said absentmindedly. "Hey April."

"Hi Mr. Davenport," April greeted the tech mogul. "If you're not too busy, can I train these guys?"

Mr. Davenport glanced up and shrugged. "Sure. We were going to do some training today anyway."

"Awesome," April replied.

"Why don't we use the training simulator and spar a bit?" Chase suggested.

"Great idea," Mr. Davenport said. "I'll go get the cyberkey. Adam, you grab the glasses." The two ran off to opposite sides of the lab.

"Training simulator?" April questioned.

"Yeah," Chase replied. "It's a four-dimensional simulator that Mr. Davenport programs for us. He can create villains for us to fight or a complicated setting for us to spar in."

"Sounds neat," April said she, Chase, and Bree approached the platform on the ground. Adam hurried back with four sets of futuristic-looking glasses and handed them to the other bionics. Mr. Davenport returned with the key in hand. Leo stood next to him at the control panel.

Suddenly a virtual environment surrounded the four bionics. It looked like the inside of some abandoned warehouse. Chase noticed the way April's eyes darted around quickly, as if taking in the room. Then she turned back to the other bionics and grinned.

"How about all three of you versus me?" she suggested.

"Um, isn't that a little unfair?" Adam pointed out.

April shrugged. "Maybe," she said. "But it will help you learn how to fight against my bionics. This is the best way to train."

The four teens lowered into fighting stances. For a second everything was still, the only noise being a virtual breeze programmed into the simulation. A smile slipped across April's face for a second and she swung her left arm towards Chase.

Chase quickly leaned back, staggering backwards a little. Bree sped over to push April, but the younger girl moved out of the way. Adam lunged at the newest bionic. April ducked away from his arms. For a second she vanished before reappearing behind Chase. The youngest boy threw a punch, his fist connecting with April's arm. She gasped a little in surprise before vanishing again.

April appeared once more several feet away from the siblings. Bree sped over and tackled April. The two girls wrestled on the ground for a minute. Bree emerged victorious, pinning her friend's wrists to the ground.

Suddenly April jabbed her knee into Bree's stomach, causing the older girl to groan and release her. April hopped up just as Chase and Adam ran up. They helped their sister to her feet before turning to face April, arms raised in preparation for a fight. April grinned and gestured for them to give it a go. They obliged.

April deftly dodged every blow that was thrown her way. Once Bree had recovered from the surprise knee jab, she too joined in on the fight. But no one could seem to hit April. The youngest girl let out a mirthless laugh and said, "Is that all you've got? Come on, think. How am I able to dodge all your blows so easily?"

That's when it hit Chase. He knew precisely what she was doing. April's head jerked up and she looked at him. A smile spread across her face and she nodded.

"Guys!" Chase announced. "She's using her mind-reading!" Bree's and Adam's mouths formed the shape of an "o" as they caught on.

"Correct!" April confirmed. "But the question is: how you fight against that?"

Chase pondered that for a moment, his bionic brain playing through every possible situation. He finally reached a conclusion. "Everybody at once!" Chase commanded. Adam and Bree got the message.

All three of them let loose swinging, coming from every side. They managed to land a few punches on April and had soon knocked her to the ground. Bree immediately pounced on top her and pinned her to the ground again, this time making sure she really was down.

"Alright, alight, I concede!" April gasped. Bree hopped up and offered a hand to her friend, which April gratefully accepted.

"You okay?" Chase checked.

"Fine!" April assured him with a smile. "I'm tough. Now you guys know how to fight my mind-reading. I can't process everyone's thoughts at once. If you guys all gang up on me, I don't stand a chance. And Chase, you already know the secret to foiling my invisibility. If you listen closely enough you can hear me. Or just watch for moving objects that I accidently touch."

"Do any others in the bionic army have your powers?" Bree asked.

"Alyssa has mind-reading," April explained. "And Patrick and Wendy both have invisibility. They work the same way as mine, so you can now fight against them. And don't worry, I'll teach you guys all the weaknesses of the bionic army. I figured I'd start with me since I'm actually here. But I'll tell you the others' powers and how to fight them later on. For now, do I get some training on how to be a good guy?"

"Sure. Mr. Davenport?" Chase shouted to the air around them.

"Alright guys, time for a mission." Mr. Davenport's voice was coming from nowhere and everywhere at once. "That warehouse is now full of rebels. You need to get to the rebel leader up on the second floor and subdue him. Got it?"

"Got it," the three siblings agreed.

Suddenly four rebels ran up out of nowhere. Each bionic engaged one of them. Chase threw up a force field to stop the punches from the rebel in front of him. Then he pulled his force field into a ball, throwing it and knocking the rebel back into the wall. Bree sped around her rebel, making him confused. He spun his head around and tried to watch her, but then pressed a hand to temple in pain or out of dizziness. Bree took advantage of this and quickly knocked him over. Adam made short work of his rebel. The oldest bionic grabbed the man dressed in black and promptly threw him over to the wall, knocking him unconscious. April engaged her rebel furiously. She turned her invisibility on and off, effectively confusing her opponent. Before the rebel knew it April had knocked his legs out from under him and knocked him unconscious as well.

The four teens grinned at each other as they observed their handiwork. "Alright, we have to find the stairs," Chase informed them.

"Over there," April said without hesitation, pointing to a doorway on the other side of the room.

"Good eye," Chase praised as the four of them ran over. The door led into an all-white stairwell. They all barreled up the stairs at top speed – except for Bree, who was not using super-speed so that the others could keep up.

As they neared the top of the stairs, a door at the top opened and two more rebels burst in. Bree sped up the rest of the stairs to get to them. She dodged a few of their punches and knocked them over the railing. The two of them fell to the ground below and remained there, breathing yet unmoving. Bree placed her hands on her hips triumphantly before motioning for the others to hurry up.

Adam, Chase, and April complied, hurrying up the stairs and going through the door into a hallway. "Where's the leader?" Adam whispered.

Chase brushed back his hair and activated his super-hearing. He listened intently for a moment before saying, "Down there, behind that door. I can hear him talking on the phone."

The four of them ran down the hall. Adam knocked on the door a few times before kicking it in. "Nice," April said as they walked through the newly made hole in the wall.

A man sitting at a desk looked up as they entered. He sneered and put down the phone that had been in his hand. "You kids want a fight?" he hissed.

"I'd love one!" April exclaimed. She disappeared to do who-knows-what.

Adam quickly shot his heat vision at the rebel leader, who deftly ducked. Bree sped over and gave him a good kick in the chest. Chase used his molecularkinesis to throw a book at the man's head. The rebel moaned and clutched at his forehead and stomach simultaneously. Just then April appeared behind him and kicked him in the shins. The leader let out a howl and dropped to his knees.

"Quick, Adam, toss me that rope!" Chase said as he joined April in pinning the man's arms behind his back. Adam got the rope and threw it to his younger brother. Chase wrapped the rebel's hands up and grinned triumphantly.

"You're going to jail for a long time, buddy," Chase announced. April chuckled a little and Chase grinned at her.

Just then everything around them vanished. The four bionics were once again back in the lab. Mr. Davenport and Leo were standing at the control panel, grins on their faces.

"Awesome job, guys!" Leo cheered.

"Yeah, way to work together," Mr. Davenport praised. "You fit in nicely April."

"Thank you," said the fifteen year old girl, taking a little bow.

"Well, I'm beat," Adam announced. "Leo, up for a video game contest?"

"You're on!" the younger boy said. The two of them raced out of the room.

"Well, since they're gone: Chase, I've got a new invention I need some help on," Mr. Davenport said.

"Sure," Chase said as he walked over to the cyberdesk.

"We should probably work on our project, right Bree?" April questioned. "It's due on Monday."

"Right," Bree said. "Let's make sure we have everything in order."

As the two of them walked out of the lab together, April whispered to her friend, "You know, I think I like this whole 'good missions' thing."

How did you guys like it? I was proud of the fight scenes. They're hard to write, but they're fun!

Okay, so I have some bad news. While I was able to write this chapter last night, I'm still struggling with the writer's block. So, until further notice Just Another Girl will go back to a schedule of being updated on Saturdays only. I'm sorry about that. It might change back to the Wednesday and Saturday schedule in a few weeks if I happen to get a lot of inspiration. I have a lot of other projects I'm working on right now and it's too stressful for me to write an entire chapter of this story in just a few days. You guys understand, right? Sorry again.

So anyway, if you like this please review and thanks a bunch if you do. See you guys next Saturday!