Kihonne: Alright guys, sorry I'm late with the chapter. I'm taking some summer classes and I spend the last two days working on an essay. But I'm back, and this time, with Cabin Fever! But first, it's shoutout time!
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LabGirl2001: Yeah, I think everyone is at least a little worried about what's going on with Dani. Working with her mom is a dangerous gamble, but she's just…she's just seeing things from a different perspective than everyone else. As for how long it'll take Oliver to notice something's up, that's an interesting question, especially with just how close the siblings are. Let's just say, he's going to figure things out before the others. Oh, and I definitely agree with you about Bree. Anyway, enjoy the chapter.
Amazingchich741: I'm glad you liked it! I hope you enjoy the chapter.
Algernon23: Yeah…I'm glad you enjoyed the parts with MISS and Calla and Chase's reactions. As for Dani, well, I'm afraid I can't clear up any confusion there might be, aside from telling you to keep reading. All will be made clear in time. Anyway, I'm glad you liked the chapter and I hope you like this one too.
DarthBecky726: Yeah…I'm glad you liked the parts with AJ, as well as Calla and Chase's reactions. Dani…well, let's just say things are not always what they seem. I don't want to say more than that, as I'm trying really hard not to spoil what I have planned, but know that there is a method to Dani's madness. Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter and I hope you like this one just as much.
EliteForce12: I'm so glad you enjoyed it, especially the ending. I'd love to visit Rome too – it's one of the places on my bucket list that I need visit. As for Dani…well, let's just see what happens next, shall we? Anyway, I hope you like the chapter.
AlienGhostWizard14: Um, I'm going to assume you meant 'that was awesome', judging by your comment at the end of your review, so I'm glad you liked it. I'm also glad you picked up on the contrast between on how Rani and Dani appear to be changing sides. There will be some character development with Kaz – as much as I have planned for Dani, I'm also going to put a lot of focus on him and Oliver, particularly after the mid-season finale. And yes, I guarantee cameos, many of them in fact. There will be a few from our friends in the New League of Heroes, along with at least one more chapter with Adam and Leo in, and some very special cameos from Mighty Med. I'm going to have an exciting roster of characters this season, and I think you're all going to enjoy who's coming to visit. Anyway, I can't wait to hear those theories (I'm very curious to see where everyone think I'm taking the Dani arc) and I hope you enjoy the chapter.
MayLeaf2001: I'm so glad you liked it! No, Calla and Chase aren't going to be too pleased, but they'll get over it. And yes, Davenport's reaction would be hilarious. Dani, well like you said, she's doing what she thinks is right, even if the method isn't what we'd agree with. As for her secret keeping, it will definitely affect the team, in many ways. I'm afraid Marcus won't be returning – Calla and Leo took care of him. As for any other villains, well, we'll get to see a few old antagonists in this season, but you'll have to wait and find out who. We will get to see our friends at the Academy a few times this season, some more than others. Adam, Leo, and Jaden all have at least two chapters with them present in it, so you'll get to see them soon. Even Daniel will be taking a trip to Centium City at one point. Anyway, I'm glad you liked the chapter so much, and I hope you like this one too.
SzymonS: I'm so glad you liked it so much, especially the humor. Yes, Bridget's come out of hiding to team up with Dani. It's going to be interesting, that's for sure. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter.
NightAngel365: You can say that again – it's going to be an exciting season. I'm so glad you liked the chapter, especially the part with Bree. I think everyone's a little relieved that both the wedding and the honeymoon went uninterrupted. I think after the past few anniversaries, they deserved it. And Dani…well, let's just hope she knows what she's doing. You're right though, it IS going to impact her relationships with everyone on the team, especially with Kaz and Oliver. It's going to impact Dani too. No matter how this ends, the Dani that's there at the end of the story won't be the same girl who first joined the Elite Force. And yes, the Mighty Med cameos! I'm really excited for them, especially for some. And I know, right? I plan on doing this storyline right. Beating Bridget certainly won't be easy, especially with the other obstacles in their way. And yeah, all the way into 2018. It's crazy how long this series will have been running by then. As for your question about Calla, no, she will not be getting any other powers. She's always been a tech girl and I don't want to lose that part of her, so you're more likely to see her using combinations of her tech and the proton disks in the future. Anyway, I'm glad you liked the chapter, and I hope you like this one just as much!
Layla: I'm afraid I can not answer that question. You're just going to have to keep reading to find out. I hope you like the chapter.
IAMAGUEST: Yes, you called it. I'm glad you liked it! As for Bridget, you're right, she isn't someone you can trust. But Dani is her daughter, and Bridget does love her children. Let's see what happens, shall we? Don't worry about the late review, and I hope you like the chapter.
Guest: I'll update when I update.
Calligraphies: Well, it WAS their honeymoon, so yeah, they were being naughty. Anyway, I'm glad you liked the chapter, and I hope you like this one too.
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Kihonne: And let's get onto the chapter, shall we?
Kaz: Kihonne doesn't own Mighty Med, Lab Rats, or Elite Force. She only owns Calla, Dani, this story, and anything else you don't recognize.
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Kaz's POV
"C'mon!" Oliver protested as my character raced past him in the game, taking out the alien enemy before he could.
"C'mon, give our team a chance, dude!" Dani complained as well, sending me a quick glare. "Take out your own bad guys."
"Ha!" I smirked cheekily as the time ran out and my team, the team with the most points, took victory.
"I'm bored of playing this game." Dani complained, tossing her remote control onto the couch. "We've been playing it for three days straight."
"Well, it's been raining for three days straight and there's nothing else to do." Oliver pointed out with a sigh. "Besides, we've been playing this game for three days straight. You spent the last two days in bed with the flu."
"Ugh, don't remind me." She rolled her eyes, slumping back on the couch. "Being sick sucks."
"Yeah it does." I agreed. Bree came walking down the stairs then.
"Ugh, is it still raining?" She complained, glancing outside. She sniffed lightly, heading into the kitchen, where Skylar was pouring over a stack of magazines. "Where're Calla and Chase? They weren't upstairs."
"He's at Mighty Med 2.0, re-calibrating the bionic capsules that Davenport just delivered, and she's down in Mission Command, working on something." Dani offered. "She tried to explain it, but she used a lot of big words and talked about stuff like sub-particles and a radiation detector."
"I think Chase had the right idea, getting out. I'm going crazy in here." Skylar commented. "I hate the rain."
"Well, I don't blame you." Chase declared, walking in. I chuckled, bemused at the sight of him – he was sopping wet, dripping rain drops onto the floor. "It's raining buckets out there."
"Here." Dani laughed lightly, getting off the couch. She walked up the stairs, then came back a moment later, carrying a large, folded up towel in one hand. She tossed it to him, then headed into the kitchen. "Don't drip over the floor."
"Thanks." He nodded at her, beginning to dry his hair. "So, have you-"
"Achoo!" Oliver cut him off, sneezing loudly. He wrinkled his nose in disgust, leaning over the edge of the couch for a Kleenex.
"Great. Twin syndrome." I muttered. Chase glanced at me.
"Twin syndrome?" He repeated.
"Every time one of them gets sick, the other gets sick right after." I explained.
"That's not true." Oliver objected.
"Yes, it is." Skylar insisted.
"She's got a point, Ollie." Dani agreed, beginning to help Bree with dinner. She looked out the window, watching as the storm clouds accumulated over the city. "Look, I'm sure the weather will clear up soon. Until then, I say we bunk up here and wait it out."
I smirked, my mind already whirling. We COULD do that, or we could do something a little more fun.
Oliver's POV
I grumbled to myself as I stumbled out of my room, my head feeling overly stuffed and my body aching. "I hate twin syndrome."
"Sorry." Dani met up with me in the hall, an apologetic smile on her face as we walked down the stairs. "Didn't mean to get you sick."
"Yeah, yeah." I rolled my eyes. I paused at the end of the stairs, frowning. "Uh, you okay?"
Bree raised her head, removing the towel over her head and revealing the bowl of hot water under her head. "You made me sick." She growled, her voice congested. Dani glanced at me.
"I can't tell which one of us she's glaring at." My sister whispered.
"Assume it's both and walk away." I whispered back. We both took a step back up the stairs, but stopped when the front door opened up and Kaz walked in, carrying a brown paper bag.
"Breakfast!" He called, walking past us to drop the bag on the table. "Guys, come and get it!"
"Why'd you go get breakfast?" Dani inquired, curious.
"And since when are you up before seven?" I added, looking inside the bag. I grimaced, my stomach turning, when I realized that they were all breakfast burritos. Suddenly, the nausea I'd been battling since I woke up rose to my throat. Swallowing thickly, I closed the bag, just in time to see Chase and Skylar come walking down the stairs.
"No thanks." Skylar shook her head, sitting on the couch. "My stomach's feeling off."
"Great, Dee, you got everyone sick." I accused lightly before glancing at Chase. "Calla feeling under the weather too?"
"Actually, she wasn't in bed when I woke up." He admitted. "I thought she was down here."
"No, sorry." Bree shook her head. "Maybe she left?"
"Actually, Miss Calla is down in Mission Command." MISS, newly rebuilt by the two geniuses, offered.
"I'm gonna go see what she's up to." Chase decided.
"We'll come. Let's see what mad scientist is working on." Skylar offered. We all went to follow her, but Kaz grabbed Dani's hand, stopping her.
"Actually, you and me, we have plans." He informed her. She looked at him, eyebrows raised.
"Well, aren't you full of surprises." She commented, smiling in confusion. She let him lead her to the penthouse door. "Uh, we'll see you guys later!"
Kaz's POV
"Where are we going?" Dani asked for the hundredth time as I led her through the wet alleys. It would have been faster if we'd taken the main roads, but I couldn't find an umbrella, so taking the alleys would keep us drier.
"I told you, it's a surprise." I reminded her.
"Then at least tell me what the occasion is." She insisted. "I mean breakfast, which I didn't get to eat, by the way, and now you made plans for us. Why?"
"Why do you girls always have to ask so many questions?" I retorted. She looked at me.
"Because if we don't, then that's when we end up stranded in the middle of nowhere with an empty tank of gas." She pointed out with a laugh. "Now, seriously, do you win the lottery, or…I know it's not your birthday, and Christmas isn't until next month, so, what's up?"
"I just thought, between Roddiseus and his crazy family, and cleaning up after that big fight, and you doing stuff for Liv, and us all setting up Mighty Med 2.0, we haven't had much time to ourselves, so I thought we deserved a date."
"Yes we do." Dani agreed with a bright smile. "So, you wanna tell me where you're taking me?"
"What part of surprise don't you get?" I demanded, turning the corner.
"The part where we've been walking around for half an hour and I'm wet and cold and I really hope this date you've planned is inside."
"This way." I chuckled and ducked out of the alley, onto the sidewalk. I led her up to a small, unassuming building, and, ignoring the CLOSED sign, I pushed open the door.
"It's closed. Are we breaking in?" I smiled at the curiosity in Dani's voice. She thought I could be performing a felony, and she sounded excited.
"No. Sorry to disappoint." I replied. "Apparently, we saved the owner, Frank, during Roman and Riker's attack." I led her through the small hallway to the main part of the building. "He wanted to thank us, so he said we could use this place whenever we wanted."
"Whoa." Dani grinned, looking around the place. It was like one of those old, retro arcades, with games lining the walls. Just from the entrance, you could see some of the older ones, like Pac-Man, as well as some of the new ones, like that cool Walking Dead shooting game. "Sweet."
"So you like?" I grinned. She beamed.
"I like." She agreed, grabbing my hand. "Ten bucks says I can kick your butt at Storm Racer!"
"In your dreams!" I laughed, following her to the game.
Oliver's POV
When we got down to Mission Command, it became obvious that Calla had indeed been down here all night. There were scrap papers everywhere, along with a large white board, almost indecipherable scribbles written across it. Calla herself was sitting in the middle of the room, next to a microscope and several colorful vials, along with a few devices I couldn't name. "Is anyone else getting a distinctly Beautiful Mind vibe?" I questioned, only-half joking. Calla didn't even look up, scribbling down details about whatever she was doing on a notepad.
"Baby?" Chase put his hands on her shoulders, rubbing them gently. "What are you doing?"
"Working." She mumbled lightly. "Busy."
Chase glanced hesitantly at the multiple coffee mugs discarded on one of the other consols. "Are you sure you don't want to take a break?" He asked. She put down her pencil and then pulled the microscope.
"Look." She instructed. He frowned.
"Maybe later." He told her. "Right now, you look like you need a nap."
"Another coffee, actually." She corrected. "You wanna know why I pulled an all-nighter? Look."
Sighing, Chase looked into the microscope. I glanced around the room, frowning as I tried to make out Calla's writing. It was messy, having clearly be written in a haste, and what words I could make out were not part of my vocabulary. "No way." I looked back at Chase as he stared into the microscope. He tore his gaze away from it to stare at his wife. "That's not…it can't be."
"It is." Calla gave him a wide grin, eyes alit with excitement.
"Can't be what?" Skylar asked the obvious question.
"Zano fuel." For some reason, they were both really excited about that. Bree looked at them, surprised.
"Zano fuel?" She repeated, as if the word was familiar to her. "Like, seriously?"
"I'm Queen of the geniuses." Calla gasped, clapping her hands together excitedly.
"What is zano fuel?" I asked, confused.
"Right, sorry. You guys weren't there." Calla sighed. "Okay, so about five and a half years ago, we were in the lab, preparing for a mission, when Leo suddenly appeared in front of us. The thing is, he wasn't our Leo. He was Leo, from seven years in the future."
"He time travelled?" I looked at them, shocked. Chase nodded.
"While he was there, he explained some of the details of how he came back, and let us take a look at his fuel." Chase added.
"I've been trying to replicate it for years now, but I didn't have the proper ingredients." Calla continued. "Until now." She grabbed a marker, turned the white board around to show us the empty side of it. "Okay, so I've been working with those rocks I got from Caldera. Now, I melted some of them down because I wanted to see how strong an alloy it would make, and I realized that it wasn't like anything on our periodic table. So, figuring that I could introduce a new element to the world, which technically, I did. I'm calling it Caldaria. Anyway, when I went to figure out how many protons it had, I found this."
Using the marker, she drew two circles on the white board, one smaller and inside the other. Then, she drew small dots scattered between the two circles. "Okay, so these are where the neutrons and protons are." She explained, pointing at the smaller circle. "The electrons circle this line." She continued, gesturing at the other circle. She then pointed at the tiny dots in between the circles. "But these, they aren't electrons, protons, or neutrons."
"Then what are they?" Bree asked, confused. Calla smirked.
"Well, I'll give you a hint. They're vibrating at over 300 million miles an hour, way faster than anything else on this planet." She smirked.
"They're moving faster than the speed of light." I realized. I frowned, trying to remember the right word for particles that moved faster than the speed of light. "They're tachyonic particles."
"Exactly. Oh," She glanced at Skylar and Bree, realizing they may not know what they are. "Tachyonic particles are particles that could move at the speed of light. Now, they were considered to be hypothetical because they disobey the laws of physics, but I guess Caldera and other planets outside our solar system have their own version of physics."
"Okay, that's cool, I guess, but what does that have to do with time travel?" Skylar questioned. Calla shrugged.
"Well, the details are complicated, but tachyons can be used to build an tachyonic antitelephone, which sends messages between two time zones. Now, theoretically, if I can harness that kind of tech, I can expand it to send items and, eventually, people back in time." Calla shrugged. "At least, that was my hope."
"Was?" Chase frowned at her. Calla sighed.
"I don't have enough rocks, and with Caldera still at war…" She gestured at Skylar, who smiled apologetically.
"Which means you can't get any more." She realized. Calla nodded.
"Hence why I sent the entire night trying to replicate the formula." She sighed, leaning on her elbow. Suddenly, Bree sneezed. Calla looked up at her, a mildly offended look on her face. "Out."
"What?" She questioned.
"Get out before you screw with my findings. You could corrupt my samples, and I'll lose what I do have." The genius accused, pointing towards the door. "Out."
"Fine." Bree waved her hand dismissively and walked towards the door. Then, Skylar sucked in a breath, her eyes widening as she tried desperately to hold in a sneeze. Thinking quickly, I put my finger under her nose, hoping it would help.
"We're going to go too." I decided. Skylar nodded, moving my hand away as the need to sneeze disappeared.
"We're all going to go." Chase added. He put his hands on Calla's shoulders and gently pulled her from her seat. "C'mon, I'm taking you to bed."
"You know, if I hadn't just spent the last 34 hours staring at molecules, I'd turn that into a dirty joke.' She commented, defeated as she followed us up to the main floor. Skylar slumped down on the couch as Chase took Calla upstairs.
"You alright?" I asked her. She shook her head before dropping it into her hands.
"My head feels achy, my nose is clogged, and I'm pretty sure my stomach is doing somersaults." She complained. "I hate that I'm vulnerable to Normo sicknesses."
"Want me to get you something for your stomach?" I offered. She shook her head again.
"Dani didn't get this sick." She complained.
"Actually, she did and just hid it." I commented. I frowned; Dani usually didn't try and hide something like that. In fact, when she was sick, she usually camped out on the couch and gave us these pitiful looks until we tried to make her feel better. Then again, she was acting a little strange lately, between doing more secret stuff for Liv and building up her mental barriers higher than they used to be. Then again, maybe her being sick just made her crankier or something and she was just trying to get her space.
Kaz's POV
"Oh my God, I hate you." Dani complained as I beat her for the third time at air hockey.
"Oh, please, you love me." I retorted, smirking. She rolled her eyes and was about to reply back when she got a text. Grabbing her phone, she read it, and for a brief moment her smile faltered. Then, as soon as it disappeared, her smile was back. "Who is it?"
"Liv." She replied with a sigh.
"About that secret project of yours." I commented. She gave me a look. "Look, it's not exactly a secret that you're keeping secrets." She looked surprised. "Like I haven't noticed how often Red's sending you on little mission. I mean, just last week you missed the entire MISS-debacle because you were out running an errand for her."
"It's…it's complicated, Kaz. I'm helping Alivia take down a big bad and she needs my help. But the more people that get involved, the harder it's going to be." She insisted. I gave her a look. "Kaz, look, it's just safer this way."
"But why does she need you to do all of this? She's got a whole team that she can use." I grumbled. Dani gave me an apologetic smile.
"I'm the only one who can do what she needs." She said. "Kaz, I am asking you not to pry. Please."
"Fine." I agreed reluctantly.
"Thank you. And hey, if I get in over my head, I will come straight to you." She told me. "I promise."
"Okay." I guess that was something. She smiled.
"Good. Now c'mon. I want a rematch." She declared, hopping between both feet, getting pumped.
"I've beaten you three times. Don't you think you've had enough?" I asked teasingly, getting back into the spirit of the date.
"Nope!" She insisted petulantly. "Not until I beat you."
"Then we're going to be here all day." I replied. She shrugged.
"Then I guess we will." She agreed, smirking.
Oliver's POV
"This sucks." I complained, rubbing the bridge of my nose. My head was throbbing painfully, and my entire body ached as if I'd just taken a beating. The brightness from the lights weren't helping. Groaning, I dropped my arm on top of my face, trying to block it out. "I feel like I'm dying."
"Don't be so dramatic." I heard Chase say. I removed my arm in time to see him place a steam bowl in front of me. I grimaced and turned my head away. "You'll feel better if you eat something."
"Can't stomach it." I retorted, feeling my stomach turn.
"Dude, you're a doctor, so I shouldn't have to explain this to you, but you feel sick because your stomach is as empty as it is." Chase reminded me. When I refused to move, he sighed. "Eat it and I'll let you and Kaz borrow the cyber cloaks. I know you've been wanting to use them for some sort of prank."
"Ugh, fine." I reluctantly sat up and grabbed the bowl off the table. Chase nodded, then moved to sit next to Bree, trying to coax her into eating. Surprisingly, despite her usual stubbornness, Bree took the bowl without much of a complaint. I took a small sip of the soup, then licked my lips. "This isn't bad."
"It's Tasha's secret recipe." Bree explained, eating hers. She looked a little worse than earlier, but not that much. Just a bit paler. "She used to make this for us whenever we were sick."
"That's nice." Mom would kinda just leave us to ourselves. Something about not wanting to get sick herself. "Hey, where's Skylar?"
"In the bathroom, worshipping the porcelain god, if you know what I mean." Calla commented, walking out from the bathroom. She grabbed a hand towel and wet it. "By the way, did you know that Calderan vomit is acid? Not sure I needed to know that, but interesting nonetheless."
"This is Dani's fault." Bree complained. "She got us sick."
"But AJ got her sick." Skylar pointed out, stumbling out from the bathroom. Calla gave her a sympathetic look and handed her the towel. Skylar dropped onto the couch next to me, wiping her mouth. She sneezed loudly and accidently spitting out a blob of acid spit. It hit the wall, burning a hole in it. "Oops."
"Well, that's disgusting." Bree commented. Calla walked over, carrying water bottles. She sighed and shook her head, handing them over to us.
"Can't we go one week without causing some damage to our home?" She questioned rhetorically.
"This is good." Skylar commented, sipping at her soup. "Chase, Bree, your step-mom is a genius in the kitchen."
"Soup is, like, the one thing she can cook." Calla assured us. "Though, apparently, her roast beef is just as good."
"Please, you should hear what Eddy has to say about her roast beef." Bree rolled her eyes. "I'm pretty sure he's written songs about how bad it is."
"Ironic, seeing as he doesn't eat." Chase added. Skylar and I exchanged looks, briefly wondering who Eddy was. But neither of us really cared at this point.
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"You know what I don't get?" Bree asked curiously. It was much later, and by now, Skylar, Bree, and I were all curled up on the couch, surrounded by Kleenex boxes, empty soup bowls, and a garbage can that had come in handy much earlier. Calla had gone up to bed, while Chase cleaned up the kitchen. "With all your technology at Mighty Med, how come you guys haven't found a cure for the flu yet?"
"Well, we have, actually, but it doesn't work on every species." I shrugged. "Humans like us and humanoids like Skylar…we're out of luck."
"Who's out of luck?" Kaz opened the door to the Penthouse, Dani following him in with a dark green stuffed dolphin in her hands.
"Us." Skylar sighed, laying her head on my shoulder. Dani smirked.
"Well, it only took me 24 tries, but I finally beat Kaz at air hockey." She declared, holding up her stuffed dolphin.
"And then she made we win her that in one of those arcade claw games." Kaz added. He kissed her on the cheek, then headed into the kitchen. "Hey, soup."
"That's ours." I told him. "You're not sick, you can make your own food."
"Cranky." Dani accused lightly. "But, uh, sorry I got all of you sick."
"Nah, we've decided that it's AJ's fault." Skylar assured her. "So, how was your date?"
"It was fun." Dani smiled brightly. "I think I needed it."
"We all need a break." Bree commented. She raised her head. "Hey, next week? Girl's week away from the Penthouse?"
"Sounds fun." Skylar agreed. I looked at her.
"What about us? Why do you guys get all the fun?" I questioned.
"Because we're prettier than you." My sister teased, laughing even as I threw my Kleenex box at her.
Kihonne: Okay, that was a bit of a fluff chapter, but I think we all needed a little Dani/Kaz cuteness after her meeting with Bridget last week. And before any of you ask, was the zano fuel bit with Calla a hint that there will be a time travel chapter in the future? Yes, yes it was. Anyway, since this chapter took me longer than expected, and since I have a big midterm worth 25% of my mark for the class, I'm not going to update next week like planned, but the week after. That being said, this is the new schedule:
June 26th: Truth or Dare (do not send in truths or dares please)
July 3rd: Under Pressure
July 10th: Secrets and Santas
Oh, and yes, I changed the order too. This order makes a little more sense with some of the plot, and besides, after a HIATUS, I figured I'd treat you all to a little surprise. Trust me, you're going to LOVE the next chapter. Anyway, it's about one in the morning, so I'm going to go crash. Fans of Love and War, you will get your chapter up sometime tomorrow (I've got work and then I need to finish the last bit, so I don't know when tomorrow) and until next time, don't forget to review!