Kihonne: Hey everyone! Been a while since I posted, hasn't it? Sorry about the wait, but my family went on a vacation over the March Break. But I'm back now, with a brand new season of The Lab Assistant! But before we get on with the story, shout out time!

Guest: Happy early birthday then! :)

Snooptastic: I love bunnies. :)

Daughter of the Lion: Thanks, and that's not a bad idea. Having some friction would be interesting, but I sort of wrote it a little differently.

Maeph93: Thanks, and I didn't even notice the loosing thing. I probably hit the O twice by mistake and never caught on. Thanks for pointing it out. And I have no idea if cyberdesk is one or two words, so I went with one.

Purpilisha22: don't be sad! I think this will make up for it!

AlienGhostWizard14: Really? I hope you happy birthday then! And I don't know if I'm going to make Calla or Leo bionic. Maybe…

Humanusscriptor: You're not out of your mind: I always thought that Calla and Leo could make a cute couple. But Challa is cuter, so that's what I went with. As for Jaden/Bree, that is totally going to happen.

NerdAlert101: If you want to watch the lab rats episodes early, try Delishows or youtube. I live in Canada and usually can't get the episodes until a month after they're released, so I go online and watch them. And I was crying too when I saw it, because I couldn't believe they'd have a season finale cliff-hanger like that! And I did consider having a little message for Calla from Chase, but in then end I couldn't decide on what Chase would say. Anyway, I hope you like the chapter.

Guest: thank you so much!

Nicole0725: Don't worry. I made sure it was worth the wait.

KyoumouDBZmjj8: Thanks, and I tried to give Adam and Bree more to do, but as the chapter is in Calla and Chase's POVs, it was hard to have them focus on anyone but each other. And I did consider having the family stay at Calla's, but it was just easier to have it at the school. Plus, there was also a joke about Perry and the slaughter house that I really wanted in the chapter. And you do Lab Rats fan art? Cool! I've tried a couple of times, but I just couldn't draw the characters right at all. Anyway, I hope you had a happy Spring Break.

Guest: well, you won't have to wait long.

Marvelous Shrinking Vampire: I know; it was such an emotional chapter. I almost cried writing it! And the heartbreak down in the lab when Bree reminded Chase that he would lose Calla was by far my favourite part. And I'm glad that the chapter made your day! Hopefully, this will too. :) :)

Kihonne: Alrighty then! Shout out time! Calla, seeing as you're stuck in an elevator, you might as well do the disclaimer.

Calla: Fine. Kihonne doesn't own Lab Rats. She just owns me, my brother, and anything else you don't recognize.

Calla's POV

Three hours. That's how long we were trapped in that stupid elevator. Between Davenport's crying and the thought of Adam, Bree, and Chase alone and on the run, it was the three longest hours of my life.

"Hey Leo?" I stood up, getting an idea. The smaller boy stood up beside me.

"Yeah?" he asked. I smiled.

"Do you want to do something stupid?" I asked him, a gleam in my eyes. I'd seen this done in a movie once, so we should be able to do it, right? Leo shrugged.

"Will it get us out of here?" He asked. I nodded. "Then sure, why not?"

"Good." I bent down, my hands cupped. "You climb onto the roof of the elevator, and then pull me up."

Leo stared at me as if I was crazy, but did as I asked. When Leo helped me up onto the elevator, it was pitch black. I pulled out my cell phone and activated the flashlight app.

"Now what?" Leo asked, his curious face illuminating by my phone. I nodded at the sides of the shaft.

"There's got to be an emergency switch around here." I told him. "We just need to find it."

Leo nodded eagerly, and started climbing up the shaft. I followed him into the darkness. Thankfully, I wasn't afraid of heights.

"I think I found it!" Leo called. I shone the light at him and saw that he was pointing at two switches. "Which one do I hit?" he asked.

"Pick one and hope it doesn't kill us." I replied jokingly. Leo rolled his eyes.

"Helpful advice." He commented sarcastically. He chose on the switches and flipped it. A second later, the elevator started up. We climbed down into the elevator, landing next to Mr. Davenport with a thud.

"Nice work you two." He smiled at us as the elevator started to move upwards again. It stopped moving a few seconds later. I raised an eyebrow at them.

"Well?" Why weren't they moving? "Aren't you going to open the door for me? It's the gentleman thing to do."

"Yes, but why should we act like gentlemen if you aren't going to act ladylike?" Leo countered. I glared at him while he grinned back at me. He and Mr. Davenport pushed open the door. Tasha was waiting for us.

"Mom!" Leo exclaimed as he flew into her arms. Mr. Davenport hugged her tightly as I stepped out of the elevator.

"I was so worried." Tasha said, holding her family.

"I'm so glad you're okay." Mr. Davenport replied.

"How did you fix the elevator?" Tasha questioned. Mr. Davenport sighed.

"Well, it was incredibly difficult." He started. I snorted. He didn't do anything but cry. "But in the face of great adversity-"

"Calla and I shimmied up the shaft and flipped the emergency switch while he cried." Leo interrupted him.

"I coached them." Mr. Davenport said, then looked around. There was a relieved look on his face. "At least my sprinkler system put the fire out before it could spread to the rest of the house."

Tasha looked at him. "What about the lab?"

Xxx

I couldn't believe it. The lab was completely destroyed. Scraps metal was everywhere, most of it broken and covered in ash and soot. All of the inventions were destroyed, many of them scattered around us. The smell of smoke still hung in the air.

"It's worse than I thought." Mr. Davenport was distraught. And I didn't blame him. A number of my favourite memories had taken place in this lab and the thought of it being…well, gone, was terrible.

"The blast took out everything." Leo was shocked as well.

"It's all just…just gone." I shook my head.

"I can't believe your own brother would do this." Tasha said angrily to Mr. Davenport. "He could have killed you and Leo." I cleared my throat loudly. "And Calla." She added, having forgotten about me. I started to look around, to see if anything was salvageable.

"My Mission Specialist desk." Leo gasped. I turned to see him staring at a warped piece of metal surrounded by shattered glass. "Okay, this just got real. I'm going to hurt Douglas where he lives…as soon as I find out where he lives."

"Leo…" I started to call him back, but he leaned down and picked up what appeared to be a large, flat, black piece of junk. I did a double take when I realized what it was.

"Hey Calla?" Leo looked at me. "I uh, found your laptop."

I stared at it for a second, then looked at Leo. "I'm SO going to make Douglas play for that."

He smirked at the idea as we observed the rest of the lab. "Look at their capsules." We turned to see Mr. Davenport standing where Adam, Bree, and Chase's capsules used to be. "There's nothing left."

Suddenly, a thought occurred to me. I whipped my head towards the wall and saw the destroyed screen that used to belong to Eddy. I felt immediately sorry. I'd always hated Eddy, and secretly thought he was evil, but now he was dead. I guess I felt bad for the way I'd treated him.

"Even Eddy's gone." I commented, drawing everyone's attention.

"Yes!" Tasha grinned, then pretended to be upset when she saw that we were all staring at her. "Yes. He will be missed."

"He was my best friend." Mr. Davenport sighed. Tasha was surprised.

"I thought I was your best friend." She objected. He shook his head.

"No, it was him." He replied. Leo and I looked at each other.

"What are we going to do?" he asked. Mr. Davenport sighed.

"There's not much we can do." He admitted. "The house isn't even ours anymore."

Tasha nodded. "Speaking of which, the bank wants us out. I'll go gather what's left of our stuff." She offered. I frowned, turning to Leo and Mr. Davenport.

"I'm seriously questioning how nobody saw the giant explosion. I mean, come on! Don't you think someone would have at least called the fire department?" I asked, trying to lighten the mood. They ignored me.

"All your hard work, millions of dollars worth of equipment…gone." Leo sighed. Mr. Davenport turned to us, a determined look in his eyes.

"All this stuff can be replaced." He reminded us. "Adam, Bree, and Chase can't. We have to find them before Douglas does."

"How?" Leo questioned. "They disabled their GPS signals. They could be anywhere by now."

"We have to try." I told them, following Mr. Davenport to the elevator. "If we disappeared, they would never stop looking for us."

Chase's POV

"Are they gone?" Bree hissed in my ear. We were ducked down behind a box, waiting for all the crew members to leave. A few hours ago, we'd snuck on board as a means to escape the FBI.

"Yes." I whispered back a second later as I heard the door close. I followed my siblings out from behind the boxes, grimacing as I walked on stiff legs.

"Well, after the last six hours, I can confidently say there is no ladylike way to sit on an anchor." Bree complained. I rolled my eyes, plucking some feathers out of my hair.

"What are you complaining about? I had a seagull using my head as a nest." I snapped, tossing the feathers into the ocean.

"Where are we headed anyway?" Bree demanded. I shrugged.

"No idea." When I'd chosen the boat earlier, I had neglected to find out its destination. "I can't pinpoint our locations without our GPS locators."

Adam grinned. "I bet we're going to Acapulco." He said cheerfully. "That's where all the cruise ships go."

"Adam, this isn't a cruise ship. It's a cargo freighter." I explained.

"Well, whatever it is, we're on vacation, okay? I'm making the most out of it." He sat down on a pile of ropes as if they were a chair.

"This is not a vacation!" Bree snapped. "We're hiding from the FBI!"

"And if they find out about us, we'll become government guinea pigs and Mr. Davenport will go to jail." I told him. He rolled his eyes.

"Oh, will you relax?" he replied, making himself comfortable. "Nice to get away every once in a while, isn't it? And where is that waiter?"

I sighed and looked at Bree. "While the crew are below deck, we should try and find some food." I suggested. "We could be here for a while."

Bree nodded. "Right."

A few hours later and we'd found nothing. Crew members had popped up again from time to time, forcing us to hide behind a large pile of crates. I was on lookout, crouched near the top of the pile, when I saw the last of them all go below deck.

"Okay, we're all clear." I told Adam and Bree. "The crew just went to eat."

Adam looked up at me from where he sat on the ground. "If it's lobster, I'm giving us up." He announced as he started to get up. Bree called him back.

"So what's our plan?" she asked, turning to me. I sighed.

"Well, as soon as we get wherever we're going, I guess we just blend in and live normal lives." I said sadly.

"Wait, so does this mean we're done with missions forever?" Adam asked.

"We have to be. Using bionics will only get us caught." I replied. "Man, if I'm not mission leader anymore, then I don't know who I am."

Adam stood up and patted me on the back. "Hey, don't worry Chase." He told me. "You'll have plenty of girlfriendless years ahead of you to figure it out."

"Adam!" Bree scolded, but it was too late. I flinched at his words, my mind going directly to Calla. I could see her clearly in my mind. She was probably at her place right now, having dinner with her brother.

"What?" Adam demanded, turning to face Bree. "It's not as if he's going to find another Calla."

"Yeah, and what are you going to do, except move pianos and mouth-kiss every dog you see?" It was a weak retort, but I couldn't help it. The thought of never seeing Calla again hurt a lot. I briefly wondered what she thought of us leaving. Would she understand or would she be mad? Knowing her, it would likely be the latter.

"Chase?" Bree waved a hand in front of my face. I blinked. "You zoned out on us for a moment."

"Sorry." I apologized, getting back on the topic. "We're just going to have to start living like normal people." I told them. "Kinda sad, isn't it?"

"If by sad, you mean 'Awesome, I finally get to move far away from you two' then yes. Tragic." Bree replied, rolling her eyes.

"You can move wherever you want." I snapped at her. "We're still going to have to spend the rest of our lives looking over our shoulders."

"Don't be ridiculous, Chase!" Adam said. "They can attack us from the front too!"

I decided not to respond to that bit of stupidity. Suddenly, Adam gasped. "Hey look! I got a bite!" He exclaimed, rushing to a fishing rod leaning against the ship's railing. "Oh, it's a fighter!"

He started to reel in the fish. "Adam, what are you doing?" Bree demanded.

"Deep sea fishing! Come on baby! Come to daddy!" he exclaimed. I grinned. Finally, some food! But that grin wasn't on my face for long, because when Adam pulled the fish on board, it flew right at me. I hit the ground, trying to grab onto the struggling fish.

"They're coming! Hide!" Bree hissed to us as a door opened. I dropped the fish and followed my siblings behind the crates.

The captain walked out onto the deck. He picked up the fish with one hand. "The poor bugger must have jumped right on board." He decided, tossing it overboard. "I can't have a fish stinking up my ship, now can I? Be free!"

We glared at him from our hiding spot. There goes our dinner. I sighed as my stomach growled loudly.

Calla's POV

"Hey Leo!" I called, jogging into the school. He was pushing a cart with some old computer equipment on it. He smiled slightly when he saw me.

"Hey." He greeted. "Please tell me you have good news."

I shook my head. "Sorry. My guest room is currently being used for storage and there's no way we can move all the stuff." I apologized. "But if you're really that desperate, the couch is all yours."

"I might take you up on that offer." Leo said with a smile. I smirked.

"Hey, at least Jaden's coming by with some take-out later, so we won't get hungry." I told him. He frowned.

"We?" he repeated. I nodded.

"I'm gonna stay here all night if that's what it takes. And if this," I placed my hand on the computer "is all we have to find Adam, Bree, and Chase, then you're going to need all the help you can get."

"Thanks Calla." Leo started pushing the cart again. I ran ahead and held the door open.

"No problem." I stepped inside the gym after Leo. "Hey Mr. Davenport! Check out what we found!"

"I found it." Leo snapped. I smirked.

"Yes, but I held the door." I laughed. "Anyway, maybe we can use this to track Adam, Bree, and Chase's last GPS location."

Mr. Davenport looked at the computer cart. "Or judging by its age, the last location of King Tut." He said gloomily. We looked at him. "Sorry guys, I'm just frustrated. Without my stuff, without my lab…this is hopeless."

"Come on Mr. Davenport!" I exclaimed. "You're a tech titan! You built an empire out of nothing!"

Mr. Davenport sat down on one of the cots. "Yeah, but it was so hard!"

Leo sighed. "But you did it." Leo reminded him. "And if you put your mind to it, you can do anything. You're brilliant!"

Mr. Davenport stood up, his confidence restored. "You know what? You two are right. I am handsome and brilliant."

Leo frowned. "Hold on. I never…" I shook my head at him as Mr. Davenport started setting up the computer.

"He's back!" I grinned.

Chase's POV

"I'm so hungry!" Bree complained, leaning against the rail next to me. I nodded my agreement. None of us had eaten anything since breakfast, and it was now late in the afternoon.

"Hey, at least one good thing came from all of this." I said, trying to distract Bree. She frowned.

"And what's that?" She asked. I grinned.

"Haven't you always wanted to go sailing?" I questioned. She laughed just as Adam walked up behind us. He was carrying a large crate.

"Guys, we're in luck." He announced. Both Bree and I looked at him hopefully.

"You found food?" I gasped. Adam shook his head.

"Even better." He replied. He opened the crate to show us its contents. "A crate full of boomerangs."

We shook our heads at him. Bree turned to me. "If he should mysteriously disappear at sea, it was me." She said in a very serious tone.

Adam grinned and pulled out a few boomerangs. "Time for target practice." He threw them into the sky, then shot at them with his laser vision. He hit them all dead on, except for the last one. He accidently hit a seagull instead.

"Good news Chase, you don't have to worry about that seagull anymore." He chuckled. Bree grabbed him by the arm.

"Knock it off!" she ordered as he tossed another boomerang. "We're making too much noise and we all agreed that we weren't going to use bionics."

Suddenly, I noticed the boomerang coming at us out of the corner of my eye. We ducked just in time to avoid being hit, but the boomerang went right through the window on the door. Adam stood up first, gaping. "Whoa! It's like that boomerang came right back at us!"

We glared at him as the crew ran onto the deck. "Freeze!" The captain ordered. We all looked at each other worriedly. Crap. We'd gotten caught. "Call the coast guard." The captain told one of the crew members. "We've got ourselves some illegal stowaways."

"What are we going to do?" Bree hissed. Adam looked at us.

"Guys, I've got this." He turned back to the captain, a fake smile on his face. "Sir, we are not stowaways, we are cruisers. I'm Bob Dunwoody from Tampa, Florida. This is my wife Joan," He put his arm around Bree "and our lovely daughter, Piper."

I glared at him. "Adam!" I snapped.

"Not now Piper. The grown-ups are talking." He told me, turning back to the captain.

He was not amused in the least. "Look, I don't know who you are or how you got on my ship, but the coast guard's coming and they'll find out." He told us angrily. He turned to his crew members. "Keep an eye on these criminals."

We all stood there in awkward silence for a minute before Adam broke it. "So, where are you from?" he asked. Bree rolled her eyes.

"Adam! I can not believe you got us caught!" She exclaimed, staring at him.

"When the coast guard gets here, they're going to trace us back to Davenport and we'll be right back where we started with the FBI knocking on our door!" I shouted.

"Calm down! We'll just escape." Adam told me. Bree crossed her arms.

"We're in the middle of the ocean. Where are we going to go?" she demanded. Adam sighed.

"Well, we can't go home." He said after a moment. "Tampa's miserable this time of year."

Suddenly, there was a loud alarm. "Shh. Hold on." I hushed my siblings, listening in on the crew's conversation. "Something's wrong."

"Listen up men." The captain walked out of his office. "The coast guard's going to be a while. There's a submarine that lost control and is speeding towards the ocean floor. If it hits, it'll wipe out the entire crew. Poor guys." He sighed, then headed back up to his office. "Well, I've got to go up here and moisturize."

The coast guard was going to take a while. That was good thing. I felt bad for the people on the submarine, but there wasn't anything we could do. But the delay might give us enough time to escape.

"Okay, that bought us some time." I told Adam and Bree. "I'll scan the ship to see if there's a life raft we can escape on."

They both stared at me as if I was crazy. "Forget us. We have to rescue that sub." Bree exclaimed.

"We can't. I'd have to enable my GPS and if I did, it would give our location to the FBI." I objected.

"But it's what we do." Bree argued. I shook my head.

"It's what we used to do." I corrected. "Just let the coast guard handle it. We can't save the world anymore!"

Adam gave me a stern look. "Piper, do not take that tone with your mother."

I rolled my eyes at his attempt of a joke. I started scanning the ship for the life raft, but couldn't stop thinking about that submarine. Those poor people…

Calla's POV

"Here you go." I held the object in my hand out to Mr. Davenport. He looked at it, then at me.

"What is this?" he asked, completely confused. I frowned.

"You said you needed something to help power the computer." I answered. He nodded.

"Yes. And you brought me a toaster." He said matter-of-factly. I nodded.

"Well, yeah. It could be a power source." I replied. He raised an eyebrow. "I'll show you."

After attaching the cables and wires in the right spot, the computer lit up. Mr. Davenport stared at it in amazement just as Leo walked in.

"Principal Perry was hogging the internet in her office, so I snuck in and plugged in our wire instead." He informed us. "Turns out, she's a day trader for the Japanese stock market."

Mr. Davenport quickly accessed the internet and started tracking Adam, Bree, and Chase's GPS signals to their last known location. "That did it. We are now able to pinpoint their exact location when they turned off their GPS."

He looked at us. "You know, with my genius, Calla's ability to turn household appliances into power sources, and Leo's ability to follow wiring, we make a great team."

Leo and I smiled proudly as Principal Perry ran into the room. "Did you three snag my internet?" she demanded.

"Principal Perry, we just…" Leo started to explain, but she just pushed him out of the way.

"Get out of my way, gym-squatters. My online auction is about to close." She went back to her online auction, and grinned when the winner sign came up. "Whoo-hoo! I got it!"

"What did you win?" I asked curiously. She grinned.

"A slaughter house." She replied. I backed up a little, suddenly afraid. She turned to Mr. Davenport. "This stuff ain't cheap. Get me my money!"

She ran out of the room as we started typing again. After a moment, we were able to get their location. "Their last known location was at the port. They must have jumped on a ship."

Leo went through the port logs. "It says there were three freighters that left around the same time. They've got to be on one of them." Leo announced. I sighed.

"That's great and all, but how are we supposed to find them? Even if we knew which boat they were on, how are we going to get to it?" I questioned.

Mr. Davenport looked around with a grin. Then he grabbed me and Leo by the shoulders. "I have a secret." He whispered excitedly. "I have a helicopter I keep stashed away for special occasions and nobody knows about it!"

Leo and I looked at each other, smiling. "We have a secret too. We know." I told Mr. Davenport.

"We use it on weekends." Leo smiled nervously. "Last weekend we dumped a galleon of Adam's expired milk onto Trent's porch."

Mr. Davenport glared at us. "Oh, come on!" He ordered, rushing out the door with me and Leo on his heels.

Chase's POV

I sighed, twiddling my thumbs. We'd been sitting here for four whole hours now and no one had come to get us yet.

The captain walked over to us just then. "Good news. The coast guard's bringing another ship to arrest you. Well, good for us, bad for you." He chuckled. "I guess I should have just said bad news."

Bree looked at him. "Wait, what about the submarine?" she asked. He stopped laughing.

"It doesn't look good. It's tough being this close and realizing there's nothing anyone can do to help." He sighed and walked back over to his crew. Adam and Bree looked at me expectantly.

"Chase, we have to do something." Bree told me.

"Yeah, we're the only ones who can save them." Adam agreed. I sighed.

"You do realize that we'd be giving ourselves up? Our lives will be over." I reminded them.

"We have no choice!" Bree argued. "People are in trouble and I would rather rot in jail knowing that we did the right thing."

"Me too." Adam stood up. I sighed and stood up.

"Who am I kidding? Of course we have to help." I said. "Bree, how fast can you subdue the crew?"

"Look who you're talking to!" Bree exclaimed. "Fast is my middle name."

"Lucky!" Adam whined. "Mine's Charles."

I ignored him. "Adam, once I give you the coordinates, use your strength to repel yourself deep enough to reach the sub. Then you can divert it to the surface."

Adam nodded. "Got it. And you can boss people around like you usually do."

"I do not boss people around!" I snapped. "I lead. I'm a leader."

"Oh, yes you are." Adam started to make fun of me. "Aren't you?"

I slapped his hand away. "Come on!" Bree exclaimed before speeding towards the crew. She grabbed a rope, tied them all together, and then locked them below deck.

"Done." She announced. "Your turn!"

I nodded. "Alright. This is it. I'm activating my GPS." I focused, activated my bionics, and connected to a satellite. Quickly, I sent the sub's coordinates to Adam.

"Oh!" Adam laughed. "Got them!"

"Let's do this!" I said. Adam ran to the railing, but Bree stopped me.

"Wait. Chase, we've never trained for an underwater rescue mission." She reminded me.

"I know. We're just going to take our chances." I told her.

"CANONBALL!" Adam shouted, jumping into the water. We both ran to the rail.

"And right now, I'm not really liking our chances." I bit my lip nervously. This could go wrong very easily.

Calla's POV

I looked out over the ocean, searching for a boat. After searching the first ship top to bottom, we had gone out after the second one. Yawning tiredly, I checked my phone again. The time read 12:33 am.

"Well, that first ship was a bust." Leo commented from the front seat. "This is going to take us all night."

"Technically, it's already morning. But he has a point. There's got to be a faster way to do this." I said, looking at Mr. Davenport.

"At least we have the radio." He said optimistically. He pressed a few buttons and a voice came on over the speakers.

"You're listening to another Donald Davenport audio book: How to Make A Billion Dollars." The voice said.

"Oh, we need to turn this up. You could use a refresher." Leo smirked, reaching for the dial. I laughed just as a beeping noise came from my phone. I checked it, then checked it again to make sure I wasn't just imagining it.

"It's Chase's GPS signal!" I exclaimed. "It's back on!"

"If they turned on their GPS signals, that means they're in trouble!" Mr. Davenport shouted. I leaned forward and programmed Chase's location into the onboard GPS. "Hang on guys!"

Chase's POV

"We can track the sub on our sonar scanner." I told Bree as a virtual computer screen appeared in front of us. It showed the submarine's position, along with Adam's.

"Okay Adam, it's five hundred feet away." I started the count down. "Four hundred. Three hundred. Two hundred. One hundred. Fifty."

Two seconds later, the submarine shot up onto the surface. "They're safe!" "Yes!" Bree and I cheered, hugging each other.

"You know, no matter what happens to us, it was worth it." Bree grinned. I nodded.

"Yeah. Mr. Davenport would be proud." I agreed.

We waited for a moment. "Hey, where's Adam?" Bree asked. I looked at her, then the water. "Adam?"

"Adam?" I called. Nothing. "Adam!"

A feeling of dread washed over me. How could I be so stupid! I should have sent him down there with some oxygen, but I was so caught up in the moment that I forgot. "He's been down there to long." I said. "No one can go that long without oxygen."

Bree looked at me, horrified. "This can't be happening." She said, tears in her eyes.

"I should have never sent him down there." I breathed. "It's all my fault."

I stared out at the water with Bree. How could I have let this happen? Some mission leader I was. Some brother too.

"What are we staring at?" A voice whispered. Bree and I spun around to see Adam standing behind us, soaking wet.

"ADAM!" Bree screamed, punching him. "WE THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD!"

"How did you survive so long without oxygen?" I demanded.

"By breathing underwater." He replied, sounding as if it was obvious. Bree and I looked at each other. Since when could he do that? "Wait, you guys can't?" Adam stopped, then turned to me. "Wait, you didn't know that and you sent me down there without any oxygen?!"

"Of course not!" "No! Congratulations buddy!" Bree and I lied, chuckling. Adam grinned as Bree ran and got him a towel.

"Well, I guess we're back to using our bionics for missions." She smiled as she tossed the towel to Adam. He sighed.

"Great, now it's a working vacation." He complained. "You just can't unplug anymore. I blame the internet."

I rolled my eyes. "Now it's time for our next mission. Finding a life raft and getting off this ship."

We ran to go find one, but stopped as the door to below deck flew open. The captain stood there, glaring at us. "Don't move!" he shouted.

I looked at Bree. "I thought you tied them up!"

"I said I could tie fast, not well." She replied guiltily. Suddenly, the sound of a chopper filled the air. We all looked up to see a helicopter flying directly above us. But it wasn't just any helicopter. Mr. Davenport was in the front seat, tossing a rope ladder down to us.

"It's Mr. Davenport!" Bree exclaimed.

"Quick! Climb on!" He ordered as the rope ladder hit the ground beside us. Bree looked at us.

"Later!" she called, speeding up the ladder. Adam pushed the crew back before running for the ladder, tossing his towel at me.

"Adam, wait!" I exclaimed as the ladder started to rise.

"You're not going anywhere!" The captain shouted at me. I threw the towel at him and ran, jumping onto the rope ladder. Just as I thought I was home free, the captain grabbed me by the leg, stopping me.

"Adam, help!" I called out. Adam looked down.

"Well, I know you're pathetically weak, but can't you at least try kicking free?" he demanded. I looked down and kicked the captain in the ribs. He stumbled back and the ladder began to rise again.

This time, he managed to grab hold of the ladder. Adam pulled me inside the helicopter and released the ladder. The captain fell into the ocean with a splash.

"Whoops." Adam said, looking down. "Hey, at least that shark broke his fall!"

I chuckled and smiled at my siblings. "It is so good to see you guys." Mr. Davenport said, looking over his shoulder. Adam patted him on the back.

I frowned. "Hey Mr. Davenport, where are Calla and Leo?" I asked. Shouldn't they be here? I couldn't really imagine them staying behind.

"Oh, they're waiting for us at one of my offshore facilities." He replied. "We're going to have to hide out there because the FBI is on our tails."

All because of us, I thought to myself. Mr. Davenport smiled at us.

"Relax. You're safe now." He assured us. We all nodded, making ourselves comfortable. I laid back, deciding to get some sleep. I smiled as I closed my eyes, unable to think about anything but the fact that I would get to see Calla again.

Calla's POV

"I don't get it. How can they not be here?" Mr. Davenport demanded. I frowned, checking my phone again. I'd lost Chase's signal a few minutes ago and I couldn't get it back.

We walked onto the deck and I immediately noticed a large, bald man with a towel wrapped around him. "Hey!" Leo exclaimed, running over to him. "We're looking for three kids, two guys and one girl. Have you seen them?"

The man glared at us. "Of course I've seen them."

"Well, where are they?" I demanded.

"They just got on a chopper." He informed us, looking directly at Mr. Davenport. "With you."

We backed away from the creepy man a bit. "With me?" Mr. Davenport repeated. Suddenly, I remembered something. Something terrible.

"Your cyber mask." I realized. Mr. Davenport and Leo looked at me. "It was stolen from your warehouse a couple of weeks ago, remember?"

"And we all know who would have stolen it." Leo nodded. I gulped. We were too late. Douglas had Adam, Bree, and Chase.

"What are we going to do?" I demanded. "We have no idea where they are, or where Douglas is taking them! They probably haven't even realized that they're in any danger yet!"

"Calla, calm down." Mr. Davenport told me. "Let's get back to the school, then we'll figure something out."

"But-" there had to be more that we could do!

"Calla, come on." Leo nodded to the helicopter. I sighed and followed him.

Chase's POV

Mr. Davenport led us down through the facility. It wasn't very big, or very welcoming, but it was better than the ship.

"So, this is where we'll be hiding from the FBI." Mr. Davenport announced, leaning against a desk. "What do you think?"

"I think we should update our tetanus shots." Bree replied. Mr. Davenport's smile fell slightly. I looked around, expecting Calla or Leo to pop out from behind one of the boxes. But they were no where to be found.

"Hey, where are Calla and Leo?" I asked. "I thought you said they would be here."

Mr. Davenport smiled. "Yeah, I kind of lied about that." He tapped his neck and his face seemed to glitch. Suddenly, it wasn't Mr. Davenport smiling at us. It was Douglas. I realized with a start that we'd been tricked by Mr. Davenport's cyber mask. We all stepped back. Douglas chuckled. "Guess who."

"Whoa!" Adam laughed, not realizing what was going on. "Awesome mask, Mr. Davenport!" he looked at us. "He looks just like his evil brother that captured us!"

We all looked at him. "That is his evil brother!" "And he did just capture us." We told him. Adam's smile fell as he turned to look at Douglas.

"Oh. Good one." He glared at him. "I did not see that coming."

Douglas shrugged. I looked at him. "I don't get it. I thought you were an ice cube in Mr. Davenport's warehouse. How did you get out?"

Douglas smirked. "I had a little help." He admitted.

"It doesn't matter!" Bree snapped, stepping forward. "We'll destroy this rat trap, just like the last one."

"Yeah, thanks for that. I didn't even have time to back up my music. Twenty years of up-tempo jazz, gone!"

I looked at him. "Yeah, well I know something else that's about to be gone."

Adam grinned. "Yeah. Let's get his reggae too."

I rolled my eyes at that. "Get him!" Bree shouted.

We ran at him. "Now!" Douglas shouted and a large man walked out from behind his computer. He was wearing a large black hoodie and a white face mask. He raised his hand, there was the sound of static, then nothing.

Xxx

"Wakey, wakey, eggs and baky." I woke to thee sound of Douglas' voice. I groaned, sitting up. Adam and Bree were waking up beside me. "Actually, it's just an expression. All we have to eat around here are nuts, berries, and the occasional barbequed iguana."

Adam stood up and glared at Douglas. "Taunting us with non-existent breakfast foods? You really are evil!" he exclaimed. "But I will take that barbequed iguana."

"Wait!" I jumped to my feet, Bree right behind me. "Who was that guy?" I demanded.

"Oh, that's right. You haven't been formerly introduced to my partner. Krane, come say hi to the kids!" Douglas called.

Adam frowned. "Wait, now we have three dads?" he asked. No one was about to waste their time explaining it to him.

Douglas' new partner walked into the room, wearing the same thing as before. "After I was booted from Davenport Industries, I needed cash to continue my research." Douglas explained. "Luckily, I found a billionaire who believed in me. Say hello to my colleague, benefactor, and all around bad guy, Victor Krane!"

Adam frowned. "Why's he wearing a mask?" he asked the question that was on all of our minds.

Krane pulled back his hood and removed the mask. I grimaced. Half of his face was covered in these weird looking scars.

"Dude, I have got to get you into a dermatologist." Douglas said, gesturing at the scars. Krane glared at him.

"What is that stuff all over your face?" Bree asked. Krane looked at us.

"You're no longer the only humans with bionics." He told us. Douglas sat down at the desk.

"Krane agreed to fund my work so long as I shared my research with him. He implants every piece of bionic technology I design to make himself more powerful." He explained.

I smirked. "Well, I hope he got a good personality, because what's on the outside, YIKES."

No one so much as smiled. "Enough!" Krane growled at us. He looked at Douglas. "Let's go. We have work to do."

He left the room without another word. Douglas grinned at us. "Isn't he cool?" he asked. We glared at him in response.

"You can bring out all the freaks you want. It's not going to keep us here." Bree told him. Douglas chuckled.

"I beg to differ." He replied, hitting some buttons on his keyboard. Suddenly, the ground beneath us lit up and two large metal hoops levitated off the ground. The spun around us like some sort of cage.

Adam grinned. "Cool! Giant ring toss!" he looked at Douglas. "I've got to give you credit. You're evil, but fun."

Douglas rolled his eyes. "They're titanium energy rings. They create an impenetrable force field that nothing can escape."

"I smell a challenge." Adam said in a sing-song voice. He tried to step outside the hoops, but jumped back when they electrocuted him.

"I smell burning flesh." Douglas said in the same tone as Adam.

"What do you want with us this time, Douglas?" Bree demanded. He shook his head.

"Oh no. I'm not falling for that. First I tell you my plan, then something goes wrong, then you use it against me! Not gonna happen!" Douglas shouted. Wow, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

"It doesn't matter what you're planning. I'm sure that Mr. Davenport is looking for us already. He'll be here any minute to take us home."

Douglas chuckled. "Oh yeah. There's no place lie home." He picked his tablet off of the desk and walked over to us. "No seriously, there's no place like home. I blew it up."

He showed us a clip on the tablet. Fire was exploding from one side of the lab and quickly spreading across the room. We all stared at it in shock.

"You destroyed our lab?" Bree gasped.

"Yep. I hope you backed up your music libraries." He replied. I glared at him, thinking of Calla, Leo, and Mr. Davenport. If they were in there when the blast happened…if anything happened to them, I would kill Douglas myself.

Calla's POV

"You okay, Leo?" I asked, climbing out the of the helicopter. He groaned and shook his head, still looking a little green.

I smiled sympathetically at the younger boy and followed Mr. Davenport inside. He ran and hugged Tasha the minute he entered the house.

"Please don't text him to hurry home while we're in a helicopter." Leo asked her. "I left my lunch all over the Henderson's roof."

Tasha looked between us. "So what happened? Where are the kids?"

"Douglas got to them before we did." Mr. Davenport told her. She stared at him.

"Your brother again?" she demanded. He nodded. "Okay, you are done complaining about my mother."

Mr. Davenport sighed. "We have no idea where they are, but they're smart. They will figure out a way to escape." Leo and I looked at him. "Well, two of them will."

Tasha nodded. "I do have some good news. The FBI finished their investigation and proved you were cyber-hacked."

We all grinned. "So I'm getting all my money back?" Mr. Davenport was overjoyed. Tasha shook her head.

"No. All the money was stolen. You're still broke." She told him. Damn. There goes my pay check.

"But I'm getting all my stuff back, right? My boats, my cars, my planes?" Mr. Davenport grinned.

"Just the house." Tasha replied. His smile fell. "Everything else, including Davenport Industries is gone. But the good news is that now we can all move back in together."

Mr. Davenport stared at her. "Not even a jet ski, or a motorcycle with one wheel?" he asked. She ignored him.

"So what are you going to do about the kids?" She asked.

"Well, they're not going to come back here, because they still don't think it's safe." Leo sighed.

"I just wish we could send them a message or something. You know, to tell them that everything is alright." I spoke my thoughts aloud. Mr. Davenport thought about that.

"Well, the only thing I can do remotely is…update Chase's software. Wait, maybe that's it. Maybe I can imbed a cyber message into the update. All we need is a computer." He said, looking around.

"Got it." I said, pulling out my phone. I dialled Jaden's number. He picked up on the second ring.

"Where have you been all night? I went to the school, and you weren't there." he demanded, sounding both angry and worried. He reminded me of Mom that time I forgot to tell her I was going over to Bree's.

"Mr. Davenport's helicopter, looking for Adam, Bree, and Chase." I replied.

"Any luck?" Jaden asked, his attitude changing from angry to concerned.

"Nope. But we have an idea. But I need you to bring me some things." I told him.

"Right. Give me a list." He replied.

"Mom's laptop. That's a must." I looked at everyone's tired faces. "And can you grab some coffee while you're at it? No one slept at all last night."

"Right. I'll be right over." Jaden promised.

"Thanks bro." I hung up and looked at everyone. "Now we just have to wait."

Chase's POV

"I can't believe the lab is gone." Bree murmured, still shocked. She looked at Douglas. "That's our home!" she shouted.

"If anything happened to our family, I will end you." I promised him.

"Yeah!" Adam agreed. "And then we'll put your body in an old lady dress, so everyone laughs during your funeral!"

"Guys, guys. I understand you're mad. But what's done is done. So let's focus on moving forward together." Douglas suggested. "First order of business, what do you say we make Mondays family game night?"

Adam grinned. "This guy. Still evil, still fun." Douglas smirked and headed into the other room. I frowned. There was this weird, tingling sensation at the back of my neck, right where my bionic chip was. Was that a software update?

"Guys, something's happening to me. I'm getting a tingling sensation." I said, still frowned. Adam grinned.

"Aww. You hear that Bree? Pretty soon he'll have a baby moustache." Adam grinned. Bree laughed and wiggled her finger under my nose as if it was a moustache.

I slapped her hand away. "No! I just got a software update on my chip. That's really weird. Why would I just…" then it hit me. "Wait. Mr. Davenport must be trying to send us a message."

I activated my bionic computer and played the message for us all to see. It was from Mr. Davenport.

"Guys, I know Douglas has you." He said. "Calla, Leo, and I are doing everything we can to find you, but if you can escape, come home. Perry's agreed to keep our bionic secret…" Mr. Davenport looked around, then started speaking to someone off camera. "Can we do that again? I just feel like this hologram makes me look fat."

I shut down the message and looked at Adam and Bree. "They're okay!" I exclaimed.

Bree frowned. "Was he wearing guy-liner?" she asked. I ignored that.

"Now we just have to find away to get out of here." I muttered. Adam looked at me.

"What if I use my blast wave ability to destroy the rings?" he suggested. Bree and I looked at him as if he was crazy.

"Well, if you do that, you'll destroy the rings and everything around us. Including us." Bree informed him. He nodded.

"But we'll be free." He insisted. I took a deep breath.

"Here's an idea. How about we come up with a plan where we escape and survive?" I suggested. Adam sighed and let the matter drop. Bree looked at me.

"Wait a second. If these rings are titanium, can't you just use your magnetism app to repel them apart?" She asked.

"Douglas would expect that. Just like he would expect me to use my telekinesis to manipulate them." I muttered.

"So do both. He wouldn't expect that." Adam suggested. I shook my head.

"Adam, you can't use two abilities at the same time." I told him. Bree looked at me.

"Why not?" she asked.

"Because…I don't know." I admitted. "We've never tried it before!"

"Well, I say you try it now and if your head explodes, the survivors," he gestured to Bree and himself "will move onto plan B."

I sent him a glare. "Okay. I'll give it a try."

I looked at the rings. "Activating magnetism app." I announced. I didn't miss the fact that Adam and Bree stepped as far away from me as they could. I focused on the rings. "And telekinesis."

Pain shot through my head as I tried desperately to make the rings fly apart. "Focus Chase!" Adam hissed.

"When you tell me to focus, it makes me not focus!" I snapped. Head aches made me very irritable, and Adam talking wasn't going to help.

I turned back to the rings, activating both apps again. "You can do it." Bree whispered.

"STOP TALKING!" I shouted, not taking my eyes off the rings. The pain in my head was growing worse, and for a second I thought that Adam was right about my head exploding.

Just when I thought I couldn't take it anymore, the rings bent and I managed to make them fly across the room. "Way to go Chase!" Bree congratulated, her voice sounding far away.

"Oh man!" Adam's voice was also distant, and getting quieter by the second. "I thought for sure his head was going to explode!"

That was the last thing I heard before everything went dark.

Douglas' POV

"They escaped!" Krane growled upon seeing the broken rings and empty room. I, however, wasn't all that surprised.

"It doesn't matter." I said wit ha smile. "While they were knocked out, I reinstalled their Triton app. I'll finally be able to override their bionic infrastructure remotely."

Krane looked at me. "This better work." He told me. "I paid you a lot of money for your little Triton app."

I grinned. "Oh, it will work. Get ready, because you're about to find out what this Triton app can really do. Adam, Bree and Chase are completely under my control."

Chase's POV

I woke up in the back of a helicopter. Adam and Bree were in the front seats, the latter steering the machine.

"Guys?" My head was spinning. I sat up and placed my head in my hands.

"Oh look! He's not dead!" Adam exclaimed. Bree grinned.

"Thank god. Calla would have killed us." She muttered.

"What's going on? Where are we?" I demanded. "And since when can you fly a helicopter?"

"Um, you passed out, we stole Douglas' helicopter, and we're flying back home. And there's an instruction manual under the seat." Bree replied. I looked at her.

"It takes years to learn how to fly one of these." I told her. She shrugged.

"Well, I am a fast learner." She joked. "And we haven't crashed yet, so I think I'm doing okay."

I looked around. Bree seemed to be actually doing an okay job. She was going at a normal speed, which was unusual for her, and we were flying at an average height. "How long until we get home?" I asked. I saw Bree smile.

"We're here." She announced, hovering over the helicopter landing pad on Mr. Davenport's roof. "And it's a really good thing you woke up when you did."

"Why is that?" I asked. She laughed nervously.

"I have no idea how to land this thing." She replied. I rolled my eyes and showed her how land the helicopter. We then hopped out of it, and ran for the front door.

"You ready?" Bree asked us, her hand on the doorknob. Adam and I nodded and she opened the door.

"We're home!" Bree sang, peeking her head in. Mr. Davenport and Tasha were on the couch, Calla and Jaden were sitting at the counter sipping some coffee, and Leo was carrying a box into the kitchen.

"Well that didn't take long." Leo said with a smirk, putting the box down. We ran to give everyone a hug, even Jaden. I jogged over to Calla, who wasn't as pleased as I thought she would be.

"You're an idiot, you know that?" she told me, her arms crossed. I smiled sheepishly.

"Calla-" I began, but didn't get to finish because she threw herself at me, her lips crashing into mine.

"Seriously Chase. Don't do something like that to me again." She whispered, pulling away and burying her face in my shoulder.

I chuckled and kissed her on the forehead. "I missed you too." I murmured. She smiled and leaned in for another kiss.

"Are you guys okay?" Mr. Davenport demanded, looking at all of us. I let Calla go, taking her hand instead.

"We're fine." I assured him. "But Douglas has a new partner."

"Eh, I give it six months." Adam said. "The big one is super high maintenance."

He walked towards the kitchen, grabbing a coffee cup. "He's some crazy billionaire named Victor Krane and he's implanting himself with bionics." I explained.

"His face is really disturbing." Bree commented to Mr. Davenport. "I mean, he could definitely use some of your man make-up."

Mr. Davenport looked at her. "I do not wear…it's bronzer!" he objected. Bree, Calla, and Tasha all exchanged amused looks.

"Krane must be the guy who helped Douglas escape from your warehouse." Leo realized. Mr. Davenport frowned.

"I've never even heard of him, but I'm going to find out who he is and how to stop him." He promised us, running over to a laptop that sat on the kitchen counter. Tasha looked at us.

"You guys must be starving. I'll get dinner started." She offered. Bree followed her to the kitchen. Calla grinned.

"Finally. Everything's getting back to normal." She smiled, letting go of my hand. She kissed me once and headed over to help her brother unpack some dishes from a box. I started after her, but something stopped me. Three sinister words appeared on my onboard computer: Triton App Activated.

Calla's POV

"Then the lab blew up. Even my laptop was destroyed!" I exclaimed. I had been going over what happened to us while everyone was away. Adam and Bree had a lot of questions, but Chase was oddly quiet for some reason. I just shrugged it off. Maybe he was tired or something.

"And then we got trapped in the elevator." I continued. "Mr. Davenport confided his deepest secrets with us." Adam and Bree looked at me curiously. "Hiding you three in the basement, not even top ten."

Chase suddenly stood up and turned to me. I frowned. I'd looked into those eyes a million times, and never before had they been green. "Hey, what's up with your eyes?" I asked.

Chase grabbed me roughly by the arms and pinned me against a wall. I struggled in his grip. "Chase, you're hurting me." I told him. His grip tightened. "Letting go would be nice."

Adam and Bree stood up all of a sudden, but apparently I was the only one who noticed. Leo and Jaden were by the fridge, talking about what they wanted for dinner, while Tasha and Mr. Davenport were talking in the dining room. Adam walked over to Mr. Davenport and threw him into the wall.

"Adam, please don't throw him. You know how delicate your father is." Tasha scolded. Mr. Davenport looked at Adam, then at Chase who was still pinning me painfully to the wall.

"What's happening?" I demanded. Mr. Davenport's eyes lit up with realization.

"Douglas must have enabled their Triton app! Look at their eyes!" He shouted. "He's controlling them!"

I saw Bree turn to face Jaden and Leo. "Guys, watch out!" I shouted. They jumped out of the way just as Bree sped at them. She missed by half an inch and went flying over the counter.

"Hey, anyone want to explain why Bree's trying to kill us?" Jaden called. I sighed.

"Their evil dad brainwashed them!" I replied, explaining it without all the technical terms. Jaden gulped and backed up as Bree stood up and glared at him and Leo.

I looked at Chase with a nervous smile on my face. "You wouldn't really hurt me, would you?"

To my surprise, Chase let me go. For a second, I thought that maybe he wasn't under Douglas' control. Then he punch me in the face.

I fell backwards onto the ground, holding my cheek in surprise. Chase hit me. He actually hit me! Well, technically, it was Douglas who was making him do that, but that still didn't make the sudden pain any less shocking. "You know what? I'm just going to run now."

I scrambled to my feet, running as fast as I could. I ended up running into my brother. "Calla, are you okay?" he demanded, ducking as Adam shot a laser at him. I clutched his shirt and looked behind me. Chase was a little preoccupied, shooting a plasma ball at Leo.

"Oh, I'm fine." I replied sarcastically. "My boyfriend tries to kill me all the time. Move!"

Jaden and I jumped to the side as Bree ran at us. Suddenly, something grabbed my arm and pulled me backwards. I landed on the floor, looking up at Chase's unfamiliar dark green eyes.

"Um, hi." I jumped to my feet, narrowly avoiding a plasma ball. "Hey, can't you try and kill Leo? He's the annoying one!"

"I heard that!" Leo shouted from where he and Jaden were trying to dodge Bree's attacks. I backed away from Chase as he advanced on me.

"You know, normal couples solve their problems by talking things out. Or therapy. I could totally pay for therapy." Usually, if anyone had dared to hit me, I would have already tackled them to the ground in revenge. But this was Chase, and I couldn't hurt him.

From what I could see, it looked like Adam, Bree, and Chase had their own individual assignments. Adam was sending lasers at Tasha and Mr. Davenport, who were using kitchenware as shields. Bree was trying to take out Leo and my brother, both of whom were running out of steam quickly.

And of course, I had Chase all to myself. Under normal circumstances, I would be thrilled at the thought. Right now, I was honestly wondering if Douglas had ordered Chase to attack me out of spite. Suddenly, a blurry movement caught my eye.

"Leo, ground!" I shouted. Leo hit the ground just as Bree went sailing over his head. Leo sent Mr. Davenport a glare.

"Okay, you and your brother just need to hug this out!" He exclaimed as Mr. Davenport dodged one of Adam's lasers.

"Agreed!" "Leo's right!" Jaden and I called. I jumped back as Chase used his telekinesis to send a box at me.

"Okay, if you're not going to attack Leo, what about Adam?" I suggested, still backing up. "Adam, tell him he has a tiny, doll-like body!"

Adam, of course, was busy trying to kill Mr. Davenport and Bree. Suddenly, I hit the wall behind me. I gulped. There was a stack of boxes on either side of me, and my brain-washed boyfriend right ahead. I was trapped.

Chase lifted hand and a box lifted above my head. "No, no, no. Seriously, if you can just put that down over by the couch…" I pleaded.

"Calla!" Jaden shouted. Mr. Davenport, who had ducked behind the counter for safety, looked at me when he heard Jaden call my name.

"Chase, don't drop it!" He shouted. Chase looked at Mr. Davenport. "Listen to me. The Triton app only controls your bionics, not your human side. You have to fight it."

Chase's glare turned back to me, but I was already clinging to Mr. Davenport's words like a lifeline. "Yes, Chase. Remember all the great times we had? All the amazing inventions we built?" I searched my mind desperately. "The time Jaden caught us kissing on the porch and he attacked you with a Nerf gun?"

Mr. Davenport shook his head at me. I had to admit, not the best example I could have come up with. "Okay, not really that cool, but we were together!"

Chase started to slowly lower the box. "It's not working!" I cried out, staring at with wide, frightened eyes. That box was full of all the household appliances, like the toaster and microwave. If it fell on me…

"Calla, keep trying! It's our only chance!" Mr. Davenport shouted at me. I took a deep breath and looked at Chase.

"Chase, I was your first friend. I met you long before Leo did and I've always been there for you! Even when Adam and Bree were making fun of you because of your intelligence, I was right by your side, insulting them right back."

I could see a little conflict in Chase's eyes, but the box was still getting too close for comfort. "Chase, remember when we first met, all those years ago? Remember the first time we danced together?" I could feel the tears in my eyes. "Chase, don't you remember our first kiss?"

Chase hesitated. "Chase, try and remember!" Mr. Davenport yelled, ducking to avoid another laser.

I took a deep breath. "Chase, you've got to remember that kiss, at least! You and me, together, alone in the lab…" Chase looked conflicted again. I took a deep breath. "Chase, I know you can hear me. You mean everything to me, and I know I mean just as much to you. Come on Chase! I know my boyfriend's in there! Where is he Chase? Where's the boy that I fell in love with?"

Chase hesitated again, but didn't stop. I looked at him, suddenly sure that I could bring him back. I grabbed him by his shirt, pulled him towards me, and put as much passion and emotion into the kiss. I pulled away as second later, stepping back. "Come back to me, Chase. Please."

Suddenly, the box above me went flying across the room. Chase's hand dropped limply to his side. He stared at me for a moment with glazed eyes, before collapsing.

"Chase!" I exclaimed, rushing to his side. I tapped his cheeks a few times. "Come on Boy Wonder. It's time to wake up now."

Chase's POV

"Come on Boy Wonder. It's time to wake up now." I opened my eyes at the sound of Calla's voice. She was kneeling above me, tears in her eyes and a bruise forming on her cheek. I reached up and touched it softly.

"Who hit you?" I asked. She laughed, a sound of pure relief and wonder.

"He's okay." She called over her shoulder as she stood up, offering me her hand. I sat up and instantly regretted it as my head started throbbing painfully.

"My head is killing me." I complained.

"You can blame that on Douglas' Triton app." Calla explained. I frowned at her.

"What are you talking about?" I questioned. She stared at me as Mr. Davenport, Tasha, Leo, and Jaden ran over.

"You don't remember anything?" Mr. Davenport asked. I shook my head.

"No." I replied. Calla sighed.

"Well, that was a waste of the perfect dramatic romance moment." She muttered under her breath. Suddenly, Adam and Bree ran towards us. They stopped, staring at us with blank, green eyes.

"Bree?" I questioned, sensing that something was very wrong. "What's wrong with your eyes?"

"Douglas is controlling them! You have to fight back!" Mr. Davenport told me. I stared at him.

"I can't fight them! They're my-" I was interrupted when Adam sent a laser right at us. I pushed Calla out of the way and hit the wall as a searing pain struck my right side.

"Behind the couch, now!" Jaden ordered, pulling his sister with him. Everyone ducked behind it, just as Adam and Bree started to advance on me. Thinking quickly, I sent one of the large crates at Adam, slamming him into a wall.

He pushed it out of the way and sent another laser at me. I brought my shield up just in time to block it. Adam started to step closer, his laser intensifying. I grit my teeth, trying to keep the force field up.

"Adam's too strong!" I heard Mr. Davenport say to the other. "Chase can't hold out too much longer."

Like I really needed to be told that. I continued to back up as Adam's laser got stronger. I hit one of the stacks of boxes. "Ah!" There was no way I could do this for more than a few more minutes.

"Can't we do something?" Calla demanded. She started to stand up, but Jaden pulled her back down. Good. At least she wouldn't get herself hurt.

Douglas's POV

I watched as Adam got closer and closer to defeating Chase. His laser was at about half-strength, so when Chase's force field hit, he wouldn't be permanently damaged.

"Dial up his power." Krane ordered, glaring at the screen.

"But it's not safe. That could really damage him." I objected.

"Now!" Krane shouted, snatching the control device from my hands. I looked at him.

"You know there's a nicer way to say that." I told him. He glared at me as he increased Adam's power.

Chase's POV

I could feel Adam's laser vision grow in strength. "Adam, stop it!" "You're hurting him!" Leo and Calla were shouting, trying to convince them to knock it off.

"Can't you just talk them out of it, like Calla did with Chase?" Tasha demanded. Like Calla did with me? I would have to ask her about that later.

"There's no time!" Mr. Davenport replied. Leo's face lit up with an idea.

"Wait, if Douglas is controlling them, can't Chase do the same thing? He's got that override app that takes over their bionics in an emergency." Leo suggested. Not a bad idea.

"It's too dangerous!" Mr. Davenport shook his head. "He can't use two abilities at the same time!"

"No! I've done it before!" I shouted at them. Mr. Davenport looked at me in shock.

"Wait, why would you do that? It puts too much stress on your system! You're lucky to be alive!" He exclaimed. Calla looked at him.

"Hey, why don't you yell at him when he's not FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE?!" She shouted. I glanced at them as Adam's laser got too strong.

"I've got no choice! I have to try!" I yelled, raising a hand to my forehead. I narrowed my eyes and focused, trying to ignore the furious pounding in my head.

"I believe in you Chase!" Leo exclaimed.

"STOP TALKING!" I shouted back.

"You can do it!" Calla called. I glared at Adam and Bree, trying to focus.

"Activating override app." I growled through clenched teeth. I focused on Bree first, and she hit the floor, unconscious. I felt a wave of dizziness spread over me and my force field weakened. At least I didn't pass out like last time.

"Hurry! Your force field is about to collapse!" Leo shouted.

"See, I told you, if he uses two abilities at the same time-" Mr. Davenport started, but was interrupted.

"Shut it!" Calla, Jaden, Leo, and Tasha shouted.

Taking a deep breath, I focused on my older brother. "Activating override app." I muttered. His laser stopped and he collapsed to the ground.

"Yes!" "He did it!" Everyone cheered. I ignored them, feeling myself sway. Suddenly, my arm was being wrapped around someone's shoulder.

"You okay?" Calla asked me, leading me to the couch while everyone else tried to wake Adam and Bree up. I nodded weakly, sitting down.

"Yeah, I'm okay." I assured her, pulling her into my arms. She smiled and kissed me. And it was as if everything around us melted away simply because we were together again.

Douglas's POV

"No!" I exclaimed, slamming my fists down on the desk. Krane looked at me, obviously not pleased. I gulped nervously. "Look, I can fix this. I'll just update the Triton app."

"Do it." Krane ordered, handing me the control device. "And when you're done, destroy Adam, Bree, and Chase."

I stared at him, surprised. "What?"

"You heard me, genius." Krane replied.

"But that was never part of my plan." I objected. Krane looked at me.

"Your plan?" he questioned, chuckling. "Your plan is done. We're going with my plan now."

Then he flipped the table across the room, my laptop going with it. I stared at him. How could he want me to destroy the kids?

Calla's POV

"Are you sure?" Mr. Davenport asked again. Adam, Bree, and Chase all nodded.

"We need to do this." "We're sure." "Please?" they replied. Mr. Davenport nodded.

"Alright. I'll show you the lab." He agreed. All of us, expect Jaden who was sent out to get pizza, stepped into the elevator. Mr. Davenport hit the button that would bring us down to the lab, then turned to face all of us.

"This Krane person seems extremely dangerous." He said. "With him and Douglas still out there, we're all going to have to watch our backs more than ever."

Bree looked at him. "Quick question: is anyone on your side of the family not a deranged maniac?"

I stifled a laugh, but Mr. Davenport ignored the question. Tasha looked at Adam, Bree, and Chase.

"Do you guys remember anything that happened when that Triton thingy was going?" she asked. Adam looked at her.

"Tasha, we just got home. What's with the third degree?" he asked. Tasha rolled her eyes.

I looked at Chase, but stopped myself before I asked him if he remembered anything. I wasn't sure if I wanted to know. Because if he DID remember everything, then he remembered the 'where's the boy I fell in love with' bit. And when I actually told him (as in, when I'm sure he'll remember it) I want it to be a little more special than that.

The elevator dinged as we hit the lab floor. Mr. Davenport looked at Adam, Bree, and Chase worriedly. "Guys, what you're about to see is pretty disturbing." He warned them. I felt Chase's grip on my hand tighten.

The doors opened to reveal the destroyed lab. They walked in slowly, taking in the wreckage.

"Wow." Bree murmured. Mr. Davenport sighed.

"The whole reason I built this place was to protect you and I couldn't even do that." He said. "I feel like I've failed you."

Adam smirked. "Well, I'm glad someone said it." He joked. Chase looked at Mr. Davenport.

"You didn't fail us. If you hadn't brought us together as a family and let us live like normal kids, we would never have been able to defeat the Triton app." Chase told him.

Mr. Davenport smiled and put his arms around Chase and Tasha. "Thanks guys." He said. "You're right. I am handsome, and brilliant."

Chase frowned. "I didn't…" Leo stopped him with a shake of his head.

"Let him go. It's how he goes." We all pulled in for a hug, which of course was interrupted by my very loud and annoying text alert. They all chuckled as I removed myself from the group hug to check my messages.

"Jaden's back with the pizza. One large meat lovers, one large pepperoni, and a small Hawaiian." I announced. Adam and Leo both grinned and bolted for the elevator, the rest of us trailing after them.

"I really missed you." Chase whispered in my ear, hugging me from behind. I smiled and leaned into his embrace. "I was afraid I was never going to see you again."

"Chase, please. It's going to take more than an ocean and a crazy billionaire to keep us apart." I laughed, turning around and leaning in for a kiss.

Kihonne: Well, I think that was a good way to end the chapter, don't you? I think it was worth the wait. Especially if you're a fan of Challa.

So, anyway, seeing as it's a new season, I'm going to give you a heads up about what to expect.

A, expect a lot more romance. If this chapter is any indication, there's going to be a lot more Challa. But there's also going to be some more Bree/Jaden (officially being called Braden) and maybe some Jessica/Adam.

B, expect a lot more original chapters. Not every episode works well with Calla, so I might skip the occasional episode. But because I want to give you guys a chapter a week, which means I'm going to be posting a lot more original chapters. If you have any ideas, tell me please!

Okay, I can't tell you much more than that, seeing as only four episodes of season 3 have been played yet. I'll see you all on the 22nd with Jet Wing!