Summary: Adam, Bree and Chase are not the only 'special kids' at Mission Creek High. And Agatha Heller will do anything to keep prying eyes away from Mission Creek, which includes keeping the Davenport family's technological secret, even if it means risking her own.
Pairings: Chase Spike/Agatha (OFC). Adam/Roxy (OFC)
Disclaimer: I own nothing, but my OC Agatha Heller. I will also be following the show's episoAggie, therefore I will use some of the script but not all of it.
Previously: Aggie and Roxy are chasing down leads about Daren Port. The Lab Rats are fitting in more and more.
Chapter 6: "Death Spiral Smackdown"
Aggie closed her locker and went over to Bree. She had just witnessed her slapping herself and her three friends running away. "Bree are you, okay?" she asked,
"I think so. I don't know what happened." she said. Hearing snickering behind her Aggie looked over her shoulder and spotted Chase and Leo wearing big smiles. I think I at least know who's behind it.
"You probably didn't get enough sleep. Why not take a nap in history class." Bree nodded and left. Aggie turned to Leo and Chase who stopped snickering once they saw they had their attention.
"Okay, do either of you want to tell me what that was all about?" she asked coming to a stop in front of them with her hands on her hips.
Chase shrugged, "Maybe she was feeling guilty about ditching me to hang out with her friends."
Aggie frowned, "What?" she asked,
"Bree was going to go to the mall with Chase, but said she needed to study. Turns out she was lying and ditched Chase so she could hang out with some new friends." said Leo.
Aggie frowned, "She shouldn't have done that, but she didn't deserve what just happened." she scolded, "And if you wanted someone to go to the mall with you, I would have gone with you."
"Thanks, Aggie. I finally mastered how to step off the escalator without tripping." he boasted,
"That's great?" she said uncertainty looking to Leo,
He shrugged, "It's a thing just go with it."
"Oh, good luck with the Death Spiral Smackdown. I saw Adam earlier and he looked… excited. She and Roxy had watched Leo feed Adam and bowl of power pellets and Aggie had spent the whole day shadowing him to make sure he didn't hurt anyone. Thankfully there had been no incidents, but she couldn't guarantee anything during the smackdown. "I can;t wait to see how the two of you do as a team." Even though Adam is going to do all the work.
"Thanks. Actually…" Leo sidled up next to her and placed an arm around her shoulders, "I'm glad you brought that up." "You think you could make some of those apple cinnamon cupcakes of yours to celebrate my victory."
"You mean yours and Adams victory." she corrected, removing his arm from her shoulders.
"Yeah, sure." he said.
Aggie rolled her eyes, "Sure. Any excuse to bake."
"Ooh, could you also do those snickerdoodle ones?" asked Chase
Aggie smiled, "Sure." she agreed,
Later! In the Gym
"Listen up, you flabby, weak underachievers! Here's how this works- Two teams face off. First team thrown off the platform loses. Sudden death- No second chances! Short kid and doofus, you're up against spaghetti legs and bowl cut! Get ready to Spiral!"
Aggie waved to Adam and Leo, from her seat in the bleachers, as they took their places on the platform.
"Whoo!" Yelled Adam.
Principal Perry held up her air horn, but no sound came out, "Stupid thing's broken!" she pouted the shrugged her shoulders, and imitated the sound "Konk!"
"Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!" chanted the crowd of students.
Aggie watched Adam decimates his and Leo's opponents one after the other with his bionics, thankfully no one else seemed to notice. Lord have mercy he stopped the damn spinning platform with his foot. She watched Adam in worry, with every win he just got more and more aggressive, spotting Chase she got up from the bleachers and went to stand next to him.
"Hey, Chase. What are you doing here?" she asked
"Like I'd miss the chance to watch my brothers kick the butt of every jock that picks on me." She raised an eyebrow in question, "What? I'm allowed to be petty every now and then." She shrugged her shoulders. A quick breeze blew past Aggie almost knocking her down, and the next thing she knew, Chase's clothes were torn and he was wearing, a clown nose, a rainbow afro wig and a tail. Seeing him all the students laughed at him, "What the-?" he exclaimed looking down at himself, looking around he spotted Bree and glared, "You will pay for this!" he shouted. He yanked off his tail and walked out of the gym.
"I want that tail!" Aggie heard Adams shout as she followed Chase.
"Chase, wait up!" she yelled, "Come on!" Seeing that he wasn't going to stop she sighed, Plan B it is. Aggie tripped a passing student, "Ow!" Hearing the sound Chase turned around with a worried look on his face, but frowned when he saw that Aggie was alright. Seeing that he stopped Aggie caught up with him, "Thanks, if I kept chasing after you I really was going to be the one to trip and fall. Now you wanna tell me what's wrong?"
"Seriously?" he asked incredulously, gesturing to the state of his clothes and his new accessories, "I look like bad horror movie clown. I just want to get a change of clothes from my locker." he said
Aggie looked him up and down, "Oh, I don't know. Take away the nose, the wig…" She removed both, "And you don't look too bad. In fact, I think someone did you a favor."
"Huh?" he asked in confusion.
She smirked flirtatiously, moved closer and petted his flat and firm stomach with the tips of her fingers. The muscles twitched under her touch and he blushed pink, "Not bad for a nerd. Guess Adam isn't the only one with some brawn." she flirted.
Chase gulped, "Yeah- Um- well. I'll go get a change of clothes." he said shyly. She looped an arm with his and let him lead the way. Unfortunately when they got to Chases locker, the change of clothes he usually kept for emergencies and his gym clothes were gone. "Bree." he hissed.
"Well, you can either finish the rest of the day dressed like that or you can raid the schools Lost and Found."
Chase frowned when a couple of students passed by and laughed at his torn clothes, "Lost and Found it is." he said slamming his locker closed, Aggie's eyes widened when she saw a small dent. Looks like Spike does have exclusive access to those super muscles.
"Come on. Let's go find you some pants."
"And a shirt."
"Do you have to get a new shirt? Going shirtless wouldn't be so bad." Chase gave her a deadpan look, she pouted, "Fine, a shirt too. Spoil sport."
Next Day!
Aggie watched Chase waddle into the gym wearing several layers of clothing, Bree had also taken a precaution against her brother by wearing a neck brace made of aluminum foil. Oh, for crying out loud. Thought Agie as she watched the siblings circle one another.
"All those clothes, and you couldn't find something to cover your face?" taunted Bree.
"Go ahead. Try to humiliate me. I have 36 items of clothing on." said Chase
"Why would I try? You're humiliating yourself." She said
"Oh, yeah? Well, the tin man called. He wants his neck back." taunted Chase.
"Okay, that's it!" yelled Aggie standing between the two, "You two need to talk now." Aggie grabbed one arm each and dragged them over to an empty bench. "You two are going to sit here and talk this out. Now." she ordered, Bree and Chase glared at each other as they took a seat.
Aggie turned her back on the two to let them talk, a couple students walked by and laughed at the two. "Look what you've done. Everyone thinks we're weirdos." said Bree.
"Hey, it's your fault for lying and ditching me." pointed out Chase.
"I-I didn't want to hurt your feelings." said Bree, "Caitlin's the first real friend I've ever had."
"Hey!" exclaimed Aggie looking over her shoulder at Bree with a hurt expression.
"Sorry. Caitlin's the second…" Aggie nodded, "... real friend I've ever had. Just 'cause I want to hang out with her doesn't mean I like you any less."
Chase frowned, "Yeah, well, I have other friends too now, so…"
"That's great. I mean, you should go hang out with them sometimes." encouraged Bree.
"Yeah, I don't really have other friends. But I'm gonna go get some."
"Good. Oh, and before you do that, you might want to lose a layer or two." she advised.
He scoffed, "Yeah, and you might want to lose the baked potato neck."
"You know I still haven't heard either of you actually say your sorry for what you did to each other." singsonged Aggie.
Bree and Chase rolled their eyes, and shared a smile, "I'm sorry/I'm sorry." they said. Aggie turned to them with a smile of her own.
"Great! Now we can watch Adam turn Leo into a stain." Aggie took a seat between the two to watch the platform where Leo was talking to Principal Perry.
"So, as it turns out, Adam is too sick to compete. Such a shame. I guess that means I'm the winner. "Winner, party of Leo, your trophy's ready."" said Leo.
Principal Perry frowned, "Sick? He can't be sick! He's supposed to be here to annihilate you so I can run you up the flagpole and salute failure!"
"Adam is so sick, he can... Barely move." he said.
Perry glared at Leo and motioned the student holding the trophy to hand it to her, Leo couldn't help but reach for it in anticipation, "It pains me deep to my core to say this, but the winner by default is…"
"Adam!" yelled Adam pointing to said Boy who bounded into the gym and up to the platform.
"Huh?" asked Leo when Perry moved the trophy out of his reach.
"Sorry I'm late, Principal Perry. Somebody locked me in my cap- Bedroom. But I just had a gigantic bowl of my favorite cereal, so now I'm ready to compete, crush, and destroy." Adam got into a bent position with a look of determination on his face.
"That's the dingo spirit! Bring on the pain!" encouraged Perry with a vicious smile handing the trophy back to the student.
"Whoo!" whooped Adam.
"But wait, no! We're like brothers." pleaded Leo.
Adam looked conflicted, "Oh. Good point. Um... Well, then, I guess I will crush and destroy you as gently as possible while still crushing and destroying you."
Principal Perry blew her air horn, "I bought a new one!" she said cheerily.
Leo avoided Adam as much as he could, much to Perry's disappointment. "Let's go! I'm paying these pandemics by the hour! Break something already!" When Leo remained on the platform unharmed Perry tried to fling him off, "Faster! Faster! Aah! Stupid thing's broken!" When her remote didn't work Perry started throwing full trash bags at Leo to get him to fall off the platform, unfortunately the bags opened up mid flight.
"You're not helping!" he yelled, batting away the pieces of trash.
"I'm not trying!" she yelled back.
Adam finally got a hold of Leo and prepared to throw him off the platform, "Countdown to launch in ten... Nine... Eight... Seven…"
"Eight! Nine!" yelled Leo to confuse Adam.
"Ten! Wait, stop! You're messing me up!"
Bree could't watch anymore and turned to Chase, "Adam ate a whole bowl of power pellets!" hearing this Chase's eyes widened in worry,
"I'm gonna go help those paramedics get ready." said Aggie moving away from the two.
"He's gonna turn Leo into a human wrecking ball if we don't stop him from finishing his countdown!" worried Bree. "Quick, use your Override App!"
Aggie stood by the paramedics and watched the two. She saw Chase tap the side of his head, say something and when he cupped his arms in a baby rocking motion she saw Adam copy him.
Adam frowned, "Wait, why- Why aren't I destroying you?"
Leo smiled when Adam set him down, "I... Don't... Know... But... What I do know is…" Leo shoved Adam with all his strength out of the arena.
"Aaahhhh!" yelled Adam.
"I win!" celebrated Leo, doing a little victory dance.
"Are you kidding me?"complained Perry, "Life was so much more gratifying when I was a prison guard! Here. Con-grat-u-la-tions." she mocked handing him the trophy.
Aggie meanwhile was checking on Adam, who popped right up off the ground like nothing had happened. "You okay, Adam?"
He frowned, "I don't think so, I've been wired ever since I had my cereal this morning. I can't seem to calm down. I don't know what's wrong." seeing how distressed he was Aggie rubbed his back in comfort.
"I bet if you asked Chase he could tell you what's wrong." she said helpfully, turning Adam to face his approaching siblings. "And I have something for you that will definitely cheer you up later."
Adam turned back to her with an excited grin, "Ooh, what is it?" he asked
She smiled at him, "You'll see later. I'll come by your house after school to drop it off."
"Sweet!"
Aggie shook her head at his excitement, It's hard to tell the difference between him hopped up on adrenaline and his normal happy self.
Later at the Davenport home!
Adam ran around the living room playing with his cape making jet plane noises, while Chase, Bree and Leo sat at the kitchen counter. They had just gotten all the power pellets out of the cereal, and put them in the lab for safe keeping.
"I still can't believe you did that Leo. You know that if we use our bionics too much we can glitch out and hurt people." lectured Bree.
Looking chastised Leo sighed, "I know, I just really wanted to win something for once. Every year during this challenge I always end up being humiliated, because-"
"Of how scrawny you are." finished Chase, he high fived a giggling Bree.
Leo glared at them, "You know I liked you two better when you were fighting,"
Knock, knock, knock.
"I wonder who that could be." wondered Bree, speeding over to the door she opened it to see Aggie on the other side holding three containers. "Aggie? What brings you here?"
"I am delivering these as promised." she said holding up he containers.
Adam whooshed over, "Is this the surprise?" he asked
She nodded, "Yep. Leo asked me to bake you and him cupcakes to celebrate your team's victory. Even though you ended up facing each other and you lost, but I figured these would cheer you up." Bree took one of the containers and let her inside.
"Apple Cinnamon?" asked Adam hopefully
"And snickerdoodle." she said proudly.
"Woohoo!" Adam took the two containers from her and brought them to the kitchen.
"You didn't have to do this Aggie." said Bree
Aggie just shrugged, "Any reason to bake." she said dropping her bag by the couch. Seeing that Adam was having trouble with one of the containers she walked over to help, "Here Adam let me help."
"Thanks." Adam turned holding the container, but he turned too fast and his outstretched arm hit Aggie square in the chest, sending her flying across the room and into the wall.
"Aggie!" everyone screamed.
Aggie felt a crack as her back hit the wall, Shit! Bree and Chase raced over, naturally Bree reached her first. "Oh my gosh." she chanted getting down on her knees to inspect her friend Chase dropped down next to Bree, while Leo kept Adam back in the kitchen.
Chase inspected her head first, "We need to check if she's bleeding, if she is then you need to get her to the hospital as fast as you can." he said surprising Bree and the others.
"But what about-"
"She's a hemophiliac if she's bleeding, even a little, and we don't get her to the hospital then she will bleed out and die." Everyone's eyes widened, especially Adams. Chase was about to touch Aggie when Bree stopped him,
"Maybe I should do it. I don't think she'd appreciate a guy touching her while she's unconscious."
"I'm not unconscious." mumbled Aggie, "And I'm not going to the hospital." Like hell I'm going to the hospital, Roxy will never let me live it down. Speaking of… Aggie looked at one of the houses' cameras and gave a small almost invisible shake of her head. If Roxy was watching then she needed to know that she was alright.
"If you're bleeding-" started Chase.
"I'm not." Aggie cut him off, he looked doubtful, "The blood pool would be obvious by now. So I don't need to go to the hospital, just lay me down on the couch and get my factor VIII out of my bag."
Hearing that she wanted to be moved Adam moved past Leo and got down on his knees to help. Chase stopped him when he reached out to pick her up, "Wait, she hit her back pretty hard. We need to make sure there's no spinal damage before we move her. Try moving your fingers and toes." Aggie resisted rolling her eyes, I've broken my back before and walked it off, but complied with his request, the faster I do this the faster I can make sure my spine heals correctly. Chase nodded and placed his hands on either side of her neck, "Alright, now your neck. Move it slowly side to side…" She did, "... Now up and down." Chase sighed, he hadn't felt or heard anything and she hadn't flinched in pain, both were good signs. "Okay, let's move her. Gently Adam, and move slow, just in case."
Adam nodded and carefully slipped an arm under her knees, the other under her lower back and gently carried her to the couch. Once he was sure she was situated Chase went to Aggies bag, opening it he found a white box labeled Factor VIII, grabbing it he turned to Bree and Leo, "I need something to hang the I.V bag on try a tall lamp." Bree nodded and zipped off, "Leo get two towels and some ice."
Bree came back with the lamp stand, "Got it."
"Okay, bring it over and place it here." Chase instructed gesturing to the area next to Aggie. Chase opened the box and pulled out an I.V bag filled with a straw colored liquid, an I.V tube, I.V needle and a latex tie. Leo returned with the ice and towels, "Okay place one on the couch, the other against her back and the ice in between. Give me your right arm Aggie." Chase got down on his knees next to the couch.
She held it out for him to tie, Adam paced behind the couch, "Aggie I am so sorry, I didn't-"
"I know Adam, it was an accident. You never would have done this on purpose." she said.
"But-"
"But nothing. You're a big strong guy, you just have to watch your strength,"she said.
"What did Chase mean when he said that you could bleed out?" asked Bree, taking a seat on the back of the couch she took Aggie's left hand in hers.
"I'm a Hemophiliac. Which means that my blood lacks a protein called Factor VIII which means that my blood doesn't clot normally. It's why I'm not on any of the sports teams and don't have to take gym class." she explained.
Leo hung the I.V bag for Chase as he inserted the I.V needle, "Okay, Adam help me sit her up, I need to check her back." Adam wordlessly moved forward and eased her up, "Bree lift her shirt." he ordered. Bree leaned over and gently lifted Aggies shirt and the four hissed through their teeth.
"Okay, I'm not a doctor, but that looks bad." said Leo. The skin of Aggie's back looked black and blue.
"Aggie, I'm going to touch your back. If you feel any pain you need to let me know." Chase waited for her to nod her head before placing his hands gently on her back. Knowing that she needed to fake some pain Aggie winced a little. "How bad?" asked Chase.
"It feels like internal bruising. Like my shoulder a couple of weeks ago." she said,
"Are you sure cause it look really bad." said Leo
"Like I told Chase. I've been living with this my whole life. I know what warrants a trip to the hospital and I know not to take risks. I just need rest." None of them looked convinced, especially Chase. Aggie took one of Chases hands in hers, "I promise that I'm going to be, okay. Okay?" She smiled and met his eyes.
Chase met her eyes and searched them for any pain, but all he found were some flecks of black. Chase sighed, "Fine. But you're staying here tonight, no arguments." She smiled,
"Done. Now if I am going to be stuck here tonight we might as well make the most of it, grab the cupcakes, some blankets and some pillows. We are going to have a movie marathon, you guys ever heard of Bobby Wasabi?" They all shook their heads, "You guys will love him. I brought one of his movies, it's in my bag, I thought we could watch it tonight while we ate the cupcakes."
Bree squeed, "I'll get the blankets." she ran off, at a normal speed, to get them.
"I'll get the pillows." said Leo following her.
Seeing how quiet Adam was she looked at Chase, "Why don't you go help them." She tipped her head towards Adam, understanding that she wanted to talk he nodded and got up to go to the kitchen.
"Hey, Adam." Aggie patted the back of the couch and he reluctantly took a seat, making sure to put some distance between them. "I know you're upset about hurting me, but it was an accident. I'm not angry and I'm not upset."
"I hurt you. You're my friend and I hurt you. I couldn't control myself and I almost killed you." he said seriously.
"Actually it's my fault." said Leo, he and Bree stood at the bottom of the stairs carrying various pillows and blankets. "If I hadn't tricked you, you wouldn't have lost control and hurt her. So… I'm sorry, Adam and I'm sorry Aggie."
Leo gave both Aggie and Adam a hug, being extra careful with Aggie. "Okay, this is getting way too emotional for my tastes. Everyone, grab a pillow, blanket, cupcake and get comfortable." Leo, Bree and Adam set about finding comfortable places to sit, so Aggie turned to Chase when he came back with the cupcakes. She lifted her head off the couch and patted the spot beneath it, "You are going to be my pillow."
"Really now. And why is that?" he asked with a smirk,
"Yep. You look like you'd be an awesome pillow." she smiled, when he rolled his eyes, took a seat and placed her head on his lap. "Okay, Leo pop it in."
"What's it about?" asked Bree.
"Nope. No spoilers, just sit back and watch." Bree pouted, but relented and snuggled into her blanket. Leo cued up the movie and took his seat. The five drifted off to sleep towards the end of the film, and if Chase ran a hand through Aggie's hair every now and then, no one noticed, but the two of them.
End of Chapter 6
