A/N: Hello, everyone! We're back on the super angsty train! :)
Thanks to Pink-Libra-Girl and T.F. Crosby for reviewing! Crosby, your review inspired a drabble all on its own! I literally read your review, and then sat down and wrote the drabble. It should be a couple after this one. :) Thank you!
Episode: Spike V. Spikette
Rating (This arc): Low T, because Chase will be sad.
Warnings: Chase sadness. Actually, basically everyone will be sad, now that I think about it, so just sad people in general.
Inspiration: What if Kate's sonic scream had messed up Chase's hearing in the last scene? After all, Chase doesn't get up from that hit... *here the story is born*
This drabble, I addressed what needed to be mission wise. We'll deal with the fallout of it in the next couple chapters. ;)
Be the reason someone smiles today! :)
It had been an unspoken agreement that Chase would stop mentoring; a painless transition. Missions, though, were anything but.
"You're not going." Donald crossed his arms.
"Yes, I am," Chase argued. "They need me." Without the slight lisp, no one would know he couldn't hear.
Donald shook his head. "Have some faith in your team. They can handle it."
Adam laid a careful hand on his brother's shoulder, uncharacteristically serious. "We can do it, bro." He blinked. "What're we doing, exactly?"
The team moved out of the room to brief. Chase stayed where he was, fists clenched around bloodless fingers.