Hi guys! This is something we can rarely see on this site: Fanfiction about Fanfiction. The universe I'm basing on belongs to great writer Kihonne, so if you didn't see her works yet I invite you right here:

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For the record, English isn't my original language so I'm sorry for any possible mistakes. I hope you will enjoy it, but first, Dani. I wasn't easy for you here so go on, positively!

Dani: SzymonS does not own any of Elite Force or The Power of Seven. All characters belong to Disney or Kihonne. He only owns this story. Warning: It's marked M for some reason.

Chase POV

I sighed resignedly. I spent the whole day trying to discover how Mr Terror wants to deprive superheroes of their power, but I have not come to any specific conclusions. There were many ways in which they could use Arcturion, its potential was literally unlimited. The good thing is that they do not have it, but apparently they still had an emergency plan. That's why I spent the whole day analyzing the data Davenport Industries acquired when they studied the rock and tried to find out which properties could be copied and used by Dr. Gao.

Unfortunately, when I take on something that completely absorbs my thoughts, time flows incredibly fast for me. When Calla came back from her trip to the spa with Bree, she told me to go to bed with her. I looked at my watch: 1:24 AM. Seriously? Since Calla has not come back here and pulled me into the bedroom by force, she must have fallen asleep waiting for me. I sighed, resigned. Well, maybe tomorrow I can achieve something if my wife helps me a little.

- MISS, save all my notes from today and call for a hyper ... - I paused when I heard the sound of a stopping elevator. What is that? Is Calla coming for me after all? God, help me.

But when the door of the hyperlift opened, I noticed with surprise that it was not my wife inside. Dani was there. I looked at her surprised, but she did not even notice me. She looked only at the ground, her right hand on her forehead. She moved quickly into the lab, sniffing.

"Dani?" I asked, surprised by her presence in the lab at such a late hour. The girl let out a quiet squeak, obviously surprised. She stopped abruptly and looked up. Although it was not necessary to be a bionic genius to notice that she was crying, just now I saw how bad she was. Her eyes were literally red from crying, and her face was wet with tears. A few temporary blond hair covered the part of her face. Even her nightgown was wet. She pulled her nose, and then she accused:

"What are you doing here?" apparently she was surprised that the lab is not empty.

"I lost the sense of time" I explained automatically "I could ask you the same thing. What happened?" when I asked this question, the girl instinctively glanced in the direction of the elevator. Probably wondered, whether to come back to it and escape. Apparently, she gave up this idea. Maybe it was motivating our today's (technically yesterday's) conversation, which helped her get out of the dark place?

"I'm a monster" she said in a barely audible voice "I am a terrible, selfish, non-emphatic and mindless person!" each subsequent word was more loud. I slowly took a step forward.

"Dani, you are overreacting" Ok, I know that some of the team members did not take the whole situation with Bridget's brigade the best, but it seemed to me that after our conversation Dani was fine. Did she argue with someone? No, she would not be so devastated. It started to worry me "Dani, what happened?" I asked seriously.

"How could I ...?" she paused and let out another sob. She put her hand on her face again, covering her eyes. I knew it was pointless. At first she had to calm down a bit.

"Okay, sit down" I led her to the nearest chair gently. When she did not resist to do what she was asked for, I went to one of the lockers and took out a packet of tissues. Calla often sat here when she was sick, so the handkerchiefs in the lab were nothing extraordinary. Dani accepted them with gratitude and wiped her face and nose still with choking of crying "It's ok" I assured, gently rubbing her back.

"No Chase, it's not. It will never be ok" she sobbed.

"It will be. I told you, nobody hates you, they're just mad. Especially Oliver" I reminded her "Does Bree ever told you about our biggest fight? She, Adam and I did not talk by three weeks. He will feel his senses soon. It's just something what siblings do" I explained, hoping that it would calm her down. It didn't.

"No, you don't understand!" she exclaimed.

"So explain me" I suggested.

"I can't" She said firmly.

"Come-on Dani, even someone very smart and I'm VERY smart, can't help you if you do not tell what is the problem"

"I can't" she repeated "Ollie would hate me even more" she admitted. What? Did he do or say something really bad? No, it impossible. I know Oliver long enough to know, that he would never hurt anyone, especially his beloved twin. No matter how hard they fought.

"Dee you need to tell me" I asked again. Perhaps from the perspective of time, using a nickname, which only her brother and boyfriend were calling her was not the best idea, but I did not have that time then and I really needed her to open up. She was silent for a while and I wasn't pushing her more. But after some minute silently sniffing, she said:

"You have to promise, that it will stay between us. You will not tell about it anyone. Nor to Ollie nor Kaz, you will not tell it even to Calla" she demanded. I expected that request, however I wasn't fan of keeping things from Calla. But technically, it wasn't about her and it was the only way Dani would tell me, so I'm sure my wife would understand.

"I promise, I won't tell anyone. MISS, shot down your systems for an hour" I commanded our AI. It wasn't a secret, that while MISS served us all within reason, Calla as her maker could ask for literally anything. Including heard secrets. Not like I would suspect her to do something like that, but Dani could and I really needed her to believe me.

"Ok" she nodded and took few more breaths "So that's what happened..."

Flashback begins

Dani POV:

"Are you alright?" Kaz asked me literally 50th time that day. We were watching the newest Marvel movie: Avengers: Infinity War. Kaz already saw it few months ago, but in mom's headquarters I didn't have time for such things, so now my boyfriend was helping me catch up. Unfortunately, despite the movie was awesome, my throughouts were somewhere else.

"Yes Kaz, I feel good" I laid. He looked at me "Ok, I feel acceptable. Happy?"

"No Dee, I'm not happy. That's not fair how he treates you" I knew that he was talking about Ollie "You took unimaginable risk. You were hanging out with this psychos by almost a year. I admit, it was monumentally stupid, but it was the bravest thing any of us have ever done"

"I hurt him Kaz" I reminded him "I hurt you" added quieter.

"And he thinks, that it was so easy for you? Damn Dee, you were the one who risked losing everything. And now, thanks to you we finally have a chance to take down your mother. How can he don't see it?" he exclaimed. I smiled gently. Even after all of this, Kaz was still Kaz and did his best to make me feel better. I don't know if I would survive it without him.

"Thank you honey. You are the best man a girl can dream about" I said putting my head on his chest.

"I will not deny from politely" he smiled, stroking my hair.

"Did you know, that this day, right before we went for arcturion Ollie saw me? Talking with mom?" I wanted to throw it from my chest, and Kaz was so good at comforting "I came up with some ridiculous story, and he believed me without thinking. That was a moment when I destroyed our unlimited trust"

- Dee... - he started, but I didn't let him finish.

"Let it go Kaz. He have a right to be mad at me, so please, let him"

"Ok. But don't worry. Like I said, he is just mad. Just like when he found out about us. He can't be mad at you forever" he said, still stroking my hair. He was right, Ollie could not get mad at me for eternity. But I knew that our trust, the pact: Me, Kaz and Ollie against the world was something I could never recover. And it was killing me inside.

"Let's end it tomorrow" I proposed, because none of us was paying attention on the TV.

"But the best part is comming!" he protested. I smiled to him.

"And it will still be here tomorrow" I promised "Please sweetheart, it was a long day and I'm exhausted" I looked at him making my big eys. Last night I couldn't sleep and now I feel effects of that.

"Alright" he accepted. I gave him quick kiss before boy got up "You are staying on the couch? Again?" he asked disappointed. I nooded.

"Skylar is still mad at me, I don't really want to share a room with her until we figure it out. Besides, her snoring is unbelievable"

"No argue here" he nodded "But Dee, do you think that avoiding her, even while you're sleeping, will help you two make up? She wasn't your BFF, family or love interest, you couldn't hurt her so bad"

"Yeah, but for some reason, she told me only 2 words since I came back" I reminded him.

"It's your choice, but I would really advice you going back to your own room" I sight.

"Ok, if it's so important to you" I said and also got up. Kaz was so supportive for me tonight, if it makes him happy, I will gladly stand Skylar.

"That's my girl" he gave me last kiss "Sleep well princess"

"You too" I respond when both of us went to our rooms. That was the only thing I didn't missed while I was gone. When I will make things right with the team I'll try convince Ollie or Skylar to changing rooms. Since Chase and Calla have their own bedroom and Bree moved to Jaden, Kaz was sharing room with my brother and I shared the second one with Skylar. Ridiculous!

Speaking of the alien girl. When I went inside our place I was hit by the silence. It could mean only one thing; She was awake. Of course, at the moment I through about it, she immediately sat on her bed.

"Chill out Skylar, it's only me" I let her know that I'm not an intruder. She certainly did not expect me to come.

"Yeah, I can see that. Do you need something?" Calderian asked me cold voice.

"Yyy... Yeah. I'm sleeping here, remember?" I said slowly.

"Not by last 9 months" she responded. I sight. I could just go back on the couch, but I was a little annoyed by her.

"Come-on Skylar. I know you are mad, because I was your friend and I hurt you. But I did it to stop the greatest villain of this decade, doesn't that count?" I asked with a little hope in my voice.

"It's not about me, it's about Ol... a team" she corrected fast.

"Skylar, when all superheroes hated you after you helped Annihilator, I was by your side. So if the situation turned, can you at least go a little easier on me?" when Calderian heard that, she got up from her bed and stand in front of me.

"It's not the same! This maniac literally brainwashed me. You are just a spoiled brat who thinks about nothing by herself" she hissed angrily.

"Ok, I get it, but you are taking it too far" I tried to calm her down.

"No, I'm not. And there's no way I can share a room with you" she muttered with folded arms. Ok, she might be mad at me, but I'm not gonna let her treat me like that. I made few steps ahead, to be right next to her.

"In that case, nothing is stopping you. YOU can go on the couch" I suggested with a smirk.

"The hell I will" she immediately moved to leave the room, hitting me on the shoulder. I sight when she left. This day was ending quite good, I hoped that everything will be alright but that fight made me sick.

I wish I could just ignore her and go to sleep, but I didn't. I don't even remember why I went after my ex friend. Maybe it was because the rage, mayby I desperately wanted make things right. It doesn't matter now.

Despite what she said, Skylar wasn't on the couch. I noticed that the balcony doors are open. She probably went there to a breath of fresh air after that short fight so I fallowed there too.

"Skylar" I said silently, when I found her, leaning on the balustrade and watching the city. She ignored me, so I added "I understand that you might not like what I had to do, but come-on. You are acting like I would at least killed your parents or something!" Ok, that might not be perfect example, since her species have not such thing like parents, but I'm sure she understood what I meant.

"I repeat. It's not about me" she said while she was still looking at the same point.

"So what exactly is your problem? Tell me, throw it in my face!" I encouraged her.

"You want to know it so bad? Fine" she finally turned around on my direction "It's about Oliver" she added. Right, that was predictible. Kaz mentioned, that she and my brother became really close after she returned from Caldera.

"You are mad at me, because I hurt Oliver" I found it obvious. Calderian nodded.

"Of course. Did you wonder just once, how he must feel?" she asked, didn't expecting the answer. And the answer is yes, Ollie and Kaz never left my mind when I was on the mission "First his mother became supervillain. Next you, his twin which always was by side, the only family he had left, did the same thing. I had to left on the Caldera, he and Kaz, his best friend since the begin of time fought and stoped talking. He was completely broken and alone and it's all your fault"

"That wasn't my purpose, but I had no choice! We all seen what my mother is capeble of and new league of heroes wasn't ready to stop her yet. So what should I do? Let her take over the world?"

"I tell you what you should do" she made step on my direction "You should think about your family"

"I apologized everyone for what I did" I said carefully "But would you like to know something? You think that it was so easy for me. Awareness, that everyone I care about is gonna hate me? No, it wasn't, but heroes sometimes have to sacrifice what they love for the greatest good. I am sorry, but I don't regret my action" at the moment I ended this sentence, Skylar immediately hit me at the face. I was too confused to even fight back, I just touched my hurting cheek.

"You don't regret?! Then allow, that I will also tell you something" she exclaimed, while I suprrisely saw the tears running down her face "Did you wondered why, despite even though it was extremely warm today, Oliver wore long sleeves?" she asked. Honestly, after everything what happened it was last thing I payed attention on. But the next words caused that my legs literally buckled "Oliver was self-mutilating" I had to catch the balustrades, when I heard it. What? I was thinking by few seconds before I understood. What?! Ollie could not... It's impossible. Alivia kept telling me that he and Kaz were alright. He couldn't do that "He didn't tell you because for some reason, he still don't want to hurt you. But you know what? I really do.

"You're lying" I more I begged her than accused "Please, tell me that you are laying to make me feel guilty!" I grabbed her shoulders, but girl didn't even moved.

"I an not Dani" she denied "I found out right after I came back from Caldera. It isn't really hard if you're paying attention. I started blame myself. When Hapax asked me to go back on Caldera, Oliver literally begged me to stay. I didn't listen and when I found out what he did, it was the worst day of my life. That felling was thousand times worst than when Horace said that I lost my powers for good. But you know what? It wasn't myself I should blame. It's all on you!" she pushed me with a rage, but I didn't even moved "You are fucking mind reader! You had to know that something was wrong! Why didn't you talk to him ?!" she keep screaming and pushing me didn't care about anyone how can hear her or that I can fall. Well I can fly so it would not harm me. About her screaming, I closed balcony door when I got here and the people who sleeped near to Skylar and her snoring had a hard sleep.

"I didn't read his mind, he could've catch me" I tried to explain. Ollie tried contact me by three months till he finally gave up. He sounded sad and desperate but I thought he just missed me "I was metting with Alivia regularly. She assured me that everything is fine with you guys".

"Oh right, because he was walking on the street shouting: Hey, I'm Oliver and I'm cutting myself! How should Alivia know that?" I couldn't continue this conversation. I quickly turned around, opened the door and ran to inside.

This can't be happening. This can't be happening. This can't be happening - I kept telling myself in my mind. What should I do? I will definitely not back to our room. I would gladly jump from that balcony and fly far, far away, but it would mean meeting Skylar again and it wasn't an option. Then I decided: The lab. I will get there and leave by the tunnels. I run to the hyperlift as fast as I could. When I got there, I started thinking, what the hell I have done. Skylar was right, it was all my fault. Cutting... My brother could have killed himself! I was sick at the thought. All I wanted right now was to be in an isolated place and scream.

Flashback ends

Still Dani POV.

I finished telling Chase what happened. Part of me was hoping that genius will find some miracle solution from this situation. But one look on fear at his face was enough to assure me how much I was wrong.

"We have to talk with Oliver" he decided and I froze.

"No no no, you promised that..."

"Dani, do you have any idea how dangerous it is?"

"I'm sure he isn't doing it anymore" I assured him.

"How can you know that?" he doubt.

"This is Skylar we are taking about, I'm sure that from the moment she found out, she would never let him do it again.

"Even if it's true, we can't take that risk" when I wanted prostest, he added "With cutting is like with alkohol, drugs or cigarettes. Even if you will stop now, addictions never leaves" when he said that, my tears started coming again. I didn't even tried to stop them. What was the point? I probably broke his entire life.

"No no no no" I broke down "Chase please, you have to let me talk with him first" I begged him.

"We don't have to tell the others yet. And no worry I will not tell Oliver I know it from you. I'll say that I heard your fight with Skylar or something" I nodded, wondering what is going to happen next "Dani, look at me" he said when I was still looking on the floor "You did a right thing, telling me" he added and I looked up "We will help your brother. I promise"

So, this is the end. Make sure you'll let me know what you think!