January 16th Mission Creek High School (Maddie's POV)-

It was the end of the school day and we were headed back to the Lab. Bree was complaining about Ms. Thistle again, as Chase was trying to make me laugh by giving me his cheesiest pickup lines. It's something he's been doing all day and I could help but laugh as they got worse.

He leaned in and whispered, "It's a good thing I have my library card, cause I'm checking you out."

I burst out in laughter and he threw his arm around my shoulders as I laughed.

"You know the honeymoon phase is supposed to end, right?" Bree groaned.

"Hey you're the one who pushed us to get together." Chase smirked.

"I'm suddenly regretting it." I sent her a look and she just shrugged.

"What's all this?" Chase pointed out the group of students and large machines waiting at the bottom of the stairs.

"Listen up, frogspawn! Security check. Put all metal objects in the bucket and proceed to the wands for a more thorough search." Perry laughed. This isn't good. Chase weaved his hand into mine to reassure me.

"Principal Perry, what's going on?" Bree asked.

"Somebody's been stealing computers from the computer lab and I'm gonna bust the perp. Or perps. Bottom line, nobody leaves this school without going through those metal detectors." Perry took a whole bunch of change that she had stolen from students. "And now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to sort through your loose change and have a little heart to heart with the vending machine."

"Guys, we cannot get wanted. Those things will go off like crazy if they detect our bionics." Bree said what I was thinking.

"Well, what are we going to do? She's totally going to bust us." I could tell Chase was panicking but kept it below the surface.

"Bust you for what? What are you hiding little bo peep?" Perry said, breaking into our conversation.

"He's not hiding anything." I said quickly.

"Well, he does have an unusually large birthmark on his left hip. If you stare at it long enough, it kind of looks like Justin Bieber." Why does Adam know that?

"Lets go. Empty your pockets." Perry pulled Chase away from my grip.

"Principal Perry..." He tried but she wouldn't let up.

"Comply Perp! Wand him." She commanded.

They brought the wand over his neck and it went off. "Well what do you know, we got one. Flank him girls, the little ones always put up a fight!"

. . .

Perry had kicked me out after I didn't set off the alarm. I couldn't just sit and wait for something to happen though. I needed to prepare, I could tell things were about to go bad. I ran home and pulled out all the emergency gear I had set up for a situation like this. One of the only good things about being paranoid is you're always prepared. I had been dreading this would happen for years but I still got ready for the day where we'd have to run.

I had clothes, money, fake passports and identification for each of us. I changed into some tactical gear, similar to my super suit but more understated. Now that I had all the supplies ready I had to go make sure Leo and Davenport were ok.

. . .

Leo opened the door with a box of tissues in hand. "Maddie? What are you doing here and what are you wearing?!"

"Adam, Bree, and Chase are in trouble. Perry had metal detectors at school today." I explained.

"That still doesn't explain this." He gestured to my clothing.

I could hear Tasha speaking to Davenport from inside the house. "Donald, I think there's something wrong with your credit card. When I went to buy groceries, it was declined."

"Declined? How could that be?" That's not possible.

"Let me make it clear. SHE SPENT ALL YOUR MONEY!" Eddy laughed.

"I did not spend all his money." Tasha huffed.

"Oh. Saving a little for a face lift?" Eddy teased.

"This card is completely maxed out with purchases I didn't make. A plane ticket, a speed boat, $2,000 worth of hair dye and colored contact lenses." Are we sure it wasn't Davenport. "This time, it was not me!"

"This is serious." I said to Leo before running off. I ran back to my house and ran straight to the garage. Alex doesn't know about this but I had a weapons vault hidden within it. I found the control panel in the wall and unlocked it. The wall split to reveal my weapons. They included various knives, my batons/ bo staff, my sonic blaster and my electric gauntlet. I grabbed a few throwing knives and loaded up.

I knew Chase would bring them here within the first two hours if they got the chance to escape. That was the plan but we were an hour and a half in before I heard anything. I heard something behind me and on instinct I turned and threw a knife right past the person's head skewering it into the wall.

"I thought you wanted to help us, not kill us." Bree said dryly.

"Oh my gosh! You guys are okay!" I pulled them into a hug. "I'm sorry but I've been a bit tense."

"What is this?" Chase asked about my outfit as we pulled away.

"A new set of tactical gear I've been working on. It's more protective than my old suit but it's just as flexible. Come on." I led them to the living room where all of the supplies were.

"Maddie, you can't go with us." Chase said as they grabbed the gear.

"What do you mean? You guys are in danger, I'm gonna help you." I fought.

"No. You're gonna stay here, where you'll be safe. Adam now!" Before I could react I was knocked unconscious by Adam.

Tompkins House (Chase's POV)-

"You know she's gonna hate you for this." Bree said as Adam picked up an unconscious Maddie and placed her on the couch.

"I know. But this is the only way we can keep her safe. I don't want her to have to go on the run for our secret." It hurt to leave Maddie behind. I'd probably never see her again.

"You sure this is the right thing to do?" Adam asked.

"This is the only way to make sure we won't end up in some lab being experimented on and with Mr. Davenport in prison." We have to keep them safe.

"Where are we gonna go?" Bree asked.

"We can sneak onto a cargo ship that's leaving tonight and get away undetected but we have to leave now." I explained. Bree and Adam nodded before hesitating. They turned and ran out the door.

I was about to leave before I turned and saw Maddie. She was so beautiful. I brushed the hair out of her face and placed a kiss on her forehead. "I love you."

With that I left a note for her on the table and ran out the door.

Tompkins House (Maddie's POV)-

I woke up with a ringing in my head. What happened?

Chase happened. If we make it out of this I'm gonna kill him.

Maybe I can go help Davenport piece things together. I grabbed my stuff and headed for the Davenport house.

. . .

Something else happened. When I got to the house there were movers taking all the furniture out of the house. I found Leo and Davenport in the lab. "No it's not. It's not theirs either. I gotta find them. I can't even use my Cyber-Desk. Who is doing this to me?"

"Maddie! Do you know where Adam, Bree, and Chase are?" Leo begged.

"No. They stopped at my house but knocked me out then took off." I was mad but at the same time I wanted to cry. "What's going on here?"

"Someone hacked me and got rid of all of my money and assets. Everything is gone." Davenport cried.

"It's obviously a tech wiz who will do anything to destroy you and someone has interment knowledge of your life and Davenport Industries." Leo said and was able to piece things together.

"... It's Douglas." I realized.

"What?" They asked.

"Douglas, your brother. He's the only one who could do this." I said and Leo realized.

"You're right. It has to be Douglas." Leo added.

"Maddie, Leo, that's impossible. We froze Douglas in a block of ice. He's in one of my most remote facilities." He pulled up Douglas's live feed only to find an empty block of ice. "What? That's impossible. He's gone. But how?"

"Rewind the footage. There!" There was a man in a white mask who used bionics to take out the guards and break the ice off of Douglas. "Wow! There's another bionic dude?"

"I don't know who that is. Douglas is free. That means Adam, Bree and Chase are in danger, we all are." Davenport said with urgency.

My heart stopped at the sight of Douglas on screen. "You sure are, Donny! I'm back!"

"Yeah, Maddie already figured that one out." He said dryly.

"Anyway, I thought I should tell you it was me who did this to you, well I had a little help. And now that I'm free I think I'm gonna go spend some quality time with my three favorite kids!" Douglas was gonna go after Adam, Bree, and Chase.

"If you go anywhere near them, it'll be the last thing you do!" Davenport threatened.

"They're mine Donny!" Douglas fought.

"We'll find them first." I said jumping into the conversation.

"That's gonna be a little hard without your lab." Douglas smirked as he hit a remote.

I realized that it was a detonator "That's a detonator. Run!"

Davenport and Leo were closer to the elevator and I ran behind them. I felt the floor start to rumble as the explosion went off as I pushed the two of them into the elevator before the doors closed. I was trapped on the other side.

Lab Elevator (Leo's POV)-

"Maddie!" She saved us. She sacrificed herself to get us to safety. "You need to open the doors! She's still in there!"

"I can't, Douglas locked me out of everything! Even the phone is dead. Hopefully, my sprinkler system extinguished the fire before it spread to the rest of the house."

"So we have to leave her in there? What are we gonna do?" I asked.

"I'm trying to figure something out Leo." He said.

"Well hurry up. We need to help Maddie, and if we don't make it out of here, Douglas and that creepy masked guy are gonna beat us to Adam, Bree and Chase!" I started pacing the small space in the elevator.

"I'll figure something out Leo." He answered shortly.

"How? Your lab is gone, your cars are gone, Davenport Industries is ruined!" I panicked.

"I got it Leo." He answered.

A/N: Short Chapter. Cliffhanger. To be continued.