Falling In Love With The Enemy
Part 2: How He Met Her
Purpledolpin05: I'm back people! So, I thought about updating soon because of the nice reviews I got. So back to shout outs.
To TeamTLKandBaltoCrew: Thanks for the review, yeah let's see how Tracy tries to hide her feelings. Hope you will like this chapter.
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I do not own any of the characters from Lab Rats Elite Force, Lab Rats 2012, or Mighty Med. I only own my Original Characters and the story. Thank you, and enjoy.
So, here's how the story starts many years before Roman and his family were evil, and before Tracy and Jones were Bionic and met the Lab Rats.
"Yay! I can't believe we're going Christmas Shopping!" 6-year-old Tracy cheered.
"What would you like to buy for Christmas?" Frank asked his daughter. Due to a business trip, he had been sent to America for a brief meeting during Christmas.
"BOOKS!" The girl grinned.
"I wanna buy TOYS!" Jones argued.
"Ok, but be quick at picking your gifts." Doris looked at her children as she giggled.
"Here is some money, be wise at using them, ok?" Frank gave his children some money.
"OK! Let's go Jonesy!" Tracy told her brother as the two wandered off to buy their Christmas presents.
Meantime…
"So, what are we gonna get mom for Christmas? For dad, we have already bought this cool T-Shirt." 9-year-old Riker looked at his brother.
"Maybe a necklace, I mean mom lost her wedding pendant a few months back." Roman stated, he had been saving some money with his siblings to buy their mother, Rina, a gift.
"How about we go check that shop!" Riker pointed at a gift shop.
"Riker! Stop running!" Roman hissed as he followed.
Riker was browsing the toys section; he would probably get his brothers a toy truck to play with.
He spotted a little boy standing on his toptoe to reach for a toy gun.
"Here you go." Riker went over to help the little boy get the toy.
"Thank you." The boy bowed before he ran to find his family.
Roman walked around to see if he could find the perfect present for his mom. He found a locket with a silver heart and words written 'We Love You, Mom'. Just the perfect gift for mom!
"Cece," Jones ran to his sister who was reading a book.
"Oh, are we going to find mom and dad now?" Tracy asked, looking up from her book.
"What are you buying?" Jones asked.
"A book about Greek Myths." Tracy beamed.
"C'mon, let's go pay and see mom and dad!" Jones suggested as they paid up and left the shop before they were stopped by a stranger. She was tall with dark hair.
"Hey kids, want some free candy samples?" the stranger asked.
"I don't know, mommy said to never take things from a stranger." Tracy hesitated.
"We have free toys too." The stranger added.
"OOH! YAY!" Jones cheered.
"Jonesy," Tracy hissed at her brother.
"C'mon, your dad and mom sent us to pick you up." The stranger stated.
"And what would be our dad and mom's names?" Jones asked, growing suspicious.
"Frank and Doris." She replied. "My name is Aunt Janet and I am a friend of your parents'."
"Ok!" Tracy and Jones nodded, before eating the candy the stranger bought. The moment they ate the candy they grew tired and fainted.
"Well, that was easier than I thought." Janet smirked, turning to her assistant. "Markl, load these children in the car."
"Yes, Miss Smyth." Markl nodded as he took the children away.
Tracy's eyes were growing into a blur but saw a logo on the van she was taken into, before she passed out.
Roman and Riker walked out of the shop when they saw two grown-ups taking some kids away.
"Wait, I think there's something wrong with those two people." Roman noticed the actions of the two strangers.
"Yeah, do you think it's a kidnap?!" Riker whispered over.
"Let's follow them." Roman decided.
"But what about mommy, or Reese and the rest?" Riker asked.
"C'mon, those two might be in trouble if we don't save them" Roman insisted.
"You mean, like our first solo rescue mission?" Riker thought as he grinned.
"Uh huh!" Roman nodded as they followed the two adults who went to a van. The woman said something to the man before the woman walked away and the man drove off.
A few hours later, the van stopped near a rest stop at a stranded remote area. The man walked out to get some coffee.
Roman and Riker had followed the van by shapeshifting into birds.
"There they are!" Riker pointed.
"Shh!" Roman motioned as they waited until the driver was gone.
Tracy opens up her eyes. Where was she?!
"Jones!" Tracy ran to her brother before she hugged him.
"Where are we?" Jones stuttered.
"I don't know," Tracy shook her head. "But I'm sure dad and mom will find us."
"I'm scared." Tracy sighed.
"Me too." Jones whispered back as they hugged each other tightly.
At that moment, Riker had figured how to open up the door before Roman eventually used his strength to punch the door open.
"We could have been quiet," Riker scoffed.
"Ok, but you did unlock the door." Roman nodded.
The two brothers found two trembling children inside the van, hugging each other.
"Please don't kill us!" Jones whimpered. "At least let me live to kill you first!"
"C'mon we don't have much time." Roman whispered. "We're here to save you."
"Shh! I think I can hear the guy coming over soon!" Riker hushed.
"Come on, trust me." Roman looked at Tracy. "Look at me."
The girl gulped a bit as she lifted her head up to find a handsome (her words not mine) boyin front of her, her cheeks flushed red.
"ok." The girl nodded.
"Come on, Cece, let's go find mom and dad!" Jones ushered as the four children started running. The two siblings caught a glance of the logo of the van before running away.
"Do you think we lost him?" Jones asked.
"I think so, he's too busy talking to the lady selling coffee." Riker replied.
"Riker, there is no way we can outrun that guy!" Roman looked behind.
"Or we can teleport!" Riker hesitated as he stated. The two brothers had recently learnt how to teleport after an incident at their father's workplace that involved a janitor's trolley that travelled to Portland where a student of their dad's Kate Ripley had to locate the twins near her baby cousin Cyd's place.
"Shh! They cannot know!" Roman hissed.
"What's teleport?" Jones asked.
"It's probably a walking porta-portie with phones." Tracy replied as Riker started to laugh.
"I like her." Roman snickered, before Tracy blushed a bit.
"HEY WHERE ARE THE KIDS?!" A man shouted.
"Uh we better hurry!" Riker gulped, before he and Roman each grabbed one of the siblings and the twins took each other's hands to turn into a black swarm as they focused hard on teleporting.
They open up their eyes, finding themselves in an alley in Centium City.
"Ok, so we should get to know each other." Riker stated. "I'm Riker. That's my big brother, Roman!"
"Hi." Roman nodded, in a cool tone.
"Oh, hello." Jones grinned. "THAT WAS AWESOME! YOU TURNED INTO A BLACK FOG THINGIE!"
"It was less of a fog, I think it was like a swarm." Tracy corrected.
"Swarm? Black swarm, I like the way it sounds." Roman thought as he smiled.
"Shh! You cannot tell anyone ever, ok?" Riker warned.
"Ok! You can trust me!" Jones nodded.
"No, you can't, he's a tattle-pail!" Tracy pointed out.
"We actually have superpowers! Our daddy's a hero!" Riker bragged.
"Riker!" Roman hissed.
"C'mon they are the same age as Remus, Romulus and the triplets, they would believe in anything we say!" Riker hissed as Roman nodded.
"ROMAN! RIKER! WHERE ARE YOU?!" Their dad cried out. "PLEASE, COME OUT!"
"It's daddy!" Riker grinned.
"Oh boy, we're in so much trouble!" Roman gulped.
"It's ok, we can find our dad and mom by ourselves." Tracy assured.
"You're just a little girl." Roman hesitated.
"I'm a big girl now, and it's me and my brother." Tracy defended.
"Fine, but here is an umbrella." Roman nodded reluctantly as he handed over an umbrella to Tracy.
"Bye!" Jones waved. "We'll see them again, right, Cece?"
"Yeah, I hope so." Tracy blinked as she smiled a bit. She opens up the umbrella as the two started to navigate their surroundings, hoping their parents will show up the way their rescuers' family did. They eventually grew tired of walking under the rain before they hid inside a giant box and used their jackets as blankets.
"Cece,"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think daddy and mommy are worried of us?"
"I am sure they are."
…
"Cece?"
"What is it?"
"Do you like that Roman boy earlier? Because you were making googoo eyes at him earlier."
"Pft! Whaaaat? No way, he's just a hero to me."
"Ok, he better be. Or I will kick him."
"Jones!"
"G'night."
"Good night. Love you little bro."
Rodissiuss hugged his two sons when he found them.
"Roman, Riker! Where were you?! We were so worried!" Rodissiuss exclaimed, his eyes watered a bit.
"Long story, but we rescued two kids who were kidnapped!" Riker said.
"You did?" Rina blinked.
"You should never go anywhere without telling your family." Rodisssiuss scolded them as the two boys looked down with guilt.
"But, considering that you saved 2 children, I am willing to forgive you." Rina stated with a smile "I am so proud of you two."
"I am too, but please don't do anything like that again, I was so worried of you." Rodissiuss stated as he hugged them.
"Daddy, there's someone looking for you!" Reese shouted.
A man and woman came in.
"On it. Hello? Frankie! Long time I hadn't heard from you." Rodissiuss beamed, what a Christmas miracle.
Frank looked at his shoes, tears filled his eyes. His wife was sobbing loudly.
"What is wrong? Where are your kids?" Rina asked.
"They're missing." Frank replied, choking on tears.
"WHAT?! YOUR KIDS ARE MISSING?!" Rodissiuss's smile faded. "It's awful! I thought we could get back together for a Christmas reunion, and make Rocy happen."
"What's Rocy supposed to be?" Roman asked Riker.
"Must be dad and his friend will be playing with Rocks." Riker estimated.
"How did it happen?" Rina asked.
"My friend Frankie's children are missing." Rodissiuss went pale.
"What do they look like?" Rina asked.
"This is my kids, the girl is Tracy, the boy is Jones." Doris gave them a picture just recently taken. Roman and Riker's eyes went wide.
"IT'S THEM!" Roman shouted. "We saw them! We saw them!"
"What?" the couple gasped.
"We saved them, but they decided to find their family themselves." Riker admitted.
"At least they are safe." Rina muttered.
"THEY'RE JUST KIDS!" Frank roared. "WHOEVER TOOK THEM ARE MONSTERS!"
"Maybe they are still out there?" Roman asked, before the adults went searching. Rina enlisted the help of some of the teenage superheroes to help, but all search went as failed.
"It's like they vanished into thin air." Doris started to cry.
"They are still alive, I know they are." Roman assured.
"They're right, they are definitely alive, we just don't know where they went." Frank assured his wife.
"It's all my fault, I should have followed them inside the gift shop!" Doris cried.
"It's not your fault, I can never blame you. We will find our kids." Frank assured.
"I'll find your kids someday." Roman made a pact.
"Yeah and to think, I was planning my son's wedding by the time Frankie's daughter turns 21!" Rodissiuss added.
"Rod?" Rina raised an eyebrow.
"Bad timing?" Rodissiuss stated.
Tracy and Jones kept waiting as they searched for their family in the city, but no luck whatsoever. Jones resort to stealing leftover snacks at street side hawker center or they would camouflage and try to grab some thrown away clothes from the back of some clothes shop that were off season, until one day he had a fever.
"Oh no, this is not good!" Tracy gulped, before counting the money they had left, it wasn't enough to see a doctor.
"Sir? Mister! Can you help us please? My brother is sick!" Tracy spotted a man walking around.
"Sorry, didn't see you there." The man replied.
"Please, sir, could you help me? My brother is ill, and we've been searching for our family for a few days." Tracy begged, and it wasn't her last resort if Jones wasn't so ill.
"It's ok" the man replied. "I can help."
"What's your name, mister?" Jones asked weakly.
"Krane. Victor Krane."
Purpledolpin05: and that is how Tracy first met Roman, although they met WAY before this one, she met him when she was like 2 years old when her parents visit Roman's family, but that felt like dog years to the two kids. Hey, Rocy is real, ok?! The next one would be about the present timing. All along since I've created Tracy and Jones, how their stray from their family before meeting Krane is a mystery talk. And yeah does anyone catch the Best Friends Whenever reference and cameo of Janet Smyth? She dated Tracy's dad before they broke up and she found GDD.
Lesson: Rodissiuss has shipped Roman with Tracy before it was cannon confirmed, so I'd like to see her meeting her future dad-in-law. Considering the fact their dads are friends, I think Roman would spare Jones' life.
Random parallel fact: So, when Tracy worked for Krane she was evil; but Roman was still a hero. Now she's a somewhat hero-in-training while Roman's a villain. GAH! THE OPPOSITES IS KILLING MY FEELS
So anyway, feel free to fave, follow and leave a review down below to tell me what you think of Rocy's first actual meeting.