CHAPTER 2: Football Madness

Football games were now on the top of Adam's 'Like' list, right above his Incredible Edibles and his multiple pranks on his siblings over the years. He loved yelling without Chase telling him to quiet down (not that he ever did anyway). Also, what could be better than sweaty men tackling each other? Adam did not know. This was like a dream come true.

As the Mission Creek High School football players made another 'touchdown' (Leo told Adam that was when they got the ball past the last line on the field.), Adam screamed his guts out. He could see Leo next to him doing the same. Even Bree was screaming on the top of her lungs. She also was not on her phone the entire game, though her friends were with her in the row in front of Adam.

Adam kept his eyes on the brown ball. He remembered his first day of school when he had to play football because of Spike. Tackling people was so much fun, though Adam never really liked bending down to throw the ball to the person behind him. Also, the clothes were also uncomfortable. Being a cheerleader was more fun. However, Adam and Bree both were unofficially banned from the squad, so that dream was crushed. Nevertheless, screaming from the stands was just like cheerleading. Adam just did not get to do as many stunts.

The scoreboard said that Mission Creek High School was winning by 21 to 15. The crowd was wild. Adam was sure their school would win for sure, especially since Trent, the former captain of the football team, had trained his team members to knock down everyone they saw. Over half of the other team was injured, though nobody really cared. This was football for goodness sakes!

The opposing team made one of those 'touchdowns', and everybody got quiet. The only noise heard was by the football team. Even the cheerleaders had gone quiet. Dooey Dingo (the mascot) had stopped riling up the crowd as everybody stared intently at the game. The score was tied at 21-21, and nobody knew who was going to win.

Adam was on the edge of the tiny seat he was sitting on himself. He bet Chase would fit perfectly in the seat. Adam smiled. Knowing his younger brother, Adam was positive that if Chase had sat on the seat, his legs would not even touch the ground. However, the nerd was too much of a coward to come to the game.

It looked like the other school was going to get a few more points as the football soared from one end of the field to the other. Adam bent forward to see, but all of a sudden, his eyes started hurting. He tried to squint as the people around him cheered, but his eyes burned.

He turned to where Leo was supposed to be, "Leo, happening what's?"

That was weird. Adam had not meant to say that, at least not in that order. Adam groaned. He was talking backwards again. The last time that happened, Chase saw boxes and Bree was bouncing on the walls in Super Speed.

"Adam," Adam heard Leo's voice in his ear. "Your eyes are red."

The eldest bionic knew what that meant. Red meant lasers. However, that was weird. Adam did not want to fire any lasers now. He just wanted to know the score and why everyone was cheering. He was not even angry, maybe a little frustrated but not mad. Adam ignored the feeling in his stomach that something was wrong. It was most likely nothing.

He turned to Leo again, "Score the what's?"

Instead of a straight answer, he received a question, "You are talking backwards again?"

Adam growled. He did not care if he was talking backwards. He just wanted to know who was in the lead, if anyone was.

"Leo!"

Leo appeared to have sensed the tension in the elder boy's words as he chuckled guiltily and started to say, "Th-"

However, Leo was cut off by heavy wind that blew in front of them. Adam automatically put his hands up to touch his hair. The wind had better not have ruined it! Adam spent forever trying to get ready for this game (mostly because Bree was taking forever, but that did not matter).

Beside him, Adam heard Leo mutter, "Oh no."

The crowd had gone wild, and everybody seemed to be running for some reason. The wind had picked up, and it was almost like they were in a tornado. Adam grinned. He had always wanted to be in a tornado!

Suddenly, the wind blew close to his face as he heard Chase say "Help!" in his ear. Adam's eyes widened (though he still could not really see anything). What was Chase doing here? He had been warning them this morning how terrible the game was going to be. Maybe he heard how great the game was and came to see it. Adam bet he wanted to be in a tornado too.

"Bree's voice and speed are glitching," Leo whispered in Adam's ear in the chaos.

Adam bit his lip. That actually made more sense. He did not even know why he even considered that his younger brother was doing anything sporty. Chase could barely catch a ball! Also, he never liked football or cheerleading anyway. The boy was a nerd, geek, and dork through and through.

Then, Adam finally processed his step-brother's words. Bree was glitching. She had cried for help in his ear. Adam's little sister needed him. Adam stood up in the chaos. He had to help Bree. However, as he took a step forward, the floor below him wobbled. Adam took another step, and suddenly, he was falling. He tried to take another step, but he was stuck. The eldest stuck his hand to the floor, picked up what his feet were stuck with, and licked it. It was definitely mud. However, how did mud get on the stands?

"Adam?" Leo called him. For some odd reason, his voice seemed to come from a high place as if Leo was flying.

"What?" he answered back in confusion.

"Oh good," Leo started rambling. "You fell through metal. I think your super strength glitched."

This did not satisfy Adam as it should have though, "Bree help to need I!"

Leo seemed to have sighed as he put the words together, "Adam, you should stay where you are. I am going to get help. I know Mom is working, but Mr. Davenport should be at the house."

Adam tried to move his feet, but nothing working. Perturbed, he shouted back, "Him get and thinking stop!"

"Fine," Leo replied grumbling about something Adam could not comprehend. "I'm going."

Finally Adam was going to get help. He was going to get out of here. He tried to jump to do a victory dance, but then, he realized that his feet were still stuck. Adam should have probably asked Leo to help him before Leo left.