So welcome to chapter 4!

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"Okay, so you were born..." Leo shrugged.

Taylor resisted the urge to smack that boy up side the head. "And how is a person born Leo?"

Much of the blood drained from Leo's face. "Uh, I'm not that kind of teacher Taylor. If you have any questions about that-"

"Uhh!" Taylor groaned. "That is not what I meant Leo. If I was born, that means someone had to give birth to me. I could have a mother out there. A father. Siblings possibly,"

"But you already have like a gizillion siblings," Leo pointed out.

"Yeah, but I don't have any specific connections to most of them. They all formed there own little groups before I even got here. And besides, what about my parents?" Taylor questioned.

Leo sighed. "I hate to be a pessimist, but it is still possible that even if you were not genetically engineered that you could still not have parents. If Krane used donor material-"

"But what if he didn't!" Taylor countered. "Leo, shouldn't I at least try to look? What if they are out there, and they are good people who want me?"

"And what if they are criminals and couldn't care less about you?" Leo asked.

Taylor stopped and sighed. "I don't know,"

"I am not trying to make you feel bad Taylor; I just don't want you to get your hopes up and be disappointed by what you find," Leo said.

"I know," Taylor replied. "And I'm glad that you are trying to look out for me, but I owe it to myself to investigate and find out,"

Leo nodded. "If this is what you want to do, I'll help you,"

Taylor grinned. "Thanks Leo. This is what I want; I want to find my parents,"

In the mentor's quarters,

Adam finished helping Kate clean off her hand in silence. After their previous little- well, Adam wasn't sure what that was.

"You sure you are okay?" Adam asked, finally breaking the silence.

"Yeah," Kate muttered.

At that moment, Adam's watch began to beep. His family had set it full of reminders, because, keeping track of time was not exactly Adam's strong suit.

"Oh, it's already ten o'clock," Adam murmured.

"I better get back to class then," Kate said, heading towards the door. She didn't bother to look back at him, making Adam believe that she was, in fact, still mad.

"Hey Kate," Adam called.

"What?" Kate asked, turning around to face him.

"See you at lunch?" Adam asked hopefully.

Kate gave him a small smile, which gave him a lot of hope. "Yeah, see you at lunch,"

Adam let out a huge sigh of relief. Why did social interactions and relationships have to be so stressful?

In the infirmary,

Chase sat in the comfy white chairs, waiting to get his nose checked out. He had no idea Kate could punch that hard without her commando app.

"Hey Chase, what are you up too?" Bree asked, walking into the infirmary.

"Oh, just waiting for my nose to stop bleeding and swelling," Chase replied casually. "What are you doing in here? You okay?"

Bree nodded. "I just came to see you actually,"

"Why?" Chase asked, a tad confused.

"It's just, Chase, you are the smartest person I know," Bree started.

"Aw, thanks Bree," Chase smiled, taking it as a direct compliment. "I mean, of course with my super smarts I would be-"

"Anyways," Bree redirected, knowing now that this would be easy. "I have this code I can't crack, and I thought maybe you could help me,"

"Sure, but why are you trying to crack anything?" Chase asked curiously.

Bree shrugged. "No reason,"

"Here, let me see then," Chase said, motioning for her to hand him the laptop. It took him two seconds to deduct what this was. "Bree, this is Douglas' password you want me to crack, isn't it?"

Bree nodded sheepishly. "It's just, Douglas acts like he is the smartest man in the world, but he isn't-"

"Of course he isn't. You already said it yourself, I am," Chase gloated.

"Yeah, right," Bree murmured. "So I thought, as a joke, I could solve his password and change his desktop or something, but it turns out that I am not very good at this stuff," she fake sighed.

Chase thought it over for a second, and then nodded. "Fine, I'll help you. Leave the laptop and I can get it back to you in a few hours, tops,"

"Thank you Chase!" Bree exclaimed, trowing her arms around her brother.

"Careful!" Chase cried, still injured.

"Sorry," Bree seethed.

"It's fine. Now get back to class!" Chase told her.

Bree nodded and ran off. "Thanks again!" she smiled to herself. Hook. Line. Sinker.

Chase let his head tip back, wanting a moment to rest his head.

"Chase!" Another approacher announced themselves.

"What?" Chase nearly groaned.

"Are you okay?" Leo asked.

"I've been better," Chase sighed. "What do you need?"

"Well, it's just that later today I am supposed to teach a self defense class-"

"You?" Chase asked, raising an eyebrow. "Uh, sorry, I didn't mean-"

"It's fine," Leo said, smiling on the inside. "It's just, that you are right, and I don't want to make a fool of myself in front of my students. Especially since I just started teaching. I was wondering, if maybe you would consider-"

"Of course," Chase said, a small smile appearing on his lips. "I'll teach the class for you,"

"Thanks Chase," Leo grinned. "Oh, I need to go, see you later?"

Chase nodded. "Yeah, see you,"

Leo waved and rushed out of the room. He now had the rest of the day off. And he knew what he was going to do with it.

Chase stood up, wanting to see what was taking so long for him to get looked at. But when he turned around he saw his older brother standing there, staring at him.

"Adam, is something wrong?" Chase asked slowly.

Adam broke into a smile that scared Chase to his core. "Yeah, I'm perfect. Are you feeling better now?"

Chase nodded, unsure of where this was going. "It's fine,"

"I'm sorry that you got hurt, and I feel sympathy for you," Adam said quickly, staring intently at his brother.

"Uh, thanks. Adam, are you sure you are all right?" Chase asked.

Adam threw his arms around his brother. "Chase, I just want you to know that you are my brother and I care about you and you are a valued member of our family, our team, and society,"

Chase was to shell shocked to reply. "Uh, um, uh,"

"And I am sorry for always making fun of you, and hurting you, and insulting you. That is just how I communicate my affection towards you, and I never actually realized how it might hurt you. Chase, you are my little brother, and the idea of you actually getting hurt seems impossible to me- I'm just sorry," Adam sighed, giving his brother a tight squeeze.

"Adam- can't- breath-" Chase gasped.

Adam released his brother. "Sorry," he murmured, running out of the room as fast as he could. Even when he was trying to be nice, Adam was still causing harm to his brother.

Chase sat back down, still dazed by his brother's actions. And his step-brothers. And his sisters.

"This is one weird morning," Chase thought aloud, sitting back and carefully setting the ice back on his face.

So, this chapter was a bit more of a fun chapter. Poor Chase though, so confused. I realized he didn't really fit into the story, and as I wrote more, he began to fill in all these little nitches, and eventually several of them started in this chapter. But will genius Chase figure out Douglas' password? And why does Bree even need it know? Will Taylor and Leo actually find anything? And will Adam ever figure out the right things to say?

Please leave a review and tell me what you think. Thanks ~AzulaTano.