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Once the dust had settled, Kate was finally able to take in her surroundings. The rather small explosion caused a surprisingly dangerous amount of structural damage to the student dorms. Kate was no architect, but she knew that the room could collapse at any second. She carefully moved Adam's arms up to create a make shift splint for his neck. Kate, with all her might, was able to pick of Adam. For the most part. His legs dragged along the ground, but for now that would have to do.
"Okay, no more chocolate covered french fries for you," Kate decided, struggling to get the heavy bionic into the hallway. The academy now in lockdown mode, the doors no longer opened by themselves. And in her exhausted state, Kate was in no shape to open them manually. Near defeated, Kate propped Adam up against the wall and took his pulse.
Suddenly she heard several sets of footsteps headed in their direction. "Anyone in there?" She heard a familiar female voice shout.
"Yes! Bree! Adam and I are in here!" Kate called.
"Stand back!" She heard Chase's voice yell to her.
Kate did as instructed, standing back. She turned and covered Adam's face her hand to protect from any more debris that came flying by as they busted down the door.
"What happened?" Bree asked, both her and Chase rushing towards their injured brother.
"There was an explosion, it pushed us back. Adam, though, tried to fight whoever was invading. I'm not sure what they did to him," Kate answered as Chase took Adam's vitals.
"We need to get him to the infirmary," Chase declared, working with Bree to pick their brother up.
"Wait, wasn't Taylor in here with you?" Bree asked.
"She was," Kate sighed. "I worry that who ever broke in here took her when they left,"
Bree looked at her nervous student. "Okay, Kate, go get Mr. Davenport and Douglas and have them meet us at the infirmary and we can come up with a rescue plan from there,"
Kate nodded and sprinted to the Davenport men's last known location. "Mr. Davenports!" she screamed.
"Kate, what's wrong?" Donald asked, seeing her distress.
Hearing the commotion Douglas came over as well. "Come on, we need to figure out what that explosion was,"
"More importantly, we need to get to Adam, who is hurt in the infirmary, and we also need to figure out how to help Taylor who just got herself kidnapped," Kate retorted.
Donald nodded. "Let's go,"
By the time the three of them made it to the infirmary, Adam had already been placed on a bed and hooked up to a monitor.
Douglas stepped to his son's side, evaluating his condition. "He'll live. It may take a few days for his bionics to heal these injuries though,"
"Meanwhile, we need to focus on saving Taylor," Bree pointed out.
Chase nodded. "But first we need to focus on finding out who took her,"
"Kate, are there any signifigant details that you can remember that could hep us figure out who did this?" Donald asked, turning to Kate.
Kate shrunk back. "Adam was in my way, I couldn't see anything. All I remember is hearing a woman's voice saying 'Honey, it's time you come with me' and then Adam tried to attack her and he got hurt,"
"What about the security cameras?" Chase asked.
Douglas sighed and shook his head. "The explosion took them out. They got nothing,"
"What exactly happened before the explosion?" Donald asked.
"Taylor called someone that she thought was her mother, and she was very distraught," Bree answered.
"Chase, pull up the communication log and see who it was that she called," Donald ordered.
Chase nodded and did as his father said, putting the log on the screen.
Douglas' eyes slowly widened in a combination of shock and fear. "415-619-6514, that's Giselle's number!"
"Why would Taylor be calling Giselle?" Chase asked.
Leo Dooley, the infamously ill-timed bionic, entered the infirmary. "Guys, what happened?"
"Someone attacked the island and kidnapped Taylor," Bree replied. "But before it happened Taylor called a woman she thought was her mother, but it turned out to be Giselle,"
"Where did Taylor even get that number in the first place?" Douglas asked.
Leo smiled nervously. "Well..."
Donald, Douglas, Bree, Chase and Kate all turned towards him.
"Leo?" Donald nearly growled.
"Okay, so Taylor was curious about her origins, so we went to Krane's warehouse to see what we could find, and we found an old record that listed Taylor's birth mother and deal she made with Krane that gave him Taylor in exchange for a monetary sum. Nature retracted the name, but there was a phone number. That must have been why Taylor called it," Leo explained as quickly as he could.
"That number would have been over 15 years old, no way her mother would have held onto it," Chase huffed.
"So Giselle must have been the current owner of the number and got Taylor's call," Douglas muse.
"But why would calling her prompt Giselle to attack and kidnap her?" Bree questioned.
"We can find that out when we take Giselle down," Leo responded. "The more time we waste talking about is more time for Giselle to hurt her,"
Donald nodded in agreement. "You guys still have the location of Giselle's lab?"
Chase grabbed his tablet. "Yeah, I have the coordinates,"
"Let's go then!" Leo exclaimed, running to change into his mission suit.
As the rest of the family followed, Bree stayed for a moment and turned back to Kate. "I know you're worried about Taylor, but you are still a student, so maybe it would be best for you to-"
Kate nodded. "I know, I'll stay here. I can keep an eye on Adam,"
Bree smiled appreciatively. "Thanks,"
"Good luck!" Kate called, watching her mentor super speed away. She then turned back to Adam.
Kate was not sure why, but watching him lay there unresponsive made her want to break into a million pieces. She leaned over him, as if she could somehow tower over him with protection. But how could she?
"Adam," Kate murmured, gently brushing his hair out of his face. "I really want you to be okay. So can you be? Can you get better and wake up?" she pleaded.
Kate leaned in closer and kissed his cheek. "Please?"
3,000 miles to the right,
Taylor braced herself as she felt a wave of path rack her body.
"Hey! Be careful with her!" She heard a feminine voice bark.
Taylor recognized the voice, but she could not recall who is was. "Wh- Who's there?" she asked weakly as she regained more of her consciousness.
"Honey, it's okay. You're safe now," The voice cooed.
Taylor attempted to sit up, but she felt restraints around her hands the pulled her back down. "What do you want with me?" she asked, panic beginning to rise in her voice.
"I want to help you," The woman answered.
"Help me? If you want to help me then why I am chained down?" Taylor groaned, struggling to break free.
"Honey, it's useless to struggle. Your bionics can't break those. Calm down, you are just putting more stress on your body," The woman said.
"Why do you care anyway? Who are you?" Taylor questioned.
"I care because I'm your mother," The woman replied cheerfully.
Taylor was at a loss for words. She kept shaping her lips to form a response, but no sound came out.
The woman stepped closer and ran her hand through Taylor's hair. "Sweetie, you are going to be just fine. I am going to help you,"
"Help me with what?" Taylor asked nervously.
"I'm going to reverse what he did to you," The woman replied, now taking a more remorseful tone of voice. "It's my fault he turned you into an experiment, I need to make it up to you. I'll fix you,"
"Fix me? I'm not broken. Just blind, and there is no way that can be reversed," Taylor argued.
"Oh, honey, that's not what I meant," The woman responded, daring to give a small giggle. "I meant that I am going to reverse what Krane did to you,"
"What Krane did?" Taylor echoed, confused.
"Yes, turning you into a bionic solider. I'm so sorry, but I will make it up to you! I'm going to save you," She assured her.
Taylor began to struggle profusely once again. "I don't need to be saved. I don't need to be fixed!"
"It's okay, It's okay, once this is all over you will thank me. I'm going to make you normal again," The woman promised her. "It won't hurt-"
"No!" Taylor screeched. "I don't want this!"
The woman, with her standing advantage, gently pressed Taylor back down. Taylor, exhausted, was unable to resist very much.
Taylor opened her mouth to scream again, but she felt a small prick on her arm. She continued her attempts to speak, but her head became clouded, her eyelids lowered, and Taylor was unable to stop herself from falling into the black.
"It's okay Sarah, I promise, you are going to be all better," The woman whispered, squeezing her arm. "Everything is going to be just like it should have been,"
Is everything going to be okay?
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