Hey everyone! Welcome to Chapter 8!
Douglas has a lot of kids: Adam, Bree, Chase, Daniel, Sarah, and possibly others. The exact number, we may never know. But later, in the next few chapters, we are going to see a lot of reactions to a couple different revelations. Just hang in there.
And Adam and Kate fluff, hold on, because soon it's going to come in ship loads. (ship-loads, ha ha ship pun).
And Giselle is crazy, so it only makes things more intense.
Disclaimer: I do not own Lab Rats.
Part of her debated if she was doing the right thing.
Unfortunately, that part of her so so minuscule that the rest of her being overwhelmed Giselle's mind.
Look at her, her poor little girl, laying on the table like a failed experiment. It was Giselle's own fault, she knew that now. But she could atone. She could heal her daughter. After all that had been done to Sarah, she deserved this.
She deserves a parent who loves her and will help her in anyway possible. So that was what Giselle would do. She would remove the technology that the madman Krane had forced upon her daughter. Giselle was no biologist, she had no idea how to undo the damage Dooley had done, being a engineer. But the least she could do was save her daughter from living the rest of her life as a robot sitting on the side lines.
I don't want this, her daughter's voice echoed in her ears. Seeing her little girl so distraught, so scared, it pained her. It really did. But her daughter was just a little girl, how could she decide this on her own? Giselle was her mother, and she had the right to do what was best for her.
"She deserves this," Giselle murmured to herself, sterilizing the surgical equipment on the tray in front of her.
"The southern entrance has been breached!" Her wristband alerted her.
Giselle sighed. "What now? Whatever it is, my androids can handle it, I have to get started before the anesthesia wears,"
Gently and with care, Giselle brushed her daughter's hair out of the way so she had clear access to her neck. Gunshots from outside the room broke Giselle's concentration.
"Uh!" Giselle groaned, grabbing her own blaster and making her way towards the gunfire.
Before she even reached the doorway the door opened, revealing three bionics and their fathers.
"So it was you!" Leo sneered, seeing Taylor laying on the table.
Giselle raised an eyebrow. "What ever do you mean?"
"You were the one who attacked the academy, you attacked Adam, you kidnapped Taylor!" Leo growled.
"Yes, I broke into your precious academy. I'm sorry that your brother got hurt in the explosion, but he was only collateral damage. And kidnapping? I did no such thing," Giselle smirked.
"Yes you did! Taylor is right there-"
"I don't know who you are talking about," Giselle challenged.
"You-"
"She's messing with your head Leo," Douglas growled, pointing his blaster at Giselle.
"I'm telling you the truth," Giselle insisted.
"Why did you take Taylor?" Chase piped up, as he and the others began circling around Giselle.
"Taylor? That isn't Taylor. That's Sarah," Giselle replied cheerfully, giving a heartbreaking smile towards Douglas.
Bree narrowed her eyes. "Your sick,"
"Who's Sarah?" Leo and Chase asked simultaneously.
"My daughter," Giselle grinned.
"That, that isn't possible," Douglas murmured, looking away.
"Stop with the mind games Giselle," Donald hissed. "You can't defeat all of us. So release Taylor and surrender,"
"I'm telling you, I don't know who this Taylor is! That is Sarah, my daughter, and I am trying to help her!" Giselle screeched, her gleeful demeanor beginning to fade.
"Help her, how?" Chase asked. "Are you trying to give her back her eyesight?"
"No. Her retinas can't be healed. Thanks to someone," Giselle replied, glaring at Leo.
Leo shrunk back and looked at the floor.
"Giselle!" Douglas snapped. "It's not Leo's fault,"
"Are you sure about that?" Giselle huffed, taking a step towards him.
Douglas narrowed his eyes. "Stop trying to get into our heads. You're a damn sociopath!"
Giselle smiled sweetly in response. "Why thank you,"
"That wasn't a compliment!" Douglas shouted. "Giselle this madness needs to end,"
"Agreed," Giselle replied with a nod. "But I don't think it can,"
"Why not?" Donald huffed.
"Because I need to save my daughter!" Giselle declared, stepping back towards Taylor.
"And how do you plan on doing that?" Bree asked.
"By undoing the horrible damage Krane did to her," Giselle answer, gently rubbing the back of Taylor's neck.
Douglas' eyes widened. "You're planning on taking her chip out, aren't you?"
Giselle nodded. "It's my fault she turned out like this, a bionic freak. I have to undo it,"
"Giselle don't, Taylor wouldn't want this!" Leo exclaimed, taking a step closer to her.
Giselle raised her blaster to Leo's head. "I am doing this for Sarah,"
The rest of them slowly surrounded Giselle.
"Give up now, you can't take all of us," Donald said, pointing his own weapon at her.
Out of all the witty come backs she could of made, out of all the martial arts moves she could have executed perfectly, out of all the mind games she could have continued to play, Giselle surprised them all by bursting into tears.
Giselle allowed her weapon to lower and took a step towards Douglas. "S-Sarah needs this!" she cried. "I have to, I owe it to her. To be normal. She's my daughter, I-I have to, She- She's your daughter too, don't you want this? Don't you want to help Sarah?" she asked tearfully.
Douglas thrust his weapon to his brother and put both of his hands on Giselle's shoulders. "Giselle, that isn't Sarah,"
"Yes she is!" Giselle cried, her head lower than her shoulders as he began to sob. Douglas holding her was all that kept her from falling to the ground.
"No," Douglas said firmly. "She isn't. Sarah died years ago. We both know that,"
"No, no, she isn't. She can't be," Giselle sobbed. She collapsed into Douglas, who kept her upright. Giselle continued to cry and mutter unintelligible words, as the other's took their oppertunity. Douglas held her still while Donald handcuffed her hands behind her back. Giselle kept sobbing into Douglas' shirt, not bothering to resist.
Across the room, Leo gently picked the unconscious Taylor up after Bree and Chase released her restraints.
"Come on, let's go," Donald said.
Everyone else solemnly nodded their heads in agreement after the long, long day.
Meanwhile, at the Academy's infirmary,
"And they all lived happily ever after," Kate finished, shutting the book.
"That was a good story," Adam said dreamily, laying on the infirmary bed.
"Yes, it was," Kate agreed. "Maybe tomorrow you could try reading it aloud,"
"But I like it so much better when you read to me," Adam whined playfully.
Kate grinned. "But Adam,"
"I know," Adam smiled. "But I like it when you're here,"
"You like it when I'm in the infirmary?" Kate asked teasingly.
"You know what I meant," Adam grinned. "I like it when you are with me,"
"I like it when I'm with you too," Kate replied.
"So, maybe when I don't have to stay in the infirmary any longer, we could like being together someplace else," Adam suggested.
Kate raised an eyebrow. "You mean like in the cafeteria, or in the training room?"
"Eh, I was thinking maybe someplace that isn't on the island," Adam corrected.
"Why would we go someplace else?" Kate asked, confused.
"Just for fun," Adam shrugged.
"You mean like taking a field trip? I know the other students have been enjoying those," Kate smiled.
Adam nodded. "Yeah, they have, but I was thinking more of just you and me going out and doing something,"
"Like a two person field trip?" Kate asked.
Adam could feel his face getting redder. "Actually, I meant, more like a date. But, you know, only if wanted to. If not, that's perfectly okay, I wouldn't want to make you feel-"
"Adam, I would really like to go on a date with you too," Kate interrupted. "You know, once you get off bed rest and all,"
"I think I'm feeling better all ready," Adam insisted cheerfully, attempting to get up.
"Oh no you don't," Kate smirked, putting a hand on his chest to stop him. And with his exhausted state, it didn't take much muscle from her to do it.
Adam gave her a puppy dog face. "But I'm bored,"
"But you also need your rest," Kate countered, gently pushing his back down. "You should really get back to sleep,"
Adam relented and laid back comfortably. "Fine, but there is one thing I want to do first,"
"What is that?" Kate asked, leaning in to hear him.
"This," Adam replied, leaning forward to give Kate a kiss. She leaned forward, eagerly returning the kiss.
At this lovely moment the heard the door opened and they broke apart. Bree, Chase, and Donald ran into the room.
"Adam, you're awake!" Bree grinned.
"Are you feeling any better?" Chase asked as they all crowded around their brother.
Adam smiled. "Yep, couldn't be better,"
At this point Kate's face was a bit pink, but the smile on her face couldn't be bigger.
Bree and Chase turned to look at each other, feeling as if they had missed something.
"Did you guys find Taylor?" Kate asked.
"Yeah, Giselle went crazy and kidnapped Taylor because she thought Taylor was her dead daughter Sarah," Bree informed her.
"She even tried to remove Taylor's bionics, but we got their just in time," Chase added.
"Wow, freaky," Kate muttered.
Chase nodded, but then broke into a huge yawn.
"Okay, I think it is time you guys get to your capsules and go to sleep. It's been a real long day," Donald said.
"I couldn't agree more," Bree said.
Donald couldn't help but smile to himself as the teenagers said their goodnights to each other and headed towards their quarters. He was happy to have them all back together and safe, but something did not sit right with him about today. Maybe it was all the adrenaline still in his system, or maybe it was the emotion thrill ride of the day, or maybe he was just tired. But something, something was not right.
AHHHH?! This is one of those moments where I don't emotionally know what to do with myself. What do y'all think? Please review and let me know, or pm me if you have any shocking AH AH AH moments yourself. With love ~AzulaTano.
