As Bree stood looking down at her two brothers she felt completely helpless. Then some of the guards started to wake back up. Bree was a good fighter, but she knew she wouldn't be much of a match for that many guards with guns. A panic began to sweep over her and she felt like crying.
She was distracted by noise above her. When she looked up much to relief she saw Leo lowering down from the ceiling. "Oh man am I gad to see you. I was beginning to get warned."
"Looks like I got here just in time." Leo said as he looked down at Adam and Chase. "Douglas called me when he figured one of you had been contaminated and then couldn't get you on the comm."
Bree tapped the comm. in her ear. She hadn't noticed it wasn't working with all tht was going on. "One of Chase's glitches must've knocked them out." Bree told Leo. "Is that Douglas in the helicopter? Tell him to send down a couple back boards."
Leo got on the comm. and did as he was told by Bree. The two had to hurry at getting Chase and Adam on the backboards. The waking soldiers were starting to move around and stand up. While Bree strapped Chase in to his backboard, Leo used his bionic arm to get the debris off of Adam. Adam was scraped and bruised, but what really worried Bree and Leo the most was Adam's obviously crushed ankle.
Once the debris was off Adam, Bree quickly strapped him to his backboard and they were all lifted safely into the helicopter. Douglas saw Chase and quickly told Bree and Leo to get away from him. He hoped they hadn't been exposed enough to contract the virus from Chase. Especially Bree. She had been around Chase all night and morning. No telling exactly when Chase had touched the medal and got infected.
As soon as they got back to the island Douglas sent Leo and Bree to decontamination. Douglas had some medical background and had gone to medical school, but as Donald had made clear more time than not he had flunked out and never finished. He got Chase and Adam stable, but knew he would need help with Adams ankle. He decided to call some doctors Donald had used in the past. The doctors knew about the kids bionics and had signed Donald extensive privacy contract.
It seemed like forever that Bree and Leo had to wait to know how Adam, Chase, and Mr. Davenport were. Douglas had come out one time and the two had jumped up and run over to him anxious, but he just needed some blood to run tests. Once he had the blood he went right back to the med unit without mentioning anyone.
"It has been forever Leo. Why is it taking so long?" Bree asked anxiously and super sped off and came back in an instant with a bottle of water in each had. She handed one to Leo. "Here."
Leo was as nervous as Bree, but was trying to stay as calm as possible. "Bree I'm sure they will be fine. They are bionic, remember. And Big D is too stuck on himself to die."
Bree nodded in agreement and sat down beside Leo. "I know it's just, well I've never seen Adam hurt that bad. The worse he's ever been hurt was when he dislocated his shoulder. None of hardly ever get sick either." She sighed and laid her head on Leo's shoulder.
Her head shot up though when Douglas walked out of the med unit.
Leo grabbed his own arm and stood up like he was getting ready to run. "Look man, I am not giving anymore blood until you give us some news or give me some cookies."
Douglas gave Leo an impatient look. "I don't need more blood. And it wasn't enough blood to need cookies anyway." Douglas rolled his eyes and continued. "I have some good news and some bad. Which do you want first?"
Bree jumped in, "good news, no bad, no good." Bree bit her nail and looked at Leo for directions.
"Just mix it all together." Leo said anxious to know how Big D and his brothers were.
"Ok. Donald is stable for the moment but his fever is still rising. He's in and out of consciousness. I can't get the fever to stop rising." Donald said and gave a sympathetic look.
"Chase's fever is also still rising. He too is in and out of consciousness. His fever is now affected his chip. We had to restrain him to the bed because every time he moved something went flying across the med unit. We also moved him off to the side just in case his force field reactivates." Douglas stopped again to let Bree and Leo absorb what he had just told them.
"Now Adam. He's very bruised and scraped up. He has a couple bruised ribs and one broken rib. The shock from Chase's force field messed with his chip and damaged the part that controls his heat vision causing it to randomly fire. We found that out the hard way." Douglas showed them a burnt spot on the arm of his lab coat. "He' wearing special sunglasses that absorb the heat ray. They make it very difficult for him to see though." Then Douglas stopped
Bree and Leo looked at one another then back at Douglas. "Hey, what about his leg?" Leo asked.
Douglas winced. He had hoped he wouldn't have to tell about that part. He knew it would just make them worry more. He took a deep breath. "Well it's bad. It's going to need surgery to put pins in to repair and hold it together until it heals more." Bree and Leo's faces showed pure fear for their sibling. "Don't worry though I have the best doctors in the world working on him." Douglas looked to see the if the fear faded any and did slightly. Then he gave a big grin. "On a higher note, Bree, you must've been exposed to this virus before like me because you have the same antibodies I do. And Leo." Douglas grabbed Leo's non-bionic arm and gave Leo a shot in it. "Now you have the antibodies too. I used my and Bree's antibodies to make you and your mom a vaccine. She will be here soon."
"Can we see them?" Bree asked Douglas.
Douglas hesitated. Donald and Chase were very confused and Adam looked pretty bad. The desperation in Bree's eyes though made his decision for him. "Yeah I guess, but just to say hi."
When Bree and Leo walked into the med unit they were both shocked at how bad the three looked. It took everything Bree had not to cry. Leo had the sudden urge just to turn and run away, but fought it. They tried to talk to Chase and Mr. Davenport, but the two kept fading in and out and talking seemed to make them worse. Bree kissed each of them on the cheek and Leo patted them both on the shoulder and then they left to go talk to Adam.
Adam was awake and alert. He couldn't see who was coming but he could hear them. "Hey Bree." Adam said cheerfully.
Adam looked worse than Bree had imagined or ever seen him look before. He had a huge scrape across forehead that turned into a bruise that covered his eye and cheek. His ankle was wrapped to where it looked three times its normal size. He also had bandages around his chest to support his broke and bruised ribs. Bree just looked at him a moment then she put on a fake smile. "Hey Adam. How are you feeling?"
"Not so bad, just mostly board. I can't even watch tv. What are you doing here? You're not sick or hurt too are you?" Adam asked his face going from smile to worry.
"No. Me and Leo are just here to see you before…" Bree stopped before saying surgery and looked at Douglas. She wasn't sure if Adam knew yet.
Adam noticed Bree's pause and the change in her breathing from getting nervous. "Don't worry Bree. Dougy here told me all about the surgery. Hey Leo, Sir Littleman." Adam said starting to raise his hand for a high five, but the movement sent a sharp pain through his ribs. "Um we'll high five later. Did Dougey tell I'll have pins coming out of my ankle. We'll have to see if the tv will get better reception if I sit near it after the surgery." Adam said. He hoped they didn't notice how terrified he was. He was supposed to be the oldest and strongest. He couldn't show him his fear in a time like this.
"Sounds cool Adam. I will see after." Leo said
In a more serious tone Adam said to Bree. "Take care of Chase for me."
Bree smiled trying not to cry. "I will, but only until you're back on your feet. I am not a babysitter."
The three left the med unit. After seeing her dad and brothers Bree was angry. Even more now than before she knew they had to get that antidote. She turned and looked at Leo and Douglas with a determined look. "Now what?"