Chapter 4: The Waiting Game

Douglas is beginning to worry. Then out of nowhere he heard Leo's voice. "Douglas get in the car." Leo said.

Douglas looked around and then realized the cars cloaking device was on and the car was sitting right in front of him. "You have to help me get Bree in. And fast."

Leo jumped out and helped Douglas get Bree in the car. He had to dive out of the way to avoid a stun ray. He quickly jumped back in the car. "They seem angry Douglas." Leo said as he put the car in gear and the three sped away.

"That was too close. We got to get back to the island fast. I just got a message from the med staff that said Chase's fever has reached critical. If it gets much worse it won't just damage the chip it will destroy it." Douglas said.

Bree had woken just in time to hear Douglas. "I can super speed the antidote to the island."

"I don't think so missy. That stun ray will keep your bionics from working for at least another hour." Douglas answered Bree.

When they got to the island Douglas went straight to the med unit to administer the antidote to Donald and Chase.

Bree and Leo went to see Adam who was about to go into surgery.

"Hey guys." Adam said. He was glad they had come by. He wanted some company while the meds kicked in.

"How are you holding up?" Bree asked Adam.

"Not bad. They let me have as much jello as I wanted. And after the surgery I get to eat as much ice-cream as I want." Adam said excitedly.

"Isn't that supposed to be when you get your tonsils out?" Leo asked.

Bree coughed and elbowed Leo hard in the ribs. "And when you have any other operation."

"Oh yeah. I must've forgot." Leo went along. "You do realize that there is not enough icecream in the entire world for that. Right?"

Adam began to yawn and his eyes were getting heavy. "I'm getting really sleepy." Adam said threw another yawn.

Then a nurse came in. "Ok, Adam. Time to go." The nurse said gently. Bree and Leo got the hint and left Adam.

They ran into Douglas on their way out. "How are Chase and Mr. Davenport?" Bree asked.

"I just got the antidote in them. They didn't have any bad reactions. Their fevers are still up and down though." Douglas answered. "We just have to wait."

Once again Bree and Leo were stuck waiting. "Oh my gosh did I mention I hate waiting." Bree said pacing the floor and biting her nails. The speed of her pace continued to get faster as the stun ray wore off.

"Only a thousand times." Leo moaned. Bree will you stop pacing. You're making me dizzy."

"I know. I'm sorry. I'm just nervous. Did I mention I hate waiting." Bree said, but never stopped pacing.

After almost two hours of waiting Leo and Bree were relieved to see Douglas finally come out of the med unit. He looked exhausted. Bree and Leo stared at him anxiously. "I got good news and more good news." He said with a smile.

"Well why don't you tell us the good news first." Leo said.

"Adam made it through surgery and is in recovery. Chase and Donald are finally stable and their fevers are finally lowering. They are now resting easy." Douglas said. He was glad to be giving good news after the past couple days they had had.

"Ok, let's go see them." Leo said and headed toward the med unit. Donald stopped him by grabbing his ear and twirling him back beside Bree.

"Ouch!" Leo hollered very dramatically. "What was that for? You said they were better."

"Yes. Better and resting. Rest is what they all need right now. It will be another couple hours before the wake up. Meanwhile I have you two a mission." Douglas said adding the last part as fast as he could.

"A mission? But shouldn't we be here with them?" Bree asked.

"There's nothing you can do around here right now but some more waiting. This mission is important. Donald's power booster from the inventor's convention is missing. I checked the security footage from the convention and it showed Slate swiping it. Donald is paranoid so I knew he would put a tracker chip in it somewhere just in case of an incident just like this one. So I ran the tracker and the power booster is here. In this dam." Douglas said pulling a map up on the screen they were looking at.

"Oh good you know where it is. What do you need us for?" Bree asked.

"The power booster is wired into the power grid on the dam. Connected just right it kind of turns into a boom box and could set off an explosion that would knock out the whole dam. The worst part is that it can be switched on remotely." Douglas said. This could not only destroy that whole town at the bridge, but also tarnish the Davenport name forever."

"How can it do that?" Bree asked.

Donald brought up a picture of the front of the power booster on his screen. "Here's a visual."

"Hey that's our symbol." Bree said.

"Yep. So if that power booster overloads and blows up everyone will think we are responsible." Douglas said and looked at his watch. "You have an hour before the power at the dam is switched on. You either have to get the power booster disconnected or get the people out of that town."

Leo and Bree had hoped going on the mission would help take their minds off their siblings and dad, but they were wrong. As they stood at a large steel door to a chamber where the power booster was located they thought of their siblings. Even after Leo used his bionic arm on the door it still wouldn't budge.

"If Adam were here he'd have that door out of the way in seconds." Bree said. "We got to get the people out of town.

"Just give me one more try." Leo said sweat rolling down his face. Finally the wheel on the door loosened and the door opened. "Got it." Leo said and the two rushed into the room.

When they got to the power booster and opened it they both just looked at it and cocked their heads slightly to the side. It was just a bunch of mixed up wires and lights. "We will never figure that out in time. We got to get the people out of town." Leo said starting to sound a little panicked.

"Wait. Douglas said he could talk us through disconnecting it." Bree said.

"If Chase were here he would have that power booster scanned and disconnected in no time." Leo said.

Over their comm. sets came Douglas's voice. "I get it guys. It would be better if Adam and Chase were there. It would be better if Donald were here also, but they aren't. They need us to be strong and do this so they don't wake up to world that hates them."

"Ok. We get it. What do we need to do?" Bree sighed.

"That's more like it. First take the blue wire and move it aside. Then there should be a black wire." Douglas told Bree.

Bree moved the blue wire and was about to grab the black wire.

"Don't touch it whatever you do. It's live and very unstable and will cause the whole thing to blow." Douglas said quickly.

Bree quickly jerked her hand away from and gasped for a second. "Donald next time say don't touch first."

"Sorry. Guess I'm nervous. Anyway. There should be a yellow wire beside the black one. Cut the yellow wire. Then cut the blue one." Douglas said with a slight squeak in his voice from being nervous.

Bree did as she was told. Right after the power to the dam switched on. Both Leo and Bree dived on top of one another bracing for an explosion. When none came the two slowly looked up. When they saw the lights in the box were off the looked at each other, grinned, and gave a high five. "We are totally awesome." Leo said.

"Way to go guys. Now let's get that box disconnected the rest of the way and get it and you two back here. Adam and Donald are awake." Donald said.

"That's wonderful." Bree said, but even though she was happy about Mr. Davenport and Adam, Douglas hadn't said anything about Chase. She was about to ask, but Leo beat her to it.

"What about Chase?" Leo asked.

"He's still stable and all his vitals seem good. He just isn't awake yet. He will probably be awak by the time you get back." Douglas said.

Douglas was right. By the time Bree and Leo returned to the island Chase had also woke up.

The virus was also completely gone from Chase except for a cold also. He wasn't sure if I was the cold or his chip, but he could barely hear. He also had to have his hands restrained to the bed because every time he moved his hands something would go flying across the med unit.

When Bree walked up to his bed he still looked so pale and tired. "Chase I'm glad you're getting better. We really missed you on our mission today." Bree said hoping hearing he was missed would cheer Chase up.

Chase just smiled, than asked the only thing that was on his mind. "How's Adam?"

Bree looked at Leo. "He's fine. He'll just be grounded for a little while."

Chase sank in his bed. "If I had just told y'all I wasn't feeling well none of this would have happened."

"Chase this is no time to blame yourself. It will have to wait until you are feeling better." Bree said. It was the only kind of support she had on that subject for now. She agreed with Chase. She looked across the med unit to Adam. If Chase wasn't sick she would smack him right now.

Adam now had pins coming out of his shin and ankle. He was glad he couldn't see it for the moment. He was sore everywhere. He had never been this injured. And with his chip all messed up too he felt like nothing.

"Hey Adam, Big A." Leo said trying to be as perky as he could, but looking at Adam in that bed for that long really made it hard. Adam never held still very long.

"Hey Leo. How did your mission go?" Adam asked trying not to seem down.

"Oh man, I wish you had been there. I about pulled my arm off trying to open a door that you could have easily crashed through." Leo answered him.

"That would have been totally awesome. Then you could have hung out with me all day." Adam pulled Leo to him mad noggied him. The movement caused a sharp pain to shoot through his ribs. He grabbed them. "Ouch!" Adam grunted.

Donald had recovered the fastest. Once his fever had broken he had woken up. There was no trace of the virus in system except for a cold it left him with. As soon as he was able he got his out of his pj's and into some clothes. He got an update on what was going on and teamed up with Douglas to figure out a way to repair Adam's and Chase's damaged chips.

The next few days were the toughest Leo, Bree, Donald, Tasha, or Douglas had ever been through. Chase was still restrained to the bed and getting more irritable. Adam was still practically blind so they took turns reading to him to keep him occupied enough he didn't go out of his mind. Donald and Douglas had spent hours on end to design a way to repair Chase's and Adam's chips so they could start getting back to normal. Hopefully!