"Oh Chaaaase!" Bree announced in a sing-song voice, sauntering into the room with Adam and Leo in tow.
"What?" Chase asked cautiously, looking up from the mathematical formulas that he was figuring.
"We're sick of you being a jerk since this morning," Bree said with a scowl. There were other things that she could think of as well, of course, but Bree was loathe to share them - she was already mortified enough without the others knowing her sickening initial reaction.
"Or how you treat us as if we're little kids," Leo added, thinking of how Chase had taken to patronizing him considerably more.
"Or how you won't let me throw you," Adam pouted. The other three only rolled their eyes at that statement.
"Oh, so you want to start a laundry list of complaints?" Chase challenged. "I could list off dozens of things."
"You could also list off an infinite number of digits of pi, so don't start," Bree snapped.
"That, and I could list off e, and the square root of any number, and –" Chase began proudly.
"We get it!" Bree barked, crossing her arms.
"You're just jealous," Chase sneered.
"Alright, Adam, do it!" Bree commanded.
"Do wha-" Chase tried to ask, but he cut himself off as a beam of green light shot out of the device Adam had whipped out from behind his back. The beam hit Chase square on, and the three teenagers watched in fascination as Chase aged before their eyes.
"Stop, Adam," Bree ordered, and Adam let go of the button. In front of them stood Chase, who was wizened and hunched over, leaning heavily on the cyber desk. His skin was leathery and lose, his hair steel gray.
"What did you do to me?" Chase croaked in a hoarse voice, looking in horror at his wrinkly hands.
"Ha! He's one of those cute little old ladies!" Adam burst out, doubling over with laughter.
Chase glared at him, wheezing "Adam!" Turning to Bree and Leo, he demanded "Turn me back! Now!"
"Uh uh, no can do," Bree said, taking pleasure in being on this end of the tormenting.
"You can't expect to keep me like this!" Chase exclaimed.
"Yes we can, until you learn your lesson," Bree said with a smirk.
Chase looked at her for a moment before closing his eyes, inwardly groaning. This scene seemed all too familiar. Maybe he had taken it too far before.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you guys this mad," Chase apologized.
"'Sorry' ain't gonna cut it," Leo said. "We're going to have some fun first."
"Come on guys!" Chase pleaded. But as he saw his siblings' facial expressions, he realized that they had every intention of making him miserable for a while.
But then an idea came to him, and with his best acting, he pretended that he was having a heart attack. Crying out as if in pain, he clutched his chest and let himself drop to the floor (which hurt much more than he had expected), writhing.
"Chase!" his brothers and sister cried out.
Bree rushed to Chase's side, asking "What's wrong?!"
"Heart attack," Chase fake-gasped.
Bree's eyes widened and she looked back to Adam and Leo, who could only stand there, dumbfounded. "Adam, turn him back!" Bree commanded in panic.
Bree's words shocked Adam into action, and he fumbled with the machine, pressing the left button. Bree only just barely dodged the beam, and the room was lit with green as Chase began growing younger.
"Adam! Stop!" Leo shouted as he realized that Adam was going back too far, and he tried to rip the invention from the oldest bionic's hands. But the machinery slipped from his grasp and crashed to the ground, the beam of light ending abruptly with the scattering of various pieces. The bionics slowly looked from the broken invention to Chase, who woozily sat up.
"Uh oh," Leo said, looking between Adam and Bree for help. But the older bionics were as stunned as Leo was, and could only stare at Chase in shock. Leo groaned. "We're in trouble."
AN: This is where it gets good! I promise, there will be a lot more humor and awkwardness coming your way. To be honest, the beginning of this scene was really hard for me to write; it took me seven tries before it finally became publishable. But I think it turned out okay... I hope...
Anyways, ShyMusic and daphrose were pretty much dead on, so kudos to you two! And who doesn't love petty and often hilarious revenge? xD Thank you to everyone for the kind reviews, the follows, and the favorites this story has received! As I've said before, I can't wipe off the massive grin that encompasses my face whenever I come on here!
So, yeah. Get ready for Chapter 6!