Illness

15 minutes into the movie, Chase was out cold and Davenport walked in. "He asleep?" he asked and I nodded. "Help me take him downstairs, maybe sleeping in his capsule will help him get rid of the cold." Davenport said.

I nodded, "I'll carry him, you just open up the doors."

Davenport chuckled, "I can do much more than-" I raised an eyebrow at him. "Okay..." he said and I smirked as I picked Chase up and carried him over my shoulder as Davenport pressed buttons and opened up doors.

Once in the lab, I set Chase down in his capsule, closing the door so he could sleep in peace. Davenport pressed buttons on the control panel and all of Chase's needs were taken care of.

Bree put her hand on my shoulder. "Dani, thank you for all you're doing for my brother."

I smiled at her. "It's no big, really. He made an effort for me, I owe him that much."

She smiled at me. "I just don't want to see you hurt, Dani."

I shook my head. "I don't get hurt. I've learned not to from the start of this mess."

I walked away from her and sat down in a chair, rubbing my temples. Only a minute later, Chase was awake and coughing again. I groaned internally and got up, grabbing a box of tissues and tapping on his capsule. He opened the door and I held them out to him. "Still feeling like you got hit by a bus?" I asked.

He nodded, "But better than before." I nodded and handed him something from out of my pocket. "What's this?" he asked and I shook my head.

"Don't ask questions, just take it with some water and get some rest and you'll feel a whole lot better by the time you wake up," I said and he nodded, taking the thing and a glass of water.

"Dani, what did you just give him?" Davenport asked.

I shrugged. "Something I took from Imposter Luke's home. It was in the medicine cabinet. I analyzed it over and over again. Nothing in that pill will hurt him or his chip. He's completely safe."

Davenport nodded, "Alright, as long as you analyzed it." I looked over at Chase in his capsule and sighed. "Hang in there, cupcake, it's going to be a looong night," I whispered to myself and sat back down, keeping an eye on Chase.

I must have fell asleep somewhere around midnight because when I woke up it was four in the morning and Chase was thrashing around like crazy. I threw open his door and cupped his face. "Chase, you've got to listen to me. Don't fight it, okay, I need you to calm down and let the pill do it's job." He still thrashed.

"Dani, what did you do to him?!" Bree yelled.

I looked over at her, "It's not me, he's fighting the pill I gave him and he shouldn't be doing that! He could die if he does!" I exclaimed and Adam walked out of his capsule and stood beside me.

"So how do we get him to calm down?" he asked and I looked up at him.

"I need you to punch him, on his arms, his shoulder, but no where near his stomach or instines. That could damage him even more."

Adam nodded, "C'mon Chase, you can do this, let me do the fighting," Adam whispered to his brother as he threw the first punch. Chase slowly stopped fighting the pill as Adam kept punching him. Soon, Chase was as calm as the ocean on a sunny, non-windy day.

I smiled and threw my arms around Adam hugging him tightly. "You did it!" I exclaimed and I pulled away from him, high-fiving Bree next. She shook her head in disbelief, "I can't believe that actually worked." I laughed a little. "Well, it's a good thing it did then, because if it hadn't Chase could have died. Adam, you're a life saver!" I said and he smirked, "I sure am."

I rolled my eyes but smiled before fixing the settings on Chase's capsule from windy and 90 degrees to only about 65 desgrees. "He'll be fine in the morning, you guys just get some rest. And, please don't tell Mr. Davenport about this, he'll cut off my head and place it on a robot." They nodded before geting back in their capsules and going back to sleep. I sighed and went usptairs to my room, flopping down on the bed and passing out.

Someone shook me awake the next moring. I pushed them with what little strength in my arm I had, "Go away," I grumbled and the person chuckled.

"Morning to you too, sleepy head." It was Chase.

"All right, all right, I'm up." I said, sitting up and opening my eyes immediately making contact with his hazel ones.

"You know, you should try being a doctor someday," he joked and I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah, sorry about that, I thought you would have known to not fight it. Then again, your first instict is to fight."

He shook his head, "Don't worry about it, I'm all better now, thanks to you." he said and I smiled.

"Like I told Bree yesterday, it's no big, I owe you."

"Well now you don't. And get dressed so we can go to school."

"School!" I yelled, completely forgetting about that. I ran to my dresser and started throwing clothes all over the place. "Well," I said, looking at him, "Get out!" I exclaimed and he ran out, closing the door behind him. I changed into a floral patterned dress with a brown braided belt and brown boots. "All right, let's go." I said and walked into the living room, grabbing a granola bar and my bookbag.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Where do you think you're going?" Davenport asked and I shrugged.

"School," I said and started walking towards the doors.

He grabed my arm, "Dani, there's some things you need to know first." I nodded. "Rule number one, no bionics and, if in case of emergency, wipe any witness' memories of the incident immediately. Rule number two, keep your bionics under control. And lastly, remember thet you aren't related to these guys, because, you're not. You are officially Danielle Edwards, orphan, runaway and refugee that we took in. That is your identity. Otherwise, you can leave now."

I nodded, waiting for Chase. After about five minutes I said, "You guys go ahead, I'll wait for him." The others nodded and left and I took a seat. "Chase!" I yelled and he ran into the living room.

"Sorry! Let's go," he said and we left, driving behind the others.

We made it to school on time, walking in through the door minutes before the bell rang. "We should probably go see Principal Perry for your schedule," Bree said and I nodded, walking with her to the Principal's office.

"Oh, you're the new student," Perry said, grimacing. I nodded and scowled at her.

"What's it to ya?" I asked and Perry laughed.

"Absolutely nothing except now there's one more person I get to completely humiliate." I rolled my eyes at her but ripped my schedule right out of her hands.

Bree and I left, heading to Chemistry first which we had with Chase. I smiled at him and sat with Bree at the back table, getting to work on our projects. Chase kept turing around, making his partner really mad. I giggled before returning to the project. Bree rolled her eyes and I laughed. "Oh come on, I know you love watching other people get mad at him," I said and she smiled a little.

I laughed and mixed chemicals together. It started smoking immediately. "Quick, everybody run!" I yelled and people started running out the door. The smoke hit my hand and poisonous blisters popped up on my skin. I screamed and clutched my hand, collapsing to the ground.

"Dani!" I heard Chase yell.

I yelled at him, "Chase! It's poison, don't come back for me!" I started crawling for the door as the poisonous gas grew.

I heard footsteps and somebody covered me, making a force-field. I looked up and saw Chase. "I told you not to come in here!" I exclaimed and he gave me a soft glare.

"I knew you wouldn't use your bionics so I had to," he said and I rolled my eyes.

"You just put us in danger," I whispered and he shrugged.

"Whatever, Mr. Davenport can get mad at me later. Right now we need to get you out of here." He picked me up and lowered his force field, carrying me out the door. Everybody clapped and somebody shut the door before the smoke could get out.

I hit Chase's shoulder and he let me down. Bree hugged me and I hugged hear back with one arm. "Dani, your hand..." Chase said and took the one hand that the smoke hit. I gasped and tears sprung to my eyes, threatening to spill over.

I let out a small squeal and collapsed into his arms. "Dani, we need to get you to the hospital," he said and I nodded as Bree whipped out her phone, calling an ambulance. Chase wrapped my hand up in an ace bandage for the meantime until the paramedics arrived.

The Chemistry teacher was talking to the paramedics. "-somebody must have switched the test tubes, the liquids that the other students were using were nothing like that and didn't have that reaction to it." I heard her say as I was placed on a stretcher.

"I'll go with her," I heard Chase say to Bree as my breathing started slowing down.

"Hurry, she's not breathing as well as she should be!" One of the paramedics said and soon a gas mask was on my face, giving me oxygen. I tried to keep my eyes open as Chase climbed in and sat beside me, the door shutting behind him.

"You're going to be okay, Dani," Chase promised me and I nodded as he took my good hand.

I was being rushed into a room quickly. All I saw was the white walls rushing past me and Chase running beside me. The next thing I knew was that I was in a room and Chase was on the outside in the hallway.

I groaned the next time I woke up and found that I was covered with wires. "Adam... Bree... Chase..." I whispered and looked around weakly.

"-the poison spread to her quickly, faster than I've ever seen." The doctor was saying.

"Will she be all right?" I heard Mr. Davenport.

I saw the doctor nod, "Yes, she'll be fine, you're just lucky she lived." The doctor left and Davenport walked over and sat beside me.

"What were you thinking, Dani?!" he asked to himself, obviously still thinking I was asleep.

He rubbed his forehead and the doors slid open.

"How is she?" I heard Adam ask and I snapped my eyes shut.

"She's better than before. She's going to be okay." I heard someone let out a sigh of relief and someone else walk in.

"So she's going to be all right?" I heard Leo ask and I guessed that someone nodded. Tasha sighed. Someone else ran in and I guessed it was Chase.

He knelt beside me and held my good hand. "Oh Dani..." he whispered and I forced myself to keep my eyes closed.

"Don't wake her, she needs her rest." Davenport said and I shuddered, groaning before opening my eyes.

"Would you all quiet down?" I grumbled and Chase smiled at me.

"You're awake!" he exclaimed.

I nodded, "That's what open eyes and talking is."

Everybody laughed. "You are quite the jokester, Dani," Tasha said and I smiled.

"And we can talk about why you were mumbling Chase's name in your sleep later," Bree said, looking at me.

"I-I... I did what?" I asked with a shocked expression as Chase sent her a pointed glare.

"We'll let you two talk," Tasha said, making everyone leave the room except Chase. I sat up and looked at him as he sat on the edge of my bed. "Did you hear it too?" I asked and Chase nodded, turning to me.

"Yeah, I didn't want Bree to tell you though. I mean, she heard it the first time and yelled for me to come in, thinking you were awake and wanting to talk to me but your eyes were closed and you just kept mumbling my name so softly. I thought it was...cute that you kept mumbling my name. And only my name."

I blushed and he smirked at me. "So why do you keep mumbling my name?" he asked and I shrugged sheepishly.

"I-I don't know. It's weird to me... foreign, even. I've never talked in my sleep, much less mumble." He nodded and I moved so I was sitting next to him. "Chase..." I said after a minute and he looked at me. "How long was I out?"

He shrugged, "A day, they had to keep you over night." I nodded. I rested my head on his shoulder. "You know, I was really worried about you Dani. You scared me pretty badly."

I smiled weakly. "I'm sorry. I didn't know that the chemicals were poisonous. The directions said to mix the blue one with the yellow one to make a green one, but when I did, it turned black and started smoking. I'm sorry," I whispered and he wrapped his arm around my waist. "That's all right, it was an accident."

I nodded in silence and hugged him tightly. "Thank you, Chase." I said.

He looked at me. "For what?"

"For saving me. Without you, I'd be dead right now." I mumbled.

He smiled weakly at me. "Now, that's not true. I would never let you die."

"Promise?" I asked.

He nodded, "Promise."

I woke up again, leaning against the pillow, Chase sitting in the chair next to me.

"So she can go home?" I heard Davenport ask and then doctor answered, "Yes, she can go home, just don't wake her up unless absolutely necessary." I shut my eyes the second after he said that. I heard footsteps and some shuffling feet.

"No need, I've got her." Chase said and picked me up. I curled up into him, my head against his chest and I listened to his heartbeat.

We got into a car and I was still in Chase's arms throughout the entire ride and the walk into the house and even as we were in the house, he still didn't let me down. "Chase, maybe you should let Dani sleep and set her down on the couch or in her room...?" Mr. Davenport suggested.

Chase immediately exclaimed, "No!" and then cleared his throat before saying, "I mean... I think she'd be safer sleeping in the lab right now," and then carried me over to the elevator, taking it down to the lab.

I shifted a little and put my hand on his chest, opening my eyes. "You awake?" he asked and I nodded.

"I've been awake since before we left the hospital, I just didn't want to ruin the moment for you," I said and he nodded.

"Well, thank you for that," he said and sat in a chair, placing me in his lap. "You are welcome," I said, sliding my hand to his shoulder and wrapping the other one around his neck to clasp with the one on his shoulder. He wrapped his arm around my waist, keeping me on his lap.

I rested my head on his chest. "I just really don't feel like doing anything today," I said and he nodded.

"I know what you mean. It's boring and you have to rest for the rest of the week before you can go to school again."

I looked into his eyes. "Chase... what happened to me?"

He looked down before looking back at me. "Well, the doctor said that the poisonous gas not only made poisonous blisters appear on your skin but because you inhaled it more than everybody else, the poison spread to the rest of your body as well so they had to clean it out of you and they surgically removed the blisters."

My eyes went wide and I just sat there. "O- okay..." I mumbled and rested my head on his shoulder.

"Dani, they say you're going to be fine, physically, I mean. But are you, really?" he asked and I shrugged looking at him again.

"I don't know Chase, I've got you and the others so I think that's a pretty good reason to keep going strong." He smiled at me and I smiled back at him.

"Here, do you want to sit more comfortably? Because I can-"

"No, this is fine. I like this, just you and me. No poisonous gas or some crazy evil brother or even Leo to mess something up and get in our way." I said, smiling a little bit to myself.

"Are you saying that you like me, Danielle?" he asked mockingly and I returned the mock and fake gasped.

"What?! Who said that?! Who would ever like you?! " Eddy asked and my eyes widened.

"We should have really shut him down," I said and Chase shrugged.

"It's not like he's been showing this on every screen in the house," he said.

Eddy interjected. "Actually, I have," and then laughed maniacally.

I rolled my eyes. "Turn it off, Eddy!" I yelled and the screen went blank. I sighed in relief. "Glad that's over. I hope nobody saw it..." I said and Chase nodded.

-upstairs in the living room-

Everyone besides Chase and Dani were in the living room, watching TV together when the Chase and Dani show came on. They watched with wide eyes and dropped jaws until the TV screen went black.

"What did we just watch?" Bree asked, looking at Mr. Davenport.

"Well, it looks like we just watched a 'private' conversation between Dani and Chase." he explained and Tasha raised an eyebrow at her husband.

"Should we really be letting them spend that much time together?" she asked and Davenport shrugged.

"Who knows, we're not really sure what's going on with them yet. It could be serious or it isn't, we aren't sure from just one conversation." Davenport said and everyone nodded except Leo who was still in shock.

"Oh my gosh, Chase actually found a girlfriend!" Adam exclaimed and Bree argued.

"That's ridicu- oh my gosh you're right!" Bree exclaimed, excited yet horrified at the same time, "I have to go ask her!"

"I don't think so. Judging by their actions at the end of that, they were completely caught off guard that Eddy was listening in on that and showing us all. You can't let them know that you were watching or even heard the conversation. That would just make them vulnerable and insecure and we don't want that." Davenport said and Leo nodded.

"He's right guys. Something is finally going good for the both of them. We can't take away their happiness." Leo said.

Adam raised an eyebrow. "Who put you in charge?"

"No one but I-" Leo said and Adam cut him off saying, "Oh, okay then," and pushed Leo back on to the couch before walking past him and getting a glass and filling it with chocolate milk.

-in the lab-
(Dani's POV)

I stood in Chase's capsule with him and spun around, looking up. "Oh my gosh, this is amazing technology!" I said and he nodded.

"Yeah, it recharges our bionics and stuff when we sleep so it's pretty awesome. And you could sleep in one too but I guess you've never really done that before..."

"Well, that's not entirely true. When I was little I had to sleep in a capsule at least once every week but Douglass put in this new upgrade when I was like 6 and ever since then I've never had to sleep in a capsule. It was called "re-generator" I think. I don't remember well enough. I'm sure if Mr. Davenport could look at my chip for a while and find the update then maybe he could give you guys the update too so your capsules aren't needed as much." Chase nodded. "I'm sure he could-"

"Dani, get out of there!" Mr. Davenport yelled angrily and I jumped out.

"Why couldn't I be in Chase's capsule?" I asked innocently, not knowing what was going on.

"I don't want you two talking to each other or being within 6 inches of each other." Mr. Davenport said. "And to ensure that you stick to that rule, Eddy will watch over you 24/7. Except when you're out of the house, of course." Mr. Davenport said before stomping away.