Hello everyone! I'm back again! So, some of you were disappointed that Chase is good again, some of you were happy. I'm sorry, but that's the way I planned it from the beginning. Ultimately I think it's too out of character for Chase to stay evil. Besides, if I had just left him evil then the story would have gone absolutely nowhere and I wouldn't have wrote it at all.

So, this chapter has some what you might consider "Brase" in it. To be clear, I do NOT ship Bree and Chase romantically. However, I do enjoy the brother-sister relationship they share. That's what I tried to emphasize in this chapter. And there are more twists! Yay!

Chapter 12, everyone! I don't own Lab Rats.

* * * Bree's POV * * *

After over an hour of trying to get to sleep, I finally gave up. It was too hard. The empty capsule next to mine caused too much pain for me to fall asleep. Maybe a glass of milk would help. I exited my capsule slowly, being careful not to wake my sleeping older brother. Quietly I headed upstairs.

This was the second night in a row without my younger brother. I couldn't stand it. Would he ever come back? Would I even want him to come back? He had betrayed us by his own will. Could I forgive him for that? I didn't know the answer.

I grabbed a glass out of the cabinet and poured myself some milk. The house was dark and everything was quiet. I glanced at the clock. 11:14. Mr. Davenport had sent us to bed nearly an hour and a half ago. Even though it was still kinda early for bedtime, we had gone. It had been a pretty stressful day for all of us.

As I was about to head back down to the lab, I heard a noise that made me stop. I shrugged it off at first, thinking that maybe it was Leo snoring. But this didn't sound much like snoring. It sounded like someone was crying.

I froze and listened hard. Yup, that was definitely crying. No, check that. Crying is too weak of a word. Someone was downright sobbing. And it sounded like it was coming from outside the door.

I walked across the living room slowly. Opening the front door, I looked around. When I glanced at the ground to the left of the door, my mouth fell open in shock. Chase.

He was sitting on the ground, his knees curled up to his chest. He looked up at me with tears streaming down his cheeks. For a second I just stood there and gaped at him.

Then I was on my knees beside him, my arms wrapped around his shoulders. He buried his face in my hair. "I'm sorry!" he whispered hoarsely into my ear. "I am so, so sorry!"

"Oh Chase!" I was starting to sob now too. "You're back! You're really back!" We pulled apart, wiping our eyes simultaneously.

"I don't know what I was thinking, Bree," Chase said quickly. "I wasn't thinking. I'm sorry for everything. I was mad because you called me flash glue, and I wanted to prove that I could be just as good as you and Adam. But that doesn't mean it was okay for me to hurt you. I can't believe I did that and I am so sorry!"

"Chase, it's okay!" I assured him. "I'm sorry for never giving you the recognition you deserve. I guess I was just a little . . . jealous."

"Jealous?" Chase asked incredulously.

"Yeah. You've always been so brave and the leader. You're the smart one. You're supposed to be my younger brother, but I forget that. You're so strong and independent. I feel like I should look out for you, but it always ends up working the other way around. I'm sorry if I ever made you feel less important. You are just as important as 'hustle and muscle,' if not even more so."

"Hey, don't say that. We're all important. It's the reason we're a team. We each have our own role. I'm sorry that I broke up the team."

I wiped my eyes again. "There are a lot of 'I'm sorry's' going around."

Chase looked down at his hands uncomfortably. "I don't except you to forgive me," he said dejectedly.

I frowned and placed my hands on my hips in mock anger. "And why wouldn't I?" I said harshly.

Chase reached up and pulled his finger gently across my cheek. I winced. "Because I did that to you," he said.

"That doesn't mean I can't forgive you," I said, making a mental note to wash my cheek with cold water again. "Chase, you're my little brother. I can't stay mad at you! I forgive you. It was dumb of you to join Douglas, even for some new abilities. But I forgive you."

Chase smiled. "Thanks. And I forgive you too." I stood up and offered a hand to him, which he gratefully accepted.

"Now, let's get you back inside," I said, pulling him towards the door. But to my surprise, he began to pull back.

"I can't go in there," he whispered. "I betrayed you all."

"I forgave you," I reminded him.

"But the others might not," Chase insisted. Somehow I doubted that, but I could see that I wasn't going to convince him. Maybe he could just stay out here, if that's what he really wanted.

Then I realized how pale my brother looked. It was dark outside, but even I could see that Chase's skin was a dangerous shade of white. As I gripped his wrist in my hand, I was shocked at how weak his pulse felt. His breathing was coming in short, ragged gasps, like it was hard for him. I remembered what Mr. Davenport had said earlier about the physical damage caused by using two abilities at once. Or maybe Douglas had done something to him. Either way, I knew I had to at least get Chase to his capsule.

"Look, everyone's asleep right now," I said. "Let's just get you inside and into your capsule. You look exhausted. Then we can wake up early and figure out how to explain it."

Chase nodded weakly and followed me inside. We got down to the lab without waking anybody up. As I was about to fall asleep, I glanced over one more time at my younger brother. I couldn't help but notice how he was leaning on his capsule a little. He never did that. Silently I prayed that my brother would be alright.

Wuh oh. Looks like Chase isn't as good as we thought! Will he be alright? Do you guys have any guesses as to what's wrong with him? I'd love to hear what you think! Review and tell me your guesses. There are no wrong answers! Actually, there are, because I do have a reason. But tell me anyway! See you all tomorrow!