He was silent for a good bit after that; everyone was. The others were curious about the question, and what would be his answer. Davenport had the answer, he just didn't know if he should say it. Finally, he spoke. "I have no idea what-", he started, only to be cut off by Chase.
"Don't act dumb. We know he's out. We saw him."
Davenport was caught off guard a bit by this. "Saw him? You saw him? How'd you see him? Where-", the billionaire started, only to be cut off by the brainiac once more.
"He was the one who attacked your factory. He was with three other people, we don't know who, and we never saw their faces. But that's beside the point. Did you know that Sebastian escaped?"
The inventor inhaled, and released a deep sigh. Before he could answer though, he was cut off by Bree.
"Chase, why do you think Mr. Davenport knows anything? He could be a clueless to all of this as the rest of us."
The teenager was about to respond, but was beaten by his father. "But I'm not," he said. Again, silence entered the room, and made its presence known. Everyone turned to look at the inventor, a few with slightly dropped jaws, and stared at him intently, wanting him to continue. Sighing, he began.
"About two weeks ago, I got a phone call from the warden of the prison we put the rogues in. He sounded frantic, and was speaking too fast for me to understand him. It took me a bit, but once I calmed him down enough, he told me what happened. It-", he started but stopped, instead turning around to type something into the console. "You know what, it'll be better if I show you. I was able to get the security footage of what happened." Typing a few more codes in, he pressed enter and the main screen split into four screens. While the first three showed footage, the last one was blank, having nothing for them to see.
The footage started rolling on all of them. The first camera showed footage of Lexi's room, the second of Tank's, and the last of Sebastian's. The time shown was different on all of the screens, so it was just showing footage of their escapes. They all started off with the three doing nothing, the first two sleeping, while Sebastian just bounced a ball on the door. Then, something woke the former two up and attracted Sebastian's attention. All three of them went closer to the lone door in the room. There was no sound, but it looked like were listening to something. Then, on Lexi's screen, the girl barely had time to move away before the door flew backwards and hitting the opposing wall, having been hit by a blast wave. At the same time, Tank's screen showed that someone simply turned the steel door to glass and then shattered it. And on Sebastian's screen, the door was punched repeatedly until it fell over. Nothing happened for a few seconds, then at the same time, a girl in all black came into each cell.
"S-1", Leo said, but it was more like a whisper. All the color drained from his face, and he had to grab a chair to stop form falling over. The footage continued to run, showing that they all talked for a bit, before leaving their cells. Then it stopped.
Everyone was shocked to say the least. Adam's jaw was clenched so hard that it looks like he was damage his teeth. Bree looked a bit angry, but was holding onto her older brother for balance. Leo looked like he was going to faint from the fact that the girl who crippled him and tried to kill him multiple times was still alive. Chase wasn't as shocked as the others as having an idea about what he was going to see, but was still surprised. Only Douglas and Davenport didn't look shocked.
"I thought the same thing too. At first I was afraid of what was going to happen. I figured they would come to the island and try to attack the students, so I started using all of those extreme training exercises to try and prepare the students and you. But know, it seems that they have a bigger plan than I suspected."
"Do you think Krane is behind this?" Bree asked, almost inaudibly.
"I'm not sure. It's possible, but Krane could be dead too. There's no way to know for sure."
Getting over his mild shock, Chase stepped toward his dad, fists clenched in anger. "How could you not tell us that Krane was out? We could've helped."
Sighing, the scientist rubbed his hands through his hair. "It would've been too stressful. You guys would have jumped in unprepared. Only person I told was Douglas."
The Rats looked a little offended at this confession, but none more so than Chase. "Douglas? You trusted Douglas over us?" Though he asked it as a question, it sounded more like a statement.
"This isn't about trust. Douglas has worked with Krane before. I thought that maybe he would have some clue as to what he was planning. Even so, I only told him last night."
"That doesn't erase that fact that you wouldn't tell us something as important as this." Chase was starting to get a little close to his adopted father, not unnoticed by the surrounding family. Deciding to take action, Leo stepped forward, trying to calm his brother down.
"Chase, man, maybe you should go easy on him. I mean, after all, he-", the partly bionic boy began, only to be cut off by Chase, who turned his fury at him.
"Can it, Leo. If you hadn't dropped that prosthetic, we might have found out where they were going or what they're planning." Looking a bit hurt, Leo took a step back. '
"Look, Chase it wasn't on purpose. It just slipped."
"Yeah, well that slip took out our one chance to find out what they were doing there."
Deciding to take charge, Bree stepped in front of the mission leader. "Woah, Chase, calm down okay. It was an accident, okay. We'll find where they went, don't worry."
"You have no right to say anything either Bree. If you hadn't let go of Sebastian, he wouldn't have gotten away. This is as much your fault as it is Leo's if not more." Bree stood still, shocked that he would say that to her.
Adam now got involved, annoyed of what Chase said to his younger siblings. "Chase, chill out okay. It was an accident. They made a few mistakes. They were just accidents."
Turning to look at his oldest brother, Chase now set his sights on Adam. "Stay out of this Adam. It isn't your problem."
That comment made Adam's annoyance turn into anger. "When you turn your sights on family, it becomes my problem."
"No it doesn't." To prove his point, he pushed Adam back rather forcefully. The push took the oldest boy by surprise, causing him to stumble back slightly. But, it only made him angrier. Going back to his brother, Leo and Bree had to get between them so they wouldn't get in a fight.
"ENOUGH!" Davenport bellowed, also fed up with his kids' anger. The Rats all stopped for a second. But then, snapping out of it, Chase started to walk towards the open hydroloop. "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to do what we should have been doing all along. I'm going to go find the rogues." Inside the hydroloop, the doors were starting to close. While it looked like Mr. Davenport wanted to object, he was too late as the doors clanged shut and the transport shot away.
Sighing, the scientist leaned against the console. Giving his brother a look, the younger genius nodded, before heading off, possibly to look for the brainac.
The other three Rats stayed for a minute, before Leo turned to head towards the training area. Davenport noticing it, tried to stop him. "Where are you heading?"
Not even turning around, the boy said, "I got to go blow off some steam." And the doors closed. They were silent for a minute. Finally, Adam breathed out a breath that he didn't know he was holding, and sat down. Following her brother's lead, Bree sat down across from him, exhausted from the argument that just took place. Sighing, Davenport turned around to look back at the monitor, trying to find any lead on what the rogues were after or where they were.
Unbeknownst to all of them, a little robot crawled off Bree's suit and hopped to the floor. It looked somewhat like a metallic tick, with bulbous, acid green eyes. Looking around, it turned left and headed to the corridor by the hydroloop.
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The room was dark; almost pitch black except the sliver of light coming through the barely opened door, and the light of the computer screen. On the screen it showed the Robo-Tick's (1) view of the academy. The man watching the screen was more than pleased.
A knock was heard from the door, followed by someone walking in. After opened, it was revealed to be Sebastian. "I am safe to assume that everything went off without a hitch?" Though he asked it, he knew the answer.
"Yes sir. They prosthetics are in room 12 and the robot was attached to Bree. Everything went down perfectly", the boy answered somewhat nervously.
Emitting a low chuckle, the man responded. "Good, good. Go check with S-1, and make sure that the preparations are made for phase two."
"Yes father," Sebastian responded, only to realize his mistake. "I mean, yes, Mr. Krane, sir." Chuckling nervously, he left the room, closing the door completely on his way out.
Krane just chuckled. What a naïve boy. Only a matter of time till he outlives his usefulness. Turning back to the screen, Krane only smirks. "Everything is going according to plan."
Okay, I hoped everyone liked this double feature. Sorry if there were any typos or anything; as I said my laptop is broken, so I had to use my parent's old computer, with a clunky keyboard and it sometimes rearranges words. But, now the story truly begins. I am getting my laptop back next week, so I am hoping to post a new chapter by the end of the month.
Also, should I put Giselle in my story? It wouldn't change too much, but a few things would be different if she is introduced. I have a poll on my page, so choose if you will. Anyway, later people.
1. Pronounced Robotic.