Chapter 3: Commando App
A/N I'd like to thank you all for the review and follows, this is the 3rd chapter and I'm really excited to do this episode.
We were all gathered downstairs in the lab before school, I was sitting in a chair across the desk from Mr. D as he was telling Adam, Bree, and Chase about high school "You have been trained for all kinds of missions. But you are about to enter a soul-bruising, confidence-crushing, apocalyptic environment: High School"
"Ain't that the truth" I muttered before Mr. D continued on.
"Adam, Bree, your glitch test results are fairly stable."
"Yes, I'm going to school!" Bree jumped excitedly
"I'm fairly stable" Adam said happy while fist pumping the air.
"But, Chase I'm still concerned about your commando app"
"'Commando App' put on some underpants we're going to school" Leo said with a look of disgust.
I shook my head "that's not what it means" I assured him but, with the Davenports you never know "that's not what it means right?" I asked Mr. D.
"No, see" Mr. D walked over behind Adam "in the face of an imminent threat Chase's Commando App kicks in and he becomes a fearless brute, I like to call Spike. It's kind of like a fight-or-flight thing, except I took out the flight part because… useless. And I replace it with testosterone level of like a Tasmanian Devil-Wolverine-Shark-Lion hybrid… that's mad"
Chase turned to Mr. D "Don't worry Mr. Davenport, I promise that Spike won't rear his ugly head."
"Oh yeah, you mean like lat Christmas, when I made the mistake of getting Adam boxing gloves"
They all paused thoughtfully before Adam shook his head "Ugh. I'm still coughing up tinsel" Adam blew out a deep breath. I don't think I want to know that story.
"You know, letting Chase go to school, isn't such a good idea. I can't risk Spike coming out" Mr. D walked over to his computer and we all followed him.
"Noooo, Mr. D Chase has to come" I whined at him, just a little though.
"Oh, come on, Big D. Cassie's right, Chase has to come with these guys I'll finally get a prime spot in the cafeteria" Leo continued "That's right ya'll put on your coats cause I'm about to ride your tail!" Leo told them while pretending to ride a horse. Okay, um, I don't know him,
"Don't worry we'll make sure he stays out of trouble, right guys?" Adam looked to all of us for confirmation.
"Yeah, it's one for all and all for one. Unless, of course, you guys make me look bad, in which case I'm dropping you lame-os" Bree told Adam and Chase or at least she better not have been talking about me.
Chase stood in front of Mr. D "Mr. Davenport, I can't miss school. This is the beginning of my academic achievements and career trajectory. I mean, the road to astronaut lawyer has to start somewhere." Astronaut lawyer? Really? Your choice.
"Come on, Mr. D, pleeeeease" I asked one more time
Mr. D nodded finally caving in "okay, fine, but I better not get a call from the art teacher saying that Spike ripped out her Larynx"
"Technically, she wouldn't be able to talk" I informed Mr. D
He waved me off "You know what I mean; the point is just keep him out of trouble."
We all nodded in agreement, as Adam came out wearing boxing gloves "Hey, look what I found" Adam threw some punches and ended up hitting Chase in the stomach and knocking him to the floor.
"Ooh" I winced as Adam yelped and hid behind Bree.
Mr. D gave him a pointed look "I'm sorry but, if he's that close to the gloves it's going to happen" Adam apologized from behind Bree.
Later that day we were entering the cafeteria for breakfast, when we walked in we spotted Principal Perry. "Okay, guys that's Principal Perry" I unconsciously shivered "She has the temperament of a junkyard dog stuffed inside a really bad pantsuit"
We watch as she yelled at some kid "Hey, you! No tongue rings in school! Don't try and hide it! I will take a metal detector to your face!" She shouted as she ran over to them.
A few guys were walking right in front of us, Bree gasped "this is it, chance for romance. In the movies the new girl drops her books and the guy with the soulful eyes picks them up." She watched them for a second then dropped her books which resulted in a teacher walking by and slipping causing papers to fall everywhere. I winced as he stood up "Oops, I'm new" Bree smiled; the teacher threw his hands into the air and walked away.
"Nice Bree, so tell me again how did you think that plan would go" I smiled sarcastically.
"Okay" Leo said explaining the cafeteria situation "your social life is determined by where you sit. We can't sit at the cool table" He waved his hand to the table where all the cheerleaders were sitting, which Adam is going to sit at because, well, he's Adam "but, we can be cool table adjacent" He smiled
"FYI, Adam just sat down at the cool table" and how did I know that was going too happened.
"What?!" Leo shouted as we looked over to see the cheerleaders laughing at Adam who had oranges over his eyes "He can't sit there! That's where the football players sit with the Cheerleaders, and they pride themselves on finding clever places to stuff your pudding cup"
"It's cool, Leo I'm sure Adam will be fine" I assured him "I'll demonstrate a new technique, using Trent as the model"
Chase pointed over at the table "Those girls are actually talking to him and they can't talk about shapes and colors forever. See ya" Chase walked over to the table.
I clenched my jaw "I'll go get them" I walked over to the table with Leo and Bree following behind me.
Adam smiled and looked over at us "Hey, guys, these girls just told me when the football players get here, I'm getting a free pudding cup" One of the cheerleaders next to Adam laughed, I glared at her, no one is getting a pudding cup except for Trent, she shrunk back in her sink and cleared her throat.
Leo smiled and waved at the girl near Chase "Hi!" he turned to Chase "walk away" then he repeated "how's it going?" then mumbled to Chase "You're in grave danger"
Just then the Football team came in chanting which stopped when he saw Leo, he stood behind him and sniffed him, ew. "Sorry" Leo apologized as he backed away.
He turned to me and smirked "Hey babe"
I looked up at him and narrowed my eyes "Do not start that again"
"Oh, come one, I just wanted to talk to my girlfriend" he said winking at me.
"I am not your girlfriend" I warned taking a step back. Let's get one thing start I never was nor will I ever be his girlfriend, he just goes around telling people that so he has an accuse to why he's scared of me.
He put his arm around me and pulled me close, I tried to pull away but, he wouldn't let go "I love it when you play hard to get"
Chase stood up "Why don't you just leave her alone"
Trent turned and looked at him" Yeah, or what" Chase paused "Exactly now get lost before I use you like a napkin"
Bree tugged at his arm "Come on, Chase we should probably go" She turned to Trent "Sorry he's not very absorbent" Really, Bree? Bad choice of words.
He took his arm from around me which I took as an opportunity to back away. He picked up a cup and spilled it across the table "Oh, look a spill!" He grabbed Chase by his shirt "I think I'm going to wipe it up with your face"
Chase's features darkened as he got angrier and angrier, he flipped Trent around and slammed his face on the table "think again bubble neck" Chase threatened in a deep voice "I'm going to rip out your knee caps and use them as Hockey pucks"
Adam stumbled over to us "Okay, I don't mean to alarm anyone but, I think Spikes back"
Chase- um or Spike through Trent over to the Team who caught him, Trent stood up right "You have no idea who you're messing with, Okay?" he held out his hands "Pudding cups!" Two boys wearing huge glasses came over and put a pudding cup in each of his hands.
"Ohh, I'll take those" Spike took the pudding cups against Trents protest and squirted it all over the football team.
Trent stood with an angry and shocked expression as he wiped the pudding off his face "you're dead!" Spike growled in their faces and they all stumbled backwards "You, okay, okay, you are lucky we have to go to the reading center, right now"
And with that the whole team ran out of the cafeteria and everyone started clapping. Spike walked up to me with a smirk of his own "Hell-o sugar pop, Chase was right you are gorgeous" I blushed a little, not because Spike was hitting on me but, because he said Chase thought I was gorgeous. Even though I thought Spike was pretty cool, I definitely like Chase better. He turned to the other three and motioned for all of us to sit at the table "Take a seat compadres, this is our table now" He pulled out a chair and sat down propping his feet up on the table. We all hesitantly took a seat.
Leo walked over trying to be cool "Hello ladies, you may remember me from health class, when I passed out during the Miracle of Birth video. It's good to see you again"
A little later on we were walking down the hallways were everyone was parting for us to come through. Leo was walking ahead of us giving everyone fist bumps "All right. Make room for the alpha dogs" He started barking a swing him arms.
Adam stepped forward and stopped him "Don't do that"
"Wait a second if we're the Alpha dogs then…" she trailed off dropping her books. Two boys ran over and picked up her books and handed them to her. One of them turned and winked at me, I turned to see Spike lowly growling at him as he threw an arm around my shoulders. I looked at his arm then at him and narrowed my eyes. He didn't get the hint and just left it there.
Someone came over and handed him an all access hallway pass, unfortunately he used the hand that wasn't around me to take it "What's this" He asked
Leo looked at it in disbelief "that's an all access hall pass, you can go anywhere you want with that"
"I can go anywhere I want already" he dropped his arm from around me and walked over to the other side of Adam "these are my hall passes" Then he started posing.
Leo looked up at Adam "Okay, if he starts oiling up I'm out" I nodded in agreement as we watched Chase's face softened and turned confused.
"Commando App disengaged, guys why was I in Commando mode" Chase asked in a normal voice.
I sighed in relief "Thank God you're back, Spike was creepy" I said shuttering a little.
Then Leo and Bree started denying the fact that they knew except for Adam, he turned to them "that's good keep lying"
"You guys were supposed to watch out for me" Chase exclaimed clearly upset
"Oh we watched the whole thing" Leo told him taking a step forward "You man handled the Quarterback and pudding popped the whole Offensive line, just cause Trent was hitting on Cassie"
"What!?" he yelled "aw, great this is so going to come back to haunt my Supreme Court nomination.
Adam, Bree, and Leo all shook their heads "You know what Spike would say to that… Nothing he'd rip out your rib cage and play like a xylophone"
Adam walked over to chase "Yeah, I like him he's like a big fun monster in your sad little body" Adam teased.
I shoved Adam away "Stop it!" I turned to Chase and smiled "I'm glad you're you again"
Leo put down his book bag "I'll get Spike back" he turned to me and smirked "Hey, babe"
I looked at him with my eyebrows raised "Really?"
Leo shrugged "Last time it worked" he looked at Chase to see if it worked but, Chase was just laughing "Yeah, this isn't going to work"
I smiled sarcastically "When did you realize that before after you called me babe" I scowled, Leo took a step back.
Back in the cafeteria for lunch we were once again sitting at the cool table and Chase was still Chase. I was sitting in between Chase and Leo, who offered the Cheerleader next to him some of his sandwich "hey, baby want a nibble"
Chase looked over and saw Trent sit down at the table near the trash cans "Hey, there's Trent, I should go apologies.
He stood up to go but Bree pulled him down "Whoa! Slow it up Buttercup"
Leo shook his head "Mail him a greeting card it's so much more personal"
"Hey, guys, look." He pointed at his plate with his straw which he was using to drink his food "The cheerleaders cut up my food into tiny pieces, I'm eating a Turkey burger threw a straw" Adam said smiling like it was the best thing in the world "mmm, gibblity"
Then Principal Perry came storming in summoning Chase "Hey! New kid! Come here!" chase instantly stood up and walked over to her "Do you know what happens when my football players get humiliated?" She paused and Chase shook his head confused "NO! You don't. Because my football players don't get humiliated.
"They look humiliated to me" Adam said watching Trent get hit over the head with a trash bag.
"I know what team spirit is about" Principal Perry continued "because I was the jammer on the North Pacific roller derby championship team.' She said bowing slightly.
"Quite an accomplishment" Chase agreed nervously
"Don't mock me squash face! My career ended when a trash talker like you got inside my head and I wiped out. One Zebra called it the worst single body collision she'd ever seen."
"I'd wipe our too if I saw a talking donkey" as soon as the words left my lips my hand flew to cover. Did I really just say that?
"Watch it Blondie!" Principal Perry shouted turning to me "Now why don't you and your gang of losers evacuate the table"
I nodded "yes ma' am"
We all started to get up but, Chase leaned towards her anger clear on his face "Don't talk to her like that sports bra" Chase yelled in a deep voice pointing to me, and Spike's back, whoop-Dee-doo. "I bet you panicked, threw yourself off the track, and blamed the other team for your weakness
Leo leaned over and asked Bree "Do you think this Spike thing has gotten out of hand"
Bree smiled sarcastically "He may have crossed the line at sports bra"
"He may have crossed the line the minute he became Spike" I whispered/yelled at them.
Principal Perry looked around startled "I had to quit because of that accident"
"Quit? Or move out of the state in shame?" Spike retorted, the cafeteria erupted with 'oohs'
"He doesn't know!" She shouted looking around "He wasn't there"
"Why don't you hop in your economy car and tootle on home to your six cats and online bingo tournament" He told her getting closer and closer.
Principal Perry jumped forward making Spike step back a little "Jokes on you… I have five cats… Ha!" We watched as she walked over to Trent holding her head and he whined to her about getting the table back.
"Whining, Trent? So not attractive" I muttered to myself but, Leo laughed and we fist bumped with our 'bwoosh'.
She came back over to Spike "All right kid, I'll make you a deal… let's be civilized and settle this the old fashion way with a bone-crushing grudge match on the football team" by now the whole football team gathered around her and was cheering.
"Where in. me… him" He pointed to Adam "her" he pointed to Bree "Defiantly her" He pointed to me with a wink, then hesitated before saying "And him" while pointing at Leo.
"You and your band of nobodies versus my fighting Dingoes." Principal Perry challenged
Bree turned to us frustrated "Who is she calling a nobody I got half a bff necklace today"
Perry continued "Winner takes table and all the glory."
Leo stepped forward "Oh, ma' am as much as I'd like to flex my football fanciness, um, the girls soccer has the field tonight" he informed her like her actually cared but, I knew he just wanted out of the game; Leo isn't what you call athletic.
"Ah, just as well, I can't condone such a violent game on school grounds." She started like she was going to cancel it; I should have known better then to get my hope sup "so let's take it to the dog park across the street"
The football team shouted Dingoes before following Principal Perry out of the cafeteria, Leo turned to us "Am I the only on whose going to need a fresh pair of pants before we start"
That night at the dog park the football field was set up and it seemed like the whole school came to watch. It was us five against the whole football team, Leo turned to us "This doesn't seem fair"
"seems fair to me let's get it on" Perry yelled then blew the whistle right in my ear.
We played the football game and the Dingoes made the first touchdown and the second, Spike and I made our only two touchdowns, Bree ended up being a cheerleader and a football player. During the last seven seconds of the game Chase ended up being Chase again, which I was happy about but, really not good timing. We tried to make the final touchdown but, Chase froze because of a server overload and two of the dingoes' football player rammed into him and they won. We ended the game with carrying Leo home because he passed out.
When I got home I went to the fridge to get a drink "Hey, E" I heard E talking but, not to me he was talking to someone called Edie. I turned to around and saw like a female version of E "E who's your friend"
"Oh, Cass, hey!" E said smiling… sort of "this is Edie"
"Oh, okay, so you replaced me with an emoji" I picked up my drink and walked away
"No Cass, you were at school so…" E started but, I cut him off
"Save it E" I walked to my room laughing as I heard E calling my name.