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Hey guys, it's Angel. This chappie will show you why I rated this story T. There is past tense torture in it, so don't read if you don't think you can handle that. Next chapter will be Leo's story, which will be graphic, right now you'll just see the after effects from the Lab Rats, Big D, and Tasha's POVs. I hope you guys are liking the story so far. Enjoy this chappie!

Warnings: Some of the characters may seem OOC to you, but this is because the show hasn't given us full personality views of them all, so this is my interpretation of them. They are the way I see them being, and you might not agree with me. Leo will DEFINITELY seem OOC, but there is a major reason for that which will be partially revealed in this chappie, and fully expanded upon and revealed next chappie.

Disclaimer: Until the sixth Wednesday of any given month, I will not own Lab Rats, only the plot for this story.

Last Time

I was worried and he wouldn't budge, so I just walked over an lifted the back of his shirt up myself.

My blood ran cold. I've never understood that expression until now. It's when it feels like everything in you body has stopped, you heart stops beating, you blood stops pumping, and you just feel frozen. Like I was frozen in horror right now.

"Adam, I can explain."

Adam's POV

I stared in horror at his back. There were scars, these huge gashes all across his back. A couple were just straight lines, but most of them spelled out words. I took a closer look and read a few. Freak. Monster. I tried to read a few more but Leo pulled his shirt down before I could.

Some of the scars looked new, only a few days old, but others looked like they had been there for at least a month. I wasn't lying to Jackie about Mr. Davenport teaching us first aid. He did it so if something went wrong and he wasn't around we knew how to take care of it, since we couldn't call the ambulance for fear of being x-rayed and our bionic chips being found.

I had actually paid close attention; as the oldest it was my responsibility to look after Bree, Chase, and now Leo. You apparently didn't look after Leo well enough. Oh shut up conscience. Anyway, I knew scars, and some of these were several months old. Several months, this has been going on for several months. Makes sense, about three to four months ago is when he started acting so weird. Someone had been hurting him for several months and I hadn't known. I hadn't figured it out. I didn't look far enough into his behavior. I was so stupid, I should have known there must have been a reason behind him acting strange and talked to him and got him to tell me what was wrong and…oh my god.

He didn't tell me. Someone had been hurting him for months and he didn't tell me. Why didn't he tell me? I don't think I've ever given him the impression that he couldn't talk to me, that I wasn't there for him. If I had known I would have used my super strength, my heat vision, my plasma grenades, and whatever else it took to make sure whoever was doing this never came anywhere near Leo again. He hadn't told Bree, Chase, Mr. Davenport, or Tasha either or I'd know. Why would he hide this from us?

"Leo, who did this to you?" I breathed out in a low voice. "No one Adam, it's not what it looks like. I just fell on a bunch of sharp rocks and-" I cut him off. "And those rocks just so happened to cut you in just the right way to spell out freak and monster on your back? I don't think so." I argued. He didn't have a response to that, but he shrunk back, obviously not liking the anger in my voice. Of course stupid, whoever did this probably seemed angry at him too, you're reminding him of them. I'm not trying to, I'm just upset Leo won't talk to me, and furious at whoever did this. Leo's my brother, I would never hurt him, I love him. I softened my tone. "Hey, let me call Jackie back into the room. I'll tell her I didn't see anything, she'll finish up and we can go home. We'll talk to the family about this, for now no one else needs to know. I need you to act normal for me can you do that?" Leo nodded his head. "Okay good." I remarked.

I walked over to the door, and I opened it for Jackie. She smiled at me. "All done?" She inquired. "Yes, there's nothing that needs your attention, he's all good." I felt kind of bad for lying to Jackie, but it had to be done. Leo had to be keeping this secret for a reason, I need the whole story before I decide what to do about it. When I turned back to see Leo he was acting completely normal again smiling and complaining about Jackie's 'babying', saying he was fine.

Every second seemed agonizingly slow as Jackie finished up by giving Leo some ice for his black eye after cleaning the cut. I just wanted to get out of there so I could find out what had been going on with my little brother. Finally after hours it seemed, she was done and after thanking her we were free to go. School had ended twenty minutes ago, but luckily last month Davenport finally let me get a car so I could drive myself, Bree, Chase, and Leo around so he didn't have to. It was simple, sleek, and black, I'm not sure what model or make, and I don't care as long as it drives.

We hopped in the car and I started to drive away from the school. It was excruciatingly silent in the car, Leo wouldn't talk, and I didn't even know where to start asking questions. I could see how nervous he was to and decided that we would stop for ice cream so he could calm down for a minute. I hoped that maybe it would help if he had a little time to gather himself. I got double chocolate chip cookie dough for him since I knew it was his favorite and cake batter for me. We stopped and ate the ice cream outside the small ice cream shop savoring both the time and the flavor. I could see he was very slowly calming down just a little, which in my mind was a good sign.

After we even got back in the car and started for home again. It was still silent; we hadn't talked since leaving the school. I sighed. "Leo, know when we get home were going to have to talk right?" I asked hesitantly. "Yeah, I know." He replied resigned to his fate. "And not just you and me all of us, meaning you, me, Bree, Chase, Mr. Davenport, and your mom." I continued. "Yeah, I know." He restated, the defeat clear in his voice. "I can't believe someone's been hurting you, I just…" I trailed off, too angry at my brother's tormenter to speak. "I'm sorry Adam, I didn't mean to make you angry." Leo muttered quietly.

I was shocked. Right at that moment I desperately wished I wasn't driving so I could pull my little brother into a hug. The old Leo would have just laughed and told me that if I was gonna glitch I could at least aim at the football team, but this Leo was apologizing for it, and he wasn't even the one I was angry at. Whoever did this broke him, I just hoped he could still be fixed. I got that he could never be exactly the same again, but I hoped to bring some of the old Leo back. "Oh Leo, I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at whoever did this to you." I affirmed aloud, coming out of my musings.

"I deserve it." Those words struck my heart like shards of shattered glass. Whoever did this was gonna pay, big time. I'm gonna destroy them, and maybe leave just a little left for Bree and Chase, maybe. No one messes with one of my siblings and gets away with it, and this had gone far beyond just messing with him. They hurt him both physically and mentally. How could they make him think he deserved this? Why would he believe them? Wait, believe them, that's it!

"Leo you don't believe it do you?" I asked, glancing over at him. He had a confused look on his face. "Believe what?" He inquired. "I saw the words Leo. Freak, monster, you don't actually believe you are those things right?" I questioned, hoping against hope that the answer wasn't what I thought it was. He didn't reply, but that was an answer in itself. My grip on the steering wheel tightened, my knuckle going pale white from the pressure. "I don't care what you did or think you did Leo, you don't deserve this, and you certainly not a freak or a monster." I tried to convince him. He looked away out the window, watching the scenery as we pulled up to the new reinforced, unbreakable gates of our house. Davenport had designed them after Grandma Rose (as she now insisted on us calling her) rammed through the titanium ones with her car. The gates scanned the car and then opened for us, and I could sense Leo's nerves come back with a vengeance as I drove into the garage.

We got out of the car and I walked over to Leo's side to help him. A because he was hurt and C because I didn't want him to try and take off, which it seemed like he was seriously considering. "Honestly, I'm fine." He said, obviously exasperated with my behavior. I smiled; at least he was talking in his normal Leo voice again. It gave me hope that the old version of my baby brother was still in there somewhere. He looked up at the house nervously as we walked toward the front door. "I have to do this don't I?" He acknowledged. It sounded more like a statement than a question. "Yes you do." I answered anyway. "We're your family Leo, we only want to help." I added, trying to make him more okay with this.

We walked in and Leo immediately went to sit on the couch, hugging his legs to his chest. "What took you guys so long?" Mr. Davenport. Then he took a good look at my face. "What's wrong?" He questioned, seeming a bit hesitant. I simply pointed to Leo, who was now literally shaking in fear. I sighed as they turned to look at him. I had a feeling this was gonna be a long afternoon.

Tasha's POV

I was worried about Leo. Bree and Chase had come home and told us what had happened. Marcus had seemed like a nice boy when he was over here, but he punched my baby. I hoped Leo was okay. He and Adam weren't back yet, and school ended almost an hour ago, and it only took like twenty minutes to get from there to here. I hoped Leo's eye wasn't too bad. Another five minutes had gone by and I was about to suggest we call the school when I heard the door open. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding; they were okay. Leo breezed past us. I was about to follow and check on him when Donald's voice sounded from behind me.

"What took you guys so long?" He asked Adam. I was curious to so I turned around and walked over to them. I stopped short when I saw Adam's face. He looked like he had just been told someone he loved died. He simply pointed behind us. I turned around and saw Leo sitting on the couch with his legs hugged to his chest, shaking uncontrollably. My heart broke seeing my son like that. "What going on with him?" Chase asked in a worried tone. "I don't know the whole story, but I do know one thing." Adam stated. He walked over to Leo and gently lifted the back of his shirt. I was puzzled. Why would Leo's back matter? We all walked over and I saw why, but I wish I hadn't.

There were long scars all across Leo's back. Most of them formed to spell out words, like freak, abomination, and monster. I was going to read some more, but Adam gently put his shirt back down, and sat beside him. Chase and Bree sat down shell shocked on his other side. Donald gently tugged me to the love seat directly across from them. I was stunned. How could this have happened to my baby? Who did this? And most importantly, why didn't he tell anyone? Leo had always come to me when he had a problem, what was so different about this one? And he didn't tell his siblings or Donald either, which was weird for him. He told Adam, Bree, and Chase everything, even stuff he should really keep to himself. I didn't know why he didn't tell us, but he was going to now, whether he wanted to or not.

Bree's POV

I couldn't believe this, I just could not believe it. But it was true. I saw it with my own eyes. Someone had carved words into my little brother's back. I can't imagine how painful that must have been for him. Whoever did this is going down, I'm going to make sure of it. I wish Leo had told me. I'm his big sister, I'm supposed to take care of him, and sometimes be annoyed by him, but mostly take care of him. I loved him. He and Tasha make our family whole. Now we have a mom and another slightly annoying but loveable brother. And I thought we were close enough that he would tell us this.

"Adam, who-" Mr. Davenport started, and I sat up with curiosity overwhelming me. "I don't know. He hasn't said. We went to the nurse's office, when she asked to look at his back to check for bruising he flipped out, so I said I could check since you taught us first aid, and I found…" Adam trailed off and we all glanced at Leo for a second. "Well, you know, and I told her I didn't see anything, then we left and came back here, but I stopped for ice cream because I thought Leo might like a few minutes to calm down." He finished. That was sweet of him, Adam could be really attentive and smart when it came to caring for one of us. I'm sure Leo appreciated that even if he didn't look very calm right now.

"He hasn't said anything. Other than the fact that he thinks he deserves this." Adam continued, obviously upset at Leo's feelings on this matter, and quite frankly, so was I. How could he think he deserves this? No one deserves this, especially not Leo. Sure, he could be annoying and manipulative but he could also be brave, kind, and caring. He had risked his life to save ours several times. He'd do anything for us, even if it hurt or caused trouble for him, and we'd do the same for him, because that's what siblings do. And right now what we need to do is be there for him and get him to talk to us so that's exactly what we're going to do.

Chase's POV

I could barely breathe I was so shocked. I'm supposed to be the smart, clever one, how could I not see something was wrong with Leo? I should have known. Someone had been hurting my younger brother for god only knows how long, and I hadn't had a clue. They'd carved words into his back, tortured him, and I didn't know about it, none of us did. How could he keep this from us? Didn't he know how much we cared about him? How much we loved him? Whoever did this is going to suffer if I have anything to say about it. No one hurts my siblings, and not only did they hurt Leo they somehow made him believe he deserved it.

"Leo, why on Earth would you think you deserve this?" Bree asked the question I'm sure we were all thinking. "Yeah, and not just on Earth, in space, on Mars, or anywhere else too." Adam commented. I smiled; Adam was unintentionally lightening the mood like he always seemed to. "You really do believe it don't you?" Adam added after a moment, confusing me. "Believe what?" I asked puzzled. "Leo seems to believe what they wrote on his back." He clarified.

I'd read the words. Freak. Abomination. Monster. I can't believe that Leo would honestly think whoever wrote that was right. "Leo you don't believe that right?" Tasha asked desperately. I hoped he was going to say of he didn't and laugh at us for thinking he did, but instead he just shrugged. "It's true." He murmured quietly. "No it's not." I exclaimed angrily, pissed at whoever had done this to my little brother. Leo flinched, and I looked at him surprised. "He doesn't like it when you speak angrily." Adam explained softly. I nodded. That made sense. Whoever did this must have sounded angry when they were carving those horrible words into my brothers back.

I instantly softened, feeling stupid for not realizing Leo would have an adverse reaction to anger. "I'm sorry Leo. I'm angry at the person who was cruel enough to write those words. I'm in no way, shape, or form angry at you, okay?" I stated apologetically. After a moment he nodded. Whoever did this was going to wish they were never born when I get a hold of them, but first we need to get Leo to tell us the whole story.

Big D's POV

I wished that all of the sudden Leo would start laughing. I wished he'd say this was all a prank, and he'd faked those scars on his back. I wished he'd make fun of us for believing it was real, but deep down I knew it was real. I was shocked and horrified. How could someone do this to another person? I wondered why Leo hadn't told any of us. I thought he trusted us, enough to tell us anything. We were supposed to be family, how could he keep a secret this big from us? He must have a reason, and I was dying to know what it was. And who was doing this to him. Even though Leo was only technically my step-son I had come to think of him as my real son. Even if he annoyed me at times and broke my stuff I loved him, and to think that someone was hurting him like this and making him believe he deserved it and that the horrible things they wrote were true that just…even my genius mind can't come up with words that can express how furious that makes me.

"Leo, listen to me, you are not a monster, or an abomination, or a freak, the person who did this to you is the one who's a monster." I told him. He shook his head at me. " You're wrong." He stated simply, as if that was all there was to it. "Leo, I'm a scientist/inventor, I'm never wrong. I may not always be right, but I'm never wrong." I joked, trying to lighten the mood. I took a deep breath and asked the question I knew everyone wanted to know the answer to. "Who did do this to you?" Just as I expected he didn't answer. "Was it Marcus?" I inquired.

I would not have even asked that if it weren't for what I was told had happened in the cafeteria that day. Marcus seemed like a good kid, and he was very interested in my work which was nice, and I knew that Adam, Bree and Chase liked him, but after hearing what he did today I had to revaluate my thoughts on the kid. "No. I mean don't get me wrong I don't like the guy. He's a manipulative, evil, sneaky, bionic lunatic, but he didn't do this." Leo informed us. Well I'm glad about that; I really haven't wanted to believe that Marcus would do this to Leo even though I knew they didn't like each other and… Wait a second, did Leo just say Marcus was BIONIC?

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, bionic?" I inquired demandingly. "Oops, I wasn't supposed to tell you that." Leo said, glancing around as if expecting Marcus to pop up at any second. "Are you sure he's bionic? And how and when did you find out? And why didn't you say something?" I questioned all at once. "Okay um, yes I'm sure, he shot a laser at me and told me himself. After the car incident, Marcus accidentally revealed he was the one who set the car to take me to the bottom of the ocean and when I said I was going to tell you he shot a laser at me, saying that it was a warning shot and the next one wouldn't be. And I didn't tell you because he knows about Adam, Bree, and Chase. He said if I told anyone the truth he'd expose them to the world. Then you'd get sent to jail, they'd be swept away by the government, mom would probably be questioned and maybe even have to do some time for not reporting you, and I don't know what would happen to me. I was just trying to protect my family." He asserted determinedly, but with an underlying apologetic tone.

Adam, Bree, and Chase looked shocked and betrayed. I knew they thought of Marcus as their first friend other than Leo and Caitlin for Bree, and to find out that he had not only had he nearly killed their little brother as well as threatened him with further harm, but also threatened to expose them had to be a huge blow. I should have known something was up when Marcus 'accidently' found the lab, I mean my house is huge. What were the odds of him just so happening to find the lab before Leo or I found him? I should've figured out that something wasn't right with him then, but unfortunately I hadn't. I quickly formulated a plan of temporary action. "Okay, for now to avoid exposure just act normal and pretend you don't know until we figure out who he's working for and what their planning. As the saying goes, you keep your friends close and your enemies closer." I commanded. A part of me wanted to deal with Marcus now, but I knew we needed more info before we could effectively attack him.

Besides, we had other things to deal with right now, namely Leo and whatever's been going on with him. He was my first priority right now, Marcus could wait. But before we could deal with this, we had to know what we were dealing with. I sighed, and got to the part we'd all been waiting for. "Leo, you have to tell us the whole story." I stated. "Yes honey, tell everything that's been happening with you." Tasha agreed. "We need to know Leo." Bree continued. "The truth. Don't leave anything out and don't try to lie. We will know." Chase added. Leo looked panicked and scared, like he just wanted to run. "Come on little bro, we're your family, we're not here to judge you. Like I said earlier we only want to help." Adam finished persuasively. And with that we all silently waited for him to start talking.

Leo's POV

They were all staring at me, waiting for me to tell them everything. I couldn't believe they'd found out so easily after all I'd went through to keep it a secret. This is all Marcus' fault. If he hadn't punched me Adam wouldn't have found the scars and none of this would be happening. Just one more reason for me to hate him. I hoped he didn't find out about me telling my family the truth about him. I hadn't meant to do it. I wasn't able to think straight. I was so freaked out over the fact that my family had discovered what I was hiding that when Big D asked me about Marcus I had just said the first thing that came to mind. Which had unfortunately revealed Marcus' bionic secret. I really hoped he didn't find out. I didn't want to think about what would happen to me and my family if he did.

But I can't worry about that right now. My family is waiting for me to tell all. I didn't want to tell them about the program. I didn't want them to know, because by the time I was done telling them, they'd know the words on my back were true. I didn't believe it at first either, but now I knew better. I considered lying, but I couldn't think of anything good and Chase was right, they'd know. I had no choice but to tell them the truth and hope they didn't completely hate me for it. I couldn't stand them hating me because I love them; I couldn't take it. I glanced up at all of their concerned faces and sighed, leaning back into the couch. I gave up, I had to tell them whether I liked it or not. I took a deep breath, shut my eyes, and began my story.

"It all started about three months ago…"

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Here are replies to reviewers I couldn't PM, cuz you were either anonymous, or disabled you PM.

Marian9- A billion thanks for being my first reviewer for this story and leaving such a kind review. I'm glad you think this story is awesome, and I hope this chappie didn't disappoint.

Megan- Thanks so much for reviewing, I'm glad you like this story. I'm sorry to report that your gut feeling is wrong, though if you don't mind me stealing your idea, I might just have to write that sometime, I think it'd be good. Marcus did not give Leo bionics, Leo isn't bionic and from what I have planned out so far he won't become bionic. The powers I'm giving him are from a totally different and much more horrifyingly terrible thing, and while Marcus will have some major impact on this story, he wasn't involved in that. I can't say anymore without giving away too much, but Leo's story will be in the next chappie, so you'll know soon.

Guest- I'm glad you think this story is interesting. For now at least, I plan on continuing this story. Thanks for reviewing!