Big round of applause to Lady Cougar-Trombone, Doomforzombies16, and shejams for getting two out of three questions answered correctly! You guys are really observant!
Trophy goes to LRW (I'm sorry, Breana! I just can't type it out! :( ), who answered all correctly! The name of the magazine is Celebrity Beat, Leo's new bionics is called Energy Transference, and the NY Jets and Green Bay Packers are mentioned in the episode. Great job!
Thanks to AllAmericanSlurp and 88keys, too, for the nice reviews! I appreciate it, guys ;)
Okay, so the last episodes of Season Three, the Bionic Island Arc episodes. All of these will be pretty short (save for the third one), and updates should be regular.
Enjoy!
Episode Tag to: Bionic Houseparty
Chronicle #044
"Kinetic"
01/27/15
7:09 AM
So here's the thing about almost dying: it's scary. You don't really realize it while it's happening, but it does hit you afterwards. It's the only thing you think about over and over again. At least, in my case it is.
For what seems to be the fifth time, Leo Francis Dooley almost went bye-bye.
What's scarier, though, is having to watch someone you love almost die. It's the worst. I hate it. I really hoped it would not happen again, but it did, and this time I had the front row seat. Big D flat-lined when I visited him yesterday. Mom left to get a doctor, so I was the only one left with him, which made it worse because in a way, I felt like it was my responsibility to do something about it.
Which I did. Although, until now, I'm still not sure if the solution I acted upon was smart or stupid.
Maybe it was a little bit of both. It did save Big D's life, but then it almost ended mine. Thankfully, Krane's bionic soldiers came to the rescue. Turns out, they're actually good kids when they're not under the Triton app. They saved me, and that's something I'm grateful for.
Big D appreciated it, too, so much so that he negotiated for a compromise with the president regarding their freedom. He also built the Davenport Bionic Academy where they can live and train. He showed us blueprints and pictures of what it would look like. To say that it's awesome is putting it mildly. It has tons of great features: a training area, capsule dormitories, classrooms with state-of-the-art gadgets. The best part of it is that it's on a man-made island in the Pacific. Isn't that cool? It's like being on vacation while studying at the same time.
I'm excited about it. Not just the new place, but also the part about mentoring the new students. I couldn't even sleep just thinking about that. Me, a mentor! It's crazy, but it's fantastic. I'm really starting to feel like a real part of the team. I mean, I guess I've always been part of the team, but after being chained to deskwork for so long you really start to wonder.
I've been too preoccupied with thinking about what I'd be doing in the Academy that I've kind of forgotten about the incident that almost happened yesterday. I guess that's good. It's a bit of a heavy subject. I figured that the best solution to end it was to move past it.
Apparently, it wasn't quite the case for Big D. He opened that topic up again while he was showing me the hydroloop that would be used to transport us non-geo-leaping people to the island. Big D was telling me how fast it will go, and I commented on how that'll probably feel like riding a straight-shot roller coaster. He then told me that it might be a good idea for me to bring a barf bag, but I told him I don't need it; awesome people don't barf.
I was trying out one of the chairs inside when he said, "You know, I've never really thanked you for saving me."
I shrugged. "You're welcome," I said. "You tried to do the same for me anyways, so we're even."
He smiled.
The screens overhead took my attention. While inspecting them, it suddenly reminded me of the EKG machine in that hospital room, when it was beeping frantically then when it didn't. It sounds a little dumb, but at one point I really thought it flat-lined because I hit it too hard. "It really freaked me out," I thought out loud with a laugh.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to put you in that position."
Looking back at Big D, I saw that the smile on his face was slowly vanishing, which was likely due to some guilt he was feeling. I shook my head. "You don't need to apologize, Big D. If it's anyone's fault, it was Krane's," I assured him.
"No, I don't mean the having-to-save me part," he said as he climbed into the hydroloop to take a seat. "I mean the having-to-watch part."
I just stared. I understood what he meant, and he was right. What happened frazzled me really bad because of dad. And hospital. And death. The playback wasn't so pleasant either.
I sat down, facing him. "Yeah, well… Like I said – it wasn't your fault."
He gave me a weak, one-sided smile. "You probably would've saved him, too, if you had the chance, wouldn't you?" he said.
I thought about it. "Yeah," I replied. "But like you, he wouldn't have let me."
Big D chuckled. "Yeah," he said, "'cause that's not how it works."
I smiled.
"You know, if you ever want to talk about him, you can tell me," Big D offered. "I'll listen, and I won't interrupt."
I nodded. "Thanks, Big D."
"You're welcome," he said. He did one quick scan of the hydroloop and then got off. He waved me over. "Come on. We have to get some rest. Big day tomorrow."
I followed him, hopping off. When I came to his side, he hooked an arm around my shoulders then led me out of the facility with a grin.
Thinking back on everything that had happened last year, I'm left to conclude that many good things had happened. There were some bad things, too, of course, but there were more good things. As far as this year, it's off to a pretty nice start, what with the Academy to go to and new friends to have.
There had been and will be a lot – and that might even be putting it mildly.
Honestly, it's when good things like this happen that I think about my dad. Is that weird? Sometimes I feel guilty that I'm having such a good time without him. Not all the time, but just sometimes. That guilt seems to be in its worst when I think about how much I know about Big D and about how I'm close to him, and I don't even know a lot of things about my real dad. Being close to him is not even on the table.
Hopefully, that will change someday. It will be so cool to have the chance to just sit down with him and tell him everything. That'd be pretty awesome.
Signed,
Leo Francis Dooley
01/27/15
9:07 AM
The Bree Chronicles
In Bionic Houseparty, who did the soldiers think their new leader is? Reviews and comments are appreciated!