Hello again, to all you readers! Hope you enjoyed the first two chapters. If you're worried this will be a boring story, don't worry and please don't stop reading this fanfic. It will get exciting soon, I promise. After I go through the main characters' POV, it will be like a regular episode and an old enemy will appear. Can you guess who? Without further ado, Chapter 2!
Disclaimer: I do not own Lab Rats.
Subject B, mostly known as Bree—the middle bionic teen of all three lab rats, was all "speed and flash." Outside, she was known as a feisty yet foolhardy teenage girl dealing with regular boyfriend troubles. She was known for her fierce protection of her family and loyalty to her role: saving the world. She couldn't always keep up the ordinary, boy-troubled teenage girl façade forever, though. She had her own cryptic secrets, too.
Childhood troubles were distant, as far back as she could remember, her entire life was spent in Davenport's lab. That was when the lab rats were all together, where she could be happy and appreciate the fact that Adam and Chase were her brothers. She knew, so far back, that they'd been happy.
But that was before everything—before Leo and Tasha moved in, before they'd gone to school and discovered the line between "popular" and "unpopular," before they'd discovered about Douglas and Marcus, before they'd revealed their big secret to Principal Perry.
What now? It seemed as if everything had gone back to its regular, habitual schedule. But everything hadn't, all the same. Even though, with the new members Leo and Tasha, they'd shared so many great family moments, she still concealed her darkest thoughts. The thoughts of the truth.
She'd thought that Chase would finally realize, in the rare moments of where he was emotional and not cocky, that all she wanted to do, when not saving the world, was just to, well, live a normal life. She wanted to have a part-time job without her stupid brothers hovering around her. She'd thought that maybe Adam would stop embarrassing her in front of everyone, including Stephanie and Caitlin, even though it wouldn't have made a difference in the long run. But no, she was still embarrassed and bossed around.
"Just like a mission—I'm in charge." Chase's cocky, puffed-up voice replayed itself, hour after hour, in her head.
Maybe today—today she'd show them that she wasn't just a dorky teenage girl with crazy brothers who acted too quickly and seemed to disappear whenever she got nervous. Maybe today, she'd finally recognized for being somewhat normal and independent at all…
She stepped out of her capsule and stood there, thinking about school. Maybe she'd see Caitlin and they could go to the mall after school and fish pennies out of the public fountain! All thoughts of being shamed for her weirdness melted as she remembered her favorite incident with Caitlin—the Domino Wars, where she'd actually participated in a normal, natural school event with Leo, who definitely was better than Adam or Chase because, well, he was Leo!
Eddy appeared on the screen. "Watch out!" he jeered, in his nasally voice. "Yes, bystanders, although this innocent girl walking down the street looks quite pretty, inside, she's a ROBOT!"
Bree didn't even think about retorting.
"What's wrong, robot? Worried you'll get picked on at school today for being a robot?"
Bree mocked Eddy in his exact same vocal pattern using her vocal manipulation. "Yes, officer, I see a one-foot midget whose job consists of terrorizing teens, acting sassy, and not much else."
Eddy frowned. "I hate it when you use that weird vocal manipulation on me!" He disappeared and Bree smiled. It was rare when she could take down Eddy. Then it melted. I'll show them, she thought. She just had no idea at all how to. Her moments of independence and normal-ness came out of the blue, often at times where Chase, Adam, Davenport, and even Leo never noticed or fussed about. What was she going to do?
It was free period, where students just mingled around the hallways or by their lockers, chatting. They're all so normal, she thought. THEY don't have to worry about saving the world twice a week. Caitlin walked up to her, unnoticed.
"Hey, Bree! Do you want to hang out at the mall tonight? Lindsey said she'd meet us there and then we can all fish change out of fountains!"
Bree cheered and trombones blared in her mind—and then she remembered. She had to train today at 4:30 P.M. on the dot, no exceptions, Davenport had said.
She sighed. Every day last week, Caitlin and Lindsey had asked her out to the mall for some frozen yogurt and penny fishing, and every day last week, she had declined. What was she going to do now? She couldn't say she had a project to work on forever—the truth was going to come out eventually.
"I'm sorry, Caitlin. I can't go. I, ah… I… um, I have…" she glanced around desperately, looking for some inspiration. She spotted a boy handing out flyers for a pet-sitting business. Aha! "… I have to pet-sit for my neighbors, the Harringtons."
Instead of relaxing, Caitlin was on to Bree, it seemed. "Clayton hates you and your family. Plus, they don't have any pets!"
Bree smiled nervously. "They do now! They, uh, have a goldfish named… Goldie."
Caitlin raised an eyebrow, showing that she didn't exactly believe Bree, but she said, "Alright…" and walked towards Lindsey's locker.
Bree sighed and tucked a strand of brown hair around her ear. She hated having to save the world twice a week; no matter how much she loved her super speed, she would have given all of her abilities up just to be normal… or would she?
Well, there was something to think about.
Bree had hid behind regular and normal walls her entire life, but now, all she felt was a fiery determination to be like every other teenage girl. Why couldn't she be like Caitlin and Lindsey and not have to save the world so often? The answer, she decided, would be found out when she found her security—her true security, not a fake security. And how exactly was she going to find that security? That remained in it of itself, a mystery with the answer yet to be provided.
Well? How'd you like it? The crowd goes wild! Two updates in one day! (I'm in a good mood right now. I can't say I'll always be this generous-there will probably be a week or so as a gap between now and then, but we'll see. Chase will be next, and then who knows? You'll only find out if you R&R! ;)