Hey y'all! A lot of you like Chase, and you wanted me to do him after Adam, but I got more votes for Bree. However, those votes don't appear in the review page, as I'm not sure how to turn on the "Accept All Reviews." Can someone tell me how to do that? The only way I get the Guest Reviews is via personal email, so... Anyway, thanks to the people who have reviewed so far. I'd just like to say that I'm somewhat discouraged by the lack of reviews, so if you can review, PLEASE DO. A simple "update" would be fine, too. Remember, reviews fuel me to keep updating, since I have all of the chapters up to no. 7 written, so if you'd like to see them, R&R! ;)

Disclaimer: I do not own Lab Rats.

Subject C, mainly known as Chase—the youngest bionic teen of all three of the lab rats, all "smart and nerdy." Outside, his mannerisms were cocky, secure, and confident. He was known for his perfectionist attitude and leader-like skills. He couldn't always keep up the proud, egotistical façade forever. He had his own arcane secrets, too.

Childhood memories were branded in his brain, due to his bionic memory—as far back as he could remember, his entire life was set in Davenport's lab. That was when the lab rats were all together; when they all worked as a team and had private family bonds between each of them so strong nothing, nothing, could break them. He knew, so far back, that they'd all been happy, especially him.

But that was before everything—before Leo and Tasha moved in, before they'd discovered Marcus and Douglas, before he'd gotten trapped in the avalanche, before they'd revealed their big secret to Principal Perry.

What now? Chase knew, deep down, that no matter how many times Donald had tried to get them all back together as a completely normal family, that Douglas, he would never forget everything that had happened since Leo had showed him the world… but in a bad way. After all of the family moments with the new members Leo and Tasha, after Leo had talked him out of crushing him while under the Triton App, well, he still coveted his darkest thoughts. The thoughts of truth.

He'd thought that Adam had finally realized that, even though he and Bree had "flashy" abilities, his smarts and mind abilities could be appreciated, too. He'd thought that maybe Bree would respect him for all the things he'd fixed, no matter how nerdy he seemed at school. What did they do when something went horribly wrong with one of Davenport's inventions? Did they panic and scream? Well, yes, but who exactly did they go to? Did they tell Davenport? No. Did they beg Eddy for help? No. They went to Chase.

"Fix this, nerd. FIX IT!" It replayed itself, hour after hour, in his head. He had messed up. He had let himself mess up.

Maybe today, today he'd show them that he wasn't just an egomaniac with abilities that no one cared about. Maybe today, he'd finally be recognized for being somewhat useful at all…

He stepped out of his capsule and stood there, thinking about the avalanche. It had haunted him for so many weeks… he had almost died. And who came for him? His family sure didn't. Anger and betrayal raged through his mind, until he had heard that sharp scrape of a shovel digging him out. His heart raced, and he knew, just knew, that his family had come for him after all!

Happiness had turned to shock etched on his face when he saw Douglas, grinning sadistically.

He had doubled-crossed him; he had turned down an offer that offered something he hungered for; something that, when he thought about it, made him smile deliciously. And for what? Why had he turned it down? What would have happened…

There were too many answers to that one, single possibility, even for the smartest person on Earth.

His family had no idea how close he had come to accepting Douglas' offer.

"What would I have to do?" Chase had stood up and gazed at Douglas. The scene right there and then had haunted him for a long time. He could have turned the tables either way, then. What would he have to do…?

Eddy appeared on the screen and shook Chase out of his deepest, most secretive thoughts. "Oh, my!" he sneered. "Does the little bionic genius finally realize that he isn't of any use and should go apply elsewhere?"

Chase hardly heard Eddy; he had sunk back into his dark thoughts.

"What's wrong, genius?" The word genius, spoken in such a way, stabbed Chase in the heart. Angrily, he formed a force field, shrunk it, and threw it at Eddy's control panel/box. It sparked, and made zapping sounds, and Eddy disappeared.

I'll show them, he thought. I will. He just had no idea at all how to. His family moments never appeared when he wished them to; his siblings, after all he had done after they'd met Krane, well… they'd not done anything. "If you explode, the survivors will move on to Plan B."

Even just a simple "thank-you" would have been nice, but did his siblings bother to thank him? No, of course not.

Chase was walking home from school with his siblings. For once, Bree wasn't running, and for once, Adam wasn't doing something dumb like testing out his spray-on jeans in front of everyone (did he not get the fact that walking around in just a sweatshirt and underwear was disturbing?) or trying see just how many edibles were on his Incredible Edibles list.

Well, not for long, anyway.

Adam looked over, and said, "Chase, just to speed things up, how about I throw you home, and then Bree can super-speed Leo and me home?" (A/N Yes, the grammar is correct.)

Chase grimaced. "No!" he said forcefully.

Leo smiled, an almost invisible smile, happy that he wasn't Chase at the moment.

Adam whacked him on the shoulder playfully. "Aw, come on, Chasey, please? We can have lots of fun!"

Chase grumbled, "Did you not hear me? I said NO!" He looked at Leo pleadingly, but Leo had stepped backwards, giving Chase a look that said, "No way. I'm not getting in the way of this."

Adam picked up Chase in response and said, "Bree, how about you start the countdown!"

Bree didn't look up from her phone. She was texting to Caitlin about penny fishing or something. "Alright," she said, bored. "10… 9… 8…

Adam began swinging Chase. "…7…6…5…"

Chase began yelling. "Adam, STOP! I really don't want to do this!"

Adam grinned. "…4…3…2…"

Chase was really very irritated now. Why didn't Adam ever listen to him? He couldn't control his abilities sometimes, really, he couldn't. He flew out of Adam's arms using his levitation ability and yelled, "You NEVER listen to me! Have you ever thought of what it might be like to be the smaller, picked-on brother your whole life? I'm tired and sick of Bionic Brother Toss. Even though I'm bionic, I'M STILL HUMAN! I have feelings, too, you know!" He raced off at almost a speed to match Bree's.

Using his super-hearing, he heard Adam grumble to Bree, who was only half-listening, as well as to Leo, "Somebody needs to work on anger-management issues!"

They wouldn't be joking like that if they had known how close Chase had come to accepting the offer to becoming the ultimate bionic. Chase knew that about his siblings, for sure.

Chase had hid behind conceited and sanguine walls his entire life, but now, all he felt was resentment towards his siblings. Why couldn't he be credited for his abilities? Why did he have to be the outcast, the odd man out, the helpless baby brother? The answer, he decided, would be found out when he found his security—his true security, not a façade security. And how exactly was he going to find his security? That remained, in it of itself, a mystery with the answer yet to be provided.

So, how did you like it? I bet that you're thinking, "Well, if that Rats' thoughts are all done, shouldn't the story be done already?" Oh, no! You'll just have to see! Remember, action will be introduced soon after I'm done with sharing the deepest, darkest thoughts of each of the main characters. Please R&R! :-) (I apologize for any grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.)