A/N: I'm soo happy you guys liked the last chapter! A little fluff is always needed in times like these. Also, I would like to apologize to any Leo fans for leaving him out for most of it, he's not really essential to the story, but I am trying to slip him in a little bit.
~ Vales' Lab ~
Chase and Dina were in an intense training simulation when they heard the quick clicks of Dr. Vales heels echo into the room, they paused their exercise.
Vales seemed out of breath, like she had rushed to their location, she swiped tussled hair out of her face, "I need you both to come with me."
"Is everything ok?" Chase asked.
She looked at Dina then to Chase, "If we act quickly, everything will be just fine."
They followed Vales to her office, she took them to a monitor with the picture of what looked like a storage building on it, "This is the storing facility of the people that took you…" she said to Chase.
"Those people, using you…" she glanced at Dina, who was avoiding eye contact, then back to Chase, "stole an important piece of equipment from me. That equipment is crucial to the research I've been doing, in the wrong hands it could be used for evil purposes."
"Why haven't you tried to get it back yet?" Chase asked, a sense of urgency shadowed by anger crossed him.
"I haven't had the means, Dina is my only Bionic soldier, and without you she wouldn't be able to break in and get it." Vales felt proud of herself that Chase was falling for it. "Plus, they have a very high security, I've been monitoring closely to spot any mistakes, such as forgetting a code or alarm that might give us a chance to get in and out easily, and tonight is the night that it finally happened!"
Dina was still avoiding eye contact with Dr. Vales, she knew that everything she was telling Chase was a lie and she was having a hard time dealing with not telling him the truth.
"Wait… Dina has super strength and invisibility, why couldn't she just sneak in and get it undetected before they arm the security system?" Chase asked, it felt like a solid question to ask.
Dina's gaze came up and locked with Vales' who seemed a little taken aback by the question.
It took a moment for her to get her thoughts together for a response, "Dina… has been unable to use her invisibility until recently… she had… a glitch causing it to malfunction, but I fixed that." She said. "And I honestly hadn't thought about it until you said something just now."
Chase seemed like he was only half convinced, he looked to Dina for conformation, she smiled slightly and nodded.
"Ok… when do we leave?" He looked back at Vales.
She smiled, "As soon as possible!"
Dina and Chase nodded and turned to leave.
"Wait!" Vales said, "I need you to do one thing for me while there…"
"What is it?"
She reached down and pulled a large duffle bag out from under the desk, "We don't want them to use anything in that storage building for evil purposes, so… I need you to blow it up."
Dina didn't react, but Chase was shocked she'd even ask him to do something like that, "Blow it up?"
"Yes," Vales handed Dina the bag.
"There's gotta be millions of dollars worth of scientific equipment in there and you just want to blow it up?"
Vales shrugged, "I don't need anything but the thing they stole from me," she realized Chase was unmoving in his thoughts about this. "Look, they are E.V.I.L, everything in there is something that could hurt a lot of people, if we don't destroy it they will come after us with who knows what kind of dooms day device." She was glad she had taken all those improv classes, or lying this quickly would be difficult.
Chase still wasn't sure, "What if we took more than the device they stole…"
"No."
"Why?" Dina had grabbed his arm to pull him away, she knew all this would make Vales angry.
"Because I said so, that's why," Vales had lost her patience, she knew he had super intelligence, but she had hoped it wouldn't interfere with her plans. "Now go… we're wasting time."
~ Warehouse (Dina's perspective) ~
Before they had departed, Vales had pulled Dina aside and out of Chase's earshot.
"Watch him closely," Vales told her, "There are things in that warehouse that could trigger his memories."
"What do I do if that happens?" Dina asked.
"I've put in a fail safe," Vales told her. "What ever happens, just bring him and that device back… and maybe Adam and Bree too."
Dina wasn't sure how she felt about everything her mother was doing. She didn't want Chase to get hurt, though her feelings for him had been false at the start, they had slowly begun to be real. He had won her over with his goofy smile and kindness toward her. She wasn't used to it, everyone her mother knew, including her mother, treated her like a grunt to be walked over.
As they approached the building, Dina remembered her mother had lied about the security not being activated. Vales had given her a wireless receiver to shut it down so that Chase was none the wiser. She pulled a small touch screen device out of her pocket, Chase happened to turn around and see it.
"What's that?" he asked her.
Her thoughts froze for a moment, "This?" she said holding up the device.
"Yeah."
"This thing in my hand right here? Well… it's a… it's…" she was fumbling over her words.
"It looks like a cell phone," Chase said, an unsure look on his face.
"Exactly!" She exclaimed, "A cell phone… yup, that's precisely what it is… a cell phone." She let out the breath she had taken in. "I was just… updating my face book…" she looked at it and activated the signal to deactivate the security, "Chillin with Chase…" she said out loud to make it more… or less… convincing.
Chase raised an eyebrow and smiled slightly, "C'mon, there's the door."
~ Chase's perspective ~
The storage building was easy enough to get into, like Dr. Vales had said, someone had forgotten to activate the security system.
They had entered through a fire exit door that lead directly to the main storage facility, there were huge shelves mounted with boxes and devices of all sorts and sizes. As they made their way to the center aisle, Chase saw a car parked on the bottom of one of the shelves, it was hot rod red with orange and yellow flames painted on the side.
"How could that be used for evil?" Chase thought.
"This way," Dina pointed down the aisle to the end of the larger than normal room. She knew exactly where they needed to go to find the device Vales wanted, she had learned the schematics by heart, per her mother's request, and knew the precise location of it.
"Hey, check this out!"
Dina turned around to see Chase with a small globe in his hands, his hair, which was normally just spiked up, was splayed out in all directions, like he'd just been electrocuted. She couldn't help but giggle, which quickly turned into a laugh.
Chase liked making her smile, it was something that he constantly tried to achieve.
~ The Lab ~
Davenport and Douglas had done nothing but stare at the computer and wait for anything to come up regarding Emily Vales or Chase, and after not sleeping since Chase had disappeared, they had finally been unable to keep their eyes open for another second.
Adam and Bree had decided to let them sleep while they watched the computer.
"Do you think we'll ever find him?" Bree asked her brother.
"We will, don't worry," Adam gave his little sister a hug.
No sooner had he spoken then the computer pinged with recognition. Bree moved to where she could see the monitor, her heart nearly leapt through her chest.
"It's him!" She yelled.
Davenport popped his head up, a piece of paper stuck to his forehead. Douglas who had been asleep on the console, jerked awake and rolled onto the floor. "Ow!" He yelled.
"What's going on?" Davenport looked at Bree.
"It's Chase!" Bree pointed to the screen.
Davenport became alert and looked at the monitor.
"Great we found him, can I go to bed now?" Adam asked with a stretch and a yawn.
"That's my storage facility," Davenport noticed, "What's he doing there?"
"And who's that?" Adam pointed out.
"I'm guessing that's Dina," Davenport said.
"Dina?" Bree asked.
"Emily Vales bionic daughter," Douglas said. Davenport turned and glared at him.
"Wait, how can she be bionic?" Bree asked confused.
"Yeah, I thought we were the only ones," Adam said.
Davenport turned them, "We'll talk about that later, right now you two need to get to that storage facility."
~ Chase ~
Chase was constantly scanning the area for anything of threatening nature, but all he could see were things that could be used for good in the world. He was really beginning to question what Dr. Vales thought threatening meant.
Dina lead them down a hallway and into a room with a big sign over it.
DAVENPORT INDUSTRIES PROTOTYPE STORAGE
This was the first instance Chase had seen of who the facility was owned by, Davenport Industries, he knew the name from somewhere, but he just couldn't place it. He felt a slight tingling sensation on the back of his neck just from thinking about it.
"Here it is!" Dina cheered.
Chase's thought were brought back to the task at hand, he hadn't realized he had stopped walking, he rushed to join her at the end of the room. She was holding a clear, cube shaped box that contained a blue, glowing sphere.
"Awesome!" Chase cheered with her, "What is it?"
Dina stopped cheering and held it up for a closer look, "I'm not sure, but sure is pretty."
The way the glow illuminated Dina's face made Chace's heart melt, her porcelain skin, red hair, and blue eyes were a masterpiece. How had he ever gotten so lucky? It couldn't just be because they were both bionic super humans created by the same person, there had to be a story as to how she fell for him.
"Hey Dina?" Chase asked as she put the device into her pack.
"Yeah?"
"How did we become girlfriend and boyfriend?"
She looked scared for a moment, "Why do you ask?"
He registered her scared look, "Well, I don't remember anything before I woke up in the lab, and I can't help but to think that someone like you would never fall for someone like me. I just want to know how it happened."
Dina just stared at him with her mouth slightly opened and her eyes growing wider by the second. Her heart sank, she hadn't anticipated he'd ever ask her that, especially not now.
"CHASE!"
"Thank God!" Dina thought, she didn't have to explain… for now.
Chase quickly turned to the door, combat ready. A couple of teenagers, around he and Dina's age were staring back at him, pure happiness in their faces.
"Who are you?" Chase asked them, he stood in front of Dina protectively.
The two looked confused and hurt.
"What do you mean who are we? I'm Adam and this is Bree, duh."
The names were familiar to Chase, he felt like he knew them. The tingling in the back of his neck came back.
Dina leaned in to whisper, "Those are the bionic soldiers that took you… they might think you are still under their influence and try to turn you again." She repeated what Vales had told her to incase they were to encounter them.
"I won't go back with you, you guys can't control me anymore!"
"Control you? Chase what are you talking about?" Bree took a step closer.
"Stay back," Chase warned.
"Chase, c'mon, Mr. Davenport misses you… we all do," Adam said.
Mr. Davenport? That was the guy who owned the storage building, he was familiar, but how? Chase closed his eyes trying to remember, but the tingling had started to give him a headache, he couldn't concentrate.
Dina noticed he was in pain, so did Adam and Bree.
"What are you doing to him?" Bree yelled at Dina.
"I'm not doing anything! It's you two!" Dina yelled back.
"Chase!" Davenport ran into the room.
Chase opened his eyes, when he saw Davenports face he collapsed.
"What did you do to my son?" Davenport yelled.
Dina didn't answer, she grabbed chase and readied for a Geo Leap back to Vales' lab. Before they disappeared, Davenport threw a tennis ball at them, it hit Chase's chest and vanished with them.
"Mr. Davenport I don't think this is the best time to play catch," Adam said.
"I wasn't playing catch," Davenport said. "That ball has a GPS locater, we'll be able to track where they went… hopefully."
"Hey guys…" Douglas entered the room holding a bundle of dynamite, "There are about a dozen of these throughout the building… I suggest we run before this timer hits zero."
A/N: Long chapter right? I just really got into it. It has been a while since I've written anything so I guess I've just been getting back into the swing of things writing this. I hope it is to you guys satisfaction.
