~ I know it's been a year since I updated this story. I am trying to update stories I haven't in a while. This being one of them.

~ If you are still following this story, thank you (: Like last year, the update is on my birthday...

~ This chapter is 'Spike's Got Talent' but I changed it a little bit.

ENJOY!

Danielle's POV

I've been getting used to being with my siblings. There was a different training schedule and I didn't go on any missions with them, but I really liked being with them. At the same time I missed my brother and my dad. It was hard being without them after my whole life. 'Dad is still alive' I thought to myself at least once a day and more when I was working on repairing Marcus.

I woke up before everyone else one morning before school, so I wrote them a note. 'Went for a walk. Meet you at school' I made sure I had my school stuff and speed to my old house. In a way, being in the house by myself was nice...sort of. I was able to do whatever I wanted, but it made me miss my dad and Marcus even more. I brought food with me as I went down to the lab to do some work on Marcus.
"I wish you could hear me." I said in a whisper as I looked at him. There was a few cuts on his face, but you could see the a lot of the robotic components of him. I took a few bites of my food as I began to work on him.

If it wasn't for the alarm I put on my phone, I would have been late for school. Most of the time when I work on things, I lose track of time. It didn't matter if I left a mess since I was the only one using the house. I used super-speed to get to school and arrived just before the others.
"I thought you were going to be late." Bree said when I came into the school.
"I'm never late for school..." I said "...even when I'm sick."
"Nerd." Leo said in a cough and I shook my head at him. I was about to say something when Chase came up to us.
"Did you guys see the yearbook?" He asked us as he held it open. "Everybody got a 'most likely to..' even Leo."
"Really?" I said and peeked over Chase's shoulder at the yearbook.
"What? Let me see that." Leo said an took the yearbook from Chase. "Most likely never to get a most likely...I'm on the board." Leo read off the page.
"Well, that proves it. I'm completely invisible at this school." Chase said and I sighed.
"Chase, that's not true." Adam said. "If you were invisible I couldn't do this." I smiled a little when Adam hit Chase.
"Chase, just because you weren't nominated, doesn't mean you're not invisible." Bree said.
"Oh, really?" Chase took the yearbook back from Leo and opened it. "What's this?" He pointed to a picture. "Chip Davenport. I'm a misnamed question mark." I stopped myself from laughing because I found it a little funny.
"Be proud you're even in it." I said to them. "I started too late to be in it."
"There's always next year." Bree said, trying to comfort me. I gave her a small smile.
"Listen up snot-buckets." Perry said before I could say anything to my sister. "Don't forget to sign up for the annual Mission Creek High Talent Show. Auditions are after school and will be judged by moi." 'No chance for anyone to win' I think to myself. "Chances are that if I don't like you, you won't get through, and I don't like any of you...so good luck." I watched Perry put the sign-up sheet and thought about signing up. 'I'm a pretty good singer' I think, remembering all the times I would play with Marcus. I step up to the sheet and look at it.
"Talent shows are wrong. There are no winners or losers in creative expression." I heard Owen say. 'Bree's current boyfriend' I turn towards them.
"Stick a paint brush in it Emo Sabe!" Perry said before walking into the lunchroom.
"I refuse to stand by while that woman crushes the artistic souls of our student body. I'm gonna go sketch my feelings." Owen said before walking away. I watched my sister watch him with dreamy eyes.
"He is so tortured. Isn't it great?" Bree walked in his direction.

I turn back to the sheet and start to dig out a pen from my backpack.
"This talent show is the perfect opportunity for me to build my fanbase." Leo said.
"Leo...you don't have a fanbase." I say as I write my name down.
"That's why I need to build one...with magic." I look at Leo when I turn back towards them.
"Well, that is what it would take." My twin said and I had to hold back a laugh.
"No. I got a magic kit and I've been practicing specifically for the competition." I step closer to Leo.
"No offence, but aren't magic kits kinda lame?" I ask Leo.
"There is nothing lame about buying something off the internet to make friends." I shake my head as Leo pulled out a card deck. "Dani, pick a card."
"Really?" I ask him.
"Please?" He asked, then I gave him a small smile. I pick a random card. After memorizing it, I put it back in the deck. "Hey, what's in your hair?" Leo asked. He brushed his hand behind my ear, brushing some hair at the same time. I had to hold back a blush because it was the closest we've been. He took his hand away. "Bam!" I smile when it was my card. "See? Magic." He says to Chase.
"You know what my problem is? All of my talents are bionic and I can't reveal them at school." Chase said to us.
"I've used bionics tons of times in school." I quietly tell them. "They key is not to get caught and make it look normal."
"Aww...bionic people problems." Leo said and I lightly shake my head.
"Hey...give me those cards." Chase said to Leo and I shake my head.
"I'm walking away before this gets sad." I say and walk to the school library.

I tried to think of what I could do for the talent show, then I remembered I was able to save one of Marcus's guitars. 'He would kill me if I used it' I think, but wanted to use it anyway. I waited until lunch and sped to the house to grab it before returning. When I got back to school I saw Bree looking at me.
"No one saw me." I said in my defense before she could say anything about using bionics at school.
"Where'd you get that?" She asked as she pointed to the guitar.
"It is...was Marcus's." I said and she gave me a sad look. "Despite what he said, I'm actually good at playing it." I give a small smile before strapping it to my back and going to lunch.

I tried to think of a song that I could use to guarantee a spot in the talent show. 'I would have to kiss up to Perry' After school I look through my phone and found a song. I used my bionics to quickly memorize it. 'Now I wait' I think.

I sit in one of the chairs in the gym where Perry was judging who could be in the show. Chase sat on one side of me and Leo on the other.
"Want to be my lovely assistant?" Leo asked me and I shook my head.
"I'm trying out to." I said to him and pointed to the guitar. "But if I don't get a spot, maybe." I said.
"I was going to ask her." Chase said to Leo, who just stuck out his tongue.
"Well, in that case, I'd help you." I said to Chase with a small smile before looking at Leo. "Siblings first." I said to him and he gave a pout. 'He's kinda cute when he pouts' I think and turn my attention back to the people trying to get a spot in the talent show.

There was a lot of people who tried out after a hour. Perry would say no even after a few seconds.
"Is she going to do what I think she's going to do?" I ask Chase before the girl on stage put some water in her mouth and gargled twinkle twinkle little star. I shake my head and Perry soon pressed a buzzer.
"Next!" She said and I noticed Leo got up. "Don't you spit that out. You swallow that disgusting performance." The girl walked off the stage and Leo walked up. "Uggh..Dooley. Next." Perry pressed the buzzer and I watched Leo as he looked at Perry.
"Come on. Give me a chance." He said and I smiled a little.
"Ah, fine. Just get it over with."
"Three solid steel rings. Pass through each other to become interlocked. Locked solid right?" I wondered what Leo was going to do and was surprised when he made them disappear. I had to clap along with everyone else.
"I didn't know he was good at that." I whisper to Chase, only to notice he was on his way towards the stage.
"Wow...that wasn't awful. You're in." I smile when Perry pressed the nicer bell.
"Yes! For my next trick, I'll leave while I'm ahead." Leo sat back next to me as Chase went on the stage.
"That was good, how did you do it?" I ask.
"A great magician never reveals the truth." He said to me and we both smiled. I heard people groan and knew Chase wasn't doing good.
"Do something fun." I say, hoping he could hear me with his bionic hearing. Chase looked at the crowd and I tried to give him a look.
"Wait... I have another talent." Chase said after people started to throw paper balls at him. "I can do magic." The paper balls that were thrown at him started to rise in the air. I knew right away he was using his bionics. 'Too obvious' I think to myself as he shot them back at the people who threw them.
"Wow... that was amazing. Dooley, you're out. Little dutch boy...you're in." I get up with the guitar, smiling at my brother.
"I know what you did." I whisper to him so no one would hear before I went on the stage. Everyone looked at me as I started playing an acoustic version of one of the songs from the musical Cats. I didn't sing, just played.
"That was beautiful." Perry said with a smile and I knew my plan worked. She pressed the nicer bell before I got off the stage.

After school, I wanted to help repair Marcus a little more. I started to walk out of school when I heard my name. I turned around and saw Chase.
"Hey." I said with a smile to my twin. "Nice magic trick." I added, talking about what he did earlier.
"Do you want to get some fro-yo?" He asked and I nodded my head.
"Just a sec." I made sure no one was looking before bringing my stuff home with super speed before coming back. "Okay..." Chase opened his mouth to say something, but I stopped him. "Dad encouraged me to use my abilities when I could, as long as I didn't get caught. He said the more I used them, the more I could develop them, and unlock new ones." I added and I think he chose not to say anything.

Adam and Bree joined us before we started walking home.

I walked to the lab and saw Chase making a castle of cards with Molecular Kinesis.
"BOO!" I shouted from behind him. I chuckled a little when he jumped and his castle collapsed.
"Dani...why did you do that?" He asked me.
"Because dear Chase..." I put my hand on his shoulder "...you're my brother. Do you want me to teach you some techniques?" I ask him.
"Like what?" I got some stuff and put them on the cyber desk.
"You know how you always use your hands when you use Kinesis?" I ask, shortening the name. "Watch this..." I say and look at the stuff. I set the stuff on top of each other while using kinesis. My hands stayed at my side as I made sure they were carefully stacked. "I used the ability a lot that I was able to use it without my hands."
"I didn't know you could do that..."
"So the smartest man on the planet doesn't know something?" I pretend to be shocked. I cleaned the cyberdesk before putting the cards all laid out on it. "Just close your eyes, take a deep breath, and imagine the cards standing on their edge." Chase looks at me. "What, we gotta start with something simple." I smile and hug him from behind. "To stop you from using your hands." I add.

~3rd person~

Chase closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He tried to do what his sister suggested. 'Picture the cards standing on their edge' Her words repeated in his head. Dani kept her eyes on the cards as they started to move.

Donald started to walk into the lab, but saw Dani and Chase. He tried to be quiet to watch what they were doing.
"You can do it." He heard Dani whisper to Chase. "Just focus..." The cards slowly moved. "Keep focusing, but open your eyes..." She said, wanting her brother to see what he was doing. Chase smiled. "Stay calm..."
Donald kept listening and smiled to himself. 'She's teaching him...' He thinks to himself.

The cards were trembling a little.
"Don't over think..." Dani whispered and sighed when all the cards fell down. "Well, practice makes perfect." She said stood next to Chase. "Just try not to think too much when you do it." Dani faced the cards, took a deep breath and made the cards into a castle. She smiled at Chase. "Trust me, it just needs practice." She patted her brother's shoulder.
"Hey Big D." She turned to see Leo and a shocked Donald.
"Were you watching us?" Dani asked her uncle.
"Well, I...uh..." Donald mumbled. Dani looked at Donald and Leo. The next thing they knew, Donald and Leo's pants fell.
"It was Chase!" Dani pointed to Chase and sped out the lab, trying to give the blame to her brother.

~Dani's POV~

The next day I decided to dress up for the talent show. I wore the same tank top that I wore when we did the concert in a can with Marcus. 'You would have loved this' I think to myself about him as Chase goes on stage.
"Okay, next up is the Amazing Chase." Perry said as she introduced him. "The only magician whose magic wand is bigger than he is." There was a drumroll. I couldn't help but shake my head a little bit at my brother. He was wearing a cape and top hat, which was going a little overboard.
"Thank you. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen. For my first trick, I will move that chair...with my mind. I watched as Chase tried to lift the chair with kinesis, but fail. 'That's weird' I think ''Why isn't it working?' Out the corner of my eyes I see something. When I look, I see Leo holding something. 'Leo's fault' I think. I look back at Chase to see him struggling, and confused.
"Boring...bring out the girl who looks eerily similar to a giraffe." Perry said and I sat up straighter, ready to help my brother if he asked for it.
"I don't know what happened..." Chase said to her.
"I do, you stink. Get off the stage before you incur the wrath of my rotten tomatoes." Perry said and the crowd booed at him. Chase looked around, then looked at me.
'Help?' He mouthed and I gave him a small smile with a nod. He pointed his hand to the chair and I helped by using kinesis to lift it. The crowd started to go quiet. I followed Chase's direction and moved the chair, making it seem like he was doing it. I set the chair down when Chase wanted his act to end.

When Chase got off the stage, it was time for a break before the other acts went on stage. Chase and I went into the hall.
"Glad you have an awesome twin?" I asked him with a smile.
"Yeah, thanks for bailing me out." He said.
"You're welcome." I said. "After all, you are my twin." I look over to see Leo walking towards us. "Be right back..." I start walking towards Leo and he turned, trying to run away. I caught him and stare. "You know you almost made Spike show up..."
"You know about Spike?" Leo asked.
"Of course I do." I said. "My dad told me." I put my hand out. "Give it..." I said, knowing he knew what I was talking about.
"No."
"I'll tickle you until you give it back..." I semi-threatened. I remember Bree saying he was ticklish.
"You wouldn't..." I give a small smile and began to tickle him. He started laughing.
"Okay, okay..." He said and I stopped. He took it out my pocket. "I was just trying to get back at him for taking my spot." I smile a little.
"Sounds like something I would have done." I said. "But next time, be smarter about it." I patted his shoulder and went back to Chase. I pressed a button. "All fixed." I said.
"Leo?" Chase asked and I nodded.
"Leo..." I said before hearing Perry say the talent show was over. We all looked to see a popcorn sculpture of Perry's head. "Owen's gotta be the only person I heard of that doesn't like winning a talent show." I say to Chase.
"Boo!" I jumped when Leo scared me from behind. Then I noticed Perry fell in her face. 'I could have glitched' I think to myself and look at Leo. "Really?" I ask him before shaking my head a little.

I go back to get the guitar and it's case before walking home early.

I visited Marcus for a little bit.
"I know you can't hear me, but you should have been there today." I said. "Leo tried to embarrass Chase, but I saved him. Something I would have done with you..." I added. "I almost played your guitar even though you never let me touch it. Don't worry, I didn't. The talent show was cut short when there was a sculpture of Perry." I stop and just look at him. "Someday I'll hear your voice again brother." I didn't care that he was an android, he was still my brother. "I'll let you say 'I told you so' about Leo." Marcus was the only one that could easily tell I had a crush on Leo. "I love you." I try to give him a kiss on the forehead, but get shocked.

I get to the house and I could tell right away they were worried.
"Where were you?" Donald asked me with a little worry.
"I just needed a long walk..." I say as I put the guitar down and take off my shoes.
"It's almost dinner time." He said.
"I'm not really hungry." I said as I started walking towards the stairs.

General POV

Donald watch Dani walk upstairs and he sighed. He knew it wasn't the best situation for her, but he wanted her to open up to him. Donald knew that Dani missed her dad and Marcus, but he didn't know what to do about it. 'She still needs time' He told himself before he went to help Tasha with dinner.

~ I know that the chapter is out of order, but I wanted it to be after Bionic Showdown because of the idea I had for the chapter. (Dani helping Chase). I know Spike was a part of the episode, but the idea I had had to have him not in the chapter.

~ I will try my best to update with Avalanche within the next few months. I will do a more original version of the chapter considering how many times I've seen it. It will still turn out the same way. I want to someday do season 3 and 4 events for Dani. I'm not sure about the spin-off yet, depends on the season 4 finale and how the spin-off goes.

~ I haven't seen episodes after the Human Eddy/Bob Zombie ones so please try not to spoil them. (I know Marcus is back in the season 4 finale)

~ I have a Lab Rats forum for roleplays and discussions. I'm always open to new people joining in so please let me know if you'd like to check it out and I'll send you a link to it.

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