xli. bionic rebellion part 2

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~Monroe Living Quarters~

A groan was heard from Juliet as her body slowly regained consciousness. Her eyes squinted as she slowly gained her vision back and she carefully sat up.

"JULIET!" Freya was screaming in agony, pounding in the capsule. The blonde was now standing up, leaning against the glass as the water was now at her hips. "HELP!"

Juliet immediately got up and saw Freya crying out in desperate.

Juliet stumbled her way never to her sister. "How do I get you out?! Everything is on lockdown!"

"Can you melt the glass with your fire?" Freya asked. "I can't do anything or else I'lll electrocute myself.

Sebastian was smart. He put Freya in water, so her electrokinesis would be useless and only hurt herself.

"I'll try." Juliet stepped back and started to use her heat vision on the glass. Freya waited anxiously as her sister attempted to use her heat vision, but it wasn't doing anything.

Juliet stopped and sighed. "The glass is too strong. My fire won't melt it."

"The only solution is for you to find a way to escape and find Adam, Bree, and Chase." Freya told her sister. "Melt the door and go find them-"

"I'm not leaving you! You'll drown!" Juliet exclaimed, putting her hands on the glass.

"Not if you find them and stop Sebastian. If you find them, you can get Adam and he can smash the glass."

"Rey-"

"Go, Jules. I'll be okay." Freya assured her sister, put her hands on the glass. She lined up her fingers with her sisters and the two shared a heartfelt exchange. "Go find them."

Juliet let out a hesitant sighed. "Alright."

Juliet turned to the door and started to melt the door with her heat vision.

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"What are we gonna do? We have to save Freya, Juliet, Cassie, and Mr. Davenport." Bree asked her brothers.

"And Perry." Adam added.

"Absolutely." Chase nodded and shrugged. "Time permitting."

"You know what? I'll save you the trip. You can say goodbye to two of them from here."

Sebastian presses button on watch and starts a video conference with Davenport, Cassie, and Perry in the hydraloop

"Look! It's the mechanical people." Perry pointed.

"Yes!" Cassie cheered with relief.

"Yes, we're saved." Davenport said.

"Not exactly." Sebastian told them.

Davenport frowned. "Sebastian?"

"He blew up the hydraloop tunnel and cut off your oxygen supply." Chase told them.

"What?!" Cassie exclaimed.

Adam shrugged. "So, bad news we're gonna need a new hydraloop."

"Adam!" Bree berated.

"Well, I can't tell him we're gonna need a new father and Freya and Juliet need a new mother. That'd be rude." Adam reasoned.

"Where are my daughters?" Cassie asked with worry.

"One of them is swimming with the fishes," Sebastian chuckled. "And the other is basically useless."

"Don't call my girlfriend useless!" Adam snapped.

"Look, will somebody please tell me what's going on?" Davenport asked.

"Sebastian knows about Krane and he's trying to start a rebellion with the rest of the students." Bree answered.

"What? How does he know about Krane?" Davenport asked.

Adam and Bree glare at Chase, who let out a sigh. "...I might have told him." He glared at Sebastian. "Only because I thought we were friends."

"See? There's your first mistake. Who'd wanna be your friend-" Cassie and Davenport push Perry to the side.

"Chase has been very helpful, and once my brothers and sisters hear what really happened to our father, they'll join me. My real brothers and sisters. Not some fake traitors who betrayed our family!" Sebastian explained and Chase clenched his fist angrily. "Then...we can fulfill his dreams of bionic humans ruling the world."

"Guys, don't let him near the other students. They're not ready to know about Krane yet and or Freya and Juliet being their sisters! They won't understand why we had to destroy their creator!" Davenport yelled.

Sebastian grinned. "Then you probably shouldn't have just told them.

The students in the training area are shown to be watching the live feed from the hydraloop, and all turn to look at Leo.

Spin frowned. "Did you know about this?

Leo stammered over his words nervously. "I didn't-- I mean they just-- That is just messed up."

"Please believe me. I was planning on telling you about Krane eventually, but I couldn't let anything interfere with teaching you to become bionic heroes. I needed you to trust--"

The screen glitched out before Davenport could finish.

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~Hydraloop~

Cassie and Davenport were sitting on the floor of the hydraloop, quickly running out of oxygen. Perry was sitting close to them, sucking in all their air.

Cassie was first to notice her odd breathing. "What's wrong? Are you hyperventilating?"

"No, I'm stealing your oxygen. It's every man for himself." Perry started to inhale more and Cassie groaned, moving her away.

"Get away from us!" Davenport yelled and shoves Perry into the seat and an oxygen canister emerges from underneath.

Perry grabbed the oxygen canister. "Hey, what's this?"

Cassie stared at it with shock as Davenport stammered his words. "Uhh...that would be a tank full of oxygen." He took the canister. "I really gotta start attending these safety meetings."

"Ladies first."

Davenport moved the canister away. "Okay. Here you go, Cassie."

Cassie took the canister with a smile and Perry leaned back with a frown.

"Look, properly rationed, this can last us a full two hours." Davenport informed the girls.

"See, that's the problem. I only care about one of us. Give it!" Perry yelled they begin to fight over the oxygen canister.

Cassie yelled, fighting for the canister. "No!"

"Give it!" Perry grunted."

"No. No! Quit tugging! Come on!" Davey yelled.

Perry accidentally pressed the release button and all of the oxygen comes hissing out the canister. Cassie yelped, leaning away with her hair getting puffy.

Perry stammered sheepishly. "Uh, hm. Got another one?"

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~Monroe Living Quarters~

Juliet was still attempting to burn a hole in the door, but her heat vision was doing it at a slow pace.

"It's too slow!" Juliet groaned as she stopped and turned it Freya, who now has water in four at her ribcage. "There has to be a better way!"

Freya looked around the room and looked above her to see a vent on the ceiling.

"Hey! That vent!" Freya pointed above and Juliet looked up. "Can you climb through that?"

Juliet walked over and stood under it. "If I can reach it." Juliet quickly grabbed a chair and stood on it. She was barely able to reach the vent, but managed to pull it off.

"Yes!" Freya cheered. "Go save our men and Bree!"

Juliet gave her a reassuring smile. "I'll be back for you! Don't drown!"

Juliet pulled herself into the vent and started to climb through.

"Please make it." Freya prayed and looked down at the water that was pouring.

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Juliet was crawling through the vent, passing each room until she could find the common area. Leo was on the other side, searching as well. It didn't take long for them to bump into one another.

"Ow!" They put said and looked up with a gasp.

"Leo!"

"Jules!"

"What are you doing here?" They both simultaneously asked. "Trying to find Adam, Bree, and Chase."

They paused for a second. "That was as weird." Juliet frowned.

"Agreed." Leo said and they heard fighting right below them. They look down and saw Adam, Bree, and Chase fighting Sebastian, Lexi, and Tank in the common area.

"Ready to drop in?" Juliet asked.

"I wanted to say that." Leo pouted.

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~Common Area~

"You ready to give up yet?" Sebastian asked.

"I could do this all day." Chase challenged.

"Trust me, you won't last that long. Like your girlfriend, she won't be alive for long."

"Don't you talk about my girlfriend!" Chase yelled and went to attack, but Sebastian hits Chase in the stomach and he falls to the floor. Sebastian raises his laser bo to finish Chase when Leo and Juliet land on him from the ceiling above.

Leo cheered. "Yes! Three rooms later, but we finally got it."

"Woo!" Juliet cheered and helps Chase off the floor

"Hey, Leo and Jules, thanks for "droppin in." Chase smiled.

"Come on. Juliet got the first one! I was gonna say that." Leo whined.

"Where's Freya!?" Chase asked as Adam hugged his girlfriend.

"She's still in the capsule, but if we can stop Sebastian we can save her." Juliet told as worried Chase.

"Will she make it?" Bree asked.

"I hope so." Juliet sighed.

"Ha! Now it's five against three. Wait! One, two, three, four, five...Oh, yeah! I'm right this time!" Adam beamed and Juliet rubbed his arm proudly.

"Bring it on." Lexi challenged.

Juliet and Chase nod to each other, and trick Lexi into running and getting tangled in a bench by Juliet kicking the bench. Chase high fives the red head.

Adam and Tank resume fighting, and Adam passes Tank to Leo, who lifts him up in the air.

"Ahh! Time to take out the trash." Leo throws him out the giant window in the back of the room. Sebastian was the only one left and he was angry.

"Guys." Bree said.

Sebastian's eyes turn purple and sends a huge blast of electricity at them. "Ahh! Ahhhh!"

Adam grabbed Juliet, moving her behind a pillar with the rest.

"How'd you do that?!" Chase asked.

"Remember how you unlocked my new ability? Well, once you gave me Mr. Davenport's password, I unlocked them all." Sebastian smirked

Chase sighs and Adam, Bree, Juliet, and Leo look at him in horror

Adam continued to held Juliet. "You have got to be kidding me."

"How can he use all of his abilities at once?" Bree asked.

Chase got an idea. "He can't. Not for long. If we can get him to max out his abilities, it'll fry his chip."

"And he doesn't know that?" Juliet asked and Chase shakes his head.

"Finally! Something you didn't share with your BFF." Bree said with relief.

"Dah-dah! Ex-BFF. He's trying to kill my girlfriend we are done!" Chase corrected. "Just follow my lead. We have to keep him on the offensive." Chase stepped out from the pillar. "Hey, Sebastian, let's see what you got."

Sebastian fires heat vision at Chase, which he dodges.

"Over here!" Bree called from an another side.

"Ahh!" Sebastian yelled and uses pyrokinesis, which Bree dodges.

"Hey, Sebastian!" Adam called and Sebastian growls in his face. "Hit Chase again."

"Come and get me brother!" Juliet teased and Sebastian fires at her, and his bionics begin to glitch uncontrollably.

Chase gasped. "It's working."

Adam smiled, putting his arm around Juliet. "Ooh-ooh-ooh. It's like a firework show. I bet this is his big finale."

Sebastian cried out just agony. "Ahh! Ohh, what's happening? How do I make it stop?"

Chase grinned. "You can't."

"But if you could, I'm sure Chase would've told you how." Bree mentioned and Chase glared at her.

Sebastian begins to lose control and stands there, shuddering.

"Your rebellion is over." Chase said and shoves him onto the floor. The carbonex on the door vanished.

"Freya!" Chase gasped and he turned off the lockdown. The doors started to open and he and Juliet rushed off to save her.

"Wait. What about Cassie and Mr. Davenport?"

"Quick! Check the feed." Leo said and they run over to the console to see a blank feed. "Cassie?Mr. Davenport!"

"Wait, why can't we see anything?" Adam asked.

"The oxygen level in the hydraloop is at...zero." Leo said with sorrow and the three shared a look of horror.

"Will you stop sweating on us?"

Right then, Cassie, Davenport and Perry walk in holding a small escape pod.

"That's not sweat. My mayo packets exploded." Perry told them and Cassie grimaced.

"You're alive!" Leo beamed.

"But how did you escape?" Bree asked.

"Found an emergency escape pod in the hydraloop. Who knew?" Perry told them.

"Yeah, I really need to start attending those safety meetings." Davenport nodded.

"That does not look big enough for three people." Leon pointed to the small escape pod.

Davenport shook his head as Cassie let out a shaky breath, shuddering. "Oh.. it's not."

Perry scoffed. "Oh, please. I've wiggled into smaller things than that with bigger men than you."

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~Monroe Living Quarters~

The water is now at Freya's neck and she was panicking.

"Okay! I'm ready to be saved now!" Freya yelled. She noticed the door was open and she gasped. "Lockdown is over!"

"REY!" Chase sprinted in and immediately went over the capsule panel. Juliet ran in behind him and stood at the capsule.

"The water is-"

Freya couldn't finish and was now completely submerged in water, struggling to hold her breath.

"Hurry!" Juliet yelled.

Chase typed as fast as he could and suddenly the capsule opened. Water poured out and Juliet ignored the water, catching her sister immediately.

Chase was at Freya's side almost immediately and she let out violent coughs, getting her breath back.

"Rey," Chase sighed as Juliet placed her in his arms. "I'm so sorry-"

Freya coughed. "Chase, don't apologize."

"No, no, I do. I shouldn't have told Sebastian about Krane. Then this wouldn't have happened." Chase shook his head, placing his head on Freya's shoulder.

"I mean-"

"Not now," Freya scolded her sister, still coughing, but she was recovering.

"I'll leave you too alone. I'm glad you're alright," Juliet gave her sister a smile and kissed forehead, before getting up and leaving.

Freya looked at her cast and saw it was completely destroyed. "I'll need a new cast."

"Casts can be replaced. You can't," Chase told her seriously. "If I had lost you-"

"Chase," Freya cut him off, sitting up. "You won't lose me. What Sebastian did, didn't end me."

"What did he do?" Chase asked her.

"You saw it," Freya gestured to the water that damped the floor around them and then her wet hair.

"I meant... did he do anything else to you?" Chase asked and Freya became scared. She has never been touched the way Sebastian has touched her before. It was scary and she feels violated.

"Uh..." Freya swallowed nervously and her cheeks flushed with embarrassment.

"Rey," Chase grabbed her hands. She could see darkness fill his eyes. It had anger and concern in them. "What did he do?"

"He...he touched me. And... and he tried to kiss me." Freya couldn't get out any more words and Chase sat there feeling rage in his body as Freya started to cry.

"He what?!" Chase asked, gritting through his teeth. He looked at his embarrassed yet scared girlfriend and his entire body filled with concern. He pulled her in for a gentle, yet firm hug and she wrapped her arms around his neck, crying softly into his neck.

"I'm so sorry." Chase apologized, squeezing her gently and rubbing her back softly. "He will never ever lay a finger on you again."

"I felt so violated," Freya quietly said and Chase let out an angry exhale, hating the image he saw in his head of Sebastian touching Freya.

"You'll be okay. I promise," Chase assured her and kissed her check as he pulled her to arms length.

Freya nodded, sniffling. "Thank you for saving me."

"I'll always save you." Chase told her as he moved his hand to her cheek and caressed it.

He kissed her gently and Freya smiled in the kiss.

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~Commin Area~

Sebastian, Lexi, and Tank are on the floor handcuffed as Adam, Bree, Chase, Leo, Freya, Juliet, Cassie, and Davenport surrounded them.

Freya was sat on a stool at the cyber desk with a makeshift cast. Her other one got destroyed and Davenport made a temporary one for her.

"The authorities are on their way to pick you guys up." Davenport told the three rebellions.

"This isn't over. We will get our revenge." Sebastian declared and Freya leaned back, feeling uneasy around him.

"I don't think so. You're gonna be locked up for a very long time." Davenport told him.

"You really think prison bars or handcuffs can hold me?" Sebastian scoffed attempts to break out of handcuffs and fails.

"Not gonna work. While you were unconscious, we removed your bionic chips-" Bree covers his mouth, cutting him off.

"Stop telling him stuff." Bree glared.

"Freya, I see you're alive and well. Have a nice swim?" Sebastian teased and Freya looked away, embarrassed as Juliet put her hands on her  shoulders assuringly.

Chase knelt down and grabbed Sebastian shirt, roughly pulling him to his face. "You're lucky I didn't end you when I did. If you say her name again, I will end you."

Sebastian didn't respond as Chase tossed him back. Chase stood up and turned to Freya, who was blushing for another reason. He gently held her hand and she was speechless.

"All right. Let's hit it, Sturdy, Creepy, and Butch." Perry beckoned the rebellions to get up. "You know, for once, it's nice to be on this side of the cuffs."

Davenport made a fade as she walks out of the room with Sebastian, Lexi, and Tank.

"Now all we have to do is convince the rest of the rebellious bionic students not to rip us apart!" Leo smiled nervously.

"Yeah, but first, I need a couple of hours to wash the Perry off my...everywhere." Davenport cleared his throat and walked away.

"I had Perry feet in my face," Cassie said and everyone grimaced as she left the room.

"That might be worse torture than what I went through," Freya pointed out.

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~Training Area~

The mentors, Leo, Davenport, Freya, Juliet, and Cassie were in the training area explaining to the students the situation about Krane.

"And so, the reason Mr. Davenport didn't tell you guys about Krane was because he was trying to protect you." Chase explained.

"Just like he was trying to protect the three of us when he didn't tell us that Douglas was our real creator. Mr. Davenport was just looking out for you. Does this all make sense?" Bree asked the students and they nodded.

"Also, to confirm any confusion. Juliet and Freya are your sisters. They are Krane's biological kids," Davenport informed the students and the two sisters waved to them kindly.

"We are your family. Blood related or not," Juliet told them and Freya looked up at her sister from her position on the floor.

"Sorry Spin." Freya giggled and the little boy blushed.

Adam stepped forward. "Yeah, but I think the real takeaway here is..." He gestured to Chase. "That it was all Chase's fault. Goodnight, everybody." He runs off the platform leaving a confused Chase.

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~Monroe Living Quarters~

That night, Freya sat on her couch, scrolling through pictures of her and Chase. From before they dated to present time.

She didn't expect her life to be this crazy. She didn't expect herself to fall in love with a bionic hero.

Chase walked into the room, knocking lightly on the wall. "Hey."

Freya looked and smiled softly.  "Hi."

Juliet was asleep in her capsule and Cassie was sleeping too. Freya wasn't comfortable sleeping because her capsule was still soaked from the water.

Chase sat next to Freya and saw a picture of him and Freya on their date at the planetarium.

"Don't you look beautiful," Chase smiled and Freya grinned. "Why are you up still?"

"I couldn't sleep. My capsule isn't dry yet," Freya said and the couple turned to the capsule that had water dripping from it.

"I wouldn't want to sleep in that either," Chase remarked and he held her hand, rubbing his thumb on her hand. "You okay?"

Freya nodded, letting out an exhale. "Yes. Just another attack that I survived. Seems to be a reoccurring pattern, huh? The third time I almost died."

"Don't remind me," Chase mumbled and leaned his head on her shoulder. "Everything we've been through, you would think I could have protected you better."

"Not your fault I'm related to a bionic madman who hates me," Freya told him. "But, he's gone. Sebastian is gone. You think finally something good will happen?"

"Something good did happen."

"What?"

Chase lifted his head and his hazel eyes met her blue ones. "You. I met you and that was the best thing that ever happened."

Freya smiled softly, blushing. "You are the best thing that's ever been mine, Chase."

"And you are the best thing that's ever been mine, Freya." Chase remarked and brought her in for a kiss.

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