CHAPTER TWO, sink or swim

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Emilia and Tasha were waiting back at the house for Donald and Leo to come back. Luckily, Tasha had gotten a call to say that it was proven that Douglas hacked into Donald's account and took all of his money out of the bank.

When finally, Donald and Leo walked in with the latter telling his mother. "Please don't text 'Hurry Home' when we're in a helicopter. I left my lunch all over the Rosenblatts' Roof."

"So, what happened?" Tasha asked as soon as she pulled away from her husband's hug. "Where are the kids?"

"Douglas got to them before we did." Donald said through a sigh and Tasha scoffed. "Your brother, again? Okay, you are done complaining about my mother."

Donald shook his head. "We have no idea where they are, but they're smart, they will figure out a way to escape." He glanced at Leo before looking back at his wife and corrected. "Well, two of them will."

"Mom, what's Emilia doing?" Leo asked, noticing his friend's actions as the girl was spotted pacing back and forth in the kitchen, with headphones over her ears. Tasha waved a hand, as if she was shrugging them off while she explained in just two words. "Banshee business."

"I do however, have some good news." Tasha said while changing the subject to inform her husband about what she had just found out. "The FBI finished their investigation and proved you were cyberhacked."

Donald looked hopeful, smiling as he asked. "So I'm getting all my money back?" Though, his face quickly dropped as Tasha winced. "No. All the money was stolen. You're still broke."

"But I'm getting all my stuff back, right?" Donald continued to hold out hope. "My boats, my cats, my planes."

"Just the house." Tasha stated and smiled as she continued on a positive note. "But the good news is that now we can all move back in together."

"Not even like a jet-ski, or a motorcycle with one wheel?"

"So, what're you gonna do about the kids?" Tasha sighed before Leo interjected. "Well, they're not gonna come back here because they still don't think it's safe. I just wish there was some way we could get a message to them and let them know everything's all right."

"Well, the only thing I can do remotely is update Chase's software." Donald thought of it as an idea until he realised. "Wait. Maybe, that's it. Maybe I can embed a cyber message into the update. Leo, find us a computer."

The Dooley teenager went to walk away before he stopped and looked around the room as Tasha asked her husband. "Is there anything I can do?"

Though Donald scoffed, thinking she was kidding as he replied. "Tasha, now is not the time for jokes."

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As the energy rings continued to surround Adam, Bree and Chase, with no way of them getting out, they had no choice but to stand still and watch as their lab got destroyed, almost taking Emilia, Leo and Donald with it — but thankfully, the siblings managed to see the Hunter super speed herself and the two humans to the elevator, and so they hoped that they were out of harm's way.

"I can't believe the lab is gone." Bree was still in disbelief, as well as her brothers, before looking over at Douglas. "That's our home!"

Staring at Douglas with anger, Chase then began to threaten. "If anything happened to our family or my girlfriend, I will end you."

"Yeah." Adam agreed and nodded his head. "And then we'll put your body in an old-lady dress so everyone laughs during your funeral."

"Guys, guys, I understand you're mad. But what's done is done. So, let's focus on moving forward together. First order of business, what do you say we make Mondays family game night?"

"This guy, still evil, still fun." Adam pointed out, before Douglas walked away, leaving a confused Chase to turn to his siblings. "Guys, something's happening to me." He informed. "I'm getting a tingling sensation."

"Aw, you hear that, Bree? Pretty soon he'll have a baby mustache." Adam teased and Bree laughed along with him before wiggling her finger under Chase's nose until he slapped her hand away.

"No. I just got a software update on my chip." He explained. "That's really weird. Why would I just— Wait. Mr Davenport must be trying to send us a message." Chase realised before he pressed his fingers against his temple and Donald appeared in hologram form.

"Guys, I know Douglas has you. Leo and I are doing everything we can to find you. But if you can escape, come home. Perry has agreed to keep our bionic secret. Can we do that again? I just feel like this hologram makes me look fat."

Donald was then quickly pushed aside by Emilia before he could say anymore. "Overall, just get your butts home before I destroy this place more than it already is." The girl paused for a moment before adding. "Also, I don't want to be stuck alone with Leo any longer."

Just seeing Emilia standing there, and unharmed may he add, made him smile. He couldn't wait to return home so he could apologise and say the three important words that he had been wanting to tell her ever since he left in the first place.

"Hey!" Leo's voice was heard in the background, before Emilia chuckled awkwardly. "I meant it as a good thing." She told him before walking out of view and the hologram disappeared.

"They're okay!" Chase looked relieved before his sister furrowed her brows, focusing on something different to what Donald actually said. "Was Mr. Davenport wearing guy-liner?" She questioned, and Chase sighed before telling them. "Now we just have to find a way to get out of here."

"What if I used my blast wave ability to destroy the rings?" Adam suggested, however his sister was quick to remind him. "If you do that, you'll destroy the rings and everything around us— including us."

"But we'll be free." Adam said as if it was obvious, making Bree roll her eyes before Chase spoke up and pointed out. "Here's an idea: how 'bout we come up with a plan where we escape and survive?"

"Wait a second," Bree remembered, and directed her next words towards Chase. "if these rings are titanium, can't you just use your magnetism app to repel them apart?"

Chase sighed at that. "Douglas would expect that, just like he would expect me to use my molecular kinesis to manipulate them."

Adam shrugged. "So, do both. He wouldn't expect that." He pointed out, but Chase disagreed, as he told his brother. "Adam, you can't use two abilities at the same time."

"Why not?" Bree raised her brows, looking at the boy in question who seemed to struggle to come up with an answer. "Because... I don't know." He stammered nervously. "We've never tried it before!"

"Well, I say you try it now," Adam sighed. "and if your head explodes, the survivors will move on to plan B." He said, gesturing between himself and Bree — and when Chase finally agreed to do it, he successfully managed to free them all without his head getting blown off, although it left him falling to the floor with Bree dragging his unconscious body out of there.

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Emilia sat up on one of the crates with one of her legs hanging on each side, when she looked down as Donald and Leo returned, with Tasha shooting up from the couch and asked. "Still no word from the kids?"

"No." Donald said and Tasha sighed at his answer before speaking again. "You're a tech whiz. Isn't there something else you can do, like send them a text alert or friend request or have them paged?"

"I'll be honest. Sometimes, I wonder how you two ended up together." Leo told Donald who turned to Tasha as Emilia laughed. "Look, all we can do is hope they got the cyber message. Until then, we just have to wait."

As soon as he said that, the front door opened to reveal Bree at first. "We're home!" She called out, with Chase and Adam stood behind her and they stepped into the house.

"Well, that didn't take long." Leo pointed out and smiled as the siblings finally ran further in and reunite with them.

"Oh, I'm so glad you're safe." Tasha said, sighing in relief. "I was so worried."

Chase then pulled away before looking around in worry. "Hey, where's Lia?" He wondered, earning a chuckle from Leo before he pointed towards the crate that Emilia was still sat on, while waving at the group.

"Hey, guys." Emilia greeted, smiling innocently at them. "Nice of you to join us before I destroyed the place. Now what took you so long? And if it's okay, can someone help me down?"

"Are you guys okay?" Donald looked at the three siblings in concern as Chase started to walk over to where Emilia was, nodding his head. "We're fine, but Douglas has a new partner."

Chase then held out his arms for Emilia to jump into as Adam chimed in before Donald could respond to that. "Eh, give it six months. Big one's super high maintenance."

Sensing the tension, Emilia thanked him quickly before walking past him and towards the others with Chase following behind. "He's some crazy billionaire named Victor Krane, and he's implanting himself with bionics."

"I've never even heard of him, but I'm gonna find out who he is and how to stop him." Donald said before walking away.

"You guys must be starving." Tasha realised after Emilia pulled away from Bree who she had just hugged. "I'll get dinner started."

"Yes! We hungry!" Emilia exclaimed, running to the kitchen with the others.

"Look at this." Leo started off, smiling at them all as he pointed out. "Things are finally getting back to normal." If only, at least one person noticed the different colour in Chase's eyes.

And a few minutes later, they all hung around on the couch while Leo explained what happened while they were gone. "Then the lab blew up and we got trapped in the elevator. Big D confided his deepest secrets with me. Hiding you three in the basement, not even top ten."

Emilia responded with a laugh as she approached the kitchen counter to grab more chips from the bowl. With her back turned, Emilia didn't see as Chase shot up from the couch before moving over to Leo. "Hey, what's up with your eyes?" The boy asked before he was suddenly pulled up by his shirt. "Hey! Hey! Easy on the chest hairs. I only have two."

Hearing Leo, Emilia turned around, confused at the sight, and at the same time, Adam and Bree sat up from the couch with their eyes the same colour as Chase's.

"The fridge is empty. Why don't I whip up a little tuna surprise?" Tasha asked her husband, who didn't get to reply before he was thrown onto the ground by Adam. "Adam, please don't throw him. You know how delicate your father is." She tried to tell him, not knowing his inability to control his own actions at that moment.

"What's happening?" Emilia questioned, looking worried as Donald was first to explain. "Douglas must've enabled their Triton app. Look at their eyes. He's controlling them!"

Emilia widened her eyes. "Tasha, watch out!" She warned and both of them moved out the way just in time before Bree could hit them. Tasha glared over the counter. "Forget the tuna, I'm about to open up a can of Bree surprise." She retorted and jumped back as the speedster stood back up.

Leo managed to escape Chase and Emilia pushed them out the room, just as they all began running away from them. Her main priority was to keep the other three away from Adam, Bree and Chase as they were human.

They tiptoed in front of the elevator when Donald whispered. "I think we lost them." Although, he was quickly proven wrong when the doors behind them, opened and revealed Adam, making them scream before he activated his heat vision.

"Why are they trying to hurt us?!" Tasha shouted to her husband, not understanding the situation as Donald explained. "It's not them. It's Douglas. Let's get out of here." They went to run but failed to do so as Chase used his molecular kinesis to move the huge box and block the door. "Are you shitting me?!" Emilia yelled in annoyance.

So instead, they attempted to run the other way, when Bree blocked their path by super speeding in front of them — followed by Chase throwing a box over their heads with his mind.

"Okay, you and your brother need to just hug this out!" Leo looked at Donald, annoyed, before the Hunter girl yelled out. "Run now!" She insisted and they all went their separate ways — leaving Adam to chase after the adults, Bree following after Leo, and surprisingly, this left Emilia trying to run from her own boyfriend.

"Why are you coming after me?" Emilia ran back into the living room, yelling. "Why not Adam? He's the one who always picks on you!" Her face suddenly turned into panic as the boy finally had her cornered into a wall. "Don't scream, Emilia. Don't scream." She muttered to herself, seeing as she didn't want to hurt him if she did that.

However, her mood quickly changed when Chase used his molecular kinesis to move one of the heavy boxes and let it float above her head. "No, no, no. Chase, no!" She yelled in protest, looking up at the box above her that could drop at any moment.

"Donald! Do something!" Tasha panicked as she noticed the sight in front of her. Donald followed the woman's gaze before his eyes widened in fear for the girl. "Chase, don't drop it!" He shouted, in attempt to get his attention. "Listen to me. The Triton app only controls your bionics, not your human side. You have to fight it!"

"Yes, Chase remember." Emilia looked at the boy and thought back, listing off important memories she shared with Chase. "All those times we spent together, like when we first met. When I asked you to dance with me because Danielle bailed, all those times we would spend together at school, you saving me after I fell unconscious, you asking me to be your girlfriend, our first kiss."

She was starting to feel defeat seeing Chase's eyes still green before her eyes lit up and she started to speak again. "Remember when you told me goodbye in a letter? You said you had something to tell me but you wanted to wait until we saw each other again."

His eyes flickered, making her continue her long speech. "I wanted to be mad at you! I did, but seeing you again. I just couldn't. I could never be mad at you, because I love you!" She was first to admit, making Chase's face twitch.

He could hear her... So Emilia carried on. "And I know that you're somewhere in there, Chase. So, where is he? Where is the Chase that I fell in love with?!"

Chase closed his eyes as the box slowly started to close down on the girl. Luckily, his face twitched once again before his eyes flickered back to their normal hazel eyes that Emilia always adored, and the box was suddenly thrown away by the use of his molecular kinesis.

"Honestly, I did not think that was gonna work."

Tasha rolled her eyes at her husband. "Shut up, it was cute." She said with a smile and before Chase could hit the ground, Emilia rushed to catch him and started shaking him, in attempt to get him to wake up.

Soon, Chase's eyes began to flutter open, and the first thing he saw was the soft smile on Emilia's face before she and the others helped him up off the ground.

"My head is killing me." Chase groaned, and Leo was quick to explain it for him. "It was Douglas' triton app."

"He probably doesn't remember anything." The Davenport man thought, making Emilia frown at that before their attention was brought to Bree who super speeded over the counter with Adam behind her.

"Bree, what's wrong with your eyes?" A confused Chase asked, when Donald explained. "Douglas is controlling them. You have to fight back."

"I can't fight them. They're my—" Chase's protest was interrupted by Adam who shot at him with his heat vision, sending him stumbling back into a wall.

"Fight!" Leo shouted before the four of them hid behind the couch, leaving Chase alone, watching as he stepped forward and used his molecular kinesis to move the box and push Adam back.

But considering his super-strength, Adam easily pushed the box aside before activating his heat vision once again and aimed it towards Chase who quickly brought up his force-field to shield him at the moment.

"Adam's too strong." A worried Donald observed the situation, not seeing Emilia step out from behind the couch as he added. "Chase can't hold out much longer."

"BREE!" Donald, Tasha and Leo instantly tried to cover their ears at the sound of Emilia's wail of Bree's name in attempt to reach out of her — in which this case, she did. The brunette opened her eyes into reality before she fell to the ground with Emilia catching her before she hit the floor.

"I did not think that would work either." Donald muttered to himself, in shock from the situation, though Tasha whacked him on the shoulder and reminded him. "Will you stop underestimating her?!"

"I meant it as a good thing." Donald replied back in a nervous tone, seeing as what just happened with Emilia and Bree could be useful in future emergency situations.

Once Chase managed to shut Adam's bionics off, using his override app, the boys both fell to the ground in exhaustion, leaving them all to wait until they woke up.

It wasn't long until then either. "Hey bestie." The auburn-haired girl greeted Bree with a smile once she opened her eyes.

"What happened?" Bree mumbled weakly before rubbing her ears. And why are my ears ringing?"

"That's my fault, sorry." Emilia said sheepishly as she tried to apologise to the girl before helping her off the floor, with the others doing the same with Adam and Chase.

"Can someone tell us what the hell happened?"

"To some it up." Emilia sighed before explaining to them. "Douglas controlled you guys with the Triton app. I saved Chase using my words, Chase saved Adam by using the override app, and I saved Bree with using my voice."

"Oh! That's why." Bree winced, remembering the girl's scream that echoed inside her mind. While the others approached the girls, Donald was first to bring their attention to downstairs. "Come on. There's something you guys should probably see."

"Wow." Bree was first to speak after taking a look at the lab. "The whole reason I built this place was to protect you, and I couldn't even do that. I feel like I failed you." Donald sighed.

"Well, I'm glad someone said it." Adam chimed in, making the others look at him.

"You didn't fail us." Chase told the man. "If you hadn't brought us together as a family, and let us live like normal kids, we would never have been able to defeat the Triton app."

"Thanks guys." Donald smiled, moving his arm to wrap around Chase's shoulder. "You're right. I am handsome and brilliant." He showed his ego once again, making Emilia purse her lips.

"I didn't—" Chase went to tell him before getting interrupted by Leo. "No. No. Let him go. It's how he copes." They all smiled before gathering into a big group hug.

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With Donald on his way to building a new lab for Adam, Bree and Chase, they had no choice but to sleep upstairs for the time being, seeing as they couldn't sleep in their capsules.

Emilia, dressed in her pajamas, walked out of her bathroom to see Chase sat on the bed, looking glum. "You okay?" She asked and joined him on the bed.

"You were right to be mad at me." A disappointed Chase said, and Emilia looked at him confused before he carried on. "I remember everything you said to me, while I had that box hovered over you."

Emilia sighed. "Chase. Like, I told you, I couldn't be. I understood what you needed to do. I'm not mad anymore, and I don't think I ever was." She said softly before Chase stood up, frowning as he backed away from the bed. "But you were disappointed."

"Chase Davenport." Emilia stood up and grabbed his hand, stopping him from going any further as she continued. "You are the sweetest boy I have ever met, and I am proud to call you my boyfriend. Unless you do something really stupid, I can never be mad at you."

"I can never be mad at you, either." Chase replied and Emilia smirked. "Well of course you can't. I am amazing." She joked, earning a chuckle from the boy before he looked into her eyes, and with his hand, he brushed her hair back. "You know, you never let me say it back."

"I love you, Emilia Hunter." Chase finally told the girl. "I think I loved you from the moment we first met, and I think I'll always will."

"I love you too, Chase Davenport." Emilia smiled, whereas Chase smirked, and with a raise of a brow, he proposed. "So, do you want to make up for the time we missed?"

"And what do you mean by that?" Emilia smiled innocently at the boy who smashed his lips onto hers, sending her feet shuffling back until they both hit the bed.

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MEGAN SPEAKS !

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