At the Motorage bar Mercedes is at the counter blowing on a beer bottle to make sounds when she notices the security camera moving on its own, changing angles.

"What the fuck...?" Mercedes says, she sees that the camera has been hacked "Oh That bionic motherfucker!" Mercedes says angrily.

At Mighty Force headquarters, Chase, Harper and Adam are in the control center.

"okay, how are the chips?" Harper asks "we already have copies for approximately all bionic soldiers...But not all of them has been tested" Chase says "That's good" Adam says.

"Yup, attention team 6 I need the drone footage in live now" Harper says into a communicator, Chase sits down in a chair.

"team 6 that's an order! Now" Harper says, Chase loses his gaze on her, he gives a slight smile watching her look intently at the monitors with a straight posture, hands on her waist and a serious look.

"Release the data on the route they have been taking over the last few months" Harper says on the communicator.

Chase bites his lip and runs his hand through his hair, suddenly as he admires Harper, a call beeps on his high-tech glasses and the call opens with a video call with Mercedes "Oh shit!" Chase jumps in fright, everyone looks at him confused.

"Geez Mercedes! Damn!" Chase gets up and moves away from the monitors, everyone can see the red light flash in the corner of hid glasses signaling that he is on a call.

"What's up?" Chase asks "I'm gonna fuck you!" Mercedes says, Chase sighs "I'm flattered, but I already have someone to do this with...and more importantly, may I ask why!?" Chase says.

"Who gave you fucking permission to hack my bar's cameras!?" Mercedes asks angrily "No one. I thought it was necessary so I did it" Chase says.

"Listen, Just because you're the captain of this flying junk doesn't mean you have the right to stick your finger in my bar!" Mercedes says.

"I don't know if you've heard but rights aren't the kind of thing I care about... just look at the newspapers" Chase smirk "you're an idiot!" Mercedes says.

"Listen, our agreement is very clear, you are part of this team and as part of the team I guarantee your safety and you ours... if you don't like it I will keep the cameras just to watch the FBI tear down this bar" Chase says firmly, Mercedes looks at the camera.

"and I'm going to make popcorn to watch!" Chase gives a sarcastic smile, Mercedes sighs.

"listen Mercy, I understand that working as a team can be difficult, but I assure you that you won't lose control of the bar and that I can be trusted" Chase says "How ironic coming from the guy who hacked my fucking security cameras" Mercedes says.

"I just didn't say anything right away because I knew exactly that you were going to..." "tell you to fuck off" Mercedes interrupts,Chase rolls his eyes "you wouldn't be reasonable" Chase says, Mercedes shakes her head.

"if you do any more shit like that without telling me again, you're dead!" Mercedes says, Chase chuckles "of course, like you could do such a thing" Chase laughs.

"...And do you know there's a way to form sentences without using the word "fuck" every five seconds, right?" Chase asks "Are you jealous because I'm more of a man than you" Mercedes says.

"Have a good afternoon Mercedes" Chase says "you too, young lady!" Mercedes says and hangs up Chase sighs impatiently.

Harper looks at Chase "what happened?" Harper walks over to him "Mercedes being... Mercedes!" Chase rolls his eyes "I told you!" Harper says.

"Ahg! Everything was so much easier to control when it was just the three of us!" Chase complains "of course, all we had was a can of beans how are things going to get out of control with just that?" Adam says, Chase agrees.

"Yes, I know, but is it so difficult for people like Mercedes to understand my orders? I think I have..." Chase is interrupted when Harper cups his face and gently kisses his lips.

Adam chuckles seeing that it's just to get Chase to shut up.

Chase licks his lips and smiles "Okay, I'm just saying that I'm more than capable..." "yeah you are!" Harper chuckles and pulls him in for another kiss interrupting him again.

Chase breaks the kiss "I hate that cheap trick!" Chase says softly without moving his face away from hers "you love that cheap trick" Harper says, Chase smirks "I love that cheap trick!" Chase gives her a peck on the lips.

Adam sighs thoughtfully when he sees the two, he looks at the monitors with a needy look, and puts the cap he often wears back.

"Everything okay Adam?" Chase asks looking at him "everything is the same as always" Adam gives Chase a broken smile, Chase sighs and pats him on the back.

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Meanwhile in the Davenport tower, Grace and Finn are training.

Grace knocks Finn down and puts him in a headlock, trapping him "ok you won, you won!!! YOU WON!!" Finn says desperately.

"that's enough!!" Finn says with a squeaky voice, unable to breathe, Grace laughs and lets him go, Finn falls to the ground.

"damn girl! The princess face is just to fool muggles, isn't it?" Finn says putting his hand on his neck "Aw, you think I'm a princess!" Grace smiles gently and helps him get up.

Leo is at the cyber desk "Okay that's weird" Leo says "what?" Finn ask "Just get this!" Leo says.

"Bree, Kaz, Oliver and Skylar are no longer in prison..." Leo says "Did they escape?" Grace asks "escape isn't the word I would use, it's more like disappeared" Leo says.

"what do you mean man?" Finn ask "No records of anything about them, criminal records, files, camera footage, nothing... one day they were there and the next they disappeared" Leo says "that's crazy" Finn says.

"It's like they were never arrested" Leo says "what if they were never arrested and we're the ones who are arrested...wow what if this is all a simulation..." Grace says, Leo and Finn frown at her.

"Ooh and what if I'm trapped in a simulation...I should know no one has a face like that!" Grace points to Finn's face as he presses his lips together.

"That's it, you're banned from watching The Matrix again!" Finn says "Aw But young Keanu Reeves is so cute" Grace leans on the cyber desk with a delicate smile.

"What do you think happened to them?" Finn asks "I have no idea, but I want to believe that Chase, Harper and Adam had something to do with it..." Leo says.

"Do you have any proof?" Grace says "well...a super villain was mysteriously released from prison a few days ago...his sentence hadn't been served but I got into the prison system and got this..." Leo shows a security camera image showing Bram and Ledger talking.

"It's Secretary of State Bram!" Grace says "Yup! He himself went to the prison to release a super villain to go after them" Leo says "What a son of a bitch!" Finn says.

"what else did you get?" Grace says "I've already taken so much risk entering the prison system that I can't hack anything else... but each prisoner has a tracker, i need the access code and the prison computer to track this guy and hopefully he will lead us to them" Leo says.

"Seriously!?" Grace says hopefully "let's not rush, one thing at a time" Leo says "okay" Grace says "then we need to go to the prison" Finn says.

"we won't have any problems getting in, we just can't leave any clues that we know Bram is behind everything" Leo says.

"I do not know but...I have a good feeling" Grace says, Leo and Finn look at her "I think we're close to them" Grace smiles .

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Grace and Leo go to the prison, they go inside and go to Ledger's saddle to look for clues but they don't find anything, they come out and see the saddle number.

"Here, saddle 1917" Leo points out "Are you looking for Darknight?" One of the prisoners asks, Grace and Leo look at each other.

"Do you know where he went?" Grace asks "I know he was after the bionic criminals, so you know..." The prisoner puts his hand across his throat, symbolizing a knife.

"Why would he put his finger across their throat?" Grace asks, Leo rolls his eyes "he was sent to kill them!" The prisoner says "Oh yes, that makes more sense" Grace says.

"Do you have any more information about this?" Leo asks "I know you should stay away from them" the prisoner says.

"The bionics? Why?" Leo says "I've heard stories, they're dangerous, this guy you're looking for, went after them and was never seen again" the prisoner says, Grace chuckles..

"that's crazy, these bionics are our friends they're not dangerous" Grace says "That's not what I heard" the prisoner says "what did you heard?" Leo asks.

"There was this guy, he was a guitarist in a famous band from a small region, he played in a club...long story short, the girl almost killed him, and the smarty guy stabbed him in the shoulder... the guy luckily survived they say" the prisoner says "That story doesn't make any sense at all" Leo says.

"and as for the other guy, the tall one?" Grace says "he burned down the guy's house, there was nothing left but ashes" The prisoner says "I'm sure there's something missing from this story" Leo says.

"well, there are millions of versions of this same story out there, this is the one I heard" the prisoner says "They would never do that if there wasn't a reason!" Grace says, the prisoner shrugs.

"Listen here, they're not criminals!" Leo says irritated "maybe you're right, but I don't care, I don't know them and honestly I don't want to cross their path in case you're wrong" The prisoner says, Grace and Leo frown.

Leo looks at the prisoner confused "let's go Grace" Leo says suspiciously "It was a pleasure to meet you sir" Grace smiles slightly scared and leaves.

Grace catches up to Leo "do you think it's true?" Grace asks "well every story has two sides, they stole government property but it was to protect everyone, maybe they confronted this guy but...Probably to protect themselves, I don't know" Leo says, Grace nods.

"it doesn't matter they're still my family" Leo says, Grace smiles, they go to a control room.

"Watch the door for me" Leo sits in front of a computer and Grace stands at the door "Okay here we go..." Leo says typing something on the computer.

"There are some guys coming Leo..." Grace says "calm down, I'm almost there" Leo says "Oh forget it's just the cleaning guy..." Grace says, Leo shakes his head.

"okay, access code to the tracker released..." Leo says "or is it a cleaning lady?" Grace frowns "can you focus?" Leo asks "not really, no" Grace says, Leo sighs.

"Here! I found it!" Leo says "really?" Grace goes to him "Yes, the tracker indicates that the prisoner has been in this bar for the last few days" Leo points out "so we have to go there!" Grace says.

"Okay, but first I'm going to delete the tracker data before Bram has access to it" Leo says, deleting the data "Great" Grace says, they hear someone approaching.

"Leo, we don't have much time!" Grace says, Leo takes the flash drive out of the computer and finishes erasing the data "I did it! Let's go!" Leo says, he and Grace leave.

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Meanwhile Mr Davenport is in the tower when he hears someone knocking on the door he goes to the door and when he opens it an FBI team enters the penthouse.

"Mr Davenport, I'm Officer Jason FBI and we want to ask you some questions" Jason shows his badge, Mr Davenport looks at him worried.

"Of course feel free" Mr Davenport says "What is this about?" Mr Davenport ask "Mr Davenport just to start, are you aware that your daughter and three other supposed superhuman members of the Elite Force were arrested last year and taken to a maximum security prison?" Jason ask.

"Uh yes I'm aware of this" Mr Davenport says upset "Would you happen to still have documents or an arrest warrant with you that prove they were arrested?" Jason asks "I think so" Mr Davenport says even more confused.

"could you hand them over to us?" Jason says 'Of course, but I don't understand, did something happen to them?" Mr Davenport says.

"we received information from the maximum security prison that your daughter and three other prisoners disappeared from the prison" Jason says "what do you mean they disappeared?" Mr Davenport says.

"They disappeared, without a trace, their documents and their criminal records were completely erased as if they hadn't even existed. Mysteriously, half of the prisoners in their wing suffered some kind of...collective memory loss and four new prisoners appeared in the prison like magic" Jason says.

"Are you telling me they escape?" Mr Davenport says "this is much more than a simple escape Mr Davenport, I believe that even with all the super powers in the world they still wouldn't be able to do all this without outside help" Jason says, Mr Davenport makes a surprised face.

"Would you have any involvement in this Mr Davenport?" Jason asks "No, none" Mr Davenport says "do you happen to have contact with anyone who could have been involved in this?" Jason asks "no one" Mr Davenport says.

Jason looks around "where is the Elite Force now?" Jason asks, Mr Davenport thinks, he doesn't really know where they are.

"I think they're on a mission" Mr Davenport says "Hey Mr Davenport?" Marcus says coming down the stairs "Marcus!?" Mr Davenport says "what's going on here?" Marcus says.

"wait, he's from the Elite Force if they're on a mission...what's he doing here?" Jason asks suspiciously, Mr Davenport laughs nervously "Oh well...Marcus explain to him..." Mr Davenport says.

"explain what?" Marcus says "what are you doing here boy?" Jason asks "I live here!" Marcus says, Mr Davenport grinds his teeth "Where's the rest of the team?" Mr Davenport says "I have no idea..." Marcus says to Mr Davenport.

Jason looks at the other officers "Uh um I mean...they're on a mission...without me because I'm... rusty right now" Marcus laughs nervous.

"Robot boy problems you wouldn't understand" Marcus laughs and Mr Davenport joins him, Jason turns around.

"Douglas should have installed a lying app on you!" Mr Davenport whispers to Marcus "after what happened to my predecessor would you really want that?" Marcus raises his eyebrow.

Mr Davenport thinks "yes, you're right" Mr Davenport says.

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Meanwhile, Leo, Grace, Daniel, Finn and AJ head to the bar in Leo's car.

"I feel bad that we left Marcus there" Grace says "Unfortunately we have no choice, Marcus is a trackable robot and no one can know where we are going and what we are going to do..." Leo says driving.

"could we have at least told him?" Daniel asks "we will, when we get back" Leo says.

"What's the plan? Go there and just interrogate the guy?" Finn ask "If he wants to resolve things peacefully...yeah" Leo says "what if he doesn't?" Finn asks "that plan sucks!" AJ says.

Leo rolls his eyes "The guy is a super villain, he has powers and you really think that us, without powers and without bionics, are going to beat him?" AJ says,everyone thinks "he's right" Daniel says.

"of course not, that's...just a detail, but we can't do it!" Finn says "yes we are the Elite Force!" Grace says.

"And maybe this guy isn't that bad because after all what other bad things did he do besides killing people!?" Grace says, everyone looks at her confused.

"it's here!" Leo parks the car in front of the bar

"Woah this place is amazing!" Daniel says "right!?" Finn agrees "Let's go" Grace says, everyone gets out of the car.

They enter the bar and everyone stops and looks at them, Mercedes and Ledger are at the counter while Jack is at a table near the door smoking, even the music stops when they enter.

Leo swallows hard, he didn't expect to attract so much attention, they enter and go to the counter, Mercedes blows a ball of gum while staring at them.

"This is no place for kids" Mercedes points to AJ "I'm not a kid" AJ says "how old are you? 12!?" Mercedes says "I...that's exactly it" AJ says "kid!" Mercedes says.

"We don't want any problems, we're just passing through" Leo says, Ledger watches them from the corner of the counter.

"What do you want?" Mercedes says "we're after a guy, Ledger Nate..." Leo says.

Ledger looks away and Mercedes adjusts her posture by putting her hand on her back where under her blouse she hides a gun, Jack looks at Leo.

"you must know him as Darknight" Leo says "why do you think he's is here?" Mercedes ask "We got access to a tracker..." "Shhh!" Finn interrupts Grace.

"Tracker!?" Mercedes says, at that moment Ledger comes out from behind the counter, Jack reloads a gun and Mercedes takes the gun from her back and points the gun at them.

Daniel walks back and bumps into Jack, others in the bar surround them Mercedes, Ledger and Jack in front, Leo and the rest approach in the middle of everyone.

"Who are you?" Ledger asks threateningly "We are the Elite Force" Daniel says feeling Jack's cigarette smoke on his neck.

"Why do you want to see Darknight!?" Ledger asks, Leo and the others look at each other and Grace pulls AJ close to her.

"Answer me!!" Ledger says "We're looking for bionic criminals!" Grace responds scared, Ledger looks at Mercedes and she looks at Jack.

"Adam, Chase and Harper Davenport" Grace says "We're looking for them" Leo says "Why?" Jack says "Do you know where they are!?" Finn asks firmly.

Ledger looks at Mercedes, she puts down the gun and takes out a wireless communicator and puts it to her ear.

"I can't believe the damn cameras are going to be useful after all" Mercedes mumbles to herself.

"we don't want a fight!" Daniel says "then stay still!" Jack says threatening Daniel.

"Captain..." Mercedes says, Leo looks at her confused.

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t Mighty Force headquarters, Chase, Harper and Adam are putting the chips together in sealed boxes to be delivered to the soldiers.

Bree, Kaz, Oliver and Skylar are helping them, Chase receives Mercedes' call through his glasses.

"Mercedes?" Chase answers "There's something here I think you'll want to see" Mercedes says over the communicator, Chase frowns and looks at Harper.

"what?" Harper asks, Chase signals her and Adam to go with him to the command center, Bree accompanies them.

"Douglas! Open the bar camera" Chase says "Okay!" Douglas opens the image of the bar's cam on one of the monitors in the command center, and they see Leo and the rest surrounded by armed criminals.

"Leo!" Bree says "Grace!" Adam sighs "Mercedes, what's going on?" Harper asks, getting closer to Chase's face so Mercedes can hear her on the communicator.

"The situation is that the Skinny Force is here asking too many questions.." Mercedes says looking at Finn and then at Leo "Hey!" Finn says looking at himself.

"Permission for us to get rid of them, Captain!?" Mercedes says on the communicator, Leo and the others widen their eyes in distress "NO!" Chase, Harper, Bree and Adam scream together.

"He's our brother!" Chase says, Mercedes sigh "put the guns down!" Mercedes orders everyone in the bar to put down their weapons.

Chase stares at the monitor and puts his hands on his hips thinking "what are we going to do?" Harper ask, Adam looks at Chase.

"Chase...please!" Adam says, Chase smiles at Adam, Harper puts her hand on Chase's back "Mercedes... bring them here!" Chase says.

"permission to at least give them a little scare?" Mercedes smirk "No!" Chase says "Hold 'em!" Mercedes says, Chase rolls his eyes "it's like talking to a wall!" Chase says irritated.

Harper and Adam smile at each other.

Jack and Ledger cover the Elite Force's eyes with blindfolds "let us go!" AJ says "relax little boy, it's just for safety" Mercedes smirk.

"you won't get hurt!" Jack says "Who are you?" Grace asks "well, I'm Ledger Nate" Ledger says.

Grace quickly looks at Leo before he blindfolds them both

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Meanwhile at Davenport Tower, Mr Davenport and Marcus are still being questioned by Officer Jason.

"Well, as you can see, here are the documents and there's nothing wrong here and I'm sure my team will be back soon, right Marcus?" Mr Davenport says "Right hahahahi" Marcus laughs forcefully and Mr Davenport frowns at him.

"Take it easy Davenport, we're still far from finished" Jason says "oh boy" Mr Davenport says frustrated.

"We know you lost your rights to the bionic soldiers and the academy recently, but we still think you're the only one with the technology needed to find him" Jason says, Marcus looks at Mr Davenport worried.

"we want you to give us access to all the technology of your Mission Command so that we can find the bionic soldiers that escaped" Jason says.

"well...I don't think it will be possible, officer" Mr Davenport says, Jason sighs "this isn't a request it's an order Mr Davenport" Jason says.

"i don't..." "What the fuck do you and your family have with following Orders!?" Jason says impatiently, Marcus steps in front of Mr Davenport to get him away from the police.

"Tracking soldiers without chips is difficult Officer" Mr Davenport "We want clues, anything, and now!" Jason says, Mr Davenport sighs and agrees.

"Hyperlift open!" Mr Davenport says and Hyperlift opens "No!" Marcus tells Mr Davenport.

"get in!" Jason tells the other police officers, Mr Davenport follows them and Marcus holds his shoulder.

"Mr Davenport they can't have access to the cyber desk!" Marcus says "What?" Mr Davenport says.

"Leo got information this morning that could lead us to Adam, Chase and Harper and everything is on the cyber desk!" Marcus says "Oh no!" Mr Davenport says scared, he and Marcus run to Mission Command.

There Jason has just opened the security camera footage and sees the video of Bram making a deal with Ledger "What the...?" Jason is interrupted when he sees one of the police officers approaching, he quickly closes the video.

"get out!" Jason orders, the police officers leave and Marcus and Mr Davenport enter.

"Uh, I'm going to try to scan the last areas they were seen in..." Mr Davenport says nervously "Mr Davenport, tell me one thing..." Jason opens the prison files.

"did you know about this?" Jason ask "No" Mr Davenport swallows hard.

"could you give me any clue as to who hacked the prison's security system and why?" Jason asks.

Mr Davenport starts to breathe quickly out of nervousness, he was already in a lot of trouble and lacked trust from the government, in other words, one foot away from prison..

"I..um..""It was me!" Marcus interrupts Mr Davenport "What?" Jason asks "Marcus?" Mr Davenport says.

"I..." Marcus scans the files to find out what it is and looks back at Jason "I found out that Bree, Kaz, Oliver and Skylar escape from prison suddenly, and I knew that another prisoner was mysteriously released and I wanted to know if the two cases were connected, hoping to find them and..." Marcus sighs "turn them over to the authorities as the law demands" Marcus says, Mr Davenport looks at Jason worried.

"I was unsuccessful, Officer" Marcus says "have you seen these files? Security camera footage of everything?" Jason asks "Y-yes but I acted completely alone, Mr Davenport and no other member of the Elite Force had anything to do with it..." Marcus says, Mr Davenport sighs upset.

"I don't know if I believe it" Jason says "well...proof that it was me is that...I can hack any system easily it's in my programming" Marcus says taking the blame.

"you know too much now!" Jason he says, putting a pen drive on the cyber desk.

"Hacking government property is a very serious crime, even for a robot" Jason takes out the pen drive and deletes the files from the cyber desk "I'm aware of this Officer" Marcus says worriedly.

"your sentence as discussed when you became an official member of the Elite Force, is immediate deactivation, until further notice" Jason says "I know" Marcus says upset.

"Officer give him a second chance...he just wanted to help" Mr Davenport says "he showed that he is hostile...and let's be honest Donald, you've all ruined your chances" Jason says.

"you're coming with me! I'll wait for you up there" He says to Marcus, Jason leaves.

Mr Davenport puts his hand on Marcus' shoulder "Marcus, what did you do?" Mr Davenport says "I'm not going to let you or anyone else go to jail, all they're going to do is temporarily disable me, I'll be fine" Marcus says.

"you didn't have to do that! I don't know if I'll be able to convince them to activate you again!" Mr Davenport says "Hey, Mr Davenport it's ok!" Marcus says.

"I'll be fine knowing that you're safe, and that my mission was accomplished" Marcus says "Mission?" Mr Davenport ask.

"I'm an Security Android, remember? My mission is and always will be to protect you and everyone in this family and team" Marcus smiles.

Mr Davenport hugs Marcus "tell the team I love them, they are my family" Marcus says "I will" Mr Davenport breaks the hug.

"but I promise I will get you out of there, and you will be with the team again...Soon" Mr Davenport says, Marcus smiles "I'll be waiting" Marcus says and leaves the Hyperlift.

Mr Davenport sighs and lowers his head.

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The Elite Force are taken to the Mighty Force base blindfolded so they have no idea what is happening or where they are going.

But suddenly they feel a cold breeze on their faces, and hear the sounds of engines running.

"Where are you taking us?" Leo asks "the Captain wants to see you" Mercedes says in a teasing tone, she could just say that Leo's brother wanted to see him but the more scared they get the more fun it got, Jack chuckles.

"Take off your blindfolds!" Mercedes says, everyone takes off their blindfolds and finds themselves in front of the headquarters entrance door on top of the aircraft carrier.

"Are we flying? In the sky?" Daniel says "yeah!" Jack says "what place is this?" Grace asks, the door behind Mercedes opens "follow me!" Mercedes says and they follow her into the headquarters.

"Woah!" Leo says seeing everything, several superheroes coming and going, monitors and machines on.

"what is all this?" Grace asks "It's the Mighty Force" Ledger says.

"Mighty Force?" Leo asks "Yeah, the one and only" Harper approaches them.

"Harper!!!" Finn says and runs out hugging her "Hey King Trouble!" Harper says hugging her brother, Grace, Daniel and AJ run and join in the hug.

Harper looks at Leo "Hey!" Harper extends her arms to him, Leo gives an emotional smile and hugs her "I can't believe it" Leo says.

"I know, it's like that when you see all this for the first time" Bree says she and Chase get closer "Oh my God!!" Leo runs over and hugs Bree and Chase tightly.

"Dad!!" Daniel says seeing Douglas and running to him, Douglas smiles "Hey boy, I thought I'd never see you again!" Douglas hugs him.

Melody is next to him "Mom!!?" Finn says in disbelief and runs to his mother "My baby!" Melody says and kisses Finn's head "Not so baby anymore!" Melody chuckles, Finn smiles.

"I knew he would keep you safe" Finn says pointing at Douglas, they both smile at each other.

"Woah you guys...really look like crap" Leo says, Chase frowns with a smile "wow Thank you, we tried" Harper chuckles sarcastically running a hand through her hair "it must have been a tough last year" Leo says "Yeah....But we know how to turn things around" Chase smirk.

Kaz, Oliver and Skylar approach "Look what they found!" Kaz says going up to them, they all hug.

Finn looks at Skylar hopefully and their eyes meet "Finn!" Skylar smiles "hi Sky..." Finn was just going to extend his hand to her but is surprised by a hug, Finn smiles.

"I kind of...I missed you" Skylar says moving away a little "and I really missed you Skylar" Finn gives a slight smile, Skylar sighs with a shy smile and Oliver suddenly puts himself between the two.

"Yeah, it's been a long time, and with time comes longing... " Oliver puts his arm around Skylar "It doesn't mean anything much" Oliver says, Finn rolls his eyes "good to see you man" Finn says and walks away.

"wow he's taller, right?" Kaz says proving Oliver who glares at him "yeah he looks more...mature" Skylar says gently looking at Finn, Oliver looks at her worried "I bet he hasn't changed at all" Oliver says, Kaz laughs at him.

"AJ how you've grown!" Harper hugs AJ "Yeah, just like you i see" AJ points to Chase who smiles and hugs him "I missed you, little friend" Chase says.

Adam leaves the control center and approaches slowly looking at Grace in disbelief.

Leo sees him and puts his hand on Grace's shoulder making her look in his direction, you can see Grace's eyes light up, Adam takes off the cap he was wearing.

Grace takes a step forward and gives a delicate smile.

"I'm glad to see you haven't changed, Smiley Face" Adam smiles, Grace chuckles and with eyes full of tears she runs to him and jumps into his arms, for a tight hug.

"Is that really you?" Grace says with her face sinking into his neck "Yes, it's me, Teddy Bear" Adam says caressing the back of her head, Grace runs her hand over his back feeling his perfume, she sighs.

"I received your letter" Grace says, Adam moves away to look into her eyes "Did you?" Adam asks, Grace nods.

"I love you too Adam" Grace smiles, feeling a weight lift off her shoulders to finally be able to tell him that.

Adam looks up trying not to get emotional and believe that she is really there, in his arms after so much.

"Like... I love you more than I can say in words" Grace laughs gently, Adam leans over and puts his forehead against hers "then show me" Adam says, Grace smiles biting her lip.

She stands on tiptoe and connects her lips with his, Adam gently puts his hand on her waist and she continues hugging him and she gives in to the kiss completely.

It takes her some time to get used to it, the last time she kissed him he didn't even have a beard, but the kiss was just as soft and warm.

Grace breaks the kiss and hugs him tightly again, sighing into his chest and he lays his head on hers.

Adam looks over and sees Leo approaching "Buddy!!" Adam screams and smiles, Grace lets go of Adam and wipes away her happy tears.

"Come on guys, group hug!!" Adam says calling everyone else, everyone joins in a single, huge hug.

Ledger, Mercedes and Jack watch them, Jack blows his nose Mercedes and Ledger look at him.

"Tears? Seriously Matador?" Mercedes raises her eyebrow "I love reunions...come here!" Jack opens his arms to them.

"No fucking way" Mercedes says "No, what the fuck, man?" Ledger says "Why do I have friends who are so fucking insensitive!?" Jack whines.

Mercedes and Ledger look at each other and roll their eyes hugging Jack "are you happy now?" Mercedes says "better!" Jack says hugging them tighter, causing Ledger and Mercedes to accidentally bump foreheads.

To be continued...

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