No One's POV

Katie hopped into her capsule and her charcoal black disguise instantly graced her body. She grabbed her duffel bag and hugged Mr. Davenport goodbye. However, she didn't notice the bug he secretly placed onto her leather jacket while they hugged...

Katie's POV

I'm soo nervous. Mr. Davenport transported me to my location, and it looked exactly like the one in the simulation. I took a deep breath and marched into the mission site.

I gulped when I saw my father, but I knew that he hadn't seen me in a few years and I had changed a lot. Also, I should be able to blend in because there are a ton of others. Besides, I wouldn't be alone for long. Right?

I mingled with the other bionic soldiers who were having a bionics talent show. Naturally, I participated and I did pretty well. I met S - 1, S-3 and a few others. Just like the simulation, I could tell that S-3 had a crush on me.

    It was odd because I found out that all of us are actually brothers and sisters. S-3 actually isn't that bad. I felt a bond between all of the soldiers even though I've never seen them before. It's just nice finding a place where you belong. But, even though they are my family, do I really belong here? With thieves and villains?

        After an hour or two of getting to know people there, Victor Krane called me into his office.. I gulped and made my way inside.

Chase's POV

Sitting in detention was the worst thing ever. Perry gave us an hour of it.... the worst part of it was that I knew we were supposed to be on a mission where every minute counted!!

        What if we were a month into our mission and we were an hour late to stop Krane?? I'd have to live with that the rest of my life. Well, if I lived after the mission.

             When it was finally over Bree supersped us back to the lab where we saw Mr. Davenport listening intently to something on his "Davenbuds". They were tiny ear buds that made you feel like you were in a theater, they were so powerful. They also blocked out 99.9% of the sound around you. But the only thing I didn't understand was that it came with a microphone that could be attached to anything. My question: what did he attach it to, and why?

"Mr. Davenport!" I yelled as loud as I could (remembering that the davenbuds blocked out sound.)

He didn't respond. I remotely transported the noise from the davenbuds to the speakers in the lab.

Mr. Davenport turned around, finally recognizing that we were out of detention.

"Oh, hey guys! Get ready and suit up for the mission." He told us.

"Who was that??" A voice thundered in the speakers. I felt like throwing up. It was Krane.

"Who was what?" Another voice asked. Katie.

"I thought I heard someone say "suit up for the mission"... Maybe it was just in my head."

"Wait, when you switched the sound from my davenbuds to the speakers, did you check to see if the Mic on the speaker system was on or not??" Mr. Davenport shouted.

All three of us: Adam, Bree and I shushed him. I quietly ran over to the system and, with a pained look on my face, switched the Mic from on to off.

"There it was again!" Krane yelled.

Mr. Davenport gave me a look. "Nice job, Chase."

"Me? Why are you spying on Katie??" I shot back. I knew it was safe to yell because I turned off the mic. Wait, did Mr. Davenport think Katie was a spy for Krane??

"I'm not spying." Mr. Davenport argued. "I'm secretly monitoring Katie's progress."

"Oh, yeah right." I snorted. "Do you really expect me to believe that-"

a voice much louder forced us to stop our bickering.

"Is that a microscopic audio projector?" Krane boomed.

"No, it's a davenmic!" Mr. Davenport shouted. "Hasn't he heard of my awesome technology??"

I mentally rolled my eyes.

"Where?" I heard Katie ask. "Well, yeah! That is an audio projector! Someone must have planted it on me on my last mission!" She lied, trying to make up a cover story to avoid trouble.

I silently prayed for her safety. Krane was a dangerous guys and I just put her in extreme danger. I didn't show it, but I secretly had a crush on Katie, and I didn't want anything to happen to her. Besides, she was a critical part of this mission!

"Oh, but S-12, you just got out of training. You haven't been on any missions yet." He said in his eery voice. I heard Katie gulp loudly. She had been discovered.

"In fact, I don't think you're S-12. S-1!" He yelled. A second later, I could hear S-1 speak.

"You wanted me, Master?" S-1 asked.

"Yes, I need you to complete a - special assignment. Eliminate this imposter; Katie Gherkin."

"Save me!!" Katie screamed.

I couldn't hear anything else after that, Krane must have ripped off the bug. What did I do??

"Mr. Davenport?? Why did you bug Katie?"

"You never know." He mumbled; barely audible.

"Never know what? Do you not trust Katie?" Bree asked.

No response. Mr. Davenport really thought that Katie was on Krane's side?!?

"Where's Katie?" Adam asked. "We need to save her before it's too late!"

"I'll download her coordinates onto Bree's chip so she can super speed you all there. Okay, it's downloaded."

We grabbed onto Bree, and in ten seconds we arrived at the beach. Wait, what? The beach?

We frantically searched the area, and I stopped breathing for a moment when I saw a figure lying on the beach, still, and blood oozing onto the sand.