xxxvi. bionic house party

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~The Lab~

Freya, Chase, and Bree were in the lab. Chase and Freya were looking at something on a tablet as Bree was taking selfies. Leo walked into the lab.

"Good news, guys! My mom called from the hospital and said Big D's doing much better. He's gonna make it." Leo informed them all and Freya smiled with relief.

"That's so good to hear," Freya said first.

"Awesome!" Bree said second.

Chase nodded. "Great."

"Yep. Soon he'll be back here making us all wish he was still unconscious." Leo grinned amusingly.

"Hey, I really miss him. Although it has been nice having the hairspray all to myself." Bree mentioned and Freya chuckled.

"Oh, actually, Adam's been using it, too. He's developing new hairstyles for his armpits." Chase objected and the three shared frowns of confusion. "You wouldn't think it, but the ponytails are surprisingly cute."

Freya let out an exhale. "You know, we should have traded Adam for one of Krane's bionic soldiers when we had the chance."

Chase's faced filled with realization. "Oh, no. The soldiers! I was so worried about Mr. Davenport, I completely forgot about them."

"Relax. I'm sure they're fine. Now that the Triton App is deactivated, they're just normal teenagers..." Leo assured him as his eyes grew in fear. "Normal teenagers roaming the streets with deadly bionic abilities. We need to find them!"

Bree, Chase, Freya, and Leo start to walk out when Adam and Juliet walk in hand in hand.

"Find who?" Adam asked.

"Krane's soldiers." Bree said.

Juliet pressed her lips together as Adam spoke. "Oh, I think I can help with that."

——

Everyone went upstairs to the living room to find several of the soldiers congregating with Ike another. Freya was speechless at the sight. She couldn't believe what she was seeing.

Adam smiled. "They're right here."

"You invited 30 bionic soldiers into our home?" Chase asked his brother

"No, I invited one. The other 29 were hiding in the bushes and followed us home." Adam reasoned.

"I just realized I have 30 bionic brothers and sisters," Freya said with horror and Juliet's eyes grew in shock, staring at the soldiers.

"Holy sh-"

——

"Chase, Bree, Freya, I don't think you guys have been formally introduced to our friends/siblings." Adam introduced a few soldiers standing near them. "This is S-5, S-6, S-7, S-8 and--" He stopped at the last one. "Ah, I'm sorry, I forgot your name."

"It's S-9," Juliet reminded him.

"Ah! Right!" Adam smiled.

"Juliet, we cant really claim these guys as our siblings. That's too much!" Freya hissed at her sister. "That's too many Christmas presents!"

"Well, we don't have to act like it, because I think they don't remember anything." Juliet remarked and Freya shrugged.

S-3 walks up to Bree, Chase, Juliet, and Freya.

S-3 waved politely. "Hi, I'm S-3.

Chase jumped back, yelling moved Freya away. "Ahh! I know who you are. You tried to kill us!"

"Well, it was actually-"

"Let's not bring that up," Juliet cut her sister off.

S-3 frowned in confusion. "Why would I do that? I don't even know you, friends."

S-3 reached forward and Chase moved away, making Freya move back. "We are not your friend. You used your electro-fork thingy on me. And friends don't electro-fork thingy friends!"

"I don't remember that, but if I hurt you, I'm sorry." S-3 apologized sincerely and Freya moved out of Chase's grasp, giving him a small smile.

Adam put a hand on S-3's back. "Whoa, dude. Never apologize for hurting Chase."

Bree frowned. "Wait. So do you remember anything?"

"I remember my name is S-3, these are my brothers and sisters, and we followed this smart guy here." S-3 explained, patting Adam's back.

Freya chuckled. "Well, he obviously doesn't remember what the word "smart" means."

Juliet pondered for a moment as S-3. "They don't remember anything. It's like they're bionic blank slates. Which means they don't remember Freya and I as their sisters."

"Yes, we don't have 30 siblings!" Freya cheered and high fived Juliet. "Christmas just got easier."

"Can we keep 'em?" Adam asked with eagerness. "Most of 'em are potty-trained. S-27's still a work-in progress."

Leo walked up to the group as Chase sighed impatiently. "No, we can't keep them. Just 24 hours ago, they were trying to destroy us."

"Plus, Mr. Davenport would freak out if he came home to 30 bionic soldiers." Bree added.

"All right." Adam said and loudly announced to the soldiers. "S-30, take a hike. S's 1 through 29, welcome home." He did a handshake with S-3.

"Forget Big D, it's my mom I'm worried about. She's still not sold on you three living here." Leo gestured to the bionic trio. "But you didn't hear it from me."

Adam shrugged. "Fine, I'll get rid of them." He turned to S-3. "Come on, dude, I'll help you pack your stuff."

S-3 shrugged. "We don't have any stuff."

Adam looked at Chase for a moment and then back at S-3 with a grin. "Don't worry, I got you covered."

——

Adam started to pass out Chase's shirts to all of the soldiers.

"Here you go. Take as much as you want." Adam offered.

S-3 smiled gently. "Thank you."

Chase and Freya frowned. "Hey! Those are mine!"

Chase gave his girlfriend a look as Freya snatched a few shirts. She held them to her chest and looked at Chase with a raised eyebrow. "I'm literally wearing one of your flannels."

"I'm never getting those back, am I?" Chase asked with an amusement grin.

"Nope!" Freya chirped and Chase rolled his eyes, playfully, finding her adorable.

"Yeah, I hope you're all a boy's small." Adam smiled and Chase started to snatch the shirts back from the soldiers.

——

Adam rushed down into the lab with Juliet where Bree, Chase, and Freya were at. The three saw the couple and stood up.

"Hey, did you ditch the bionic army?" Bree asked.

Adam huffed. "Yeah, but those guys were tough to shake. We had to run through the mall, hop a fence, run back through the mall, snag some churros, and go under a bridge...but I think we finally lost-"

Suddenly, the bionic soldiers geo-leaped into the lab, startling the five teens.

Adam groaned. "Great. Now we have to do it again. Can you spot me for their churros?"

Freya frowned. "Why do they keep following you two?"

"They're soldiers, they must have a natural tendency to follow their leaders. But with Krane gone, they didn't have one until Adam and Juliet showed up." Chase explained.

"What does that mean?" Bree asked.

"They think Adam and Juliet are their new leaders!" Chase replied.

"At least Juliet will be a good leader," Bree said and Adam's smile fell as Juliet grinned.

The monitor started to ring with the ringtone of the President.

"Oh, it's the president calling." Chase said and looked at his brother and Juliet. "Quick, take them upstairs. We'll deal with them later."

Adam and Juliet pointed to the elevator. "To the elevator!"

Soldiers copied their movement. "To the elevator!"

Adam, Juliet, and the soldiers run out of the room to the elevator and Chase answers the video-call with Bree and Freya.

"Hello, Mr. President." Chase greeted.

"Chase, we have a problem." The President started.

"Sir, if this is about what Adam and Juliet did in the Lincoln Bedroom--"

The President quickly cut him off, not wanting to talk about that subject. "No...It's not. I sent agents to retrieve Krane's army and they're gone."

"Don't worry, we know exactly-"

Bree interrupted Chase. "Uh, Mr. President, when the agents do find Krane's soldiers, what's gonna happen to them?"

"They're bionic criminals, so they'll be separated and placed in high security isolation cells." The President explained.

Freya frowned at the. "Why? The only reason they committed any crimes was because Krane was controlling them. Juliet was controlled and she isn't seen as a criminal."

The President sighed. "That's different. Juliet was controlled by her own father, she isn't a threat. We know she is good. However, the rest of them are dangerous."

"Well, that's what people thought about us." Chase reasoned.

"But you three have proven yourselves. All we've seen from these individuals is evil. Find them." The President ordered.

Chase nodded. "Yes, sir." He hangs up the video-call.

"Now what?" Bree asked impatiently. "We can't just hand them over to the government or they're gonna lock them up."

Chase nodded. "I know, and we can't keep them here or they'll lock us up for harboring fugitives."

The elevator button begins to ding repeatedly and the three looked to see Adam, Juliet, and the soldiers all squished in the elevator together

"Can somebody please push the button?" Adam asked, aggravated.

"Can somebody please push the button?" The soldiers repeated, not understanding what he meant.

——

Chase and Freya were talking upstairs when Bree marched up to them angrily, holding her prom dress.

"Did you figure out what to do with the kids yet?" Bree asked.

"So far all we have come up with is turn them over to the government." Chase remarke.

"Okay. Well you better figure out something because they just used my prom dress for target practice!" Bree exclaimed, angrily and holds up her ruined dress.

"No! We spent weeks getting that!" Freya gasped, holding the ends of the dress.

Chase was trying to hide his laughter. "Well, in their defense, the odds of you using it were very slim."

Bree glared at him as Freya smacked his arm, making him wince.

"I'll go offer my prom dress for them to use." Freya huffed.

"No, no, no!" Chase chuckled, stopping her and she gave him a sly grin. "Please don't."

Bree rolled her eyes. "How did we get into this mess?"

Across the room, two soldiers use their molecular kinesis to drop two grapes into Adam and Juliet's mouths.

Adam shrugged from his spot on the stool. "Mmm. Don't look at us, Bree. We didn't ask to be king and queen."

Juliet winked at them, standing behind Adam and wrapped her arms around his shoulders.

"Guys, quit messing around. We have to find a safe place to hide them all before the President finds out they're here." Chase explained, before knocking is heard from outside the front door and S-3 goes to answer it.

"Wait. We don't know who it is." Chase protested.

S-3 looked back at Chase. "I know. That's why I'm going to open the door." He opens door to reveal more soldiers. "Hey! It's more of our bionic brothers and sisters!"

"Wait, there's more of you?" Juliet asked him.

"I can't handle this amount of siblings," Freya complained, leaning her head in Chase's shoulder.

"Oh, tons more. I'll send them all a signal to tell 'em to come to our new home." S-3 mentioned.

Chase panicked, stopping him. "No, no! No signal! No new home!"

"Great, so now there are 40 bionic soldiers in our house. What are we gonna do?" Bree asked.

"Make a bigger Christmas list?" Freya asked and Chase rubbed her back.

"There's only one thing we can do." Adam said.

——

Adam stood above all of the soldiers in the living room while Bree, Chase, Freya, and Juliet stood around with bewilderment.

Adam shouted loudly. "Bionic house party!"

"Bionic house party!" The soldiers yelled back

Pop music starts to play and the soldiers go around dancing with cups in theory hands and snacks while Bree, Juliet, Freya, and Chase watch in disgust and confusion. Freya placed her hands on Chase's ears knowing he is sensitive to loud noises.

Juliet sighed. "I'm done being queen."

——

Freya and Chase were wondering around as the soldiers continued to party, unsure what to do. Bree and Juliet went up to the couple. Juliet tapped Chase's shoulder. "Is there any way that we could reactivate the Triton App? One of them just drank the pool."

"What ability is that? I want that," Freya says with shock and Chase sighed, rubbing her back.

Across the room, S-3 was shaking hands with another soldier. "Hey! Welcome home! I see you got my signal."

"I have more siblings!?" Freya cried out and rubbed her forehead. "Forget Christmas, we will have a birthday everyday of the year!"

Chase approached S-3. "Hey, S-3, could-- could you do me a favor?" Chase then aggressively yelled. "Stop! Sending! Signals!"

Freya put her hands on Chase's shoulders, calming him down. "Yelling doesn't solve anything. Trust me, I've tried."

Adam stepped in between Chase and S-3. "Hey, dude, what's the best way to have fun?"

"Do the opposite of what Chase says." S-3 replied.

Adam put his hands together. "Ah, I taught you well, grasshopper."

Chase groans in frustration and walks away. Freya followed him, hoping to calm him down.

——

The party was only getting louder and louder, which didn't help Chase's anger. Chase was sitting on the arm of the couch, rubbing his forehead in frustration. Freya went up to him placing her hands on his toned chest. "Honey, you need to relax. We don't need Spike popping out."

"But Adam-"

"I know! He is getting on your last nerve, but getting angry won't solve anything." Freya reasoned, moving her hands to his shoulders. "I need my smart and handsome boyfriend to relax for me."

Chase cleared his throat, getting flustered and chuckled. "You need your what?"

Freya giggled, moving her hands to the back of his head and playing with the hairs on his neck. Chase swallowed nervously and his whole face got red. "My handsome and very smart boyfriend."

"I love when you say that," Chase giggled shyly and Freya leaned forward, kissing his nose.

"I know," Freya smirked and pulled him into a sweet kiss. Chase found her hips, pulling her closer to him. Moments later, they pulled away and Chase was lovingly smiling up at her and she was smiling back.

"You always know how to calm me down," Chase told her and she giggled lightly, caressing his cheek.

Suddenly, the front door open to reveal Tasha and Mr. Davenport with old Leo sitting on the bench outside. Chase and Freya pulled away, blushing bright red as Bree and Juliet walked from behind the kitchen.

"Hey!" Tasha yelled.

Adam waved, oblivious to the fact they had returned home. "Oh, hey, Tasha."

Soldiers greeted back. "Hey, Tasha!"

Mr. Davenport jumped back, startled by all the soldiers.

"Mr. Davenport, you're not dead! Yay." Bree awkwardly cheered.

Donald went up to them in a hushed voice. "What is going on? Why is the bionic army that tried to kill us in our house?!"

"We had no choice. The government wants to lock them up." Freya objected.

Donald shrugged, impatiently. "So?"

The doorbell rings.

"Oh, goody. More people!" Chwse snapped and Freya grabbed his hand, squeezing it.

"I should just stock up on presents," Freya sighed.

Tasha opens the door to FBI agents.

The lead agent walked in. "I'm Agent Reed. The President sent us to assist in the search for the criminals." She looked at all the soldiers in the house. "But it looks like you already found them. Good work. We'll take it from here."

Bree protested, looking at her father. "No, Mr. Davenport, this is not their fault. They were being controlled by the Triton App."

Chase nodded. "Yeah. They're just like us."

"He's right. We should all be arrested." Adam added and Juliet nudged his arm.

Davenport turned to Agent Reed. "Is this necessary? I mean, what law have they actually broken?"

Agent Reed listed broken laws. "Theft of government property, breaking and entering into the White House, and launching a bionic war against humanity."

Davenport hesitantly replied, not sure how to counter that. "Oh. Yeah, well...that seems like a slap on the wrist kind of a thing to me."

Agent Reed pointed forward. "Cuff 'em."

S-3 yells out. "Go!"

All of the of soldiers geo-leap away and Agent Reed frowned in confusion.

"What just happened?" She asked.

"They geo-leaped away. See, essentially they can manipulate their molecular structure to-"

"Short answer." Agent Reed cut Davenport off.

Davenport shrugged. "They're gone."

Agent Reed turned to the other agents. "Find them!"

The agents leave and Leo hobbles in on his cane, shoving past them.

"Leo?" Freya asked in shock at the sight of her best friend. Leo had gray hair, a cane, and glasses that make his eyes big.

Leo huffed, exhausted. "My knee's acting up. Must be rain. Either that or I'm starting to fall." Leo starts to fall to the side. "Yup."

Davenport catches him hastily. "Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

——

Adam, Bree, Chase, Freya, and Juliet run into the lab where Davenport was trying to conduct an anti-aging serum for Leo.

Davenport saw them. "Any sign of the bionic army?"

Bree shook her head. "No. They could be anywhere."

Freya approached Leo. "How's Leo?"

"None of my anti-aging serums are working." Davenport frowned.

"That's pretty obvious. I mean, look at you." Adam chuckled and Juliet rolled her eyes.

Freya looked at her best friend, who looks much older than when he got home. "I'm so sorry, Leo..."

A video-call of The President pops up on the console and Davenport immediately turned him.

"Mr. President." Davenport said.

President grinned. "Davenport, it's nice to see you up and around. Where are those bionic soldiers?"

Davenport shrugged, clueless. "I honestly have no idea, sir."

On cur, the soldiers geo-leap into the lab.

Davenport turned to the soldiers. "Way to make me look good, guys."

"I'm sending my agents to collect them. You're responsible until they get there." The President ordered.

"Mr. President, these kids are harmless." Davenport reasoned.

"We don't have any proof of that." The President protested.

Right then, Leo falls to the floor and Freya gasped, kneeling next to him.

Davenport rushed to his son with Chase next to him. "Leo!"

"Big D." Leo weakly groaned as Davenport rolled him on his back, holding his hand.

"Yes, Leo?" Davenport asked him.

Leo blinked, dazed. "It should have been you."

"What's going on?" Adam asked.

Davenport looked up at his kids. "His time's running out."

"He doesn't have a pulse," Chase said, checking his pulse.

"Not on my watch," Freya muttered and started to generate electricity in her fingers.

"Freya, what are you doing?" Juliet asked.

"Trying to save my best friend," Freya said and placed her hands in his chest, attempting to shock him back to life.

After a free moments of anticipation to see if it was working, Freya let go of Leo and sighed, hanging her head.

"It's not working!" Freya cried out and Davenport rubbed her back.

A few couple of soldiers reach into their chests and grab a ball of red energy and walk over to Leo.

"Hey, what are they doing?" Bree asked.

Chase shot up. "No. Get away from him!"

Davenport stopped Chase, standing up. "No. Let them do it. Freya, use your electricity to help."

"Got it." Freya continued to use her electricity on Leo as the soldiers kneel down, giving their energy into Leo. The light in the lab started to flicker from all the electricity that was being absorbed.

"Davenport, what are they doing?" The President asked, unable to see what was happening.

Davenport looked at him. "They're saving my son's life."

The soldiers finish transferring their energy and Freya lets go of Leo, standing up slowly. Freya leans into Chase, praying Leo was okay.

Suddenly, Leo wakes up rapidly and sits up. "Whoo-hoo! Ding dong. Leo's home! Whoo!"

Davenport hugged his son and Freya cheered with relief, wiping the few tears that left her eyes.

Freya and Leo shared a tight hug.

"Wait. So what just happened?" Bree asked.

"With the help of Freya's electrokinesis that jumpstarted his heart, we transferred some of the energy from our bodies into his," S-3 explained am Freya smiled at Leo.

Juliet frowned. "But won't that make you all turn old, too?"

"Well, if it was just one of us, yes. But since we all did it, the effect is minimal." S-3 continued his explanation.

"Ah. That was awesome! It's like you brought him back to life." Adam said and he realized something. "Nobody move, I'm gonna go dig up my goldfish." Adam runs out of the lab.

"Freya, thank you." Leo sincerely told Freya and Leo looked at the soldiers. "And thank you guys. I can't believe you guys saved me. I can never repay you. But he can. Pony up, Big D."

Davenport playfully rolled his eyes and look at the President. "Mr. President, I think this is all the proof you'll need."

"That was admirable..." The President admitted and then shook his head. "But I can't let these bionic kids roam free. I'm sending a transport to pick them up."

Chase protested. "But sir, they're not--"

S-3 stoped Chase, putting a hand on his shoulder. "It's okay. You've helped us as much as you can. It's time for us to go. We won't run this time."

——

~The Next Day~

Upstairs in the living room, the agents were cuffing the soldiers and leading them away. Adam rushes in the door.

"Guys, look. I finally found where I buried my goldfish." Adam holds up bowl of dirt. "Okay, people, do your magic."

"Adam," Juliet sighed, taking the bowl from him and placing it on the coffee table.

Davenport runs in the living room.

"Stop! Nobody's going anywhere." Davenport protested.

Tasha rushed to his side. "Donald, if you try to take on a team of federal agents again, I will put you back in the hospital myself."

"No. I have a solution." Davenport said as Adam, Bree, Chase, Freya, and Juliet approached him. "These kids have proven they can save lives and change the world. We already know what you three can do with your bionics. Just think what a hundred bionic kids could do."

Adam frowned. "Aw, don't make me think, just tell me."

"With proper training and supervision, they could go on multiple missions, save thousands of lives." Davenport explained and Freya and Juliet shared an intrigued look as Davenport turned to Agent Reed. "And the President is already on board. I just got off the phone with him."

"Hold on. I didn't get anything about a change" Agent Reed started to protested, but her phone beeps. She checks it and changes her mind.  "Oh Okay, you're good."

The agents leave the house.

"Well, Mr. Davenport, this all sounds great but how are you supposed to train hundreds of bionic kids?" Chase asked.

"I'm not. We are." Davenport told them and the group was confused. "Since you're the first of your kind, you'll be their mentors." The bionic trio gasped excitedly. "You'll train them, socialize them, and introduce them to the world, just like Leo did with you."

"Only we'll do a good job." Adam joked and the sisters laughed.

"Excuse me?" Leo asked.

"Don't act shocked, you found us five friends in three years. When Freya and Juliet showed up, that's when it got good," Bree remarked and Freya and Juliet grinned amusingly.

"So where is all this training gonna take place?" Tasha asked.

"At the world's first 'Davenport Bionic Academy.'" Davenport announced.

Leo grinned smugly and put his arm on his shoulder. "I think you mean 'Davenport and Son Bionic Academy.'"

Davenport laughed. "And I think you still have a touch of grandpa brain." He put on the glasses Leon as wearing before and started to mock him. "Huh?! What'd you say?"

——

~The Next Day~

Adam, Bree, Chase, Freya, Juliet, Leo, Davenport, Tasha, and S-3 were in the lab.

"Behold, the world's first ever bionic academy."on the screen, Davenport shows an image of the Bionic Academy that was on an island.

Tasha giggled. "Tada!"

Davenport stepped forward. "Yeah, back up. This is my moment. Tada!"

"Wow, Mr. Davenport, that place looks amazing. Chase praised with his arm around Freya, who was smiling in amazement at the island.

"Yeah. It's a man-made island." Davenport told him. "Here's the combat training area." He shows a blueprint of the train area. "And the capsule dormitory." Shows another blueprint of the capsule dormitory. "And the hydraloop." A blueprint of a hydra loop appears.

"Oh. What's a hydraloop?" S-3 asked.

Chase started laughing and looked at his girlfriend, who was confused. "This guy. "What's a hydraloop?"

Adam fake laughs, trying to understand. "Yeah. This guy." He looks at Davenport. "What is a hydraloop?"

"Sorry, I'm unsure too," Freya told her boyfriend, and he rubbed her arm, holding her closer.

"It's an ultra-modern high-speed transport system that works like a pneumatic tube to and from the island. You hop in on one side and it spits you out on the mainland in minutes. That alone cost me 50 million dollars." Davenport explained.

"Great, see you on the island." S-3 said and geo-leaps away.

Leo gave his father an unamused look. "You couldn't spend 50 million dollars to make us do that?"

Freya chuckled, thinking of how this next adventure will change her life. She's ready for it.

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Up Next: First Day of Bionic Academy

Almost done with season 4! We are officially on the island! Freya and Juliet are going to live on the island with their mother and their cat, Cinnamon. They will get their own room on the island, because I say so and I'm the author.

Question. Should I make a new book for season 4 or continue writing it on this one. For what I have in mind, season 4 will have a different vibe then this book. But I want your opinion, please answer. Pick what you really want, no tricks or anything.

Thank you!!! Byeee!