xiv. no going back

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~Flashback - 12 Years Ago~

Little 3 year old Freya sat in the arms of her 5 year old sister, Juliet, as they watched their parents argue. Freya was trembling in fear as she watched her father yell at her mother. Freya's never liked her father, he is always hitting or yelling at her mom.

"I'm scared, Juliet," Freya softly cried in her sister arms. Juliet held her closer.

"I know," Juliet replied.

Their father punched their mother in the nose and the girls gasped, looking away.

"Mommy!" Freya cried out. "Please don't hurt her!"

Cassandra recovered from the punch and her husband was staring at her with darkened blue eyes filled with rage.

"You are a disgrace. I never should have married you or had those worthless children!" The fathered hissed and Cassandra slapped him across the face. Her husband stumbled back, grabbing his cheek.

"Don't you ever talk about my daughters like that!" She snapped and ran over to her daughters, who ran into her arms.

Their father recovered and chuckled darkly. "Don't you mean our daughters?"

"You're no dad to us!" Juliet cried, holding her sobbing sister close.

"I'm your only one," he said. "Deal with it, you brat!"

He walked over to them with anger and Juliet yelled, pulling Freya away as Cassandra picked up a glass vase and smashed it over his head.

He yelled out as he fell to the ground unconscious.

Cassandra immediately ran over to her phone and called the police. Freya stared at her father and Juliet turned her away from the sight. Freya was in shock and was filled with fear.

"Juliet, take your sister and start packing your stuff. Right now," Cassandra ordered her daughter. She was shaking in fear and was crying, but was holding strong for her daughters.

Juliet took her sister to her bedroom to grab her things.

Cassandra rushed over to her bedroom and packed a few things. Tears flowed down her cheeks as she packed stuff, she tried her best to keep her composure. She's doing it for her daughters.

Once she had some stuff, she quickly went to her daughter's room and helped them finish.

"We have to hurry, okay?" Cassandra rushed them, picking up Frey's backpack. "We can always buy new stuff."

"Okay." Juliet nodded and Freya sat on her bed still crying.

"Mommy, what's happening?" Freya asked.

"We are leaving. Your father is not a good man. We will go live with Aunt Erica for a bit, okay?" Cassandra told her. "We will be okay."

Juliet hugged her sister and gently took her hand, pulling her to her feet.

"Let's go." Cassandra picked up all the bags and they headed out of the room. Their father was still unconscious and she didn't take any time to rush out the door. She go to her car and put her daughters in their car seats, buckling them in.

Cassandra got in the front seat and looked at her daughters in the rear view mirror. Juliet was silently crying and Freya was shaking, sobbing as well.

Cassandra took a breath and exhaled, trying to relax. She will now be free and her daughters with safe from him.

Cassandra wiped her tears and drove away from the house.

——

Freya was staring at her hands as she sat at her desk, not listening to her teacher. Freya was out of it, she kept having the same flashback everyday. The only memory she has of her father. She remembers no name, no physical appearance, or anything of him. She just knows he is an awful man and she hates him.

Freya got a text from Leo.

Bring me some ice cream. I'm sick.

Freya chuckled and answered.

I'll make up an excuse and leave. Pay me be back doofus.

Freya raised her hand. "Excuse me. Can I go to the nurse... Mrs. Thistle?"

Mrs. Thistle woke up. "Bingo!"

Freya looked at the classmate next to her and they shrugged. Freya got up and walked out of the room without her knowing.

"Easy." Freya said and quick snuck out of the school.

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~Davenport House~

Freya walked into the Davenport household and Davenport looked up from his desk when he heard her.

He frowned in confusion. "What are you doing here?"

She scoffed. "When am I not here?"

"I meant, aren't you supposed to be at school?" He asked her and she walked over to him.

"I left. Mrs. Thistle usually sleeps most of our class, so I can leave whenever and not get in trouble," Freya shrugged. "I'm afraid she's never gonna wake up one day."

Mr. Davenport scrunched his face up at this and Leo descended from the stairs with a tissue box.

"Now, what are you doing here?" Davenport asked him and Freya turned to see Leo.

"I live here. I'm the one you didn't cobble together in your basement." Leo remarked.

Davenport stood up. "I mean, why aren't you at school?"

"I got a little head cold. I sneezed in class and I don't know what came out, but I walked out two pounds lighter." Leo said and Davenport frowned in disgust. "I am also here for some ice cream."

"Give me ten bucks first," Freya put it her hand and Leo gave her a shocked look.

"But I'm sick." Leo objected.

"And I'm broke. Now pay up," Freya shot back and Leo gave her ten bucks.

"Thank you." She handed him the ice cream and he began to eat it.

Tasha walks in. "Donald, I think there's something wrong with your credit card. When I went to buy groceries, it was declined."

"Declined? How could that be?" Davenport asked.

Eddy appears on the tv screen. "Let me spell it out for you. SHE SPENT ALL YOUR MONEY!"

"I did not spend all his money." Tasha protested.

"Oh. Saving a little for a face lift?" Eddie joked.

"You!" Tasha went to attack, but Freya held her back.

"Bro's a screen. Not worth it," Freya said.

Davenport checked his back account information. "This card is completely maxed out with purchases I didn't make. A plane ticket, a speed boat, $2,000 worth of hair dye and colored contact lenses." Freya, Tasha and Leo gave him a loom. "This time, it was not me!"

——

Freya, Leo, and Davenport were in the lab, attempting to find the hacker who spent all Davenport's money. Freya was so confused on who would do this.

"Leo, Freya, do either of have any luck tracing those hackers?" Davenport asked them.

"No. Every IP address you gave is leads to a dead end." Freya frowned in confusion. "These people really know how to cover their tracks."

Eddy appeared on the small screen. "I don't have any finger prints or evidence, but I've drawn a police sketch of what I think the suspect looks like." Eddie showed them a bad picture of Tasha

Davenport tried to access stuff on the cyber desk, but couldn't get anything. "I can't access anything. The contexts of my Cyber-Desk have been wiped clean." Freya turns to him and walked up to the desk. Davenport's tablet began to beep. "This is worse than I thought. Every one of my facilitates world-wide has been hacked! Every database. The entire infrastructure of Davenport Industries is gone!" Davenport put down the tablet on Leo's and Freya leaned her hand on the chair. "This is not a run-of-the-mill computer hacker, guys. It's obviously someone who hates me and wants to ruin my life.

Freya shrugged. "Well, that could be anyone."

Davenport frowned. "Alright."

"What are we gonna do?" Leo asked.

Davenport took out his phone. "I'm gonna have to call my friend at the FBI."

"Wait, you have a friend at the FBI? That is so cool!" Leo smiled and Freya grinned impressed.

"Yeah, we're yoga buddies." Davenport said.

"And now it's not cool." Freya said and Davenport rolled his eyes.

——

Freya went home for a bit to feed her cat and eat some food. She found it so weird how someone would hack Davenport. She doesn't know of anyone who would do that. Well, anyone that's alive.

She thought of Douglas, but he's frozen. He couldn't do it. Or Marcus, he got crushed in a mountain of rubble.

Freya had been texting Chase, but he hasn't responded. It was worrying her. She also texted Bree and Adam and they didn't respond.

Bree usually responds super fast. And it's not cause of her super speed. She loves talking to Freya.

"Something weird is happening," Freya muttered.

Freya got a message from Leo telling her to come back over because Davenport's FBI friend was there.

——

Freya rushed back over and Davenport let her in.

"Anything about the hacking?" She asked.

"He said it's going to be weeks before anything," Davenport told her.

Freya frowned at this.

Someone knocked on the door and Davenport opened to reveal Principal Perry.

"Principal Perry, what are you doing here?" Davenport asked.

"I left class because I felt sick! I promise!" Freya put her hands up, still lying.

"I don't care what you do," Perry told Freya.

"Does our front gate even have a code?" Leo asked.

"You don't run a woman's correctional facility without learning how to scale a few walls." Perry told them and casually walked in. "Anywho, I just wanted to stop by, say hello..." Perry paused for moment. "And to tell you that I KNOW YOUR KIDS ARE BIONIC!!!"

Freya's eyes grew in shock along with Leo. Davenport stood there speechless for a second, before laughing.

"Bionic! I- I what are you talking about?" Davenport asked, laughing nervously with Leo and Freya. "Just because a child, says they're bionic I-"

"The big one shot lasers from his eyes, the girl could run faster than lighting, and the stubby one could move things with his mind!" Perry interrupted him.

Freya shrugged and looked at Davenport. "Oh yeah, she's got you."

"Is Dooley bionic too?" Perry asked and Freya snickered.

"Seriously, look at him." Davenport pointed and Leo gave him an offended look.

"Is Monore one?" Perry asked him, poking her arm.

"You're lucky I'm not," Freya smiled.

"Freya, go downstairs and bring Adam, Bree and Chase up. Now." Davenport told Freya and she nodded, immediately going to find them.

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Freya ran into the lab and stopped when she didn't see Adam, Bree, snd Chase.

"Adam? Bree? Chase!" She called and looked around frantically. Panic filled her every second and she grabbed her head, fulling freaking out.

"No! No! No!" She cried out and then saw two devices on the cyber desk. She picked one up and saw it was a holographic device.

She placed it on the floor and activated it. A hologram of Chase appeared and she moved back, fiddling with her fingers as he spoke to her.

"Freya. I messed up. Adam, Bree, and I exposed our bionics to Perry. She was danger and we had to. It's our job to protect those in danger and that's what I'm doing. Adam, Bree, and I are leaving to protect you and Leo, Mr. Davenport, and Tasha. If we stay here, we are putting you in danger. I never ever want to put you in danger. I care about you way too much to do that. You're my best friend, Freya. Before I go, I just wanted you to know something and if one day we find each other, hopefully I can say it to you face to face. Freya, I really-"

The hologram glitched out and Freya gasped, rushing up it. She fell to the floor, picking up the hologram trying to fix it.

"No! No!" She cried out with tears streaming down her face. "Chase! Come back! Adam, Bree! Please! What were you gonna say?"

She dropped the device and covered her face, crying into her hands.

Leo ran into the lab and saw a sobbing Freya. He rushed to her side and she looked up at him with her eyes bloodshot and red face.

"What happened? Where are they?" He asked and she shook her head, sniffing.

"They left!" She cried out and showed him the holographic device. "I don't know where they are."

Leo's heart shattered at the sight of her best friend crying and hugged her close. She hugged her back, softly crying in his arms.

Leo wanted to comfort her, but needed her to stand up.

"Come on," He said and pulled her to her feet. He noticed the other holographic device and picked it up.

"Let's try to trace them." Leo said and tried to trace them on his laptop, but got nothing. "I can't find them. They must have disabled their GPS signals."

"Oh no," Freya mumbled before her hands.

"Let's go upstairs." Leo suggested and Freya nodded, sniffing. She wiped her eyes and sniffled again, feeling snot drip out her nose. "Here."

Leo handed her a tissue and she smiled, taking it. She wiped her nose with it and let out an exhale, trying to relax.

"Sorry," she apologized.

"It's okay," Leo assured her and took her hand,  leading her upstairs.

——

Leo and Freya ran into the living room.

"Big D, we have a problem." Leo said.

"Guys, where are Adam, Bree and Chase?" Davenport asked and Freya shook her head, trying to stop herself from crying.

Freya brings out holographic device. "I found this in the lab."

She activated it and a hologram of Adam, Bree, and Chase popped up.

"Hello? Testing testing. Echo. ECHO!" Adam called and Bree hit his arm.

"Mr. Davenport, we really messed up." Chase admitted and Freya's heart shattered at the sound of his voice.

"We didn't mean to expose our bionics to Perry, but she was in danger and we had no choice." Bree continued.

"You always trained us to handle any mission, and right now, the mission is survival, yours and ours." Chase explained.

"So if we're not around there's no proof that we exist, so we're leaving, for good." Adam informed them.

"Thank you, for all that you've done for us. We're sorry we let you down." Bree finished. H
The hologram turned off and Freya had started to silently cry again. Leo put his arm around her, comforting her.

"I've gotta find 'em." Davenport declared.

"We've already tried. They must of disabled their GPS signals, there's no trace of them anywhere." Leo told him.

Freya released a shaky breath. "They're gone."

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Freya sat on the stools in the lab, staring at the holographic device from Chase. She couldn't think of anything else, she couldn't believe he was gone. She can't believe Adam and Bree are gone. Her best friends are gone.

She just wants to know what Chase was gonna say.

Davenport was staring at the capsules in the lab sadly.

Leo came down to the lab. "The guy from the bank says we gotta go now, they're changing the lock on all the doors."

"I can't believe they're gone." Davenport shook his head.

"I shouldn't have left school early today." Freya weakly said and ran her hands through her hair. "I could have been there to help! It's my fault!"

She covered her face in her hands and Davenport went up to her, rubbing her back.

"It's my job to watch out for them and I didn't, this all my fault!" Leo exclaimed.

"No it's not. Freya, it's not your fault either, honey... It's not theirs either. I gotta find them." Davenport walked around the cyber desk and tried to use it, but couldn't do anything. Freya looked up from her hands, sitting up. "I can't even use my Cyber-Desk. Who is doing this to me?" He went over to his the console for the capsules and couldn't access it.

Freya began to think of who it could be. The only person that came to mind was Douglas. However, it's impossible. Unless, he escaped.

"It's obviously a tech wizz who will do anything to destroy you and someone who has interment knowledge of your life and Davenport Industries." Leo pondered aloud and Freya gasped, already knowing who it was.

"Wait, I know who it is." Freya stood up and they looked at her. "It's your brother. Douglas."

Leo's eyes grew in shock. "You're right."

"Freya, that's impossible. We froze Douglas in a block of ice. He's under 24 hours security in one of my most remote offshore facilities. See?" Davenport explained and showed them the security footage, only to see that Douglas is free. "He's gone. But how?"

"Rewind the footage." Freya suggested and Davenport rewinded the footage. "Go back!There!" The video shows a man in a mask and black clothing walking into the room.

A security guard ran in. "Hey!" He threw a punch, but the masked man dodged it and grabbed his fist. He kicked him away and Freya gasped at this. Another security guard ran in and the masked man easily blocked his punches, before picking up and throwing him across the room.

"He's bionic," Freya said in shock.

"Wow! There's another bionic dude?" Leo said in shock.

"You know who that is?" Freya asked Davenport.

Davenport shook his head "I don't know who that is."

The masked man in the video approached the block of ice Douglas was in. He punched the ice, which shattered in pieces from the force. Douglas stood there almost paralyzed and couldn't function. The masked man picked up and walked out of the room.

Davenport put the tablet down. "If Douglas escaped, that means Adam, Bree and Chase are in danger, we all are."

"What do we do?" Freya asked.

Suddenly Douglas appeared on every screen in the lab. "Nothing you can do, blondie! You're in danger!" Douglas laughed. "I'm back!"

"Yeah, Freya already figured that one out." Davenport remarked and Freya nodded.

"Anyway, I just thought I you should know that it was me who did this to you, well I had a little help. And now that I'm free I think I'll spend some quality time with my three wonderful kids!" Douglas warned and Freya glared at him, clenching her fists.

"If you go anywhere near them, it'll be the last thing you ever do!" Davenport threatened.

"They're mine Donny!" Douglas snapped.

"I'll find them first." Davenport said.

"Good luck.That's gonna be a little hard to do without your lab." Douglas laughed darkly as he revealed a detonator and pressed the button.

"Guys, that's a detonator. Run!" Davenport yelled and the three ran toward the elevator as the lab blows up behind them. The jumped into the elevator safely and the doors shut before the explosion hit them.

Outside, the whole lab and side of the mountain exploded.

Freya held her chest, breathing heavily. The three sat there in complete shock and horror. They were trapped in the elevator.

——

Davenport was trying to us the phone as Freya was silently crying into her hands. Leo had his knees to his chest with his head low.

Freya felt hopeless. She possibly won't ever see Adam, Bree, or Chase again. The lab blew up, Davenport is broke, his family is homeless, and now she is trapped in the elevator. She may never see her sister or mother again. She misses her cat.

"The phone is dead." Davenport dropped the phone. "Hopefully, my sprinkler system extinguished the fire before it spread to the rest of the house."

"So we're trapped in here? What are we gonna do?" Freya asked, lowering her hands.

"I'm working on it, Freya." Davenport assured her.

"Well hurry up." Leo rushed him. "If we don't get out of here, Douglas and that creepy mask guy are gonna beat us to Adam, Bree and Chase!"

"I'll figure something out, Leo." Davenport angrily replied.

"How?" Freya weakly croaked out. "Your lab are gone, your cars are gone, Davenport Industries is ruined!"

"I got it, Freya." Davenport snapped.

"And to top it all off you're broke!" Leo finished the ramble.

Davenport bangs his back on the walls, slides down and started crying. Leo and Freya looked at him and he lowered his hands from
his face. "I'm crying about the kids!"

Freya sighed and lowered her head into her knees, believing she is going to die in here.

Freya thought to herself. I'm going to die in here. I never even told Chase I liked him.

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Season 2 is done! Season 3 here we come!