CHAPTER FOURTEEN, you posted what?!

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The fire alarm was still blaring when Douglas and Perry started to gain consciousness. Perry woke first, looking down at Douglas. "Are you okay?"

"Well, I'm alive." He groaned. "I'm pretty sure I broke some ribs, mostly 'cause you're on top of me."

"I'm sorry." Perry quickly pulled away and began to stand up to her feet. As Douglas did the same, he reached to his knees before he looked at the woman, noticing how she wasn't groaning in pain like he was. "How are you not hurt?"

"Luckily, I landed on my left side where I have a metal hip, titanium shoulder, and I couldn't even tell you what's in my skull." Perry explained.

"Help!" They turned their heads in the direction of the shout, widening their eyes as they spotted Leo stuck under the beam.

"Dooley!" Perry and Douglas ran over to him.

Eyes filled with panic, Leo looked up at the adults and told them. "My arm's pinned underneath the beam."

Douglas tried to lift the beam, letting out a grunt in pain as he struggled to do so. So Perry gently pushed him aside. "I got this Dougie. I once lifted a car off a guy's leg. It was the least I could do since I ran him over."

Douglas sent her a strange look, watching as she crouched down, only managing to lift the beam a bit before the pain also came to her as well. "Oh! Oh, tough to get a grip. My hands keep slipping on what I hope is red paint." She grumbled, and Leo widened his eyes in fear.

He was bleeding.

"Wait! Is Emilia okay? Where is she?" Leo asked, first to notice her lack of presence. This caused Douglas to widen his eyes before he looked over and saw the girl on the ground, still unconscious.

"Emilia!" Douglas ran over before kneeling down in front of her to see small bruises on her neck from where Krane grabbed her and blood seeping down her head from where she was hit.

"Is she okay?" Leo called.

"She's fine, just unconscious!" Douglas reassured him before picking her up bridal style and carried her over to Principal Perry and Leo. "The firemen are here. I'll go get them." He informed the two before walking out of there with Emilia still in his arms.

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After a trip to the hospital, Tasha had obviously been informed about Emilia and Leo checking in there, and was thankfully allowed to visit them, as long as there was a federal guard with her.

However, when Perry went to show Tasha where they were in the hospital, not one of them were in their beds. Soon, they came to the realisation that both of them were missing. This caused Tasha's worry to grow, not knowing that Emilia and Leo were safety hidden at Krane's warehouse with Douglas.

Leo fluttered his eyes open, not long after Emilia did, the girl still laying on the table she was on, when she heard Leo mumble to himself. "Where am I?" Of course not seeing Emilia, Leo was first to recognise his surroundings and began to panic, thinking that Krane had him. "Wait. This is Krane's warehouse. Help! Help! Somebody help, please."

"Hey! Hey! It's okay, you're fine." Emilia weakly called, reassuring her best-friend as she started to step down from the table to approach the boy, at the same time, Douglas had ran over.

"It's okay, Leo. Calm down, calm down." He tried to calm the boy's nerves, who was relieved to see that Emilia was okay, however, he was still weary of Krane's whereabouts.

"Where is he? Where is Krane?"

"He abandoned this place a while ago." Douglas stated. "The guy's got hideouts everywhere. You should see his torture chamber in Palm Beach. It's gorgeous." Emilia sent him a pointed look when she noticed him getting off topic.

"Why am I strapped down? Why am I here?" Leo questioned.

Emilia cleared her throat, her voice still raspy as she spoke. "I'd like to know why I'm here too."

"Emilia, you're here simply because I didn't want the feds finding you." Douglas told her before he looked down at Leo. "And Leo, I had to bring you here. It was the only place I knew with the necessary equipment."

"Equipment for what?" Leo watched as Douglas pulled something off his arm.

"Take the bandage off." Douglas instructed, with Leo hesitantly doing as he said. When he finally pulled it off, Emilia and Leo both stared at his arm in shock to see it had completely healed.

"It's completely healed. But how?" Leo was both shocked and confused by this outcome.

"Go ahead, pretend like you're throwing a ball."

Leo looked at the man annoyed. "Is this really the time to make fun of how uncoordinated I am?"

This got a weak laugh from Emilia, with Douglas sighing at him. "Just do it." He pressed, and Leo lifted his hand up before pretending to throw a ball, just like Douglas said. But to both his and Emilia's shock, a laser sphere had shot out of his hand, hitting a barrel in the process.

"What the fuck was that?"

"What did you do?"

Douglas placed his hand on Leo's shoulder with a smile. "Congratulations Leo. You're bionic."

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Emilia stood beside Leo as Douglas sat in a chair, both of them watching as Leo was now stood up, striking a superhero pose with a bright grin on his face. "Check this out." The boy threw his arm forward, the laser sphere almost hitting Douglas but he managed to duck down just in time.

"Aah! Easy! You almost toasted my tips." Douglas touched his hair with a groan.

Leo was still in disbelief as he stared down at his arm. "Sorry, I just can't believe I'm bionic."

"Doctor said you'll never be able to use your arm again, and I wasn't about to let that happen. So, I used bionic components to save it." Douglas explained.

Leo pulled his arm back and forth as he listened closely. "What's that clicking noise?"

At his words, Douglas looked through his pockets before looking back up at him with an awkward expression. "Oh. Um... yeah, I might have left my pen in there." He informed, making them widen their eyes. The man stood up to his feet, walking over to Leo as he explained. "And I threw in some self-defense upgrades since, you know, you are pretty much the weak link."

Emilia struggled to show her amusement to this, since it still hurt to even make a sound, yet say a word. So she stayed quiet, listening as Douglas continued to explain. "Your fingers can generate laser spheres. And the arm's got bionic strength, so you may want to shake hands lefty from now on, or maybe just curtsy."

"This is awesome!" Leo cheered, holding his arms out and accidentally shot a laser sphere towards Douglas without warning, this time managing to hit him and burn the tips of his hair.

He stood back up straight, as Emilia looked at his hair with a wince before it was replaced with a playful frown. "And there goes the tips."

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Leo glanced at the door before turning to Douglas who was working on something. "Come on, Douglas, we should get out of here."

"Yeah, just give me five more minutes. I just want to find some evidence that'll get Krane locked up for good." Douglas looked around the area to find that said evidence as Emilia sighed.

"We don't have five minutes." Emilia pointed out, but was ignored when Douglas spotted a piece of evidence under the table and pulled it out. "Aha! Blueprints." He unfolded them before his smile was replaced with a frown. "To add a second bathroom." Douglas groaned in annoyance and threw the blueprints to the side.

"Come on." Leo huffed out a breath, pulling him away but before they could leave, they saw Krane and S-1 standing there, causing Leo and Douglas to let out a yell.

"What is it gonna take to finally get rid of you?"

"Well, now that you mention it, we were just leaving." Douglas started pushing Emilia and Leo with him as they tried to leave, but Krane had stopped them before they could.

"Don't move." He ordered.

"How did you find us?" Douglas looked at Krane with narrowed eyes.

Krane chuckled slightly before he smirked. "I'm always one step ahead of you."

Emilia hummed as Leo smirked at Krane. "Yeah? Well, let's see you stay one step ahead of this." He threw his arm forward, shooting a laser sphere at them, but due to his terrible aim, it hit the wall.

"Oops." Leo winced, receiving glares from Emilia and Douglas.

"You gave the kid bionics, too?" Krane was visibly shocked.

Douglas shrugged. "Well, it wasn't easy. You have to attach bionics to muscle, and, well..." The man gestured to Leo, making Emilia purse her lips.

"Let's do this already." S-1 interrupted.

"All right, bring it, cupcake. You're about to meet my new bionic friend." Leo smirked, holding up the wrong arm, making Douglas nudge him on the arm. "Other hand, Leo."

"My new bionic friend." He corrected and held up his right arm.

The fight started to commence as Krane suddenly threw Douglas across the room with one of his bionic abilities. "Aah! Not the ribs again! Would it kill you to spread the pain around?" Douglas groaned in pain as he held onto his side.

As Leo was focused on sending laser spheres to S-1, Emilia turned to Krane for the second time that day. A smirk rested at her lips when she saw him step towards her, before her eyes flashed a bright blue and reached her hands to both sides of her head before opening her mouth and letting the scream come barrelling out of her throat.

This sent Krane, S-1 and Leo, all across the room, as Emilia winced, only worried about what she did to Leo. "Oops, sorry." She apologised softly, seeing her friend fall beside Douglas.

Krane growled before he geo-leaped right in front of Emilia, who quickly ducked down before she swept him under the leg, making him fall down onto his back.

S-1 wrapped her arm around Emilia's neck, and the banshee groaned before flipping her over her shoulder and onto the ground. But before Emilia could turn to Krane, the man had threw his hand forward before throwing the girl across the room, just like he did with Douglas.

"I'm so sorry, Emilia and Leo." Douglas sighed to the teenagers. "It's all my fault."

"If you're waiting for an 'It's okay, don't worry about it' it's not coming." Leo told him.

Krane and S-1 stepped in front of them, although, before they could make a move, the door behind them busted open and in came, Adam, Bree, Chase and Donald.

"Leo! Emilia!" Donald was first to yell.

Then followed Chase. "Lia!" He looked relieved to see her alive, but also worried when he heard the groan coming from her. It was obvious she wasn't okay.

"And Douglas." Douglas raised his hand, looking at his brother in offence for leaving him out.

"Emilia, Leo. Are you okay?" Donald checked on the two teenagers.

"I'm all right." Leo reassured his step-father who nodded before looking over at Emilia.

"I'm alive, don't worry." She answered through a groan, still hunched over in pain as her throat continued to sting. After the banshee scream she let out moments prior, she was trying to refrain from speaking a lot.

"Doing fine here, too. Thanks." Douglas lifted his hand in the air, feeling left out once again.

Chase narrowed his eyes at S-1. "That's the girl that filmed us."

"Let them go." Donald gritted his teeth at Krane.

"Oh-oh, I'm not letting any of you go." The bionic soldier refused, before they all got into a fighting stance.

"Wait. I don't think we've met. I'm Adam." Adam stepped towards S-1 who looked at him unfazed before punching him in the chest, sending him flying into some crates.

"She's bionic." Chase stated, with him, Bree and Donald looking in shock.

"Oh, that's not the only surprise." The Hunter girl muttered to herself, referring to Leo who now had bionics.

"And has super strength."

Adam walked back over to the group. "Hey, you wouldn't be interested in making a trade, would you?" He gestured to Chase, receiving a look from both him and Emilia.

"You sure you want to do this? Four against two, hardly seems fair." Chase glared at Krane.

As he was finally able to get up, Leo stood behind S-1 and Krane, correcting. "You mean six against two." He looked down at Emilia expectedly, who was still on the ground.

"H-Hold on, g-give me a second." She called out weakly, finally managing to stand up to her feet, and when she lifted her head up, it gave Chase a perfect view of the small bruises imprinted on her neck — and looking back at Krane, he glared even harder.

Douglas looked at them in offence. "Oh, come on, what am I, invisible here?" He groaned once again, before Krane sent a fire shock wave that knocked them all to the ground.

"What do you say, I start with you?" Krane lifted his hand up, bringing Donald up with as the man started to choke, struggling to breath before he was thrown back.

Standing back up, the group all put up a fighting stance when Adam looked at Emilia and Bree with a nervous expression. "Emilia, Bree, you got this? Good, thanks." He pushed them towards S-1.

Both flipping towards her, Emilia and Bree began to fight S-1, both using their super speed to land hits on each other. Emilia turned around to see Bree being pinned down by S-1.

"Too bad this is the last time I see you guys. Your brother's kinda cute." S-1 smirked before Bree pulled away and shoved her back.

"Adam?" She scoffed.

S-1 glared at Bree and went to punch her, before Emilia grabbed her fist and threw it back to her to make her hit herself in the face.

"No. The other one." S-1 corrected after shaking her head. At this, Emilia glared before jump kicking in the stomach, and she stumbled back before being swept under her feet, causing her to land flat on her back.

She's been doing that a lot recently.

"Chase? What did Krane do to your brain?" Bree scoffed, getting a look from Emilia. "I meant her brain. You and Chase are soulmates." She added, making the banshee shake her head.

Emilia scoffed, with no heat behind it. "Nice save."

S-1 took this as her chance to kick her legs from underneath her, making Bree flip over and land hard on the ground. Emilia was about to charge towards the super-soldier, when Krane caught their attention, as he gathered energy spheres in his hands and stepped towards Adam and Chase who were laying on the ground.

"Now I got her." Leo called from behind Emilia, and went to shoot a laser sphere at S-1, but he instead, hit Krane, causing him to drop to the ground. Everyone apart from Douglas and Emilia stared at the Dooley boy in shock. "Okay, I'll take it."

"Mr Krane!" S-1 yelled in worry. Seeing as the girl was distracted, Emilia quickly kicked her in the chest before slamming her hard onto the ground.

Bree and Emilia shared a smirk, high-fiving each other before they moved over to the boys, with Emilia crashing into Chase's arms. "I'm so glad you're okay." While muttering into her neck, he sighed in relief.

"More or less." Emilia hummed as the two pulled away from each other, the girl not having time to move as Chase gently gripped her chin, moving it up so he could see the bruises. "Chase, I'm fine, I promise."

Chase let out a sigh. "That doesn't change the fact that he hurt you." He pulled his hands away and placed them on her waist, watching her just smile at him in reassurance. Looking past her, Chase spotted Leo approaching and suddenly he had remembered. "Hold on. Did you just do what I think you just did?" He called to Leo.

"Yeah. When did Leo learn how to throw?" Adam asked, earning a chuckle from Emilia.

"I can't believe you gave bionics to Leo." Donald spoke in disbelief as he walked over with his brother.

"Yeah, well, it saved your life." Douglas defended.

"No, it didn't." Donald shook his head. "Tasha's going to kill me!"

"You know what you should do." Emilia looked at Donald before smiling. "Get her a puppy!"

"Nice try, but no." Donald declined, and the girl pouted, the look on her face simply making her boyfriend smile before he pulled Emilia closer to him.

All of a sudden, multiple federal agents ran into the room, causing the group to huddle closer together. "Okay, guys, round them up. Use your tranquilzer guns if you have to." Agent Graham instructed.

"Wait! You're arresting the wrong people. This is the man you want, Victor Krane." Douglas told the agent, gesturing to the unconscious man on the ground. "He's a sociopath who's been implanting himself with bionics, and now, he's turned her into a bionic soldier. If you don't stop him, he could create more and have an entire army."

"And you are?" Agent Graham looked confused at Douglas, not knowing who he was.

"Douglas Davenport. There's no official record of me because I faked my own death." The smile fell off his face at the moment he noticed the others shake their heads at him, or make hand signals to tell him to stop talking. "But I'm very credible."

"All right! Take these two into custody." The man gestured to Krane and S-1.

Krane suddenly stood up from the floor. "I don't think so!" He went to shoot a fire ball at Agent Graham, but Bree and Emilia had super-speeded over and pushed the agent out of the way, whilst, Adam aimed his heat vision at Krane, and he fell back unconscious.

The man stared at Emilia and Bree in shock. "You girls... saved me." Agent Graham uttered before glancing around at the others. "Thanks."

"You're welcome." Emilia smiled gently.

"Like we keep telling you, we help people." Bree reminded him.

"Restraint these two before they wake up." Agent Graham instructed to the agents.

"Here, use these to cuff 'em. They've got a bionic signal interrupter." Douglas advised, handing the agent a different pair of handcuffs.

"Why would you have these?"

Douglas flashed the man a nervous smile. "I help people, too."

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The next day, Agent Graham was holding a press conference to tell the whole world the truth about how the four bionic super-humans aren't a threat to them. Emilia and the siblings stood beside the agent, dressed in their mission suits while they listened to what he was saying.

"The rumors you've been hearing are true. There are bionic humans and a banshee living among us. But after a thorough investigation, I, Agent Graham, that's with an 'H', have determined they are not to feared. They are just like us."

Agent Graham then moved to the side, allowing Chase to step up to the stand. "Hi, I'm Chase." He started off before gesturing to the people behind him. "This is my brother, Adam, my sister Bree, and my girlfriend, Emilia." The girl smiled softly before he turned his head back to the front. "And yes, we are bionic humans, along with Emilia being a supernatural-being. For years, we've been going on top-secret missions."

Adam leaned forward so he could speak into one of the microphones. "Yeah, remember that runaway train full of nuclonium that almost blew up Welkerville? That was us."

At his choice of words, everyone gasped. Donald, Emilia and his siblings looked at him in shock before Chase was first to speak, making sure to tell everyone. "No, no, no, we didn't cause it, we stopped it."

Bree stepped up to the stand. "You didn't know about these missions because we weren't sure if the world was ready for us, but now that our secret's out—"

She was cut off by Adam who smirked. "Let's get to know me. I enjoy long walks on the beach, eating stuff, and punching this guy." He threw his arm back and punched Chase in the chest who flinched from the contact.

Chase quickly mirrored the action as he whacked his brother on the arm. "Why do you always do that?"

Adam rolled his eyes. "Were you not listening, it's what I like to do."

"That's it." Chase and Adam started to fight each other like brothers do, moving away from the stand as Agent Graham stepped in to try and stop them.

"Hey, guys, hey, hey, hey. Stop it. What is wrong with you? We are on TV!" Ignoring the agent's shouts, Chase jumped on Adam's back, leaving the girls to smile awkwardly at the crowd.

"So... any questions?" Emilia asked, while Adam and Chase continued to fight each other from behind them.

A few hours later, when the press conference had finished, the four bionic super-humans stood by Donald as they looked at all the mess that had been made.

"Well, that went well." With the sarcasm clear in his tone, Donald threw a fake leaf onto the floor before smiling at the kids. "All right, guys, get ready. As soon as you walk out of that door, your lives are gonna change forever. It's about time you guys got credit for all the good that you do."

"Thank you, Mr Davenport. But we'll always be a five-person team." Chase smiled, which Donald had returned before he turned around to see Agent Graham approaching.

"Oh, Agent Graham, I just want to thank you for letting the kids come home and hearing us out."

"Actually, I'm the one who should be thanking you. Without you, we wouldn't be in control of the ultimate weapon." The team all looked at him in confusion.

Donald furrowed his brows. "We', what do you mean 'we'?"

"You're not in charge of these four anymore. This is my show now. From this point forward, they work for me." Agent Graham announced before walking away.

From then on, everything was about to change.

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MEGAN SPEAKS !

hope you enjoyed reading this
chapter! the next one is gonna be
a big one! agent graham needs to go
away and stop using them for publicity.
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