CHAPTER SEVENTEEN, memory wipe

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Due to feeling sick, Emilia wasn't able to go out with the others at night, but luckily she didn't get grounded like they did. Waking up the next morning, Emilia was feeling slightly better and made her way downstairs dressed in a eeyore onesie.

Moving her way towards the kitchen, Emilia then muttered tiredly. "Coffee. Must need coffee."

Once she finished making her iced coffee, she jumped hearing a girlish scream, turning around to see Donald with a massive smile on his face.

"Emilia, I did it!" Donald smiled, towards the girl who furrowed her brows before asking. "I'm sorry, did what?" He waved her off with a giggle before telling her. "Just come downstairs and I'll tell you." He ran off, making Emilia groan to herself before slowly walking down the stairs to the lab instead of using the elevator.

"Emilia, come on! You're supposed to have super speed!" She heard Donald exclaim from the lab, making her roll her eyes. She then strolled into the room, drinking her iced coffee as she snapped at him. "Don't rush me when I'm sick! So, what's all the giggling about anyway?"

Donald sighed. "I finally achieved something I have wanted my whole life. I won the Presidential medal for Scientific achievement!" He announced to the group of teens.

"That's great." Chase nodded as Emilia walked over to sit on the stool between him and Leo. "I think I got one of those for doing pull ups in gym class." Adam pointed out, in which Donald denied his comment.

Leo looked at his best friend. "Nice onesie, Eeyore." He said with an amused smile, making the girl narrow her eyes at him. "Leo, stop. I think she looks cute." Chase complimented, making Emilia smile softly at him.

Leo groaned at the new couple. "You two make me sick."

Emilia playfully frowned as she turned back to look at him. "Aw, are you jealous that Chase got a girlfriend before you?" She questioned, making everyone chuckle as he glared at her.

"Anyway." Donald interjected, bringing the topic of conversation back to him. "This is the highest honour a scientist can receive. My picture's gonna be plastered online and offline. If there's a line, my face is gonna be on it."

"What did you win it for?" Chase asked before the man pulled out a device from his pocket. "My neural scrambler. This thing is going to revolutionise the field of neurology." He explained.

Adam furrowed his brows. "Huh?"

"The brain." Chase clarified for him, making him gasp in realisation.

"How does it work?" Leo inquired, looking at his step-father who explained. "It can erase specified time increments of neural associations in the cerebral cortex."

"Huh?" Adam questioned again, in which Chase exclaimed once again. "The brain!"

Donald then continued. "Basically, it helps doctors erase bad memories."

"Oh, that's cool. Does it erase all memories, or can it just zero in on... that?" Bree wondered, gesturing to her two brothers.

Tasha then came walking in with a smile on her face. "Congrats, Donald! I got your text about the Presidential award! Gosh, this is so exciting. What a big break for us." She gushed.

"Us?" Donald repeated, furrowing his brows. The auburn haired girl pursed her lips before Tasha then mentioned. "I was thinking I could interview you for my TV station. Local reporter lands Presidential Award winner. A Tasha Davenport exclusive. This could be a really big break."

Donald nodded. "Well, it would be a really big break for you. I mean, it would really help your faltering career. No, I mean you'd really get to cover something that finally matters." He stammered.

Emilia shook her head. "You're blowing it, man."

"You know what? You have got yourself an interview. And a new pair of shoes. Just take my wallet. Just take that." Donald nervously said, passing her his wallet before she walked out.

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Walking out the elevator the next day, Emilia spotted Leo talking to Donald by his desk. "Hey, guys." She greeted, still in her onesie.

Leo whipped his head around to look at Emilia before letting out a scream. Furrowing her brows at his actions, Emilia turned to Donald. "Who are you?" He asked, not recognising her.

"What do you mean, who am I? It's Emilia." The Hunter girl replied, shaking her head with a puzzled look. Still not finding anything familiar, Donald shook his head. "I don't know anyone by that name, sorry." He told her.

Emilia looked towards Leo who had a nervous smile on his face. "Leo, what's going on?" She asked with narrowed eyes.

Widening his eyes, Leo stammered in panic. "I may have accidentally used the neural scrambler on Big D to erase 24 hours of his memory but instead I erased 24 years. He's 15!"

"Leo Dooley!" Emilia scolded as the boy started to look around Donald's desk. "Maybe he has something to fix it." He muttered, picking up a device from the desk and examined it. Emilia sighed before going to tell him. "Leo, stop touching random things, you don't know what-"

She was cut off by Leo accidentally zapping her with the device. She closed her eyes and fell to the ground, making Leo scream. He looked back to the device with widened eyes once he realised what it was, making him let out a shocked scream. He gave the two one last look before running into the elevator and upstairs to tell the others. With panting breaths, Leo approached the three before informing. "Uh, guys, we have a problem."

"What is it?" Bree asked, with her question being answered as Teenage Donald came rushing in on a chair with a scream. "Rocket Chair!"

"So, what's the problem?" Adam asked, unaware of what had actually happened.

Leo gasped before correcting himself. "Okay, we have two problems."

"Leo, what is going on?" Bree asked as the three of them stood up from the couch, staring at Donald in shock and confusion.

Chase nodded. "Yeah, and where is Emilia?" He chimed in, noticing the lack of presence coming from his girlfriend.

"You know that neural thing that we were all playing with?" Leo started to say, looking at them with a nervous expression. And when Chase nodded yes, Leo held up the device. "I tried to erase 24 hours and I accidentally erased 24 years. He's 15!" He panicked.

"Whoo! This place is sick!" Teenage Donald exclaimed. "And now I'm gonna be sick!" He ran to vomit in one of the plants. The trio looked back at Leo who then looked at Chase. "And to answer your question, Chase. I may have... I may have turned-"

"Spit it out, Leo!" Chase exclaimed, receiving nervous stammers from the boy.

Bree groaned before telling him. "I'll just go see for myself." She ran out the room and towards the lab to find what Leo had done with Emilia.

A few moments later, Bree came running back up, making everyone's eyes widen seeing what Bree was holding.

Adam smiled before letting out a chuckle. "Whoa, Bree. Where did you get a baby from?" He asked as his sister narrowed her eyes at the culprit before answering Adam's question. "Emilia is the baby! Leo turned her back into the baby version of herself!"

Chase narrowed his eyes at Leo. "You turned my girlfriend into a baby?" Leo backed away from the angry boy before they all looked towards Donald who was eating peanut butter out of the jar. "He's pretty much a dog." Adam corrected from what Chase said previously.

"We still can't keep him like this! And we need to figure out how to change Emilia back as well." He sighed before turning to Leo. "But because Mr Davenport never told us about the baby device, we need to change him back so he can help us get Emilia back." He mentioned, making Leo even more nervous.

"Well, when my mom finds out she's married to an idiotic teenager- okay, maybe she's prepared for that." Leo thought out loud.

Tasha then walked in, making them panic. "Hey, who's that? Your grandma?" Teenage Donald asked, making Emilia giggle as the four teens shushed him.

"What's going on? And why does that baby that Bree's holding look familiar?" Tasha questioned, in which Donald answered for them. "Nothing much, Nana. What's up with you?"

"What did you say, Donald?" Tasha asked with furrowed brows. He looked at the woman in confusion before wondering. "You know me? Who are you?"

"He's kidding." Bree nervously chuckled as Baby Emilia played with her hair. "We're playing a game, and it's called, uh... 'Who are you'? And what I would like to know is... who are you?" The baby laughed at the girl before Leo chimed in, looking at his mother with an unsure look. "Yeah, mom. Who are you?"

Tasha sent her son a look. "A person with no patience for stupid games." She told him, making Leo hum. "Sarcasm. Let's add that to her list! Am I right?" Chase got Adam to guide Donald out the room before they got busted.

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Unfortunately, it was time for the interview and they still hadn't changed back Donald or Emilia yet. Leo looked at the teenage version of Donald who was dressed ready in a suit. "Okay, I know you have no idea what's going on, but I need you to get through this interview as if you were an adult." Leo explained.

"Got it." Donald replied as Bree approached the group, holding Emilia in her arms who was drinking from her sippy cup. "Would you rather have a British accent or a fake mustache? 'Cause I can do both." He layed his finger between his nose and lips before speaking in a british accent through his next words. "Hello! This is my finger. As a grownup who knows about these kind of things-"

Chase came running towards them. "Guys, guys! I figured out how to get his memories back! See, if we recalibrate the aperture-" He went to explain before Bree interrupted him. "Blah blah blah! You're smart! Just do it!" Chase sighed before clicking the device in front of Donald's face. "Are you still 15 years old?" Leo asked.

"No." Donald answered, making them sigh in relief before their faces dropped when the man held up four fingers. "I'm this many."

"You're four?" Bree questioned in disbelief, in which Donald corrected the girl. "Four and a half!"

Adam gasped with a bright smile. "Oh, cool, I have a new little brother!"

"Toys! It's toys." Donald called out, standing up from the stool before finding a fake apple and attempted to eat it. Emilia dropped her sippy cup on the floor before letting out babbles, making Bree smile softly. The others pushed Donald towards the couch just as Tasha started the interview. "I have to pee." Toddler Donald called out before Adam pushed him back down on the couch.

"Good evening, I'm Tasha Davenport." The woman started, making Donald gasp. "That's my name!" Tasha smiled before continuing on what she was saying. "Welcome to an exclusive interview with Mr Donald Davenport, winner of the Presidential medal for scientific achievement."

"I also won a tee-ball trophy with a guy on it that goes like this." Donald chimed in, before striking a pose. Tasha pulled him back down onto the couch with a nervous smile. "Right. We'll get to your childhood shortly. Now what most people would like to know is, how did you, uh...?" She watched as Donald moved closer to the camera.

"Donald." Tasha called to her husband, before the woman standing by the door furrowed her brows in question. "Is he all right, or am I gonna have to scramble a couple of fighter jets?"

Tasha awkwardly chuckled. "He's fine. He rarely does interviews." She lied, in which the woman sarcastically replied with. "What a surprise." As the interview continued to fail, the group excused themselves to bring Donald down to the lab to help fix him and Emilia.

"Am I in a spaceship?" Toddler Donald gasped, walking into the lab. "Are those space bathrooms?" He asked, pointing to the three capsules.

Adam smiled. "Sometimes."

Leo was left to deal with Toddler Donald as Bree and Adam walked over to Chase with Baby Emilia. Tasha came storming in with a look of anger. "What is going on? I want answers, and do not lie to me. I'll know. Leo!" She demanded.

"She'll know." He chimed in, before turning back to Donald to try and get his toys back. "Okay. The neural scrambler erased 33 years of Mr Davenport's memory. And with the use of another device, Emilia had accidentally been turned back into a baby." Chase explained, making Tasha gasp. "However, I think I can get it all back, so he can help us with Emilia."

"You think?" Tasha gritted her teeth before gesturing upstairs. "That White House rep is walking out of here with that medal if we don't get it together- not to mention I am blowing the biggest interview of my career! Fix them! Leo!"

"Fix them!" Leo piped up, stopping between Chase and Bree before running after Toddler Donald. "I got it. I reverse the neural scrambler by taking it apart and repurposing it, just the same way that Mr Davenport did with his inventions. Which means you'll all get to sit down tonight, 'cause I just saved your butts!"

Emilia giggled, clapping her hands at the boy before Leo shouted. "Just do it!" He was seen holding Donald who was hung upside down in the garbage can. They ran towards them, helping him pull Donald out. Chase clicked the device in front of Donald's face. "That's weird. Just lost my train of thought." He said to himself.

"How old are you?" Chase asked and his question was answered when Donald looked between them all. "Old enough to know that you numskulls have 'Leo'ed' up my lab!"

"Okay, that stops now!" Leo chimed in.

Bree passed Emilia to Chase before looking back at Donald. "Hey, we didn't make any of this mess. It was all you." Bree told him.

Donald pointed his finger at the baby in Chase's arms with wide eyes as Adam chimed in to the conversation. "Technically, it was Baby Davenport."

"Well, technically, it was Teen Davenport." Chase corrected his brother. Donald widened his eyes as he uttered out. "Baby?! Teen?! Baby?!" He grabbed the device that Chase was holding with his free hand before questioning. "Have you guys been messing with my neural scrambler? And whatever device that changed Emilia back into a baby?!"

Leo stepped forward. "Yes. Yes, we have. But, uh, in the end, Big D, I think we learned a very, very valuable lesson. You were right. It is not easy raising teenagers. Are we good?"

"No!" Donald screamed in his face. "You are grounded forever!" Adam stepped forward and went to erase some of his memory again, only to fail.

Nodding his head, Chase reminded him. "Okay. You need to get upstairs for your medal and then after we can change Emilia back." Donald gasped before running upstairs with the others following him.

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After the whole interview was sorted out, Donald went to grab the baby device and found out how to get Emilia back before running back upstairs.

"Okay. I've got the device and it should be fixed now." Donald said, seeing the teens smile at Emilia who was chewing on a teddy bear.

Adam frowned. "Do you have to though? This version of Emilia is adorable." He chuckled.

"Yes! I don't think she wants to live as a baby forever." Donald reminded him before Chase chimed in. "And I don't want my girlfriend to be a baby!" Adam sighed before Donald moved towards them.

Leo backed away. "I'm just gonna stand over here, just in case..." He said, scared that Emilia was going to kill him if she remembered what happened. Donald gave Baby Emilia one last smile who giggled at him before zapping her with the device, making her close her eyes as she fell into darkness.

"Did it work?" Bree wondered, getting a response from Emilia herself who let out a groan - now back to her teenage self. She fluttered her eyes open, looking around in confusion seeing the others hovering over her.

"What the heck happened?" Emilia questioned, making Chase sigh in relief. "Thank God, you're okay." He muttered. Emilia nodded, furrowing her brows. "Of course, I am. Now, can someone tell me what happened?"

"You don't remember?" Donald questioned, in which Emilia went to shake her head before her eyes stopped on Leo, and suddenly everything came back to her. "Now, I do." She added, with her eyes narrowed on Leo in realisation.

"Uh oh." Leo spluttered out in panic.

Emilia sighed, standing up from the couch as she glared at Leo. "Run. Run to Cuba." She advised before the boy made a run for it, making her run after him while the others watched in amusement.

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MEGAN SPEAKS !

hope you enjoyed this
chapter! i laughed while writing
this since teen and baby davenport
was just hilarious and of course i had
to include baby emilia!! anyway, thanks
for reading, i love you all!! <33