CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR, prank you very much

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After the event of Adam's prank, Emilia had the job to help clean out the expired milk off Bree, while Adam cleaned her capsule, when Chase came walking in with a smile on his face. "Rig the wrong capsule again, Adam?"

"Maybe." Adam hesitantly hummed. Donald and Tasha came walking in with the former taking in his surroundings. "What happened in here? And why does my lab smell like a locker room at a gym that only cows go to?" Donald questioned.

"Honey, who did this to you?" Tasha asked Bree who was still getting cleaned off with the help of Emilia. "Who do you think?" She questioned, gesturing her arm to Adam.

"Wow. Ruining pranks and blaming others. Not makin' any friends today, are you, Bree?" Adam asked, making Emilia send him a look.

"Grandma Rose is visiting tomorrow and I want this behaviour to stop." Tasha informed. "You three, go get the cleaning supplies. Now." Chase quickly pecked Emilia on the lips before following after the boys.

"I am so sick of getting caught in their crossfire. Last week, Chase was pranking Adam, and I ended up in a pet store window!" Bree groaned, with Emilia frowning in response when Donald started laughing.

"That's funny." He tried to excuse, seeing the looks the girls were giving him. He sighed before telling Bree. "Look, I will talk to them, I will lay down the law." Tasha smiled before walking out the lab. As soon as Tasha left, Donald turned to the girls. "Look, don't tell Tasha I told you this, but the only way you're gonna get them to stop is to fight fire with fire. You have to prank them, and you have to prank them hard."

Looking unsure about this idea, Emilia asked the man. "Do you really think that'll work?"

"Oh, definitely." Donald nodded before going to advise. "Although I would act fast, because I know for a fact that Adam has a barrel full of expired meat that he's been dyin' to use."

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The next day, Emilia sat on the cyberdesk as she watched Bree wipe the floor with grease to get ready to prank the boys.

As soon as she heard the elevator doors ping, she stumbled up and moved to a 'natural' position as she greeted. "Oh, uh, hey, guys. What are you up to?"

"Six feet, two inches." Adam called out, before looking at Chase. "Oh, you don't have to answer. I know growing's been a lifelong struggle for you."

"Wait a second." Chase interrupted. "Whoopee cushion, bucket of ice water, greased floor. Nope. Nothing suspicious here." He observed, sarcasm evident in his voice.

Bree sighed in defeat. "Seriously, do you think I was born tomorrow?" Adam questioned.

Bree groaned. "I hate you guys. But I am so gonna get you back." The boys smiled in disbelief before Chase replied. "Oh, please, by all means, keep trying. Your failure is adorable." Emilia shook her head before Chase's phone rang. "Uh-oh! Urgent mission alert! There's a lethal virus outbreak in Denver! Bree, you have to super speed there ahead of us or we'll be too late!"

"On it!" Bree called out, believing his lie.

Emilia widened her eyes and went to hop off the cyberdesk. "Wait, Bree don't-" She tried to say, going after Bree and ended up getting taken down on the floor with the girl.

"Ha! I set up a fake mission alert! I knew you'd fall for it!" Chase laughed, before his face fell as he added. "But I never meant for you to fall, princess." His girlfriend only gave him a look of annoyance in response.

"Good one. Now stop messing around. We gotta get to Denver." Adam said, running out the lab before Chase followed.

Donald then came in and suggested to help Bree with getting the boys back, since Emilia didn't want to join in on the prank war.

The next day at school, Emilia smiled seeing the sight of Leo's grandma. She tried to help Leo out because Rose didn't like Janelle, but she failed.

Coming up to a decision, Emilia decided to join the two at Madame Ladyfingers' House of Tea, so she wasn't caught up in the pranks as they were really starting to annoy her.

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After eating with Rose and Leo, the three decided to head back home but the auburn haired girl noticed how Leo was feeling on the way home.

"Leo, honey, what's wrong? You barely touched your tea, and this is the first time you refused to wear the matching hat." Rose pointed out as they stopped at the front door. Emilia stood to the side, having actually enjoyed herself as she matched hats with Grandma Rose. "I'm sorry, Grandma. I just feel bad about blowing out Janelle." Leo sighed, opening the front door as the three walked in.

"Are you saying that you would rather spend time with her than me?" Rose asked, frowning at her grandson. "No, you said it. But yes." Leo replied, making Emilia whack his arm.

The banshee sighed. "I have surprisingly had a lot of fun today. But my feet are killing me." She huffed, taking her hat off as she walked towards the couch.

She furrowed her brows at Donald trying to call out to her, "Wait, Emilia, don't!" She sat herself down on the couch anyway, however she was instantly flung off it, into the air before flying back down hardly on the ground, groaning in pain.

"Lia!" Chase yelled, running towards his girlfriend, along with the others before crouching down beside her. "Are you okay?" Donald asked in worry, receiving an angered look from the girl.

She tried to get up but cried out in pain as her leg burned. Tasha walked through the front door, widening her eyes in fear seeing the girl. "What happened?" She asked, running towards her.

Still groaning in pain, Emilia managed to tell the woman. "I was the test subject for a couch trampoline."

"We need to get her to the hospital." Rose said, looking at her daughter. "Yes. Chase, can you help her to the car. We'll get it started." Tasha instructed the girl's boyfriend who nodded before picking Emilia up off the floor and carrying her to the car.

Thankfully, after visiting the hospital, Emilia had only sprained her ankle. Tasha opened the door, with Emilia and Rose following as the former stumbled in with crutches.

"Emmy." Leo sighed in relief, standing up to hug his bestfriend who smiled softly. "I'm okay, Leo. Don't worry." She reassured him. Chase walked towards them as Donald went to hug the girl when Rose hit him with her purse.

"Get away from her! Can't you see she's in pain!"

Chase and Leo helped the girl to the couch as Tasha shut the door before explaining. "We're lucky it was just a sprained ankle. You two are in big trouble! An airbag in my sofa?" She pointed at Chase and Adam.

"It wasn't us! You think I would do that to my girlfriend?!" Chase defended, before they all looked to see Donald trying to escape. "It was Mr Davenport!" Adam busted him, making Emilia glare back at the man.

"Donald, is that true?" Tasha questioned, with an angered look on her face. "Look, what happened was... there comes a moment... It was all Bree!"

"Excuse me?" The girl spat out in offence. "What happened?" Tasha questioned, sending her husband a look. "You said you were going to lay down the law. You lied to me."

"Oh, he lies to you about a lot." Adam chimed in, with a chuckle. "I was just trying to teach them a lesson." Donald tried to excuse himself. "What lesson?" Tasha asked, in which Donald uttered out. "Um... the principles of flight."

"Well, since Emilia won't be able to get around for two weeks, you're going to be waiting on her, hand and foot." Tasha informed the man who looked at her with his mouth agape.

"What?" He asked, making Emilia smirk up at him. "Yep. That hand, and this foot." She told him, before Rose chimed in. "Now prop my baby up with that pillow." She clapped her hands, making the man grab the pillow before putting it in the right position for Emilia.

"Gimme that blanket!" Rose ordered before helping to put it over Emilia before looking back up at Donald. "Where's her soup?" She questioned, before Leo joined in. "Yeah, where's her soup?" Emilia smiled as Leo explained himself. "I'm sorry, I just got carried away. I'm having way too much fun with this."

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After annoying Donald with the bell for a bit, Emilia decided to give him a break even though he deserved it. For most of the night, Emilia spent her time watching a movie with Chase while he gave her cuddles.

Since she couldn't go to school, Emilia spent her time mostly sleeping or watching tv until the others got home.

The boys had prepared another prank for Bree, which ended up with Tasha getting splattered with different sauces. Emilia had been moved to the kitchen counter so Bree and Tasha could get revenge on the boys, but just in case it didn't work out, she had her own plan in mind.

"Oh, hello, boys. Bree and I decided to make you some homemade cookies." Tasha said, with Bree nodding along. "They're fresh out of the oven."

Adam hummed. "Fresh, stale, hot, cold, just put it in my mouth." He said, going to walk over and get one when Chase stopped him. "Since, when has Bree ever gave us cookies?" He asked, looking suspiciously at them.

Adam gasped. "You're right. Thanks a lot. Bree. So kind of you," He smiled, going to get a cookie again, but Chase stopped him, pressing his fingers against his temple to scan the cookies.

"Just as I suspected. Not only were those cookies made with salt instead of sugar, but those chocolate chips aren't chocolate." Chase stated.

"So, caramel?" Adam guessed, making Chase shake his head before looking at his sister with a smirk. "You're gonna have to try a lot harder than that, Bree." He said, making Bree sigh in defeat before walking away with Tasha. "What an amateur. To think that we would fall for that."

Emilia sighed, picking up the Oreo box that she was eating from. She held it out to the boys as she asked. "Hey, can you guys finish these? I'm too full."

Believing the girl, they both stepped towards her, grabbing one Oreo for themselves before placing it into their mouths as they walked towards the couch, leaving Emilia to smirk. They grabbed their controllers to continue playing their video games, before their faces fell at two things.

One, the Oreo's tasted funny, and two, their hands were stuck to their controllers.

Emilia raised her brows in fake innocence, before Chase asked muffled. "Hey, what's the deal? And Lia, what flavour Oreo's are these?"

Bree and Tasha walked back in to the room as Emilia smirked. "Toothpaste." She told them, making the boys spit it out onto the floor.

"And that's what you call, girl power." Bree said with a smirk as Emilia smiled innocently at her boyfriend.

"Emilia's prank may have worked, because that was disgusting." Adam shook his head in disgust before continuing. "But really, Bree? This is your prank? Glue on the hands?"

"Oh, no, I guess we'll have to play more video games." Chase said sarcastically.

Bree grinned in satisfaction. "It's gonna be hard to do that from up there." She said, making Chase furrow his brows, making a mistake as he asked. "Up where?"

Answering his question, Bree pressed a button on a remote she was holding, making the boys be pulled up into the air by their controllers, sticking to the ceiling. "Up there. Your controllers are made of metallic components, so all we had to do was find a powerful magnet."

"Good thing I married a guy with five floors of expensive techno-junk." Tasha smirked, joining in as Emilia laughed.

"All right. You got us. Good job, Bree." Chase sighed. "Oh, no that was not Bree's prank. It was mine." Tasha corrected.

Adam chuckled. "Well, that makes sense, since it actually worked." He said making Bree roll her eyes.

"Look, whoever's prank it was, can you just put us down?" Chase asked.

"Okay. I'll let you down." Bree said before going out the room, using her super speed and came back with a kiddi pool filled with expired milk.

"Right down into a pool of expired milk." Bree smirked before pressing a button, indicating for the boys to drop down into the pool of expired milk, making Emilia laugh even more, pulling her phone out to take photos.

"Ohh, it's disgusting." Chase groaned. "Ah. And much chunkier than I remember." Adam chimed in, making Bree's smile widen. "Yeah. That's cause I found your barrel of expired meat."

"Oh! I was saving that." Adam groaned, as Emilia shook her head, tears of laughter spilling out her eyes.

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