"We get it! You guys got married! It's getting old!" My best friend, Leo, exclaimed as his mom and step-dad walked into the new house. Well, Tasha was carried.
"Leo, stop. They're in love. It's adorable." I giggled, placing my hands on Leo's shoulders.
"Thank you, Mia." Tasha smiled. "Glad to know someone appreciates the marriage."
"Wow!" Leo said in amazement as he dropped his bags. "You got this big house just from inventing things?"
"Mhmm." Davenport hummed.
"Way to go, mom." Leo said. "That's a husband."
"I wish my mom was this smart. The richest guy she ever dated was a guy who claimed to be a record dealer but turned out to be a fake." I sighed. "My mom's a little stupid. Leo, hold onto this woman. She's very smart."
"Leo, why don't you go check out your new bedroom?" Davenport said. "Just go straight down that hallway."
"I'll go with you." I told Leo as he walked down the hallway. I followed him.
"This place is huge! I'm gonna need a GPS just to find the bathroom." Leo exclaimed and leaned back on a wall. There was a beeping noise and then a hole in the wall that revealed an elevator. Leo started walking towards it.
"Wait, Leo, you're not actually going in there, are you?" I questioned him.
"Of course I am!" Leo said excitedly and jumped in. I groaned and followed him.
"You're lucky I'm curious." I muttered as the elevator traveled down to a basement.
On one side, there was a desk cluttered with strange contraptions and on the other side were yellow containers that had 'Davenport Industries' plastered on them.
"Woah." Leo said. "My new dad is Batman!"
"Calm down there, Leo." I chuckled. "Bruce Wayne was actually good looking."
The doors to another room suddenly slid open and Leo grabbed my wrist, pulling me behind the yellow containers. A boy ran through the doors and pressed on some buttons to keep them closed.
"Good luck getting in." The boy said to someone on the other side. "That steel door's thicker than your head."
There was a loud bang and a hole appeared in the doors. They fell down and a smirking boy stood in the doorway.
"Well, there's another way to get in." The shorter boy said.
"Give me back my E-Pod." The taller boy stormed over and grabbed the shorter one by his neck, holding him in the air. He was kicking his legs as he struggled to move.
"I don't have it!" The shorter one exclaimed.
"Hey." A pretty girl with a nice smile walked into the room.
The tall boy gasped. "You took my E-Pod." He then dropped the smaller one, who gave him a look.
"Taylor Swift megamix?" The girl asked. "Really?"
"I find her soothing." The boy said.
The girl turned around and the boy shot out lasers from his eyes, just missing her. The girl turned back around to glare at the boy.
"Oh, I know you didn't shoot those lasers at me." She said snarkily, putting one hand on her hip.
"Oh sorry, it was a terrible mistake." The boy said. "Just like your face."
The girl roared and sped over to the boy at inhuman speed, pushing him into the containers we were hiding behind. When the three kids saw us, they let out a yell. Then me and Leo screamed. Then we all screamed together. Finally, Leo ran away into the room the kids emerged from. I followed suit and he wrapped his arms around me as if I was going to protect him.
"Okay, I don't play this card too often but..." Leo took in a deep breath as the three kids stared us down. "MOM!"
"Leo. There you are." Tasha laughed as the little guy ran over to her and latched onto her like he had to me. I quickly ran over to them too. "What is this place? Who are they?"
"They are... uh... a boyband I've been working with! Um... and the twist is... one of them's a girl!" Davenport exclaimed, obviously not going at lying.
"That is the worst lie I've ever heard." I muttered.
"Okay, they're part of a secret project I've been developing. Genetically engineered superhuman siblings." Davenport laughed. "Tasha, Leo, Mia. Meet Adam, Bree, and Chase. They're the greatest combination of biology and technology ever developed. I don't wanna brag but I am incredibly smart!" Tasha turned towards us with a weird look on her face.
"Don't look at us." Leo said.
"We warned you to stay away from internet dating." I said.
Tasha nodded, patting us on our shoulders. She turned towards Davenport and the siblings. "So... they're robots."
Three simultaneous gasps came from the 'robots'.
"Woah." Chase said.
"Hey!" Adam said.
"Oh no she didn't!" Bree said.
"No, Tasha, they're human. I've just given each of them a unique set of bionic abilities controlled by a microchip implant in their necks. It sounds a lot more complicated than it is." Davenport explained.
"So, robots." I whispered to Leo and he chuckled.
"See, Adam is all brute strength. Bree has speed and agility. Chase has super senses and a superior intelligence." Davenport told us.
Tasha laughed and walked over to her husband. "Donald." She pulled him away. "There are children living in our basement!"
"This is a scientific habitat! It's got a game room and a rock wall! Anything a kid could ask for." Davenport exclaimed. "I've created this place so they can train in the utmost of comfort and technology."
"It's true." Adam shouted. "The toilets have seatwarmers that talk!"
"What do they say?" Leo asked.
"Well, it varies depending on-" Adam started.
"No." Leo cut him off with a look of disgust.
"Donald, I don't know what to make of all this." Tasha sighed. "Some new wives get surprised with a honeymoon in Hawaii or a cruise. Bionic teenagers were not on our wedding registry."
"They have to stay down here for their own safety." Davenport told her. "This is all very top-secret, but as soon as their training is complete, they'll be able to handle any crisis or problem that the world throws at them."
"I want to go to the pyramids." Chase said.
"I want to go to Paris." Bree grinned.
"I want to go upstairs." Adam said. I giggled a little at that.
"Hey, what are those?" Leo said excitedly as he pointed at three weird tube things in the back of the room. "Time machines?"
"No, they are not time machines." Davenport laughed. "Time machines are actually in the shop. These are my biologically regulated atmospheric chambers where my bionic creations live and sleep and eat." Davenport clapped. "Which reminds me, it's dinner time."
"Yes!" The bionic teenagers all exclaimed together and ran towards the capsules, each getting into their individual ones.
Davenport started pressing buttons and the kids put on goggles. Davenport pushed a big button and a horn went off. Then little bits of food started dropping into the capsules and the teenagers ate them.
"These are my patented protein pellets." Davenport said. I watched them try and catch the food. The kid in the middle, Chase, was sorta cute. For a bionic teenager, that is. "Whatever they don't catch is tomorrow's breakfast."
The next day, I arrived early at Leo's house so we could go to school together, like we always did. I was a grade above him but we were still best friends. I was currently sat in Davenport's basement watching them train.
"Okay Chase. Enemy grenade." Davenport held a glowing red ball in his hand. "Three o'clock." He threw the ball at Chase and the guy flipped, putting up a force field around himself to stop the grenade hitting him. The force field absorbed the explosion which was pretty awesome.
"Hey!" Adam protested. "Why does he get a force field and I don't?"
"Because if you had one, I wouldn't be able to do this." Bree picked up her water bottle and threw it at Adam's chest, who visibly winced at the impact.
"Okay, you guys take the rest of the day off. I'm gonna go speak at a tech conference because I'm awesome. I'm gonna have the speedboats detailed then I'm gonna go get waxed." I cringed at the last part. "Don't judge me." Davenport then left the basement.
"Well, I'd better go get ready for school." Leo said and hopped off the stool. Obviously, I was way ahead of him.
"Ooh!" Bree jumped in front of Leo. "I have always dreamed about going to school. Passing notes, going to prom, breaking into choreographed dance numbers after math class." Bree struck a pose and did jazz hands.
"Yeah, all we do is sleep, eat and train for missions." Chase complained. "We're like human lab rats."
"Hey, smarty pants." I walked over to him. Somehow he was taller than me. "How about we switch lives? I train for these awesome missions and you can go to school, where all your enthusiasm will be sucked out of you."
"Awesome!" Chase exclaimed. I groaned and moved away to the stool again.
"So you've never left this room?" Leo asked in disbelief. Chase shook his head. "That explains the haircuts." I had to cover my mouth to hide the giggles that dared to slip out.
"I bet school's fun." Adam grinned then cringed. "Except for books, classes and learning stuff."
"You got the right idea there, dude." I told him.
"It's not fun when you're the smart kid." Leo spat.
"Well, down here, smart is considered superior." Chase grinned smugly.
"No, it's not." Adam and Bree said at the same time after sharing a look.
"Hey, you guys should come to school with us!" Leo exclaimed. "You can be my bionic bodyguards."
"That is a terrible idea." I muttered.
The bionic teenagers excitedly ran for the doors but they closed in front of them.
"Not on my watch, laser brains." Eddy, the home security system, said to Adam.
"Ah, shoot. We forgot about Davenport's creepy computers." Adam sighed.
"I thought he was just in the living room!" Leo yelled.
"Nope." Eddy said, appearing on all the computer screens in the room. "I'm everywhere!"
"In my shower?" Leo asked in horror.
"Yep." Eddy said. "And by the way, nothing needs to be that clean, sporto."
"I'm scarred for life." I said, rubbing my eyes. "That image is burned into my brain."
"Okay, we need to shut that thing off!" Leo snapped.
"Never gonna happen." Chase shot Leo down. "Eddy is a sophisticated and complex piece of machinery." Chase opened the box that kept in Eddy's wires. "It would take years before-" Adam just simply reached his hand in and pulled out a few wires, causing a massive spark to ignite from the box.
"Haha! Sweet!" Adam cried as the computer died. "I barely got electrocuted."
"Come on. If we're gonna go to school, we should shower first." Bree declared. "Because two of us really stink."
Chase and Adam sniffed themselves and I slowly stepped to the other side of Leo.
"Gross." I quietly gagged.
Adam, Bree and Chase stood in their capsules as they were covered in soap then sprayed with water. There was a turbo hairdryer that completely dried their bodies. Then they were magically changed into normal clothes instead of those skintight mission suits. I needed to use one of these capsules sometime.
They stepped out and Adam was bent over, cringing and he looked like he was in pain. "Ugh, great. It gave me your underwear by mistake." He pointed at Bree.
"Gross!" Bree snapped. Leo was laughing silently and I again had to cover my mouth to keep my laugh in.
"What are you complaining about?" Chase exclaimed and then hit his chest. "I got the bra."
They quickly stepped back into their capsules so they could correct their wardrobe malfunctions then it was off to school.
The three bionic teenagers looked around excitedly. I just sighed and rubbed my head. They acted like it was their heaven, while it was my hell. Chase giggled and waved at two girls who looked at him strangely and speed walked away.
"I can't believe we're actually at school!" Bree said excitedly. "I am so excited." She turned and saw Brenda, one of the cafeteria staff. "Ooh, my first lunch lady." She launched herself at the woman and latched onto her waist. I groaned and grabbed Bree by her shoulders, forcing her off the poor woman.
"Sorry, Brenda. She's a little tired today." I told the lunch lady who just nodded and walked away.
"She smelled like fishsticks!" Bree exclaimed.
"Do us a favor and try to act like you've seen the world!" Leo snapped. "I have a reputation to uphold here."
A jock walked by and grabbed Leo by his neck, pulling him off the ground and laughing at him squirming. I growled and walked over to the jock, punching him in the side and making him drop Leo. "You touch him again, I will seriously kick you in the face." The jock ran away with his tail between his legs.
"Hi, I'm Bree!" She yelled at two girls who happened to walk by. "I like ponies and girl things." They turned and walked away with a 'she's crazy' look in their eyes. "Did you see that? I have besties! I can't wait to stab them in the back."
"Okay Bree, you watch way too many teen movies!" I told her, grabbing her by the shoulders. "I'm cutting you off from them."
"Would you two quit goofing off?" Chase asked as he walked over to us with Adam in tow. "We're supposed to not draw attention to ourselves." When the school bell finally rang, Chase grabbed his head and started to scream loudly, dropping to the floor and spinning around on his side. When it stopped ringing, he pushed himself up into a sitting position and gently rubbed his ears.
"What's up with crazy?" Leo asked Bree.
"He has ultra sensitive bionic hearing." Bree explained.
"What was that?!" Chase wheezed.
"It's called a bell. It rings every 40 minutes, 8 times a day. So... have fun with that." Leo explained then walked off, Adam and Bree in pursuit.
"Come on, smarty pants." I helped up Chase who was still rubbing at his ears. "We got gym class. Lucky you." I grabbed his wrist and pulled him along to my class.
I sat on the bleachers in my gym uniform next to Chase who was watching the kids play basketball. I hated gym class mainly because I was too short to play basketball and not flexible enough to be a cheerleader.
"I hate gym class." Leo said bitterly.
"Why?" Adam asked.
Leo caught one of the balls and started bouncing it. He was too short to even play with it and then he bounced it on his foot. "That's why."
"Big deal. You can't play basketball. Chess club is where all the action is at." Chase grinned.
"Chase, honey, it's really not." I patted his shoulder, grinning a little.
Bree caught a ball in her hands. "What do I do?"
"Throw it!" Leo exclaimed.
Bree threw it across the gym and it nailed a guy in the face, knocking him off his feet.
"To someone who's looking!" Leo told her.
"Poor Steve." I winced.
Bree ran over to him and I could hear her say, "Wow! You caught that with your face!"
"Just once I'd love to show these fools up and go all NBA in their faces." Leo complained as we now stood in the middle of the gym.
"Then why don't you?" Chase said.
"Look at me!" Leo yelled. "There's more meat on a dog bone!"
"Yeah, and I'm actually the same height as Bree so I should be able to play basketball." I told them.
"Yeah, but, now you have us to help you." Adam whispered and put his hands on Leo's shoulders then turned him around, grabbed Leo's shorts and threw him towards the basket. Leo yelled but managed to score a slam dunk... and then painfully landed on the gym floor.
"That's gotta hurt." I muttered after Chase and Adam winced.
Leo quickly picked himself up off the floor and waited for a reaction. Everyone was speechless until they started cheering and clapping.
"Yeah, I got mad skills!" Leo cried happily.
"Thanks, Adam." I leaned up and kissed his cheek. "You made Leo's day."
I could see Adam blush a little. "It was no problem." He stuttered. It was so cute.
"Attention students. The pep rally is starting. Go Dingos!" The annoying voice of Principal Perry sounded through the PA system. I entered the gym with Adam and Bree.
"You guys rock." Leo said to the siblings. "Ever since gym class, everyone wants to be my friend."
"Don't replace me, little man." I told him.
"I could never, Mia. You'll always be my favorite girl." Leo winked and I chuckled.
"It's the least we could do." Bree said. "You gave us our first taste of freedom."
"And our first taste of Salsbury steak. Yum." Adam chewed on the meat he was holding.
Chase then strolled into the gym and I turned to look at him. "Where have you been?" I asked.
"Computer lab, taking med school courses." Chase grinned. "Guess who just became a chiropractor in the Philippines."
"Aw, look, the doggy likes me." Adam laughed as the school mascot was rubbing his arms and head. Then his expression and voice turned sour quickly. "Okay, doggy that's enough. Hey, I said that's enough!"
"Why are Adam's eyes turning red?" Leo asked Chase as Adam faced off against the dingo.
"Oh no!" Chase exclaimed. "His heat vision!"
"His what now?" I asked.
"It's a glitch." Chase explained. "Whenever he gets too upset, his heat vision acts up!"
Adam's eyes suddenly shot fire at the mascot, setting the head on fire. A jock quickly ran over and extinguished it. The mascot stumbled around with a charred head and the cheerleaders scattered. Unfortunately, their flyer was already in the air.
"I got it!" Bree cried as she sped over to the girls but just missed the flying cheerleader. "Oops. Overshot it. Don't worry, I know a chiropractor in the Philippines!"
The fire alarm started to blare and people started screaming. I made my way over to Chase who was attempting to stop the panic.
"People, people. Statistics show that if we don't panic, at least 70% of us will make it out alive." He grinned but people ran around the gym, managing to knock Chase in between the bleachers. I quickly hauled him up and dragged him over to where the other three misfits were stood.
I smiled innocently at Davenport as he and Tasha stared at all five of us. "So... how was school?" He yelled sarcastically. The bionic teenagers smiled happily at him. "Get in the helicopter!" The four kids quickly ran out and I awkwardly stood there.
"Did you mean me too?" I asked, hopping from foot to foot.
"Yes!" Davenport screamed and I sprinted out of the gym to the helicopter.
"Do you realize what you've done?" Davenport said to the five of us as we sat on the couch in the living room. "I had to write a cheque to that school for 30 grand to make this go away."
"For 30 grand, I'll go away." Leo said.
"Yeah, me too." I piped up.
"We're sorry." Bree said. "We just wanted to be normal for a day."
"Oh come on, Donald. They're just kids." Tasha tried to soothe her husband. "When I was their age, me and Fiona Micklejohn, we snuck out and we crashed..." She trailed off as she turned to face Davenport. "You know what, I'm not helping."
"Look, I designed you guys to go on highly classified missions, not try out for the cheerleading squad!" Davenport exclaimed.
"Ah." Adam said, wounded. "There goes that dream." I rubbed his shoulder comfortingly.
"Look, I know you're mad, Big D, but these guys performed the impossible today. They made me popular!" Leo said and Davenport raised his eyebrows. "I got game!"
"And I cured male pattern baldness with a biology rat." Chase shot up with a grin.
"Ooh, and I got invited to my first party!" Bree said excitedly. "By a boy!"
"How exciting!" Tasha stood up. "We gotta get you clothes, and shoes, and we'll do-" She turned to Davenport again after stopping her speech. "Again, not helping." She sat back down again and so did Chase and Bree.
"That's it. Leo and Mia, you two are banned from the lab." Davenport said. "And you three are to have no contact with the outside world. No talking, no texting, no nothing."
"Ooh!" Adam jumped up. "What about the lost art of pantomine?" Adam started doing some mime impressions and I giggled.
"Go to your tubes!" Davenport yelled.
The bionic teenagers quickly ran downstairs to the basement in fear of being shouted at again.
"Leo, I can't believe you did this!" Chase exclaimed happily as lots of kids from school now stood in their front living room. I stopped dancing to talk to them.
"Yeah, I owed you guys!" Leo told them. "And since you couldn't go, I brought the party here."
"Hey, what about your mom and Davenport?" Adam asked.
"They're at dinner. They'll be gone for hours." Leo explained.
I watched as Bree went to talk to the boy she liked, who had a huge nose, and Chase and Adam were jumping on the couch, frosting around their mouths. I turned to see Davenport and Tasha walk through the door and look at the scene mortified.
"What the-" Davenport yelled but was cut off by Leo honking the horn on some car while wearing a Samurai helmet.
"Hey, you're back." Leo grinned but dropped it as he got out of the car. "How did all these people get here?!"
"You are in big trouble, mister." Tasha said.
"Hey everybody. Thanks for coming." Davenport was calm until he snapped a second later. "GET OUT!"
Everyone quickly exited the room and I tried to hide behind the couch as people left, hoping Davenport didn't see me. "Mia, I saw you." I sighed and left my hiding spot.
The bionic teenagers stood in a line with guilty looks on their faces. I really wanted to hug Adam because he had frosting all around his mouth and the puppy dog look was making him really adorable.
"You kids have really done it this time." Davenport said seriously. "And who gave Eddie cake?!" Adam smiled guiltily and raised his hand for a second before putting it down again.
"I just wanted them to have one more night of them before you put them back in their display cases." Leo said sadly as he pulled off the Samurai helmet.
"Biologically regulated atmospheric chambers." Davenport corrected.
"They're test tubes, Mr Davenport." I told him. He glared at me for a couple of seconds.
"Look, the fun's over. As of tomorrow, you're all being relocated permanently." Davenport said gravely as he walked past the bionic siblings.
"What?" They said simultaneously.
"What part of the 'no contact with the outside world' did you not understand?" Davenport questioned.
"Where are we going?" Bree asked.
"To one of my remote research facilities where you can complete your training." Davenport said.
"But this is home!" Adam exclaimed sadly. "This is where I get my meaty flavored pellets!"
"Not anymore." Davenport snapped. "Now go downstairs and pack your stuff."
The bionic teenagers walked in a line to the basement. I tried not to cry as I pictured the looks on their faces. I didn't want my only other friends to disappear. I had gotten attached to them.
"This isn't fair." Leo said. "They're my best friends." Leo walked out of the room.
"Mine too." I said, willing my voice not to crack. "I'm just going to say goodnight to them and I'll be going." I walked down the hallway and made my way to the basement. I saw the teenagers dressed in their sleepwear.
"Hey Mia." Bree greeted.
"Hey guys." I smiled at them.
"I can't believe this is our last night in the lab." Bree sighed.
"I think Leo's really going to miss us." Chase said.
"Yeah, me too." Adam said. I looked over the console to see Leo asleep against his leg. "You think we should wake him up?"
"Nah, let him sleep." Bree smiled.
"Well guys, I have to go home. Give me a hug before I go." I told them.
Bree came first, almost knocking me over with her body. I chuckled and hugged her back, squeezing lightly. I let go and hugged Chase next, hugging him tighter. When I finished my hug with him, I stepped into Adam's capsule since he couldn't move and hugged him. I squeezed harder, knowing I'd probably miss him the most. He just made me laugh a lot and I would miss that. I let go and stepped out of the capsule. I willed myself not to cry although it was really hard.
"I'm really going to miss you guys." I tried not to let my voice crack. "You're my best friends."
"We'll miss you too, Mia." Bree said and the boys nodded.
"I'll see you tomorrow for your final goodbye." I smiled and walked out of the basement, throwing them a wave before the elevator doors closed. I let the tears flow as the elevator moved. I quickly wiped my eyes as I walked out of the house, not wanting the adults to see me cry. I ran all the way home and drifted into a dreamless sleep.
I got the motivation to actually write this story after obsessively watching the Circle of Stars music video for Do You Wanna Build A Snowman. I don't know how but I managed to write this half of the episode in 3 hours. The second half of the episode will hopefully be up tomorrow/today (Monday). Plus, Mia is portrayed by Olivia Holt. I first had Miley Cyrus and then Grace Phipps but I realized they were too tall and looked a bit too old so I used Olivia because she's shorter and younger but just old enough. Please review, it would make my day, since I put a lot of effort into this! I may be hinting at an Adam romance here even though I would like the love interest to be Chase. What do you guys think? Should it be Adam or Chase?
