Leo frowned as he was left alone. Again. He was a yellow. The worst color. It wasn't his fault that he wasn't as skilled! He wasn't given these powers when he was young or a baby. He didn't get full body bionics either. Just his arm.

He was a misfit. Not the originals like Adam, Bree or Chase. Not one of the hundred soldiers created by Krane and now training for the government. He didn't have speed. He didn't have invulnerability. And his brain was not enhanced either. None of his siblings noticed though. The only person who took time to teach him was Douglas. Something Leo wasn't about to forget.

Sitting by the window, gazing over the ocean in its' vast glory, he ignored a recently familiar pain flare in his neck and torso near his bionic arm. His muscls ached, feeling tender and raw. It was fresh and yet old. It seemed to burn under his skin. He clenched his eyes and bit down. On the inside of his mouth. He would not cry out. He did not want to be treated even more differently than he already was.

Stepson of Mr. Davenport. Partial bionic. Bottom of the ranks. The only one with a mom. The only one who can't imagine not sleeping. And now the only one with surging unexplained pain.

The pain didn't stay in the same place either. It seemed to spread. Slowly inching it's way up his neck, wrapping around just enough to cause pain, but not enough to cut off his air ways, Leo focused on his breathing. It came out as shuttering gasps when he felt it begin on the right side of his face before stopping. He opened his eyes to the empty room. Just another day in paradise.

He didn't want anyone to know. It was bad enough Eddy knew, and would mock him endlessly. But him. Out of all the people who could have seen it...

"You're coming with me little man," he growled in a rich baritone voice. He didn't know how or why, but it seemed Spike had come out to play. He could have dealt with Chase, as smart as he was, he had an oblivious streak a mile wide. A few poorly executed attempts at jokes and Chase wouldn't give it another thought. Spike on the other hand held one primary goal in his mind when he came out. And it seemed that his focus was solely on Leo.

Something had either confused Chase to no end, gotten him really mad, or his inner well hidden protective big brother side decided that it had seen something it didn't like and let Spike out to deal with it. He was hoping it was the anger. He could get him to calm down with a few training simulations that stroked his confidence and ego until Chase came back out. Even if it was confusion, Leo was willing to take a blow to his ego to get Chase to come out. After all, what confused Chase made some sense to Leo. Ah social interactions.

If it was the the latter though... Leo prayed it wasn't. He had only heard about it. An early mission, one of their first, and Bree had gotten stuck under some rocks. Spike had been around for two days apparently after that incident. And while Chase did have Mr. Davenport adjust his bionics, no one was entirely sure how the program would react to a similar situation.

"Chase!" Leo's voice cracked, "Let me go! Just tell me what's wrong!"

Spike didn't stop. Though he growled at the use of Chase's name.

"Chase is taking a little vacation down memory lane short stuff." Spike continued to drag Leo until they reached Leo's room. A little personal space for the only partial bionic being on the man made island. Another difference. He gently pushed Leo inside, following immediately after. Their eyes met for a moment. Spike's glowing slightly blue.

"On the bed. Now."

"I'm not into you that way but thanks for the offer," Leo joked trying to confuse Chase's chaotic side. It didn't work as he was pushed onto the bed. Spike's eyes turned blue analyzing Leo. It didn't take long for him to have a reaction.

"It's spreading."

"What's spreading? Do I have cancer? Did you know I had cancer and didn't tell me?!"

"What? No."

"Then what? Some kind of tropical fungus?"

"No. Shut your mouth and listen shrimpy. Your bionics."

Leo stared at the more agressive side of his passive brother and burst out laughing. He stopped when Spike continued to glare at him.

"Oh wait, you're serious," Leo stated. As much as Leo didn't want to admit it, it did kind of make sense. In a twisted sort of way. Everyone else obtained bionics at a young age all over their body and continued to grow the circuitry as they grew older. Even Krane who got his when he was fully grown had his throughout his body. But Leo only had his arm. And he doubted Douglas thought of not altering that feature when he saved Leo's arm, "Oh man."

Growing bionics. His heart spend up with fear.

"What's going to happen to me?" Leo whispered.

"Your bionics will spread to the rest of your muscles. Other than enhanced strength there shouldn't be much else."

"Because he only programmed it for my arm," Leo sighed, somewhat disappointed.

"Yeah. Unless he used one of Krane's super soldier chips."

Leo's eyes bugged as he stared at Spike.

"I think Krane used them all and all I have to do is deal with is growing pains and controlling my strength."

"Probably," Spike shrugged, "Be epic if you had an app like me though."

"No. That's not a good idea."

"Please, then you can be a wuss and faint if you have problems and they can take over. Like me for my weakling side Chase."

"You're still him."

"Yeah. The stronger half."

Leo snorted. So Spike put him in a chokehold.

"Don't you dare- Ack!" Leo cried out as Spike noogied him.

So life on the island wasn't so bad. Chase remained somewhat ignorant, Spike coming out more than a few times when they were alone to look over the growth of the bionic system. It had spread up his face and was close to his brain and right eye. Leo was not looking forward for that growth spurt. He just hoped he wasn't near anyone when it happened. Of course, that was not what happened.

He was training. Being mocked being a yellow student. The little devil child Spin beat him again. Leo couldn't win even if he was a victorious fighter. Beat up a child? How cruel. Lose to a child? How pathetic.

He was getting up from the floor when it hit. The familiar flushed pain in his head and right eye. He gasped feeling a violent migraine as he could assume the bionics were latching themselves into his brain. Forcing himself to his feet, he opened his eyes. He yelped in shock garnering everyone's attention.

"Leo?"

It was Mr. Davenport. His stepfather. Leo ignored him as he stared at the walls of the man made island. Everything he saw seemed to unravel itself to him. Dissecting and showing him blue prints of the entirety of the bionic playground. The information going into a new vault in his brain.

"Leo?"

Leo slowly turned to face his stepfather. Pain blooming on his face. His eyes were assaulted by blueprints, of wires and metal, wheels, cogs, chips, lights, buttons, and batteries all flashing before his eyes and filing themselves away in his brain. Overwhelmed mentally, he collapsed to the ground. His right eyes glowing between his lashes a bright blue.

"Leo!"

Donald ran over and pulled Leo toward his chest, listening to his heart beat and breathing. His heart was steady and strong while his lungs seemed to be slightly labored, trying to take deep breathes, but seemed to be in pain.

"Eddy! Get the medical station ready."

"Aw. Can't we just leave him?" The program in the wall smiled devilishly at the very idea.

"Now Eddy," Donald hissed lifting his stepson into his arms. He quickly made his way out of the room and toward the medical station. Eyes drifted from the door to Spin.

"What? I didn't hit him that hard. I wasn't even going all out," he squeaked.

"Didn't go all out on what?" a new voice asked. Spin jumped to see Chase standing calm and slightly confused.

"Leo and I were fighting. He really thought he could beat me? I'm just too awesome to go down. I didn't even go all out and he now needs to have his boo boos taken care of like a baby."

Chase's eyes narrowed. He felt a familiar anger boil inside. It was happening more often since the bionic school was built. He didn't think it was Spike, no one had commented about him being a pig headed macho jerk. But the swell of anger building right now, he had no doubt it was Spike.

"He even had to be carried their by Mr. Davenport. Guess I'm a lot stronger than I thought," Spin bragged.

He wasn't fast enough to avoid Chase as he threw him against a wall. Spike had decided to come out to play.

Students stood back in confusion, fear and awe with Chase as he walked over purposefully, his muscles rippling beneath his uniform to show off the muscles he did have. With both hands, he lifted Spin by the collar of his shirt. He looked him dead in the eye, demanding attention.

"To win an unwinable fight is what you brag about.? You, a full bionic, take pride in abusing a human who does not have more than half his body with the same bionics? You, who have had years to learn and master your abilities, take pride in beating another who hasn't had his powers for a year? You who have age on your side, truly believe he ever fights you with his full strength and mind? Hate to break it to you kid, but the world ain't full of pansies who won't hurt you because of your age like Leo. Hell, that's the only real obstacle Leo has fighting you little twerp."

"Chase! What are you doing?"

Spike tilted his head over to see Bree and Adam coming into the training facility.

"Teaching this punk some manners," he growled dropping the young bionic child.

"Whoa. Hey Spike."

"Spike?" A student asked. Bree ignored their inquiry focusing on the macho pig headed side of her more sinsible brother.

"Why are you out Spike?"

"Punk thinks he has a right to brag about his bionics. Makes me sick. Talking about Leo being put into the medical ward."

"Oh man what happened?" Adam asked with sincerity in his voice.

"Spin and Leo were training. Spin knocked him over and won. Leo got up, and yelped. Then, he just fainted," one student replied. Spike's eyes narrowed. He quickly made his way out of the room leaving Bree and Adam to deal with the explanation of the commando app. He growled as he shoved different students of all colors out of his way. His muscles instinctively flexing as he approached the seldom used medical facility. He was going to smack Leo for not alerting him about another bionic growth. Especially since the last one was too close to his eye to be ignored.

Without hesitation, he barged into the room surprising the man who raised him and walked straight to Leo.

"You hit another one, didn't you?"

Leo nodded with a small whimper from his head pain.

"Another one what?" Donald questioned.

"Keep it down. My head is killing me."

"Another one what?" Donald stage whisper-hissed.

"Growth spurt," Spike replied not carrying who knew.

"Growth spurt?"

"Oh yeah. Shrimpy's got another one?" Eddy replied obnoxiously loud from his panel in the wall. A wicked grin appearing on his simple picture. Spike glared at the offending tech before turning his gaze to Leo. Or rather, his head. Both eyes turned blue as he scanned Leo for the bionic development.

"What's going on? And why are you using your commando app?"

Spike scowled but gave a short yet somewhat detailed discription of what Leo was facing with his lone arm bionics.

Leo wasn't sure what was weirder the next few weeks. The looks of admiration, or the looks of pity. Regardless, it was nice that most of the bionic students had started carrying Advil with them. At least the ones over fifteen. He didn't wonder if his stepdad had anything to do with it, but what were the chances of that happening?

A weak story to an interesting head canon. Bionics are put in babies or young children so that the bionics can grow with them. Okay. Anyone who receives them older has them implanted to every muscle in the body. Leo is the only one that it doesn't apply to. Not an infant or young child, and the bionics are only in his arm. Also add the limited time to install the bionics to his arm, he probably didn't think about making a none expanding version that would only stick with his arm. So, it could still, not only grow with him, but also spread throughout him.

As for the Spike rant to Spin, that had been on my mind since he became a student for the bionic school.

Now, for you reader-writers out there, feel free to use this idea. Just let me know because I would love to read it. Just a, Leo has spreading bionics stories. No romance required. Would enjoy seeing an odd friendship like with Eddy, Spike, Perry, or even rebuilding Marcus and giving him a life of his own since he kind of is Leo's sort of cousin, but is not required.

Again let me know if you want to do this so I may read and enjoy an actual good version.

Now for the mandatory I don't own junk and asking for reviews.

I don't own Labrats or this would be canon.

Please review.