Hey everyone! sorry I am SUPER late for my Secret Santa gift to Pink-Libra-Girl due to time with fam and having no privacy or time to write. But at long last, here' s to you, Miss Pink- Libra- Girl! Hope you had a great winter holidays!

Chase' s pov

I' d been so stupid. So, SO, stupid. We almost lost everything because of the stupidity and susceptibility to trust anyone, despite my title of Smartest Man In The World. I didn' t deserve that title. Not anymore. I was tricked, and he used my vulnerability and longing for friendship against me.

When I became Mission Leader I promised I would never harm my team or put them in danger. After all, they weren' t only teammates, they were my family.

But I failed, and I realized that as long as I wore my heart on my sleeve and trusted any stranger that wanted anything to do with me, I was forever destined to do the same over and over. These thoughts were plaguing my mind and keeping me up in my capsule right now, Bree and Adam safe and soundly asleep. Everyone was safe and sleeping, but that almost was not the outcome.

Shaking, I mentally replayed what happened with Sebastian and his bionic rebellion. My family almost killed. I was having such an intense flashback night terror that I failed to realize I was screaming. Screaming so loudly that my siblings heard me. Through their soundproof capsules!

Crying and not even caring they were seeing me in a weak breakdown of emotions, which I usually prefer not to have people witness, family or not; I sobbed

" I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! "

Adam scooped me up, but, instead of tossing me like a rag doll, he held me close, Bree completing the embrace from the other were battered and bruised, and I was broken. Physically, a few bones were shattered, but nothing compared to how I felt inside; though the embrace held a healing power as tears started streaming down my cheeks.

Bree wiped my tears with her thumbs and spoke

" It's ok, Chasey Bear, you' re safe here. We all are. The rebels are gone. Forever."

I sniffled, burying myself in their embraces

" How do I overcome this? Will I?"

Adam was quick to speak

" No. You won' t."

I was speechless, and Bree hit his arm

" Adam!"

But the muscle of our team held up his hand

" Bree, I' m about to say something smart without Chasey' s chip for the first time ever, so do not interrupt me."

She closed her mouth, dumbstruck, and I waited quietly, anxious as to what he was gonna say. He looked me in the eyes and elaborated

" You won' t overcome this. Not if you try to do this alone. Which you won' t. We' ll be there every step of the way. Love, Chasey. Love overcomes all things. And that' s how we are gonna beat this. The three of us together. Leaning and depending on each other, like always. Always remember. Love overcomes, and we love you."

My feelings of being a loser who messed up big time were crushed into oblivion by my siblings' warm embraces that lulled me back to sleep in Adam' s capsule. Yeah, I think we will overcome this just fine.