Chase stormed into the house with Bree, Adam, and Leo close behind him.

"It happened again! I hate Spike!" Shouted Chase. He was absolutely mortified. Each time Spike came out, he acted like a total jerk. And he just couldn't control it, or even remember it!

"Oh, come on! It couldn't have been THAT bad!" Mr Davenport commented nonchalantly, handing him a few pills. "Here, take this. It will help with the glitching."

"He...He..." Adam started, bursting into laughter. Bree and Leo quickly joined him. It had obviously been an especially outrageous incident.

Tasha hugged Chase gently. "Don't make fun of him, guys! You all have your glitches, human and bionic."

"Not as bad as me!" Chase broke away from Tasha and ran off to who-knows where.

"Can't you... uh... fix Spike?" Tasha asked quietly.

"No."

"But Chase was really upset!"

"I can't."

"But DONALD! The poor child-"

"It's not a glitch," Mr. D said, putting his head in his hands. His voice softened. "It's not a glitch."

Tasha shook her head, dark hair rocking back against her neck. "I don't understand."

Mr. D lifted his head and stared at her sadly. Sadness. Triumph, sure. But not sadness. It was such a rare emotion to be inflicted upon Donald Davenport.

"You know, the kids aren't really mine. I adopted them, obviously. The orphanage was in a horrible condition, and I felt drawn to Adam and Bree immediately. They were exactly what I was looking for. Bree was light, for speed, and Adam was large, for strength. But after I adopted them, another small child appeared. He was saying goodbye to his siblings. The orphanage never informed me about Chase at the beginning, because the assumed that a billionaire such as me would never adopt him. They told me about his condition, and that I could choose another child if I wanted another. But I couldn't. Chase looked so..frightened, and scared, and vulnerable. And I couldn't take just his siblings. So, well, I adopted him, of course. And I don't regret it. I never will."

He took a deep breath and glanced at his wife.

"What was his...condition?" She asked cautiously.

Donald sighed.

"Chase has multiple personality disorder."

Ok, so some of you may have noticed that I changed bipolar to MPD.. It just fit what was going on with Spike so much more, and I PROMISE that you'll understand my plans for this in future chapters. This is like one of my first fanfics (I posted a few today) so..yeah ^.^