Crush, Chop and Burn Part 1

Leo's POV

I groaned as my new step dad, Donald Davenport picked up my mom, leaving all the luggage on the ground and carried her into the new house. It was SO sappy. Plus, I had to carry the luggage!

"Welcome to your new home, Mrs Davenport." Big D (his new nickname) announced, spinning her around in a circle. She cooed happily.

"Why thank you Mr Davenport!" She wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Absolutely Mrs. Davenport." They kissed and I decided it was time to end that little show. I dragged the luggage into the living room.

"We get it; you got married! It's getting old!" I exclaimed. Big D sighed and put my mother down as I looked around. The house was huge, and pretty cool! "WOW! You got this big house just from inventing things?"

"Yep." Big D replied. I looked at my mom.

"Now THAT'S a husband." I told her, still looking at my new home in awe. I noticed a large metal thing right next to the couch and walked over to it. "What is that?"

"That." Mr Davenport said, "Is my latest creation. Davenport Industries first completely interactive 3D TV!" he waved his hands in front of the 3D TV thingy and it turned on, showing a virtual baseball game in front of me. The batter hit the ball and it suddenly became real and heading straight for me. I backed up to catch it, only to walk right into the wall.

"Hey! Watch the face termite!" I gasped, spun around, and stared at the white screen with the weird looking black face.

"Mom, I think the little voice inside my head is back." Big D laughed.

"No, this is just Eddie. He's my smart home system." He told me, then looked at Eddie and introduced me and my mom. Eddie didn't seem to like us much.

"Hey, yeah. Welcome. Everything here is mine." The screen shut off after that. A voice from behind us startled me.

"Sorry." I turned around and saw a girl standing there. She looked to be fifteen or sixteen, with long brown hair and blue eyes. She was wearing jeans and a white shirt with a panda on it.

"Ignore him." A young man with slicked back black hair was sitting on the couch. He was in his 20's and was wearing blue jeans and a white t-shirt.

"Leo, Tasha, this is Calla, my personal lab assistant. She works here after school and on the weekends until four." The girl smiled at us. "Calla, this is my new wife Tasha and my stepson Leo."

"I'm Clark Kent. I live in a house further down the road."

"Nice to meet you." Call grinned. "Mr. Davenport hasn't stopped talking about either of you. It's been driving me nuts."

"Yeah. Probably." I agreed. "Hey, you look familiar. Have I seen you somewhere before?"

"Uh, probably at one of the school's football games. My brother's on the team." I tried to remember which one her brother was. I gave up after a minute.

"Yeah, I've got no clue who your brother is." I admitted. Calla smirked.

'Maybe I'll introduce you or something at school tomorrow. Either way, my working day ended ten minutes ago and I'm heading out with some of my friends tonight. But I'll see you around."

"Yeah totally." I agreed as she left. My mom gave me a look as the door closed.

"No way. I do NOT like her." I exclaimed. My mom thought that every girl I talked to was my latest crush. Big D smirked.

"Hey Leo, why don't you go check out your new room?" he suggested. "Just go down that hall and when you see the room full of video games and action figures and the fifty foot flat screen TV…" I started to grow excited. "Just keep going 'cause that's mine."

The smile fell from my face as I trudged down the hallway, letting my mom and Big D have some alone time. I never did find my room though because when I reached the end of the hallway, it was just a small sitting room.

"This place is huge!" I complained, leaning back against one of the walls. "I'm going to need a GPS just to find the bathroom."

Suddenly, the wall to my left shimmered and turned grey. Three red circles appeared on it before it split in two, revealing an elevator. I stepped inside, frowning. What was an elevator doing in a two-story house?

As soon as I entered the elevator, the doors slammed shut behind me and it felt like the floor had disappeared beneath me and the elevator went down, going at least fifty miles an hour. The ride stopped though almost as soon as it had started and the doors opened again, this time showing me and room that reminded me of my favourite super hero's hideout. I looked around at all the inventions and cool gadgets.

"Whoa…My new dad is Batman!" I grinned at the concept. Then another set of doors opened and a teenage boy, about Calla's age, ran out. I hid behind one of the large, yellow containers so he would not see me. The doors closed behind him.

The boy was short, with short brown hair and brown eyes. He wore some sort of messed up armor without the cool flashy colors. "Good luck getting in!" He yelled at the door, or whatever was behind it. "That steel door is thicker than your head!"

Suddenly, a massive, fist sized dent appeared in the door, making both me and the boy flinch back. Ten the doors fell down, a seventeen year old guy standing behind them, a very angry look on his face. He had short black/brown hair and brown eyes and was wearing an outfit very similar to the first boy. Let's call them thing one and thing two, the short one being number one.

"Well, there's another way to get in." Thing One joked, backing up. Thing Two ran forward, grabbed Thing One by the back of his shirt and lifted him a foot off the ground.

"Give me back my IPod!" He demanded as the shorter boy struggled in his grasp.

"I don't have it!" Thing One exclaimed. Then a girl with brown hair and brown eyes walked in, carrying an IPod.

"Oh, hey!" She grinned at the boys as if that scene was all too familiar. Thing Two gasped, dropping the other boy and pointed at the girl.

"You took my IPod!" He accused. The girl raised an eyebrow at him.

"Taylor Swift mega-mix? Really?" Thing Two seemed offended.

'I find her soothing." He replied, reaching for his IPod. The girl started to walk away but he stopped her. How did he stop her? Oh, he shot lasers through his eyes over her shoulder. I would have screamed if I wasn't hiding. The girl stopped, then turned to glare at Thing Two.

"Oh, I know you didn't shoot that laser at me." Thing Two grinned.

"Oh, sorry." He didn't seem sorry at all. "It was a terrible mistake. Just like your face."

The girl flushed with anger and charged at Thing Two, going twice the speed of the elevator. She knocked Thing Two into the yellow barrels, allowing them all to see me. We all stared at each other for a moment. Then:

"AHH!" They all screamed.

"AHH!" I screamed.

"AHH!" We all screamed as I ran away from them, deeper into the mysterious room. They followed me in there and started me as I cowered behind a counter. I took a deep breath.

"I don't usually use this card, but…MOM!" I screamed just as her and Big D were coming into the room. I bolted for her side.

"What's the prob-?" Clark asked as he came into the room, floating a few feet off the floor. "Oh, I see you met Adam, Bree and Chase."

My mom turned to me and pointed at the three of them, about to say something. I cut her off though. "Hey, don't look at me. I told you to stay away from internet dating." I reminded her.

She turned to Big D. "So, they're robots?" My mom tried to understand. She wasn't really the best with all that science stuff.

"Not exactly." Clark corrected her. "They're humans, genetically modified ones to be more specific."

My mom nodded in understanding, but Big D still felt the need to explain. He pointed at the three siblings. "You see, Adam is all brute strength, and Bree has speed and agility, and Chase has super senses and a superior intelligence."

My mom laughed nervously, then pulled Big D off to a corner, leaving us four kids to stare stupidly at one another.

"There are children LIVING in our basement!" My mom exclaimed.

"This is a scientific habitat!" Big D argued. "I mean look at it. It's got a game room and a rock wall! Anything that a kid could ask for! I created this place so they could train in the utmost of comfort and technology!"

"It's true!" Adam agreed. "The toilets have seat warmers that TALK!"

'What do they say?" I asked, regretting the question the second it came out of my mouth.

"Well, it varies depending on-" I raised a hand to stop him.

'No." I really didn't want to hear the rest.

"Well Donald, I don't know what to make of all this." My mom said seriously. "Some new wives get surprised with a honeymoon in Hawaii or a cruise. Bionic teenagers were not on our wedding registry."

Big D tried to convince her. "Honey, they have to stay down here for their own protection. 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 he world throws at them."

"I want to go to the pyramids!" Chase told my mom.

"I want to go to Paris." Bree declared.

'I want to go upstairs." Adam announced. I was about to point the elevator out when I saw these three glass cylinders.

"Hey, what are those?" I asked curiously. "Are they time machines?"

Big D chuckled. "No they're not time machines. The time machines are actually in the shop." I couldn't tell if he was joking or not. "These are my biologically regulated atmospheric chambers where my bionic creations live and sleep and eat. Which reminds me, it's dinner time."

Adam, Bree and Chase ran into the capsules, which is what I've decided to call them and strapped on some goggles as little food pellets, sort of like the stuff you feed your dog or cat, fell from above them. It was like they were showering in food. It was SO cool! Big D explained what the food was, but I was too busy staring at the messed up eating ritual to hear him. My mom looked positively disgusted.

**The Next Day**

I spent the rest of Saturday chatting with Adam, Bree and Chase, but I hadn't gotten to see any more of their bionics. But I did learn that Adam is afraid of ovals, that Chase knows WAY too much, and that Bree is addicted to the fashion magazines that Calla brings her.

Anyway, it was just after lunch and Big D was training with my new step-siblings I watched.

"Okay, Chase. You ready?" Big D asked. Chase nodded.

"Bring it on!" he exclaimed, getting into a fighting stance. Big D nodded.

"Alright, enemy grenade…three o'clock." Big D tossed the red glowing ball into the air at Chase, who raised hi hands. A massive plasma force field appeared around him. I looked at Bree.

"Did you see that?" I gasped.

'Yes Leo, I saw that." She said for the hundredth time. Man, she was really sucking the fun out of their powers. Adam looked at Bree and I.

'Hey, why does he get a force field and I don't?" he demanded. Bree smirked.

"Because if you had one, I wouldn't be able to do this." She tossed her water bottle at Adam. Big D walked past us, putting on a jacket.

"Okay, you guys take the rest of the day off. I'm going to go speak at a tech conference. Then I'm going to have the boats retailed and then I'm going to go get waxed." We all stared at him. "Don't judge me."

He left the room and I turned to Bree. "Well, we'd better get ready for school."

Bree sighed. "Oh, I've always wanted to go to school! Passing notes, going to Prom, breaking out into choreographed dance numbers after math class!"

"Yeah." Chase agreed. "All we do is eat, sleep and train for missions. We're like human lab rats."

I looked at Chase. "Come on, it can't be that bad!" Chase looked at me then pointed at Adam. Said bionic superhuman was jogging on a human sized hamster wheel. "So you've never left this room?"

"Nope." Chase replied.

"That explains the haircuts." I snarked. They all looked confused, but Adam grinned anyway.

"I bet school's fun! Except for books, classes and learning stuff." I smirked.

"It's not so much fun when you're the smart kid." I told them, more for Chase's benefit than the others. He smirked however.

"Yeah well down here, smartness reigns supreme." His siblings stared at him.

"No it doesn't." they said in unison.

"Hey, why don't you guys come to school with me today?" I suggested. "You can be my bionic bodyguards!"

"Okay!" "I'm in!" "Let's go!" we all ran for the door, but were stopped by Eddie.

"Not so fast laser brains." Eddie shut the door in front of us.

"Ah shoot! We forgot about Davenport's creepy computer." Adam cursed out bad luck. I stared at them.

"I thought he was only in the living room!" I exclaimed. Eddie's face appeared on the screen above Calla's desk.

"Nope. I'm everywhere. Even in your shower. And by the way, nothing needs to be that clean." I froze then looked at Adam, Bree, and Chase.

"We need to shut him down. NOW!" I demanded. Chase shook his head.

"We can't. Eddie is a very complex and sophisticated piece of machinery." While he talked, Adam looked at the wires beneath Eddie's screen. He then pulled out a handful of them and Eddie shut off.

'You were saying?" I smirked. Adam grinned.

"Sweet! I barely got electrocuted!" he exclaimed happily. Bree stopped him and Chase before they could run out.

"Okay, but if we're going to go to school, I think we should shower first. Because two of us really stink."

They headed back to their capsules that apparently had a built in shower and closet because when they emerged, they were dressed in normal clothes. But Adam and Chase's grimaces told me something was wrong.

"Uh Bree! It gave me your underpants!" Adam complained. She shuddered.

'What're you complaining about?" Chase asked. "I got her bra!" Bree shuddered again and the climbed back into their capsules.

**Calla's POV**

"Hey, Cal!" a voice called. I turned around and saw my best friends Rebeccka Beehler, Jessica Henderson and Kaitlin Mulligan walking up to me. They sat down next to me at our table in the lunch/breakfast room.

Kaitlin was a tall girl with straight brown hair. She was usually the quiet one of our little group, but lately she'd gotten a little more out going, a result of her dating my brother.

Rebeccka was short, African American, with curly black hair. Unlike Kaitlin, she was the outgoing one and usually the one we'd have to hold back from getting into cat fights.

Jessica was sort of a mix. She was tall, with long blonde hair. She was probably the most…spontaneous one of the group. She never thought things through, but that just made her ideas even more fun.

"What's up girls?" I asked, taking a bite of one of my breakfast burrito. Rebeccka looked at my burrito hungrily.

"That's a good looking burrito you've got…oh thank you." I gave her the second burrito. I always ended up getting her breakfast while she got me lunch.

"Hey, did you finish the science homework for Mrs. James?" Kailtin asked. I smirked.

"Let me guess, you were too busy on your date to do it?" I asked. Kailtin blushed and nodded. "I still can't believe you and Jay are going out. It's totally disgusting."

"Why?" Kaitlin asked.

"Because he's…well he's Jaden, that's why!" Wasn't that enough of an explanation? Suddenly, before Kaitlin could argue with me, there was a loud scream from the lobby. I stood up quickly, recognizing the voice.

"What was that?" Jessica demanded. I faked a smile.

"Probably some kid getting his pudding from Trent." I replied. "I'm going to go check it out."

I headed into the Lobby before they could argue with me. The first thing I saw was Chase on the ground. Adam was next to him, holding a locker door. Bree and Leo were staring at them.

"What was that?" Chase demanded. Leo smiled.

"It's called a bell. It rings eight times a day, every forty minutes…so have fun with that." I sighed, pushing through the crowd.

"What are you guys doing here?" I demanded. They all looked at each other guiltily.

"Um, we're checking out the school." Bree said. I nodded.

"I can see THAT, but you know that you guys aren't supposed to leave Mr. Davenport's house." I said. They all sighed. I smirked. "Which is why, when you all get caught, he's not going to find out that I knew you were here, got it?"

"You're not going to rat us out?" Bree asked. I shook my head.

"No way. Now, do you want to meet my BFFs or what?" Bree grinned and followed me back to the breakfast room. I looked at my now empty plate.

"Alright, who ate my burrito?" Rebeccka grinned.

"It was delicious!" she informed me. I sighed and sat down. Bree followed my lead. Rebeccka looked at her.

"And you are?" she prompted. Bree held out her hand.

"I'm Bree! I like ponies and girly things!" I tried so hard not to facepalm but while Kaitlin was absolutely confused, Rebeccka and Jessica jumped right in.

"Cool!" Becky exclaimed in the same excited tone. "I'm Rebeccka. I like drama and pink things!"

"I'm Jessica! I like boys and pretty things!" Jessica continued.

We all started to laugh. Kaitlin introduced herself and we ended up bringing Bree to all of our classes.

When we saw the boys again, we were in gym class. You see, afternoon gym was a mix of grades nine to eleven because there weren't that many of us still taking gym class.

"Ooh! Gotta go guys!" Kaitlin suddenly exclaimed before running off. It only took one glance at the tall, brown haired boy wearing the blue jersey to know where she was going.

"Who's that?" Bree asked. Rebeccka smirked when I refused to answer.

"Oh, that's Jaden, Calla's older brother. Kaitlin and him have been going out for about a week now." She explained. Bree nodded as Adam, Chase and Leo walked over to us. I introduced Rebeccka and Jessica to them and then they ditched us to go talk to Owen about some art project they were working on.

"So, how was your first day of school?" I asked. Leo spoke before they could.

"I HATE gym class!" he complained. Adam frowned at him.

"Why?" he asked as Leo was passed a ball. Leo tried, and failed tyo dribble the ball.

"That's why." I explained. Chase smirked.

"Right, what were you saying before?" he questioned.

"How was school?" I asked again. He grinned ear to ear.

"Great! I took some online medical courses and became a chiropractor in the Philippines!" I smiled, confused.

"Congrats?" I wasn't too sure about that.

"Heads up Bree!" Rebeccka called from across the gym. A basketball landed right in Bree's arms and she panicked.

"What do I do?" she screeched.

"Throw it!" I instructed. She did so, and hit some guy in the face, knocking him over. I bit back a laugh.

"Next time, try throwing it to someone who's looking." Leo suggested. Bree glared at him for a second, then ran over to make sure the guy was okay.

"Just once, I'd like to show all these fools up and go all NBA in their faces." Leo muttered. I laughed.

"But Leo, that's never going to happen." I reminded him. He glared at me.

"What makes you say that?" he demanded. I gestured to him.

"Because you're…you!" I explained. He glared at me. "Oh come on Leo! Look at yourself! There's more meat on a dog bone!"

Adam put his hands on Leo's shoulders. "Yeah but now, you have us to help you."

"Huh?" Leo was confused, but I could see where this was going.

"Adam, don't-" he completely ignored me and threw Leo through the air and towards the net. Leo just barely managed to get the ball in the net before falling down.

"Adam!" I scolded as the gym erupted into applause. He looked at me.

"Yes?" he sounded way too pleased with himself.

"Never mind." I sighed.

**Later that day**

"Attention students! The pep rally is starting! Go dingoes!" Principle Perry's vice came on the intercom as the cheerleaders began their routine. I was sitting next to Adam, Bree, and Chase, on the bleachers. Rebeccka, Jessica, Kaitlin, and Jaden, along with some of their friends, were off at the Fro-Yo store. I would have gone with them, but I wanted to keep an eye on the guys.

Leo was down by the court, autographing a basket ball for some random girl. Then he ran up to us, an excited grin on his face.

"You guys rock! Ever since gym class, everyone wants to be my friend!" he exclaimed. "AND there's been a certain gentleness to my wedgies."

"It's the least we could do!" Bree replied. "You gave us our first taste of freedom!"

"Yeah and our first taste of Sal's Berry Steak. Uh, yum." I smirked as Dewy Dingo, the team mascot, came up to Adam and began to mess with him.

"Aww, look. The doggy likes me." He said, happily. Then he got annoyed with Dewy as she (yes, it was a girl inside the uniform) continued. "Okay doggy, that's enough. I said that's enough!"

He walked off, Leo and Chase following him. I stayed behind with Bree to keep her company, but we weren't alone for long. Kaven, one of the cutest guys in my science class, walked up to us, his face swollen completely. I stared at Bree.

"You hit Kaven in the face with the ball?" I asked. She nodded, embarrassed. Kaven smiled at us, then looked at me.

"Hey, Calla, can I talk to Bree for a moment?" he asked. I nodded.

"Sure, she's all yours." I headed off to the boys, keeping an eye on the two love-birds. They were obviously flirting from what I could tell. But I was distracted quickly by Adam fighting with Dewy Dingo.

"Should we stop that?" I asked Chase. He shook his head.

I raised an eyebrow at him. "Really, 'cause his eyes are turning red."

"I know what that means." Clark sighed. It was a power he possessed as well.

"What?" Chase followed my gaze to Adam, who was about to fry Dewy Dingo.

"Oh no! His heat vision!" Chase exclaimed.

"His what?" Leo demanded.

"Heat vision. He sometimes glitches when he gets mad." I explained quickly as Adam set the poor mascot on fire. I ran, grabbed a fire extinguisher, then sped to put out the small fire atop the mascot's mask.

But Dewy, shocked from the fire and the sudden cold of the extinguisher, stumbled into the cheerleaders as they through Candace, their blonde headed leader, into the air. Bree ran to catch her, and missed.

"Oh man, Davenport is SO going to fire me." I muttered as the fire alarms went off. Chase tried to calm the panicking people, but only managed to scare them even more than they already were. It was chaos and the trouble tripled when Mr. and Mrs. Davenport walked into the gym.

"Uh-oh." I bolted out of the gym, hiding myself in the crowd before they could see me. Then I hid outside in the hallway.

I could hear yelling, mainly Mr. Davenport and some screaming from the kids still in the gym. Then they all left in their helicopter.

**Leo's POV**

"Hey Leo, heard you got grounded." Calla said, walking into the room. I glared at her.

"Where were you?" I grumbled. She sighed.

"Hiding so I wouldn't get fired. Want some Fro-Yo?" She offered me a cone. I took it, still upset.

"It's no fair that Big D is punishing them for wanting to have a life. I'm not even allowed to talk to them anymore." I complained. I shrugged.

"I know it's not fair. Why do you think I went along with that little stunt today?" she replied. I shrugged.

"Thanks for not rating us out." She smiled.

"No prob. But what are we going to do about them?" She asked. I smiled, an idea coming on. "What are you thinking of?"

"You said your brother's on the football team, right?" Calla nodded.

"Yeah, why?" I grinned.

"Well, seeing as Big D and my mom are going out tonight, why don't you get your brother to get that big party here?" Calla beamed.

"That's a great idea! Just one problem! I-" I cut her off.

"Don't want to get fired. I know. We'll tell Big D that I lied to you about having permission to throw the party."

"I was going to say I wasn't sure if Jay could do that, but sure let's do that." She grinned, whipping out her cell phone. She dialed the number and waited for her brother to answer. I tried to eavesdrop on them.

"Hey Jay…not much, but I need a favor…you know that party that Melanie Desjardins is having?...think you can get it to be held at the Davenport mansion?...well, the house it WAY bigger than Melanie's and plus, it's a lot fancier…PLEASE…I'll give you my next pay check…well, doesn't she have a major crush on Trent, the quarterback? Get him to ask her and she'll totally say yes!...kay…well?...sweet! You rule! See you later tonight!"

I looked at her expectantly and she grinned. "They'll be here in ten."

"You're awesome!" I exclaimed. "I'm going to go tell the guys!"

I headed down the elevator into the lab, where Adam, Bree and Chase were talking. "Oh we've all done it!" Bree exclaimed.

"Done what?" I asked. They all looked at me in surprise.

"Leo, you're not supposed to be down here." Chase told me. I grinned.

"I know, but you know that party everyone at school's been talking about?"

"Yeah? What about it?" Bree asked. I nodded towards the elevator.

"Follow me." They did as I asked and stared at the living room that had been filled with teenagers in a span of five minutes. "It's in your living room."

Calla jogged over to us. "Now, do I throw a party, or do I throw a party?" she joked.

"I can't believe you guys did this." Chase exclaimed. Leo shrugged.

'Yeah, well I owed you guys and since you couldn't go, I brought the party here."

"Hey Bree, I've got a surprise for you!" Calla grabbed Bree's wrist and pulled her over to a friend of hers named Kaven, then walked back over to us and grabbed the bowl of chips out of my hands. "Ooh, Doritos!"

The party actually went better than I'd imagined. There were a lot of pretty girls in my house. Bree got a boyfriend with a really big nose, Chase and Adam had WAY too much cake, and I think Calla's friend Rebeccka was checking me out. I'm probably wrong about that last part, but I don't care!

Anyway, the party was going great. Too great. So great that I lost track of the time. I was supposed to clear the house out by ten, but it was still going on when my parents got home around eleven. And believe me, Big D was NOT happy.

"WHAT THE-" I cut him off with the horn of his golf cart.

"Hey, you're back!" I exclaimed nervously. Then I looked around. "How did these people get here?"

"You are in BIG trouble mister." My mother glared at me. Big D was even more upset.

"Hey everybody!" He caught the attention of every teenager in the room. "Thanks for coming! GET OUT!"

"Everyone started to file out the front door, but Big D reached forward and grabbed Calla before she could make her exit. "Sit." He ordered the five of us.

"You kids have really done it this time." Big D said seriously. "And who gave Eddie cake?"

Adam raised his hand guiltily. I sighed. 'We just wanted them to have one more night of fun before you put them back in their display cases."

"They're not display cases, they're…you know what? Forget it! As of tomorrow, you're all being relocated permanently."

"What?" We all gasped.

"What part of no contact with the outside world, did you not understand?" Big D demanded.

"Where are we going?" Bree asked quietly. She sounded scared.

"To one of my remote research facilities where you can continue your training." Big D replied.

"But this is home. This is where I get my meaty-flavor pellets!" Adam exclaimed.

"Not anymore. Now go downstairs and pack your stuff." Adam Bree and Chase, all still shocked by what had happened, did as he said, leaving me and Calla alone in the room.

Then Big D turned to Calla. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't fire you on the spot."

"In four months I was the only application that didn't quit after two days." She replied steadily, a hint of anger in her voice. She was just as upset with him as I was, maybe more because she'd known Adam, Bree, and Chase longer.

"Well go home and you might keep your job." Big D nodded to the door. Calla crossed her arms and walked out, saying a quick "bye" to me and my mom. I turned to Big D.

'This isn't fair." I told him. "Those guys are my best friends."

I walked off towards the lab, not even caring that I still wasn't allowed down there.