The three bionics walked into the lab looking extremely tired from their mission, Davenport clapped as they walked in

"Another successful mission! Sure you guys blew a lot of stuff up, but hey, that's the city's problem now," Davenport spoke

Nope, in a hour the city will have contacted Phantom to help with repairs, so yay me

"Uh, I am so exhausted. I can't wait to just stand up, and go to sleep," Bree sighed

"Well, you guys get your rest. My big MASS presentation is this week, and we still have to complete training on my gravity propulsion belt," Davenport spoke, then my phone beeped, Mighty Med alert? What now?

"Who is it?" Davenport asked, I quickly held my phone to my chest

"It's uh, my mom! Yeah, she has to have me test something for her," I spoke, hinting to Davenport that I had testing, when I really didn't

"Oh, right. Alright, go ahead and go. Call when your done and coming home," Davenport spoke

"Sure thing, later guys!" I waved and quickly left the house

I quickly changed into my Phantom outfit and headed to Mighty Med, and everything was different

Well I guess not everything, I mean it's still the same everything was just off, probably with Skylar being evil and all, it's throwing off my vibe

Then I realized today is the day, I looked at the empty hospital bed, recalling old memory's

I laid down in the bed and folded my hands over my stomach, looking up at the ceiling

"Guessing you remembered why I called you in today," Horace spoke as he stood next to me, holding my shoulder

"Yeah, I can't believe it's been this long," I sighed

"Neither can I," Horace sighed

"It's been over a year since I died in this hospital, still feels like yesterday," I spoke, sitting up

"What's important is that your okay now," Horace spoke

"But he's looking back on it now, he's probably laughing in his cell right now," I spoke, anger flowing through my veins

"Now Scarlett, don't go all crazy and rush down to Mighty Max-" With all my anger I super sped down to Mighty Max, I stopped right in front of his cell, of course he was laughing

"Well, well, this is clearly a special day! Phantom has come to visit!" He laughed, making me glare

"Surely your enjoying this, but if it was such a special day I wouldn't be here," I told him, making him stop laughing

"Oh but in due time, Phantom. You'll be pleading for another chance when Death is once again at your doorstep," he smirked

"Oh please, you never getting out of here. Your cell is the strongest one here, not even your kids will be able to get you out of here. Not that they could, their pathetic," I scoffed

"Don't you dare talk about them like that!" He growled as he banged on the invisible force between us

"If only Kendra could see them now," I smirked

"How did you know?" He asked, anger and sadness mixed in his eyes

"While they were here I ran some DNA tests on them, still can't believe a villain like you fell in love with a superhero," I spoke

"It didn't matter what sides we were on, we were there for each other," he argued

"Where is she now? She's been off the radar for quite some time," I asked

"Like I'll tell you!" He growled

"I'll find out one way or another, and when I do, we'll make sure to lock her up with you," I spoke

"She's was a hero!" Nightro argued

"She's a traitor! She told Mighty Meds most valued secrets to you, and it cost most of us our lives. Many died because of her mistakes and they can not be forgiven!" I argued

"Wait, you said was," I realized

"No I didn't," He argued

"You did, that means. She's gone," I spoke, looking him in the eyes, he remained silent, he tried not to show his emotions, but behind his eyes he was devastated

"What happened to her?" I asked

"All you need to know is she's gone, and she's not coming back," he told me

"When?" I asked

"What?" He asked

"When did she die?" I asked

"Years ago, none of your business actually," he spoke

"Was she in pain?" I asked

"Of sorts," he answered

"Of sorts? Who caused her pain?" I asked

"Why do you care?" He asked

"She may have traded valuable secrets, but she was a great hero back then. Who caused her pain?" I asked

"We did," he mumbled

"We? Who's we?" I asked

"Me and my children that's who! She died giving birth to my children! Is that what you wanted to hear!" He yelled

"I-" I choked, Kendra may have loved him and I'll never know why, but she didn't deserve to die

"You think being a superhero is easy? Huh? Well for her is wasn't, you may not have realized she was lonely, and out of the blue we met and ended up falling in love. She put her life on the line every day and got nothing, where as you do the simplest mission and get everything, and I was tired of seeing her live in your shadow. So I promised her I would make sure you'd pay, of course her and her golden heart never wanted me to, but she's no longer here. So until your destroyed my mission is incomplete, I promise you, you'll be begging me to spare you. All I'll do is think of her as you move to the next world," He sneered, glaring at me with all the hate he could muster

I couldn't believe it, Nightro actually had feelings, if it wasn't for me Kendra wouldn't have felt that way and maybe she could have turned him into a superhero

"Nightro. . ." I mumbled, he glared at me

"What?" He growled

"I. . . I'm sorry. For your loss, I never would have guessed," I told him sadly

"Yeah, well. Wouldn't have helped you anyway," he spoke with venom, he then turned away and I sighed, I then walked out of Mighty Max and back up to Mighty Med

"What happened down there?" Horace asked

"Nightro had fallen in love with a hero, and when she was upset about living in my shadow he swore to her that he would destroy me. He won't rest until my blood is on his hands, what am I gonna do?" I sighed as I rubbed my forehead

"I don't know, but you'll figure it out. You always do," Horace spoke

"I think I just need some time alone in my Phantom Cave, I'll see you later Horace," I told him

"Goodbye Scarlett, be careful out there," he spoke

"Will do," I spoke and mocked a salute, quickly leaving and heading to the hideout

Once I got there I change out of uniform and got changed into some grey sweats, a white tank top and some superstar Adidas shoes

I sat in one of the chairs as I brushed some of my hair out of my face from my messy ponytail

I rested my elbows on my knees and held my hands together, resting my pointer fingers together and holding them against my lips in a 'shh' manner

"What a day huh?" I heard a voice from behind me, slightly turning my head I noticed Sam walk in out of uniform

"You could say that," I replied as I swerved around in my chair and faced her, resting my hands in the control board

"Wanna talk about it?" She asked as she leaned on the control board

"It's just, how many superheroes lives do I ruin by casting them into my shadow?" I asked

"Why would you think that?" Sam asked

"Nightro and I had a talk today, about how he fell in love with a superhero. Heard of the superhero Windia?" I asked

"The wind based superhero? Yeah I believe I've heard of her," Sam replied while nodding

"Well her and Nightro somehow fell in love and he promised her that she'd be out of my shadow one day. She's dead and he won't rest until I'm destroyed because he promised her. It makes me wonder how many others feel this way towards me," I explained

"Scar just because Nightro wants to destroy you doesn't mean every superhero is threatened by you," Sam spoke

"What if they are Sam? What if some superhero is just waiting to turn on me because I'm in there way?" I argued

"Are you hearing yourself? Your being paranoid, Nightro messing with your mind. You need to snap out of it," Sam spoke

"Y-you're right, what am I thinking? God, everything's just been so. . ." I trailed off

"Stressful?" She answered, I nodded, "I understand, it's hard balancing your normal life and your superhero live."

"And the secrets I have to keep from my friends and boyfriend. There my family one way or another, I hate that I have to lie," I told her

"But it's the superhero code, you can't reveal you identity," Sam added

"I know, I know. I just, wish it wasn't like that," I sighed, Sam came over and gave me a side hug, rubbing my shoulder

"I know, but you're protecting them. If they knew your secret they could be targeted by villains, your doing the right thing," Sam spoke

"That's what I keep telling myself, but I just feel more guilty," I sighed

"Everything will sort itself out, you just have to give it time," Sam replied

"Thanks Sam," I told her

"Its no problem, you should get heading home. It's late and they are probably worried," Sam spoke

"Right, bye Sam," I spoke

"Bye Scar," Sam spoke as I left

I texted Davenport and quickly got home, when I got there it was time for dinner

"So, what have you been up to Scarlett? Anything exciting?" Tasha asked as she passed around plates of food

"Nope, nothing exciting here. Where are Adam, Bree, Chase, and Leo?" I asked, noticing just me, Davenport and Tasha at the table

"They're on strike," Davenport replied as he ate some food

"Strike? What are they on strike for?" I pondered

"Nothing important, let's just enjoy our dinner," Davenport replied

He's not letting me know about it now, which means it's huge
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I was peacefully sleeping until someone burst into my room, making me sit up quickly and alert

"Scarlett!" Davenport shrieked, I groaned and fell back into bed and covered myself back up

"Scarlett wake up! Wake up, wake up, wake up!" Davenport yelled and pulled to covered off of me, I groaned and rubbed my tires eyes

"What?! Can't you see I was sleeping!" I hissed

"Not important! NASA called," Davenport began

"And they want their nerd back?" I snickered

"Yes, yes it's funny every time! I get it! They moved up my presentation to tomorrow! I need you to help me get them to agree to stop this strike!" Davenport panicked

"Can I have an hour to sleep?" I asked

"No! Hurry up and get out of bed!" He yelled, making me groan as I threw the covers off me

I looked down at my shorts and tank top, shrugging as I put on some white fuzzy boot slippers and yawned, I tied my hair into a messy bun and lugged myself out of my room

I was confused as to why Davenport put on a coat but when we got to the lab I understood why, it was freezing

I shrugged and used my fire abilities to warm up my body heat

He ran towards the cyberdesk and turned off the cold, he looked at me weirdly

"How are you not cold? Your in shorts and a tank top!" He exclaimed

"I have fire abilities," I shrugged

"Whatever, guys! NASA called," Davenport told

"They want their nerd back?" Bree question, causing us all to laugh except Davenport

"Look, they moved the Gravity belt presentation up to tomorrow! So, we have to put all this ridiculousness behind us, and get back to work. Strikes over!" Davenport ordered

"Au contraire, Big D. You obviously don't know how a strike works. It's not over because you say it's over," Leo argued as they all walked out of the capsule

"Guys, the biggest contract of my life is on the line here," Davenport interjected

"Oh! We'd love to help you, Mr. Davenport, but since you didn't care about our needs, why should we care about yours?" Chase wondered

"Uh, because I, and listen closely now. . . said so!" Davenport yelled, startling all of us, "Alright. So, I'm going to go get the Gravity belt, and when I come back, strikes over!"

Then Davenport raced out of the lab and into the elevator

"What are you striking for?" I asked

"They are striking for a day off," Leo replied, I nodded

"Did we win?" Adam questioned

"Great plan, Leo. We lost," Bree sighed

"No, that's what he wants you to think, but now we have all the leverage," Leo replied

"You're right! He can't do that presentation without us," Chase replied

"Mm-hmm. And we can use that to get what you guys want, and more! Trust me, guys. I smell victory," Leo spoke

"Oh! No, those are my feet. I used rosewater in my cankle bath," Adam spoke

"Seriously, does he even have a brain?" I asked
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I used some of Bree's clothes from her capsule and let my hair fly free, the capsule fixed it a bit and made it curly so I just let it be

I sat in the lab next to Chase as we waited for Leo to come back down after reasoning with Davenport

"Leo should have been done by now. His lungs are to tiny to be talking this long," Bree spoke as he got up and waited by the elevator

"The negotiations must be grueling," Chase spoke

"Uh! I knew I shouldn't have demanded that bucket of sour cream!" Adam sighed

"Guys, its Davenport. How bad can it be?" I asked

Then Davenport came through the elevator

"Oh, finally. Is the man with the fancy belt ready to buckle?" Bree asked

"Nope. Actually, I'm ready to begin training for the presentation," Davenport replied smugly

"You can't do that without one of us," Chase spoke

"Actually, I can, because you have been replaced," Davenport spoke

And then the elevator opened and Leo appeared in a grey and white uniform with the red lab rats symbol

"Boom!" He exclaimed

"Boom," Davenport repeated but with less energy

"Okay, you're replacing us?" Bree asked, "You we're supposed to negotiate for us!"

"To be fair, your demands were. . . ridiculous," Leo chuckled, messing with his suit

"They were your demands! When did they become ridiculous?" Bree asked frustrated

"When I got what I wanted. Boom!" Leo exclaimed, then did some kind of dance and went with Davenport

"Upstairs?" I asked

"Upstairs," the three agreed, and we headed up to the living room
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"This is unbelievable! We had Davenport right where we wanted him, and Leo just handed him all the power," Bree sighed

"I know. What was he thinking? Now we're never going to get matching hats!" Adam groaned

"I'm starting to think more of these demands are Adams than Leo's," I commented as I flipped through the pages of demands Davenport left

"Horse go-carts? Hotdog popsicles? A kiddy pool full of frosting? Is this really what you guys wanted?" I asked with disbelief

"In our defense, those things sound awesome," Adam added

"You has no idea what you were talking about when you listed these did you?" I asked

"Not a clue," Adam smiled

"Look, I can see why Davenport didn't give you these demands. But you guys literally handed the power to him, Leo was just the messenger," I spoke

"What's your point?" Chase asked

"My point is, Leo can't really handle this presentation. If this presentation is half as important as Davenport says it is, he'll be panicking in no time. We just have to be the ones to speed up the process," I explained

"Come again?" Bree asked

"No, she's right. Davenport will need us because we're trained, fit, and conditioned to wear it. And Leo's, well Leo," Chase added

"Exactly, if you want to beat Davenport at his own game, you have to rough up his players to psych him out. And I know just the way to do it," I smirked, a plan already forming in my head
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We all then headed down to the lab, I waited in the elevator

"Oh! Hey, guys. Did you come here to grovel?" Davenport asked, "Proceed!"

"Actually no, we came to show you our new team leader," Bree spoke

"Is it Chase?" Adam gasped

"No, Adam," Bree sighed

"It's me," I smirked, walking out of the elevator

"Oh no," Leo muttered

"We also came to check on your new test pilot. How those weights feeling Leo?" I smirked

"Light! In fact I can lift them with one hand," Leo bluffed, he then tried to show off but couldn't even lift the one pound weight

"You really want to replace us with Leo, we should really make sure he's up to it," Bree spoke

"Oh, Leo is up to it," Davenport spoke, we looked over at Leo and watched as he dropped the weight

"Hand cramp," Leo mumbled as he massaged his hand

"Look, Davenport. If your gonna replace Leo for them, well why not put him through training like you did for them?" I asked

"Oh, no. I mean, I don't think that's necessary," Davenport argued

"Oh, but we do. I mean unless, of course, you've been bluffing this entire time. And you really have no intention of letting Leo test the gravity belt," Chase spoke

"Okay, Fine. Why don't we start with som push-ups? Or a push-up," Davenport spoke

"Oh, no, no, no. You see, that's not how you train somebody for a gravity belt. Sit back, relax and let Scarlett take control," I spoke, "unless of course, you want to call this whole thing off."

"Not a chance," Davenport sneered

"Then let the games begin!" I exclaimed, clapping my hands together with a devilish look on my face
~~~~~~~~~
"Let's start of simple," I smirked, tapping Adam on the shoulder to signal him, "Let's start with Throwing and Catching. Or as I like to call it, Leo's weakest."

Davenport grabbed a medicine ball and threw it to Leo, Leo caught it but stumbled back a bit, I chuckled

"Good work!" Davenport clapped, "That was heavy."

"Oh, but that's not heavy, is it Adam?" I asked

"Nope," Adam spoke, then grabbed a barrel, Leo dropped the medicine ball and then Adam threw the barrel,so tried to catch it but failed and fell back on the ground

"That's heavy," Adam chuckled, high-fiving me

"Next event!" I cheered

"Well all know and love the game Pressure Point, or as I'll call it, Leo's sweatiest hour," I smirked

Leo was setting up a block placement, and I nodded to Chase to signal him

"Okay, Leo. Ten more seconds. Way to focus under pressure," Davenport spoke, Leo was already sweating and he hadn't even put the blocks down yet

"That is not pressure," Chase chuckled, I walked towards the capsules as Chase powered in the tennis ball launcher

The balls shot out at Davenport and Leo, Leo shrieking with fear, they kept coming and knocked over Leo's blocks, and then Leo fell and he tennis ball launcher powered down

"That's pressure," Chase concluded

"I'm okay!" Leo yelled from the floor

"Next event!" I cheered

"Let's not forget Laser Tag, only this time with really lasers! Hope you brought some protective clothing, being hit by these lasers isn't fun!" I spoke

The Laser beam was set up and also was only in beginner mode, taking a few lasers

"This is awesome!" Leo exclaimed

"Is it, Bree?" I smirked

"That's cause your in beginner mode. Let's see how you do it uh, combat mode," Bree smirked, chasing the settings

"Uh?" Leo asked, then the laser sped up and Leo managed to keep a good rhythm with them

"Yes!" Leo cheered when he 'finished' "Wasting my life playing video games finally paid off."

Then a laser came out and shot him in the chest

"Here we go," Leo muttered, falling to the ground, "I'm okay!"

"Next event! Or should I say challenge," I chuckled

"Oh no, that's her evil chuckle!" Leo shuttered

"May the odd ever be in you favor for this one. Every superhero has an enemy, and you've got to learn hand to hand combat. Let's see how to do against me," I smirked

"I'm not okay! I'm not okay!" Leo exclaimed from his frozen position on the floor

We set up a mat and Leo had himself protected head to toe in padding

"For your sake, I won't use my super strength or else you'll end up in our neighbors tree," I told him, cracking my knuckles

"Cause that makes it so much better," Leo mumbled

Leo stood in front of my and held his hands up in a fighting stance, the second I moved he squealed and fell to the floor in a fetal position

"I win!" I exclaimed, patting his shoulder and walking over to Chase

"Go to your safe place, go to your safe place," Leo muttered as he rocked back and forth

"Last time this happened he stole the last of the Christmas cookies, he was like this for a week. He'll be fine though," I spoke
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The lab rats and I all hung out in the living room, laughing over yesterday's events, then Leo and Davenport came upstairs

"Ha ha ha. Congratulations Leo. You have completed every training test necessary for the gravity belt presentation," Davenport spoke as he held the gravity belt

"How many did he pass?" Chase wondered

"He completed them!" Davenport argued

"Just give it up! We all know you're not letting Leo go up in that thing," Bree scoffed

"Oh, yes, I will, missy! The NASA rep will be here any second now, and Leo is good to go. Unless, of course, you guys want to end this right now and help me with the presentation?" Davenport questioned

"Not unless you're ready to give us more time off," Chase replied

"Not a chance!" Davenport argues

"All right. Fine. Then let's belt you up, Leo!" Chase spoke, taking the belt from Davenport and putting it on Leo

"Don't mind if I do!" Leo cheered as the rats helped him

"Uh-uh, Yeah, that's-thats, Hey! That's fine. You know, I am 100% comfortable with this!" Davenport panicked, then the doorbell rang and a smirk appeared on my face

"Ahh! NASA rep! Okay. Take it off! Take it off! Take it off! Help me with the presentation! I'll give you anything you want!" Davenport begged

"I want a purple pony named blue!" Adam quickly replied

"Oh dear lord in heaven," I sighed

"What? He said anything," Adam pointed out
"We want you to be fair. We work hard and deserve time off. Just think about that the next time before you automatically say no," Bree spoke

"Yeah. You have to know when to be our boss, and when to be our dad. And our dad would know when we need a day off," Chase told

"Mm-Hmm. The Dad card. Well played," Davenport scoffed, and the doorbell rang again, "Come on, guys! Please?"

"Do we get a day off, every week, to do whatever we want?" Chase asked

"I'll let you ride Blue," Adam offered, the doorbell rang again

"Fine! Whatever you guys want. Okay. I hear you, uh. . . more Dad, less boss. Listening, yada, yada, yada. Are we good?" Davenport replied

"Deal!" Chase cheered

"Done!" Bree agreed

"Yes! Wait, what just happened?" Adam wondered

"Leo, give the belt to Adam," Davenport ordered as the doorbell rang again

"Isn't anybody going to get the door?" Tasha wondered as she went to open the door

"No! Ohh!" Davenport panicked, running to the door as Tasha opened it

"Hey, Hey, Hey! Jerry, good to see you," Davenport greeted

"Hi. Good to see you," Jerry greeted as they shook hands

"Looking good. Leo give the belt to Adam," Davenport hissed

Leo went to take it off but hit a button and the belt powered up

"What was that?" Leo wondered

"The on switch," Adam replied

"What?!" Davenport panicked as he turned around

"Whoa!" Leo yelled as he flew up in the air

"Donald! Do something!" Tasha panicked

"Leo, grab on to something!" Bree ordered

Leo then fell down a bit and grabbed onto a chair, but it didn't work and the chair came up with him

"No! No! Stop it!" Leo panicked, "No! Why?"

He continued to go up and down and then he went over the glass table, we all backed up behind the couch as he dropped the chair and it crashed the table

"Why do we keep getting glass dining tables?" Leo wondered

"As you can see, it actually works pretty well. Uh, comes in black, gray, green, magenta, pink for the lady-nauts. If you want a little rhinestone—Excuse me. . . I got to. . ." Davenport spoke before running off

Leo finally came out of the air and then ran into a beam on the wall and went to the right

"I'm good! I'm good," Leo spoke, and then the belt made him jump into the air and back down, he did this twice and crashed into a beam, breaking it

"It works a lot better on a normal-sized person," Chase spoke

"Leo!" Tasha panicked as she ran after him

Then the belt made some more beeping noises, "Here we go," he groaned

Suddenly the belt shot him up in the air through the ceiling, "He went through the roof!" Tasha panicked

"Hey! See if my footballs up there!" Adam yelled at him

"Here he comes!" Bree pointed out as he flew by the windows

"How did I get outside?!" Leo panicked, Leo then went over the house again

"There's the off switch," Leo spoke as he fell through the hole

"I'm okay!" Leo cheered as he got up

We all cheered and gave him a group hug

"Where's my football?" Adam asked him, we all gave him a look

"And that concludes our presentation," Davenport concluded, Jerry patted his shoulder and proceeded to walk out

"Wait! Wouldn't you want to be able to do that on another planet? I mean, come on you but all kinds of junk that doesn't work!" Davenport yelled, when he closed the door he looked back at us pretty angry

His fault
~~~~~~~~~
Later that night me and the lab rats were down in the lab, laughing at today's events

"Hey guys!" Leo spoke, making us all give him an angry look

"I'm really sorry. I just. . . I wanted to be like you guys so much that I lost track of what's most important. Our friendship," Leo apologized

"Oh, that's so sweet it makes me want to. . . blah!" Bree spoke and did a throwing up motion, "Yeah, I guess I can forgive you."

"Yeah, me too," Adam shrugged

"It's all good," Chase spoke

"Meh," I shrugged as we group hugged

"So, are you ever planning on taking that outfit off?" Chase asked

"Well, no. It's the closet I'm ever going to get to a mission suit," Leo spoke

"You stuck in it, aren't you?" I asked

"It's adhered to me in a way I'm no longer comfortable with," Leo spoke

He then walked away and looked like he was having a hard time moving in it

Serves him right for fighting against me