"Hey Ada-what in the world are you doing and what happened to your arm?" I asked as I walked down the stairs to see Adam 'cautiously' walking down the stairs.

I ran to him panicked as he said ",oh, hey Mia. I'm just trying to live while walking down the stairs. Also I dislocated my shoulder."

I rolled my eyes "Chase?"

Adam shook his head "no, my heat vision...and Chase"

"Adam what are you doing?" Chase asked once he passed by the stair case.

"That accident was a wake up call. I never realized how unsafe the world is, danger lurks around ever corner and it uses the stairs to get there!" Adam said dramatically.

"Hey Chase" I greeted.

"Hey Mia"

Our eyes locked for a second before breaking eye contact and looking back at Adam who was telling Ms. Thistle to go around him.

Since it wasn't that important that I stay here, I continued my decent down the stairs as Chase punched his brother and ran off.

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"Mia!" I heard Chase call my name as I walked out of school. I turned around and gave him a questioning look, what happened this time?

"Hi to you too Chase...what's up?"

"Adam quit the team"

I did a double take "Excuse me!"

Chase looked extremely stressed out, I know how that's like. "He's so into being safe that he he doesn't want to go on anymore missions."

Suddenly his face lit up "You can talk to him?"

My eyes widened in surprised as I asked "wait! Why me?"

"Because...you have the ability to make change, make people listen. If you talk to Adam then he'll definitely listen to you and want to go on missions again."

I shook my head and looked down, "Chase, I don't have that kind of power over anyone."

Suddenly, I was spun around facing Chase as he looked me in the eye, grabbed my shoulders, and said "Mia, you do have that power, you have to stop doubting yourself and start believing. For Adam, for the team," Chase was only inches from my face as he whispered the last part "For me?"

Ok, if Chase had some scary bionic ability to make me do whatever he asks then...I'm screwed.

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"Adam did you put a seatbelt on the toilet?" Chase asked his brother as I opened the door to their house.

"Yup, and in the likely event of a bath tub overflow, the bath mat may be used as a floation device." Adam responded as he wore this special suit while taking out toast.

"What are you wearing?"

"Safety suit. You can never be too safe when making toast."

"Adam this is ridiculous. Life is about getting hurt. I get hurt all the time but I don't go overboard and quit." Chase said, trying to motivate his brother.

Adam looked scared for a moment "Yeah but you're suppose to get hurt. I'm a huge muscular beastly man. For me, it's just unnatural."

Chase still went on "Look, you can't quit the team. Without you Bree and I can't do it, we need your strength and your......strength."

"Sorry Chase, I made up my mind. You know the saying: There is no me in team."

Adam took out the piece of toast and ate it ",There! I have successfully made toast without injury, all while wearing my safety suit. Oh hey Mia!"

Chase turned around and gave me a slight smile signaling it to be my turn. Sighing I began "Hey Adam, I heard you quit the team"

"Yep"

"And your scared of getting hurt again" I walked through the living room and sat onto a stool. He nodded, confirming my 'observations' and data I collected.

Clearing my throat, I continued "well from what I've learned when I was growing up is that life is always going to bring you down but it isn't just about how many times life brings you down. It's about how many times you can push yourself up and still keep walking even though your mind says otherwise."

Adam hesitated, before asking "But what if your to scared to get back up?"

I smiled a bit and answered "some of the most courageous people ask themselves that all the time, even I ask myself this once in a while but whenever I ask myself this question I always tell myself this: Courage is not the absence of fear, but knowing that somethings are more important than fear. I can't force you to go back on the team but...just keep that in mind"

Standing up, I walked upstairs to find Bree, I really need to talk to her.

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"Wait, so he practically toyed with your emotions to get you to do something for him?" Bree asked bewildered.

We were in Mr. Davenport's music room, this is like our hang out spot at their house, other than the lab.

"Well, I wouldn't say it like that. More like held me close as he asked me to do something for him." She gave me a look ", fine! He played with my emotions! I mean, he dumped me so he obviously knows that I'm still in lo-like! That I still LIKE him."

Bree, bit her lip, containing her laughter as she asked "Mia, have you ever, I don't know...told him that you love him when you were dating?"

Well there was that one time in the lab when future Leo came and we were alone in the lab...Wait, we never actually said I love you, he only wrote it down and I said that I feel the same way but we have never actually SAID I love you so...

"Would you kill me if I said no?" Bree,  looked at me as if I grew another head.

Once out of her shocked state she shrieked "you have never said I love you to one another! But what about the time when you spent at least an hour staring at eachother during gym or at the dance when you two danced together, or when you two were alone in the lab after future you and Leo left. And that's only the time you two weren't even dating! Seriously, nothing! Not even an 'I think I may have sorta...fallen for you?' Please at least that."

I shook my head as Bree groaned, as if on cue Chase entered the room. As he opened his mouth to say something Bree cut him off yelling "your such a wimp!" Before storming out of the room. I just stared at the doorway, surprised at her outburst. Does she really like Chase and I together that much.

Clearing his throat, Chase said "I'm just going to go..."

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"Hey Mr. Davenport have you seen-Chase!" I shrieked as I saw Chase fall to the ground in his capsule with at least 200 degrees of hot air hitting him.

Using my super speed I ran over to the capsule and placed my palm on the glass. Using my power of controlling wind I tried to cool down the heat and put some air in there for Chase to breathe. I can't exactly break the capsule, I don't have super strength.

"Do it!" Mr. Davenport yelled, trying to open the door. Adam looked at us for a second before he came into realization that this wasn't some sort of stunt.

"Wait a minute, he really is in trouble. Why didn't you say something!"

"I did!"

Adam ran over to Chase's capsule and shrieked "I'm coming for you Chasey!"

When his fist collided with the glass, it shattered onto the ground as Adam pulled his brother out of the capsule and near the cyberdesk. Chase gasped for air for a moment as Mr. Davenport helped him up. Once he was on his feet I ran to him and gave him a hug, he returned it back before facings Adam again.

"Wait, wait, wait, you set this whole thing up and Chase almost turned into a smore? Yeah and I'm the dumb one." Adam scoffed.

Chase looked at his brother astonished, and said "Adam, you just used your super strength to shatter an unbreakable glass and fear never entered your mind."

"Yeah I wasn't thinking about getting hurt. I wasn't thinking at all."

This actually doesn't make sense.

"Look, all this time you've been living in fear and when you didn't have time to think you just got the job done."

Adam's eyes widen in realization "Wow, that's it! From now on I need to spend my whole life not thinking!"

"Absolutly." Mr. Davenport and Chase said in unison.

"So you're back on missions?"

"I guess I am!" Adam answered his brother, while patting him on the back.

"I'm glad that all worked out and I think you both learned a valuable lesson today, no more horse play."

Once everyone left it was just Adam and I in the lab, or so I thought.

"Thanks Mia" Adam spoke. I looked at him confused and asked "for what?"

Adam responded "for giving me advice. I wasn't even scared about my safety, fear didn't even cross my mind."

I shook my head "actually Adam, if fear never crossed your mind then...why did you break the glass?"

"Because I was...oh" Adam looked at me as if I discovered medicine or in his case...candy.

Smiling I continued "you were scared Adam, in fact you were scared about your safety but you realized that your brother's safety was much more important. You put your brother before yourself in fear of him getting hurt as well."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but knowing that somethings are more important than fear" Adam repeated my quote before smiling and giving me a hug. Before you know it, he was laughing his way out of the lab.

"Your pretty smart for a super, princess" I heard Eddie tease.

I spun around and smiled at the emoji "thanks Eddie, your a pretty cool computer"

Eddie scoffed "flattery will get you nowhere princess."

"Bye Eddie"

I personally liked how this chapter came out, you can see how Adam and Mia become really good friends instead of the usual 'I hang out at their place, we're automatically best friends'. If you do use that idea, there's nothing wrong with that but I just don't like having similar ideas. sure I use some of them but I try to make them as different as can be so it doesn't seem like you've read it already. Hope you liked this chapter as much as I have!