Episode 13: The Vanishing (part 1)
In the training area, Bob comes running.
"I'm here, I'm here" Bob says "Bob, you're late again" Chase say
"Hey, it's not my fault I overslept. It's Bree's" Bob says "What?! How is it my fault?" Bree ask "You keep showin' up in my dreams" Bob says Bree frowns.
Mr Davenport and Douglas walk in, giggling with excitement "What's up with you? Someone asked you to prom?" Leo ask "No. But thanks for opening up old wounds" Douglas says.
"After countless hours of research and development, Douglas and I have finally perfected the most amazing bionic operating system upgrade ever!" Mr Davenport say excited.
"Upgrade!?" Harper lifts her head, closes the book in her hand, and thrusts it without looking into Adam's stomach violently "You said upgrade! The kind that repairs glitches!? An upgrade!!" Harper walks over to them anxious
Douglas and Mr Davenport look at each other and smile "Yeah ,This upgrade is gonna be like going from motor scooters to jet engines. It'll make all of your abilities 10 times more powerful..." Douglas says.
"and!?" Harper smiles "And yes Harper. your glitches will be fully fixed and you will have a 100% functional and improved bionic chip!!" Douglas says, Harper sighs.
"Oh Dad I love you!" Harper hugs Douglas in relief "An upgrade, huh? Well, I'm not sure you can make my leg anymore powerful, but go ahead; give it a go" Leo says, He kicks the air "Ha!" Leo says.
"Sorry, Leo, the upgrade only works on people with bionic chips" Mr Davenport "What?" Leo ask "Be grateful you have a bionic arm and a bionic leg. That's all you're getting. Well, at least until your next horrific accident" Mr Davenport laughs.
"Mr. Davenport, are you sure that this new upgrade is safe? I mean, some of our students haven't even mastered their bionics at the current level" Chase says.
Harper puts her finger on Chase's mouth "shhh honey be quiet, I'm finally going to stop being a walking bug and you want to mess this up!? I've been waiting for this my whole bionic life!" Harper says quietly.
"Yeah, Mr. Davenport, I know youwant to give us like, the coolest thing ever" Bree says mockingly "but do you have to?" Bree says.
"Don't worry. I built in a skill app that allows the students to master their amped-up abilities instantly" Mr Davenport says.
"Bottom line, this upgrade is the best thing that Donnie and I have ever created together. I am so proud of you!" Douglas says "No, I'm proud of you!" Mr Davenport.
"I'm proud of you!" Douglas says "I'm proud of you!" Mr Davenport "Hey, hey! You know what'll make us all proud? If you two go back to hating each other.." Bree says.
"Stop, Bree. You're embarrassing yourself. Oh, sweet girl, you don't have to beg. I'll allow you to kiss me" Bob says sleeping "Wow Bree! You're missing a match!!" Harper laughs.
"Okay, I'll wake him up" Adam says "Nope, I got this" Bree says she super speeds out of the room and brings
back a training dummy, Bree puts it in front of Bob and he starts kissing it.
"Hm. They actually make a cute couple! They are better than you two" Adam tells Chase and Harper,they both look at him irritably "Oh Come on! Bob's already at second base with that training dummy, how far have you guys got!?" Adam says, Harper and Chase look at each other awkwardly.
Harper Rolls her eyes and leaves.
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in the training area,Mr Davenport enters the room.
"How's it going with the upgrade?" Mr Davenport ask "I'll let you be the judge. Go ahead, Jenny. Show him how powerful you are now" Douglas says.
Jenny launches fire from her hands, burning the floor between Mr
Davenport's legs and he jumps and yelps.
"Wow, that is powerful. You just made an old man jump" Adam says "Well, now from the students there's only you Harper, come on girl! Let's upgrade that chip of yours!" Douglas smiles "yeah!! Finally...oh I can wear a scarf again!" Harper says.
"you don't even like a scarf!" Chase says "I know but I like knowing that if I want to use it one day I can use it without it burning!" Harper says.
She stands next to the machine, Douglas messes whit the monitor,he installs the upgrade on her
"it's done now you're a bionic girl with no glitches!" Douglas says "oh! I feel so good, The feeling of freedom, so that's it!" Harper says relieved.
"Yay I'm so happy for you" Leo says annoyingly "say what you want Leo, nothing will shake me now. but if that's the case I'll destroy it without any glitch!! ha!!" Harper smile proudly.
"great. I'll do Adam, Bree and Chase" Mr Davenport says "Yeah, you do that, and the guy who really needs the upgrade will just stand right over here, wishing he was actually part of a family" Leo says.
"Don't worry, Leo. I am working on something very special just for
you" Mr Davenport says "Really?" Leo says excited.
"How would you like to be the proud owner of the world's first bionic nostril?" Mr Davenport says "Bionic nostril? You can't be serious. I'm considering it; we'll talk" Leo says.
"Okay, Adam, we'll do you first" Mr Davenport says the machine beeps and the upgrade doesn't work "That's weird. The upgrade's not taking" Mr Davenport says.
"It's probably searching for his brain" Bree says "Bree, let's try you" Mr
Davenport says machine beeps "Chase" Mr Davenport says machine beeps.
"I don't get it. Why isn't the upgrade working on any of them?" Mr Davenport says
"Probably because their bionics
are first generation. We built the upgrade for the students infrastructure. It must not be compatible with their older systems" Douglas says.
"There has to be some way you can adapt it" Chase says "I could probably work something up, but given how old your bionic architecture is, I'll never be able to match the power the students have" Douglas says.
"Who's old now?" Mr Davenport "It's still you FIL!" Harper says, Mr Davenport glares at her "So, let me get this straight. They all just became more powerful, and we're stuck like this forever?" Bree says.
"Oh, my, this certainly is a shame" Leo says sarcastically "If all the students are more advanced than we are, then that means that Adam, Bree and i are...obsolete" Chase says upsetin the common area
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The hydraloop opens and Daniel and a police officer walk in.
"Boy, here we go" Douglas says "Douglas Davenport" Douglas says "Officer Nichols" Douglas chuckles.
"I haven't seen you since I scaled that wall" Douglas says "This your son?" Officer Nichols "Maybe. Can you tell me what he did first, and then I'll let you know?" Douglas says
"He's been running all over town shooting fire from his eyes" Officer Nichols says "Yeah, I've never seen him before in my life" Douglas says, Harper enters the room.
"Officer Nichols! How's the family?" Harper says "get lost Krane!" Officer Nichols says "Getting lost!" Harper change direction.
"He should be going to juvenile detention, but that's the last place I want a punk with bionics, so I'm giving him another chance, as long as you promise to keep him under control" Officer Nichols says.
"Thank you, officer. I can promise you this won't happen again" Douglas says, Harper waves to Daniel, who smiles at her
"Good. 'Cause I don't want to come back here again. You machine people freak me out" Officer Nichols says "aw I'm flattered!" Harper says sarcastically.
"Take care of that one too, she looks like a princess but she's not one!" Officer Nichols says, Harper smiles "Oh We Know!" Douglas tells Officer Nichols leaves via hydraloop.
"What were thinking letting him leave this academy with his bionics activated?" Mr Davenport says.
"He promised me he wouldn't use 'em unless it was completely necessary!" Douglas says "And did you believe him? How many bionic children do you need to have before you learn!" Harper says.
"Oh, come on, you can't give me bionics and expect me not to use 'em" Daniel says.
"He has a point. You know, when I first got my bionics..." Leo says "Quiet, Leo!" Douglas says "All righty, then" Leo says, He walks away.
"Do your adoptive parents know that you've been causing trouble with your bionics?" Douglas says "No. They don't get this whole bionic thing. That's why I asked the officer to bring me here" Daniel says.
"What are you going to do here, Douglas? This is your first chance to really step up in this kid's life and be a dad" Mr Davenport says "You're right. Daniel... " Douglas says.
He pushes Mr Davenport in front of him "Meet your new dad" Douglas says "Douglas!" Mr Davenport says "Dad!" Harper calls his attention, Douglas frown.
"oh Come on, remember what an amazing father figure you are!" Harper smiles.
"Fine. Look, since I can't trust you to be responsible with your bionics, I guess we'll just have to teach you how to be responsible. As long as your parents approve, I'm enrolling you in the Davenport Bionic Academy" Douglas says "Really? Awesome!" Daniel says.
"And, since Leo has been doing such a great job as the academy's newest mentor, I think it's only fitting that he train our newest student." Douglas says "Thanks, Douglas" Leo says.
"No problem, buddy. See, this way, if it doesn't work out, we can all blame you" Douglas says.
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In the common area, Chase is typing on laptop "Got it. If I reconfigure the operator precedence, that should fix the upgrade" Chase says
The laptop beeps and Chase gets up and starts yelling, he smashes laptop and starts stomping on pieces.
"You stupid hunk of junk! You're useless!" Chase yells angrily, Harper appears in the doorway, she leans against the wall with her arms crossed staring at him confused.
"Useless! Useless!" Chase jumps on the
laptop, students stare at him "Do you mind? This is a private moment between a man and his computer" Chase tells them.
"Uh I'll leave you guys alone then!" Harper says, Chase looks at her
and sighs.
"Chase I love you but I really really wanted to unsee this!" Harper says "I'm trying to adjust the upgrade for our chips but nothing works!! And that computer is useless" Chase says.
"well, this useless computer was mine!” Harper looks down “oh? Oh!! That explains a lot" Chase says "yeah" Harper says.
"we seriously need to think about starting to label our stuff" Chase says taking her arms "I think it's cute that you think I'm going to respect your labels" Harper says.
"speaking of that, I only have three shirts left if you don't mind!!" Chase says annoyed "what can I do!? I get really cold sometimes!...But let me know when you don'thave any" Harper winks, he looks at her serious, Harper laughs.
Bree walks in "Hey Guys, have you seen my students?" Bree ask "Nope" Chase says "no" Harper says.
"Huh. We were supposed to start training an hour ago. And today's lesson is very important. It's called "You're not better than me."" Bree says.
"You guys took this stale thing seriously huh?" Harper says "how would you feel if you fell behind everyone else.What if everyone was better versions of you!?" Bree says.
"uh..like how I fell behind you guys when I couldn't use them all my abilities without glitching!?" Harper says "Exactly! You felt terrible didn't you!?" Bree says.
Adam walks in wearing a golf hat and a kilt, and holding a golf club "Hey, has anybody seen Bob? Leo said he was training a little while ago, but hasn't seen him since. Now that I'm retiring, I need to know if he can play golf with me on Thursdays" Adam says.
"Retiree? Seriously?" Harper says "yeah Harper, not everyone is young and updated like you!" Adam says.
"Wait, no. First, my students are missing, and now Bob? Something weird is going on. I'm gonna go look for everyone" Bree says "yeah I'll go with you!" Harper says they walks out of room.
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in the common area.
"Mr. Davenport, we have a problem. I can't find my students anywhere" Bree says.
"Well, are you sure they're not just avoiding your training session? I mean, I've sat through your class. We all think you could use a little pizzazz" Mr Davenport says.
Leo and Daniel come running in "Big D, all the students in the training area just vanished" Leo says "What?" Mr Davenport says.
Adam walks in "Bob's gone, too. And I can't lose my Bob. We have an 8:00 a.m. tea time" Adam says "All right, everybody calm down. There has to be a logical explanation" Chase says.
The rest of the students and Daniel vanish from the common area "Or
not" Chase says "Daniel!" Douglas says.
Harper walks in worried "Douglas!" Harper says "oh Girl you still here!" Douglas says relieved.
"yeah But I'm getting a strange signal on my chip" Harper tells Douglas "What!?" Douglas says "so everybody's gone! What are we going to do?" Leo ask
"What do you mean "we"? I'm retired" Adam says.
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Still in the common area Bree super speeds back to them.
"I double-checked the whole academy. All the students are gone" Bree says "The new upgrade must have caused the glitch that made them geo-leap away" Mr Davenport says
"Wait, I'll try to detect the signal I received and try to understand what it is..." Harper says, she walks over to the console.
"But Daniel disappeared and we didn't give him the upgrade" Douglas says "Technically, that is correct. You did not give him the upgrade" Leo says "Leo!" Douglas says
"That kid was impossible to train. And trust me, I happen to know a thing or two about slow learners" Leo says "I specifically told you not to give him that upgrade!" Douglas says.
"Don't blame me! You built the software that made everyone disappear" Leo says "For the record, Donnie had just as much to do with this as I did. If not more. A lot more. In fact, this whole thing was his idea" Douglas says
"It was not!" Mr Davenport says "Was too!" Douglas says "No, it wasn't" Mr Davenport says, both of them start arguing at once "Heey!!" Harper says.
"Stop arguing! We have to find them" Chase says
"Although with them gone, we are top dog again" Chase says to Adam and Bree
"Okay stop whit that you too!!.So while the kids were playing I did the work, I found out it was a signal sent by someone straight to our chips, In other words, it was a remote hack, the upgrade was someone's gateway" Harper says.
"who?" Douglas says "I don't know" Harper says looking at the console "Okay. I'll pull up their GPS locators, and find out where they are" Chase says presses buttons on console.
"Nothing's coming up. Their signals must have been deactivated" Douglas says "Great. So now our brother and the entire student body are missing, and we have no idea where or who they are with, They could be anywhere in the world!" Chase says.
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in the common area.
"I have tried every way possible to remotely reactivate their GPS locators
and nothing is working!" Douglas says.
"Wait, I still don't get it, how is Harper still here if the problem is the upgrade?" Adam ask "My chip is different from the rest of the students, and I pre-sense the signal and intercept it before anything else" Harper says.
"Is there no way to re-track this signal?" Chase ask "I've tried nothing works,the trail disappeared" Harper says.
"Well then, we'll have to find them the old-fashioned way. Chase, map out an urban search and rescue. We'll go mile by mile, state by state if we have to" Mr Davenport says.
"Mr. Davenport, what if we're too late? this hacker could've geo-leaped them anywhere. They could be at the
bottom of the ocean or inside an active volcano. They may already be gone" Chase says.
"We're not giving up" Mr Davenport says "We still need to find out who's behind this" Harper says.
Daniel appears on the monitor "Hello?" Daniel says "Daniel, where are you?" Leo says.
"Listen, I don't have much time. Some lady hacked into our chips and geo-leaped us here. She had us trapped, but I busted out" Daniele says "Place looks familiar" Adam says "That's Giselle's lab" Bree says.
"Giselle!" Harper says, Giselle walks in behind Daniel on the monitor with an electric whip.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing? How did you escape?" Giselle says aims her whip at Daniel and cracks the screen "Dad, hurry!" Daniel says.
He runs offscreen "Say good-bye to
your son, Douglas" Giselle hangs up "Everybody suit up" Mr Davenport says everyone leaves.
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in the hallway outside Giselle's lab.
"Adam, Bree, Chase, and I will go this way. Douglas, you, Harper and Leo take the other side" Mr Davenport says.
Daniel walks in "Guys!" Daniel says "Daniel, you're okay!" Douglas hugs him "Where are the students?" Chase ask "Hiding in the other room. Come on!" Daniel says.
Daniel leads them into Giselle's lab, Harper observes Daniel walking and frowns "what?" Bree says "something's wrong" Harper says suspicious.
"Ooh! Wow! Man. This place is fancy" Mr Davenport says "Don't worry. I have the name of her decorator" Douglas says "Really?" Mr Davenport says "No!" Douglas says.
"Where are they?" Chase says "exactly what I was thinking" Harper says still in a suspicious tone "The doors are locking" Bree says.
"What's going on?" Leo says,Giselle enters dramatically through a wall of fog.
"Well, well, well. So nice to see the family all together" Giselle says "Giselle, you got five seconds to tell me where the rest of the kids are before I blast you" Douglas point the gun at her
"One thousand one. One thousand two. One thousand three, one thousand four" Giselle turns on monitor "There they are" Giselle says.
The monitor shows Bob, Daniel, and the rest of the students in the dark room.
"Wait, how is Daniel in there and out here? This is just like the last time we were here with two Chases. This lady and her magic tricks. She gets me every time!" Adam says "I knew Daniel wasn't him!" Harper says.
"It's a trap. That's not my son!" Douglas says "That's where you're wrong. I am your son. just not the one you think" Daniel says.
Giselle presses a button and Daniel transforms into Marcus, Everyone is surprised.
"Marcus?" Douglas says "Good to see ya...Dad" Marcus says "whoa wait! there's another one!!?" Harper ask in disbelief.
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