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|Adam's travel diary|

# Day twenty-six

Hello diary, we've been on the run for almost four weeks now. And things are going. It's not perfect but it's fun.

We had to spend the last few days in the car, we only stopped at truck stops quickly to go to the bathroom and take a shower and also for Chase and Harper have...Anyway, I would say that we are already used to this new way of living.

Now we are super close to Hollywood so much so that if we look at the horizon we can see the sign. Oh, I can cross that off my list...

Adam looks through the notebook looking for the list.

Okay as soon as I actually write a list I will cross it off.

But seriously, it's weird how close I've gotten to Chase and Harper these days. I don't know if this had to do with the time we spent apart after they left the island but It's crazy to see how many things we didn't know about each other.

Mainly cuz they are my little brother and my best friend I should know everything about them and they about me.

However, Harper has always been very quiet, especially about her childhood and I don't judge her. But the road really makes people open up.

I hope that when we find a place to live between the three of us, we won't have any more secrets between us. Maybe it's good for all three of us to have this trust in each other. Because I honestly don't feel like we can trust no one else.

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Adam closes the notebook. Harper is driving while Chase is in the passenger seat with Newton on his lap and holding a crossword puzzle book and a pen.

"Okay, six letters and it's the capital of Türkiye," Chase says, tapping the paper with his pen "Ankara" Harper says "That's my girl" Chase writes and Harper smiles proudly.

"Next one is, he invented bifocals" Chase says "Harry Potter!" Adam says "What?" Chase says "Have you seen his glasses?" Adam says.

Chase rolls his eyes "Benjamin Franklin" Harper and Chase say "Isn't he the guy who invented the kite?" Adam says "Sure Adam he invented the kite and also lightning" Chase mocks and Harper laughs "Scoffs you think I'm stupid, everyone knows that Thor invented lightning" Adam says.

Harper sighs "Please just go to the next one" Harper says "Fashion capital" Chase says "Milan" Adam says, Chase and Harper look at him.

"Grace talked a lot about this place" Adam says "that's right" Chase smiles gently, Adam sighs and looks out the car window.

"The next one" Adam sighs "he Who filmed the first kiss in the history of cinema" Chase says thoughtfully "was it Thomas Edison?" Chase asks "Yeah. It was in a movie called "The Kiss"" Harper says.

Chase writes in the crossword "It was a short film that only lasted about 26 seconds " Harper says "Longer than your first kiss" Adam says "No, it wasn't!" Chase says.

Harper raises her eyebrow and looks at Chase "Oh come on, remember our first kiss?" Chase ask Harper "No" Harper scoffs, Chase rolls his eyes "I'm kidding Chay" Harper says.

"Well it was at the Lab in Mission Creek and you were jealous because I did a school work with Sabrina" Chase smirk "I wasn't jealous" Harper says "Yes you were, you kissed me because you were scared that you were going to lose me to another girl" Chase says "As if that would happen" Adam mocks.

"I kissed you because I was in love with you and I didn't know how else to show it" Harper says "And also because Chase would never make the first move" Adam says, Chase glares at him.

"For your information I almost made the first move" Chase says "when?" Harper asks "In the maze in the room that almost crushed us to death" Chase raises his eyebrow.

"I don't remember that" Adam says "You were locked out but even Douglas realized I wanted to kiss you" Chase says "Why didn't you?" Harper asks paying attention to the street.

"Because I...you made me nervous and we were so close like we had never been before I was freaking out in so many different ways" Chase says, Harper giggles.

"Me too, you know, you were too close...I felt you freaking out, literally" Harper says, Adam laughs "I got what she means, did you?" Adam asks Chase "I got it!" Chase says annoyed.

"That's beside the point. But our first kiss was perfect Harp" Chase says "If you says so" Adam says

"I prefer our second kiss" Harper says, Chase smirking "How was your second kiss again?" Adam asks, Harper and Chase look at each other.

"That's when I asked her to be my girlfriend" Chase says "And then we had a loooong talk" Harper sighs "It was satisfying in the end, wasn't it?" Chase says annoyed, Harper presses her lips together and remembers.

*****

It was right after the battle with Krane and the bionic soldiers, Chase, Harper, Adam, Bree, Leo and Douglas were in the lab waiting for news from Mr Davenport, who was in hospital.

"So I guess all we have to do is wait" Chase tells the rest of the team "Yeah, it's been a long day. I'll make us dinner" Douglas says, he, Bree, Leo and Adam leave the lab.

Harper gets up from one of the chairs in the corner of the lab and walks over to Chase "I'm sorry about Mr Davenport. But he's going to be okay" Harper says.

"Yeah...he's strong, but I don't think I can say the same about Krane" Chase says, Harper shakes her head "you shouldn't" Harper gives a broken smile.

Harper leans against the cyber desk, Chase breathes "Uh Harper...." Chase approaches her.

"I don't want to ruin things between us by doing this but...I think we need to talk about "us"" Chase leans on the cyber desk too, Harper feels butterflies in her stomach when she hears this.

"Us?" Harper asks, Chase nods "It's just that I thought about it and..." Chase scratches the back of his head nervously.

"Considering the facts that I like you, you also like me and that we already..." Chase blushes and Harper smirks, he looks at her slowly.

Harper looks into his eyes which makes him blush even more, he gives a shy little laugh "I love these facts" Harper says, Chase looks away biting his lip to keep from smiling too much.

Chase takes a deep breath "I'm sorry" Chase says shyly "For what?" Harper asks "I don't know how to do this" Chase says he can't keep his gaze on one point due to nervousness.

Harper smiles "I don't care if you're doing this right or not. Um but what exactly are you talking about?" Harper frowns wanting to hear the answer.

Chase smiles gently "That I don't know how to feel this, how to deal with this" Chase says with butterflies in his stomach, Harper sighs with her eyes shining with a unique shine that only appears when she looks at him.

She holds his hand, Chase swallows hard and finally looks her in the eyes "I think this is exactly the point we need to work on, right" Harper says calmly, Chase blinks three times looking in her eyes trying to believe that she and the way she looks at him is real.

He smiles and nods, he starts to lean towards her, Harper doesn't hold back a smile as she feels his breath approaching her face, Chase runs his fingers gently over her jawline to better fit the kiss.

Chase places his lips firmly on hers, while Harper holds his hand tighter. This time they both give in to the kiss and enjoy the sensation and feeling of electricity that they feel that makes their hearts accelerate.

It was the first time they actually felt what a kiss felt like, the real sense of connection between them, it was the first time Chase tasted Harper's favorite watermelon lip gloss, and that she felt how hot his temperature is especially if he's nervous.

Chase sighs heavily and hotly as he eases his lips and slowly opens his eyes, Harper opens her eyes and the two stare at each other for a while.

Chase smiles gently with his cheeks flushed as brightly as the sparkle in his eyes, Harper looks away and tucks her hair behind her ear shyly.

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"Well...At least he learned to make the first move" Adam laughs, Chase rolls his eyes.

"Well and I never heard anything about your first kiss Mr. Experience" Chase says.

Adam shrugs "It was a kiss" Adam says "With who?" Chase asks "Don't you know?" Harper asks "No he doesn't tell me anythingAnything important at least" Chase says.

Adam sighs "Well it was with a girl at school." Adam says "I didn't know you had a crush at school" Chase says "I did." Adam says.

"What was her name again?" Harper asks "Becky, she was the leader of the school hockey team" Adam says "Did you have a crush on Becky Downson? She was in my geography class," Chase says.

"I know" Adam says "Why didn't you ever tell me?" Chase asks "I never thought you cared about that" Adam says, Chase opens his mouth but no argument comes out.

"After Harper I had a crush on her for the rest of high school. And after she found out our secret she asked me out" Adam says "I told him not to go" Harper says, she looks at Chase "I never liked Becky" Harper says.

Chase frowns "Yeah, I went out with her and we ended up kissing" Adam says but without enthusiasm as if he's avoiding remembering "Why didn't you go out with her anymore?" Chase asks.

"Because she was a bitch" Harper grips the steering wheel of the car "Harper!" Chase says, Harper shrugs "Because I was stupid not to listen to Harper and realize that she was only interested in me because I was bionic" Adam looks down.

Chase looks at his brother upset "Adam..." Chase says "I know, I should have told you. But I didn't want to give you a chance to think I was a failure at love" Adam says.

"I would never think that" Chase says "Now I know that" Adam looks at his brother with a sincere smile on his face.

Harper smiles looking at the road, she always wanted Chase and Adam to overcome their differences and create a mature sibling bond. Maybe this was starting to happen.

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They finally arrive at the famous Hollywood sign.

Harper parks the car and the three get out "There it is. The Hollywood sign" Harper crosses his arms, Chase sighs and puts his hand on his hip.

"Oh Cool" Adam takes a picture with the camera "It's impressive" Chase says "I bet more impressive up close" Harper says picking up a backpack.

"Wait what?" Chase says "Did you think we came all this way just to take a picture from meters away?" Adam scoffs, Chase frowns.

"Come on it's a long walk" Harper put Newton in her backpack, The cat purrs without understanding why it's happening "Come on" Adam tells Chase.

Harper and Adam walks away "You guys are unbelievable" Chase groans and follows them.

"Chase, how many times am I going to tell you to treat this like a vacation" Adam says "This isn't a vacation" Chase says "For today it is" Harper says as they walk up the mountain.

They start to climb the mountain to reach the sign, which is a long climb until finally they get close to a certain one behind the sign.

"Woah you can see the whole world from up here" Adam says "It's beautiful" Harper says "Indeed" Chase says.

"Okay how tall do you think that fence is?" Harper says "I'm not jumping over that fence" Chase says "Okay then watch me jump" Harper smirk.

"Harper" Chase says "See you later Bro" Adam says "Adam" Chase says "I'm going to make my dream of licking the Hollywood sign true woohoo!" Adam says "Your what?" Chase says.

Harper jumps the fence and Adam goes right after her "Come on, Pretty Boy" Harper says jumping back to the ground, Chase sighs with a smile.

Chase climbs the fence and jumps on the other side, they approach the sign.

"Woah it's huge!" Adam takes a photo "It's amazing" Harper climbs the letter O "And illegal" Chase adds "I know Chay" Harper sits down.

Adam licks the sign "Adam will you stop licking the Hollywood sign?!" Harper says "Harper do you know how many people in the world can say they know what Hollywood tastes like?" Adam says.

"And what does Hollywood taste like?" Chase asks, sitting next to Harper, Adam licks the sign again and makes a face "It tastes like tetanus" Adam wipes his tongue on his shirt, Harper and Chase look at each other disgusted.

"Okay this is a generous milestone in our journey, we drove from Centium City to here..." Chase says "So I'm going to record it" Adam takes a selfie of the three of them with the camera.

"At least we can say we got somewhere" Harper says, Chase puts his arm around her.

"Okay, but now what?" Adam asks "Hard to say, but let's stick with the plan, we need resources to get our chips back" Chase says "Do you know where Douglas had hiding places?" Harper asks.

"He and Krane had several in different places, but I have no clue how to find them" Chase says "Couldn't we go back to our house in Mission Creek?" Adam asks "I thought so, but I heard on the radio that the FBI is on high alert there" Chase says.

"They're trying to predict our steps" Harper says "exactly" Chase runs his hand across his forehead, Harper presses her lips thoughtfully.

Chase stamps his feet together "Again I don't know what to do" Chase says, Harper looks at him "look, maybe we can stick around until the FBI rounds stop" Harper suggests.

"And when would that be?" Adam asks "I don't know, but they will never think we came here" Harper says, Chase frowns feeling in her tone that there is another reason why she wants to stay there but she's not ready to tell yet.

Chase twitches his mouth reflexively and Harper fixes his messy hair "Yeah, okay. I don't see why not" Chase says "Are we going to live on this sign now?" Adam asks "No" Harper and Chase say.

"It would be great to live here, I bet no one can hear us from here" Adam stands up "Adam, no" Harper says "AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!" Adam screams, Chase and Harper widen their eyes.

Adam sighs and laughs, Chase and Harper contain their laughter but they cracks when they look at each other "Damn this is freeing you should try" Adam says

"No Way" Chase laughs "Come on Chase. WOOOOHHOOO!!" Adam shouts back, Harper gets up "WOOOOOOOOAAAAHH!" Harper screams and sighs.

Adam laughs and the two give a high five, Chase stands up "I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD!!!!" Chase shouts, Adam and Harper laugh "Nice one Bro!" Adam high five Chase.

The three take air "THE WORLD IS OURS!!!" the three scream as loud as they can and start laughing.

"WOOOAAAHH!" Chase screams taking all the weight off his chest with the scream, he sighs.

Harper smiles at him "I wish Bree and Leo were here, they would love it" Adam says, Chase and Harper look at him "They would" Harper says.

Chase smirk "I had a crazy idea" Chase says he drops the letter and looks for a rock "You? Crazy idea?" Adam asks "Yup" Chase climbs the sign again.

"What idea?" Harper asks "let's carve our initials on the sign" Chase smirks showing the pointiest rock he found "Woah cool" Adam chuckles.

"He is sure?" Harper laughs "Mm-hmm" Chase says and starts scratching a C.D on the sign "Are you crazy?" Harper smirk "Pretty much" Chase hands the rock to Harper.

Harper wrinkles her nose and writes an H.D on the sign then she hands the stone to Adam who writes an A.D.

"What if someone finds it?" Harper asks, Chase shrugs "I don't think we should worry about that" Chase says, Harper smiles, Adam continues writing he adds an L.D and a B.D to the sign.

Adam sighs "Sorry, I needed to do that" Adam says, Chase puts his hand on his brother's shoulder "I'm glad you did" Chase says.

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|Adam's travel diary|

# Day forty-eight

Merry Christmas, Diary!!

To be honest, I don't even know how long we've been running, but I know it's a long time.

We are still wandering around the city of Hollywood which actually has incredible Christmas decorations.

For some reason I feel like we're wandering around the city looking for something. Or rather Harper has been looking for something but we don't know what... maybe she knows where one of Douglas's hiding places are.

Anyway, I was worried that Santa Claus wouldn't find me this Christmas because I didn't have a house anymore. But today I woke up and under the car seat was a gift box with a red wooden yo-yo inside.

And I just loved it, finally something I can have fun with here besides the crosswords that Chase and Harper do every day...

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Adam is writing in the car while Harper and Chase are sitting on a park bench enjoying the beautiful Christmas night on a less busy street.

"It was really cute that you saved that yo-yo to give Adam as a Christmas present" Harper says lying on Chase's chest "Well, I found that in the glove compartment of the car so it wasn't much of an effort, but he's happy" Chase says stroking the back of Harper's head.

"I wish I had a gift for you" Harper says, Chase kisses her head "You're my gift" Chase says, Harper looks at him and smiles.

"Merry Christmas Chay" Harper says softly "Merry Christmas Harp" Chase says, she runs her hand over his face "I'll consider this new facial hair of yours as my gift" Harper smirks, Chase blushes.

"Like, I see I have man now. for real" Harper whispers, Chase smirks "I became one for my woman" Chase says, Harper laughs and kisses him.

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|Adam's travel diary|

# Day fifty-four

Here we are on New Year's Eve.

I can't believe it's been a year since we've been on the run...wait...

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Adam closes his notebook "Chase has it been a year since we've been on the run?" Adam asks Chase who is driving the car onto a deserted road.

"What? No! Adam, just because it's New Year's Eve doesn't mean a year has passed" Chase is annoyed "Oh, okay" Adam goes back to writing while Harper analyzes a map with a flashlight since it's night.

"Why are you so focused on that map lately?" Chase says "Uh? No, I just wanted to make sure we explored the entire city before we leave here for good. Tourist reasons" Harper says.

"I know you're lying" Chase says, Harper sighs "I know when you have plans and you don't want to tell me Harper that's how we got here" Chase says.

Harper closes the map "Okay, you're right but it's... very complicated" Harper sighs "A complicated like theoretically complex or a complicated because it's an issue for you?" Chase asks, Harper is silent.

"An issue for you. Got it" Chase says, Harper looks at him "I'll tell you next year" Harper says seeing that the clock in the car reads 11:56 at night "Promise?" Chase asks "New year's promise" Harper smiles.

"Guys! It's almost midnight and I think you can see the fireworks show from here" Adam says taking Newton in his arms and putting him in a box with a blanket.

Chase stops the car in the middle of the deserted road "I don't think anyone will pass this way" Chase says, Harper smiles excitedly and gets out of the car.

"Yes!" Adam says he grabs a backpack, Chase gets out of the car "Come on Adam you're going to miss New Year's Eve" Chase says, he and Harper climb on the roof of the car "I'm coming" Adam says taking something from the backpack.

Adam stands on the roof of the car with the couple "Okay it's 11:58" Harper says "What did you go get?" Chase says "Just a little something I saved especially for today" Adam reveals a bottle of champagne.

"Where did you get that?" Chase asks "The same day we got almost all of our stuff from Trent's grandma's house. I hope it's still good" Adam looks at the label.

Chase and Harper smile in disbelief "Oh 11:59 guys" Harper says "Okay I'm going to open it" Adam gets ready to pop the cork on the bottle "On top of the car?" Chase says "Duh" Adam says.

"Alright! It's now ten..." Harper begins the countdown and Chase and Adam join her "Nine, Eight, Seven, Yes, Five, Four, Three, Two, One.." they count and the clock reads 12:00 "Happy New Year!!" The three shout.

Adam pops the bottle of champagne while Harper hugs Chase's neck who pulls her by the waist for a kiss "Bring it on, 2018!" Adam says holding the leaking bottle of champagne in his hand.

On the horizon towards the city center they can see fireworks being launched lighting up the sky "Happy new year guys" Harper hugs them both "Happy new year" they say.

"Okay, we don't have glasses" Adam says "I guess we have no choice but to share the bottle" Harper says "Okay the first sip is mine!" Adam says he takes a sip of the champagne straight from the bottle.

"I'm going to turn on the radio" Chase gets out of the car, Adam hands the bottle to Harper "Is that good?" Harper asks "It tastes like champagne at least" Adam says and gets out of the car.

He helps Harper down and she also takes a drink, Chase puts a song on the radio and turns up the volume.

"Here Babe" Harper hands the bottle to Chase, he stares at the bottle for a few seconds and takes a sip, He is not used to drinking, but at that moment it seemed to be the only thing that would give him the joy he wanted for that night.

"Woohoo! Happy New Year!" Adam hugs Chase and they laugh.

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A few minutes later the bottle of champagne was almost empty and the three of them were enjoying the music playing on the radio.

The music "Wham Bam Shang -A-Lang" by Silver starts playing "Ooh I love this song!" Adam says.

Chase is the one with the bottle, he smiles and nods his head to the beat of the music and takes a sip from the bottle.

Harper begins to sway to the beat of the music and sing with Adam"♪Oooh, oooh, baby, we've been a long, long way♪" They sing, both slightly drunk.

"♪And who's to say where we'll be tomorrow?♪" Harper sings, Adam takes Chase's bottle and uses it as a microphone "♪Well, my heart says, "No"♪" Adam sings into the bottle before taking a sip.

"♪But my mind says, "It's so"♪" Harper looks at Chase, he goes to her and extends his hand pulling her close to him "

"♪That we've got a love♪" Chase sings "♪Is it a love to stay?♪" Harper sings and hugs his neck as they sway to the beat of the song.

♪We've got a wham,♪" Chase spins Harper "♪bam,♪"Chase pulls her close to him, her chest on his and they both laugh "♪shang-a-lang♪" Adam starts dancing with the bottle as if it were a person.

"♪And a sha-la-la-la-la-la thing♪" Chase moves Harper's hips next to his in time to the music.

"♪Wham, bam, shang-a-lang♪" Chase spins Harper around again and Adam uses the microphone bottle as they sing loudly "♪And a sha-la-la-la-la-la thing♪" The three join in, singing louder and laughing.

Chase lifts Harper up as she puts her legs around his waist and he kisses her from her cheek to her neck.

"You're so beautiful" Chase says "Yeah but stop right there, you're drunk" Harper says "And?" Chase asks "You get really romantic when you're drunk. Last time you asked me to marry you" Harper says.

Chase puts her down "I'm not that drunk" Chase rolls his eyes "Great, because me neither, and I would deny it" Harper laughs, Chase laughs.

Harper kisses him briefly "I love you" Harper says, Chase hugs her waist "I love you too" Chase says with a smirk.

Adam hugs them both "And I love you both" Adam says with the empty bottle in his hand "These last few months have been the craziest of my life and I'm happy I spent them with you" Adam says his voice sounds lazy.

"Same Buddy" Harper says "I'm also really glad I kept that bottle" Adam says walking away from them, suddenly they see a light approaching.

"Shit!" Adam throws himself on the floor "What are you doing?" Chase asks "It's the police!" Adam crawls to the car "It's not the police, it's just a car" Harper says "Uh a car that's parking right next to us" Chase says distressed.

A car stops next to their car and out comes a man, not very tall with a thick beard and hair.

"Hey! Happy New Year" The man says, Chase stands in front of a distressed Harper "Hello, Happy New Year" Chase says.

"Look, I heard the song and decided to come check it out. You know it's not safe here at night, right? There are some crazy people around" the man says, Harper and Chase glare at Adam, still lying on the floor, signaling for silence.

"Indeed" Chase says frustrated "Can I ask why you are spending New Year's Eve in the middle of the road?" The man asks "Because we don't have anywhere else to stay" Adam says.

"Shhh!" Harper says "Shhh" Adam says to himself, the man notices Adam's presence and frowns "Sorry, man" Chase approaches the guy but he almost loses his balance and trips leaning on the car..

Chase clears his throat "we're already leaving, sorry for the inconvenience" Chase says, the man laughs "Woah Woah, I can't let you guys drive like that" the guy says.

"Uh Excuse me?" Chase asks "Tell me at least one of you is sober and I'll let you go" the guy says "Newton is sober!" Adam holds the cat.

"Who are you? Are you a cop by any chance?" Harper asks "No, I want the police far away from me young lady so I'm not going to let a bunch of reckless teenagers loose in my area" the guy says.

"So this is an act to save your own skin?" Harper asks "I'm glad that's clear" the man says.

Chase rolls his eyes "Wait, I know you guys" the guy says "Uh no you don't" Adam stands up "Woah you guys are the bionic fugitives!" The guy says, Chase looks at Harper and Adam

"I don't know what you're talking about" Chase says "Relax, I'm not going to sell you out, on the contrary, I think what you did was badass" the guy smiles.

"Uh thanks?" Chase frowns "Wow seriously, it's an honor to meet you guys. Um, I'm Trevor, Trevor Wendell" Travor holds out his hand to him "Chase" Chase says "I know, and you must be Adam" Trevor says.

Adam looks at Chase confused "And you're Krane's daughter" Trevor says "Did you know him?" Harper asks "No, but I know people who met him" Trevor says, Harper tilts her head interested.

"So, Aren't you really going to hand us over? Are you on our side?" Adam asks leaning on the car "Of course, you're the good guys aren't you" Trevor says "Depends on where you are standing" Chase chuckles.

"Look, now that I know who you are I can tell you for sure that it's not safe for you to stay here" Trevor says "Do you know a safe place?" Harper asks "You guys can stay at my house. My wife made an amazing New Year's dinner for both of us and there's still a lot of food left and you guys look hungry" Trevor says.

Chase looks at Harper "We're good, we finished a whole bottle of champagne so" Adam says "We have half a bottle at home" Trevor says "so what are we waiting for?" Adam says and hugs Trevor.

"I don't know" Chase says, Harper approaches him "I don't see why not honestly" Harper says, Chase looks at her "after all, Even more dangerous than accepting to stay at this stranger's house is going out driving drunk at night" Harper says.

"I agree with her" Adam says "The alcohol went straight to the empty space in your head where your brain should be, what do you know?" Chase tells his brother.

"Look, you guys feel like you can't trust anyone, but look at me and look at you. Especially you" Trevor points to Adam who frowns "Do you think I have a chance against... This" Trevor says.

Chase sighs and looks at Harper "Okay then" Chase shrugs "Great, you guys are coming in my car. I'll tow your car to my house" Trevor says.

Harper smiles at Chase "We'll be fine" Harper hugs him, Chase smiles gently at her "Maybe this is a mistake" Chase says "I bet you won't even remember this tomorrow" Harper kisses the curve of his neck which makes him bite his lip lightly.

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Trevor takes them to a simple house in the middle of the road, which has a neon sign saying "Tattoo Studio".

"Here we are, my home/workplace/studio" Trevor says getting out of the car "Are you a tattoo artist?" Harper asks "No, I'm an artist and people's skin is my canvas" Trevor says poetically "In other words, a tattoo artist" Chase says.

"No. Do you young people need to be so septic about everything?" Trevor says, Harper and Chase laugh and they enter the house.

"Rachel, Honey I found them" Trevor says, from the kitchen of the house comes a beautiful woman, blonde, tall with a wildly smile which would be Rachel Wendell, Trevor's wife.

"Oh my God, poor things. You must be exhausted" Rachel says, she then observes the three more precisely "Oh wow but look how beautiful teenagers you are" Rachel smiles "Thank you for the shelter Mrs. Wendell" Chase says.

Rachel giggles "Oh well, call me Rachel, Sweetie Boy" she smiles, Chase frowns slightly scared by the woman.

"Is this hottie your boyfriend?" Rachel asks Harper quietly "You betcha" Harper says "Girl, you won the lottery" Rachel says, Chase blushes extremely at the lady's conversation with his girlfriend.

"So we're told that there was going to be food" Adams says "Adam" Chase says "What?" Adam says "Oh Sure come on dinner is still on the table" Rachel says.

"Nice" Adam runs into the kitchen "It's great to have you guys here at our home, right Trevor?" Rachel says "Yeah we saw all the news about you" Trevor says

Trevor sits down in an armchair "What are you doing sitting there, offer them a drink!" Rachel slaps her husband on the head "Owch" Trevor gets up and grabs a beer from a cooler next to the armchair, he opens the bottle of beer and hands it to Chase "Here Man" Trevor says.

"Thanks" Chase looks at the bottle "Wait. are you guys old enough to drink?" Trevor asks "Nope, but..." "I'm kidding I don't care, have fun kid" Trevor pats Chase on the back.

"Guys, you need to try this chicken" Adam comes out of the kitchen with a full plate, Rachel smiles "I'm glad you liked it, Cutie. Oh, I'll prepare lunch boxes for you to take with you on the trip" Rachel says.

"You don't have to Mrs. Wendell" Chase says "Oh Hunky, Mrs. Wendell is my mother-in-law" Rachel says whit a smirk, Chase drowns on his beer, the lady makes him shy, Harper laughs "Sure...Rachel, we appreciate it but we don't want to bother you" Chase says.

"Nonsense, I'll do it. Trevor be nice to the visitors" Rachel goes to the kitchen "Yes Honey" Trevor says, he looks at Chase "She's the worst" Trevor says "I see" Chase says akwardly "But she has good taste in men, right" Trevor runs his hand over his beard, convinced.

"We're her type, you must have noticed" Trevor says, Chase looks the man up and down frustrated "Absolutely" Chase drinks some more beer to defuse the situation.

Harper laughs "Woah are those the tattoos you've made?" Harper asks seeing a mural in the living room, Chase takes a sip of his beer and goes over to her.

"Yeah, these are my best works. Tattoos have been my life since I got my first one on myself at 18." Trevor shows off a tattoo on his wrist that says "Let It Be".

"Why did you write that?" Adam asks eating a chicken leg "Let it be, the Beatles song. It was my dad's favorite" Trevor says "Did you tattoo that on yourself?" Chase leans against the wall he "yeah" Trevor says "Impressive, it looks very good" Chase says.

"Thanks is my talent" Trevor says "I like it, would you do one on me?" Adam asks "Serious? Again? Don't you remember the ten laser sessions you had to do to remove that teddy bear tattoo from your back?" Chase says.

"This time I would choose more wisely" Adam says, Chase shakes his head "I can do it. Actually, for you guys I would do as many tattoos as you want for free" Trevor says, Harper smiles "Really?" Harper asks.

"Yeah, think of it as a late Christmas present" Trevor says, Chase laughs "Oh Yeah sure" he scoffs "Come on kid, I'm sure there must be something so important in your life that you are willing to mark your body forever" Trevor says, Chase scoffs and takes another sip.

"I like to think that each tattoo means a new beginning, a new you that has just been born with a mark that will represent the milestone of a past self that is left behind" Trevor says, Chase looks at Trevor thoughtfully "I see in your eyes that you need this milestone boy" Trevor says.

"You're a fucking manipulator, right?" Chase smirk "I built my life around this" Trevor says, Chase laughs shaking his head.

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"Oh fuck that hurts!" Adam screams as Trevor tattoos his chest "Do you want me to stop?" Trevor says "How much have you written?" Adam asks "I wrote "Fam"" Travor says.

"Will you stop being a wimp?" Chase says "Oh look who's talking" Adam says, Harper wraps plastic wrap wrapped around her wrist to protect her new tattoo.

"What did you tattoo on your baby? It was pretty quick" Chase says, Harper sits on his lap and shows her wrist and the letter C tattooed on it "a C" Chase smirk.

"Yup, do you like it?" Harper asks "Yeah, it's really hot" Chase smirks and kisses her softly.

Adam groans in pain and Trevor finishes the tattoo that says "Family is my heart" on Adam's chest "There it is" Trevor says.

Adam gets up and looks in the mirror "Woah! I love it look at that!" Adam smiles "You look amazing Buddy" Harper smiles gently.

"Now your turn Chad" Trevor says "My name is Chase" Chase stands up "I know I'm just messing with you" Trevor laughs "What do you want?" Trevor asks.

Chase looks at Harper "Well..." Chase says, he whispers the idea into Trevor's ear "Man this is going to be amazing, I promise you" Trevor says, Chase smiles..

"And where will it be?" Trevor asks "Uh my upper arm" Chase looks at his arm "Uuuh what a mystery" Harper smirk "You'll like it" Chase says.

"Hope so" Harper says slightly worried as Chase is visibly drunk, Chase takes off the long-sleeved shirt he wears and sits in the chair.

"Okay ready?" Trevor cleans the tattoo site "Yeah, whatever" Chase says, Trevor starts to do the tattoo, Chase throws his head back "Oh Shit!" He groans with pain "Language" Adam says.

Chase lifts his head to look at Adam angrily, biting his lip "Yours is the one that will take the longest" Trevor says, Chase rolls his eyes and throws his head back again trying to think of something else.

"You're doing well Chay" Harper puts her hand on his shoulder, he takes a deep breath.

Chase was already feeling sleepy before having to deal with the pain of a tattoo, but to try and relax he closes his eyes which soon makes him pass out in the chair while Trevor tattoos him.

Harper notices Rachel open a pantry in the kitchen and that inside the pantry there is a safe, she frowns trying to imagine what was in that safe.

Trevor notices Chase sleeping "Is he dead?" Trevor asks "why would he die?" Harper asks "I don't know, it seems to be the first time he's done something crazy like this and what if he has a heart attack?" Trevor says.

"If he were to die of a heart attack like that he would have died a long time ago. He's just sleeping I think" Harper says with her hand on the back of her head dealing with the pain from the tattoo on the back of her neck.

"Chase" Harper snaps her fingers near Chase "Chase" Harper says "Yup he died" Adam says, Harper rolls his eyes.

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Chase ends up sleeping all night in the chair, Harper sleeps on the couch and Adam sleeps on a mattress that Rachel placed on the floor.

Chase wakes up the next day with a plastic wrap wrapped around his arm to protect the tattoo, he looks at the beautiful tattoo of a harp that Trevor got on his upper arm as he requested.

Chase smiles and runs his hand over his face "I can't believe I did that" he thinks, but he feels good about it.

He sees Harper sleeping on the couch peacefully hugging his shirt, he gets up, still a little dazed with a slight hangover and takes his shirt from Harper who goes back to sleep.

Chase puts on his shirt and walks around the house seeing that no one has woken up yet. Chase sighs when he sees some pots of food that Rachel has prepared for them to take.

Moved by the lady's gesture, he decided he should make breakfast for everyone. Chase starts preparing pancakes and bacon for everyone.

Harper hears her boyfriend moving around in the kitchen, she looks into the living room kitchen and sees Chase pacing back and forth preparing breakfast.

Harper sighs and puts her hands over her face and moves them towards her hair, stretching.

Chase puts the pancake batter in the frying pan when Harper enters the kitchen "Good morning" Harper hugs him from behind "Good morning Darling" Chase says putting a pancake on a plate.

"It smells good, what is that?" Harper says seeing a jar next to the pancakes "Homemade caramel tail" Chase says "Wow and you know How to cook?" Harper asks "Obviously I know how to cook" Chase says "Without a chip?" Harper smirk, Chase looks at her and smiles "Yeah" he says softly.

Harper leans over and gives him a peck on the lips, she notices the plastic wrap wrapped around his arm "Let me see" Harper says, before flipping the pancake in the frying pan Chase shows her his arm.

Harper takes his arm looking at the tattoo he made for her "Aw Chay" Harper says "Do you like it?" Chase asks "I absolutely loved it" Harper looks at him with a twinkle in her eyes, Chase smirks and gives her a quick peck on her lips.

"See? Even drunk I make good choices" Chase says, Harper laughs "I'll set the table" she says "Great" Chase puts another pancake on the plate, Harper places glasses and a pitcher of juice on the table.

"Look..." Chase finishes making the pancakes and turns to Harper "If you need any information from these guys I suggest you ask right away, I don't want to stay here much longer" Chase says.

"Why not?" Harper asks "For safety." Chase says, Harper runs her tongue on her bottom lip thoughtfully and approaches him with her arms crossed.

"I think I know someone" Harper says, Chase frowns and approaches her, Trevor walks in "Good morning lovebirds" Trevor says, Harper and Chase look at him.

Harper takes the plate with the pancakes and puts it on the table "Good morning Wendell" Harper says "Uh I love pancakes" Trevor says walking over to Chase "Okay Man, Let me see how your arm is" Trevor says.

Chase shows the tattoo on his arm "Man I'm really proud of this result, by far my best work so far" Trevor says, Chase smiles "You know it was really difficult trying to make an accurate drawing over the curvature of your muscles..." Trevor says, Chase frowns slightly "Just like mine" Trevor pats his own arm "Sure it's" Chase says sarcastically.

Trevor sits at the table and Adam walks in "Uhg I feel terrible, it feels like a truck ran over me" Adam says "That's what it takes to drink too much without a chip to give you bionic resistance to hangover the next day" Harper gives him a cup of coffee.

Adam groans sits at the table with Trevor, Chase then starts to wash the dishes from the day before when Rachel walks in "Good morning" Rachel stops behind Trevor's chair "Good morning" Harper and Adam respond.

Rachel watches Chase wash the dishes "Aw honey you don't need to do that" Rachel says "No, I insist it's the least we can do" Chase says washing the dishes.

"How cute..." Rachel hits the back of her husband's head "Why aren't you like that?" Rachel says "I'm sorry if I'm not a cute, fit young boy who washes dishes" Travor says.

Chase looks at Harper from the corner of his eye from the sink, pressuring her to get straight to the point with the couple.

"We thank you so much for the help you gave us, it means a lot" Harper says "Of course, know that you can stay here as long as you want" Rachel says, Trevor agrees "But the next tattoos won't be free" Trevor says and Rachel hits his arm.

"We actually plan to leave this afternoon" Chase says drying dishes "Oh really, and where do you guys plan to go?" Rachel asks "We don't have anywhere to go" Adam says "Maybe we do" Harper says.

"Where?" Trevor asks, Chase approaches the table curious "Do you know where Lost-Town is?" Harper asks, Chase frowns in confusion, Trevor scoffs "You're Krane's daughter and you don't know where Lost-Town is?" Trevor says.

"I've never been there, I've only heard stories" Harper says, Trevor gets up and looks for a map "What is Lost-Town?" Adam asks "It's a place for criminals of the worst kind" Rachel explains.

"And you want to take us there?" Chase crosses his arms "It's not as bad as they say, I've been there...just don't look anyone in the eye and it's like a walk in the park" Trevor sits down with a map in hand.

"Comforting, huh" Adam says sarcastically, Harper sighs "Are you sure you want to go there?" Rachel asks Harper "I know someone there" Harper forces a smile to comfort them.

Trevor marks a route on the map "Lost-Town is in a secluded part of the city, it's really hard to find. Here" Trevor shows them the map, the three of them lean in to look at the marked route.

"I can take you there if you want?" Trevor suggests, the three young bionics look at each other thoughtfully.

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That afternoon, almost at dusk, Trevor took them to Lost-Town.

Trevor would say his car and Harper to their car next to hers on the road to the location "I'm only going to take you here, I don't want to risk running into some guys I have unresolved issues with." Trevor says.

"Thanks put it all in, once again" Harper thanks him "Take care kids" Trevor says and drives away.

Harper looks at Chase in the passenger seat and then at Adam in the back seat "Come on" Harper says undoing her seat belt, Chase sighs and gets out of the car.

Adam puts Newton in his backpack and closes it leaving part of the zipper open and he gets out of the car.

The three start walking down the street, Chase puts on a hood and Adam wears a beanie, Harper looks for something on the signs of the stores and bars on the street.

They receive suspicious looks from people passing by, all with dark looks, some visibly armed. Others who hid things in their coat pockets, the three of them were clearly not fitting into the standard of the place.

"Harper, I don't like these places, are you sure it's here?" Adam says "Absolutely" Harper says, she holds Chase's hand tightly, Chase feels that she looks anxious and distressed.

"Who are you looking for?" Chase asks "Someone I haven't seen in a long time" Harper says.

Harper makes them stop in front of a club where they can hear music being played live.

The name of the club is "La Luna" Harper sighs and walks towards the club door, Chase and Adam follow her in distress.

When they enter they find a place full of the same types of people they saw outside, the place is a bit dark with LED lights that illuminate the place in different colors.

The music that plays is rock, played by a band on the stage in the center of the room, which is surrounded by tables and a bar in the corner of the room.

"What are we doing here?" Adam screams because the music is loud, Chase looks at Harper and guides her and Adam to a table in the corner.

Harper looks around but stops halfway when her gaze catches the band's lead guitarist who begins to play his solo.

A man with a bright blue guitar who plays masterfully. He wears an open black leather jacket, he has long dark hair and blue eyes as vibrant as the guitar he plays.

Harper looks at him incredulously, and holds back a weak smile. The guitarist finishes the solo and grabs the microphone, panting, his cheeks red from the heat he feels on stage.

Everyone applauds and Harper starts to approach the stage "Harper" Adam says "Harper what are you doing?" Chase asks.

"Thank you, but now for the last song of the night I want to make a special request from the audience..." The guitarist says and everyone cheers "So if anyone has a particular song they wanted me to...""Sweet Child O'Mine!" Harper screams.

The blue-eyed man's smile disappears to take the form of an expression of shock "Who said that?" He takes the microphone off the stand and looks around.

"It was me!" Harper raises her hand and everyone looks at her, her and the guitarist's eyes finally meet in the crowd, Chase and Adam look at each other confused.

The man with the blue eyes puts down the guitar and smiles wildly "Hi Little One" he says, Harper presses her lips together to contain the tears in her eyes "Hi Uncle Vince" she smiles.

Adam and Chase make the same expression of astonishment and confusion, while Harper and the guitar man exchange excited glances.

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A/N - This is one of my favorite chapters in this book so far tbh. And I'm glad this chapter was long.

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