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|Adam's travel diary|

# Day seventy-one

Hello diary.

It's been a while since I wrote here, i know.

But that's because nothing big has happened in the last few days. We're still at Vince's house and he's been welcoming us, I already feel at home.

Tara, however, hasn't spoken to Vince much, it's like she's upset with him for some reason. But as for us, we're fine.

I took some time off to give our car a boost. I changed the tires, redid the paint and replaced the carburetor which was kind of crappy. I'm happy with the result.

Chase is a great guitar player, he even played with Vince at his last club show and he was amazing, my little brother is talented. I'm proud of him and I'm glad he found something that he is good, and in something that is not boring as hell.

Harper started writing some songs for him to play, apparently this is a hobby she's always had that I didn't know about, and she's also very good at it.

Yeah, who would have thought that we all had hidden non-bionic abilities? I liked that, because whether I like it or not, before I was just a bionic guy, even if I was the only one with super strength, I didn't feel special and unique whit just.

I just felt more of the same as my sobilings were, but this is different. This is Adam, the bionic guy who knows how to work mechanics and has thoughts about life and loves pizza . That's me now.

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Harper wakes up and stares at the ceiling for a while, enjoying the softness of the bed she's in. She's alone in bed since Chase was already downstairs having breakfast with Adam.

Harper hugs and watches the ceiling fan spin, she then looks at the nightstand next to the bed and sees the bandana that belonged to Melody folded next to the lamp.

Harper takes a deep breath and as she stands up she grabs her bandana, Harper gets dressed. White tight tank top, jeans and a worn leather jacket.

She looks in the mirror and places the bandana on her head delicately, leaving some strands of her bangs out. The bandana falls perfectly over her short hair, highlighting her golden hoop earrings she wears, and gives a light and delicate beauty to her face.

Harper smiles at her own reflection "You have good taste mom...but only in clothes" she says sarcastically.

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Chase is at the table doing a crossword puzzle while eating a sandwich.

Adam makes a waffle house, he giggles "Hey Chase, check it out. It's a flood of syrup, nooo!" Adam pours syrup on top of the waffle house.

Chase frowns "What? I like to feed my inner child" Adam says, Chase snikered and gives his brother a friendly punch on the arm.

Harper walks in "Good morning" Harper says "Hey good says" Adam says, Harper gives his friend a kiss on the forehead "Good morning, baby" Chase smiles as he stood up with his plate heading towards the sink.

Chase leans in and gives Harper a quick peck on the lips, making a soft popping sound. This makes them both giggle.

Harper frowns as she sits at the table, thoughtful. Chase puts his plate in the sink and returns to the table.

Harper stares at Chase "Why are you staring at me like that?" Chase asks "I don't know" Harper says suspiciously, she crosses her arms.

"Do you know a girl named McKayla?" Harper asks "What?" Chase frowns confused "Who's McKayla?" Harper asks.

"How the hell should I know? Why are you asking me this?" Chase says confused "Last night I dreamed that you were dancing in the rain with a girl who went by the name, McKayla. Who is she?" Harper asks angryly.

"How do you expect me to know? The dream is yours!" Chase says angrily "What if it's an omen?" Harper says "Why the fuck would I dance in the rain?" Chase says annoyed, Harper shrugs.

"I want to know if you know her" Harper says "No. What's wrong whit you. It was just a dream." Chase says "Was it Chase? Was it really?" Harper squints her eyes.

Chase rolls his eyes "Okay enough.It was just a dream. There is no other girl for me here in real life besides you" Chase says, Harper holds back a smile.

"By the way, you look stunning today, I like the bandana, it looks cute on you" Chase says with a gentle smile, Harper blushes feeling butterflies in her stomach.

"Aw really?" Harper smiles "Yeah, it even distracts me" Chase gives a shy, sincere chuckle looking away to his glass of juice on the table.

"I like it too, it looks cool sis" Adam says "Thanks Buddy. Hand me the coffee" Harper says and Adam hands her a pot of coffee.

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Meanwhile, Vince receives a call that he answers in the garden of the house.

"Look, I know what you expect from me, but I need some time, they're not... ready" Vince scratches his forehead regretting the excuse he had just given "It doesn't matter" the person on the phone says.

"Give me more time" Vince says "Enough Krane! You've been stringing us along for too long." The male voice on the phone says.

"It's more complicated than it looks. Give me some more time and I promise this will be the biggest auction on the market" Vince says "Please" he sighs and looks around.

"You have until tomorrow afternoon to do the auction, if you don't do it you can forget about the offers. We will go after the products anyway" He says, Vince presses his lips tensely.

"And if you fail or interfere in anything, we will guarantee you will pay your debts with your life this time. Am I clear?" The man on the phone says

"Yes, that's clear" Vince says swallowing hard "See you tomorrow Krane" The call ends, Vince grits his teeth "Fuck!" He says angrily.

Tara was at the door of the house, he sees her "Are you really going to do what they ask for?" Tara asks, Vince smiles "No. I won't let them take her, I can't abandon her again" Vince says.

"What about the other two?" Tara asks, Vince shakes his head and shrugs "I need to hand them something" Vince says.

"If you do that, she'll kill you."Tara says "Not if she doesn't know" Vince says "She'll know. And if i were you I wouldn't mess with the boys either" Tara says, Vince laughs.

"Have you seen them? They don't have the nerve to hurt a fly" Vince says, Tara crosses her arms "Okay, I'll let you know I'm not going to your funeral" Tara says and leaves.

Vince runs his hand through his hair, visibly stressed.

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The next day.

Harper is walking down the hallway calmly when Tara pulls her into the bedroom.

"Hey what do you think you're doing?" Harper asks "Uncle Vince can't hear us, He's a ghost, I've been trying to talk to you all day but he's always around" Tara says quietly.

"Tara, what's going on?" Harper says worriedly "You guys need to get out of here as soon as possible" Tara says "What? Why? You're scaring me" Harper says.

"Uncle Vince is being threatened and surrounded because of you" Tara says, Harper shakes her head "If you stay here they're going to come after you if Vince doesn't do something about it first" Tara says.

"who's coming?" Harper asks "Buyers" Tara says, Harper makes a shocked expression, Tara sigh.

"Uncle Vince is a black market weapon auctioneer, and the next lot for his auction...It's the three of you" Tara says, Harper feels a cold sensation and pain in her chest.

"W-what?" Harper says in disbelief "He's been trying to trick the buyers for a while but the guys are impatient. Today is the deadline for the auction" Tara says, Harper gasps.

"He wants to sell us like... weapons" Harper says with a lump in her throat "It's basically how bionic humans are viewed by black market buyers and oh boy... you guys are worth a fortune" Tara says.

Harper sighs shakily and puts her hand on her forehead "I don't believe it" Harper says with pain in her heart, Tara shrugs "Well, believe me, and also believe that you don't have much time. They should be on their way now" Tara says and puts her hand on her little sister's shoulder.

"You need to get out...." Tara is interrupted when the bedroom door is opened by Vince, she quickly takes her hand off Harper's shoulder and turns to face him.

"What's going on here?" Vince asks suspiciously looking at Tara "We were just talking" Tara says, Vince frowns.

"About what?" Vince asks, the two exchange distressed looks "Boys" Harper says, Tara agrees. Vince looks suspiciously at the two.

"Are you done? Because we're all waiting for dinner" Vince says, Harper and Tara look at him seriously "Come before it gets cold or Adam eats everything" Vince says and opens the way for them.

The two girls walk past him, Harper doesn't look him in the eye but feels his gaze follow her all the way while Tara looks menacingly at him all the way to the dining room.

Harper tries to swallow the anger and disappointment she is feeling about her uncle. Wishing that maybe what Tara said was a lie, even though it would make a lot of sense.

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Vince and the pair of sisters join Chase and Adam at the dinner table

An awkward silence hovers over the table and Chase and Adam don't know why, everyone eats in silence except for Tara who folds her arms.

"How's dinner?" Vince says "Amazing, Vince" Chase says, Harper nods in silence "Wow you're a master in the kitchen" Adam says, Vince chuckles "No, I am just a master at picking up the phone and order food from the restaurant at the end of the street" Vince says.

"Oh" Adam says, Vince notices Tara without touching the plate "Aren't you going to eat?" Vince asks "I don't take food from liars" Tara says, Adam scoffs "Calm down girl, I know he lied about cooking the food but you don't need to take it to heart" Adam says.

Chase frowns and looks at Harper who avoids eye contact with him, Vince sighs "Tara" Vince says, Tara looks at him and then her gaze goes to the window right behind him.

She notices that Vince is not centered at the end of the table, unlike Adam who is sitting at the other end.

"No, thank you...I'd rather smoke" Tara pushes the plate away and picks up a box of cigarettes "Do you know the rules about not smoking at the table" Vince says, trying not to raise his voice at the girl's provocations.

"I don't give a shit about your rules..." Tara puts a cigarette in her mouth, Chase and Harper look at her distressed, the atmosphere at the table becomes more tense.

Vince grits his teeth, Tara turns to Adam "Want one?" She offers him a cigarette "Uh I don't smoke" Adam says "Don't even want to try it" Tara waves the box in front of him.

"Tara, what are you doing?" Harper asks, Tara doesn't respond, she just looks from Harper to Vince, making Harper understand that Tara is trying to show something.

"uh okay then, why not?" Adam says, Chase frowns suspiciously. Adam takes one of the cigarettes from the box "Oh cool" Adam says, before Tara even hands him the lighter to light it up, Adam spits the cigarette which hits Chase's face who is sitting next to him, in a failed attempt to take a drag on the cigarette.

Chase presses his lips together and slowly closes his eyes in frustration as Harper, Vince and Tara look at him confused, Adam clears his throat "I'm done" Adam says, Tara rolls her eyes and lights up her cigarette.

Vince looks at Tara distressed "You know, it's kind of funny that we're all here so calm and united..." Tara says "Tara, stop it" Vince says "Stop what? I'm not the one lying and holding a gun to the head of someone I call a friend" Tara takes a drag on her cigarette.

"What is she talking about?" Chase asks "I don't know what she's talking about, she's crazy" Vince says, Tara raises her eyebrow at her expression saying "I am? So what is that?"

Tara looks from Vince to the window and back to him "no" Vince says quietly, Tara blows smoke from her cigarette on the table near Adam revealing a laser that was pointing straight at him.

Harper and Chase gasps "Adam, watch out!" Chase shouts and pushes Adam from the chair as a shot passes through the window heading towards him, Adam and Chase fall to the ground.

Vince stands up "No!" He looks at the window, Harper gets up and looks at him upset "You son of a bitch" Harper says gritting his teeth "I had no choice" Vince says upset.

Chase helps Adam up "What's going on?" Chase asks "We have to get out of here now!" Harper says "I'm not going to let that happen" Vince threatens to grab Harper's arm.

"Oh you will!" Tara gets up and points a gun at him,Suddenly they hear bangs and windows being blown out on all sides of the house "They've already surrounded us, there's nowhere to run" Vince says.

"Also no "us" here, not anymore" Harper says, Vince sighs upset. A guy comes in through the window and Tara shoots him "Go!" Tara tells them.

"Let's go!" Chase, Adam and Harper run to the garage "Where are the products? Krane!" A guy comes in and yells, Tara groans and puts away the gun and grabs a bottle of wine.

"Vincent! We had an agreement. Or have you already forgotten!" Another guy screams, and Vince runs out scared.

Tara goes into the hallway and sees some guys running towards the garage where Adam, Chase and Harper were going.

Tara calmly walks up to the guy "Where do you think you're going?" Tara says, the guy threatens to come at her and she breaks the bottle over his head and he immediately falls to the floor, another guy runs to attack her and she puts the rest of the bottle in his stomach and throws it on top of another guy.

Tara elbows another guy who comes up behind her and she uses all her strength to throw him to the ground, she continues fighting with as many buyers as possible to block their path to Harper, Chase and Adam.

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In the garage Chase runs in with their backpack and Vince's guitar.

"I got the backpack. Let's go!" Chase throws the key to Harper while putting the backpack, and the guitar in the car as Newton runs into it.

"You stole his guitar?" Harper says "Look what a mess we are, the least he can do is give me this fucking guitar to make up for all the fucking time I wasted with him!" Chase slams the car door angryly.

Harper looks at him with a broken heart, seeing his hurt almost as great as hers. Feeling guilty, Harper gets into the car.

Adam limps to the car, he holds his stomach "Are you okay?" Chase asks worried.

"Yeah" Adam makes a pained face "Adam!" Chase pulls him away from the car and sees Adam's bloody handprint on the car "Oh my God" Chase says and looks at Adam's stomach where there is a large mark of blood on his shirt.

Harper soon notices that the car keys are fake "Chase...that's not our key" Harper says, Chase frowns and analyzes the key "He took our key" Chase says "We're going to have to hot wire the car" Adam says weakly.

They hear banging on the garage door "We don't have much time" Harper says "Adam get in the car now. I'm going to distract them and catch up with you guys" Chase says "What?" Harper says "Go! I got this!" Chase shouts.

Harper takes a quick breath anxiously and starts looking for the wires to hot wire the car, Adam sits in the passenger seat "Harper.." Adam says weakly and he lifts his shirt revealing a deep bullet hole in his belly.

Harper gasps and grabs her backpack from the back seat and takes out clothes "Stop the blood! Press those fabrics against your stomach" Harper says, Adam stops the blood with his clothes.

Harper goes back to hot wire, Chase faces the smaller door in the garage and hears bangs "I feel like I'm going to pass out" Adam says "Don't pass out, stay with me, Buddy" Harper manages to start the car and Chase opens the garage gate.

Harper runs out with the car screeching, the garage door is broken down. Chase gets into a fighting stance and sees a guy falling to the ground unconscious and Tara right behind him out of breath.

She looks at Chase "They have cars, if I were you I would hurry up. I'll have your back" Tara says, Chase is impressed that the girl is on their side.

"Where's Vince?" Chase asks "upstairs probably in his room crying like the broke weakling he is" Tara fixes a pair of brass knuckles in her hand.

"Thanks for backing us up" Chase says, Tara glares at him "Yeah well, There's a bit of family in this mess at the end" Tara says, Chase smirks.

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Harper drives at high speed toward the open road not far away.

"What about Chase?" Adam says, his skin is pale from the loss of blood, Harper looks in the rearview mirror and sees a motorcycle approaching them at high speed "Harper..." Adam says distressed looking in the mirror.

"They're following us" Adam says, Harper smirks as he sees the bike pass right by them "That's my boy" Harper says, Chase was the one on the bike, he looks back at them and smiles under the helmet.

Suddenly other cars enter the road with him "Shit!" Chase says turning the bike around a curve, Harper with the car right behind him.

A guy on a motorcycle approaches Chase and takes a knife out of his pocket and throws the knife at Chase, the knife gets stuck in his helmet without hitting his head but the scare was enough for Chase to see his life go by before his eyes.

The guy on the bike laughs, clearly a maniac just like all the other shoppers "You see how important the helmet is" Chase says to himself.

Meanwhile, a car chases Harper and Adam and starts shooting at them. "Get down!" Harper says, Adam bends down "What are we going to do?" Adam says, Newton meows hiding behind the white of the car.

Chase continues to be chased by the guy on the motorcycle, He tries to lose him several times. Seeing that the guy wouldn't be easily lost, Chase sighs "Okay, you've already gotten on my nerves" Chase says. he starts measuring the speed of the other guy's bike to drive at the same speed as him.

Chase approaches the bike, he takes a pocket knife that is inside the black high tops that he was wearing. After turning the knife in his hand a couple of times, Chase waits for the guy to try to hit him with the bike and passes the pocket knife across the guy's arm.

When the guy flinches in pain, Chase takes advantage of his distraction to throw a kick that knocks the guy off the bike at high speed.

The guy falls to the asphalt and Chase regains balance on the bike after putting away the knife "Whoo-hoo!" Chase shouts with his adrenaline sky high. He feels euphoric and hectic but not in a way that shakes his confidence.

Harper and Adam ducked again hearing shots hit the car "Harper, what are we going to do?" Adam asks, startled, and Harper sees in the rearview mirror the guys in the car behind them reload a larger gun.

"Can you take the wheel?" Harper asks "I think so what are you going to do?" Adam says tightly tying a jacket around his stomach, Harper looks at her right arm "Time to use the upper hand" Harper says.

Harper slowly slows the car down side by side with the other car, Adam takes over the steering wheel and Harper opens the car door.

While the guys in the car are distracted Harper looks at the car window, She takes a deep breath and throws herself into the car window, initially she hangs out of the car window with her legs out "Shit!" Adam says as he quickly loses control of the car while jumping into the driver's seat, but he soon resumes driving.

"Hey!" one of the guys in the car says, there are four in total. Harper jumps into the car and elbows the guy in the passenger seat. In the seconds he becomes unconscious from the pain, she grabs the back of his head and hits his head on the car dashboard.

"shoot her!!" the guy driving says, Harper looks angrily at the two guys in the back seats of the car. She heads to the back of the car and kicks the guy who isn't armed, knocking him out briefly.

The guy with the gun starts shooting at her, Harper uses her right hand to hold the muzzle of the gun containing the shots with her super powers, super powers that she only has in her right arm.

She uses her arm's super strength to slam the gun into the guy's face, and knocks him out by knocking the gun out of his hands and slamming the gun into the back of his head.

The driver, the last one remaining, tries to grab Harper's foot. She kicks him, and uses the gun in her hand to shoot him in the arm, making him release her foot.

The driver starts to lose the control of the car, Harper goes to the back of the car and kicks the back window, trying to get out of the car before the driver passes out from blood loss and completely loses control of the car.

The kicks weren't working, she used her arm with super powers to punch and completely break the car window "Yes!" Harper says and leaves through the window.

She climbs onto the roof of the car and the driver passes out at the steering wheel, activating the horn. Harper walks along the roof of the car, balancing, when she sees Chase approaching with the bike. Harper gives a smirk and a slight run so she can gain enough momentum to jump on Chase's bike.

Harper manages to fall on the bike and grabs onto Chase "did you miss me Darling?" Chase smirk "you hot genius" Harper sighs in disbelief and agitated by all the action. Meanwhile Adam accelerates the car, he groans with pain and feeling weak, he turns a corner and sighs seeing that other cars are following him.

"Uhg shit" Chase says seeing two other cars catching up to them "Oh come on! Are they multiplying?" Harper says, the driver in the car behind them tries to shoot them, Chase dodges the shot with the bike.

Harper sees the knife stuck in Chase's helmet. "Are you okay?" Harper asks "Yeah, the helmet held it" Chase says leaning the bike into a sharp turn. Harper takes the knife out of his helmet and looks at the driver in the car behind them angrily.

Harper holds the knife in her right hand, feeling the power flow through her veins. She throws the knife with all her strength, hitting the driver straight in the head.

He falls onto the steering wheel and the car skids in the middle of the road, consequently causing all the other cars behind to collide with it. Seeing the destruction she caused, Harper grabs Chase's shirt, he feels her cling to him shakily. Harper sighs and closes her eyes, resting her head on Chase's back, who follows Adam on the road to a safe place.

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Later, Vince goes to the accident site to talk to the buyers. Vince sees the trail of destruction on the road and sighs nervously.

"Hey, I'm glad you're okay, I..." Vince says to one of the guys who interrupts him by punching him in the face "Son of a bitch! You only had one job!" the guy yells. The others hold him back and Vince puts his hand over his face, which would certainly be hurt by the punch.

"That's having everything under control for you? you idiot!!" the guy yells, Vince looks away and ends up looking at one of the drivers who was hit by the knife Harper threw "I did my best, you saw that these kids are not messing around, you saw!" Vince says.

"Look, I said I needed more time, so if you stop to think about it, this is all your fault." Vince raises his hands. "Shut the fuck up!!" The guy takes a gun out of his coat and threatens to shoot Vince, who immediately ducks.

Other buyers threaten to come after him, Vince takes a gun from his waistband and punches one of them and then shoots another "ENOUGH!!" Vince shouts, a silence falls, he points the gun at the buyers.

"Don't make me finish the job my niece started" Vince threatens "We came here for the merchandise Krane, leaving empty-handed is not an option..." The guy Chase knocked off the bike says approaching, he limps, extremely injured, bleeding with a deep cut on his arm and scratches on his leg.

"Especially when some of us give our lives for it" he says, everyone stares at Vince "it's a life for another, Krane" The guy of the bike says, they all grab weapons

"Hey! Hey! what's up guys, it's me, the auctioneer with the best weapons the black market has ever seen, and before today have I ever let you down?" Vince says, he flinches at the sounds of the triggers "Okay okay! don't answer" Vince laughs in despair.

Vince sighs and puts away his gun, raising his hands. "Look, I know I messed up. But you can't deny that what happened today was an epic product demonstration, huh? Just think that all of this is just a fraction of what these kids are capable of." Vince says.

The buyers look at each other "And as for them having run away, it's not a problem because they have no choice but to come back. And when they come back I'll be prepared, it won't be long before that happens and when it does you'll have an auction, I promise you, I already knew this was going to happen." Vince shrugs smugly.

"Oh yeah, and how do you make sure they'll come back?" one of the guys, Vince smirks "Oh They'll come back...because I have something they can't live without" Vince says,

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In a Motel in the middle of the road, which the trio could pay for with some money they took from Vince.

Harper and Chase help Adam walk to their room, desperate. Adam lost a lot of blood and doesn't have the strength to walk. He leans on Chase and Harper, when they reach the door Chase kicks the door open.

They take Adam to an armchair in the corner of the room, he agonizes in pain "Calm down Adam" Harper says "Okay Bro let me see" Chase says lifting Adam's shirt, Chase feels a chill in his chest seeing the bullet hole that wouldn't stop bleeding, in his brother's belly.

"The bullet is probably still there" Harper says cleaning the blood "We'll have to remove it" Chase says "No, No, don't touch it" Adam whines "We can't leave you like this Buddy" Harper says.

"We need something to sew" Harper says "I'll see if they have something" Chase runs off, Harper grabs a backpack and takes out a hair clip, she opens the legs of the clip. She goes to a mini freezer in the room and takes out a bottle of drink.

Adam shakes his head "I don't think it's appropriate to drink right now but I'll take it" Adam says, Harper smiles "Okay, I have no idea what I'm doing" Harper opens the bottle and throws it in a cloth "this is pure alcohol, it should work" Harper pours the drink into a cloth leaving it soaked.

"Work for what?" Adam says, Harper cleans the wound with alcohol, Adam screams feeling an intense burning in his stomach "Hold on Bro" Harper says, a tear runs down his face.

After cleaning the wound, Harper shapes the hairpin like a pair of tweezers. She sterilizes the improvised instrument. "What are you doing?" Adam says weakly and in pain. Harper takes a deep breath. "Don't look," Harper says. Adam closes his eyes as Harper searches for the bullet in his wound.

Adam cries in pain "Stay still" Harper says holding the bullet with the improvised tweezers, in a difficult way.

Harper removes the bullet "Okay I did it!" Harper gasps in disbelief and puts the bloody bullet on a napkin "Is it over?" Adam asks "I wish buddy" Harper says wiping the blood away, Chase runs in.

"I got a sewing kit, needle and silk thread..." Chase crouches down next to Harper who is in front of Adam "Do you think it works?" Chase asks "It's not like we have any other choice" Harper says, lighting a lighter and taking the pocketknife that was in Chase's high top.

She heats the blade of the knife "Make this pain stop!" Adam says feeling nauseous and agonized "He won't stop bleeding" Chase says "He will" Harper says heating the blade of the knife to the maximum.

"What are you going to do?" Adam asks "It'll pass, buddy, I promise." Harper brings the blade close to the wound and cauterizes it.

"Aaahhh!!" Adam screams, Chase suddenly slaps him in the face. "Owch! What was that for?" Adam says in pain. "It distracted you, didn't it?" Chase says.

"Do you have any idea what you're doing?" Chase asks "To be quite honest I know theories, practice is not my strong point" Harper says, Adam groans in pain "I told you you should have watched Grey's Anatomy" Adam says, Harper rolls her eyes.

Harper picks up the needle and thread "Okay, be strong" Harper says "I'm trying" Adam says "I was talking to myself" Harper says, Adam glares at her and she gives him a little smile to comfort him.

"Hang in there Adam" Chase says with his hand on his brother's shoulder, Harper starts to stitch up the wound, Adam starts to bite a pillow so he doesn't scream in pain.

Chase makes a disgusted face "Adam, this is a motel so I don't think it's very hygienic you..." Chase is interrupted when the sound of Adam's scream is muffled by the pillow "Oh okay, Keep going" Chase says.

Harper stitches up the wound with a pained look on his face "I don't think I've ever seen so much blood in my life" Chase looks away feeling dizzy "Welcome to the real world, with real blood....and real pain" Harper says.

Harper finishes stitching up and cuts the cut, Adam keeps his eyes closed "That's it, now you just need to rest Buddy" Harper saysm she kisses his forehead, Adam looks at the stitches on his belly "Am I not going to die?" Adam asks.

"No, none of us are going to die today" Chase pats him on the back "It wasn't for lack of trying" Harper says cleaning up everything, Chase looks at her with pity.

He looks at Adam "I'm going to get something to eat. You lost a lot of blood, you need to get yourself together" Chase says to Adam and stands up, Harper sighs and rests her head in her hands.

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Later the trio is eating, Adam is lying on the couch.

Chase sits on the floor next to him and they both cook a bowl of  noodles waiting for Harper to finish making hers.

All Harper had said was to explain to Chase and Adam what Vince's intention with them was, and after explaining it she didn't say anything else. Chase could see Harper's pain in her silence, he was just giving her time before saying any words of comfort, if there were any.

Harper clenches her jaw with a bitter taste in her mouth, she pours hot water into the cup of instant noodles. As she pours the water she accidentally spills some on her hand "Ahg shit!" Harper grunts angrily and hits the cup throwing it away "SHIT!" Harper shouts and sobs. Chase and Adam look at her with pity.

Harper lowers her head and grabs her hair, Chase sighs, and Adam looks at the cup in his hand.

Harper looks at them, Chase just lifts his cup, offering her his instant noodles. Harper sighs and sits on the floor with him taking the cup.

Chase puts his arms around her as she rests her legs over his laying on his shoulder "I can't believe it" Harper says she sniffles.

She stirs the spoon in the cup "I expect that from anyone in my family, anyone!... except him" Harper says, a tear running down her face.

"Aw Harp" Chase strokes her ear to the back of her neck "I thought he loved me, I love him. He was more of a dad to me than Krane" Harper buries her face in the curve of Chase's neck.

Adam runs his hand through her hair from the couch "The only thing Krane was right about was saying that Vince would give up everything for money, even the people he held most dear," Harper says.

"And I, foolish, didn't want to believe it" Harper says wiping away her tears, "He fooled us all" Chase says, Harper shakes her head "I'm the one who led you to him" Harper says.

Chase holds her face firmly and turns her towards him "Stop blaming yourself for everything" Chase says, he runs his thumb over her bottom lip.

"Yeah, it's not your fault your family is messed up" Adam says "Tara helped us, but maybe she's not so bad" Chase says, Harper smiles "She's not...but she's not trustworthy" Harper says.

"Well, from what I remember it's the three of us against the world. Maybe we really can't trust anyone...but we have each other, remember," Chase says softly.

Harper sighs and Chase leans toward her, He brushes his lips against her lips. Harper puts the cup aside and cups Chase's face.

Adam puts his hand between them making them break the kiss, Harper laughs and Chase slaps his hand away.

"Sorry. I can handle being the third wheel here just fine" Adam says sarcastically, Chase rolls his eyes "Aw sorry Buddy" Harper says.

Chase hugs Harper again and kisses her forehead, Harper takes the cup again and eats, Adam puts his hand on his recovering belly and sighs.

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That night.

Adam slept on the couch, recovering. Harper and Chase were in bed, Harper slept curled up next to Chase. While he was awake next to her holding Adam's diary in his hands.

Chase sighs and starts writing something.

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|Adam's travel diary|

# Day seventy-two

Hello, I'm Chase Davenport, I'm 18 years old and I'm writing in Adam's diary because I'm bored first of all, but also because I want to preserve this moment here somehow.

Now it's three o'clock in the morning, we're in a motel room, Adam sleeping on the couch and Harper lying next to me, sleeping peacefully and extremely stunning as she always is.

I can't stop looking at her, this girl has literally become everything to me, so much so that I literally abandoned everything for her.

Sometimes I think that Harper is a reflection of everything I want to be. In a way, she is my soulmate but in a much deeper way than the kind of soulmate people usually think.

She makes me have the courage to do what I never imagined I would be able to do, be who I always wanted to be but never thought I could be.

I love her, it's like every day she does something that makes me fall in love with her again and this happens often and every time the feeling is as spectacular and incredible as the first time.

Today me, Harper and Adam had to escape from Vince's house because he proved to be our enemy and not a friend.

The worst part is that I had really liked him, and thought he would be trustworthy, I had a nice time with him, and he seemed to like me and he saw me as family, just like Harper.

But once again a Krane proves to be two-faced, and once again Harper is hit for it,

But the strangest thing of all is that I've come to the conclusion that I've lived more in these last few days than in my entire life, but I don't understand how I can feel like this, How do I feel free in the midst of chaos? I'm not complaining, it's an incredible feeling.

But I understand now why I'm not completely freaking out. Even though everything around us is falling apart, for the first time in my life I know what I'm doing with my life, and I have complete certainty and control of what I'm doing.

I'm protecting what really matters to me and not what someone tells me I should protect, I'm protecting my family my future...her.

Not that I'm literally fucked with everything else, that's not what I'm saying. The point is that I'm prioritizing what really matters to me for the first time in my life, and all of this is making me have a different view on everything.

Since I was 12 years old I thought I knew who I was and what I was created to do. Being a leader, a hero, perfect and anything that deviates from these standards would make me a disappointment.

Maybe I'm a disappointment...

I know it's like the world and even maybe Mr Davenport sees me now. but I don't feel like a disappointment.

And that's the point. I don't feel like a disappointment because I don't feel pressured to be something, for the first time I feel the freedom to be who I want to be.

I discovered that I have much more to offer to this world than just being the smartest guy in the world with a bionic chip, it's hard to accept that. You know, it's hard to change a belief that you were raised with.

But I'm willing to fight to change this. And the world is also forcing me to do this, I know that my life will never be the same again, I feel that.

But as Travor said, this is a new beginning, a new me that has just been born with marks that will represent the milestone of my past self that is left behind. And yes, I gained knowledge from that crazy guy's words, believe it or not.

Vince actually taught me a lot of things as well. Which makes even more painful to know that he is a traitor.

I think this is the kind of life knowledge that a chip can't teach me. The knowledge of living.

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Chase stops writing when he notices Harper breathing faster and struggling slightly in her sleep, she begins to shake slightly.

"Harp, are you okay?" Chase puts his hand on her, brushing her hair away from her face, Harper continues to sleep, she seems to be in a deep sleep dreaming.

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Harper dreams that she is in a strangely familiar place.

She looks around, the place seems covered in fog which makes it difficult for her to see. But she recognizes several items in the place.

The large window in the background, two consoles in the center of the room, the Hydraloop tunnel. It was the Bionic Academy.

Harper looks around confused but with a nostalgic feeling "I miss this place" Harper says.

Harper suddenly feels a presence. She is not alone. After looking around the common area and seeing no one she approaches the stairs and sees a girl sitting in one of the chairs in front of the window.

A girl holding a book in her hands, reading with concentration, A girl with long brown hair and blue eyes, and glasses.

Harper slowly approaches the girl, cautiously but not distressed. For some reason the girl doesn't give her any suspicion.

The girl's gaze returns to Harper, she frowns and quickly closes the book, standing up in confusion.

"What the hell? Thea?" The girl frowns in confusion, "Excuse me?" Harper shakes her head.

"Thea Queen? I mean you look like her." The girl adds. Harper looks at herself in the reflection of the window "Uh you mean like Thea Queen from the comics? I don't think so" Harper says.

"I mean from the tv show. How am i the only one who knows this show?" The girl frowns.

"Girl, if you saw the mess my life is in, you'd know I haven't even been near Netflix in months. I don't even know what a TV show is anymore," Harper says frustratedly.

"Sorry to hear that, stranger. What are you doing here, by the way? It's a private area." The girl says, softly. Harper frowns and snickers "That's what I ask you. This place doesn't even exist anymore" Harper says

"It exists." The girl knocks on the wall. Harper presses her lips together in pity "Yeah, sure" Harper says sarcastically and looks down "Only in dreams and memories tho" Harper mumbles.

The girl frowns. "Okay, this is weird. But last thing i remember was that I went to sleep after the psycotic virus." She snickers.

Harper tilts her head. "The virus Douglas created?" She asks "Yeah?" The girl frowns, amused. "It was weird but kinda funny."

Harper makes a confused face but tries to hold on to the memory "Totally, Chase was actually looking weirdly hot under the effect of the virus" Harper chuckles.

"Yes. I thought i was insane for thinking this." The girl chuckles. "I'm Maddie." She extends her hand.

Harper raises her eyebrows in amazement, the girl sounds like her thoughts. Maybe it's just a manifestation of her subconscious she thought. "You are not alone. I'm Harper" Harper shakes the girl's hand.

"So, what's up with your life?" Maddie asks. Harper sighs heavily, she puts her hands in her pockets and sits on the stairs "It used to be easier. To be honest I miss when the psychotic virus was the biggest of my problems" Harper says.

Maddie frowns and sits next to her. "You can talk to me if you want. I'm a good listener."

Harper looks at the girl, it's a dream, what do you have to lose? She thinks "Well... In short, I turned the whole world against me and my family. And instead of fixing things, I make everything worse." Harper lowers her head.

"They almost died today, because of me." Harper looks at her hands. "They got hurt, and other people got hurt, they hurt people... all because I was stupid enough to trust someone that now I come to the conclusion that I don't even know anymore" Harper swallows her tears.

"How close are you to that someone?" Maddie asks. "He used to be everything to me. You know when you have nothing, a little smile and a loving nickname for a child means the world. He was mine, and I thought I was his too" Harper sighs.

"So, i'm guessing family?" Maddie frowns. Harper rolls her eyes "Yeah, my roots, a bunch of backstabbing maniacs and con artists... Isn't adorable?" Harper says sarcastically

"Knowing it's in your blood to be a terrible person. And having real proof of that when things get tough and you react in the worst possible way. Hurting people and dragging innocent, good people made to be heroes with you" Harper says upset and angryly.

"Okay, so basically, you're blaming yourself for trusting your family and having people, who love you and stand by your side no matter what?" Maddie frowns.

Harper looks at her seriously "Don't you think it's a little ridiculous? I mean if they innocent, good people made to be heroes, stand by you, it means that YOU ARE a good person." Maddie says.

"Your blood has knowing to do with that. It's all you. Your family can be maniacs but that doesn't mean you are. Not everyone is like their family. Sure some turn exactly like them and some turn, apparently like you, the total opposite. Because you learn from their mistakes and that makes you a good person." Maddie says

Harper snikered "You sound just like Chase..." Harper leans against the column behind her.

"No, you sound like Chase. Thinking every problems of the world is your fault." Maddie scoffs. "It's not. You need to engrave that in your head." Maddie says. "The world does not revolve around you." Maddie smiles.

Harper frowns impressed "Wow calm down there Dream Girl I just met you, Okay. watch your tone" Harper laughs, she sighs.

"The thing is...What's happening to us goes far beyond me and my family. It makes me desperate," Harper says.

"I'm afraid of what the people around us might do to us. If someone in my family is capable of something terrible like that, imagine the rest" Harper says scared.

"Okay, i know why but you give me good vibes. I can't explain it but i know that you are a good person. And I know that you'll okay. You and the people you love. You'll be there to protect them in case something happens. And your family, no offense, are assholes." Maddie says as she puts her hand on Harper's shoulder.

"Everything will be fine. Give it time and continue to be a good person and the universe will reward you at some point. But you have to be patient, sometimes bad things happen for a reason. It sounds cliché but it's true." Maddie smiles, softly.

Harper smiles "Totally cliché. But I get it, and I hope you're right." Harper looks at Maddie nodding "Why do I feel like I know you?" Harper frowns.

"No idea." Maddie frowns. "Maybe we know each other in another universe." Maddie chuckles. "I'm kidding but more seriously, i know your face from the tv show, but i feel like i know YOU. Weird." Maddie says.

"And i'm never wrong." Maddie chuckles. "You'll see." Maddie nudges her, gently.

Harper laughs "Weird Indeed. I've never seen you in my life I don't know why I'm dreaming about you but this helped... thanks, whoever you are" Harper smiles gently "You're welcome." Maddie smiles.

"I needed this" Harper says and smiles looking down, suddenly she hears a voice echo over the place "Harp, wake up. Are you okay?" Chase asks trying to wake her up. Harper smiles and looks at Maddie "It's Chase" Harper points up.

"This is so weird." Maddie chuckles. "My Chase is sleeping peacefully in his bed." Maddie says.

Harper makes a confused face "Wait, Your Chase?!" Harper says confused, but she is already starting to wake up which makes her unable to stay in the dream completely "It's okay whatever. My Chase..." Harper points and frowns as this sounds weird "Apparently it's not peaceful" Harper shrugs.

"Tell me if one day you meet a peaceful Chase Davenport that isn't sleeping." Maddie says "Sure, so that means I'll see you again?" Harper smirks.

"Who knows?" Maddie shrugs. "I was sleeping and you appeared so. Maybe yes, maybe no. We'll see." Maddie says. "I was nice meeting you, girl in my dream." Maddie snickers.

Harper laughs and stands up "It was nice meeting you too, girl in my dreams" Harper says about to wake up "See ya!" Harper waves "See ya" Maddie waves back.

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Harper wakes up and quickly sits up in bed, Chase is next to her and puts his hands on her shoulders "Harp, are you okay? You're mumbling in your sleep" Chase says worriedly.

Harper looks at him, still confused "Y-yeah I was just dreaming. A really weird dream" Harper says, rubbing her eyes "Good dream or bad dream?" Chase asks.

Harper looks at his face and gives a gentle smile, running her hand over his cheek. "Good. A dream I needed." Harper smirks gently.

Chase smiles and brushes her hair off her forehead and behind her ear "Good" Chase says softly, Harper hugs his torso and Chase puts his arms around her laying back down on the bed.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Chase says "If you stop annoying me and let me sleep I will. I'll wake up a little angel tomorrow" Harper says with her eyes closed lying on his chest.

Chase laughs "You're an angel to me, a very mean and sarcastic one. I love it" Chase hugs her, Harper smiles with her eyes closed, gently rubbing her face on his chest, looking for a comfortable position.

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The next day.

Harper helps Adam with a bandage that she ties around his waist. "Is it better today?" Harper asks. "I still feel pain, but I'll survive." Adam says, Harper sighs.

"Look, even without a chip, you still recover faster than normal people. So the pain won't linger for much longer," Harper says, Adam groans a little in pain as he gets up from the couch "Great," Adam says.

Harper goes to a bookshelf and counts the money they had "It's not enough" Harper says, Chase takes their backpack and puts it on the bed, Adam lies down on the bed with Newton on his lap.

"We need more money" Harper says putting the money away "Why? We don't even know where we're going, why not stay here?" Adam asks.

Harper takes Melody's bandana and puts it on her head "Because like I said, we don't have the money for that" Harper says, Adam sighs.

Chase starts rummaging through his backpack, looking worried. "What's wrong with you?" Adam asks, frowning.

"What happened to the chips?" Chase's eyes widen slightly, Harper turns to them "They're in the backpack" Harper says "They're not" Chase says seriously.

The three look at each other "Did you take the chips from the safe in our room before we left?" Harper asks Chase "I thought Adam did it" Chase looks at Adam.

"Why would I do that? I had no idea we were going to leave in a hurry!" Adam says "Because before I grabbed the backpack I asked you "Is everything in the backpack?"" Chase says angrily.

"I forgot the chips were in the safe!" Adam shouts "How could you forget that?!" Chase shouts "I was too busy bleeding to death!" Adam shouts "Shut up!" Harper shouts silencing them both.

Harper sighs and runs her hand over her forehead "So, Vince has the chips?" Harper puts her hands on her hips, Adam and Chase look at each other and nod.

Harper laughs in despair "Great, just great" she walks around the room "We have to go back" Chase zips up the backpack.

"What? Are you crazy?!" Adam says "We can't let he have the chips!" Chase says "If he hasn't already auctioned them off by now" Harper says, crossing her arms.

Chase sighs and looks up shaking her head "We're going back" Harper says, Adam looks at Chase "It's going to be okay, we're going to be prepared this time" Chase says, she looks at Harper trying to give her confidence.

"Yeah, but we need money anyway. And fast" Harper says, Adam rolls his eyes "Why is it always about money?" Adam complains,

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They go to the Motel reception to hand over the room keys.

The lady at the front desk sees Adam limping and frowns "What happened?" She asks, Adam is silent for a moment "Fell down the stairs" Adam clears his throat.

"Oh," the lady says, Chase signs the check out, guitar slung over his back. "Are you the singer who's playing at the bar today?" The lady asks, Chase looks at her.

"What?" Chase asks "At the bar on the corner, there's going to be live music today. It's you, right?" The lady says and points towards the corner, where you can see a small bar.

"I heard they hired a new singer," the lady says, Chase looks at Harper "Uh...yeah, that's me" Chase smirk.

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They go to the bar, and discover that the singer there received an envelope of money after each show.

In the back of the bar the real singer approaches, Adam approaches him with a map "Hey man" Adam says "Yeah?" The singer says "I'm lost can you show me where the vet is, My cat hurt his paw" Adam points to Newton inside the car.

"Oh I don't think there's a vet nearby" the singer says "Oh great, then tell me the furthest vet you have, and give me detailed directions on how to get there" Adam says, the guy frowns.

Meanwhile Chase and Harper sneak into the bar. One of the bartender asks, "Who are you?" The guy asks, "Uh, I came to sing." Chase shows off his guitar, "Are you Ted?" The bartender asks.

"Yes, I'm Ted" Chase says "And her?" The bartender asks "My..." "Wife, you said on the phone that your wife is your singing partner" the bartender says and greets Harper

Chase looks at Harper and he can't contain a smile "Yes, she's my wife" Chase says, Harper wrinkles her nose and blushes "Why does a lie sound so real?" She thinks.

"Okay, the stage is yours Ted" The bartender says, Chase takes Harper's hand and smiles, the two head towards the stage "Uh wait, I know this is a weird question but what song did I say you sing already?" Chase asks the bartender.

"Oh you said something really cheesy about singing what you're feeling or something. Just go ahead" He says, Harper frowns "Okay then" Chase nods.

Chase and Harper walk on stage "I'm not sure about that Chase" Harper says "Harp, relax. Just...follow me" Chase holds the guitar, he sets up a microphone between the two of them.

"Hi guys, I'm Ted and this is my wife...Josie. And today we're going to sing a little for you, I hope you like it" Chase says, He blushes slightly out of shyness but Harper frowns for him until he is calm about the audience.

♪ Rain by Grandson and Jessie Reyes ♪

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Chase takes a deep breath, closing his eyes, putting his mind on the music as he begins to play, running his fingers lightly over the strings.

"♪ I do not mind the rain sometimes.♪" Chase sings with a soft voice, and with low chords on the guitar. "♪'Cause that's the only way the roses bloom♪"

"♪In my mind, when I cry, when I cry. That's the only way the roses bloom♪" Chase opens his eyes slightly and looks at Harper.

"♪It's okay, I'm not okay♪" Chase looks at her as he sings into the microphone "♪I ♪" Chase sings from the back of his throat making his voice deeper "♪feel the disarray of yesterday♪" Chase sings while playing discreet chords on the guitar.

"♪Oh my♪" Chase sings "♪I need to feel the raindrops on my head, on my head♪" Chase sings very close to the microphone, almost brushing his lips against it.

Chase wets his lips "♪I know I know nothing so. know nothing so♪" Chase sings soothingly "♪ Embrace what I cannot control♪" Chase looks into Harper's eyes, she sighs and smiles seeing that he tries to say something to her through the music.

"♪Oh my. Trouble walks beside me 'til my end, 'til my end♪" Chase gives her a charming smile, and plays the loudest chords of the chorus.

"♪I do not mind the rain sometimes♪" Chase sings louder "♪the rain♪" Harper sings as she steps a little closer to the microphone.

"♪'Cause that's the only way the roses bloom. In my mind, when I cry, when I cry♪" Chase sings and plays the guitar masterfully "♪'Cause that's the only way that the roses bloom♪" Chase nods at Harper as he stands on the guitar.

"♪It's better to have loved and lost
But♪" Harper holds the microphone "♪The feeling it comes at the cost. Oh my♪" Harper sings softly, Chase smiles at her.

"♪My poor heart is my only friend, only friend♪" Harper closes her eyes and focuses on her own voice.

"♪And I've come to love a heavy sky♪" Harper sings "♪heavy sky♪" Chase quickly approaches the microphone.

"♪The lighting couldn't beat my shine. Oh my♪" Harper wrinkles her nose at Chase "♪Trouble walks beside me 'til my end, 'til my end♪" Harper gives a slight shrug.

Chase bites his lip as he plays the chorus chords on the guitar again "♪I do not mind the rain sometimes♪" Chase and Harper sing sharing the same microphone.

"♪'Cause that's the only way the roses bloom. In my mind, when I cry, when I cry♪" Chase and Harper sing with dedication, the people in the audience cheer and the lights dim focusing only on them.

"♪'Cause that's the only way that the roses bloom♪" Chase sings and plays "♪it's the only way that the roses blooooom♪" Harper smirks.

Chase lets go of the guitar a little, leaving it just hanging from his body, and approaches Harper "♪Hand on my heart. I swear I made peace with the rain♪" Chase and Harper rest their foreheads next to the microphone, singing softly.

"♪peace with the rain♪" Harper sings so softly it sounds like a whisper "♪Peace with the rain♪" Chase and Harper sing looking into each other's eyes "♪peace with the rain♪" Harper smiles gently.

"♪Now I dance with the pain♪" Chase and Harper sing, lightly touching the tips of their noses "♪Yeah♪" Harper closes her eyes.

"♪Hand on my heart. I swear I made peace with the rain♪" Chase slowly holds her hand as they both sing with their eyes closed "♪peace with the rain♪" Harper sings holding his hand tightly.

"♪Peace with the rain♪" Chase and Harper sing "♪peace with the rain♪" Harper sings whispering "♪Now I slow dance with the pain♪" Chase and Harper sing, Chase lets go of her hand

"♪'Cause that's when roses bloom♪" Harper sings louder and Chase starts a solo on his guitar, The audience vibrates with his solo, Harper smiles proudly and Chase puts everything he's feeling into that solo, the anger, the fear, the stress, the hope, the passion, everything.

"♪Oooh! I do not mind the rain sometimes♪" Chase returns to the microphone singing with the same intensity as he plays the guitar, his voice even becomes a liltte hoarse.

"♪'Cause that's the only way the roses bloom. In my mind, when I cry, when I cry♪" Harper starts to follow him.

"♪'Cause that's the only way♪" Chase and Harper sing loudly "♪that the roses bloom♪" Harper sings "♪That's the only way that the roses bloom♪" Chase finishes the song and the two sigh together breathlessly looking into each other's eyes.

Everyone gives them a standing ovation and they both laugh at each other, they both needed this.

After the show, Harper and Chase or rather "Ted and Josie" come down from the stage "Hey Ted!" The bartender hands him an envelope of money.

Harper gasps with a smile "Hope to see you here again next week" the bartender says, Chase presses his lips together and nods "Y-yeah sure" Chase says nervously.

"See ya!" Harper pulls Chase out of the bar "See you, Josie" The bartender says.

Outside Adam is still trying to trick the real Ted, now accompanied by his wife.

"Dude, seriously! I can't take it anymore we're so late" Ted says "You're on your own" his wife says "But..." Adam says "Adam" Chase waves from afar.

Adam looks at them and Harper shows the envelope "Oh! You know I just remembered that... That cat isn't mine forget it" Adam says and leaves towards the car.

"Are you fucking kidding me?!" Ted says angrily, Harper quickly get in the car "Sorry!" Adam says getting in the car right after.

Harper starts the car and they leave, Ted throws a can of beer at their car. Chase grabbed the motorcycle that was parked in a nearby alley and followed them.

"Uh you made the guy angry" Harper says looking back "Yeah, But did you guys get it?" Adam asks "Yup" Harper hands him an envelope full of money, Adam laughs happily "Cool! I knew Chase would kill it!" Adam smiles.

Harper laughs and turns on the car radio as Chase follows them on the motorcycle.

"Oh I love this song!" Adam says "O Yeah, darlin', go make it happen♪" Adam sings, Harper smiles realizing that Adam is much better based on his mood, she turns up the volume so Chase can hear.

"♪Take the world in a love embrace. Fire all of your guns at once and. Explode into space♪" Harper and Adam sing, Chase tries to keep up the same speed that the car.

Chase smiles and starts singing to himself "♪Like a true nature's child. We were born, born to be wild♪" Chase sings with the wind blowing against his face.

"♪We can climb so high♪" Adam and Harper sing "♪I never wanna die♪" The three of them sing at the same time. Chase on the bike, singing to himself while Adam and Harper enjoy each other's company.

"♪Born to be wild♪" Adam and Harper smile at each other "♪Born to be wild♪" Chase breathes in the fresh air, feeling the wind and sunlight upon him as he drives that motorcycle.

The three of them head back to Hollywood, Lost-Town to recover the chips and in the worst case scenario confront Vince.

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A/N - Hey Guy!! Wow this chapter was a lot of work. And a very crazy work, So much happening in such a short time.

I hope you guys are enjoying it, I want to know your theories and expectations for the next chapters?

What do you guys think about Vince's plan? What do you think Adam, Chase and Harper will do when they meet him again?

Also, I don't know if you guys like these musical parts of the story. Because I love them and I'm already warning you all that there will be a lot more to come.

I also want to thank my beloved friend  justmeandthefiction For helping me with scenes for this chapter, you are amazing! Thank you for your support and ideas, always!!!
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Anyway, I really hope you guys are enjoying the story. Don't forget to comment and vote and I'll see you in the next chapter 😘