"How bad is it?" Chase asked as Mr. Davenport looked through the injury report via his chip. The pain just below his neck had only been getting stronger since the shock from being thrown against a cyber desk wore off, and his wrist was throbbing more and more.

"Well, I think your collarbone is just bruised, which is good. Otherwise you would be in a sling for who knows how long. You sprained your wrist, however. Makes sense since you caught yourself on it, but still." Mr. Davenport explained as he disconnected Chase from the cord. "I'm gonna get a wrist brace and some ice. I'll be right back."

Chase sighed as he watched Mr. Davenport leave the room, and was about to sit down when he saw Adam come in. "Don't even try it." Chase warned as he held up both his arms, his right arm throbbing more by the quick and sudden movement from both his collarbone and his wrist.

"I just wanna talk." Adam insisted as he raised his hands in surrender with a look of what Chase assumed was some sort of sincerity or sympathy on his face, but to Chase, it just looked like his selfie face. "I'm serious, and that doesn't happen often."

Chase lowered his arms slowly, partially to avoid making his arm throb even more, before going behind the cyber desk with his full attention still on his brother. "Talk."

"I shouldn't have thrown you over the cyber desk. Mr. Davenport told both of us to stop roughousing with each other, but I hate it when you and Bree call me stupid, and I snapped." Adam explained as he wrapped one hand against the other.

"How do you think I feel? I'm not as strong as you, or as fast as Bree, and I'm constantly the brunt of pranks and teasing."

Adam walked over to Chase and put his hand on his left shoulder. "Don't sell yourself short, Chase." The younger of the two glared upward and Adam removed his hand. "Sorry, that was the wrong way to word that. Just know that I'm sorry, okay? Seriously."

Adam let his hands drop to his sides, hanging his head low as he left the lab while making a promise to himself. 'I can never make Chase feel like that again.'