Freak

The Vanishing: Part 2

"What's wrong, Dad? No hug, no 'Good to see you'. Where's the love?" Marcus said.

"How is this possible?" Douglas asked.

"Yeah. We saw you get crushed under a mountain or rubble." Chase said, feeling Jodie hold on to his hand tighter.

"When I was making my 'movie', Douglas couldn't stop bragging about his greatest creation ever, an android with bionic speed, strength, and intellect. I spent so much time trying to steal Chase's intelligence, I completely overlooked the fact that Marcus already had it. So I dug him up, and reassembled him, piece by piece." Giselle explained.

"Oh, we should try that with Grandma Davenport." Adam said, turning to look at the other four.

"Marcus' bionic intelligence gives him a photographic memory, which means he remembers everything from his past, and boy, does he have an ax to grind with you, Douglas." Giselle said.

"Me?! Why me? Leo and Jo were the ones who hated you!" Douglas said, pointing over at the duo.

"Us?!" The duo said with an offended tone. "Oh, yeah, that's true" The continued, looking at each other.

"When they attacked me, you ran away. You were my creator, and you left me to die." Marcus said, glaring at Douglas.

"Well, to be fair, I didn't think you'd be coming back." Douglas defended.

"All right, Marcus, I think it's time we finish you for good." Donald said as he held up his weapon. Marcus casually flicked the weapons out of Donald and Douglas' hands.

Giselle laughed. "You don't stand a chance against us. I upgraded Marcus' technology, and made him more powerful than ever." She said.

"Well, he's gonna have to be more powerful, because there's five of us now. That's right, bushy brow. I'm bionic now, too." Leo said, walking up to Marcus.

"Seriously?" Marcus asked.

"It's just his little arm." Giselle said.

"And my little leg!" Leo argued.

"It doesn't matter how powerful you are. We took you out once, and we'll do it again. Get him!" Chase said.

As the five were about to attack, Marcus floated up in the air, preparing an energy blast. Jodie floated up in the air as well and stopped Marcus' blast, trying to absorb as much of it, protecting the other four. But the blast was too much for the superhuman, that she was eventually thrown across the room.

"Jo!" Adam, Bree, Chase and Leo yelled, running over to the superhuman, who tried not to cry out in pain. And while the remaining four were distracted, Marcus threw another blast, knocking them out as well.

"Guys!" Donald said as he and Douglas knelt down next to the five teens, slowly helping them up.

"Nice work." Giselle smiled.

"Thanks, mom." Marcus said.

"Don't call me that. We're not there yet." Giselle said, her smile dropping.

"'Kay."

***
In the dark room, Bree was slowly waking up, seeing a fuzzy image of Bob. "We'll start with Bree first. Never done mouth-to-mouth with a real mouth before. But here goes." Bob said as Bree's vision finally cleared.

The bionic girl gasped and quickly stood up. "I'm okay! I'm okay." Bree said.

"Where are we?" Leo asked.

"In a dark room with metal walls. What is with you people? Open your eyes!" Bob exclaimed.

"Wait. Where's Daniel?" Chase asked, looking around the room. Then he noticed another person missing. "Where's Jo?!" He panicked.