PLAY THE PART, chase davenport

008 leo's personal quinces.

chapter eight...
BIONIC BIRTHDAY FAIL!

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𝖲𝖳𝖠𝖭𝖣𝖨𝖭𝖦 𝖡𝖤𝖲𝖨𝖣𝖤 Donald Davenport, Leo and Max were in the laboratory watching Adam, Bree, and Chase training in the mission simulator, where the three bionic siblings found themselves going up against the simulated rebels. All was going well until Donald caught something wrong and stopped the simulator by taking the keycard out.

"Adam, that was the Rebel Leader. The whole purpose of today's mission simulation was to interrogate him."

"I did, and his answer was, 'Aaaaah'!" Adam explained when mimicking his simulator rebel's reaction, which caused everyone in the lab to laugh as he and his siblings stepped off the platform.

"Hey, next time could you maybe throw in a cute, blue-eyed rebel?" Bree asks this from her father who frowns at her request. "What? I'm just sayin'. It's not gonna kill you to add a little somethin'-somethin' for the ladies."

Max chuckles. "After today's performance in Donny's eyes, I don't think he'll even consider doing it if you end up succeeding, B." she smiles softly at the speedster who leans her arm against her girl-friend's shoulder.

Leo then pushed aside his stepbrothers, "Step aside, amateurs." and one of the simulator's goggles, then stepped onto the platform. "Go ahead, Big D. Set it to 'awesome.'" he grins while posing like a superhero.

However, when it comes to the three bionics doing this type of stuff, it's obvious that he and Max weren't the ones to contribute, seeing as their only human. "Leo, these goggles are not a toy." Donald told his stepson when removing the goggles off of the boy's head.

"Come on! My birthday's coming up — globally known as 'Dia De Leo.' Or as Max calls it my own personal 'quinces'!" Leo attempts to persuade his stepfather.

"What's a 'quinces'?" Bree questions the Romero.

And before Max could simply explain her culture's beloved tradition, Chase decides to take the spotlight. "A quinces is actually short for 'quinceañera' — a celebration of a girl's 15th birthday. It has cultural roots in both Mexico and Spain and is widely celebrated by girls throughout Latin America." he explained perfectly as his siblings (plus best friends) are already knowledgeable about his bionic intelligence.

After explaining this, Max scoffs. "You never fail to impress me, huh, Pretty Genius?" she slightly ruffles his silky hair.

Chase shrugs and grins. "It's what I do, M..."

Unfortunately, Donald decides to cut in between this little session and conclude this to his stepson the capabilities that are concluded to all three supers. "I'm sorry, Leo, but I designed the mission simulator to fine-tune Adam, Bree, and Chase's bionics, not to go on 3-D joyrides. Besides, you're not trained for it." he explained, then stepped off the platform with Leo following closely behind.

"Well, how about as a birthday gift you give me a bionic ability?"

Donald laughs swiftly at this suggestion before replying with another one. "Or I could gift-wrap reality and you could play with that for a while."

"Why bother gift-wrapping that when it's already destroyed half of our teenage lives so far, Don?" Max questions while placing an elbow against Leo's shoulder.