42| MY LITTLE BROTHER

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Harper was the first to sit down at a table in the school cafeteria after waiting in the lunch line

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Harper was the first to sit down at a table in the school cafeteria after waiting in the lunch line. She ate in peace while waiting for Adam and Chase to join her.

She sat back in her chair, taking a bite of her sandwich as Adam and Chase made their way over to the table. Chase groaned as he pulled out the wobbly chair next to Harper.

"Man, I always get stuck with the wobbly chair." Chase complained.

"Here, let me fix it. Hold my tray." Adam offered, passing his lunch tray to his brother.

Adam grabbed the back of the chair and lifted it, causing it to instantly rip off. Harper's eyes widened in shock as she noticed everyone in the cafeteria looking at them.

"Adam!" Chase scolded, gritting his teeth. He then turned to the cafeteria, chuckling nervously. "Budget cuts, am I right? The evidence is all around us, people." His smile dropped as he turned back to Adam. "You maxed out your super-strength, didn't you?"

Adam chuckled. "Of course, I did. Look who you're talking to."

Harper rose from her seat and stood between the bionic brothers. "What is going on?"

"As we get older, our chips have to be re-calibrated to adjust for our growth." Chase explained.

"Let me guess, by you modifying Adam's strength, it showed him that he can adjust his bionics. So, when you weren't looking, he turned his strength up to the highest power." Harper deduced.

Chase nodded. "Yeah, pretty much sounds about right."

"Chase, you know he's not supposed to be alone around anything with buttons." She reminded.

Chase sighed and refocused on Adam. "This is so dangerous. You can't control your strength, and it could cause a ton of glitches. We have to change you back, now!"

"Calm down, you're over-reacting." Adam said simply.

Adam took the tray from Chase and set it on the table. With a gentle touch, the table shattered and crashed to the floor, startling everyone in the cafeteria.

Chase and Harper stared at Adam in shock.

"Adam...." Harper trailed off.

"Okay, you can dial me down to a nine." Adam said.

••••

During the rest of their lunch break, Adam, Chase and Harper hurried back to the Davenport Mansion and went down to the lab to repair Adam's super strength.

Chase stood by the control panel as Adam repaired his capsule door, which had been torn off its hinges when he maxed out his super strength earlier in the day, while Harper sat at her mission specialist desk on the swivel chair.

"I can't believe you maxed out your strength after I specifically told you not to." Chase said in frustration.

"In my defense, you telling me what to do is like a monkey telling a hedgehog what to do- it's ridiculous." Adam replied before a wide smile appeared on his face. "But it would make an awesome buddy cop movie."

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