Rebooted

Epilogue

        The lab looked so different, and yet, it brought back so many memories. Every prank, conversation, and argument came flooding back to me as the six of us stood, crowded around a console. I tried to push aside any Marcus memories as Douglas and Donald emerged from their work space.
"Good news, guys. We can fix your bionics."
"Really?" Bree was so full of hope.
"When we left Giselle's lab, I took some of her research." Douglas seemed proud of his theft, for some reason. "By combining her technology with ours, we'll be able to create one universal, super chip that can adapt to any bionic operating system, which means you'll all get the upgrade."
"That means we're no longer obsolete!"
"Yes! We're back!"
"Whoa, settle down. You were never that impressive to begin with."
"I can't believe you guys got to live down here," Daniel marveled. "This place is so cool."
"Yeah, well, we were also force-fed food pellets that were shot out of a tube," Bree informed him," so it wasn't exactly a fun factory."
"This lab is where it all started, Daniel."
"Well, technically it all started in a different lab, but your dad blew that one up."
"I was going through a phase," Douglas protested. I looked at the other Davenport to see a clear box full of metal parts that he was messing with.
"Hey, what's in the box, Douglas?"
"Marcus."
"What?" I snapped. He couldn't be serious. "Why would you bring his parts here?"
"As evil as he was, he was still my creation, and you really loved him, Skai. I felt kind of bad. But, if I can put him back together and reprogram him-"
"No!" We all cried at the same time.
"Fine. But I'm making his eyebrow into a bracelet."
"Creep..." I whispered under my breath.
"Hey guys." I turned around to see the ever-lovely Tasha Davenport approaching. She had been so happy to see that I was alive and well again. It really made me feel accepted.
"Hey."
"I'm really glad that you're all here, because there's something that we've been wanting to tell you." Donald wrapped an arm around his wife's waist. "I'm pregnant." My jaw fell to the floor and everyone gasped in disbelief, and Leo raced over to hug his mom.
"Whoo-hoo! Hear that, everybody? We're gonna have a bionic baby!"
"Oh no," Tasha retorted, "you are not turning my baby girl into a bionic freak." She realized what she had just said and attempted to save herself. "And I mean freak in the nicest way possible."
"Wait a second. Did you say you're having a girl?" I giggled at Bree's excitement. The pair nodded.
"How pregnant are you?" I cried, raising an eyebrow while Bree cheered about having another sister. I had to admit, that would be really nice.
"Wow. All those years of living down here, hiding our bionic secret, and look at us now." I smiled and placed a hand on Chase's shoulder. "It's kinda crazy how life works, isn't it?"
"Yeah. You know, I actually kinda missed this place."
"Me too. You know what I missed most about it?"
"What?"
"This." Adam punched his brother in the arm, causing me to chuckle.
"You do realize that without our chips, you don't have super strength, and I'm just as strong as you, right?"
"Uh, I do now." Adam ran and his brother attempted to catch him, but I grabbed him and pulled him back.
"Don't bother. Even without the chip, he's still stronger than you." Tasha laughed.
"Come on, guys. Let's go upstairs and have ourselves a nice celebration dinner."
"Sounds good, as long as you're not cooking." I turned to see a short and stout woman marching into the room. This must have been the illusive Perry I'd always heard about.
"Perry, what are you doing here? You're supposed to be supervising the academy."
"I got bored," she- at least I think it was a she- answered. "Now that the students don't have bionics, they're just a bunch of lame-os." I raised a eyebrow at her. "Actually, the real reason I'm here is because I heard what happened to you guys and I'm just happy you're okay."
"I can't believe it. You do have a heart." Tasha mocked sincerity.
"Simmer down, Holly Homemaker. I was talking to them. You and I, still on the outs." She walked towards the elevator and Donald sighed.
"Okay, everybody. Let's go upstairs and make your mother feel better about herself by eating her food." We all moved to follow Perry, but I stopped.
"You guys go on ahead," I urged. "I'll be up in a minute." Once they were gone, I approached the box of Marcus parts and picked one up that almost looked like a heart and smiled down at it. I was so lost in thought that when Chase approached, I jumped nearly three feet in the air.
"Skai?"
"Aah!" I threw the heart down and ended up knocking over the box of Marcus parts. "Oops..." Chase chuckled and put a hand on my arm. "Sorry you had to see that. Anyways, is something wrong?" He sighed.
"I... need to say something." I nodded and turned to face him. "I'm really sorry for how I treated you a few years ago. I was really rude to you and Marcus, and I shouldn't have been. I was trying to break up something that could have been great because... I had a crush on you." I smiled at those last words.
"You liked me?" He nodded and looked at his shoes. "That... explains a lot, actually." I smiled at him. "Well, I forgive you, Chase. And thank you for apologizing." I pulled him into a hug and smiled. "Now come on, food's probably getting warm." We both laughed at my joke, and almost left, when there was an odd whirring sound. I turned around to see a fully assembled endoskeleton.
Marcus' endoskeleton.
"How in the...?"
"What's the matter, Skai? Never seen an android regenerate before? Part of my upgrade. It's what makes me superior to humans, and you. Now, come on. Do you really want to spend the rest of your life with inferiors, do you? Don't you want to join me in the dominant race?" I smirked.
"You know what I want, babe?" I flung a ball of fire at him and his endoskeleton melted. "Cool guys like you out of my life."

The next morning, we all began packing up our things to head back. Donald came downstairs and smiled.
"Hey guys. What are you up to?"
"Just heading back to the academy," I answered as Chase took my bag.
"Oh, yeah, about that. Um, since the students all have the upgrade, there's no need to train anymore. They're all at the expert level, so it's time to start breaking everybody up into teams."
"Great. That means our team won't have to do all the work."
"Actually, Chase, I'm breaking you guys up."
"What?"
"You can't just... break us up," Leo insisted.
"I don't have a choice. I need three of you to go to the academy and oversee this transition, and I need two of you to stay here and work on a new project, a new team." New team? What did he mean by that?
"What new project?"
"Yeah, and what new team?"
"I can't give you all the details, but I need you to make a decision."
"I'll stay at the academy," Adam piped up.
"Me too," Leo chimed in. I sighed and made a decision.
"I will as well. I was in their position, at one point. I feel it would be good for me to help them."
"Okay, grab your gear. Get going." Chase handed me my bad and I sighed.
"Hey, don't worry, guys. We'll be back together before you know it." Leo and Adam walked away, and I hugged Chase and Bree before joining them, until Adam stopped.
"Wait." He turned around and we all fell into a group hug.
"Hey, it doesn't matter where we are. We'll always be a team."
"Yeah." Adam and Leo walked away, and I quickly turned to Bree.
"I'll call you tonight," I whispered, before jointing the boys on the train to the island.
Here it was... the end of an era. The end of Marcus and I. Those scars will never heal, and I'll never stop loving him, but I'll survive, somehow.
But still, it was something special I had with him.
Probably because we're different...
even after we were rebooted.

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Wow... so this is the end... I have to admit, I'm actually a little sad. I felt as though I actually watched Skai grow up, like on the show, when in reality, she's just a girl I made up in my head. But I hope you guys enjoyed this short little resolution. I had a great time writing it, and now I can say this series is closed. Thank you all for joining me on this almost year-long adventure, and here's to the 2 year anniversary of us being a family on Wattpad. I love you all.
-Firewhisperer13