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I turned visible beside Chase, startling my boyfriend, just as Douglas stepped into the penthouse. "Dougie, you're here!" I comment with a grin as we hug.

Bree walked over to us and hugged him also just as Kaz, Oliver, and Skylar walked into the room. "Guys, this is our Uncle Douglas." Chase introduced the man to the three other supers, "Technically, he's our father."

"Yeah, like we ever call him that." Bree remarked as Douglas looked at her. I slightly pat his shoulder reassuringly.

"Oh, you're the guy who tried to kill them." Kaz commented, shaking Douglas's hand, "Nice to meet you."

"You too, Oliver. You're not nearly as scrawny as Chase said you were." Douglas said.

Oliver glared at Chase and then spoke up, "That's because I'm Oliver." Douglas looked over at me as I nod in confirmation.

"Hi. I'm Skylar." Skylar greeted the spiky haired man beside me and shook his hand.

"Ah, the alien girl. I'm kind of disappointed. I thought you'd have three heads." Douglas remarked.

"Don't be silly. You shed the other two when you're a kid and leave the money for the head fairy." Skylar said.

Douglas looked over at me in question again as I comment, "Yeah, I'm not sure if she's joking about that or not."

"Uh, good news. Skylar got her powers back." Chase replied.

"And guess who got it back for her?" Kaz inquired with an amused smile.

"Okay, it was Des and me." Chase said happily as I smile proudly also.

Bree leaned over to Douglas and replied, "A little elite force gossip, scrawny is jelly because bookworm and Miss Perfect got alien her powers back."

"Miss Perfect?" I question Bree with raised eyebrows and an amused expression on my face. She simply shrugged with a grin. "I'm not perfect, but awesome? Yeah." I smirk a little.

"Okay, alien I believe. But someone jealous of Chase? Unfathomable." Douglas replied to Bree's statement.

Chase looked slightly offended as Douglas walked over to the couch and sat down; I squeezed my boyfriend's arm reassuringly and let go, following Douglas and sat down beside him.

"So, it looks like I'll be staying here with you while my brother's away." Douglas informed us.

"Where did Mr. Davenport go? I mean, not that I'm complaining. I think I speak for all of us when I say we could use a break." Skylar replied.

"He went back home. He'll be checking in, but he wanted to be there for Tasha when the baby arrives." I answer.

"Probably so he can jam a bionic chip in its neck when she's not looking." Bree remarked. I snort and shake my head.

"Anyway, my first order of business while I'm here is to design the team's new mission suit." Douglas said.

Chase then walked up to us and looked at the man beside me. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. No you're not, 'cause I'm designing them. And Des was going to help me." I shrug. "I started sketching up a prototype two weeks ago."

"I think the guy who created you is much more capable of creating the mission suits." Douglas pointed out.

"Yeah, 'cause Chase can't be trusted with anything." Oliver spoke up as we all look at him weirdly. "I mean, I'd like to be on Douglas's team please."

"And Des would rather be on my team on designing mission suits." Douglas added.

Both Chase and Douglas looked over at me in question as I grin, smirking, "He's right. I'm team Douglas. Sorry, Chase- I still love you, though."

Chase pouted a bit as Kaz stepped over to us and spoke up, "Chase is the smartest man in the world but Des is the smartest woman and most beautiful person in the world. And they did cure Skylar all by themselves... I'm on Chase's team."

"Thank you, Kaz." Chase replied as Kaz nodded, "And I think we can all agree that our mission suits shouldn't be designed by anyone who looks like a hipster porcupine."

"Hey, it's more of a spiky lion's mane." I point out, fixing Douglas's spiked tips briefly as Douglas and gestured to me while saying, "Thank you."

"Okay." Douglas and I stood up and moved to where Oliver was at, beside Chase and Kaz. "I see how it is. I guess Oliver, Des, and I will get to work on my version of the suit."

"While you and Kaz spin your wheels making something we'll never use." I remark in slight sarcasm as Chase commented, "That's right, we will."

"Yeah, you will." Oliver said as Kaz agreed but added in confusion, "Yeah, we will. I'm sorry, what are we willing?"

"We are going to make the most powerful, intimidating, take no prisoners mission suits ever!" Chase replied while looking over at Kaz, "It's dress up time. And you just became my doll."

"That's not creepy sounding at all." I remark as Douglas, Oliver, and Kaz nodded while Chase slightly pursed his lips out and tilted his head a little and then just shrugged.

"Des, come on, join my team." Chase commented.

"Sorry, but Douglas is my favorite." I reply, my hand on Douglas's shoulder as he grinned and pointed out, "Just like she's my favorite."

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"Okay, Des, Oliver, let's start designing this suit." Douglas said behind the desk.

"Cool, so here's what I was thinking-" Oliver started just as Douglas and I start laughing lightly.

"That's cute." Douglas cut him off as Oliver looked at the two of us in question and asked, "What? I've been dreaming about having my own super suit since I was a little kid. Now that I finally have powers, this is my chance."

"Okay, fine." I reply, nudging Douglas in the arm a bit to let Oliver help also, "What did you have in mind?"

"Are you ready for this?" Oliver said in excitement, "Elbow swords, swords that comes out of your elbows."

"Unlike that idea, it came from someone else." Douglas replied.

"You're not seeing it." Oliver said and then moved his elbows like swords as we watch him with raised eyebrows. "Elbows swords!" He stopped and looked at us.

"No, with all of your powers, you don't need any gadgets, just a simple, functioning suit." Douglas and I both comment in unison, looking at one another.

The hydralift opened as Chase and Kaz, who was suited in a weird black suit with gadgets on the chest, walked into the lab as Douglas, Oliver, and I glanced at both of them approaching us.

"Guys, look. Chase tricked out my suit with smoke jets." Kaz began.

"Why?" Douglas and I inquire in unison, glancing at one another again and back at the two of them.

"For dramatic-" Kaz started as Chase pressed a button on his suit and smoke came out quickly. When the smoke cleared up and Kaz was gone, Chase finished, "-exits."

"That was so awesome!" Oliver exclaimed, impressed.

I fold my arms across my chest as Douglas lightly smacked Oliver's arm and replied, "No, it wasn't." He gestures over to Chase while my boyfriend walked over to us, his hands on his hips.

"Oh, don't worry, Douglas. There's nothing wrong with finishing second." Chase commented to the man beside me and then looked over at me, "It's not too late for you join my side, Des."

"Nope, still on Dougie's side." I cheekily say as Douglas grinned at Chase.

"I don't have any smoke jets, so I'm just gonna leave." Chase reply and backed up to the hydralift and left out of the lab.

***

Douglas and I finish fixing the elbow gauntlets on Oliver then. "Congratulations, Oliver-" I start as Douglas finished, "You now have elbow swords."

Oliver lifted up his arms as blades came out at his elbows. "This is so cool. Now I can stop enemies and make sushis at the same time!" He moved his elbow swords up and down quickly.

Oliver then got a text message as did I; We exchange a look and glanced at our phones. "Dougie, check this out. They just added laser guided ankle rockets." I reply while showing the man the photo on my phone.

"That is the stupidest idea I've ever heard. Not gonna lie, it kind of scares me." Douglas said, still holding my phone in his hands.

"We can't lose to Chase-" Oliver started as Douglas and I look at him and cut him off, "We are not going to lose to Chase because we are about to up our game."

Douglas snapped his fingers and added while looking at me, "We need to change the mechanics of the suit." He looked over at Oliver. "Are you double jointed? No?" Oliver shook his head. "Do you want to be?"

*Chase's POV*

Kaz and I was working on the suit down in the lab when Kaz received a text from Oliver as I receive a text from Des. We stop what we were working on and both look on our phones, checking the messages.

"Look at this. Oliver, Des, and Douglas just added toe cannons to their suit." Kaz said. "That's genius. We can't compete with that."

"Oh, yes, we can, because I'm gonna give you propulsion trip wire." I reply while pointing at him.

"I have no idea what it is but I love it." Kaz grinned.

I will win over Des. Then again, her and Douglas have always been close and have a father/daughter relationship. Why am I even jealous of my uncle/father? I find myself thinking in my head while we continue to work on our suit, Maybe because my girlfriend is showing them more attention than me at the moment.

***

Douglas and I wait in the main room in front of a veil as Oliver in his suit waited behind it. "Wait till you see Oliver's suit, it is fully loaded!" Douglas stated towards Chase who was slightly pacing back and forth.

"I'm just gonna let my suit do the talking, which by the way, it does." Chase replied.

"Whatever," I chuckle somewhat, adding seriously, "It's time for the big reveal. Oliver?" 

"Ready." Oliver replied.

"Let's do this, Kid." Douglas commented towards myself while we glance over at Chase as he hit the wall beside the fireplace.

"Kaz." Chase said and received no answer, "Kaz?"

"Are you talking to me? My ears are still ringing from the last missile test." Kaz answered finally while Douglas and I was laughing.

"What are you waiting for? Get out of here." Chase called to him as the elevator's doors opened to reveal Kaz in his suit just as we took down the sheet.

Kaz was moving but not walking, saying, "I'm trying, but this thing is heavy."

"Here. I'll help you." Chase replied and begin to help Kaz move down the steps and finally made it down near us.

"Go ahead, Oliver. Show them what you got." Douglas said.

Oliver looked at them and replied, "Prepare to be wowed by a retractable bazooka." He pressed a button as smoke began to come out of his bottom, shaking but then stopped. "Ow. I guess it extracted before it retracted."

"Dougie, I think we may have taken this a little too far." I speak up.

"Yeah, these things are way too impractical for missions." Kaz agreed with me.

"These things are totally mission-ready." Douglas said while waving his hand at us.

A fly began to buzz around all of us as Chase gestured to it, saying, "Yeah, and to prove it, Kaz here is gonna use his suit to take out that fly."

"No. Oliver's suit will get the fly. Get it, Oliver." Douglas said.

Oliver began to step forward but stopped, "I can't feel my legs."

Chase pushed Kaz and spoke up, "Come on, Kaz, get the fly." Chase and Douglas both push the boys in their suits as they tried to find the fly but kept knocking things over.

"This is a disaster." I mutter with a shake of my head, but no one was paying attention to me as Douglas and Chase kept yelling at Oliver and Kaz.

Kaz and Oliver began to move over to me as I roll my eyes and flip both of them automatically; The two of them was now on their backs on the floor while Kaz was trying to get up but Oliver wasn't even trying.

"I can't get up." Kaz spoke up.

"I can, but I don't want to." Oliver replied.

"I guess it's back to the drawing board." Douglas said.

"You know, we could make them together." I reply, now standing in between my boyfriend and Douglas who agreed, "Yeah, I like it." 

"It'll be nice to work with someone who knows what they're doing again." Chase also added.

"Amateur hour." Douglas remarked at Oliver and Kaz still on the floor as the three of us moved over to the elevator, Chase holding my hand in his as I smile over at him.

***

Douglas, Chase, and I step out of the hydralift and moved over to the couch where the team was sitting at. "Guys, we did it." I announce proudly, standing in between the two guys.

"Douglas, Des, and I put our heads together and worked nonstop over the past few days to create the team's new mission suits- and they're better than we could've ever imagined." Chase added.

The four teens stood up and followed us down to the lab. We change into our new suits and was now standing on the balcony, making a pose. I'm currently standing between Skylar and Chase.

My suit was a mix between Skylar's and Bree's, but it was also designed a bit differently; On my wrists to my fingers, there was brand new gauntlets to help with the vibrations of my earth ability.

I had a utility belt around my hips for my small inventions or my phone to be held in. In the center of the belt like the others, there was a logo for our team. There's also a blue and black hood on my suit.

"Oh, yeah. We make this look good." Oliver complimented. All of us grinned in agreement and then Chase kissed me, reluctantly pulling away, his hand still on the small of my back.

"Hey, where's Douglas?" Skylar questioned.

"Three, two, one." I answer and gesture to the open doorway just as Douglas stepped out onto the balcony wearing the suit Oliver was wearing earlier.

He looked at us and commented, "Oh, I'm gonna make this work."

I laugh and shake my head in amusement, looking at Chase and grinned. Chase, no one can replace you. I love you, okay? I telepathically thought to him.

Chase's smile grew even more as he looked over at me and nodded.

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