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I walk back into the penthouse with the team. "Well, congratulations, guys, that was our tenth mission this week!" Chase announced proudly as we set our bags down.

Justin wrapped an arm around my shoulders and looked down at me with a grin; I roll my eyes but smiled also yet playfully shoved him away.

"Only ten? It feels more like a hundred." Oliver commented while plopping down onto the couch with a groan, "Using superpowers really takes it out of you. My whole body's sore." He let out a pained, exhausted groan.

Kaz joined him on the couch with a groan of pain also, saying, "Yeah, mine too. Oh, it hurts more to sit!"

"Okay, you guys haven't even had your powers that long and you're already complaining." Skylar pointed out.

"Yeah, um, I have been running hundred of miles an hour since I was a baby. Don't you talk to me about sore until you have bionic blisters." Bree added. She sat down on the couch and then pulled off her boot to show them the blisters on her foot.

The boys let out shrieks and recoiled as Bree stood back up and commented, "Rookies." She walked away while letting out a few pained 'Ow'.

"Man, if we feel this bad now, what's gonna happen when we get older?" Oliver inquired.

"I don't know." Kaz replied and pulled out his phone, "Ooh! But I can show you what we'll look like. Yeah, I have this app that ages photos." He pointed his camera at Oliver as the shutter clicked. "This is you at eighty." He showed Oliver a photo of "elderly Oliver".

Oliver looked at it a bit in slight disgust, pulling back, as Skylar chuckled and spoke up, "Cute mustache."

"Mustache? Yeah, that's all nose hair." I snort in amusement. Justin laughed as I took Kaz's phone and looked at my brother with a big, devious grin. "What're you laughing at?" I take his picture and transform it and show him "elderly Justin". "That's you at forty-five."

Justin groaned and tried to take the phone out of my hands as I quickly hand it back to Kaz.

"Guys, why are you so freaked out about growing older anyway? It's just a part of life." Chase spoke up, "Personally, I am looking forward to aging gracefully."

"Oh, really?" Kaz replied and pointed his phone at Chase's face and snapped a picture of it, "Hmm. 'Cause this is you." He showed my boyfriend the picture of "elderly Chase".

"So? Big deal. That's what everybody looks like when they're eighty." Chase pointed out with a shrug.

"Dude, that's you at forty." Justin corrected.

"What!? Give me!" Chase said while snatching Kaz's phone out of his hands, "Yeah. You're gonna need a new phone 'cause this one just broke." He grabbed my hand as we made our way over to the hyperlift and entered inside.

The two of us stepped into mission command as we both step over to the cyberdesk. "What're we doing in here?" I curiously ask him.

"I am gonna find a way to reverse the aging process, and I want you to help me with this project." Chase answered.

"Sure, why not?" I reply with a small shrug and begin to type on the cyberdesk while Chase gathered the tools.

***

"Hey, Tasha's fixing to be here with your baby sister." I comment over to my boyfriend after glancing up from the new text on the screen of my phone and at him.

"I think we deserve a break. Let's go upstairs." Chase replied and wrapped an arm around my shoulders as we step inside of the hyperlift. We was in the living room in less than seconds.

"Hey, guys, guess what? Tasha and my baby sister are coming to visit!" Bree announced happily.

"Oh, great. We finally get to meet the woman that has spent every waking moment with Mr. Davenport. Never mind us- She's the real hero." Kaz remarked.

"Where have you two been?" Skylar asked Chase and me as she stepped over to my other side.

"Fighting Father Time- and Des has been helping me do that. Have you seen what I look like on Kaz's app?" Chase answered, "I'm- We're trying to create a device to reverse the aging process. We've been up all night, splitting molecules and splicing DNA."

"Wow, Chase, only you can make the phrase 'up all night' sound boring." Bree spoke up, pulling me out of his embrace and over to her as she wrapped an arm around my shoulders, "And poor Des- You're turning her into more of a nerd like you and Mr. Davenport!"

"Actually, I've always-" I start as Bree covered my mouth with her hand and grinned at me. I roll my eyes in amusement.

"Hey, guys!" Tasha announced her presence as she walked into the penthouse with a small baby girl in her arms.

"Hey!" Bree replied as Chase added, "There she is!" Bree finished as we all crowded around the two new people in the room, "Hey! Guys, this is my little sister, Naomi."

"Oh, hi, Naomi." Skylar said as we all started talking to the baby girl in baby talk while briefly ignoring Tasha who cleared her throat repeatedly, trying to get our attention again.

"So cute! Oh, uh, right, and this is, uh, Naomi's mom." Bree chuckled, slightly gesturing to Tasha who looked at her.

"Aw, she's so cute!" Skylar replied as Tasha chuckled this time.

"Too bad it won't last. It's only a matter of time before she looks like a wrinkly, old hairless goblin!" Chase remarked and then smiled, "Good to see you, Tasha." He squeezed my hand one last time and let go, walking back over to the hyperlift and stepped inside, going down to the basement.

"So, uh, what's it like having another baby in the house, I mean, other than Mr. Davenport?" Kaz spoke up.

"I love it! It's just with Donald working so much, it's hard to find time for myself. I don't suppose you guys would wanna watch her for a bit?" Tasha replied.

"Uh, sorry, no can do. Babies freak me out. I mean, those things don't even have kneecaps, and I don't trust anything without kneecaps." Oliver spoke up.

"I'd love to watch her." I comment with a grin.

"Really? Thank you, Des." Tasha replied.

"Uh, no, it's- it's okay... I- I'm Naomi's big sister, so I'll watch her." Bree said and looked at the baby, "Come here." She picked her up out of the woman's arms. Naomi started to cry then.

"Huh, that's weird. She almost never cries." I remark, holding my arms out, "Let me try." I gently take Naomi from Bree and now held the girl in my arms comfortingly as the baby stopped crying and began cooing happily. I smile fondly at the little child in my arms.

"She does love Des- Naomi always immediately calms down in her arms." Tasha said to them and then looked at me and grinned, "That's why you need to visit us more."

Bree took her little sister back as Naomi immediately started crying again. "Here, let me try." Skylar offered and let out a nervous chuckle, taking the little one into her own arms comfortingly, "Okay." Naomi stopped crying and began cooing.

"That's weird. She almost never takes to strangers." Tasha pointed out.

"She's not taken to strangers, okay? She's just frightened into silence by her three alien heartbeats." Bree replied, taking her sister back who began crying.

"And she's crying again." I remark.

"Okay, I know she's crying! She's a baby. It's what they do!" Bree replied.

"You know, I really don't need to go out. I haven't had a moment to myself for eleven months. What's another day?" Tasha said while taking Naomi and now held her in her arms soothingly.

"Tasha, please. Look, I can handle her. Don't you trust me?" Bree started.

"Of course, I do." Tasha sighed and replied, "Bree, here you go." She held Naomi towards the speedster but still held onto her as the baby continued to not cry.

"You can let go of her now." Bree replied.

"Right."

"You're still holding on to her." Bree pointed out.

"Am I?" Tasha asked.

"Yes, that's okay."

"Oh! Okay." Bree laughed nervously while now holding a crying Naomi. Tasha added, "Feel free to ask Des or the alien girl for help."

Naomi continued to cry as Bree replied,  "That's just her saying goodbye. It's okay." Tasha then left out of the penthouse reluctantly.

"All righty then. I'll be in mission command again- Let me know if you need me to help with Naomi, Girly." I comment towards Bree.

"Thanks but I won't." Bree muttered with a forced smile as Naomi continued to cry. I hold my hands up in slight surrender and retreat back into the hyperlift, going down to mission command and then walked over to the boys.

"Hey, Chase, you figured out a way to reverse the aging process?" Oliver questioned.

"No! So far, Des and I've only figured out how to speed it up." Chase answered.

"How far did you go? You're looking a little rough." Kaz commented.

"I didn't use it on me!" Chase replied.

"Yeah, that haggard face is all natural." I speak up and step over to them and now stood beside my boyfriend.

"Watch. This is our problem. Right now, it's a perfectly ripe apple." Chase pointed out and blasted the fruit with our gadget and made the freshly ripe apple down to basically a prune.

"And now, it's been aged twelve years." I add.

"Hey, I like dried fruit. Maybe it gets better with age." Kaz replied while picking up the dried up piece of apple and ate it. He softly chuckled and shook his head. "Yeah, it doesn't."

I smiled and grabbed one of the mangoes and bit into it; Chase and Kaz was talking about the project just as Oliver let out a shriek. "It's after me! I knew this would happen!" He exclaimed.

"How did she get into the hyperlift?" Chase questioned.

"I don't know. She's doing a great job at dusting the floor." Kaz replied and chuckled, "Look at her go!"

"Yes, for a creature without kneecaps, she is extremely agile." Oliver commented.

"Well, don't just stand there. Pick her up." Chase said.

"I don't know how to pick up a baby. You do it." Kaz replied.

"Oh, come on. How hard can it be?" Chase commented and approached his baby sister who cooed at him. "Okay... I just, uh.." She continued to coo while he tried to figure out how he should pick her up. Chase groaned a little. "Maybe it's more like, uh..." Naomi let out a small whimper as he stood back up and stepped back. "Yeah, I got nothing."

Naomi cooed again as I watch the boys in amusement, my eyebrows lifted.

"Her giant baby eyes are piercing through my soul! Make it stop! Make it stop!" Oliver commented.

"Hey." Kaz stepped towards Naomi and touched her but withdrew his hand from her quickly and stepped back, bumping into Chase as he made a bowl fall and shatter to the floor. "Ooh, it's squishy."

"Great! Look at what you made me do." Chase sighed, "Keep her occupied while I clean this up."

"You guys really don't know anything about babies, huh?" I speak up and scoop Naomi up and into my arms. "Hey, baby, you want a blankie?" I talk to her in baby talk while handing her a red blanket.

"Des, what do you think you're doing?" Oliver asked.

"It's baby talk. She's trying to speak her language." Kaz answered.

"No, not that. That's my blankie." Oliver said.

"Really?" Kaz and I reply and look over at him.

"Yes, really. You know I get the chillies." Oliver said.

"Uh, guys, my mangoes are missing." Chase spoke up while looking around for the missing fruit.

I lightly laugh and look at him while setting Naomi down for a second and walked over to him. "I had one and the rest is right there." I look around the cyberdesk in question. "But where's the aging device?"

Naomi cooed as Kaz pointed out, "Aw, look, she thinks it's a toy." He chuckled.

Chase and I exchange a look after he let out a shriek as Naomi turned the device on and blasted herself. The eleven month old was now a teenager. "Finally. Kneecaps." Oliver said.

"Whoa, what just happened?" Naomi asked in confusion.

"Aw, her first words." Kaz replied just as the door to the hyperlift opened and Bree stepped out and moved over to us, breathless.

"Uh, guys, have you seen Naomi?" She asked us.

"I'm Naomi." The baby-teenager answered for us.

"Very funny." Bree scoffed and then a look of shock registered on her face as she looked at the newly-turned teen. "Naomi!?"

"I'm a big girl now." Naomi replied with an innocent grin.

"Yes, you are." I answer her in baby talk.

"Chase, Des, what is going on? Did you let her play with one of your little nerd toys?" Bree questioned.

"No, she wandered down here and got a hold of one of our little nerd toys." Chase answered for us as I nod.

"She must have crawled in the hyperlift while I was cleaning up." Bree replied.

"Oh, cool, well then, I think we can all agree that this is your fault." Chase said.

"No. Des, Chase, turn her back into a baby right now." Bree replied.

"We can't. We haven't been able to crack age reversal yet-" I start.

"But if you're looking for bumpy veins and liver spots, we're your people." Chase finished as I nod while also still watching teenager Naomi.

"Okay, well, you need to do something because Tasha is gonna be back any minute, and I promised her that I would do a good job taking care of Naomi." Bree said.

"Hey, I'd say you did a great job. I mean, in a couple of hours, you raised a polite, well-adjusted teenager." Kaz replied as the door to the hyperlift opened and Skylar stepped into the room also.

"Hey guys." Skylar spoke up and noticed Naomi, "Who's this?"

"Naomi. She crawled away while Bree was babysitting, and now, she's a big goofy teenager." Oliver answered, chuckling.

Skylar chuckled also and replied, "Wow, Bree, you are not good at taking care of kids."

***

"Please tell me it's going well down here." Bree practically begged as she stepped out of the hyperlift and moved over to us.

"I could, but that would be a tremendous lie." Kaz replied.

"I'm feeling cozy." Oliver added as he was snuggled into his blanket comfortably.

"Okay, Tasha is freaking out, so you two need to go upstairs and stall her." Bree said and pointed at Kaz and Oliver.

"What? Why us?" Oliver questioned.

"Because you're the kings of meaningless conversations." Bree pointed out as if it was obvious.

"Eh, she's not wrong." Kaz shrugged as he and Oliver left to go upstairs just as a beeping sounded.

"Yes! I think we got it!" Chase announced as Bree replied in relief, "Really?"

"Yeah! By tightening the telomeres to the DNA before the cell divided itself, we was able to reverse the aging process-" Chase and I both begin to explain in unison.

"Yeah, yeah. No one cares." Bree cut us off as she took the device and blasted Naomi with it. "Yes! It's working!" She stopped as we now was staring at Naomi with a big head and a baby's body. "Oh, no!"

"I didn't get a good look at her before. Did she always look like that?" Chase commented.

"How could this happen!?" Bree demanded.

"I don't know. We should have tested it on more fruit. Where is my fruit!?" Chase replied.

"Sorry." Skylar and I comment, both with a mouthful of bananas in our mouth.

"Fix this." Bree said in annoyance.

"Okay. I just need to get some more equipment and fruit. Skylar, Des, can you help me?" Chase replied.

"Why us?" Skylar questioned.

"Because you two are eating my bananas." Chase pointed out.

"Yeah, alright, come on." I shrug and the three of us leave to go get more stuff.

"Well, considering who your father is, big heads do run in the family." Bree commented to Naomi who replied, "My neck hurts."

After fifteen minutes had passed, I was still working on the device while Chase finished measuring Naomi's head after we had got it back down to normal size.

"Good news! She's back to normal." Chase commented and stepped over to Bree as I remain behind the cyberdesk.

"Chase, she is a baby trapped in a sixteen year old's body. That ain't normal." Bree pointed out.

"On my planet, you stay a baby for twenty-five years." Skylar spoke up.

"You- are not helping." Bree commented to her.

"I want my mama." Naomi also spoke up.

I exchange a look with Chase and Bree as Bree moved over to Naomi and held her shoulders in her hands. "Naomi, listen to me. I am so sorry. This whole thing is my fault. I just- I wanted to spend time with you and prove that I could be a good big sister... not just to your mom but to myself. I wanted you to look up to me- like you already do to Des. But now that this whole thing happened, you probably think I am the worst sister ever."

"That's a lot of words." Naomi commented.

"I don't even know why I'm telling you this. You're just a baby." Bree sighed.

"You're nice." Naomi commented and hugged Bree as she hugged her back.

The door to the hyperlift opened and Tasha followed by Kaz and Oliver walked over to us. "Okay, what is going on?" Tasha demanded.

Naomi let out a squeal of excitement and rushed over to the woman, hugging her. "Mama!"

"Back off, Jenny. Who raised you?" Tasha replied to her and then looked over at us in question, "Now, where is my baby?"

"Um... Look, Tasha, there's something I have to tell you. So, right after you left, I turned my back on Naomi for like two seconds, and she-" Bree started.

"Yes! I found the fix!" I exclaim as everyone looked over at me.

Chase moved over to my side behind the cyberdesk and added, "For one of my nerdy science things? Carry on."

"Keep going. You turned your back on Naomi for two seconds and she...?" Tasha said to Bree.

I adjust the controls on the aging device once more as Chase gestured to the boys and Skylar over to us while Bree continued, "She... looked so cute, I- I just had to take a picture. Here, let me show you."

We moved Naomi over to the rock wall and used the device on her, the girl turning back to a baby. "Bree, these are just pictures of boys you like, which is a lot! We should talk." Tasha replied.

"Hey, why look at a picture of Naomi when you can just look at the real thing?" Chase spoke up to the woman while holding his baby sister and moved over to the two of them.

"Oh, yes! There you are!" Bree said to Naomi.

"Oh! I was really starting to think something had happened to you!" Tasha replied to her daughter.

Oliver scoffed, "Nope, she's fine, but I am gonna need that blanket back, and I definitely want it dry-cleaned."

Tasha chuckled and was now holding the little girl in her arms. "Well, that's weird. If I didn't know any better, I would think that you got bigger since I left."

We let out nervous laughter and watched the two of them. "No way!" Chase and I speak up with a small shake of our heads.

"No." Bree and Skylar added.

"What?" Kaz also added.

"Come on! That's impossible!" Oliver laughed lightly as Skylar repeated, "No!" Oliver commented, "She might have."

***

"Well, Tasha..." Kaz started and chuckled, "Sorry you didn't enjoy your little aerial tour of the city, but look at the bright side- You're probably the first person to vomit on top of Mr. Davenport's tower."

"I'll be sure to let him know." Tasha replied as Naomi cooed. We all began to talk to her in baby talk as Tasha chuckled.

"Oliver, it's just a baby. Stop being weird and say goodbye." Skylar said.

Naomi cooed again as Oliver began to approach the baby. "Uh..." He stopped and replied, "Y-Yeah, I'd rather be weird." He stepped away from the group.

"I must say, Bree, I underestimated you.