#lr giselle

[crayonverse]

dating Douglas ruined Giselle’s life and she had to dedicate her job to absolutely eradicating this man and everything he loves forever

[lref-incorrect-quotes]

Giselle: I’ll give you thirty minutes to say your goodbyes before I blow you to smithereens Douglas: Can I get a different kind of blow? Leo: *turns around and stares at him* Douglas: …I said that out loud- Leo: YOU SAID THAT OUT LOUD Bree, to Giselle: You can skip the countdown, just kill us

[tabl3]

A guide to the villains:

to make it a bit easier to understand the dynamics in my writings, both in power and personal

Lab Rats Villains: Giselle and Krane might be the most officially allied, but neither trusts the other in the slightest. Both have contingency plans for the other and are plotting downfalls, should the slightest sign of betrayal come about. Their partnership is of convenience, not trust. Also, Sebastian and Marcus hate each other lmao. They only put up w the other because of their fierce loyalty to their proverbial creators. Giselle eventually discovered Bridget Hunslet's identity. Mr. Terror was both amused and impressed by their little group, and extended her invitation

Rodissius: He rules his home with an iron fist. Mr. Terror saw the rage within him at the loss of his powers and hatred of both supers and normos, and invited him and his children to join her cause

Mr. Terror: Every last one of the above mentioned are completely terrified of her (pun intended) She has both Experion and Scarlet's loyalty (will be elaborated on in the future) which definitely adds to the fear factor. Except she's totally in Mighty Max. Yup.

Least to Most Powerful:

Rodissius: He's got a physically strong stature in my design and is definitely skilled from his hero days. The chokehold he has on his veritable army is formidable. But at the end of the day, he's a regular normo now (and weakening with each passing day (will be elaborated on later #2))

Giselle: She's a super genius, manipulative, calculating, and highly skilled in combat, given she held her own against Bree. That and she has a torrent of androids at her disposal and Marcus's unflinching loyalty. However, she is simply a normo as well, and despite her brain being dangerous as it is, when it comes to most of the others, she wouldn't be able to dent much.

Sebastian: Giselle granted him new bionics. He has his soldier training and is obviously very skilled, but he wouldn't hold a candle to the next listed.

Shapeshifters: Wide range of powers, incredible skill because of training since birth for one purpose, and there are thirteen of them. The black swarm ability is also pretty op, on top of all the other assets. The main thing to hold them back more than anything is their loyalty to Rodissius and fear of his retribution toward them.

Marcus: He has all of ABC's bionics and then some. Not to mention as an android, he tires far slower and is largely unaffected by any injury. The problem with him mirrors the shifters'. He's blindly loyal to a woman who doesn't genuinely care for him (my Giselle is a sociopath with a sprinkle of psychosis). He definitely couldn't take all thirteen shifters, not when a five-person team, two bionic, two heroes powered by the arcturion, and a Calderan couldn't. But he would probably manage to defeat one or two at a time. Same with Sebastian, depending on which shifter. A lot of the younger ones they could take down. Roman, Riker, and the Spider-Legs girl (2nd oldest) they couldn't beat, most likely. Reese and another yet to be revealed are the only exception to younger shifters that could take them.

Krane: He's hard to place. I could easily switch him with the next listed. Powerhouse is the only descriptor. He's probably the most formidable in the Lab Rats show. I think he could take half the shifters at a time with relative ease, despite the setbacks from his injuries. He stands way above Marcus and Sebastian as well.

Scarlet and Experion: Calderans are op. That's it lol. I can't decide which among them is more powerful. Scarlet stayed on her warrior-gladiator world and gained experience that way (she has a much different backstory bc the EF one sucks. Also I wanted to give Sky a personal rival bc Experion is shared between her and Kaz) but Experion has hero experience. Both are master manipulators, and fully powered, unlike Skylar. I don't know if Krane could take two Calderan soldiers.

Mr. Terror: Girlboss Extrodinare. She's rich, has an empire, and hundreds of lackeys beneath her. Not to mention full loyalty of two Calderans. Even without all of that, she could most definitely defeat any before. And they know it. She has a quiet power over the rest in their partnership, and all of them fear her greatly. She's highly intelligent and motivated, a scary combination. The unspoken leader: whatever she orders goes. The only one ballsy enough to make a contingency plan for her is Giselle, and she hasn't found anything to be of possible use. Bridget has her own plans for each of them, and every move she makes has extreme intention (peep the chessboard. Not just symbolic)

anywhoozle, there ya go :)

[nsfwlabrats]

LGBT+ head-canons for the lab rats cast?

Adam is bi demi

Bree is a lesbian.

Chase is bi preferring men.

Leo is bi preferring women.

Douglas is bi and has terrible taste in men.

Donald is bi with a preference for himself.

Tasha is bi with a preference for women and had terrible taste in men.

Trent is bi with internalized homophobia.

Owen starts out as bisexual but later realizes that he’s only pretending to like women.

Ethan is also bisexual.

Krane is gay.

Giselle is a power bisexual dom.

Troy is gay.

Marcus is bisexual.

[lrwafterdark-deactivated]

Dom, sub, switch for Lab Rats cast? (Main cast + Douglas, Tasha, Marcus, Krane, Giselle, and anyone else you want to list?)

Adam- switch

Bree- Dom

Chase- Switch

Leo - switch

Tasha- switch/sub/brat

Donald- Dom/switch/bad at being a dom

Douglas - Dom/switch/daddy dom

Marcus- Definitely a dom, rarely subs (bionic human! not android! Marcus is a switch.

Krane- hard dom

giselle - hard dom, subs for Douglas though

Tank - Switch

Kate- sub, Spikette is a dom/switch

Sebastian- Dom/switch

Lexi- dom

Taylor- Switch

Logan- Sub

[crab-overlord]

Oooo! I saw you in the LR tag! What's your favorite and least favorite Lab Rats character?

-@ma-except-lab-rats (hihi!)

RAAAAA first ask !!!

My all-time favorite Lab Rats character is Chase. While I wasn't raised in a basement, I related to him a lot growing up, and still do. Always facing lots of pressure due to things out of his control, and being raised to be a leader were things I found myself identifying heavily with. While they did ruin his character in Elite Force (in my opinion) by making him uncharacteristically cockier than he should be, I still think so much about the arc where he dates (and later discovers the ulterior motives of) Reese. When you want to share your life with someone and it goes awry, when you discover they were never interested in you for who you were? man.

On a much lighter note, my least favorite character is Giselle. It's not anything she did, I just think she could have given more time to shine. Really, she was one of my favorite villains, I just wanted to see more of her.

[toastybugguy]

Dude tell us ab the LR Descendants AU that sounds so fun I would like to hear the infodump

DUDE. Dude.

okay so this is a jumbled mess bc honestly this just started as an excuse to make silly little animatics in my head to my silly little songs LOLZ. BUT. I’m an idea man at heart. So here’s just a bunch of loosely connected ideas (that you can probably poke a ton of holes in). Just do what I did and take whatever you like and RUN W IT

- The VKs are Marcus and Skylar because Marcus is obvi and Skylar being evil was fun…. and also!! I think they should b friends!!!!

- Was pondering making Oliver and Bree the other VKs to fill out the cast and so I can unite my power couples and let them all be evil together. There is no real conclusion 2 this pondering bc I couldn’t decide which version I liked more AUWGh

- All the big baddies are on the Isle, so Douglas, Krane, Mr. Terror, Annihilator, Giselle, etc etc you get the gist

- Donald snuck the rats off the Isle where Douglas had created them before it descended into chaos and was closed off, and they now go to Auradon Prep where they continue to pretend to be average students

- People in Auradon know about bionics, but only the context of the Isle, so the general association is bionics = bad

- Leo takes the place of Ben, he helps keep their secret under wraps and coaches them on how to blend in

- Davenport constantly prepares them for the worst case scenario, telling them they have to keep their secret at all costs

- Bree tries her hardest to pretend she IS a normal student, hoping one day she’ll just forget that she isn’t. She never asked for this in the first place. She hates that she has to feel different at all.

- Adam doesn’t understand why it has to be a secret. He’s pretty sure if they told the truth and explained it to people, they could help others see that they’re not so bad. Chase is always telling him it’s “not that simple.”

- Because Chase is high strung. Really, truly, high strung. He doesn’t want to know what would happen to him or his family if everyone found out they’re like the people on the Isle. He doesn’t want to mess up whatever’s going on with Kaz by revealing he’s a freak and has been lying this whole time. He also doesn’t know when he also started resenting the “different” part of himself.

- Kaz and Oliver are their friends and have seen them doing weird unexplainable things before, but Leo lies and says it’s because they actually have superpowers

- Great, another thing to lie about!

- At least we get that Leo + Kaz + Oliver friendship that we all needed

- Attempts to integrate and rehabilitate the Isle and Auradon begin with bringing in VKs to Auradon Prep

- Idk what the balance between the Descendants universe and the LRMMEF universe is here so the wand is either the same or it’s the Arcturion or some weird mix of both. Anyway it’s The Plot Thing.

- Rats have REALLY got to hide their secret now bc tensions are high and they don’t want to be associated w the VKs

- Oliver and Kaz are truthfully on the fence about the ordeal because they used to know Skylar before things went bad. They want to believe she’s not beyond help but they also know the things she’s done since the Isle was closed off, and they aren’t sure just how far gone she is.

- Conflict is v family centric w other interpersonal conflicts mixed in

- The rats have to choose between risking the safety of Auradon or risking being potentially hated and ostracized by their friends and peers in their attempts to appeal to Marcus and Skylar

there’s??? too much and yet too little to say abt this bc again. Really Great Idea Man, less good Execution Man. and still I’m not sure which version of the VKs I like more bc it would sort of make sense for Oliver to be a VK since his mother is on the Isle and I like the idea of Skylar meeting Bree and being like “hey. fuck all your inhibitions. everyone sucks so why not just go be evil.”

but THERE IT IS!!! PLS add on or build off this or tweak it or whatever you’d like!! It’s been bouncing around in my brain and I watched Descendants 2 last night so yes we r thinking. Also, I wrote most of this in my notes app at like 1am while sick as balls so this probably makes even less sense than expected. Just know this is how my brain looks on paper.

bonus stuff I’m tossing in (mostly just to talk about the soundtrack teehee):

- Pretty sure this whole thing started because I thought Did I Mention was so flamebrain coded. I’m still right about that btw.

- If Only is also very much Chase inner struggle moment

- One way that I get to still have the 4 VKs for Ways To Be Wicked is that I pull the same trick they did in Descendants 2 and the whole number is all a daydream in Marcus and Skylar’s heads. Camera pans out and they’re both just like “sigh… wish they were evil and gay for us… oh well, time to go make them worse.” This is me eating my cake and eating it too.

- I don’t know WHEN or HOW Chillin’ Like A Villain would ever be plot relevant but it made me think of Skylar and Marcus talking to Oliver (the crisis that would be for my poor boy. someone help his sappy ass). Anyways it’s just a good song listen to it RN.

- okay yes I know that technically it’s a song from Z-O-M-B-I-E-S but LET ME HAVE THIS bc if you skip like the first 20 seconds of context in Someday - Ballad… it’s very marliver 2 me. Imagine they get their shit more figured out off screen and just get to be cute n stuff except Marcus still has to lie about not being evil ouuGhuhhggggh. It would b funny.

- One Kiss is also self indulgent marliver with identical setup to Descendants 3 (despite the fact that that movie was…ahem. i mean it was definitely a movie) bc I LOVE that song and HELLO the inner conflict of wondering if true love’s kiss even applies to you because you’re an android and what if there’s no way to save him, what if you’re not even capable of loving him like you think you do?? (but then Oliver wakes up, and it’s the best answer he could’ve gotten <33)

- Good Is The New Bad from Wicked World doesn’t have anything to do with anything but I’m saying right here and now that it is TOO catchy

- also Evil (from Wicked World as well) has been on my Marcus Davenport playlist since the beginning. needed to be said

[lab-rats-obsession]

LRMM TOURNAMENT STARTS TOMORROW !!!

First round:

Eddy (LR) vs. Jordan (MM)

Sebastian (LR) vs. Giselle (MM)

Adam (LR) vs. Gus (MM)

Stefanie (MM) vs. Krane (LR)

Douglas (LR) vs. Perry (LR)

Hapax the Elder (MM) vs. Tecton (MM)

Chase (LR) vs. Marcus (LR)

Philip (MM) vs. Kaz (MM)

Oliver (MM) vs. Skylar (MM)

Otis (LR) vs. Spark (MM)

Megahertz (MM) vs. Alan (MM)

Donald (LR) vs. Horace (MM)

Taylor (LR) vs. Leo (LR)

Wallace and Clyde (MM) vs. Bree (LR)

Janelle (LR) vs. Tasha (LR)

Bridget (MM) vs. Experion (MM)

[texanmarcusdavenport]

002 + Marcus for the character asks?

How I feel about this character: ❤️💕💞💖 literally my favorite lr character except maybe leo

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Experion. I don't ship him w/ Sebastian but i definitely think he'd have a crush if he met him (Sebastian pulled 3 Davenports).

My non-romantic OTP for this character: less "otps" and more "characters i REALLY wanted them to interact with (more)", but Kaz, Bree, Leo, Megahertz, Daniel, Troy, Sebastian, and Krane.

My unpopular opinion about this character: uhh... i don't think i have any?

One thing I wish had happened with this character in canon: LET HIM HAVE A REDEMPTION ARC 🙏

My OTP: Him and Experion atm

My crossover ship: Max from the Thundermans. They're the same person fr. Technically him and Experion are a crossover ship too.

Headcanon: They're agender, any pronouns, and know ASL and their middle name is Aurelius and they get along with Krane and they have NPD and BPD (yes, ik they're not human; they have these disorders anyway). Also they're only a few years old and Giselle/Donald both helped develop him in some way.

[chase-smartestmanalive-davenport]

Giselle: You played me like a fiddle!

Chase: No, fiddles are actually quite difficult to play.

Chase: I played you like the cheap kazoo you are!

[thedragonemperess]

I did a thing

And boy has the Lab Rats fandom been sleeping on this meme format/template

[crayonverse]

Giselle: Why would I date you again? You’re completely pathetic, miserable. Not to mention so incredibly stupid.

Douglas: *desperate* But that’s all I’ve got!

[tabl3]

ranking characters by their mainness (it's a word bc I say so and am sick as hell so can't form logical thought)

ef team. they're all fairly equal, but spitballing I'd say their order is chase, oliver, kaz, skylar, and bree (largely bc we get more skylar and bree lore later)

douglas

roman (riker by extension)

adam

leo (I want to include more of him but he's not as accessible as adam bc he's still on the island :(. remains my favorite Disney protag just ever)

tasha

donald

horace

logan

tecton and megahertz

solar flare and gamma girl

reese

blue tornado and snowstorm

taylor

daniel

alan

rodissius

giselle and the lr villains (also play a much bigger role out of the shadows later)

experion

scarlet

mr. terror (she's planning shit don't be fooled)

[blogpresso]

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Coulisses de Bruxelles - Terrorisme: assez de lois, davantage de moyens

REUTERS/Giselle Loots

L’Union européenne peut-elle faire davantage pour lutter contre le terrorisme, un phénomène qui ignore les frontières ? À chaque attentat, le premier réflexe des politiques est de promettre un renforcement de la législation antiterroriste, non seulement sur le plan intérieur, mais aussi européen. « Même si des ajustements sont toujours possibles, on a été au bout de ce qu’on pouvait faire tant d’un point de vue pénal qu’organisationnel, celui de la coopération entre les services », affirme Arnaud Danjean, député européen LR, spécialiste des questions de défense et ancien des services français.

Une meilleure coordination

Si l’Union n’a aucune compétence directe en matière de sécurité intérieure, d’antiterrorisme et de renseignements, des domaines qui relèvent des souverainetés nationales, elle n’est pas pour autant restée inactive dans ses quelques domaines de compétence et a été aussi loin qu’elle le pouvait afin d’améliorer la coopération entre États. Dès le lendemain des attentats de septembre 2001 aux États-Unis, elle a ainsi adopté toute une série de textes : mandat d’arrêt européen qui permet une remise rapide d’une personne recherchée même si c’est un national, harmonisation de l’incrimination de terrorisme, lutte contre le blanchiment, etc..

Depuis l’irruption du terrorisme islamique, les textes ont plu comme à Gravelotte : création du PNR (passenger name record, qui permet aux services d’avoir accès à toutes les données passagers détenues par les compagnies aériennes pour les vols intra et extra européens), contrôle systématique de tous les Européens entrant dans l’espace Schengen, création d’un corps de gardes-frontières européens, présence d’agents d’Europol et d’Eurojust dans les « hotspots » qui enregistrent les migrants arrivant sur les côtes européennes, extension de la définition du terrorisme afin qu’aucun comportement n’échappe à la justice, renforcement du contrôle et de la démilitarisation des armes à feu, durcissement de la lutte contre le blanchiment, extension des compétences et des moyens d’Europol, un organe qui organise la coopération entre les polices européennes, etc.. D’autres textes sont encore dans les circuits législatifs comme la création d’un ESTA européen (ETIAS), une déclaration d’entrée sur le territoire de l’Union, ou l’harmonisation, à défaut d’interconnexion, des multiples fichiers européens existants (Système d’information Schengen, Europol, Eurodac, etc.) afin de faciliter leur usage par les services de police et de renseignements. Bref, l’Europe n’a pas chômé.

Une agence européenne?

Certes, il n’est toujours pas question de créer un FBI, une CIA ou une NSA européenne, chaque pays étant particulièrement jaloux de sa souveraineté dans les domaines policiers et du renseignement. Mais il n’est pas certain que cela soit nécessaire pour lutter contre un phénomène essentiellement national : quelle serait la valeur ajoutée d’une superstructure européenne alors que la récolte du renseignement et son exploitation doivent se faire au plus près du terrain ? Surtout, peut-on faire confiance à tout le monde pour garder le secret nécessaire à l’exploitation des renseignements ? Une vraie question dont la réponse –désagréable pour certains pays – est connue.

L’échange de renseignements entre personnes de confiance est d’ailleurs systématique, même s’il reste artisanal. « Les services sont exaspérés par la tarte à la crème de la soi-disant absence d’échanges de renseignements », affirme Arnaud Danjean : depuis les attentats de Paris de janvier 2015, « elle fonctionne très bien, personne ne garde de renseignements qui mettrait en danger la sécurité d’un autre pays pour soi ». Très souvent, d’ailleurs, les hiatus en matière de transmission du renseignement sont internes et pas européens, comme on a pu le voir en Belgique, la localisation de Salah Abdeslam n’ayant pas été transmis au niveau fédéral par une police communale flamande. Mais « même la meilleure intégration du monde ne met pas à l’abri: ainsi, la Grande-Bretagne, après les attentats de 2005, a créé une vraie communauté du renseignement ce qui n’a pas empêché des attentats de se produire sur son sol ».

Une affaire d’une génération

De même, la question des quelques « returnees », ces personnes, pas toutes combattantes, revenant d’Irak ou de Syrie, qui n’a pas l’ampleur redoutée, la plupart des vrais combattants ayant été tués sur le terrain, est désormais traitée par tous les pays européens : « même si seulement quinze pays sur vingt-huit ont enregistré des départs, les pays de passage coopèrent plutôt pas mal », estime Arnaud Danjean. En réalité, désormais il s’agit essentiellement d’une question de moyens humains et matériels. « Quand vous avez entre 15 et 18000 signalements pour radicalisation, cela mobilise l’ensemble des services français pendant six mois pour vérifier ce qu’il en est vraiment », souligne le député européen. Autrement dit, c’est moins de lois dont la police, la justice et les services ont besoin que d’argent : « il faut prendre conscience que l’assèchement du vivier djihadiste, idéologiquement, matériellement, humainement, est l’affaire d’une génération ». De l’avis de tous les spécialistes, vu l’ampleur des défis, les polices et justices européennes ont jusqu’ici réussi, avec des moyens très limités, à limiter l’ampleur des attaques sur le territoire de l’Union.

N.B.: version longue de mon article paru dans Libération du 19 août

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[crayonverse]

Douglas: Yeah! Marcus was my best invention, a bionic android with Adam, Bree, and Chase’s abilities! They were even stronger than the team combined, haha. Too bad they got crushed under a pile of rubble where I used to live.

Giselle, someone who has a thirst for revenge on Douglas and makes evil androids for a hobby: Oh? Really? Out of curiosity, where exactly did you live and is there security around the site?

Douglas, extremely in love and stupid: (immediately writing down the address)

[crayonverse]

rewriting Marcus’s scenes in The Vanishing!

you read the title. what else do i need to say.

i do want to say. i absolutely love Marcus’s initial reveal in the first few minutes of the vanishing (the fist bump with Giselle lives rent free in my head) but i think they should’ve been more mean to Douglas . so im writing this

im using my usual script form for my other scenes n stuff ! it starts out mainly the same in the original episode but I made everything even more sad <3

also! when you’re done reading id like for u to reblog/reply with your favorite line  :)) i wanna know!!

cw some swearing lol (also this is quite long)

INT GISELLE’S LAB, HALLWAY

The Team runs inside, aiming their weapons about, searching for any evil androids or Giselle.

DONALD: Adam, Bree, Chase, and I will go this. Douglas, you and Leo go--

Donald is cut off by a panicked and scared “Daniel” running in, clothes slightly singed from Giselle’s whip.

“DANIEL”: Guys!

DOUGLAS: Daniel, god I’m so glad you’re okay!

CHASE: (Urgently) Where are the students?

“DANIEL”: In the other room, hurry! Come on!

INT GISELLE’S LAB, MAIN ROOM

The Team all follow “Daniel” into Giselle’s main lab, which is decorated in a futuristic styling, but mostly every surface and wall is covered in android blueprints or parts, but still manages to look presentable.

DONALD: Oh wow, this place is fancy!

DOUGLAS: (Sarcastically) Don’t worry, I have the name of her decorator.

DONALD: Really?

DOUGLAS: No!

CHASE: Where are they...?

All the doors begin to close behind them, clicking audibly.

BREE: Hey, the doors! They’re locking!

LEO: What’s going on...?

Behind the Team, “Daniel” moves over to the side, away from the group. As they move, Douglas instinctively moves closer to them. As the Team look around, a large door slowly opens behind them, and Giselle saunters out, all while talking to them.

Giselle speaks in a tone that she knows something big that the Team doesn’t, and most notably glances at “Daniel” every once in awhile while she talks.

GISELLE: Well, well, well... So nice to see all the family together again.

DOUGLAS: (Bitterly) Giselle, you have five seconds to tell me where all the kids are before I blast you.

Douglas aims his gun at her, but she gives him a once over and his weapon lowers slightly. She wanders over to a monitor, and clicks a few keyboard buttons.

GISELLE: thousand-and-one, thousand-and-two, thousand-and-three... and thousand-and-four. There they all are.

She turns the monitor around for the Team to see, and they all take in the fact that on the screen, they can see Daniel. Adam is the first person to physically notice that Daniel is caged, and “Daniel” is standing behind them.

ADAM: Wait, how is Daniel here and in there?! This is- This is just like the last time, with the two Chases!

DOUGLAS: It’s an android, that’s not my son!

“DANIEL”: (Mocking) Oh, can’t I be both?

Giselle presses a few buttons on her watch, and before the Team’s eyes, “Daniel” shifts to be taller, and turns into Marcus.

DOUGLAS: (Fearful) M-Marcus...?

MARCUS: Good to see ya... Dad.

Fade to Black

Fade in

Marcus looks to be hiding a thinly veiled rage, eyes metaphorically boring holes into Douglas’s face. Douglas can tell that if they wanted to, Marcus could laser Douglas’s eyes before anyone could react. Douglas’s gun is lowered almost completely, as he takes in the fact Marcus is alive.

MARCUS: What’s wrong, Dad? No hug, no “good to see you”. (Mocking) Where’s the love?

With how Marcus speaks, it’s clear that they are finding an enjoyment in taunting Douglas. It’s reminiscent of the times where Marcus was taunting Leo.

DOUGLAS: How are.. How are you alive?

GISELLE: Oh, I can answer that.

Giselle smiles evilly.

GISELLE: When I was making my “movie”, Douglas wouldn’t stop bragging about his greatest invention... a bionic android with strength, speed, and intelligence. I spent far too long searching for Chase’s intelligence, I completely overlooked that Marcus already had it. So, I dug them up and reassembled them, piece. by. piece.

She turns to directly face Douglas, her smile falling from her face. Marcus stands beside her, attempting to look threatening, although they appear to be faking it.

GISELLE: And, because of that intelligence, Marcus has a photographic memory, meaning they remember everything from their past.

She points her finger at him.

GISELLE: Including, everything you did.

DOUGLAS: What? Me?! Why me? Leo was the one who hated you!

LEO: It’s true. In fact, I very much still do.

Marcus gets in Douglas’s face, and unseen to everyone but Douglas, they appear to be on the brink of tears, but are able to hide it well. Douglas almost notices.

MARCUS: When they attacked me, you ran away. You were my creator, and you left me to die. I trusted you, with everything. And you couldn’t even give me the bare minimum of treating me like your son.

DOUGLAS: Uh, in my defense, I wasn’t aware that you could’ve been rebuilt. Thought you were gone forever.

Donald raises his gun.

DONALD: Alright Marcus, it’s time we finish you for--

Marcus waves two of their fingers and launches both Donald’s and Douglas’s weapons from their hands and throwing them across the room.

Giselle cackles.

GISELLE: You don’t stand a chance against us. I’ve upgraded Marcus, they’re so much more powerful than you could ever make them.

Leo gains a surge of confidence, and walks over to the pair, chest puffed out.

LEO: Well, they’re going to have to be more powerful, because there’s four of us now. That’s right, bushy brow, I’m bionic now too.

Marcus seems to have an expression that is disbelieving, but their overall tone seems more impressed rather than suspicious.

MARCUS: Seriously?

GISELLE: (Annoyed) It’s just his little arm.

LEO: (Also annoyed) And my little leg!

Giselle pushes Leo back with the Rats.

CHASE: It doesn’t matter how powerful you are, we took you out once, we’ll do it again!

Marcus flies up and shoots electricity at the Team, knocking the four of them unconscious. Douglas and Donald both run over instantly, checking their pulses.

GISELLE: (Almost genuine) Nice work.

MARCUS: (Hesitant) Thanks, mom.

Giselle looks disgusted at Marcus’s words, and physically recoils from the name.

GISELLE: Don’t call me that, never call me that.

MARCUS: (Dejected and quieter) Okay...

Fade to Black

Fade in

Douglas and Donald are tied back to back, both of them are struggling to escape, which hinders them both respectively. The bindings seems to tighten every time they move.

Giselle wanders in, holding something resembling an empty sword hilt. She sheaths it in her belt.

GISELLE: Oh good, the pain is settling in.

DONALD: (Hurried) Listen, you- you don’t have to do this! We can make a deal, what do you like, money, leather jackets?! I can get you as many leather jackets as you want. (Mumbling) I probably have some that fit you...

Giselle’s expression turns from a cruel joy, to angered in a split second.

GISELLE: The only thing I want is to watch your face as the chips slowly melt from their skulls. Why don’t I turn up the volume so you can hear every part of their screams as they wail in agony?

Douglas looks over Giselle, and stares at her jacket.

DOUGLAS: (Desperate sounding) Giselle, listen, I know we ended on a rough patch... breaking up, you trying to kill me... but, I’ll- I’ll give you everything about my androids! Come on, I’ve dated way worse than a maniac trying to kill me and my family! In fact, it’s pretty much my type!

DONALD: Douglas!

Giselle completely stone-walls him.

GISELLE: How rude of me Douglas... here I am, giving your brother a show, and you don’t have anything! Marcus, bring him in!

Marcus walks in, stern faced and holding Daniel back by the forearms. He’s clearly struggling.

DANIEL: Let go! Get off me!

Daniel sees Douglas.

DANIEL: Dad!

Douglas, without thinking, calls out;

DOUGLAS: Get your hands off my son!

Marcus gives him a cold glare.

MARCUS: “Your son”? Like I was your son?

DANIEL: W-Wait, they’re my brother?!

MARCUS: (Bitterly) I won’t be for long.

Marcus throws Daniel across the room, and he lands on rolling table filled with metal android parts, most notably being Marcus’s old framework.

DOUGLAS: Marcus, please, just stop.

MARCUS: Are you kidding me? I can do this all day. And I think I will.

Fade to Black

Fade in

Marcus is busy chucking Daniel about, and he’s starting to show defined bruises. As they make a move to throw him again, an alarm blares. Marcus, wanting to be useful, tries to switch objectives.

MARCUS: I’ll go take care of them.

GISELLE: (Angry) No!

Marcus stills immediately, straightening up. Giselle readjusts and she smiles again.

GISELLE: Let them get their hopes up. (Grinning) They won’t be getting very far.

Giselle storms out of the room, mumbling to herself incoherently. As she leaves, Daniel creeps up behind Marcus, and hits them with a pipe. It bends around their frame, and Daniel looks shocked to see it didn’t do anything.

DANIEL: Well, what do you know? You broke my pipe!

Marcus smiles and shrugs in a mocking way, then grabs Daniel and makes a move to throw him again.

DOUGLAS: Marcus!

Despite wanting to follow Giselle’s orders, Marcus halts, keeping a tight grip on Daniel’s arms.

DOUGLAS: Marcus, I know I made you to be evil, but I-I can reprogram you! We can be a family again. You, me, Daniel... We could uh, adopt a girl! Or a kitten!

DANIEL: (Weakly) Reprogram...?

Marcus seems to consider this for a split second, but ultimately decides against it.

MARCUS: I don’t need to change myself for you. I can be whoever I want while I’m with Giselle. She doesn’t lie to me.

DOUGLAS: (Hopefully) Come on, Marcus, it’s me! Your dad! Let’s fix this, come on... If you- If you come back with us, we can be a family, I promise. You just have to let us go!

As Douglas spoke, Marcus’s grip on Daniel weakens and he manages to stand up straight. Marcus’s hardened expressions falters and their lip trembles for a moment, and for a clear few seconds, Marcus genuinely considers this option. But again, ultimately, decides against it and shoves Daniel down again.

MARCUS: No. My only mission is to destroy every one of your pathetic family, starting with him.

DOUGLAS: Marcus, please, I’m begging you! Start with Donnie!

DONALD: WHAT? (Struggles)

Fade to Black

Fade in

Marcus is still tossing Daniel about, but it’s clear there’s now some hesitance in their throws. Donald and Douglas are still struggling to escape, and Donald begins to show signs of frustration. He then pauses for a second, realizing something.

DONALD: Wait, Marcus is a bionic android. Daniel has power replication, if he could just-

DOUGLAS: We can’t- We can’t kill Marcus, again. They have emotional capabilities, if we could just appeal to their senses-

DONALD: (Sarcastically) Yeah, let’s convince your evil android son to change sides when they hate you. Great plan.

DOUGLAS: Shut up! I can do this!

Marcus has bent Daniel’s arm behind him, with it close to being dislocated.

DOUGLAS: Marcus!

Marcus rolls their eyes in response, but still halts. They release their grip on Daniel slightly, relieving the pain just a bit.

DOUGLAS: Daniel has nothing to do with this, alright? I betrayed you, I was the one who- who ruined your life. I’m sorry.

Marcus clearly wasn’t expecting that, and much like earlier, Marcus’s grip on Daniel all but completely loosens up. Their angered expression falters yet again and they seem to be fully effected by Douglas’s words.

MARCUS: (Somewhat bitter) You’re... You’re sorry...?

DOUGLAS: Yes. I’m sorry I left you behind, alright? I’m sorry I never treated you like my son. But you have to know, Giselle’s no better than me. She doesn’t care about you, she’s never seen her androids as more than weapons.

MARCUS: (Angry) Why should I ever believe you? How would I ever trust what you say again?

DOUGLAS: (Desperate) Please, Marcus. Please just trust me. If you keep working with Giselle, the others are going to kill you. I don’t want you to get hurt again. I can’t lose you again.

Marcus seems to think over this, and in a moment of hesitation, releases their grip on Daniel, who almost collapses and runs to Douglas’s side. Marcus’s expression falters between angry and scared, before landing on dejected.

MARCUS: If you- If you lie to me again...

Marcus’s voice is broken. Their voice cracks and stumbles through their speech.

DOUGLAS: I’m not! I’m not lying! Just release us, okay?

Marcus hesitates again, and slowly makes a move to untie Donald and Douglas, however...

LEO: Hey! Eyebrows!

Leo runs in and prepares an energy ball, and on instinct, Marcus does as well.

DOUGLAS: Ah, shit.

LEO: I have been waiting for a fight since that stupid concert.

MARCUS: Funny, I feel the same way.

Marcus redirects their anger on Douglas, to Leo, and fires an energy blast at him. Leo quickly ducks and throws his own, missing Marcus by a hair width and almost hitting Douglas and Donald.

DONALD: Leo!

LEO: Sorry!

Leo runs around the room, circling Marcus, who has completely forgotten about untying the brothers. They continue to launch attacks at each other, both of them managing to dodge the other’s, but it’s clear that Leo is getting slightly winded from the constant running. Marcus almost fires a laser at Leo, but stops midway to throw another energy ball.

As they fight, Donald and Douglas take it in.

DONALD: Uh, thought you got Marcus on our side.

DOUGLAS: Yeah, yeah, but I’ve always wanted to see Leo and Marcus fight. I had bets with Krane back in the day.

DONALD: Seriously? ... (Curiously) How much?

DOUGLAS: Well, when only Marcus was bionic, I put $500, but now... I’m thinking $700 on Leo.

DONALD: Hey, I’ll take it.

DANIEL: Dad! Uncle! Seriously!

DOUGLAS: Alright, alright! Fine, I’ll stop it.

Leo jumps on top of a table, knocking down android parts, charging up a large ball as Marcus is getting their energy back.

LEO: End of the line, freaky!

DOUGLAS: Both of you, shut up and stop!

LEO: What? Why?

DOUGLAS: Marcus is on our side! I lead them back to our side!

LEO: Okay. (Pause) Can I still blow them up?

DOUGLAS: No! Obviously not?!

LEO: (Exasperated) Ugh! Fine!

Leo releases the energy ball into a nearby wall, and steps down off the table, all while huffing in an annoyed way.

LEO: The one time it would’ve been acceptable to kill you. Come on.

MARCUS: (Sarcastically) Yeah, sorry you didn’t get to explode me.

LEO: (Mumbling) You better be sorry...

MARCUS: I could literally crush you with my bare hands--

DOUGLAS: (Exhausted) Stop arguing! Untie us already, please!

DONALD: Well, at least they’re already fighting like brothers.

LEO & MARCUS: Brothers?

LEO: Nope. Nada. Never happening.

MARCUS: I don’t even want to be in the same room as you.

LEO: Feeling’s mutual.

Leo and Marcus both untie Donald and Douglas. Marcus, still not over the fight, glares at Leo slightly.

MARCUS: You know, I could’ve lasered you in half during the fight. You’d be dead right now if I wasn’t helping you.

LEO: Annnd, why did I need to know that? Plus, if I died, Adam would turn you into a toaster in like three seconds flat.

DONALD: Very much true.

MARCUS: (Rolls eyes) Whatever.

As Douglas is getting used to moving around normally, Adam, Bree, and Chase run in through the main doors. The second they see Marcus near Leo, their sibling instincts kick in.

CHASE: Marcus!

MARCUS: Chase?

Douglas, already sensing the animosity, interjects immediately.

DOUGLAS: Our side! Marcus is on our side! No fighting!

BREE: Aw, I was really looking forward to kicking your ass.

LEO: Don’t worry, I did and it was very satisfactory.

MARCUS: You didn’t “kick my ass”, neither of us won. Dad stopped us from killing each other.

LEO: Shut up, you were recharging, I had you.

MARCUS: Again, I could’ve lasered you in the face. You were not winning. I could’ve used my levitation, speed, strength, intelligence--

LEO: I was winning! Shut it! I was beating you!

As Leo and Marcus continue to bicker between them both, Adam picks Daniel up and carries him, as the boy seemed to have trouble standing.

DANIEL: Thanks, Adam.

ADAM: Hey, no problem! (Smiles)

Chase seems happy for a moment, but his face turns to a more grave expression.

CHASE: Mr. Davenport, Giselle she--

ADAM: She’s dead.

CHASE: Yeah that, but also--

DOUGLAS: GISELLE DIED?!

Marcus immediately stops arguing with Leo and faces the others.

MARCUS: She’s- She’s dead...?

BREE: Yep. Killed herself. Between us, making a whip that cuts through anything is not the smartest weapon choice, honestly.

While the others speak with a nonchalant tone, Marcus is clearly shaken up by the fact that Giselle is gone. Any sort of rage or fire is snuffed out and they go quiet.

CHASE: Okay, yes, she’s dead, but also! She destroyed our chips, fully. We aren’t bionic anymore.

DONALD: You could’ve lead with that!

CHASE: (Angrily) I was, but whatever!

DONALD: It’s- This is fine! The students can be fixed back at the Academy. We should go back to Mission creek to fix up you three.

ADAM: Woo! Home time!

BREE: Oh yay! We can see Tasha!

CHASE: Probably not the main thing to focus on--

BREE: Shut up, we know you’re also excited to see her.

CHASE: (Giggles) Okay, yeah.

The Team leaves the lab, pointedly not going down the hall with Giselle’s corpse. Everyone but Douglas, Leo and Marcus leave.

DOUGLAS: Marcus, you coming?

MARCUS: She’s... gone. Forever.

LEO: Oh no, how much parental issues did you give Marcus?

DOUGLAS: (Offended) Hey!

Leo walks up to Marcus, making sure to keep at least half a meters distance.

LEO: Listen. Maybe this’ll be hard to hear, but she sucked, way more than Douglas probably. And that is a feat. Douglas is a pretty shitty guy, but he is getting better. Probably. I don’t think he’s committed a felony in over a year.

DOUGLAS: 4 months.

LEO: You aren’t helping.

He sighs, struggling to find a conclusion that will make Marcus leave with them.

LEO: Listen, creepy- Right, trying to help you - Marcus. I’m 100% sure if you were in her position, she would definitely ditch you. No doubt about it. You don’t need to feel guilty over someone that was a massive jackass and loser. Like, if Douglas got hurt, you don’t need to feel sorry, because he was shitty to you!

DOUGLAS: Okay, well--

LEO: (To Douglas) Shut up, I’m talking. (To Marcus) Come back to mission creek. With, I can’t believe I’m going to say this, With your family.

While Leo didn’t move closer to Marcus, their saddened expression softens, and in a moment of forgetfulness, Marcus almost hugs Leo, but stops themselves halfway through.

LEO: Did you- You almost hugged me!

MARCUS: (Embarrassed) No I didn’t. You’re seeing things.

LEO: Hah! You were trying to hug me!

MARCUS: Stop it!

Marcus and Leo both walk out, with Leo still taunting them. Outside the main room, Leo can be heard saying:

LEO: You still up for an almost-death match?

MARCUS: Yeah sure, whatever. If you’ll saying I tried to hug you.

LEO: Never stopping.

Douglas takes a quick glance around, then leaves as well, grabbing a few of Giselle’s folders marked ‘bionic chips.’