The Lab Rats are on a mission to save people from a wildfire; when the people start to chant Adam, Bree, and Chase's names, Leo gets jealous and wants to become known. Douglas gets put in charge to develop a new technology for the academy, but can only come up with things that can hurt the students.

Donald and Douglas reveal that they have built an upgrade for all the students bionics, except for Leo's. But the upgrade doesn't work on Adam, Bree, and Chase because their systems are older. Adam, Bree, and Chase are therefore left at their level, while all the students are much more powerful. Meanwhile, Daniel is brought to the Academy because he had been using his bionics in the outside world. Douglas decides to enroll Daniel at the Academy, and he makes Leo his mentor. Leo steadily tries to teach Daniel, but Daniel proves to be unteachable, so Leo gives him the upgrade as well. The students steadily start to vanish, including Daniel. Giselle Vickers, Douglas' old girlfriend, is revealed to have captured them. Daniel sends a video message to the Island, requesting help.