1 Disclaimer: I don't own Mutant X or any of its characters so please
don't sue me for imagination…
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3
4 "And I have learned so much since you've been gone,
And I have done so little for so long…"
Dashboard Confessional
5
6 "Brennan…"
He can feel the restraints cutting welts into the flesh of his wrists. He can't see anything, but he realizes that he is helpless.
"Tell me where he is…" The voice urges. Brennan feels a surge of hot energy throughout his body, wracking him with pain.
The voice is inside his head and Brennan, in his confusion, struggles more desperately to escape. He feels blood start to coat his hands where he is wrestling with his bonds.
"Tell me where he is, Brennan…"
Another surge of energy agonizes his body.
"BRENNAN!" The voice is shrill and panicked and echoes in his head. He feels a jolt and suddenly he can see.
"Brennan?" Emma's voice is quieter now and he thinks he was dreaming. He tries to turn his head toward her voice but he realizes that he cannot move.
"It's not over…" The voice says in his head. Brennan slams into his bed, his head bouncing off the headboard violently. It doesn't occur to him that he was levitating when his team found him.
Adam and Shalimar catch him as his body limply starts to slide off the bed.
"Let go of me…I don't have control…" Brennan manages to choke, his lungs lacking oxygen.
As soon as they release him, energy bolts pin his body to the floor. Brennan closes his eyes in pain.
"Adam, you have to do something," Emma pleads.
"What is going on?" Jesse asks, entering drowsily.
The electricity dissipates and Brennan lies limp on the floor. Adam goes to his side. "He's not breathing." He starts compressions on Brennan's chest.
"Emma heard noises coming from Brennan's room. When she came in, she found him levitating and bleeding from his wrists, like he was trying to get untied."
Brennan gasps suddenly, the compressions reviving him.
"Brennan?" Emma calls.
Brennan sits up suddenly, disoriented, and pushes himself into the corner.
"Brennan, its Adam…you're safe…" Adam says, trying to calm the panicked man.
"Shit…what the hell was that?" Brennan pants, his breathing bordering on hyperventilation.
"What do you remember?" Adam asks, too worried to disguise his concern from his team.
"I was tied up…" Brennan glances at his bloody hands and raw wrists. "I couldn't see and someone was shocking me…" His eyes glaze for a moment and a flash of white pain stabs into his mind.
"Brennan?" Adam asks.
"What do you want?" Brennan asks, his psyche focusing on the pain. In reality, his body begins to float as sparks dance from his clenched fists.
6.1 "Tell me where he is and I'll stop the pain forever…"
"Who?" Brennan asks as pressure starts to build on his chest, taking his breath.
"Britt…tell me where Britt is…"
Brennan gasps and the pressure hurts him as it continues to build. "Never…I'll never tell…" Something slams into his chest and his teammates hear the cracking of ribs.
"Get out of my head!" Brennan says, struggling to breathe as he returns to the floor.
Emma reaches out and touches Brennan before Adam can stop her. She immediately senses the intensity and panicked fear in his mind as well as an outside psyche.
"What do you want from Brennan?" Emma asks, looking for the intruder.
A faceless figure turns to her. "I want to know where Britt is…"
"You'll have to kill me first…" Brennan says before pushing them both out of his mind.
"Keep them out of my head…she's killing me…" Brennan pleads, his eyes closed, his bleeding hands covering his face. When he lowers his hands, blood can be seen on his lips.
"What is going on, Emma? Did you see anything?" Shalimar questions.
"Somebody's in his head, must be another psionic, and she wants to know where somebody named Britt is. Brennan…"
"It's not possible, nobody knows he exists…" Brennan breathes, his eyes distant with pain and slight mania.
"Brennan, I want you to take a deep breath and relax, okay?" Adam urges.
"You don't understand," Brennan replies, his eyes revealing that he doesn't know where he is. "He's safe…I gave up everything to make him safe…"
Jesse and Shalimar pull Brennan to his feet and lead him unsteadily to the lab. He is docile and allows himself to be led into the lab and onto a table.
"Emma, see if you can calm him down, his readings are…unstable as hell…" Adam says, after scanning him quickly.
Emma takes Brennan's hand and soon is inside his mind.
"Brennan, its Emma…"
"Emma…how can I keep her out of my head? I can't let her find him…" Brennan says, his mind filled with noise and chaos.
"Brennan. She's gone. Calm down and talk to me. You're safe," Emma says, soothingly.
"But Britt's not safe if she knows he's alive," Brennan replies, the thought a whisper.
"Brennan. You have to tell us what you're talking about so we can help you. Okay? I need you to take a deep breath and come back to us. You can control yourself, can't you?" Emma urges.
Brennan nods and she leaves his mind.
"Brennan?" Shalimar says, her eyes concerned. He looks at her, aware of his surroundings. "You're shaking."
"Sorry," Brennan replies, quiet.
"You okay?" She asks, searching his face for an answer.
"Nope," He answers.
"Brennan, who is after you?" Adam asks, relieved at Brennan's coherence.
"She's not after me. She's after Britt," Brennan replies flatly.
"Who's Britt?" Emma questions.
"Britt is my brother," Brennan replies.
"What? There's nothing in your file about a brother…" Adam replies, surprised.
"My file's bullshit. It's all fabricated. It took years of work to create that file and distribute it. Nobody should know he exists. Nobody," Brennan says.
"How can you be sure?" Jesse asks.
"Because we killed them all," Brennan replies.
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3
4 "And I have learned so much since you've been gone,
And I have done so little for so long…"
Dashboard Confessional
5
6 "Brennan…"
He can feel the restraints cutting welts into the flesh of his wrists. He can't see anything, but he realizes that he is helpless.
"Tell me where he is…" The voice urges. Brennan feels a surge of hot energy throughout his body, wracking him with pain.
The voice is inside his head and Brennan, in his confusion, struggles more desperately to escape. He feels blood start to coat his hands where he is wrestling with his bonds.
"Tell me where he is, Brennan…"
Another surge of energy agonizes his body.
"BRENNAN!" The voice is shrill and panicked and echoes in his head. He feels a jolt and suddenly he can see.
"Brennan?" Emma's voice is quieter now and he thinks he was dreaming. He tries to turn his head toward her voice but he realizes that he cannot move.
"It's not over…" The voice says in his head. Brennan slams into his bed, his head bouncing off the headboard violently. It doesn't occur to him that he was levitating when his team found him.
Adam and Shalimar catch him as his body limply starts to slide off the bed.
"Let go of me…I don't have control…" Brennan manages to choke, his lungs lacking oxygen.
As soon as they release him, energy bolts pin his body to the floor. Brennan closes his eyes in pain.
"Adam, you have to do something," Emma pleads.
"What is going on?" Jesse asks, entering drowsily.
The electricity dissipates and Brennan lies limp on the floor. Adam goes to his side. "He's not breathing." He starts compressions on Brennan's chest.
"Emma heard noises coming from Brennan's room. When she came in, she found him levitating and bleeding from his wrists, like he was trying to get untied."
Brennan gasps suddenly, the compressions reviving him.
"Brennan?" Emma calls.
Brennan sits up suddenly, disoriented, and pushes himself into the corner.
"Brennan, its Adam…you're safe…" Adam says, trying to calm the panicked man.
"Shit…what the hell was that?" Brennan pants, his breathing bordering on hyperventilation.
"What do you remember?" Adam asks, too worried to disguise his concern from his team.
"I was tied up…" Brennan glances at his bloody hands and raw wrists. "I couldn't see and someone was shocking me…" His eyes glaze for a moment and a flash of white pain stabs into his mind.
"Brennan?" Adam asks.
"What do you want?" Brennan asks, his psyche focusing on the pain. In reality, his body begins to float as sparks dance from his clenched fists.
6.1 "Tell me where he is and I'll stop the pain forever…"
"Who?" Brennan asks as pressure starts to build on his chest, taking his breath.
"Britt…tell me where Britt is…"
Brennan gasps and the pressure hurts him as it continues to build. "Never…I'll never tell…" Something slams into his chest and his teammates hear the cracking of ribs.
"Get out of my head!" Brennan says, struggling to breathe as he returns to the floor.
Emma reaches out and touches Brennan before Adam can stop her. She immediately senses the intensity and panicked fear in his mind as well as an outside psyche.
"What do you want from Brennan?" Emma asks, looking for the intruder.
A faceless figure turns to her. "I want to know where Britt is…"
"You'll have to kill me first…" Brennan says before pushing them both out of his mind.
"Keep them out of my head…she's killing me…" Brennan pleads, his eyes closed, his bleeding hands covering his face. When he lowers his hands, blood can be seen on his lips.
"What is going on, Emma? Did you see anything?" Shalimar questions.
"Somebody's in his head, must be another psionic, and she wants to know where somebody named Britt is. Brennan…"
"It's not possible, nobody knows he exists…" Brennan breathes, his eyes distant with pain and slight mania.
"Brennan, I want you to take a deep breath and relax, okay?" Adam urges.
"You don't understand," Brennan replies, his eyes revealing that he doesn't know where he is. "He's safe…I gave up everything to make him safe…"
Jesse and Shalimar pull Brennan to his feet and lead him unsteadily to the lab. He is docile and allows himself to be led into the lab and onto a table.
"Emma, see if you can calm him down, his readings are…unstable as hell…" Adam says, after scanning him quickly.
Emma takes Brennan's hand and soon is inside his mind.
"Brennan, its Emma…"
"Emma…how can I keep her out of my head? I can't let her find him…" Brennan says, his mind filled with noise and chaos.
"Brennan. She's gone. Calm down and talk to me. You're safe," Emma says, soothingly.
"But Britt's not safe if she knows he's alive," Brennan replies, the thought a whisper.
"Brennan. You have to tell us what you're talking about so we can help you. Okay? I need you to take a deep breath and come back to us. You can control yourself, can't you?" Emma urges.
Brennan nods and she leaves his mind.
"Brennan?" Shalimar says, her eyes concerned. He looks at her, aware of his surroundings. "You're shaking."
"Sorry," Brennan replies, quiet.
"You okay?" She asks, searching his face for an answer.
"Nope," He answers.
"Brennan, who is after you?" Adam asks, relieved at Brennan's coherence.
"She's not after me. She's after Britt," Brennan replies flatly.
"Who's Britt?" Emma questions.
"Britt is my brother," Brennan replies.
"What? There's nothing in your file about a brother…" Adam replies, surprised.
"My file's bullshit. It's all fabricated. It took years of work to create that file and distribute it. Nobody should know he exists. Nobody," Brennan says.
"How can you be sure?" Jesse asks.
"Because we killed them all," Brennan replies.