Secrets of the Desperate
Chapter 1: - Bed and Breakfast
A.N: - This is in direct continuation of Family Secrets and I recommend you read that first because this probably won't make any sense otherwise. Not trying to put people off, just giving you a heads up.
Lexa woke with a start. Her heart pounded in her chest as images of the previous days traumas flashed before her eyes. This was not the first time that night that she'd woken in a cold sweat, the nightmares proving too great. She wiped her hand across her sweaty forehead before rolling over and picking up her watch from the nightstand beside the bed. It read 9.45 indicating that she had at some point drifted into a deep less disturbed sleep.
She lay still for a few minutes looking up at the tiled ceiling as she listened to the muffled sounds of a conversation occurring in the main living area. Eventually she rolled out of bed, glanced at the crumpled heap of clothes at the foot of the bed and with a look of disgust on her face began to yank on the only clothes she now owned. She was now really regretting having not in the very least hung them up in the wardrobe. Once she was dressed Lexa went off in search of the others.
Jamie was whistling tunelessly as he prepared breakfast when Lexa entered the room. She eyed him sceptically. "Since when do you know how to cook?"
Jamie turned slightly and acknowledged her presence with a smile before stating "Its only bacon and eggs, not exactly gourmet cuisine. Besides with you gone someone had to feed us. Adam would forget to eat if someone didn't force him and as much as I love Baby she can burn water!" He placed the Bacon and eggs onto three plates "Jesse and Baby are up at the computers" he explained. "If you take these up to them I'll get you something"
"Don't worry about it. I'm not hungry at the moment. I could however really use a shower!" she smirked. "I'll take these up anyway. I presume Brennan and Shalimar haven't surfaced yet" she said with a slight grin. She picked up two of the plates and headed for the spiral staircase.
"Nope no sign of them" said Jamie returning her smile.
"Thought not" said Lexa continuing up the stairs. She spotted Jesse and Baby huddled over computers totally oblivious to her presence. She walked nearer letting the smell of cooked breakfast permeate the air. The odour reached Baby first and she turned from the computer.
"Morning Lexa, sleep well?" she said grabbing the plate of food and digging in with feral enthusiasm.
"Uh yeah sure" she lied; chuckling at the feral's speedy eating.
Jesse turned to face her and instead of offering a greeting inhaled deeply "mmm food, excellent" and began wolfing down his meal with one eye still firmly on the computer screen.
Lexa sat back and watched them both devour their meals in a matter of minutes. Lexa suddenly realised that Jesse had showered and was wearing a different outfit to yesterday. She guessed that it was a loaner from Jamie because the t-shirt was extremely snug over his broad shoulders. "Hey your tour included no directions to the shower, though you obviously found it" she pointed to Jesse.
"Oh yeah you'll probably going to need a change of clothes aren't you?" said Baby admiring Lexa's grubby, creased outfit.
"You think?" Lexa responded sarcastically.
"Alright, alright I don't know what I can lend you though you're a fair bit taller than me" Baby said sizing Lexa up.
"That's because you're still a midget" Lexa said grinning widely.
Jesse turned around on the swivel chair to watch the interaction between the pair. "She doesn't look that short to me, no shorter than Shalimar at any rate"
"Thank you! Lexa's been calling me a midget since forever and just my luck I'm not going to outgrow her so it looks like I'm stuck with it." Baby said smiling, the long standing joke clearly causing her no offence.
"Nope you're going to be a midget forever" she said smiling.
"You should really be a bit nicer to me Lexa if you want me to procure you a change of clothes!" Baby commented.
"O.K, you're not a midget! Can you find me some clothes? Please" she begged.
"Yeah alright" the two walked off towards Baby's room. They bumped into Brennan and Shalimar on the way both looking just as rumpled as Lexa. "Hey, I'm guessing you both want a change of clothes too. If you come with me I'll find you something" she said to Shalimar who had barely had a chance to mutter a greeting. "Brennan go see Jamie he's in the kitchen he must have something that'll fit" Everyone followed Baby's instructions.
Once everyone was cleaned up and was wearing something that was at least clean if not a great fit or colour combintion, they headed for the kitchen just as Jamie was finishing preparing the second round of breakfasts. "Grubs up" yelled Jamie setting down the plates on the kitchen table.
"Awesome" said Brennan sitting down at the table. Brennan and Lexa joined him as Baby bounded back up the stairs to join Jesse at the computers.
"Top of the things to do list should be go clothes shopping" Lexa said clearly not comfortable in her to small outfit.
"I definitly second that idea" Brennan said looking down at his interesting attire. He wore a shirt that would've been huge on Jamie but on him was extremly tight fitting. "This things choking me" he said adjusting the collar.
Shalimar laughed "Tough luck, I'm not complaining me and Baby have pretty similar taste and are the same size"
"Good for you" was Brennans less than happy reply.
They began eating their meals in relative silence until they were dramatically interrupted by Jesse's loud expletive and his rant thereafter.
"There are still 256 experiments that were performed on both Baby and me. Time is of the essence here and we have to rule out 256 options!" Jesse thundered in frustration.
"They began working on the cure already!" said Shalimar surprise evident in her tone. They'd all pretty much finished eating and so got up to go to the computer area.
"I know I should be surprised but somehow I'm not" Brennan commented.
"What's the problem Jess?" said Lexa looking at the dejected man in front of her with his head in his hands.
"We, that is me and Baby created a program to find which one of Adams experiments had been performed on both of us and thus could feasibly be the cure. The program cut down the possibilities but even then there are still 256 experiments done to both of us! The frustrating thing is that we have no idea how long you guys have so we can't mess about. Its way too much of a risk to just presume you'll be O.K for any length of time.
"But isn't it possible that me and Shalimar are cured already, not belittling Lexa's situation but we don't even know if were in trouble here!" Brennan pointed out.
"Wait. That's it! I know how we might be able to narrow it down at least a little bit more" said Lexa somewhat excitedly.
"How?" said Jesse in a tone which suggested that all was lost.
"Well" she began to explain "the dominion said I definitely wasn't cured, right, that's why they went after you" she pointed at Jesse enthusiastically.
"I don't see why your quite so pleased about that, but yes that's what they said" Jesse acknowledged.
"Don't you see" said Lexa her excitement growing as she decided her theory had to be true.
"I do" Baby interrupted. "If we run you're D.N.A through the program, with a few setting adjustments it would show which of these 256 experiments Adam performed on you."
"I don't see how that will help" Brennan said.
"Its simple, any that Lexa's had can't possibly be the cure because she's not cured!" Baby explained.
"Exactly!" she responded "It might not get rid of many but it's a start" Lexa said.
"Of course why didn't I think of that" said Jesse.
"Because you're exhausted, you've been sat here half the night haven't you?" said Shalimar worriedly.
"Maybe" he said grinning slightly "Well lets get a D.N.A sample from you then"
"O.K." said Lexa, clinging to the hope that her own D.N.A could be the answer to procuring the cure she herself so desperately needed.
A.N: - I know its short but I just wanted to get it going. Im still not quite finished with this story yet though so bare with me while I iron the kinks out. Ohh and by the way please review, its really helpful to know what others think. thanks