The Night Affair
Sequel to The Addison Project
Disclaimer: I don't own them, but wouldn't it be grand?!
~~~If you haven't read the Addison Project, I suggest that you read it before reading The Night Affair, because otherwise, you will be totally and utterly lost!~~~
CH 1 The Night Affair
Emma paced inside sanctuary. She had been there for what seemed like hours. Suddenly, Brennan materialized in front of her.
"Brennan, where have you been?" Emma asked, with a concerned face.
"Do we have to coordinate our sleeping times now?" He joked, trying to lighten the mood.
"I'm just scared." Emma said, looking down, a tear forming in her eye.
Brennan stepped closer to Emma. "You have no reason to be afraid here." He said, trying to comfort her.
She shook her head. "It's not this place. It's reality. Eckhart has me out there, capturing mutants. I'm betraying them, all the while thinking I'm doing the right thing. Do you know how that feels? I feel like a traitor!"
"You are not a traitor!" Brennan said firmly, looking deep into Emma's beautiful eyes. "You are a wonderful, caring person. This isn't your fault. We'll find a way to get you out of this, I promise you."
Emma smiled. "Well, I'm glad you haven't given up hope yet."
"We will never give up hope. Never." Brennan said, drawing Emma in for a long embrace. "Never."
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Emma opened her eyes. She was in her room assigned by the GSA in Genomex. All Mutant agents were required to stay at Genomex for "observation". Once again she woke with no recollection of the dreams she had had that night. Emma was always used to remembering pictures and feelings, but lately there was nothing. It was like static. It had started after the reaction Emma's powers had with that fugitive Mulwray's powers. Oh well, thought Emma. It wasn't really like her dreams were important.
Emma made her way to her shower, turning on the hot water has she stepped in. She started to wet her hair when suddenly, all she could see was white. She was having a flashback of some kind. An alley between two buildings came into view. There were bodies slumped on the ground all around her. Emma saw three figures standing. One was approaching her. Emma could feel her chest heaving up and down, like she had just run for her life. Emma panicked as the man came into view.
"NO need to run anymore Emma, You're among friends." It was Adam the leader of those traitors!!
Emma gasped for air, as her head felt as if it was spinning. She fumbled as she turned off the water, and got out of the shower. Emma sank down to the floor, as the grey bathroom came into view. It was over. The vision, or flashback, or what ever it was, was over. Emma tried to calm herself. Taking deep breaths, she got up from the floor.
"Get it together Emma," She said, looking into the mirror. "Get it together."
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Brennan slowly woke as his alarm clock buzzed. Brennan groaned, reaching over to turn the alarm clock off. He was no longer the morning person he once was. He now dreaded morning. He loved the night. Every moment of it. He got to share his nights with Emma. Sure it pained him every time he saw her, but he loved it all the same.
Groggily Brennan got up, took his shower and got dressed. Brennan walked over to his dresser and picked up his comlink ring.
He was about put it on, when he paused; thinking back to the day when he and Emma were made members of Mutant X. Brennan sank down on his bed, as he thought of how happy Emma had been to become a part of Mutant X. There had been a gleam in her eye as she had slipped on that sacred ring for the very first time. Brennan sighed heavily, putting on the ring, activating it. Another sigh came as he stood up and left his room, grabbing the book he was reading from the chair next to the door.
"Hey!" Brennan was greeted by Jesse.
"Hey." Brennan returned, smiling small. He really wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone.
"Do you wanna go work out with me and Shal?" Jesse asked.
Brennan held up his book. "No thanks. I wanna finish this, I'm almost done." He said, trying to sound as convincing as possible, he really just wanted to be alone and hide in his book.
Jesse nodded. "Sure, but if you change you mind."
"Yeah." Brennan said, walking away.
Jesse sighed, and walked into the lab where Shalimar and Adam were. "Hey guys." He said. "Ready to get your ass kicked Shal?"
Shalimar smiled. "I think I should be asking you that question. Did you ask Brennan to join us?"
Jesse nodded. "He wanted to read his book. Seems like that's all he wants to do lately."
"I'm really worried about him, Adam." Shalimar said, sadly.
"Well, he's going through a difficult time." Adam said.
Shalimar scoffed. "All of us are. He's not the only one who's lost Emma."
"Yeah, but every night you don't enter some dream reality where she is, do you?" Jesse countered.
Shalimar started to say something, when Adam cut her off. "Look, we just have to give Brennan some space. That's all we can do."
"Adam, we've been giving him plenty of space. It's not like we're forcing him to do anything with us." Jesse said.
Adam nodded. "I know. I think the only way to deal with this is to end this dream reality."
"How are you going to do that?" Shalimar asked.
"I don't know. I think the only way to do that is to end the Addison Project." Adam sighed, looking at his watch. "I've got to meet someone. Be good you two." He walked out of the room.
"Sounds like he doesn't trust us." Jesse laughed.
"Would you?" Shal asked, smiling.
Jesse shrugged. "Good point."
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"Rachel?" Adam said quietly in the parking garage.
Rachel stepped out of the shadows. "Hey." She said.
Adam smiled, relieved to see her. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah. It's getting harder and harder to get out. Something's about to happen. Something big." Rachel said.
"Do you know what?" Adam asked.
"Emma's caught 5 mutants. Me, two other psionics, a molecular, on elemental, and then a feral. Now, apart from me, all of them resisted. Now, they're all walking around Genomex, like they want to be there, like me. And they are doing everything at Emma and Eckhart's will.
Adam grimaced. "They've all been implanted."
"Yep." Rachel said. "I think Eckhart wanted a feral, psionic, elemental, and molecular to test the Addison implant on."
"Eckhart's able to control these people, and Emma, and without consequences. They'll never question him." Adam ran his fingers through his hair, thinking.
"Adam, these people have no morals whatsoever." Rachel said.
"Which is why they make the perfect GSAgent." Adam sighed. "You'd better get back."
Rachel nodded. "One more thing. Liz Hartzel. She's a new mutant with the ability to alter her size and shape. Eckhart's got Emma on it. Mutant X needs to find her before Emma does."
"Thanks. Be careful." Adam said. He stopped and smiled. "Your father would be very proud of you."
Rachel smiled also. "He'd be proud of you too."
"Be careful." Adam said again.
Rachel winked. "Always."
Sequel to The Addison Project
Disclaimer: I don't own them, but wouldn't it be grand?!
~~~If you haven't read the Addison Project, I suggest that you read it before reading The Night Affair, because otherwise, you will be totally and utterly lost!~~~
CH 1 The Night Affair
Emma paced inside sanctuary. She had been there for what seemed like hours. Suddenly, Brennan materialized in front of her.
"Brennan, where have you been?" Emma asked, with a concerned face.
"Do we have to coordinate our sleeping times now?" He joked, trying to lighten the mood.
"I'm just scared." Emma said, looking down, a tear forming in her eye.
Brennan stepped closer to Emma. "You have no reason to be afraid here." He said, trying to comfort her.
She shook her head. "It's not this place. It's reality. Eckhart has me out there, capturing mutants. I'm betraying them, all the while thinking I'm doing the right thing. Do you know how that feels? I feel like a traitor!"
"You are not a traitor!" Brennan said firmly, looking deep into Emma's beautiful eyes. "You are a wonderful, caring person. This isn't your fault. We'll find a way to get you out of this, I promise you."
Emma smiled. "Well, I'm glad you haven't given up hope yet."
"We will never give up hope. Never." Brennan said, drawing Emma in for a long embrace. "Never."
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Emma opened her eyes. She was in her room assigned by the GSA in Genomex. All Mutant agents were required to stay at Genomex for "observation". Once again she woke with no recollection of the dreams she had had that night. Emma was always used to remembering pictures and feelings, but lately there was nothing. It was like static. It had started after the reaction Emma's powers had with that fugitive Mulwray's powers. Oh well, thought Emma. It wasn't really like her dreams were important.
Emma made her way to her shower, turning on the hot water has she stepped in. She started to wet her hair when suddenly, all she could see was white. She was having a flashback of some kind. An alley between two buildings came into view. There were bodies slumped on the ground all around her. Emma saw three figures standing. One was approaching her. Emma could feel her chest heaving up and down, like she had just run for her life. Emma panicked as the man came into view.
"NO need to run anymore Emma, You're among friends." It was Adam the leader of those traitors!!
Emma gasped for air, as her head felt as if it was spinning. She fumbled as she turned off the water, and got out of the shower. Emma sank down to the floor, as the grey bathroom came into view. It was over. The vision, or flashback, or what ever it was, was over. Emma tried to calm herself. Taking deep breaths, she got up from the floor.
"Get it together Emma," She said, looking into the mirror. "Get it together."
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Brennan slowly woke as his alarm clock buzzed. Brennan groaned, reaching over to turn the alarm clock off. He was no longer the morning person he once was. He now dreaded morning. He loved the night. Every moment of it. He got to share his nights with Emma. Sure it pained him every time he saw her, but he loved it all the same.
Groggily Brennan got up, took his shower and got dressed. Brennan walked over to his dresser and picked up his comlink ring.
He was about put it on, when he paused; thinking back to the day when he and Emma were made members of Mutant X. Brennan sank down on his bed, as he thought of how happy Emma had been to become a part of Mutant X. There had been a gleam in her eye as she had slipped on that sacred ring for the very first time. Brennan sighed heavily, putting on the ring, activating it. Another sigh came as he stood up and left his room, grabbing the book he was reading from the chair next to the door.
"Hey!" Brennan was greeted by Jesse.
"Hey." Brennan returned, smiling small. He really wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone.
"Do you wanna go work out with me and Shal?" Jesse asked.
Brennan held up his book. "No thanks. I wanna finish this, I'm almost done." He said, trying to sound as convincing as possible, he really just wanted to be alone and hide in his book.
Jesse nodded. "Sure, but if you change you mind."
"Yeah." Brennan said, walking away.
Jesse sighed, and walked into the lab where Shalimar and Adam were. "Hey guys." He said. "Ready to get your ass kicked Shal?"
Shalimar smiled. "I think I should be asking you that question. Did you ask Brennan to join us?"
Jesse nodded. "He wanted to read his book. Seems like that's all he wants to do lately."
"I'm really worried about him, Adam." Shalimar said, sadly.
"Well, he's going through a difficult time." Adam said.
Shalimar scoffed. "All of us are. He's not the only one who's lost Emma."
"Yeah, but every night you don't enter some dream reality where she is, do you?" Jesse countered.
Shalimar started to say something, when Adam cut her off. "Look, we just have to give Brennan some space. That's all we can do."
"Adam, we've been giving him plenty of space. It's not like we're forcing him to do anything with us." Jesse said.
Adam nodded. "I know. I think the only way to deal with this is to end this dream reality."
"How are you going to do that?" Shalimar asked.
"I don't know. I think the only way to do that is to end the Addison Project." Adam sighed, looking at his watch. "I've got to meet someone. Be good you two." He walked out of the room.
"Sounds like he doesn't trust us." Jesse laughed.
"Would you?" Shal asked, smiling.
Jesse shrugged. "Good point."
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"Rachel?" Adam said quietly in the parking garage.
Rachel stepped out of the shadows. "Hey." She said.
Adam smiled, relieved to see her. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah. It's getting harder and harder to get out. Something's about to happen. Something big." Rachel said.
"Do you know what?" Adam asked.
"Emma's caught 5 mutants. Me, two other psionics, a molecular, on elemental, and then a feral. Now, apart from me, all of them resisted. Now, they're all walking around Genomex, like they want to be there, like me. And they are doing everything at Emma and Eckhart's will.
Adam grimaced. "They've all been implanted."
"Yep." Rachel said. "I think Eckhart wanted a feral, psionic, elemental, and molecular to test the Addison implant on."
"Eckhart's able to control these people, and Emma, and without consequences. They'll never question him." Adam ran his fingers through his hair, thinking.
"Adam, these people have no morals whatsoever." Rachel said.
"Which is why they make the perfect GSAgent." Adam sighed. "You'd better get back."
Rachel nodded. "One more thing. Liz Hartzel. She's a new mutant with the ability to alter her size and shape. Eckhart's got Emma on it. Mutant X needs to find her before Emma does."
"Thanks. Be careful." Adam said. He stopped and smiled. "Your father would be very proud of you."
Rachel smiled also. "He'd be proud of you too."
"Be careful." Adam said again.
Rachel winked. "Always."