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Chapter 2
The computer behind Adam beeped and he turned and transferred the file to the larger monitor so everyone could see it.
"Melissa Greystone, has the power to read and influence the minds of men"
"Why just men?" Brennan asked sounding slightly offended.
"Chemical and hormonal differences"
"How do we find her and stop her?"
"I don't know, looks like she dropped off the map her file ends 13 years ago, she lived in New York, worked at a clothing store, Shalimar, Lexa, you two go and check that out see if she's still working there if not maybe they know where she went".
Adam watched as both women nodded and walked out of the room and he turned back to Brennan and Jesse.
"So how is she finding her victims?"
"That's a good question but until we figure that out you two are staying in sanctuary"
"She may be able to get to us anyway"
"Maybe but until we know let's not give her any more of an opportunity than we have to"
"Jesse, hey bro where are you?"
"I'm here" Jesse said as he walked around the corner and found Brennan looking for him. "What's up?"
"Nothing, just wondering where you were"
"You're bored aren't you?"
"Yeah, we're stuck here in sanctuary and are girlfriends are out having all the fun, it wouldn't be so bad if they were stuck in here with us"
"Yeah I know what you mean" Jesse thought back on the last few months, they had been so busy they hadn't had time to be bored. Since they had rescued Adam from the dominion they had had to deal with all the New Mutant problems that had been building up over the time they had been focused on the dominion. Jesse and Brennan had managed to build a new Helix, which the girls were currently flying to New York and life had been getting back to normal.
"You wanna shoot some hoops?" Brennan asked
"Yeah sounds good"
Shalimar and Lexa walked into the store and looked around them; there was no sign of the woman from the file. They walked over to the woman behind the cash register,
"Excuse me we're looking for someone who used to work here, maybe she still does, her name is Melissa Greystone"
"Ah yes I remember Melissa, she stopped working here 7 years ago, about 2 years after she got married"
"She got married, to who?"
"A lovely gentleman, his name was Tom I believe Tom Johnson"
"Do you know where she went after she left?"
"No I don't, I never heard from her again"
"Okay thank you very much"
Shalimar and Lexa left the store and walked round into the alley next to it, climbing the fire escape to the roof where they had left the Helix. They both went inside and took their seats as Lexa fired up the engines and piloted.
"Hey guys" Shalimar said activating the comm. Link.
"Go ahead Shalimar" came Adams voice.
"We found out Melissa Greystone stopped working at the clothes store 7 years ago after she got married to a man named Tom Johnson"
"Okay you girls head back to sanctuary we'll see what we can find out"
Jesse sat down at the computer in front of Adam and started a search for both Melissa and Tom Johnson.
"Okay I got nothing on Melissa but Tom was a big business guy, he was on the bored of directors at Marketers Ltd, they are a marketing company in New York. He died 3 months ago of a heart attack"
"Tell the girls to turn around and check out his company, they may have a current address for Melissa and keep looking, see if there's anything else you can find out"
Lexa looked over to Shalimar who was talking to another employee who was apparently a good friend of Tom Johnson. She looked back at the woman sitting across the desk from her.
"Tom always seemed like a nice guy and he was never anything but polite and courteous but…" she trailed off as if not sure she should carry on.
"But what?" Lexa prompted
"I only mat Melissa a couple of times but she always seemed so sad and I remember a couple of times she had bruises on her"
"Are you saying he beat her?"
"I don't know, I didn't know her real well, she could have just been clumsy but I got the impression it was him. The way she acted around him, it was like you'd expect a battered wife to be, quiet, obedient, she blended into the background and she could go completely unnoticed"
"Do you have any idea where she is now?"
"No, I haven't seen her since the funeral and even then she didn't talk to anybody, she just stood there quietly and then walked away when it was over"
"Okay thank you" Lexa stood up and walked over to the door and was joined a few moments later by Shalimar.
"He said Tom was a nice a guy and he hasn't heard from Melissa since the funeral"
"Well from what I was told Tom was nice to everyone except his wife, looks like he may have been beating her"
"You're kidding"
"No, but that would explain why she feels the need to have guys attack their wives, she's angry and she wants others to feel what she went through"
"Let's get back to sanctuary and see if the guys find out anything else"
"Some people were looking for you today"
"Do you know who?"
"No I didn't speak to them"
"Did you see them?"
"Yeah it was two women, one blonde, one brunette, why, do you know them?"
"No but I know who they are, don't worry I'll take care of it, it was nice of you to stop by"
"Well I'll see you later and don't worry things will get better"
"Thanks"