-1Chapter 2- Trust
Turning, Brennan couldn't believe his eyes, "Brittany???"
"There's
no time to explain! The Dominion is going to be all over our
ass
in about 10 seconds! Just get in!" the girl called from the
jet's
entrance.
"Brennan? Who is she?" Shalimar
inquired, distrust evident in her
features.
"Can we trust her?" Lexa asked looking to Brennan.
"You know her?" Jesse asked.
Brennan's eyes never left the young
woman's face "You better not be up
to no good." Turning
to the others a hard look on his face he
responds to their
inquiries, "She's my sister. Let's go." He then
proceeded
to board the jet.
"Your sister? You have a sister!"
Shalimar inquired as she appeared on
board.
"You can
worry about family ties later. Strap in. Bo get us out of
here.
Rain switch to stealth and activate weapons systems. I don't
like
the looks of those choppers." Brittany screamed out.
"Stealth?
Weapons systems? Who the hell are you?" Jesse asked
while
looking admiringly at the technology.
"Your only
hope of getting out of here alive, and that's all you need
to
know." Brittany replied as she took out a box of visual cloaks
and
slapped one on his head. She then proceeded to the others.
"Sorry
about this, but for the time being it's a necessary
thing."
"Hell no! Give me back my eyes!" Lexa growled.
"Chillax little girl. Its either this or you're
off the plane. Which
do you prefer?" Brittany
ordered.
"Brittany, if you don't give us back our eyes right now, I'll…"
"You'll what baby bro. Whine and
complain? You're gonna do that
anyway. Just sit back and let big
sis take care of the big, bad
boogeyman." Brittany responded
to his protest sticking out her tongue
as well even though she
knows he can't see it. Turning, she taps a few
controls, "Command.
Alpha Wing reporting in. Do you copy?"
A burst of static
is followed by the reply, "Roger that.
Transferring
communications to team leader."
There is
another burst of static, and a woman's voice heavily
distorted
comes through, "Brittany. You have them." The voice is
not
questioning, but certain.
"All but Kane. He was no
where in sight, and the firing squad was
pretty heavy. Decided
it'd be best to just high tail it out of there
for now."
Brittany reported.
"I know. You made the right decision.
Kane is beyond our reach at the
moment. Return to base. I'll work
on locating Kane." The team leader
responded.
"Just
let me know when its time to go and get him." Brittany said
with
a giggle, "You know I'm always up for a bit of
fun!"
The team leader laughs sweetly as she replies,
"Will do Britt. Just
get the rest of them here safe and
sound."
"ETA approximately 3 hours. Beginning radio
silence. Over and out."
Brittany responds as she clicks the
controls to end the transmission.
"Who the hell was that?" Brennan asks his sister.
"That was my boss." Brittany replies simply.
"Yeah. I got that. But who is
your boss? And where the hell are we
going that its going to take
3 hours to get there?" Brennan asks not
backing
down.
Brittany sighs, "I'm not currently authorized to
release that
information. My boss would rather give you the
details herself. You'll
be briefed when we arrive."
"The
hell we will. I trusted you enough to get on the plane. Now, you
will
tell me what's going on." Brennan demands.
The rest of
the jets crew are silent up until now, but at Brennan's
rise, a
large, curly headed brunette, Rain as Brittany had called her,
turns
and speaks for the first time, "Hey! X-Man. Shut the hell up!
We
didn't have to risk our lives to save you, you know. Weren't
for us
you'd be dead little X-men. So, just be grateful you're
alive and stop
pestering Britt, or I'll knock you out cold for the
next three hours!"
Despite the cloaks, her eyes flashing
feral, Shalimar jumps to
Brennan's defense, "I'd like to see
you try. Even blind I could beat
your ass."
Sensing
the tension between the two ferals, Brittany decides she had
better
intervene quickly, "Hey, hey, hey! Settle down. Rain, just
pay
attention to the systems and chill…Fox settle the fuck down,
or I'll
let Rain follow through on her little threat. Like it or
not, she's
dominant feral in our humble little abode at the
moment." Under her
breath, she adds,
"Ferals."
Simultaneously, Rain and Shalimar respond, "I heard that."
Brittany rolls her eyes.
Turning
back to the systems, Rain reports, "I think we've lost
them.
Nothing but clear skies ahead."
"Thank God!" Brittany says letting out a huge sigh of relief.
A
few minutes pass by in awkward silence, before finally the
last
member of the jet crew speaks, So…Britt. You didn't say we
were
rescuing your brother." Bo says from the flight controls
a smile
playing across his face.
"Bo! You ass. How the
hell do you manage to stay so calm in these
situations. Out of
everything that's been said and done, that's the
ONLY thing you
feel is worth discussing." Brittany asks shooting him
an
incredulous look.
"Well it is a rather interesting bit of
info. You said he's younger
right?" Bo said
teasingly.
"Yeah. By exactly five minutes." Brittany
said smugly, a smirk playing
across her face.
With the
exception of the two in question "You're twins!!!" is
the
common response to this statement. Shock is apparent in their
voices.
"Unfortunately." Brennan and Brittany reply
simultaneously, bitterness
apparent in their voices.
"Last time I saw her, she was working for Ekhart." Brennan explains.
"What?" Lexa, Jesse, and Shalimar ask.
"And you didn't think this was worth mentioning
before we got on the
plane?" Lexa growled rising from her
seat.
"Not to mention the entire time we were working to
take down Genomex."
Jesse added.
To Lexa Brennan
replies, "Need I remind you that you used to work for
Genomex.
Sit down" And to Jesse, "And she wasn't worth
mentioning.
She was just a lower level lackey with no idea what
she was doing.
Though she would have if she'd had the common sense
to listen to me,"
he added glaring menacingly in the
direction of his sister.
"I knew exactly what I was
doing. I was saving my own skin. Mutant X
was losing safe houses
all over the place. Safe my ass. The safest
place to be was as
close to the enemy as I could get." Brittany scoffed.
"Mutant
X was only losing safe houses because of people like you
finding
and breaking into them." Brennan countered.
"Maybe
so, but if I hadn't of done it, someone else would have and I'd
have
ended up in a pod." Brittany pointed out.
"Lots of
Mutants ended up in pods. Better than working for Ekhart."
Brennan
said.
"Hah! I'd love to see you spend even a minute in
one of those things.
Then, maybe you'll change you're opinion. I
did what I was told,
because it was the only way to survive. As
soon as Gabriel came along
and shut the place down, I high-tailed
it out of there as fast as my
little legs could run which if you
remember is actually quite fast."
Brittany said her voice
rising.
"You didn't join the links then?" Brennan
asked the curiosity evident
in his voice.
"Nope. Not
even for a minute. Ashlocke was insane. No way was I ever
getting
near him. Took a long vacation. Ended up in France, and that's
where
I stayed until She contacted me and asked for my help."
Brittany
said covertly.
Sensing a subject of interest Brennan asks, "But who is She?"
Brittany scoffs, "Nice try bro. I can't divulge that information."
"Why should I trust you?" Brennan asks grumpily.
Turning and
looking at her brother a smug smile playing on her lips,
Brittany
responds, "Because you have no choice."
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