Control of the darkness
Chapter 3- Captured
"THEY TOOK HIM… WE NEED TO GET HIM BACK, NOW!" Shalimar paced wildly, allowing her long blond hair to wave behind her as she spun on any one who dared to challenge her.
Adam waved his hands at her to try and get some of her attention… but so far he had failed. "Shalimar! I know you're frustrated but we can't move now. I understand the position Brennan is in but I have my hands full already-". Shalimar's eyes blazed a golden fury, "Full with what. He's a part of this team…apart of each on of us. I for one am not leaving him in there. Don't you know what Eckhart will do to him…-" Her voice fell to a whisper, "-… Don't you know what Eckhart will do if he finds out what Brennan is now…" Her words wavered what ever Adam was about to retaliate with and by the saddened expression on all their faces, she'd hit them all where it hurt.
Shaking her head she stormed off, slamming her door shut just to emphasize how annoyed she was feeling. Her anger was burning her up inside, and how her mind screamed for her to destroy some thing…. but it wouldn't help. Besides, the only place she wanted to be in when destroying stuff was Genomex. Any other place simply wouldn't do…
After Shalimar had left, they were all silent until Emma stepped up to also confront Adam on some thing that had been bothering her.
"Adam…what do you mean, 'your hands full'…. Has some thing happened that we don't know about"? She knew she was right on the money when Adam lifted hopeless eyes up to her, like a child that had hid some thing from his mother that he could hide no more.
Finally, his head dropped again and his resistance caved in, "…Yes. I didn't want to tell any of you because you might have told Brennan, but…"
Even Jesse stepped up as anger blazed on his young and innocent face…. how strange it look on him from his usual happy gaze.
"…Chris contacted me yesterday. I was about to end the video connection, but he begged me to listen to him. Well…I did. He told me that they weren't the only ones…of their kind. I was losing interest in him and his point, but…sadly, he got to it" Adam sighed hard as if some weak was bearing down on him.
"…He said that they…they were every where. Werewolves…. That they had packs out in large cities, them all passing for normal and original men of the world".
(Ok, I'll give you some good bits here…. just stick with me)
Flash back
to yesterday video with Chris.
LAB
Adam idly tapped his thumb on the desk, but when Chris started to get more agitated, he sat forwards. "Come on Chris. Tell me what you wanted to or I'll end it here".
Where Chris was, Adam didn't know. The man claimed to be travelling but to gain access to a computer with the technology to rival sanctuaries…Adam was curious. But the other man was too urgent to get down to how Brennan was; how he was coping…Adam didn't give all the details. Merely the elemental was having some discomfort. The news only made Chris smile…such a devil he was. Chris nodded on the other end, his form and face truly visible for Adam to see. Another quality of Chris's… cockiness.
Chris's eyes fogged with excitement as Adam only guessed what he could be thinking about. A small smile even played on the mans face.
"…Yes. I suspected that much. He must be itching out of his skin to change…"
Before Chris could allow him self to dive into a conversation about it all, his eyes became alert again.
"Adam. I know Brennan is on your team… that he fights enemies every day…but there is more to it. As I was explaining before, there are more of us in the world. We can tell when another one of us is near or even in the same room… but with a…younger one of us, the pull to them is stronger than most". Chris's face pushed back as he redirected his worried and saddened eyes. "I only pray Brennan will be safe with you. I need to explain… that was another reason why I requested he stay with us. Other packs may seek him out and then his fate will be in their hands Adam. You cannot protect him from them if they get their hands on him. Please Adam, keep him on alert…please….". With that the connection blinked and then the screen in which Adam had been peering at went black.
Adam rolled back into his chair, his hand working on his nose as the fear for his team rose up inside him. What was he going to do now?
End of Flash back
Emma shook her head, "Why didn't you tell us… Brennan deserved to know! -" Adam's angry and loudening voice shocked her as it shot back at her. "No Emma! … Brennan couldn't know. After … after we got back…he was so full of anger, and fear… and pains that he urged me to put an end to. I tried, and he didn't have the patience any more for it. I thought I could cure him of this… beast inside him… but it is apart of him now… I can't cure him".
Emma felt a lump in her throat that she thought could choke her with not just its size, but also the swell of emotion it held. The utter defeat in Adam's voice also brought a loathing that he held for him self, and how it shuck her inside to feel Adam acting like this.
Jesse's low and calm voice pulled Adam and Emma in before they could fully submit to their own minds. "…So what are we gonna do about Brennan. Shalimar's right, we can't leave him in Genomex to let Eckhart find out about his new change… what's the plan".
When Adam turned to see who had said it, he couldn't help but smile proudly at Jesse. A proud ness only a father could feel bloomed in his chest, burning and singeing away all his worry that was encased within him.
"…Alright. If we're gonna made a plan, Jess, you'd best go get Shalimar and bring her down. She'll go insane if she finds out that a plans being made with out her".
The molecular gave him a small smirk before he ran off towards the feral's room. When Adam looked at the silent Emma, her eyes told him of how she was feeling. Sighing he waved her towards him, welcoming the hug that she pressed on him. If only it was out of a daughters love and not a daughters sorrow.
Brennan felt a burning behind his eyelids, and in a tired state, all he could do was swing his head to try and get the light out of his eyes. When it didn't work the first or second time, Brennan could feel him self-floating. Faster and faster towards consciousness he was taken, and he could do nothing to stop it. His mind begged his body not to wake up, since he knew where he was going to be… but when his eyes fluttered, all fighting against him self stopped.
The light was in front of him thankfully attached to the ceiling, but the glare it sent down on him was greatly discomforting and disturbing. He was struggling to see the figures that also stood in the room with him.
"Well Mr Mulwray… This is a most excellent surprise". Brennan growled in his throat, as the voice was all too recognisable to his ears.
"…Eckhart!" A small and sinister laugh only made every hair on his body lift in wanting so badly to get at the white haired devil. What ever he had felt for the man earlier, before his…incident with Chris, the anger was amplified to the point where one slip of letting go and he may just reveal more than he would have liked to.
"Mr Mulwray, so glad you came back to us". The taunting in Eckhart voice made Brennan twist about on the chains they had him on, chained to the wall so he could run as far as 3 feet before being shot back to the wall. Tugging on they showed how thin they had them, and quickly realizing this, he tried to not smirk at Eckhart. Perhaps he would have the upper hand here…finally.
"Well I try not to make a habit of coming back but I just know how much you all like me here".
As expected, an agent made a quick gab at his face and Brennan smirked when the agent grunted. How he was going to enjoy giving them all one surprise after another. Perhaps it would be worth staying at Genomex for a while if only to see each astounded face Eckhart could show with the plastic mask of his.
The light was turned off thankfully, and after seconds of a black and foggy cloud hovering in front of his eyes, it disappeared and revealed the white hairs psycho and three more men. The sigh made him smirk.
Eckhart marched about in front of him as if as he used to be, in control of what was happening.
"Well Mr Mulwray. We do enjoy to keep collecting you freaks in, one after the other". He smiled to him self as he saw the look of darkness that crossed over Brennan's face.
"…But. There is something more important that I wish to talk to you about now. For instance… what did you and Mr Kilmartin find in the warehouse?" How his pale face turned stern, warning Brennan to tell the truth first time around.
Brennan shrugged, "well… this and that". As expected, there came another punch, one that stung the side of his face more than the other. When he stared at the agent, he realized that it was a different one, one more bulky in his arms and huge in size. The sight brought laughter bubbling in his throat.
"If it wasn't that important, then why did you and your comrade feel the need to burn it all…"? The look on his face only provided Brennan with an even greater need to laugh. Eckhart was playing on a whole new battlefield with out even knowing it…yes; it was going to be most humouring to annoy him.
"…Ok. It had a few addresses on…"
The glint of hope in Eckhart eyes made Brennan hide his smile even more. The ghost came towards him, "What kind of Addresses? …".
Brennan shrugged, not able to stop the smile, "Addresses, to oil factories and power plants. You know how it is… when being in the 'fighting business' for so long, Adam decided to turn his attention elsewhere. Small things, like pollution and toxins in the air-".
Brennan was able to brace him self before another more hefting punch collided with the same area as the rest. It sent a jolt of pain into him and then that small area of his left cheek started to burn from all the hits. "No… seriously, just call one of the groups, they'll explain it all-" There was another hit and when his head stopped ringing, he heard the soft sigh off Eckhart.
"I thought you were smarter than that Mr Mulwray. But it seems, as always, you must be taught a lesson". Before Eckhart could leave, Brennan through in another comment, which would no doubt earn him another hit… but how he felt a thrill to see Eckhart put down from his perch of hope.
"Owe no Eckhart, I'm street smart… but you know how much us mutants like to learn a new thing ever day. Hey, why don't you try it out, maybe then you'll work out how sad your life really is".
Another punch, but it didn't strike his face, but his gut, taking him off guard. He groaned as the pain wavered out of existence.
Eckhart left the room with a small smile on his face.
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