The Madness of Wakefield
Shalimar and Brennan were like a well-oiled machine. They didn't need words or hand signals to know what was expected or what was to be done, they just knew. Together they entered the Convention center; together they slipped past the security guards, cameras, and motion sensors.
That was the easy part, with Shalimar's stealth and Brennan's powers, no man or electronic could stand in their way. So now, about twenty minuets after they first entered the building, they had reached their destination in the command center.
"Are these all the recordings from this morning?" Shalimar asked holding up several discs.
Brennan was holding onto the only security guard that was still conscious while at the same time keeping an eye on the door.
"Ye-ye-yes ma'am…." Stammered the terrified guard.
"Relax," Brennan said shaking the man, "Nothing's going to happen to you as long as you stay quite. What are you doing?" Brennan asked while watching Shalimar playing around with some computers.
"I'm deleting us…." She answered, "And now we no longer exists…. ok, we can go."
Brennan zapped his prisoner hard enough to knock him out and then followed Shalimar out. An hour latter they were back in the hotel with a haphazard computer control panel set up.
"Jesse's the export, not me, but I think I have it set up so we can scan faces and watch the tapes," Shalimar said.
"There's got to be like, what forty eight hours worth of tape?" Brennan sighed.
"Seventy two, at least. But there is a fast forward button… and I've set up the search on two computers so it will take…."
"Twenty four hours?" Brennan sighed.
"It'll take longer if you sit there and complain about it," Shalimar hissed.
So with another sigh, Brennan set himself to the mind-numbing task.
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"You're going to use Jesse to test your weapon," Adam said, the full horror of that statement clear on his face.
"Just think about it! It's brilliant! There is no material stronger then his diamond shell on this earth! If my weapon can penetrate his skin then it truly will be unstoppable! And all those military big wigs with sticks up their asses who tried to condemn me will be begging me to give them my weapon" Jeremy declared, again going off on a rant.
"You'll kill him…" Adam hissed, anger and out rage now balancing out his horror.
"What's one more dead mutant? As far as the world is concerned he doesn't exist."
"He does to me," Adam declared, standing up to stare down the man.
"You're a man of science, surly you understand the…"
"No, I don't. I could never understand how science justifies madness!"
"I'm sorry you feel that way Dr. Kane. I had hoped we could work together, I see that is not possible now."
Adam Felt light headed his vision started to blur. He had to sit back down and it didn't take Jeremy telling him to know that he was drugged.
"We drugged your scotch. It's harmless, you'll wake up with a nasty headache, but in the meantime it will keep you pacified. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll leave you in the capable hands of Annett while I go tend to my work."
The last thing Adam saw before the drug over took him was Jeremy Wakefield's retreating back.
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'This is not good….' Jesse mind kept screaming as he lay restrained on the medical table. He
A few minuets ago a man, who his guard had called Dr. Wakefield, entered the medical room and began barking orders. It didn't take much to persuade Jesse to do as he was told, just a wave of the governor remote and he was whipped. But now he wondered if it was a mistake as he watched different surgical tools being shifted about. A breathing tube had been inserted into his throat and he was struggling to control his breathing.
"Kane is neutralized and Annett will be here to operate on the subject as soon as she is done securing Kane. Right now I need your help with the lazer…." Wakefield said as he and Steven left Jesse alone.
'What they do to Adam? What the hell does he mean by "operate on the subject?" and what the fuck does he need a lazer for?!' Jesse's mind franticly asked.
It was nearly a half hour later before one of Jesse's questions was answered when the leggy brunette entered in surgical scrubs.
"Good evening Mr. Kilmartin, how are you feeling today?" she asked with a creepy cheerfulness. "You may not remember, but I'm Annett and I'm a biologist who works with engineering biological weapons. I'm also a skilled surgeon. Today I will be putting a chest tube in your right lung and will be inserting a specially designed governor given to us by Genomex. I'm sure you're wondering why this is being done to you, and the answer is simply that you are to be the test subject for Dr. Wakefield's newest lazer. Now then, shall we begin?"
Jesse's heart raced and he began to fight the restraints, which did little good as they held him fast. Annett ignored his struggles and began her work. The tube in his throat muffled Jesse's scream but it was still pain filled and terrifying.