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Here is the next tom last chapter. Just a few notes before I get on with it. First thanks to all who reviewed, will take you all individually at the end of next chapter. Hope I don't let you down with my ending, if I do, hopefully I can make up for it, in my next story.
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Chapter 11: Rescue Me!
Sophia was woken up by the noise coming from the kitchen. She opened her eyes, and slowly sat up. She couldn't help but notice that she was almost completely healed, whatever Mr. Blackstone had used in that salve, it worked. She grabbed up the blanket around her and walked towards the kitchen, what she saw there almost made her laugh out loud.
"Luke, you aren't doing it right."
"I am too, it is easy, watch." he said he flipped a pancake in the air, softly landing it on the floor.
"Boy, you spent too much time around servants. Give me that, and you can tell her you did it, OK?"
"No, I can do it. I will buy you more to replace what I use."
"You mean replace what you ruined," he said as he smirked, catching Sophia out of the corner of his eyes. Let the brat embarrass himself, that will teach him.
"OK, this time it will work." he said as he flipped another pancake into the air, this time, landing perfectly ......on Mr Blackstone's head. Sophia couldn't keep from laughing. "Luke? What ..... are you ...... doing?" she said in between laughing.
"Trying to make breakfast for you, what does it look like?" he said trying to sound offended. "Pancakes, my specialty!"
"Yeah, pancakes ala Blackstone, "Sherman said as he picked up a towel and started wiping the pancake mix off his head. "If you 2 will excuse me, I need to change for school, I am guessing you aren't going to be there Luke?"
"Yeah, good guess." he said watching Blackstone leave the room. "So how are you?" he asked Sophia.
"All better, well most of me is anyway." she said as she walked closer to him and kissed him. "So why aren't you going to school today?"
"You can't kiss me like that, and ask questions too. But if you must ask, I got all the Hill kids ready to go to the Sinclair Mansion this morning. I will let you know how it turns out, OK?"
"No, not OK. I am going with you."
"I was afraid you would say that. Actually you probably need to, cause you friend knows you, not me. I would just be a wolf."
"We need someone to go ahead of us to be there to give us clothes to wear."
"Why?"
"Cause, I am yours, no one else should see me naked. Unless you don't care." she said, but she already knew she had him.
"OK, I will get someone to do that. And I better go do that now." he said as he looked down at the floor, covered with what was supposed to be pancakes. "You might want to check to see if he has any cereal." he said as he kissed her and left the room. Sophia wasn't used to Luke being affectionate, but she always knew he could be, just needed a reason.
Tyler sat at his kitchen table, he could hear Ruby crying from down the hall. He didn't like knowing she was in pain, but knew he had no choice. If there had been any other way to keep the secret of Wolf Lake, he would have taken it. Just to avoid hurting Ruby. He heard a knock at the door.
"Who is it?"
"Luke."
"Oh hey buddy." he said as he opened the door. "Oh what is with the look?"
"Bad morning. I need you help. And you aren't going to say no!"
"Well, well . Nice to see you too. What do you want?"
"You in a boat in front of the Sinclair Mansion, with these," he said as he turned aside to let Tyler see the duffel bags. "Any question?"
"Yeah a few ... first, what for?"
"To rescue Sophia friend."
"Not Jesse?"
"She was right, he is alive!"
"Yeah OK? He's alive, but I won't be if I help you."
"You don't have a choice."
"Says who? You? And why would I listen to you?"
Luke walked into the cabin and got right in Tyler's face, "Cause if you don't, I will tell the pack, who killed their leader, my father!"
"What?"
"You heard me, I know you killed my dad. I know about the affair. And you better be in front of Sinclair's in 1 hour, or I will tell. And you will die, with even less dignity then you gave my father! One hour, be there!" he said he he turned and walked out the door, slamming it behind him.
In a car, just arriving in Wolf Lake ......
"Adam, you there?" he said into his com ring.
"Yeah, I am here."
"You got anymore info on where Shal might be?"
"All I have is a location of the Helix. Wait .....what?" Brennan could hear what sounded like another voice in the background. He looked over at Emma, she could hear it too. "Adam who is there with you?" asked Emma.
"A colleague .... he says Ashlocke has a mansion in Wolf Lake, not sure where it is though. He says it is across a lake ...You two see what you can find , and I will see if I can locate this mansion." Adam said as he cut communications.
"Brennan?"
"Yeah, Em?"
"That person, that is with Adam. I think I know him."
"You sure? Where do you know him?"
"Not sure. Probably nothing. Let's just find Shal, and go home."
"Next time I am talking to them, don't say anything Michael."
"Sorry, but they are looking for Gabe right?"
"And Shalimar, yes."
"Then what is the big deal? Oh, I get it. I killed their friend, and now I am intruding into their home. Yeah I would hate me."
"Michael, they don't have the benefit of knowing you before hand like I do. Or they would know you wouldn't have done what you did, unless you had no choice."
"Yeah, I guess you are right. OK, so when do we leave?"
"Soon, OK, is this the mansion?" moving the computer screen where Michael could see it.
"Yeah that's it."
"Then let's go." said Adam. He was used to staying behind on the missions, but this one, it only seemed right, that he be there when Jesse's death was avenged.
Sophia must have been insane when she said she would come. She thought she was completely healed, but the coldness of the lake, proved she was wrong. Her and the rest of the Hill kids were half across the lake now. They were in wolf form the first half of the lake, to save there energy. But now they were slowly shifted back to human.
She couldn't believe her ears when Luke came back to the cabin earlier, and told her to hurry up, cause they were moving out sooner then planned, cause now Luke knew for sure that Jesse was there, and alive, but in danger. He had gotten the info out of Tyler, who was suppose to met them on the other side of the lake.
As they reached the other side of the lake, they shifted into wolf form, and hid behind the bushes to hide till Tyler showed up with the duffel bags containing their clothes. Sophia was about to decide Tyler wasn't coming, when Luke heard the boat, and signaled for them to come out of hiding. Sophia caught the look between Tyler and Luke, and wondered what had gone down between them, she would have to ask later.
They each put their clothes on, and started toward the house. But Tyler stopped them. "OK, let me go in first and get the main trouble out of the way."
"Tyler, shut up or die." said Luke with a coolness in his voice that sent chills up Sophia's back.
"Luke, you don't know who you are dealing with. This guy is not like anything you have ever seen. OK, let me call him, and get him out of the house, then you can get past the others without a problem."
"Fine, but you make the call right here in front of us!"
"Fine." Tyler said as he reached into his pocket, and pulled out his cell phone. He pushed the button on his cellphone. "Hey, Gabe, yeah it's me Tyler. Yeah, I got a lead on Michael, it's solid ... yeah thought you might like to be there when I catch him ....you meet me in a few minutes out past interstate 51, and I will pick you up. OK, be there in 15 minutes."
"There done, but you better hurry."
"OK, no problem. Tyler, don't screw me here! I will kill you!"
"I know, I owe you and I know it. I can take back what I did, but I can do one good in thing my life."
"Do this for me, and consider yourself forgiven."
"You may forgive me, but I never will forgive myself."
Sophia and the others watched as Tyler took off in the boat. About 5 minutes later a man the presumed was Gabe, left the house, and got into a car, and drove off. Luke signaled some of the Hill kids to go around back. And he took some and Sophia through the front.
They had to fast, but not stupid. Stupid would get them killed. As they entered the front, they realized immediately that there was two man in front of them. They moved aside and let the others past, the other shifted into wolf mode, and attacked. Front the sounds coming from the rear of house, there was more of them. But these men had unusual powers, they could throw lightning, and glowing lights out of their hands. But it wasn't to soon before the only things left moving were, the Hill kids.
Sophia opened up her senses, something Luke was teaching her, she felt Jesse. She started for the room he was in. She was wearing a pair of blues jeans and a white T-shirt. The shirt was damp from her swimming, and had blood on it, that didn't belong to her, as she walked up the stairs, she looked back down, some of the Hill kids were hurt, but they would be OK.
They came to a door at the end of the hall, just after you step up the last of the stairs. As they entered it, they were shocked by what they saw, a room full of glass boxes with people inside. One was Jesse.
Sophia realized someone was in the room, dressed in a white lab coat. She didn't sense danger, just fear. "Who are you?" the man asked.
"None of your business," said Luke, "are they alive?"
"Yes, there are just cryogenetically frozen, to awakened when the master so chooses."
"Well, let's discuss that, shall we? Unfreeze them, or die!"
"Very well." he said as he walked over to the control panel, and started pushing the buttons to power down the pod. Immediately, you could see the green color gas fade away as the pod was flooding with oxygen. The girl next to Jesse started coughing. The lid to her pod was raised. Marisa step over to help her out. "It's OK, we aren't going to hurt you." she said cause she sense the woman tense up, and if Marisa was right, the woman was some kind of cat.
"Where am I?" asked Shal.
"Sinclair place, but you are safe now, and that is all that matters." said Sophia as she walked over to assist Marisa in helping Shalimar out the box. "What your name?"
"Shalimar, you?"
"Sophia, this is Marisa, he's Luke."
"Jesse? Where is he?" as she remember seeing him before the gas overtook her.
"He's right here, at least I think I am."
"Jesse! Oh, my God, we thought you were ..." she said as tears started welling up in her eyes. "I can't wait to get you home. Thank you all for helping us escape, but how did you know we were here."
"I met Jesse, when he first came to town, and overheard that he was here, and in danger, the rest, well you know."
"Jesse how did you remember who you were, before you had amnesia?"
"When we were put here in these pods, you screamed my name, I remembered the last time you did that. And it all came back to me. All of it, every horrible minute if it." he said in a way to let Shalimar that he was talking about the time that Eckhart got his hands on Jesse.
"Can you all help us get out of here, I think we need to go home."
"Of course come with us." Marisa said. "You guys are we going to release the others?"
"Yeah, you guys go ahead and get Shal and Jesse on their way, and my and the guys will release the others." said Luke. "Sophia, you go with Marisa, and the other girls."
"OK, meet you later."
Luke and the other 6 guys went about opening the other pods, they started wondering what some of these people had done to piss off this Gabe guy. Luke sensed another presence in the room, one filled with a lot of rage.
"What are you doing?!?" they all turned to face a man in his late 30's with black hair and blue eyes, Luke recognized this guy from earlier, he was the guy they thought was Gabe. "I asked a question, and I better be getting some answers soon." they then noticed a blueish ball of light forming in his hand.
Luke and the other Hill kids all ran for cover as Gabe released the ball of light, throwing it against the wall just behind Luke, sending the picture that was hanging there crashing to floor. Luke took notice as the man took aim again, cause this time he was aiming right for Luke, and there was nowhere to hide this time. Just then there was a loud popping sound ...a gunshot.
Gabriel stood there with all the anger he had built up over the 25 plus years he spent in the blasted pod. He had already lost his two favorites, now in his anger, he was going to bring the whole house down in flames. As he about to shoot of the second Tesla ball, he felt a burning pain in his back. He turn to see where the pain was coming from, and standing there holding a smoking gun, was Michael. Gabriel dropped to his knees, and fell to the floor dead.
"It's over. He gone."
"I know, you did the right thing, and Jesse knows it. Somehow, he knows. Let's get out of here. I will drop you off at th safe house on my way back to Sanctuary, don't worry, one where the Dominion can't find you."
Later at Sophia's house .......
Matthew Donner came in from work, first thing he sees when he walks into thr kitchen, is his daughter kissing Luke Cates, he had always hated that boy, but knowing he saved Sophia, made it all seem null at this point. "You two ... breathe!"
"Hey dad," said Sophia, "What's wrong?" she could tell he had had a rough day.
"Tyler Creed is dead, found him in hour ago. Apparently was hit by lightning or something the almost burned a hole it him." He tried not to notice the look between his daughter and Luke. " I have to change and go inform Ruby that her husband is dead."
"Mr. Donner, let me. She is my sister."
"How about we go together?"
"OK, let me get my jacket."
"Luke, may I come?" asked Sophia.
"Of course, I wouldn't have it any other way."
Ruby was sitting at the kitchen table when she heard the knocking at her table, secretly hoping it wasn't Vivian again. As she opened the door, she saw Matthew, Luke, Sophia, and Vivian standing there.
"What's going on?"
"Ruby, Tyler's dead!" Luke said knowing how relieved his sister would be. Even though she was a prisoner in Wolf Lake, at least she didn't have to deal with Tyler. Luke couldn't help but note the indifference in Ruby's face. "Ruby what's wrong, thought this would make you happy?"
"John's gone, so what do I care if Tyler is?"
"Ruby." said a voice coming from behind the four visitors, they all turned and was shocked to see John Kanin standing there.
"John? I .... it is really you?"
"Yeah, I know everything Ruby. You are a Skinwalker."
"Oh no, how did you find out? I am so sorry I didn't tell you."
"I know why you didn't. Two years ago, I might have freaked out. But the two years I spent searching for you, told me all I needed to know. I love you Ruby, and to be with you is why I came back."
"But what about your job in Seattle? John I still can't leave Wolf Lake."
"I know, so I officially resigned in Seattle, and Matthew if you will still have me, I would like to your deputy again."
"Jobs yours. Welcome back, John."
"Thanks, now if you all don't mind me and Ruby need to talk, alone."
After he closed the door behind, Ruby walked over and asked, "How did you find out? And how did you find this cabin."
"Well in answer to the first question, Sherman told me about the Skinwalker thing, and finding this place was easy, since I was sitting in front of the dinner when Matthew stopped his car and Sophia got out. They gave me a lift out here."
"I am so glad they did." she said as she hugged him, it felt so good to hold him.
Somewhere in Wolf Lake in a car across the com ring ....
"Brennan? Emma? Adam? Where are you guys?"
"Shal? Where are you?" said Adam, as he was just driving into the garage at Sanctuary.
"Sanctuary! Now where are you guys?"
"Coming home!" said Brennan, relieved to hear her voice, cause they were having no luck finding this mansion.
"Good, cause I have something you are going to want to see."
"Yea, sounds like it. It better come with a story of how you escaped Ashlocke." said Emma.
"Yea, you get that over dinner tonight."
At Sanctuary .......
Adam walked into Sanctuary and walked into the kitchen where Shal was sitting on the counter. Right behind him came Emma and Brennan. Emma and Brennan walked over and embraced Shal. Adam walked over and hugged her, and kissed heron the forehead. Brennan was the first to realized Shal was grinning, like a cat. Emma sensed it. "Shal what's up with you, you aren't usually this happy after an encounter with Ashlocke." said Emma.
"Might have something to do with me!" They all looked around at the sound of his voice.
"Jesse!" Emma yelled as she ran to him and almost jumped in his arms.
"Ah, man, you are sight for sore eyes." Brennan said as he came over, and embraced Jesse.
Adam watched from across the room as his kids reunited. He walked over and and joined the moment, and put his arm around Shalimar.
"How? We thought you were dead." asked Adam
"Shal told me. That is what Ashlocke wanted you to think, and more about that later, but right now, I am really hungry."
Later that night at Sanctuary ......
"Jesse, what are you doing up? You have been through alot the last few days." asked Shal, coming up behind him to look at what he was doing.
"Yeah, just emailing Sophia. Still can't believe she isn't a mutant, but a .... what did she call it?"
"Skinwalker, yeah I can't believe it either."
"Just let me hit send, and I will go to bed OK?"
"Ok, but promise me that if I leave this room, you won't be here in the morning in front of this thing," she said smiling, as she pointed to the computer.
" OK, I promise, now go."
At the same time in Adam's room ........
"Adam you awake?" asked Emma.
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"Can we talk? About Bryce?"
"Emma, you will be safe, I promise. I won't let him hurt you again. The last time he got his hands on you, he almost killed you." he said as Emma sat down on the bed.
"Adam, in my head I know that I am doing the right thing. But my heart wants to ..."
"I know, and maybe someday you can. But right now, we have to keep you safe. Michael is making all the arrangements."
"I can't believe he is your son. And so much like you. Nothing like his brother."
"Yeah, worser of two evils."
"Adam, you aren't evil."
"Well, maybe not, but I did things I am not proud of."
"I know, we all do things we aren't proud of. But Michael is something you should be proud of."
"I am ... and i wouldn't trust you with anyone else right now."
OK, please review, 1 more chapter to go. And then I take a break, and do research for me next story.