Control of the Darkness

Sorry, made a mistake with the chapters, this is chapter 10

Chapter 10- Answer to his prayers…

The drone of the blades above his head was nothing to him, nothing that could distract him from his task. Andy had tried to sway him from what he was going to do… but there was no stopping it now.

They were now in a helicopter, travelling to Genomex, but they weren't going for a happy holiday. Chris gritted his teeth in annoyance, reminding himself why Brennan was in that place… Adam Kane.

Chris was still considering whether or not to just force Brennan to come back with him to their little house on the remote island. Adam didn't have the slightest idea what Brennan was now, and he couldn't protect him nor control him. Adam Kane was just too cocky to realise he's finally in over his head.

A hand on his shoulder awakened him from his state of mind. It was Andy, trying to shout over noise of the helicopter.

"Chris, Kane said this was a dangerous place… we should make sure that Brennan's in there, remember how hard he was to keep hold of with us…" Andy was desperate to try to turn Chris away from this place. A tingle inside told him Brennan was nowhere in that place… but Chris was in no mood for reasoning.

"Andrew… when we get there, are you going to stand at my side or hide away…" Chris didn't look very happy when he turned around for Andy's answer. His eyes held a dangerous gleam to them that made Andy wish he were 100 miles away from Chris.

"…Of course I'm with you, I'd never abandon you Chris…you should know that, if you weren't so upset that Brennan chose Kane over you…"

The whole scene froze and fell into an eternal stillness.

Andy couldn't breathe with out thinking Chris might just lose it and throw him out the helicopter. Chris remained still, not taking his eyes off Andy… as if it was a stand off.

Nick and Damien were in the helicopter also, who were silenced by the lack of noise.

"…Andrew, that was a very stupid thing to say. I'm trying to look out for Brennan, since he is apart of our pack and I am the leader, if you can remember that. We are getting Brennan and then taking him back with us…" he turned away from Andy to draw back his thoughts. When they are close enough to Genomex, he would reach out to Brennan as best he could and when they confirmed he was in there, then they would raise hell and turn Genomex inside out.

Andy's jaw dropped, "..C..Chris… what if Brennan doesn't want to come back with us…-" there was silence off Chris. "-CHRIS… your not forcing Brennan to come back with us, your not… he's was already forced to-" Andy instinctively bit down as hard as he could, grinding back that piece of information that what would break Chris.

Chris was looking at him again, not slightly, but full on. Andy had opened his mouth and talked down to Chris as if he was stupid… not clever at all

"What Andrew! Go on and finish that sentence…" Chris had raised up slightly, the true beast inside coming to life in his eyes and face. His face was twisting to a grotesque monster and his eyes blazed with their golden fire.

He reached for Andrew, with a hand like a claw and nails like daggers. Andrew bolted backwards; Nick rose up in front of his father, ready to take what Chris would throw.

It seemed to truly be a stand off, as Nick covered Andy and Damien rose with Chris. They had all turned on each other, staring into each others changing faces.

Andy got him self up off the floor, patting his sons shoulder for him to stand down.

"Chris… this is not right. Elayne said to me before we left Shalimar has contacted her in secret… and that Brennan had been taken out of that place… by one of our kind".

Andy felt a sinking sensation in his stomach; Elayne had been contacted nit Chris, but Andy felt bad that he'd had to tell her secret in such circumstances.

In a flash, Chris's face was normal, with the old worry to his eyes and worry lines that creased his forehead, making him look his age.

"…So where is he then?"

Andy shrugged, "Shalimar wasn't specific. They don't know but they are certain that it was another one of us". The tense scene was dying away as Chris shrank down into his seat, rubbing his chin and thinking, consumed by his thoughts as his mind battled to find a way to Brennan.

It was 3 am as the sound of keys clicking on the keyboard echoed out into sanctuary. Grabbing handfuls of her golden long hair, Shalimar sighed in frustration. She hadn't been able to find even a trickle of where Brennan was.

Adam watched from the top floor as the feral went at it again with the strain of newfound hope that was crushed in a few clicks.

He couldn't help but shake his head at her. Telling them to go to bed had been a bad idea, as Shalimar was now not talking to him with the idea he had given up.

But Adam still had a few tricks up his sleeve…

From the beginning of creating Mutant x, Adam had knew there would be times like this, and the com-links were there for a reason. He was planning on telling them all in the morning, but it seemed with the state Shalimar was in she wouldn't be too happy when morning came.

He made his way down to her, although he didn't want to set off her glares towards him, he knew she would want to be there to help Brennan.

A dull ache inside suddenly throbbed in guilt. Brennan was where he was and what he was because of Adam. He had tried to find a cure and none had even come close.

Failure was never taken well, but this hollow aching inside was the worse feeling in the world.

He'd lost a member of the team, a member of their little family. His guilt built up so suddenly he thought he was going to choke on it.

The screech of the chair Shalimar was in awakened him, to revel the feral staring at him, but not with concern any more.

He made record time to the lab, knowing Shalimar was following him now that he'd got her concentration.

He started to pull together different vials of coloured liquids, setting them up properly so that he can check them over. One was Brennan's, one Shalimar's and another was Damien's, which he had kept for safekeeping.

Comparing them all only showed they were all similar. Brennan's was almost closer related to Damien's than Shalimar's. But the only difference was Shal had a small difference, that being a protein that allowed Shal to control her feral side. Adam had spotted it earlier, but there were risks… for both sides.

If he extracted the protein from Shalimar, then she might lose control and end up switching her feral half on…permanently. If he injected Brennan with it, there was no guarantee that he might not go down the same path.

Shalimar was eying Adam, trying to find out what he was going to do. Brennan was missing again, but this time, there was no seeing any trace of him. She hated to even think about it, but with Chris's newfound connection to Brennan, he would be the best in finding him.

She wrinkled her nose at the thought, feeling guilt and shame rolling in. She should be able to find him, she was the strongest feral they knew of… so why was it so hard to find some one that she's known for 2 years.

Her eyes drifted shut on their own account, as she didn't even want to look at anything that reminded her of him. Her shame was so great that she could have curled into a ball and drowned the world with her sorrowing tears.

"Shalimar… I don't know where Brennan is… but I believe that I might have found an answer to his prayers…"

Sorry again that it was so long in coming to you all.

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Help me along cause writers block is kicking in.

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Tunder28