Control of the darkness

Thx soooo much 4 the replies. Really give me a drive to give u this 1. Thx… but its about to get rather juicy…

Chapter 20- The beast draws near…

Checking that the coast was clear, Vincent popped his head around the corner, and caught sight of Adam and Chris, arguing in the lab. Be could tell by the way the human's face reddened that they were arguing about something personal. Well, that was fine with him… all he needed was to nab Brennan back from under their noses and be gone… but he'd worry about their escape later.

Crawling along the wall, keeping hidden by the shadows and his positioning, he slipped past the men, into the kitchen. Sighing in frustration, he cautiously wandered around the room, knowing there was no one there. When there was no camera's spotted he sighed again, "How frustrating. This place is so high tech that it reeks of machine oil… where are you my little friend?"

Moving around the room, he nibbled on a few things here and there, smiling to himself… but he had to get a move on. The ones from earlier would be coming around soon.

Brushing crumbs off him, he moved on towards the door, smirking as he caught the familiar scent of a newly turned werewolf.

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Shal passed slight around Brennan's room, trying to not disturb him as he fell off into a light sleep. He needed it by her standards. He'd had as much drama in his life now as she had; he needed a small time out.

She continued to pace, trying to think of ways to get Brennan to consider staying. She knew that sadly, the bad points definitely outweighed the good points of it all.

Brennan could stay… and the following may happen. He could lose control and kill them all… he could go into a rage and destroy the whole of sanctuary and totally cut them off from the outside world where again he may kill them. He won't know who they are in his changed form and could take them as threats on himself and also again kill them.

Or he could leave with Chris. The team may fall apart without him…she might, but they'd be alive. He could learn to live like they do and might be happy. He could find some control through them than stay.

Shal sighed loudly as sudden anger threatened to spill over her boundaries. Why did Chris do this to them?

Taking one more look at Brennan to make sure he was sinking deeper in his sleep, she made a quite walk to the door, and slipped out silently, giving honour to the her old title, Shadow fox.

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Arriving at the kitchen door, Vincent's foot hovered where it was, uncertain suddenly. He could feel someone approaching, not really fast so clearly they didn't know he was there. Stepping back, he decided to once more take to a hidden position and view his chances from there… but there was a good chance he'd have to fight for his life to get himself out.

The door swung open, and the person that entered made a large smile appear on Vincent's face. It was the female… the blond haired creature who'd firstly upset him by almost nearly ruining the ritual of the change.

Well, he was glad she was there with him, since his promise of getting one of them, came back to mind. All things came to those who wait.

She passed by him and went straight for the couch, where she dropped down lazily, totally unaware of him, and buried her head into a pillow.

Straining, he heard her heavy breathing start to become steady, and finally, she fell into slumber. This only made his smile reach ear-to-ear… he was in for a good day of revenge.

Looking down, at his command he saw the familiar change of his hand start to take form, until it became a werewolves hand with snaring claws. Being old enough, he'd leaned to control parts of the change, so only the pieces of his body he chose would change. To look more inhuman, he allowed his face to change slightly, giving him a demonic look. Quietly, he got up and moved over to where the slumbering feral lay asleep. In his now golden eyes, there lurked a bloodthirsty beast eager for revenge.

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Adam and Chris clearly had no more to talk about, so Adam went to work once more on Brennan's DNA, trying to find the smallest thing that could help him find some cure. But every lead led to a dead end, and forever Chris's words echoed in his head as he worked. 'There is no cure…'

Chris stayed in the lab with Adam, watching over the scientist, eager to see if there was any developments made… but he wasn't holding out hope.

He'd been born a werewolf, and was highly accustom to the way of life… as Brennan could be to if he was willing. He shook his head at the thought. Why did Brennan have to be so blind sighted when it came to anything about werewolves?

But he had to admit; the scene in the woods before Brennan had fled back to sanctuary could have put anyone off the life style. He'd have to show him the better ways of their life… if he'd allow him. Chris knew no matter how much Andy reminded him, that he couldn't drag Brennan along and hope he'll eventually accept it all. No, Brennan was just too hard headed.

"Adam, I'm willing to show Brennan how to control his change, but it wont be safe for him to be here with you when he changes. No matter what or who he is… once changed the animal takes over. You saw your self when he attacked Jesse and Emma. If they weren't what they are, then he would have killed them both".

No matter what he said, Adam continued to work hard on his hopefully small idea of curing Brennan.

Shifting about, he dropped into silence, knowing Adam and him still couldn't talk about this subject without going for each other's throats.

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Jesse banged his fist against the door, furious that they'd allowed the intruder to slid past them. Even Emma's face was glum, knowing that it was as much her fault as everyone else's.

Andy growled in the background, his bad tempter finally showing. "Cant you just walk through and open it up. That partly what you do isn't it".

"I cant! When this door shuts it starts up a security system that Adam designed. I cant walk through cause Adam made the door basically mutant proof".

Jesse scrunched his fists up and leaned hard against the door, "Cant you lot burst through it".

His words changed the look on the werewolf's faces. Andy spoke up for them, " by the look I got of the door as we came in, it may take us 2 hours to put a 2 inch hole in the thing. Not to mention the pain in the process. We'd have a good few bloody hands and feet before making a scratch".

Emma sighed, "I could try reaching Shal, Our Com links are down but I can connect to her with my mind. She could open the door for us".

Jesse started to nod, but stopped him self as his eyes grew with recognition. "Emma… Shal… their in danger and don't know that there's someone else here. Contact Adam, he'll be able to lock the place down and hopefully be able to trap him in another room".

Emma nodded and started on her task as Andy picked out a major fault with the idea, "What is he doesn't get trapped… it means we'd still be stuck here and he would be free to sniff Brennan out and do what he liked to the others".

Jesses sighed as he was starting to feel like he was sinking, "Emma hurry".

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