Chapter 20, enjoy. So like I was notified about name switching, and yup, there is, fml, I warned you, this thing is Unbetaed!

Warnings: Violence

Disclaimer in chapter 1

Unbetaed AF 3333333333333

Christmas Wish

Chapter 20

Weapons of Mass Destruction

"Did you make this blizzard?" Brittany looked up from her meal and to the woman, who sipped her wine leisurely, with a small smile, "It seems too perfect, too long," she sighed and leaned back, "Oh, who am I kidding, you're an Empath, you can barely control your thoughts."

Brittany picked at her meal and looked out the window, at the storm. The blizzard was strange, she hadn't seen a storm like this, a storm that pretty much never stopped. She wondered if the storm started off naturally and was prolonged by something else.

"Talk to me, Dr. Brittany," The woman said, cutting through her steak, "Figure me out, that's what you do, right? You figure people out, children out, but I bet you can figure adults out too."

Brittany looked at the woman and popped a forkful of meat into her mouth, chewing slowly, "You're trying to compensate for something," she said, after chewing what was in her mouth, "You're always trying to compensate for something, that's a better way to put it."

The woman looked at Brittany, who set her fork down, her arms crossed. Brittany sighed and said, "You're a woman in a man's world, organized crime, it's hard to crack that glass ceiling, so you have to compensate and go into something that is bigger and better. Human trafficking and weapon trafficking make big money, but trafficking Unmentionables, that'll give you the big bucks. But, you went a step above that, you're breeding killing machines. You most likely make several billion dollars a year, have shadow governments in your back pocket and are creating Unmentionables with power that people have never seen."

"But it's not enough," Brittany shook her head, "It's never going to be enough, because you're a failed Unmentionable, right, couldn't get your gifts checked, or they wouldn't listen to you, so you thought, if they weren't work for me, I'll make sure that other people and their gifts work for the highest bidder."

The woman's jaw clenched, as Brittany continued, "I can even guess what your gift is. You have a strong detest of Empaths, that's a good clue, and excellent clue. You're a failed Empath, you've been trying to get into my mind but failing because, even if I can't control my thoughts, you can't even tap into yours the way I can," she smiled softly, "50-60 babies, you want double that, if you can, because you want to control more Empaths because you can't even use your gifts. What are you, a class C, D, or even worse, just a barely there-"

SLAP! Brittany let out a grunt, expecting the slap to the face. She felt blood drip from her nose and then the woman got into her face, snarling, "I said examine me, not piss me off!"

"I did just that," she wiped at her nose with a shaky hand, "But your reaction does tell me that your over compensation isn't enough."

The woman let go of her and said, in a soft voice, "Finish your meal, it's time for you to go back to sleep."

Brittany wiped her bloodied nose, once again and finished her meal, saying, "I'm done, but please, if you want me to pick your brain next time, don't slap me."

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"The blizzard that won't go away," the Weather woman said on the TV, looking at a screen, "We're looking at another foot of snow in the next 24 hours, adding to the 3 feet that have already fallen in the last 72 hours! This year is looking to be a white Christmas for sure, I hope Santa has a snow shovel!"

"The snow comes up to our heads, Heidi!" Diesel looked out at the snow, with big eyes, "I wish we could go outside."

Heidi looked out at the snow and nodded her head, "Lots of snow," she looked over to the boy and then to adults, who were talking in hushed voices. She hated that they were like this, so did Diesel but he got distracted easily. Heidi left the window and went over to the adults, listening to them talk.

"72 hours….."

"She might be gone already…."

"Heidi hasn't seen anything?"

"No…"

Heidi shuffled over to the couch and sat on it, looking at the TV. She sank further into it as Dr. Brittany's face came on the TV screen.

"It's been 72 hours since the disappearance of 31 year old Dr. Brittany, who is famous for her work in the middle east. She was last seen on Route 1, if you have any information, please call the FBI, a cash reward for any valuable information is being offered."

"That's scary," Diesel walked over to Heidi and sat beside her on the couch, "I wish Dr. Brittany was found now, so that everyone is happy."

"Yeah," Heidi said, sucking on her thumb, "I miss her."

"I miss her too," Diesel turned to Heidi, his face set, "You can get to her, in your head, right?" At Heidi's nod, Diesel said, "Let's try to go see her now, I'll come with you, so you don't have to go alone, the grownups are busy, maybe we'll see something important, if there's two of us!"

Heidi sighed and then held her hand out for Diesel to take. Diesel let out a squeak as he fell forward and then found himself standing in the darkness with Heidi, "Is this your mind?"

"Hmm? No, I don't know," She shrugged and pointed to a large pink line, "We go this way," she held tight to Diesel and led him down it, "We haf to be careful, Dr. Brittany said I can't see her, we sneak."

"Kay, we'll be like spies." Diesel said, as Heidi led him through the darkness, "I hope we see something important."

They walked for a long time and then found themselves looking into a bright room, with a bed, a large bed, a fire place on one side of the wall with two seats in front of it and a large window that looked out at the blizzard. Diesel looked in wonder at where they were and whispered to Heidi, "Is Dr. Brittany awake and we're seeing what she's seeing?" Heidi nodded her head, "Neat!"

Diesel went silent as a red haired, green eyed woman appeared. Diesel frowned and was about to ask who that lady was but the woman started to speak. Diesel didn't like the way she spoke.

"Good evening, my dear doctor," the woman walked around Dr. Brittany, who lay in bed, still groggy from the drugs that were forced upon her, "I'm sorry if you feel like a zombie, I didn't give you enough drugs to knock you out, I just gave you enough to make it easier for me to slip into that mind of yours, okay? You may think that it's impossible for me , but I do know how to slip into the shallow parts."

"N-no, stay away," Brittany whispered as the red haired woman sat beside her, resting her hands on Brittany's head, "Stay out of my head."

"Like you get a choice, sweetie, I'm over compensating, remember, now, let's see what secrets the Empath is hiding."

"What's happening?" Diesel asked as the sound of ripping filled the area they were in, "Heidi?"

"I don't know," Heidi whispered, holding tight to Diesel.

"Well, what is this?" both children turned and found themselves looking at the woman, who stood before them and Brittany, who was lifting herself up weakly, looking at them with wide eyes, "Dr. Brittany, you've been keeping big secrets from me."

"Get out of here!" Brittany cried to Diesel and Heidi only to be hushed by the woman.

"Dr. Brittany, have you been hiding my weapon," she looked over to Heidi, who felt terror spike in her body, she didn't know this woman but she was scared of her, "For shame."

The woman walked over to the children but then Diesel stood in front of Heidi, saying in a loud voice, "Don't you dare touch her!"

The woman looked at Heidi, with a smile on her face, "Hello, weapon, you were always a sweet baby, I used to rock you all the time, you were so fussy. You survived, out of 10 of them, you were the only one to survive, and you are my most powerful weapon since I've started this project."

Diesel took a step forward and the woman looked at him, "And who is this? Hello, young man you mus-"

"Give Dr. Brittany back!" Diesel snapped, stomping his foot, "You bad woman, you can't get Heidi back either! She lives with us now!"

"Heidi?" The woman looked at the girl, who was sucking her thumb, looking far away, "They gave you a name? Isn't that sweet, young man but it's just a weapon, nothing, it's buyer wants them, he paid good money for it, it has to leave you, but, I'm sure, I can get some extra money if I sell you with it too-"

"Don't touch either of them," Brittany said weakly, her eyes fluttering, rolling in her head.

"Dr. Brittany?!" Diesel asked, still protecting Heidi from the woman.

"Unmentionable…" Brittany slurred, resting her head on the ground, "Tell Deda, she's an Unmentionable, tell…Deda…."

Diesel nodded his head and then grabbed Heidi's hand, saying "Come on, Heidi, we have to go."

"Do you think I'm going to-" The woman started but Brittany struggled to get the final words out.

"Can-can't do anything, weak, run!" Brittany watched as the two children ran off into the darkness.

The woman sighed and then pulled herself out of Brittany's head, watching the woman's eyes roll up and she passed out, "You've been hiding secrets from me, Good Doctor, that won't do. When you wake up, the fun begins."

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"…Diesel….Diesel…"

"Crazy boy!..."

"Heidi….Diesel!"

Diesel let out a gasp and sat up, his eyes wide. He was surrounded by the adults, who then checked him over, asking if he was alright. He looked over to Heidi, who sat close to him, looking at him. She nodded her head and Diesel nodded his head.

"Deda, a woman took Brittany!" He started quickly, "She took Brittany and-and-Brittany said she's an unmentionable too, we gotta save her, that woman is bad news, she's going to hurt Brittany!"

"An Unmentionable," Diesel nodded his head as Ivan voiced his surprise, "This changes a lot, but I think this will help," he pulled his phone out, "I'll make some calls, Diesel tell me what this woman looked like."

Diesel jumped off the couch and ran over to his father, talking quickly. Heidi looked up at the group and said, in a soft voice, "Bad woman she's scary," she clung to Stephanie, "Hurt Brittany."

"We're going to get her back," Carlos ruffled her hair, looking at both Lester and Heidi, "She's going to be alright."

"I hope she is," Lester said, getting up, "I'm going to make some calls too, maybe my contacts know about a rouge Unmentionable."

Carlos left the two on the couch and went over to Ivan, who was looking up a number, "How often do Unmentionables go rouge?"

"Not often, we don't need to," Ivan said, looking at the man, "But often, low level Unmentionables, try to get on power trips, make groups with what little power they have to get both money and power. They're usually dealt with early on, if this is a low level Unmentionable she's been under the radar for a long time, which means her business is everywhere and is touching everything. Diesel did she say anything else that could help us?"

"….She called Heidi a weapon and kept calling her it, not Heidi," Diesel looked at Carlos and Ivan, "Heidi isn't an it! She's a girl, even if she wants to marry Marcus."

"That she is," Ivan said, rubbing his chin, "That helps as well, an Unmentionable selling Unmentionable children is a niche, we might find her yet."

"Let's get to work then," Carlos said, pulling out his phone, "We should-"

"Ack! It's dark!" Diesel yelped as the power went out, just as there was a loud pop in the distance. Carlos turned the flashlight on his camera saying, "Sounds like a transformer blew, I'll call Rangeman and see if they got power, this blizzard needs to stop."

"I'm thinking this blizzard is not natural," Ivan said, looking out in the dark at the storm, "This storm has been stationary, and hasn't lost strength? I think an Unmentionable is behind this, find me some power, and I'll call our government."

"Tank called," Lester came over to the men, "Rangeman has emergency power, but this storm is getting worse."

"More worse than it is?" Stephanie asked, carrying Heidi over to them, "What is this, an Ice Age?"

"Call Tank," Ivan said, "And tell him to call this number," he held his phone out and handed it to Lester, "I'm going to check on my family, Diesel stay right here, don't do anything stupid."

"I won't," Diesel shook his head as his father left with a poof, "There's a bad guy making this Blizzard, is it the bad woman?"

"I don't know, Carlos said, crouching down in front of Diesel, "But, Diesel, if anything happened to us, watch over Heidi, okay?"

"I got it, I'll poof her outta trouble!" Diesel smiled, looking over to Heidi, "I'll be a good watcher!"

"Now bundle up, the cold is going to creep in here soon." Carlos said, making Diesel run and get his coat, "Stephanie, Babe, you okay?"

"Yeah, but, something doesn't feel right," she said, wrapping Heidi up in her winter coat, "I don't know, but it feels like something's wrong."

Ivan reappeared with a sigh, "Marcus is watching over the others, he knows what to do," he looked over to Diesel, "They said hi."

"Hi," Diesel said, looking at his father, "Deda, do you think the woman is making this storm?"

"No, I don't think so, I know so," Ivan said looking at the group, "We have a problems, there's an Unmentionable named Vladimir, S class Unmentionable, he's the one controlling this weather. Found out, the government has a warrant out for him, he's been making recent transactions that people unearthed, weapons…human weapons. They captured one of his goons, sang like a canary, the seller of a recent weapon was in this area, looking for a lost weapon, so he set the storm up to stop them, because Vladimir is fed up and is on the hunt for his weapon himself."

"And their weapon is…." Stephanie looked over to Heidi, who stared at them, sucking her thumb.

"It's her," Lester said, in a soft voice, "She's the weapon."

TBC

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