Rating: R- for language/violence/romance
Summary: Adam gives the team the weekend off. But when out clubbing Eckhart decides to crash the party. Taking Brennan and Shalimar hostage! (I'm not going to tell you everything it would ruin the surprise!!) I will tell you that this is a major Brennan/Shalimar fanfic. With a hint of a Shalimar/Jesse at some point.
(Disclaimer on first page)
Story by: Quest – shadowfox_fuse@yahoo.com
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Chapter 4: Two Captured
It was around eleven thirty and the DJ came over the microphone. "Alright ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to play two slow songs, for those who want to dance to that stuff!"
The DJ put on the first slow song and dimmed the colored lights. A lot of people grabbed some to dance closely to. Jesse took the advantage of the slow song. "Hey Shal, you want to dance?"
"Sure." Shalimar replied. Jesse grabbed her hand and led her away form the table, but Shalimar couldn't help but look back at Brennan who had a disappointed look on his face. He looked right at Shalimar's retreating figure, he saw her lip 'I'm sorry'. Jesse led Shalimar out to the dance floor, and he placed his arms around her waist and Shalimar placed her arms around his neck. Jesse tried to pull her closer to him but Shalimar's body stiffened and wouldn't move. Jesse did care he was just glad that she was close to him.
"Emma do you want to dance?" Brennan asked as he noticed her sad expression as she watched Jesse and Shalimar dance.
"I'd love to." Emma said with a huge smile.
Brennan and Emma went to the dance floor and started to dance. Brennan kept looking over at Shalimar; he noticed that she was looking back at him out of the corner of her eye. Brennan smiled at her and looked back at Emma until the song was over. A new slow song started, Brennan and Emma walked over to Jesse and Shalimar who were still dancing.
Brennan tapped Jesse on the shoulder. "Switch partners?" Brennan asked.
"Sure." Jesse replied, even though he really didn't want to.
Brennan grabbed Shalimar's hand and pulled her closer to him. Shalimar put her arms around Brennan's neck and placed her head on his chest, she closed her eyes and just swayed back and forth with Brennan's body. Brennan could resist, he slid his hands lower down Shalimar's back and placed his hands in her back pockets of her jeans. Brennan looked over at Jesse and Emma, he saw Jesse looking over at him with a scowl on his face. Brennan gave Jesse a sly smile and looked away keeping his hands in Shalimar's pockets.
The song was over and all four returned to the table. Everything seemed so perfect no one about Mutant X or GSA they just all had a good time. Jesse and Emma excused themselves to the bathroom leaving Shalimar and Brennan all alone
"That was really nice of you to dance with Emma." Shalimar explained.
"I felt kind of bad, I knew she wanted to dance." Brennan replied.
"I think we need to tell everyone about us." Shalimar said out of the blue.
"Why?" Brennan asked.
"Jesse!" Shalimar replied.
"What about him?" Brennan asked taking hold of Shalimar's hands.
"I think he likes me." Shalimar explained.
"Why do you say that?" Brennan asked even though he already knew the answer to his own question.
"Just the way he looks at me, and how he kept trying to pull me closer when we danced, which he didn't try to do with Emma." She answered.
"I'll talk to him!" Brennan suggested.
"Maybe I should talk to him." Shalimar said with a smile.
"Ok, if you want!" Brennan replied and Shalimar nodded her head yes; there was a long pause where Brennan and Shalimar just looked at each other.
"So my room tonight!" Shalimar explained with a huge grin.
"It's fine with me as long as I'm in bed with you." Brennan said leaning over the table giving Shalimar a kiss.
"Your so sweet." Shalimar replied.
"I try!" Brennan said with a smile as she kissed him again.
Shalimar broke from the kiss and looked around them. "What is it?" Brennan asked her.
"I thought I heard something." Shalimar said looking around. "It was probably nothing." She turned her attention back to Brennan and kissed him again.
They suddenly heard screams coming in all different directions. "Tell me you heard that?" Shalimar asked.
"I heard it!" Brennan said standing up to look around.
Men dressed in all black and armed with machine guns and automatic handguns suddenly appeared from every exit and entrance. People screamed and tried to get out of the club but the men stopped them. Soon another group of men came in through the front surrounding three other men.
"Oh, shit!" Brennan said as he recognized one of the men. "Jesse, Emma can you hear me?" Brennan said into in comlink.
"Yes Brennan, but I'm in the bathroom!" Jesse replied.
"I can hear you to Brennan." Emma said.
"Whatever you do, do not come out of the bathrooms. Eckhart is out here and where out numbered by fifty to one." Brennan said softly watching Eckhart go up the stair to the second floor.
"So what do you guys what us to do?" Jesse asked.
"Go out the window of one of the bathrooms and go tell Adam." Brennan told them.
"What about you two?" Emma asked as she left the bathroom and headed to Jesse.
"Mostly likely will get caught, but don't worry about us just get out of here." Brennan replied looking at Shalimar.
"But we can't just leave you here." Emma said.
"Please just go!" Brennan ordered.
"Were going to go out the window, will be back for you guys!" Jesse explained.
"I'm going to hold you to that." Brennan said.
Jesse opened up the window and helped Emma through and then climbed through himself. They ran over the car and Jesse pulled out a pair of keys. They jumped in and took off toward the Sanctuary to tell Adam.
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"I hope they didn't get caught." Shalimar explained to Brennan.
"Ya, Adam will help us!" Brennan replied and looked up at Eckhart.
Eckhart stood in front of Scott and his friend; Brennan noticed that they were arguing about something. Suddenly one of Eckhart's men took out his handgun and put three rounds into Scott and his two bodyguards. Brennan stood up quickly about to go up there when he felt Shalimar grab his hand. "Don't Brennan, there is nothing you can do." She said. Brennan sat back down and looked up Eckhart and all he felt was vengeance in his heart.
Eckhart walked up to the railing and looked out over the club. "Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm terribly sorry for all the heavy measures but its necessary in case someone try's something stupid." He announced, and everyone looked up at him. "You're all probably wondering why I'm here? I'll tell you. Where here to take your blood for a special test."
"He's finding New Mutants." Shalimar whispered.
"This is worse then I thought." Brennan replied.
"This will take a few minute, but if everyone stays calm then you will be released shortly." Eckhart nodded to one of the men on the floor and the man waved in about ten people with lab coats and a briefcase. They worked their way around the room and dance floor and up to the tables. When they found a New Mutant they would signal one of the armed men and they would take them away.
"It'll be ok Shal." Brennan said before two of the lab techs reached their table. "Adam will find us."
"I know he will." Shalimar said.
The lab techs came up to the table. "Give us your arm and roll up your sleeves." One ordered. Shalimar and Brennan did what he said and the lab techs pulled out two vials to collect their blood in. They strapped on a rubber tie around their arms to show the veins. They drew some blood and put three drops of a clear liquid into the vial of blood. The blood turned blue in each of the vials. "Over here!" The lab called out to a couple of the armed men. The men walked over to the table. "Take these two." The lab tech ordered and then moved on to another table.
"Get up!" One man ordered sticking his gun into Brennan's back.
Brennan and Shalimar stood and were led out of the club and herded into a truck filled with other Mutant's inside huddled into the back. The Mutant's looked up, most looked like they had been crying, when the door opened. Shalimar and Brennan where pushed into the truck, Shalimar landed hard on the floor. She propped herself up and her eyes flashed yellow when she looked at the men that pushed her in. She jumped up quickly and ran at the men. One of the men saw her coming and hitting her in the head with the handle of the gun. She fell to the ground holding her forehead as they shut the door and the truck went pitch black.
"ASSHOLE!" Shalimar yelled thrusting her feet into the door, making a small but noticeable dent. She got up and turned around to face the back of the truck, her eyes went feral and she could see the outlines of the entire truck including the Mutant's still in the back.
"Shalimar, are you ok?" Brennan asked as he stepped closer to only figure with yellow glowing eyes.
"Ya, I'm fine. How about you?" Shalimar asked as she put her hand all over his body, checking for any blood.
"Never better." Brennan replied as he watched her examine his body.
"Brennan your head is bleeding!" Shalimar explained as she whipped away some of the blood coming from a cut on his forehead.
"It's not bad." Brennan said pulling her into a hug.
Shalimar wanted to stay in his arms forever but was interrupted when the truck jolted forward. They both braced themselves, then slowly made their why over to one of the sides of the truck closest to the doors. Brennan rapped his arm around Shalimar's shoulder and pulled her close to him. Shalimar placed her head on his chest and grabbed his hand with hers and held it tight.
Shalimar looked over at the rest of the Mutant's in the back of the truck. She noticed they were all young, probably in their early twenties. "I wonder what Eckhart plans to do with them?"
"I don't know what he's going to do with them, but I do have an idea what he's going to do with us once he finds out who we are." Brennan said trying not to sound nervous.
Shalimar shivered at the thought of all the different thing that he could do to them. "I just hope that Jesse and Emma made it to Adam."
"Me to." Brennan agreed.
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Jesse drove at least 90 mph the whole way to the Sanctuary. He pulled into the driveway and slammed on the brakes in front of the front door. Emma jumped out first and ran up stairs and into the Sanctuary.
"ADAM!" Emma yelled.
Jesse ran up behind her. "I'll check up stairs, you check down in the lab." Jesse took off up the stairs and up to Adam's room. "ADAM!" Jesse yelled as he entered Adam's room.
Adam shot up out of his bed. "Jesse what's wrong?" Adam asked rubbing his eyes.
"Eckhart has Brennan and Shalimar." Jesse explained.
"What?" Adam said getting out of bed.
"Eckhart showed up at the club with a least fifty heavily armed men, they where looking for Mutants." Jesse explained as Adam put on a shirt and a pair of pants.
"Are you sure it was Eckhart?" Adam asked as he and Jesse headed out of his room and started down to the lab.
"That's what Brennan said." Jesse replied.
Adam and Jesse ran down the stairs to the lab and found Emma in the lab looking for Adam. "Emma I found him." Jesse announced as they walked over to her.
"Oh thank god!" Emma sighed in relief.
"So do you know anything else?" Adam asked walking over to one of the computers.
"That's all he said." Jesse explained as Adam nodded for him to sit down. "So what are we going to do?"
"I don't know what we can do without knowing where Eckhart took them, that's if he took them somewhere." Adam replied as he looked over Jesse's shoulder.
"So what do you want me to do?" Jesse asked.
"Try to hack into GSA and find out why Eckhart took them." Adam told him.
"Piece of cake." Jesse said with a smile. He started typing on the keyboard, and soon he stopped and leaned back in his chair. "I got it!" Jesse said with a huge grin.
"How did you do that so fast?" Emma asked.
"Shalimar taught me." Jesse said, which made him think of her and how she would smile at him and the why she walked.
Jesse heard a voice in the background and snapped out of it. "What does it say Jesse?" Adam asked.
"Oh, it only say's that they are getting mutant for some kind of plan about…" Jesse paused.
"About what?" Adam asked.
"Us!" Jesse explained.
"What?" Emma questioned.
"It a plan about finding Mutant X." Jesse replied. "That's all it says."
"This is not good!" Adam replied.
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Brennan and Shalimar cuddled in the corner of the truck, they felt it come to a stop. The door opened and four men stood in the doorway. "Put these on!" One of the men ordered and through everyone blindfolds, Brennan and Shalimar tied the blindfolds on and sat quietly. "Stand up!" The man ordered. Everyone did what they were told, and more men entered the truck and started moving the people out of the truck. "Tie there hands together." The man said to another referring to Brennan and Shalimar, and the man did what he was told. "Eckhart wants these two in his office!"
Brennan and Shalimar felt guns poking into their backs and they started walking blindly out of the truck. "Stop here!" One man announced and the two did what he said. They heard a door open and someone grabbed onto their arms and dragged them into an office.
"Are you sure these are Adam's Mutant's?" They heard a familiar voice ask.
"Yes sir, were positive!" The man replied.
"Good they'll be perfect for our plan. Take them to the holding cell with all the other Mutants." Eckhart ordered the man.
"Yes sir." The man said pushing Shalimar and Brennan out of the room.
Shalimar and Brennan where walked down the hall and into an elevator. Both remained silent the whole time; they were pushed out of the elevator and were walked to a holding cell.
"Untie them." The man ordered.
Brennan and Shalimar were untied and thrown into a room, and they heard the door shut and lock behind them, and they untied their blindfolds. They saw at least twenty New Mutant looking at them. "This is kind of awkward." Brennan whispered to Shalimar.
"Tell me about it." Shalimar said as everyone stilled stared at them.
TBC –I hope everyone enjoys this story! Please review!!