Rating: PG 13- for language/violence/romance
Genre: Action/drama/romance
Summary: Shalimar and Brennan's baby is born, but it has a strange ability that intrigues Eckhart into devising a plan to kidnap the child. Only the very protective parent won't give up their child without a fight. My suggestion is that who might want to read Who's the Daddy before you read this story.
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Story by: Quest – shadowfox_fuse@yahoo.com
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Chapter 6: Torn Emotions
Fox entered Eckhart's office with Sydney sound asleep in his arms. "I have the girl." He announced as he walked up to Eckhart's desk.
"I thought I said both." Eckhart explained not looking up from his work.
Fox did not look impressed. "Hey I got you one didn't I?"
"Yes, at least we have one of them." Eckhart replied.
Fox looked at his granddaughter in his arms and for one moment he actually felt joy that he was a grandfather. "Do you want me to put her in a stasis pod?"
"No I have better plans for her." Eckhart said. "I want you to take her back with you to Maine."
"What?" Fox asked.
"Take her back with you. I'll send some of my people with you so they can train her and teach her." Eckhart explained.
"Hey I'm not good with kids, look at my freak of a daughter." Fox said not wanting to take his granddaughter home with him.
"You won't need to do anything, my people will do everything." Eckhart said to Fox.
"Fine!" Fox agreed. "So what are you going to do with her?"
"I have many plans for her." Eckhart said with a sly smile, and handed Fox Sydney's file that he had on his desk. "I will call you when I want her back here." Eckhart told him and waved his hand dismissing him. "I'll have people at your house when you get there." Fox didn't reply he just kept on walking out of the office with his granddaughter.
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Shalimar had finally calmed down somewhat, after hearing the news about her daughter being kidnapped by Eckhart. She held Devon close to her, glad that Eckhart didn't take both of her children. Brennan paced back and forth in the lab, running his hand through his hair. Shalimar could see that he wasn't just going to stand around and do nothing.
"I'm going to go find her." Brennan finally announced to the group.
"Brennan you can't, not yet." Adam explained to him.
Brennan walked over and placed his hand on one of the tables. Without any warning he slammed his fist down making everyone jump. "WHY THE HELL NOT?" He yelled angrily.
"We don't know for sure where Eckhart took her." Adam said in a calm tone.
"How did he find out about them in the first place?" Brennan asked still very upset.
"I don't know." Adam said softly.
Brennan gave a small laugh. "YOU DON'T KNOW!" Brennan snapped at him. "I thought you were a super genius ADAM, and YOU CAN'T TELL US HOW THEY FOUND OUT!" Brennan started yelling again.
Shalimar could help but agree with her husband. "I'm wondering that myself." She said looking over at Adam with her red puffy eyes.
"The only thing I can think of is if Eckhart has a cyber-kinetic, that could have gotten through the firewalls that we have." Adam explained.
Brennan couldn't handle very thing that Adam was explaining, he just turned around and stormed out of the room. He pounded the wall before he left leaving a small dent. Shalimar stood up and handed Adam Devon. "I'll go talk to him. Will you watch Devon for me?"
"Sure Shalimar." Adam replied before Shalimar ran out of the room after Brennan.
Shalimar looked down the hall, but Brennan was nowhere insight. Shalimar ran up the stairs to their room, he wasn't there. She then ran out to the next logical place that he would be to clear his mind, the garden. Shalimar found Brennan sitting out by the pond dangling his feet in the water. She walked up to him and sat down, she wrapped her arm around his waist and put her head on his shoulder. Brennan placed his arm around her and pulled her closer to him.
"We'll find her Brennan." Shalimar said nuzzling him.
Brennan sighed. "I know but I still can't believe she's gone. I just want to find her soon."
"So do I." Shalimar said softly. She still couldn't comprehend that her father the one person that hated Mutants the most, was working for the GSA, and was the one that took their daughter.
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Fox stepped out of his private helicopter with Sydney in his arms. Two girl agents came rushing out of his huge ranch like house and took Sydney from his arms. He followed them into the house where five other agents stood in a line waiting for his instructions.
"So why are you here?" Fox said angrily, he really didn't want all these people living at his home. He already had five people working for him, he didn't want more.
"To help with the young girls training and education, Sir!" One of the male agents answered.
"Fine, just go do something." Fox said coldly as he walked off to his office.
"Yes Sir." The agents replied in unison.
Fox marched to his office and slammed the door behind him, and took a seat at his desk. He opened up a locked drawer with a key in his pocket and pulled out a worn out picture. He swiveled around in his leather chair and looked out the glass window. The picture was of a young girl around the age of five; he ran his finger over the girl's face. "Sorry Shalimar." Fox whispered before putting the picture back.
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Adam, Brennan, and Shalimar stayed up almost all night trying to trace the location of Sydney, but there was nothing. It was like Sydney and Shalimar's father fell off the face of the earth.
"This isn't getting us anywhere." Brennan huffed.
Shalimar still was holding Devon, who was fast asleep in his mother's arms. "We'll find her."
Brennan stood up and started walking away. Shalimar turned around in her chair and watched his retreating figure. "What are you going to do?" Shalimar asked him, seeing the look in his eyes that she knew all to well.
"Something I should have done a while ago." He said bursting through the door.
"He's taking this really hard." Adam said to Shalimar.
Shalimar looked down at her feet. "It's been hard on both of us." She finally said holding back the tears.
Jesse entered the room before Adam could ask Shalimar what she thought about the whole thing with her father being an agent.
"Emma's asleep." Jesse announced as he headed over to them.
"Good she needs her rest." Adam replied. "I want you to go follow Brennan, I don't want him to do anything he's going to regret later."
"Sure." Jesse said then ran out of the lab and headed to the garage.
Jesse reached the garage in time to see Brennan peel out down the driveway. Jesse grabbed a pair of keys to the nearest car and drove off after Brennan. Brennan drove into the city and to a local bar, he climbed out and stormed into the bar. Jesse parked his car across the street and watched Brennan enter the bar.
Brennan walked straight over to the bartender; he leaned over the counter and grabbed the man by the collar and pulled him over to him. "WHERE IS SHE?" Brennan demanded him.
"What the hell are you talking about?" The bartender asked nervously.
"Come on Jack, you know who I'm talking about!" Brennan snapped before gathering some electricity on his fingers.
"Look Brennan I don't know where they took your daughter." Jack said holding out his hands to protect himself.
Brennan gave his a small smirk. "I never said it was my daughter."
"Yes you did." Jack said in his own defense.
Brennan just rolled his eyes and tightened his grip around Jack's shirt, and brought him closer to his face. "Do you really think I'm that stupid Jack?"
"Hell no Brennan." Jack replied quickly.
"Then just tell me what I want to know and I'll let you go with all of your hair." Brennan demanded.
"Fine I'll tell you." Jack squealed.
Brennan loosened his grip and placed Jack back behind the bar. "Spill!"
"All I know is that Eckhart hired Shalimar's father to take the kid." Jack explained. Brennan didn't buy it; he released a bolt of electricity zapping Jack in the arm. "SHIT!" Jack yelped.
"Now tell me where they took her." Brennan said with a small growl.
Jack looked to his left and right, then leaned in closer to Brennan. "All I heard was that he wants to find out how to accelerate some ones genetic makeup, you know make them age faster." Jack whispered so only Brennan could hear.
"I know that. What I want to know is where they took her." Brennan huffed.
"She's not around here." Jack whispered again.
"Come on you know, so tell me." Brennan demanded once again.
"I don't know." Jack whispered. Brennan zapped Jack in the other arm. "I swear I don't know Brennan. You know I would tell you Brennan if I knew where she is."
Brennan took a big sigh. "Thanks Jack." Brennan said as he walked out of the door and back to his car. He just sat in his car for a minute before starting the car to head back to the Sanctuary.
Jesse watched Brennan take off down the road and he pulled out after him a couple of car behind. Jesse noticed that he was heading back home. "Adam, he's heading back home."
"Thanks Jesse. You might want to hang back a little until he comes in." Adam replied.
"Sounds good." Jesse agreed as he pulled his car over to the side of the road.
Brennan pulled into the garage and slowly got out of his car, he was disappointed that Jack hadn't given him the information that he wanted. He slumped into the Sanctuary and was greeted by Shalimar and Devon.
Shalimar opened her mouth to ask if he found something, but Brennan shook his head no knowing what she was going to ask him. Brennan took Devon out of Shalimar's arms and held him close. "Lets get some sleep." Brennan suggested.
"I could use some sleep." Shalimar agreed and wrapped her arm around his waist as they headed up stairs to their room.
ONE MONTH LATERThe days and weeks went by so fast, and there had been no sign of Sydney or Shalimar's father. Shalimar and Brennan's hopes of finding their daughter slowly fell after each day that had passed without any good evidence of Sydney's whereabouts. Devon was now almost a year old and they could only imagine how big their daughter was.
Brennan sat with his head in his hands as he listened to Adam explain that once again they were at a dead-end in the search for his daughter. Shalimar couldn't handle hearing the news that she had heard over and over again for the last month.
"I'm afraid that Eckhart has Sydney hidden somewhere." Adam tried to break it to them gently but it was no use, both of them jumped down on him.
"We can't give up." Shalimar said angrily.
"RIGHT! I want her back NOW!" Brennan was really pissed off at Adam for jumping to conclusions.
"We all do." Adam told them.
Both Shalimar and Brennan knew that he was right and that it was like looking for a needle in a haystack. The two parents both sighed and tried to accept the inevitable, they might not ever see their daughter again.
TBC
A/N: Thanks to everyone that reviewed I can't thank you enough; they really help with my writing! Great big thanks to Gabz who helped me on a title and stuff; you're the best Gabz. The next few chapters will jump ahead a year, just to warn you all. Please Review!!