Authors Notes: Well here's the next chapter, don't worry there's only a couple more to come after this one and hopefully it won't take me to long to put them up here. I'm very busy at the moment revising for my exams and also writing some more Mutant X Fan Fiction which I'll hopefully put up here soon. I want to thank everyone who's been reviewing my work, I really appreciate it. Please read and review.
Sanctuary………
Shalimar paced the hall outside the Med-Lab while Jesse and Emma leaned against the far wall. They'd been back for about half an hour and Adam was still treating Brennan. The moment they had returned Brennan was rushed to the Med-Lab where Adam had then kicked everyone out so he could work on Brennan in peace.
None of them had spoken much since they had returned. They were all too worried about Brennan.
When they'd first arrived, Emma sensing the conflicting emotions coming of off Shalimar had tried to comfort her and calm her down, but to no avail. Now Shalimar just paced the floor angrily stopping every now and then to glance at the Med-Lab door before continuing with her pointless pacing.
Shalimar was just about to storm into Med-Lab and demand that Adam tell her what was going on, when the door to the Lab opened and he came out. Shalimar hurried up to him.
"How is he?" She demanded, worried for Brennan.
"I was able to take care of the burn marks on his body he shouldn't have any scars." Adam said addressing the rest of the group who had also come to surround him. "He has a broken rib and some bruised ones which are going to hurt for a while. He also had some internal bleeding which I was lucky to be able to stop."
"Yeah but how is he?" Shalimar demanded irritably, impatient for a straight answer.
"At the moment he's in a coma. I'm not sure if it's because of the injuries he's suffered or if it's something more." Adam said as the whole team looked at him worried. "There's nothing more I can do. It's up to him now."
Everyone was quiet for a moment absorbing the information. None of them wanted to believe that Brennan wasn't going to get better but they all knew it was a possibility.
"I'm going in to see him." Shalimar stated, her eyes daring Adam to say no.
"His body is still healing but I can't see any harm in a brief visit." Adam said stepping aside so Shalimar could enter the lab, followed by Jesse. Emma hesitated at the door and looked at Adam giving him a brief smile before entering the lab.
Shalimar and Jesse were already standing over Brennan, checking him out for themselves. Emma noticed that Shalimar was holding one of Brennan's hands and absently playing with his hair.
As she moved around the table and got a better look at Brennan, she noted that except for a few bruises on his chest he looked fine. It surprised her after seeing him before, when they'd rescued him, the state he'd been in, but then they had very advanced equipment here.
"Guys." Adam's low but authoritive voice made them all turn to look at him. "I think it's a good idea if you leave now. I have some tests I have to run and I think you could all use some rest, it's been a long week."
The group nodded and after taking one more look at Brennan, as if to reassure themselves that he really was still alive, they left one by one, last being Shalimar. She leaned down giving Brennan a kiss on his forehead.
"See you in the morning." Shalimar whispered into Brennan's ear, before leaving the lab.
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Sanctuary, Night………
Emma woke up with a start and, turning on her bedside lamp, she glanced around her room. She could have sworn that she had heard someone calling out to her. As she was about to turn her light off, so she could get some rest, she heard it again. No, felt, she corrected herself. She could feel the voice calling to her. Curious, she stood up in bed and made her way out the door and down the hall in the direction the voice had come from. She came to a door and after making sure that it wasn't one of her team member's rooms she opened the door and stepped into the room.
The light from the hall shone down on the bed, showing the occupant to be Sage. Adam must have moved him here while we were gone, Emma realized as she made her way over to his bed, wondering if he was the one she had felt calling out.
As if in reply, Sage opened his eyes and looked at her with a questioning look on his face.
"Sage." Emma spoke softly not wanting to make to much noise. He tried to say something but his throat was to dry and no words came out. "It's okay Sage. You're safe here. My friends and I have been taking care of you for the last couple of days, while you were sick."
Sage nodded his head to show he understood and then indicated his throat, to show that he needed some water. Emma nodded understandingly and got up from where she had kneeled beside the bed.
"I'm going to go get you some water and then I'm going to go wake Adam. He'll probably want to run some tests on you to make sure you're alright, okay?"
Sage nodded his head to show he understood and Emma quickly left the room.
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Med-Lab At Sanctuary, Morning………
Adam was looking over the scans he had taken from Sage the night before when Emma walked in.
"How is he?" Adam asked Emma, turning around to look at her.
"Okay I guess." Emma replied, trying not to look at Brennan's still form. "He's confused about the whole situation with the GSA and what we found out about his mother, but he's taking it well. What did your scans reveal?"
"He seems to have fully recovered from his injuries. I want to keep him under observation for a couple of days to make sure but he should be fine." Adam replied. "What I want to know is what his mutation is."
"Can't you tell that now that you have an uncorrupted sample of his blood?" Emma asked as she came to stand next to Adam so she could see the computer screen showing Sage's results.
"Well, from his DNA, I can tell that he's a feral..." Adam pointed to a section of the computer that showed Sage's genetic make-up, pointing to specific sections as he spoke. "..And that he's a Psionic. However I'm not exactly sure what type yet, we'll need to talk to Sage about it later. Also when Shalimar and Brennan first encountered Sage, he was shot. Now when Sage was brought here, I examined him and he showed no sign of having been shot so it's likely to assume that he's got increased regenerative capabilities, possibly due to his Feral DNA. Although if that is so it's unlike any Feral healing abilities that I've encountered."
"Do you want me to bring Sage down to the lab later so you can run some more in depth scans?" Emma asked, knowing that Adam would want to discover if there was something else up with Sage's Mutant DNA seeing as he wasn't a normal New Mutant.
"Yes that would help." Adam said nodding as he glanced once more at Sage's scan results before closing the file and shutting off the computer terminal.
"How's Brennan doing?" Emma suddenly asked, knowing that nothing had changed but hoping it had.
"His stats are the same." Adam said as they both made their way to stand next to Brennan's still form. "He hasn't got any worse but there's been no improvement."
Emma nodded before making her way out of the lab and back to her room. She needed to catch up on some much needed rest. Jesse and Shalimar were still asleep and Emma suspected that Adam had slipped them a sedative the night before so that they would sleep. She was glad he had as they all needed some rest.
As she made her way into her room she heard the sound of Adam's door opening and closing, signaling that Adam was also returning to bed to try and catch up on some sleep. Turning off her light, she collapsed into bed and willed for sleep to come to her.
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Sanctuary, an hour later………
Shalimar sneaked out of her room and made her way silently down the hall to Med-Lab. She was happy to note that Adam had already gone to bed. She was angry with him for giving her the sedative the night before but she was also glad because she needed to be rested for what she was planning to do.
As she reached Brennan's still form she stared at him for a few minutes before bending down and whispering into Brennan's ear.
"I'm going to make him pay for what he did to you, Brennan. I promise." Shalimar said before kissing him on the forehead.
She quickly left the lad and made her way down to the garage to get her motorcycle. She already knew where she had to go. Before she had fallen asleep she had searched the computer database and had come up with a location where Mitchell was likely to be.
As she made her way out of Sanctuary she remembered to leave a message on the computer system saying that she was going for a ride, just in case someone woke up while she was gone.
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An Old Building On The Outskirts Of Town………
Shalimar pulled up outside the building and glanced around. The building used to be a warehouse, which Shalimar had been able to find out was owned by Mitchell. She figured he was most likely here hiding from the GSA after his failure. Shalimar knew that Eckhart didn't like failure, and she only hoped that she had gotten here before Mitchell had gotten away.
As she made her way towards the building she smiled to herself. He was in there. Shalimar could smell him. He was also alone which meant that nothing could get in her way this time.
She found an open window and climbed into the building. She made her way carefully through the lower level of the building towards the back where she could sense Mitchell was.
She entered a room and smiled to herself as her eyes fell on her prey. He was standing in front of a safe trying to open it.
Something alerted him and he turned around suddenly. Before he had a chance to react, Shalimar pounced on him, knocking him to the floor. Her anger had erupted inside her once again making her eyes shine Feral.
She jumped on Mitchell before he had a chance to get up and she pinned his hands to the floor as she glared at his face.
"What you going to kill me now?" Mitchell asked as he struggled to get out from underneath her. "You don't have it in you."
"Oh I have it in me." Shalimar hissed at him. "People like you don't deserve to live. But you know what? You're not worth it."
"You're not going to kill me?" Mitchell asked suspiciously.
"No I'm not going to kill you. Death's too good for you." Shalimar said as she continued to glare at him. "I'm going to leave you here for Eckhart to deal with."
She let what she said sink in and smiled when Mitchell's eyes widened in fear. Before he could say anything Shalimar knocked him out and then retrieving a pair of handcuffs from her back pocket she handcuffed him to the safe knowing that he'd be unable to move it.
As she made her way out of the building she felt her anger leave her completely to be replaced by guilt. She had come here tonight intent on killing Mitchell whom she had blamed for what had happened to Brennan. But when she had found him she had realized that he wasn't the one she blamed. She blamed herself. She felt guilty for not being able to stop Brennan from being taken and not being there to stop him from being hurt.
