Thanks for all the reviews! I'm glad you liked the first chapter. This second chapter doesn't have much action, but there will be more to come. Please read and review with ideas and comments! Thanks again! -songfulfish :)
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Chapter 2
"What is taking so long?" said Brennan as he paced about outside the medical room at Sanctuary.
Jesse, who had been watching Brennan pace for the last hour, shook his head, "I don't know Brennan, but you aren't helping the situation by using up all your energy and wearing a hole in the floor."
Brennan stopped and turned to him, "It beats just sitting there -how can you not be worried or upset about this, Shal's in there, unconcious and we have no idea what is wrong!"
"I am worried, Shalimar's the closest person to me and I care about her a lot," Jesse said defensively.
Brennan sighed, "Yeah, I know that, I'm sorry. I just want..."
"To kill those GSA agents?" suggested Jesse, "Yeah, so do I."
"Have you made a search of the database yet?"
"No, I've been told to watch you, remember? -so you don't do anything stupid."
Brennan rolled his eyes.
Just then, Emma came out of the medical room.
"You calmed down now?" she said looking at Brennan.
"How is she?" asked Brennan ignoring Emma's question.
"Still unconcious, but she's stable. Adam's found what looks like a poison in Shalimar's blood stream, probably from -"
"That bastard!" exploded Brennan, "I saw him cover the wound on Shalimar's arm with slime -poisonous slime. The fucking bastard!"
"Calm down Brennan," said Emma furiously, "You aren't helping Shalimar or us when you're like this. Adam wont let you see her..."
Brennan went quiet and nodded.
"That's better, come on," said Emma as she lead them into see Shalimar and Adam.
Shalimar lay on the chair in the middle of the room. She looked pale but she seemed as if she was asleep. Brennan looked at her as Jesse went over and took her hand. Emma watched Brennan and, without reading him, she could tell he was still very upset and very angry. Brennan walked over to Adam and spoke to him:
"Will she be okay?" he asked watching as Adam using the computer.
"Honestly, I don't know," said Adam, keeping his voice low, as he looked over at Shalimar, "The poison in her blood is deadly and without knowing exactly what poison it is, I am having trouble finding an antidote that will work."
"So, what? Are you saying that she's going to die?"
Adam didn't get to answer his question.
"Hey! She's waking up!" called Jesse as Shalimar opened her eyes.
Brennan and Adam went over and stood beside Shalimar, looking down at her.
"Hey... how are you feeling?" asked Emma smiling as she stood next to Jesse.
Shalimar looked at each of them, "I feel... ill. I hate feeling ill!"
Jesse smiled, "Don't worry, Shal, you'll get better soon."
Shalimar tried to smile but couldn't, "What's wrong with me, Adam?"
Choosing his words carefully, Adam replied, "During the fight with the GSA agents, it seems as if, you were poisoned, Shalimar."
"The slime..." she whispered understanding Adam completely.
"I am working on an anitdote to it. But you're going to have to stay here and rest okay?"
Shalimar nodded slightly, "Have you found out about those agents?"
"Not yet," said Jesse smiling down at Shalimar, "We were too worried about you."
"Don't be, Adam says I'm going to be fine and I certainly won't let some little spider-like mutant get the better of me, okay? You, Brennan and Emma have more important things to do, like finding that new mutant the GSA were after," said Shalimar looking at each of them.
Jesse and Emma nodded smiling, Brennan looked away at Adam.
Adam nodded, "Shalimar is right, go and research the agents and the new mutant and see what you can find."
Jesse searched the database with Emma and Brennan's help. It took them a while to find Danielle, Harvey and Dana in the system but finally Jesse had all three profiles up on the screen. Brennan, Jesse and Emma sat reading about them.
"Danielle Green, 23 years old, she's runs two shelters for homeless kids, and her mutant powers... she can heal the physical wounds of others and she is very difficult to kill, as her wounds heal almost immediately," read Jesse, "I can see why the GSA want her."
"A mutant who cannot be killed would be a great asset to Eckhart and his agents," said Emma.
"What about the Harvey guy?" said Brennan.
Jesse bought up the profile, "Harvey Karlstone, he's got arachnid dna, from a spider, mixed with his human dna. That explains the ability to stick to walls!"
"And the poison... think about it," said Emma, "Many dangerous spiders secrete deadly venom through their fangs -Harvey's 'venom' is in the slime... which is a version of the silk the spiders use to build their webs to trap their prey."
Jesse nodded, "It looks as if he's a new addition to the GSA and seems to be a bit of a liability to Eckhart, according to a report here, and that's whay he's been assigned a partener, Dana Phillips."
"Dana Philips is a GSA agent with the ability to 'freeze' people -she can only do this by concentrating hard on the person she wants to freeze..." read Emma.
"That's why Shalimar froze mid-lunge," said Brennan, making Emma and Jesse look at him, "I knew something was wrong when she suddenly stopped moving and allowed 'spider-man' to attack her..."
"Come on, lets tell Adam what we've found out," said Emma getting up.
"Shalimar has slipped unconciousness again," said Adam when they asked if there were any changes in Shalimar's health, "Her vital signs are all stable, for now."
Emma and Jesse proceeded to tell Adam what they had found out, whilst Brennan walked over to Shalimar. He looked down at her and touched her face gently, stroking her cheek. With his other hand he held her hand. He kissed her forehead before whispering to her.
"He will die for what he's done to you, Shalimar, I'll see to that."
Brennan straightened up and took one last look at Shalimar before joining the others.
"You can't do anymore tonight," said Adam, "Go to bed now and in the morning you three can check out Danielle's shelters and her home, find out anything and everything about her and, if you can persuade her to come with you, bring her here, but under no circumstances do you try and force her, okay?"
"Why aren't we going after the GSA agents?" asked Brennan to Adam.
Adam spoke sternly to Brennan, "I know you want revenge, and you can have it, just not now, not until I tell you. Just get Danielle so that Eckhart doesn't. Got that?"
"Fine," said Brennan coldly before heading to his room.
Emma and Jesse followed on behind him.
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Chapter 2
"What is taking so long?" said Brennan as he paced about outside the medical room at Sanctuary.
Jesse, who had been watching Brennan pace for the last hour, shook his head, "I don't know Brennan, but you aren't helping the situation by using up all your energy and wearing a hole in the floor."
Brennan stopped and turned to him, "It beats just sitting there -how can you not be worried or upset about this, Shal's in there, unconcious and we have no idea what is wrong!"
"I am worried, Shalimar's the closest person to me and I care about her a lot," Jesse said defensively.
Brennan sighed, "Yeah, I know that, I'm sorry. I just want..."
"To kill those GSA agents?" suggested Jesse, "Yeah, so do I."
"Have you made a search of the database yet?"
"No, I've been told to watch you, remember? -so you don't do anything stupid."
Brennan rolled his eyes.
Just then, Emma came out of the medical room.
"You calmed down now?" she said looking at Brennan.
"How is she?" asked Brennan ignoring Emma's question.
"Still unconcious, but she's stable. Adam's found what looks like a poison in Shalimar's blood stream, probably from -"
"That bastard!" exploded Brennan, "I saw him cover the wound on Shalimar's arm with slime -poisonous slime. The fucking bastard!"
"Calm down Brennan," said Emma furiously, "You aren't helping Shalimar or us when you're like this. Adam wont let you see her..."
Brennan went quiet and nodded.
"That's better, come on," said Emma as she lead them into see Shalimar and Adam.
Shalimar lay on the chair in the middle of the room. She looked pale but she seemed as if she was asleep. Brennan looked at her as Jesse went over and took her hand. Emma watched Brennan and, without reading him, she could tell he was still very upset and very angry. Brennan walked over to Adam and spoke to him:
"Will she be okay?" he asked watching as Adam using the computer.
"Honestly, I don't know," said Adam, keeping his voice low, as he looked over at Shalimar, "The poison in her blood is deadly and without knowing exactly what poison it is, I am having trouble finding an antidote that will work."
"So, what? Are you saying that she's going to die?"
Adam didn't get to answer his question.
"Hey! She's waking up!" called Jesse as Shalimar opened her eyes.
Brennan and Adam went over and stood beside Shalimar, looking down at her.
"Hey... how are you feeling?" asked Emma smiling as she stood next to Jesse.
Shalimar looked at each of them, "I feel... ill. I hate feeling ill!"
Jesse smiled, "Don't worry, Shal, you'll get better soon."
Shalimar tried to smile but couldn't, "What's wrong with me, Adam?"
Choosing his words carefully, Adam replied, "During the fight with the GSA agents, it seems as if, you were poisoned, Shalimar."
"The slime..." she whispered understanding Adam completely.
"I am working on an anitdote to it. But you're going to have to stay here and rest okay?"
Shalimar nodded slightly, "Have you found out about those agents?"
"Not yet," said Jesse smiling down at Shalimar, "We were too worried about you."
"Don't be, Adam says I'm going to be fine and I certainly won't let some little spider-like mutant get the better of me, okay? You, Brennan and Emma have more important things to do, like finding that new mutant the GSA were after," said Shalimar looking at each of them.
Jesse and Emma nodded smiling, Brennan looked away at Adam.
Adam nodded, "Shalimar is right, go and research the agents and the new mutant and see what you can find."
Jesse searched the database with Emma and Brennan's help. It took them a while to find Danielle, Harvey and Dana in the system but finally Jesse had all three profiles up on the screen. Brennan, Jesse and Emma sat reading about them.
"Danielle Green, 23 years old, she's runs two shelters for homeless kids, and her mutant powers... she can heal the physical wounds of others and she is very difficult to kill, as her wounds heal almost immediately," read Jesse, "I can see why the GSA want her."
"A mutant who cannot be killed would be a great asset to Eckhart and his agents," said Emma.
"What about the Harvey guy?" said Brennan.
Jesse bought up the profile, "Harvey Karlstone, he's got arachnid dna, from a spider, mixed with his human dna. That explains the ability to stick to walls!"
"And the poison... think about it," said Emma, "Many dangerous spiders secrete deadly venom through their fangs -Harvey's 'venom' is in the slime... which is a version of the silk the spiders use to build their webs to trap their prey."
Jesse nodded, "It looks as if he's a new addition to the GSA and seems to be a bit of a liability to Eckhart, according to a report here, and that's whay he's been assigned a partener, Dana Phillips."
"Dana Philips is a GSA agent with the ability to 'freeze' people -she can only do this by concentrating hard on the person she wants to freeze..." read Emma.
"That's why Shalimar froze mid-lunge," said Brennan, making Emma and Jesse look at him, "I knew something was wrong when she suddenly stopped moving and allowed 'spider-man' to attack her..."
"Come on, lets tell Adam what we've found out," said Emma getting up.
"Shalimar has slipped unconciousness again," said Adam when they asked if there were any changes in Shalimar's health, "Her vital signs are all stable, for now."
Emma and Jesse proceeded to tell Adam what they had found out, whilst Brennan walked over to Shalimar. He looked down at her and touched her face gently, stroking her cheek. With his other hand he held her hand. He kissed her forehead before whispering to her.
"He will die for what he's done to you, Shalimar, I'll see to that."
Brennan straightened up and took one last look at Shalimar before joining the others.
"You can't do anymore tonight," said Adam, "Go to bed now and in the morning you three can check out Danielle's shelters and her home, find out anything and everything about her and, if you can persuade her to come with you, bring her here, but under no circumstances do you try and force her, okay?"
"Why aren't we going after the GSA agents?" asked Brennan to Adam.
Adam spoke sternly to Brennan, "I know you want revenge, and you can have it, just not now, not until I tell you. Just get Danielle so that Eckhart doesn't. Got that?"
"Fine," said Brennan coldly before heading to his room.
Emma and Jesse followed on behind him.
