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A/N- Chapter two…hmmm….okay…not much to say….just R/R
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Chapter 2: Mystery group
Pain shot through his head like a bullet. His hands instinctively flew to his temples. "Ow," He moaned.
"Brennan?!" A surprised and familiar voice called out. He turned his head to find the speaker. Emma Delauro rushed over to the chair he was laying on. "You're awake."
"Shhhh" He hushed her, rubbing his head. "I got the migraine from hell over here."
"Adam," She began in a quieter tone. "Brennan's awake."
"I'll be right there." The older man's voice echoed through the lab.
"You had us worried. What happened?" Emma asked returning her attention to the woozy man.
"GSA jumped me. I think the tip was a trap." He replied rewinding the last things he remembered in his head. "Where's Shalimar? Is she okay?"
"Just a little freaked." The woman smiled. "You should have seen how she was when she brought you in here."
"But that's understandable." Adam retorted as the glass doors to the lab swooshed open. "It's not every day you find a teammate unconscious in an alley, near a group of unconscious GSA agents." He walked over behind Emma and placed on hand on her shoulder. "Care to explain what happened?"
"I don't really understand myself." Brennan replied trying to sit up by swing his legs around to the right side of the chair. "I remember fighting a small group of agents and then running, but they multiplied and I got hit hard with a couple stun guns." He rubbed the back of his neck. "Then it gets fuzzy."
"Do you remember anything at all after that?"
"Bits and pieces." Brennan sighed trying to stand. "There was a tall man, and a blonde one, and some one was flying, and some girl was pulling me somewhere."
Adam and Emma shared a glance. The man cleared his throat. "As helpful as that is, Brennan, I need a little more."
He looked down at the floor and concentrated hard. "The tall one had to be an elemental. He was transferring sound energy at the GSA. The girl…she… oh god…" Brennan pointed at Adam and squinted in thought. "Her name, Someone said her name…it began with a…T."
"Tina?" Emma suggested. "Terri? Tara?"
"Teresa?" Adam asked.
"Tonya?" Emma continued.
"Tawny?" Brennan said to himself questioningly. "Tawny, I think."
Adam nodded. "You should thank you're lucky stars that this Tawny came along or else you'd probably be in stasis, by now."
Brennan nodded in agreement as Emma took a step forward. "I'll help you to your room." She smiled offering her hand.
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"Nothing like a good butt kicking to relax a guy, huh?" Russell laughed as the group of four New Mutants entered the empty warehouse. They crossed the bare concrete floor as the short blonde rambled on.
"We'll I'm glad you had fun, Russ, because this means we have to move." Sarah replied as the group reached the opposite side of the room and entered the elevator.
" What do you mean?" Russ asked as he adjusted his jacket.
" Well the GSA must have found out were the lair is." The tall, dark, and until then silent man pointed out."
"I don't think so, Lee" Tawny interjected. The conversation was interrupted by the all too familiar voice of the computer.
"Please identify yourselves."
"Sarah Hensley"
"Lee Huang"
"Russell Evans"
"Tawny Hensley"
They paused for a small panning laser beam to take their retina scans. After a small registering pause, the elevator started its familiar journey downward.
"What do you mean T?" Sarah asked looking back at her younger sister.
"I think they had set a trap."
"For us?" Russell asked.
"No, Do you remember the victim at the scene?"
"The unconscious dude? Yeah."
"Well…I think it was set for him."
"What makes you think that?" Lee asked.
The elevator doors swished open.
"Because he was from Mutant X."
The four turned see their leader, the average tall raven hared woman in her mid-40s.
"Aww, Eve that was my line." Tawny complained. The woman smiled slightly but then resumed her usual scowl.
"Terribly sorry, Tawny. But we have more important things to worry about." The British woman continued motioning them to follow her.
"What do you mean Eve?" Sarah asked following closely.
"Well, 15 GSA agents just ambushed two Mutant X members fifty feet from our front door. We need to investigate whether this was a coincidence or not."
"Sounds simple enough, we pay a little visit to Genomex, kick a little ass and find out what's going on." Russell said emphasizing his point with a punch of his right hand into the palm of his left.
"Or," Tawny pointed out as the group entered Eve's office, which doubled as the conference room "We just hack in and find out for ourselves."
"Genomex has the most advanced security systems in the world, both on the physical plain and the cyber one," Eve said motioning them to take their seats, " No, You all aren't ready for this kind of challenge. Well," the woman glanced at Russell and Tawny, "not all of you at least." The woman then resumed her normal posture, "No, I'm afraid I'm going to have to call in a favor on this one."