Title: How Much is that Mutant in the Window?
Author: Sarge
E-Mail: Shalimarfox2@aol.com
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"What are we going to do, Adam?" Emma asked as she watched him pace. She and Jesse had returned to sanctuary after they lost contact with Shalimar and Brennan.
"I don't know," he replied as he let out an exasperated sigh.
Just then, Jesse came running into the lab. "I know where they are!" he exclaimed with a smile.
"How?" Emma asked.
"Well, whoever took them, didn't take their comlinks and I tracked their signal," he explained.
"What are we waiting here for then?" Emma questioned as she turned to Adam. "Can we go after them?"
"It might be a trap," he stated with a frown.
"Well, with their comlinks still on and all, why don't we ask them?" Jesse said.
Both Emma and Adam looked over at him with 'Oh yeah! Duh!!' looks on their faces.
"Brennan? Shalimar?" Adam called.
After a few seconds, there was an answer.
"Adam?" It was Brennan.
"Oh thank God! Are you two ok?" Adam asked.
"Not really," was his reply. "Shalimar's broken some ribs and I think one of them is resting up against her lung or something because she says she can't breath."
"Dammit. Ok, well we're coming to get you out there. So, stay put," Adam said as he, Jesse, and Emma headed out of the lab.
"No Adam…Brennan and I…are going…to run…away," Shalimar suddenly quipped between breaths.
Adam, Emma, and Jesse looked at each other with worry written across their faces. They had to get Shalimar out of there very soon or she wasn't going to make it.
"Well, try not to run away until we get there, ok Shal?" Emma asked as she and the two guys got into the Double Helix.
"Yeah sure," was her reply.
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A little while later, Adam, Emma, and Jesse were hovering in the cloaked Double Helix over the building that Brennan and Shalimar were being held in.
"Well, according to these scans," Adam began as he pointed to the scan of the interior of the building, "this place is pretty well guarded, but it's nothing like Genomex so we should be ok. Brennan and Shalimar are being held in one of the cells on the lower level. If we plan this out carefully, we should be able to get in, get Brennan and Shalimar, and then get out without anyone seeing us."
"Let's do it then," Jesse said as Emma nodded in agreement.
"Ok, this is what we'll do…" Adam started as he began to explain what they would do.
Soon, they had their plan. Landing the Double Helix on the roof of the building, they all got out and quietly made their way inside.
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As Brennan sat with Shalimar's head in his lap, he noticed that her breathing was becoming even more labored. Now it had sort of a wheeze to it.
"Just hold on a little longer, Shal. We'll be rescued really soon. I know it," he said as he gently brushed an errant strand of hair off of her forehead. Just as the words were out of his mouth, the cell door swung open and there stood the other three members of Mutant X. "Nice of you to join us," Brennan quipped.
Adam immediately rushed over to Shalimar and kneeled down beside her. "Hey Shalimar, you ok?" he asked.
"Yeah," she managed to choke out.
"Alright, well we're going to get you out of here, ok?"
She merely nodded this time.
Adam looked up at Brennan, asking, "What about you? Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just want to get out of here," he replied.
"Well, that's what we're here to do. Now, do you think you can carry Shalimar?"
Brennan nodded. "Yeah, I got her."
"Ok, let's go then," Adam said as he stood up.
Carefully slipping on arm underneath Shalimar's knees and the other underneath her shoulders, Brennan picked her up and then stood.
"We need to go now!" Jesse whispered from where he was standing by the door. "The guards will be around any minute now."
"Ok, let's go," Adam replied as he and Brennan followed Emma and Jesse out of the cell. Climbing up several flights of stairs, they got to the top story when suddenly they were stopped by five guards.
"Where do you think you're going?" one of them snarled.
"Um…we're leaving," Jesse quipped although his face was cold.
"I don't think so," the man replied.
"Oh, but we do," Adam said as his eyes narrowed.
"Get them!!" the man shouted to the other men as they all charged Mutant X.
Even without the help of Brennan and Shalimar, who Adam had ordered to stay back, the remaining three members took down the men in a matter of moments. It didn't even seem like a fair fight. Emma kept using her telempathy to confuse the men while Jesse and Adam knocked them out.
"Nice work. Now, can we please get out of here?" Brennan asked urgently. "Shalimar passed out and I'm not sure how much longer she's going to be able to hold on."
"Yeah, let's go," Adam replied. "The Double Helix is on the roof."
Quickly making their way down the hallway, they found the door that lead to the roof. Opening the door, they all went up the steps and ran out to the Double Helix.
Once inside, Brennan gently placed Shalimar down on a bed on the lower deck while Jesse ran up the stairs and started the engines. Knowing that it would be too crowded with four of them on the lower deck, Emma cast Shalimar a worried glance before she headed up the stairs to where Jesse was. As Adam was closing the door, Brennan suddenly noticed something that made his heart skip a beat.
"Oh God! Adam, Shalimar's stopped breathing!!!" Brennan exclaimed as he felt her neck for a pulse. Not finding one, he immediately yelled, "And she doesn't have a pulse either!!"
Adam quickly ran over and began checking her out. "Dammit!! It will take too long to charge the defibrillator. I need you to use you electricity to shock her heart. Ok? Can you do that?!"
Brennan nodded and then stretched his hand out above her chest. Creating a small electrical charge between his fingers, he released it into her, causing her body to jump.
"Still nothing. Try it again!" Adam ordered.
Brennan repeated it again and as the electrical pulse coursed through her heart, Shalimar suddenly gasped for breath and her eyes shot open.
"You did it! It worked!" Adam exclaimed with a grin. Then looking down at Shalimar, he said, "Shalimar, you have to stay with us. We're almost back to sanctuary. Just hang on."
She gave him a weak nod.
TO BE CONTINUED!
(A/N: MUAHAHAHA!!! Don't you just love cliffhangers…even if this isn't really one? Yes, I am evil. This is a fact I am well aware of, but thank you, Scifi Critic, for pointing that out! LOL!!! I would like to dedicate this lovely story to Shannon and Pam. They are the two people who have been bugging me endlessly to write more and finally I have. YOU GUYS RULE!! Thanks!! Oh, remember to REVIEW!!! THANK YOU!!!)