Disclaimer: They all belong to some lucky, lucky person who is
unfortunately, not me. Only Rosalie and Misha are the product of my own
overactive imagination.
Author's Note: Wow, the hypnotist act really worked? I've impressed myself! Well erm, it's a long term hypnotism, (nodding furiously) yes, it works on all subsequent chapters too!
Chapter 9: It takes two
Rosa strolled into the dojo nervously. This was going to be her first proper sparring session with Brennan and Jesse, as the first one had been cut short by the attack on the safe house. If it was possible, she was more nervous than that first time. The first time she had Jesse to accompany her to the dojo, but this time she walked it alone. Brennan had told her to meet them there himself.
As she walked through the door, she could see Brennan limbering up, but there was no sign of Jesse. Her heart jumped nervously.
"No Jesse?" she asked nonchalantly.
"Jesse couldn't make it," he replied. "But don't worry, I can take care of myself."
*But can I?* she thought to herself. *I've got to be really careful today if Jesse's not going to be around to stop me going mental.*
"Scared I'm going to hurt you?" he teased her.
"Don't do that," she answered roughly. "You know what happens when you provoke me."
"Come on then," he answered, "show me what you're made of."
He struck a defensive pose as her fingers crackled yet again. She raised her eyes to him, and he saw the familiar orange blaze in them. She struck suddenly, sending a stream of flames across the dojo and into his path, barely missing him. He nimbly dodged the strike, and counterattacked with blasts of his own. Soon the dojo was alight with blue and orange flashes as the streaks of energy crisscrossed, barely missing each other.
*Concentrate, concentrate,*she admonished herself. *One lapse of concentration and I'll lose control over the force of the energy. One false move and I'll hit him lethally.* She was careful to miss him by small distances every time. Fighting hard enough to stop him from hitting her, and keeping him off his guard, but not enough to allow herself to beat him hands down.
She flitted from place to place with well-placed bursts of energy, neatly dodging his every strike. She was beginning to feel tired. If she'd allowed herself to truly fight him with all her power, she would have beaten him already and she wouldn't be so exhausted now. She wasn't sure how much longer she could keep this up. Her breathing came in short gasps and the perspiration was beginning to drip down her body. Her concentration was slowly slipping away, until she accidentally hit his shoulder and he hit the floor.
"Brennan!" she cried, running towards him. Suddenly he was up on his feet and sending a blast of electric energy towards her. It hit her full on the chest and knocked the breath out of her body. She fell backwards onto the floor, gasping for air. The pain radiated through her body, and before she knew it, Brennan had flipped himself onto her, sitting on her stomach with his legs astride her. He pinned her hands above her head, keeping the fire out of his way.
"You OK?" he asked worriedly.
"Can't breathe," she gasped. She could feel the prickling on her skin as he shifted his weight a little but didn't get off her. This was the moment she'd been dreading. He was in such close proximity to her, she didn't want to open her eyes and see him there.
"Open your eyes," he commanded. "Speak to me, are you all right?"
She slowly opened her eyes, trying not to look at his face. He leaned in towards her. She could feel his panting breath on her moist body.
"Rosa," he whispered, before leaning in closer and meeting her lips. All rational thought fled from Rosa's mind as she accepted his kiss once again.
"Brennan," she whispered, needing to hear her own voice, hoping it wouldn't shatter the dream.
"Brennan, Rosalie," came a voice over the comlink. Brennan stopped dead. The spell had been broken.
"You'd better reply," she whispered disappointed at the interruption. Had this made him come to his senses? Was he going to regret the whole episode again?
"Here, Adam," he replied.
"Can you both some to the lab if you've finished training?" came Adam's disembodied voice. "I may have an update on Misha."
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"I think I may have some good news, Rosalie," said Adam as she and Bren walked into the lab. Adam did a double take, "You're looking very flushed. Don't push each other TOO hard just yet." Brennan and Rosalie blushed some more.
"What sort of news, Adam?" asked Brennan, changing the subject.
"It has come to my attention that Misha, among other new mutants, haven't joined Genomex through their own free will," explained Adam. Rosalie brightened up, could this mean her sister didn't know what she was doing? That she wasn't such a bad person after all?
"So what's the situation as it stands, then?" continued Bren.
"It appears that some new agents have been brainwashed into forgetting their principles and leaving their lives behind. This is what may have happened to Misha. I'm not even sure that this is the case with your sister, but we can give it a go. We might be able to revert her to her old state."
"When do we leave?" interrupted Rosa.
"Slow down, Rosa, we can't launch an attack just yet."
"Why not? You guys know how to get into Genomex, and I know how to get to Misha."
"That's not the way it works. We have to wait for them to make a move, and then we can go after them. We can't just walk into Genomex," explained Adam.
"That's ridiculous," retorted Rosa. "Well, if you're not going to help me, I'll go alone," she said as she strode out of the lab.
Brennan glanced at Adam. "Don't worry, I'll sort her out," he promised as he ran after her.
By the time he'd caught up with her she had nearly reached her room.
"Rosa, wait! Adam has a point, you know."
"If you're not going to help me, leave me alone," she glared at him, striding on.
"So what are you going to do? You don't know anything about Genomex, or their security systems," he asked, hurrying to keep up with her.
"I'll find my own way around it."
Brennan tried a different tactic. "You're just running away again. Why can't you make things easy on yourself and listen to someone else?"
Rosalie stopped in her tracks. "I don't run away," she said in a low voice, her eyes glowing orange. "Look who's talking about running away from uncomfortable situations," she snorted. Brennan looked confused. "That day in my room," she explained. "What was it, a total of three seconds before you turned tail and ran out?"
"That was different."
"I don't know whether you're coming or going these days, Brennan." Brennan stared at her. She was gorgeous when her eyes glowed and her hair crackled with pent up energy. Dangerous, but beautiful. His eyes swept over her face, drinking in every aspect of her, her full lips, her large chocolate eyes, her perfect body.
"Oh, for goodness sake," she sighed. "You still can't decide can you? Well forget it," and she turned away from him to go into her room. He put his hand out and swung her round to face him. Next thing she knew, they were kissing again, bodies so close, every part of her crackled with their energy.
"This time I'm staying," he said in a low voice.
"Oh yeah?" she intoned unbelievingly. "Prove it."
He took her completely unawares as he swept her up into his arms and pushed her door open. He paused as he closed the door, then came towards her, hunger in his eyes. Against all odds, she was scared. She knew Brennan would never hurt her, but she was finding it so difficult to let go of her past.
"What's the matter?" Brennan asked tenderly, seeing the fear in her eyes. She remained silent. "I'm not like the other men you dated, you know," he said quietly.
"How did you know about that?" she asked him anxiously.
"How do you think Adam found you? That yob reported you to the police after you tried to fry him for the first time. Luckily for all of us, we got to you before the GSA picked up the same report." Lucky for me, he thought silently. He lowered his head toward her and they kissed again. How long it had been that she'd dreamed of this, and now she was paralysed with fear. He sat back and looked at her.
"What is it?" she asked anxiously.
"I've waited for this for so long now. Since the first time I saw you fighting those agents in the warehouse," he whispered with a smile. "Let me enjoy the view."
"You hardly knew me then."
"But there was a spark, wouldn't you say?" They giggled, breaking the tension.
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She could feel the beating of his heart as she lay there, reassured by the feel of his strong arms enveloping her in his warmth. As he kissed the top of her head, she mumbled, "Don't leave."
"I wasn't planning to," he reassured her, as they both dozed off.
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Chapter 10 preview: They get Misha, and Rosalie gets the first hint of "Firefly". Yes, there was a point to my title! I know it's taken me a while to get to the actual point of the story, but I was having so much fun getting Brennan and Rosalie together that I got a little side tracked. The story really begins in earnest now. Expect plenty of action! (Probably going to get a little dark too.)
Oh, and as usual, pleeeeeeease review! It keeps me going when I'm writing and also gets the new chapters up quicker. (
Author's Note: Wow, the hypnotist act really worked? I've impressed myself! Well erm, it's a long term hypnotism, (nodding furiously) yes, it works on all subsequent chapters too!
Chapter 9: It takes two
Rosa strolled into the dojo nervously. This was going to be her first proper sparring session with Brennan and Jesse, as the first one had been cut short by the attack on the safe house. If it was possible, she was more nervous than that first time. The first time she had Jesse to accompany her to the dojo, but this time she walked it alone. Brennan had told her to meet them there himself.
As she walked through the door, she could see Brennan limbering up, but there was no sign of Jesse. Her heart jumped nervously.
"No Jesse?" she asked nonchalantly.
"Jesse couldn't make it," he replied. "But don't worry, I can take care of myself."
*But can I?* she thought to herself. *I've got to be really careful today if Jesse's not going to be around to stop me going mental.*
"Scared I'm going to hurt you?" he teased her.
"Don't do that," she answered roughly. "You know what happens when you provoke me."
"Come on then," he answered, "show me what you're made of."
He struck a defensive pose as her fingers crackled yet again. She raised her eyes to him, and he saw the familiar orange blaze in them. She struck suddenly, sending a stream of flames across the dojo and into his path, barely missing him. He nimbly dodged the strike, and counterattacked with blasts of his own. Soon the dojo was alight with blue and orange flashes as the streaks of energy crisscrossed, barely missing each other.
*Concentrate, concentrate,*she admonished herself. *One lapse of concentration and I'll lose control over the force of the energy. One false move and I'll hit him lethally.* She was careful to miss him by small distances every time. Fighting hard enough to stop him from hitting her, and keeping him off his guard, but not enough to allow herself to beat him hands down.
She flitted from place to place with well-placed bursts of energy, neatly dodging his every strike. She was beginning to feel tired. If she'd allowed herself to truly fight him with all her power, she would have beaten him already and she wouldn't be so exhausted now. She wasn't sure how much longer she could keep this up. Her breathing came in short gasps and the perspiration was beginning to drip down her body. Her concentration was slowly slipping away, until she accidentally hit his shoulder and he hit the floor.
"Brennan!" she cried, running towards him. Suddenly he was up on his feet and sending a blast of electric energy towards her. It hit her full on the chest and knocked the breath out of her body. She fell backwards onto the floor, gasping for air. The pain radiated through her body, and before she knew it, Brennan had flipped himself onto her, sitting on her stomach with his legs astride her. He pinned her hands above her head, keeping the fire out of his way.
"You OK?" he asked worriedly.
"Can't breathe," she gasped. She could feel the prickling on her skin as he shifted his weight a little but didn't get off her. This was the moment she'd been dreading. He was in such close proximity to her, she didn't want to open her eyes and see him there.
"Open your eyes," he commanded. "Speak to me, are you all right?"
She slowly opened her eyes, trying not to look at his face. He leaned in towards her. She could feel his panting breath on her moist body.
"Rosa," he whispered, before leaning in closer and meeting her lips. All rational thought fled from Rosa's mind as she accepted his kiss once again.
"Brennan," she whispered, needing to hear her own voice, hoping it wouldn't shatter the dream.
"Brennan, Rosalie," came a voice over the comlink. Brennan stopped dead. The spell had been broken.
"You'd better reply," she whispered disappointed at the interruption. Had this made him come to his senses? Was he going to regret the whole episode again?
"Here, Adam," he replied.
"Can you both some to the lab if you've finished training?" came Adam's disembodied voice. "I may have an update on Misha."
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"I think I may have some good news, Rosalie," said Adam as she and Bren walked into the lab. Adam did a double take, "You're looking very flushed. Don't push each other TOO hard just yet." Brennan and Rosalie blushed some more.
"What sort of news, Adam?" asked Brennan, changing the subject.
"It has come to my attention that Misha, among other new mutants, haven't joined Genomex through their own free will," explained Adam. Rosalie brightened up, could this mean her sister didn't know what she was doing? That she wasn't such a bad person after all?
"So what's the situation as it stands, then?" continued Bren.
"It appears that some new agents have been brainwashed into forgetting their principles and leaving their lives behind. This is what may have happened to Misha. I'm not even sure that this is the case with your sister, but we can give it a go. We might be able to revert her to her old state."
"When do we leave?" interrupted Rosa.
"Slow down, Rosa, we can't launch an attack just yet."
"Why not? You guys know how to get into Genomex, and I know how to get to Misha."
"That's not the way it works. We have to wait for them to make a move, and then we can go after them. We can't just walk into Genomex," explained Adam.
"That's ridiculous," retorted Rosa. "Well, if you're not going to help me, I'll go alone," she said as she strode out of the lab.
Brennan glanced at Adam. "Don't worry, I'll sort her out," he promised as he ran after her.
By the time he'd caught up with her she had nearly reached her room.
"Rosa, wait! Adam has a point, you know."
"If you're not going to help me, leave me alone," she glared at him, striding on.
"So what are you going to do? You don't know anything about Genomex, or their security systems," he asked, hurrying to keep up with her.
"I'll find my own way around it."
Brennan tried a different tactic. "You're just running away again. Why can't you make things easy on yourself and listen to someone else?"
Rosalie stopped in her tracks. "I don't run away," she said in a low voice, her eyes glowing orange. "Look who's talking about running away from uncomfortable situations," she snorted. Brennan looked confused. "That day in my room," she explained. "What was it, a total of three seconds before you turned tail and ran out?"
"That was different."
"I don't know whether you're coming or going these days, Brennan." Brennan stared at her. She was gorgeous when her eyes glowed and her hair crackled with pent up energy. Dangerous, but beautiful. His eyes swept over her face, drinking in every aspect of her, her full lips, her large chocolate eyes, her perfect body.
"Oh, for goodness sake," she sighed. "You still can't decide can you? Well forget it," and she turned away from him to go into her room. He put his hand out and swung her round to face him. Next thing she knew, they were kissing again, bodies so close, every part of her crackled with their energy.
"This time I'm staying," he said in a low voice.
"Oh yeah?" she intoned unbelievingly. "Prove it."
He took her completely unawares as he swept her up into his arms and pushed her door open. He paused as he closed the door, then came towards her, hunger in his eyes. Against all odds, she was scared. She knew Brennan would never hurt her, but she was finding it so difficult to let go of her past.
"What's the matter?" Brennan asked tenderly, seeing the fear in her eyes. She remained silent. "I'm not like the other men you dated, you know," he said quietly.
"How did you know about that?" she asked him anxiously.
"How do you think Adam found you? That yob reported you to the police after you tried to fry him for the first time. Luckily for all of us, we got to you before the GSA picked up the same report." Lucky for me, he thought silently. He lowered his head toward her and they kissed again. How long it had been that she'd dreamed of this, and now she was paralysed with fear. He sat back and looked at her.
"What is it?" she asked anxiously.
"I've waited for this for so long now. Since the first time I saw you fighting those agents in the warehouse," he whispered with a smile. "Let me enjoy the view."
"You hardly knew me then."
"But there was a spark, wouldn't you say?" They giggled, breaking the tension.
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She could feel the beating of his heart as she lay there, reassured by the feel of his strong arms enveloping her in his warmth. As he kissed the top of her head, she mumbled, "Don't leave."
"I wasn't planning to," he reassured her, as they both dozed off.
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Chapter 10 preview: They get Misha, and Rosalie gets the first hint of "Firefly". Yes, there was a point to my title! I know it's taken me a while to get to the actual point of the story, but I was having so much fun getting Brennan and Rosalie together that I got a little side tracked. The story really begins in earnest now. Expect plenty of action! (Probably going to get a little dark too.)
Oh, and as usual, pleeeeeeease review! It keeps me going when I'm writing and also gets the new chapters up quicker. (