Due to the loss of blood, Brennan slept for 3 days straight. Adam was
forced to put him on ivy for nourishment. There was no word from Thorne. He
apparently was waiting for Brennan to return his call. Adam's latest scan
showed that there were no more chemical traces in Brennan's body. The
Mutant X team had moved on to a different project, opening up a new safe
house on the other side of town.
When Brennan finally woke he was very groggy and dazed. Nobody was in the lab. Brennan sat up anxiously. It took his eyes a few minutes to adjust. He noticed the ivy in his arm, and ripped it out and stood up. His eyes focused on the cell phone sitting on the computer desk on the other side of the room. Brennan steadily walked over and picked up the phone. He hit redial and held the phone up to his ear. It rang twelve times and Brennan was just about to hang up when Thorne answered.
"Mr. Mulwray".
"Yes, it is me you son of a bitch. I am awake now."
"How are you feeling" Thorne said it a curious tone.
"It is going to take more than you beating me and poisoning me to bring me down Thorne. Why don't you fight me like a man, one on one, or are you afraid I would win" Brennan muttered out.
"Tell you what, I am game" Thorne said after a brief pause. "Meet me in the old Winn warehouse."
"When?" asked Brennan.
"I will give you 2 days to get back on your feet. Midnight."
Brennan was just about to hang up when Thorne said "Oh, and Mr. Mulwray, be alone". Click.
Brennan new there was no way Adam would let him go alone. He hurled the phone across the room and held out a finger zapping it with electricity. The cell phone shattered into thin air. Brennan was unsure what he was going to do from this point. Thorne had outwitted him twice already.
Brennan headed up stairs to the bathroom and turned the nozzle on the hot water. As he stripped down, he glanced in the mirror at his tired, bruised body. He still had a lump the size of a baseball on the side of his head, and his rib cage was still badly bruised. As the shower ran scolding hot, Brennan crouched down into the tub and let the water run over his head and body.
Brennan must have laid there for over an hour, his skin was shriveled up, and the water had gone cold. As he shut the faucet off, he heard laughter coming from down stairs. He grabbed a towel and patted his face dry, than wrapped the towel around his waist and departed out the bathroom and toward the sound.
He walked down the steps and hall into the workout room, where Emma and Shalimar were attacking Jesse in the dojo. Shalimar had flipped Jesse over her back and Emma sent Jesse an image that giant spiders were attacking him. Emma and Shalimar laughed hard as they watched Jesse jump around and try flicking the spiders off. Brennan let out a slight snicker at this sight. Emma and Shalimar glanced over at Brennan without words. Jesse stopped fighting off the imaginary spiders and yelled out
"Emma that was NOT funny. You are one cold..." Jesse stopped talking once his eyes placed on Brennan. "Hey Brennan, I.we did not realize you were awake. How do you feel?" Jesse said trying not to seem on the uneasy side.
"Fine. I feel fine" Brennan said with a blank look.
"Did you forget were your clothes are" Jesse said trying to break the silence.
Brennan looked down at the towel around his waist than looked back up and Jesse and than Shalimar and Emma.
"No, I just heard laughter." Brennan paused for a minute than turned around and walked back toward his bedroom.
Shalimar shot her red feral eyes at Jesse. "Jesse how impolite was that?"
"What?" Jesse said "I was trying to break the ice here, neither of you had anything to say - Shal, he was practically naked. I do not wander around here sporting my package" he added with a smirk.
Shalimar just continued looking at Jesse and he shook his head.
"I will go talk to him" Jesse commented and stepped down from the steps. "I demand a re-match," he shouted on his way out of the room.
Jesse knocked on Brennan's door and let himself in. Brennan was just zipping up a pair of black slacks.
"Hey Brennan, I did not mean to sound offensive back there, I was just trying to ." Jesse never got to finish,
Brennan waived his hand up in the air. "I know you were trying to put everyone at ease."
"Well how do you feel? I mean, is everything OK?" Jesse said.
"I told you I feel fine."
"Adam said you fried the cell phone. That was your only link to Thorne. Did you speak with him?" Jesse asked anxiously.
Brennan did not respond for a few moments. He slipped a sleeveless black shirt over his head and finally responded. "Yes".
"Yes, that is it? Are you going to meet up with him? What is going to happened next?" Jesse eagerly asked.
Brennan paused again. "He wants me to meet him alone at midnight two days from now at the old Winn abandoned warehouse."
Jesse scrunched his eyebrows at Brennan. "Are you going to go alone? Are you up for it? Adam would not go for that."
"Adam is on a need to know basis," Brennan said glancing over his shoulder. "Right Brother?" he added.
Jesse did not know what to say. "Are you going to need ANY back up" Jesse hinted after a minute.
"This is something I need to do alone Jesse. I know you understand. Thorne is one sick bastard. I would never forgive myself if he hurt any of you" Brennan stated.
"But I could never forgive myself if something happened to you" Jesse added. "Thorne does not play fair, neither should you have to. I want to have your back on this one. It is my decision and risk to take" Jesse said.
Brennan thought for a minute than just shook his head yes. "I guess I can't stop you" Brennan said. He placed his hand on Jesse's shoulder and looked him directly in the eye. "Thank you", Brennan said. "For the record, I was hoping you would have my back. I know your stubborn ass would have followed me anyway". Brennan said and smiled at Jesse as he walked out of the room.
Writes Notes:
Sorry this was such a slow chapter. I promise it will get into action from now on. Please let me know how my plot is doing. Thanks! Also, I went back and edited the first 5 chapters and spaced out the dialogue like everyone requested. It does clear things up! Thanks.
When Brennan finally woke he was very groggy and dazed. Nobody was in the lab. Brennan sat up anxiously. It took his eyes a few minutes to adjust. He noticed the ivy in his arm, and ripped it out and stood up. His eyes focused on the cell phone sitting on the computer desk on the other side of the room. Brennan steadily walked over and picked up the phone. He hit redial and held the phone up to his ear. It rang twelve times and Brennan was just about to hang up when Thorne answered.
"Mr. Mulwray".
"Yes, it is me you son of a bitch. I am awake now."
"How are you feeling" Thorne said it a curious tone.
"It is going to take more than you beating me and poisoning me to bring me down Thorne. Why don't you fight me like a man, one on one, or are you afraid I would win" Brennan muttered out.
"Tell you what, I am game" Thorne said after a brief pause. "Meet me in the old Winn warehouse."
"When?" asked Brennan.
"I will give you 2 days to get back on your feet. Midnight."
Brennan was just about to hang up when Thorne said "Oh, and Mr. Mulwray, be alone". Click.
Brennan new there was no way Adam would let him go alone. He hurled the phone across the room and held out a finger zapping it with electricity. The cell phone shattered into thin air. Brennan was unsure what he was going to do from this point. Thorne had outwitted him twice already.
Brennan headed up stairs to the bathroom and turned the nozzle on the hot water. As he stripped down, he glanced in the mirror at his tired, bruised body. He still had a lump the size of a baseball on the side of his head, and his rib cage was still badly bruised. As the shower ran scolding hot, Brennan crouched down into the tub and let the water run over his head and body.
Brennan must have laid there for over an hour, his skin was shriveled up, and the water had gone cold. As he shut the faucet off, he heard laughter coming from down stairs. He grabbed a towel and patted his face dry, than wrapped the towel around his waist and departed out the bathroom and toward the sound.
He walked down the steps and hall into the workout room, where Emma and Shalimar were attacking Jesse in the dojo. Shalimar had flipped Jesse over her back and Emma sent Jesse an image that giant spiders were attacking him. Emma and Shalimar laughed hard as they watched Jesse jump around and try flicking the spiders off. Brennan let out a slight snicker at this sight. Emma and Shalimar glanced over at Brennan without words. Jesse stopped fighting off the imaginary spiders and yelled out
"Emma that was NOT funny. You are one cold..." Jesse stopped talking once his eyes placed on Brennan. "Hey Brennan, I.we did not realize you were awake. How do you feel?" Jesse said trying not to seem on the uneasy side.
"Fine. I feel fine" Brennan said with a blank look.
"Did you forget were your clothes are" Jesse said trying to break the silence.
Brennan looked down at the towel around his waist than looked back up and Jesse and than Shalimar and Emma.
"No, I just heard laughter." Brennan paused for a minute than turned around and walked back toward his bedroom.
Shalimar shot her red feral eyes at Jesse. "Jesse how impolite was that?"
"What?" Jesse said "I was trying to break the ice here, neither of you had anything to say - Shal, he was practically naked. I do not wander around here sporting my package" he added with a smirk.
Shalimar just continued looking at Jesse and he shook his head.
"I will go talk to him" Jesse commented and stepped down from the steps. "I demand a re-match," he shouted on his way out of the room.
Jesse knocked on Brennan's door and let himself in. Brennan was just zipping up a pair of black slacks.
"Hey Brennan, I did not mean to sound offensive back there, I was just trying to ." Jesse never got to finish,
Brennan waived his hand up in the air. "I know you were trying to put everyone at ease."
"Well how do you feel? I mean, is everything OK?" Jesse said.
"I told you I feel fine."
"Adam said you fried the cell phone. That was your only link to Thorne. Did you speak with him?" Jesse asked anxiously.
Brennan did not respond for a few moments. He slipped a sleeveless black shirt over his head and finally responded. "Yes".
"Yes, that is it? Are you going to meet up with him? What is going to happened next?" Jesse eagerly asked.
Brennan paused again. "He wants me to meet him alone at midnight two days from now at the old Winn abandoned warehouse."
Jesse scrunched his eyebrows at Brennan. "Are you going to go alone? Are you up for it? Adam would not go for that."
"Adam is on a need to know basis," Brennan said glancing over his shoulder. "Right Brother?" he added.
Jesse did not know what to say. "Are you going to need ANY back up" Jesse hinted after a minute.
"This is something I need to do alone Jesse. I know you understand. Thorne is one sick bastard. I would never forgive myself if he hurt any of you" Brennan stated.
"But I could never forgive myself if something happened to you" Jesse added. "Thorne does not play fair, neither should you have to. I want to have your back on this one. It is my decision and risk to take" Jesse said.
Brennan thought for a minute than just shook his head yes. "I guess I can't stop you" Brennan said. He placed his hand on Jesse's shoulder and looked him directly in the eye. "Thank you", Brennan said. "For the record, I was hoping you would have my back. I know your stubborn ass would have followed me anyway". Brennan said and smiled at Jesse as he walked out of the room.
Writes Notes:
Sorry this was such a slow chapter. I promise it will get into action from now on. Please let me know how my plot is doing. Thanks! Also, I went back and edited the first 5 chapters and spaced out the dialogue like everyone requested. It does clear things up! Thanks.