Writers Note:
This chapter is rated R for violence, & swearing! Please be advised.
Brennan and Jesse approached the old Winn warehouse, and stopped just two blocks shy.
"Ready to kick some ass Brennan" Jesse said with excitement. "Save me a punch on Thorne, I owe him one for fucking with you".
"Will do Brother" Brennan said giving Jesse a high-five. Brennan grabbed Jesse's hand in the middle of their high-five and warned him, "Please be careful Jesse."
"Always" Jesse said smirking and stepping out the vehicle. He slammed the door and ran off into the dark.
(Emma and Shalimar had been following at a distance, and they had stopped the car and backed into an alley two blocks behind Brennan and Jesse.)
Brennan entered the old warehouse through a broken window near the front. The warehouse was dark and gloomy and smelled like mold. Brennan heard noises in the vents, and he suspected it was rats. Very big rats he thought to himself. There was no sign of anyone anywhere. Brennan began wondering if Thorne was a no show or if he really came alone or hired some street thugs to help him with his dirty work. As he entered a very large room toward the center of the warehouse, the lights popped on lighting up the whole room.
Brennan realized he was completely surrounded by roughly 30 men.
"Well well Mr. Mulwray. Twelve o'clock on the dot. Aren't we punctual." Thorne said walking out from behind a stalk of barrels. "Where are your freak friends?" he questioned. "I stole files from Ginomex on your little click. I know all of their powers and weaknesses. I was expecting them too. Are they hiding somewhere?"
"I came alone like you told me to. I thought we were going to fight one-on- one." Brennan said forming a sphere of electricity in his hand and releasing it out towards Thorne. He ducked back behind the barrels, and the electricity hit three men standing in front of him.
Thorne ducked back out from behind the barrels.
"Is that the best you got Mr. Mulwray?" Thorne said.
"You are mine Brennan, these men are my insurance policy for capturing your friends", Thorne said. Using his telekinesis, he picked a barrel up with his mind and launched it at Brennan. Just as the barrel was about to hit Brennan, Jesse appeared directly in front of Brennan. He took a quick breath and turned rock solid allowing the barrel to hit him, bounce off and hit two men that were closing in on Brennan.
"What took you so long?" Brennan said forming another orb of electricity and shooting it at another crowd of men knocking down six. Brennan and Jesse shifted positions and got back-to-back as the men closed in on them. A man came charging towards Jesse and Brennan swung around with his arm looped in Jesse's and kicked the man in the head. Brennan landed six inches in front of Jesse and facing him.
"Look out!" Jesse yelled and spun around to get back-to-back again just before throwing out a punch to a man coming directly at them.
"I want them alive" Thorne yelled out.
"Over my dead body" Shalimar yelled at Thorne from a ceiling beam.
Shalimar came jumping down off of a beam from the ceiling directly in front of Jesse.
"Looks like you guys are outnumbered. Need some help?" she said eyes glowing.
"What are you doing here Shal?" Jesse said surprised.
"I came to kick some ass!" she said plunging forward at two men in front of her giving one a fist to the head and the other a kick to the stomach.
Emma came from behind the circle of men sending the thought to two men that they were on fire. Both men began screaming and dropped to the ground.
Brennan and Jesse had un-looped arms and spread out with Shalimar forming a triangle.
Thorne still stood next to the barrels in surveillance.
Thorne used his telekinesis once again sending a heavy-duty chain toward Brennan. One end of the chain looped around Brennan's neck. The other end yanked him up and wrapped around a ceiling beam.
"Brennan!" Shalimar yelled fighting off two more men before leaping up and landing on the beam. She managed to get the end wrapped around the beam unwrapped and started to pull Brennan up who was turning purple and clawing at his neck gasping for air.
Thorne pulled a stun gun out of his coat pocket and used his mind to send it at Shalimar hitting her in the side. She cried out as the pain overwhelmed her. She involuntarily let go of the chain holding Brennan, sending him several feet down to smack firm on the concrete. Shalimar fell off the beam she was balancing on, but was able to do a flip and land on the ground. Instantly she was struck in the head with a metal pipe by one of the men sending her to the ground and knocking her out cold.
Four men making him entirely immobile tackled Jesse down to the ground. Jesse vanished immediately, confusing the men. He began to run out of breath and re-appeared with a gasp.
Emma was in the middle of kicking a man in the stomach, when Thorne picked up the stun gun with his mind again. He sent it directly at her, hitting her in the neck and sending her to the floor in agony. The man returned the favor and kicked Emma in the stomach back while she was in the middle of being shocked.
Thorne pulled out a sub-dermal governor installer and began whistling as he inserted a governor into Shalimar's neck.
He walked up to Emma who was still being electrocuted and installed one into her neck. After the governor was in place, he used his telekinesis to remove the stun gun from her neck. She signed in relief.
Jesse was still fighting off men and Thorne walked directly in front of him and lifted up the sub-dermal governor installer with a grin.
"I have all your friends" Thorne said. "You can submit freely or fight all night I do not give a damn, the choice is yours."
Jesse looked around and there were still several men standing around him. Jesse hesitated before putting his hands over his head. Three men grabbed him and held him down as Thorne approached him with the devise. Just as Thorne got directly in front of him, Jesse disappeared loosing the grip the three men had on him and re-appeared just in time punch Thorne in the lip.
"That was for Brennan!" Jesse said as the three men grabbed him once again. Thorne smirked as he wiped the blood from his lip only to turn around and taste it. He grabbed Jesse roughly by the hair and yanked his head down and installed Jesse's neck with the governor.
"Chain them up!" Thorne demanded as he walked over to Brennan and installed his neck with the devise. He than rolled him over with his boot. The remaining standing men escorted Jesse and Emma to the back of the warehouse were there were chains dangling from the ceiling beams and chains bolted into the ground with metal clasps. The men handcuffed them both into the clasps by their wrists and ankles. Another man carried Shalimar over his shoulder to the chains to clasp her in.
Brennan was awake, but out of breathe. He had heard a large crack when he fell and the pain in his ribs was overwhelming. He clutched his side and coughed vigorously. The chain was still loosely around Brennan's neck, and Thorne bent over and tightened it around his neck once again.
"Like the sub-dermal governor? Just another gift I managed to take with me when I left Genomex. This was worth the wait. I am so excited my dick is hard," Thorne said.
Brennan began gasping for air once again as Thorne grabbed the other end of the chain and dragged him across the warehouse to where his friends were dangling. Emma and Jesse watched as Brennan was dragged across the floor, trying to get his fingers in between the chain and his neck.
"Stop it Thorne, leave him alone!" Jesse demanded.
Thorne let go of the chain leaving Brennan's body directly in front of Jesse.
"Stop it" Thorne said mocking Jesse. "You sound like a damn pussy". Thorne said.
He grabbed the chain still tight around Brennan's neck and forced him to his knees. "He is looking purple. I wonder how long a man can go without oxygen." Thorne laughed. Brennan's eyes were so wide they looked like they were going to bulge right out of their sockets.
"Please stop it!" Emma said in almost tears.
Thorne let go of the chain but held Brennan's head up. Brennan was now wheezing. It sounded like perhaps his windpipe was crushed. He continued to hold his neck tightly, which already was swollen severely and had a dark black and blue ring on it. Brennan looked dazed. He certainly did not have a full grasp on realism at that second. Thorne held Brennan's head up high, and reached out and grabbed Emma by a breast.
"Very nice Miss. deLauro, don't think I forgot you." Thorne said tightening the grip on her breast.
Brennan grunted out loud. He was so pissed you could see him clench his teeth down hard and his jawbones popping in and out.
"Get your filthy hand off me!" Emma demanded.
Thorne smiled and removed his hand as requested. Thorne used his mind power once again to lift Brennan up to the last set of empty chains. He lifted high off the ground, than dropped him. Brennan screamed out in torture.
"Opps" Thorne said laughing obnoxiously. He than used his powers again to position Brennan's wrist and ankles into position and clasp them in. Thorne continued laughing as he walked out of the room.
Brennan and Jesse approached the old Winn warehouse, and stopped just two blocks shy.
"Ready to kick some ass Brennan" Jesse said with excitement. "Save me a punch on Thorne, I owe him one for fucking with you".
"Will do Brother" Brennan said giving Jesse a high-five. Brennan grabbed Jesse's hand in the middle of their high-five and warned him, "Please be careful Jesse."
"Always" Jesse said smirking and stepping out the vehicle. He slammed the door and ran off into the dark.
(Emma and Shalimar had been following at a distance, and they had stopped the car and backed into an alley two blocks behind Brennan and Jesse.)
Brennan entered the old warehouse through a broken window near the front. The warehouse was dark and gloomy and smelled like mold. Brennan heard noises in the vents, and he suspected it was rats. Very big rats he thought to himself. There was no sign of anyone anywhere. Brennan began wondering if Thorne was a no show or if he really came alone or hired some street thugs to help him with his dirty work. As he entered a very large room toward the center of the warehouse, the lights popped on lighting up the whole room.
Brennan realized he was completely surrounded by roughly 30 men.
"Well well Mr. Mulwray. Twelve o'clock on the dot. Aren't we punctual." Thorne said walking out from behind a stalk of barrels. "Where are your freak friends?" he questioned. "I stole files from Ginomex on your little click. I know all of their powers and weaknesses. I was expecting them too. Are they hiding somewhere?"
"I came alone like you told me to. I thought we were going to fight one-on- one." Brennan said forming a sphere of electricity in his hand and releasing it out towards Thorne. He ducked back behind the barrels, and the electricity hit three men standing in front of him.
Thorne ducked back out from behind the barrels.
"Is that the best you got Mr. Mulwray?" Thorne said.
"You are mine Brennan, these men are my insurance policy for capturing your friends", Thorne said. Using his telekinesis, he picked a barrel up with his mind and launched it at Brennan. Just as the barrel was about to hit Brennan, Jesse appeared directly in front of Brennan. He took a quick breath and turned rock solid allowing the barrel to hit him, bounce off and hit two men that were closing in on Brennan.
"What took you so long?" Brennan said forming another orb of electricity and shooting it at another crowd of men knocking down six. Brennan and Jesse shifted positions and got back-to-back as the men closed in on them. A man came charging towards Jesse and Brennan swung around with his arm looped in Jesse's and kicked the man in the head. Brennan landed six inches in front of Jesse and facing him.
"Look out!" Jesse yelled and spun around to get back-to-back again just before throwing out a punch to a man coming directly at them.
"I want them alive" Thorne yelled out.
"Over my dead body" Shalimar yelled at Thorne from a ceiling beam.
Shalimar came jumping down off of a beam from the ceiling directly in front of Jesse.
"Looks like you guys are outnumbered. Need some help?" she said eyes glowing.
"What are you doing here Shal?" Jesse said surprised.
"I came to kick some ass!" she said plunging forward at two men in front of her giving one a fist to the head and the other a kick to the stomach.
Emma came from behind the circle of men sending the thought to two men that they were on fire. Both men began screaming and dropped to the ground.
Brennan and Jesse had un-looped arms and spread out with Shalimar forming a triangle.
Thorne still stood next to the barrels in surveillance.
Thorne used his telekinesis once again sending a heavy-duty chain toward Brennan. One end of the chain looped around Brennan's neck. The other end yanked him up and wrapped around a ceiling beam.
"Brennan!" Shalimar yelled fighting off two more men before leaping up and landing on the beam. She managed to get the end wrapped around the beam unwrapped and started to pull Brennan up who was turning purple and clawing at his neck gasping for air.
Thorne pulled a stun gun out of his coat pocket and used his mind to send it at Shalimar hitting her in the side. She cried out as the pain overwhelmed her. She involuntarily let go of the chain holding Brennan, sending him several feet down to smack firm on the concrete. Shalimar fell off the beam she was balancing on, but was able to do a flip and land on the ground. Instantly she was struck in the head with a metal pipe by one of the men sending her to the ground and knocking her out cold.
Four men making him entirely immobile tackled Jesse down to the ground. Jesse vanished immediately, confusing the men. He began to run out of breath and re-appeared with a gasp.
Emma was in the middle of kicking a man in the stomach, when Thorne picked up the stun gun with his mind again. He sent it directly at her, hitting her in the neck and sending her to the floor in agony. The man returned the favor and kicked Emma in the stomach back while she was in the middle of being shocked.
Thorne pulled out a sub-dermal governor installer and began whistling as he inserted a governor into Shalimar's neck.
He walked up to Emma who was still being electrocuted and installed one into her neck. After the governor was in place, he used his telekinesis to remove the stun gun from her neck. She signed in relief.
Jesse was still fighting off men and Thorne walked directly in front of him and lifted up the sub-dermal governor installer with a grin.
"I have all your friends" Thorne said. "You can submit freely or fight all night I do not give a damn, the choice is yours."
Jesse looked around and there were still several men standing around him. Jesse hesitated before putting his hands over his head. Three men grabbed him and held him down as Thorne approached him with the devise. Just as Thorne got directly in front of him, Jesse disappeared loosing the grip the three men had on him and re-appeared just in time punch Thorne in the lip.
"That was for Brennan!" Jesse said as the three men grabbed him once again. Thorne smirked as he wiped the blood from his lip only to turn around and taste it. He grabbed Jesse roughly by the hair and yanked his head down and installed Jesse's neck with the governor.
"Chain them up!" Thorne demanded as he walked over to Brennan and installed his neck with the devise. He than rolled him over with his boot. The remaining standing men escorted Jesse and Emma to the back of the warehouse were there were chains dangling from the ceiling beams and chains bolted into the ground with metal clasps. The men handcuffed them both into the clasps by their wrists and ankles. Another man carried Shalimar over his shoulder to the chains to clasp her in.
Brennan was awake, but out of breathe. He had heard a large crack when he fell and the pain in his ribs was overwhelming. He clutched his side and coughed vigorously. The chain was still loosely around Brennan's neck, and Thorne bent over and tightened it around his neck once again.
"Like the sub-dermal governor? Just another gift I managed to take with me when I left Genomex. This was worth the wait. I am so excited my dick is hard," Thorne said.
Brennan began gasping for air once again as Thorne grabbed the other end of the chain and dragged him across the warehouse to where his friends were dangling. Emma and Jesse watched as Brennan was dragged across the floor, trying to get his fingers in between the chain and his neck.
"Stop it Thorne, leave him alone!" Jesse demanded.
Thorne let go of the chain leaving Brennan's body directly in front of Jesse.
"Stop it" Thorne said mocking Jesse. "You sound like a damn pussy". Thorne said.
He grabbed the chain still tight around Brennan's neck and forced him to his knees. "He is looking purple. I wonder how long a man can go without oxygen." Thorne laughed. Brennan's eyes were so wide they looked like they were going to bulge right out of their sockets.
"Please stop it!" Emma said in almost tears.
Thorne let go of the chain but held Brennan's head up. Brennan was now wheezing. It sounded like perhaps his windpipe was crushed. He continued to hold his neck tightly, which already was swollen severely and had a dark black and blue ring on it. Brennan looked dazed. He certainly did not have a full grasp on realism at that second. Thorne held Brennan's head up high, and reached out and grabbed Emma by a breast.
"Very nice Miss. deLauro, don't think I forgot you." Thorne said tightening the grip on her breast.
Brennan grunted out loud. He was so pissed you could see him clench his teeth down hard and his jawbones popping in and out.
"Get your filthy hand off me!" Emma demanded.
Thorne smiled and removed his hand as requested. Thorne used his mind power once again to lift Brennan up to the last set of empty chains. He lifted high off the ground, than dropped him. Brennan screamed out in torture.
"Opps" Thorne said laughing obnoxiously. He than used his powers again to position Brennan's wrist and ankles into position and clasp them in. Thorne continued laughing as he walked out of the room.