Glad some of you enjoyed the little twist I threw into the last part!! Let
me know what you think of this one. Enjoy
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[Sanctuary]
Adam sat in his lab thinking about what Ricks had told the others. Scanning his memory for anyone who had the capability or where with all to do something like this he could only come up with hand full of people, all of which who had no idea mutants even existed.
Looking over the latest blood scans he took from Hailey, bearing in mind neither Shalimar nor Brennan knew he took, he watched as her genes showed no signs of deterioration from the process her mother had gone through. That was the good news but he still felt the bad outweighed it by a long shot. The fact that what happened to Shalimar could be his fault weighed heavily on his heart and made his brain ache when tried to fathom who could be responsible.
He was so engrossed in his own thoughts that he didn't hear Shalimar enter the lab. Although he knew that if Shalimar didn't want you to hear her approaching you didn't.
"Adam, can I talk to you?"
"Of course"
Smirking and crossing her arms across her chest "There is that look again"
"Let me guess the guilt look?"
Uncrossing her arms she took a seat on the nearby table "that's the one. Look Adam I don't blame for what happened to me"
"Maybe I do because I..."
"You what? Should've seen this coming or had an idea of who did this?"
He nodded
Hopping off the table she walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder "Adam you can't blame yourself for every enemy you have made that may want revenge or every nut who sees you as a threat to their success. You can't live that way"
Sighing "I know but I have been sitting here racking my brain trying to figure out who would do this and..." he trailed off throwing his arms up
"Did you ever think that maybe your contacts aren't as trust worthy as you thought?" she asked quietly
"They were my first suspects and the only I could come up with...." Abruptly he stopped
"Adam what's wrong?"
Biting his lower lip and giving that look of epiphany he replied "I think I know who is responsible"
"Who?"
"Get the others together and I will tell you then, I test a theory first" quickly he said before running out the lab to his office leaving a dumbfounded Shalimar behind
"I guess I'll go get the others then" she said to herself before leaving the lab herself to get the others
~~~
[Half hour later]
The team had gathered in the dojo area, rather reluctantly considering the time, where they were simply waiting for their leader to make an appearance.
Rubbing his eyes and stifling a yawn Jesse fought to stay awake "did he say what he wanted us for?"
"No, just that he might've figured out who was behind this and that he had to test a theory before filling us in" replied Shalimar
"Yeah well leave it to Adam to wake us up in the middle of the night and then make us wait" added Emma who was resting her head on Jesse's shoulder
"Comfy?" he asked
"Very don't even think about moving" sleepily she replied
Suddenly a very excited Adam made his way over to the group "Good you're all here"
"Yeah where else would we be at one o'clock in the morning?" mocked Jesse
Ignoring his comment Adam continued "I figured out who is behind all this and am kicking myself for not seeing it sooner"
"You gonna tell us or do we have to guess?" asked a weary Brennan
"Do you remember the message I received that sent you and Shalimar on the mission she was abducted on?" he asked looking Brennan
"Yeah it was about the disappearance of a wealthy government investor, why?" responded Shalimar
"I remembered something when you and I were talking earlier. Something the contact said that I didn't think much of until now"
"Which was?" asked a confused Jesse
"The contact told me not to feel guilty about one of people disappearing and that he was sure the feral could handle her self" he finished but could see the blank stares of confusion on their faces "I never told him Shalimar was the one who was taken only that one of my people was missing"
"So how could he have known that she was the one who was taken?" piped in Emma
"Exactly unless the whole situation was a setup from the word go" replied Adam
"So now we know who set us up but why?" asked Jesse
"For the reason that we have always thought, they wanted the perfect weapon. After the incident with PVG I may have pissed off the wrong people and...." "And why keep the middle man when you can control your own powerful mutant?" finished Shalimar
"Exactly"
"So now what do we do?" asked Brennan "Ricks said it himself they will never stop coming after Shal"
"That's why I tested a theory before I came down here. I sent my contact a message telling him that Hailey had started experiencing side effects of Shalimar's condition and I needed resources that just weren't at my disposal"
Brennan looked like he was ready to explode but Shalimar beat him to it "Adam how dare you use our daughter as a pawn without telling us?"
"Relax Shalimar, I'm not going to hand over Hailey to them nor is she experiencing any side effects I just wanted to bait them"
"I get it if you make them believe that they are the only one's who can help Hailey then they show their hand that they know what is wrong with her, thereby exposing their involvement...." concluded Jesse
"Because they wouldn't be able to pass up the opportunity to get their hands on Hailey" finished Emma
Adam nodded
"That still didn't give you the right" growled Shalimar
Placing his hands on Shalimar's shoulders to calm her he replied "I know and I apologize but if this works we can bring down their whole operation and you will never have to worry about anyone threatening you or Hailey ever again"
"So how long do you think it will take them to respond?" Emma asked trying to breaking the tension she was sensing
"If they are as interested as I think they are then we should be hearing from them very soon" answered Adam
~~~
TBC...We are so almost at the end!!!!
~~~
[Sanctuary]
Adam sat in his lab thinking about what Ricks had told the others. Scanning his memory for anyone who had the capability or where with all to do something like this he could only come up with hand full of people, all of which who had no idea mutants even existed.
Looking over the latest blood scans he took from Hailey, bearing in mind neither Shalimar nor Brennan knew he took, he watched as her genes showed no signs of deterioration from the process her mother had gone through. That was the good news but he still felt the bad outweighed it by a long shot. The fact that what happened to Shalimar could be his fault weighed heavily on his heart and made his brain ache when tried to fathom who could be responsible.
He was so engrossed in his own thoughts that he didn't hear Shalimar enter the lab. Although he knew that if Shalimar didn't want you to hear her approaching you didn't.
"Adam, can I talk to you?"
"Of course"
Smirking and crossing her arms across her chest "There is that look again"
"Let me guess the guilt look?"
Uncrossing her arms she took a seat on the nearby table "that's the one. Look Adam I don't blame for what happened to me"
"Maybe I do because I..."
"You what? Should've seen this coming or had an idea of who did this?"
He nodded
Hopping off the table she walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder "Adam you can't blame yourself for every enemy you have made that may want revenge or every nut who sees you as a threat to their success. You can't live that way"
Sighing "I know but I have been sitting here racking my brain trying to figure out who would do this and..." he trailed off throwing his arms up
"Did you ever think that maybe your contacts aren't as trust worthy as you thought?" she asked quietly
"They were my first suspects and the only I could come up with...." Abruptly he stopped
"Adam what's wrong?"
Biting his lower lip and giving that look of epiphany he replied "I think I know who is responsible"
"Who?"
"Get the others together and I will tell you then, I test a theory first" quickly he said before running out the lab to his office leaving a dumbfounded Shalimar behind
"I guess I'll go get the others then" she said to herself before leaving the lab herself to get the others
~~~
[Half hour later]
The team had gathered in the dojo area, rather reluctantly considering the time, where they were simply waiting for their leader to make an appearance.
Rubbing his eyes and stifling a yawn Jesse fought to stay awake "did he say what he wanted us for?"
"No, just that he might've figured out who was behind this and that he had to test a theory before filling us in" replied Shalimar
"Yeah well leave it to Adam to wake us up in the middle of the night and then make us wait" added Emma who was resting her head on Jesse's shoulder
"Comfy?" he asked
"Very don't even think about moving" sleepily she replied
Suddenly a very excited Adam made his way over to the group "Good you're all here"
"Yeah where else would we be at one o'clock in the morning?" mocked Jesse
Ignoring his comment Adam continued "I figured out who is behind all this and am kicking myself for not seeing it sooner"
"You gonna tell us or do we have to guess?" asked a weary Brennan
"Do you remember the message I received that sent you and Shalimar on the mission she was abducted on?" he asked looking Brennan
"Yeah it was about the disappearance of a wealthy government investor, why?" responded Shalimar
"I remembered something when you and I were talking earlier. Something the contact said that I didn't think much of until now"
"Which was?" asked a confused Jesse
"The contact told me not to feel guilty about one of people disappearing and that he was sure the feral could handle her self" he finished but could see the blank stares of confusion on their faces "I never told him Shalimar was the one who was taken only that one of my people was missing"
"So how could he have known that she was the one who was taken?" piped in Emma
"Exactly unless the whole situation was a setup from the word go" replied Adam
"So now we know who set us up but why?" asked Jesse
"For the reason that we have always thought, they wanted the perfect weapon. After the incident with PVG I may have pissed off the wrong people and...." "And why keep the middle man when you can control your own powerful mutant?" finished Shalimar
"Exactly"
"So now what do we do?" asked Brennan "Ricks said it himself they will never stop coming after Shal"
"That's why I tested a theory before I came down here. I sent my contact a message telling him that Hailey had started experiencing side effects of Shalimar's condition and I needed resources that just weren't at my disposal"
Brennan looked like he was ready to explode but Shalimar beat him to it "Adam how dare you use our daughter as a pawn without telling us?"
"Relax Shalimar, I'm not going to hand over Hailey to them nor is she experiencing any side effects I just wanted to bait them"
"I get it if you make them believe that they are the only one's who can help Hailey then they show their hand that they know what is wrong with her, thereby exposing their involvement...." concluded Jesse
"Because they wouldn't be able to pass up the opportunity to get their hands on Hailey" finished Emma
Adam nodded
"That still didn't give you the right" growled Shalimar
Placing his hands on Shalimar's shoulders to calm her he replied "I know and I apologize but if this works we can bring down their whole operation and you will never have to worry about anyone threatening you or Hailey ever again"
"So how long do you think it will take them to respond?" Emma asked trying to breaking the tension she was sensing
"If they are as interested as I think they are then we should be hearing from them very soon" answered Adam
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TBC...We are so almost at the end!!!!