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[Sanctuary]
"Hey how did you guys make out at the doctor?" asked Emma as Shalimar and Brennan entered the room
"Could ask you the same thing" replied Shalimar
"Well Jesse managed to download Lithe's hard drive so we are just waiting until he has decrypted it"
"Well in that case" she replied pulling out the ultrasound pictures and handing them to Emma
"It's so tiny" she commented as she looked at the pictures "so everything is ok?"
"Yep I have another appointment in three weeks"
Just then Jesse and Adam came in discussing the findings on the disk. Jesse sat down at the computer station and popped the disk into the drive before as Emma came over.
"Jesse, Adam come look at the first ultrasound pictures of the baby" excitedly said Emma
"You'd think she was having the baby" Brennan whispered to Shalimar in reference to Emma's behavior
"So I take it the appointment went well?" asked Adam
"Yeah she was really nice" replied Shalimar
"What did you get off the disk?" asked Brennan
"Turns out that Lithe did pick up the research four years ago and he perfected it" started Jesse
"What exactly did he perfect?" asked Emma
"The ability to manipulate the genetic structure of the uterine wall in order to predetermine certain aspects of a fetus" replied Adam
"Wow" was all Jesse could say
"But why Shalimar?" asked Brennan
"Think about it. Shalimar is one of the strongest mutants on record and if Genomex could predetermine the baby's sex, mutantcy or anything else, think about how strong of a weapon they would have"
"Well their not getting their hands on my baby" sternly said Shalimar
"Of course not" said Adam
"So do we know what predetermination they gave Shalimar's baby?" asked Emma
"We probably won't know until the baby is born"
"Is there anything in the disk telling us who hired him and Alan?" asked Brennan
"Well his appointment book was on the computer's hard drive and he has several dates marked 'Module' with a time but nothing directly about Genomex" replied Jesse
"Module that's weird" said Emma
"Yeah well he has an appointment with 'module' tonight so if we follow him from his office he might lead us to whoever is behind this" suggested Jesse
Leaning over to get a better at the computer screen Emma noticed something strange. "Hey look at this, the day Alan got out of prison it says 'module' and it says it again they day you guys disappeared"
"So it's pretty obvious that if we follow this doctor he will lead us to who is behind this" concluded Brennan
"Alright Brennan, Jesse, Emma I want the three of you to follow Lithe from his office to this meeting but don't intercede I want to know who is behind this before we go in fighting, ok?"
The three nodded in response. Emma and Jesse left to get prepped while Adam headed to the lab leaving Brennan and Shalimar alone.
"Be careful ok?" quietly she asked
"Always" he replied before kissing her on the lips and then patting her stomach "you just rest ok?" she smiled at then before he walked away to get changed.
~~~
Dr. Lithe left his office around 7pm and headed for an office building that was under construction. Jesse, Emma and Brennan followed in the BMW and parked the car up the block out of sight and snuck into the building to get a view of the meeting. After waiting for 15 minutes another man finally showed up and the two began to argue.
"Why did you kill him" asked Lithe
"He was a liability" replied the other man
"What if it comes back to us?"
"The police will never discover who killed Alan, Dr. Lithe" confidently said the man
"I wasn't talking about the police I was talking about Kane and his little band of new mutants"
"They are no threat o us either"
"You are way too confident for your good Holmes"
"Are you saying you want out doctor? Because that can be arranged" he replied pulling out his gun
"No I am just saying that we need to be more careful" nervously he replied
"Good, when can we begin the next step?"
"Well since you killed our only way of drawing them out it can begin whenever you get the feral"
"I'll contact you when she is in our custody" Holmes replied before walking away
"Adam did you get all that?" asked Brennan
"Yes I'll run a check to see if a Holmes works at Genomex. I want the three of you to return to sanctuary immediately"
"Ok" replied Brennan
Lithe left the building shortly after Holmes. The trio waited several minutes before making their way back to their vehicle so not to be seen.
~~~
[Sanctuary- Lab]
Adam and Shalimar were in the lab searching through the Genomex database for anyone with the name Holmes.
Watching Adam work Shalimar couldn't help but think about what Holmes had said to Lithe "what do think they meant by the 'next step'?" she asked
"I don't know but......wait I think I found our Mr. Holmes"
Shalimar moved around behind him to get a better view of the information being displayed on the screen "I don't recognize him but when he was talking to Lithe his voice did sound familiar"
"You're sure?"
"I don't know I was pretty drugged" she replied
"Well it seems he is trying to make a name for himself by succeeding with this project and selling the researching and its findings to the highest bidder. He is merely using Genomex as a cover"
"So what happens next?"
"They don't know that we know that there is a next step so we wait for them to make their move and then we strike"
"I don't think Brennan is going to like that too much" she replied knowing what Adam had meant by waiting for them to make their next move
"Neither do I" he replied while they waited for the others to return.
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TBC....How will Brennan react to Adam's plan?
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[Sanctuary]
"Hey how did you guys make out at the doctor?" asked Emma as Shalimar and Brennan entered the room
"Could ask you the same thing" replied Shalimar
"Well Jesse managed to download Lithe's hard drive so we are just waiting until he has decrypted it"
"Well in that case" she replied pulling out the ultrasound pictures and handing them to Emma
"It's so tiny" she commented as she looked at the pictures "so everything is ok?"
"Yep I have another appointment in three weeks"
Just then Jesse and Adam came in discussing the findings on the disk. Jesse sat down at the computer station and popped the disk into the drive before as Emma came over.
"Jesse, Adam come look at the first ultrasound pictures of the baby" excitedly said Emma
"You'd think she was having the baby" Brennan whispered to Shalimar in reference to Emma's behavior
"So I take it the appointment went well?" asked Adam
"Yeah she was really nice" replied Shalimar
"What did you get off the disk?" asked Brennan
"Turns out that Lithe did pick up the research four years ago and he perfected it" started Jesse
"What exactly did he perfect?" asked Emma
"The ability to manipulate the genetic structure of the uterine wall in order to predetermine certain aspects of a fetus" replied Adam
"Wow" was all Jesse could say
"But why Shalimar?" asked Brennan
"Think about it. Shalimar is one of the strongest mutants on record and if Genomex could predetermine the baby's sex, mutantcy or anything else, think about how strong of a weapon they would have"
"Well their not getting their hands on my baby" sternly said Shalimar
"Of course not" said Adam
"So do we know what predetermination they gave Shalimar's baby?" asked Emma
"We probably won't know until the baby is born"
"Is there anything in the disk telling us who hired him and Alan?" asked Brennan
"Well his appointment book was on the computer's hard drive and he has several dates marked 'Module' with a time but nothing directly about Genomex" replied Jesse
"Module that's weird" said Emma
"Yeah well he has an appointment with 'module' tonight so if we follow him from his office he might lead us to whoever is behind this" suggested Jesse
Leaning over to get a better at the computer screen Emma noticed something strange. "Hey look at this, the day Alan got out of prison it says 'module' and it says it again they day you guys disappeared"
"So it's pretty obvious that if we follow this doctor he will lead us to who is behind this" concluded Brennan
"Alright Brennan, Jesse, Emma I want the three of you to follow Lithe from his office to this meeting but don't intercede I want to know who is behind this before we go in fighting, ok?"
The three nodded in response. Emma and Jesse left to get prepped while Adam headed to the lab leaving Brennan and Shalimar alone.
"Be careful ok?" quietly she asked
"Always" he replied before kissing her on the lips and then patting her stomach "you just rest ok?" she smiled at then before he walked away to get changed.
~~~
Dr. Lithe left his office around 7pm and headed for an office building that was under construction. Jesse, Emma and Brennan followed in the BMW and parked the car up the block out of sight and snuck into the building to get a view of the meeting. After waiting for 15 minutes another man finally showed up and the two began to argue.
"Why did you kill him" asked Lithe
"He was a liability" replied the other man
"What if it comes back to us?"
"The police will never discover who killed Alan, Dr. Lithe" confidently said the man
"I wasn't talking about the police I was talking about Kane and his little band of new mutants"
"They are no threat o us either"
"You are way too confident for your good Holmes"
"Are you saying you want out doctor? Because that can be arranged" he replied pulling out his gun
"No I am just saying that we need to be more careful" nervously he replied
"Good, when can we begin the next step?"
"Well since you killed our only way of drawing them out it can begin whenever you get the feral"
"I'll contact you when she is in our custody" Holmes replied before walking away
"Adam did you get all that?" asked Brennan
"Yes I'll run a check to see if a Holmes works at Genomex. I want the three of you to return to sanctuary immediately"
"Ok" replied Brennan
Lithe left the building shortly after Holmes. The trio waited several minutes before making their way back to their vehicle so not to be seen.
~~~
[Sanctuary- Lab]
Adam and Shalimar were in the lab searching through the Genomex database for anyone with the name Holmes.
Watching Adam work Shalimar couldn't help but think about what Holmes had said to Lithe "what do think they meant by the 'next step'?" she asked
"I don't know but......wait I think I found our Mr. Holmes"
Shalimar moved around behind him to get a better view of the information being displayed on the screen "I don't recognize him but when he was talking to Lithe his voice did sound familiar"
"You're sure?"
"I don't know I was pretty drugged" she replied
"Well it seems he is trying to make a name for himself by succeeding with this project and selling the researching and its findings to the highest bidder. He is merely using Genomex as a cover"
"So what happens next?"
"They don't know that we know that there is a next step so we wait for them to make their move and then we strike"
"I don't think Brennan is going to like that too much" she replied knowing what Adam had meant by waiting for them to make their next move
"Neither do I" he replied while they waited for the others to return.
~~~
TBC....How will Brennan react to Adam's plan?