Part 16
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[Lithe's Office]
The doctor tried for the third time to contact Holmes. Three hours had gone by since he called and told him they were following the feral. He told him he would contact him again when they were on his way to the office but now Lithe feared something had gone wrong. He picked up the phone to try Holmes again when the members of mutant x burst through his office door.
No one said anything right away. It was more of a staring match between the awe struck doctor and the four young mutants.
"How did you get in here?" Smirking Emma replied "you're secretary was very helpful"
"What do you want?" he asked knowing full well why they were in his office
"Oh please don't play stupid" began Shalimar "you know exactly why we are here. We want to know what you did to my baby"
"I don't know what you mean"
Frustrated with his attitude Brennan moved around to the other side of his desk, grabbed him by the collar, swung him around and slammed him into the wall. "Now either you tell us what you did or you're going to find out first hand how we got your friend Holmes to talk"
"That idiot" muttered the doctor "He hired me four years ago to complete Dr. Reeves' research"
"Why?" asked Jesse
"Why do you think? Reeves agree to do what Holmes wanted so Holmes got rid of him and hired me"
"How do we reverse it?" asked Shalimar
"You can't"
Brennan slammed him into the wall again "wrong answer"
"All that was done was predetermining the baby's sex" Brennan tightened his grip "you should be thankful"
"What?" asked a shocked Shalimar
"I can't reverse what was done but the child will grow up healthy. Had you not been pregnant when we first got to you then we wouldn't be having this conversation"
"What do you mean?" asked Emma
"If I done the entire procedure at once she would have miscarried"
"What did the next step entail?" asked Brennan
"Am I right in assuming that you are the father?"
"Yeah"
"And you're an elemental?" Brennan nodded this time "the next step would have been to splice other mutant genes into the fetus but since you are a mutant we would have went to the third step"
"Which is?" asked Shalimar
The doctor hesitated and Brennan made ready to slam into the wall again but he finally answered. "The next step would have been to pod you in order to let the fetus mature in a controlled environment"
"What would happen to me once the baby was born?"
"Once the child was delivered, if the procedure was successful, then you be allowed to live so the procedure could be repeated"
Giving a look of pure disgust Shalimar snorted and walked out of the room
"Shal wait" said Brennan before shoving the doctor in Jesse's direction and following her
[Outside]
Brennan exited the building and found Shalimar sitting on the hood of a car in the parking lot. "You alright?"
"What do you think? I just found out that I am glorified breeding machine" she mocked
"You were going to be a breeding machine. I'll be damned if they think you still are"
She smiled at him "So what do we do with him now?"
"Well we make him destroy all records of his procedure and his research"
She nodded in reply and the two returned to their teammates.
[Inside]
Emma turned to her two teammates when they re-entered the room. "It seems the good doctor has agreed to a deal"
"Really what deal is that?" spat Shalimar who could care less what the doctor agreed to
"He's agreed to destroy all his research and in return we put him in the underground" replied Jesse
"How do we know someone won't start the project over again?" asked Brennan
"I am the only one who worked on the research and I only kept it on a computer that only I had access to"
"Well I downloaded your hard drive and there was no research on it" responded Jesse
Motioning toward his desk "may I?" Brennan nodded and Lithe moved over to his desk typed a code on a hidden keypad that activated a wall panel behind him. The panel slid down to reveal another computer. "I doubt you saw that one"
"No I definitely didn't see that one" replied Jesse
"All your research is on that computer?" asked Brennan
"Yes"
Without saying a word Brennan charged up some electricity and shot it at the computer, practically melting it. "Not anymore"
"The back up disks are in the case next to the hard drive"
Jesse went and picked up the disks and handed them to Shalimar "This is all of it?" she asked
"Yes so will you help me into the underground?"
They all looked at each other not wanting to be the one to answer his question. The last person they expected to agree answered
"Yes" said Shalimar
"Shal?" asked a shocked Brennan
"Brennan we get him into the underground and we won't have to worry about Holmes finding him and starting over"
Consenting to himself that she had a point Brennan nodded to Emma who in turn shot a psychic blast at Lithe knocking him out. "Take him to safe house number four and give him everything he needs, then send him on his way"
"What are you guys gonna do?" asked Emma
"I'm gonna take these disks Adam this way if Lithe doesn't keep his word Adam will have all the information" replied Shalimar leaving the room with Brennan in tow
When they were out of sight Jesse turned to Emma "well they didn't kill him"
"No but they have a lot to work out" she replied still staring at the doorway
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TBC...
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[Lithe's Office]
The doctor tried for the third time to contact Holmes. Three hours had gone by since he called and told him they were following the feral. He told him he would contact him again when they were on his way to the office but now Lithe feared something had gone wrong. He picked up the phone to try Holmes again when the members of mutant x burst through his office door.
No one said anything right away. It was more of a staring match between the awe struck doctor and the four young mutants.
"How did you get in here?" Smirking Emma replied "you're secretary was very helpful"
"What do you want?" he asked knowing full well why they were in his office
"Oh please don't play stupid" began Shalimar "you know exactly why we are here. We want to know what you did to my baby"
"I don't know what you mean"
Frustrated with his attitude Brennan moved around to the other side of his desk, grabbed him by the collar, swung him around and slammed him into the wall. "Now either you tell us what you did or you're going to find out first hand how we got your friend Holmes to talk"
"That idiot" muttered the doctor "He hired me four years ago to complete Dr. Reeves' research"
"Why?" asked Jesse
"Why do you think? Reeves agree to do what Holmes wanted so Holmes got rid of him and hired me"
"How do we reverse it?" asked Shalimar
"You can't"
Brennan slammed him into the wall again "wrong answer"
"All that was done was predetermining the baby's sex" Brennan tightened his grip "you should be thankful"
"What?" asked a shocked Shalimar
"I can't reverse what was done but the child will grow up healthy. Had you not been pregnant when we first got to you then we wouldn't be having this conversation"
"What do you mean?" asked Emma
"If I done the entire procedure at once she would have miscarried"
"What did the next step entail?" asked Brennan
"Am I right in assuming that you are the father?"
"Yeah"
"And you're an elemental?" Brennan nodded this time "the next step would have been to splice other mutant genes into the fetus but since you are a mutant we would have went to the third step"
"Which is?" asked Shalimar
The doctor hesitated and Brennan made ready to slam into the wall again but he finally answered. "The next step would have been to pod you in order to let the fetus mature in a controlled environment"
"What would happen to me once the baby was born?"
"Once the child was delivered, if the procedure was successful, then you be allowed to live so the procedure could be repeated"
Giving a look of pure disgust Shalimar snorted and walked out of the room
"Shal wait" said Brennan before shoving the doctor in Jesse's direction and following her
[Outside]
Brennan exited the building and found Shalimar sitting on the hood of a car in the parking lot. "You alright?"
"What do you think? I just found out that I am glorified breeding machine" she mocked
"You were going to be a breeding machine. I'll be damned if they think you still are"
She smiled at him "So what do we do with him now?"
"Well we make him destroy all records of his procedure and his research"
She nodded in reply and the two returned to their teammates.
[Inside]
Emma turned to her two teammates when they re-entered the room. "It seems the good doctor has agreed to a deal"
"Really what deal is that?" spat Shalimar who could care less what the doctor agreed to
"He's agreed to destroy all his research and in return we put him in the underground" replied Jesse
"How do we know someone won't start the project over again?" asked Brennan
"I am the only one who worked on the research and I only kept it on a computer that only I had access to"
"Well I downloaded your hard drive and there was no research on it" responded Jesse
Motioning toward his desk "may I?" Brennan nodded and Lithe moved over to his desk typed a code on a hidden keypad that activated a wall panel behind him. The panel slid down to reveal another computer. "I doubt you saw that one"
"No I definitely didn't see that one" replied Jesse
"All your research is on that computer?" asked Brennan
"Yes"
Without saying a word Brennan charged up some electricity and shot it at the computer, practically melting it. "Not anymore"
"The back up disks are in the case next to the hard drive"
Jesse went and picked up the disks and handed them to Shalimar "This is all of it?" she asked
"Yes so will you help me into the underground?"
They all looked at each other not wanting to be the one to answer his question. The last person they expected to agree answered
"Yes" said Shalimar
"Shal?" asked a shocked Brennan
"Brennan we get him into the underground and we won't have to worry about Holmes finding him and starting over"
Consenting to himself that she had a point Brennan nodded to Emma who in turn shot a psychic blast at Lithe knocking him out. "Take him to safe house number four and give him everything he needs, then send him on his way"
"What are you guys gonna do?" asked Emma
"I'm gonna take these disks Adam this way if Lithe doesn't keep his word Adam will have all the information" replied Shalimar leaving the room with Brennan in tow
When they were out of sight Jesse turned to Emma "well they didn't kill him"
"No but they have a lot to work out" she replied still staring at the doorway
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TBC...