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She was having an amazing dream. She and Brennan were making love in his room in sanctuary as he muttered soothing words of love to her they came together. The dream turned into a nightmare when Brennan suddenly disappeared and she remembered that he was dead and that she was alone.

Waking up from the dream Shalimar was about to go into the bathroom when she heard a knock at the door. Opening the door she came to face with Dag "We leave for the arena in an hour be ready"

"Whatever" she said before slamming the door in his face and moving into her bathroom to splash some water on her face.

After changing clothes she made her way downstairs to the main foyer where Ortega, Dag and three of his men were awaiting her arrival. Seeing the sly smile on his face Shalimar wanted nothing more than to lunge at him but without her powers she wouldn't do much to harm him

"Shall we?" he said holding up a blindfold for her to wear

Without saying a word she allowed Dag to blindfold her and lead her to the awaiting van.

~~~

Adam, Emma, Cally and Brennan made their way through the crowd at the arena lightly scanning the crowd for any sign of Ortega.

"Jesse are you and Christina in position?" Adam said into his ring

"Yes.bu..Adam..the...recep..tion...is ..bad" Jesse replied through the static

"Jesse see if you can fix it and be ready for my signal"

"...ok..." Jesse replied

"Ok lets find some seats and be ready to get Shalimar and get the hell out here when Christina's men come busting in"

Brennan scanned the crowd for any sign of Ortega. He wanted nothing more than to show him how powerful he was without the governor holding him back. Many of the spectators who had seen him fight came up and congratulated Adam on his purchase and even offered to buy him from them, of course Adam declined their offers.

Catching sight of Ortega in the crowd Brennan stood up but Adam grabbed him and pulled him back down "Brennan now is not the time"

Sensing Brennan's hatred for him Ortega sought him out in the crowd and made his way over to him.

"Adam he is coming over" said Emma

"Alright Emma take Cally and go somewhere until he leaves I don't want him sensing the two of you" Emma nodded and grabbed Cally and walked away

"Hello again Brennan" drawled Ortega. He had enjoyed torturing the two mutants when they were at his compound and now he was going to love watching Brennan suffer as Shalimar got beaten by a feral he actually owned. He set up the entire fight knowing full well it would draw Brennan and the rest of Mutant X out. "I don't believe we have met" he said holding out his hand for Adam to take

"Adam and you must be the former owner of this fine mutant"

"Yes, Carlos Ortega but somehow I think you already knew that"

Adam knew exactly what he meant but chose to ignore it "yes Mr. Mulwray was just telling me about you"

"Really" he paused when a man came over and whispered something to him and then left "If you will excuse me the fight is about to begin and trust me it is going to be a good one" he finished looking right at Brennan before he walked away

Seeing him walk away Emma made her way back to the group "Adam he is on to you"

"I know"

"No he knows that you are Adam Kane from Genomex he set this all up to draw you out" Emma finished

"You're sure?" he asked

"Yes he was gloating to himself after he spotted Brennan"

"He also set up this fight with the intention for Shalimar to lose" Cally interjected as she rejoined the group

"How do you know that?" Brennan asked letting his panic come out in his voice

"While you guys talked to Ortega I talked to Dag and convinced him to tell me that Ortega owns the feral Shalimar is going to fight he simply made the owner up and the feral she is going to fight knows it"

Adam was about to speak when the mc's voice echoed over the microphone "ladies and gentlemen we have a special treat tonight. Two female ferals will face off in this very arena so place your bets because here we go"

Seeing Shalimar enter the ring Brennan wanted to shout to her and let her know that he was ok but the crowd was too loud and he doubted she would hear him. "Adam I am gonna move closer" he said before moving off not even waiting for Adam's approval or disapproval

"Emma go with him" he said motioning for her to follow "Jesse can you hear me?"

"Ad.am..you..rec.ept..is ..re.lly..bad"

"Jesse if you can hear any of this have Christina move her people now" Adam waited for a reply but all he got was static

"Do you think he heard you?" Cally asked

"I hope so"

~~~

TBC.....The evilness just doesn't stop!! ::evil laugh:: Hang on though we are almost there..R&R before you depart.