Chapter 15

Shalimar just looked at Zan and could smell the blood pour out of his body and onto the floor. She finally got a hold of herself and turned around to face Brennan whose eyes were still closed. She nudged him gently, "Brennan, we need to get out of here wake up."

He moaned but never opened his eyes. Shalimar huffed and leaned down and planted a kiss on his lips, with in a few seconds he was kissing her back, wrapping his free hand around the back of her head into a deep kiss. Shalimar finally broke off to catch some air, Brennan's eyes were now open and looking livelier than before. "Come on let's go," Shalimar said as she began unhitching the IV's and machines from his body.

Brennan struggled to sit up, when Shalimar threw him a coat, "put this on," she ordered as she finished taking out the final IV.

Shalimar helped Brennan put his last arm threw the sleeve and zip up his jacket, he slowly climbed down from the bed and winced in pain. Shalimar grabbed his arm and put it around her should to help him balance as the slowly began to leave the lab.

She stopped beside Zan's body and glanced down at the gun next to him and looked at Brennan, who happened to be looking at the same thing. He nodded at her; she let go of his arm and bent down picking up the gun. She quickly went though his jacket pockets trying to find some extra clips that he might have stashed in is jacket. Sure enough she found three clips in his pockets. Shalimar glanced at Brennan who gave a small smile. She stood up switched on the safety and stuffed it into the back of her jeans, and placed the clips in a pocket.

Brennan began to walk out of the lab slowly, but felt Shalimar come up next to him and take his arm around her shoulder. Inside Brennan was secretly smiling to himself thinking of what Shalimar said when she thought he was sleeping. 'She loves me,' he repeated again and again.

* * *

Vince really had no idea where he was leading them and the girls knew it. Shannon finally stopped the madness before they were caught. "Forget the armory, let's find the breaker room."

"Why?" Vince questioned.

"Well we can turn off the security cameras, and this stupid alarm that is drivin' me insane," Shannon explained getting a little annoyed.

Vince was just about to protest. "I think that's a good idea," Riley agreed.

Vince sighed, "ya it sounds good."

"Good this way," Shannon said with a smile as she led them down another hall at a dead run. She slowed down after turning a couple of corners. He stuck her head around the wall and saw one guard standing in front of the door. "One guard," Shannon whispered to them.

Riley looked confused. "You know I haven't seen any guards since we got out, I think something is up, or their all looking in the wrong place."

Shannon and Vince just looked at each other. "I'll take care of the guard," Vince announced.

"No I will," Shannon told him.

Riley gave her a weird look, "Shan you hate to do that kind of thing."

"Only because you don't let me have any fun," Shannon replied. "Come on please," she begged.

Riley and Vince grinned at each other. "Sure Shan go have fun," Vince winked.

Shannon just shook her head at them, giving a small wave she slowly materialized out of sight.

"That is still weird to see," Riley said with a low laugh.

"Ya well she is a weird girl," Vince smiled at her.

"Just because I'm invisible doesn't mean I can't hear you," they heard Shannon say in front of them.

"Sorry I thought you were gone already," Vince said with a sly smiled, he had sensed her there the whole time he was just messing around with her. Riley saw his reaction and slapped him on the arm. "Oww," Vince whispered rubbing his arm lightly.

Shannon slowly crept closer to the guard trying to be as quiet as she could. He was standing right in front of the door to the breaker room, his gun was slung behind his back and looked like he was about to fall asleep. Shannon smiled to herself as she tapped the guy on the shoulder.

The guy jumped in the air, startled at what he felt on his shoulder. He swung around with his gun know in his hand. He saw nothing but looked around in complete confusion. Shannon had a hard time controlling her laughter, but she found it in herself to do so. Once the guard stopped looking around and returned to his original position, Shannon tapped him once again.

"Who goes there?" The guard demanded drawing his gun once again. Shannon kept tapping his shoulder driving the man insane. She glanced over and saw Riley and Vince spying from the corner and decided to stop her fun. Shannon tapped him for the last time and waited for him to turn around. With one swing she connected her fist with the guard's nose, sending him straight to the ground unconscious.

Riley and Vince watched the guys go down then ran up to her. "Whoa Shan nice hit," Vince said somewhat surprised at what she did. Shannon didn't appear or reply. "Shan?" Vince asked looking around.

"Boo!" Shannon poked Vince's sides and appeared behind him.

Vince jumped and with a bark, and began yelping scared out of his wits. Shannon and Riley started laughed at him. "Hey, it's not funny." Vince told them.

"Ya…it…is," Shannon replied in between laughs.

Riley continued laughed as she reached for the door, but it was locked, "oh great."

Shannon smiled, "so you need my amazing talents again, huh?"

Riley had to roll her eyes, "sure Shan you keep thinking that."

Shannon grinned with in a second she phased through the door and opened it from the other side, "what would you guys do without me?"

"Celebrate," Vince said jokingly, as both girls hit each of his arms. "What did I say to deserve for that?" As he bent down and dragged the guard into the room with them, then shut the door.

Shannon just stuck out her tongue and walked with Riley to the middle of the room. All three just stood their eyes wide looking at all the circuit breakers, and computers all over the room.

"Now which one is it?" Shannon asked turning to Riley.

"Like I know," Riley huffed.

Vince stepped up in between the two girls; "you didn't have a vision of this earlier, did you?"

Riley just shook her head no, "sorry no vision."

Vince just sighed, "well that sucks." He replied unenthused. "All right maybe these guys are total boneheads and labeled things."

Shannon and Riley just giggled. "Ya maybe," Shannon agreed trying to stay optimistic about the whole thing.

"Only way to find out," Riley turned her head to take a better look at the room. "All right I'll take the left, Vince you take the center, and Shan you take the right." The two nodded and split up to look.

* * *

Shalimar was half dragging Brennan down the hallway, "Brennan you have to stay awake ok. Can you do that for me?"

"Ya," Brennan whispered.

"Good, now I think we're almost to the storage garage," Shalimar explained, she lifted her hand up to her ear and rubbed it.

"What's wrong?" Brennan asked, with pure concern in his eyes.

"The stupid alarm, it's driving my Feral side crazy," Shalimar moaned.

Brennan kissed the top of her head, and Shalimar's eyes suddenly went feral and she stopped in her tracks, guards." She said softly.

"Shit," Brennan replied in no mood or condition to fight the guards off.

Shalimar smiled and pulled Brennan's hood over his head along with her own. "Don't look up," she ordered getting a small nod from him.

Two guards rounded the corner, and looked straight at them. "What happened?" one asked getting closer to them.

'God they are stupid,' Shalimar said to herself. "There's two of them, they went that way." Shalimar pointed down the hall behind her.

"Let's go," one said hitting the other one's arm signaling for him to start running.

Brennan looked up at Shalimar once they were gone and gave a sigh of relieve, "boy what stupid asses."

Shalimar grinned, "I was thinking the same thing."

They slowly began to walk again hoping they wouldn't run into more close calls.

* * *

Abby ran down the hall after going to the lab where Ashley had taken Brennan. She found Zan dead in the middle of the room, but spent no time taking care of his body. She ran into six guards on running down the hall in a pack. They stopped in front of her waiting for their orders.

"Three of you follow me, and the rest of you head back down that hall to the storage garage, they might try to get out that way." Abby instructed.

She took off with guards right behind her heading for the breaker room.

* * *

"Have you found anything yet?" Riley yelled to her friends.

"No, but at least mine are labeled…sort of," Shannon answered.

"You suck," Vince yelled back, getting a little pissed off at looking for the switches. He was about to give up on the spot he was looking at and move on, when he glanced to his right. One of the computer screens had four screens, rotating every five seconds. "Guys! I think I found the security cameras'!" he said with a glow moving over to the computer.

Shannon and Riley rushed over to him, "good eyes." Riley said ruffling up Vince's hair.

"Thanks I think," Vince replied. "Now only if I knew how turn it off, you would probably kiss me."

Riley rolled her eyes, "in you dreams."

Vince just grinned and started looking for something to disconnect the thing. "Here let me do it," Shannon said pushing him aside.

"Oh no," Riley groaned.

"It looks like we're going to have some company," Vince sighed watching Abby and her goons run towards the breaker room.

Vince looked at the girls and jumped over the table and ran for the door, quickly locking it. Riley and Shannon turned about and gave him a strange look. "I don't think that's going to work," Shannon told him as he jogged over.

"Well it's worth a try," Vince shrugged.

"Okay, I think I got it," Shannon said as the computer screen went blank and started flashing an error sign.

"So now onto the alarm, cause it's drivin' me nuts," Vince sighed once again.

* * *

Crawford closely watched the security camera's trying to see what was happening, when the all the screens went snowy. "What the hell?" He turned around and Ashley was standing in the doorway. "Ashley, what is going on?"

"I let them go," Ashley announced.

"You did WHAT?" Crawford asked a little shocked.

"I can let you do this any longer. I've had enough," Ashley told him taking a step forward.

"Ashley don't you understand, I have to. I can wait for this to take over my body," Crawford explained holding out his lizard like hand.

Ashley hung her head, "you could have done this another way."

"No, Adam is the only one that could help me," Crawford said.

Ashley groaned, "it's always about you. You never think about anyone but yourself."

"That's not true," Crawford said lowly.

Ashley laughed, "so that's why you through Riley, Shannon, and Vince in a holding cell." She paused quickly, "oh and why you kidnapped two of Adam's people for blackmail. Ya you don't think about yourself." Ashley replied smartly.

"Well they were a security risk, I couldn't have them going to Mutant X and telling them my plan," Crawford smiled.

Ashley rolled her eyes, "that's always the case with you. You don't trust anyone. So you lock the people you're threatened by in a holding cell for three months, that's real nice."

"What's the problem with that?" Crawford demanded.

"Oh just about everything, like kidnapping for ransom, torturing you hostages, just to name a few." Ashley said getting a little disgusted at Crawford.

"Ashley you of all people I thought you'd be the one that wouldn't do this. I mean after all we've been through, but if that's how you feel then I'll have to consider you a risk as well." Crawford sighed and stared at her before turning around, and was going to call Abby or Zan to his office to take her away.

He heard the cock of a gun loading and slowly turned around. Ashley stood there holding her handgun pointing it straight at him. "What do you think you're doing?" Crawford asked in shock.

"Sorry Dad I can't let you do this anymore," Ashley said as tears started streaming down her face.

"Ash, come on you don't want to do this, everything will be fine. I trust you," Crawford replied slowly putting up her hands.

Ashley took one more step closer to him, "sorry." She slowly pulled the trigger sending a bullet flying in his direction. His body convulsed as the bullet entered his body, tears streaming down her face as she pulled the trigger two more times emptying the gun, at his crumbling body.

She held the gun out in front of her and let it drop in front of her feet, before feel down onto her knees. Holding her face in her hands, crying for the things she had to do.