According to the Database
Part 2
Written by: Wendigo3
Email: wendigo3@hotmail.com
Rating: PG
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Adam placed the clipboard on Shalimar's desk and then raised his arms. "I give up, I don't know what else to do." Shalimar looked at Adam with a curious glance. "You mean you actually don't have any answers for us? No pep-talk?" Adam smiled weakly and then he walked over to the large blackboard and sighed. "I wish I had a few specific ideas on how to get the mutant, but I don't." "I have no clue as to how to find him or her."
Jesse looked up from the corner after he was deep in thought. "Maybe we can lure him out? You know, give him the idea that Emma knows about him." "You want to use me as bait?" Jesse glared at her playfully, "You're the only one who can mind-meld with the guy. Besides, you can tell if there are any illusions that can be dangerous to you." Shalimar raised her eyebrows, "We can trap the kid in the gym. It's practically sound proof."
Adam nodded, "Sounds like a good plan. The problem is that Jesse has a class each period of the day." "I'll send them outside running. I can even tell them that it's a free period, they can go outside and play soccer or something. They'll be glad that they'll get to do whatever they want, trust me." Brennan looked up from the floor and thought openly. "We can't have all of us there. If this kid knows that we're working together, he'll realize we're trying to trap him. For all we know he could come after us."
Three class periods later and a little after 2 o'clock, Emma sat in the gym along with Adam and Jesse. Shalimar and Brennan were in their rooms, thankfully only a few seconds away if they ran fast. Emma glanced at Jesse and Adam putting together some kind of device to hold the mutant as a chill ran up her spine. She stood up and looked around the room, penetrating every corner in search of an illusion, but she found none.
The boy was obviously out of the room, but somehow she was sensing that something was going to happen. "Call me crazy, but I think something is happening." Jesse looked at her as he cut the tips of a green wire and a blue wire. After he connected them, he stood up. "What do you mean?" "Well, I'm picking up on something. Probably one of your students, but I sensing a variety of pain and hurt."
Adam closed the case and walked away from the small device that resembled a hubcap with a few computer parts placed all over it. "Do you think you're picking up on the guy?" "I don't know. It's possible, but I'm feeling like this kid is desperate." "It's almost 2:30, the thoughts that you planted with the kids should have gone around by now. The illusionist will be able to sense you." Emma nodded, "You two should get out of here. I'll let you know if I'm in need of back-up."
Jesse and Adam put the small device on the stage. "All you have to do is get the guy close to the stage. Then hit the object with a psionic blast. If it works, a small photon field will be projected and anything inside will be stuck until the batteries run out." Emma thanked her friends as they walked out.
The room was empty, and she sat on the bleachers and thought. Somehow she had to get the kid, because they couldn't risk loosing anymore lives. She couldn't understand how an illusionist kid could be so much trouble.
She partially suspected that maybe he had some kind of brain damage that was causing him to hurt new mutants, but she dismissed the idea quickly. She had to believe that there was something else wrong with the kid, not that he had a bruise on his brain. The gym doors opened and Emma instantly felt anger and rage.
Hatred flashed through her as her mind picked up on the emotions as a young boy walked in. "Who are you?" The boy walked with grace towards Emma, without saying a word. "Who are you! What do you want," She demanded. The boy stopped suddenly and waved his arm. Emma looked down to her feet to find that they had melted into the floor. She quickly picked up her legs, breaking the illusion. A psionic blast formed and then flew directly to the boy. He was propelled backwards hard and landed near the stage.
Emma sent a psionic blast and the device started to spark. Within seconds a pale blue field erupted around the boy and a few feet ahead of him. He hit his hands on the field in anger and then smiled. An illusion of a knife appeared directly in front of Emma and flew at her. She raised her hand and the illusion vanished. "I'm too strong for your illusions." She walked foreword, detecting a feeling of uselessness. "I want to help you. Why are you coming after me?" After a few moments of silence from the boy, Emma raised her hand.
"Guys, I have him in the field." "I'm on my way," Jesse said. Within a few minutes he appeared on the stage from a back door that led to his office. Jesse quickly glanced at the boy and then turned to Emma as he walked towards her. "Are you okay?" Emma nodded, "Yeah. I'm fine." Shalimar and Brennan walked in together and Adam followed. "That's him?" Emma nodded weakly as she put a hand to her head. Her brain felt like it was splitting open.
She looked at the boy, realizing that his psionic abilities were somehow manipulating her. "He's doing something to me." She fell to the ground in a weakened state and then glared at him. Her throat got tight and her eyes started to get blurry. "I...can't breathe." Brennan twisted his hand and a stream of electricity flew towards the boy.
He didn't have time to create a shield from his mind, and he fell backwards as the stream penetrated the field and deactivated it. He was knocked unconscious as Jesse checked Emma's pulse. "She's unconscious, but okay. He must have done something to her."
Back in sanctuary, Adam sat in a chair as Emma awoke. She looked around and once she noticed him looking at her, sighed. "What happened?" "Our psionic illusionist somehow telepathically overloaded your neural pathways." "You're kidding me, how can he do that?" Adam shook his head, "I have a theory that he didn't do much at all, but he actually tricked your brain into believing that is what occurred.
Your brain recognized the signals and went into overdrive to correct it, while the logical side of your brain realized that it should shut down." Emma put a hand to her head as she sat up and looked around. "Where is the little bastard?" Adam smiled slyly, obviously not expecting her remark. "Sorry, I just take offense when another psionic mentally tries to kill me, it doesn't sit well." Adam nodded, "I understand. He's being held in the cell while we attempt to figure out his identity.
Meanwhile, Shalimar, Brennan, and Jesse are enjoying their last day of teaching." Emma turned to Adam, "The kids are going to be devastated. How are you going to pull them out?" "Well, I've narrowed it down to two situations. They're fired for illegal activities, or they are killed in a random attack after school." "How about you just send in some full time replacements." Adam nodded, "That's an idea.
Oh, I forgot to tell you about Jenet." Adam helped Emma stand up. She lifted both legs at different times, and smiled. "How is she?" "She has made an incredible full recovery. It seems that part of her molecular abilities also include a remarkable self-replicating tissue ability. The doctors are, of course, stumped." "Good, all doctors need someone to keep them on their feet." Emma smiled, "My old boyfriend turned out to be a doctor. He said that I was too emotional, I just can't imagine how a telempath can be emotional."
Adam smiled, "Feel up to working?" Emma glanced at the time and thought for a moment. "I suppose, what would you like me to do?" "I want you to search the database for the kid, in the meantime, stay away from him. I'm going to go and try and talk with him." "Watch out for objects that appear out of thin air."
Emma walked out of the lab and sat down at her work station. She realized instantly that she had already been given access to the computer system, and used Adam's database to manipulate the search parameters. The results came up instantly, but by complete shock. Emma leaned back in her chair in disbelief as Adam came walking up. "How's this for fast identification?"
Shalimar playfully hit Emma after she threw a few pencils neatly into the trashcan. "My stuff's cleaned out, welcome back." Emma smiled, "Thanks." Brennan looked at the team from the corner while Jesse sat in one of the desks near him. "Did you I.D. the brat yet?" Emma smiled, "Actually, the results were quite a shock."
Her smile turned into a face of pure seriousness. Shalimar listened to the silence for a few moments and then grew impatient. "Well, who is he?" Emma looked Shalimar directly in the eyes although and then sensed Brennan and Jesse's emotions. After realizing that the three of them were burning to know, she finally unleashed the surprising secret. "Daniel Ryan, Principal Ryan's son."
Shalimar looked at Emma in shock. "Wait, why would the Principal's son attack him?" "That's the thing... we have no idea. He's being held in the cell at Sanctuary, and Adam's started some tests to see if someone has brainwashed him."
Jesse looked at Emma, "Did you get the feeling that he was doing everything against his will. "No... and that's what's bugging me. It's like reality means nothing to him, like he believes he's existing on a different level of existence." Brennan shook his head in disbelief. "He's probably high on some kind of drug."
Adam looked at his team, "I hate to say this, but it is possible that Daniel went after his father because he was angry. Sometimes humans are capable of doing horrible things to the people they love, without being hooked on a drug." Jesse sighed, "Well we'd better figure it out quick. If there's some drug out there that's transforming new mutants into aggressive murders, we're gonna have a new problem."
Part 2
Written by: Wendigo3
Email: wendigo3@hotmail.com
Rating: PG
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Adam placed the clipboard on Shalimar's desk and then raised his arms. "I give up, I don't know what else to do." Shalimar looked at Adam with a curious glance. "You mean you actually don't have any answers for us? No pep-talk?" Adam smiled weakly and then he walked over to the large blackboard and sighed. "I wish I had a few specific ideas on how to get the mutant, but I don't." "I have no clue as to how to find him or her."
Jesse looked up from the corner after he was deep in thought. "Maybe we can lure him out? You know, give him the idea that Emma knows about him." "You want to use me as bait?" Jesse glared at her playfully, "You're the only one who can mind-meld with the guy. Besides, you can tell if there are any illusions that can be dangerous to you." Shalimar raised her eyebrows, "We can trap the kid in the gym. It's practically sound proof."
Adam nodded, "Sounds like a good plan. The problem is that Jesse has a class each period of the day." "I'll send them outside running. I can even tell them that it's a free period, they can go outside and play soccer or something. They'll be glad that they'll get to do whatever they want, trust me." Brennan looked up from the floor and thought openly. "We can't have all of us there. If this kid knows that we're working together, he'll realize we're trying to trap him. For all we know he could come after us."
Three class periods later and a little after 2 o'clock, Emma sat in the gym along with Adam and Jesse. Shalimar and Brennan were in their rooms, thankfully only a few seconds away if they ran fast. Emma glanced at Jesse and Adam putting together some kind of device to hold the mutant as a chill ran up her spine. She stood up and looked around the room, penetrating every corner in search of an illusion, but she found none.
The boy was obviously out of the room, but somehow she was sensing that something was going to happen. "Call me crazy, but I think something is happening." Jesse looked at her as he cut the tips of a green wire and a blue wire. After he connected them, he stood up. "What do you mean?" "Well, I'm picking up on something. Probably one of your students, but I sensing a variety of pain and hurt."
Adam closed the case and walked away from the small device that resembled a hubcap with a few computer parts placed all over it. "Do you think you're picking up on the guy?" "I don't know. It's possible, but I'm feeling like this kid is desperate." "It's almost 2:30, the thoughts that you planted with the kids should have gone around by now. The illusionist will be able to sense you." Emma nodded, "You two should get out of here. I'll let you know if I'm in need of back-up."
Jesse and Adam put the small device on the stage. "All you have to do is get the guy close to the stage. Then hit the object with a psionic blast. If it works, a small photon field will be projected and anything inside will be stuck until the batteries run out." Emma thanked her friends as they walked out.
The room was empty, and she sat on the bleachers and thought. Somehow she had to get the kid, because they couldn't risk loosing anymore lives. She couldn't understand how an illusionist kid could be so much trouble.
She partially suspected that maybe he had some kind of brain damage that was causing him to hurt new mutants, but she dismissed the idea quickly. She had to believe that there was something else wrong with the kid, not that he had a bruise on his brain. The gym doors opened and Emma instantly felt anger and rage.
Hatred flashed through her as her mind picked up on the emotions as a young boy walked in. "Who are you?" The boy walked with grace towards Emma, without saying a word. "Who are you! What do you want," She demanded. The boy stopped suddenly and waved his arm. Emma looked down to her feet to find that they had melted into the floor. She quickly picked up her legs, breaking the illusion. A psionic blast formed and then flew directly to the boy. He was propelled backwards hard and landed near the stage.
Emma sent a psionic blast and the device started to spark. Within seconds a pale blue field erupted around the boy and a few feet ahead of him. He hit his hands on the field in anger and then smiled. An illusion of a knife appeared directly in front of Emma and flew at her. She raised her hand and the illusion vanished. "I'm too strong for your illusions." She walked foreword, detecting a feeling of uselessness. "I want to help you. Why are you coming after me?" After a few moments of silence from the boy, Emma raised her hand.
"Guys, I have him in the field." "I'm on my way," Jesse said. Within a few minutes he appeared on the stage from a back door that led to his office. Jesse quickly glanced at the boy and then turned to Emma as he walked towards her. "Are you okay?" Emma nodded, "Yeah. I'm fine." Shalimar and Brennan walked in together and Adam followed. "That's him?" Emma nodded weakly as she put a hand to her head. Her brain felt like it was splitting open.
She looked at the boy, realizing that his psionic abilities were somehow manipulating her. "He's doing something to me." She fell to the ground in a weakened state and then glared at him. Her throat got tight and her eyes started to get blurry. "I...can't breathe." Brennan twisted his hand and a stream of electricity flew towards the boy.
He didn't have time to create a shield from his mind, and he fell backwards as the stream penetrated the field and deactivated it. He was knocked unconscious as Jesse checked Emma's pulse. "She's unconscious, but okay. He must have done something to her."
Back in sanctuary, Adam sat in a chair as Emma awoke. She looked around and once she noticed him looking at her, sighed. "What happened?" "Our psionic illusionist somehow telepathically overloaded your neural pathways." "You're kidding me, how can he do that?" Adam shook his head, "I have a theory that he didn't do much at all, but he actually tricked your brain into believing that is what occurred.
Your brain recognized the signals and went into overdrive to correct it, while the logical side of your brain realized that it should shut down." Emma put a hand to her head as she sat up and looked around. "Where is the little bastard?" Adam smiled slyly, obviously not expecting her remark. "Sorry, I just take offense when another psionic mentally tries to kill me, it doesn't sit well." Adam nodded, "I understand. He's being held in the cell while we attempt to figure out his identity.
Meanwhile, Shalimar, Brennan, and Jesse are enjoying their last day of teaching." Emma turned to Adam, "The kids are going to be devastated. How are you going to pull them out?" "Well, I've narrowed it down to two situations. They're fired for illegal activities, or they are killed in a random attack after school." "How about you just send in some full time replacements." Adam nodded, "That's an idea.
Oh, I forgot to tell you about Jenet." Adam helped Emma stand up. She lifted both legs at different times, and smiled. "How is she?" "She has made an incredible full recovery. It seems that part of her molecular abilities also include a remarkable self-replicating tissue ability. The doctors are, of course, stumped." "Good, all doctors need someone to keep them on their feet." Emma smiled, "My old boyfriend turned out to be a doctor. He said that I was too emotional, I just can't imagine how a telempath can be emotional."
Adam smiled, "Feel up to working?" Emma glanced at the time and thought for a moment. "I suppose, what would you like me to do?" "I want you to search the database for the kid, in the meantime, stay away from him. I'm going to go and try and talk with him." "Watch out for objects that appear out of thin air."
Emma walked out of the lab and sat down at her work station. She realized instantly that she had already been given access to the computer system, and used Adam's database to manipulate the search parameters. The results came up instantly, but by complete shock. Emma leaned back in her chair in disbelief as Adam came walking up. "How's this for fast identification?"
Shalimar playfully hit Emma after she threw a few pencils neatly into the trashcan. "My stuff's cleaned out, welcome back." Emma smiled, "Thanks." Brennan looked at the team from the corner while Jesse sat in one of the desks near him. "Did you I.D. the brat yet?" Emma smiled, "Actually, the results were quite a shock."
Her smile turned into a face of pure seriousness. Shalimar listened to the silence for a few moments and then grew impatient. "Well, who is he?" Emma looked Shalimar directly in the eyes although and then sensed Brennan and Jesse's emotions. After realizing that the three of them were burning to know, she finally unleashed the surprising secret. "Daniel Ryan, Principal Ryan's son."
Shalimar looked at Emma in shock. "Wait, why would the Principal's son attack him?" "That's the thing... we have no idea. He's being held in the cell at Sanctuary, and Adam's started some tests to see if someone has brainwashed him."
Jesse looked at Emma, "Did you get the feeling that he was doing everything against his will. "No... and that's what's bugging me. It's like reality means nothing to him, like he believes he's existing on a different level of existence." Brennan shook his head in disbelief. "He's probably high on some kind of drug."
Adam looked at his team, "I hate to say this, but it is possible that Daniel went after his father because he was angry. Sometimes humans are capable of doing horrible things to the people they love, without being hooked on a drug." Jesse sighed, "Well we'd better figure it out quick. If there's some drug out there that's transforming new mutants into aggressive murders, we're gonna have a new problem."
