According to the Database

Part 6

By Wendigo

Email: wendigo3@hotmail.com

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Emma awoke to the sound of feet running outside her door. Pushing the blankets back, she checked herself in the mirror and rolled her eyes with disgust. It only took her a few seconds to change, but the time it took her to apply her make-up was around 10 minutes. Satisfied, Emma walked to the main

computer area of Sanctuary with a smile.

"Welcome back to the living Emma," Jesse said. Emma smiled and looked at her friends, "I was a pain in the ass, wasn't I?" Brennan nodded, "Just a mild one. Do you remember everything that happened?" Emma nodded, "The majority of it, but a few parts are a little blurry." Shalimar and Adam smiled from the corner after looking at a computer screen. Emma glared at them, sensing the secrecy immediately.

"What's going on, what are you two hiding?" Shalimar smiled and turned to Adam, "Can I tell her?" Adam nodded, giving in to her feral excitement.

Practically jumping for joy, Shalimar blinked and then made her point, "Daniel was placed in a home in New Orleans. He is living with a gravitative

molecular, a normal human female, and a telecyber that is 13-years-old."

Emma smiled, unable to hide the pleasure. "That's fantastic news, I hope that he never remembers what happened." Adam sighed, "How did you cure

him?" "Well, I basically erased his memory and then planted a few of my own. Hopefully, he won't find his way back to them." Jesse raised his eyes,

"Are you sure it's such a good idea to keep him from his memories, they're practically one of the serious parts of every human being, the ability to

remember things that make you who you are."

Emma nodded, "I weighed it for a little while, but I just went for it. Still, he'll be okay." Brennan spun around in the chair and looked at the computer monitor in front of her. "That's strange," he said. Emma's curiosity peaked instantly, partly from sensing Brennan's increased emotions. "What's up?" Brennan sighed as he raised his hands in the air. "I'm not exactly sure, it's almost as if someone is bypassing our security systems."

"A telecyber could do it, if they're good." Nodding his head, "That, or they know their way around. Can you trace it?" Jesse sat down and starting typing at fast speeds and located the signal. "It's coming from New Orleans." As soon as Jesse finished, a message appeared on the screen. "Eckhart is coming! Help us!" Shaking his head, Jesse looked to Adam, "The signal is gone." Adam looked at the four of them, "Everyone feel up to a little trip?" Emma nodded, "Let's go. They're counting on us."

The double helix took off quickly and they were in the air within a few minutes. Emma attempted to connect to Daniel from far away, but all she received

was worry and something to cause her to believe that they were hiding. "Adam, does the house have any secret hiding places?" Adam nodded, "I believe

so, why?" "I connected with Daniel. I'm feeling like he's with someone and hiding." Adam turned his head to face Emma. "There's a secret bunker

underground the basement that's accessed through a revolving door in a pantry. They also have a safe room that can be accessed by pressing a button in

the master bedroom. A two-way mirror will open allowing them to enter. They should have enough supplies to stay in there for a few weeks and an alarm will sound to all of the local host families and safe houses. From what I know, the door can only be released from the inside and a low level energy field protects the room from anyone phasing in."

Jesse sighed, "So much for an entrance. Maybe they'll release the door." "If we get there on time," Shalimar suggested. "Is there any chance that you can speed it up a little."

Brennan didn't look at her, but increased the speed slightly. "The weather out there is horrible, I've been fighting the controls to keep us in the air for the past twenty minutes." Shalimar rolled her eyes. Emma knew instantly what she was thinking, although she could only feel her emotions. She believed that Brennan was exaggerating everything, being overly dramatic, in an attempt to show off if something incredible happens. Emma raised her eyebrows and cleared her mind in an attempt to connect with Daniel again. If anything, she had to let them know that they were on their way, and not to worry.

Daniel leaned against the crates and glanced at the thirteen year old. Alexis was a telecyber and she was very intelligent. Her parents said that she

learned so well from interfacing with computers, but something inside made Daniel suspect that she was naturally smart. Alexis' mother and father were

stuck outside of the room, Daniel just hoped that they had made it to the safe room connected with the pantry. "How are you feeling," Daniel said.

Alexis looked at him and raised her shoulders, "I'm fine. I just wish your friend Emma would get here."

Daniel nodded, "I know they're on their way, they wouldn't turn down a call for help. I only knew Emma for a few hours, but it feels as if I know her a lot more." Alexis shivered as she looked at the mirror. Mason Eckhart was in the room along with a tech crew who was attempting to open the mirror. "Alexis, if they release the door, can you reseal it with your ability?" Alexis nodded as Daniel thought for a moment. He knew that if it did come to it, it was his responsibility to make sure that Alexis escaped them, even if he was caught. "Alexis, do you want to play a game?" Alexis looked at him and rolled her eyes, "Daniel, I'm not six years old."

Daniel apologized and then created a monopoly game, complete with money and game pieces, from memory. "You can be the banker," He suggested, "I

don't like counting the money. Daniel had lied to Alexis, the real reason was that he wanted to be able to use his abilities freely without much

interruption. If he was giving money to her all the time, he couldn't protect her. Alexis nodded and passed out some money freely, without even

remembering the rules. Emma, he thought openly, if you can hear me, hurry!

"Emma, what's wrong?" Emma glanced at Shalimar in fear. "Uh, sorry," she said, causing her face to appear emotionless, "What did you say?" "You

looked pretty scared Emma, what were you picking up from Daniel?" "Uh, he's a little worried. He's really protective about the girl though." Shalimar

smiled, "Maybe she's a good thing for him." Emma sighed, "I'm just worried that what I did to him is only temporary. What if he remembers and

whatever was wrong resurfaces before Adam finds a way to fix it."

Shalimar raised her shoulders evenly, "Who knows. But what I do know, is that we'll be there to help him if he needs it." Emma smiled at her and glanced at Brennan and Jesse. "Thanks Jesse, that's a lot better. What did you do?" Jesse closed a circuit panel and glanced at the objects in his hand. "Well, I pulled out a few circuits and transferred them. They were causing the system to overload, so I'll have to take a look at it later. It should work for now though." Adam breathed a sigh of relief causing Emma to smile. "Looks like Adam is going to survive another flight in the double helix," Emma whispered. Shalimar started laughing and stopped quickly when Adam glanced at her and Emma. Adam shook his head suspiciously, "Like two young girls gossiping over a handsome boy in junior high."

Brennan leaned back in his chair and attempted to relax. "We should be there in about fifteen minutes, should I try to activate the cloak?" Jesse sat in his seat and turned his head towards the wall where he pushed a few buttons. "Well, it might be stable enough, but if it isn't stable, we can loose it at any time." Shalimar looked up from her console and spoke openly, "Maybe we shouldn't activate it, you know, go in with our guns blazing and all of that." Adam nodded, "Not a bad idea. In fact, I think I have an idea." Emma raised her eyebrows in curiosity as Adam began to discuss his plan.

"That's the second time you've won Alexis, you must be lucky!" "Lucky, or smart. It's a game of statistics and exchange. All you have to do is own as

many as possible and you'll win." Daniel nodded as his headache increased. He looked at the mirror and sighed, realizing that Eckhart and his men were

close to revealing the door. Daniel weighed the idea of using his abilities, knowing that Eckhart would realize that he could see them. Daniel decided to

wait, placing his faith in Emma and her friends. Leaning back against the wall, he realized suddenly that it was 11:30 at night (thanks to his watch).

"Are you tired?"

Alexis seemed to think for a moment, and then shook her head, "Of course not, teenagers are never tired." Rolling his eyes, he allowed

the game to vanish into thin air. "Well, this one is. Tell me a bed-time story." Alexis shook her head but she didn't feel like telling a story. "Do you think mom and dad are okay?" Daniel looked into her eyes, thinking for a moment that he knew what she was feeling. "I don't know, but I doubt Eckhart

would hurt them. He probably wants to put them in stasis pods, which means we can always go in and get them out." Alexis nodded and looked down

as an alarm sounded. Alexis' eyes glazed over with a pure white covering while a strange, colorful sparkling effect sprayed over her eyes. The mirror had

moved slightly, but before anyone could hold it, it closed again. Alexis focused on the information that was flowing through her mind. Codes flew past

and she changed them at a whim. Numbers were replaced by letters and codes were changed in less than a second. Her eyes returned to normal a few

seconds later, and she caught Daniel smiling at her. "What," She demanded.

"I just like how your eyes look. They were cool." She smiled a second and then looked as men came running into the master bedroom. "Uh, can you make it so we can hear," Daniel asked. Alexis pushed a button on the wall and motioned for him to be quiet as a small slit appeared in the top and bottom of the mirror.

"Sir, Adam and his team landed a minute ago, the defence team is already encountering problems. We need to get you out of here sir." Mason shook his

head, "Don't be an idiot. I am more than capable of defending myself, besides, it is up to you and your men to prevent them from reaching this area!"

The man sighed and ran out fo the room as a blond woman walked inside. "Mason, it's good to see you. I hear you may need some protection." Mason

nodded, "It would be very kind of you."

The woman held her hand towards Eckhart as a clear bubble appeared from her hand. The bubble split into three and grew. The bubbles flew in separate directions, quickly surrounding the woman, Eckhart, and another man holding a taser. "These will provide an hour of protection from damage, but if they make it weak, it may not last for the full amount of time.

When your skin starts to feel pasty, you need to get to safety." The woman looked at Eckhart and looked at the mirror. "Are you aware that there are children in the walls?" Nodding, Eckhart glanced at it. "We're working on bypassing the security system. We're calling in a telecyber to eradicate the electrical system."

Thinking for a moment, Alexis waved her hand. "I'll show you a real telecyber." Alexis walked over to a small silver box hanging on a wall. She twisted

her wrist and her awareness seemed to jump inside. She opened her eyes revealing a perfectly white shell covering her eyes and then, as she entered into

the system mentally, colored sparkles appeared to project from her eyelashes. Daniel watched as Alexis stood perfectly still. He was amazed at the

concentration that Alexis was showing, and he instantly seemed to realize, as if he was in a perfect moment of clarity, that her abilities had caused her

mind to develop faster than other children.

She was obviously intelligent, she seemed much older for her age of 13. Alexis blinked a few times until her eyes returned to normal. She removed her hand and sighed. "I can't enter the system anymore, it's fried. I created a computer virus that will trap anyone who enters into the system in a cell." Daniel sighed and walked slowly towards the center of the room, "My turn!" A bright red ray flew towards the mirror quickly. The mirror seemed to glaze over with a protective blast and it vanished. "What did you do," Alexis asked? "I used my imagination. I put a strong coating of an indestructible material over the mirror, the only way someone can come in, is if they can walk through walls."

Jesse ducked as a streak of energy flew over his head, connecting with a GSA agent behind him. He gave Brennan and look of thanks, and then massed

in time to punch another agent running towards him. Emma projected a psinoic blast causing a few agents to fall to the floor without even having to

touch them. Shalimar licked her lips as she leaped into the air and kicked two agents at once. She landed gracefully on the floor with ease and then

punched a woman running towards her with a taser. Emma focused her mind and then looked at the four remaining agents. Within seconds they began

to attack each other frantically, believing that the others were the enemy. The team watched the show and then ran quickly up the stairs without any

problems. "Look," Alexis said, "They're here."

Daniel looked up from the floor and saw as Brennan and Shalimar ran inside. "Well, well, I would have figured that you would have left." The blond woman that had protected Eckhart with a shield threw her hand up. A bubble erupted from her wrist and became as solid as a rock. It flew directly at Adam with enough force to knock him unconscious. Jesse grabbed Adam's shoulder quickly and phased him, causing the weapon to go through him.

Adam gave Jesse a look of thanks as Brennan sent electricity from both hands at Eckhart and the woman. They staggered back slightly, and then looked at each other with a clever smile. Emma sent a psionic blast at them and it bounced off and dissolved in thin air. "They're protected themselves with some form of shield!" Brennan stopped the flow of energy and looked at Adam. Shalimar leapt into the air and her fist connected with the woman's jaw. Shalimar fell to the floor in pain after everyone in the room heard a crack. Emma glanced at the Mirror, hopeful that Daniel would give them a hand.

Daniel noticed the look in Emma's eyes and propelled a handful of knives. The knives touched the shield against their skin and fell to the floor without

penetrating them. Shalimar backed up as another blast was propelled at Emma. Emma threw herself to the floor as Brennan propelled the highest voltage

he could manage. Eckhart and the woman were pushed backwards into a wall. They quickly recovered and Eckhart yelled for reinforcements as the

woman twisted her arm. A sphere flew directly towards Adam. Jesse massed and jumped in the way in an effort to block it, but the blast sent Jesse

flying backwards. Adam watched Jesse in amazement and then turned to Emma.

"Work your magic!" Emma smiled pleasurably and then focused on as many negative emotions. She felt them and imagined a variety of horrible situations. She glanced at Eckhart and the unknown woman and within a few seconds, they fell to the floor in fear. "We don't have long, their shield is somehow protecting them from my abilities." Jesse stood up from the floor, slightly embarrassed of course, and then walked over to the mirror. "I thought Adam said you couldn't phase through." "No, they did something. It's the only way to get them out." Jesse took a deep breath and within a few seconds, the mirror began to become fuzzy. A few moments later Daniel and Alexis walked through in amazement, just in time for another round of GSA agents.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Daniel created a handful of flying bricks and propelled them towards the agents. The agents covered their faces giving time for Jesse to phase a wall for exit. Brennan activated his abilities and hit a few of the agents with a blast as Eckhart and the Woman awoke from their temporarily mental prisons. The woman waved her hand as she had been before and Adam was knocked into Emma from behind. Emma fell to the floor and Adam fell on her, unconscious. Emma rolled him off as Shalimar lunged into the air and kicked the woman. She fell backwards and, after she hit her head on the bedpost, was unconscious as well. Shalimar smiled and glared at Eckhart with pure hatred. Her feral eyesight activated and she could smell the fear in him.

Despite the strength of her urges, she threw a punch. Eckhart fell to the floor purposely in an effort to dodge the punch. Shalimar smiled and motioned for Emma to work her magic after she stood up. Adam was still unconscious on the floor, but by the time Brennan had taken care of the agents, Jesse had already phased a wall.

Daniel and Alexis looked at Emma inside the lab at Sanctuary. Emma smiled at them, "You can stop worrying. Your test results came back healthy."

With a perfection, Adam looked up from the computer and glanced at Emma. "Also, the results of the radiation are reversing. The swelling in Daniel's

brain is going down." Daniel looked at Adam and Emma with curiosity. "What swelling, what are you two talking about?" Alexis looked at Adam and

Emma with a sense of worry while Emma glanced at the floor. "Everything that you know about me is a lie. When we first met you, you were the killer.

Something had happened and radiation had started to mess up your mental abilities." Daniel looked with a sense of worry, "You lied to me?"

Emma nodded, "Yes. I lied to you, they were just helping me keep it a secret. Daniel, I was trying to help you by preventing you from remembering everything that you did when you were sick." Daniel stood up and he became angry. "You're telling me that I'm a killer?!" Emma nodded her head but her emotions were telling her to be careful, "You were a killer, but it wasn't your fault." "So if you're driving a car and you hit a person, is it your fault?" Adam looked at Daniel, "It isn't the same Daniel." Daniel raised his hand, but didn't bother to stick around. Daniel walked out of the lab and the door closed behind him. Alexis looked at Emma and Adam. She knew that it would be easier to ask them, but she didn't have time. Alexis' eyes glazed over and then sparkles erupted from around her eyes as she connected with the computer system. Information flooded into her mind faster than any normal human could comprehend. Data slid through her mind and increased in speed as she absorbed the information. Adam looked at her curiously, "Is she in the database?"

Emma nodded, "She's only looking for something to calm him down. She's worried about him, she wants to know the truth but figures that it's easier to

just ask the computer." Daniel sat in a corner of sanctuary near the main computer area. He hadn't heard anyone come back from the mission that pulled all of them out, but after changing a few security codes, Daniel and Alexis had the run of sanctuary. Despite the codes blocking access, Alexis had been inside the system for hours learning about who she was, and what was happening. Daniel suspected that she was probably even going into their diaries if they were on the computer, but he decided that he didn't care. Everything was a lie, and the worst part, besides the fact that he was a killer, was that he had no idea who he really was. All he had were fake memories thrown inside his mind by Emma.

"Daniel, come look at this!" Daniel looked around for Alexis' voice and then stood up and walked to the computer systems. "How did I hear you back there?" "I put myself in the com system. Daniel, look at this." Alexis turned at him with bright eyes, colors that he had never seen had shown up and began to mix with others forming new shades. Daniel followed Alexis' glance and looked at the main computer screen. Daniel's mouth dropped as he saw a picture of himself, as well as test results done by Adam. "These were locked up in a really secure folder. I finally hacked in and thought you'd want to see this." "Alexis, this means that Emma was telling the truth. The radiation had caused my brain to go crazy."

Alexis nodded, "Emma really was trying to give you a better life." Alexis grabbed onto the table and caught Daniel's attention. "What's wrong," He asked. "I'm just a little dizzy. I've been in here for so long, I haven't rested in a while." Alexis looked at Daniel and her vision returned to normal. The computer systems locked themselves back up, without any indication that she had been in there searching, and then returned to a basic view of a wall. Daniel helped her to a chair and sat down across from her. "It still doesn't change that I did something horrible, I killed people." "Daniel, it wasn't your fault. You saw the results." "I still feel responsible Alexis."

Daniel looked around suspiciously and then looked at Alexis once again. "Why do you think that they would let us have free control over this place? This is their home." "They trust us or they're up to something," Alexis said. Daniel nodded, "But this isn't something you just do. I was a murderer, if my memories came back I could use their own computers to destroy this place. They would loose all of their technology. Something's up, do you know where they went?"

Alexis lifted her fingers off of the keyboard and sighed. "I know why they didn't want us to go with them, they went to get mom and dad." Daniel

thought for a moment, "Can you make it so we can see what they see?" Alexis sat down in a chair and thought deeply. When Daniel thought that she

had finally fallen asleep, she looked at him. "I could activate the Double Helix systems and see what they see. If they're not there, I can always punch my

way into the comlink signal. We wouldn't get a visual, but we'd be able to hear them." Daniel nodded, "Do you feel up to it?" Alexis nodded and let her

awareness sink into the computer system. It only took her a few seconds and she changed it with complete ease. "We're getting a picture...now."

The large wall monitor once again activated and showed an image of Shalimar attempting to fly the double helix. There was a large cut on her head and

bruises all over her. It looked as if she were starting to loose consciousness. "Alexis, can you set the ship to bring her here? She won't make it much

longer!" Alexis nodded and connected with the system. While she was working, she thought out loud. "Daniel, what do you think happened to the

others?" Daniel sighed and looked at Alexis. He was thankful she couldn't see his worried expression at the moment.

"I don't know. We'll ask Shalimar when she gets here." Alexis turned her head towards him, but her vision was still connected with the Double Helix controls. "She'll be here in about five minutes, she made it a long ways. Daniel put a hand to his head and then attempted to focus. "When she gets here, meet me in the lab. If we have to, we'll fix her up. We aren't doctors, but I know a little first aid. If it's really serious, we'll take her to the hospital."

*Strange things are about to happen. Are you ready for what's to come?*

**I hope you all liked this chapter, I tried to work hard on it for all of you, so please keep reviewing. I'll try to have the next chapter out on Tuesday.**