----Me again-hope everyone is enjoying the story so far; I hoped I'd be finished by now but my muse is sponsored my Satan who refuses to let this story come to a close. After today, it will be a while before I get to post again and I'm sorry we haven't met Britt yet. I'm still deciding on him and his baggage so I hope you guys will bear with me, the readers have been great so far. If anyone wants to contact me about possibilities of what Britt has been up to all these years, feel free; I think my email is up on here somewhere. Anyway, sorry this chapter sux, it would be better if I wasn't depressed about last night's Buffy the Vampire Slayer…sigh…hope you enjoy this next part.---brandywine421
"Each little mystery is safe in your heart
you've got to wonder, is moving on the best that you can do?"
-Seven Mary Three
Brennan didn't tell the others where they were headed; he simply entered the coordinates in the Helix's computer and settled into a passenger seat. If he hadn't felt so strange, he would have insisted on flying it himself, but he left that to Jesse this time. He is exhausted, but too stressed to fall asleep and let Rorie in his head again.
"Adam, there's something I've been meaning to ask you. Rorie wasn't a new mutant so how is she able to get into my head?" Brennan asks, breaking the silence.
"Well, she could be using a psionic as a pathway to you, which would explain why she doesn't disappear as soon as you wake up. If she was entering your mind using technology, the connection would be broken as soon as you woke up," Adam replies.
"Or it could be someone else portraying themselves as Rorie," Emma offers.
"Then it has to be someone that was in the compound. Someone that knows how much I hated Rorie…" Brennan thinks aloud.
"Bren, the Helix says we're nearing our destination. You want to take a look?" Jesse announces.
"Sure. I need to send him the signal to meet me," Brennan says.
"What's the signal?" Shalimar questions.
"An email from a certain account to another account. It's indirect and untraceable. He'll get the signal and will meet me at the location we agreed upon."
"You sure the location is still standing after 8 years?" Emma asks, smiling slightly.
"You'll see. We did consider that at the time," Brennan replies. He turns to the console and finishes sending his message. He realizes that his hands are shaking as he types. "Okay. All done."
"Shalimar, I want you to go down with Brennan. Jesse, Emma and I will wait in the Helix until you guys are ready to bring Britt in. Brennan, remember what I said. If anything feels strange…" Adam begins.
"Something feels strange, Adam…I can't stop shaking and I'm getting chills all of a sudden…can you check me out real quick?" Brennan interrupts, ignoring the concerned glances of his teammates.
Adam takes Brennan into the rear of the plane and checks his vitals. "You're running a fever, Brennan and your DNA is still very unstable."
"Can you stabilize me? Damn, Adam, as soon as we get Britt back to Sanctuary, I'll let you poke me and scan me all you want but…" Brennan starts.
"I know. Let me try something…" Adam says, turning and lowering his eyes to a box of chemicals. When he turns back holding a syringe, Brennan is shivering more violently. "This should stall the fever for a few hours, but I can't help with the chills. It should also help you hold control of the mutations for a little longer." Adam meets Brennan's eyes. "You'll feel like hell once it wears off, kid."
"I feel like hell now. Just do it," Brennan replies. Adam sighs as he slides the needle into Brennan's vein.
"You okay?" Adam questions when Brennan doesn't speak.
"Yeah, but that shit burns like hell…I can feel it running through me…" Brennan says, trembling.
"That'll pass. Now get up front and keep the others from worrying themselves to death about you," Adam replies.
Brennan nods. He shivers slightly as he picks his black duster from a stack of spare clothes in the back and pulls it on. He silently rejoins his teammates, glancing at the computer console in front of Jesse.
"Shalimar, I think it's a good time to get started. You ready?" Brennan asks.
"Always. Let's go," Shalimar replies.
"Be careful, guys." Jesse adds.
"We'll be back before you can miss us," Brennan says before dropping from the Helix to the ground. Shalimar follows him.
"Where are we?" Shalimar asks, glancing around at the many trees surrounding her.
"A park. A veteran's memorial park. Britt and I figured that no one would risk destroying it for office space or anything," Brennan replies.
"So who are we looking for? What does your brother look like?" Shalimar questions.
"He looks like me, I guess. Haven't really seen him in a while. Let's split up. Don't approach him if you spot him, Shal, I mean it," Brennan warns.
Shalimar nods, glancing at him. She realizes that he is paler than when he was on the Helix. "Bren, you okay?"
"Yeah…whatever Adam gave me to help the fever is just making me a little hazy…I'm fine. I promise, Shalimar," Brennan reassures, trying to get the worried expression off her face.
"Well, stay close regardless," She replies before bounding off to search.
Brennan starts to walk around the park, watching people walk their dogs and jog. He doesn't see anyone that looks like his brother.
"Brennan," Shalimar calls over the comlink in his ring.
"Yeah, Shal?"
"I think I see your brother."
tbc
