Chapter 2: Look Out Below!

Brennan felt trouble coming so he shouted "Gwen, get back!"

With a nod she was out of sight, but was close enough to watch the action. Seeing the motorcycle, the SUV came to a screeching halt a few yards passed them. The two Mutant X team members were ready for anything. Their adrenalin was pumping; they knew too often when picking up New Mutants danger was always somehow close behind.
Eight men got out of the car. In there approach, one man flashed light from his eyes revealing he was a feral, but he wasn't running the show. A much taller man emerged in front of the group. Brennan smacked Jesse in the shoulder and said "Be cool man".

Whispering Jess said "No problem, I'm ice"

The group approached, and the leader spoke in a very demanding tone "where's the girl?" He was not messing around.

Jesse, using the best Irish impressing he could, replied "what lass may ye be referrin' to?" Oh if only Jess knew how hard it was for Brennan not to bust up laughing on the spot!

"Don't toy with us. We know who you are, and why you are here so cut the crap! Now I won't ask you again! Where's the girl?"

Brennan looked at Jesse and Jess, staying in character, said "well these blokes can't seem to take a hint now, can they me old chum?"

Brennan looked at Jess hard and replied "'old chum' dude that's British" and in a fluid motion, hurled a jolt of electricity at the known feral, but he was too late. The agent caught sight of the sudden motion of Brennan's arm and leaped up avoiding the strike. In a flash Brennan and Jesse were doing what they were trained to do.

Brennan first blasted himself to the top of a large cluster of rocks east of the road. It caused the group after them to split up. Four agents made their way up the rock, stumbling over the difficult terrain as they made their way towards Brennan. Brennan, standing with his arms crossed, called down "Hey, you might want to try to clime up those rocks a bit slower if you don't want to get yourself hurt!" then with a smirk said "What am I saying? The moment you finally get your asses up here I'll knock you back down in the dirt where you belong!" His comment pissed the guys off causing them to scramble up even faster. Then one of the men slipped on the smooth rock, lost balance, and fell into a crevasse getting his leg wedged in-between. Leaving him there, the other three continued up. "See" Brennan yelled, enjoying him self "you should have listened to me!"

Meanwhile Jesse was having a fun bashing time with the two agents after him. Both were not as well trained as he was and therefore produced not much of a fight. However as soon as the feral decided to jump in, it evened out the playing field. This mutant some how was filled with anger as he kept coming after Jesse with solid blows. It was almost as if he hated him personally, though Jesse had never seen him before. His anger fueled his power resulting in Jesse receiving some major key hits.

While Brennan was in a small warfare with four of the agents, and Jesse getting beaten in the middle of the road, the commander of the force was standing off to the side scanning the terrain, looking for his target.

Brennan, as he fought off his opponents, was looking out into the night sky desperately searching for Emma and Shalimar with the Helix. He yelled into his comlink "you know Emma, now would be a good time to show up!"

"Were almost there" Emma said back with concern. "What's going on?"

"A car full of." Brennan had to pause to doge a fist to the gut. As he punched one guy down and shocked another, he was distracted by someone he had forgotten about; Gwen. He heard a loud screech near the cliffs edge where Gwen was hiding and stopped fighting. That pause was just long enough for the man behind him to forcefully turn Brennan around and kick him hard in the balls. Brennan, surprised, winced and collapsed to the ground in pain in which he was given immediately a punch to the face. On the ground, Brennan spun around and kicked the agent in the right leg. The agent yelled as he fell holding his leg in pain. He was the agent who had his leg caught between the rocks. He had managed to get himself free and had snuck up around Brennan. With two agents passed out, one rocking back and forth in pain and the fourth trying to make his way back up after being pushed down; Brennan stood up slowly. "A car full of agents Emma, and one feral" Brennan said out of breath.

"Give us two minutes" Shalimar called back "And save a few for me. After what I've been through today I need to do a little ass kicking."

"Sure thing Shal but right now I have to find our New Mutant!"

The scream Brennan heard came from Gwen. The leader who was on the prowl had finally caught sight of where she was hiding. As the agent ran towards her he kept tripping over up-rooted roots in the ground that he could swear were not there a minute ago. When he finally got to her he grabbed her by the wrist and neck and began pulling her to the car.

Brennan, using the boulders to his advantage, blasted off the rock creating a stronger force to knock his opponent below unconscious. Not having a complete control over that particular ability, Brennan missed the agent and with flailing arms crashed and rolled into the street. Lying there Brennan painfully lifted up his head and with a black eye, he saw the feral agent punched Jesse into the old wooden railing, and with it giving way from Jesse's weight, it collapsed sending Jesse over the edge!