OK...so I lied... there's one more chapter coming... This one turned out
too long... and well... yeah... everybody argued for more print time so how
can I argue? (Let's face it... arguing with 2 elementals, a feral, 2
psionics, and a molecular is just not healthy) So yeah... the next one is
the last chapter I swear! By the way... Chisa, you should DEFINATELY
watch.... (evil grin) NEWay... you know the drill... Mutant X doesn't
belong to me. Though...I did have a dream where they did.... heh heh heh...
Oh sorry... on with the fic.... .................
Emma and I strapped Beth to a medical chair, careful to make each restraint tight. Adam booted up the medical programs. We'd need them to monitor both Emma and Beth's progress, once Emma began her attack. She laid down, excepting the patches I handed her. The tiny electrodes were placed carefully against her skin regulating her body functions. I painstakingly placed matching ones on Beth's chest connecting her to the medical computer as well. Finished, I went to Adam's side to help with the final programming.
"Everything ready?" Emma's voice was steady, belying the tension I knew she had to be feeling. Adam and I gave our assent. "Alright then. Ready or not, you creep. Here I come." With that, she closed her eyes. Outwardly there was no other sign of her battle. But I knew... I remembered what she'd be facing. I paced.
"When will the others be back?" I asked. Any subject was better than staring at the unmoving figures of my friends.
"Soon, I hope." Adam glanced at Emma, looking as tense as I felt. I looked at him, catching a fleeting thought projected to loud to ignore. Had he really said he... Some thoughts weren't meant to be heard. I glanced at him again. Some weren't even meant to be heard by the people who thought them. Adam sighed. "They wanted to check the last few places before they came back. Shal seemed to be on a trail." He checked Beth and Emma's vitals absently. "I hope they find the bastard."
I eyed him. "You, me, both." I checked my watch. Some thing was bugging me again.... and Emma was taking far too long. I decided to risk a glance in Emma's mind. Taking a breath, I eased in prepared for anything. Except what I found. Emma's mind was firmly tied to a power I remembered all too well. With eyes wide, I threw myself from the encroaching darkness just in time. "Holy shit!" I swayed, shock nearly sending me to my knees. Adam was at my side in an instant. "She's his... he's taking her..." I gasped at his concerned look.. I stumbled as I streaked to the computers. "Shit... Just like I thought." I pointed to the girls' vitals. "He's matching them. Right down to their heartbeats.." I slammed my fist against the table.
"But how is this happening?!" Adam was as frustrated and furious as I. "Emma's an empath! This shouldn't be happening!" He clenched and unclenched his fists, searching the screen for an answer.
"Because she's only an empath." I slammed myself down into the only medical chair left. "Damn it... I should have seen this coming. He's a dual talent, Adam." I began to hurriedly hook myself into the medical computer. "Emma mentioned it herself. She just didn't realize she'd need to be both to face him." I finished and faced him. "If my vitals start looking familiar..." I stopped, phrasing my statement. "Well, you'd better hope the others find him and come back... before we wake up." With that, I sank my mind into the fabric holding Emma and Beth's minds totally together. .........................................
So... what will the puppet master's world do to Cat? Who knows....
Emma and I strapped Beth to a medical chair, careful to make each restraint tight. Adam booted up the medical programs. We'd need them to monitor both Emma and Beth's progress, once Emma began her attack. She laid down, excepting the patches I handed her. The tiny electrodes were placed carefully against her skin regulating her body functions. I painstakingly placed matching ones on Beth's chest connecting her to the medical computer as well. Finished, I went to Adam's side to help with the final programming.
"Everything ready?" Emma's voice was steady, belying the tension I knew she had to be feeling. Adam and I gave our assent. "Alright then. Ready or not, you creep. Here I come." With that, she closed her eyes. Outwardly there was no other sign of her battle. But I knew... I remembered what she'd be facing. I paced.
"When will the others be back?" I asked. Any subject was better than staring at the unmoving figures of my friends.
"Soon, I hope." Adam glanced at Emma, looking as tense as I felt. I looked at him, catching a fleeting thought projected to loud to ignore. Had he really said he... Some thoughts weren't meant to be heard. I glanced at him again. Some weren't even meant to be heard by the people who thought them. Adam sighed. "They wanted to check the last few places before they came back. Shal seemed to be on a trail." He checked Beth and Emma's vitals absently. "I hope they find the bastard."
I eyed him. "You, me, both." I checked my watch. Some thing was bugging me again.... and Emma was taking far too long. I decided to risk a glance in Emma's mind. Taking a breath, I eased in prepared for anything. Except what I found. Emma's mind was firmly tied to a power I remembered all too well. With eyes wide, I threw myself from the encroaching darkness just in time. "Holy shit!" I swayed, shock nearly sending me to my knees. Adam was at my side in an instant. "She's his... he's taking her..." I gasped at his concerned look.. I stumbled as I streaked to the computers. "Shit... Just like I thought." I pointed to the girls' vitals. "He's matching them. Right down to their heartbeats.." I slammed my fist against the table.
"But how is this happening?!" Adam was as frustrated and furious as I. "Emma's an empath! This shouldn't be happening!" He clenched and unclenched his fists, searching the screen for an answer.
"Because she's only an empath." I slammed myself down into the only medical chair left. "Damn it... I should have seen this coming. He's a dual talent, Adam." I began to hurriedly hook myself into the medical computer. "Emma mentioned it herself. She just didn't realize she'd need to be both to face him." I finished and faced him. "If my vitals start looking familiar..." I stopped, phrasing my statement. "Well, you'd better hope the others find him and come back... before we wake up." With that, I sank my mind into the fabric holding Emma and Beth's minds totally together. .........................................
So... what will the puppet master's world do to Cat? Who knows....