Author's note: Ok, since that last chapter was super short and this chapter is super short, I decided I would update quickly for ya!! Please review for me! I want to know if people are still enjoying my story! (Oh and thank you to Brigitta for the review! You see? You review, I update! Hehehe) Anyways, enjoy chapter five!
~Chapter Five~
Tina pulled out her keys and unlocked the door to her dingy downtown apartment. Night had fallen and she wanted to get inside before anyone saw her with Jesse. She smiled as she looked up at him standing like a statue at her side. It was definitely worth being chased around by all those people in suits and then poked and prodded by that dorky scientist. She had found her true love.
She heard the lock click and pushed the door open. She could hear the tv from the next room and swore quietly under her breath. That meant her roommate was home. A skinny blond girl poked her head through the door that adjoined onto the hallway, the blue flicker of the tv enhancing the sunken in look of her bony face.
"That you Tina?" Tina sighed
"Yes Mallory." Mallory stepped out into the hallway and put her hands on her hips
"Where have you been? I was stuck with cleaning up the place!" Tina looked around. There were clothes everywhere and a fine coat of dust covered all the furniture.
"Yeah," she said "Looks like you did a good job too" Mallory stalked up the hallway in a huff, ready to give Tina a piece of her mind when she caught sight of Jesse in the gloom of the entryway. She stopped and said
"Who is this?" Before Tina could reply Mallory switched on the lights in the hallway. She smiled when the light illuminated the muscular form, blond hair and bright blue eyes of Tina's guest, and suddenly she became the gracious host.
"Well Tina! You didn't tell me that we were having company!" She smiled sickly sweet at Jesse, whose face remained completely blank. Mallory moved forward to take his arm, but Tina growled and stepped in between them. She pushed her chubby face up to Mallory's emaciated one.
"Don't touch him." Mallory looked slightly taken aback but smiled despite the rage she saw in Tina's eyes.
"Now Tina," she said stepping back from her and attempting to get around her to Jesse. "Don't hog him all to yourself!" But before she could reach him Tina grabbed her thin arm and yanked her back to face her. She looked Mallory straight in the eyes and said,
"I'll so whatever I please with him."
Mallory's eyes widened in shock, and then slowly glazed over. Tina released her arm and she fell into a particularly large pile of clothes clogging up the hallway. Tina took Jesse's hand and led him around the immobile form into the tv room.
BACK AT SANCTUARY
Emma sat perfectly still. She tried to let herself be completely open, to catch anything that might tell them where Tina had taken Jesse. Ever since they had found Jesse's ring in the lab, Emma had been their only chance to find him. But she had been trying for the better part of the afternoon and evening and still had found nothing. Tina's mind was a lot more powerful then she had first expected, and she had put up some kind of mental block to protect herself from Emma. Jesse was a different story. Other then that first hit she got of him earlier in the afternoon, there was nothing. Just emptiness.
Shalimar angrily paced the floor in front of where Emma was sitting. She hated this. Being so angry, and not being able to do anything. Brennen watched her from where he was sitting.
"Shal, you have to calm down." She turned and gave him a fierce look.
"That little whore stole one of the only people that I love in this world, and you want me to CALM DOWN!?!" Brennen stood and went over to her.
"I know you're angry, but we're going to get him back," he put his hands on her shoulders and smiled at her "So save some of it for Tina, okay?" She smiled reluctantly at him and nodded her head. He wrapped her in a hug, which ended abruptly when Emma gasped and gave a small jump. In an Shalimar and Brennen were by her side, Brennen called out for Adam and then turned to Emma,
"What is it?" he asked anxiously
"Jesse?" Shalimar added, a gleam of hope in her eyes.
"No…." Emma murmured. Brennen and Shalimar looked at each other, their hope swiftly melting away. But Emma continued, "It was another victim of Tina's…I was able to get a good look at where she was before she was taken over." Shalimar gasped and jumped to her feet.
"Where! Show me where!!" Adam came running in
"You've found him?" Brennen also got to his feet and answered
"We think so!" Adam smiled
"Good, and not a moment to soon…I have something that I think will protect you from Tina's mind control." Shal looked at Brennen,
"Ready?" He nodded. And with that they left to go make their team whole again.
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HaHa ok, sorry for that kinda corny last line there…but hurray! They're going to get Jesse back! As you read this I'm already working on chapter six…so as soon as I get some reviews you'll find out what will happen to the evil Tina…but the longer I have to wait the longer you leave Jesse in her hands…lol! Just review, ok? And maybe I'll stop rambling…maybe…
