As always (and yeah, I know I say this everytime) please review. You can read beforehand if you really want...
I hope y'all like the new chapter. I would just like to point out that I do love getting suggestions. So thank you to Ace. Unfortunately I couldn't kill Shalimar. She plays a pivotal role and is also one of my favourite characters (the other one being Brennan without his shirt on...hell he does that so often I could hardly not). So she has a broken leg, some broken ribs and probably a really scratched and grazed and bruised face...I hope that makes you happy.
Anyways have a nice day.
***
Mac gasped and made to rush forward but Alex held her back. He wanted to help Shalimar too but there was no way the two of them could fight the eight or so new mutants and Gabriel without help. They had to find some way of letting the others know.
They continued to watch from their vantage point behind a couple of bushes as Gabriel who had heard the crash walked calmly into the building, closing the door behind him. The links held their positions, keeping an eye out for the rest of Mutant X to show up.
They waited a couple of minutes but Mac was getting restless and uneasy.
'We have to do something soon. Who knows what he's doing to her in their,' she whispered to Alex.
He looked at her and saw the worried look on her face. . He knew what she was talking about. He didn't know Gabriel personally but from the stories he had heard since being at Sanctuary...not meeting the guy personally was definitely a good thing. They had to get Shal and Sara, the reason they had come out of there as soon as possible.
'Use your telempathy.'
Mac's brow creased. She had never really had a handle on that power before and had never bothered to work at it. She had no idea how powerful she was and she didn't know how to use it and the consequences if she did were endless. What if it all went wrong and she killed a whole load of people? What if she caused small puppies to die?
'You can do it.' Alex had absolute confidence in his friend. He always had even when he didn't know that she had mutant abilities. She had been through a lot and had managed to come out a stronger person because of it.
'Kill small puppies?!' Mac asked, shocked.
Alex looked at her like she was insane.
'Sorry, imagining the worst possible situation if my telempathy goes wrong,'
This time Alex just looked confused.
'Not really the worst possible situation right?' she asked wryly.
Ignoring Alex's snickers Mac breathed deeply and then concentrated on the mind of one of the links. She closed her eyes and suddenly she was in. She looked around her and saw all of his emotions clearly set out in front of her. His fear of Gabriel, his belief that what he was doing was right, his insecurities about his abilities and himself in general. They were all there. And then there were his fears. He was scared of spiders. Mac inwardly laughed as she remembered what a big guy he was. But if it hadn't been for the desperation of the situation she didn't know if she would have been able to exploit and manipulate his emotions the way she did. Twisting someone's mind for her own purpose seemed so cruel but Shalimar's and Sara's lives were on the line. Time was a major factor.
Alex looked across at the biggest guy out of the three. He had started screaming for the other guys to get them off him. It was incredibly entertaining viewing and Alex had a hard time stifling the laughter that was bubbling up inside him. Mac also had a slight smile on his face. But they quickly got to work.
As soon as the two other guys had gone off to help their friend who had gone running off in the direction of a different warehouse Mac and Alex ran forward as silently and with as much speed as was possible.
***
Shalimar stirred slightly on the ground. She felt like her body had been snapped in half and then stamped on. She made to stand up but couldn't even move her arms to push herself off the floor. She stopped moving completely and listened. She knew that Gabriel would have found out about her falling escapades and wanted to have some warning of when exactly he was gonna start with the witty comments and the beating the crap out of her.
She screamed in agony when strong pressure was placed on her leg. She was guessing it had been broken in the fall. Which meant that she absolutely had to rely on the others. Without her leg she was pretty useless, especially against a guy like Gabriel.
'I knew you wanted me,' taunted Gabriel.
'Yeah, like I want a stomach ulcer,' she said through gritted teeth, the pain still coursing up and down her nerves. She breathed a sigh of relief when Gabriel lifted his foot off of her leg. He walked round to the front of Shalimar and grabbed her hands. He pulled her up onto her feet whereupon she instantly buckled. He grabbed her under her arms and pulled her closer to him but she pushed him away from her and only just managed to stand on her good leg. She glared at him through her hair.
'Hi Shalimar,' Gabriel said in the sweetest voice he could muster. He smirked at her. This was a big improvement from that stupid bitch he had been torturing earlier. Shalimar was so full of life and she had only been 30 seconds in his presence and already she hated him all over again. This was the life.
'Hi jackass,' Shalimar said in an equally sweet voice. She really, really did hate him.
***
As soon as Brennan heard the crash come from the warehouse he drew the familiar energy into his hand and released it straight at one of the new mutants, who had been standing guarding the building for a few minutes. It shot the guy straight back against the wall of the warehouse and, in the momentary chaos that followed Brennan, keeping low to the ground ran forward a couple of steps until he was behind a huge bin. He looked back at Jesse and nodded, signaling that he would cover him while he ran forward a little way.
He knew it had to be Shalimar, it had to be her who had fallen through the roof and now she was at the hands of Gabriel. Speed was of the essence. They had to get her out of there ASAP.
Jesse ran forward as Brennan skirted around the corner of the bin and shot off a couple of tesla coils. Two more of the new mutants went flying. The remaining two stopped trying to help their colleagues and ran for cover. As they went they pulled out pistols from holsters on their backs and started firing bullets at Jesse. He had been attempting to move forward and massed just in time for the bullets to hit something rock solid. They fell to the ground, useless.
Brennan shot off another tesla coil. It missed its target and the guards kept on running. But then they fell over onto the ground. Or atleast it looked like they had fallen over. Brennan and Jesse took it as their cue and ran forward. By that point the links had stood up and were just in time to receive a couple of quick kicks and punches to the head before they fell over again.
Jesse looked over to where Emma and Maia had been concealed but only Emma was there. She walked across to them and then pointed. Maia was strolling towards the group, a smile on her face.
'Those guys didn't fall, did they?' Jesse asked, smiling back at her.
'You proud?'
Before Jesse got a chance to reply to the question Brennan called them over. He was desperate to get into the building to help Shalimar. It had taken them too long to take out the five new mutants and God only knew what might have happened to her in the meantime.
All four started running as fast as they could as they heard a scream from the inside of the building. They reached the door at the same time as Mac and Alex. They all shared the same shocked, worried expression. They found the door was locked and Jesse phased it with his hand. They looked at each other in anxious expectation as they walked through, not sure what they would see.
I hope y'all like the new chapter. I would just like to point out that I do love getting suggestions. So thank you to Ace. Unfortunately I couldn't kill Shalimar. She plays a pivotal role and is also one of my favourite characters (the other one being Brennan without his shirt on...hell he does that so often I could hardly not). So she has a broken leg, some broken ribs and probably a really scratched and grazed and bruised face...I hope that makes you happy.
Anyways have a nice day.
***
Mac gasped and made to rush forward but Alex held her back. He wanted to help Shalimar too but there was no way the two of them could fight the eight or so new mutants and Gabriel without help. They had to find some way of letting the others know.
They continued to watch from their vantage point behind a couple of bushes as Gabriel who had heard the crash walked calmly into the building, closing the door behind him. The links held their positions, keeping an eye out for the rest of Mutant X to show up.
They waited a couple of minutes but Mac was getting restless and uneasy.
'We have to do something soon. Who knows what he's doing to her in their,' she whispered to Alex.
He looked at her and saw the worried look on her face. . He knew what she was talking about. He didn't know Gabriel personally but from the stories he had heard since being at Sanctuary...not meeting the guy personally was definitely a good thing. They had to get Shal and Sara, the reason they had come out of there as soon as possible.
'Use your telempathy.'
Mac's brow creased. She had never really had a handle on that power before and had never bothered to work at it. She had no idea how powerful she was and she didn't know how to use it and the consequences if she did were endless. What if it all went wrong and she killed a whole load of people? What if she caused small puppies to die?
'You can do it.' Alex had absolute confidence in his friend. He always had even when he didn't know that she had mutant abilities. She had been through a lot and had managed to come out a stronger person because of it.
'Kill small puppies?!' Mac asked, shocked.
Alex looked at her like she was insane.
'Sorry, imagining the worst possible situation if my telempathy goes wrong,'
This time Alex just looked confused.
'Not really the worst possible situation right?' she asked wryly.
Ignoring Alex's snickers Mac breathed deeply and then concentrated on the mind of one of the links. She closed her eyes and suddenly she was in. She looked around her and saw all of his emotions clearly set out in front of her. His fear of Gabriel, his belief that what he was doing was right, his insecurities about his abilities and himself in general. They were all there. And then there were his fears. He was scared of spiders. Mac inwardly laughed as she remembered what a big guy he was. But if it hadn't been for the desperation of the situation she didn't know if she would have been able to exploit and manipulate his emotions the way she did. Twisting someone's mind for her own purpose seemed so cruel but Shalimar's and Sara's lives were on the line. Time was a major factor.
Alex looked across at the biggest guy out of the three. He had started screaming for the other guys to get them off him. It was incredibly entertaining viewing and Alex had a hard time stifling the laughter that was bubbling up inside him. Mac also had a slight smile on his face. But they quickly got to work.
As soon as the two other guys had gone off to help their friend who had gone running off in the direction of a different warehouse Mac and Alex ran forward as silently and with as much speed as was possible.
***
Shalimar stirred slightly on the ground. She felt like her body had been snapped in half and then stamped on. She made to stand up but couldn't even move her arms to push herself off the floor. She stopped moving completely and listened. She knew that Gabriel would have found out about her falling escapades and wanted to have some warning of when exactly he was gonna start with the witty comments and the beating the crap out of her.
She screamed in agony when strong pressure was placed on her leg. She was guessing it had been broken in the fall. Which meant that she absolutely had to rely on the others. Without her leg she was pretty useless, especially against a guy like Gabriel.
'I knew you wanted me,' taunted Gabriel.
'Yeah, like I want a stomach ulcer,' she said through gritted teeth, the pain still coursing up and down her nerves. She breathed a sigh of relief when Gabriel lifted his foot off of her leg. He walked round to the front of Shalimar and grabbed her hands. He pulled her up onto her feet whereupon she instantly buckled. He grabbed her under her arms and pulled her closer to him but she pushed him away from her and only just managed to stand on her good leg. She glared at him through her hair.
'Hi Shalimar,' Gabriel said in the sweetest voice he could muster. He smirked at her. This was a big improvement from that stupid bitch he had been torturing earlier. Shalimar was so full of life and she had only been 30 seconds in his presence and already she hated him all over again. This was the life.
'Hi jackass,' Shalimar said in an equally sweet voice. She really, really did hate him.
***
As soon as Brennan heard the crash come from the warehouse he drew the familiar energy into his hand and released it straight at one of the new mutants, who had been standing guarding the building for a few minutes. It shot the guy straight back against the wall of the warehouse and, in the momentary chaos that followed Brennan, keeping low to the ground ran forward a couple of steps until he was behind a huge bin. He looked back at Jesse and nodded, signaling that he would cover him while he ran forward a little way.
He knew it had to be Shalimar, it had to be her who had fallen through the roof and now she was at the hands of Gabriel. Speed was of the essence. They had to get her out of there ASAP.
Jesse ran forward as Brennan skirted around the corner of the bin and shot off a couple of tesla coils. Two more of the new mutants went flying. The remaining two stopped trying to help their colleagues and ran for cover. As they went they pulled out pistols from holsters on their backs and started firing bullets at Jesse. He had been attempting to move forward and massed just in time for the bullets to hit something rock solid. They fell to the ground, useless.
Brennan shot off another tesla coil. It missed its target and the guards kept on running. But then they fell over onto the ground. Or atleast it looked like they had fallen over. Brennan and Jesse took it as their cue and ran forward. By that point the links had stood up and were just in time to receive a couple of quick kicks and punches to the head before they fell over again.
Jesse looked over to where Emma and Maia had been concealed but only Emma was there. She walked across to them and then pointed. Maia was strolling towards the group, a smile on her face.
'Those guys didn't fall, did they?' Jesse asked, smiling back at her.
'You proud?'
Before Jesse got a chance to reply to the question Brennan called them over. He was desperate to get into the building to help Shalimar. It had taken them too long to take out the five new mutants and God only knew what might have happened to her in the meantime.
All four started running as fast as they could as they heard a scream from the inside of the building. They reached the door at the same time as Mac and Alex. They all shared the same shocked, worried expression. They found the door was locked and Jesse phased it with his hand. They looked at each other in anxious expectation as they walked through, not sure what they would see.
