Disclaimer: I don't own Mutant X or the characters, I just like to write
about them.
WARNING: Extreme violence in this chapter may be offensive to some.
~*~* Chapter 4 *~*~
~*~* Sanctuary ~ 2:30 a.m.*~*~
Adam and Jesse weren't able to get a lock on the Mustang. They had set the computer on continual search and set it to signal if it had results. Adam knew they needed sleep to be able to function when they found Brennan. Emma had almost worn herself out. She had been trying to mentally connect with Brennan for three hours straight when Adam finally sent her to bed.
Shalimar watched as they all worked. She thought Brennan might have disengaged the Mustang's tracker, but she was increasingly upset that Emma was coming up empty. When Adam suggested they go to sleep she saw her chance to slip out unnoticed. After going to the computer in her room she keyed in the code to unlock the tracking program. Once the coordinates were locked, she copied them and intentionally left her program running. Eventually Adam would know she was gone and check her room. This would lead them to her for additional back-up, but would give Brennan the chance to defeat Jake on his own, with her as back-up. Sneaking out to the garage Shalimar jumped onto her bike and peeled out of her home.
~*~* Warehouse 3:30 am*~*~
Brennan woke up and tried to shake off the dizziness that had overtaken him. Crimson streams of blood dripped from his wrists from all his weight hanging on the ropes. He blinked a few times to try and clear his vision. Soon he realized where he was and remembered very well how he had gotten there. The door slammed open and Brennan's head snapped up to see Jake.
"Hey." He walked over and threw a bucket of ice water on Brennan, knowing it would weaken him, and then punched him in the face.
"What do you want?" Brennan asked as blood trickled from his lip.
"I told you what I want. Revenge." Jake picked up a small dagger and ran his finger gently over the blade's edge "I'm gonna make you regret ever knowing my sister." He ran the dagger swiftly over Brennan's chest, leaving a deep gash.
Brennan hissed in pain.
"Of course, I couldn't just kill you. No, that would be too easy." He stepped over to the table and wiped the blood off the dagger. "Ya know, when I was in your head I could hear all you're thoughts. That blonde beauty is pretty special to you, isn't she?"
"You lay a finger on her and I'll kill you!" Brennan snarled.
"You'll be too weak to do anything about it. That pretty little...feral, I believe she is, is all mine." Jake slipped the dagger back into its sheath. "She has no idea what I have in store for her. I'm going to beat her until she's too weak to even breathe and then I'm going to do the same to you."
"She's stronger than you think. She'll tear you apart."
"Oh, no she won't." Fire sprung into his hand. "She's terrified of fire and unlike you she's going to be in chains. I've seen too many ferals just pull their way out of ropes."
"Jake, if it's me you want, fine, but don't hurt her."
"She's going to scream and you're not going to be able to help her at all." He paused and frowned. "Just like I was left unable to help Megan, as she died in front of me. I'll leave you with those wonderful thoughts." He did just that, but not before giving Brennan one more punch to the face.
Shalimar had finally reached the place she was searching for. She jumped off of her bike and made her way over to the building. When she saw Brennan's Mustang she smiled, knowing she was in the right place. *Please, let him be ok,* she prayed. Not seeing or hearing anyone, she snuck in. Shalimar stood in the middle of the almost empty room. She could tell someone had been there recently, by the strong human scent in the air.
A moan reached her ears and she quickly headed toward it. Shalimar slipped down the stairs and found Brennan's beaten form tied to the wall. "Brennan!" She rushed over and cupped his bruised face in her hands. "Bren? Brennan, are you ok?" She asked as she inspected the purplish bruise on his face.
"Shalimar?" He was horrified.
"I'm here, calm down."
"No, Shalimar it's a trap. Get out of here, now!"
"What?"
"Go, please." He begged.
"Brennan, I'm not gonna leave you here."
"Ahh, and that is your mistake!" Someone said from behind.
Shalimar whipped around and tried to fight the fear as she saw a blazing flame in front of her. Jake smiled. "This is too easy." He blasted her with a psi-pulse and knocked her out. He took her to the opposite wall and chained her up.
"Jake, please don't hurt her." Brennan would beg if it meant saving Shalimar.
"I can't hurt her if I don't have a weapon, now can I?" He walked over and leaned against the table, just staring at Shalimar. "But I could always go get my whip."
Brennan's whole body went tense. He knew what Jake could do with that whip. He had seen him kill with it before. "Jake, no."
"Oh, but it will be so much fun." Jake turned and started to walk out.
"NO!" Brennan cried. "Jake, no!"
Jake stopped and turned around to look at Shalimar once more. "Then again, maybe I'll leave her unharmed for now. She looks like quite a treat. I think I'll go rest. I may need my strength." He laughed as he started out again.
"You touch her and I'll kill you! Do you hear me!?" Brennan yelled as he watched Jake's retreating form. He just stared at the closed door for a moment before turning his attention to Shalimar. "Shal? Shalimar look at me."
A soft moan escaped her lips but she never looked up. "Shalimar, he's gonna pay for ever laying a hand on you."
~*~* Sanctuary 7:00 am*~*~
Early the next morning everyone resumed the search. Emma was curious as to why Shal had not come down yet. She went to check her room and found it empty. Yelling for Adam, she tried to get a hit off Shalimar as he and Jesse ran to the top of the stairs. "Shalimar's gone!"
Adam walked into the room. "What?!"
"Her bed hasn't been slept in."
Jesse ran into her room. Adam sighed and shook his head. "Jesse, track her comm. ring, but keep the search for the car open."
As Jesse turned to leave the room, his eye caught sight of her computer screen. He noticed a program running and wondered why the screen saver didn't kick on. As he got closer he realized it was a tracking program with coordinates leading to a place in the waterfront area.
"Adam," Jesse called from inside the room. "You better come take a look at this."
Adam walked in and saw what was running. "She must have put her own tracker on Brennan somehow."
"And she left this on so we could find her," Emma added.
"It leads to the waterfront area. It'll take us about forty-five minutes to get there in the Helix."
Adam patted Jesse's shoulder. "Remind me to thank her...after I revoke clubbing privileges for a month. Now let's go."
~*~* Warehouse *~*~
Brennan had been wriggling his hands to try and get out of the ropes for what seemed like an eternity and he was still nowhere close to getting free.
Jake came back and walked straight over to a now fully conscience Shalimar. For a moment he just looked at her. "It's a shame I couldn't find my whip, I must have misplaced it. I would have liked to see how much she could take without screaming." He walked over to the table and picked up a fairly thick metal rod. "Now, what to do first? Do I beat your pretty little girlfriend here until she's dead..." He said as he stroked Shalimar's cheek. "...or should I just skip to beating you? Ah, hard decision."
"Don't you dare lay a hand on her." Brennan said sternly. Jake smiled and walked over to Brennan. He looked at him defiantly for a minute before swinging and hitting his ribs with the rod, twice. Shalimar flinched when she heard the man she loved cry out in pain, the rod obviously connecting with his bones.
He walked back to Shalimar and kissed her hard. She tried to pull away, but it was no use. "Ya know, not harming her wasn't really an option. I just wanted to make you squirm. But she is very beautiful, maybe I really shouldn't kill her just yet," he said, looking over his shoulder at Brennan.
Brennan narrowed his eyes daring him to even consider what he was thinking of.
Jake smiled and leaned down to kiss her neck. A shudder ran threw Shalimar's body when she felt Jake's breath against her neck and chest. He slipped his hands under her shirt and rubbed her sides as his kisses moved higher, up to her lips.
The minute Shalimar felt his lips on hers she opened her mouth and bit down hard on his lip. He let out a yell and smacked her across the face as he glared at her. "Feisty little kitten, aren't we?" He took a step back and hit her with the rod. Shalimar bit back a scream as pain shot through her body.
"Jake, get away from her!" Brennan growled, pulling against his restraints with renewed strength.
"Oh, what's the matter? Don't want to see her hurting?"
Brennan flinched when he heard Shalimar try as best as she could to bite back another scream. "She's tough, I wonder how much more she can take." He hit her again. Shalimar cried in pain as one of her ribs cracked. He smiled and hit her again, loving the sound when another one of her ribs broke.
"Your fight is with me not her!! Leave her alone!" Brennan shouted.
Jake stopped and started over to Brennan when his foot got caught on something. He looked down and smiled as he picked up his whip. "Here it is. Now we can really have some fun." Jake whipped Brennan about five times before walking over to Shalimar again. He took her chin and lifted it so she would look at him. "This is the man that loves you so much? He can't even protect you. Now, listen to me carefully darling. I'll stop, let you down and treat you like a queen if you promise to be mine, but if not I'll do what I please with you and then kill you. It's you're choice." He said as he gently stroked her cheek.
"Go die." She replied weakly, as she tried to pull away from his hand. He shrugged, stepped back and started to whip her, enjoying every scream that escaped her lips.
Brennan felt helpless as he listened to Shalimar's cries, just as Jake said he would. He pulled against the ropes, but all it did was hurt his wrists. "Jake, please, if you want me fine, but don't hurt her any more!" Brennan pleaded.
He stopped whipping Shalimar and turned toward Brennan. "Oh, I do want you. I want you dead, but first I'm going to cause you as much pain as you can imagine." He walked over to Brennan and got right in his face. "You are going to watch helplessly as I claim you girl here for my own. Then after that, you're going to listen to her scream as I beat her again and again until she's so weak she can't scream..." He chuckled a bit. "or breath for that matter." He took a few slow steps back and put his whip down, than walked over to a very weak Shalimar. "It's a pity really, that I have to kill her. She's so beautiful and loyal. Women like that are hard to find." He stroked her cheek and reached for the chains on her hands. "This should be fun." Shalimar whimpered as he let her down and laid her on the floor. Any movement right now, sent sharp pain flying through her entire body.
Jake wasted no time in tearing her already ripped shirt completely off her body. She struggled to get away from him, clawing at his arms and legs, but in her weakened state there wasn't much she could do. "Brennan!" She cried with all her strength.
"Jake, get off her!" Brennan struggled against the ropes and felt one side give a little.
Shalimar was left in her jeans and leopard print bra. Straddling over her, Jake let one hand fall to the button on her jeans and the other to the one on his as he started to undo them. Shalimar cried as she struggled even more when she felt the button on her jeans release. Tears filled her eyes and burned her scratched face as they fell. Jake yanked her jeans completely off and Shalimar was surprised but relieved that her underwear hadn't come off with them.
Jake leaned down slowly and kissed her. Reaching under her, he grabbed the clasp to her bra, but jumped and stopped when he heard something land on the roof. "Now who could that be?" He turned to Brennan and gave him a mischievous look. "I think your friends have come to play. Oh, now we're going to have a really good time." Jake picked up his metal rod and lifted Shalimar enough to hit her on the back of the head to knock her out. "Don't go anywhere, darling." He stepped back into a dark corner and waited. Soon he heard voices and then footsteps coming down the stairs.
~*~* Dum dum dum,,,hehe, evil people hiding in dark corners, I know, it's been done, but oh well. Please review! =D*~*~
WARNING: Extreme violence in this chapter may be offensive to some.
~*~* Chapter 4 *~*~
~*~* Sanctuary ~ 2:30 a.m.*~*~
Adam and Jesse weren't able to get a lock on the Mustang. They had set the computer on continual search and set it to signal if it had results. Adam knew they needed sleep to be able to function when they found Brennan. Emma had almost worn herself out. She had been trying to mentally connect with Brennan for three hours straight when Adam finally sent her to bed.
Shalimar watched as they all worked. She thought Brennan might have disengaged the Mustang's tracker, but she was increasingly upset that Emma was coming up empty. When Adam suggested they go to sleep she saw her chance to slip out unnoticed. After going to the computer in her room she keyed in the code to unlock the tracking program. Once the coordinates were locked, she copied them and intentionally left her program running. Eventually Adam would know she was gone and check her room. This would lead them to her for additional back-up, but would give Brennan the chance to defeat Jake on his own, with her as back-up. Sneaking out to the garage Shalimar jumped onto her bike and peeled out of her home.
~*~* Warehouse 3:30 am*~*~
Brennan woke up and tried to shake off the dizziness that had overtaken him. Crimson streams of blood dripped from his wrists from all his weight hanging on the ropes. He blinked a few times to try and clear his vision. Soon he realized where he was and remembered very well how he had gotten there. The door slammed open and Brennan's head snapped up to see Jake.
"Hey." He walked over and threw a bucket of ice water on Brennan, knowing it would weaken him, and then punched him in the face.
"What do you want?" Brennan asked as blood trickled from his lip.
"I told you what I want. Revenge." Jake picked up a small dagger and ran his finger gently over the blade's edge "I'm gonna make you regret ever knowing my sister." He ran the dagger swiftly over Brennan's chest, leaving a deep gash.
Brennan hissed in pain.
"Of course, I couldn't just kill you. No, that would be too easy." He stepped over to the table and wiped the blood off the dagger. "Ya know, when I was in your head I could hear all you're thoughts. That blonde beauty is pretty special to you, isn't she?"
"You lay a finger on her and I'll kill you!" Brennan snarled.
"You'll be too weak to do anything about it. That pretty little...feral, I believe she is, is all mine." Jake slipped the dagger back into its sheath. "She has no idea what I have in store for her. I'm going to beat her until she's too weak to even breathe and then I'm going to do the same to you."
"She's stronger than you think. She'll tear you apart."
"Oh, no she won't." Fire sprung into his hand. "She's terrified of fire and unlike you she's going to be in chains. I've seen too many ferals just pull their way out of ropes."
"Jake, if it's me you want, fine, but don't hurt her."
"She's going to scream and you're not going to be able to help her at all." He paused and frowned. "Just like I was left unable to help Megan, as she died in front of me. I'll leave you with those wonderful thoughts." He did just that, but not before giving Brennan one more punch to the face.
Shalimar had finally reached the place she was searching for. She jumped off of her bike and made her way over to the building. When she saw Brennan's Mustang she smiled, knowing she was in the right place. *Please, let him be ok,* she prayed. Not seeing or hearing anyone, she snuck in. Shalimar stood in the middle of the almost empty room. She could tell someone had been there recently, by the strong human scent in the air.
A moan reached her ears and she quickly headed toward it. Shalimar slipped down the stairs and found Brennan's beaten form tied to the wall. "Brennan!" She rushed over and cupped his bruised face in her hands. "Bren? Brennan, are you ok?" She asked as she inspected the purplish bruise on his face.
"Shalimar?" He was horrified.
"I'm here, calm down."
"No, Shalimar it's a trap. Get out of here, now!"
"What?"
"Go, please." He begged.
"Brennan, I'm not gonna leave you here."
"Ahh, and that is your mistake!" Someone said from behind.
Shalimar whipped around and tried to fight the fear as she saw a blazing flame in front of her. Jake smiled. "This is too easy." He blasted her with a psi-pulse and knocked her out. He took her to the opposite wall and chained her up.
"Jake, please don't hurt her." Brennan would beg if it meant saving Shalimar.
"I can't hurt her if I don't have a weapon, now can I?" He walked over and leaned against the table, just staring at Shalimar. "But I could always go get my whip."
Brennan's whole body went tense. He knew what Jake could do with that whip. He had seen him kill with it before. "Jake, no."
"Oh, but it will be so much fun." Jake turned and started to walk out.
"NO!" Brennan cried. "Jake, no!"
Jake stopped and turned around to look at Shalimar once more. "Then again, maybe I'll leave her unharmed for now. She looks like quite a treat. I think I'll go rest. I may need my strength." He laughed as he started out again.
"You touch her and I'll kill you! Do you hear me!?" Brennan yelled as he watched Jake's retreating form. He just stared at the closed door for a moment before turning his attention to Shalimar. "Shal? Shalimar look at me."
A soft moan escaped her lips but she never looked up. "Shalimar, he's gonna pay for ever laying a hand on you."
~*~* Sanctuary 7:00 am*~*~
Early the next morning everyone resumed the search. Emma was curious as to why Shal had not come down yet. She went to check her room and found it empty. Yelling for Adam, she tried to get a hit off Shalimar as he and Jesse ran to the top of the stairs. "Shalimar's gone!"
Adam walked into the room. "What?!"
"Her bed hasn't been slept in."
Jesse ran into her room. Adam sighed and shook his head. "Jesse, track her comm. ring, but keep the search for the car open."
As Jesse turned to leave the room, his eye caught sight of her computer screen. He noticed a program running and wondered why the screen saver didn't kick on. As he got closer he realized it was a tracking program with coordinates leading to a place in the waterfront area.
"Adam," Jesse called from inside the room. "You better come take a look at this."
Adam walked in and saw what was running. "She must have put her own tracker on Brennan somehow."
"And she left this on so we could find her," Emma added.
"It leads to the waterfront area. It'll take us about forty-five minutes to get there in the Helix."
Adam patted Jesse's shoulder. "Remind me to thank her...after I revoke clubbing privileges for a month. Now let's go."
~*~* Warehouse *~*~
Brennan had been wriggling his hands to try and get out of the ropes for what seemed like an eternity and he was still nowhere close to getting free.
Jake came back and walked straight over to a now fully conscience Shalimar. For a moment he just looked at her. "It's a shame I couldn't find my whip, I must have misplaced it. I would have liked to see how much she could take without screaming." He walked over to the table and picked up a fairly thick metal rod. "Now, what to do first? Do I beat your pretty little girlfriend here until she's dead..." He said as he stroked Shalimar's cheek. "...or should I just skip to beating you? Ah, hard decision."
"Don't you dare lay a hand on her." Brennan said sternly. Jake smiled and walked over to Brennan. He looked at him defiantly for a minute before swinging and hitting his ribs with the rod, twice. Shalimar flinched when she heard the man she loved cry out in pain, the rod obviously connecting with his bones.
He walked back to Shalimar and kissed her hard. She tried to pull away, but it was no use. "Ya know, not harming her wasn't really an option. I just wanted to make you squirm. But she is very beautiful, maybe I really shouldn't kill her just yet," he said, looking over his shoulder at Brennan.
Brennan narrowed his eyes daring him to even consider what he was thinking of.
Jake smiled and leaned down to kiss her neck. A shudder ran threw Shalimar's body when she felt Jake's breath against her neck and chest. He slipped his hands under her shirt and rubbed her sides as his kisses moved higher, up to her lips.
The minute Shalimar felt his lips on hers she opened her mouth and bit down hard on his lip. He let out a yell and smacked her across the face as he glared at her. "Feisty little kitten, aren't we?" He took a step back and hit her with the rod. Shalimar bit back a scream as pain shot through her body.
"Jake, get away from her!" Brennan growled, pulling against his restraints with renewed strength.
"Oh, what's the matter? Don't want to see her hurting?"
Brennan flinched when he heard Shalimar try as best as she could to bite back another scream. "She's tough, I wonder how much more she can take." He hit her again. Shalimar cried in pain as one of her ribs cracked. He smiled and hit her again, loving the sound when another one of her ribs broke.
"Your fight is with me not her!! Leave her alone!" Brennan shouted.
Jake stopped and started over to Brennan when his foot got caught on something. He looked down and smiled as he picked up his whip. "Here it is. Now we can really have some fun." Jake whipped Brennan about five times before walking over to Shalimar again. He took her chin and lifted it so she would look at him. "This is the man that loves you so much? He can't even protect you. Now, listen to me carefully darling. I'll stop, let you down and treat you like a queen if you promise to be mine, but if not I'll do what I please with you and then kill you. It's you're choice." He said as he gently stroked her cheek.
"Go die." She replied weakly, as she tried to pull away from his hand. He shrugged, stepped back and started to whip her, enjoying every scream that escaped her lips.
Brennan felt helpless as he listened to Shalimar's cries, just as Jake said he would. He pulled against the ropes, but all it did was hurt his wrists. "Jake, please, if you want me fine, but don't hurt her any more!" Brennan pleaded.
He stopped whipping Shalimar and turned toward Brennan. "Oh, I do want you. I want you dead, but first I'm going to cause you as much pain as you can imagine." He walked over to Brennan and got right in his face. "You are going to watch helplessly as I claim you girl here for my own. Then after that, you're going to listen to her scream as I beat her again and again until she's so weak she can't scream..." He chuckled a bit. "or breath for that matter." He took a few slow steps back and put his whip down, than walked over to a very weak Shalimar. "It's a pity really, that I have to kill her. She's so beautiful and loyal. Women like that are hard to find." He stroked her cheek and reached for the chains on her hands. "This should be fun." Shalimar whimpered as he let her down and laid her on the floor. Any movement right now, sent sharp pain flying through her entire body.
Jake wasted no time in tearing her already ripped shirt completely off her body. She struggled to get away from him, clawing at his arms and legs, but in her weakened state there wasn't much she could do. "Brennan!" She cried with all her strength.
"Jake, get off her!" Brennan struggled against the ropes and felt one side give a little.
Shalimar was left in her jeans and leopard print bra. Straddling over her, Jake let one hand fall to the button on her jeans and the other to the one on his as he started to undo them. Shalimar cried as she struggled even more when she felt the button on her jeans release. Tears filled her eyes and burned her scratched face as they fell. Jake yanked her jeans completely off and Shalimar was surprised but relieved that her underwear hadn't come off with them.
Jake leaned down slowly and kissed her. Reaching under her, he grabbed the clasp to her bra, but jumped and stopped when he heard something land on the roof. "Now who could that be?" He turned to Brennan and gave him a mischievous look. "I think your friends have come to play. Oh, now we're going to have a really good time." Jake picked up his metal rod and lifted Shalimar enough to hit her on the back of the head to knock her out. "Don't go anywhere, darling." He stepped back into a dark corner and waited. Soon he heard voices and then footsteps coming down the stairs.
~*~* Dum dum dum,,,hehe, evil people hiding in dark corners, I know, it's been done, but oh well. Please review! =D*~*~