I know its been so damn long for this update. I had exams, and then I had results, and then I had the whole self-pity thing cos I didn't do brilliantly. Took up a lot of my time.
Anyway a new chapter is here now. I hope you all enjoy it. I would hardly go so far as to call it one of my best, in fact I think its crap but if you want to review and let me know then I would be extremely grateful (and if you say its not crap I'll know that you're lying).
Thank you all for reading this bloody awful rubbish (I've only been drinking a little bit and all the best artists do anyway...).
Have a bloody wonderful day.
***
The car drew to a stop on the hard shoulder of the road and Jesse and Emma got out as quickly and quietly as they could. They had been checking the view of the mountain every couple of minutes and had been trying to decide where they should stop. For obvious reasons they didn't want to stop right outside the place where Shalimar and Brennan were being held. And then Emma had received a hit. They were close.
The sun was just disappearing over the edge of the trees behind them and it bathed the water in front of them with a golden light.
But Jesse and Emma had no time for such beautiful things. They walked forward and as they did the feelings of fear and anxiety and anger became stronger, more intense. Emma could feel it all building up inside of her until it threatened to spill over the top.
'They're here.'
'Where? I don't see anything.' He leant against the rock face that went along one side of the road and looked at Emma as she did the same. He edged around the rock to look through the trees and peered into them trying to locate anything that looked like the kind of place that two members of Mutant X would be held up in. But there was nothing.
He ducked back behind the rock and looked at Emma who had her eyes closed. She was casting around for a link. If she could get a hold of Shalimar or Brennan she could try and make them show her where exactly they were.
'Jesse, Emma,' came a voice as if out of nowhere. They both jumped before realizing that it was Adam over their comlinks.
'Yeah?' Jesse replied. Adam had followed the car in the Helix. The plan was that when Emma narrowed down the field Adam would scan it and if the building was under some sort of shield he would be able to detect it.
'I've been scanning around you guys and there's no forcefield. So I switched to the heat sensitive scanners. There's a pretty big area just beyond where you are that's a lot colder than the rest of the ground. I think the place is underground' Jesse and Emma exchanged glances. They were that bit closer to finding their teammates. 'There's a small structure just through the trees that is right over the building that we're looking for. That's probably your way in.'
'Okay, we're gonna go find it. If this place is half as secretive as we think it is then there's gonna be some kind of security system, probably cameras so we're going to be noticed before we get close.'
'I'm tapping into the security system but it might take a while. I could really do with you here Jesse.'
Jesse smiled and turned to look back at Emma. She shot him a look and he turned back again remorse on his face and a giggle in his throat. Keeping close to the floor they both edged out into the open.
***
Shalimar's eyes immediately glowed. Her muscles tensed and she was ready. If this woman wanted a fight then she was sure as hell gonna get one. Her legs bent and she lowered herself to the floor. Once there she placed the other her on the ground. She took an opportunity to look at her.
A part of her wanted to destroy the creation. It was the product of something that wasn't meant to exist. But then the other part of her reminded her that so was she. Genomex should never have existed and neither should she, atleast not the way she did. She felt a sense of pity for Shalimar 2. She would be confused if she woke up, she wouldn't understand what had happened, she would need to have it explained to her. The reasons for her being the way she was had never been explained to Shalimar until she had met Adam and become the founding member of Mutant X. She didn't want it to be the same for this new individual.
Her eyes looked up and found the red headed woman and then her legs straightened and she was standing, ready once again to fight.
Brennan knew there was no way he was going to be able to stop Shalimar from fighting Alison. The only sensible thing to do would be to get the kids out of there and then come back to get Shalimar out before she killed someone. He ushered them away from the blonde woman and back down the hallway. He didn't know anything about the building so it suprised him when he could picture the door, that was just a couple of corridors away. He didn't really care how he remembered this, it was probably from when he had been hypnotized, all he knew was he had to get the kids out of the building, to safety.
Shalimar heard the patter of feet disappearing down the hallway along with Brennan's slightly louder stomp. He would be back. But by then, she was confident there would be no situation.
Brennan rounded the corner and looked towards the exit door at the end. Four guards stood there, tasers at their sides and they started to walk towards Brennan the second they saw him. Clearly the whole building was on high alert.
Making sure that all the children were safely behind him he carefully placed the boy he had been holding in his arms on the floor. He still wasn't capable of standing and slid down the wall till he was sitting on the white linoleum. Brennan lifted up his arm and felt the surge of power move up it till it was in his hand. As is he was throwing a frisbee he drew his arm in and then released it out, towards the men. One of them flew backwards into the door and as he hit it it flew open with a loud boom which echoed around the halls. The other three hit the walls as they were lifted off the ground by the force of Brennan's blow and landed. They lay completely still and Brennan picked up the boy again and ushered the children through the door.
***
Adam had been trying to hack into the security system ever since he had located it but so far it was proving impossible. He may have been a genius but his skills were no where near as solid as Jesse's. He could see Jesse and Emma making their way towards the building and figured it was too late to do anything now. If they were going to be spotted it would have happened already. He steered the Helix towards a clearing in the woods and brought her down to land.
He opened up the door and walked out into the brightness of the setting sun. The world seemed so quiet, there were a couple of birds singing in the trees around him and he could hear the faint lapping of the waves against the shore.
When he had been looking for a location for Sanctuary all those years ago he had wanted something a little different. He was a fugitive, on the run from Genomex and Mason Eckhart. He had a list, stolen from Genomex of every new mutant that he had ever been involved with. That happened to include most of them, though he would later find out that there were more in other secret government locations across the country. He had needed somewhere that was secret, safe from Genomex and the rest of the world, just in case the news that there were new mutants ever broke and the new mutants in question had to run for cover.
Shalimar Fox had always been someone he wanted on his side as opposed to theirs. She was one of the most powerful ferals ever created and he knew that her powers and her skills would grow as she became older and more confident within herself. When he had first brought her back to Sanctuary she had loved it, as a building within its own right and for the security it represented. She had fitted right in and he knew then that Sanctuary was a permanent home for them both.
By this time Adam had made his way through the thickest of the trees. He pulled up short as he saw movement just ahead of him. People were appearing as if from the ground. Adam dodged their gaze behind a tree but instantly moved out from behind its cover as he heard a familiar voice.
'Adam,' Brennan called. He moved the children as quickly and quietly over to where Adam was standing as he could. He had to get them out before the guards woke up and so he could run back inside to help Shalimar, if she even needed it.
'Where are Jesse and Emma?' Brennan asked.
'They were trying to find a way in last time I heard from them.' Adam paused. He had completely forgotten that Brennan had been the one who had brought Shalimar to this place in the first place. He seemed like he was back to his old self but Adam couldn't be sure.
'I'm fine, I just wanna make sure that she is too,' Brennan said, seemingly knowing what Adam was thinking.
Adam nodded and took the boy out of Brennan's arms. The small group started moving away from the building and Adam looked back as Brennan disappeared into the ground.
Anyway a new chapter is here now. I hope you all enjoy it. I would hardly go so far as to call it one of my best, in fact I think its crap but if you want to review and let me know then I would be extremely grateful (and if you say its not crap I'll know that you're lying).
Thank you all for reading this bloody awful rubbish (I've only been drinking a little bit and all the best artists do anyway...).
Have a bloody wonderful day.
***
The car drew to a stop on the hard shoulder of the road and Jesse and Emma got out as quickly and quietly as they could. They had been checking the view of the mountain every couple of minutes and had been trying to decide where they should stop. For obvious reasons they didn't want to stop right outside the place where Shalimar and Brennan were being held. And then Emma had received a hit. They were close.
The sun was just disappearing over the edge of the trees behind them and it bathed the water in front of them with a golden light.
But Jesse and Emma had no time for such beautiful things. They walked forward and as they did the feelings of fear and anxiety and anger became stronger, more intense. Emma could feel it all building up inside of her until it threatened to spill over the top.
'They're here.'
'Where? I don't see anything.' He leant against the rock face that went along one side of the road and looked at Emma as she did the same. He edged around the rock to look through the trees and peered into them trying to locate anything that looked like the kind of place that two members of Mutant X would be held up in. But there was nothing.
He ducked back behind the rock and looked at Emma who had her eyes closed. She was casting around for a link. If she could get a hold of Shalimar or Brennan she could try and make them show her where exactly they were.
'Jesse, Emma,' came a voice as if out of nowhere. They both jumped before realizing that it was Adam over their comlinks.
'Yeah?' Jesse replied. Adam had followed the car in the Helix. The plan was that when Emma narrowed down the field Adam would scan it and if the building was under some sort of shield he would be able to detect it.
'I've been scanning around you guys and there's no forcefield. So I switched to the heat sensitive scanners. There's a pretty big area just beyond where you are that's a lot colder than the rest of the ground. I think the place is underground' Jesse and Emma exchanged glances. They were that bit closer to finding their teammates. 'There's a small structure just through the trees that is right over the building that we're looking for. That's probably your way in.'
'Okay, we're gonna go find it. If this place is half as secretive as we think it is then there's gonna be some kind of security system, probably cameras so we're going to be noticed before we get close.'
'I'm tapping into the security system but it might take a while. I could really do with you here Jesse.'
Jesse smiled and turned to look back at Emma. She shot him a look and he turned back again remorse on his face and a giggle in his throat. Keeping close to the floor they both edged out into the open.
***
Shalimar's eyes immediately glowed. Her muscles tensed and she was ready. If this woman wanted a fight then she was sure as hell gonna get one. Her legs bent and she lowered herself to the floor. Once there she placed the other her on the ground. She took an opportunity to look at her.
A part of her wanted to destroy the creation. It was the product of something that wasn't meant to exist. But then the other part of her reminded her that so was she. Genomex should never have existed and neither should she, atleast not the way she did. She felt a sense of pity for Shalimar 2. She would be confused if she woke up, she wouldn't understand what had happened, she would need to have it explained to her. The reasons for her being the way she was had never been explained to Shalimar until she had met Adam and become the founding member of Mutant X. She didn't want it to be the same for this new individual.
Her eyes looked up and found the red headed woman and then her legs straightened and she was standing, ready once again to fight.
Brennan knew there was no way he was going to be able to stop Shalimar from fighting Alison. The only sensible thing to do would be to get the kids out of there and then come back to get Shalimar out before she killed someone. He ushered them away from the blonde woman and back down the hallway. He didn't know anything about the building so it suprised him when he could picture the door, that was just a couple of corridors away. He didn't really care how he remembered this, it was probably from when he had been hypnotized, all he knew was he had to get the kids out of the building, to safety.
Shalimar heard the patter of feet disappearing down the hallway along with Brennan's slightly louder stomp. He would be back. But by then, she was confident there would be no situation.
Brennan rounded the corner and looked towards the exit door at the end. Four guards stood there, tasers at their sides and they started to walk towards Brennan the second they saw him. Clearly the whole building was on high alert.
Making sure that all the children were safely behind him he carefully placed the boy he had been holding in his arms on the floor. He still wasn't capable of standing and slid down the wall till he was sitting on the white linoleum. Brennan lifted up his arm and felt the surge of power move up it till it was in his hand. As is he was throwing a frisbee he drew his arm in and then released it out, towards the men. One of them flew backwards into the door and as he hit it it flew open with a loud boom which echoed around the halls. The other three hit the walls as they were lifted off the ground by the force of Brennan's blow and landed. They lay completely still and Brennan picked up the boy again and ushered the children through the door.
***
Adam had been trying to hack into the security system ever since he had located it but so far it was proving impossible. He may have been a genius but his skills were no where near as solid as Jesse's. He could see Jesse and Emma making their way towards the building and figured it was too late to do anything now. If they were going to be spotted it would have happened already. He steered the Helix towards a clearing in the woods and brought her down to land.
He opened up the door and walked out into the brightness of the setting sun. The world seemed so quiet, there were a couple of birds singing in the trees around him and he could hear the faint lapping of the waves against the shore.
When he had been looking for a location for Sanctuary all those years ago he had wanted something a little different. He was a fugitive, on the run from Genomex and Mason Eckhart. He had a list, stolen from Genomex of every new mutant that he had ever been involved with. That happened to include most of them, though he would later find out that there were more in other secret government locations across the country. He had needed somewhere that was secret, safe from Genomex and the rest of the world, just in case the news that there were new mutants ever broke and the new mutants in question had to run for cover.
Shalimar Fox had always been someone he wanted on his side as opposed to theirs. She was one of the most powerful ferals ever created and he knew that her powers and her skills would grow as she became older and more confident within herself. When he had first brought her back to Sanctuary she had loved it, as a building within its own right and for the security it represented. She had fitted right in and he knew then that Sanctuary was a permanent home for them both.
By this time Adam had made his way through the thickest of the trees. He pulled up short as he saw movement just ahead of him. People were appearing as if from the ground. Adam dodged their gaze behind a tree but instantly moved out from behind its cover as he heard a familiar voice.
'Adam,' Brennan called. He moved the children as quickly and quietly over to where Adam was standing as he could. He had to get them out before the guards woke up and so he could run back inside to help Shalimar, if she even needed it.
'Where are Jesse and Emma?' Brennan asked.
'They were trying to find a way in last time I heard from them.' Adam paused. He had completely forgotten that Brennan had been the one who had brought Shalimar to this place in the first place. He seemed like he was back to his old self but Adam couldn't be sure.
'I'm fine, I just wanna make sure that she is too,' Brennan said, seemingly knowing what Adam was thinking.
Adam nodded and took the boy out of Brennan's arms. The small group started moving away from the building and Adam looked back as Brennan disappeared into the ground.
