(in the Double Helix)
"You know what I could really go for right now?" Said Emma.
"What?" Jesse asked.
"A Nanaimo bar," she replied, with a twinkle in her eye. "I haven't had one since I was a kid. Those things were delicious." She smiled, remembering the sweet taste.
"Ok.any particular reason you're having this craving now? On the way to a stakeout and all?"
"I don't know. Does it matter?"
"That depends. If it was a natural hunger triggered by something that sparked either your stomach or your memories of childhood, then no. If, however, it was do to one of the glands in your brain misfiring and sputtering nonsense into you, then you may be going crazy. And if you are in fact mentally unstable, I, personally, would like to know before we start this mission," Jesse finished, with a strong hint of sarcasm in his voice.
"Biologically, what you just said didn't make sense at all," Emma replied.
"Made more sense than you do!"
Emma rolled her eyes, and smacked the back of his head playfully.
"Ow! That hurt!" Jesse said, faking a hurt tone.
"Good!" She replied.
"Guys, if you want to stop flirting for a brief moment, I suggest getting ready. We'll land in a couple of minutes," Brennan called from the pilot's seat.
The four team members appeared out of thin air, with the Helix in stealth mode.
"Shal and Jess, you guys take the front. Emma and I will check out around back, and we'll regroup at the East side of the building." Brennan said. He pulled Shalimar aside just as they started heading off, and said "Remember, we're just *looking* for anything suspicious. Please don't go all kick-ass on these poor guys unless there's a good reason, ok?"
"No promises," she smiled, "but you be careful too, ok?" With that, she went to join Jesse.
"Ok Jess, you go first. I got your back," Shalimar told him, and stopped walking in order to let him get a few paces ahead. While waiting, she crept over to one of the windows in the old warehouse. It was covered with years of dirt and grime, and several bullet holes pierced through the top. "Charming neighbourhood," she mumbled.
Glancing back to Shalimar, Jesse continued going forward, keeping his eyes peeled for any sign of the missing new mutants. There was, however, no sign of them. Or of anything, for that matter. The abandoned warehouse looked like exactly that - an abandoned warehouse. Strange, Jesse thought.
Shalimar continued peering into the window, trying to make out anything distinguishable. She moved forward to the next window, keeping an eye on Jesse, who was about 30 paces in front of her. Looking inside again, she let her feral sight take over. Out of her peripheral vision, she saw a slight movement, inside the building but to her very left. She couldn't quite make out what she was seeing, so she went to the next window. What she saw made her heart skip a beat. On the other side, she could she a man aiming some type of weapon directly towards Emma and Brennan, whom she could see through a window on the other side of the building.
"Brennan, Emma, get down!" She yelled through her comlink. Jesse turned back to Shalimar, hearing her yell out, just as she took a few steps backwards, and then did a front flip into the building through the window, sending tiny pieces of shatter glass everywhere.
Shalimar landed hard on her feet. She started running towards Brennan and Emma's culprit, just as Jesse phased through the wall.
"Shalimar, Jesse, talk to me!" Brennan yelled through the comlink, while he and Emma ran to take cover behind a pile of crates.
Jesse was about to reply, when two agents appeared from behind him, with more showing up throughout the warehouse. "It's a trap!" He yelled in his comlink, while getting into a fighting stance to take on his attackers.
Shalimar sprinted over to the man by the window, just as he fired his weapon towards the crates. However, rather than a bullet shooting out, streams of electricity made a beeline from the gun.
"Emma, get down!" Brennan yelled. Without thinking, he shot his own electricity to meet them, which resulted in a slight outburst of energy similar to a lightening bolt forming. Luckily, the bolt did not reach the crates, or the people behind them.
"Well, that was different," Emma observed quietly.
After shooting the crates, the agent turned around to face Shalimar. She flipped over him towards the window, placing herself between him and her teammates, should he wish to fire again. As she landing, she was met with a dropkick, which she returned to him with one of her own.
As one of the agents ran towards Jesse, he phased out which resulted in him tumbling to the ground, just as another agent behind him ran into Jesse hard, as he had quickly changed from air to solid mass. The blow knocked the agent unconscious, and Jesse turned to the one behind him, just in time to land a kick to his head before he got up. Rendering him unconscious as well, Jesse started running towards Shalimar.
She attempting to punch the agent, but he caught her fist and spun her around towards the wall. Quickly, she ran up the wall, flipped over him, and landed a spine-crunching blow to his back, sending him painfully forward into the wall.
Just as she finished, Brennan and Emma rounded the corner into the building.
"What just happened? Are you two alright?" Emma asked, her voice laden with concern and confusion.
"We're fine. Just found ourselves a couple of agents, that's all," Jesse replied.
"Shal, you're hurt!" Brennan blurted out.
"What?" Shalimar then glanced to her throbbing shoulder. "Oh.I didn't even notice." There was a shard of glass embedded in her shoulder, with trails of blood streaming from it down her arm and torso.
"Should we try to remove it?" Jesse asked.
"No, leave it in. Let's get her back to sanctuary." Emma replied. She knew that all the blood couldn't bee coming from a slice of glass as small as that one appeared. That meant that it was in fact a rather large piece, with only the tip of it showing. This realization made Emma shudder, and she felt her stomach know with concern for her friend.
"Hey, don't worry. I'm fine," Shal said with a smile, noticing Emma's worried look.
They started heading out of the warehouse. Once they exited the door, however, they were faced with well over two-dozen agents. Since none of them carried weapons, however, it was obvious that these agents were new mutants. Offensive new mutants.
Seeing how greatly outnumbered they were, they turned around, only to be met with a dozen agents behind them as well, blocking any exit.
"Do yourselves a favour and don't bother trying to fight," said one of the agents, who seemed to be in charge. "It might turn in a somewhat - messy - situation."
Being severely outnumbered, in an unfamiliar environment, and with probably the best fighter of them all being currently injured, Brennan decided it was best to give in, at least for now.
"All right, take it easy," Brennan replied, gesturing with his hands raised a little that they would fight.
"Brennan?" Jesse was somewhat startled. "What are you doing?"
"It'll be-" Brennan stopped has he saw Shalimar waver slightly on her feet, and caught her just before she fell to the ground. "Shal?" He said gently, holding on to her head. Her eyes fluttered as she fought to keep conscious.
This was the distraction the agents needed. Quickly they stormed forward, taking the team and inserting sub dermal governors into the back of each of their necks.
"Now, hand me those nifty rings of yours," the agent ordered them, and one by one collected the comlinks.
A/N ( Thanx dudes for the reviews! =D
"You know what I could really go for right now?" Said Emma.
"What?" Jesse asked.
"A Nanaimo bar," she replied, with a twinkle in her eye. "I haven't had one since I was a kid. Those things were delicious." She smiled, remembering the sweet taste.
"Ok.any particular reason you're having this craving now? On the way to a stakeout and all?"
"I don't know. Does it matter?"
"That depends. If it was a natural hunger triggered by something that sparked either your stomach or your memories of childhood, then no. If, however, it was do to one of the glands in your brain misfiring and sputtering nonsense into you, then you may be going crazy. And if you are in fact mentally unstable, I, personally, would like to know before we start this mission," Jesse finished, with a strong hint of sarcasm in his voice.
"Biologically, what you just said didn't make sense at all," Emma replied.
"Made more sense than you do!"
Emma rolled her eyes, and smacked the back of his head playfully.
"Ow! That hurt!" Jesse said, faking a hurt tone.
"Good!" She replied.
"Guys, if you want to stop flirting for a brief moment, I suggest getting ready. We'll land in a couple of minutes," Brennan called from the pilot's seat.
The four team members appeared out of thin air, with the Helix in stealth mode.
"Shal and Jess, you guys take the front. Emma and I will check out around back, and we'll regroup at the East side of the building." Brennan said. He pulled Shalimar aside just as they started heading off, and said "Remember, we're just *looking* for anything suspicious. Please don't go all kick-ass on these poor guys unless there's a good reason, ok?"
"No promises," she smiled, "but you be careful too, ok?" With that, she went to join Jesse.
"Ok Jess, you go first. I got your back," Shalimar told him, and stopped walking in order to let him get a few paces ahead. While waiting, she crept over to one of the windows in the old warehouse. It was covered with years of dirt and grime, and several bullet holes pierced through the top. "Charming neighbourhood," she mumbled.
Glancing back to Shalimar, Jesse continued going forward, keeping his eyes peeled for any sign of the missing new mutants. There was, however, no sign of them. Or of anything, for that matter. The abandoned warehouse looked like exactly that - an abandoned warehouse. Strange, Jesse thought.
Shalimar continued peering into the window, trying to make out anything distinguishable. She moved forward to the next window, keeping an eye on Jesse, who was about 30 paces in front of her. Looking inside again, she let her feral sight take over. Out of her peripheral vision, she saw a slight movement, inside the building but to her very left. She couldn't quite make out what she was seeing, so she went to the next window. What she saw made her heart skip a beat. On the other side, she could she a man aiming some type of weapon directly towards Emma and Brennan, whom she could see through a window on the other side of the building.
"Brennan, Emma, get down!" She yelled through her comlink. Jesse turned back to Shalimar, hearing her yell out, just as she took a few steps backwards, and then did a front flip into the building through the window, sending tiny pieces of shatter glass everywhere.
Shalimar landed hard on her feet. She started running towards Brennan and Emma's culprit, just as Jesse phased through the wall.
"Shalimar, Jesse, talk to me!" Brennan yelled through the comlink, while he and Emma ran to take cover behind a pile of crates.
Jesse was about to reply, when two agents appeared from behind him, with more showing up throughout the warehouse. "It's a trap!" He yelled in his comlink, while getting into a fighting stance to take on his attackers.
Shalimar sprinted over to the man by the window, just as he fired his weapon towards the crates. However, rather than a bullet shooting out, streams of electricity made a beeline from the gun.
"Emma, get down!" Brennan yelled. Without thinking, he shot his own electricity to meet them, which resulted in a slight outburst of energy similar to a lightening bolt forming. Luckily, the bolt did not reach the crates, or the people behind them.
"Well, that was different," Emma observed quietly.
After shooting the crates, the agent turned around to face Shalimar. She flipped over him towards the window, placing herself between him and her teammates, should he wish to fire again. As she landing, she was met with a dropkick, which she returned to him with one of her own.
As one of the agents ran towards Jesse, he phased out which resulted in him tumbling to the ground, just as another agent behind him ran into Jesse hard, as he had quickly changed from air to solid mass. The blow knocked the agent unconscious, and Jesse turned to the one behind him, just in time to land a kick to his head before he got up. Rendering him unconscious as well, Jesse started running towards Shalimar.
She attempting to punch the agent, but he caught her fist and spun her around towards the wall. Quickly, she ran up the wall, flipped over him, and landed a spine-crunching blow to his back, sending him painfully forward into the wall.
Just as she finished, Brennan and Emma rounded the corner into the building.
"What just happened? Are you two alright?" Emma asked, her voice laden with concern and confusion.
"We're fine. Just found ourselves a couple of agents, that's all," Jesse replied.
"Shal, you're hurt!" Brennan blurted out.
"What?" Shalimar then glanced to her throbbing shoulder. "Oh.I didn't even notice." There was a shard of glass embedded in her shoulder, with trails of blood streaming from it down her arm and torso.
"Should we try to remove it?" Jesse asked.
"No, leave it in. Let's get her back to sanctuary." Emma replied. She knew that all the blood couldn't bee coming from a slice of glass as small as that one appeared. That meant that it was in fact a rather large piece, with only the tip of it showing. This realization made Emma shudder, and she felt her stomach know with concern for her friend.
"Hey, don't worry. I'm fine," Shal said with a smile, noticing Emma's worried look.
They started heading out of the warehouse. Once they exited the door, however, they were faced with well over two-dozen agents. Since none of them carried weapons, however, it was obvious that these agents were new mutants. Offensive new mutants.
Seeing how greatly outnumbered they were, they turned around, only to be met with a dozen agents behind them as well, blocking any exit.
"Do yourselves a favour and don't bother trying to fight," said one of the agents, who seemed to be in charge. "It might turn in a somewhat - messy - situation."
Being severely outnumbered, in an unfamiliar environment, and with probably the best fighter of them all being currently injured, Brennan decided it was best to give in, at least for now.
"All right, take it easy," Brennan replied, gesturing with his hands raised a little that they would fight.
"Brennan?" Jesse was somewhat startled. "What are you doing?"
"It'll be-" Brennan stopped has he saw Shalimar waver slightly on her feet, and caught her just before she fell to the ground. "Shal?" He said gently, holding on to her head. Her eyes fluttered as she fought to keep conscious.
This was the distraction the agents needed. Quickly they stormed forward, taking the team and inserting sub dermal governors into the back of each of their necks.
"Now, hand me those nifty rings of yours," the agent ordered them, and one by one collected the comlinks.
A/N ( Thanx dudes for the reviews! =D
