Mason Eckhart sat in his comfortable Italian leather chair at his oak desk. "I've been thinking, Thorne. Maybe we're going about this the wrong way."
Thorne was confused. "What do you mean, Mr. Eckhart?"
Mason rubbed his forehead, below the stark white hair. "Well, after the unfortunate failure to capture and keep Mr. Mulwray and Ms. DeLauro . . . maybe we should start taking the younger children of Genomex."
"Pardon me?"
"Well, there are younger mutants, teenagers, children. We could promise them a home of comfort for their gifts, teenagers are so confused . . ." Mason settled on the idea. "Get me a list of a telepaths."
In Stormking Mountain***
Adam Kane was clicking away on the computer, he had just established a computer tracker, tracking all the moves on Genomex's computer. "Mmm . . ."
Shalimar Fox stood next to him. "What's up?"
"Well . . . someone is looking for a list for young telepaths."
"I wonder why?"
"I don't know . . . look! They just narrowed down the search to orphans, and the age of 13 to 14. Only one name came up . . ."
"What is that?" Shalimar asked.
"Carli Connors."
* * *In the Double Helix * * *
Jesse Kilmartin piloted the large plane into the sky. "All right . . . I'll land a block away from her house."
Shalimar nodded. "All right, Brennan, you ready?"
Brennan Mulwray nodded. "Of course . . ."
Shalimar and Brennan walked down the alley. "She lives here?"
"Yeah, her foster parents are the superintendents of that hotel." Jesse replied from the MX comm rings.
Shalimar heard glass breaking. "This is the place."
* * *Inside* * *
Two GSA agents dodged glass being thrown at them from the fourteen year old girl, she wore pants that were a little too big for her and a red tanktop.
"We're just trying to help!" one of the agents tried to convince.
"Oh . . . and why don't I believe you, huh?" Carli shouted as she threw a plate at them.
Shalimar and Brennan kicked open the door, Shalimar took an agent by his head and smashed it down onto her knee while Brennan's hands lit up with blue electricity and he shot it at the other, knocking him unconscious.
"Whoa! I gotta get me that!" Carli shouted, then she hopped off the counter where she got all the plates.
"It's all right, you're OK now."
"Let's see if you can say that when Ms. Lyons sees this mess!" Carli shouted. "Who were those guys?"
Shalimar stumbled.
"Shalimar, Brennan, take Carli to the Helix. We'll keep her there until the coast is clear," Adam's voice instructed.
Shalimar held out her hand. "Come on, you're coming with us."
Carli's eyes got skeptical. Then something made her nod. "OK."
Thorne was confused. "What do you mean, Mr. Eckhart?"
Mason rubbed his forehead, below the stark white hair. "Well, after the unfortunate failure to capture and keep Mr. Mulwray and Ms. DeLauro . . . maybe we should start taking the younger children of Genomex."
"Pardon me?"
"Well, there are younger mutants, teenagers, children. We could promise them a home of comfort for their gifts, teenagers are so confused . . ." Mason settled on the idea. "Get me a list of a telepaths."
In Stormking Mountain***
Adam Kane was clicking away on the computer, he had just established a computer tracker, tracking all the moves on Genomex's computer. "Mmm . . ."
Shalimar Fox stood next to him. "What's up?"
"Well . . . someone is looking for a list for young telepaths."
"I wonder why?"
"I don't know . . . look! They just narrowed down the search to orphans, and the age of 13 to 14. Only one name came up . . ."
"What is that?" Shalimar asked.
"Carli Connors."
* * *In the Double Helix * * *
Jesse Kilmartin piloted the large plane into the sky. "All right . . . I'll land a block away from her house."
Shalimar nodded. "All right, Brennan, you ready?"
Brennan Mulwray nodded. "Of course . . ."
Shalimar and Brennan walked down the alley. "She lives here?"
"Yeah, her foster parents are the superintendents of that hotel." Jesse replied from the MX comm rings.
Shalimar heard glass breaking. "This is the place."
* * *Inside* * *
Two GSA agents dodged glass being thrown at them from the fourteen year old girl, she wore pants that were a little too big for her and a red tanktop.
"We're just trying to help!" one of the agents tried to convince.
"Oh . . . and why don't I believe you, huh?" Carli shouted as she threw a plate at them.
Shalimar and Brennan kicked open the door, Shalimar took an agent by his head and smashed it down onto her knee while Brennan's hands lit up with blue electricity and he shot it at the other, knocking him unconscious.
"Whoa! I gotta get me that!" Carli shouted, then she hopped off the counter where she got all the plates.
"It's all right, you're OK now."
"Let's see if you can say that when Ms. Lyons sees this mess!" Carli shouted. "Who were those guys?"
Shalimar stumbled.
"Shalimar, Brennan, take Carli to the Helix. We'll keep her there until the coast is clear," Adam's voice instructed.
Shalimar held out her hand. "Come on, you're coming with us."
Carli's eyes got skeptical. Then something made her nod. "OK."