ONCE INSIDE
DISCLAMER: Mutant X.Don't own 'em.
"They kept me in sick ward that night, then released me into solitary for another day. After finishing my sentence, I was placed in lock up."
"And that's where we met." Jesse interjected. "Adam knew about you by then. Emma had told him about your situation and he did some digging into it -via Shalimar. Later, he proposed that we break you out and place you in the underground. Obviously, it didn't go that way."
Jesse had recognized the man from what Emma had told him, but Brennen only knew this was the guy who'd been part of the first day brawl. The blonde sat on his bed reading when they pulled Mulray into the cell. The taller man dropped on the opposite mattress, seeming to carry the world on his shoulders.
"What you in for?" The molecular asked.
"Fuck off."
"Whatever, dude."
Brennen took a long look at the blonde, his mind finally making the connection. "You're the guy from the fight."
"Yeah, "Jesse smirked in a way that made him look almost feral. "Jesse Kilmartin." Brennen finally took the man's hand.
"Brennen Mulray.sorry about that."
"It's forgotten." The men sat in silence for a while, paying attention to nothing when guards came by, dragging a DOA bag. Brennen walked to the bars, looking out. "That's the fourth in four days, so I've heard." Jesse replied.
"What happened?
The molecular gestured him over, adjusting to face him as he began. "The warden hosts illegal fighting every weekend. Big time people, government officials and shit, all of them come to bet on the fighters. You just saw how brutal it is."
"To the death." Brennen said as he sat back.
"They use illegally rounded up mutants as contenders. No ones gonna check for freaks, so they get away with it."
The elemental was plotting now, figuring possible ways of escape "How do you get in?"
"Solitary confinement. But you have to go in for some brutal shit. And those guys are never heard from again."
Brennen gestured towards the man inquisitively. "Are you.y'know, a mutant?"
"Are you?" ice blue eyes looked back at the elemental.
"If I was, what would you do?"
"Ask you to prove it."
Brennen leaned forward, his hand behind Jesse's book. A small charge buzzed in his fingers. The molecular's eyes lit up. "Well that qualifies."
Jesse sat back, and taking a breath, phased into air. Brennen's eyes grew wide as he reappeared. "It's called molecular reconfiguration. I can phase into air, or" His hand became a black mass lit with volcanic veins. "I can turn solid a thousand times over."
"How do you know what it's called?"
"My mentor taught me about my type of new mutancy. You could say he's an expert on the subject."
Brennen's eyes furrowed together. He leaned in to ask another question when two guards appeared, followed by the redhead-Emma.
"Mr. Kilmartin?" Brennen watched as the man's face softened and sat back as the blonde moved to the bars. They talked for several minutes. The elemental's question had already been answered.
Jesse moved back on his bed, seeing Brennen's face. "Yeah, I'm with them." He leaned in close to the man. "You want out of here, right?"
"Yeah."
"Then, tomorrow, in the yard. Follow my lead."
"That's it?"
"That's it."
"Where are we going?" he asked, stretching his long legs to the end of the bed.
"Nowhere special. Just Solitary."
"That was some serious shit." Jesse replied. "Emma had just told me the plan was to get you in so we could break you out and take down the ring."
"But you didn't bet on the drugs."
"Or us fighting each other. And we definitely didn't see you bailing."
Brennen swigged his beer, remembering the escape. "Yeah."
"And Jordan wanted to kill you! You nearly blew our cover, not to mention got her caught."
Brennen smiled again. "Nothing was gonna happen to her."
"Because you wouldn't let it, or unless you wanted it to?"
The elemental's grin was almost evil. "Both."
That day, in the yard, Brennen and Jesse sent nine inmates to intensive care, buying themselves one-way tickets to Solitary. The men were placed in separate cages and bid on like pieces of meat. It was later, when he was taken to a holding cell that Jordan came in.
"You injured?" She asked as he sat up from a groggy sleep. His prison blue uniform wrinkled.
"Nothin' I can't handle."
"Well, we have an audience right now." She whispered, examining his arm. "So, I won't be able to help you for a while. "
Brennen studied the woman as she tended to his bruises. It was then that he saw she had dreds. They were a silky blue-black and hung down her back in neatly slender coils. Then, there was the face. Her skin was gold, or amber, or something like that, he thought. The high cheekbones and slender lips set off a pair of dark eyes laced with curly lashes. Even the lips were a glossier shade of her tone. "Stare any harder, your eyes will fall out."
He would have grinned, but remembered they were being watched. "I know your name."
"I bet you do." She replied softly. "For a man who beats up a small gang, you barely have a scratch."
"What now?" He was trying to keep her there as long as possible.
"You'll fight tomorrow." She replied. "I'll try to come back tonight- see if you need anything. Just do what you have to."
"I think you're trying to see me." Brennen smirked as the woman sat back. She held out a needle, squirting out some liquid.
"Don't play." She grinned.
"I don't."
He watched as she stepped out of the room, leaving him in the confines of the small space. It was moments later that medics he didn't recognize came in. He stood only to be pushed down on the floor and injected with something. Brennen ravaged in pain before the shot took hold of his psyche. Anger swam to the surface.
"There's a phase I don't remember." He started. "I guess the drug took it out of me. When I start to pick up, we're in the ring together. I was still going in and out then. The full thing didn't get out of my system till after I escaped."
Still, Jesse was quiet- more so than he should have been. The elemental stared at him, knowing he had answers. "Jess, did I do something?"
"Yeah.you did."
It was around midnight when the molecular padded up his bed and phased out of his room. He had just made it around the corner when Jordan bumped into him.
"Are you alright?" she whispered, letting the blonde pull her to the side.
"Yeah. I got out earlier to see the ring. It was vicious!"
"Well," she whispered as they padded towards Brennen's room. "Hopefully, you two won't be in that long." Jesse grabbed her hand and phased through the wall, pulling her into the elemental's holding. He sat with his head lowered, violently rocking back and forth. Jordan moved towards him, exchanging glances with Jesse before doing so. "Brennen, what's wrong?"
"Get the fuck out."
" Brennen," Jesse replied. "We're just here to-"
"Fuck you, bitch!" He lunged at the molecular. Jesse phases momentarily, but it was a moment too long. When he came back, the elemental was over Jordan. "You piece of ass." He threw a punch at her, only to get smacked with a spinning kick. Jordan landed, moving below him to the other side of the room, her heart raced in her ears. Brennen's rage escalated as he wiped the blood from his temple. This time, he caught the woman by the throat and pulled her to him, slipping his tongue along the side of her face. "Fresh meat." Jordan kneed him in the stomach, only to be flung down on the cement in a dizzying impact. The elemental stood over her, electricity crackling in his knuckles and just reached for her when Jesse swatted him with a massed punch. The man fell momentarily, scurrying to them, just missing as Jesse phased them out into the hallway.
The molecular, while holding the heaving woman, watched as Brennen banged on the soundproof (and shatter proof) windows. Finally, he turned her to face him. "Are you alright?"
"I will be." she held the back of her injured head as her abilities kicked in, causing the stiffening pain to disappear. The once broken and bruised skin around her neck turned back to its original, flawless form. Jesse held her arm as she pulled back. "They drugged him, Jess. He's on something."
"You sure?"
"Yes.they may try to get you, too."
"Let me get back, then. Get to Emma, she should have an antidote to it by now." The molecular moved before turning back. "Are you sure you're okay?"
"Yeah," Jordan replied. Jesse could see the blood on her coat from where her back hit the floor, but all traces of injury were gone from her skin. It was as if she'd just put on damaged clothes. "Just go and be careful."
He watched as she moved down the hall. For Brennen's sake, he'd better hope They doped him up.
DISCLAMER: Mutant X.Don't own 'em.
"They kept me in sick ward that night, then released me into solitary for another day. After finishing my sentence, I was placed in lock up."
"And that's where we met." Jesse interjected. "Adam knew about you by then. Emma had told him about your situation and he did some digging into it -via Shalimar. Later, he proposed that we break you out and place you in the underground. Obviously, it didn't go that way."
Jesse had recognized the man from what Emma had told him, but Brennen only knew this was the guy who'd been part of the first day brawl. The blonde sat on his bed reading when they pulled Mulray into the cell. The taller man dropped on the opposite mattress, seeming to carry the world on his shoulders.
"What you in for?" The molecular asked.
"Fuck off."
"Whatever, dude."
Brennen took a long look at the blonde, his mind finally making the connection. "You're the guy from the fight."
"Yeah, "Jesse smirked in a way that made him look almost feral. "Jesse Kilmartin." Brennen finally took the man's hand.
"Brennen Mulray.sorry about that."
"It's forgotten." The men sat in silence for a while, paying attention to nothing when guards came by, dragging a DOA bag. Brennen walked to the bars, looking out. "That's the fourth in four days, so I've heard." Jesse replied.
"What happened?
The molecular gestured him over, adjusting to face him as he began. "The warden hosts illegal fighting every weekend. Big time people, government officials and shit, all of them come to bet on the fighters. You just saw how brutal it is."
"To the death." Brennen said as he sat back.
"They use illegally rounded up mutants as contenders. No ones gonna check for freaks, so they get away with it."
The elemental was plotting now, figuring possible ways of escape "How do you get in?"
"Solitary confinement. But you have to go in for some brutal shit. And those guys are never heard from again."
Brennen gestured towards the man inquisitively. "Are you.y'know, a mutant?"
"Are you?" ice blue eyes looked back at the elemental.
"If I was, what would you do?"
"Ask you to prove it."
Brennen leaned forward, his hand behind Jesse's book. A small charge buzzed in his fingers. The molecular's eyes lit up. "Well that qualifies."
Jesse sat back, and taking a breath, phased into air. Brennen's eyes grew wide as he reappeared. "It's called molecular reconfiguration. I can phase into air, or" His hand became a black mass lit with volcanic veins. "I can turn solid a thousand times over."
"How do you know what it's called?"
"My mentor taught me about my type of new mutancy. You could say he's an expert on the subject."
Brennen's eyes furrowed together. He leaned in to ask another question when two guards appeared, followed by the redhead-Emma.
"Mr. Kilmartin?" Brennen watched as the man's face softened and sat back as the blonde moved to the bars. They talked for several minutes. The elemental's question had already been answered.
Jesse moved back on his bed, seeing Brennen's face. "Yeah, I'm with them." He leaned in close to the man. "You want out of here, right?"
"Yeah."
"Then, tomorrow, in the yard. Follow my lead."
"That's it?"
"That's it."
"Where are we going?" he asked, stretching his long legs to the end of the bed.
"Nowhere special. Just Solitary."
"That was some serious shit." Jesse replied. "Emma had just told me the plan was to get you in so we could break you out and take down the ring."
"But you didn't bet on the drugs."
"Or us fighting each other. And we definitely didn't see you bailing."
Brennen swigged his beer, remembering the escape. "Yeah."
"And Jordan wanted to kill you! You nearly blew our cover, not to mention got her caught."
Brennen smiled again. "Nothing was gonna happen to her."
"Because you wouldn't let it, or unless you wanted it to?"
The elemental's grin was almost evil. "Both."
That day, in the yard, Brennen and Jesse sent nine inmates to intensive care, buying themselves one-way tickets to Solitary. The men were placed in separate cages and bid on like pieces of meat. It was later, when he was taken to a holding cell that Jordan came in.
"You injured?" She asked as he sat up from a groggy sleep. His prison blue uniform wrinkled.
"Nothin' I can't handle."
"Well, we have an audience right now." She whispered, examining his arm. "So, I won't be able to help you for a while. "
Brennen studied the woman as she tended to his bruises. It was then that he saw she had dreds. They were a silky blue-black and hung down her back in neatly slender coils. Then, there was the face. Her skin was gold, or amber, or something like that, he thought. The high cheekbones and slender lips set off a pair of dark eyes laced with curly lashes. Even the lips were a glossier shade of her tone. "Stare any harder, your eyes will fall out."
He would have grinned, but remembered they were being watched. "I know your name."
"I bet you do." She replied softly. "For a man who beats up a small gang, you barely have a scratch."
"What now?" He was trying to keep her there as long as possible.
"You'll fight tomorrow." She replied. "I'll try to come back tonight- see if you need anything. Just do what you have to."
"I think you're trying to see me." Brennen smirked as the woman sat back. She held out a needle, squirting out some liquid.
"Don't play." She grinned.
"I don't."
He watched as she stepped out of the room, leaving him in the confines of the small space. It was moments later that medics he didn't recognize came in. He stood only to be pushed down on the floor and injected with something. Brennen ravaged in pain before the shot took hold of his psyche. Anger swam to the surface.
"There's a phase I don't remember." He started. "I guess the drug took it out of me. When I start to pick up, we're in the ring together. I was still going in and out then. The full thing didn't get out of my system till after I escaped."
Still, Jesse was quiet- more so than he should have been. The elemental stared at him, knowing he had answers. "Jess, did I do something?"
"Yeah.you did."
It was around midnight when the molecular padded up his bed and phased out of his room. He had just made it around the corner when Jordan bumped into him.
"Are you alright?" she whispered, letting the blonde pull her to the side.
"Yeah. I got out earlier to see the ring. It was vicious!"
"Well," she whispered as they padded towards Brennen's room. "Hopefully, you two won't be in that long." Jesse grabbed her hand and phased through the wall, pulling her into the elemental's holding. He sat with his head lowered, violently rocking back and forth. Jordan moved towards him, exchanging glances with Jesse before doing so. "Brennen, what's wrong?"
"Get the fuck out."
" Brennen," Jesse replied. "We're just here to-"
"Fuck you, bitch!" He lunged at the molecular. Jesse phases momentarily, but it was a moment too long. When he came back, the elemental was over Jordan. "You piece of ass." He threw a punch at her, only to get smacked with a spinning kick. Jordan landed, moving below him to the other side of the room, her heart raced in her ears. Brennen's rage escalated as he wiped the blood from his temple. This time, he caught the woman by the throat and pulled her to him, slipping his tongue along the side of her face. "Fresh meat." Jordan kneed him in the stomach, only to be flung down on the cement in a dizzying impact. The elemental stood over her, electricity crackling in his knuckles and just reached for her when Jesse swatted him with a massed punch. The man fell momentarily, scurrying to them, just missing as Jesse phased them out into the hallway.
The molecular, while holding the heaving woman, watched as Brennen banged on the soundproof (and shatter proof) windows. Finally, he turned her to face him. "Are you alright?"
"I will be." she held the back of her injured head as her abilities kicked in, causing the stiffening pain to disappear. The once broken and bruised skin around her neck turned back to its original, flawless form. Jesse held her arm as she pulled back. "They drugged him, Jess. He's on something."
"You sure?"
"Yes.they may try to get you, too."
"Let me get back, then. Get to Emma, she should have an antidote to it by now." The molecular moved before turning back. "Are you sure you're okay?"
"Yeah," Jordan replied. Jesse could see the blood on her coat from where her back hit the floor, but all traces of injury were gone from her skin. It was as if she'd just put on damaged clothes. "Just go and be careful."
He watched as she moved down the hall. For Brennen's sake, he'd better hope They doped him up.