Well I'm back. My holiday was fabulous just in case any of you cared. And this is the next chapter. Its not very actioney but I'm getting to that. This is really just different characters thoughts and the next chapter will be about finding and helping Brennan and Jesse.
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'What can we do?' Adam asked.
Shalimar looked around her blindly. She had no idea what to do. She had been faced with these kind of situations a million times but had never had to work out everything by herself. It was like she was lost in the middle of this vast ocean and all around her was water and no matter how hard she looked she couldn't see anybody who could aid her in some way, anybody who could help her.
'Lexa, would you give us a minute?'
She nodded assent and walked out of the room. She wanted to help Shalimar find Brennan and Jesse. She wanted to be able to do something if only for purely selfish ends. She had finally found some people who could accept her and maybe, given enough time they could grow to be her friends. She had never had anybody who was willing to look out for her in her life. She had missed that kind of closeness without even realizing it. She didn't want to lose that now she was so close.
'Look, Adam, I really don't think that this is the right time to talk about our...'
'Shalimar,' he interrupted. She looked up at him and then sighed, allowing him the opportunity to talk.
'I'm sorry that I left you. I'm sorry that I left all of you. I was selfish, I thought that what I was doing was the right thing to do. I was wrong. I'm not asking you to forgive me, but right now, you are technically only a team of one.'
She felt the tears returning and closing her eyes felt them running streams down her face.
'Both myself and Lexa want to help you. After we get back Jesse and Brennan then you can face the issue of forgiving me or not, but right now, we don't have time for hostility.'
She brushed at the wetness of her face with the back of her hand and looked up at Adam.
'You think its the GSA?' she asked.
'I don't know. Eckhart's probably had a chance to recover from the explosion, get his company back on track.'
'So we check out any activity from the GSA in the past week. I wanna find out where they have been, what they've been doing and with whom,' she said decisively.
Adam nodded before turning and leaving the room. Shalimar sat down on the bed behind her, breathing deeply. She had done it. She had talked to Adam without wanting to rip his head off of his shoulders. Brennan and Jesse would be so proud. Now she just had to get them back so she could tell them.
***
'I don't know.'
'Come now Mr. Kilmartin. You are like a brother to Miss Fox. Surely you, of all people know where her father is hiding out.'
'Like I've been telling you, I haven't heard from him since the explosion at Naxcon and neither has Shalimar.'
Eckhart had been questioning him for fifteen minutes and Jesse still didn't know quite what Eckhart was talking about. As far as he knew Nicholas had either been killed in the explosion or he had run off, scared of the consequences of his actions. And Jesse honestly didn't care. He knew Shalimar was to some extent broken up about the loss of so many people from her life but Jesse blamed him and Eckhart for everything that had happened then and since. He couldn't, even for Shalimar's sake fake any kind of sympathy for Nicholas Fox's situation, and so far she hadn't asked him to.
'Are you sure?' Eckhart drawled. He was getting bored of questioning the freaks of Mutant X. It had seemed like such an exciting possibility, the tantalizing idea that if they didn't tell him what he wanted to know he could torture them. But it was quickly becoming clear to him that Kilmartin and Mulwray knew nothing. He hadn't been sure when he had captured them that they would. After all, Fox had screwed them over as much as anybody. And they had lost someone close to their hearts. He could still torture them though. It didn't have the same appeal but it might make him feel that little bit better.
***
Brennan's eyes flickered. His tongue swept over his chapped lips and he could taste the blood at the corner of his mouth. He had forgotten how painful a subdermal governor was when activated. He definitely hadn't missed that sensation. The pain would start off in his back and then shoot like lightning up and down until he couldn't think about anything, not even the agony. His ears were still buzzing and his vision still blurry but he was determined to get out of there. He had no idea where Jesse was but he was pretty sure that by now he would be in much the same state as Brennan.
He thought back to the conversation, if that was what it could be called that he had had with Eckhart. When Nicholas Fox had shown up out of the blue Brennan had seen Shalimar react in a way she had never done before. She was always ready for a fight, she always seemed to relish the moments when she got to really cut lose and kick ass. But she had repressed into herself. Shalimar had run away from her problems if only for a short while. He had never known her to do something like that and it had suprised him. Brennan knew that she had a vulnerable side but he had never known her to display it so obviously before. Shalimar had always been so confident, so outspoken but it was like she had run out of things to say when her father was mentioned. Brennan was not privy to any real details about her past. He knew how Adam had found her and he knew pretty much everything that had happened since that moment. But before that was a blank page, one that Shalimar had yet to make any impression on.
Brennan had no idea if Shalimar would have talked to Nicholas. He wouldn't have been suprised if Shalimar had refused to ever talk to her father again. But Brennan also wouldn't have been too shocked if she had already met up with him and had a coffee. She had missed out on a father for so many years that he wouldn't blame her for wanting to rekindle some kind of relationship.
He heard a faint shout behind him and turned to find the source. He saw the back of a chair and the sandy blonde head of Jesse over the top of it. Eckhart was standing in front of the chair and Brennan could see the remote control of the subdermal governor in his hand. Without even thinking about it Brennan drew a tesla coil into his hand and instantly felt the jolts of pain rush through his body. His hand fell limp and he leant back against his own chair, knowing that he was helpless.
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***
'What can we do?' Adam asked.
Shalimar looked around her blindly. She had no idea what to do. She had been faced with these kind of situations a million times but had never had to work out everything by herself. It was like she was lost in the middle of this vast ocean and all around her was water and no matter how hard she looked she couldn't see anybody who could aid her in some way, anybody who could help her.
'Lexa, would you give us a minute?'
She nodded assent and walked out of the room. She wanted to help Shalimar find Brennan and Jesse. She wanted to be able to do something if only for purely selfish ends. She had finally found some people who could accept her and maybe, given enough time they could grow to be her friends. She had never had anybody who was willing to look out for her in her life. She had missed that kind of closeness without even realizing it. She didn't want to lose that now she was so close.
'Look, Adam, I really don't think that this is the right time to talk about our...'
'Shalimar,' he interrupted. She looked up at him and then sighed, allowing him the opportunity to talk.
'I'm sorry that I left you. I'm sorry that I left all of you. I was selfish, I thought that what I was doing was the right thing to do. I was wrong. I'm not asking you to forgive me, but right now, you are technically only a team of one.'
She felt the tears returning and closing her eyes felt them running streams down her face.
'Both myself and Lexa want to help you. After we get back Jesse and Brennan then you can face the issue of forgiving me or not, but right now, we don't have time for hostility.'
She brushed at the wetness of her face with the back of her hand and looked up at Adam.
'You think its the GSA?' she asked.
'I don't know. Eckhart's probably had a chance to recover from the explosion, get his company back on track.'
'So we check out any activity from the GSA in the past week. I wanna find out where they have been, what they've been doing and with whom,' she said decisively.
Adam nodded before turning and leaving the room. Shalimar sat down on the bed behind her, breathing deeply. She had done it. She had talked to Adam without wanting to rip his head off of his shoulders. Brennan and Jesse would be so proud. Now she just had to get them back so she could tell them.
***
'I don't know.'
'Come now Mr. Kilmartin. You are like a brother to Miss Fox. Surely you, of all people know where her father is hiding out.'
'Like I've been telling you, I haven't heard from him since the explosion at Naxcon and neither has Shalimar.'
Eckhart had been questioning him for fifteen minutes and Jesse still didn't know quite what Eckhart was talking about. As far as he knew Nicholas had either been killed in the explosion or he had run off, scared of the consequences of his actions. And Jesse honestly didn't care. He knew Shalimar was to some extent broken up about the loss of so many people from her life but Jesse blamed him and Eckhart for everything that had happened then and since. He couldn't, even for Shalimar's sake fake any kind of sympathy for Nicholas Fox's situation, and so far she hadn't asked him to.
'Are you sure?' Eckhart drawled. He was getting bored of questioning the freaks of Mutant X. It had seemed like such an exciting possibility, the tantalizing idea that if they didn't tell him what he wanted to know he could torture them. But it was quickly becoming clear to him that Kilmartin and Mulwray knew nothing. He hadn't been sure when he had captured them that they would. After all, Fox had screwed them over as much as anybody. And they had lost someone close to their hearts. He could still torture them though. It didn't have the same appeal but it might make him feel that little bit better.
***
Brennan's eyes flickered. His tongue swept over his chapped lips and he could taste the blood at the corner of his mouth. He had forgotten how painful a subdermal governor was when activated. He definitely hadn't missed that sensation. The pain would start off in his back and then shoot like lightning up and down until he couldn't think about anything, not even the agony. His ears were still buzzing and his vision still blurry but he was determined to get out of there. He had no idea where Jesse was but he was pretty sure that by now he would be in much the same state as Brennan.
He thought back to the conversation, if that was what it could be called that he had had with Eckhart. When Nicholas Fox had shown up out of the blue Brennan had seen Shalimar react in a way she had never done before. She was always ready for a fight, she always seemed to relish the moments when she got to really cut lose and kick ass. But she had repressed into herself. Shalimar had run away from her problems if only for a short while. He had never known her to do something like that and it had suprised him. Brennan knew that she had a vulnerable side but he had never known her to display it so obviously before. Shalimar had always been so confident, so outspoken but it was like she had run out of things to say when her father was mentioned. Brennan was not privy to any real details about her past. He knew how Adam had found her and he knew pretty much everything that had happened since that moment. But before that was a blank page, one that Shalimar had yet to make any impression on.
Brennan had no idea if Shalimar would have talked to Nicholas. He wouldn't have been suprised if Shalimar had refused to ever talk to her father again. But Brennan also wouldn't have been too shocked if she had already met up with him and had a coffee. She had missed out on a father for so many years that he wouldn't blame her for wanting to rekindle some kind of relationship.
He heard a faint shout behind him and turned to find the source. He saw the back of a chair and the sandy blonde head of Jesse over the top of it. Eckhart was standing in front of the chair and Brennan could see the remote control of the subdermal governor in his hand. Without even thinking about it Brennan drew a tesla coil into his hand and instantly felt the jolts of pain rush through his body. His hand fell limp and he leant back against his own chair, knowing that he was helpless.