Hello everybody. Thanks as always for the reviews(broken record much?). Please keep them coming. This is the first half of the rescue attempt. I'm gonna finish it off in the next chapter.
Two requests: 1. Any suggestions for the ending... and 2. If anyone knows when Mutant X is back on tv in England could they let me know. I always manage to miss the first couple of episodes of every season and really don't wanna do that this time round.
Have a nice day.
***
The car door slammed and Lexa looked around her for any sign of life. Finding none she opened the back door of the car and grabbed her jacket. She locked the car and waited for instructions from above.
'Can you hear me?' came Shalimar's voice over the com-link. Adam had made her one for the mission and she had been duly honoured. It had actually been a pretty cool moment. Adam had presented it to her right before they left and she had slipped it on her finger and had even gotten a sincere smile from Shalimar. The beam of light that wrapped itself around the ring glowed for a split second and then it was gone, leaving behind her own individual markings.
'Yeah,' Lexa replied.
'Okay, you see the skyscraper.'
Lexa looked around her and saw the building. It was tall and imposing, just like any skyscraper should be but it seemed different, much more intimidating. But then traffic lights were intimidating her at that point. She didn't ever remember a time when she had been so freaked out and nervous.
'You need to walk towards it.'
'That's the building Genomex is in,' she said incredulously.
'No, Genomex is behind it. And when you get closer to the actual premises you might wanna be a little more subtle about the whole speaking into your finger thing.'
Lexa hadn't even realized she had been doing it. She wasn't too sure what to do about the whole com-link thing. She had no idea whether it was necessary for her to hold her finger up to her mouth or whether the sound would carry if her hand was down by her side.
As if knowing what she was thinking all over again Shalimar spoke. 'They are very receptive to sound. You could have your hand severed and stuck in a lead box and I would still be able to hear you.'
'Could we please not talk about severed hands, please?' Lexa grimaced at the thought. She started walking towards the skyscraper. Once she was past it she looked across the street to the next building. It was three storeys high, made completely of concrete with a couple of windows dotted here and there to make it fit in a little better.
'That's the one,' Shalimar said. She could see Lexa standing, staring at the building. She felt helpless in the Helix. She couldn't just land and wait for Lexa to get the others out. Her legs were tingling like she was getting over cramp but she wasn't, it was just restlessness. It was all so frustrating, simply being able to watch.
'Anytime...' she said quietly. She understood what Lexa was going through but the mission was not gonna get completed with her just standing there.
Lexa reached in her pocket for the ID card. Adam had replaced the picture with one of her just in case anybody inside wanted to check it out. She walked across the street and up to the front door. Through the glass she could see a long corridor leading off into the distance. There was no one around but she wasn't relying on that to be the case forever.
She lifted her arm and placed the card in the swipe machine. She slid it through and then, with a click the door opened in front of her. She walked through, wondering, not for the first or last time why she was doing this.
Shalimar took one last look at the building and turned the Helix round with a sigh.
***
Brennan hadn't seen anyone for atleast an hour. Or atleast he thought it had been an hour. He had lost all track of time, and everything seemed blurred into everything else. He wished he was a little more with it so he could try and think of some way of getting out of the solid metal chair he was trapped in. But his thoughts kept on straying. Mostly to Shalimar. He wondered how she was doing with just Adam and Lexa. He wasn't sorry to have left them together in the first place, Shalimar really needed to deal with...stuff. But even he had to admit that maybe it had been a little too long. She might have actually killed them by now. And that would probably not be the best way of trying to keep Mutant X on track.
He could picture her in his head; making her much needed cup of coffee in the morning, tapping away at a computer keyboard till late at night, sneaking off when she thought nobody was watching her in the early morning to prowl for a couple of hours before daylight. He had always known that she was amazing but he had never admitted it before to anyone. Atleast not in a genuine manner. He adored everything about Shalimar. The way she twisted her hair up on top of her head when she was trying to concentrate but always managed to miss a couple of strands which would hang down the back of her neck. He loved that when she was sparring she seemed to be listening to a song in her mind. It was like the beat was what kept her going, it gave her renewed energy when she was running down, which, granted hardly ever happened. He loved the way that her room was a complete mess and that she seemed incapable of being tidy but that whenever she woke up in the morning she always looked perfect. He had to admit, he was completely in love with Shalimar. He was pretty sure that Emma had guessed, she must have being a telempath. He wasn't quite so sure about Jesse and definitely had no clue about Adam. But then Adam had always been somewhat of a closed book for Brennan. He could never really figure him out. But he had never realized quite how much he relied on him until he hadn't been there any more. And then he had turned up one day with the new girl. At that point Brennan was finding it hard to remember her name. And her image was running into Emma's like watercolours on paper. He could no longer distinguish one from the other and with that his head dropped to his chest and he was out cold.
***
Jesse looked around him. As opposed to Brennan he was completely awake. It was not an advantage that he was very pleased with. He had been trying his restraints for half an hour with no success. He looked down at his wrists. They were rubbed red and spots of blood had appeared that were gradually absorbing into the sleeves of his top. His back and head were aching from the pressure of the subdermal governor. The pain had been so intense, so powerful and it had slowly become duller. He hadn't seen another soul for a while and was beginning to wonder if the GSA hadn't just left him there to starve and die that way.
At the sound of shoes clipping on the floor Jesse's head turned. He couldn't see anything but suddenly a figure came into view to the left of him. She looked scared and he instantly recognized her as Lexa, the woman that Adam had brought with him to Sanctuary. When he had first seen her he had thought she was extremely good looking. Her hair was dark and sleek and her eyes were a piercing blue. She had looked nervous then but now looked positively petrified. He knew it was probably the wrong time to think about that kind of thing but petrified wasn't a bad look for her.
The door slid open and she stepped forward, continuing to look around her just in case a whole army of GSAgents came rushing round the corner.
'You remember who I am?' she asked quietly.
'Yeah,' Jesse replied breathlessly. He hadn't realized before quite how badly his ribs had been hurt. The people that worked for Mason Eckhart had never been the most patient in the world and when they got bored of subdermal governors they would resort to punching him for a while. He had no idea which he preferred, both methods had taken their toll on his body.
Lexa stepped round to the back of the chair and pulled the levers which undid the clasps. Jesse slowly tested out his limbs, making sure that they were all still in working order. He saw Lexa watching him with concern and smiled to reassure her.
'We have to get Brennan out too,' she said.
He nodded and walked over to the wall. As soon as he had stood up he had recognized the head of Brennan over the top of the chair in the next room. He placed his hand against the glass and, with difficulty drew in a breath, phasing the wall in the process. He motioned for Lexa to walk through, having forgotten for a moment that she had never seen him use his abilities before. He followed.
***
Shalimar clicked her knuckles as she paced the length of the Helix. She couldn't seem to sit still for ten seconds at a time. She was restless, she wanted a part of the action and she was nervous. She wanted to see Brennan and Jesse's faces...preferably attached to their bodies.
She had landed exactly where Adam had told her to, on the roof of a multistorey parking lot. It was the building next to the Genomex site but she still felt too detached from the action. She wanted to be able to know everything that was going on inside there so she could control it somehow. She felt so completely useless just sitting around doing nothing to help. The fact that she hadn't heard anything from Lexa yet wasn't helping her feel more secure.
She sat down heavily and almost instantly got up again with a growl of frustration.
Two requests: 1. Any suggestions for the ending... and 2. If anyone knows when Mutant X is back on tv in England could they let me know. I always manage to miss the first couple of episodes of every season and really don't wanna do that this time round.
Have a nice day.
***
The car door slammed and Lexa looked around her for any sign of life. Finding none she opened the back door of the car and grabbed her jacket. She locked the car and waited for instructions from above.
'Can you hear me?' came Shalimar's voice over the com-link. Adam had made her one for the mission and she had been duly honoured. It had actually been a pretty cool moment. Adam had presented it to her right before they left and she had slipped it on her finger and had even gotten a sincere smile from Shalimar. The beam of light that wrapped itself around the ring glowed for a split second and then it was gone, leaving behind her own individual markings.
'Yeah,' Lexa replied.
'Okay, you see the skyscraper.'
Lexa looked around her and saw the building. It was tall and imposing, just like any skyscraper should be but it seemed different, much more intimidating. But then traffic lights were intimidating her at that point. She didn't ever remember a time when she had been so freaked out and nervous.
'You need to walk towards it.'
'That's the building Genomex is in,' she said incredulously.
'No, Genomex is behind it. And when you get closer to the actual premises you might wanna be a little more subtle about the whole speaking into your finger thing.'
Lexa hadn't even realized she had been doing it. She wasn't too sure what to do about the whole com-link thing. She had no idea whether it was necessary for her to hold her finger up to her mouth or whether the sound would carry if her hand was down by her side.
As if knowing what she was thinking all over again Shalimar spoke. 'They are very receptive to sound. You could have your hand severed and stuck in a lead box and I would still be able to hear you.'
'Could we please not talk about severed hands, please?' Lexa grimaced at the thought. She started walking towards the skyscraper. Once she was past it she looked across the street to the next building. It was three storeys high, made completely of concrete with a couple of windows dotted here and there to make it fit in a little better.
'That's the one,' Shalimar said. She could see Lexa standing, staring at the building. She felt helpless in the Helix. She couldn't just land and wait for Lexa to get the others out. Her legs were tingling like she was getting over cramp but she wasn't, it was just restlessness. It was all so frustrating, simply being able to watch.
'Anytime...' she said quietly. She understood what Lexa was going through but the mission was not gonna get completed with her just standing there.
Lexa reached in her pocket for the ID card. Adam had replaced the picture with one of her just in case anybody inside wanted to check it out. She walked across the street and up to the front door. Through the glass she could see a long corridor leading off into the distance. There was no one around but she wasn't relying on that to be the case forever.
She lifted her arm and placed the card in the swipe machine. She slid it through and then, with a click the door opened in front of her. She walked through, wondering, not for the first or last time why she was doing this.
Shalimar took one last look at the building and turned the Helix round with a sigh.
***
Brennan hadn't seen anyone for atleast an hour. Or atleast he thought it had been an hour. He had lost all track of time, and everything seemed blurred into everything else. He wished he was a little more with it so he could try and think of some way of getting out of the solid metal chair he was trapped in. But his thoughts kept on straying. Mostly to Shalimar. He wondered how she was doing with just Adam and Lexa. He wasn't sorry to have left them together in the first place, Shalimar really needed to deal with...stuff. But even he had to admit that maybe it had been a little too long. She might have actually killed them by now. And that would probably not be the best way of trying to keep Mutant X on track.
He could picture her in his head; making her much needed cup of coffee in the morning, tapping away at a computer keyboard till late at night, sneaking off when she thought nobody was watching her in the early morning to prowl for a couple of hours before daylight. He had always known that she was amazing but he had never admitted it before to anyone. Atleast not in a genuine manner. He adored everything about Shalimar. The way she twisted her hair up on top of her head when she was trying to concentrate but always managed to miss a couple of strands which would hang down the back of her neck. He loved that when she was sparring she seemed to be listening to a song in her mind. It was like the beat was what kept her going, it gave her renewed energy when she was running down, which, granted hardly ever happened. He loved the way that her room was a complete mess and that she seemed incapable of being tidy but that whenever she woke up in the morning she always looked perfect. He had to admit, he was completely in love with Shalimar. He was pretty sure that Emma had guessed, she must have being a telempath. He wasn't quite so sure about Jesse and definitely had no clue about Adam. But then Adam had always been somewhat of a closed book for Brennan. He could never really figure him out. But he had never realized quite how much he relied on him until he hadn't been there any more. And then he had turned up one day with the new girl. At that point Brennan was finding it hard to remember her name. And her image was running into Emma's like watercolours on paper. He could no longer distinguish one from the other and with that his head dropped to his chest and he was out cold.
***
Jesse looked around him. As opposed to Brennan he was completely awake. It was not an advantage that he was very pleased with. He had been trying his restraints for half an hour with no success. He looked down at his wrists. They were rubbed red and spots of blood had appeared that were gradually absorbing into the sleeves of his top. His back and head were aching from the pressure of the subdermal governor. The pain had been so intense, so powerful and it had slowly become duller. He hadn't seen another soul for a while and was beginning to wonder if the GSA hadn't just left him there to starve and die that way.
At the sound of shoes clipping on the floor Jesse's head turned. He couldn't see anything but suddenly a figure came into view to the left of him. She looked scared and he instantly recognized her as Lexa, the woman that Adam had brought with him to Sanctuary. When he had first seen her he had thought she was extremely good looking. Her hair was dark and sleek and her eyes were a piercing blue. She had looked nervous then but now looked positively petrified. He knew it was probably the wrong time to think about that kind of thing but petrified wasn't a bad look for her.
The door slid open and she stepped forward, continuing to look around her just in case a whole army of GSAgents came rushing round the corner.
'You remember who I am?' she asked quietly.
'Yeah,' Jesse replied breathlessly. He hadn't realized before quite how badly his ribs had been hurt. The people that worked for Mason Eckhart had never been the most patient in the world and when they got bored of subdermal governors they would resort to punching him for a while. He had no idea which he preferred, both methods had taken their toll on his body.
Lexa stepped round to the back of the chair and pulled the levers which undid the clasps. Jesse slowly tested out his limbs, making sure that they were all still in working order. He saw Lexa watching him with concern and smiled to reassure her.
'We have to get Brennan out too,' she said.
He nodded and walked over to the wall. As soon as he had stood up he had recognized the head of Brennan over the top of the chair in the next room. He placed his hand against the glass and, with difficulty drew in a breath, phasing the wall in the process. He motioned for Lexa to walk through, having forgotten for a moment that she had never seen him use his abilities before. He followed.
***
Shalimar clicked her knuckles as she paced the length of the Helix. She couldn't seem to sit still for ten seconds at a time. She was restless, she wanted a part of the action and she was nervous. She wanted to see Brennan and Jesse's faces...preferably attached to their bodies.
She had landed exactly where Adam had told her to, on the roof of a multistorey parking lot. It was the building next to the Genomex site but she still felt too detached from the action. She wanted to be able to know everything that was going on inside there so she could control it somehow. She felt so completely useless just sitting around doing nothing to help. The fact that she hadn't heard anything from Lexa yet wasn't helping her feel more secure.
She sat down heavily and almost instantly got up again with a growl of frustration.