I give you the escape chapter...finally. Its been a while coming but this is it...well not quite. I still have to actually get those crazy new mutants outta the building. Fun, fun, fun.
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Have a nice day.
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'Brennan,' Jesse tried again. He had been attempting to wake Brennan up for atleast five minutes and the amount of time they had left before they had to move was decreasing rapidly.
Lexa was keeping an eye out for any GSAgents but she was growing more nervous by the second. This was a whole new situation and she wasn't entirely sure how to deal with it. She felt more secure now that she knew that Jesse atleast would watch her back. But she just wanted to go back to Sanctuary. Being the reluctant hero wasn't her thing...she didn't want to be a hero, reluctant or otherwise.
Brennan's eyes shot open. He had been wrapped up in his own little world of blackness and had suddenly juddered to life with the aid of Jesse, who had resorted to shaking Brennan. He looked around him before remembering where he was and what he was doing there. He lifted up his arms to make certain that he really was free.
'You alright?' Jesse asked.
'Yeah,' Brennan replied slowly, still trying to make sure that he was.
'We have to get out of here,' Lexa said quietly as she walked away from the glass walls. 'There's five agents walking down the corridor towards us.'
***
Shalimar opened the door of the Helix after making sure that there was no one around. She looked up at the moon, still shining down on the world. She felt so much more alive at night, mostly due to her feline genes. It was like her body was in standby during the day; it could function perfectly well, and she could do exactly the same things she could do at night. The difference wasn't noticeable to anyone else, but she felt it. Her skin grew tingly and she became so much more restless. Like she had once told Brennan, she didn't quite know what was going on with her body or her mind but she couldn't just ignore it, she wouldn't.
But at that moment her feline genes were not helping her any. She wanted to hunt and fight. She wanted to stalk her prey and then leap onto it before it had a chance to react. She wanted to be able to relish the chase. She did not just want to be standing on a rooftop mere feet away from the action.
Shalimar walked towards the edge of the roof and leant her forearms against the railing. It was cold and it permeated through her leather jacket. She looked across at the building of the same height. She, at that moment more than any fully comprehended the meaning of the saying 'so near and yet so far'.
***
Adam looked at the screen in front of him. It had four different shots from four different security cameras in the Genomex complex. He had already set the loop and was feeding it to Genomex but on his monitors he could see what was really going on. Brennan had just stood up, Jesse was standing in front of him and Lexa had just walked closer to the pair. Adam looked across to one of the other shots as he sighed with relief, but the sigh was caught in his throat as he saw five agents walking towards the room. He raised the hand with his comlink towards his lips and was just about to start talking when he looked to the shot of Brennan's room and saw that all three had disappeared.
***
Lexa walked towards Brennan and Jesse and, lifting her arms to eye level worked her particular breed of magic. Her ability to manipulate light had always seemed pretty cool to her but in terms of new mutants there were others a lot more powerful than her. She figured that next to people like Brennan and Shalimar her abilities were a little superfluous. And now she was getting an opportunity to show off a little, to use her abilities for something other than shoplifting (out of necessity) and capturing other new mutants for Genomex, something she had never been comfortable with.
Jesse looked up as he saw the light flash around him. He could still see Lexa and Brennan and had no idea what she had done. He hadn't had time to check out her mutant ability and this was a whole new thing for him.
'Don't make a sound,' Lexa warned in a tone that was less than a whisper. She looked towards the door and saw the GSAgents walking through it. She knew as well as anyone that as soon as they saw that Brennan was gone the alarm would be sounded.
'They're predictable,' she whispered to Jesse as the Agents ran out of the room, tasers ready to fry anything that got in their way. He and Brennan smirked in reply as they started walking out of the room. Lexa kept up the shields and they managed to avoid two agents who came running down the hallway. It was a feat and a half trying to make sure that no one felt their presence, especially since there were three of them. Lexa was able to manipulate light to cover herself from the outside world but three, two of them taller and bigger than her was something she had never done before.
Their feet moved almost silently, Lexa's heels occasionally snapping against the polished floor, but amongst all the noise of the alarms and the shouts of the panicky agents it wasn't noticeable. The three moved quietly closer to one of the walls as an agent went careening past. But his foot had caught in amongst Lexa's and as he fell so did she. Her concentration lost she knew exactly what was coming. They had been caught.
***
Shalimar heard the alarms as soon as they went off. She had been standing on the edge of the building watching for any sign of Lexa with or without Brennan and Jesse but as soon as her signal came she lifted her leg up onto the railing and leaped.
She felt the air sweep through her hair and then the impact of the roof of the Genomex building. She bent her knees and felt it push through her body right up to the top of her head. She flicked her hair out of her eyes and walked towards the door into the building. Glancing around her she pulled open the door quietly and looked into the stairwell beyond. Overhead lights lit up the darkness and she stepped in, making sure to leave the door open in case it was their only way of escape.
She made her way down the stairs. The whining of the alarm got closer and louder as she moved further into the building. She reached the bottom of the concrete staircase and looked to either side. Seeing no one she stood, trying to focus herself on the scents and sounds. She had to try and locate the source of all the action and chaos because through finding that she was pretty sure she would find Brennan, Jesse and Lexa. She allowed her eyelids to close and breathed deeply, attempting to block out the wailing sound of the alarm. As she gradually faded it out she managed to focus more on the sound of shouts, scuffles. She opened her eyes as soon as she had determined where the noise was coming from and turned left.
***
Jesse looked up and saw a ring of agents, atleast ten of them standing around himself, Brennan and Lexa. He made a move but was instantly hit in the head. He felt the impact and closed his eyes trying to focus a little more on what they were all going to do to get out of there.
Brennan glared at the agents. Having seen what had happened to Jesse he stayed perfectly still, waiting, like a snake in the grass for the opportune moment at which to move. He didn't know when that would come but he really hoped it wouldn't be too long.
Lexa felt like such a failure. She had let the team down. And now she knew that if she didn't get killed in Genomex Shalimar would most certainly hunt her down and take her out. She didn't know which was more appealing but she would rather not find out.
Suddenly there was a flurry of movement outside of the circle. Two of the agents moved from where they had been standing. They turned to face in the opposite direction to the fallen group. Brennan sat up a little to try and get a better view of what was coming but before he could get high enough he was jabbed with a taser. He felt the electricity running through his nerve endings straight along his spinal chord to his brain. He let out a cry of pain and slumped a little lower to the floor, due to the pain and the sudden desire to not be in the firing line.
***
Hearing Brennan's cry Shalimar stepped forward and jammed her leg into the stomach of one of the agents facing her. She hadn't expected a welcoming committee but she was itching for a fight so it definitely wasn't a problem. She bent over to avoid a taser that came flying at her head and then flipped herself over backwards, hitting the second agent in the head with her foot. She landed lightly, gracefully and surveyed the damage in front of her. The first agent stood up ready to go again and she exchanged a few blows with him before sweeping him off his feet with her left leg. He landed hard and she winced at the smack his head made as it struck the floor.
She stood back and watched as the seven remaining agents turned from their prey and began to close around her.
Thanks for the reviews. Nice to know that some of you people are actually reading this stuff. Please continue to review (Brennan Mulwray...I have reviewed your story but not in the little box provided cos my computers being uber retarded...sorry bout that).
Have a nice day.
***
'Brennan,' Jesse tried again. He had been attempting to wake Brennan up for atleast five minutes and the amount of time they had left before they had to move was decreasing rapidly.
Lexa was keeping an eye out for any GSAgents but she was growing more nervous by the second. This was a whole new situation and she wasn't entirely sure how to deal with it. She felt more secure now that she knew that Jesse atleast would watch her back. But she just wanted to go back to Sanctuary. Being the reluctant hero wasn't her thing...she didn't want to be a hero, reluctant or otherwise.
Brennan's eyes shot open. He had been wrapped up in his own little world of blackness and had suddenly juddered to life with the aid of Jesse, who had resorted to shaking Brennan. He looked around him before remembering where he was and what he was doing there. He lifted up his arms to make certain that he really was free.
'You alright?' Jesse asked.
'Yeah,' Brennan replied slowly, still trying to make sure that he was.
'We have to get out of here,' Lexa said quietly as she walked away from the glass walls. 'There's five agents walking down the corridor towards us.'
***
Shalimar opened the door of the Helix after making sure that there was no one around. She looked up at the moon, still shining down on the world. She felt so much more alive at night, mostly due to her feline genes. It was like her body was in standby during the day; it could function perfectly well, and she could do exactly the same things she could do at night. The difference wasn't noticeable to anyone else, but she felt it. Her skin grew tingly and she became so much more restless. Like she had once told Brennan, she didn't quite know what was going on with her body or her mind but she couldn't just ignore it, she wouldn't.
But at that moment her feline genes were not helping her any. She wanted to hunt and fight. She wanted to stalk her prey and then leap onto it before it had a chance to react. She wanted to be able to relish the chase. She did not just want to be standing on a rooftop mere feet away from the action.
Shalimar walked towards the edge of the roof and leant her forearms against the railing. It was cold and it permeated through her leather jacket. She looked across at the building of the same height. She, at that moment more than any fully comprehended the meaning of the saying 'so near and yet so far'.
***
Adam looked at the screen in front of him. It had four different shots from four different security cameras in the Genomex complex. He had already set the loop and was feeding it to Genomex but on his monitors he could see what was really going on. Brennan had just stood up, Jesse was standing in front of him and Lexa had just walked closer to the pair. Adam looked across to one of the other shots as he sighed with relief, but the sigh was caught in his throat as he saw five agents walking towards the room. He raised the hand with his comlink towards his lips and was just about to start talking when he looked to the shot of Brennan's room and saw that all three had disappeared.
***
Lexa walked towards Brennan and Jesse and, lifting her arms to eye level worked her particular breed of magic. Her ability to manipulate light had always seemed pretty cool to her but in terms of new mutants there were others a lot more powerful than her. She figured that next to people like Brennan and Shalimar her abilities were a little superfluous. And now she was getting an opportunity to show off a little, to use her abilities for something other than shoplifting (out of necessity) and capturing other new mutants for Genomex, something she had never been comfortable with.
Jesse looked up as he saw the light flash around him. He could still see Lexa and Brennan and had no idea what she had done. He hadn't had time to check out her mutant ability and this was a whole new thing for him.
'Don't make a sound,' Lexa warned in a tone that was less than a whisper. She looked towards the door and saw the GSAgents walking through it. She knew as well as anyone that as soon as they saw that Brennan was gone the alarm would be sounded.
'They're predictable,' she whispered to Jesse as the Agents ran out of the room, tasers ready to fry anything that got in their way. He and Brennan smirked in reply as they started walking out of the room. Lexa kept up the shields and they managed to avoid two agents who came running down the hallway. It was a feat and a half trying to make sure that no one felt their presence, especially since there were three of them. Lexa was able to manipulate light to cover herself from the outside world but three, two of them taller and bigger than her was something she had never done before.
Their feet moved almost silently, Lexa's heels occasionally snapping against the polished floor, but amongst all the noise of the alarms and the shouts of the panicky agents it wasn't noticeable. The three moved quietly closer to one of the walls as an agent went careening past. But his foot had caught in amongst Lexa's and as he fell so did she. Her concentration lost she knew exactly what was coming. They had been caught.
***
Shalimar heard the alarms as soon as they went off. She had been standing on the edge of the building watching for any sign of Lexa with or without Brennan and Jesse but as soon as her signal came she lifted her leg up onto the railing and leaped.
She felt the air sweep through her hair and then the impact of the roof of the Genomex building. She bent her knees and felt it push through her body right up to the top of her head. She flicked her hair out of her eyes and walked towards the door into the building. Glancing around her she pulled open the door quietly and looked into the stairwell beyond. Overhead lights lit up the darkness and she stepped in, making sure to leave the door open in case it was their only way of escape.
She made her way down the stairs. The whining of the alarm got closer and louder as she moved further into the building. She reached the bottom of the concrete staircase and looked to either side. Seeing no one she stood, trying to focus herself on the scents and sounds. She had to try and locate the source of all the action and chaos because through finding that she was pretty sure she would find Brennan, Jesse and Lexa. She allowed her eyelids to close and breathed deeply, attempting to block out the wailing sound of the alarm. As she gradually faded it out she managed to focus more on the sound of shouts, scuffles. She opened her eyes as soon as she had determined where the noise was coming from and turned left.
***
Jesse looked up and saw a ring of agents, atleast ten of them standing around himself, Brennan and Lexa. He made a move but was instantly hit in the head. He felt the impact and closed his eyes trying to focus a little more on what they were all going to do to get out of there.
Brennan glared at the agents. Having seen what had happened to Jesse he stayed perfectly still, waiting, like a snake in the grass for the opportune moment at which to move. He didn't know when that would come but he really hoped it wouldn't be too long.
Lexa felt like such a failure. She had let the team down. And now she knew that if she didn't get killed in Genomex Shalimar would most certainly hunt her down and take her out. She didn't know which was more appealing but she would rather not find out.
Suddenly there was a flurry of movement outside of the circle. Two of the agents moved from where they had been standing. They turned to face in the opposite direction to the fallen group. Brennan sat up a little to try and get a better view of what was coming but before he could get high enough he was jabbed with a taser. He felt the electricity running through his nerve endings straight along his spinal chord to his brain. He let out a cry of pain and slumped a little lower to the floor, due to the pain and the sudden desire to not be in the firing line.
***
Hearing Brennan's cry Shalimar stepped forward and jammed her leg into the stomach of one of the agents facing her. She hadn't expected a welcoming committee but she was itching for a fight so it definitely wasn't a problem. She bent over to avoid a taser that came flying at her head and then flipped herself over backwards, hitting the second agent in the head with her foot. She landed lightly, gracefully and surveyed the damage in front of her. The first agent stood up ready to go again and she exchanged a few blows with him before sweeping him off his feet with her left leg. He landed hard and she winced at the smack his head made as it struck the floor.
She stood back and watched as the seven remaining agents turned from their prey and began to close around her.