The third installment is up. Thanks for all the reviews. And they were some really long ones this time round...I love those kind.
I'll try and get the next chapter up as soon as possible but my Christmas ball is tomorrow so I won't be able to do any writing on Friday due to the heinous hang over I'll probably have.
Have a nice day.
***
Jesse watched on the screen in front of him as the dot that represented Shalimar moved along the floor of the mall. She was moving fast and he sped up the Helix so he could get there in time to pick her up. He knew that she didn't want to have to fight out in the open. After the years of anonymity Mutant X had maintained it seemed a shame to stop now.
He looked out of the windscreen and saw in the distance the dim shape of the huge mall drawing nearer, growing larger. He descended so he could look for a parking space for the Helix.
'Adam,' he said into his comring. 'You got anywhere for me to park?'
'You're gonna have to land the Helix behind that hill.' Jesse squinted as he saw the hill Adam was referring to. It was at the back of the shopping centre. 'There's nothing behind there, just some fields,' Adams voice continued.
'Alright. You wanna let Shal know that she's gonna have to run up a hill before she can get out of here or should I?' Jesse asked.
'I'll let you have that particular honour,' Adam replied. He really didn't want to be the one who had to tell Shalimar that she was gonna have to run a little further.
***
Shalimar felt the blood pumping through her veins. She was getting tired but couldn't stop until she had found a secluded area of the mall in which to beat the crap out of the GSAgents who were still, despite her best efforts on her tail or until she found the Helix. She glanced over her shoulder and saw the guy she had slammed into racing after her and the agents. Her brow furrowed but she carried on running.
She looked to her right and saw the bathrooms. She made a quick turn and slammed open the door. She knew the agents would have no qualms about going into the ladies room but she atleast hoped that there was no one in there to see her. She looked around her and saw a mother and her daughter. The little girl was washing her hands, her mother waiting for her to finish. She looked up as Shalimar entered the room.
'You have to leave,' Shalimar said loudly, hoping that if there was anyone in one of the cubicles they would hear her warning too.
'What?' the woman asked, confusion and indignation emanating from her.
'Get out, now!' Shalimar replied a little more firmly. Patience never had been one of her virtues.
'Come on sweetie, dry your hands quickly,' the woman said to her daughter. The little girl looked at Shalimar with large brown eyes, her stare penetrating in a way that only children could be.
Shalimar looked across at the door as it smashed against the wall, the plaster of the wall cracking on contact. The two GSAgents ran in but stopped as soon as they saw that there was more than one person in the room. Shalimar smirked as she realised the kind of surreal world she had just entered. It was like a standoff, neither the agents nor her wanting to move. They both knew the consequences of attacking each other in public.
The woman, scared for herself and her child hurried out of the room.
Both Shalimar and the agents stared at the door until it closed and then everything sped up. Shalimar kicked at the first agent and followed it up with a punch to the jaw. She jumped onto the counter around the washbasins and jumped again as the second agent pulled out a taser and swung it at her feet. She jumped to the ground and dropped to a crouched position, swinging her leg round to take the agents legs from beneath him. He landed on top of the fallen first agent and lay there, unmoving.
Shalimar reached into her pocket and pulled out a tube of lipgloss. She leant one hand on the counter and swept the stick over her lips. She stuck the tube back into her pocket and stepped over the two agents to reach the door. She pulled it open and walked out into the mall.
Brennan looked up as he saw the woman exit the bathroom. He had fallen behind in the chase, had lost the group and had been looking for them, wanting to help.
He watched as the blonde walked in the opposite direction to him, towards one of the many exits. He strode across to the bathroom and swung the door open gently, wondering where the guys he had been following were. He practically tripped over them as he walked into the room. Brennan looked around him, surveying the damage, mouth and eyes wide.
***
Shalimar walked out into the cool air. After the excitement of that morning she was hot under her leather jacket and she slid it off. She felt the light breeze hit her skin and she brushed away the strands of hair that had been whipped across her face. She looked around her for any sign of Jesse or the Helix but all she could see were cars, stretching in front of her. She folded her jacket over her arm and started walking forwards into the field of vehicles.
'Shalimar,' came Jesse's voice over her comlink.
'Yeah?'
'You see the big hill in front of you?'
'Yeah,' Shalimar replied cautiously.
'Well, if you walk over it you'll see me.'
'Jesse, why the hell did you park the Helix miles away from where I actually am? Are you in some way mentally deficient?'
'Just walk over the damn hill,' he said before cutting the connection. He knew she was pissed but she could vent her anger when she reached him.
Shalimar sighed. She had not only had to run from two GSAgents who wanted to kill her but now she had to walk to her ride. And the worst part was she could see her car from where she was standing. She gazed at it longingly. She definitely didn't want to lose the vehicle but chances were that the agents had been a distraction and somebody had been screwing around with her car in the meantime. She was not risking her life for a car, no matter how much she didn't want to walk.
'Hey.'
She spun around and saw the tall, dark, handsome guy she had slammed into jogging towards her. She breathed deeply, reminding herself not to jump on him as soon as he got close.
'Hey,' he repeated.
'You said that already,' she replied, a smirk drifting across her face. Her mind, having successfully gotten over the idea that this guy standing in front of her was gorgeous had now moved on to how much he knew about what had happened. She hadn't seen him as she had come out of the bathrooms but that didn't mean he hadn't put two and two together. She knew Adam would be pissed at her. He was always enforcing the idea that anonymity was the best defense, and she knew he was right but things weren't always that simple.
'Not meaning to be rude but what do you want?' she asked. She didn't want to blow the guy off, it was the furthest thing from her mind but she was pretty sure that where two GSAgents were there would be more and the guys in the bathroom weren't gonna stay unconscious forever.
Brennan wasn't quite sure what to say. He didn't want to just come out with what was really on his mind: So, how did you take down two guys both double your size without so much as breaking a sweat? He didn't think that would go across too well.
He looked into her eyes and saw her patience wearing thin. She clearly had someplace else to be.
'Who are you?' He wasn't sure how the question had formed but it had and before he had a chance to so much as think about it it had slipped out of his mouth.
Shalimar looked up at him, trying to work out whether or not he meant it in the name, number, wanna date kinda way or the 'are you some kind of strange freak with a very secret identity' kinda way.
'Shalimar Fox,' she replied, deciding to go with the former option.
'Brennan Mulwray,' he replied, taking her hand in his and shaking it. They both maintained eye contact, feeling the sexual tension building between them. She hadn't understood his meaning but he was happy enough knowing her name. He smiled as the hand shake went on...and on. Neither of them seemed to want to let go, both wanting to maintain the contact for as long as possible.
'Shalimar.' Her eyes widened and she glanced down to her hand.
'Um, your ring appears to be talking to you,' Brennan said. He had noticed the shock in her eyes and knew she probably didn't want to talk about it but he was nothing if not bold.
'Yeah,' Shalimar replied, nodding her head and pulling her hand from his grasp. She had to get out of the car park, she had wasted too much time and this point had been hammered home by Jesse's voice and the two figures who had just appeared in the window of the second floor of the mall. They turned and she knew she had only a few minutes head start.
Her mind rapidly moved from one option to the next. She could either leave him here and take off as fast as she could for the Helix. But the agents had already seen her talking to him and they would probably take that as some kind of sign that he was a new mutant. She couldn't leave him to suffer that kind of fate. So that left her with two options. She could tell him to run and hide somewhere...but he didn't seem like the type. Or she could take him with her. That would get him out of the way of the GSA and she could then drop him off somewhere. Admittedly he himself could work for the GSA but she was going to go with her instincts on this one.
'This may sound a little strange but we need to get out of here.'
'Well, considering that the first time I saw you you were running from two guys in suits and you then proceeded to kick their asses in a bathroom, no not really,' Brennan replied.
Shalimar smirked. 'So you coming?'
'After you.'
I'll try and get the next chapter up as soon as possible but my Christmas ball is tomorrow so I won't be able to do any writing on Friday due to the heinous hang over I'll probably have.
Have a nice day.
***
Jesse watched on the screen in front of him as the dot that represented Shalimar moved along the floor of the mall. She was moving fast and he sped up the Helix so he could get there in time to pick her up. He knew that she didn't want to have to fight out in the open. After the years of anonymity Mutant X had maintained it seemed a shame to stop now.
He looked out of the windscreen and saw in the distance the dim shape of the huge mall drawing nearer, growing larger. He descended so he could look for a parking space for the Helix.
'Adam,' he said into his comring. 'You got anywhere for me to park?'
'You're gonna have to land the Helix behind that hill.' Jesse squinted as he saw the hill Adam was referring to. It was at the back of the shopping centre. 'There's nothing behind there, just some fields,' Adams voice continued.
'Alright. You wanna let Shal know that she's gonna have to run up a hill before she can get out of here or should I?' Jesse asked.
'I'll let you have that particular honour,' Adam replied. He really didn't want to be the one who had to tell Shalimar that she was gonna have to run a little further.
***
Shalimar felt the blood pumping through her veins. She was getting tired but couldn't stop until she had found a secluded area of the mall in which to beat the crap out of the GSAgents who were still, despite her best efforts on her tail or until she found the Helix. She glanced over her shoulder and saw the guy she had slammed into racing after her and the agents. Her brow furrowed but she carried on running.
She looked to her right and saw the bathrooms. She made a quick turn and slammed open the door. She knew the agents would have no qualms about going into the ladies room but she atleast hoped that there was no one in there to see her. She looked around her and saw a mother and her daughter. The little girl was washing her hands, her mother waiting for her to finish. She looked up as Shalimar entered the room.
'You have to leave,' Shalimar said loudly, hoping that if there was anyone in one of the cubicles they would hear her warning too.
'What?' the woman asked, confusion and indignation emanating from her.
'Get out, now!' Shalimar replied a little more firmly. Patience never had been one of her virtues.
'Come on sweetie, dry your hands quickly,' the woman said to her daughter. The little girl looked at Shalimar with large brown eyes, her stare penetrating in a way that only children could be.
Shalimar looked across at the door as it smashed against the wall, the plaster of the wall cracking on contact. The two GSAgents ran in but stopped as soon as they saw that there was more than one person in the room. Shalimar smirked as she realised the kind of surreal world she had just entered. It was like a standoff, neither the agents nor her wanting to move. They both knew the consequences of attacking each other in public.
The woman, scared for herself and her child hurried out of the room.
Both Shalimar and the agents stared at the door until it closed and then everything sped up. Shalimar kicked at the first agent and followed it up with a punch to the jaw. She jumped onto the counter around the washbasins and jumped again as the second agent pulled out a taser and swung it at her feet. She jumped to the ground and dropped to a crouched position, swinging her leg round to take the agents legs from beneath him. He landed on top of the fallen first agent and lay there, unmoving.
Shalimar reached into her pocket and pulled out a tube of lipgloss. She leant one hand on the counter and swept the stick over her lips. She stuck the tube back into her pocket and stepped over the two agents to reach the door. She pulled it open and walked out into the mall.
Brennan looked up as he saw the woman exit the bathroom. He had fallen behind in the chase, had lost the group and had been looking for them, wanting to help.
He watched as the blonde walked in the opposite direction to him, towards one of the many exits. He strode across to the bathroom and swung the door open gently, wondering where the guys he had been following were. He practically tripped over them as he walked into the room. Brennan looked around him, surveying the damage, mouth and eyes wide.
***
Shalimar walked out into the cool air. After the excitement of that morning she was hot under her leather jacket and she slid it off. She felt the light breeze hit her skin and she brushed away the strands of hair that had been whipped across her face. She looked around her for any sign of Jesse or the Helix but all she could see were cars, stretching in front of her. She folded her jacket over her arm and started walking forwards into the field of vehicles.
'Shalimar,' came Jesse's voice over her comlink.
'Yeah?'
'You see the big hill in front of you?'
'Yeah,' Shalimar replied cautiously.
'Well, if you walk over it you'll see me.'
'Jesse, why the hell did you park the Helix miles away from where I actually am? Are you in some way mentally deficient?'
'Just walk over the damn hill,' he said before cutting the connection. He knew she was pissed but she could vent her anger when she reached him.
Shalimar sighed. She had not only had to run from two GSAgents who wanted to kill her but now she had to walk to her ride. And the worst part was she could see her car from where she was standing. She gazed at it longingly. She definitely didn't want to lose the vehicle but chances were that the agents had been a distraction and somebody had been screwing around with her car in the meantime. She was not risking her life for a car, no matter how much she didn't want to walk.
'Hey.'
She spun around and saw the tall, dark, handsome guy she had slammed into jogging towards her. She breathed deeply, reminding herself not to jump on him as soon as he got close.
'Hey,' he repeated.
'You said that already,' she replied, a smirk drifting across her face. Her mind, having successfully gotten over the idea that this guy standing in front of her was gorgeous had now moved on to how much he knew about what had happened. She hadn't seen him as she had come out of the bathrooms but that didn't mean he hadn't put two and two together. She knew Adam would be pissed at her. He was always enforcing the idea that anonymity was the best defense, and she knew he was right but things weren't always that simple.
'Not meaning to be rude but what do you want?' she asked. She didn't want to blow the guy off, it was the furthest thing from her mind but she was pretty sure that where two GSAgents were there would be more and the guys in the bathroom weren't gonna stay unconscious forever.
Brennan wasn't quite sure what to say. He didn't want to just come out with what was really on his mind: So, how did you take down two guys both double your size without so much as breaking a sweat? He didn't think that would go across too well.
He looked into her eyes and saw her patience wearing thin. She clearly had someplace else to be.
'Who are you?' He wasn't sure how the question had formed but it had and before he had a chance to so much as think about it it had slipped out of his mouth.
Shalimar looked up at him, trying to work out whether or not he meant it in the name, number, wanna date kinda way or the 'are you some kind of strange freak with a very secret identity' kinda way.
'Shalimar Fox,' she replied, deciding to go with the former option.
'Brennan Mulwray,' he replied, taking her hand in his and shaking it. They both maintained eye contact, feeling the sexual tension building between them. She hadn't understood his meaning but he was happy enough knowing her name. He smiled as the hand shake went on...and on. Neither of them seemed to want to let go, both wanting to maintain the contact for as long as possible.
'Shalimar.' Her eyes widened and she glanced down to her hand.
'Um, your ring appears to be talking to you,' Brennan said. He had noticed the shock in her eyes and knew she probably didn't want to talk about it but he was nothing if not bold.
'Yeah,' Shalimar replied, nodding her head and pulling her hand from his grasp. She had to get out of the car park, she had wasted too much time and this point had been hammered home by Jesse's voice and the two figures who had just appeared in the window of the second floor of the mall. They turned and she knew she had only a few minutes head start.
Her mind rapidly moved from one option to the next. She could either leave him here and take off as fast as she could for the Helix. But the agents had already seen her talking to him and they would probably take that as some kind of sign that he was a new mutant. She couldn't leave him to suffer that kind of fate. So that left her with two options. She could tell him to run and hide somewhere...but he didn't seem like the type. Or she could take him with her. That would get him out of the way of the GSA and she could then drop him off somewhere. Admittedly he himself could work for the GSA but she was going to go with her instincts on this one.
'This may sound a little strange but we need to get out of here.'
'Well, considering that the first time I saw you you were running from two guys in suits and you then proceeded to kick their asses in a bathroom, no not really,' Brennan replied.
Shalimar smirked. 'So you coming?'
'After you.'