Chapter 15
Jesse and Aurora looked at each other as they stopped kissing.
"We should probably," Jesse started.
"Leave," Aurora said finishing his sentence. Jesse just smiled at her. "Yeah, we gotta get out of here."
Jesse held Aurora's hand as they walked to the door. Just then the door opened revealing Brennan, Shalimar, Emma, and Gabriel. Immediately they let go of each other's hand and stepped out the door.
"Gabe, are you okay?" Aurora asked as she gave her friend a hug.
"I'm fine considering the strange day I'm having, but are you okay? Those guys seemed to hurt you pretty badly."
"I'm alright," she said as she looked briefly at Jesse who looked concerned. "What about this subdermal thing on the back of my neck?" she asked the members of Mutant X.
"She has a subdermal governor? Great," Brennan said, being sarcastic. "I'll deactivate it. Turn around."
Aurora did so. Gabriel made a face as he saw what was on his friend's neck. Brennan shot a small electric bolt into it, which short-circuited the subdermal governor making it useless.
"Who are you people?" asked Gabriel.
"They're the people that just saved our asses," answered Aurora as she gave Gabriel a smirk.
"Now we have to get back to the Double Helix where Adam is waiting for us," said Emma.
They all left the hallway to find away out of Genomex.
They all entered the main hall of the second floor and saw the elevator Aurora had used earlier. Aurora looked at the pods and leered at them.
Those things freak me out, thought Aurora!
"Is something wrong?" asked Emma. She could sense Aurora's agitation.
"I was just wondering, are there real people in those things?" she asked as she pointed at the pods.
"Unfortunately, yes they are," answered Shalimar. "Eckhart puts many of his agents in them if they fail at whatever mission he sent them on. They go into a sleep like state."
"Does he ever let them out?" asked Gabriel. Shalimar shook her head signaling a no answer.
"This guys insane!" Aurora and Gabriel exclaimed in unison.
"Adam," said Emma, talking into her comlink," we found Gabriel and Aurora and we're heading back to the Double Helix."
"Good, be careful. Eventually Eckhart will be aware that you are here and send GSA agents after all of you."
"We'll be careful," Brennan answered back.
"Those are cool!" said Aurora. "Are those like some sort of communication device?"
"Yeah," answered Jesse. "We all have them."
"Enough of the chit chat," said Brennan," we need to get out of here."
They all walked into the elevator and pressed the roof button. As the elevator started to move, it stopped on the floor before reaching the roof. The doors slowly opened.
"Not you!" exclaimed Gabriel…
