Chapter 17
"I can't believe what just happened!" said Gabriel, chained up with the team of Mutant X. They all had their arms chained to the wall above their heads and their feet chained to the floor. "What is she doing?!"
"Aurora's not herself," answered Jesse. "Eckhart must be controlling herself somehow."
"Jesse's right, Aurora wouldn't team up with Eckhart," said Brennan.
"I bet Daniel Chase is controlling her," Emma guessed. "I tried to sense what he was feeling earlier but I couldn't. He must have learned how to block me out."
"I agree with Emma," said Shalimar who was pulling at her chains. The chains were too strong even for her to get out of. "Aurora didn't start acting strange until Daniel said he wanted to help us, which of course was a lie."
"I don't under stand how the agents showed up if Jesse turned off the alarm," said Gabriel.
"My guess is they already knew we were here and that the there was a silent alarm. If Eckhart already knew we were here, then turning off the silent alarm just wasted time so that Eckhart and his agents could catch us."
"Which is what happened," Brennan added. "I hate to think of Aurora under Eckhart's control!"
So do I, Jesse thought.
Suddenly, Eckhart walked in the door with two agents guarding the door. "Hello, I just wanted to inform you that your sister, Mr. Mulwray, is working for me now."
"What have you done to her?!" asked Brennan who was getting very angry.
"I enjoy tremendously the talents of Mr. Chase. He is a very useful and unique Mutant."
"He's a Mutant!" exclaimed Gabriel.
"Yes he is. He has the ability to manipulate other Mutants into doing what I want them to, so Aurora is under my control. Now I want to know where is Sanctuary and where is Adam Kane."
"You bastard we're not telling you anything!" yelled Brennan as he tried to get out of his chains.
"This was your plan all along," said Jesse who was getting angry himself. "You were using Gabriel to get to Aurora so you could use Aurora to get to us and Adam."
"That is correct Mr. Kilmartin. But Aurora is an asset to Genomex and I also am going to use her for the benefit of Genomex."
"You're sick!" said Jesse.
"I must leave now but I will be back to find out where Adam Kane is. But, before I leave I must make sure you can't make contact with Adam." One of the agents that was guarding the door walked over to the members of Mutant X and took their Comlinks. Eckhart walked to the door and left with the two agents following him. They closed the door behind him and locked the door.
"I can get out of here," Jesse. Then he phased through his chains and was free. "I'll get the keys and I'll come back here. And maybe I can snap Aurora out of Daniel's control."
"OK Jess," said Shalimar," but hurry."
"I will."
Jesse phased through the door and was now in a corridor. He turned the corner and kept walking, hoping to find Aurora. He didn't know where exactly to look for her first. He saw an agent at the other end of the corridor and walked towards him.
"Excuse me," Jesse started," you wouldn't happen to know where Aurora is would you?"
"Like I'm going to tell you," said the agent. "I don't know how you got out but I'm putting you back where you belong."
The agent tried to attack Jesse but Jesse dodged his attempts. Jesse kicked the agent in the stomach so he fell to the ground. Jesse leaned over him and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt.
"Now, I'm going to ask you again. Where is Aurora?"
"Down the hall, third door on the right."
Jesse punched him in the face. The agent was now knocked out. Jesse dragged him into an empty room, took the agent's keys, locked him in the room, and headed down the hall to find Aurora.
