Consequences
Disclaimer: I do not own Mutant X in any way; I'm just borrowing them for my story.
Note:
Hi here's chapter two for you all read.
Thanks to all of those that reviewed my last chapter!
Chapter 2: Decisions and Leadership
The ride back to sanctuary had been a silent and sober affair with Jesse missing and Adam incapacitated in the hospital.
Upon arrival Brennan had immediately assigned tasks to the girls, Shalimar's being to obtain an update of Adam's condition from the hospital and for Emma to try linking with Jesse again even though all attempts had been futile so far. His task was to access all available data on the sanctuary computer and see if there had been any information on Eckharts and Jesse's present location, an irony not lost on Brennan as the best person for this type of job was in fact Jesse.
This was were he now sat, facing a stubborn computer that only truly seemed to work for Jesse as he waited impatiently for the results to return. Brennan took this opportunity to glance at Emma and Shalimar to see how they were coping.
Shalimar had regained some of her feral composure now that some hope of Jesse been alive had been returned to her and was listening intently to the phone that was held to her ear.
Emma seemed to be deep in mediation if that was at all possible in this situation but he understood that she had for now given up trying to contact Jesse but was probably trying to release some of her pent up emotions that not only was her own but those of Shalimar and his that she was inadvertently picking up. He could not express his relief of finding her alive and well back at Naxcon as for a moment there he started to believe that she had disappeared along with Jesse and he refused point blank to think what that would have done to his sanity.
Seeing that for now the girls were handling their tasks he turned his thoughts inwards towards himself and his present problem. As much as he hated to think about it but for a moment there back at Naxcon he thought that his grief would drown him resulting in all loss of logical thought. Luckily however he had managed to pull himself together at the last minute and take lead of them and had automatically got them home and assigned the tasks as if he was acting on autopilot. The problem now being however was that the autopilot seemed to have switched it self off and the weight of the responsibility that he had taken was now sitting very heavy on his shoulders. It wasn't as if this was the first time that Brennan had taken the lead on missions there had in fact been several and the odd occasion or two of Adam had being missing and in need of rescue himself. He had handled those fine even enjoyed some aspects of it but there present circumstances were completely different he reminded himself for he had the rest of the team for back up then, but for now Jesse was missing so no ideas or support were going to be coming from him. Sure he still had Shalimar and Emma but at this moment in time all of Shalimar's focus were on keeping her emotional state in check and going against her feral nature, was very happy for Brennan to take charge. That only left him Emma and he did not want her to be burdened with his problems even though she would protest other wise as she herself was to a certain extent already receiving some of them via her empathic gifts. Silently he cursed himself as he if was really truthful to himself then he would admit that the every increasing weight on his shoulders was because he never had his best friends life in his hands with three other people if he included Adam all expecting him to perform some sought of miracle and have Jesse returned home for dinner.
Just then the computer started to beep alerting him that the search he had entered was complete. Brennan read the results and turned around to find himself surrounded by Emma and Shalimar.
"So since I think we all have pretty much bad news who wants to go first" came the sarcastic reply from Shalimar who was leaning on Brennan for support.
Brennan reluctantly chose to venture his news first, his arm wrapping around Shalimar even tighter. "Well according to the computer Jesse's comm. Ring is reading is deactivated and there's no useful information on Eckharts current location so if Eckhart does have Jesse then he obviously removed his ring". "Emma what about you, any news?" he asked even thought he already knew the answer.
"Sorry but I cant get anything at all but I'll keep trying.
"Don't worry you're doing your best, we all are" Brennan returned, "Shal, how's Adam"?
"Um not good, the doctor I spoke to said he made it to the hospital ok but that I quote He remains in a critical condition" Shalimar replied mimicking the doctor. "They wouldn't tell me anything else over the phone but I think we should all go and see him now".
Any reply Brennan was about to make was abruptly cut off as message from safe house one came to on the screen to show a brown haired girl with several facial piercing.
"Janey everything ok"? Shalimar asked
"Yeah at least I think so, I just got back here after dropping some ID off for a new mutant but there was a package waiting by the door for you guys" she replied with a small frown upon her face.
"That's not that unusual" Emma cut in trying to remain calm.
"Well no but the note attached is, it says that if you want information about Eckhart and Jesse then to look inside".
"Janey listen to me I want you to leave the package right now and go to another safe house ok" Brennan instructed her.
"Wait, what's this about Eckhart, last I heard he was in a stasis pod right"? "And where's Jesse"? Janey replied confusion and growing concern now showing even more on Janeys face.
"Look thanks for informing us Janey but we've got to go I'll explain some other time ok" Brennan smoothly reassured her before ending the transmission and turning to face the others. "Well then you heard her let's go pick this package up"
"Wait what about Adam I thought we were going to the hospital first" Shalimar whispered. "He needs us"
Brennan slowly untangled his arm from around her at this statement and turned to stare directly at her. Cupping her face in his hands and speaking in his smoothest voice he spoke "Shal I know your concerned about Adam we all are but this is our only lead on Jesse that we have, we go there first ok".
Jerking her head out of his grasp she exclaimed, "No Adam needs us Brennan that package is probably some trap set up by Eckhart to get us".
"Maybe your right Shal and it is a trap but if there is the slightest chance that it can lead us to Jesse then I say we take it, Jesse's life may depend on this you of all people should know that". Brennan answered back not attempting to make any contact with her.
"Adam can die Brennan that is fact and I will not stand by leaving him to die alone he deserves more than that from me"! Shalimar retorted her eyes now flashing feral in anger and disbelief
"Shal Jesse is our priority we may be able to save him but we cant do anything for Adam so...
"No! Shalimar cut in "this is about the fact that you don't trust Adam you haven't for months now and you made that perfectly clear before we left for Naxcon"
Brennan could feel his anger rising at this comment grateful that Emma had seemed to be staying out of the argument for now "Really well as I recall I wasn't the only one, in fact you told it him to his face so is this really about Love or guilt because I know you would do anything to get Jesse back?
Shalimar's feral eyes faded and a tear strolled down her face causing Brennan to catch his breath and slowly release is anger.
"God I'm sorry Shal that was wrong of me ok I know that no matter what you love Adam I can see that I was just taking my own anger out on you". At that he instance he felt Emma's hand rest gently on his shoulder showing him the support that he so desperately required. "I'm just trying to do what Adam would and yes I have had my difference's with him but that doesn't mean that I don't care, I do but I cant just give up on Jesse I have to try trap or no trap" Brennan pleaded.
Shalimar looked up and in that instance realised that difficult decisions had to be made and she had placed them upon Brennan without a regard for how he would cope. But Brennan had stood up to that challenge and made them with a clear logical head unlike herself. A small smile stretched across her face for the first time that day once again reminded how alike Brennan actually was to Adam as much as he would hate to admit it. "I'm sorry to I just wish there was a way to split myself in two you know so I could help them both".
With those words and single smile the tension that had begun to overpower Emma slowly dissipated. "Brennan" Emma stated removing her hand from his shoulder now that the worst was over "what about Shalimar heads over to the hospital and we can go and check out this package, I'll scope out the perimeter with my powers to see if there's anyone around in case it is a trap".
"Yeah that sounds fine to me, you ok with it Shal"? Brennan asked, strangely already missing the comfort from Emma's hand upon his shoulder. He shook himself remembering that Emma always had that ability to comfort when he was feeling down something not even Shalimar could accomplish.
"Yeah thanks that's fine just let me know what you find straight away and I'll keep you updated on Adam".
With that the reminder of Mutant X split up to go to their separate assignments.
Disclaimer: I do not own Mutant X in any way; I'm just borrowing them for my story.
Note:
Hi here's chapter two for you all read.
Thanks to all of those that reviewed my last chapter!
Chapter 2: Decisions and Leadership
The ride back to sanctuary had been a silent and sober affair with Jesse missing and Adam incapacitated in the hospital.
Upon arrival Brennan had immediately assigned tasks to the girls, Shalimar's being to obtain an update of Adam's condition from the hospital and for Emma to try linking with Jesse again even though all attempts had been futile so far. His task was to access all available data on the sanctuary computer and see if there had been any information on Eckharts and Jesse's present location, an irony not lost on Brennan as the best person for this type of job was in fact Jesse.
This was were he now sat, facing a stubborn computer that only truly seemed to work for Jesse as he waited impatiently for the results to return. Brennan took this opportunity to glance at Emma and Shalimar to see how they were coping.
Shalimar had regained some of her feral composure now that some hope of Jesse been alive had been returned to her and was listening intently to the phone that was held to her ear.
Emma seemed to be deep in mediation if that was at all possible in this situation but he understood that she had for now given up trying to contact Jesse but was probably trying to release some of her pent up emotions that not only was her own but those of Shalimar and his that she was inadvertently picking up. He could not express his relief of finding her alive and well back at Naxcon as for a moment there he started to believe that she had disappeared along with Jesse and he refused point blank to think what that would have done to his sanity.
Seeing that for now the girls were handling their tasks he turned his thoughts inwards towards himself and his present problem. As much as he hated to think about it but for a moment there back at Naxcon he thought that his grief would drown him resulting in all loss of logical thought. Luckily however he had managed to pull himself together at the last minute and take lead of them and had automatically got them home and assigned the tasks as if he was acting on autopilot. The problem now being however was that the autopilot seemed to have switched it self off and the weight of the responsibility that he had taken was now sitting very heavy on his shoulders. It wasn't as if this was the first time that Brennan had taken the lead on missions there had in fact been several and the odd occasion or two of Adam had being missing and in need of rescue himself. He had handled those fine even enjoyed some aspects of it but there present circumstances were completely different he reminded himself for he had the rest of the team for back up then, but for now Jesse was missing so no ideas or support were going to be coming from him. Sure he still had Shalimar and Emma but at this moment in time all of Shalimar's focus were on keeping her emotional state in check and going against her feral nature, was very happy for Brennan to take charge. That only left him Emma and he did not want her to be burdened with his problems even though she would protest other wise as she herself was to a certain extent already receiving some of them via her empathic gifts. Silently he cursed himself as he if was really truthful to himself then he would admit that the every increasing weight on his shoulders was because he never had his best friends life in his hands with three other people if he included Adam all expecting him to perform some sought of miracle and have Jesse returned home for dinner.
Just then the computer started to beep alerting him that the search he had entered was complete. Brennan read the results and turned around to find himself surrounded by Emma and Shalimar.
"So since I think we all have pretty much bad news who wants to go first" came the sarcastic reply from Shalimar who was leaning on Brennan for support.
Brennan reluctantly chose to venture his news first, his arm wrapping around Shalimar even tighter. "Well according to the computer Jesse's comm. Ring is reading is deactivated and there's no useful information on Eckharts current location so if Eckhart does have Jesse then he obviously removed his ring". "Emma what about you, any news?" he asked even thought he already knew the answer.
"Sorry but I cant get anything at all but I'll keep trying.
"Don't worry you're doing your best, we all are" Brennan returned, "Shal, how's Adam"?
"Um not good, the doctor I spoke to said he made it to the hospital ok but that I quote He remains in a critical condition" Shalimar replied mimicking the doctor. "They wouldn't tell me anything else over the phone but I think we should all go and see him now".
Any reply Brennan was about to make was abruptly cut off as message from safe house one came to on the screen to show a brown haired girl with several facial piercing.
"Janey everything ok"? Shalimar asked
"Yeah at least I think so, I just got back here after dropping some ID off for a new mutant but there was a package waiting by the door for you guys" she replied with a small frown upon her face.
"That's not that unusual" Emma cut in trying to remain calm.
"Well no but the note attached is, it says that if you want information about Eckhart and Jesse then to look inside".
"Janey listen to me I want you to leave the package right now and go to another safe house ok" Brennan instructed her.
"Wait, what's this about Eckhart, last I heard he was in a stasis pod right"? "And where's Jesse"? Janey replied confusion and growing concern now showing even more on Janeys face.
"Look thanks for informing us Janey but we've got to go I'll explain some other time ok" Brennan smoothly reassured her before ending the transmission and turning to face the others. "Well then you heard her let's go pick this package up"
"Wait what about Adam I thought we were going to the hospital first" Shalimar whispered. "He needs us"
Brennan slowly untangled his arm from around her at this statement and turned to stare directly at her. Cupping her face in his hands and speaking in his smoothest voice he spoke "Shal I know your concerned about Adam we all are but this is our only lead on Jesse that we have, we go there first ok".
Jerking her head out of his grasp she exclaimed, "No Adam needs us Brennan that package is probably some trap set up by Eckhart to get us".
"Maybe your right Shal and it is a trap but if there is the slightest chance that it can lead us to Jesse then I say we take it, Jesse's life may depend on this you of all people should know that". Brennan answered back not attempting to make any contact with her.
"Adam can die Brennan that is fact and I will not stand by leaving him to die alone he deserves more than that from me"! Shalimar retorted her eyes now flashing feral in anger and disbelief
"Shal Jesse is our priority we may be able to save him but we cant do anything for Adam so...
"No! Shalimar cut in "this is about the fact that you don't trust Adam you haven't for months now and you made that perfectly clear before we left for Naxcon"
Brennan could feel his anger rising at this comment grateful that Emma had seemed to be staying out of the argument for now "Really well as I recall I wasn't the only one, in fact you told it him to his face so is this really about Love or guilt because I know you would do anything to get Jesse back?
Shalimar's feral eyes faded and a tear strolled down her face causing Brennan to catch his breath and slowly release is anger.
"God I'm sorry Shal that was wrong of me ok I know that no matter what you love Adam I can see that I was just taking my own anger out on you". At that he instance he felt Emma's hand rest gently on his shoulder showing him the support that he so desperately required. "I'm just trying to do what Adam would and yes I have had my difference's with him but that doesn't mean that I don't care, I do but I cant just give up on Jesse I have to try trap or no trap" Brennan pleaded.
Shalimar looked up and in that instance realised that difficult decisions had to be made and she had placed them upon Brennan without a regard for how he would cope. But Brennan had stood up to that challenge and made them with a clear logical head unlike herself. A small smile stretched across her face for the first time that day once again reminded how alike Brennan actually was to Adam as much as he would hate to admit it. "I'm sorry to I just wish there was a way to split myself in two you know so I could help them both".
With those words and single smile the tension that had begun to overpower Emma slowly dissipated. "Brennan" Emma stated removing her hand from his shoulder now that the worst was over "what about Shalimar heads over to the hospital and we can go and check out this package, I'll scope out the perimeter with my powers to see if there's anyone around in case it is a trap".
"Yeah that sounds fine to me, you ok with it Shal"? Brennan asked, strangely already missing the comfort from Emma's hand upon his shoulder. He shook himself remembering that Emma always had that ability to comfort when he was feeling down something not even Shalimar could accomplish.
"Yeah thanks that's fine just let me know what you find straight away and I'll keep you updated on Adam".
With that the reminder of Mutant X split up to go to their separate assignments.