"You're all offered a great opportunity" Lesley declared, looking down at
the four new mutants that were standing downstairs, surrounded by 7 members
of the Strand "Join us and together we'll claim out rightful place in the
world. No more running, no more hiding"
She walked down the stairs and walked over to one of her men "check the database" She told him and proceeded to approach the four new mutants, pulling a picture from her pocket "all you have to do is tell us if you've seen this girl" she moved the picture in front of them "tell us and you can join the Strand, become one of the chosen one"
"Something tells me they're not much of team players" A voice said from above and Lesley turned around to see the four members of mutant X standing in the doorway.
"Oh no you don't" Brennan muttered next as he saw the man working the computer, he sent a bolt of electricity into the computer that shocked the man and sent him flying backwards into the wall.
"get them!" Lesley called out
Shalimar and Brennan both jumped over the rail and landed safely on their feet. Shalimar spun and kicked the first man who approached her, sending him staggering backwards. Emma and Jesse moved towards the stairs where 4 men were already waiting for them. Emma hit the first one with a psionic blast and he rolled down the stairs, 2 other came after Jesse - he fazed, avoiding the first blow and delivered a punch of his own.
Brennan dodged a ball of fire that was sent his way, to his left he could see Shalimar fighting another feral. He sent a bolt of electricity that hit his opponent in the chest and knocked him unconscious. Emma and Jesse were cornered at the top of the stairs by two men. The man to the left sent a ball of energy at Emma but Jesse moved quickly, putting himself in front of Emma and turning solid. He and Emma were back to back now as the two men continued to advance.
"You want left or right?" he asked over his shoulder
"Left" Emma replied with out taking her eyes off the man, who seemed to be a feral "On three"
On a count of three Jesse leaped towards his man, turning solid in the air and landing on top of him, then delivered another kick that sent him plying over the rail and crashing on the concrete floor. Meanwhile, Emma concentrated on her man - using her psionic ability she sent a mental image into his mind, making him believe he was choking - within seconds he was out cold too.
"well, well, well" Brennan smirked as he advanced towards Lesley, the only one of the Strand to be left standing "Seems like it's just you an us now"
"Where's your fearless leader now?" Shalimar teased, having just finished off her opponent as well.
"why don't you tell us what the hell you people are doing here anyway?" Jesse asked angrily as he and Emma descended the stairs and joined the others.
Lesley smirked "I don't have to tell you anything"
Suddenly, right before their eyes, she liquefied turning into a pool of water on the floor that moved fast across the room and disappeared through one of the cracks.
"Well that's certainly a new one" Emma mumbled at Lesley's disappearance.
Brennan turned to the four new mutants that were still huddled together in the far end of the room, obviously still shaken from the attack. "Come on, let's get you guys out of here" he said and moved towards the stairs.
As the others followed one of the new mutants, a boy named Jason with the ability of X ray vision came over to Emma and handed her the picture Lesley had been waving in their faces a few minutes before "they were looking for this girl" He told Emma quietly "seemed like they were pretty desperate to find her"
SANCTUARY
"So they are all safe and in the underground?" Adam wanted to made sure as he went down the stairs of sanctuary with Emma and Shalimar.
"Yup" Shalimar nodded "Piece of cake"
"Did you find anything?" Adam turned his attention to Jesse who was with Brennan next to the computer consul
"I got her name from the DMV records" Jesse replied "And don't even ask me if that's legal cause you're not going to like the answer"
Adam smiled slightly, happy that the four of them were finally up to making jokes again, and looked at the computer screen "Cassidy Morgan"
"Yeah, I've got no address and I can't find her in any of out new mutants databases" Jesse continued
"And you won't" Adam replied gravely, his voice taking that tone again, the one that they all recognized to mean business
"You know who she is?" Emma inquired
"I didn't recognize her from the picture, I've never seen her in person." Adam started trailing off his eyes fixed on the screen that still showed the young woman's photo
"Adam, why won't she be in the database?" Emma insisted
"Because Cassidy Morgan is supposed to be dead"
GENOMEX - STRAND HEADQUARTERS
Gabriel laid on the bed and gazed out the window. Genomex was much different than what it used to be in Eckhart's days - The stasis pods were now empty except for one Gabriel smirked to himself one stasis pod was still occupied - holding the one and only Mason Eckhart - the labs were replaced by rooms to accommodate his men (and mostly his women), the guards wore no uniform and carried no guns, they were all new mutants and had no need for them.
Gbriel himself took a whole wing of the building and turned it into his own, no desk, no phones, no computer - a huge bed was in the middle of the room, with pillows and comfortable chairs everywhere. Everything was plush and expensive hell, after all these years in stasis - I damn right deserve it Gabriel thought to himself
He was shaken from his thoughts by a tentative knock on the door and watched as Lesley came in with a hesitant step
"Weren't you supposed to bring someone back?" He asked her pleasantly, keeping a disarming smile fixed on his face
"I'm sorry Gabriel, we were interrupted by mutant X" She lowered her gaze, unable to meet his eyes. He got up from the bed and walked over to her, putting his arm against her cheek and caressed it until she lifted her eyes to meet his.
"I'm sorry I failed you Gabriel, it would never happen again I promise" She nearly sobbed
"Of course it won't my dear, of course it won't" he smiled at her gently, reassuring her until she smiled at him through her tears. "But now Mutant x knows who we're looking for and it won't be long until they come looking for her themselves"
He continued to caress he throat and suddenly tightened his grip, slightly chocking her "It will make our job a lot more difficult"
"I can do it" Lesley stammered, fighting for breath "you know I can do it Gabriel, I'll find her for you"
He leaned in and kissed her hard on the lips, letting go of her throat to deepen the kiss and insert his tongue in her mouth "I know you will" he murmured as he finally let he go "I know you will"
SANCTUARY
"What do you mean supposed to be dead" Shalimar asked and Adam sighed deeply, rubbing the bridge of his nose
"Cassidy Morgan is an elemental, she's what we call a multiple elemental. You see most elementals develop one ability - like Brennan and his electricity - but on a few rare cases we've seen elementals who develop 2 sometimes even 3 abilities. Cassidy Morgan is the rarest of the rare, if I recall correctly she developed up to 5 or 6 abilities, nothing like that has ever happened before"
"But why dead?" Jesse insisted
"Because there is no record of any multiple elemental surviving past the age of 12." Adam replied "they all died as result of the genetic alteration before the reached adulthood. When I left Genomex I lost track of Cassidy Morgan - I assumed she died like all the rest"
"What if she is still alive?" Brennan wondered out load
"Then we may have just found the one new mutant powerful enough to take on Gabriel"
She walked down the stairs and walked over to one of her men "check the database" She told him and proceeded to approach the four new mutants, pulling a picture from her pocket "all you have to do is tell us if you've seen this girl" she moved the picture in front of them "tell us and you can join the Strand, become one of the chosen one"
"Something tells me they're not much of team players" A voice said from above and Lesley turned around to see the four members of mutant X standing in the doorway.
"Oh no you don't" Brennan muttered next as he saw the man working the computer, he sent a bolt of electricity into the computer that shocked the man and sent him flying backwards into the wall.
"get them!" Lesley called out
Shalimar and Brennan both jumped over the rail and landed safely on their feet. Shalimar spun and kicked the first man who approached her, sending him staggering backwards. Emma and Jesse moved towards the stairs where 4 men were already waiting for them. Emma hit the first one with a psionic blast and he rolled down the stairs, 2 other came after Jesse - he fazed, avoiding the first blow and delivered a punch of his own.
Brennan dodged a ball of fire that was sent his way, to his left he could see Shalimar fighting another feral. He sent a bolt of electricity that hit his opponent in the chest and knocked him unconscious. Emma and Jesse were cornered at the top of the stairs by two men. The man to the left sent a ball of energy at Emma but Jesse moved quickly, putting himself in front of Emma and turning solid. He and Emma were back to back now as the two men continued to advance.
"You want left or right?" he asked over his shoulder
"Left" Emma replied with out taking her eyes off the man, who seemed to be a feral "On three"
On a count of three Jesse leaped towards his man, turning solid in the air and landing on top of him, then delivered another kick that sent him plying over the rail and crashing on the concrete floor. Meanwhile, Emma concentrated on her man - using her psionic ability she sent a mental image into his mind, making him believe he was choking - within seconds he was out cold too.
"well, well, well" Brennan smirked as he advanced towards Lesley, the only one of the Strand to be left standing "Seems like it's just you an us now"
"Where's your fearless leader now?" Shalimar teased, having just finished off her opponent as well.
"why don't you tell us what the hell you people are doing here anyway?" Jesse asked angrily as he and Emma descended the stairs and joined the others.
Lesley smirked "I don't have to tell you anything"
Suddenly, right before their eyes, she liquefied turning into a pool of water on the floor that moved fast across the room and disappeared through one of the cracks.
"Well that's certainly a new one" Emma mumbled at Lesley's disappearance.
Brennan turned to the four new mutants that were still huddled together in the far end of the room, obviously still shaken from the attack. "Come on, let's get you guys out of here" he said and moved towards the stairs.
As the others followed one of the new mutants, a boy named Jason with the ability of X ray vision came over to Emma and handed her the picture Lesley had been waving in their faces a few minutes before "they were looking for this girl" He told Emma quietly "seemed like they were pretty desperate to find her"
SANCTUARY
"So they are all safe and in the underground?" Adam wanted to made sure as he went down the stairs of sanctuary with Emma and Shalimar.
"Yup" Shalimar nodded "Piece of cake"
"Did you find anything?" Adam turned his attention to Jesse who was with Brennan next to the computer consul
"I got her name from the DMV records" Jesse replied "And don't even ask me if that's legal cause you're not going to like the answer"
Adam smiled slightly, happy that the four of them were finally up to making jokes again, and looked at the computer screen "Cassidy Morgan"
"Yeah, I've got no address and I can't find her in any of out new mutants databases" Jesse continued
"And you won't" Adam replied gravely, his voice taking that tone again, the one that they all recognized to mean business
"You know who she is?" Emma inquired
"I didn't recognize her from the picture, I've never seen her in person." Adam started trailing off his eyes fixed on the screen that still showed the young woman's photo
"Adam, why won't she be in the database?" Emma insisted
"Because Cassidy Morgan is supposed to be dead"
GENOMEX - STRAND HEADQUARTERS
Gabriel laid on the bed and gazed out the window. Genomex was much different than what it used to be in Eckhart's days - The stasis pods were now empty except for one Gabriel smirked to himself one stasis pod was still occupied - holding the one and only Mason Eckhart - the labs were replaced by rooms to accommodate his men (and mostly his women), the guards wore no uniform and carried no guns, they were all new mutants and had no need for them.
Gbriel himself took a whole wing of the building and turned it into his own, no desk, no phones, no computer - a huge bed was in the middle of the room, with pillows and comfortable chairs everywhere. Everything was plush and expensive hell, after all these years in stasis - I damn right deserve it Gabriel thought to himself
He was shaken from his thoughts by a tentative knock on the door and watched as Lesley came in with a hesitant step
"Weren't you supposed to bring someone back?" He asked her pleasantly, keeping a disarming smile fixed on his face
"I'm sorry Gabriel, we were interrupted by mutant X" She lowered her gaze, unable to meet his eyes. He got up from the bed and walked over to her, putting his arm against her cheek and caressed it until she lifted her eyes to meet his.
"I'm sorry I failed you Gabriel, it would never happen again I promise" She nearly sobbed
"Of course it won't my dear, of course it won't" he smiled at her gently, reassuring her until she smiled at him through her tears. "But now Mutant x knows who we're looking for and it won't be long until they come looking for her themselves"
He continued to caress he throat and suddenly tightened his grip, slightly chocking her "It will make our job a lot more difficult"
"I can do it" Lesley stammered, fighting for breath "you know I can do it Gabriel, I'll find her for you"
He leaned in and kissed her hard on the lips, letting go of her throat to deepen the kiss and insert his tongue in her mouth "I know you will" he murmured as he finally let he go "I know you will"
SANCTUARY
"What do you mean supposed to be dead" Shalimar asked and Adam sighed deeply, rubbing the bridge of his nose
"Cassidy Morgan is an elemental, she's what we call a multiple elemental. You see most elementals develop one ability - like Brennan and his electricity - but on a few rare cases we've seen elementals who develop 2 sometimes even 3 abilities. Cassidy Morgan is the rarest of the rare, if I recall correctly she developed up to 5 or 6 abilities, nothing like that has ever happened before"
"But why dead?" Jesse insisted
"Because there is no record of any multiple elemental surviving past the age of 12." Adam replied "they all died as result of the genetic alteration before the reached adulthood. When I left Genomex I lost track of Cassidy Morgan - I assumed she died like all the rest"
"What if she is still alive?" Brennan wondered out load
"Then we may have just found the one new mutant powerful enough to take on Gabriel"