Hey people - sorry it's taking so long to update this but I kind of got
side tracked by some of my other stories. This chapter doesn't have much
action in it - but don't worry, it's going to come pretty soon - I just
need to finish introducing the character first - things will start getting
into high gear with that story very soon!!!
*
Cass could hear voices talking in the room and struggled to clear the fog in her head so she could hear what they were saying.
"Are you sure it's a good idea keeping her here Adam?" A male voice said "I mean, we all saw what she did at the warehouse, if she does the same thing here she could bring down the whole mountain!"
"Well right now she's unconscious Brennan, she can't do much of anything" Another male voice answered.
"Besides" A distinct female voice joined them, it seemed to be fading in and out, as if the person was pacing the room "What did you want us to do? Just leave her there for Gabriel?"
Cassidy stirred and tried to open her eyes, she blinked back the bright light and groaned. When she finally managed to focus her vision she saw a man looking down at her with a small smile - concern evident in hi eyes.
"Welcome back. How are you feeling?"
"Like a building just hit me over the head" Cassidy tried to joke. She tried to sit up, but as soon as she moved the pain sliced through her head like a knife and she was forced to lie back down.
"Don't try to move" A blond girl appeared by her side, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder to ease her back to the bed "You hit your head pretty hard"
"Wait." Cassidy frowned "I know you! You were there weren't you? I remember you!"
"Of course you remember us!" she suddenly became aware of the forth person in the room, a dark haired man who was sitting on the counter across the room "The people you almost killed?"
"Brennan" the blond said impatiently "Why don't you do and see if Emma and Jessie need some help out there?"
As soon as he left the room the blond turned back to her with an apologetic smile "You'll have to excuse him! He gets a little touchy after he gets his ass kicked by a girl!"
*
Brennan waited until the door to the lab slid closed behind him and sighed deeply.
#Why the hell are you being such an ass about this?# he asked himself even though he already knew the answer.
It wasn't the danger of having her in Sanctuary - they've all been in danger before and it never really bothered him. And this was what they did wasn't it? Save and help new mutants?
It was more then that. From the moment he first laid eyes on Cassidy, even in their brief meeting back at the ally, he felt something. A pull, a draw - and he couldn't tell if it was him or his mutation. She was an elemental like him, and even though they didn't know what were her powers yet - he remembered all to well what happened with the last elemental girl he felt attracted to - he ended up nearly loosing his life and it wasn't even because of love - just chemistry. Just like then he couldn't tell if what he thought he felt for Cassidy was his mutant powers connecting with another elemental or himself being attracted to another girl. And that was what scared him. That was why he didn't want her around.
And of course there was also Shalimar.
He was suddenly shaken out of his thoughts by Jessie "How is she doing in there?"
"Don't know" Brennan shrugged "Seems like Adam is trying to explain the whole Gabriel thing"
They walked over to the main area together and joined Emma who was sitting at the computer.
"you have to admit that was pretty amazing what she did back there at the warehouse" Jesse, always the enthusiast, exclaimed with a smile "Can you imagine that kind of power?"
"Didn't feel that amazing to me" Emma said gravely
"Feel? You mean you got a hit off her?" Brennan asked
"Not exactly a hit but I kind of. When she was causing that earthquake, it broke through all my defenses, all my shields, it was that strong! It wasn't even fear Brennan, it was Terror!"
*
LATER THAT NIGHT
Cassidy walked around the dark halls silently. At that time of night Sanctuary seemed almost deserted and Cassidy could hear her own footsteps echoing in the empty halls as she made her way through the common area and then towards the Dojo.
She started going up the steps to the Dojo when she was suddenly startled by a voice behind her "What are you doing here this late?"
She turned around and saw Brennan standing at the foot of the stairs, looking at her suspiciously
"Sorry, I couldn't sleep."
"yeah" he sighed, finally letting go of his tough guy posture "You had a long day."
"No, it's not that" she chuckled and sat down on the steps, pulling her knees to her chest "I've been a bartender for too long, I'm too used to sleeping days and working nights. My clock is all screwed up."
Brennan chuckled and took a seat next to her. He hesitated before uttering his next sentence "Adam told us about your talk, he said you want to leave town, join the underground and disappear"
"What else can I do?" She shrugged
"You can stay here, fight him" He looked at her, trying to judge her response
"You know I can't do that!"
"No I don't"
"Brennan!" she sighed and got to her feet "the last thing you want is for me to start using my powers!"
"You can learn! We can teach you. Look Cassidy, we all used to have problems with our powers, I used to accidentally shock people left and right when I was a kid."
"You don't understand." Cassidy said in frustration, tears were starting to form in her eyes.
"Cassidy, I do understand." He started but she quickly cut him off
"No you don't!" she said adamantly "You want to know about my powers Brennan? You want to know? How about when I was 12 and I got angry at my parents for not buying me a pair of red bikes. I threw a tantrum like only a 12 year old can - you know - screaming, crying. and then I stomped my feet - and I caused an earthquake that leveled an entire city block."
"Cassidy." Brennan tried to cut in but Cassidy was on a roll and couldn't be stopped
"Or how about when I was 15? When I was having some sort of bad dream and woke up to realize I had set the house on fire in my sleep? You don't want me to use my powers Brennan! Trust me!"
With that she simply turned around and ran back to her room, leaving Brennan in the dark Dojo.
*
Cass could hear voices talking in the room and struggled to clear the fog in her head so she could hear what they were saying.
"Are you sure it's a good idea keeping her here Adam?" A male voice said "I mean, we all saw what she did at the warehouse, if she does the same thing here she could bring down the whole mountain!"
"Well right now she's unconscious Brennan, she can't do much of anything" Another male voice answered.
"Besides" A distinct female voice joined them, it seemed to be fading in and out, as if the person was pacing the room "What did you want us to do? Just leave her there for Gabriel?"
Cassidy stirred and tried to open her eyes, she blinked back the bright light and groaned. When she finally managed to focus her vision she saw a man looking down at her with a small smile - concern evident in hi eyes.
"Welcome back. How are you feeling?"
"Like a building just hit me over the head" Cassidy tried to joke. She tried to sit up, but as soon as she moved the pain sliced through her head like a knife and she was forced to lie back down.
"Don't try to move" A blond girl appeared by her side, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder to ease her back to the bed "You hit your head pretty hard"
"Wait." Cassidy frowned "I know you! You were there weren't you? I remember you!"
"Of course you remember us!" she suddenly became aware of the forth person in the room, a dark haired man who was sitting on the counter across the room "The people you almost killed?"
"Brennan" the blond said impatiently "Why don't you do and see if Emma and Jessie need some help out there?"
As soon as he left the room the blond turned back to her with an apologetic smile "You'll have to excuse him! He gets a little touchy after he gets his ass kicked by a girl!"
*
Brennan waited until the door to the lab slid closed behind him and sighed deeply.
#Why the hell are you being such an ass about this?# he asked himself even though he already knew the answer.
It wasn't the danger of having her in Sanctuary - they've all been in danger before and it never really bothered him. And this was what they did wasn't it? Save and help new mutants?
It was more then that. From the moment he first laid eyes on Cassidy, even in their brief meeting back at the ally, he felt something. A pull, a draw - and he couldn't tell if it was him or his mutation. She was an elemental like him, and even though they didn't know what were her powers yet - he remembered all to well what happened with the last elemental girl he felt attracted to - he ended up nearly loosing his life and it wasn't even because of love - just chemistry. Just like then he couldn't tell if what he thought he felt for Cassidy was his mutant powers connecting with another elemental or himself being attracted to another girl. And that was what scared him. That was why he didn't want her around.
And of course there was also Shalimar.
He was suddenly shaken out of his thoughts by Jessie "How is she doing in there?"
"Don't know" Brennan shrugged "Seems like Adam is trying to explain the whole Gabriel thing"
They walked over to the main area together and joined Emma who was sitting at the computer.
"you have to admit that was pretty amazing what she did back there at the warehouse" Jesse, always the enthusiast, exclaimed with a smile "Can you imagine that kind of power?"
"Didn't feel that amazing to me" Emma said gravely
"Feel? You mean you got a hit off her?" Brennan asked
"Not exactly a hit but I kind of. When she was causing that earthquake, it broke through all my defenses, all my shields, it was that strong! It wasn't even fear Brennan, it was Terror!"
*
LATER THAT NIGHT
Cassidy walked around the dark halls silently. At that time of night Sanctuary seemed almost deserted and Cassidy could hear her own footsteps echoing in the empty halls as she made her way through the common area and then towards the Dojo.
She started going up the steps to the Dojo when she was suddenly startled by a voice behind her "What are you doing here this late?"
She turned around and saw Brennan standing at the foot of the stairs, looking at her suspiciously
"Sorry, I couldn't sleep."
"yeah" he sighed, finally letting go of his tough guy posture "You had a long day."
"No, it's not that" she chuckled and sat down on the steps, pulling her knees to her chest "I've been a bartender for too long, I'm too used to sleeping days and working nights. My clock is all screwed up."
Brennan chuckled and took a seat next to her. He hesitated before uttering his next sentence "Adam told us about your talk, he said you want to leave town, join the underground and disappear"
"What else can I do?" She shrugged
"You can stay here, fight him" He looked at her, trying to judge her response
"You know I can't do that!"
"No I don't"
"Brennan!" she sighed and got to her feet "the last thing you want is for me to start using my powers!"
"You can learn! We can teach you. Look Cassidy, we all used to have problems with our powers, I used to accidentally shock people left and right when I was a kid."
"You don't understand." Cassidy said in frustration, tears were starting to form in her eyes.
"Cassidy, I do understand." He started but she quickly cut him off
"No you don't!" she said adamantly "You want to know about my powers Brennan? You want to know? How about when I was 12 and I got angry at my parents for not buying me a pair of red bikes. I threw a tantrum like only a 12 year old can - you know - screaming, crying. and then I stomped my feet - and I caused an earthquake that leveled an entire city block."
"Cassidy." Brennan tried to cut in but Cassidy was on a roll and couldn't be stopped
"Or how about when I was 15? When I was having some sort of bad dream and woke up to realize I had set the house on fire in my sleep? You don't want me to use my powers Brennan! Trust me!"
With that she simply turned around and ran back to her room, leaving Brennan in the dark Dojo.