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Chapter 6

After Jesse had given him the signal that Derek was tuning in he stood in the corner and waited to see what Derek would have him do. When he heard Brennan say he was leaving the room he watched as Derek fidgeted in his chair. "This is going to be a long night. Since this is your first time in the business, I'll let you join in. Go to your room and I'll send you the feed. Just make sure you're on time for work tomorrow so we can switch this guy's computer. I don't think we want to see him mad."

Jesse left. As he stepped into the hall he took a deep breath. This was hard. He knew it was only a mission but the thought of someone else kissing his girl was difficult to take. Even though he knew that someone was his best friend and it was on the job. This only strengthened his resolve to follow through with some decisions he made over the last few weeks. He just hoped Kitty wouldn't be too opposed to them.

When no one was looking he phased into the storage closet next to the office he just exited. He took note of his positioning and phased back into the office on his hands and knees. He emerged behind Derek's desk. All the computer wires and the back of the CPU were in front of him. He remained quiet until just the right moment. When he heard Brennan's voice coming over the speakers, he knew that he had to work fast. Having already decided on the best course of action he simply acted then phased back out of sight. Once in the closet he listened and soon heard a very sweet sound; Derek cursing because the monitor was blank and the speakers seemed to be dead. He quickly gave Brennan the second signal and moved away from the wall to contact Adam.

A few minutes earlier, Brennan got back into the room. He watched as Kitty seemed to be in distress. Jubilee, however, seemed fine. He immediately move to Kitty's side of the bed and decided to start with her. "Now we can have some fun." He pulled Kitty into his arms and began to kiss her neck. "Did it start, Kitty?" he whispered. He felt her shake her head.

"This is making it feel better, though, thanks," she whispered back.

After a few moments of snuggling with her he heard Jesse's signal. After relaxing his hold on Kitty, he checked on Jubilee. "Ok, we're off the air. How's it going over there?"

Jubilee turned and smiled at him as she sat up on the bed. "I'm ok so far. You know me. I'm not going to let any serum make me do anything stupid."

"That's my girl," Brennan smiled at her.

Kitty began to shake again. "That's easy for you to say now. Just wait until you feel this." She buried her face into Brennan's shoulder once again. "Brennan, I'm sorry."

"Shh, hey, there's nothing to be sorry for. I won't sit here and watch you suffer if there's anything I can do to help you. We're good friends and we're going to keep it that way." He held her tightly in his arms and caressed her back.

"Brennan, he's offline. Are the girls ok?" Jesse's voice caught his attention.

Brennan quickly called out, "Jesse, did you call Adam?"

"Yeah. It'll take them about 20 minutes to get into position."

"Jess, do what you have to and then get over here fast. This stuff already has Kitty uncomfortable. Jubes is fine so far."

"Tell her to hold on. I'll be there as soon as I can."

He phased out into the hall and got ready to go back into the office to collect the things he hid.

Brennan smiled, "Jesse will be here as soon as he can. Everything will be ok."

Kitty cringed as she listened. Up until that point she only thought of the pain and not letting it coerce her to do anything with Brennan. She had been thinking about Jesse but kept pushing thoughts of him away to be able to fight. Just the thought of Jesse coming to her now, began to stir her insides. She could actually feel her blood begin to heat. She caught her hands kneading the muscles in Brennan's sides and quickly pulled her arms in to her chest feeling too guilty to even speak.

Adam contacted the professor who had the X Men in position just off campus waiting for his signal to go in. Cyclops's mind was lightly brushed as the professor made his presence known. Cyclops, it is time to move your team in. Please remind everyone to do their jobs as unobtrusively as possible. Everyone had their assignments. They all had sedative shots for each person so they could bring everyone out quietly and avoid any resistance. Cyclops and Jean were to subdue the chemist and destroy his files, confiscating evidence and any supply of the drugs he created. They would bring him out with the girl who first disappeared. Storm and Wolverine went to see the secretary to the Chairman of the Board and release the young man she had been keeping. Rogue and Gambit headed for the Literature professor and the girl he had. After delivering six unconscious people to the Blackbird the three teams went out again. Iceman paced the deck plating of the inside of the jet as he stood guard.

As the X Men worked, Brennan helplessly watched as Kitty's discomfort increased dramatically and Jubilee's took hold with a vengeance. Both girls were curled up on opposite sides of the bed as they tried to fight the urges they were having. They both loved Brennan as a good friend and refused to let some maniac with sick lusts succeed in ruining that friendship.

Jesse heard Derek mumbling as he tried to fix his computer. Activating his ring he asked, "Brennan, is Kitty ok?" Panic began to set in when he didn't receive an answer right away. "Brennan?"

"Jess, move fast. Both girls are in tears."

"I'm moving in now." Jesse didn't hesitate but phased through the door. He walked up to Derek who briefly noticed him and continued to work.

"Did your feed die, too? I don't know what happened. One minute it was fine then the next I got nothing."

"I know what happened." Jesse moved to the other side of the desk and reached out for the wires that he had phased out of the CPU. He massed his fist and slammed it on the desk.

Derek was wide eyed in shock as he muttered, "Wh--What are you? You're one of those mutants."

"I'm the one who just pulled the plug on your little empire. This show has been permanently interrupted." Jesse's eyes blazed with fire. "Who do you think you are? What gives you the right to decide that mutants can be bought and sold?"

"I have every right to do as I please. It's because of this," he pointed to his face, "that I'm in the position I'm in. No one can stand to look at me. I get nothing except pity." He began to rant. "I can't get a good job and the girls run away like I'm some sort of nightmare. I had a girl, you know. Before this happened, I had plans for my career and goals for my life. Then some crazed mutant was running from police. There was a high speed chase. He hit me as I was getting on the freeway. Rolling both our cars wasn't enough for him. No. He had to send fire out of his hands and set both cars on fire so the police couldn't get through. I spent almost a year in the hospital learning how to live again. Mutants have no concern for human life. That makes them --- expendable. If I can make some money on the deal, so much the better." His words dripped with venom at Jesse. Then Derek quickly reached over to his desk and hit a button that caused the CPU to spark and sizzle. "There, you freak. Now you can't do anything to me. You have no evidence. So I'll just take my friends and we'll go play somewhere else." He confidently began to walk toward the door.

"I don't think so." Jesse pulled the disk and the pills out of their hiding place. "You're not going anywhere. Right now MY friends are introducing themselves to all YOUR friends. "Your going to wait right here until they come to take you off my hands. Then I'm going to get Kitty." He saw Derek strain with confusion. "You see, Kitty is MY girl. The only reason that you're still in one piece is because I believe that you didn't touch her."

Storm and Wolverine went to meet the head of Accounting and find the young girl who was delivered to him. The psych professor was left for Gambit and Rogue. With the same precision they accomplished their remaining tasks. Cyclops and Jean went in search of Jesse and Derek.

"I didn't," Derek grinned, "but the black belt has had his hands all over her by now."

Both girls were in serious pain as they fought the affects of not giving into their urges. Brennan's heart was aching as he watched them. Suddenly he had a thought. Pulling off his shirt he crawled onto the bed in between the girls.

Jubilee groaned and tried to pull further away from him. Kitty was still able to speak. "Brennan,---what---are---you---doing?"

"Holding you before helped. Maybe some skin contact will help now." He reached out and pulled Kitty toward him. She laid her head on his shoulder and put her hand on his chest. Almost immediately she felt the pain diminish a little. He smiled as she relaxed against him then he turned to Jubilee. "Come here," he smiled at her.

Jubilee just shook her head and pulled further away.

"Jubes, come on. It helped Kitty." Brennan reached out and touched her face.

Crying harder she rolled until she was able to get herself off the bed and almost gently onto the floor. "No! Can't trust!" It took too much energy to try and talk let alone yell.

"Nope. Brennan's my best friend," Jesse smiled. "There's no one in the world I trust more. So, this is over and there's nothing left for you but a lonely jail cell, and I hope they throw away the key."

In a few moments, Cyclops and Jean walked in. "Nice job, Jesse." Cyclops patted his back.

"Thanks. Here's the disk and the pills. The money's in the closet, still in the duffle bag." Jesse moved to the desk and put his massed fist through the face of a drawer. He smiled when Derek jumped at the sound. When he pulled his hand back he held up some cash. "This belongs to Brennan."

"We'll take care of everything, here." Jean smiled as she placed her hand on his arm. "Go find Kitty. We'll meet you in the Blackbird."

Jesse kissed her cheek and ran out the door. Derek shuttered as he saw Jean's eyes concentrating on him.

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