* * * Sanctuary* * *
"So what you're telling me is that this government agency is trying to track me down for something you don't know?" Andy recited. "How come it's always the government? E.T., Conspiracy Theory ... it's always the government."
Jesse decided to take the subtle approach, by calming her down. "Movie-buff, huh? Well, we got a big DVD collection going on ... while you stay here."
Lexa was way too impatient to try Jesse's way of doing things. "Do you know any other mutants?"
"Mutants? Oh--what? You couldn't think of a better way to say FREAK?!" she exclaimed.
Shalimar closed her eyes and put her hands on Andy's shoulders. "I'm going to take Andy to the rec room and explain this to her, nicely ... you guys calm down." She led Andy down the hallway followed by Brennan.
Jesse crossed his arms. "Smoothe, Lex. Real smoothe."
"We can't waste time by being 'nice', Jess. She needs to know the threat to her life and future .... while we figure out who those 'Suits' are," Lexa argued. She didn't know why everything about the mission seemed to end in an arguement between them.
"Lexa ... she's just a kid, don't you remember when you were?" he asked.
"Of course I do ... that's why she needs to know everything!" Lexa raged.
"Lexa ..." he said barely audible. "Calm down," he touched her shoulder, he knew this was getting emotional for her. "We will ... but at a pace that 'she' is comfortable with, not us." Their blue eyes connected and his voice calmed her down. "If she freaks out, she's going to want to leave. And, she's powerful."
Lexa nodded and shrugged off his hand and crossed her own arms. "How we do that?" she asked, curiously.
He shrugged. "Let's give Shalimar and Brennan a few minutes to calm Andy down while we check up on those 'Suits'."
Lexa nodded and joined him in front of the computer. "Well, the Dominion sent us a nice DNA strand .... where'd they get that?" Jesse asked as he opened a new file.
Lexa rolled her eyes. "You don't want to know ... I don't want to know," she answered.
Jesse put his hands on his hips and then swept his hair away from his face. "Well ... that explains the immunity thing. Actually, it's not really immunity. It's sort of a energy drain from the energy in your lasers and Brennan's Tesla coils. They seem to feed and regenerate on energy, so, they might be immune to yours and Brennan's powers. But not Andy's."
"Right, so hand-to-hand combat--got it," Lexa nodded firmly. "Anything else?"
Jesse studied the computer screen for a second, Lexa watched his concentrated face, wondering what's going on in his head. "Well, nothing that I can see." He put his hand over his mouth and then shrugged. "Alright, shall we?" he motioned towards the door, Lexa walked out of the room with Jesse in tow.
Andy was sitting in the rec room, she didn't want to watch T.V., she wanted answers. But she figured that they didn't know anything, so why couldn't she go home? She could handle those suits. Shalimar and Brennan were sitting on a couch, watching her studiously.
"What?" Andy asked, finally fed up. "Listen, if you don't have answers for me than I can go!" Andy stood up.
Shalimar stood up, standing in between the door and Andy. "It's not that simple .... we're isolated by water. And you're life is threatened."
"By what?" Andy asked, her arms spread out in a questioning gesture. "You don't know!"
Lexa and Jesse walked in. "Actually, yes we do ... those 'Suits' that were chasing you were 'super powered' as well. They work for a genetic company," Jesse answered.
Andy's hands dropped, she sat down. "I'm listening ..."
"In the 1970s to 1990s, this genetic-research company called Genomex tampered with the genetic code .... creating mutants. Humans with super powers," Jesse explained. "We're all one of them, there's nothing to be embarrassed about."
"Who said I was embarrassed?" Andy asked. "So? What do I do, stay here?"
"Until we can stop that genetic company," Lexa answered.
Andy lost eye contact and looked to the floor. "Fine ... if my life's endangered and my brother's right about you ... I guess you know what you're doing."
"Right ... Brennan, Shal, you take Andy back to her place to get some clothes for a few days. We don't need an Amber Alert to interfere," Lexa instructed. Andy stood up and Brennan and Shalimar led her out the door.
Jesse moved towards the lab, Lexa dropped her head 'you stupid-stupid man, leave you alone with a brunette in a large mountain all by themselves, and look how he spends it ... on the computer'. He turned around near the door. "Well? Aren't you coming?"
'Okay, maybe not so stupid', she walked to the door, passing him.
They got to the lab, Jesse moved to large computer there. "Well, we know that they're Elementals and can regenerate on energy ... but what is their powers? It doesn't fit into any Elemental classifications."
"Jesse the All Knowing, stumped?" Lexa teased.
Jesse passed her a careful glance. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. What do you think?"
"Does it matter?" Lexa asked, her eyebrows furrowing. "We just kick their ass the old fashion way ... trust me, if they had some "all powerful" abilities, they had plenty of times to use them."
Jesse crossed his arms and leaned back onto the counter. "I just want to know what they're bringing into the fight when we meet them again," he excused like there was nothing wrong with being cautious.
"Yes, look both ways before crossing the street, I got ya," she excused.
Jesse spread his arms apart. "What? What's the problem with being safe? .... I don't want you to have to run away everytime you see these guys."
Lexa made a face and looked at him, she held a finger up to him. "We only ran away once." They were really close now, Jesse stared her down.
"All they need is one time, Lexa," he argued. "Trust me." He moved away to the computer, Lexa put her hands on her hips.
"Whatever," Lexa said. Jesse rolled his eyes and typed on the computer.
Lexa swiped a rogue lock of hair behind her ear and crossed her arms. This was getting awkward, she moved to the door. "I'm going to talk to the Dominion ...." she excused herself and disappeared behind the door.
Jesse sighed, why did she have to leave everytime they would get into an arguement. It's not like it was serious, arguing about two powerful Elementals and she runs away. 'Oh great, now she's got me thinking, I can't work now!' he exited the picture of the DNA strand and walked out.
Lexa was looking at her laptop in her bedroom, she had no intention of calling the Dominion. Truth was, she was getting pretty annoyed with their demands more and more. There was a knock at the door, she didn't look up. "I'm working ..." she paused. "Naked."
There was a pause. "Is that supposed to make me go away?" Jesse's voice carried into the room.
Lexa smiled at his humour and finally got up and opened the door. "You're not on the computer," she teased.
"And you're dressed." he returned. "I wonder which one of us is more disappointed." He smirked and moved past Lexa into her bedroom. He sat on her bed and patted the space next to him. "Sit."
Lexa raised an eyebrow but did as Jesse said, except a little farther away then what he had motioned for. He didn't seem to have noticed. "What?" she asked.
"Why do you do that?" he began. When she didn't respond, he went on. "Leave when we just have a little arguement?"
"Because," she dragged out. "When 'normal' people are done arguing, they like to leave the room before it heats up again."
Jesse shook his head. "No," he didn't accept her answer. "And I know you're not afraid of confrontations, so, what's up?"
Lexa was surprised how well he knew her but she hid it well. "Nothing ..." she shrugged. "Just felt awkward."
"I've heard you argue with Brennan 'and' Shalimar and you've never walked off before ... you've actually stuck around for more.Why am I any different?"
'Ah! That's what you're after, Jess. You wanna know how I feel about you, well, it isn't going to be so easy' she gleamed. "Brennan and Shalimar haven't actually welcomed me to Mutant X with open arms there, Jess. And I like to prove my point."
"You didn't answer my question, why am I any different?"
Lexa looked away. "You know why."
That was all Jesse needed, he stood up and turned back to her. "Right, well, come on."
Lexa looked at his hand and then back up to his face. "Come on, where?"
"Well, I asked you for drink, remember?" Jesse stated. Lexa remembered he had asked her right before she had met Randall Blake.
Lexa stood up and smoothed her black skirt. Jesse motioned for the door. "Go ahead." Jesse shut the door behind him.
"So what you're telling me is that this government agency is trying to track me down for something you don't know?" Andy recited. "How come it's always the government? E.T., Conspiracy Theory ... it's always the government."
Jesse decided to take the subtle approach, by calming her down. "Movie-buff, huh? Well, we got a big DVD collection going on ... while you stay here."
Lexa was way too impatient to try Jesse's way of doing things. "Do you know any other mutants?"
"Mutants? Oh--what? You couldn't think of a better way to say FREAK?!" she exclaimed.
Shalimar closed her eyes and put her hands on Andy's shoulders. "I'm going to take Andy to the rec room and explain this to her, nicely ... you guys calm down." She led Andy down the hallway followed by Brennan.
Jesse crossed his arms. "Smoothe, Lex. Real smoothe."
"We can't waste time by being 'nice', Jess. She needs to know the threat to her life and future .... while we figure out who those 'Suits' are," Lexa argued. She didn't know why everything about the mission seemed to end in an arguement between them.
"Lexa ... she's just a kid, don't you remember when you were?" he asked.
"Of course I do ... that's why she needs to know everything!" Lexa raged.
"Lexa ..." he said barely audible. "Calm down," he touched her shoulder, he knew this was getting emotional for her. "We will ... but at a pace that 'she' is comfortable with, not us." Their blue eyes connected and his voice calmed her down. "If she freaks out, she's going to want to leave. And, she's powerful."
Lexa nodded and shrugged off his hand and crossed her own arms. "How we do that?" she asked, curiously.
He shrugged. "Let's give Shalimar and Brennan a few minutes to calm Andy down while we check up on those 'Suits'."
Lexa nodded and joined him in front of the computer. "Well, the Dominion sent us a nice DNA strand .... where'd they get that?" Jesse asked as he opened a new file.
Lexa rolled her eyes. "You don't want to know ... I don't want to know," she answered.
Jesse put his hands on his hips and then swept his hair away from his face. "Well ... that explains the immunity thing. Actually, it's not really immunity. It's sort of a energy drain from the energy in your lasers and Brennan's Tesla coils. They seem to feed and regenerate on energy, so, they might be immune to yours and Brennan's powers. But not Andy's."
"Right, so hand-to-hand combat--got it," Lexa nodded firmly. "Anything else?"
Jesse studied the computer screen for a second, Lexa watched his concentrated face, wondering what's going on in his head. "Well, nothing that I can see." He put his hand over his mouth and then shrugged. "Alright, shall we?" he motioned towards the door, Lexa walked out of the room with Jesse in tow.
Andy was sitting in the rec room, she didn't want to watch T.V., she wanted answers. But she figured that they didn't know anything, so why couldn't she go home? She could handle those suits. Shalimar and Brennan were sitting on a couch, watching her studiously.
"What?" Andy asked, finally fed up. "Listen, if you don't have answers for me than I can go!" Andy stood up.
Shalimar stood up, standing in between the door and Andy. "It's not that simple .... we're isolated by water. And you're life is threatened."
"By what?" Andy asked, her arms spread out in a questioning gesture. "You don't know!"
Lexa and Jesse walked in. "Actually, yes we do ... those 'Suits' that were chasing you were 'super powered' as well. They work for a genetic company," Jesse answered.
Andy's hands dropped, she sat down. "I'm listening ..."
"In the 1970s to 1990s, this genetic-research company called Genomex tampered with the genetic code .... creating mutants. Humans with super powers," Jesse explained. "We're all one of them, there's nothing to be embarrassed about."
"Who said I was embarrassed?" Andy asked. "So? What do I do, stay here?"
"Until we can stop that genetic company," Lexa answered.
Andy lost eye contact and looked to the floor. "Fine ... if my life's endangered and my brother's right about you ... I guess you know what you're doing."
"Right ... Brennan, Shal, you take Andy back to her place to get some clothes for a few days. We don't need an Amber Alert to interfere," Lexa instructed. Andy stood up and Brennan and Shalimar led her out the door.
Jesse moved towards the lab, Lexa dropped her head 'you stupid-stupid man, leave you alone with a brunette in a large mountain all by themselves, and look how he spends it ... on the computer'. He turned around near the door. "Well? Aren't you coming?"
'Okay, maybe not so stupid', she walked to the door, passing him.
They got to the lab, Jesse moved to large computer there. "Well, we know that they're Elementals and can regenerate on energy ... but what is their powers? It doesn't fit into any Elemental classifications."
"Jesse the All Knowing, stumped?" Lexa teased.
Jesse passed her a careful glance. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. What do you think?"
"Does it matter?" Lexa asked, her eyebrows furrowing. "We just kick their ass the old fashion way ... trust me, if they had some "all powerful" abilities, they had plenty of times to use them."
Jesse crossed his arms and leaned back onto the counter. "I just want to know what they're bringing into the fight when we meet them again," he excused like there was nothing wrong with being cautious.
"Yes, look both ways before crossing the street, I got ya," she excused.
Jesse spread his arms apart. "What? What's the problem with being safe? .... I don't want you to have to run away everytime you see these guys."
Lexa made a face and looked at him, she held a finger up to him. "We only ran away once." They were really close now, Jesse stared her down.
"All they need is one time, Lexa," he argued. "Trust me." He moved away to the computer, Lexa put her hands on her hips.
"Whatever," Lexa said. Jesse rolled his eyes and typed on the computer.
Lexa swiped a rogue lock of hair behind her ear and crossed her arms. This was getting awkward, she moved to the door. "I'm going to talk to the Dominion ...." she excused herself and disappeared behind the door.
Jesse sighed, why did she have to leave everytime they would get into an arguement. It's not like it was serious, arguing about two powerful Elementals and she runs away. 'Oh great, now she's got me thinking, I can't work now!' he exited the picture of the DNA strand and walked out.
Lexa was looking at her laptop in her bedroom, she had no intention of calling the Dominion. Truth was, she was getting pretty annoyed with their demands more and more. There was a knock at the door, she didn't look up. "I'm working ..." she paused. "Naked."
There was a pause. "Is that supposed to make me go away?" Jesse's voice carried into the room.
Lexa smiled at his humour and finally got up and opened the door. "You're not on the computer," she teased.
"And you're dressed." he returned. "I wonder which one of us is more disappointed." He smirked and moved past Lexa into her bedroom. He sat on her bed and patted the space next to him. "Sit."
Lexa raised an eyebrow but did as Jesse said, except a little farther away then what he had motioned for. He didn't seem to have noticed. "What?" she asked.
"Why do you do that?" he began. When she didn't respond, he went on. "Leave when we just have a little arguement?"
"Because," she dragged out. "When 'normal' people are done arguing, they like to leave the room before it heats up again."
Jesse shook his head. "No," he didn't accept her answer. "And I know you're not afraid of confrontations, so, what's up?"
Lexa was surprised how well he knew her but she hid it well. "Nothing ..." she shrugged. "Just felt awkward."
"I've heard you argue with Brennan 'and' Shalimar and you've never walked off before ... you've actually stuck around for more.Why am I any different?"
'Ah! That's what you're after, Jess. You wanna know how I feel about you, well, it isn't going to be so easy' she gleamed. "Brennan and Shalimar haven't actually welcomed me to Mutant X with open arms there, Jess. And I like to prove my point."
"You didn't answer my question, why am I any different?"
Lexa looked away. "You know why."
That was all Jesse needed, he stood up and turned back to her. "Right, well, come on."
Lexa looked at his hand and then back up to his face. "Come on, where?"
"Well, I asked you for drink, remember?" Jesse stated. Lexa remembered he had asked her right before she had met Randall Blake.
Lexa stood up and smoothed her black skirt. Jesse motioned for the door. "Go ahead." Jesse shut the door behind him.