* * *
Reese Douglas paced the large office, he stared down his employees 'Suits' as his new assignment called them. "How could you NOT handle a fifteen-year-old girl?" he raged, his black eyes wavering in fury. His partners needed that specimen to continue the project's research as he would not be made a fool of. A man with a strong build, he could take those two agents down with a single punch. He was 6'3'', broad shoulders, and black hair.
"She used her powers on us . . . " the braver agent said, Michael Killinger, Reese recognized. "We fell about two stories!"
Even with an excuse like this, Reese wouldn't let them have an easy way out of this failure. "Excuses, that's all I hear from you . . . "
"That's not all," the other one interrupted, making Reese even more furious, Stan Peterson. "There were three others . . . mutants, an Elemental, Molecular, and one unidentified."
Reese scratched his chin. "I will contact the partners on this one. You will find Andromeda Burton, and if you don't, I'll make sure that you never get close to an energy source again." Michael and Stan left, Reese crossed his arms and sighed. When the partners had given them the genetic outline for his agents, they left one weakness in their code to keep them in line. Though the regenerated on energy, a long period of time without it would kill them slowly but surely. 'We have to get that mutant. My life depends on it!' he thought.
* * *Sanctuary* * *
Andy walked into the main room with her arms crossed in boredom. The four adults seemed surprised by her presence. "What's going on?" as she noticed their strange behavior.
"Nothing . . . " Jesse said. "Anything on T.V.?" he asked as he exited Andy's profile and walked toward her.
Andy frowned. "Nothing, just commercials . . . and your movie-picks suck," she joked with a smirk.
"What?" Brennan asked dramatically. "Even the Godfather?"
Andy's eyebrows furrowed. "Boring and so played out. 'I could've been a contender', 'I made 'im an offer he couldn't refuse' . . . who doesn't know those?"
"But what about the storyline? ..." Brennan asked, then he realized he had to abandon his effort. "Well, what's your favorite movie, then?"
Andy took sometime to think about this. "Uh---2Fast2Furious . . . right now."
Shalimar's jaw dropped. "Ah! My hero! Paul Walker makes it," she quipped.
"Fast cars, crooked cops, I was made for this!" Jesse quoted. "Come on, I'm sure we can order it on digital cable. We live in a cave, kinda screws up the reception for Dish Network."
Andy grinned. While they were leading her out, Andy's gaze traveled back to Lexa. "Aren't you coming?" she asked. She didn't understand that Lexa was still sort of the outsider in Mutant X, nobody understood why but it just felt awkward talking to her about things like movies, music, and what's better Chinese or Thai food?
Lexa was caught off guard by the girl's questions, before she could say no Jesse walked back to her and touched her arm. "Come on, Lexa. You said you never like to miss a party," he said.
Lexa shrugged and smiled a little. "All right, I haven't seen a movie in forever," which was the truth; working for the Dominion, Adam, and Eckhart for five years kind of got rid of entertainment like movies. 'I wonder if that's why I'm so irreversibly screwed up' Lexa joked inside her head and they all went into the rec. room.
* * * 3 Hours Later* * *
The movie had just ended and it was 12:00AM, Andy was asleep wrapped up in a blanket on the couch, laying on Shalimar's shoulder. Lexa was leaning on Jesse's shoulder, asleep too. Brennan and Shalimar were the only awake ones while Jesse had just drifted off to sleep.
"See . . . the Godfather, 2Fast2Furious just put everyone to sleep," Brennan observed. Shalimar elbowed him in the arm, being careful to not wake up Andy.
Brennan got up and touched Jesse's shoulder. "Hey, Jess."
Jesse's eyes opened and his vision cleared. "What's up?"
"Why don't you take Lexa to her room while Shal and I get Andy comfortable?" he whispered.
Jesse just noticed the extra weight on his right shoulder, he looked to the sleeping brunette and nodded. "Never guess you'd be the one to catch me with a brunette . . . " he joked.
Brennan grinned. Jesse eased his shoulder away from Lexa and picked her up before her head hit the pillow. "She sleeps like a rock . . . and weighs like one too."
"Just put her in her room!" Brennan said.
Shalimar leaned Andy on the couch while she got up and pulled a blanket over her. She stood up and made sure she was still asleep by listening to her regular breathing patterns with her feral hearing. "Do you think she'll be all right?"
"With an attitude like that, sure!" Brennan answered. He walked out, muttering under his breath. "Making fun of the Godfather . . . kids these days."
Shalimar giggled. Brennan could be even more immature than an eleven-year-old if he wanted to, that's why she was glad he had an important job to keep him in line. Shalimar walked out silently and turned off the light behind her.
Jesse wasn't having too hard of a time holding Lexa, it was trying to open her door to her bedroom that was the trouble. "Okay, Lex. I'd like to have a little cooperation at this point, yes," he groaned as his arms got heavy. He was sure she was asleep, but talking to himself just made him forget that his hands were slipping. Jesse didn't want to drop Lexa, how Prince Charming would he be, then? 'I could phase' he thought, but he was having a trouble holding his breath since he was already losing it. "Sometimes I wish I could've been telekinetic," he muttered. Finally, he managed to slide her legs farther down his arms so he could reach the doorknob. He opened the door and then carried her to her bed.
Jesse laid her down and then pulled the blanket up to her stomach and took a deep breath. "Even when you're asleep you make a man work hard . . . " he straightened his back and then crouched down again and kissed her forehead. "Good night, Lexa."
Jesse walked to the door and pulled on the doorknob, finally, Lexa couldn't take it anymore. "Good night, Jess."
Jesse whirled around and saw Lexa's eyes glinting. Then he pointed a finger at her. "That'll cost you dinner! ..." He grinned than turned around and turned off the light behind him.
Reese Douglas paced the large office, he stared down his employees 'Suits' as his new assignment called them. "How could you NOT handle a fifteen-year-old girl?" he raged, his black eyes wavering in fury. His partners needed that specimen to continue the project's research as he would not be made a fool of. A man with a strong build, he could take those two agents down with a single punch. He was 6'3'', broad shoulders, and black hair.
"She used her powers on us . . . " the braver agent said, Michael Killinger, Reese recognized. "We fell about two stories!"
Even with an excuse like this, Reese wouldn't let them have an easy way out of this failure. "Excuses, that's all I hear from you . . . "
"That's not all," the other one interrupted, making Reese even more furious, Stan Peterson. "There were three others . . . mutants, an Elemental, Molecular, and one unidentified."
Reese scratched his chin. "I will contact the partners on this one. You will find Andromeda Burton, and if you don't, I'll make sure that you never get close to an energy source again." Michael and Stan left, Reese crossed his arms and sighed. When the partners had given them the genetic outline for his agents, they left one weakness in their code to keep them in line. Though the regenerated on energy, a long period of time without it would kill them slowly but surely. 'We have to get that mutant. My life depends on it!' he thought.
* * *Sanctuary* * *
Andy walked into the main room with her arms crossed in boredom. The four adults seemed surprised by her presence. "What's going on?" as she noticed their strange behavior.
"Nothing . . . " Jesse said. "Anything on T.V.?" he asked as he exited Andy's profile and walked toward her.
Andy frowned. "Nothing, just commercials . . . and your movie-picks suck," she joked with a smirk.
"What?" Brennan asked dramatically. "Even the Godfather?"
Andy's eyebrows furrowed. "Boring and so played out. 'I could've been a contender', 'I made 'im an offer he couldn't refuse' . . . who doesn't know those?"
"But what about the storyline? ..." Brennan asked, then he realized he had to abandon his effort. "Well, what's your favorite movie, then?"
Andy took sometime to think about this. "Uh---2Fast2Furious . . . right now."
Shalimar's jaw dropped. "Ah! My hero! Paul Walker makes it," she quipped.
"Fast cars, crooked cops, I was made for this!" Jesse quoted. "Come on, I'm sure we can order it on digital cable. We live in a cave, kinda screws up the reception for Dish Network."
Andy grinned. While they were leading her out, Andy's gaze traveled back to Lexa. "Aren't you coming?" she asked. She didn't understand that Lexa was still sort of the outsider in Mutant X, nobody understood why but it just felt awkward talking to her about things like movies, music, and what's better Chinese or Thai food?
Lexa was caught off guard by the girl's questions, before she could say no Jesse walked back to her and touched her arm. "Come on, Lexa. You said you never like to miss a party," he said.
Lexa shrugged and smiled a little. "All right, I haven't seen a movie in forever," which was the truth; working for the Dominion, Adam, and Eckhart for five years kind of got rid of entertainment like movies. 'I wonder if that's why I'm so irreversibly screwed up' Lexa joked inside her head and they all went into the rec. room.
* * * 3 Hours Later* * *
The movie had just ended and it was 12:00AM, Andy was asleep wrapped up in a blanket on the couch, laying on Shalimar's shoulder. Lexa was leaning on Jesse's shoulder, asleep too. Brennan and Shalimar were the only awake ones while Jesse had just drifted off to sleep.
"See . . . the Godfather, 2Fast2Furious just put everyone to sleep," Brennan observed. Shalimar elbowed him in the arm, being careful to not wake up Andy.
Brennan got up and touched Jesse's shoulder. "Hey, Jess."
Jesse's eyes opened and his vision cleared. "What's up?"
"Why don't you take Lexa to her room while Shal and I get Andy comfortable?" he whispered.
Jesse just noticed the extra weight on his right shoulder, he looked to the sleeping brunette and nodded. "Never guess you'd be the one to catch me with a brunette . . . " he joked.
Brennan grinned. Jesse eased his shoulder away from Lexa and picked her up before her head hit the pillow. "She sleeps like a rock . . . and weighs like one too."
"Just put her in her room!" Brennan said.
Shalimar leaned Andy on the couch while she got up and pulled a blanket over her. She stood up and made sure she was still asleep by listening to her regular breathing patterns with her feral hearing. "Do you think she'll be all right?"
"With an attitude like that, sure!" Brennan answered. He walked out, muttering under his breath. "Making fun of the Godfather . . . kids these days."
Shalimar giggled. Brennan could be even more immature than an eleven-year-old if he wanted to, that's why she was glad he had an important job to keep him in line. Shalimar walked out silently and turned off the light behind her.
Jesse wasn't having too hard of a time holding Lexa, it was trying to open her door to her bedroom that was the trouble. "Okay, Lex. I'd like to have a little cooperation at this point, yes," he groaned as his arms got heavy. He was sure she was asleep, but talking to himself just made him forget that his hands were slipping. Jesse didn't want to drop Lexa, how Prince Charming would he be, then? 'I could phase' he thought, but he was having a trouble holding his breath since he was already losing it. "Sometimes I wish I could've been telekinetic," he muttered. Finally, he managed to slide her legs farther down his arms so he could reach the doorknob. He opened the door and then carried her to her bed.
Jesse laid her down and then pulled the blanket up to her stomach and took a deep breath. "Even when you're asleep you make a man work hard . . . " he straightened his back and then crouched down again and kissed her forehead. "Good night, Lexa."
Jesse walked to the door and pulled on the doorknob, finally, Lexa couldn't take it anymore. "Good night, Jess."
Jesse whirled around and saw Lexa's eyes glinting. Then he pointed a finger at her. "That'll cost you dinner! ..." He grinned than turned around and turned off the light behind him.