Pre-A/N: Since Wasteland just aired, there's going to a reference to the time when Jesse and Lexa have a discussion in the restaurant in the beginning. And a reference to Brother's Keeper.
Ch. 8
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Lexa established a connection to the Dominion. "Thought you could get rid of us this easily?"
"We have sent you a computer virus that you will find on a disc in your dresser drawer," he stated. "We want you to place it in Phoenix's main hard-drive to destroy the database."
Lexa's brows creased, she lifted her elbows and slid open the drawer, sure enough a disc was in there. Her eyebrows inched to her forehead. "How'd you get that in here?"
He didn't answer her question. "Phoenix isn't funded by the government, but the company does have a powerful silent partner that is funding Project Gravity ..." he said.
Lexa's shoulders dropped. "That would've helped us a lot more if you had told us EARLIER," she raged.
He seemed taken aback by her sudden reply. "We want to know who this silent partner is, so, gather enough information from the database and then destroy it with that virus."
"And what about Loki and Andy?" she inquired.
"Until the threat is over, you will keep them there," he paused. "The Dominion understands that you have a past with Loki Burton in your carreer at Genomex."
Lexa looked up. "It's not an issue if that's what you're thinking."
"He is our only link to the silent partners, if you do not find enough information from the computer: interrogate him for the answers," his voice rasped.
Lexa made a face. "He'll tell us anything if it will ensure the safety of him and his sister," she assured.
"Make certain that he does not go back to his old ways, Ms. Pierce. He is more of a threat than ever since his powers have gotten stronger in the past six years, the Dominion fears that Loki Burton has become emotionally unstable as the years go by."
"Losing his family? Seems to be going around," she sneered. "Don't worry, he'll be fine." She disabled the connection and stood up.
Jesse was leaning on the doorframe. "What was that about?" he asked, his blond locks hanging in his eyes.
Lexa's heart jumped but she gave him a sarcastic look. "Didn't anybody ever tell you that it's 'impolite' to sneak up on people."
"All the time," he quoted. "But I just figured I'd pay you back," he smirked.
Lexa walked to doorway and used her finger to swipe the escaping lock of hair from his forehead. 'That's bugging me' she mentally excused herself. "Hope this doesn't take long ..." she began with a roguish grin. "I got a hot date later." She winked before walking past him.
Jesse grinned to himself before following her to the Helix. He grabbed the platinum, micro-chipped ring from his pocket and gave it to Andy. "Constant communications incase something happens."
"All right then," she said with a smile.
"Hey, guys, maybe we should take the car," Brennan suggested, his nervousness getting the better of him.
"Trust me, Bren," Andy argued. "Nothing is more terrifying then thinking that I might be an only child." She walked up the ramp.
Shalimar stopped and put an arm around Andy. "Not going to happen, kid. I promise."
* * *
Loki awakened to being still hung on a wall. His muscles ached from being in the same position for so long. His stomach growled ferociously as it had when he first got there. Loki closed his eyes to keep his mind off the intensifying hunger that was consuming his thoughts. Maybe he should concentrate on his memories of the one person he knew was coming to save him. Lexa.
*Flashback*
Lexa and Loki walked down the alley from the car that was graciously given to him by Eckhart, just for the mission, of course. "Well, Ms. Pierce. I hope you're not too rusty to break into a bank," he egged on.
"This isn't a challenge, Rookie. We're here to get the directions," she stated, keeping her hands in her jacket. The blistering cold was all she could handle, not an egotistical bank robber.
"Doesn't mean we can't have fun, Lexa. And what makes you think you're better than 'me', anyway? I'm the only one who can get into this place, I say you give me some respect!" he argued.
Lexa hoped that she wouldn't have to go this far, she pulled out the small subdermal governor remote from her pocket. She held it up to his face. "I don't have to, Mr. Eckhart gave me this to keep you inline. So that's what you're going to do."
Lexa didn't know how much weight that Loki could throw around from just appearance, like a flash, he grabbed her shoulders before she could press the button and thrust her into a wall. She winced, his hand grabbed the remote and ripped it from her grip.
He backed away and threw it in the air, a red laser from his index finger shot to the remote and it exploded. "There goes your power ..." he walked down the road. "I'm here for my sister and you're here for your brother, so why don't we just get along until this mission's over."
Lexa was just too shocked to argue, Loki could tell. But when he said that last statement, her expression changed and she nodded and they kept on to the bank.
*Present*
After that mission, Lexa and Loki requested to have missions together because they had the same reason to be there. For their siblings health and survival, they were only friends. Lexa was all about the job and her brother, and then she fell for Carter. Loki knew he was bad news, he could just sense it. A few months later, Leo escaped and so did Lexa. The last time Loki saw her was when he was sent to tell Lexa the news about her brother. Loki had never seen Lexa more hurt and confused until that moment when the news sunk in, Loki tried to talk her out of it: to stay with the agency until Eckhart could find him. But Loki could tell that she had known for quite some time that Leo wasn't okay in that hospital a few miles outside the agency. He tried to assure her that Leo was going to be okay, but Lexa was always the stronger one so he let her leave and bought her sometime until Eckhart knew she was gone. Because he had covered for her, he was going to be put in Stasis but he escaped. Months later, he had got word that Lexa had been accepted onto this team called Mutant X and she had found her brother but he had gotten away after a short period of time. Then she left Mutant X to be a mercenary for some top-secret group.
Loki was sentenced the prison when he was caught with the cars he boosted for some money to pay his mom's hospital dues that healthcare didn't cover and then he heard from a guy who had connections to the outside that Lexa Pierce joined Mutant X again, found her brother only to lose him for the final run, but she stayed and Loki was glad that she was somewhere where she belonged.
Pain shot his side again, this time Loki didn't budge but just savored the thought that he wasn't going to die in here. Lexa, and her Mutant X team, will be here soon. He could sense it when she was close, like he always could. 'Call it intuition, extra-sensory perception, or just that noise I can hear from the other lab', he mused with a small smile. His eyes still closed, he could still see the light shining through his eyelids. 'Through the light, freedom be found'.
* * *
Jesse didn't know there would be so many scientists on duty at ten o' clock in the morning, obviously he was wrong because there was a lot of them buzzing around the honey-comb looking building. From the floor plans he had gotten, most of the rooms were lead lined so if any chemicals and radiation had gotten out; it wouldn't interfere with the other projects. Lexa handed him the virus-disc.
"Place that in the main hard-drive, do you know where that is?" she inquired, though she didn't say anything Jesse could tell that she was nervous about seeing her friend again. No matter how important the mission was.
Jesse waited until Shalimar and Brennan had taken Andy ahead, he reached for Lexa's hand and pulled her to another hallway. "What is it with Loki that has the Dominion so scared?" he whispered, making sure Andy didn't hear.
Lexa was offended that Jesse suggested that Loki was a bad person, which he wasn't. "He's a mix between my brother and Brennan. He's an andrenaline-junkie, he always was. It doesn't matter how the years changed him, the other part is that he changes when something happens to his friends and family. He doesn't have the mutant-powers like my brother. The Dominion's afraid that if something happens to Andy, or me," she added. "He'll take revenge on the people who did it, ruining their chance of getting the silent partners."
She had explained everything he had heard to the rest of his teammates, but he had never guessed that Lexa and Loki were that close. "You were really close?" he decided to put his suspicions down.
"Other than my brother and Carter ... he was the only one I ever trusted. It hurts to know that it's my fault that he's in prison and that he wasn't there for Andy," she confided. It was, after all, her fault. When Loki had told her that Leo had escaped all she could think about was saving Leo. It wasn't until days after that she was kicking herself for not asking Loki to come with her. Loki was her dearest friend, and she knew that if she asked; Loki would've came with her and maybe she could've found him earlier.
"It's not your fault," he persuaded, breaking Lexa from her blame-trail. "You'll get this all straightened out, trust me, if he's what you and Andy told me; he'll be all right," he assured. He squeezed her hand that he was still holding, and brought it to his lips to gently kiss it, their intense blue eyes locking onto each others. Suddenly, a crashing noise shattered their thoughts and made them jump. Jesse dropped her hand and they raced down the hall towards the source. Lexa was there first, she stopped abruptly making Jesse almost collide with her. Jesse looked, Shalimar, Brennan, and Andy were crowded in the center of a laboratory with about five suits surrounding them. Scientists were pushing past them to get out, not caring who they were. Lexa reached behind her and felt for Jesse's hand, he grabbed hers and then she made them both invisible. 'This is going to be a long night' Jesse thought.
***A/N***
Thanks mfkngst for those kind words
Riley for the Dominion-thing
And for everyone who reviewed, I can't possibly write anything without your kind words! :-)
~*~K~*~
Ch. 8
* * *
Lexa established a connection to the Dominion. "Thought you could get rid of us this easily?"
"We have sent you a computer virus that you will find on a disc in your dresser drawer," he stated. "We want you to place it in Phoenix's main hard-drive to destroy the database."
Lexa's brows creased, she lifted her elbows and slid open the drawer, sure enough a disc was in there. Her eyebrows inched to her forehead. "How'd you get that in here?"
He didn't answer her question. "Phoenix isn't funded by the government, but the company does have a powerful silent partner that is funding Project Gravity ..." he said.
Lexa's shoulders dropped. "That would've helped us a lot more if you had told us EARLIER," she raged.
He seemed taken aback by her sudden reply. "We want to know who this silent partner is, so, gather enough information from the database and then destroy it with that virus."
"And what about Loki and Andy?" she inquired.
"Until the threat is over, you will keep them there," he paused. "The Dominion understands that you have a past with Loki Burton in your carreer at Genomex."
Lexa looked up. "It's not an issue if that's what you're thinking."
"He is our only link to the silent partners, if you do not find enough information from the computer: interrogate him for the answers," his voice rasped.
Lexa made a face. "He'll tell us anything if it will ensure the safety of him and his sister," she assured.
"Make certain that he does not go back to his old ways, Ms. Pierce. He is more of a threat than ever since his powers have gotten stronger in the past six years, the Dominion fears that Loki Burton has become emotionally unstable as the years go by."
"Losing his family? Seems to be going around," she sneered. "Don't worry, he'll be fine." She disabled the connection and stood up.
Jesse was leaning on the doorframe. "What was that about?" he asked, his blond locks hanging in his eyes.
Lexa's heart jumped but she gave him a sarcastic look. "Didn't anybody ever tell you that it's 'impolite' to sneak up on people."
"All the time," he quoted. "But I just figured I'd pay you back," he smirked.
Lexa walked to doorway and used her finger to swipe the escaping lock of hair from his forehead. 'That's bugging me' she mentally excused herself. "Hope this doesn't take long ..." she began with a roguish grin. "I got a hot date later." She winked before walking past him.
Jesse grinned to himself before following her to the Helix. He grabbed the platinum, micro-chipped ring from his pocket and gave it to Andy. "Constant communications incase something happens."
"All right then," she said with a smile.
"Hey, guys, maybe we should take the car," Brennan suggested, his nervousness getting the better of him.
"Trust me, Bren," Andy argued. "Nothing is more terrifying then thinking that I might be an only child." She walked up the ramp.
Shalimar stopped and put an arm around Andy. "Not going to happen, kid. I promise."
* * *
Loki awakened to being still hung on a wall. His muscles ached from being in the same position for so long. His stomach growled ferociously as it had when he first got there. Loki closed his eyes to keep his mind off the intensifying hunger that was consuming his thoughts. Maybe he should concentrate on his memories of the one person he knew was coming to save him. Lexa.
*Flashback*
Lexa and Loki walked down the alley from the car that was graciously given to him by Eckhart, just for the mission, of course. "Well, Ms. Pierce. I hope you're not too rusty to break into a bank," he egged on.
"This isn't a challenge, Rookie. We're here to get the directions," she stated, keeping her hands in her jacket. The blistering cold was all she could handle, not an egotistical bank robber.
"Doesn't mean we can't have fun, Lexa. And what makes you think you're better than 'me', anyway? I'm the only one who can get into this place, I say you give me some respect!" he argued.
Lexa hoped that she wouldn't have to go this far, she pulled out the small subdermal governor remote from her pocket. She held it up to his face. "I don't have to, Mr. Eckhart gave me this to keep you inline. So that's what you're going to do."
Lexa didn't know how much weight that Loki could throw around from just appearance, like a flash, he grabbed her shoulders before she could press the button and thrust her into a wall. She winced, his hand grabbed the remote and ripped it from her grip.
He backed away and threw it in the air, a red laser from his index finger shot to the remote and it exploded. "There goes your power ..." he walked down the road. "I'm here for my sister and you're here for your brother, so why don't we just get along until this mission's over."
Lexa was just too shocked to argue, Loki could tell. But when he said that last statement, her expression changed and she nodded and they kept on to the bank.
*Present*
After that mission, Lexa and Loki requested to have missions together because they had the same reason to be there. For their siblings health and survival, they were only friends. Lexa was all about the job and her brother, and then she fell for Carter. Loki knew he was bad news, he could just sense it. A few months later, Leo escaped and so did Lexa. The last time Loki saw her was when he was sent to tell Lexa the news about her brother. Loki had never seen Lexa more hurt and confused until that moment when the news sunk in, Loki tried to talk her out of it: to stay with the agency until Eckhart could find him. But Loki could tell that she had known for quite some time that Leo wasn't okay in that hospital a few miles outside the agency. He tried to assure her that Leo was going to be okay, but Lexa was always the stronger one so he let her leave and bought her sometime until Eckhart knew she was gone. Because he had covered for her, he was going to be put in Stasis but he escaped. Months later, he had got word that Lexa had been accepted onto this team called Mutant X and she had found her brother but he had gotten away after a short period of time. Then she left Mutant X to be a mercenary for some top-secret group.
Loki was sentenced the prison when he was caught with the cars he boosted for some money to pay his mom's hospital dues that healthcare didn't cover and then he heard from a guy who had connections to the outside that Lexa Pierce joined Mutant X again, found her brother only to lose him for the final run, but she stayed and Loki was glad that she was somewhere where she belonged.
Pain shot his side again, this time Loki didn't budge but just savored the thought that he wasn't going to die in here. Lexa, and her Mutant X team, will be here soon. He could sense it when she was close, like he always could. 'Call it intuition, extra-sensory perception, or just that noise I can hear from the other lab', he mused with a small smile. His eyes still closed, he could still see the light shining through his eyelids. 'Through the light, freedom be found'.
* * *
Jesse didn't know there would be so many scientists on duty at ten o' clock in the morning, obviously he was wrong because there was a lot of them buzzing around the honey-comb looking building. From the floor plans he had gotten, most of the rooms were lead lined so if any chemicals and radiation had gotten out; it wouldn't interfere with the other projects. Lexa handed him the virus-disc.
"Place that in the main hard-drive, do you know where that is?" she inquired, though she didn't say anything Jesse could tell that she was nervous about seeing her friend again. No matter how important the mission was.
Jesse waited until Shalimar and Brennan had taken Andy ahead, he reached for Lexa's hand and pulled her to another hallway. "What is it with Loki that has the Dominion so scared?" he whispered, making sure Andy didn't hear.
Lexa was offended that Jesse suggested that Loki was a bad person, which he wasn't. "He's a mix between my brother and Brennan. He's an andrenaline-junkie, he always was. It doesn't matter how the years changed him, the other part is that he changes when something happens to his friends and family. He doesn't have the mutant-powers like my brother. The Dominion's afraid that if something happens to Andy, or me," she added. "He'll take revenge on the people who did it, ruining their chance of getting the silent partners."
She had explained everything he had heard to the rest of his teammates, but he had never guessed that Lexa and Loki were that close. "You were really close?" he decided to put his suspicions down.
"Other than my brother and Carter ... he was the only one I ever trusted. It hurts to know that it's my fault that he's in prison and that he wasn't there for Andy," she confided. It was, after all, her fault. When Loki had told her that Leo had escaped all she could think about was saving Leo. It wasn't until days after that she was kicking herself for not asking Loki to come with her. Loki was her dearest friend, and she knew that if she asked; Loki would've came with her and maybe she could've found him earlier.
"It's not your fault," he persuaded, breaking Lexa from her blame-trail. "You'll get this all straightened out, trust me, if he's what you and Andy told me; he'll be all right," he assured. He squeezed her hand that he was still holding, and brought it to his lips to gently kiss it, their intense blue eyes locking onto each others. Suddenly, a crashing noise shattered their thoughts and made them jump. Jesse dropped her hand and they raced down the hall towards the source. Lexa was there first, she stopped abruptly making Jesse almost collide with her. Jesse looked, Shalimar, Brennan, and Andy were crowded in the center of a laboratory with about five suits surrounding them. Scientists were pushing past them to get out, not caring who they were. Lexa reached behind her and felt for Jesse's hand, he grabbed hers and then she made them both invisible. 'This is going to be a long night' Jesse thought.
***A/N***
Thanks mfkngst for those kind words
Riley for the Dominion-thing
And for everyone who reviewed, I can't possibly write anything without your kind words! :-)
~*~K~*~