"Well I know where the Dominion scientists who were working on this thing are. The Dominion don't know that Steph and Ryan are the two mutants that they tested on, so they told me where to bring the kids if we found them," said Lexa. "It's a place in the capital city of Ireland, Dublin. A hospital in a place called Clontarf, the Beard told me."

"Come on people, let's go," said Shal immediately.

Brennan and Jesse carried the two teenagers out to the Helix and strapped them in, followed by Shal and Lexa with some medical equipment, needles and bandages. When Brennan looked at her quizzically, Shal said, "just in case we need it", pointing at Steph and Ryan who were still unconscious.

Jesse piloted the Helix, and in a few hours they were arriving over the west coast of Ireland. Shal looked down at the Cliffs Of Moher and gasped at their beauty, their wild nature. Her eyes glowed at the turbulent waters far below. A few minutes later they were at Clontarf Orthopaedic Hospital, where the Dominion scientists were.

Lexa and Jesse went in to take care of the guards and get the scientists to 'co-operate' while Brennan and Shalimar unstrapped the teenagers and gently lifted them out of the Helix. Ryan remained out cold but Steph started to wake, and let out a small cry of pain when Shal lifted her.

"Shush, baby, go back to sleep, everything's going to be all right," said Shal comfortingly. But Shal was scared. She had had to wrap Steph in a special blanket, so that she wouldn't phase through her arms, and Brennan had had to cover Ryan's forehead with a metal plated baseball cap to stop him being hit by the psi-blasts.

Brennan and Shal walked into the empty building warily, and jumped when they spotted Lexa and Jesse.

"The doctors are all through here," shouted Jesse. "They said that they are going to have to start the procedure quickly if Steph and Ryan are to have any chance of surviving. They need to implant the two of them with a chip, which will eradicate the drug by sending acetyl enzymes throughout their nervous systems. The implants will disintegrate after their task is finished."

"Are you sure we can trust these guys, Jess?" asked Shal.

"Well, they just watched us take out their entire posse of guards, I don't think there's going to be any non-compliance, do you Lexa?" said Jesse, grinning wickedly at Lexa, who smiled back.

"So what are we waiting for then?" asked Shal impatiently. She placed Steph down on one of the tables and saw Brennan put Ryan on the adjacent table. They then stepped back and watched as the scientist implanted both of them with what looked like small metal nails.