"Anything?" Jesse asked through his com-link while Lexa, Shalimar and Brennan searched the Joanna's apartment.
"It's a wreck" Lexa replied, wading her way through the upturned furniture and rubbish.
"Either her place was searched or she did this herself when she was doped up" Shalimar added. Using her feral senses to find anything useful.
"You found anything else yet?" Brennan asked Jesse.
"Not yet, I'm still searching, wait" He stopped for a second and the other three waited patiently for him to answer. "Okay, I've been looking at the police records and it says they've had a stream of extreme violence attacks, the attackers were all high on something and they all were too strong or fast for them to catch…Ooh even better, they have one caught, he's stored in the city morgue. You wanna go fetch it? I need to do some more tests"
"You wanna dead body?" Shalimar asked
"It's the only way we're gonna find out what happened to Joanna" Jesse reasoned.
"To the morgue then" Lexa sighed, pushing her way back through the mess.
Lexa, Brennan and Shalimar all stood outside the med lab while Jesse did his tests on the body although they could see what was going on through the glass windows.
"How long are you gonna be?" Brennan asked. Shalimar looked at him funny. "What? I'm hungry!" He added.
"Go" Shalimar motioned to the kitchen "We don't all need to be here" Shalimar watched as he walked off grateful and then turned back to the window.
"Hey, could someone try and find security footage of this guy, see if the police have anything on his death or the attack." Jesse said, his voice muffled from the mask he was wearing. Shalimar left to find what Jesse needed while Lexa stayed behind, secretly admiring Jesse while he worked. She watched as he took a blood sample and put it under the microscope, looking at it for a couple of seconds before moving to the computer. She smiled at his confused face and then watched as he went back over to the body. 10 minutes later he came out of the lab to tell everyone what he'd found out and as usual everyone gathered around the computer table.
"Well, I've ran him through the mutant database and his name is Parker Finnby, aged 25 and is a thermal elemental , still have to figure out what he was on but I can tell you what it did. I don't know what it does to normal people but this drug hypes up mutant powers, so much that it's hard to control them, I'm guessing it starts off by giving you an extra boost in your powers, you're high, you can't tell what's real and what's not. You'll have no inhibitions and that's when you'll start getting dangerous. Mixed with you powers and you'll feel untouchable which means you'll become violent." Jesse looked round while everyone took in this information. "However it doesn't last. This drug isn't finished; either that or someone wants it to work that way. New mutants can't handle it and their genetics reject it which kills them. I'm gonna do some more searching, we need to find Joanna if she's not already dead and also the dealer that's giving this stuff out, plus I've got to try and find a way to counteract the drug when its in the system. I'm going to be here a while guys" Jesse finished, Brennan and Shalimar walked off in the direction of Brennan's bedroom while Lexa stayed behind.
"You want some company?" she asked
"I'm okay"
"Are you sure, I can stay if you want to?"
"I'm sure, I'll get things done quicker if I'm not distracted" Jesse answered, looking up at Lexa so she knew what he meant. He couldn't get any work down if she was sitting down watching him, they'd only end up…..not doing any work
"Okay well you know where I am if you need me" Lexa gave him a quick kiss before walking off.
Jesse had been searching all day. He'd found snippets of information but nothing big. Until he's found where the drug had came from. Genomex. "What a surprise" he said sarcastically to himself. It was late and if he wanted to find anything else it would mean going into Genomex files. They were some of the hardest files to get into but they weren't completely impregnable. It could wait till the morning. He yawned quietly before making his way to his bedroom. He smiled when he saw Lexa asleep in his bed. He got changed and got into the bed whilst Lexa unconsciously moved over to him. He placed his arm around her and fell asleep.