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There was a long silence as everyone took this in.
"Are you sure" Shalimar asked quietly.
"I'm sorry; I checked and double checked, seems that while he was there he worked to make a drug that boosts mutant powers, a short period where mutant powers are enhanced. He never finished the project. He was working with Dr. Sara Stanton at the time" Jesse looked at Lexa "You remember here don't you? Her drug nearly killed you, I performed mouth to mouth" Lexa laughed, breaking the tense atmosphere
"Is that all you remember?" Lexa asked teasing him.
"Hey, I don't remember you complaining" Jesse replied, joining in.
"I'll think you'll find that I was unconscious at the time, wasn't in the right state of mind to complain" Jesse was about to counter when Brennan interrupted.
"Okay, enough of the small talk, what else you got" Jesse took a breath before continuing.
"The drugs called seroxin, Takes about 2 hours to take effect, your on a high for about 4 hours after that and then after that….You turn evil, that is until your genes give up on you and you die. Adam didn't finish it so I don't know how much time anyone infected with this stuff has. I doubt it Joanna survived the night"
"I'm sorry" Shalimar said, placing a comforting hand on Jesse's shoulder
"It's alright, even if we had found her we probably wouldn't have known what to do in time. What we can do is find the dealer though. Stop him from killing anyone else. I found from a police report that there was a fight at the Undertones club the night before we found Joanna. The woman who started the fight fits Joanna's description. You guys wanna check it out? See if anyone was there that night or knew her."
"Okay, let's go" Brennan and Shalimar Lexa left, leaving Jesse with his computer again. He sighed knowing he was a long way from having all the information he needed and headed to the med lab. He needed to work out a counteragent to the drug just incase another new mutant got infected. It was going to be a long day.
"Okay we're here" Brennan spoke through his com-link to Jesse before leading the two women into the bar. It was already filling up even though it was still early. Brennan and Lexa made their way to the bar as Shalimar checked out the dance floor.
Brennan and Lexa reached the bar and sat down on two empty stools. Lexa motioned for the barman and he walked over to them.
"What can I get you two?"
"How about some information" Brennan pulled out a picture of Joanna and showed it the barman "She was in here a couple of nights ago, made a scene, possibly decked a couple of guys?"
"Sounds familiar, a couple of my guards probably chucked her out of here"
"You own the place" Lexa asked
"A couple of years now, hey I'm sorry I couldn't give you anymore information how about I fix you two a couple of drinks, on the house." Brennan looked around for Shalimar before nodding to the barman. She could always drive them home.
The barman went over to the other side of the bar to fix the drinks. Slipping in some powder as he did, hoping the two people at the bar didn't see him do it. He brought them over and placed them in front of them. He smiled as they both took a sip of their drinks.