Dance of the Dreamscape
Legal Disclaimer-I play in a world that I do not own. I don't do this for money, so, don't sue me, I don't have money. And I wouldn't be able to do any of this if it wasn't for the original works of Stan Lee-Thank you from the bottom of my heart Stan.
Authors Note-
Eight Reviews? I feel like Sally Field. You like me, you really like me....Let me know what you think about the rest of this as it goes along. My warnings are that yes, there will be some interesting stuff in future chapters. Yes, I live very much with the cave thoughts of many in a rebuilt Sanctuary, but, what else can occur? And who else, other than the Dominion may be after them? Animiga-Cliffhangers? What Cliff---------
Chapter 2
Jesse Kilmartin was beneath them. The cave complex reached down for two miles, leaving the team to create needs for the many rooms, and level two had become their bedroom areas. They were Spartan, usually just a cot, a camp stove and very little light, since the main power had not been relayed yet.
He lay on a cot in what had become his room. Brennan had told Kari that he was pretty beaten up from the experience with the Dominion and had fallen dead asleep on the keyboards about an hour before she got there. He had carried him to the room, Jesse not moving, just unconscious from lack of sleep. The lights had flickered on in his room when Kari got the computers up and running and she ran the upload to convert the mainframe there to run like Sanctuary's did. The safehouses were back online and the panic that having Sanctuary gone could now stop.
She walked slowly into his room and stared at his sleeping form. He looked so young and innocent when he slept. Instantly she missed his quick smile and twinkle in his eyes. The fury of the past few days had settled onto his face, but the wounds were healing. Brennan had warned her that he had been beaten up when he refused to give up any information on Mutant X, or the database, or their friends.
'Typical Jesse,' she thought to herself as she moved toward him, 'Protecting everyone.' She gently sat on the edge of the cot and brushed a lock of hair off of his face. His eyes opened and he looked at her, his hand grabbing hers.
"Hey there," she said softly, "I didn't mean to wake you up."
"Kari? I didn't expect to see you," Jesse's voice was deep and soft, "When did you get here?"
Kari looked at her watch. Night had fallen during her installation.
"This afternoon," she said, "You've been out a couple of hours according to Brennan. He said you needed it, and you were to stay here."
Jesse smiled slightly and tried to sit up. She helped him, slowly pulling him up with his good hand.
"Wait a second, there's light in here," he said, looking around, "Your doing?"
"Yep, I had the install codes sent to me by Sanctuary's computer," Kari couldn't help but feel like a computer geek, "I have you running here with Sanctuary's access to the mainframes of the safehouses, but the decode keys are still all yours."
Jesse tapped his temple with his bandaged fingers.
"And they are still in here," Jesse said, a tone of bitterness in his voice, "Where's the rest of the gang? Did they tell you what happened? And how did you know to come here?"
"First question, back in the main lab, setting up some form of base for you guys. I lent Brennan my bike to get you guys some supplies," Kari got up and paced the room, "No, they didn't tell me what happened, they saved that for you, and as for coming here, I'm a primary code holder. Adam made me one, remember? This address came up, Lexa found me upstairs. What happened Jesse? Why did you blow up Sanctuary?"
Jesse sighed. Even thought it was two days ago, it felt like months ago. He motioned for her to sit back down and started his long explanation. He had a hard time looking at her during his explanation, it was a hard story to tell and he was still coming to grips with it himself. Kari was stunned by the story. It fit the imagery of her nightmare perfectly, but Adam's case was one for the books. He was a clone?
Kari shook her head in shock. She got back up and paced. It was nearly impossible to imagine all the destruction that they had been through. Jesse looked haunted.
"Okay, what next?" she asked, watching Jesse's reaction to her movements, "You guys have any plans on how to continue? I know this contingency plan is only for so long. Do you want to contact Xavier? You tell me Jesse."
"This isn't my whole decision, Kari," Jesse said, standing up slowly, "There's so much to do, we could use the help of the everyone, but, where are we if we can't function by ourselves. The thing about Xavier is that he would want to help, but he would want us to function by ourselves. He and Adam are all about that."
"Are the funds available to rebuild?" Kari asked, "Because you could do it here, this is a distant enough place to rebuild the computers, but, you need transport, food, supplies..."
"Thanks for the laundry list," Jesse said, slowly standing up, "We're all aware of that, Kari, and I am still trying to figure out how to do all of it."
"Let me help you then, I can do it, you know, and I think we can get this up and running rather quickly," Kari put the plans together aloud, "You'll need more transport, I know that there are some vans and cars available from the Vancouver safehouse, and I know where foodstuffs are readily available. You need other help, I'll find it. Jesse, you guys helped me when I really needed it, let me help you now."
Jesse nodded. It looked like Kari Spiritwalker was back in his life once again.
