When Brennan and Shalimar arrived at the club, they could hear the music booming through the walls as usual. There were people scrambling to get inside out of the rain. Security was all over the place.
"Shall we?" Brennan said as he and Shal got out of the car. They ran towards the door as the rain started to come down harder. It was almost pitch black outside because of all the clouds and besides; it was night.
They got inside the club and made their way through the sea of moving bodies. The movement of the crowd was in perfect time with the beat of the music. Brennan and Shalimar found a table and sat down.
"Want anything to drink?" Brennan asked Shalimar as soon as they were settled.
"Sure," she replied with a smile. "Anything is fine."
"Okay. Be right back," Brennan said before heading off towards the bar.
Shalimar sat at the table and watched all the people around her. She looked back to were Brennan was standing. He was waiting for the guy behind the bar to give him his drinks. He was also watching the people on the dance floor.
"Shall we?" Brennan said as he and Shal got out of the car. They ran towards the door as the rain started to come down harder. It was almost pitch black outside because of all the clouds and besides; it was night.
They got inside the club and made their way through the sea of moving bodies. The movement of the crowd was in perfect time with the beat of the music. Brennan and Shalimar found a table and sat down.
"Want anything to drink?" Brennan asked Shalimar as soon as they were settled.
"Sure," she replied with a smile. "Anything is fine."
"Okay. Be right back," Brennan said before heading off towards the bar.
Shalimar sat at the table and watched all the people around her. She looked back to were Brennan was standing. He was waiting for the guy behind the bar to give him his drinks. He was also watching the people on the dance floor.
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The man was standing in front of the window that looked down on the dance floor. He had his eye on two specific people. All the sudden, another man came flying through the door and stopped abruptly in front of the other man's desk.
"So?" the man looking out the window said without turning to face the man who had just entered the room.
"That's them, sir," he replied. He stood straight with his hands behind his back.
"Good. Get the men ready," the window man said.
The other man said, "Yes, sir" and then turned on his heels and exited the room.
The man was standing in front of the window that looked down on the dance floor. He had his eye on two specific people. All the sudden, another man came flying through the door and stopped abruptly in front of the other man's desk.
"So?" the man looking out the window said without turning to face the man who had just entered the room.
"That's them, sir," he replied. He stood straight with his hands behind his back.
"Good. Get the men ready," the window man said.
The other man said, "Yes, sir" and then turned on his heels and exited the room.
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Brennan returned to the table they had sat down at. He handed Shal's drink to her.
"Thank you," she said with a smile.
"Want to go dance?" Brennan said, noticing Shal was looking out at all the people on the dance floor.
She turned to him and said with a grin, "How did you know?"
"Just a hunch," he said, returning the grin.
They both stood up and pushed there way through the crowd till they found a spot that was not as crowded.
All the sudden the lights went out and the music died. It was so dark that you couldn't even see your hand in front of your face. Then a voice came through the darkness.
"Nobody moves!" the voice said. It was a deep voice with a French accent. "If you do, there will be consequences! No one gets hurt if everyone cooperates."
"Someone's out for blood," Shal muttered under her breath.
"It could be yours, Shalimar Fox," the voice said calmly, "if you and Brennan do not cooperate with me."
Shal looked around the pitch-black room with her feral sight. She saw dozens of scared people but none that belonged to the voice. How the hell did he hear me she though.
"Can't find me Shalimar? Come on...I'd thought you'd have found me already. I thought you were one of the best," the voice said with a sneer.
"Who are you?" Her voice sliced through the darkness. She was still searching through the darkness for the body of the voice. All the sudden, she saw a pair of feral eyes flash quickly through the darkness. She looked at where they had appeared but found nothing but a group of frightened people.
"How do you know us?" Brennan spoke up. He had been standing there quietly in the darkness since then. He couldn't see in the dark like Shal so he was just standing there still. He had seen the eyes though.
"I did my research. Very extensive research, " the voice said.
Shal was trying to track where the voice was coming from but it kept on moving, quickly at that. "What do you want from us?"
"It's not what I want from you. It's what I want from Adam!" the voice said in a harsh tone.
"How do you know Adam?" Brennan said in a loud voice.
"We go way back, long before he recruited you," he said with a sneer.
"Well, sorry to break your bubble, but we aren't staying long," Shalimar said, after she finally gave up looking for the voice. She did, however, check out where the security was placed around the room. All the doors had two men on them each. It was impossible for anyone to get out, except for them. "We were just leaving actually."
"I have a better plan. You come peacefully with us and no one gets hurt. Isn't that what you do best? Make sure people don't get hurt by people like me?" The voice challenged her.
Shalimar smiled to herself. "No one will get hurt." She paused and then continued. "Well, maybe you and your little friends, but that's about it."
The voice laughed. It was a rather eerie laugh; kinda creepy.
All the sudden, the voice got louder and Shal saw a pair of yellow feral eyes right in front of her. She thrust her fist outwards expecting to hit the person square in the face but her fist just kept on sailing through the air. She lost her balance and stumbled forward a bit. A pair of hands grabs her wrists as she started to stand up straight again. She tried to rip her hands out of his grasp but he was just too strong. He pulled her close to him. Close enough to whisper in her ear.
"Don't fight me Shalimar. I don't want to hurt you," he said, "not yet anyways."
"Bite me," she said as she pulled back with all her strength, pulling her wrists upwards and twisting them out of the hands that held them tightly. She backed up into a defensive stance. She could sense that Brennan was directly behind her. "You couldn't hurt me if you wanted to."
He laughed again. "I think it's time to put that theory to the test."
Suddenly, there was a click and then came a gunshot.
Brennan returned to the table they had sat down at. He handed Shal's drink to her.
"Thank you," she said with a smile.
"Want to go dance?" Brennan said, noticing Shal was looking out at all the people on the dance floor.
She turned to him and said with a grin, "How did you know?"
"Just a hunch," he said, returning the grin.
They both stood up and pushed there way through the crowd till they found a spot that was not as crowded.
All the sudden the lights went out and the music died. It was so dark that you couldn't even see your hand in front of your face. Then a voice came through the darkness.
"Nobody moves!" the voice said. It was a deep voice with a French accent. "If you do, there will be consequences! No one gets hurt if everyone cooperates."
"Someone's out for blood," Shal muttered under her breath.
"It could be yours, Shalimar Fox," the voice said calmly, "if you and Brennan do not cooperate with me."
Shal looked around the pitch-black room with her feral sight. She saw dozens of scared people but none that belonged to the voice. How the hell did he hear me she though.
"Can't find me Shalimar? Come on...I'd thought you'd have found me already. I thought you were one of the best," the voice said with a sneer.
"Who are you?" Her voice sliced through the darkness. She was still searching through the darkness for the body of the voice. All the sudden, she saw a pair of feral eyes flash quickly through the darkness. She looked at where they had appeared but found nothing but a group of frightened people.
"How do you know us?" Brennan spoke up. He had been standing there quietly in the darkness since then. He couldn't see in the dark like Shal so he was just standing there still. He had seen the eyes though.
"I did my research. Very extensive research, " the voice said.
Shal was trying to track where the voice was coming from but it kept on moving, quickly at that. "What do you want from us?"
"It's not what I want from you. It's what I want from Adam!" the voice said in a harsh tone.
"How do you know Adam?" Brennan said in a loud voice.
"We go way back, long before he recruited you," he said with a sneer.
"Well, sorry to break your bubble, but we aren't staying long," Shalimar said, after she finally gave up looking for the voice. She did, however, check out where the security was placed around the room. All the doors had two men on them each. It was impossible for anyone to get out, except for them. "We were just leaving actually."
"I have a better plan. You come peacefully with us and no one gets hurt. Isn't that what you do best? Make sure people don't get hurt by people like me?" The voice challenged her.
Shalimar smiled to herself. "No one will get hurt." She paused and then continued. "Well, maybe you and your little friends, but that's about it."
The voice laughed. It was a rather eerie laugh; kinda creepy.
All the sudden, the voice got louder and Shal saw a pair of yellow feral eyes right in front of her. She thrust her fist outwards expecting to hit the person square in the face but her fist just kept on sailing through the air. She lost her balance and stumbled forward a bit. A pair of hands grabs her wrists as she started to stand up straight again. She tried to rip her hands out of his grasp but he was just too strong. He pulled her close to him. Close enough to whisper in her ear.
"Don't fight me Shalimar. I don't want to hurt you," he said, "not yet anyways."
"Bite me," she said as she pulled back with all her strength, pulling her wrists upwards and twisting them out of the hands that held them tightly. She backed up into a defensive stance. She could sense that Brennan was directly behind her. "You couldn't hurt me if you wanted to."
He laughed again. "I think it's time to put that theory to the test."
Suddenly, there was a click and then came a gunshot.
