Disclaimer : If I own MX or any of its characters; Jesse and Brennan will be running around with tights all e time (wooohoo!). Now won't that just be easy on the eyes?! (winks) lol! Ooohh…behave!
U guys give the best reviews ever, as usual (grins). This is still the beginning of the story and MX hasn't yet been established but the com-links,e gadgets,etc were already there at least in this story. Hmm…I've had the plot in my mind for some time but have only got the time to type it out now. I always work best on a Saturday night, u know? (rolls eyes) coz as u've noticed, I don't have much of a life, lol! so anyway…enjoy e plot! And please, please, reviews…coz I get such a kick out of them. Pretty, please??!
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Chapter 4 : Recovering
By aniki19
Seven hours earlier…
The Kilmartins looked down from the observatory room into the medical laboratory below them where their son, Jesse was lying. .After a quick check-up, he was immediately sent here for treatment. Already the vast number of wires attached to him was worrying his mother but the scientist; Dr Harrison, assured her that it was just protocol, "to monitor his vitals, that's all". Dr Harrison then pressed the button for the speaker.
"Time, nineteen-hundred hours. Begin administration of V321 into subject 42", his voice boomed into the lab. His assistant clad in a white sterile uniform, looked up, nodded and picked up a syringe that contain a blue liquid; V321. He proceeded to inject the liquid into Jesse's I.V drip. Jesse could only looked on as the ice blue liquid went into his drip and onto his bloodstream. He hoped for the best.
Almost immediately, he buckled; consumed by the horrifying pain that's coursing through his veins. He started convulsing violently; massing and phasing uncontrollably, agony apparent on his face. His parents could only looked out helplessly at all the activities; alarm evident on their expressions. Jesse's father looked over at Harrison. "What's happening?! What went wrong?!!!!"
They were panicking; their only son were out of their reach, separated by the glass window. "McKenzie, 50cc of BC13, now!" an alarm Harrison instructed to his assistant. Again, Jesse was injected with another liquid, this time it was green in colour. The convulsion stopped and Jesse collapsed on the bed from fatigue. His muscles were screaming for relief and he closed his eyes; too exhausted to open them.
Noah Kilmartin grabbed Dr Harrison by the shoulders. "Calm down, Mr Kilmartin, calm down." Harrison tried to rectify the situation. "What were you doing? He could have died…?!" Noah burst out; his face red from trying to keep his anger under control.
"Calm down, Mr Kilmartin. I've instructed my assistant to administered another serum to stabilise his condition. Subject 42.."he glanced at Mrs Kilmartin pale face and quickly corrected himself. "I meant…Jesse will be fine. I shall keep him under observation and we'll get back to you after he wakes up." he continued; ushering both parents out of the observatory and into his office for a quick discussion on 'funding'. He took a quick glance at subject 42 and nodded to his assistant before exiting the room.
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Serum V321 was designed to break up the components of the mutated genes by drawing all the foreign cells in the body and clumping them together before destroying them. So far, this process should work--- theoretically and lab rat tests though few, proved to be successful. However Dr Harrison had anticipated something unlikely to come up given subject 42's already unstable molecular state. He had prepared another serum, BC13---a stronger dosage in comparison to V321 to counteract his mutations. He knew that subject 42 was going to be a very interesting experiment. Of course, in all the excitement this little vital information about BC13 had 'slipped' off his mind; relaying to the Kilmartins instead that it was merely a neutraliser. Down below, in the med-lab, Jesse slowly succumbs to the effects BC13 is having on his body. An hour later, he slipped into a coma.
After the Kilmartins had left, Dr Harrison continued with his treatments; monitoring and recording everything that happened. Every two hours since the first dosage of BC13, he administered another dose.
Finally, five hours since the coma, subject 42's body couldn't take it anymore and his heartbeat started to sky rocket. Harrison was away and his assistant, McKenzie was left in charge. He quickly injected the patient with a clear liquid to slow down his heartbeat. Slowly but surely, subject 42's heartbeat returned to normal. He breathe a sigh of relief but not for long. Five minutes later, the subject's respiration started to fail. He was having difficulties trying to get the patient to breathe. Left with no choice, he forced a respirator onto the subject. Then he quickly paged for Harrison.
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"What is it? This had better be important or else!" Dr Harrison arrived at the scene; his hair dishevelled. It was almost one in the morning and he was awaken rudely from his sleep---he was not in a good mood. When he saw Jesse's condition; all anger dissipated and he went into a blurry of actions. Already, the subject's heartbeat is slowing. The respirator was failing, which will only mean one thing; inevitable death. With a shake of his head; Harrison ordered McKenzie to bring in one of the pods. He had hoped that subject 42 would last a little bit longer but he was wrong. But he had to admit that subject 42 was stronger than most; he had outlast most of his peers if not older.
After sealing the subject in the pod and making sure that the life support system was online, Harrison looked up from the control room and sighed. In a couple of hours or so, the patient would be cytogenetically frozen. Well, he noted; back to the drawing board. And this time, he narrowed his eyes; I will not fail. With that he walked out from the control room and moved to his quarters; pondering over what he would tell the Kilmartins in less than eight hours later that morning.
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An hour later…
The security guard was fast asleep. Two foreign figures went by the security cameras unnoticed (This was before MX so there wasn't really any threats to the stability of Genomex yet; thus e lack of security---grins). Alighting from the lift, both figures in white coats walked steadily to what appears to be the mainframe computer. After a quick glance around; Shal was on watch duty while Adam went into the room to find out where they left Jesse. He hoped he was not too late.
Having gotten all the information that he needed and tripping the main security cameras, Adam left the room; startling Shalimar who was prowling outside. He gestured to her to keep her silence and moved to a quiet corner away from the security cameras. Although Adam had made sure they have passes with them; he knew he couldn't risk any security that came over to really scrutinise their I.Ds.
"So, what have we got?" Shal's eyes twinkled in anticipation. She just realised how exciting all this was and she was caught up in the adrenalin. She can't wait for some action.
"Whoa, cool it Shal. Alright, here's the deal; we're too late. They've already put him in the pod. Now, the freezing process doesn't start until they've got his systems back to normal and that usually takes about two to three hours. That leaves us only one hour or so to get to Jesse before it's too late to transport him on the Helix back to Sanctuary." Adam stops to contemplate the next course of action. "Shal, I need you to fire up the Helix and bring it as close as possible to the lift at the rooftop. I'm going to bring Jesse up along with the pod." Shal considered the thought and ask, "Are you sure? It's going to be really difficult to manoeuvre such a huge thing all by yourself. Why not just get Jesse out of the pod? Won't that be easier?"
Adam sighed. He knew this was going to happen. "By the time the scientists realises the need to put the patient into the pod, it simply means that its too late---it's either the pod or death. If I took Jesse out of the pod; he'll be dead in less than 5 minutes. I can't afford that to happen; not after all I've been through."
"But…how are you going to accomplish such a feat? I have to help you, don't I?" Shalimar expresses her concern. "Why don't you worry about firing up the Helix and leave that part to me; I know you have yet to be part of the action but I really need you there, alright?" Adam tried to reassure his ward.
"Alright, fine. Have it your way" with that said, Shalimar stormed off; back where they came from. Adam shook his head and proceeded to the main laboratory where all the pods were situated. On a hunch; he changed course and proceeded to the left instead of the right. Because Jesse has yet to be frozen, he could still be in the med-lab. Normally, my instincts are good; so Jesse, you'd better be there; hang on, Jess, I'm coming.
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He came to a small room and after keying in some codes; opened the door and went in. The room was silent if not for the quiet beeping of the heart monitor in the middle of the room. He walked over to the pod and looked in to check whether it was Jesse. Hmm…a little older but that's to be expected; he muse to himself. But the innocence is still there even after all these years, he gave a sad smile; looking in on the comatose figure lying in the 'ice-box'. He quickly surveyed the monitor and once he confirmed that Jesse has stabilised he went out to get some 'assistance'.
" Hey you; yes, you…officer…?" Adam stops a guard out on his break. Adam did a quick glance at the name tag and said "Williams, right? Could you do me a favour and help me to move this patient to the lift?" He indicated to Jesse's pod. "He's stabilising and we need to move him up to the monitoring room".
The guard gave Adam a look that would have been murder but then he sighed and said, "Sure, what else do I have to do, huh?". Adam gave him a cheery smile and proceeded to take all the monitors off; taking care not to trigger any alarms that might arouse suspicion. "I'm really sorry about this. My colleague who's supposed to be here called in sick and now I'm stuck with this patient all by myself." Adam tried to make idle conversation. The security merely grunted; the pod was heavy!
Soon, after much shoving and pushing, they got the pod to the lift. "Thank you…officer Williams, I'll put in a good word for you to your superior. I'll take over from here. The monitoring room is nearby and I can ask one of the scientists to help. Thank you!" Adam managed to exclaimed before the doors of the lift closed.
In the lift, Adam contacted Shalimar. "Alright Shal, I'm coming up to the roof now; I need you to stand by the lift and keep the helix doors open.". "Uh-huh, copy that." came the curt reply. Sighing, Adam knew he had offended Shal…but that have to wait till we get back.
Just then, the lift doors open and suddenly the alarm sounded; echoing in the still of the night. "Hurry! We've been found," Shalimar quickly assist Adam with the bulk of the pod and together they pushed the pod into the helix.
Within a minute, they were airborne and far away from Genomex. As Shal adjusts the coordinates to Sanctuary and steers the plane into auto-pilot; she pushed back her chair and walked over to Adam; curiosity overpowering her annoyance with Adam. Looking down, she saw a pale face not more than sixteen underneath the glass. So, this is the famous Jesse Kilmartin.
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Whew! Another chpt done…hurray!!!lol!…sigh..I really must stop eating so much chocolates…they leave you restless afterwards…lol…n giggling everything!lol! But the point is I finish this chpt! So tt's gd, right?
Any how…a few thanks n notes to u reviewer out there…hmm…I think this would be a regular coz I like interaction…so in no particular preference :
Feline-feral : Where's e continuation u promised? Hurry…!I'm badgering you now! Lol!I'm sure it's gonna be wonderful..so I want to know! please hurry! Ooohh by the way; I did have fun at the bitch..ooppss I mean beach! Lol! Almost lost my glasses in the water but managed to find it in e end…now I have a nice tan and my cheeks r rosy!yup1 I am one of those ppl who don't blush..so yeah..I quite like the aftermath…now hurry,I want to read it!
FalconWolf3 : Estatic that ur gonna write a story just for moi (Lifts hand to forehead and faints dramatically) hehehe…can't wait! Been enjoying ur stories so far so the anticipation is killing me…aarrgghh!!(wakes up n realises wat was written sounded desperate) sorry…chocolate overloading does that to you… yes…I will review it as soon as I get to read it!
Laily : Lol!you sadist you…u want Jesse to die?!!!!do u realise the no. of flames I will get if I did tt?! (evil grins) we shall see coz I've yet to plan e ending…but my other story was already a death fic..well e 2nd part anyway…so behave, girl! Please don't take forever to post ur stories! I hope u score all As for ur next tests so u can devote the rest of the semester to ur stories. Aren't I such a good soul with selfish intentions? (evil grin)…yeah I know…jesse is adorable either way!I mean…younger or older o.k…!
Warrior of the shadow : love ur reviews…love the fact that u like jesse more!hahaha! there's never enough plots out there wif a jesse theme anyway, so may I suggest u get down to it?! hint, hint! nah u just take ur time n a great story will come by ur way and don't worry, I'll be e 1st to review, k?
Uber-kludge : ahah! Another victims to succumb to the allure of my plot! I'm humbled by ur late nights of reading my stories..but that doesn't mean I'm apologising for making u stay up late! Anyhow…continue reading! And reviewing! Coz like I said..I don't have a life..u guys r my life…lol!
K…tt's abt it…my bed is sooo inviting rite now, gd nite!
25/07/04
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