Emma examined the parking lot as they exited the cloaked Helix, eyeing the only car nearby. "Jesse some-" She was cut off as a bullet refracted off of the hydraulics next to her head.
"Emma!" The empath felt herself hauled into the plane as more shots were fired. Jesse's concerned face loomed in front of her's, "Emma, you okay?" "I'm fine. They've got him trapped."
Jesse quickly peered around the edge of the Helix, eyeing the car; he had to duck back in as a new rain of bullets pinged against the sides of the aircraft. "I'll get him." The blonde molecular exhaled, phasing through the side of the Helix nearest the car and opposite the shooters.
Emma heard more shots fired and reflected as she tried to scan their aggressors. Confusion was apparent on her face when she found no one but her teammate. A sudden yell broke off the hail of lead. "We've got Kilmartin, lets go!"
"Jesse!" Emma dashed out, just in time to collide with an armed GS agent. An explosion of white light filled her vision before fading to black, as the butt of the man's gun made impact with her right temple.
"Emma, EMMA!" She winced; bringing her hand to her throbbing head as she answered, eyes still closed. "Adam, they've got Jesse... GS agents were waiting for us, and they got Jesse."
"Emma, I need you to get the Helix back to Sanctuary; we need to regroup." Emma opened her eyes, her blue/gray orbs staring blankly at the end of the Double Helix. "A...Adam..." Her voice was trembling as she climbed to her feet; hands stretched out stiffly in front of her. "...I can't see."
Jesse stirred as he heard a whirring noise, feeling the hard lump of a Governor at the base of his neck. "Welcome to Genomex Mr. Kilmartin."
His eyes snapped open, terror falling over his features. Eckhart smiled coldly at him, as he stood over the stasis pod, imposingly sterile in his white coat. "I hope you enjoy your stay, as it seems it will be an extended one."
An hour later...
Brennan landed the Helix, cutting the engines as Shalimar led the silent Emma down the ramp and into Sanctuary. Adam met them at the falls, leading the blind telempath to the lab. Shal and Brennan listened as Adam questioned Emma about the attack while he ran a scan.
As the results flashed onto the screen of a monitor nearby he turned to the waiting remainder of his team. "I've traced Jesse's comlink to Genomex. We need to..." Shalimar nodded, turning around and striding angrily toward the hangar, Brennan closely following as Adam shouted after them.
"Hey...Shal. Shal!" The elemental grabbed her arm as they entered the hangar, spinning them both to a stop as Shalimar jerked her arm from his grasp. "What?" She snapped. "Don't you think Eckhart will be waiting for us?" Shalimar glared at him. "So? We can't leave him in there." Brennan grinned, "Hey, I'm with you. Just thought there should be a voice of reason in this." Shal whirled and continued her walk to the Double Helix; Brennan shot up the ramp as Shalimar closed the hatch and started up the engines.
"Shalimar." Adam sounded irritated. "Shalimar, we need to develop a plan. Don't go running into a trap. You've got to cal-" The feral deactivated her com-ring, turning the Helix toward the coordinates of Genomex.
The Double Helix landed in the desolate Genomex parking lot, cloaked and running as silently as it could; which wasn't very.
Shalimar left it running. If things went as planned she'd be out in five minutes.
But, unfortunately, things didn't go as planned...
They got as far as the stasis pods, without seeing a single agent. Both of them rushed to the pods, "Well, Miss Fox and Mr. Mulwray. I'm glad you could join us." Eckhart stepped into view from his office as agents flooded the exits.
Shalimar sent an agent flying as Brennan charged a massive coil of electricity and shot it. Brennan froze as the bolt was deflected back at him. "Brennan!" The elemental was writhing on the floor for an instant before he stopped moving. Someone grabbed Shalimar's arm, she smashed it back into his face and dragged Brennan to a corner.
"Come now Miss Fox, this fighting is pointless. Surrender." Eckhart stepped through the crowd of agents, looking smug. "Miss Phillips has infiltrated Sanctuary, my agents are breaking in as we speak. Your band of misfits is at its end."
Shalimar activated her com-ring, "Adam?" There was no response. The blonde's eyes flashed golden. "I don't think so." And with that she lunged for Eckhart, falling to the floor a moment later as a huge agent smashed his fist into the back of her head.
Eckhart smiled, "Get governors on those two and take them to their cells."