Chapter 5

Jesse tried to get the keys by phasing his hand through the cage door, but failed. He looked around and got up. He went one side and thought of phasing through the wall. But also failed. Jesse walked back to the cage door. He started to count the steps. Then, he turned looking at the wall.

"Alright. Here goes something," said Jesse. He jumped and phased through the floor. He got a hold of rail of the upper catwalk.

"Jess? Where are you, man?" said Brennan, via com-link.

"I'm a little busy right now," he said, as he got on the upper catwalk.

"Dr. Lang is dead. We think Gonzales is our killer," said Brennan.

"Yeah, but we have bigger problems. Jim's is turned and is under the run. I need you to stop him before he gets to Howling. He was surgical specialist of the group. If anyone can get this out of his neck it's him. He's our last shot," said Jesse, as he walked to the lower catwalk.

"Yeah, Jess. Stop him how? The sooner we can find him," said Shalimar.

"I have an idea. I need you to check the med kit in the helix," said Jesse. Shalimar went to get the med kit. "Now tell me what drugs you see."

"Cordisal…" said Shalimar.

"Keep going," said Jesse.

"Morphing, coding, semaphoring," said Shalimar.

"Semaphoring. Semaphoring. That's good. When Gonzales activates the implant, it sends Jim into a ream trance. Semaphoring should snap him out of that trance long enough to let him stay awake. At least temporarily," said Jesse.

"We still need a location on him, bud," said Brennan.

"Right. Let's just hope that Gonzales doesn't tell him to take off his com-link," said Jesse, as he walks to one of the computers. In Maxton, Jim opened a ceiling tile. He guided himself softly to the ground without being noticed. He disconnected his equipment and walked down the hall. Brennan and Shalimar walked down the halls looking for Jim.

"A little help. Where to, Jess?" asked Shalimar, via com-link.

"You almost there. The next hall, left," said Jesse. Then, they saw the equipment there.

"Well, he's here. We just missed him," said Brennan, as they kept on walking.

"Freeze. Don't move," said a guard. Shalimar and Brennan stopped.

"You over this?" asked Brennan, as his ears twitched.

"Oh yeah," said Shalimar.

"I said Freeze," said the guard. Brennan kept on walking.

"I don't know about the odds here, guys," said Shalimar. They came running towards her. She started to beat the crap out of them. They fell on their backs. Shalimar laughed lightly. "Hardly seemed fair." She handed her hand to one of the guards. She kicked his face with her knee and beat the crap out of them again. Jim walked down the hall and entered the room. Howling saw him walking in.

"Jim, don't do it. Don't!" he said. Jim didn't listen. He used light on him and Howling was killed.

"You just killed the only chance of fixing you," said Brennan, as he walked into the room. Jim looked at him.

"I'm working just fine," said Jim, as he used to hit Brennan, but Brennan got out of the way. "See?" Jim went invisible. Brennan closed the door for he wouldn't get out. Just then he felt someone hit him. Brennan tried to block him. Jim backed up a little then, started to beat the crap out of Brennan again. Then, Brennan just grabbed him and pushed him back. Jim fell on some boxes. Brennan grabbed the fire extinguisher and used on Jim for he can reappear. Just as Jim reappeared, Brennan took out the Semaphoring out of his coat. He grabbed a hold of Jim. "Get off." Just then, the semaphoring worked quickly on Jim. He came back to his senses. Shalimar came in when he came back to his senses.

"We're bringing him home, Jesse," said Shalimar.