Chapter 9
Brennan woke up with a slight sting in his cheek. Opening his eyes he saw Shalimar standing above him.
"Finally!" Shalimar said backing away from him. "Now I just have to wake the other sleeping beauty."
Standing up slowly, Brennan rubbed a sore point on the back og his neck. Looking around he saw that they we still in the warehouse. Jesse was knocked out a few feet away and Shalimar was trying to wake him. Looking around he saw no sign of Emma.
"Um. Shal, why are we still in here and where's Emma?"
Shalimar looked over to him, "They put a forcefield up and it blocks the entrance, so we need Jesse here to hurry up and WAKE UP." Shalimar said shouting the last part into Jesse's ear. Jesse sat up quickly, looking around confused.
"Huh?" He said standing up, things still a bit fuzzy.
"How long have I been out?" He asked.
"Long enough. Now hurry up and phase a wall so we can get out of here." Shalimar said walking over to the wall.
Doing as he was told Jesse walked over. He was just about to phase the wall when he reaslised Emma was missing.
"Where's Emma?" He asked the feral.
"They took her, so that's why you need to hurry up and phase the wall so I can go get her back."
Brennan and Jesse looked shocked. They had got Emma!
Emma opened her eyes. She sat up slowly and realised that she didn't have a clue where she was.
"Your awake." A soft voice said from behind her.
Spinning around Emma looked at the owner of the voice. She was a small woman, with long brown hair and dull green eyes.
"Who are you?" Emma asked defensively.
"Whoa, slow down. I'm not gonna hurt you." The woman said flashing Emma a reasuring smile. "So I take it you must be a new mutant too for them to kidnap you?
"Kidnap? Shit." Emma said realising what had happened. "Yeah, im a psionic." She finally answered.
"Me too, but our powers are no good in this room, some kind of forcefield that doesn't let you use them."
Emma nodded. She sat in silence for a moment until the woman walked over to her and picked her hand up looking at her com-link that she still wore on her finger.
"You were a member of mutant x?" She asked.
"Yeah. How do you know what this ring means?" Emma asked.
"Have you seen Jesse? Is he ok?" She asked hopefully.
"Your Teagan?" Emma said smiling at her. "Yeah the last time I saw Jesse he was ok." She lied, the last time she had saw Jesse he was getting the crap kicked out of him.
"Shal, where are we going?" Jesse asked from the back of the car.
"Home."
"Well Emma's place is back that way." Brennan added.
"To sanctuary." She said keeping her eyes focused on the road.
"What!" Both Brennan and Jesse gasped.
"Are you sure were ready for that Shal?" Jesse asked.
"Look" Shalimar said angrily. "All I know is that I promised Emma that I wouldn't let anything happen to her and I failed. Now I know she still wears her com-link so we go to sanctuary and we have everything we need to find her."
Neither men said anything. They could tell that Shalimar was upset and was probably kicking herself inside.
"I'm not sure I can." Teagan said worried.
"Of couse you can. Look me and you both know Jesse really well. If we connect to each other then we can try get a message to him."
"But what about the can't-use-powers-in-this-room thingy."
"Shit I forgot about that" She said defeated.
After typing in the access codes Shalimar was the first one to step into the deserted sanctuary. With the power out the place was in complete darkness.
"Jess, can you put the power on?" The feral asked.
"Sure. Bren I'll need your help." He said walking away with the elemental.
Shalimar had no problems with the dark and walked through the quiet halls of sanctary to her old room. Opening the door she stared at how empty it was. She had taken most of her personal belongings when she left, now all that was left was her furniture.
Sitting on her bed a soft humming noise indicated that the power had came back on. Standing up she made her way to the computer lab to begin her search.