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Lexa turned around and snuck back into the bach communications lab where Adam had always made his quarters. Shalimar heard her and turned quickly enough to see her moving. Shal's eyes flashed feral as she felt her pack threatned. She hadn't felt comfortable ever since Lexa had entered their lives; she didn't trust her, and this latest sneaking around didn't make Shal feel any better about her. Shalimar decided to go out to where Jesse had sent Brennan. Deep down inside she didn't think Emma was dead, either. Her feral sense would be better able to pick up clues. If Emma or Adam had been there, Shal would know. She grabbed her leather jacket and headed out to her bike.
Lexa watched Shalimar leave on the security camera, then she contacted her shadowed friend. After a couple of moments, a shadowed figure appeared on the screen. "Yes," was all the sound that came.
"We could have a problem," Lexa said with a tone as cold as the blood that ran through her veins. "They are trying to signal them and the molecular is going to find them. What should I do?"
"Watch them. If they make contact, that is all the better for us. Maybe they will find them for us. In the meantime, keep working on the plan, Lexa. Now is not the time to get cold feet."
"My feet are always cold," Lexa quipped. She smiled as she turned off the screen. She traced her finger around a small box on the desk. She looked at the security camera that was tuned to Jesse's room. She watched him as he took his shirt off and enter his bathroom. She like watching Jesse. She turned the monitor off and tuned in on Brennan's comlink. She set the heartrate monitor to alarm and crawled back into her bed. The monitor would go off if Brennan's heartrate increased for any reason. She closed her eyes and drifted into a peaceful sleep.
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I dark-clad man entered the dusky room silently with his newest charge closely behind. He turned on a dim light and looked at the frightened creature. She was about 20 years old and scared out of her mind. He put his hands on her shoulders and looked her in the eyes. "Don't worry, now, you're safe. They can't get you. OK?" The frightened woman looked up and shook her head. "My name is Adam Kane and I am going to protect you." The girls eyes glowed ice blue in the darkened room and flashed when they quickly met the gaze of the young woman standing behind the man. "This is Emma, she's going to help you calm down," Adam said as he got up and walked over to the telephone. Emma looked at the woman, smiled and gazed deeply into her eyes.
XXX
Brennan entered the bar and shook off the cold. People always noticed him when he walked into this bar - but this time, no one was there. It was 3 AM and he used his powers to get inside. He made his way to a back room behind the bar where he found Tommy. Brennan kicked him as hard as he could. Tommy got up with a start. "B-Brennan! What the hell?"
"No, but that is where you are going to go tonight if I don't get some answers right now!" Brennan yelled.
Tommy grabbed his glass of water that was by his bed and pathetically threw it at Brennan. Brennan just shook it off when it hit him in the face. He looked up at Tommy with a look of disgust and said, "You shouldn't have done that, Tom." Brennan formed a tesla and threw it at Tommy. He screamed when he hit the floor.
"We can do this all night or at least until you fry," Brennan seethed.
"OK, OK!" Tommy cried. "I'll tell you what you want to know just don't do that again OK?" Tommy pleaded.
Brennan grabbed the coil out of the air and it disappeared in his closed fist. "Talk! Where's Emma?"
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Emma walked back to Adam's room when she had finally gotten the woman to go to sleep. She sat down on the bed next to Adam, who was working feverishly on a laptop computer. He looked up as Emma sat down. "How is she?" he asked.
"She'll be OK. When do we move her?" Emma asked.
"Well, I just got in touch with Sal from underground 11. He is going to take her tomorrow from the bar."
"This sure was a lot easier back at Sanctuary," Emma said.
"I know, I know," Adam replied. "Emma, you know we can't go back there." Adam looked into Emma's saddened eyes. They were so innocent but had seen far too much to ever be safe again. "Emma, you know the Dominion has the others. I told you, as soon as I figure out a way to get the destabilizers out of their bodies, we can be together again. Until then, Emma, she could kill them in a second and she will. No, Emma, we have to keep working underground protecting New Mutants from the Dominion. We will just keep hiding them and I will keep trying to get information on the weapons, OK?"
Emma was crying now. She just couldn't bear sensing so much pain from her friends - especially Jesse. Every now and then she would enter his thoughts while he slept and lay with him in his dreams. It was comforting and soothing. She missed him terribly and her loss was killing him. Emma looked back up at Adam and whispered, "OK, Adam, but hurry up. They are not well."
Adam looked at Emma and shook his head. "Go check on Lisa, and then try and get some rest, OK?"
"OK," Emma said. She got up slowly and walked out of the room. Adam returned to his work on the laptop looking more frustrated than ever.
XXX
Shalimar pulled her bike into the parking lot of the bar and noticed that the door to the establishment was slightly ajar. "Oh Brennan," she whispered as she got off her bike and went inside. Just as she entered the door, though, she heard someone yell and then a gun shot. She hid behind the bar as she heard footsteps coming out of the room. Then she heard a voice that she prayed she would never hear again.
"Get rid of the body," Eckhart said to one of his men as they exited the room. "Then get back here right away. We have to find out what he told Mr. Mulwray."
"Yes sir!" the man said as he ran back into the room. Eckhart looked around and then his image faded away. Shalimar couldn't believe what she had just witnessed. Eckhart was alive and coming and going in the form of a hologram. That's when it hit her - this whole time Brennan had thought that he killed Eckhart in the factory that day. She now realized that it was just a hologram and Eckhart was very much alive!
Lexa turned around and snuck back into the bach communications lab where Adam had always made his quarters. Shalimar heard her and turned quickly enough to see her moving. Shal's eyes flashed feral as she felt her pack threatned. She hadn't felt comfortable ever since Lexa had entered their lives; she didn't trust her, and this latest sneaking around didn't make Shal feel any better about her. Shalimar decided to go out to where Jesse had sent Brennan. Deep down inside she didn't think Emma was dead, either. Her feral sense would be better able to pick up clues. If Emma or Adam had been there, Shal would know. She grabbed her leather jacket and headed out to her bike.
Lexa watched Shalimar leave on the security camera, then she contacted her shadowed friend. After a couple of moments, a shadowed figure appeared on the screen. "Yes," was all the sound that came.
"We could have a problem," Lexa said with a tone as cold as the blood that ran through her veins. "They are trying to signal them and the molecular is going to find them. What should I do?"
"Watch them. If they make contact, that is all the better for us. Maybe they will find them for us. In the meantime, keep working on the plan, Lexa. Now is not the time to get cold feet."
"My feet are always cold," Lexa quipped. She smiled as she turned off the screen. She traced her finger around a small box on the desk. She looked at the security camera that was tuned to Jesse's room. She watched him as he took his shirt off and enter his bathroom. She like watching Jesse. She turned the monitor off and tuned in on Brennan's comlink. She set the heartrate monitor to alarm and crawled back into her bed. The monitor would go off if Brennan's heartrate increased for any reason. She closed her eyes and drifted into a peaceful sleep.
XXX
I dark-clad man entered the dusky room silently with his newest charge closely behind. He turned on a dim light and looked at the frightened creature. She was about 20 years old and scared out of her mind. He put his hands on her shoulders and looked her in the eyes. "Don't worry, now, you're safe. They can't get you. OK?" The frightened woman looked up and shook her head. "My name is Adam Kane and I am going to protect you." The girls eyes glowed ice blue in the darkened room and flashed when they quickly met the gaze of the young woman standing behind the man. "This is Emma, she's going to help you calm down," Adam said as he got up and walked over to the telephone. Emma looked at the woman, smiled and gazed deeply into her eyes.
XXX
Brennan entered the bar and shook off the cold. People always noticed him when he walked into this bar - but this time, no one was there. It was 3 AM and he used his powers to get inside. He made his way to a back room behind the bar where he found Tommy. Brennan kicked him as hard as he could. Tommy got up with a start. "B-Brennan! What the hell?"
"No, but that is where you are going to go tonight if I don't get some answers right now!" Brennan yelled.
Tommy grabbed his glass of water that was by his bed and pathetically threw it at Brennan. Brennan just shook it off when it hit him in the face. He looked up at Tommy with a look of disgust and said, "You shouldn't have done that, Tom." Brennan formed a tesla and threw it at Tommy. He screamed when he hit the floor.
"We can do this all night or at least until you fry," Brennan seethed.
"OK, OK!" Tommy cried. "I'll tell you what you want to know just don't do that again OK?" Tommy pleaded.
Brennan grabbed the coil out of the air and it disappeared in his closed fist. "Talk! Where's Emma?"
XXX
Emma walked back to Adam's room when she had finally gotten the woman to go to sleep. She sat down on the bed next to Adam, who was working feverishly on a laptop computer. He looked up as Emma sat down. "How is she?" he asked.
"She'll be OK. When do we move her?" Emma asked.
"Well, I just got in touch with Sal from underground 11. He is going to take her tomorrow from the bar."
"This sure was a lot easier back at Sanctuary," Emma said.
"I know, I know," Adam replied. "Emma, you know we can't go back there." Adam looked into Emma's saddened eyes. They were so innocent but had seen far too much to ever be safe again. "Emma, you know the Dominion has the others. I told you, as soon as I figure out a way to get the destabilizers out of their bodies, we can be together again. Until then, Emma, she could kill them in a second and she will. No, Emma, we have to keep working underground protecting New Mutants from the Dominion. We will just keep hiding them and I will keep trying to get information on the weapons, OK?"
Emma was crying now. She just couldn't bear sensing so much pain from her friends - especially Jesse. Every now and then she would enter his thoughts while he slept and lay with him in his dreams. It was comforting and soothing. She missed him terribly and her loss was killing him. Emma looked back up at Adam and whispered, "OK, Adam, but hurry up. They are not well."
Adam looked at Emma and shook his head. "Go check on Lisa, and then try and get some rest, OK?"
"OK," Emma said. She got up slowly and walked out of the room. Adam returned to his work on the laptop looking more frustrated than ever.
XXX
Shalimar pulled her bike into the parking lot of the bar and noticed that the door to the establishment was slightly ajar. "Oh Brennan," she whispered as she got off her bike and went inside. Just as she entered the door, though, she heard someone yell and then a gun shot. She hid behind the bar as she heard footsteps coming out of the room. Then she heard a voice that she prayed she would never hear again.
"Get rid of the body," Eckhart said to one of his men as they exited the room. "Then get back here right away. We have to find out what he told Mr. Mulwray."
"Yes sir!" the man said as he ran back into the room. Eckhart looked around and then his image faded away. Shalimar couldn't believe what she had just witnessed. Eckhart was alive and coming and going in the form of a hologram. That's when it hit her - this whole time Brennan had thought that he killed Eckhart in the factory that day. She now realized that it was just a hologram and Eckhart was very much alive!
