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Brennan – not yet anyway.
Jesse didn't know what to do. He dove behind the control desk on the other side of Brennan. Brennan was in the open and unprotected. He also wasn't moving. "Brennan," Jesse whispered while trying to get his head around the desk enough to see him. "Jesse, I'm OK," Brennan weakly responded. "I moved in time." Brennan began coughing then. "Brennan," Jesse whispered, "try not to move, she'll notice that you are still alive. I think she wants to kill you."
Brennan laughed as much as he could. "You think?"
"LET ME OUT OF HERE!" Lexa screamed as she shot another laser. This one missed Brennan and Jesse's position altogether. Jesse realized that she couldn't kill them because she would never get out of the dojo.
"No way, Lexa!" Jesse yelled back. "Listen, all I want is to get Brennan out of here. I will not harm you. I will even set the control desk to let you out of there in 24 hours. That will give us enough time to disappear. That's all I want, Lexa." Jesse really hoped this latest ploy would work. It truly was all he wanted.
Lexa merely laughed at this. "Jesse, listen to me. This thing is so much bigger than what you or I want. Don't you get it? You guys are going to be dead if you don't help the Dominion." Lexa paused and waited for Jesse to respond. He didn't. "God, listen to me! Brennan, I read in your bio that you already destabilized once and it was Emma DeLauro that saved you. But you still have times when you can't control yourself don't you Brennan?" Brennan just looked over at Lexa and breathed in a barely audible voice, "Shut up, Lexa. You are not my friend." He kept coughing.
"We're not falling for it, Lexa," Jesse responded while peering around to get a look at Brennan. "If you cared about us at all, I do not believe you would have shot Brennan and left him for dead."
Lexa rolled her eyes. "Jesse, the Dominion wants to help all mutants. They created all of us, Jesse. They want to make sure that we do not expire like Gabriel Ashlock did."
"What do they want with Mutant X?" Jesse yelled.
Brennan looked over in Jesse's direction as he realized that Jesse was listening to Lexa's rhetoric. "Jesse, don't talk to her. She's lying."
"They want to help you. Mutant X has been helping new mutants. You can continue to round them up so they can receive treatment. They will continue to get more and more difficult to locate as they begin to destabilize. The Dominion needs you to find them." Lexa replied. She was more pleading now. "Jesse, the Dominion needs you." Lexa thought she could play on Jesse's sense of worth. He always thought that Brennan was more worthy of the Team and that he was not needed as much as the others. And, it was true. The Dominion wanted Jesse. They needed him to control DeLauro.
"What do you mean they need me?" Jesse asked. He was still lying on the floor behind the control desk with his head resting prone against it.
Brennan was getting worried. "Don't listen to her, Jesse."
"The Dominion likes you, Jesse. They admire your power and your control. You are intelligent and able to track on the computer like no one they have seen before. They told me to try and make you understand, Jesse, so you would join them freely – the way you joined Mutant X. We are on the same side, Jesse." Lexa smiled and wiped some fake tears from her eyes.
"Why did you shoot me?" Jesse asked.
"I had to. You were going to leave with the wrong idea of my having shot Brennan in anger. Really Jesse, I shot him in self-defense. Brennan had the wrong idea about the Dominion and me. That friend, Tommy, of his – he doesn't know what he is talking about."
Brennan looked over at Jesse and whispered in a very raspy voice, "How does she know about Tommy? He must have called her. Jesse, she is no good." Brennan was nearing unconsciousness and had to make one final plea to Jesse to get him to listen.
"She was probably listening to you, Brennan, when you were telling me. Brennan, were you aggressive when you came in? Maybe it was self-defense."
Tears began to run down Brennan's face when he heard Jesse say this. He knew Lexa was bad and would kill him as soon as she had the chance and Jesse was about to give it to her.
"What about Brennan?" Jesse yelled.
"What about him?" Lexa replied.
"What will happen to him? He needs a hospital!" Jesse yelled.
"The Dominion has doctors who will care for him, Jesse. They know his chemistry and can help him better than anyone here could."
Jesse leaned over to Brennan and saw that he had been crying. "Brennan, she has a point. It makes sense what she is saying about the Dominion. You said, yourself, that they had been funding Adam and they were working on a cure. They called back the money is all. I am certain that Tommy's alarm was all wrong."
Brennan was desperate to get Jesse back into reality. "Why did Adam go into hiding with Emma, Jesse, if we can trust the Dominion? Who are you going to trust, Jesse, Adam or them?" Brennan was really beginning to lose it. He knew that he was not going to last much longer and he feared that if he closed his eyes now, they would never reopen – the Dominion would see to that. "I want to go to a real hospital, Jesse. I will take my chances. Once we get there, you can come back and let Lexa out and talk to her. If she is on the up and up, she will let that happen."
Jesse considered what Brennan said and agreed. "Lexa, let me take Brennan out of here and to a real hospital. That is where he wants to go. I will come back and let you out and we can talk this over more with the Dominion."
Lexa considered what Jesse said and realized that this would be the best way to win his trust back. She knew that Brennan would not survive in a normal hospital and she could activate his destabilization mechanism at any time. She just needed to be within 10 feet of him in order to do it. He would be vulnerable in a hospital and easy to access. She would then have Jesse and he would lead her straight to DeLauro and Kane. "Of course, Jesse. Of course. If Brennan prefers a hospital, by all means – take him. As long as you come back and I can explain and get out of here." She smiled at Jesse.
Brennan was astounded. "See, Bren, she is letting us go," Jesse explained as he began to stand up. He moved towards Brennan to pick him up. He was no longer coherent and Jesse knew he did not have much time. He got Brennan into the wheelchair and headed toward the garage. He looked at Lexa as he passed the dojo. She tracked him as he went. "Jesse, please come back!" she pleaded.
"I will, Lexa, as soon as I have taken care of Brennan," Jesse responded as he left the dojo area and entered the garage.
"You certainly will my naïve little friend. But we'll take care of Brennan," Lexa thought as she watched the two men leave.
Jesse didn't know what to do. He dove behind the control desk on the other side of Brennan. Brennan was in the open and unprotected. He also wasn't moving. "Brennan," Jesse whispered while trying to get his head around the desk enough to see him. "Jesse, I'm OK," Brennan weakly responded. "I moved in time." Brennan began coughing then. "Brennan," Jesse whispered, "try not to move, she'll notice that you are still alive. I think she wants to kill you."
Brennan laughed as much as he could. "You think?"
"LET ME OUT OF HERE!" Lexa screamed as she shot another laser. This one missed Brennan and Jesse's position altogether. Jesse realized that she couldn't kill them because she would never get out of the dojo.
"No way, Lexa!" Jesse yelled back. "Listen, all I want is to get Brennan out of here. I will not harm you. I will even set the control desk to let you out of there in 24 hours. That will give us enough time to disappear. That's all I want, Lexa." Jesse really hoped this latest ploy would work. It truly was all he wanted.
Lexa merely laughed at this. "Jesse, listen to me. This thing is so much bigger than what you or I want. Don't you get it? You guys are going to be dead if you don't help the Dominion." Lexa paused and waited for Jesse to respond. He didn't. "God, listen to me! Brennan, I read in your bio that you already destabilized once and it was Emma DeLauro that saved you. But you still have times when you can't control yourself don't you Brennan?" Brennan just looked over at Lexa and breathed in a barely audible voice, "Shut up, Lexa. You are not my friend." He kept coughing.
"We're not falling for it, Lexa," Jesse responded while peering around to get a look at Brennan. "If you cared about us at all, I do not believe you would have shot Brennan and left him for dead."
Lexa rolled her eyes. "Jesse, the Dominion wants to help all mutants. They created all of us, Jesse. They want to make sure that we do not expire like Gabriel Ashlock did."
"What do they want with Mutant X?" Jesse yelled.
Brennan looked over in Jesse's direction as he realized that Jesse was listening to Lexa's rhetoric. "Jesse, don't talk to her. She's lying."
"They want to help you. Mutant X has been helping new mutants. You can continue to round them up so they can receive treatment. They will continue to get more and more difficult to locate as they begin to destabilize. The Dominion needs you to find them." Lexa replied. She was more pleading now. "Jesse, the Dominion needs you." Lexa thought she could play on Jesse's sense of worth. He always thought that Brennan was more worthy of the Team and that he was not needed as much as the others. And, it was true. The Dominion wanted Jesse. They needed him to control DeLauro.
"What do you mean they need me?" Jesse asked. He was still lying on the floor behind the control desk with his head resting prone against it.
Brennan was getting worried. "Don't listen to her, Jesse."
"The Dominion likes you, Jesse. They admire your power and your control. You are intelligent and able to track on the computer like no one they have seen before. They told me to try and make you understand, Jesse, so you would join them freely – the way you joined Mutant X. We are on the same side, Jesse." Lexa smiled and wiped some fake tears from her eyes.
"Why did you shoot me?" Jesse asked.
"I had to. You were going to leave with the wrong idea of my having shot Brennan in anger. Really Jesse, I shot him in self-defense. Brennan had the wrong idea about the Dominion and me. That friend, Tommy, of his – he doesn't know what he is talking about."
Brennan looked over at Jesse and whispered in a very raspy voice, "How does she know about Tommy? He must have called her. Jesse, she is no good." Brennan was nearing unconsciousness and had to make one final plea to Jesse to get him to listen.
"She was probably listening to you, Brennan, when you were telling me. Brennan, were you aggressive when you came in? Maybe it was self-defense."
Tears began to run down Brennan's face when he heard Jesse say this. He knew Lexa was bad and would kill him as soon as she had the chance and Jesse was about to give it to her.
"What about Brennan?" Jesse yelled.
"What about him?" Lexa replied.
"What will happen to him? He needs a hospital!" Jesse yelled.
"The Dominion has doctors who will care for him, Jesse. They know his chemistry and can help him better than anyone here could."
Jesse leaned over to Brennan and saw that he had been crying. "Brennan, she has a point. It makes sense what she is saying about the Dominion. You said, yourself, that they had been funding Adam and they were working on a cure. They called back the money is all. I am certain that Tommy's alarm was all wrong."
Brennan was desperate to get Jesse back into reality. "Why did Adam go into hiding with Emma, Jesse, if we can trust the Dominion? Who are you going to trust, Jesse, Adam or them?" Brennan was really beginning to lose it. He knew that he was not going to last much longer and he feared that if he closed his eyes now, they would never reopen – the Dominion would see to that. "I want to go to a real hospital, Jesse. I will take my chances. Once we get there, you can come back and let Lexa out and talk to her. If she is on the up and up, she will let that happen."
Jesse considered what Brennan said and agreed. "Lexa, let me take Brennan out of here and to a real hospital. That is where he wants to go. I will come back and let you out and we can talk this over more with the Dominion."
Lexa considered what Jesse said and realized that this would be the best way to win his trust back. She knew that Brennan would not survive in a normal hospital and she could activate his destabilization mechanism at any time. She just needed to be within 10 feet of him in order to do it. He would be vulnerable in a hospital and easy to access. She would then have Jesse and he would lead her straight to DeLauro and Kane. "Of course, Jesse. Of course. If Brennan prefers a hospital, by all means – take him. As long as you come back and I can explain and get out of here." She smiled at Jesse.
Brennan was astounded. "See, Bren, she is letting us go," Jesse explained as he began to stand up. He moved towards Brennan to pick him up. He was no longer coherent and Jesse knew he did not have much time. He got Brennan into the wheelchair and headed toward the garage. He looked at Lexa as he passed the dojo. She tracked him as he went. "Jesse, please come back!" she pleaded.
"I will, Lexa, as soon as I have taken care of Brennan," Jesse responded as he left the dojo area and entered the garage.
"You certainly will my naïve little friend. But we'll take care of Brennan," Lexa thought as she watched the two men leave.
