Different Powers 9
Shalimar saw it coming, but not being as fast as she used to be, wasn't quick enough. The man sprung at her and she took a step back, in the flash of the moment, she didn't see the man get threw to the floor, until he was lying at her feet. Brennan had the man's arm, held up his back, holding the man to the floor.
"
You know, you're meant to be nice to visitor's". The man known
as Dan, growled in anger, wriggling wildly on the floor to get out of
Brennan's grip. Finally he stopped when he realised Brennan wasn't
gonna let go. " Ok…let go of me".
Hesitating, Brennan looked
at Clark, he nodded and Brennan let Dan up. Dan got up, trying to
gather as much dignity as possible, and then with his friend,
left.
Brennan kept his eyes on him all the time as to not get a
surprise from behind. As soon as they'd left, Brennan turned to
Shalimar. " You ok". Shal nodded, but her body was still
throbbing with the shock, the adrenaline of a fight.
Clark got Lana, to get Shal some tea, while she sat down. She refused, giving Brennan deadly eyes when he half laughed at how they were treating her. In all the time he knew Shal, a guy never spooked her.
Jesse
and Emma were chatting to an old couple, when they saw two men storm
out the café. Emma looked at Jesse, sensing the bad vibe off
the men.
They excused them selves politely and went in to the café
to see if any thing was wrong. When they entered, they were surprised
to see Shalimar and Brennan sitting talking to a few people.
They
both walked to their friend's table and hesitating, took a seat.
Shalimar smiled, "Hey Guys, what's up?" But the way Jesse was
looking at her, he wanted an answer, along with Emma. She shrugged, "
It was nothing". Finally the two-team members nodded, not daring to
push her. She may not be feral any more, but she still had a feral's
temper.
Brennan was talking to Clark, " So…does the whole
town have, weird things happening in it". Clark nodded, " Ye, my
friend Cloe has a whole wall full of news clipping, all about the
weird things that have happened to SmallVille, and she rounds it to
the meteor shower". Brennan nodded, " any thing weird ever happen
to you".
Clark went silent and Brennan felt the twinge, which
signalled either a lie was coming, or nothing would come.
"
Well…I wouldn't be able to tell, so many weird things happen here
you start to think its normal".
Brennan nodded again smiling at
the idea. " I wish people acted more like the people in this town.
So, who is this Chloe girl, she a friend, does she live near
by?"
Clark nodded, "she lives near by but all her work is at
school, where she has the job of school writer".
Shalimar
smiled, " Wow, I never had a job in high school, she good at it".
Clark nodded smiling wide, " She's great at it, always looks for
the truth, never any lies".
Jesse gave Brennan a quick look
before turning to look at who was coming through the door. Every one
turned as they heard more than one pair of footsteps, like they
usually did. In walked 4 men, 3 surrounding one man in the middle.
"
Ah…your Adam's friends, I was looking for Adam. He's not at the
house…a any idea's guy".
Mutant x sat there, and then
Brennan shook his head, " No…why?" Lionel's face twitched as
if Brennan had asked a hard question.
" Its business…if you
see him, could you all inform him I want to talk to him"? Shalimar
crunched her fist under the table, and was surprised when Brennan
just nodded. If she was still feral, she would most likely have
gotten more info out of him, even if she had to beat it out of him.
But Brennan just sat there.
When Lionel looked around and saw
whom they were sitting with, smiled. " Clark, I didn't know you
gave tours…"
Clark tried to smile, but it was just a smirk, "
I was showing some friends around…you know, being friendly".
Lionel nodded, "Well, there is always money to be made. Any way's
I need to get back, if you see Lex, can you tell him I also need to
talk to him".
Brennan looked at Clark who nodded not so
interested in what Lionel was saying. Lionel left and with his
leaving, the café brightened up again. Chattering started up
again and then Lana came back with tea for the new guests. Jesse and
Emma thanked her and she left after resaving the tip.
Adam
came trotting down the stairs and Clark stood up, his mouth hanging
open. Brennan got up in the action and went to Adam, telling him of
what happened. Before he could finish, Clark stepped around him. "
Excuse me, are you Doctor Kane?"
Adam went silent, almost
embarissed and then nodded. " Yes…and who are you?"
Clark
smiled holding his hand out, " Clark Kent…wow, Chloe's not
gonna believe this".
