Both
team's raged against each other, till finally some one shouted
out... maybe Jesse, "GSA" and they all froze. Sifer looked
towards the group of men, who had just started to pour out of the SUV
and scolded him self. He shouldn't have allowed Kane to get them so
worked up that a fight would brake out...well, a fight that would
brake out instantly.
"Derek...Willow...Eddy...Nina... take
care of the new pests".
Suddenly Sifer's team stopped fighting, and swung around to face off the new attackers. The agents ran towards the team, and surprisingly were easily taken down in one swift movement from the team.
Adam and the others all watched
in amazement as the agents were all taken down easily. When the fight
was over, Adam looked towards Sifer, who'd been staring straight at
him, with a sick and twisted smirk on his face. Adam felt a shiver
run up his spine. He tried not to show he was fazed in front of
Sifer…but the smirk that once held Sifer's face, was now a grin.
"See Adam…they cant be beaten, and neither can I. But you can,
and I'll make sure you are".
A sinister whisper had caught Sifer's voice, and his eyes seemed almost deadly to look at.
Sifer started his way towards Adam with his team close behind.
Shalimar stepped in front of Adam, and the others followed, "we your gonna have to get through us first". She waited to feel the feral in her rise, but suddenly remembered it had gone. But her fighting spirit did not dim; no…it flared with the need to protect her teammates.
Nina lifted her hand to use her power once more on the team, but got a big surprise when a blaze of flames flew at her. She jumped out the way with the rest of her teammates, but suddenly, some thing hit her that felt like a steel fist, and knocked her several feet away.
Willow jumped away from the fire, and hesitated as her eyes became transfixed on it. Fear welled up, but that was soon forgotten when she heard Sifer scream at her to attack.
Willow charged directly at Shalimar, and in a split second…. froze. Shalimar stood before her, smiling wide before punching Willow right in the face, knocking her backwards. Derek seemed to protest, but looked back at eddy for assistance. The two nodded and used their powers. Eddy rumbled the ground under Mutant x's feet, and waited for Derek to attack. Jesse teleported behind Eddy and quickly hit him to knock him out. Eddy dropped like a stone with a grunt and Jesse waited for any thing else the mutant may bring.
Derek came charging at the team with his super speed, but quickly regretted it when he saw Brennan jump in front of him, and saw the familiar glow of golden eyes. He tried to avoid the fist that came closer every second, but couldn't, and defeat suddenly ran out in his mind as he thought. Sifer…this is your fault .
Brennan made sure to make the hit count, knowing if it didn't, he wouldn't get a second chance. When he hit Derek, he felt the anger of the feral in him blaze, and wanted to continue, but he knew he had to keep that part of him under control.
Derek fell backwards with the force of the hit, and Brennan heard the satisfying thud of Derek, who stayed down.
Adam was standing, mouth hanging low as he watched the progress of his team. He felt pride swell up in him and his grin suddenly appeared. He looked up at Sifer, whose grin was now a snarl that burned into him. Adam took a step back as the blaze in Sifer's eyes increased, but with a huff, Sifer took of running.
Emma shouted after him, feeling the adrenaline course through every muscle in her body. "Hey…why are you leaving so soon…. hey…you forgot your friends". But there was no reply. Emma got some satisfaction out of it, and quickly the members of the team gave her a look that said, wow…where did that come from. She gave them a confident shrug and joined them as they walked back to Adam.
Adam stood before them, smiling broadly, but that quickly changed when they heard a few groans off their attackers.
Adam was considering leaving them
there…but the guilt that had built up over years, resurfaced.
"…Brennan, help get them in the car. Jesse, I want you to
teleport back to the beach house and grab another car. Go with
Shalimar though…she can check the beach house before we arrive and
signal back if there is any trouble".
Every one stared at him in disbelief, all clearly seeing the guilt in his eyes…and all suddenly decided to keep quiet. Be sides, there was plenty of time for arguing later.
Jesse and Shalimar disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving them there to tend to the others.
Brennan got the car and started towards one of the people lying on the floor. He decided, he'd rather have the two men near by, because he even knew, women were more tricky, and at time, a hell of a lot more dangerous. He picked up Eddy first, slipping him into the back seat. He struggled a bit with Derek, but Emma helped by lifting more of the weight than him with her telekinetic power. After a few minutes, Brennan decided there would be no more room to fit the others in. Even if there was…he still wouldn't have put them all in the same car. They could wake up with each other or start plotting a new plan. But separate, they all couldn't know what plan the others had thought up.
"Hey Adam…they're in, but the
girls will have to go in the other car that Jesse's bringing".
Adam
nodded, but still he stared down at the two women who had been left
on the ground. A few minutes later, Jesse pulled up in a dark green
Lacer evolution. He jumped out the car smiling to him self. Even
though it was a bad situation to be smiling, driving Brennan's
Lancer was very relaxing.
Brennan gave Jesse a quick grunt about bringing his car, and then easily picked up the form of Nina, to put into the car Jesse had brought. Jesse picked Willow up and did the same.
Adam climbed into the car that held Derek and Eddy with Brennan who was driving, while Emma joined Jesse in the Lancer. Both cars pulled away from the scene where still, agents cluttered the ground.
They drove faster than usual, Brennan continually giving the people in the back seat an uneasy look. He had, had a hard life, and he was taught to keep his eyes open.
They stopped at the beach house 20 minutes later, and Shalimar was standing there waiting for them. Adam quickly shot orders out in getting them all into the house and tying them up. Even though they were helping them, they didn't want to get injured in the process.
The cars were parked away from the house, so no one would know they were back, but Adam kept getting a faint feeling, that some one did, some one knew they were there.
Luther Corp
Lionel slammed his fist down onto his desk, the mere thought of Adam getting away was boiling his blood, but to have taken down the first lot of Agents with such ease…he couldn't have.
Eckhart was sitting with him in his office, and wasn't determined to show Lionel how grateful he was Adam had got away…that just meant he could go for Adam when he wanted, without Lionel's constant interfering.
Eckhart rose from his seat, not sparing Lionel any look that may involve him in some discussion.
He started towards the door, where 5 of his agents were waiting to escort him out of the building, back to Genomex where he had real business to attend to.
"…Eckhart".
Lionel's voice sounded like it was a plea, but it was far from it. He was despite though. "Eckart…just another chance, another day and I assure you we will have them".
Eckhart seemed more interested in tending to the gloves on his hands as he fixed them in place while Lionel talked.
"Lionel…I am growing very bored of your excuses. I don't want to spend any more time being wasted in this…town".
Before Eckhart could leave, a man dressed in a black suit came almost running into the room and nearly had to spin to avoid colliding with Eckhart. Eckhart gave him a disgusted look, one that said, 'why are you even so close to me'. The agent gave a quick greeting to Eckhart, which was ignored, but turned his attention back to Lionel.
"Mr Luther…the men that were sent to retrieve Mr Kane, well, they gave very…odd stories. They said they were attacked by, things. One man said he thought he was being attacked by an telempath".
At the mention of that, Eckhart froze at the door. He turned around fully to listen to the annoying man's speech.
"Another said a women that acted like a cat attacked him. She was swift he said".
Eckhart was pulling all the thoughts together. It might just be Adam AND his people. Suddenly a cruel smile played across his face, and the man who was talking stopped dead at the sight of it. Eckhart turned towards Lionel, and it seemed, even Lionel couldn't stop the shiver that gripped his spine. Lionel's mind spoke to him during Eckhart's smile, ' who wouldn't shiver at that sight. He looks like he's been dead for a few years'.
But that trail of thought was soon changed as Eckhart suddenly spoke to him directly, waving for the man to leave, while they talked.
Eckhart took a seat and leaned forwards towards Lionel, and Lionel had the same reaction, as Eckhart had; he leaned back away from the dead like face.
"Lionel…I believe we have just lengthened out time together".
But Lionel's face didn't show any trace of gratefulness or any joy for that matter. All that was there was a slight puzzled but weary look left. Lionel had finally met the sinister side of Eckhart, and the chill that was strangling the room they both sat in, was taking a hold of him. Suddenly…he regretted asking Eckhart for help. A weary vibe floated over Lionel as he looked at the smiling Eckhart. That smile could freeze people's blood, and stop hearts. Lionel felt the devil was making a deal with him for his soul.
Beach house
The 'guests' were set up in separate rooms, so no commotion would take place that may signal the others to take a course of action. The guest soon started to wake up about 10 minutes after being set up in separate rooms. First to wake was Willow, but they all seemed to realise Ferals were hard to keep asleep…they knew this from their experience with Shalimar.
Adam entered the bedroom where she was being kept, like all the others and sat down in a chair away from her. She was tied to a chair that was stuck to the floor, so she couldn't get up and moves about.
When she saw him she tried to stand, but was surprised when the chair held strong. She tried again, and again…and again. Adam waited for her to settle down, but it was about 10 minutes later that she gave up. He went to talk again, but with one last attempt, she stopped.
Sighing, Adam waited for her to try again, but she didn't.
"So, you name is Willow". But
she didn't answer him, just stared dead at him. He didn't shift
in discomfort, just slight tiredness. "We know you were with Sifer
a lot of the time…Willow what is he up to".
She threw her head
down towards her right shoulder and huffed in anger, but no words
were spoken.
Adam decided it be best if certain types of people
talked to their type. Adam left and thought about what type of mutant
she was. She was almost feline, like Brennan was, so he asked Brennan
to talk to her. Brennan took one look at her and backed out,
"Adam…she'll tear me apart. Let Shalimar try, she's better at
talking than me".
Adam soon agreed, so Shalimar entered after Adam, shutting the door in their faces with confidence.
Shalimar walked towards Willow, and pulled the chair so she was sitting on the back of the chair, looking at willow. Willow was giving a defiant look, but Shalimar's smirk seemed to unsettle that look.
"So, Willow. You and Sifer good friends". Willow didn't answer, so Shalimar tried a different approach. "You know what…Sifer seems to much like a hot head to me…you two must not have got on. I'm like that with Adam some times". This seemed to get a quick glance off Willow, before she looked away again. But that was enough for Shal.
" Yes, believe it or not…but we argue a lot, about missions, about every day things. He just…seems to, seems to not keep what need to be done, in mind".
Willow huffed, and after a few seconds nodded, "tell me about it".
Shalimar smiled to her self and Willow was now facing her. "Sifer is always like that". She huffed, and it seemed natural to do that so often. "Guess that's what leaders are like".
Suddenly, Shalimar felt sadness lift in her stomach, letting Willow's words sink in.
' Guess that's what leaders are like'. She didn't like the way it echoed in her head, …some one else had said that…and their name echoed in her head…. Brennan.
He always argued with Adam about missions, questioning Adam's choices. But it wasn't just him, she once questioned Adam, and kicked her self later for it. Always telling her self, Adam couldn't make mistakes; he never made the wrong decisions. But he could…did make mistakes.
Willow was watching Shalimar closely, wondering why the women had went so quiet, but she worked it out. "You feel the same to Hugh. Well…that's what its like. I mean, Sifer does the stupidest things, and when another, better plan is brought up; he degrades it, pointing out things that could go wrong. But never questions his own plans".
Shalimar threw her own thoughts away and listened. Willow finished off her sentence with slight venom in her voice.
"So what your telling me is…you hate Sifer".
Willow nodded with confidence, not
really caring about whom she was talking to.
Shalimar looked deep
into Willow's eyes, and saw the anger…the pain that Sifer had
caused her, but most of all, caused all of them, …for his own
benefit.
" Willow…why don't you quit the group then".
Willow's huff followed and Shalimar
took that, as a sign is Willow was slowly opening up.
"I can't
leave, its not some thing like a band that you can suddenly just
decide to leave…be sides, I stay because of the others…because of
Derek".
Shalimar sat closer, as Willow's voice broke slightly, and was shocked to hear it.
"Derek looks after me in the group. And I look after him. But Derek goes with Sifer, when Plans are brought up". Willow dropped her head like she was ashamed.
Shalimar could feel her own emotions coming into play, "…you love him". Willows head snapped up at her, with wondering eyes, and when she looked into Shalimar's eyes…she saw the same emotion she was feeling.
So what are Shalimar's feelings now…and why can she relate to willow.
Ok. This may be cruel, but come on…u guy's love it.
Thanks 4 the replies. But hey, keep them coming. The next 1 will arrive soon.
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