Jesse knew that he probably should have waited for Shalimar and Emma, but he was the one that left Brennan behind, not to mention River. He was responsible. Brennan may have told him to go but he should never have done it. It wasn't right.
"Oh God," Jesse said aloud to himself. "What have I done?"
Jesse circled once over the Trinity complex before landing on the main building. He put the Helix in stealth mode so no one would be able to detect it. He didn't want Trinity to know that he was coming.
He quickly moved out of the Helix, across the roof and over to the stairwell door, which lead down into the building. Jesse figured there were probably alarms on the door so he phased through the side and dropped about a foot onto the steps.
Brennan woke up after having fallen asleep. It was understandable considering all the walls, the floor and everything else was padded, and the torture he went through. He tried to move when he felt something on his left shoulder; he looked over and saw River had fallen asleep as well, and had decided to use Brennan as a pillow.
He gently shook River awake, "River. Wake up."
"Huh?" River replied in a drowsy voice, barely awake. "Did I fall asleep?"
"Yea, you did," Brennan said with a smile on his face, realizing that River wasn't a morning person, unlike himself. "So did I, if it makes you feel any better."
River sat up and turned around to look at Brennan and her eyes widened, "Brennan, I don't think that either one of us fell asleep, I think that we were drugged."
"Why do you say that?" Brennan asked, clearly worried about River's sudden change in mood.
She just simply pointed at his neck, "Because you have a collar on."
"What?" Brennan quickly sat up and started feeling around his neck and sure enough collar was there. He wondered why he hadn't felt it before. And there was no way that anyone could have come in here without him waking up if he was simply asleep. They had to have been drugged.
"Crap," Brennan said, dropping his hands to his lap. "Isn't this just great?"
Suddenly, Brennan and River heard footsteps outside. They knew that the guards were coming to get them and Brennan didn't want to let River out of his sight for one moment. Gates would probably destroy her if he got a chance.
But it wasn't Gates, Michael or any other Trinity personal coming through the doors. Jesse phased through the door.
"Anyone call for a rescue?" Jesse asked sarcastically, putting a smile on River's face.
River jumped up and ran over to hug Jesse, "How did you get in here?"
"Long story, I'll tell you later. Let's hit the road," Jesse said.
"Wait!" River yelled, stopping the two men. "The collars; with them on, they'll know exactly were we are and we can't use our abilities."
"Let me take care of that," Jesse replied. He moved over to River and phased the collar, taking it from around her throat. He then did the same to Brennan.
"Let's make sure that he can't use these on us again," Brennan said and threw the collars into the air. Brennan sent out a bolt of electricity, destroying his collar, while River sent out a lightening bolt, destroying hers.
"That was fun," River replied, smiling again.
Jesse then phased the door and all three of them stepped out into the hallway.
"Where do you think you are going?" a deep voice said humorously.
The three new mutants turned around to see several guards and Charles standing there with his arms across his chest. He always used intimidation because it worked. He knew that people were afraid of him and he used it to his advantage.
"Well, I decided that I didn't like the view that came with the room and the service just sucked," Brennan said sarcastically with a smirk on his face. "I've decided to go to another hotel."
"Take them alive," Charles said, clearly not amused.
Jesse, Brennan and River just busted up laughing when no one moved.
Charles looked behind him to see a blonde and a redhead standing behind him with all of his men on the ground, unconscious.
"Boo," Emma said and Charles ran down another corridor.
"We have to get out of here, come on," Shalimar said. "Adam dropped us off so we need to head to the Helix."
Charles ran into the lab, where Michael and Dr. Gates were once again arguing about River, "The mutants have escaped."
Michael and Dr. Gates stopped and just stared at him.
Gates finally spoke, "Well don't just stand there, go find them. I want them all alive."
"Yes sir," Charles replied and ran back out of the room.
"I told you," Michael said sounding smug.
"Shut up Michael," Gates replied and left after Charles, leaving Michael standing there with a smile on his face a mile wide.
As the five new mutants flew away from the building in the Double Helix, River stated, "That seemed a little too easy."
"It did," Shalimar replied. "You'd think that a company like Trinity would have more guards considering what it is that they do. It's almost like they wanted us to escape."
"Why?" Jesse asked.
"That's the million dollar question," Emma said.
