Hey all, thanks for the reviews! About the writing errors - I will try to
do better. I write these after coming home from night class, usually, and
it is quite late. I still don't own them.
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Adam peered around the corner where he had last seen the creature. He still could not believe what he saw and, frankly, he didn't want to believe what he saw. Either it was a madman in a costume or it was a mutated animal of some sort. It really resembled the beast that they had encountered in the woods earlier that month, but something was different about this one. It seemed intelligent and aware - aware like a human was aware and intelligent just the same, but dangerous. Was that a gun that he saw? Adam's thoughts were flying. He had to get Brennan out of there. When he returned to Brennan, he noticed that he had passed out once again. "Brennan. Come one Brennan - wake up." Adam's concern grew greater when Brennan failed to awaken. Adam felt his forehead - still very warm. But when he felt his hands, they were cold. Adam rubbed them vigorously in his own to try and get what blood Brennan still had left to circulate through them. He knew he had to get him moving. "Brennan!" Adam said a little more urgently this time. It worked; Brennan came around.
"Adam?" Brennan mumbled. He was relieved to see Adam again. He thought that he had been dreaming when he saw him last time. But now, he saw that it was real. Adam really was rescuing him from Draper.
"Brennan, stay quiet. We are not alone. We have to get moving, but you have to stay as quiet as you can so they don't hear us. OK?" Adam patiently explained their situation to Brennan. He left out the part about the beasts. Brennan nodded that he understood and winced at the movement. He was shivering from being cold. Just then, Adam heard a noise coming from the hallway behind them. Draper! Adam looked around with the panic of a trapped animal. He pulled Brennan to his feet and stifled his moan with his hand. He moved towards the door from which the creature had come. He kept looking over their shoulders to see if anyone or anything was coming. He heard Draper in the not-so-far distance mumbling to someone about capturing him. He heard him say that he wanted Adam captured and the mutant killed. Adam looked at Brennan leaning on him and thought that, at this point, that goal would not be hard for Draper to meet. When he reached the door, he found it locked. "Damn it," Adam whispered under his breath. "Brennan, do you think you're dry enough to hit that key-card lock?"
"Yeah," Brennan answered and hit the lock with a small charge. It's circuitry fried and failed open. Adam knew that safety codes for government facilities mandated that key-card locks failed in the open position when electrical overload occurred.
"Good job!" Adam praised Brennan. Adam actually saw a little smile trace Brennan's lips when he praised him and the door opened. Adam and Brennan slipped through the door and closed it behind them just as Draper rounded the corner into their hallway. After Draper passed them by, Adam set Brennan down again in the corridor. He was once again facing a stairway. Brennan was becoming more dead weight with each step they took. He had no idea where the stairway went and decided he had to check it out before making Brennan go all the way up. He moved Brennan to a dark corner tucked him away behind the stairway to hide him and covered him with his coat. He promised Brennan that he would be back for him and made him promise that he would stay awake. Again, Brennan acknowledged him with a nod and Adam glanced back at him once more as he approached the steps to make sure he was adequately hidden. He was. Adam cautiously progressed up the stairs.
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Jesse and Shalimar crept into the cave. Emma remained at the entrance, scanning the woods with her broadband trying to find any presence of the creatures. If the creature Shalimar saw really was like the one they had encountered earlier, she doubted she would be able to get a hit off of him. She wasn't able to read that creature at all. When all seemed clear, Emma joined Jesse and Shalimar. "No one is following us," Emma said, "at least, no one that I can tell."
Jesse looked at them both and slowly took lead as they sunk deeply into the cave. It was quite dark inside but there was a glow in the distance that appeared to be a lighted passageway. They proceeded cautiously until they reached the area where the light was. It dead-ended at a metal doorway. "Who would have put this here?" Shalimar asked.
"Well, probably the same person who took Brennan and Adam," Jesse commented. They tried the door. Of course, it was locked. "Lookout everyone. I am going through to see what is on the other side," Jesse said as he began to phase. "I'll be right back." Jesse phased and disappeared behind the door. Emma and Shalimar looked around them and worried about what was waiting for Jesse on the other side. Their worries were eased when they saw him come back through.
"What did you see?" Emma asked.
"Well, why don't both of you walk through and find out?" Jesse taunted as he phased the door. Shalimar was first through, then Emma and Jesse followed behind. On the other side of the door was what appeared to be a very cold, stainless steel and white hallway that led to a series of labs. "This looks just like Genomex!" Shalimar whispered under her breath. "Yeah, except for the filth!" Emma commented as she looked around at the floor and the rooms themselves. "There is excrement all over the place and look at the lights. Half of them are out." Emma continued.
"This place looks deserted," Jesse said as another light flickered behind them in the hallway. "This has to be where Draper is keeping Brennan and Adam. Emma, see if you can pinpoint their location."
Emma concentrated and did manage to locate Adam. "Adam is this way, down the hallway. Follow me!" Emma said as she took off running. However, just as she was running past Jesse, he grabbed her arm. "Wait!" Jesse insisted. "We are still in unknown territory Em!"
"Shhh!" Shalimar warned. Her eyes turned yellow feral and she began to growl under her breath. "Someone's coming."
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Brennan was passing in and out of consciousness. He wasn't sure that what he was seeing was real or a dream, but as he lay there in the corner where Adam had tucked him out of site, he had watched four different things go by him and up the stairway. He thought they looked like animals but they were wearing clothes and talking. Brennan knew he was hallucinating. He had to be. Animals did not walk like humans. But one did - one that he did remember. "It can't be," Brennan whispered to himself. The next one to come through the door, though, seemed to be aware of his presence. The animal stopped and looked around with his nose to the sky - and sniffed the air. Brennan froze. He knew that if this was the same creature, his powers would have no effect on it and he would be captured again. The creature saw him and let out a blood curdling scream and raced toward Brennan. The distance seemed long to Brennan but it was really only a few feet before the creature was on him. He felt it tear at his chest with its claws. Brennan instinctively hit it with everything he had. He felt the electricity flow through his body and smelled the creature's fur singe. It jerked and then stopped moving. It lay on top of Brennan - still smoking - dead. Brennan couldn't muster the strength to push it off of him. So they lay there together. The darkness claimed Brennan once again.
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Adam peered around the corner where he had last seen the creature. He still could not believe what he saw and, frankly, he didn't want to believe what he saw. Either it was a madman in a costume or it was a mutated animal of some sort. It really resembled the beast that they had encountered in the woods earlier that month, but something was different about this one. It seemed intelligent and aware - aware like a human was aware and intelligent just the same, but dangerous. Was that a gun that he saw? Adam's thoughts were flying. He had to get Brennan out of there. When he returned to Brennan, he noticed that he had passed out once again. "Brennan. Come one Brennan - wake up." Adam's concern grew greater when Brennan failed to awaken. Adam felt his forehead - still very warm. But when he felt his hands, they were cold. Adam rubbed them vigorously in his own to try and get what blood Brennan still had left to circulate through them. He knew he had to get him moving. "Brennan!" Adam said a little more urgently this time. It worked; Brennan came around.
"Adam?" Brennan mumbled. He was relieved to see Adam again. He thought that he had been dreaming when he saw him last time. But now, he saw that it was real. Adam really was rescuing him from Draper.
"Brennan, stay quiet. We are not alone. We have to get moving, but you have to stay as quiet as you can so they don't hear us. OK?" Adam patiently explained their situation to Brennan. He left out the part about the beasts. Brennan nodded that he understood and winced at the movement. He was shivering from being cold. Just then, Adam heard a noise coming from the hallway behind them. Draper! Adam looked around with the panic of a trapped animal. He pulled Brennan to his feet and stifled his moan with his hand. He moved towards the door from which the creature had come. He kept looking over their shoulders to see if anyone or anything was coming. He heard Draper in the not-so-far distance mumbling to someone about capturing him. He heard him say that he wanted Adam captured and the mutant killed. Adam looked at Brennan leaning on him and thought that, at this point, that goal would not be hard for Draper to meet. When he reached the door, he found it locked. "Damn it," Adam whispered under his breath. "Brennan, do you think you're dry enough to hit that key-card lock?"
"Yeah," Brennan answered and hit the lock with a small charge. It's circuitry fried and failed open. Adam knew that safety codes for government facilities mandated that key-card locks failed in the open position when electrical overload occurred.
"Good job!" Adam praised Brennan. Adam actually saw a little smile trace Brennan's lips when he praised him and the door opened. Adam and Brennan slipped through the door and closed it behind them just as Draper rounded the corner into their hallway. After Draper passed them by, Adam set Brennan down again in the corridor. He was once again facing a stairway. Brennan was becoming more dead weight with each step they took. He had no idea where the stairway went and decided he had to check it out before making Brennan go all the way up. He moved Brennan to a dark corner tucked him away behind the stairway to hide him and covered him with his coat. He promised Brennan that he would be back for him and made him promise that he would stay awake. Again, Brennan acknowledged him with a nod and Adam glanced back at him once more as he approached the steps to make sure he was adequately hidden. He was. Adam cautiously progressed up the stairs.
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Jesse and Shalimar crept into the cave. Emma remained at the entrance, scanning the woods with her broadband trying to find any presence of the creatures. If the creature Shalimar saw really was like the one they had encountered earlier, she doubted she would be able to get a hit off of him. She wasn't able to read that creature at all. When all seemed clear, Emma joined Jesse and Shalimar. "No one is following us," Emma said, "at least, no one that I can tell."
Jesse looked at them both and slowly took lead as they sunk deeply into the cave. It was quite dark inside but there was a glow in the distance that appeared to be a lighted passageway. They proceeded cautiously until they reached the area where the light was. It dead-ended at a metal doorway. "Who would have put this here?" Shalimar asked.
"Well, probably the same person who took Brennan and Adam," Jesse commented. They tried the door. Of course, it was locked. "Lookout everyone. I am going through to see what is on the other side," Jesse said as he began to phase. "I'll be right back." Jesse phased and disappeared behind the door. Emma and Shalimar looked around them and worried about what was waiting for Jesse on the other side. Their worries were eased when they saw him come back through.
"What did you see?" Emma asked.
"Well, why don't both of you walk through and find out?" Jesse taunted as he phased the door. Shalimar was first through, then Emma and Jesse followed behind. On the other side of the door was what appeared to be a very cold, stainless steel and white hallway that led to a series of labs. "This looks just like Genomex!" Shalimar whispered under her breath. "Yeah, except for the filth!" Emma commented as she looked around at the floor and the rooms themselves. "There is excrement all over the place and look at the lights. Half of them are out." Emma continued.
"This place looks deserted," Jesse said as another light flickered behind them in the hallway. "This has to be where Draper is keeping Brennan and Adam. Emma, see if you can pinpoint their location."
Emma concentrated and did manage to locate Adam. "Adam is this way, down the hallway. Follow me!" Emma said as she took off running. However, just as she was running past Jesse, he grabbed her arm. "Wait!" Jesse insisted. "We are still in unknown territory Em!"
"Shhh!" Shalimar warned. Her eyes turned yellow feral and she began to growl under her breath. "Someone's coming."
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Brennan was passing in and out of consciousness. He wasn't sure that what he was seeing was real or a dream, but as he lay there in the corner where Adam had tucked him out of site, he had watched four different things go by him and up the stairway. He thought they looked like animals but they were wearing clothes and talking. Brennan knew he was hallucinating. He had to be. Animals did not walk like humans. But one did - one that he did remember. "It can't be," Brennan whispered to himself. The next one to come through the door, though, seemed to be aware of his presence. The animal stopped and looked around with his nose to the sky - and sniffed the air. Brennan froze. He knew that if this was the same creature, his powers would have no effect on it and he would be captured again. The creature saw him and let out a blood curdling scream and raced toward Brennan. The distance seemed long to Brennan but it was really only a few feet before the creature was on him. He felt it tear at his chest with its claws. Brennan instinctively hit it with everything he had. He felt the electricity flow through his body and smelled the creature's fur singe. It jerked and then stopped moving. It lay on top of Brennan - still smoking - dead. Brennan couldn't muster the strength to push it off of him. So they lay there together. The darkness claimed Brennan once again.