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Shalimar and Jesse had made their way back to the Helix. It was beginning to get dark and they didn't want to be at a disadvantage to the beasts if they were still out there. Jesse seated himself at the cockpit controls, while Shalimar paced endlessly up and down the aircraft.
"Jesse, maybe we could sneak back in through the cave entrance where we met up with Adam the first time. He had just brought Brennan from where Draper had been holding him! It would be quick and it is getting dark," Shalimar pleaded. Jesse just sat there. He didn't even look at her. He was lost too deeply in his own thoughts to even notice she was talking to him. "Jesse, what do you think? Jess? Jesse?" Shalimar had ceased pacing and was now glaring at the unresponsive Jesse. "Jess!" Shalimar shouted. This caught Jesse's attention but he didn't acknowledge what she suggested. Instead, he suggested something of his own.
"Shalimar, do you remember when we were first coming here last night what Adam said about the tunnels - about the rain?" Jesse asked Shal. He was in the process of rising from his seat. He was obviously excited about something.
Shalimar looked at Jesse questioningly. "Yeah, he mentioned that the tunnels were built as a flood control system and that they filled with water when it rained."
"Right!" Jesse said while walking up to Shalimar. "Shalimar, didn't he also say that they emptied to the river? And didn't Adam say that he found Brennan by going through them?"
"Yes!" Shalimar said finally understanding what Jesse was excited about.
"Shal, collect the climbing gear. Bring a portable stretcher; we're gonna need it for Brennan. I'm going to leave Adam and encrypted message on the Helix control board just in case he manages to get loose and get back here on his own."
Shalimar met up with Jesse by the time he finished the message for Adam. "You ready?" She asked enthusiastically.
Jesse looked up and hit one final button on the panel and grabbed his pack that Shalimar had gotten for him. "Yeah. You got everything?"
"Yep" Shalimar responded.
"Good," Jesse said. "Let's go."
XXXX
Draper turned around quickly to face the monitor that was now beckoning him. He looked at it with the anticipation of a child on Christmas morning. He was elated, for he knew Mason was answering his message. Suddenly, Mason Eckhart appeared on the screen. "Professor Draper," Eckhart addressed, "to what do I owe the pleasure?" Mason was looking at Draper over the top of his glasses. His tone of voice likened one of mockery and Draper noticed it. He didn't care, though. He wanted. no, he needed Mason to come here.
"Mr. Eckhart, sir. I have good news!" Draper emphasized the word 'good'. Mason remained bored. He leaned back in his chair but remained just in view of the camera. He looked away from Draper and at his gloved handsand placed his fingers together in an arch and drummed them against each other.
"Oh? What is it?" Mason mocked.
"Sir, I have Mutant X."
Mason stopped drumming his fingers but left them in place. He looked back up at the camera. "You have what?"
"Mutant X, Mason." Draper was feeling bold and chose to use Eckhart's first name. "I have Mutant X."
"Where are they?" Mason asked, now coming back close to the screen.
"Well, that is the question, now isn't it Mason?"
Mason was used to tricks like this from Draper. He was really quite insane and Mason wished he had gotten ride of him a long time ago. "I'm busy." Mason said as he sat back in his chair. He was ready to click him off when Draper scrambled up to the screen with proof. He was carrying one of the video tapes and told Mason to wait. He placed it in the playback and a picture froze on Mason's screen that made him sit up and take notice. Mason looked closely at a darkened, green image of Brennan Mulwray lying on the floor of a wet concrete chamber and Emma DeLauro and Adam Cain leaning over him. The picture was obviously captured with night-vision but Mason could see the faces very clearly. When Draper flashed back on the screen, Mason was as close to the camera as he could get.
"Well, what do you think of my operation now, Mason?" Draper was mocking Mason now.
"I am utterly speechless," Mason replied. "Where are you holding them and where are the other two?"
"I have them locked up in the hold below and the other two are as good as captured. I also have their wonderful aircraft, the Double Helix." Draper added. "When will you arrive you ugly freak?" Draper could not believe he said that. Mason was astonished.
"What did you just call me?" Mason leaned into the screen. Just then, Draper began acting peculiar. He was taking his pen and drawing all over himself. He was actually digging his pen into his flesh and drawing blood. Then, he clutched at his chest and acted as though he couldn't breathe. The screen tipped over and went out. Mason sat in his chair and smiled slyly. "Why, MS. DeLauro, how powerful you have become." He hit a communicator button next to his phone and summoned his assistant. He told him to have his chopper ready. They were going on a trip.
XXX
Emma was enjoying herself. She liked seeing Draper bleed instead of herself and adored getting to call Mason an ugly freak. She was killing him. She was sucking the life right out of him and smiling while doing so. Adam had come up to her and looked into her jet-black eyes. He grabbed her shoulders realizing what she was doing. "Emma!" Adam shook her. "Emma! You can't do this! Emma, if you kill him, we will never get out!" Emma shook her head then and hit Adam with a huge surge of mental energy. He hit the floor behind Brennan, accidentally kicking him in the head as he fell backward.
Emma sat and looked at Adam, who was pulling himself up off the floor. "God, Adam! Oh God, Adam, I'm sorry!" Emma exclaimed as she got up in a flash to help Adam. Adam took her hand and ran back to Brennan. He knew that he had kicked him as he flew by. "Brennan," Adam said as he checked under his hairline. Brennan did not wake up but looked no worse than he had before. He then looked back up at Emma. Emma looked at Adam and then at Brennan again. Tears were streaming down her face. Adam took Emma into his arms and stroked her hair while mumbling calming words to her.
"Emma, were you trying to kill Draper? Did you actually reach his mind from here?" Adam had broken their embrace and was now looking directly into her eyes, searching them for an answer. He was thankful they were no longer black but sorry that they were so sad.
"Adam, I got so angry for you and Brennan and all of us. I . I don't know what came over me. I stole Brennan's image of him and went searching for him. I found him, Adam. I found him and I was choking him. I made him stab himself with a pen while he was talking to Eckhart." Emma realized what she said just as Adam heard it. "Oh God, Adam. He contacted Eckhart!"
Adam got up and paced back over to pick up his flashlight. He told Emma that he needed to give Brennan more morphine and get him to cough and then both of them were going to have to look for a way out. They may need to climb.
XXX At the exact same time that Mason was boarding a helicopter for a ride that would take approximately 2 hours to complete, Jesse and Shalimar were making their way down the embankment to the river below. They were keeping their eyes peeled for evidence of a culvert coming out of the side of the mountain. It was their only hope. It was raining pretty good outside the Genomex facility and thunder could be heard coming over the darkening horizon. Looking at his pilot, Mason said, "Hurry."
Jesse looked out at the sky and saw the clouds starting and heard thunder way off in the distance as the total darkness of night threatened to take over. He looked at Shalimar and said, "Hurry."
Shalimar and Jesse had made their way back to the Helix. It was beginning to get dark and they didn't want to be at a disadvantage to the beasts if they were still out there. Jesse seated himself at the cockpit controls, while Shalimar paced endlessly up and down the aircraft.
"Jesse, maybe we could sneak back in through the cave entrance where we met up with Adam the first time. He had just brought Brennan from where Draper had been holding him! It would be quick and it is getting dark," Shalimar pleaded. Jesse just sat there. He didn't even look at her. He was lost too deeply in his own thoughts to even notice she was talking to him. "Jesse, what do you think? Jess? Jesse?" Shalimar had ceased pacing and was now glaring at the unresponsive Jesse. "Jess!" Shalimar shouted. This caught Jesse's attention but he didn't acknowledge what she suggested. Instead, he suggested something of his own.
"Shalimar, do you remember when we were first coming here last night what Adam said about the tunnels - about the rain?" Jesse asked Shal. He was in the process of rising from his seat. He was obviously excited about something.
Shalimar looked at Jesse questioningly. "Yeah, he mentioned that the tunnels were built as a flood control system and that they filled with water when it rained."
"Right!" Jesse said while walking up to Shalimar. "Shalimar, didn't he also say that they emptied to the river? And didn't Adam say that he found Brennan by going through them?"
"Yes!" Shalimar said finally understanding what Jesse was excited about.
"Shal, collect the climbing gear. Bring a portable stretcher; we're gonna need it for Brennan. I'm going to leave Adam and encrypted message on the Helix control board just in case he manages to get loose and get back here on his own."
Shalimar met up with Jesse by the time he finished the message for Adam. "You ready?" She asked enthusiastically.
Jesse looked up and hit one final button on the panel and grabbed his pack that Shalimar had gotten for him. "Yeah. You got everything?"
"Yep" Shalimar responded.
"Good," Jesse said. "Let's go."
XXXX
Draper turned around quickly to face the monitor that was now beckoning him. He looked at it with the anticipation of a child on Christmas morning. He was elated, for he knew Mason was answering his message. Suddenly, Mason Eckhart appeared on the screen. "Professor Draper," Eckhart addressed, "to what do I owe the pleasure?" Mason was looking at Draper over the top of his glasses. His tone of voice likened one of mockery and Draper noticed it. He didn't care, though. He wanted. no, he needed Mason to come here.
"Mr. Eckhart, sir. I have good news!" Draper emphasized the word 'good'. Mason remained bored. He leaned back in his chair but remained just in view of the camera. He looked away from Draper and at his gloved handsand placed his fingers together in an arch and drummed them against each other.
"Oh? What is it?" Mason mocked.
"Sir, I have Mutant X."
Mason stopped drumming his fingers but left them in place. He looked back up at the camera. "You have what?"
"Mutant X, Mason." Draper was feeling bold and chose to use Eckhart's first name. "I have Mutant X."
"Where are they?" Mason asked, now coming back close to the screen.
"Well, that is the question, now isn't it Mason?"
Mason was used to tricks like this from Draper. He was really quite insane and Mason wished he had gotten ride of him a long time ago. "I'm busy." Mason said as he sat back in his chair. He was ready to click him off when Draper scrambled up to the screen with proof. He was carrying one of the video tapes and told Mason to wait. He placed it in the playback and a picture froze on Mason's screen that made him sit up and take notice. Mason looked closely at a darkened, green image of Brennan Mulwray lying on the floor of a wet concrete chamber and Emma DeLauro and Adam Cain leaning over him. The picture was obviously captured with night-vision but Mason could see the faces very clearly. When Draper flashed back on the screen, Mason was as close to the camera as he could get.
"Well, what do you think of my operation now, Mason?" Draper was mocking Mason now.
"I am utterly speechless," Mason replied. "Where are you holding them and where are the other two?"
"I have them locked up in the hold below and the other two are as good as captured. I also have their wonderful aircraft, the Double Helix." Draper added. "When will you arrive you ugly freak?" Draper could not believe he said that. Mason was astonished.
"What did you just call me?" Mason leaned into the screen. Just then, Draper began acting peculiar. He was taking his pen and drawing all over himself. He was actually digging his pen into his flesh and drawing blood. Then, he clutched at his chest and acted as though he couldn't breathe. The screen tipped over and went out. Mason sat in his chair and smiled slyly. "Why, MS. DeLauro, how powerful you have become." He hit a communicator button next to his phone and summoned his assistant. He told him to have his chopper ready. They were going on a trip.
XXX
Emma was enjoying herself. She liked seeing Draper bleed instead of herself and adored getting to call Mason an ugly freak. She was killing him. She was sucking the life right out of him and smiling while doing so. Adam had come up to her and looked into her jet-black eyes. He grabbed her shoulders realizing what she was doing. "Emma!" Adam shook her. "Emma! You can't do this! Emma, if you kill him, we will never get out!" Emma shook her head then and hit Adam with a huge surge of mental energy. He hit the floor behind Brennan, accidentally kicking him in the head as he fell backward.
Emma sat and looked at Adam, who was pulling himself up off the floor. "God, Adam! Oh God, Adam, I'm sorry!" Emma exclaimed as she got up in a flash to help Adam. Adam took her hand and ran back to Brennan. He knew that he had kicked him as he flew by. "Brennan," Adam said as he checked under his hairline. Brennan did not wake up but looked no worse than he had before. He then looked back up at Emma. Emma looked at Adam and then at Brennan again. Tears were streaming down her face. Adam took Emma into his arms and stroked her hair while mumbling calming words to her.
"Emma, were you trying to kill Draper? Did you actually reach his mind from here?" Adam had broken their embrace and was now looking directly into her eyes, searching them for an answer. He was thankful they were no longer black but sorry that they were so sad.
"Adam, I got so angry for you and Brennan and all of us. I . I don't know what came over me. I stole Brennan's image of him and went searching for him. I found him, Adam. I found him and I was choking him. I made him stab himself with a pen while he was talking to Eckhart." Emma realized what she said just as Adam heard it. "Oh God, Adam. He contacted Eckhart!"
Adam got up and paced back over to pick up his flashlight. He told Emma that he needed to give Brennan more morphine and get him to cough and then both of them were going to have to look for a way out. They may need to climb.
XXX At the exact same time that Mason was boarding a helicopter for a ride that would take approximately 2 hours to complete, Jesse and Shalimar were making their way down the embankment to the river below. They were keeping their eyes peeled for evidence of a culvert coming out of the side of the mountain. It was their only hope. It was raining pretty good outside the Genomex facility and thunder could be heard coming over the darkening horizon. Looking at his pilot, Mason said, "Hurry."
Jesse looked out at the sky and saw the clouds starting and heard thunder way off in the distance as the total darkness of night threatened to take over. He looked at Shalimar and said, "Hurry."