Brennan tried to cry out but could not. Draper's conscious owned his and he was trapped by the madman's mind. He felt a surge of power develop deep within him. It coursed through his very being with ferocity like none his power had ever exhibited before. He lit up with the energy Draper forced him to create. Brennan dreaded the thought of being used like this. He felt violated in a way. Draper didn't know how to control the force of his power and he was being drained.
Draper enjoyed what he was doing. Not only could he feel the intense power of Brennan, but also he was able to detect the hopelessness and disgust and self-loathing that Brennan was feeling emotionally while he did this to him. He laughed at Brennan's misery. "How's it feel you little fuck? What's it feel like now? I made you, and now I will destroy you!"
Brennan finally managed to scream.
Adam was dragging himself off of Emma, who was out cold after being hit by Adam's weight full force. It took Adam a couple of seconds to understand the chaos around him. The mutant who had picked him up was evidently now fighting with Jesse and Shalimar was beginning to lose the battle she was fighting with her beast. He looked over at Draper and Brennan. Brennan's entire body was glowing and Adam was momentarily astonished at his display. What was even more amazing was that Draper seemed entirely unaffected. He should have been fried by now. Adam rolled over and shook Emma to get her to wake up. She was the only one who could get them out of this now.
"Emma!" Adam begged, "Emma, honey, wake up. Emma?"
Emma opened her eyes and looked at Adam. "W-What happened?"
Adam smiled, "Emma, use your power. YOU have to shut this down NOW!"
Emma looked at Adam with concern and immediately got to her feet. She looked around her at what was happening and then at Brennan, who looked like a fluorescent light. She was thoroughly pissed. She pushed Adam away. "Think happy thoughts, Adam." Her eyes went black. Shalimar, Jesse, and the two beasts they were fighting rolled on the floor in agony. But it was Draper upon who she concentrated. She slammed into his disgusting, perverted mind like a freight train and literally drove his psyche into the ground. He wasn't prepared for her. He had been too distracted with Brennan's suffering as well as the concentration it took to control the power he was generating and cycle it to the shield's capacitors. He was surprise, to say the least. But it was this element that Emma needed in order to do her work. Her fury was evident, strong, and heavy. She held Draper's mind down, managed to control it, and then began to destroy it.
Draper released Brennan as his physical form fell to the floor. Emma was walking towards him with an inhuman look of determination. Adam let her go. He got to his feet and glanced at Shalimar and Jesse. They were out cold as were the beasts they had been fighting. Adam got to Jesse and shook him awake. Jesse awakened with a start. He looked at Adam and then at Emma. He immediately understood what he had to do. His head was killing him but he didn't care. This was their chance; he wasn't going to let a little pain deter him. Adam went to Shalimar as Jesse approached Brennan. "Be careful with him, Jesse!" Adam yelled as he began to gently shake Shalimar.
Jesse looked at Brennan. He was unresponsive. Jesse tried to wake him up but it was no use. He looked at his binds and one by one phased them to release Brennan's beaten body. His hands were blue and his wrists looked crushed where the binds had cut into them. There was no skin left on them, it seemed. They were bloody and badly burned. Jesse cringed. Tears ran from his eyes as he released his brother. He thought for certain that he was dead. He wasn't breathing and his body felt strangely empty – like an inanimate object – nothing containing life. Jesse turned to Adam who had managed to awaken Shalimar. The look of anguish on Jesse's face told Adam everything he needed to know. Brennan was dead.
Jesse turned back to Brennan and continued to release his body. He looked over at Emma who was floating in the air above Draper. It was such a strange site. He had never seen Emma levitate and didn't know that she could even do that. She looked almost like a witch with her blackened eyes. Draper squirmed on the floor and held his head with his hands on either side. He was clawing at his eyes and gurgling. Jesse turned back to Brennan. When he managed to release the final binding, Brennan's body slumped in the chair. Jesse put his arms under Brennan's and picked his form off of the chair and laid him on the floor. By this time, Adam and Shalimar had reached them and Adam began checking Brennan for signs of life. Jesse stood back up and embraced Shalimar. Both of them were obviously injured from their most recent battles. They cried silently as they watched Adam work with Brennan.
"Come on, Brennan. Don't do this!" Adam yelled as he began CPR. Adam noted the condition of Brennan's chest as he pumped on it. His ribs were too giving and Adam feared that he may puncture Brennan's lungs by doing this, but reasoned that if he didn't do this, Brennan would die anyway. Jesse joined him at Brennan's head and breathed for him on Adam's count. Adam stopped after just two sets of CPR to check if Brennan's heart was beating. "Jesse, stop," Adam ordered. "His heart is beating!"
Jesse and Adam were elated. Shalimar smiled and wiped the tears from her face due to their newfound hope.
Adam continued to assess whether Brennan was breathing as well. He was. "Jesse, we did it! This is amazing! Do you know how low the percentage is of people who survive full arrest?" Jesse didn't care, his brother was alive. That was all that mattered. He looked over at Draper who now appeared unconscious. His tongue hung from the side of his mouth. It was bloody from his teeth mashing it. Emma continued her assault.
"Jesse, help me lift him," Adam ordered. "Shalimar, get Emma."
Jesse helped Adam lift Brennan. They would have to do a two-man carry. He was breathing on his own but remained completely unconscious. Shalimar approached Emma. Emma had come back to the floor and was standing, still staring at Draper, who appeared to be dead. Shalimar knew she would have to hit Emma for the second time today in order to break her from this trance. "Sorry, Emma," Shalimar said as she punched Emma in the right jaw. Emma fell to the floor. Shalimar immediately scooped her up. She looked at Adam and Jesse. "You guys take her, I can carry Brennan." Adam looked at Shalimar in surprise but then remembered the feral's strength was at least five times that of Adam's and Jesse's combined. Jesse laid Brennan's head down to the floor and scooped Emma from Shalimar's arms. Shalimar picked up Brennan and carried him alone. Adam took the lead.