CHAPTER FIVE
Jesse had been driving around aimlessly, his mind lost in his thoughts.
He had worked so hard to prove himself a dependable member of the team. He had learned to control his powers. It wasn't easy, but he had been determined to get a handle on it. He had hated it. Resented it even. But it was with the bitter understanding of the responsibility that his mutant ability brought that he had taken the opportunity offered to him to study his ability and harness it to be an asset instead of a liability.
He had sharpened his fighting skills and improved enough to give Shalimar a run for her money. He had learned all he needed to learn in respect of computers and of Sanctuary's system and database. He was finally beginning to believe that he actually belonged. That he was what he was for a purpose and that he could use his mutant ability to actually do some good in this world.
And now, one single incident had made all that hard work, all that effort come crashing down. All the dread, all the insecurities came rushing back. He shook his head at the irony of it all. The very thing that brought him to Sanctuary was the very thing that was driving him away.
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Brennan had a lot of anger to work off. He went from one simulation to another easily defeating the hologram agents that attacked him.
He couldn't get over what had happened that day. The sight of Shalimar falling off of that building made his blood run cold. He remembered again the complete horror he felt as he saw her fall and at the heart-wrenching realisation that death would have been the only possible outcome. He could not bear the thought and closed his eyes as he fought the vision away only to have a sharp hook land squarely on his jaw.
Mustering up all his pent up anger he released a brutal attack of kicks and punches sending the attacking agents sprawling to the floor.
Spent at the effort, Brennan reached over to switch off the simulation.
It was impossible for him to put into words the relief he had felt when he saw Shalimar, still alive, albeit hanging on a pole for dear life. When he and Jesse had finally managed to get her on safe ground, he remembered taking in a deep breath unaware that he had been holding his own. As the fear and worry subsided, the feelings were replaced with anger. Anger at the person who caused it. At the very stupid mistake that made her fall. A mistake that almost killed her.
Brennan shook his head, the anger still coursing through his veins. He just couldn't believe it. When they got back to Sanctuary and Adam was briefed of the incident, not a word was said to Jesse. No admonishment, no warning, not even a bloody lecture. Even Shalimar didn't have a bad word to say to Jesse. If it had been him that had done something stupid like that, not that he would, but if he had, he was pretty darn sure he would have gotten an earful. But when golden boy does it, everyone just turns a blind eye and acts as if nothing had happened.
He didn't get it. From his experiences he knew enough that sheltering someone from the harsh realities of life wasn't the right way to go. It wasn't healthy. It made a person weak. Especially in a team which dealt with life and death situation, the last thing they needed was a weak link.
He caught himself thinking again of something he probably wouldn't if not for his anger having full control of his emotions. He wandered whether he was being too harsh. It occurred to him then that he would probably not have been this angry if the person who fell of the building was someone else other than Shalimar.
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Jesse had been driving around aimlessly, his mind lost in his thoughts.
He had worked so hard to prove himself a dependable member of the team. He had learned to control his powers. It wasn't easy, but he had been determined to get a handle on it. He had hated it. Resented it even. But it was with the bitter understanding of the responsibility that his mutant ability brought that he had taken the opportunity offered to him to study his ability and harness it to be an asset instead of a liability.
He had sharpened his fighting skills and improved enough to give Shalimar a run for her money. He had learned all he needed to learn in respect of computers and of Sanctuary's system and database. He was finally beginning to believe that he actually belonged. That he was what he was for a purpose and that he could use his mutant ability to actually do some good in this world.
And now, one single incident had made all that hard work, all that effort come crashing down. All the dread, all the insecurities came rushing back. He shook his head at the irony of it all. The very thing that brought him to Sanctuary was the very thing that was driving him away.
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Brennan had a lot of anger to work off. He went from one simulation to another easily defeating the hologram agents that attacked him.
He couldn't get over what had happened that day. The sight of Shalimar falling off of that building made his blood run cold. He remembered again the complete horror he felt as he saw her fall and at the heart-wrenching realisation that death would have been the only possible outcome. He could not bear the thought and closed his eyes as he fought the vision away only to have a sharp hook land squarely on his jaw.
Mustering up all his pent up anger he released a brutal attack of kicks and punches sending the attacking agents sprawling to the floor.
Spent at the effort, Brennan reached over to switch off the simulation.
It was impossible for him to put into words the relief he had felt when he saw Shalimar, still alive, albeit hanging on a pole for dear life. When he and Jesse had finally managed to get her on safe ground, he remembered taking in a deep breath unaware that he had been holding his own. As the fear and worry subsided, the feelings were replaced with anger. Anger at the person who caused it. At the very stupid mistake that made her fall. A mistake that almost killed her.
Brennan shook his head, the anger still coursing through his veins. He just couldn't believe it. When they got back to Sanctuary and Adam was briefed of the incident, not a word was said to Jesse. No admonishment, no warning, not even a bloody lecture. Even Shalimar didn't have a bad word to say to Jesse. If it had been him that had done something stupid like that, not that he would, but if he had, he was pretty darn sure he would have gotten an earful. But when golden boy does it, everyone just turns a blind eye and acts as if nothing had happened.
He didn't get it. From his experiences he knew enough that sheltering someone from the harsh realities of life wasn't the right way to go. It wasn't healthy. It made a person weak. Especially in a team which dealt with life and death situation, the last thing they needed was a weak link.
He caught himself thinking again of something he probably wouldn't if not for his anger having full control of his emotions. He wandered whether he was being too harsh. It occurred to him then that he would probably not have been this angry if the person who fell of the building was someone else other than Shalimar.
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