Author's notes: I am sooo sorry for the delay. No excuses, my fault
entirely. For those who just started reading this story, this is set
sometime in the first season, when Emma was still around. Thanks for your
patience and I hope you guys like it.
CHAPTER TEN
Sanctuary
"Look, Shalimar, I didn't mean to, I wasn't trying to... I'm sorry." Brennan said looking at the floor fumbling over his words feeling guilty at the hurt he caused Shalimar.
Shalimar was the last person, he wanted to hurt, but somehow, it always ended up with them arguing and more often then not, it had something to do with Jesse.
"I didn't mean to imply that he did drive off that cliff." Brennan said, hating himself at that moment for again falling prey to his feelings of jealousy and hurting Shalimar in the process. "I just... I was just saying that if we want to solve this we have to look at every possibility, at every angle. I mean somebody could have very well taken extreme measures to make it look like he did just that."
"Brennan's right. But there's no sense in our trying to speculate without more information." Adam said finally interjecting, harboring his own thoughts and fears with regards to the disappearance, his conversation with Emma the previous night replaying in his head. "We can't just sit here and wait for the report of the investigation of the accident. If technology and tracking devices won't help we'll use something else." Adam said turning towards the psionic who was sitting with an empty gaze towards the floor. "Emma", he said bringing her gaze up to his face. "I want you to try to see whether you can get a connection to Jesse."
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Warehouse
"Get the prisoner out." Xavier said to his men. Jesse's heart skipped a beat as he heard the order. He knew there was no way he could get away from this but found himself crouching to the very corner of his cage nevertheless. A futile effort against the rough hands that came to grab him.
Deep in his heart he knew that struggling would have been a waste of his energy but he could not let himself be taken without putting up a fight. Despite his struggles, he was dragged out of his cage and thrown unceremoniously on the floor of the warehouse falling flat on his face unable to stop the fall with his hands that were still handcuffed behind him.
From where he was he could see feet all around him. Circling him. He swallowed dreading what was to happen next. He knew they weren't going to kill him, well not yet anyway. But what did they intend to do? They wanted him to give them information about new mutants and there was no way he was going to comply. Even if they had to beat it out of him. He would not tell them anything. Not where it would mean condemning a mutant to a fate worst them death. He wouldn't. He couldn't be responsible for that.
All of sudden he was grabbed roughly from behind by two men who forcefully brought him up on his knees.
"Well, Mr. Kilmartin, how do we want to do this?" Xavier asked looking down at his prisoner. Will you tell me what I need to know or will we have to get it out the hard way?"
"You'll get nothing from me". Jesse spat out glaring at Xavier with eyes filled with pure hatred belying the fear he felt inside.
"How unfortunate" Xavier said with a mock sigh. "The hard way it is then. Lena, if you please."
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Jesse struggled in vain against his captors as he watched Lena walk slowly and purposefully towards him. He could almost hear his heartbeat pounding in his head as panic settled firmly within him at the uncertainty of what was to happen. His eyes darted nervously around looking for a possible way of escape and finding none.
He flinched at the feel of Lena's cold hands at the side of his face, forcing him to look into her eyes. What happened next was beyond anything he could ever imagined. His body jerked backwards as he felt a strong force entering his mind.
The pain was unbearable and he opened his mouth to let out a silent scream. It felt like a million tiny bombs were exploding in his head forcing its way through each corner and crevice of his mind and his body shuddered uncontrollably against the arms that held him. He had no power to stop the invasion and could do nothing but allow its painful intrusion.
All of sudden he felt another presence but the feeling quickly diminished as he was immediately overtaken with a fresh wave of pain as the invisible force invaded his mind with more power and vigour and this time his screams of pain echoed throughout the warehouse.
His sight blurred against the pain, but despite his distorted vision, he saw with horror what was unmistakable strings and strings of data flowing rapidly against the blackness of Lena's eyes.
With a last shudder of his body, Lena released her hold of him and he fell limply to the ground succumbing to the blackness that beckoned, a trail of blood trickling down his ears.
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CHAPTER TEN
Sanctuary
"Look, Shalimar, I didn't mean to, I wasn't trying to... I'm sorry." Brennan said looking at the floor fumbling over his words feeling guilty at the hurt he caused Shalimar.
Shalimar was the last person, he wanted to hurt, but somehow, it always ended up with them arguing and more often then not, it had something to do with Jesse.
"I didn't mean to imply that he did drive off that cliff." Brennan said, hating himself at that moment for again falling prey to his feelings of jealousy and hurting Shalimar in the process. "I just... I was just saying that if we want to solve this we have to look at every possibility, at every angle. I mean somebody could have very well taken extreme measures to make it look like he did just that."
"Brennan's right. But there's no sense in our trying to speculate without more information." Adam said finally interjecting, harboring his own thoughts and fears with regards to the disappearance, his conversation with Emma the previous night replaying in his head. "We can't just sit here and wait for the report of the investigation of the accident. If technology and tracking devices won't help we'll use something else." Adam said turning towards the psionic who was sitting with an empty gaze towards the floor. "Emma", he said bringing her gaze up to his face. "I want you to try to see whether you can get a connection to Jesse."
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Warehouse
"Get the prisoner out." Xavier said to his men. Jesse's heart skipped a beat as he heard the order. He knew there was no way he could get away from this but found himself crouching to the very corner of his cage nevertheless. A futile effort against the rough hands that came to grab him.
Deep in his heart he knew that struggling would have been a waste of his energy but he could not let himself be taken without putting up a fight. Despite his struggles, he was dragged out of his cage and thrown unceremoniously on the floor of the warehouse falling flat on his face unable to stop the fall with his hands that were still handcuffed behind him.
From where he was he could see feet all around him. Circling him. He swallowed dreading what was to happen next. He knew they weren't going to kill him, well not yet anyway. But what did they intend to do? They wanted him to give them information about new mutants and there was no way he was going to comply. Even if they had to beat it out of him. He would not tell them anything. Not where it would mean condemning a mutant to a fate worst them death. He wouldn't. He couldn't be responsible for that.
All of sudden he was grabbed roughly from behind by two men who forcefully brought him up on his knees.
"Well, Mr. Kilmartin, how do we want to do this?" Xavier asked looking down at his prisoner. Will you tell me what I need to know or will we have to get it out the hard way?"
"You'll get nothing from me". Jesse spat out glaring at Xavier with eyes filled with pure hatred belying the fear he felt inside.
"How unfortunate" Xavier said with a mock sigh. "The hard way it is then. Lena, if you please."
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Jesse struggled in vain against his captors as he watched Lena walk slowly and purposefully towards him. He could almost hear his heartbeat pounding in his head as panic settled firmly within him at the uncertainty of what was to happen. His eyes darted nervously around looking for a possible way of escape and finding none.
He flinched at the feel of Lena's cold hands at the side of his face, forcing him to look into her eyes. What happened next was beyond anything he could ever imagined. His body jerked backwards as he felt a strong force entering his mind.
The pain was unbearable and he opened his mouth to let out a silent scream. It felt like a million tiny bombs were exploding in his head forcing its way through each corner and crevice of his mind and his body shuddered uncontrollably against the arms that held him. He had no power to stop the invasion and could do nothing but allow its painful intrusion.
All of sudden he felt another presence but the feeling quickly diminished as he was immediately overtaken with a fresh wave of pain as the invisible force invaded his mind with more power and vigour and this time his screams of pain echoed throughout the warehouse.
His sight blurred against the pain, but despite his distorted vision, he saw with horror what was unmistakable strings and strings of data flowing rapidly against the blackness of Lena's eyes.
With a last shudder of his body, Lena released her hold of him and he fell limply to the ground succumbing to the blackness that beckoned, a trail of blood trickling down his ears.
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