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Thanks for all the reviews. I have to admit I am amazed at all the great reviews I am getting. And glad everyone is enjoying having some real people playing characters in my story. Did that come out right? lol
Melodie: Thanks for the Friday night chat, and for inspiring me to keep going. And look for the hair change thing we were talking about. One last thing, you were jail bait for Jesse, which will be explained soon I promise, but I can't let you be again, cause I promised Jess to someone else, long before this story came to be. But I am going to write another after this, and you can have him all to yourself, deal?
Goldstranger: Sorry your laptop is messed up again, hopefully your mom's tech guys can fix the problem, just trust them with it,lol. Easier said than done I know.
Gelf: I was trying to figure out how to explain her hair, thanks, I will make the change as soon as possible.
Chapter 7: Freeze Play
Adam walked into the situation room where less than half of the members of Mutant X were waiting for him. Dasi was still at the hospital waiting for Jesse to wake up. Max, Lulu and Shelly were still at the site of the warehouse explosion. Zack and Zane were still in the hospital also. Lexa was in bed still recuperating. But before him sat, Shalimar, Emma, Melodie, Skylar, Rosalie, Gage, and Josh.
"Ok, everyone. I know we got hit hard last night, but we still have have a mission to complete." said Adam.
"Adam, before we get started, I would like to ask you something?" asked Shalimar.
"Go ahead."
"How did the Dominion know we were coming?"
"I don't know. But I just got through talking to Max, he and Lulu and Shelly are still at the warehouse, trying to get a clue as to where Brennan and Mari are. He found what was left of the bomb, apparently it was remote activated."
"You mean who ever set the bomb, left, then waited at a distance. And waited for us all to get inside. Then set it to go off." said Joshene.
"Yes, exactly." answered Adam.
"Any signs of Brennan and Mari?" asked Rosalie, as she glanced at Shalimar.
"Max was able to pick up a scent, it wasn't either of them, but Lulu and Shelly picked up Brennan scent, but not Mari's yet. I will let you know more when I find out." said Adam. He knew more than he was saying and Shalimar knew it, but she had to trust Adam for the moment.
"Ok, so what is this next mission you were talking about?" asked Gage.
"Well, I thought about this all night. I know of a way to hit the Dominion, and hit them hard."
"How?" asked Skylar, sensing whatever it was, was truly big, from the feeling she was getting coming from Adam.
"When I was kidnapped a few months ago, by the Dominion, I was taken to this warehouse. I know exactly where it is, and have the coordinates here," he said holding up a CD-Rom. "When you get in, go to the second floor. There you will find, the Creator!"
Everyone was stunned, they knew at some point they would go after him, but not this soon, Shal was the first to speak.
"And if we have him, then what?" asked Shal.
"Bring him here! The Dominion will be so busy trying to locate him again, they won't be prepared for the next attack."
"Ok, so whose going on this one?" asked Skylar.
"Emma, Melodie, you Skylar, Gage, Josh, and last but not least Shalimar." he said. "Rosalie, I need you here."
"Do you realize you are sending all girls?" asked Gage.
"Yeah, but you are just any girls. Gage you will need to be on the roof, with your molecular structure, you can phase through the roof, but you have to wait till the others clear the way for you, got it!"
"Got it, so can we go now."
"No, not till I say this. If you get into trouble get out of there fast, I don't want to lose anymore of you, ok, yes, Gage, you all can go now. Choose a leader, form a plan, and inform me, then you can head out for the warehouse."
"Ok, anyone want to be leader this time?" asked Shalimar.
"Weren't you the one who asked last time?" asked Joshene.
"Yeah, I think I was, but this time, the mission will not end the same!"
"Damn right!" said Gage. "We going teach them a lesson about messing with Mutant X!"
"That's for sure." said Shal. Secretly, she was very pleased with the all girl team that stood before her. She knew they could get the job done, or was it more of a hope that they could. She just didn't want what happened the night before, to repeat itself.
"Shal, I think I speak for everyone here when I say this," said Melodie. "I think you should be the leader."
"Agreed!" said Emma and Skylar at the same time.
"Yea, me too." said Gage.
"Yea, I am all for that," said Josh.
"Alright then, let's get to planning." said Shal. "You girls want to do this the easy way, or the hard way?"
"Is there an easy way?" asked Gage.
"Yeah, if Melodie is willing, there is an easy way."
"I am willing, just tell me what to do." said Melodie, with a smile that told more about how happy she was, then her answer. Finally, she was getting her chance to prove herself an asset to the team.
"Great, here's the plan...."
"Alright, now that we know the plan, let's get everything ready and meet back here in 15 minutes." said Shalimar.
"Shal, can I talk to you for a minute?" asked Emma, after everyone else had cleared the room.
"Sure, Emma. What's up?"
"You know I love you, right?"
"Yeah, and I love you too sweetie."
"Ok, I think your plan is great, but I can't help but wonder why I got the assignment of watching the Double Helix, while all of you are attacking the warehouse?"
"Emma, it just came down to that, I didn't mean anything by it. But Skylar is Psionic and Joshene is a Precognitive Empath, and well you've been inside the Double Helix before..."
"Not this one, and I have never flown the stupid thing!"
"Emma, your not going to have to fly the Helix, it will be set to auto pilot, so all you have to do is push a button."
"Great, then why am I even going?" Emma said as she turned her back and started toward the door.
"Emma!" said Shal as she walked to where she was standing between Emma and the door. "What is the big deal?"
"The big deal is, that you think I am still this fragile girl who can't take care of herself!"
"I have never thought of you in that way!"
"Yea, you and the guys always felt that way, poor Emma can't take care of herself, we have to protect her!"
"Emma, that was only because you are not that great of a fighter."
"Well I am now! Michael taught me!"
"Good to hear, but that isn't what is needed on this mission. Emma I know you better than the other girls. Now I am not saying that it is true, but it is possible that one of the members of Mutant X is a traitor. Emma, I know it isn't you, that's why I want you in the Helix, so it doesn't get sabotaged, and we get trapped."
"You think someone inside Mutant X, set you guys up last night?"
"No, not for sure, but yeah I think it's possible."
"I am sorry, I thought.. never mind, I will stay with the Helix, but you better show me which button to push." she said with a shy smile.
"I will, let's go meet the others. Time to get this mission underway."
"Weren't we supposed to tell Adam the plan before we left?" asked Emma.
"Yeah, I'll go do that, meet me at the Helix in 5 minutes."
"Ok, I'll tell the others you are running late."
"Cool."
"Shalimar, are you sure that it will work?" asked Adam. "I mean it sounds like a great plan, but will it work?"
"Yes, I mean it should. If we all follow the plan, then it should."
"Over the last 3 years, how many missions went as planned?" asked Adam.
"None, that's why we have a back-up plan. I just need something out of the kitchen."
"What?"
"Mari's virus, GX-81."
"Shal, you can't use that!" he said following her to the kitchen.
"Why not? They wouldn't hesitate to use it on us."
"True, but without Mari, we have no way to make the cure. And we have none left over, so if one of you get hit be accident, you could die."
"We will be careful, anyway they are waiting for me, I have to go."
"Shal? Don't you need the dart gun?"
"Yeah."
"Well, I guess now is a good time as any. Jesse and Dasi helped make these things." He handed her a box, as she opened them up, she found what appeared to be wrist guards.
"Adam? What are they?"
"They have a trigger here, it will lie within your hand grip. You push it, and it realizes a dart. These have already been treated with GX-81, and each holds about 50 of these mini darts. These are different though, Mari added a tranquilizer to the GX-81, so it will immediately put whoever you hit, out like a light."
"Great, how many are there?"
"There is one for every member of Mutant X, plus 20 for newcomers, now get before they leave without you."
"Thanks Adam!" she said as she took the box, and started running out of the situation room and down the hallway, and toward the hanger, where the other girls were waiting for her. "Let's go, all of you put one of these on, and I will explain on the way, how to use them."
It took little over an hour for them to locate the warehouse, but they did thanks to the CD Adam gave to them before they left. Shalimar safely landed the Helix just behind the warehouse, but where it would be securely hidden from view. She put it in stealth mode a mile back, and had the signal jammer on since leaving the Haven. Better safe than sorry.
"Ok, everyone stick with the plan and we will be leaving here in less then half an hour. Emma, if anything goes wrong, and we come running, this is the button you have to push, after you get the door to the Helix closed, got it?" she said pointed to a little blue button just over Emma's head.
"Got it, be safe everyone." she said.
Shalimar hit the button just above her head, and watched as the Hanger door opened. Shalimar and the others quickly left the Helix.
"Melodie? Remember we only need 15 minutes, you have to wait here, so we can find you, got it?" asked Shalimar.
"Ok, no problem. Girls come here." said Melodie. And Gage, Shalimar, Skylar, and Josh came over to her, they held her hands as they felt everything around suddenly shift, as if the very ground beneath their feet were solid stone. "Ok, it's done, time is frozen, hurry, this is the longest I have held this."
"Thanks, we will hurry, shouldn't be to hard to find the Creator right?" said Shalimar as her and the others took off running for the warehouse. Even though they knew everything was frozen, they took it easy, until they knew for sure. "Adam said he worked with the Creator on the second floor. So we all go there first." said Shal.
After entering the door slowly, they saw to their amazement about 50 to 75 people on the first floor, standing still, frozen in place. They ran through the door and rushed up the stairs. Shalimar noticed that one door on the first floor was heavily guarded by two guards. She hoped it was the one which held the Creator. As she opened the door, she signaled the other girls to keep looking, just in case. She turned back to the task at hand, opening the door in front of her. What she saw almost made her look twice.
There stood a white-haired version of Adam. She had almost forgotten that the Creator cloned himself. He was frozen just like the rest of his men. "I found him," Shal said into her com-ring. She wasn't sure why the team was avoiding drawing attention, everyone was frozen, but old habits die hard.
"Ok, let's get him out of her, but how?" asked Gage.
"Depends on how heavy he is," said Shal, as she tested trying to pick him up."Ok, he's not too heavy, but it will take all of us to get him out of here."
"Ok, let do this, cause Melodie can't hold this forever, or at least I don't think she can." said Skylar.
"Well I don't want to find out, so let's go." said Shal. As Josh and Skylar helped lean the Creator down, Shalimar and Gage each grabbed a leg. As the gently walked down the stairs with him, Shal decided to make sure Melodie was holding it all together. "Melodie?"
"Yeah?"
"How are you doing?"
"Fine, having no problem holding this, guess I am stronger than I thought. I will have to talk to Adam about this, maybe I have been afraid of holding this frozen state for nothing."
As Shal and the other girls made it to Melodie, they grinned through gritted teeth, for a little man, the Creator was a heavy man. "Guys, I would help, but the minute I touch him, time will unfreeze." said Melodie.
"Well we can't have that yet." said Gage. "Wait till we get back in the Helix."
"Good idea, cause we made a small mistake." said Melodie.
"Like?" said Shal, she had a sneaky feeling this mission was not going to go as planned.
"We left Emma in the Helix, she's frozen also." said Melodie.
"She will be released when everything goes back to normal right?" asked Shal.
"Yeah, don't worry." said Melodie. "And I will have to unfreeze him, inorder for us to close the Helix doors. When I freeze time, it freezes everything that I am not touching."
As they boarded the Helix, Melodie touched the Creator, unfreezing time. Shalimar raised the door of the Helix. "Emma, Skylar will fly us out of here."
"Where am I?" asked the Creator.
"On a plane, on your way to Adam." said Shal, trying to keep the hatred out of her voice. "But all you really need to know is that you are now a prisoner of Mutant X!"
A little longer than I thought it would be, but hopefully it intrigues all of you enough that you will come back again for the next chapter, which will hopefully tie my last 2 chapters together. My next chapter should be up middle of next week.