CHAPTER 13:
Rockford Islands…
Sari Javier had waited until she was sure that agent Mora was out of the building before sneaking into the large white room. Doctor Anna Grey looked up from her consol, not at all in shock or anger. Sari had been in here once or twice in the few weeks that they had been here. Anna didn't mind at all, she was one of the few people here who tried to help the three mutants out.
Sari tried to reach out with her abilities, made a feel for the one person she cared for in the entire universe. She cringed at the chaotic vibe that hit her, it was frightening and it made her sick to her stomach. "Oh Michael…" she walked over to where the entrance would be and placed her hand on the space where the door would be. Concentrating hard enough she waited until it shimmered to visibility. The door opened up and she walked into the dingy cell room.
The figure in the corner of the room didn't move so she continued into the room slowly and sat down on the bench, waited patiently. Sari closed her eyes and reached out telepathically, purposely sending him a warning as to not scare him. Michael, it's ok. It's Sari.
Despite the mental warning the young man jumped at the voice in his head, he began to tremble but stopped when he felt the soft voice caressing his mind once again. Sari?
Sari smiled at the timid voice that she had been longing to hear from. Agent Mora had made it doubly hard for Sari to communicate with any one but her uncle, and those chosen victims. Tears formed in her eyes, Michael sounded so weak. Mora had made dam sure he was immobilized, cut off from everything in the world that he held so near his heart. I have… to leave… if she… finds out…. I am…
Michael, it's all right Tio made sure you were cloaked so that no one can find out. You're safe.
Not safe…. She wants…
Everything will be all right… I'll be right back. Sari got up and walked out of the room, returning shortly with a first aid kit, and a bowl of warm water. Michael jumped at the feel of the hands brushing against his bruised skin.
It's ok… it's just me.
Michael's body shifted so that his upper body lies across her lap. Sari let her arms fall around him she cradled him, than dipped the rag into the bowl, and began to clean him up. Beginning with his face, she carefully wiped away all the grim. When she was done with his face she carefully began cleaning the open wounds across his chest.
It's all right… Michael I…it's all right. She reassured him applying the ointment as gently as she could. There wasn't any need to make Michael any more upset than he already was. Telling him what she had done… she had lied to Jesse about the involvement of his father, about being not being able to protect the girl… lying to the only person who could have probably helped them out, might've cost them a much longer imprisonment. Nearly giving Cody to Agent Mora. No Michael was better off not knowing. It was a good thing Jesse was smarter than he looked. She just hoped that the mutant would remember her Uncles warnings. Sari wasn't too sure the nightmares had been a good idea, but her uncle had assured her it was the only way to get their warnings through to Mutant X.
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Hours later… New burn streets, nearing Acers house.
"You know you could slow down a bit, we don't need to have another one of us in a coma." Shalimar said her hands gripping the handles on the passenger side of the speeding Audi. This was one of the only signs revealing that the Elementals chaotic driving was getting to her.
"Yeah well this is our only lead in days and I've got the feeling that we're not alone in this."
"What's that suppose to… Brennan watch out!" she yelled out as something ran out in the middle of the street. Brennan slammed onto the brakes jerking the steering wheel to the left causing the Silver Audi spin a complete 180, coming to a slamming halt inches away from the sidewalk. The driver and the passenger were tossed about in the car, held down securely by their seat belts.
After several long minutes of silence the two came out of their shock. "Aw fuck, what the hell was that?" Brennan groaned as he rubbed the back of his neck. "Shal…" he noticed she wasn't moving. "Shalimar."
"What?" she retorted in anger turning towards him as her eyes flashed yellow. "Are you alright?" concern evident in his voice as he undid his seat belt and leaned over checking her for any injuries.
"I'm fine," she said in a much calmer tone, although her insides where going into overdrive with Brennan being inches away from her own body. His fingers skimming across her skin gently, the man's scent was drawing out images in her mind that at the moment were not appropriate. Granted he was only checking to see if she was hurt, but still she found herself fighting own feline instincts and stayed right where she was. "You're alright." he sighed with relief.
"I could've told you that." she said her eyes catching his brown ones. "Next time I drive," she grumbled, the Elemental smiled nervously. "Yeah sure thing…" glancing around his smile broke into a full on grin. "Hey, we're here."
"It's a miracle we're still alive." she continued to mumble as the two got out of the car slowly and looked at the abandoned house. It was two story's high with a wrap around porch. The peeling of the awful blue paint said that the house was more than a few years old. The bushes surrounding the house were over grown, and in dire need of fixing.
"You wanna talk about your driving skills, Ms. Put a dent in the helix every other week."
"I believe that title is right fully yours Bren."
Although the windows seemed to be boarded tight, Shalimar was able to peel them off like old stickers from a book, gaining access to the inside. She than turned to Brennan gesturing for him to go in. "Ladies first." was his reply. Her eyes shifted back into feral mode, and climbed in saying something about being a chicken.
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SANCTUARY MED-LAB…
Emma was still in the Lab helping Adam clean up the mess that had been made so Jesse was sure he wouldn't be hearing from her for a long while. Shalimar and Brennan had gone out on some lead that had come up. Not that he would notice if they were in the room with him or not. These weren't his concerns though, no his thoughts were on the unconscious young lady that was on the medical bed. He brushed the dark hair away from her closed eyes. Her soft skin felt cold to the touch, she wasn't supposed to be like this. It was entirely his fault that she was in this position. It should have been him knocked out cold on this bed, dead to the world, suffering from his own mutant DNA. Not her.
Emma glanced upwards as she felt the barreling emotions of guilt hitting her, threatening to drown her. "Dam it Jesse." she sighed there has got to be stop to this she thought, the molecular was going to kill her if he kept it up. Adam as if sensing her thoughts shook his head. "Emma let him be for now."
"Adam he's gotta know it wasn't his fault."
"And he does, but you know how Jesse is."
"Taking the heat for something he wasn't responsible for. It's driving me nuts Adam."
"Maybe you should go rest, I can get this done myself alright?"
"Yeah sure." she said getting up to her feet and leaving the scientist to ponder of the fate of his team.
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Jesse pulled the chair closer to the medical bed and settled down onto it, gazing at the young mutant that had came into there lives just weeks ago, his heart sank. She was slipping away from them, he could feel it deep down inside. It was the same feeling that told him she had been the one to pull him out of the very night mares that had plagued him over the last three months. She had been there witnessing his worst thoughts and deepest fears, to pull him out of the dark emotions that had threatened to drown him.
His fingers caressed her cheek wanting any kind of response to his touch, but he didn't get any.
Jesse slid his hand into her small cold hand and gave it a slight squeeze. "Come on Doc. Please wake up. Come back to us…" his voice was soft almost a whisper and full of an emotion he couldn't put his finger on yet. 'Doc.' Jesse didn't know where the name came from, but he new it was the only one she would respond to. This new knowledge brought back a slight fear in his heart, like the other things he had no idea how he knew this. Only that he did. He bent over her small frame and pressed a kiss to her temple. "Come back to me." he prayed that she could hear him. Jesse rest his head across her stomach closing his eyes…
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"So when the hell do I wake up already?" Cody had been wandering around the clouds for sometime now and it was getting on her last nerve. She had never been here in this state for so long, and to tell the truth it was beginning to scare her. "Gramps where are you?" she glance down at herself and saw something that made her shriek. Raising her hands slowly their was blood on them dripping down and staining the beautiful white clouds. A pain surfaced in her stomach, she grabbed her abdomen and fell to her knees.
It had come from deep inside where she would reach and pull out her ability and defend herself. Only now it was working against her, ripping her insides.
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"Well this place looks like it could use some cleaning up." Shalimar said walking through the main hall. "You offering?" Shalimar turned around to find a woman in her late 20's standing by the busted back door.
"Shal you gotta come see this… You again." Brennan had come up from the basement; he had a manila envelope in his hand.
"I believe that belongs to me." Agent Mora said extending her hand towards Brennan.
"Finders keepers." he replied calmly.
"You two know each other?" Shalimar said looking from one to the other.
"Yeah we go way back, about three weeks back."
"Where is the Thermal Elemental." as these words left the Agent ferals' mouth a few more GSA came from the busted entrance. "I won't ask again."
"Yeah well we might be a little hard of hearing." Shalimar said as her eyes shifted into feral mode.
"That girl is GSA property."
"We adopted her." Shalimar said. "So now she' ours."
"Get them!" Agent Mora commanded to the GSA men.
"You had to provoke them didn't you?" Brennan said taking on his MO.
"More fun." she said preparing to pounce on the first agent who came near her.
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