Jesse was the first to wake up. His surroundings were dark and quiet with only a slither of light coming from a cracked darkened window far, far above him. Whether the ceiling was just extremely high or was feeling the effects of a possible concussion, he didn't feel like climbing through that window anytime soon. His head throbbed and he tried to reach for it. He couldn't: he was in chains. However, he could feel liquid dripping down his face, but wasn't sure whether it was blood or sweat.

Beside him, Lexa was still asleep and he couldn't help but notice how innocently beautiful she looked. What a difference from her usual self, Jesse rolled his eyes. Nevertheless, they had to get out of there, find Brennan and Shalimar, get Mitch and get him to a mutant psychiatric ward as soon as possible. This guy was definitely out of his mind.

"Sometimes it's good to be a freak." Jesse whispered. He tried to phase the chain off him, but nothing happened. Trying again, his powers failed him.

"This isn't good." He whispered to himself. "Lexa. Lexa!" Lexa didn't stir and for a couple of seconds he thought she maybe be drugged, but soon her eyes fluttered open.

"Lexa." Jesse whispered. He wasn't sure where Mitch was, but he couldn't afford to take any chances.

Lexa heard a voice calling out to her, disturbing her dreams. Dreams of Jesse… Jesse was calling out to her. "Jess?" She blinked and tried to reach for her head, but was restrained by cold metal. Now, fully waking, she saw nothing but Jesse beside her, looking concerned and hurt.

"You're bleeding!" Lexa tried to scoot closer to him, but the chains wouldn't let her.

"I know. Don't worry about me, are you ok?" Jesse asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. What's going on?" Lexa asked, sitting up next to him. Why they were whispering, she didn't know, but there was probably a reason.

"Best guess, Mitch wanted some friends and he got them." Jesse said.

"And we're whispering because?" Lexa asked. Looking around her all she could see was a high ceiling and outlined shadows. The place screamed deserted warehouse, but there was clearly no one there.

"My throat hurts." Jesse smiled and Lexa rolled her eyes. "Can you use your powers to get us out of here?"

"Lexa looked surprised. "Of course. Are you all superhero-ed out for the day?"
"Something like that. Can you just try please." Jesse mumbled.

Lexa, looking a little peeved off at his tone, concentrated on drawing light from her fingertips. Nothing happened. "There's not enough light in here, that's all." Lexa said.
"I don't think that's it. My powers aren't working either." Jesse said.

Lexa had a thought. "Jess, turn round for a sec." Jesse looked confused, but did as he was told. From behind him, he heard Lexa sigh and lean back on the wall. He turned back round to face her, seeing her eyes closed.

"What?" Jesse asked, noticing her defeatist look.

"Subdermal Governor." Lexa answered with another sigh.

"Damn." Jesse lean back against the wall. He checked his finger and was hardly surprised when he found his comring missing. Glancing over to Lexa, hers wasn't there either.

"What do we do now?" Lexa asked, looking at Jesse.

"Get out the human way?" Jesse guessed. He'd never felt more helpless. His powers were useless and they had been captured by, not just a lunatic, but a mutant lunatic.

"Sure, feel like climbing a wall?" Lexa asked dryly as she looked at the window about 30 ft. above them. Jesse smiled. "You know, I'm beginning top think that Shal and Brennan aren't here." Lexa observed.

"I agree, but I don't understand it. Why would Shal say she was going on a date with this guy if she wasn't?" Jesse asked confused.

"Maybe she wasn't going on a date with Mitch. Think about it Jess. Brennan drove Shalimar to her date – that's never happened before that I know of – and the waiter said a taller guy in a suit. Brennan was wearing something pretty OTT for someone going to see some old friends. Maybe Brennan was Shalimar's date." Lexa concluded.

"Brennan and Shalimar together?" Jesse seemed surprised. He'd never thought of them getting together before. He saw them more as brother and sister than boyfriend and girlfriend.

"It's not that surprising, really. I just wish they would have told us, it could've saved us all this trouble." Lexa said.

"It's surprising to me. I mean, I guess it kinda explains things. But still…" Jesse breathed out.

"You seriously didn't see this coming?" Lexa asked, looking at him surprised. He'd known them longer than her, so it seemed that he should have picked up on it before her.

"I don't know." Jesse admitted.

In front of them, Jesse and Lexa heard a large metal door scrape open and rays of light streamed through, blinding both of them. Through the light, a dark figure stood menacingly. "Are you ready to play?"

Lexa and Jesse looked at each other, worried not just for themselves, but for Mitch's state of mind. As Mitch came closer, his features became clearer. He wore dirty baggy clothes and had a rough look about him. In his left hand, he held a brown paper bag with objects inside.

Kneeling down beside them, he said, "I brought some toys."

Opening the bag, Lexa and Jesse saw 8 surgical knives and 2 syringes full of god-knows what sorts of drugs. In a panicking rage, Jesse tried to use his powers, anything to get Lexa and himself out of there. Out of his pocket, Mitch pressed a little button and Jesse toppled over in searing pain, yelling in agony.

"That's against the rules." Mitch pouted.

Catching his breath, Jesse saw Lexa looking at him with concern. It hurt him to see her worried. He knew Lexa was a very independent person and when she got worried, bad things were in store. He looked up to Mitch, who towered above them, and readied himself for whatever he could throw at them.