"What do you want then?" Shalimar was furious.
Mason stepped forward. "We at Genomex had discovered Adam's work on cloning before he left us, but when he left, his work was gone. We're sure he took it with him. When Genomex was destroyed, the five of us stayed together in hopes of finding it one day. We're sure you have it at your Sanctuary."
"We don't know anything about his cloning project." Jesse protested. "We can't give you something we can't find."
"Well, actually," Lexa began, "I think I may know something about that. When I was at Genomex, I heared Adam talking about his cloning research, and he said that he was really getting somewhere with it."
Mason smirked. "SO, Mutant X isn't as unified as we all thought it was! This is hilarious! How well does the cloning work?"
Lexa shrugged. "He said the most he could clone was a rat's foot. He doesn't think it can handle anythig much bigger than a human liver. It was mostly used for replacement organs."
Shalimar was surprised at how much Lexa knew. "How do you know so much?"
"I told you I knew Adam before joining you."
Mason was growing impatient. "I want you to meet me at the same place where we captured Brennan, and we can make the trade there in two hours." Thetransmission cut out.
Jesse and Shalimar turned to Lexa. "What?" she said, "I told you I knew Adam before I joined you guys. I thought you knew about the cloning. I just didn't think that's what they wanted."
Jesse seemend satisfied with her explanation. "Okay." he started to brainstorm. "Do you think we should give them what they want?"
"Does it look like we have much of a choice?" Lexa asked. "We kinda have to if we don't want Brennan to die."
"It's that or we give them the wrong data." Jesse suggested.
"They're probably going to test it before giving him up." Shalimar spoke up.
"They're probably going to test it on Brennan." Lexa didn't really have to say that, but that was what she did.
"What if we give it to them, then kick their asses andget Brennan?" Shalimar suggested.
Lexa shook her head. "Too dangerous. They're probably going to use him as a liability. If we don't do what they want, they kill him."
Shalimar nodded. "Okay, I think just giving it to them sounds like the best idea."
Jesse and Lexa agreed. Lexa got on the computer and began opening Adam's research files.
"These are all password protected." Jesse was discouraged. "You don't happen to know the password Lexa?"
Lexa nodded. "All of his passwords are either Lexa, Ashlock, or feral, unless he really doesn't want us to see."
Jesse typed in "Lexa", and the computer displayed his eperimental research. It did not take Jesse long to find the file titled "Cloning" and store it onto an empty disc. The three of them ran to the helix and flew away.
The white van pulled into the parking lot in the exact same location where they had shoved Brennan into it only hours earlier. Without turning it off, Mason and one of his colleagues got out and met Shalimar alone. "Where's Brennan?" she demanded.
"In the van, we'll return him once you give me that disk." Mason had noticed the disk containing Adam's cloning research in Shalimar's hand.
Invisible, Lexa crept around Shalimar to the van, to try to get Brennan out. She looked through the windows of the van, but they were tinted, so she couldn't see anything. She would have to open the van herself. She became visible, and before she could do anything, she felt a sharp pain in her shoulder, and she blacked out and fell on the tar.
Shalimar held out the disk, and Mason snatched it from her fingers. "Now wait here while we get Brennan for you." Mason and his companion headed towards the van, and opened the door. Shalimar was not worried because she knew Lexa could stop them if they tried to get away. They got into the van, shut the doors, and they drove off. The vehicle moving out of the way revealed Lexa unconsious on the tar. Shalimar picked up Lexa and ran into the helix. Jesse got it up and in the air, trying to track the van. They searched the area, but there were three white vans, they had no way of telling which van was Mason's. Discouraged, frustrated, and downright pissed, they went back to sanctuary to try to contact Mason again.