In the helix, Shalimar, Jesse, and Lexa were making a plan to get Brennan.
"I'll stay here in the helix while you two go out." Lexa volunteered. "If anyone gets out I can follow them."
Shalimar nodded. "Okay. Jess, where do you think is the best place for us to enter?"
"Through the back. They probably either have him out in the open where they can keep an eye on him or in a locked room where he can't escape."
The helix, invisible, landed in the backyard of the adress given to them by the tracking device. Luckily for them the backyard was large and empty. Jesse and Shalimar snuck out and to the back wall. Jesse phased the two of them and they were in an empty room. Phasing through walls, they searched the only floor room by room, but each room was empty. The last room they searched had six cots with sheets, each with a suitcase underneath it.
"They're here." Shalimar whispered.
Jesse and Shalimar phased their way to the kitchen, where there were two doors. One was a closet. The other led to the cellar. The two phased through the door and stood silently on the top step, tense.
Lexa kept her eyes on the only vehicle in the driveway, the white van. The house was over on the side of the lot, so even from the backyard, Lexa could see the driveway.
Jesse and Shalimar weren't sure what to do, so they stood where they were and listened. They heard Brennan's captors talking about getting the circuit breaker fixed, and cloning Ekhart. Another replied he was almost done, and that the others should prepare the blood and chemical mixture. Pouring of liquid could be heard.
"Now Jess." Shalimar whispered. "We can't let them bring Ekhart back."
Jesse exhaled, and phased. Shalimar and Jesse went through the stairs and were face to face with six men. Two of them were armed. They both fired their weapons. Jesse massed. He let go of Shalimar and each of them, with their mutant abilities helping them, attacked the armed men. Within a minute they had at least taken their guns.But they were outnumbered.
"Lexa" Jesse said into his comlink. "Come to the cellar through the kitchen door! Quick.
Shalimar tried to make her way over to Brennan to untie him, but she was getting blocked and driven away from him. With one gigantic effort, she ran between two of them and shoved them away. She reached Brennan and untied his wrists. By then she was being advanced upon, so she had to leave him and fight.