The rope around Brennan's hands was loose, so he was able to slip out of them with little difficulty. He pulled the gag out of his mouth and untied his legs as quickly as he could. When he finished, he got up and tackled one of the men fighting Shalimar. He was not dry enough to use his powers, but he still had enough strength to fight. He grabbed the chair and hit Mason with it, sending him hurling to the ground.
Lexa ran down the cellar stairs and saw all of the action. Unlike the others, she could incapacitate them all without physical combat. She saw five people dressed in black, two of them were on the ground unconsious. She quickly shot each one. "I thought there were six of them." she commented.
Brennan looked around. "There were! One of them is gone." They sprinted up the stairs. Jesse phased the back wall, and they ran to the helix. Lexa stayed behind to make sure the unconsious men would not escape. Outside, the white van could be seen turning out of the driveway and speeding down the road. The helix, withJesse flying, lifted and flew in persuit.
It took only five minutes for them to catch up to the van. The van turned into a vacant street, the perfect opportunity for it to be stopped. Shalimar jumped out of the helix and onto the hood of the van. This startled the driver, and the van swerved out of control and into a building. The driver stumbled out of the damaged car. Shalimar grabbed him by the collar and hurled him onto the ground. Jesse landed the helix, and he and Brennan ran out and surrounded the driver.
"What the hell is going on?" Shalimar demanded. "Do you really have enough of Ekhart to clone him?"
"Yes, we were about to do itwhen you showed up."
"How long have you been planning this?" Jesse asked.
The man scoweled. "Years. When we found out you were contacting the dominion, we found the perfect ruse to get you to us. We impersonated your dominion contact and told you to come to our trap. Brennan just happened to be the most convenient at the time to capture."
Brennan whispered so quietly only Shalimar could hear, "they know about our contact with the dominion, maybe we should hand him over to them." Shalimar nodded. Brennan electrocuted the man, and he was immediately unconsious. "He won't wake up for several hours."
Shalimar tossed him into the helix, and it flew away. In the air, Jesse contacted Lexa on her comlink. He told her to destroy Ekhart's blood sample.
When they arrived at the hideout house, they landed and went to the cellar. They left the unconsious man in the helix because hey would not wake up for a long time. When they arrived in the cellar, they saw Lexa standing over the four unconsious crimminals.
"Lexa, since they know about the dominion," Brennan asked, "do you think we should hand these guys over to them. I'm sure they'll want to remain secret."
Lexa nodded. "They'll definitely want to stay hidden. They can stay in a dominion prison. My contact can meet us somewhere. Let's take them to the helix."
Back at Sanctuary, Lexa was contacting the dominion. Brennan, Jesse, and Shalimar had locked their prisoners in a corridor with bars that had once been used when Lexa was being controlled.
"How long was I gone?" Brennan asked.
Shalimar looked at her watch. "It's three in the morning now. You got captured a little after noon I think."
"Seemed longer than that."
Lexa returned to the group. "Okay, the dominionwants to take the prisoners now. They're really freaked out by this." Lexa went to open the gates, but she noticed that one had a huge hole in it, and two of the prisoners were missing.
Jesse was alarmed. "Did you search them for any weapons or anyting?"
Lexa cringed. "Oh shit! I didn't think of that! What if they took the helix!" she and Shalimar ran to the hangar. They returned with relieved looks on their faces. "The helix is still here." said Shalimar. "They're somewhere in Sanctuary. We have to find them.
Jesse lowered a backup gate to cover the hole. He phased through it and searched the prisoners. He removed a high powered laser cutter from each of them, and he phased outside the prison. He, Lexa, Shalimar, and Brennan, although weary from the ordeal, split up and searched Sanctuary.