Ok, people...
I know some of you have been waiting for a long time for me to update this story, but the truth is I kind of got tied up with some of my other stories for a while and didn't really have the energy for this one...
But I am back now...
Anyway, starting with this chapter is where this story really starts to pick up pace and action so stay with me and keep sending reviews! I really need to know that someone is still with me on this...
Black Raven
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PART 5
Brennan walked into the room and closed the door behind him - resisting the urge to slam it in frustration.
Shalimar and Jesse were both in the lab, heavily medicated to keep them in a state of a come so they wouldn't be able to hurt themselves or others. Adam was there too - running tests and keeping an eyes on them, and he practically ordered Brennan to go to his room and get some rest.
He started shedding his clothes and stepped into the shower letting the water wash over his body, waiting for them to get warmer and warmer until they nearly scolded him.
Suddenly he felt something tingling his arm, then his leg, soon the tingling sensation spread to his whole body becoming annoying - and even painful. He opened his eyes in horror when he realized he was being electrocuted - his whole body was lighting up with small blue sparks that pinched and tingled as they cam in contact with the water.
He stumbled out of the shower as fast as he could, leaning against the sink to catch his breath. He checked himself in the mirror but the sparks were gone and after drying himself off and stepping back into the room he tried his powers - creating an electricity currant in his left hand, letting the currant dance between his fingers - everything seemed fine!
"Must be just stress" He mumbled to himself, shaking his head and letting out a sigh of relief.
*
Adam woke with a panic, taking a minute to orient himself and realize he was still at the lab. He got up from his desk and went over to the still forms of his two team members who were lying on examination tables at the other end of the lab.
Shalimar was out - the dosage he gave her was enough to subdue a large elephant. Jesse, how ever, was starting to wake up...
"No, no, don't hurt me, I can't breath..." the young man mumbled over and over again, tossing and turning "I have to get out, I have to help them, too small..."
"It's ok Jesse" Adam smoothed the young man's hair and wiped down the sweat that was starting to form on his forehead "It's going to be ok..."
He took a syringe and gave Jesse another injection, sending him back into his drug induced coma. Soon Jesse's whimpers stopped and he seemed more relaxed - but the tormented expression on his face still remained.
Adam turned back to his work. He had to find a cure that will bring these two back - he had to.
# but what if you can't? # a small voice inside his head asked and it sounded so vivid that he turned and looked around for a moment, certain that there was someone else in the room with him.
# you've failed before Adam, you can fail again...# the voice taunted him again # what if you can't cure them? What if they die? #
"They won't die "he said out loud, responding to a voice only he could hear.
# They might! You can't always save them... not all of them! And this time you can't even find a cure to a simple virus! # the voice inside his head seemed to actually be smirking # The great Adam Cain can't find a cure! Are you loosing your touch Adam? #
"shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" Adam screamed, smashing a glass tube against the wall in frustration.
"Adam? Are you ok?" a soft voice came from behind him and he spun around to see Emma standing there, a worried look on her face
He sighed deeply, calming his nerves "I'm fine Emma, really..."
"Who were you talking to? Who did you want to shut up?" she insisted
"Dr. Jackal" he mumbled. She gave him a strange look and he shook his head, trying to come up with an explanation that would satisfy her without worrying her.
But he never got the chance too - suddenly they head a loud noise and an alarm sounded off somewhere in sanctuary. Emma gave him a frightened look and started running out of the lab and heading to the common area and the computer counsel, Adam took one brief glance at his two patients and ran out after her.
*
He couldn't sleep, which was no big surprise with everything that was going on at the moment, and he couldn't go back to the lab. He had a sneaking suspicion that Adam would literally bite his head off if he found out he wasn't resting like he was told. He tried staying in his room and getting some rest but his thoughts kept going back to the lab and his two friends - there was no way he could sleep. Instead, he decided to take a walk, somewhere away of Adam's sight.
He went through the dojo and into the back of Sanctuary, everything seemed somehow deserted and empty. It was a ridicules thought and he knew it - Sanctuary was huge, and there were only five of them living here, if one wanted too he could wonder this place for hours without running into anyone, without hearing anyone. But still.
He reached the small garage where Shalimar's and his motorcycles were stored. He started walking around picking up tools and putting them back down, not really knowing what to do with himself.
Suddenly he realized the room was all metal - metal walls, metal tools - for some reason it made him feel uneasy. He walked back to the door, wanting to get out of there as soon as possible, but it was too late.
When he touched the metal door handle a bolt of electricity went through him and he was thrown backwards, landing hard on the floor.
Soon his whole body was buzzing with electricity, bolts of blue lightning coming out of his hands and connecting with metal objects that went flying though the room. He nearly got hit with a screwdriver that ended up hitting the far wall and falling to the ground. The pain was unbelievable but he couldn't make it stop. The electricity was running through his entire body by now, making him glow in an unnatural blue light that buzzed around him and scorched his skin. A shot of electricity hit on of the motorcycles and it exploded into flames. His body jerked as more and more bolts of electricity came flying out if him.
As if from a distance he could hear an alarm sounding off somewhere in Sanctuary.
??
(footnote continued)
I know some of you have been waiting for a long time for me to update this story, but the truth is I kind of got tied up with some of my other stories for a while and didn't really have the energy for this one...
But I am back now...
Anyway, starting with this chapter is where this story really starts to pick up pace and action so stay with me and keep sending reviews! I really need to know that someone is still with me on this...
Black Raven
*
PART 5
Brennan walked into the room and closed the door behind him - resisting the urge to slam it in frustration.
Shalimar and Jesse were both in the lab, heavily medicated to keep them in a state of a come so they wouldn't be able to hurt themselves or others. Adam was there too - running tests and keeping an eyes on them, and he practically ordered Brennan to go to his room and get some rest.
He started shedding his clothes and stepped into the shower letting the water wash over his body, waiting for them to get warmer and warmer until they nearly scolded him.
Suddenly he felt something tingling his arm, then his leg, soon the tingling sensation spread to his whole body becoming annoying - and even painful. He opened his eyes in horror when he realized he was being electrocuted - his whole body was lighting up with small blue sparks that pinched and tingled as they cam in contact with the water.
He stumbled out of the shower as fast as he could, leaning against the sink to catch his breath. He checked himself in the mirror but the sparks were gone and after drying himself off and stepping back into the room he tried his powers - creating an electricity currant in his left hand, letting the currant dance between his fingers - everything seemed fine!
"Must be just stress" He mumbled to himself, shaking his head and letting out a sigh of relief.
*
Adam woke with a panic, taking a minute to orient himself and realize he was still at the lab. He got up from his desk and went over to the still forms of his two team members who were lying on examination tables at the other end of the lab.
Shalimar was out - the dosage he gave her was enough to subdue a large elephant. Jesse, how ever, was starting to wake up...
"No, no, don't hurt me, I can't breath..." the young man mumbled over and over again, tossing and turning "I have to get out, I have to help them, too small..."
"It's ok Jesse" Adam smoothed the young man's hair and wiped down the sweat that was starting to form on his forehead "It's going to be ok..."
He took a syringe and gave Jesse another injection, sending him back into his drug induced coma. Soon Jesse's whimpers stopped and he seemed more relaxed - but the tormented expression on his face still remained.
Adam turned back to his work. He had to find a cure that will bring these two back - he had to.
# but what if you can't? # a small voice inside his head asked and it sounded so vivid that he turned and looked around for a moment, certain that there was someone else in the room with him.
# you've failed before Adam, you can fail again...# the voice taunted him again # what if you can't cure them? What if they die? #
"They won't die "he said out loud, responding to a voice only he could hear.
# They might! You can't always save them... not all of them! And this time you can't even find a cure to a simple virus! # the voice inside his head seemed to actually be smirking # The great Adam Cain can't find a cure! Are you loosing your touch Adam? #
"shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" Adam screamed, smashing a glass tube against the wall in frustration.
"Adam? Are you ok?" a soft voice came from behind him and he spun around to see Emma standing there, a worried look on her face
He sighed deeply, calming his nerves "I'm fine Emma, really..."
"Who were you talking to? Who did you want to shut up?" she insisted
"Dr. Jackal" he mumbled. She gave him a strange look and he shook his head, trying to come up with an explanation that would satisfy her without worrying her.
But he never got the chance too - suddenly they head a loud noise and an alarm sounded off somewhere in sanctuary. Emma gave him a frightened look and started running out of the lab and heading to the common area and the computer counsel, Adam took one brief glance at his two patients and ran out after her.
*
He couldn't sleep, which was no big surprise with everything that was going on at the moment, and he couldn't go back to the lab. He had a sneaking suspicion that Adam would literally bite his head off if he found out he wasn't resting like he was told. He tried staying in his room and getting some rest but his thoughts kept going back to the lab and his two friends - there was no way he could sleep. Instead, he decided to take a walk, somewhere away of Adam's sight.
He went through the dojo and into the back of Sanctuary, everything seemed somehow deserted and empty. It was a ridicules thought and he knew it - Sanctuary was huge, and there were only five of them living here, if one wanted too he could wonder this place for hours without running into anyone, without hearing anyone. But still.
He reached the small garage where Shalimar's and his motorcycles were stored. He started walking around picking up tools and putting them back down, not really knowing what to do with himself.
Suddenly he realized the room was all metal - metal walls, metal tools - for some reason it made him feel uneasy. He walked back to the door, wanting to get out of there as soon as possible, but it was too late.
When he touched the metal door handle a bolt of electricity went through him and he was thrown backwards, landing hard on the floor.
Soon his whole body was buzzing with electricity, bolts of blue lightning coming out of his hands and connecting with metal objects that went flying though the room. He nearly got hit with a screwdriver that ended up hitting the far wall and falling to the ground. The pain was unbelievable but he couldn't make it stop. The electricity was running through his entire body by now, making him glow in an unnatural blue light that buzzed around him and scorched his skin. A shot of electricity hit on of the motorcycles and it exploded into flames. His body jerked as more and more bolts of electricity came flying out if him.
As if from a distance he could hear an alarm sounding off somewhere in Sanctuary.
??
(footnote continued)