Finally another chapter! Sorry it took so long to update. I've had major writer's block. That plus homework and spring break I've been unable to update. I hope you all will enjoy it and I'll try to update soon. R & R!
Chapter 5- Unknown Enemy
"She's waking up," someone whispered.
Shalimar opened her eyes and lifted up her head. She squinted because of the bright lights that surrounded her. She felt light-headed and had no idea how long she had been out. When her vision came into focus, she realized she wasn't alone. Shalimar was in a cage with chains on her wrists and ankles. She attempted to break them with her feral strength.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you Shalimar Fox," said someone in the shadows on the other side of the room who sounded Australian. "Those chains and that cage were specifically made to hold a feral such as yourself."
Shalimar stood up in her cage. "Who are you and what do you want?" she asked impatiently as she leaned against the bars.
The man came into view. He was tall and fairly muscular with dark hair. He wore a dark blue shirt with the sleeves rolled up and dark green pants. Intrigued by the feral, he stared at her with his green eyes. "I am Carlos. But who I am does not matter. I have plans for you. And for you Mutant X comrades," he said as he drew closer to the cage.
"We'll see about that." Shalimar continued to try to break out of the cage.
"I doubt that will accomplish anything. To ensure that my plan works, one of my men has planted you with a subdermal governor. So, you powers will not help you here."
Shalimar touched the back of her neck and knew what Carlos was saying was the truth. She could feel it sticking in the back of her neck. "My friends will find me," she said as she pushed her face through a space in the bars.
Their faces now inches from each other, Carlos boldly leaned forward and kissed Shalimar. She pulled away angrily. She stuck her arm through the bar to slap him but he grabbed her wrist and pulled of her Comlink. "Not without this they won't," he said as he backed away from the cage, put the Comlink in his pocket, and left the room. "Keep this door guarded at all times," he said to two of his men who were outside the door. They nodded as Carlos trudged away.
"Adam!" Emma called as she, Brennan, Jesse, and Aurora entered Sanctuary.
They headed for the lab where Adam would most likely be. They entered and saw Adam standing there near the computer looking confused. "I heard you calling Emma. What's wrong and where's Shalimar?" He noticed she was nowhere to be found.
"She's gone," Brennan answered.
"We walked out of the club, saw her jacket on the ground, a helicopter was flying away," Jesse added.
"I sensed Shalimar was in trouble," said Emma.
"I know they took Shal," said Aurora.
"What makes you think that?" Adam asked.
"Because I heard one of them thinking 'Yes we've got the feral' and I don't think there was another feral out there with Shal. That's too far out on a limb than I'm willing to go."
"She's wearing her Comlink!" Brennan blurted out. "You can locate her right Adam?"
"Yes," he replied," wait a moment." He walked over to the computer and started entering various codes. A map popped and showed five dots all together. "We have a problem."
"What?" Emma asked.
"I'm only picking up our Com signals."
"Shalimar wouldn't take off Comlink so someone else must have," said Jesse.
"Ex-GSA?" Aurora suggested.
"It's possible," said Adam. "But now we have to find Shal with the little information we have and that's not going to be easy."
"More like near impossible," Aurora commented.
At that moment, the words "Incoming Transmission" flashed across the computer screen. Everyone looked at the screen confusedly. "Someone's trying to contact us," said Jesse.
"Maybe it's Shal," Brennan hoped.
"Or the people who took her!" commented Aurora who was being more realistic.
Adam accepted the transmission and a man with brown hair appeared on the screen. "Hello all," he said with his Australian accent.
Who are you and how'd you pick up our frequency?" asked Aurora.
"It doesn't matter who I am. But it's amazing what you can learn when someone such as myself used to work for a man in charge of a large genetics corporation."
"Eckhart!" Aurora said with frustration in her voice. "You used to work at Genomex."
"That's right, I did," the man replied. "But that was in past, now we're in the present."
"What do you want?" asked Emma.
""Interesting," he said ignoring Emma. "There are only five of you. Emma DeLauro, Jesse Kilmartin, Adam Kane, and Brennan and Aurora Mulwray." He looked at each in turn. "But, no Shalimar Fox," he said; now toying with them. "Where could she be?"
"Where is she?!" asked Brennan. "I have a feeling you know exactly where she is!"
"What if I do? You're not getting the feral back. At least not until I get what I want. And you're all going to do it."
"How do we really know you have Shalimar?" Jesse asked suspiciously.
"Look familiar." The man held up a silver ring.
"Shal's Comlink," said Emma.
"Is that enough proof for ya? Now," he paused, "if you want Shalimar back you'll do as I say. I'm sending a file on a man I want you to break out of jail for me."
"Why do you want us to break some dude out of jail?" asked Aurora.
"He knows the location of something of up most importance to me. Since he is the one who stole it and then hid it, he is the only one who knows where it is."
"And who exactly are you talking about?" asked Adam.
"You'll see. I'll contact you soon just to check up on you all. In case you were wondering, if you refuse to do what I have told you to do, Shalimar is as good as dead."
Right then he disconnected their frequency and the computer screen went blank. But a file symbol appeared on the screen instead.
"This is unbelievable!" said Jesse. "This guy kidnaps Shal to get us into doing his biding!"
"What do we do now?" asked Emma.
"We gotta find out who this guy is."
"I say do what he wants and get Shal back' said Brennan.
"Before we get ourselves into a big mess we need to know what we're dealing with," said Adam.
"I think Brennan's right," Aurora agreed. "We gotta get Shal back. Who knows what he doing to her."
"Let's at least open the file he sent us first," suggested Emma. Everyone nodded.
Aurora took the mouse and clicked on the file. It opened to reveal a dossier on a man named Edward Morales. Inside it showed his picture, a Latino man with black hair, brown eyes and tan skin. Aurora stared in shock.
"So this is the guy we're suppose to break out of jail?" Jesse commented.
"No!" exclaimed Aurora. "No we're not. He has to stay behind bars where he belongs!"
"Are you alright?" asked Emma, who was as confused as the rest of them.
She backed away from everyone. "No, I'm not! He has to pay for what he did!" Really upset, Aurora ran out of the lab.