Control Within Chapter 13: Christopher Harwood, a mutant x fanfic

Control 13

Christopher Harwood

"Well... its nice to finally see your awake Doctor Kane". The voice was deep and commanding, leaving little room for the softness Adam detected hidden somewhere inside.

The man was around his mid 40's, but yet, some parts of him said he might be older, while others said younger. His brown eyes that gave away his caring nature, told of age, and knowledge, while a vibe of danger wavered off him, leaving no room for it to be missed. His build was very muscular, and suddenly his height of 5 ft 7 seemed to loom like a tower over Adam, making him feel small, and this man, in control.

"I believe you study in DNA manipulation, am I correct". When the man looked over at him in his silence, he realised his mouth was hanging open and snapped it shut with a click. He couldn't help but glare at the man as if he were a part of his imagination. The man looked... civilised. Considering the island that surrounded them at all times now, the man seemed to be very much up to date.

The unknown figure gave a small laugh, masking it with a small smile that directed its self to the floor.

"Forgive me... I have not introduced my self. My name... is Christopher Harwood".

Adam was sure that name had rang a bell some where in his head, but it was hard to determine since his ears rung church bells to echo endlessly in his mind.

He tried to sit up, and found it much easier than before. Christopher never tried to stop him however, but seemed to encourage him with an amused smile. As Adam felt he had gone as far up into a sitting position as he could, he again gave his surroundings a hasty glance.

"Where am I?"

" You are in a safe place... you will not be harmed unless I wish it... but I find you are no threat so you will not be harmed. My home is further into the woods, much further... but that is none of your concern for the moment. No... now I wish to... ask some thing of you Adam. A favour if you will".

As Brennan trampled along, a sound behind him, made him quicken his pace.

' No... that guy can't be up already... can he?... '.

Before reasoning things out, he sparked his hand up, determined to catch who ever it was that was sneaking up behind him. Weirdly enough, the sounds in the cave echo back at him, exaggerating their nearness and harmfulness. Darkness held thing Brennan wasn't prepared to face... so hastily, he started to walk faster down the cave tunnel, now with a torch at hand... literally.

Shalimar was in a full sprint, when she suddenly came to a Holt when other scents hit her nose. She looked down at the ground and saw the dirt had been disturbed, like a fight or struggle had taken place. Leaning down to examine closer, she continued to keep on high alert. Feeling the ground she was greatly surprised to find it was still warm, and felt a small smile spread across her red lips. Rising with a determined mind, she was off into the eternal darkness... after her prey. This was a hunt to her, but at the end, there was no kill, only the prize.

Adam tried to fight back the darkness that threatened to overtake his vision, and was surprised when Chris reached out to grab his shoulder, and steadied him as he sat up. When the dizziness passed, Adam looked up into those eyes that, he hadn't noticed before, gave a brief flash of gold when the candlelight hit them.

Chris must have seen his facial reactions, because a smile spread on his face, and he sat down next to Adam. As if a father would when he needed to talk to his son. Adam recognised this gestured, and started to feel like he was a child, in this mans eyes.

"We need your help doctor Kane... or Adam if you prefer..."

Chris had a leaders strength in voice and in actual shape, and Adam found him self-looking up most of the time at Chris. Even though they sat side by side on the mattress on the cave floor.

Brennan had once again had to slow his pace, and this time had checked his ribs to look for bruising. he saw nothing in the light that was provided by his glowing hand of energy and was slightly grateful. There was just a small mark where his shirt had made friction when it had been held and shifted about on his skin. Brennan looked back, to make sure the unknown attacker was not directly behind him again... only darkness faced him, and was held 2 steps away from him, by the glow.

He turned back, ignoring the pang of pain in his side, taking it only for the small mark that was left after the previous wrestle. he considered wondering if he had landed hard on that side, and tried to remember back. But the darkness that had presented its self to him during the fight, had not helped none the less.

Sighing he pushed one foot in front of the other, and lost his balance when a stone under foot, decided to roll out from under him. He dropped forwards, trying to catch him self with his hand, but only succeeded in crushing then under his chest. A groan of pain escaped his lips before he could suppress it, and it echo backwards, the way he had came. His chest burned and tingled, while his hands gave him a feeling of cold spikes in them, suggesting to let them out from under the weight.

He pulled his hands from under him, and tried to rest his head on the dirt that he could literally smell an inch from his face. He didn't care if he could feel it smearing its substance on the surface of his skin, just that the coolness of it had started to wake him up more.

After waiting for eternity to pass, he started to climb up. first to all fours, then to an unsteady two legs, and then leant to the wall. His hand landed on the cool and jagged surface, and he used the contact to push on further.

He felt a damp breeze hiss past him, leaving a chill in the air, but also, it carried the wetness he didn't want. As he took his steps, he now tried to look out for any loos stones that may just find his weight as unbearable as being cooked up in this cave for so long.

When he thought it would continue to go on forever, light flickered up ahead. Relief filled him, but deserted him just as quickly when he realised Adam was still missing, and he attacker was still behind him. He would have to deal with the man when he found Adam. A stray thought brought about where Shalimar was. Last he'd seen of her was when she had ran off into the woods, after the cloaked figure. ' Cant change my mind now. Have to find Adam first, then Shal'.

The light continued to flicker as he drew nearer. Nothing else moved. Soon, he was about 30 feet away from an opening that looked like a room... and he could hear some people talking. One of the voices was Adams.

He moved more determined now, trying to be as silent as possible. Stealthily, he slid across the wall, trying to get closer with out his feet giving him away when they knocked some loose stones on the middle of the floor. He strayed to the side of the cave wall, sticking close to it. AS he came closer, he could hear another voice that could never have been a women's. It was strong, and deep, holding a clear and indestructible authority over all who heard it. Brennan half felt him self feeling a bit weaker, as the voice held strength he knew he couldn't match, nor could Adam.

When he was just near the entrance, he heard Adam start trying to bargain some thing out. Some thing about the team being on the island, and how he would help the unknown figure, if he just let Adam go back to the mansion. There was eternal silence, and Brennan felt a momentum flare in his stomach when he thought he may have been caught.

He let a sigh of breathe go, when Adam continued to talk.

He chanced a quick glance into the room, and gained a quick sighting of Adam, sitting on a tatty mattress and had a cut above his left eye. Brennan couldn't remember from the glance whether Adam had been any further injured. He didn't think so... that was good.

He started to strategise on how he was going to take the other person in the room with Adam, by surprise, considering he was the man holding him there. 'What if its not... what if he was kidnapped as well...'.

Brennan sighed as his mind started to bicker with its self. With mind guns, shooting right through his plans and putting holes in them that may make them fall into a snake pit.

Clenching his fists, he decided to rush in, since any other plan may end up with him being caught. Besides there was him, big and strong, and even Adam, who could hold his own more times than Brennan had considered. Two against one would mean better chances of getting out.

His mind even brightened more, when he realised, if Shal had caught the guy, he would be tied up and she would be tracking the missing members of Mutant x down. If she hadn't caught him, she would have came back any way, to find them and see that they were ok.