Control 19

Chapter 19- keeping a secret

"WHAT?"

An echo of voices hit Chris all at once, as the members of mutant x stood out side the cage, while 'Damien' stayed inside.

Chris's face found a small smile of joy at there struggling to understand what had happened. He'd seen it before with some of his friends.

Adam shook his head, "So... Damien can transform into a wolf". When he got a simple nod off Chris, his eyes dropped to the floor, as his eyes unfocused and his mind slid in on its self, trying to find a scientific path to it all.

That would be the only answer to it. His research on the island had brought up unbelievable myths that he refused to believe until the evidence stood up in front of him.

Damien walked out the cage, after changing into the blue shirt and denim trousers supplied by Chris, and stood watching them all bicker with them selves for answers. Damien's eyes swept the room, taking in every one, and every little detail about them. He froze when Shalimar stared challengingly back with golden eyes. The moment of shock, lasted no longer than a moment, before his former stone faces completion returned.

He gave Adam a small-amused smirk, before walking off out the room. There were no words said between him and any one else, but he gave Chris a quick glance.

Emma sighed when he walked out, shaking her head as Jesse turned questioning eyes to her. She could feel his worry, but it seemed to be standing in the mists of a fog, as her mind spun. She almost wanted to take back her answer to Jesse, and say how she felt. But she didn't. Other things were more important. Her eyes instantly locked onto Shalimar as her golden eyes followed Damien out, to make sure he'd gone. All she felt from Shalimar was a depth of territory radiating off her feral friend. She retuned sad eyes to Jesse.

Chris gave a small smile to them, almost encouraging, and once again started to lead them back the way they had came. They returned to the room they all met in, and he gestured for them to sit.

Adam instant took a place in front of Chris, already allowing the gleam in his eyes to be visible. The team knew what that meant, he was hungry for knowledge.

Chris started to talk in a tired voice, while still holding strong.

"Damien has been... unable to, change, back to human form until morning. It should be under his control, but he no longer had the inner control any more. It has caused some... un-necessary questions to be directed at us. You above all Adam should know how desperately that this secret must be kept. Along with the secret of new mutants".

Adam sat forwards on his chair, almost leaning across Chris's desk to talk with him as if in private. "So he isn't a new mutant?"

Chris gave a small smirk again, as if Adam was a child to his own eyes, "no... None of us are".

Jesse cut in, "So all of you can change like that?" After a moment, Chris nodded, and a slight look of fright crossed Jesse's eyes, but it vanished as soon as it came. He refused to show it any more.

A rather loud knock came at the door, and the sudden noise, awakened them all, making them jump, except Chris. He seemed to be almost waiting for it.

"Come in"

The hazel doors opened, and in walked a young woman. She ignored Mutant x as she crossed over to Chris, leaning in to talk to him. After a moment of the two whispering so soft no one but Shalimar heard, Chris levelled his gaze on the mutant x members.

"Ah... So ignorant of me. This is Elayne, Elayne, this is Mutant X, and their leader Adam Kane". She didn't seem to pay notice to mutant x, but her eyes gave Adam a quick sweep, to see for her self. When she turned to Chris, she started to talk quietly. Elayne had dark brown eyes that held a warning of her lethalness behind them. She had copper hair that shivered from a light brown to a dark. She looked around mid 20's, and around a height of 5ft 2. She was quite skinny, and almost mirrored Shalimar in her muscular arms and stomach that was revealed by a dim red belly top, with blue jeans that hugged her hips perfectly.

The Mutant X members were confused as all they saw were her lips moving in super fast motion, but in a quick whisper, was all she spoke with. Jesse was struggling to keep up with trying to separate the words, but he gave up after she continued a new sentence.

A few seconds passed before Elayne went to the door, and stood waiting for some thing.

Chris smiled, "Perhaps after some sleep, you will all be more relaxed, and less edgy. Elayne will show you to your rooms. Adam, thank you for coming". Adam gave him a reassuring smile, before following the Mutant X members out the door.

They were lead up a flight of stairs, and each shown to a single room, all were on the same corridor. After Elayne was way down the stairs, they all gathered in Adam's room, since his was the biggest.

Adam was pacing in front of them, "Ok guys, we are not prisoners here-" Brennan cut in, trying not to wince at his own movements, "Owe ye. Then why did you get a sock on the back of the head? I'm telling you Adam, they wont let us go until you help this Damien guy. And if he ends up some thing bad happens, like he dies from what ever it is, you'll get the blame for not being fast enough".

Emma nodded, as she sat on the edge of Adams bed, listening to all the arguing, "He's right Adam. They are all counting on you. I'm not trying to pressure you, but your friends Chris will just as quick kill us if any thing happens to Damien".

When Adam was met with an agreed stare off all the mutant x members he sighed in defeat and sat down on the centre of the bed, trying to figure a way around what was being so blindly pointed out to him.

After a few moments, he lifted his head, "Damien isn't going to die. I think he has some thing close to what Shalimar has".

Shalimar looked at him now from previously glaring out the window. When Adam saw the gold rim around her hazel eyes, he felt an uncontrollable defence go up in him. He knew she was still very much a big danger until she learned to control the burst of emotion the feral provoked. The anger in the cave had shocked him deeply, but he prayed Shalimar would find some way to keep control. And he prayed he could help her more.

He knew Damien had some thing similar to Shalimar by his eyes. When he saw them as he was leaving, he had a tension to him, as Shalimar did now. He also had a small glow to his eyes. When Chris had told him they were not new mutants, he'd had a little shock, but passed it by. He still needed to help Damien... and Shalimar most of all.

Adam continued, "I'm going to take e a blood sample from Shalimar and Damien and hopefully the thing that is wrong, will show its self. In the mean time, we all need some rest. So get some sleep, and I'll see you all in the morning".

The team left his room, and the team split up to there own rooms.

Brennan sighed as he opened his door, trying to ignore a small pang of home sick as he looked at the room. A bed, two wardrobes, a small bedside table, and a sectioned off bathroom, that was closed off to him by a door. He entered and started to check him self in a rather large mirror hanging on the wall near the bathroom.

He lifted his shirt to get a look at the bruises that now spread across his side, and some way across his chest. His door closed suddenly, and he jumped, before his cheeks were attacked by red, when he realised Shalimar was standing holding a bandage. Her eyes seemed browner to him at that moment, and he couldn't help but shoot her a small grin. She grinned back, walking to him, and unravelling the bandage.

Brennan reached to take it off her, "thanks-", but she pulled it away, out of his reach.

When he looked at her questioningly, her mouth held a small smirk to it.

With out warning, She lifted his shirt, and stepped close for a moment. Brennan felt a small flush hit him, but gave a small nervous laugh as he realised she was bandaging his ribs.

Minutes passed, as she continued her soft wrapping of his ribs, which held strong to him. He gave her a grateful grin, when it was done. His ribs did feel better, now that they were not sagging over each other.

"Thanks Shal..."

Some thing seemed to freeze in him at her lost stare into him. He felt a pull, and slowly his head dropped to hers. She responded, not flinching away.

Her hot breath hit his face, and he felt him self being pulled deeper, into a haze. There lips brushed a brief second, before an urge hit them with the fire of the small contact. The kiss was deeper, more needed, and passionate.

The moment felt like nothing would shatter it.

Shalimar suddenly pulled back, her 'brown' eyes suddenly filled with a deep fear. She pulled back and flew out the door, leaving it to swing in her dust.

Brennan felt breathless at her reaction. Did she hate him now... fear him. "Shalimar!". Running after her wasn't that hard, as he could hear her in her escape.

He followed her as she burst through the front door, and sprinting off into the woods. Brennan didn't care if he got lost, just as long as he found.

He followed her into the woods, calling her name in a small plea for her to stop.

Hey guys. So sorry for being so long.

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