Control 24

Chapter 24- some things wrong...

Chris was about to say some thing, when the noise of stamping feet drew suddenly nearer, and louder until the door to the office burst open, revealing a panicked Shalimar, who was already panting as Adam suspected because of her feral form she was now in.

Chris moved towards her, shaking his hand, "We are having a discussion! -" Shalimar cut him off, totally ignoring Chris as her eyes shot to Adam like homing bacons. "Adam! Some things wrong with Brennan!"

Shock crossed both men's faces, as they both suddenly jumped to action, following a leading Shalimar who practically urged them on with growls of frustration.

Adam was nearly pushed over as he entered the room by the closely followed Chris, while Shalimar stood at the foot of the bed, pacing and fidgeting, biting her nails, and her lower lip to not lose it. There was a small crowd forming in the hall out side the door. Jesse and Emma pushed through the crowd, entering the room and standing to watch behind Shalimar. Emma took a quick glance at Shalimar and leaned on Jesse, before tearing her eyes off her to their wounded team member who laid panting and sweating. Fright shot a punch to her gut, as she saw the same affect of Jesse's face. His was showing what she was hiding inside. Fear.

Adam sat on the corner of the bed, already examining Brennan. Feeling his head, he had to swallow to get his heart back in his chest. Brennan was burning up, and sweating in the process. Trying not to let his worry show, he swayed to other things. "Brennan, how long have you been feeling like this" as Brennan started to answer, Shalimar shot off to the bathroom, and a second later had a damp piece of cloth. Adam accepted the material and placed it on Brennan's head.

"Not long, a few minutes-" he started to shift about "-Adam. I'm burning up here". His voice held his discomfort while Adam started to dive into his mind for answers. The first reason he could come up with for all this was the attack by the wolf. Brennan could be having a reaction to the bite.

Grunting in anger, Adam pulled the sheets off Brennan, helping the young man get cooler while talking angrily in his mind, 'If we were at sanctuary I could be certain it is a reaction and find a solution quick and easy'. But he was reminded where they really where by the faces around the room and the ones that cluttered the hall. It all brought him down to reality of how much harder it was going to be.

Brennan squirming around on the bed as Adam tried to still him, but his efforts were in vain as the elemental shoved away his hands. Andy stepped into the room, seeing Adam struggling to help Brennan with out hurting him. "Do need help Doctor Kane".

Adam grunted as he got a small but hard and angry shove off the elemental that was no shifting about too much and starting to get up. He gave Andy a quick 'yes please' as he tried to once again hold Brennan down. Andy was a much bigger build than Adam, just around Brennan's size of build, but held the squirming man down with only a small bit of trouble.

Brennan started to feel his skin to dull to temperature as the heat overpowered every thing. His skin was tingling so he tried to push Adam away. He didn't want to electrocute the leader of Mutant X, since he was loyal to the man.

Andy came to hold him down, while both him and Adam tried to explain about his wound and how it would get infected if he walked around. It all seemed to loud for him, making him squirm more viciously. Their hands were like ice on his skin, as they didn't match his own body heat. The affect was there, shock hit him, but it was so dull it was a brief flash of emotion that was quickly dulled out by the insane tingling that spread through every fibre in him. He started to feel his head spin and his bones suddenly started to burn and ache. His teeth gritted to stiffen a moan that seemed to see through.

Andy held tight to Brennan, while he and Adam tried to calm Brennan down. He could almost feel the mans skin tingling underneath, that wasn't dwindled out by the heat the man was consumed by.

Finally, he gave Chris a look, and Chris nodded, as if tired.

Chris turned to Damien who was in the hall, "Damien, go and get the shot. And be quick about it. Shalimar, start running a cold bath please". Damien darted off, a second later they could hear him running down the stairs. Shalimar didn't care that Chris had ordered her, but she flew into the bathroom, jammed the plug in the hole and twisted the cold tap so hard she feared it might snap like a twig.

She returned back to the room, eager to keep an eye on Brennan. Her heart was racing as she watched Brennan, and how he was shuffling about. She had to rub her hands on her jeans to wipe away the sweat of worry that stuck like murk.

Brennan couldn't take much more. His head was throbbing, as the beating drowned the voices of Adam and Andy out. He was panting heavy, and was wondering if it was the same as before, or it was due to how worn out he was making him self by pulling against Andy and Adam. He was shocked when Andy grabbed him to find he could barely move the arm Andy had under his, but the thought of being held down, the loss of control, made Brennan squirm even more, regardless of how much strength he had left.

He didn't like the way Shalimar suddenly disappeared, but his skin felt on fire, and the tingling had stepped up to jolting him. Shivers racked his body every few seconds... till he felt some thing inside suddenly snap out of existence. The feeling sent a lightning bolt of a jolt up him, before he felt every thing slip. His hearing heightened again, to the point where Adam's low voice was like him talking loudly in his ear. His skin felt like it was bruised all over, and pain erupted in the area's where Adam and Andy held him so he didn't thrash about.

He didn't hear his name being called as his back suddenly arched and pain thundered up his spine, crashing into his brain.

Adam felt the jolt, but his own facial colour drained when he saw Brennan arch. In a panic he called Brennan's name, hoping he would snap out of it.
Andy swung around to Chris while still trying to hold the shivering Brennan, "CHRIS!"

Chris was at the edge of the bed in a flash, giving Adam a hard shove towards Jesse, Emma and Shalimar. "Get back Adam. Shalimar is the bath ready!"

She nodded quickly in a panic as Brennan grunted in pain. Damien came almost tumbling up the stairs and back into the room, quickly handing Chris a small kit.

Chris snatched it off him, and quickly emptied its contents onto the bed, "Damien, help hold him down". When Damien took his place, Chris was filling a small needle with some thing that had a tinge of blue to.

Adam felt his mind scream, "What's in that!" He went to step forwards, but Nick was there, suddenly standing with his arm across him and the others.

Chris answered as he tried to inject the needle into Brennan's right arm, "It will help. It's a sedative, only for emergencies. Damien! ... Try to hold him still. And don't injure his shoulder".
As soon as Chris got the needle to break the skin, Brennan thrashing increased, nearly sending Chris toppling back. Chris regained him self, and injected all of the needles fluid. He pulled the needle and his arm out of the way in time to just miss a spark of electricity shoot from Brennan's hands. Andy drooped to the ground, collapsing from the electricity, before Jesse was suddenly holding the arm Andy had occupied. Jesse massed as another shot of energy struck.

Emma placed a hand on Chris before he could help hold Brennan, "Let me try". It only took a brief moment before there was a glowing white ball in the centre of her head. It shot at Brennan who was already starting to sluggishly try to get free. The ball of emotion she shot stopped Brennan dead for a moment, he grunted again as he suddenly dropped, heaving for breath in an unconscious sleep.

The anxiety in the room still lingered even as Brennan lay still on the bed. From the top of his head, to his hips, was covered in sweat. Even some of his muscles seemed to still be flexing and then relaxing as if they didn't know whether Brennan was still fighting, or had given up.

With the sudden stillness, Chris grabbed Brennan under the knees and around his shoulders and lifted him with surprising ease. He moved fluently to the bathroom, followed by Shalimar who was less than a step behind him. He lowered Brennan to the tub, and when Brennan was fully in the water, he instructed Shalimar to hold his head above the water for as long as possible.

He left the bathroom to be greeted by glum faces of all the others. Sighing, he stared intently at Adam, "I think we need to talk".

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