Control 34

Chapter 34 - Off guard

Brennan tried to hide him self behind the glass, while a figure stepped towards him, a smirk on its face. Its golden eyes challenged him, enticing him to retaliate and let hell spill over. But Brennan had been taught better self control with Mutant x, and he wasn't about to give into it now.

"Who are you and how did you get in here?"

Brennan tried to make his words sound strong, but there was a hint of embarrassment for the position he was placed in. The figure was a woman, which added to his embarrassment. She had dark raven hair that fell down her back, and a fringe on the left side of her face. With a very light tan, and dark clothes, she fit in perfectly with the appearance of all the other people in the mansion. She could have easily come and gone.

"...Me... I just walked in..." she emphasized this by taking a few steps towards him, tilting her head and giving her hair a small swing behind her. Her piercing dark green eyes shone with a light of gold Brennan only knew what meant. Her ease in the situation also pointed out another thing to Brennan... predator taking control of a bad situation and turning it to suit them.

She ran her hand along the glass, "But tell me...-" a small smirk "-Are you and your friends enjoying your stay here". Her eyes seized his, searching for some anger or a reaction that she could pick off, but Brennan was more interested in to why there was some one else in his room. With the lack of noise, and with choosing to ignore who ever this woman was, he could hear the very light steps of some one in his room... and was slightly glad that this woman had not heard. She was too busy trying to get some reaction out of him to hear the footsteps drawing closer, till the door opened again.

She swung around; fists slightly rose to her side, readying her stance for some attack. This... only made Brennan smirk more.

Andy stood in front of her, his eyes hard and arms crossed. She loosened up when she saw him, smirking childishly to him. She cast a small glance back at Brennan, before taking her leave.

Andy only shook his head, and then tossed Brennan a bath towel. "Word of advise, don't let your guard down when she's around".

Brennan was silent as Andy too, left him alone in the bathroom. Shaking his head, Brennan decided he wanted a talk with Adam. If they stayed much longer, there was gonna be some blood spilt. He couldn't see the tell tale signs, but the tension that hovered all around the house was enough to make his own blood want to boil.

He made quick work of getting dry and changed into his clothes.

Brennan quickly started to make his way out the room and down the landing to where he would find Adam. He desperately needed to know where they stood around the mansion. Uninvited and unexpected guests were a problem, especially if Shal and Damien had a virus in them that may have been caused by an unwanted guest.

Brennan dodged around the corridors, trying to find his way to Adam. Strangely, Andy had explained to him later on that night on the way back to the mansion, that like Shalimar, Brennan would be able to pick up on the positions of people he was familiar with. Brennan grunted in annoyance as just up the corridor, Elayne and Damien were once again arguing.

Making it down the stairs to the main corridor, Brennan caught the scent of their leader. Smirking, Brennan headed off in the direction...unaware of what would happen in the next few minutes.

Earlier that morning

Emma had spent most the night with Jesse, talking and discussing certain topics.

Jesse paced anxiously around the room, "I don't know Em, they all seem pretty nice guys to me. What could they be hiding that could really be a threat to us".

Emma's intense stare only made Jesse quickly disagree on where he was going with the topic. Sitting down heavily on the edge of his bed, Jesse ran his hand through his hair trying to make some sense of it all. There were times when Jesse did doubt if Emma was telling them all she knew, and slowly, the feeling had reminded him of how Brennan always complained Adam never told them the whole story. Jesse quickly decided to push that thought away before Emma picked up on it. If he started doubting her just when she needed help, what kind of teammate would he be?

"I believe that the men here are nice as well, but...-" she gave her head a small shake trying to get her words straight. "-But Adam seems to be in danger some how. Last night, when Brennan was out and we were sent off to bed, I had a very strange dream. Partly I stayed awake scanning for Brennan, keeping an eye on him, but there was some thing distant that I picked up on. Adam had been out in the woods and then when I could tell they were getting near here, some dark emotions hit me. It knocked my concentration right off, and when I got back on track, it was gone...but it was so strong Jesse. I got a hit off it though, and it was pointing its anger at Adam".

After Emma finished, Jesse fell silent. Finally Jesse spoke, "But Em, they can't harm Adam, he still needs to perfect the cure for Shal and Damien. Chris wouldn't allow it any way. He's head of these guys, it would need to go past him first".

Emma but her lip, biting some thing back and Jesse quickly pounced on her action. "What do you know Emma?"

Slowly, Emma dropped her head away from his stare. "...Adam, fixed the cure. He went to tell Chris this morning. But...its Chris I'm worried about. When ever I try to read him, its like all I get is emptiness and I can't read it. Its like he knows when I try to read him and he switches all his emotions off".

Jesse shrugged, "well you need to be strong to run a pack. He may think emotions get in the way...and they do I guess".

Emma shook her head, "I don't know. But I just want you to be a bit weary around him, ok".

Jesse nodded, rubbing her arm to assure her, "Don't worry Em, I'll keep my eyes open". With that Jesse left, leaving Emma to wallow in the abyss of her own mind.

Shalimar trotted down the hall, closely followed by Elayne who was chattering away to her. When they reached Chris's office, they caught Adam on his way out.

"Hey Adam... Every thing all right". When Adam huffed and signalled for her to follow him, she did it with out a second thought. Elayne followed at Shalimar's heels, wanting to know what was up with Adam and Chris. Some unknown anger had sparkled between the two suddenly over the past day or so, and she didn't like it.

Adam lead them to his room, quickly making them file in and he closed the door swiftly behind them. Shalimar watched all his actions with an intense glare, "Adam, what's going on!". When their leader finally looked up, he looked worried. Shalimar already felt her territorial instincts going on high alert as to who could have made Adam so...anxious.

"Last night, me and Chris were talking, talking about who could have injured Brennan. This morning, I didn't get back onto the topic but I might have annoyed Chris with my questions from last night. He did already look rather annoyed though. Well, I told him about the cure being perfected-"

Elayne broke in with excitement, "Wow Adam, you fixed it already. That's great, so why don't you give Shal and Damien the cure then...".

Adam gave her a small smile, "Well, I would but I feel that I may just need to hang onto the cure just a bit longer. Chris has been acting rather strange lately and I just want to make sure that nothing goes wrong at the last minute". Adam started to check on his suitcases, making sure they were full with the right things and packed right.

Shalimar gave Elayne an unbelievable look, before returning her look to Adam. Her shoulders rose as she shrugged about trying to make some sense of it. "But Adam, why hang onto the cure. Chris wouldn't do anything to you. Besides, he couldn't, you got us here, the team".

Adam smiled suddenly at her. Its warmth made her halt on where she was leading the topic of their discussion astray.

"No Shalimar, I'm not worried for my own safety, but for the safety of my team..." suddenly, that seemed enough for her as he was allowed to continue. However, that didn't change the look of curiosity and confusion to surface on her face.

"Chris always talks about Damien, about all the men and women-" he favoured Elayne with a small look before returning to the talk. "-About them being HIS children. He explained to me earlier on in the cave on how a father would react to save one of his children, and at the time, I could relate". Adam hovered in silence suddenly, staring fatherly at Shalimar. The warmth of his dark eyes made her anger disappear; Adam knew what he was talking about so she would wait for the final answer, the final verdict.

"When Brennan was attacked and he... well you both know. He was, accepted into the pack, mostly because I believe a pack member was the one who attacked him".

Elayne shook her head, "but Damien already told-" Adam shook his head, "...I'm not talking about Damien. Over the past few days, I've made the assumption that it may have been Chris who attacked Brennan".

Adam quickly silenced the two feral's as they were ready to jump about with defences and questions, " Please, let me continue". When he was returned with silence he continued his story.
"Chris always calls all you, Elayne and the others, his children, because you are all apart of his pack. Elayne, what are the chances that another wolf could have even gotten that close to the mansion with out one of you picking up on it...".

Elayne was weary in answer, as she knew that what Adam was proposing could very well turn out to be true. "The chances... that it get even the leased of 100 feet away would be next to none. All our senses are on high and we would have picked up on it should have even started to make its way here. But Adam, Chris would never-"

"Never attack one of my team. No, he may not...unless he's given an opening that he could refuse. Now, Elayne, if wanted to make another one of your kind, and you wanted to do it the way Brennan had it done, what would you look for in that person... a strong fighter, a semi leader to make sure that should the pack leader fall, there would be some one there to take the position. What Elayne?".

With each word, Elayne was starting to slide downwards, until she reached to Adams bed and took a seat. Her silence was devastatingly obvious that Adam was right.

Shalimar took a seat on the bed next to Elayne, putting an arm around her friends should. Over the past week, her and Elayne had grown close and good friends, just like her and Em. Shalimar had a clear idea of what Chris had and hadn't told his 'children' and it was clear that Elayne knew nothing on the topic.

"So...Chris did this because he saw that Brennan was all them things. But why would he do all the acting, pretending to be our friends, taking our trust and making it all fit to his advantage..." Shalimar's voice was slowly starting to sound like a lost child. Elayne though, resembled the lost child.

Adam had taken a seat to their right, sighing as the heaviness of the situation was weighting down on him now to.

" I believe, for a time, that Chris was our friend, that he truly did want us as allies and friends that could all trust one another. Although, when he made his plan with Brennan and pulled it off, he realised I wouldn't leave Brennan here with him while we left. He would have realised it as soon as he'd decided he wanted Brennan, that like a father I wouldn't let him go so easily".

Elayne suddenly seemed to wake up, "But Adam, we all don't have to fight. Brennan doesn't have to be in the middle of this, he's the one who will suffer the most. Imagine it Adam, trying to choose between two families. Brennan may not have chosen to be apart of this pack, but he is none the less, as he is apart of your team. You can't make him choose between the two, he wont be able to".

Elayne was leaning towards Adam now in desperation to make him understand. Shalimar gave her arm a sisterly rub and hugged her closer. "I know Elayne, we don't need to make this a fight. We need to go to Chris, and explain to him that Brennan doesn't need to lose on either account".

Adam sat back and looked at her fully, trying to realise when Shalimar had grown up and been able to find the answer to a problem that he struggled with. The tension in his gut regressed as he realised he may just not lose a team member over this. Over the few years Brennan had been with Mutant X, an invisible agreement had been made between him and Brennan. Brennan was always the one to make sure Adam was on the top of his game, making sure no mistakes had been made that could back fire on the team later on.

Sighing, Adam sat forwards, "then we shall need to do that, soon. Brennan is still asleep I think so we should all make sure we are ready. Shalimar, go and find Emma and Jesse and get them to pack their stuff, Elayne can you go and make sure Chris is in his office. I'll be down soon, I just need to make sure I have every thing and then once I've checked on the others, I'll be down to see Chris".

With the orders given, they all rose, and with a sheen of worry in their eyes separated and got to work.

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