Control 36

Chapter 36- Explain it to Brennan...

"Brennan!"

Adam rushed around his bed, forgetting his luggage and bags and half running to Brennan as he stepped into his room. The look of confusion on the younger mans face was enough to tell Adam that he didn't know what was happening.

Sighing, Adam gave Brennan a small look over, clearly he was fine. Turning around, Adam motioned for Brennan to come over to some thing he had out on the bed. Brennan, being his usual self, approached with a small ease of caution.

Adam raised the small metal object into the air, "here, put your finger in the gap there". When Brennan gave him a small look, Adam nodded encouraging to him, and Brennan did.

There was a small pinch in his finger and Brennan pulled it back to examine it. A small dot of blood lay on the surface, and Brennan eyes their leader expectantly.

"Sorry, I just wanted a small blood sample-" Elayne gave a gasp of shock and joy as she mumbled, "-I said that". When Adam and Brennan looked on at her, she fell silent, a small redness coming to her cheeks.

"Now Brennan, I need to explain some thing to you". Adam motioned for Brennan to grab hold of one of the wooden Victorian chairs and sit down. Brennan followed the actions, curious to find out what had happened, what had he missed in the previous few hours.

Adam gave the room a quick once over before taking a seat at the foot of his bed, directly in front of Brennan, and nervously Adam clasped his hands together on his lap. He could be met with some denial or anger off the younger man, as Elayne had explained, Brennan him self, would feel apart of the pack now as well.

"Brennan...do you recall the night when you were attacked by the wolf, how it anticipated your powers, yours shots..."

Brennan nodded, "ye, the thing dodged every shot I threw. I thought I was after Shal, and then it had its teeth in my shoulder. I got it off-" unconsciously, Brennan rubbed his previously injured shoulder.

"-Then Chris showed up and...-" When Brennan saw some thing flash across Adam's face, he stopped what he was going to say, and sat back to look accusingly at Adam. "... What do you know Adam!"?

Their leader shifted about suddenly, trying to explain and get the words right in his head to tell Brennan properly. He had no doubt now that his words would be returned with some anger, it was expected of Brennan.

Sighing, Adam rocked countless times before sitting forwards to Brennan. When he leaned forwards, by his leaders actions Brennan could feel a knot of worry work into his gut. Adam never acted like this, never acted nervous, never showed emotions when some thing serious was on the line.

"Fine Brennan. You always complain I don't tell you every thing...well here it is". Suddenly, Adam was calm and collected, just like Chris, and in control of the situation. Adam inhaled a new breath, finding it cleared his head wonderfully, and told Brennan all he knew, all his facts, and suspicions on Chris.

Emma's room

Jesse allowed Emma to take full advantage of the bed and allowed her the rest of it as she sunk further and further down into it. When her eyes whispered a silent thank you, he couldn't help but smile down at his little psionic. How strong she could be some times... how frail she could become as well, made his heart constrict with in his chest.

Turning back around, he focused on the pacing feral. "Alright, my plan is simple. We need to get all our stuff together and gather a few things of Brennan's. I fully I agree with you both, we are NOT leaving Brennan, so we need to make sure that just in case, we can make a fast get away".

Jesse had stilled Shalimar and had strangely taken up her habit of pacing as he went through his plan as he voiced it to them.

" Ok, Emma, will you be ok to get some of Brennan's things..." When Emma nodded and started to sit up, she looked a little better. Apparently when Jesse had caught the interest of Shalimar's mind, her emotions had regressed, leaving Emma to push her defences back up.

"Good, Shal, you are gonna be the one to make sure that the others get out the mansion. Me, I'm gonna head off to our old place and get the helix. It'll take a few minutes to get it here, but you can handle your self for a few minutes, right..." When he was met by a devilish smile off Shalimar and a small flash of his eyes, it was confirmed she could.

Jesse nodded, "I'll get the helix over here as soon as possible. But Shal, don't start a fight unless one brakes out. Emma you need to also make sure that the others are ready once you've got Brennan's stuff. The main feature of my plan is Brennan. I'm counting on him to keep the peace, at least for as long as possible. He wont want a fight between his team and pack, so lets hope he can hold it out... are you both ready".

When the two women both gave him strong nods, he returned it and made his way to the door, "Make sure you watch your selves". When he exited the room, he sprinted off down the corridor and down the set of stairs. He was grateful he never paced any of the inhabitants of the mansion. A quick on lash of questioning would only slow him down, and he needed to be as fast as possible.

Jesse half slipped on the floor as he neared the front of the house, and through the window saw Chris hovering around. Gulping, Jesse retracted his steps and twisted around to find another way. A small memory of the back door gave Jesse's feet speed and motioned him to the back of the mansion when the sudden blaze of light as he got out momentarily stunned him.

He only halted a second before he was sprinting off into the green woods, off in the direction of their old house. A small pang of hope bloomed in Jesse, as he had been thankful he'd memorized the root while being driven down the path by Peter.

Shalimar turned back towards Emma, her eyes once again obtaining the golden rum around smothering brown eyes. Emma was sitting on the edge of the bed, looking up at her slightly worried.
Shalimar squired her shoulders, "Come on Em. We're not losing Brennan, not if we've got any thing to say about it". When steely green eyes met her golden brown, Shalimar knew that the same rage that had been bubbling with her self was raging inside of Emma as well. A small smile played on her lips as she turned and exited the room, leaving the door open and started to walk towards Adam's room with the confident stride only a feral could muster.

She faintly heard Emma's door being closed, and fading footsteps ascending the opposite direction of her own.

Shalimar gave Adam's door a hard knock, hearing a frail gasp inside and noticing the strangeness of it. Adam, no matter caught off guard or terrified, would gasp like a girl. The door was opened after a few seconds, and Elayne suddenly hunched over, holding her hand to her chest as if her heart would have popped out. "Shalimar, you scared the hell out of me. Come in..."

When Shalimar stepped in, she saw Adam... and her heart sank when she saw Brennan. He sat in an old Victorian chair, eyes glazed and unfocused like some one had just told him his mother had died. She looked over at Adam, seeing the resigned look of guilt he always held, his dark brown eyes caked with guilt, almost turning the once soft brown to a deep black. Her heart tweaked with pain, but she pushed it aside, she had a job to do, and she didn't need to allow her emotions to trample her stride now.

"Adam, are you ready...we're leaving".

The finality in her words stunned Adam as he looked on at her. He'd frozen in his half hunched position before giving a vivid nod and grabbing at the bag on his bed. It was small, compared to what had been brought to them by Chris's men.

Shalimar allowed her eyes to drift to the still shape of Brennan. He looked so different, and yet so much like his old self that she couldn't decide which had happened.

Clearly, Adam had explained to him, and he was feeling withdrawal, not wanting it to be really true. Yet there was some ancient emotion that floated around in his faded brown eyes that sank so deeply into him, she didn't want to recognise it. It seemed attached so deeply and so strongly that she felt, even for just a moment, that if she touched it, it would shatter the Brennan that they all knew.

"...Brennan... Are you coming?"

The shock of even asking it took Shalimar back before she could stop her self. Why had she asked that...he would be coming...wouldn't he?

Brennan's head lifted, and his eyes finally focused on her, freezing her whole world. There was visible pain in his eyes, and suddenly, she recognised that ancient emotion that she knew would cut deep into Brennan, worse than he would show.

... Betrayal... how many times had it slammed home into Brennan's life, Shalimar had lost count. Old friends that he'd trusted betrayed him to the GSA. Old loves, done the same. Now, some one that felt like family had betrayed him again. The old scars of it all, had been deep, and were open again.

She knew he wouldn't want her sympathy...he never did. But she repeated the words that had brought him back around, the words that had made his bond with the team stronger, and stronger, each time.

"Brennan... we're all a team...we are a family, and we're still here with you".

The feeling of hate and anger towards Chris, burned so close to the surface that she could feel the growl of rage already working its way through her, rippling in her throat.

Why had Chris toyed with Brennan, tricked him and played on his trust. Her fist crunched, remembering how hard it had been to gain Brennan's trust. Brennan had always been weary of new faces, new potential let downs.

The first few weeks he'd spent at sanctuary had been a nightmare for him. Adam, being so secretive, Emma being so willing to be of help, Jesse being so open and friendly, her being so suspicious and curious. Finally, it had been a miracle when he'd let them in.

As if her thoughts were being played over in Brennan's head, he gave a long sigh. He looked away from her eyes for a moment, glancing at the ground. The motion made her heart skip, before he returned his eyes back to hers. "...I'm coming". There was a silent ferocity of the words that encased Shalimar's heart in fire. The words meant more than they said. The way he said them, as if he had no doubt at all in what he was doing.

He stood up, suddenly strong, like the old Brennan, and made his way towards the door. He passed by her, and she couldn't help but allow her eyes to play over him. There had indeed been a transformation over him. He seemed, no, he was, a hell of a lot more confident, more eager to take a risk...exactly like a feral.

He looked towards her, and quickly Shalimar diverted her eyes, looking back at Adam who already had his bag slung over his shoulder, waiting patiently for their silent arrangement to finish.

When Brennan opened the door, there Emma stood, holding out his bag stuffed with his stuff. She was smiling wide at him, and he couldn't help but return the gesture. Taking the bag, Brennan stepped out, slinging his arm around Emma and giving her a quick hug.

There was a small presence in his mind, and instantly the warmth he recognised was Emma. Smirking down at her, he turned back to the others, "...Are you coming or what?"

Hey guys, what do you think.

I may just wrap this up in the next chap, maybe.

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