Shalimar was getting annoyed. At first the fight was exhilarating, tossing the agents around like rag dolls. At first it seemed like she had the upper hand, but now it just seemed endless. With Brennan unable to help except for the odd volt, it seemed that for every agent she knocked down, two were taking their place. And then there was the one who seemed content to just watch; he was making her nervous.
"How you doing Bren?" She asked, dodging another punch from the agent she'd been fighting.
She heard the sound of another volt hitting an agent, and a thud, before he answered, "Well we won't have to worry about him, that's what, three down?" Shalimar finally got tired of playing with her latest opponent, and clothes lined him in the head. He dropped like a bag of bricks. "Make that four down," Brennan said, as he faced off against another agent.
This time he didn't get the chance to prepare a tesla coil. One of the agents, a big guy who looked like he was supposed to be blocking the door in front of bar, noticed that Brennan had been avoiding the use of one of his arms. So he took advantage of it, grabbing Brennan by his bad arm and tossing him into the wall.
That was the last thing that the agent would be able to do for a while, as Shalimar had nailed him with a double handed fist in the back of the head. She quickly checked on Brennan, who was dead to the world, then tried to get him to his feet. It was then that the agent who was watching the fighting made his move.
In a second, the small, frail had a hulk like transformation. His cloths ripped as his muscles grew to the size of a pro-football player's and his body now looked like it was ready for a one on one with Goldberg. Shalimar watched in horror as he raced towards Jesse and scooped him up. Trapped by agents and Brennan's dead weight, she could only watch helplessly as the agent carried Jesse out of the factory.
Emma didn't wait for the Helix to power down before she was out, and racing to the factory entrance. She stopped in mid stride about seven feet from the door and watched, terrified, as a massive agent ran out with Jesse, towards one of the black SUVs.
Emma shook herself clear of her fear and gathered her thoughts, and in one breath the psyonic sent a blast at the agent. But it came right back to her, knocking her down, gasping. Adam rushed to her side to help, but she pushed him away, "He has Jesse. Go, I'm fine!"
Adam nodded and took off after the agent, but was too late to get to them. The agent and Jesse sped passed him in the black SUV.
"When were you planning to tell me that Jesse Kilmartin was in the process of being reacquired," Dr. Harrison asked Manson Eckhart. Harrison was furious as he paced Ekhart's office. "He is my patient and I should have been notified."
"You weren't notified because I didn't want you to be. Jesse Kilmartin is a member of Mutant X, and he is being brought here for interrogation and not experimentation. Besides, you completed all your tests with him years ago," Eckhart said dismissively.
"But now his powers have grown! They're more controlled! He's stronger, and there is so much more to that I can do now!"
"Not until I'm done with him, Harrison. He has information that I need, and I will not let you interfere with him until I have it."
Harrison was outraged. For two years he had be in charge of Kilmartin, only to have Kane steal him away before he could complete his final test. Now with him so close, it was absolutely frustrating that Eckhart wouldn't let him near him. 'Damn the interrogation, you can ask him questions under….that's it!'
"I have an idea Eckhart, why don't we combine the two?"
AN: Oh dear, what could ever happen to poor Jesse? And you Brenann fans, don't worry he's got a big role still. So does Emma and Shal, but this is mainly a Jess and Bren story.