As the GSA's black SUV speed away, rage, fear, and grief engulfed Emma, and she felt her powers beginning to overtake her. She let out an ear-piercing scream and released the energy that had threatened to overtake her, keeping enough control to protect Adam, Shalimar, and Brennan.
Shalimar was still supporting an unconscious Brennan with the remaining GSA closing in on her, when she heard Emma's scream. Not even a second later she felt a powerful rush of air, and watched as the agents fell to the ground, unconscious.
"When good girls get mad, Mutant X style," Shal mumbled as she began to drag Brennan to the door. Adam and Emma met her half way, Emma aiding her while Adam took Brennan.
"They have Jess," Shal informed the others, "This guy just went all Hulk on me, and before I knew it…"
"We know Shal. We saw…" Emma said, choking on tears. "He's in a lot of danger."
"And right now so is Brennan. We have to get him back to Sanctuary and examine him," Adam said, as he continued to carry Brennan back to the Helix.
Thirty minutes later, Adam was in Sanctuary's lab. Running tests on a still unconscious Brennan, while a subdued Emma and a furious Shalimar waited in the dojo.
"I can't take this! We should be out there looking for Jess! Not in here waiting for Brennan to wake up!" Shalimar fumed.
"Shal, calm down, we can't do anything until we know what happened," Emma said, trying to reason with the fairel.
"Damn it! I know what happened! Jesse was hurt but instead of getting him to safety, like I should have, I chose to fight, thinking that you and Adam would be there to watch my back and take care of Jesse! But now, Brennan is hurt, the GSA have Jesse, and are doing lord knows what to him! All because you couldn't stop the jolly green giant from escaping!" Shalimar sunk down, the outburst tiring her.
Emma was speechless, overpowered by the feelings that Shalimar was radiating. There was the outer layer of anger, but the deeper, inner layers of guilt, fear, and loss. Tears began to fall from Emma's eyes as she moved from her seat on the dojo's stairs to Shal, wrapping her arms protectively around her. At first Shal tried to pull away, but quickly succumbed to her emotions and began crying, while Emma rocked her.
"It's going to be alright Shal. We're going to get him back. This wasn't your fault. We'll get him back Shal."
"I know Em. I'm sorry, I didn't mean…" Shalimar said after she gained more composure.
Emma released Shal and took a seat next to her. "You're right though. I don't know what happened. One minute I was ready to clobber the guy, I had complete control, but then the second I touched his mind, WHAM! I was hit with my own power. It's my fault," Emma said almost losing her composure.
"Don't say that Em. You tired, and that wasn't your fault, the guy just knew…"
"It wasn't him Shal, it wasn't that agent. It was someone else…" Emma said staring off into space as she remembered the event.
Shal was about to question her further, when Adam interrupted.
"Well, as far as I can tell he's just going to have a major headache when he wakes up. That arm is going to take another week to heal, but he's fine. He has a few bruises, but he also inhaled some Vecuronium Bromide, which is an anesthetic that can cause some serious damage if exposure is too great. But Brennan seems fine. " Adam said rubbing his temples, after he was done reading the results from Brennan's scan.
"That's great!" Shal said, sighing in relief. "When will he wake up?"
"I'm not sure, but just let him rest. He needs to regain his strength," Adam said. "Now that Brennan's in the clear, we need to focus on Jesse."
Jesse woke up in a cold, sterile room. He lay on a operating table, stripped down to his jeans. Though he wasn't strapped down, he couldn't move. He didn't need to look around to know where he was though. The white room, with blinding lights, silver appliances and the smell of bleach, all screamed Genomex Labs. Somewhere behind him a door opened, and a person entered. He could here the heels heading for him.
Jesse felt the panic in him rise. He wanted desperately to obey his body's demand to run, but he was powerless. A waft of perfume and a brush of hair on his face made his heart freeze. However, it was the voice that chilled him.
"Welcome back, my little Freak."
A/N: Sorry, it's another short chap for such a long wait. The next one'll be better.