Chapter 3:- Resistance Is Never Futile
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The leader of the dominion agents stepped forward "We've got you surrounded; there is no chance of escape. It would be preferable to take you alive, but accidents happen" he said putting the sight of his gun up to his eye and grinning malevolently.
"Whoa dude" said Brennan stepping protectively in front of Shalimar. "We'll co-operate just lower the guns" he put his hands defensively in the air. They were all away that they had no chance against the multitude of machine gun toting agents dressed in the protective suits.
Jesse stepped slowly forward blocking the leader's view of both Lexa and Baby. "He's right we'll do whatever you say"
Shalimar looked around assessing the situation and realised that Jamie wasn't there. He'd vanished completely. It also dawned on her that Lexa and Baby appeared to be holding some sort of coded conversation using eye movements and covert hand gestures. Baby craftily pointed upwards. Shalimar followed Lexa's line of sight and using her feral senses saw that directly above them was what looked to be a heat haze. None of the agents seemed to have realised the significance of this, in fact the only reason Shalimar thought anything of it was because it was the same haze that the helix had produced when it was in stealth mode. Shalimar caught Lexa's eye and her face broke into a grin, she winked.
The guys were still attempting to barter with the slowly encircling agents. "Look" said Jesse "We aren't attempting to use our powers, we won't fight you, the guns really aren't needed" he pleaded.
The leader smirked "The only reason you aren't attacking us is because you know resistance is futile! These suits are impenetrable even to you!"
Baby lifted her hand and tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. She began mumbling whilst twirling her hair. Shalimar's feral hearing picked up the conversation and she realised that Baby was talking into a Com-ring identical to her own.
Baby whispered. "Jamie is this really going to work? Will it stop the bullets?" Shalimar couldn't hear the other side of the conversation but she knew that Jamie was safe and obviously encouraging Baby to continue with what ever plan they had formulated. Baby continues to mumble "You have to be ready J! This has to be done quickly because Shalimar is going to freak!"
Shalimar's eyes glowed feral yellow as she looked at Baby, she was bemused and a little annoyed that Baby was so concerned about her. Baby returned the flash of feral eyes and gave what was an attempt at a reassuring smile. She turned back to Lexa and leaned in to whisper. "You need to have everyone standing close together for this to work" Lexa nodded her understanding.
Baby stormed out through the protective barrier that the guys had made. Brennan and Jesse both reached out to pull her back but Lexa prevented them, dragging them back to where Shalimar was standing. She kept them still with a pointed glare and they stopped in comprehension.
Baby with total confidence said. "You know, were going to get away from you! In a few seconds you'll have no idea what hit you!" she mocked.
The dominion agents found this hilarious and began laughing uproariously. The leader said "We have you surrounded! I have no idea who you think you are but you're not a member of Mutant X and that by my logic means we have full permission to take you out! You have no idea what you're up against!" he yelled targeting her in his sight.
Baby grinned. "Oh I know what I'm up against BRUCE!" she emphasised his name and laughed at the man's puzzlement. "Oh, I remember you even if you don't remember me but in a few minutes you'll never forget me" Her eyes took on a feral glare which slowly transformed to a fiery blaze glowing in the whites of her eyes. She walked backwards till she stood with the others. The agents stared in wonder as the woman in front of them raised her arms and sent a huge dome shaped wall of fire over the groups' heads. The dome spread outwards and several dominion agents got caught in the blaze. Baby yelled above the noise of the flames. "Now J! I can't hold it any longer" as her arms began to tremble as the fire flowed like a fountain from her outstretched fingers.
Brennan grabbed hold of Shalimar and pined her to him trying to control the now beyond hysterical feral. The next second the flames had gone from view and everyone lay sprawled in the hull of what appeared to be a plane.
Jamie lay still, gasping deeply "I've never ported that many people before. I didn't know I could do it"
Brennan yelled "What happened? Where the hell are we and how did we get here?"
Jesse rolled to stand and face Jamie "You're a teleporter! That's how we got here and how he disappeared." Jesse said clearly shocked.
"Yeah" responded feebly turning to check on Baby "Are you alright?" he asked "You're never sustained it for that long before!"
"I'm fine" she said sitting up as the fiery glare receded from her eyes. "I've got major heart burn though!" she grinned rubbing her chest. Baby looked to Shalimar who was huddled against Brennan. Brennan was stroking her hair, trying to calm the clearly disturbed feral. "Sorry about that" said Baby apologetically "It was the only way to distract them long enough to escape. Are you going to be O.K? I know how terrifying fire is for us" she paused momentarily "well most ferals" she said grimly.
Shalimar left the comfort of Brennan's solid arms and focused on Baby. "I'm O.K." she said slowly clearly confused. She stood up gingerly leaning heavily on Brennan. "Let's just not repeat that any time soon. Anyway how'd you do that, your feral that's obvious and you just admitted as much but how do you" she looked away "create fire?" she said in confusion.
Lexa removed her leg from behind her own head and said sarcastically "If anyone cares I'm fine!" Jesse helped her up. "Thanks" she said before turning her attention to Shalimar's question. "The whole fire/feral thing is a long, less than pleasant story that we don't have time for right now"
Baby realised that they weren't going to be satisfied with Lexa's brush off. Her voice turned quiet "Well I'm kind of a" she paused "I don't know. A feramental I suppose, one of a kind" she said dejectedly as her voice trailed off. She walked purposefully towards the pilot's chair. "As stupid as those idiots below are, eventually they will realise we are hovering right above their heads! Wed better get out of here" Her forcefulness proved that this conversation was over for now.
At that exact moment approximately twenty feet below, the surviving dominion agents looked around in complete bewilderment. Bruce poked at the charred remains of what had previously been an agent's face and said "They should've worn their helmets" He turned away. "Where the hell did they go? Spread out and search if we don't find them we are all as dead as these guys" he pointed. Bruce reported back to HQ "We've lost them sir, they literally disappeared. Yes sir, right away sir!" he turned off his headset. "Men the choppers are moving in. Fall back!" he boomed.
Back on board the plane, Jamie had followed Baby to the cockpit. He shifted into the co-pilot seat and turned back to face the others. "Pull up a chair and definitely use the seatbelts provided. Baby has a unique flying style!"
She glared in response flashing her eyes at him. "Says you! I'm not the one who crashed the simulator Adam installed, into a wall" she paused "twelve times! Count them, the things useless now!" She began fiddling with dials and grasped hold of the flight controls. They were air born in seconds and took off away from the dominion. They had travelled maybe 200ft before the plane's sensors went haywire as a rapidly approaching red dot appeared on the tracking screen.
"Damn it" yelled Jamie punching the console with his fist "apparently the dominion helo-pad didn't go up with the rest of the dominion and neither did their choppers"
"But aren't we in stealth? Surely they can't see the plane?" questioned Shalimar.
"True. But whilst they can't see the plane they might notice the six floating heat signatures. This plane doesn't have protection against thermal imagers yet! It was on my to do list! Might as well smile and wave because they definitely know were here, they're following our route precisely." said Baby grimly.
Brennan looked around uneasily. It was obvious to the others that he was uncomfortable with his inactivity in the piloting process. "Let me guess, they have heat seekers locked onto us?"
Jamie grinned. "Ten team points, to the top of the class you go! That is unless one helicopter can split into three" he pointed to the radar.
Baby gave a determined look to Jamie. He nodded. "Right" said Baby "Hold onto your hats ladies and gentleman this is going to be an interesting ride" she pulled the plane into a tight 180 degree turn so the plane was facing the rapidly approaching missiles.
Brennan stood up and yelled angrily "What the hell are you doing? You have a death wish?"
Baby smirked. "Another backseat driver! Can you control him please?" Shalimar hauled Brennan back to his seat and buckled him in. "Firstly Brennan, no I don't have a death wish, secondly do you know how to fly this plane? No! Thirdly, do you have any idea what this is capable of? No! Fourthly, watch and see!" Baby hammered a button on the console and a visor came down from above her head. She pulled it into position in front of her face and grabbed the joystick which had appeared from the side of the console. Below the plan a hatch opened. "Take the controls and just keep her steady" she said to Jamie. Baby fired off a series of rounds and instantly the nearest missile exploded.
"Wow your pretty good" admitted Brennan begrudgingly.
"Why thank you" said Baby firing a second series of bullets "I got a lot of practice in on the simulator before he mangled it!" the second heat seeker missile exploded.
"Direct hit!" yelled Jamie in triumph as he exchanged a high five Baby.
Lexa and Jesse exchanged a look and Jesse said "You are aware were still flying directly towards the helicopter?"
"Oh yeah" said Baby grinning. She took back the controls and took the plane into a swift dive in order to avoid the helicopter. She pulled up from the dive mere metres before hitting the grassy field below. Baby executed a perfect loop the loop without thought for her passengers churning stomachs. She positioned the plane directly behind the chopper before hammering the fire button five or six times in quick succession. Suddenly the helicopter spiralled out of control and smashed down into the field below whilst pouring out thick clouds of dark smoke.
As they celebrated Brennan suddenly pointed out "Shouldn't the beeping have stopped?" Baby and Jamie looked at the radar and realised there was another red dot that was practically on top of the green dot that represented them. They both looked up through the windshield in horror and saw the second helicopter mere metres away.
Baby broke the silence "there's no way I can avoid it!" she said in a deadpan voice "were going to crash"