Chapter 4:- Birds That Fly At Night
Disclaimer: - Only Baby and Jamie belong to me.
A.N:- Thank you for the lovely reviews but please keep them coming. I've finished writing it now and am pretty sure there's going to be 12 chapters and I'm considering writing a sequel to this and need to work out if it's worth it. I've decided that I will update every Sunday that way I have time to write the chapters up without stressing about it! Lol Anyway enjoy!
They could see the fear in the helicopter pilots eyes, even through the darkness; the helicopter was that close to them.
Jesse jumped out of his seat. "This is our only chance" he took in an incredibly deep breath and leaned against the two nearest seats. He phased the entire plane and all the people in it. The plane was in a haze as the dominion helicopter appeared in the centre of the planes console. Both Baby and Jamie's faces were creased up as they expected the crash of impact upon them. Slowly Baby opened her eyes to see the dominion fighter pilot totally freaking out. He was firing his machine gun randomly at every member of the team. The bullets slid straight through them and their plane, this meant that the dominion pilot was hitting his own helicopter causing irreparable damage. Several of the errant bullets hit the window of the helicopter shattering it and pulling huge shards of glass out of the now destroyed window. The change in pressure caused the hysterical pilot to be sucked very abruptly from thehelicopter and with no one in control; the helicopter began to plummet from the sky towards the fields below.
The rotor blades began to pass through Lexa, Shalimar and Brennan; the shock and horror on their faces was evident even through the haze. Jesse was turning blue with the effort of holding his breath He was visibly shaking as he watched the passage of the helicopter through the plane. His eyes began to bulge as the tail of the helicopter slowly cleared the bottom of the plane.
Jesse collapsed to the floor as the plane re-materialised. He took several deep rasping breaths. The team rushed from their seats to Jesse's side. Lexa sank down next to him and propped his head on her knees. "Are you alright? How did you do that? We were phased for at least three minutes!" she rattled off the questions in quick succession clearly in shock.
Jesse just nodded in response; it was all he could manage as he continued to take deep calming breaths.
Shalimar and Brennan hovered nearby "I may never get used to this phasing stuff. Last time was nowhere near as long and the helix was a lot smaller than this" said Shalimar.
Jamie commented as he turned to face them. "That was sort of like my teleporting but the sensation lasts way longer"
Baby nodded her agreement keeping her full attention on flying the plane to safety. "Whilst I appreciate being alive and all, my stomach really doesn'tlike the churning going on right now"
Brennan smiled down at Jesse "Nice one man. We aren't going to be scraped off the sidewalk thanks to you and that's a definite plus!"
Jesse finally seemed to have caught his breath. "I'm fine, stop fussing!" He winced. " My wrist isn't so pleased that I leant on it for so long" He attempted to put his wrist back into the makeshift sling.
"Seriously though" said Lexa who looked almost as pale as Jesse now that the blue hue had left his face. "How did you do that?"
Jesse looked slightly confused. "I don't know actually! I mean it was like when we were back at the dominion I massed all of us without any thought, I've never really done that before. I guess I had some untapped power or something"
Brennan nodded "Or maybe you had another power increase like when you first learnt how to mass and phase other objects other than yourself"
Jesse pondered this "Yeah but wouldn't you guys have had one as well? Last time we all had it at the same time"
"Maybe it has something to do with your D.N.A being stabilised, your mutancy might be advancing" said Lexa.
"Could be I suppose" said Jesse pensively. Silence rained as everyone thought about their own mortality and how limited their life spans could be.
"We are all very grateful for Jesse's saving prowess, whatever caused it but can you guys please return to your seats" he put on a cheesy air hostess voice "because we currently experiencing some minor turbulence and the pilot would like to remind you that in case of emergency go stand near Jesse and hope he can hold his breath" Jamie said grinning as he attempted to lighten the depressive mood that had set in.
It worked and laughter could be heard followed by the sound of shuffling feet as Baby fought to keep the plane level in the high winds. Jesse seemed to have perked up considerably after his heroic act. He was suddenly curious as to the workings of the plane. He gazed around with interest. Shalimar was right it was quite a bit bigger than the helix, there were eight seats in rows of two except at the front were there was just two seats within a console that rapped around them. It was in essence the same as the helix accept that there was no computer screens in front of the seats, they has the same visors as the pilot seat with keyboards built into the seat in front. He pulled the visor on and began twiddling with various buttons.
Lexa laughed and nudged his shoulder. "Now I know you're alright if you're up to tinkering with a computer"
"Don't you mess up our system! I spent weeks collaborating it!" said Baby only half joking.
"I was just looking" Jesse replied indignantly. "It's a nice set up and I bet you've got a crank 28 dual processor!" he said turning to Lexa with a grin.
"Yep" said Jamie dismissively, not understanding the joke.
"Told you it was bigger and better!" said Jesse
"Well if you'd agreed to paint my toenails!" said Lexa pointedly.
"Somehow I don't think I want to know what you're talking about" said Brennan grinning at Shalimar.
Shalimar laughed. "Me either"
Lexa winked at the pair and admitted "Probably for the best"
Jesse blushed and went back to studying the planes interior. "Does this beauty have a name then?" said Jesse admiringly caressing the side panel.
"Do you want us to leave you two alone?" said Lexa. Jesse rapidly withdrew his hand and blushed again.
"I was just asking" he squirmed.
Jamie laughed and grinned at Baby. "It has a name, it's called the Lark. Baby christened it which explains why the acronym doesn't actually fit! It's the Large, Armed, Arial, Response, Craft." he said with a smirk.
Baby reached over and hit him hard on the back of the head. He grunted and rubbed the back of his head. "I like it" she said defensively. "It sort of fits and its pretty. After all Larks are birds and this thing flies like a bird doesn't it!"
Lexa grinned. "You named it Lark because it was pretty! Why doesn't that surprise me?"
Baby turned to her and stuck her tongue out before turning back to the controls. This just succeeded in making Lexa laugh harder.
Brennan who had been starring out of the front windshield into the inky blackness said "As a sideline, where the hell are we going?"
Baby chuckled. "I wondered if any of you would get around to asking that"
"That's a damn good question" said Lexa "where have you been hiding for the last year?"
Jamie turned to face them. "We were at Saveria as Adam named it and that's where were going now"
Jesse grinned. "New house, I like the sound of that we could sure use one"
Brennan's eyebrow rose "What?" he said in confusion.
Jesse smirked "Its Latin, Saveria is a female name meaning new house. I like the idea that we can have a new home. I guess Adam chose it for a reason?"
Baby nodded. "He always intended that this be a new home for all of us. He knew Sanctuary wouldn't remain secure forever, he always had a backup plan"
Shalimar looked questioningly at them. "He wanted us to live together?"
"Yep. Eventually! When it suited him to make the introduction" said Jamie angrily.
"Another hidden agenda" said Brennan not attempting to mask his disgust.
"Layers and layers, they just get deeper and deeper" said Lexa "you should know that by now Brennan"
Shalimar nodded. "Whatever happened I trust that Adam had good reason for doing whatever he did. We need to get him back and I think you guys are the best option for helping us do that. You obviously have good resources, even though I know nothing more about you that's enough right now"
Baby responded. "I know you have a lot of questions to ask us and maybe that will clear up a few of those hidden layers. We will do everything within our power and use everything at our disposal to help get Adam back from the dominion. We will land in a few seconds so then I guess we have some explaining to do."
"Welcome to Saveria" said Jamie elaborately gesturing as the Lark began its descent.
TBC