Chapter 10:- Falling with Style
A.N: - Im uploading this earlier than normal because im away on sunday at my grandparents without the internet for an entire week! Im getting withdrawl symptoms already! Anywho rather than keep you waiting i'll post now and then do another one on the sunday i get back! Thanks for the reviews and please keep reviewing!
A split second before their bodies connected with the hard marble bellow Jamie massed his body. His body hit the ground with incredible force, causing chips of the marble floor to fleck off and fly in all directions.
Are you guys O.K?" yelled Shalimar.
"Yeah" said Jamie in a pained voice "were going to need a major renovation in here though" He lifted Baby's her from her face to look into her eyes. They had returned to their usual blue hue. "Hey" he said "you alright?"
She just nodded and snuggled into his shirt front.
"You can lift the bars now. Type in 21224 on that keypad over there" Jamie pointed to the wall.
Lexa laughed "How secure is that? You used Baby's Genomex code!" she chastised.
"You say that but no one alive would think we'd use Baby's name" said Jamie shifting into an upright position but still keeping Baby encircled tightly in his arms.
Jesse typed in the code and the bars rose quickly. They joined Baby and Jamie. "I'm confused. How is 21224 Baby's name" said Jesse.
Baby slowly lifted her head from Jamie's shoulder. "Before Lexa trained me, they never bothered giving me a name. Genomex didn't put much stoke in names. I was in room 212, experiment number 24, hence the 21224."
"Let's just say I thought training a number was stupid but equally I couldn't think of anything to call her that fit her. So I converted the numbers into letters using the order of the alphabet. You know 1 equals A. 2 equals B etc." she explained
"Yeah Lexa's genius naming system meant that I've been called Baby ever since." Said Baby
"That was one stupid system Lex." said Brennan "She could've ended up as anything!"
"Hey it could've been worse. I was eighteen! She's lucky I didn't call her Trixiebell or something" said Lexa.
Baby shuddered dramatically "Baby's fine lets stick with Baby"
Shalimar watched Baby attempt to stand. She stumbled. Shalimar grabbed her arm. "I think we need to get you two to the lab and get you checked over" Jesse and Brennan helped Jamie to his feet. He winced in pain.
Baby turned back from where Shalimar had been taking her. "I hurt you again" her eyes drooped. "However much we try and avoid it. I keep on hurting you!"
"It wasn't your fault, besides I can have this fixed up in seconds" he said cheerfully. "Come on lets go to the lab" he took her hand and pulled her towards the stairs.
The others began to follow but paused as Brennan said "Jamie's right this place is going to need one hell of a refit" They looked round at the various scorch marks and the smashed marble where Baby and Jamie had landed.
"If anyone knows any good decorators now would be the time to say" said Shalimar as they all continued to the lab. They walked into the lab to see Jamie sat on one of the beds whilst Baby attempted to clean his wounds. Baby ran her hand across her claw marks in his neck.
"I'm sorry" she said bleakly. Baby turned to face the others as they walked in. "He'll be fine" she said in a strong voice which broke off at the end. "But will I? I can't fight this anymore. I cant live my life like this, never knowing when someone else is going to take control of me!" she said angrily.
Jamie reached out a hand comfortingly "It's going to be alright. I promise"
She ignored his hand. "How can you say that? How do you know! Lexa killed all those people before Jesse and Adam got the implant out of her. We've no idea what I did before we realised I was spacing out. Who did I kill? I don't know if I can live like this , the not knowing" she was ranting and pacing back and forth.
Lexa stepped forward "You'd know if you'd killed someone" she said softly "the memories would come through in your dreams" she shuddered.
"Well that's a consolation!" Baby said sarcastically. "I'm not a psycho and a murderer. Just a psycho! But how long will it be before I kill someone, one of you! I can't let that happen!"
"Why can't we just take it out of her like we did with Lexa?" asked Brennan.
"Because we need Adam to help" said Jesse despondently "It's too risky otherwise."
"Exactly!" said Baby "The one person we all need right now is in the hands of the enemy! I can't stay here and put all you lives at risk. I need to get out of here" she walked hurriedly towards the lab door.
Jamie hit a button on the screen in front of him. The lab door closed and locked itself. "I won't let you run from us. We already lost Devon that way and I care way too much to let you do the same."
Baby turned back to him, tears streaming down her face. "Yeah, well" she choked out "I care way too much about you" she looked to the others "all of you, to stay here and endanger your lives. Whilst this things in me "she pointed to her neck "that's all I am a danger to you all. None of you are safe" she walked towards Jamie; she leant in and kissed him hard on the mouth. "Sorry" she whispered to him before punching him hard in the face and grabbing the door controls from his hand and using them to reopen the door. She took the opportunity of their confusion to make her escape from the lab.
A.N sorry its short but its beginning to wrap up now, well sort of :) I have many sequels floating around in my head!