Chapter 13: - Unlucky for some??
A.N: - Hey thanks for the reading and reviewing and again there's a load of medical mumbo jumbo in this and I'll be honest the research that went into it was zip so its probably all rubbish but I hope you get past that and enjoy the chapter.
Lexa indistinctly took aim at Dr. Harrison. A blast of laser left her fingers before she had time to analyse her options. The beam hit its target burning the flesh of Harrison's wrist. He dropped the neuro- controller in surprise and clutched his singed wrist to him, the pain was excruciating.
Lexa took aim at Harrison again but never got to fire off the shot as she was distracted by the ominous chocking sound behind her. She whirled to see Baby attempting to strangle Shalimar as she struggled futilely against Baby's killer grip.
Lexa's minute delay allowed Harrison the time to whisk around the corner of the building and out of sight. Lexa saw the neuro-controller lying on the floor; she knew this was her only chance of stopping Baby's rampage. She ran down the alleyway towards it as fast as she could but Shalimar's cries of anguish grew more and more hoarse.
Metres behind her, Shalimar and Baby were rolling around on the floor, each trying to claim supremacy, wherever they moved Baby's hands never relinquished their grip upon Shalimar's wind pipe. Shalimar kept forcing Baby's hands away but only for long enough to draw in a sharp breath before Baby's hand enclosed around her neck again cutting off her air supply.
Lexa grabbed the fallen neuro- controller and began examining it, there were loads of buttons, none of which were labelled. Lexa couldn't risk pressing something which could endanger Shalimar or Baby any further. Lexa did the only thing she could think of; she manipulated her laser beam into a circular shape and sent a quick blast directly at the device. It exploded; circuitry went flying everywhere as the casing shattered.
Instantly the noises of combat behind Lexa ceased, she whirled around and ran towards the pair both of whom were lying flat on the ground facing upwards, neither were moving, not a single muscle.
Lexa skidded to a halt next to their inert bodies, she fell to her knees, grabbing for Shalimar's hand she checked for a pulse "Be o.k. please be o.k." she muttered.
"I didn't know you cared, Lexa" whispered Shalimar, trying to be sarcastic; the effect was lost somewhat in the hoarseness of her voice. She opened one eye slowly as she rolled her head towards Lexa's voice.
Lexa jumped at the unexpected sound but she didn't relinquish her death grip upon Shalimar's had. Lexa released a happy sigh "thank god" she breathed.
"Ah Lexa, do you think you could let go of my hand now? You're cutting off my circulation here" Shalimar whimpered softly.
"Sorry" Lexa said dropping Shalimar's hand.
Shalimar grinned slightly. "I guess you got the guy then, or else I'd have breathed my last breath by now!" Shalimar's voice was beginning to return to normality but she winced as she attempted to sit up, a killer headache was pounding at her temples.
"Not exactly" Lexa admitted as she crawled to Baby's side "he got away"
"Then how come I'm not out for the count now?" Shalimar asked joining Lexa at Baby's side "Is she alright?" she asked concernedly.
"Pulse is steady but the question is which Baby is she?" Lexa reached up to lift Baby's eyelids.
"Ow! Quit it!" Baby groaned flinging her arms up to force Lexa away. Her eyes snapped open and they blazed a fiery yellow without any trace of white dulling it.
Lexa pulled her into a tight hug; only releasing her so Shalimar could do the same. Baby accepted this treatment in confusion.
"Where the hell are we? And what the hell are we doing here? And why does every bone in my body ache?" Baby looked around bemusedly. "Scratch all that, I probably don't want to know!" she said as she noted the multitude of scratch marks on Shalimar's neck and arms.
"Let's just say you caused a whole heap of trouble" Shalimar admitted.
Something suddenly struck Baby as being odd, she sat bolt upright and turned to Lexa "You're o.k." she breathed.
"Yep. Looks like I'm not going anywhere" Lexa attempted nonchalance although her beaming grin made a mockery of it.
Baby's grin filled her entire face and she was about to say something but she was interrupted by Lexa "and they'll be no more walks on the dark side for you" she held up the remnants of the neuro- controller.
Baby took it from her "It's really over?" she asked disbelieving.
"yes but Dr. Harrison got away" Lexa looked angry.
"It was Dr. Harrison!" Shalimar yelled "Ohh when I track him down I'm guna…"
"Get in line" Baby interrupted, her eyes flashing yellow.
"But he can't control you ever again, and now we can take this" Lexa brushed aside Baby's hair to reach the implant "out as soon as we get back without ear that it'll be activated"
Baby nodded, tears streaming down her face. "Where are the guys?" she asked between sobs.
"Shit!" said Shalimar jumping up "there still trapped by the fire!"
"What fire?" Lexa asked.
"Mine?" Baby half questioned, guessing correctly. Shalimar lead the way, Baby fast on her heels as Lexa brought up the rear. They ran back to the original point of confrontation, they rounded the side of a building to see that the wall of flames was still blazing strongly, the rubbish strewn everywhere feeding the flames. Baby ran forwards, fire pulsing from her fingers; she aimed at the wall and then with a look of great pain forced the flames back into her body.
Shalimar and Lexa rushed past Baby towards the guys who were huddled in an unconscious heap in the corner. Shalimar dragged Brennan's slumped body off the others and began checking him over. Lexa did the same to Jesse and Jamie till Baby took over Jamie once the fire was under control.
"Oxygen they need compressed Oxygen now! They've inhaled way to much smoke" Shalimar yelled.
"Where's the Lark?" Baby asked quickly.
Lexa pointed. Baby's eyes flashed yellow as she noted it's position
Shalimar had already heaved Brennan up to drape over the back of her as she trudged back towards the Lark. Baby grabbed up Jamie as if he weighed nothing at all and strung him over one shoulder, she then turned to Jesse and grabbed him up as well.
"You can't be serious" said Lexa jumping to her feet and following the strange sight of a tiny girl hauling two far larger men.
"You wanna carry him?" Baby asked non-plussed by the weight she was lugging.
"No. You're alright but when the hell did you get so strong?" Lexa asked
Baby just smiled in response entering the Lark, she dumped both guys into chairs, and Shalimar had already done the same with Brennan. Baby pulled a lever and Oxygen masks fell from the ceiling just like a regular passenger plane. She shoved one onto Jamie's face and the others followed suit.
"Nice safety feature" Shal said checking Brennan's pulse and feeling for any other injuries beside the obvious burns to his chest, which she could do nothing for till they got to the lab.
"No expense spared. Can you guys look after him" her eyes flicked to Jamie "while I get us back" her face showed the guilt she was feeling at causing them further pain.
They both nodded. Baby ran to the console and began the take off procedure. Lexa checked Jesse as Shalimar moved over to Jamie. Jesse had a pretty nasty gash to the side of his head and probably had a concussion but the smoke inhalation was the biggest cause of concern.
Just as Shalimar began to examine Jamie he bolted forward, yanking the face mask off. He coughed up a large quantity of blood his eyes were wide as he spluttered blood all down himself.
"He must have internal bleeding" Shalimar said with concern. Baby heard this and their speed increased exponentially as she rushed to get him to the lab.
Jamie's coughing subsided and just before they shoved the face mask back on he managed to splutter out "Baby?"
"She's fine, we stopped him, it'll never happen again" Lexa reassured him. They saw him smile slightly before unconsciousness claimed him again.
Jesse began to stir beside him, Lexa turned to him as he removed the mask from his face. "Sit still, you have a concussion and you've taken in a lot of smoke, you need this" she forcefully reapplied the mask.
He began mumbling something but it was indistinguishable from behind the mask, however it sounded suspiciously like "I'm fine" to which Lexa glared at him and he offered no further protest but began twisting his head to look for the others.
Lexa pulled his head back "Baby's fine, she's back with us Brennan has some burns and smoke inhalation, Shals got some nasty scrapes and bruises but will be fine. Jamie's not looking so hot though he's got some internal bleeding probably broken ribs punctured his lung" Lexa knew he needed to know the condition of everyone but also knew what his response to Jamie's wounds would be. He began struggling to get up. "You're not doing anything with that concussion you'll be a liability rather than a help. He glared at her before sitting back in defeat.
Brennan came around slowly and winced at the pain radiating from his chest. He opened his eyes and starred straight into Shalimar's fearful gaze. His smile grew, she was o.k. he pulled the mask aside and passed his painful throat managed to get out the words "I'm dory for being an arse before"
Shalimar snorted "maybe its you with the concussion, you just apologised!"
Brennan went to move the mask again but she stopped him from speaking, putting the mask back in place. "Later, we'll talk about it later, once we've sorted out those burns" he nodded meekly suddenly looking around for the others " all present and accounted for, battle scarred but we'll make it" Shalimar said giving him a somewhat vague view of what had happened.
Baby hadn't said anything throughout the entire ride, but she broke her silence now "were home"
A.N:- by the way the title for this chapter no real relevance to the chapter at all just got to chapter 13 and couldnt think of a decent title so i stuck with Unlucky for some?? Anywho just thought I'd share that with you!