Chapter 19: Conspiracy

"Who the hell is The Order?" When I left Jesse I walked around a bit trying to get a handle on this, "sounds so like a dumbass comic book! And not to mention he's a traitor!"

Upon turning the corner I ran into Adam. At this point I wasn't sure if I could trust Adam after looking his signatures on Samuel's documents.

"Who is The Order?" I just flat out asked folding my arms.

He stopped walking, "How do you know about The Order?" I tried to think quickly, "A friend…she mentioned something about them."

He rubbed his chin, "come to my office after midnight."

I was a little shocked that he wanted to wait till everyone was asleep.

"Alright, I'll be there."

Adam didn't seem to show any emotion before walking away.

Adam stayed hidden is some part of Sanctuary. Being bored as hell and moody I decide to just take a long nap with Lucy, who was already napping on her blanket. Someone knocked on the door around dinner time, but I just rolled over and went back to sleep and luckily they went away. I had the best dream that I had in a long time…he was there, Jeremy...lying next to me in our bed with a finger to my mouth to quiet me. I knew that I was dreaming but it just felt so real, which made me wonder if Jer was getting inside my mind while I was asleep.

"I've missed you," he whispered brushing my hair with his other hand, "you need to help me…he has me and won't let go of me."

I looked at him strangely not expecting him to say that. "Who?" I asked but got no answer…Jeremy looked scared and then I woke up.

Lucy was licking my face knowing something was up. "It's okay Lucy…I'm fine." Wiping my face I sat up and realized it was after midnight; I figured Jeremy had already gone to bed…my shoulders shook trying to get off that creepy vibe his voice gave me in the dream.

I went down to the lab like Adam had told me to do. Going in the lights were not on, "Adam? You here?" I called out trying to whisper. I smelled him behind me and turned around, "there you.." I was cut off by a punch to the face, "what the hell Adam?" I rubbed my bruised cheek, "don't make me hit you back," I warned but he said nothing, just stared. Jeremy came around behind me and elbowed me in the back sending me to the ground, "is this some kind of test thing?" I hissed in pain.

"No, you know too much now" with another punch to the head it was lights out for me.

I woke in a cage, should've known…I always wake up in a cage. "You people are sick you know that?" I yelled and Jeremy walked in, "you…you put Adam up to this…I knew you were lying to me, whose The Order?" I went to get up but fell down.

Jeremy of course started laughing his ass off, "oh I've missed you Valerie."

I refused to look at him and just sighed, "they will find out...I won't let this happen." Jeremy came to the bars, "he cries when he sees you, ya know, it's very touching."

I crawled over to him and looked into his strange eyes; I knew that this wasn't the Jeremy I knew, "what are you?"

He started laughing again and it made me cringe, 'A mutant...I need a host to live in, when I discovered this man had a connection to Adam I decided to come find him, and use this mutant's power to control him. Samuel did this to me….He destroyed my body in the first place. I had a normal life…a family and children, he took that away from me!" he yelled in anger.

I only wished the others could hear him and come down to check things out…but then I realized he wasn't yelling it out loud but in my mind. I was shocked….the dream was right, Jeremy was trying to get help and I just forgot about it. "I'm going to help you Jer, but you have to fight him."

He blasted me, sending me across the cell, "you fool!"

"Shut up I wasn't talking to you" I snapped, and he opened the cell door upon hearing me talk back to him. He grabbed me and ordered me to get up. I used the wall to help me up and I stared him down, "I'm not afraid of you…bring it if you want your ass kicked so badly."

The mutant knocked me out in one quick punch.

I was still stuck in the cage when I woke up, but with a plate of food sitting there for me. When he managed to out fight me and now I was paying with the pain. I whimpered trying to get to the plate of food; I could feel him watching me. As I started eating and I noticed my comlink still on my finger.

"You don't have to watch me eat."

He nodded and said he had to go anyway but put Adam in charge of watching me. I knew that he was going to hear me, but I needed to take a risk and get the other's attention. Poor Adam…this bastard was fucking with Adam's mind...making him follow orders.

"HELP IM LOCKED UP! JEREMY HAS A MUTANT TAKING OVER HIM! DON'T LET HIM-" As I yelled on the comlink Adam opened the cage and started tackling me. I fought back poorly but he pulled out a knife and started cutting my arm and cheek before I put him out and locked him up. I tripped on my feet and started crawling up the stairs as Jesse was running down them.

"He used his abilities…on Adam…I put him in the cage. We need to get that guy out of Jeremy."

Jesse picked me up and carried me up the stairs, "It's gonna be alright…I don't think he's left Sanctuary."

Just as he finished the alarm on Sanctuary triggered sealing tight all the exits, we were now the prisoners in our own home.