Shalimar rushed towards the garage and managed to bet the boys by a mere inch. She pushed the key pad and the door switched opened and she stormed to the drivers' seat and got in. She jerked the belt over her chest and jammed the key in the engine.

“Shalimar, I don't think you should drive.” Brennan said as he put a strong and firm hand on her shaking one. “We need to get to the mutant in one piece, and with your temper ..."

Shalimar turned her face and snarled at him; using her feline powers to make her point and anger across. Brennan sighed deeply in his thoart and pulled his hand away and just stared out the front window. He held on tight and he heard Jesse's grunt in the back seat as Shalimar jerked the car out of the garage and screeched down the driveway.

“Looks like I am going have to repave that.” Brennan sighed under his breath.

Jesse jerked forward and than back. “Shit Shalimar, slow the hell down why don't you. I don't know if I can use my power to save us with this reckless driving.”

Shalimar instead just sped up and twisted the wheel around a sharp corner, she finally slowed down as she felt Brennan crash in her side and Jesse crashing in the back of her seat. She almost lost control of the wheel. She braked and stared out the front window. “I'm sorry.” She whispered.

“Get out.” Brennan hissed. He jerked his door opened as soon as he straighten out. He left the door open and stormed around the car and jerked the drives side of the car open. “I said G-E-T O-U-T.” When she didn't move he reached in and grabbed her arm and forced her out of the car. He forced marched her around the back of the car and made sure that she got into the seat and he buckled her seat belt around her. He slammed the door shut and rushed back around the car and slid into the seat. After he buckled his seatbelt he continued to drive ... fast but not dangerous.

“Ok team, the Mutant is at the abandon where house off of route I90.” Adam's calm voice said.

“Got it.” Brennan said turning towards the where house. “How long do we have, Adam?”

“Ten minutes.” Adam said.

“Got it.” Brennan said as he pressed his foot down till the peddle was on the floor and he drove towards the where house. “We'll be there in eight minutes.”

“Why do I sense tension?” Emma asked in a worried voice.

“Uh just Shalimar was over anxious to kick some Gemonix ass that she almost drove us into a cliff.” Jesse said trying to laugh it off.

“Shal.” Emma said.

Shalimar remained silent as she stared out the front window.

“Five minutes till bulls eyes.” Brennan said.

“Shal.” Emma repeated. Still silence.

“All right lets kick some ass.” Brennan said as he jerked to a stop. He wasn't surprised that Shalimar jerked her car door opened and rushed towards the where house. “You know the plan, Jesse.”

Jesse nodded and opened the back door and got out and rushed after Shalimar when Brennan quickly over took him. He smiled a thin line, the Gemonix assholes don't know what was going to hit them. Not only Brennan and him but one seriously pissed of Shalimar Fox. He actually almost felt sorry for the hit men. But not too much.

Shalimar flew over every piece of shit that got in her way; she finally heard the hopelessness in the mutant's voice as he tried desperately to fight alone. She twisted around a pillar and she was quickly standing behind one of the bad asses who thought they were going to take the innocent mutant off to Gemonix to be “tested”. She was actually going to enjoy this ass kicking.

“Didn't your mother ever teach you to always be aware on what's going on behind your back.” She said in a sugar sweet voice.

The tall bald bulky man spun around and suddenly he had an evil light in his eyes, “Aw Shalimar Fox it's a pleasure seeing you again.” He quickly rushed her and tried to grab her leg just as she jumped over him. She landed nicely on her feet. “Boris you old sleaze bag, I thought Eckart had finally disposed of you since we last met.” She rushed at him and managed to knock him flat on his back with just a swing kick to the gut.

Brennan had arrived at the scene by now and was busy fighting off two guys who had managed to knock the mutant down and bloody his face. He quickly boxed one of the bad asses into the corner and keep the second one at bay with his head and his feet. Once the Hench man was trying to catch his breath, Brennan turned around and began to beat the shit out of the second bad ass hit man. He smiled as he was beginning to feel the sweat break out. “God, I'm having the best workout. How about you?” He didn't allow the hit man to speak as his right fist shot right into his mouth and broke ten teeth.

Jesse arrived just than and noticed that a hit man was slowly coming up on an unaware Shalimar. “Shal!” He shouted but it was too late the hit man managed to throw a lucky punch at her back and she pitched forward to the floor. Jesse managed to hear the crack of her skull just as he felt himself heating up ... he quickly rushed towards the hit man whom had made Shalimar fall and quickly burnt him to a crisp. He left the man screaming and turned quickly around and shot his hands out and allowed the fire to hit the other three hit man. Only two hit man remained alive. The one that Brennan broke the teeth and the man that Brennan had beaten where he had to sit on the floor to get his breathing under control.

“Get the mutant out of here. I'll protect Shalimar.” Jesse breathed deeply.

Brennan rushed to the fallen mutant and quickly picked him up and rushed away from the scene.

Jesse looked the living hit men in the eyes as they stood to their feet ready to fight some more. “If you even think of taking one step closer, than you will meet the fate of your three friends.” He breathed as he felt himself heat up even more than before.

The two hit man looked at Jesse than at one another than turned and fled. “Adam, Shalimar is down.” Jesse said as he quickly got his body temperance back to normal.

“We'll here.” Adam said as he quickly knelt down to the fallen Mutant X team member.

Jesse turned around quickly and looked down at his fallen team mate. What he saw took the breath right out of his lungs. “Oh God, Shal.” He said as he felt tears well up and fall onto his checks.

Shalimar Fox looked like the devil got a hold of her and decided to have some fun with her. A small ever growing pool of blood was flowing down her side. Her forehead was ripped open from side to side. Her one visible eye was puffy and bright purple. Her right side of her face as all puffy and bright purple as her eye. Her color was pale – as if all the blood had been drained away.

“Adam,” Jesse chocked out.

“It's going to be all right, Jesse, she'll be all right.” Adam said in a firm voice as he quickly turned her over onto her back. “Emma, we'll need to stitch her up here, I can't risk waiting till we are back at the Sanctuary.”

Emma had gotten on Shalimar's other side and quickly had set up the medical tools that Adam would require. She quickly prepared the area around Shalimar's head and started to handle the tools that Adam asked for in a tight voice. Adam was soon cutting the final code to the final stitch. “Ok Jesse, I want you to take her feet, I'll take her head. Emma I want you to put the stethoscope and listen as we get to the hover bird.”

The two mutants quickly followed their leaders and their father figure orders and they soon had Shalimar lying buckled in on the bed. Jesse got in the drivers side and they were soon heading back towards the mountain where the Sanctuary was craved in to. Both Adam and Emma were by Shalimar's side checking her stats.

Jesse stopped the hover bird and he quickly helped Adam carry Shalimar into the lab. Brennan had been pacing back and forth but stopped dead in his tracks as he took in Shalimar. “Shit.” He breathed as he felt his heart stop.

“Boys, out.” Adam said in a stern voice as he rushed to his scanner.

The boys took one last look at their fallen teammate and left the lab leaving Adam and Emma to their work.

END CHAPTER FOUR

Author's Note: In a way I have to thank two bad ass customers and my night manger for this chapter. I don't think I could have written this fight scene in under twenty minutes and with such anger other wise. It has turned out better than I originally wanted it too.