Take Me Home

Taking Control

Brian turned to AJ, his eyes wide. He'd never considered or even thought of the possibility that he could be Sienna's son, because he always thought he was from Earth. Kevin had never told him otherwise, nor had he even thought to ask. Yet something about this made sense somehow. He'd never known his parents. He'd been raised by Kevin and his father on military bases his whole life. He was an Empath, like Sienna.

"Oh my God, AJ. This...I don't know what to say. I never thought that I could be her son." Brian whispered.

"It makes sense though, especially after you told me you didn't know your parents and how you were sick all the time. What if you're not from Earth at all, but you're from Motrale?"

The two of them looked into the next room and saw Nick hooked up to various machines. Brian tried the keypad but it didn't work. Brian peered into the room, there didn't seem to be anyone else inside, and Nick was unconscious. Now it made some sense as to why he couldn't reach Nick telepathically, he was definitely in a coma. Brian's heart sank, but he was feeling hopeful now. The question was, how were they going to get him out of the room?

"He's in here! We found him! Help me try to get this door open, AJ."

AJ tried to open it for a minute or so before he decided to take out his gun, aiming for the door.

"No, not that way! Not that way!!!" Brian protested, but his pleas fell on deaf ears. AJ pushed Brian away from the door, ignoring him and fired his blaster at it, causing the handle to blow off as the electrical panel smoked. Brian began to cough.

"It's open now." AJ said, smirking.

"You are a fucking idiot. I told you not to draw attention to us, now hurry and let's grab him before they figure out what you did!"  Brian shouted, pushing into the door as it opened. Nick was unconscious but unguarded, so Brian tried to figure out how they would do this without triggering anything. His heart was practically pumping out of his chest from adrenaline but they managed to get Nick out of the room. AJ picked Nick up, carrying him over his shoulder as an alarm started going off over their heads in the hallway, red lights flashing. Out of nowhere, someone began to fire at them, Brian nearly dodging being hit by flattening himself against the wall.

"Oh, fuck." AJ said, noticing guards at the other end of the hallway coming towards them. Nobody was blocking their way to the holding bay so they dodged fire and made a run for their ship.

"This is why I told you not to draw attention to us. We are dead meat! Hurry to the ship. We might still have a chance to get away." Brian hissed.

"Not very likely."

Brian turned to see Sienna walking towards them with a smile on her face.

"I guess you're going to kill us now, might as well get it over with," AJ said, tossing his gun on the floor. Brian rolled his eyes.
                                          
"Now, now. I never said that, Alex. You think so little of me after all this time. I've let you live this long, haven't I? Just because you disobeyed me, there is no need for such violence." Sienna said in a sickly sweet voice that made Brian and AJ both feel nauseous immediately. Neither of them spoke or made any moves, other than AJ to adjust Nick, who was still over his shoulder.

"What's your angle, Sienna?" AJ asked. So many thoughts were going through Brian's mind right at that moment, about Sienna possibly being his mother, questioning where he was from, and what Sienna's motives were. He could have sworn he saw Sienna staring at him as if she were reading his thoughts right then.

"If you hand the Healer over, you are free to go." Sienna said. AJ and Brian looked at each other and knew there had to be some sort of catch to this arrangement. Brian wasn't about to give Nick up after they'd come all the way here to get him.