Crimson Strength - The Gifted [DISCONTINUED]

Chapter 5

Thanks to Clarice's portals, we were able to meet up with Lorna and Marcos in no time.  I walk in to see Lorna on the ground beside Agent Turner. An uncontrollable smile etches its way onto my face and it was anything but kind.

"We got here as quickly as we could." Dreamer explains to Marcos. I look to Lorna and see a very similar smile to mine is on her face as well.

"We've got something else in mind." she says. 

Looking out the window of the warehouse I see multiple Sentinel Service cars pull up outside. I turn back to the others and say:

"We got company. Whatever you need to do, do it quick." 

Turning back to the window I see dozens of agents pile out of their cars and take their positions against us. In a matter of seconds, they order our surrender. I quickly look to Lorna, knowing what we had to do next. 

"Wanna cause some trouble?" I ask her with an evil smirk, my eyes turning to red. Lorna gives Dreamer some instructions before walking towards me, her hands already guarded by her green glow. 

"Let's make some chaos." she says with a grin. 

Lorna takes her stance in the middle of the room, focusing on all of the metal poles scattered across the floor. She then slowly lifts her hands, multiple poles floating in midair behind her. I take that as a sign for me to get ready, so I turn back to my window, watching the agents closely. 

In a matter of seconds, multiple poles were shot into the roofs and windshields of the convoys and cars, signalling my turn to attack. With my hands protected by their red glow, I throw all of the cars away, causing some of them to flip. Then I grab a few of the guns from the agents and throw them aside, hoping to scare them off for a few minutes.

Turning back around, I wait patiently with the rest as Dreamer does her thing. The seconds felt like minutes and I was worried that we were running out of time. And I was right. I hear glass break from behind me and I quickly turn around to see gas bombs rolling in. All of them quickly explode revealing their contents to us.

"It's tear gas!" Marcos yells as he coughs. 

As I cough I quickly stand by the doorway and push all of the tear gas away from us, my hands glow becoming stronger. With ease, I guide the fumes to the holes in the roof. However, agents were storming towards the building at an alarming rate/ 

Clarice quickly gets behind me and creates a portal to our escape. Marcos runs towards us as Lorna drags Dreamer with her. Once all three of them were through the portal, I walk through as well, Clarice right behind me. 

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"It was a little hazy but there was a building, some documents, and a logo," Sonya explains as she places sketches on the table in front of us. 

John is stood beside me, a tense look on his face. I look back at the documents before I get caught.

"I don't recognize that," Strucker says.

"I do," John replies. "This was on our friend's arm. Like a tattoo or a brand."

Strucker grabs a different sketch and looks at it with a knowing look.

"Do you know that place?" I ask.

"It's the Federal Building in Baton Rouge...some people I prosecuted were transferred there. I don't know what happened to them because they would disappear." 

An uncomfortable silence settles between the group since the news was very hard to swallow. Dreamer suddenly touches my arm gently and whispers:

"I need to talk to you."  

I follow her into a  separate room and she pulls out a different sketch. One of Danni. Tears form in my eyes when I see it so Sonya quickly explains.

"I pulled a memory of her from Agent Turner. He sent her to this orphanage," she says while handing me another page.

"I-I know where that is." I stutter while looking at Sonya with a tearful face. I carefully place the sketches on the couch beside me and hug her tightly.

"Thank you, Sonya," I whisper. She pulls away from our embrace with a bright smile on her face.

"Go get your baby back." She says.

And so I listen. Quickly running out of the room, I go down to the storage area and collect a few things I would need like diapers and a car seat. Once all of that was collected, I get it into one of the cars. Before I can leave, I hear John from behind me.

"You think I'm going to let you get our daughter without me?"

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Thankfully, the orphanage was only about half an hour away, and thanks to John's driving we got there even sooner. My leg bounced up and down in anticipation the entire car ride. John parked the car in the woods close by and we formulated a plan.

"Can you keep guard in case the cops are called?" I ask.

"Yeah but what about the careworkers and the kids?" he answers.

"Leave that to me," 

John nods and we both walk onto the property. Once I was in range, I swipe one of my hands in front of me, and all of the security cams were disabled in a matter of seconds. I then raise my glowing red hands, the colour slowly flowing out of my hands and into the building.

"Sleep." I whisper.

Soon, I feel everyone's subconscious slow down, telling me it was safe. I drop my hands and the colour disappears as I run towards the building, John trailing behind me. I rip the door off of its hinges and quickly walk inside. I don't know if it was motherly intuition or the fact that she was the only one awake, but I found Danni in seconds.

"Hey, baby girl." I coo with tears in my ears. I carefully lift her up from the bassinet and hold her close. I turn around to see John looking at us with happy tears in his eyes. 

"Is that her?" he asks as he walks closer. I nod quickly as happy tears pour down my face.

John hugs me with his side as we both stare down at our daughter, her bright blue-grey eyes looking at us in wonder. I softly stroke her cheek, missing the feeling of my skin on hers.

"She's perfect, Dana," John whispers before placing a gentle kiss to my forehead.

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"I'm sorry for getting angry back there," John whispers, his daughter fast asleep on his chest as he sits in the chair behind his desk.

"About that...I think we should hold off on our relationship for now. Focusing on Danni needs to be our priority and our issues would complicate that."

"I can respect that, but you're still my right hand?"

"Always," I say with a smirk.

Looking at the two of them melts my heart. Here was this strong and proud man, completely in love with his little girl. I knew that he would do anything for her from then on out, the protectiveness he had for her rubbing off on me. I yawn softly and lay down in the chair that sits in John's office. The two of them drift off to sleep before me, but once I succumb to the same need, nightmares haunt me. 

A/N- Hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Below is how Danielle looks since she is now 5 months old!

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