It was a calm night; a soft wind blew off the water and rustled the bushes Brennen was hiding behind. He paused, straining to see beyond the limited light the crescent moon provided. "I think we're good," Brennen whispered to the night air.

"Same here, from what I can tell there are teams out, three just went by. But I can't see any guards on the wall." Shalimar's voice echoed softly in Brennen's ear. He shifted slightly to see further around the building. Spotting a door half hidden by boxes, he quietly made his way through the brush to get a better look.

"I think I've got a way in. Side door, doesn't look used. Could make a quiet entrance…" His voice trailed off as he heard footsteps approaching. Ducking down a little lower, he waited for the men to pass before moving further ahead. "There's no one around it, and there's cover til about five feet from the door. I think this is going to be our best bet." He continued to creep sidewise, gaining a better view of the door every step he took.

"I don't know Brennen, don't you think we should all go in together. Could be a trap – the last one was." Emma's warning tone came over the comm.

"IF it is a trap, I don't want all of us walking in to it. Shal is closest, she can come with me, but I want you and Jesse to keep patrolling, see if you can find out anything – where Faith is preferably." Brennen saw Shalimar start creeping toward the door and wait for him to get there.

"Jesse and Emma, at the first sign of anything unusual or any sign of something wrong I want you tell Brennen and Shal right away – and then I want all of you to get out of there. The last thing Faith needs you guys to do is get caught or worse." Adam commanded from Sanctuary, his steady voice giving the 'go-ahead' signal.

Shalimar opened the door, sensing if anyone was there more than looking. Finding no one, she pushed it further and Brennen followed behind her. "You said your dad was an army freak right?" Shall moved further down the empty, dusty hall.

"Mark is an army freak. My father was a pilot in Vietnam…" Brennen stated flatly.

"Sorry," Shalimar stopped to face Brennen, "I just meant that, well, if Mark is such a military man, don't you think there would be soldiers posted everywhere, patrolling the hallways even. We've only seen three guys running around outside. It just seems a little too easy to me. Come on, an unguarded doorway, an empty hall, not even a hint of resistance." She gave a questioning look but continued up the hall, pausing at a dark doorway.

"Maybe he's slipping?" Brennen knew that wasn't true as soon as he said it and the sceptical look on Shalimar's face told him she didn't either. "Ok, maybe he's focusing on Faith. You know, taking guards off of empty hallways and posting them in front of her. He's got to know I'm going to come for her, so he's probably got most of his security around her." Brennen sent a spark into the room trying to see if there was a threat. Finding none they moved down the hall.

"Brennen, there's nothing out here. I mean nothing, no guards, no trucks, and no sign of Faith. There's lights on the west side of the building and from what I can tell, that's where the main force is because all of the movement seems to be coming from there." Jesse crackled over the comm.

"Well we're almost there." Shal whispered, "I can hear voices around the corner."

"Alright, just be careful. Don't try to take on Mark's army. If you need to, call Jesse and Emma." Adam's voice sounded in Brennen's ear.

Shalimar carefully peered around the corner, trying to see what laid ahead of them. "It looks like headquarters. Computer equipment, what looks like officers, some kind of armoured truck." Shalimar pulled her head back and faced Brennen. "I'd say five men, it doesn't look too hard to take. There's stairs leading down to the desks, so we've got the advantage of elevation and surprise."

"Well we think we've got surprise. They could be monitoring us right now. Still, a surge would wipe out their computers, let Jesse and Emma move more freely around the warehouse – hopefully find Faith." Brennen paused, trying to think of how best to make his move. The silence allowed him to hear muffled voices from the command center, one of them sticking out more than others; a commanding tone issuing orders. "He's there," was all he had to say, none of them had to ask who 'he' was.

"We're going. Brennen will knock out security and allow Jesse and Emma to get in. You two should patrol the East side; see if you can find Faith." Shalimar held three fingers up and slowly counted down.

Together, they silently stalked down the hall, pausing at the opening into the command centre. Crouching down, Brennen sent a surge of electricity through the air, hitting the computers and causing sparks to fly. Men scrambled, commands were shouted and a chaos started to take over, giving a perfect cover for Shalimar to jump down and start knocking some of the men out. With in five minutes, most of them lay unconscious and Shalimar had Mark up against a wall.

"Leave him, he's mine." Brennen's tone didn't leave room for discussion so Shalimar backed away, never taking her brilliant yellow eyes off of the man in front of her. She moved carefully over the bodies, and made her way up the stairs beside Brennen.

"What are you going to do? We need him alive in order to find Faith," she whispered at his elbow, careful not to let Mark hear.

"I'm not going to kill him that would be too easy. Look at his feet Shal, the power surge must have burst some kind of pipeline, it's flooding around him." The look in Brennen's eye send a chill down Shalimar's spine and she had to take a step back, feeling the hate radiate from her friend's body.

"Brennen, can't say I'm surprised to see you here. Though a little annoyed at your disturban-" but Brennen didn't wait for Mark to finish, he sent a shock of electricity through his body, intensified by the water he stood in.

"No talking eh? I guess we'll just get down to business." Mark gasped slightly as the pain left his body.

"I've got no business with you." Brennen's rage caused his next shock to intensify, forcing Mark to lean against the wall for support when Brennen lifted the electricity.

"I don't like it Jesse. Something is not right here." Emma's concern was not only evident in her voice, but it showed on her face too.

"What do you want to do about it? You really think Brennen is going to stop now. From what I can tell this guy Mark tortured him and Faith – and Brennen is not going to lose the chance for his revenge." Jesse could tell this didn't relieve any of Emma's frustration. "Let's just concentrate on Faith; can you sense her at all?"

Jesse waited as Emma closed her eyes, concentrating on the building in front of them.

Emma let out a small gasp, which knocked her slightly off balance. "Jesse…" Emma grabbed on to his arm to steady herself. "She's inside, and she's in pain." That was all Jesse needed. He grabbed Emma's hand and started to steer her towards the building.

Not knowing what they were looking for, or really how to find Faith, Jesse and Emma crept soundlessly along the edge of the building, taking their time to peer into each window before rushing to the next. Just as Jesse became exasperated enough to yell Faith's name to see what happens, Emma signals him over to the window she's looking in.

"I found her. It looks like she's in some kind of dark ditch. I don't know, it's too hard to see anything, I need more light!" Emma was standing on a wooden box thrown carelessly under the window. Her head moved from side to side as she tried to let the light from outside into the room while still being able to see. With no luck, she stepped down and allowed Jesse a fruitless try at the same thing.

"Anybody got a flashlight?" Jesse stepped from the box and leaned against the wall. There wasn't much they could risk without being able to see more of the room – for all they know it could be a trap and the walls are actually lined with men. Not exactly a smart move to phase into that.

As Emma repositioned herself outside the window, a soft, blue glow shot passed her and then disappeared, accompanied with a cry from Faith.

"What the hell was that?" Jesse jumped up beside Emma, peering pointlessly into the once again darkened room. "Emma, what happened?"

"I have no idea. There was just…like a power surge or something…like lightening? I dunno. But whatever it was it hurt Faith." Emma jumped off the box and Jesse pushed his way across to get a better look at nothing.

A dark grin spread across Brennen's face as Mark fell to his knees gasping for air.

"Enjoying the pain are we? Ha, you seem more like my child than Faith does." Mark refused to show any kind of pain on his face, instead keeping it a stony reflection of his aged features.

"He's right Brennen; I think this has gone far enough. Let's just take him back to Adam." Shalimar placed a reassuring hand on Brennen's shoulder to try to calm him down.

A voice crackled in both of their ears before Brennen could respond, "Guys, we found her. She's being kept in an outside room on the South-east corner. It's dark; we can't see anything further than her."

"Is she hurt?" Brennen's voice became eager as he turned from Mark and concentrated on Emma's voice.

"Like I said, it's dark. We can't see that much. But yeah, something keeps hurting her." Emma's soft tone lingered after she spoke.

"Well go get her then, why are you waiting to tell us that?" Brennen's voice rose as he pictured the grotesque things Mark was capable of.

"Not a good idea. If something is hurting her and you guys can't see in, what's to say it's not a trap or that it won't hurt you too?" Adam made sense, and Brennen knew it, but he didn't want to admit it. All he knew was that his baby sister was hurting and it was this sick freak's - in front of him – fault.

With a start, Brennen turned around and sent another jolt through Mark, the same grin finding his lips again. "Where is she and what the hell are you doing to her?" Brennen didn't wait for an answer before shocking Mark again.

"Oh, I'm not doing anything to her. But I can tell you that your precious little freak isn't going to last much longer – if indeed she has lasted this long, which would be a feat for such a weakling. And it's all thanks to you, her dear brother." Mark's face held a sadistic smile as he found the strength to stand once more.

"Don't listen to him Brennen, he's trying to mess with your mind." Shalimar cautioned what looked like the angriest Brennen she had ever seen.

"My fault? My fault? You bastard, look what you put her through. Anyone who can stand to be around you and turn out as good as she did has got nothing to do with weakness!" His anger caused sparks to shoot out his fingers and land on the puddle of water that had now reached the first step Brennen was standing on. "And what the hell is with the water? Renovating are we?" Brennen mocked as he let a shock fly to the water directly in front of him and watched as it hit Mark.

"The attacks are getting worse guys. More frequent or whatever. Jesse's going to phase in and out really quickly – just to see what's what." Emma had a note of panic in her voice as she informed the others, but said nothing else.

A silent ensued that Brennen felt stretched on way too long. Finally, a familiar crackle could be heard that was followed by Jesse's voice.

"It's flooded. At least, I think so. My shoes are wet and my feet are freezing. I'm pretty sure she's in some kind of pool – I told her to hold on, but I don't think she heard me, she didn't really seem to be that with it…she kept saying 'tell Brennen to stop'." Jesse's voice quavered a little at the end as Brennen tried to figure out what was going on.

"Freezing water…it could be hypothermia. If she's been in that for very long then she's probably almost unconscious. She wouldn't have even realized it was you Jesse, let alone that you were there to help her. Have the attacks stopped?" The panic had even reached Adam by now.

"Yes"

"Then I want you to phase in and grab her. Emma, watch from the window and make sure that he's covered. Brennen, I want you to keep Mark distracted and Shalimar, see if you can get to the Helix and get ready to pick everyone up." The team dispersed into their designated tasks, now with a reckless abandon that showed they didn't really care who knew they were there anymore, so long as Faith got out.

Brennen saw that Mark was beginning to limp toward a hallway, furious with him, Brennen sent another shock that caused him to fall to the ground. "Bet you really hate the fact that I'm a mutant now."

"Not really, it's all part of the plan, and I must say it's going off nicely." The excitement in Mark's eyes sent a chill threw Brennen that had nothing to do with the water now licking the step just below Brennen's feet. 'Anything that makes him that happy can't be good for us.'

"Adam … I tried … but the attack came again … I think they're electrocuting her too! That's why she's … in the water. It's strong attacks too." Jesse gulped for air as he phased out of the building. Reluctant to leave Faith but realizing that if he got hurt he wouldn't really be much of a help to her, he had had to return empty handed. "She's still muttering, something about Brennen and the plan. I didn't understand it."

"What do I have to do with the plan?" Brennen began to look around, make sure that he was indeed alone with Mark, and when he found that he was, the thought that he really had no idea what was going on scared the hell out of him.

"Don't you see? Are you really that dense? God…" but his voice cut off as Brennen sent another spark through him.

"Come on Jesse, I can't keep shocking Mark, this water is getting higher and I'll end up shocking myself soon." Brennen voiced as he took another step back and up.

"Oh my God, Brennen did you just shock Mark, like thirty seconds ago – and he's standing in a puddle of water?" Jesse crackled over the comm.

"Yeah, that is what I've been doing for the past ten minutes."

"That's it, that's what's happening. Brennen, you've got to stop. Don't shock him anymore because I think you're also shocking Faith!" the words hit Brennen like a ton of bricks, causing him to grab hold of the railing for support. 'Oh my god'

It was too much for Brennen, he disregarded everything, and throwing caution to the wind he jumped into the water and rushed at Mark, reaching him within seconds, but stopped short as he realized Mark was pointing a gun at him.

"It stops here Brennen. This was, after all, just a lesson. I wanted you to learn something; you mess with me, you come after me, try to stop me, and I'll bring it full force back to you. Hurt the ones you love…" a smile passed over Mark's hardened features as he began to back towards a door Brennen hadn't seen.

"You sick bastard, you sick, fucked up, bastard! How could you do that? She's your daughter for Christ's sake!" Brennen was yelling now and didn't even hear Adam's command for Jesse to go get Faith.

"Wrong. She's your sister, she's a freak and she is dying…but she is not my daughter. How could I have a daughter like that?" Anger – the first sign of emotion Brennen had seen Mark show – burned in Mark's eyes. "Why would I want a daughter like her?" He spat the words at Brennen, reaching for the door now. "I just want you know – whatever she says – the pain she felt, the torture she went through, hell her death maybe – it's all on you." Mark had opened the door by now and Brennen could see a truck parked just beyond it. "She stood shivering in a pool of freezing water, crying your name as you sadistically shocked her to near death, and the whole time she was waiting for you to come bursting through the door and rescue her, it was you that she needed rescuing from," and with that he was gone, leaving a eerie echo of pain behind.