Intrigue & Passion-10
by: Susan
"NOOOOO!!!! "
Brenda let out an anguished cry that even had Darius shuddering. She wasn't going to let him win. Jerry's voice came to her from a memory.
"Nothing they do to you will affect you Brenda. Nothing they give you can change who you are! You ARE Brenda Barrett-Jacks. Darius has lost his hold on you. Only my voice Brenda, my voice or Jax's can break you. Not Darius, you're free now Brenda. "
Rage boiled within her and Brenda snarled. He wasn't going to turn her against them, not this time.
Darius stepped back when he saw the look on Brenda's pale bruised face. Something had gone terribly wrong. Seconds later Brenda broke free of the bonds they had used to tie her to the bed. Before either Darius or the doctor he had with him could react she was on them. In one fluid movement she knocked the gun from his hand and had him on the floor face down, with her arm pressed against his neck.
Doctor Anthony had run from the room.
"Did you think you could turn me against the WSB Darius? Hmmm, I think you did. Let me tell you something. "
Brenda pulled his head up by his hair and whispered in his ear.
"You failed. I'll tell you something else too. When I'm done with you here, I'm going after Sonny, and when I bring him down everybody involved with him will come down. Be happy you aren't going to be here to see it. "
He didn't have time to react, his counter-attack wouldn't have done him any good as she broke his neck. His lasts thoughts were to damn her.
Jerry walked into the room. It was his time to guard Brenda. He was stunned. Brenda was kneeling on Darius's back and he watched horrified as she snapped his neck and killed him. The instant the door opened, she faced him, still kneeling on Darius.
Her eyes were wild.
"Brenda…"
Confusion filled her. What the hell was she doing out of the bed, and then she realized that she was Kneeling on top of Darius, and he was dead. Oh god. Shaking she dimly heard Jerry's voice.
"I killed him Jerry. I just…with my hands. "
She stood up and started towards Jerry, but her legs wouldn't hold her. He caught her before she collapsed.
As they got off the plane a light drizzle started. Callie turned to Jax and reached out.
"Piggy back. "
Happy to oblige Jax lifted Callie onto his back. She giggled when he skipped a little bit.
Jane hurried to the door as the rain started coming down. The first thing she heard was her grand-daughter's laughter. It rang out clear and innocent on the doorstep.
The little girl was bent down kissing Jax's cheek when she spotted Jane and her eyes went wide. She tapped Jax's shoulder.
"Is that Lady Jane? "
"Yes. "
"Where's King John? "
"King John? "
Jax watched the confusion on his mother's face and laughed when his dad appeared in the doorway behind her. Callie started jumping up and down. Before anyone could think she had launched herself into John's arms and was studying his face. After giving him a quick kiss she grinned again.
"Did you really save Lady Jane from a dragon, and from the Wicked witch ummm, Tracy? "
Everybody laughed and Jax hugged his mom as John carried Callie into the house answering her questions. Jane wrapped his arm around her son's waist as she listened to the outrageous lie John was telling the little girl about a dragon that had threatened the castle they lived in.
"Burned it to a cinder he did. Wretched dragon. "
"King John? Lady Jane? Jax what is this all about? "
"I'll tell you later mum. Have you heard from Jerry yet? "
"No, we were hoping you have. Jax what's going on? Why didn't Brenda tell you that you had a daughter? "
Callie was falling asleep in John's arms while he told her a story.
'She looks just like Brenda doesn't she? "
"Jax? "
"Let's get her to bed and then I'll explain everything to you. "
Jerry made it out of the hotel with no difficulties. He hurried into a car he had waiting and practically flew to the airport. The plane was waiting on the runway. He had called ahead to have it ready. Brenda muttered Jax's name, then Callie's and groaned. Reaching over he was disturbed to find her burning up. Dammit, what had Darius given her? Gently carrying Brenda onto the plane he sighed. He'd take her to Alaska, she'd heal better there, without the probing eyes of the WSB.
"Jax, "
Brenda's voice was barely a whisper but Jerry could hear the pain in it.
"Please, please don't leave. Don't…I'm pregnant. "
Jerry's had stilled as he pulled a pair of sweat pants on Brenda's shaking body. He had put the plane on auto-pilot for a minute. Had Jax known about Callie?
"Brenda sweetie, "
She opened her eyes and smiled weakly at him.
"Jerry, "
"Did Jax know about Callie when he left you? "
"No, "
The pain was fresh in her mind, the memory of Jax walking out the door, of her sobbing hopelessly as he left.
"no, because I didn't know then whether it was his child or Sonny's. "
She closed her eyes then against the physical and emotional pain that was overwhelming her, and let the fever take her under. Jerry turned off the auto-pilot and concentrated on flying. Brenda was burning up with fever, worse than it had been when they first got on the plane. Grabbing his phone he punched in a number. Jax answered.
"Jax here. "
"Jax, it's Jerry. "
Jax's reaction was instant and predicted.
"Brenda? "
"With me. Listen Jax, she's really sick. Darius gave her something. I don't know what it was, but she'd having a real bad reaction to it. Have dad set up the containment unit. We'll need to run tests when we get her home. Jax…"
"Yeah Jer? "
"Did you know about Callie when you left her? "
"No. "
Jax sighed.
"I never would have left. "