Chapter 1: Reunion

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from Mutant X, nor do l take any credit for any characters but Jade, who is my creations and shouldn't be used without permission. Thanks!

Jade sent a message to the email address that she last had for Adam. She only hoped that he would get it and he would agree to meet her after so long... Jade knew there was a good chance that he wouldn't want to talk to her again, she did leave just as their relationship was going somewhere.

She sat silently, her mind churning with thoughts as she waited anxiously for a reply from Adam.

Adam had just finished talking to the Mutant X team, they had just left in a group to go watch t.v in the rec room. The beep of the incoming message caught his attention and he turned and walked to the computer and sat down, pressing a button to bring up the message from Jade.

He read the message in shocked silence, it had been years since he had heard from Jade. She had been a Mutant X member before she mysteriously disappeared and left him wondering where she'd gone.

He quickly typed a message, glancing at the clock as he did. Once the message sent he turned in his chair and looked thoughtfully around, would she want to come back? Why had she left? So many unanswered questions ran through Adam's mind, he was brought of his thoughtful daze as Emma and Jesse came strolling into the lab.

Emma looked at Adam oddly as she saw his expression. "What's wrong Adam?" she asked concerned, she glanced at Jesse who shrugged at her.

Adam looked up at them and gave them a smile "one of the first mutants of Mutant X has just contacted me. She wants to meet me again" he said his face not revealing any of the surging emotions that he felt inside.

Jesse's eyes light up "one of the first? What is her name? What powers does she have? Is she going to be a part of Mutant X again? Why did she leave?"

Emma put a hand over her mouth to keep herself from laughing over Jesse's rush of questions.

Adam laughed and shook his head. "Her name is Jade, she is a telekinetic." After he answered their first two questions he was quiet a minute, then spoke again, "I don't know if she'll become a part of Mutant X. That is up to her and how things have gone for her..." he said his eyes going distant for a moment. "I don't know why she left, one day she was here, the next there was a note from her saying that she was sorry but she had to leave."

Jesse and Emma looked at each other, they both had heard the note of sadness in Adam's voice and got the feeling that there was more to this Jade woman then Adam was letting on.

Before they could say anymore two more voices came into the room. Brennan and Shalimar walked into the room and stopped and looked at the others, Shalimar tilted her head "what's wrong?"

Adam stood and looked at them all "Emma and Jesse will tell you. I have to go out for a little bit, hopefully when l return I'll have another mutant for Mutant X..." he said his voice thoughtful.

With that he left the group standing there watching him go.

Jade smiled at the response she got and laughed softly. Adam was still the same after all this time, that was good to know. She would need his strength and support more now then ever.

She stood and paused sensing someone watching her. She turned her pale blue eyes towards a table in the corner of the coffee shop and they locked onto a older man sitting there who was watching her intently.

Ignoring the man she turned on her heel and walked out of the coffee shop. She knew that they were after her and she knew that she wouldn't be able to hide her troubles from Adam for long...but she had to try.

Jade walked to a car parked down the street, it was a small white sports car and she smiled as she used her powers a little to unlock the car door. She slid inside and pulled out onto the street a few minutes later, well aware of the fact that the same man who had been watching her in the shop was now standing at the window watching her drive away.

Adam paced the darkened parking lot, his eyes scanning the area around him. It had been so long since he'd seen Jade, was she still the same as before? Or had she changed since the last time they'd spoken?

His thoughts drifted as he thought back to the last time him and Jade had been together...

Jade walked beside Adam, the warehouse was just ahead of them. The doors swung open and Adam looked at Jade with a smile "thank you" he said motioning to the door with his hand.

Jade smiled "your welcome. Anything to help the cause" she said with a light laugh. They walked into the warehouse and looked around, Jade moved from Adam's side and walked to a pile of cardboard. She looked down, moving some of the cardboard. Seeing something shiny, she used her powers and made the object float to her hand.

"Adam. Look at this...it's like the necklace on that last mutant we found. I think your right, l think there is a group of mutants around here...like a gang" she said turning as she felt the hand on her shoulder.

Adam smiled down at her and helped her stand up. "Good work. This might be their headquarters, we should look around some more, then keep a eye on the place."

Jade nodded and handed Adam the necklace, her fingers lightly brushing against his. Their eyes met and they smiled, staring at each other for a long moment...

Adam was brought out of his memories by a car door shutting and the sound of boots on the pavement. He looked up and stared, the woman striding towards him was the same as he remembered her.

Jade had sat in her car a few minutes after parking and just watched Adam staring off into space, lost in his thoughts. Despite the talk she'd given herself on the way over her heart skipped a beat and started to pound ahh stop it...you know that you can't start that up again. You can't put him in any danger... she said to herself.

Then she stepped from the car and walked to Adam. She was wearing black boots going up to her calves, a short black skirt, a white tank top under a black leather jacket. "Adam..." she called softly, moving towards him a little slower now.

Adam smiled "Jade. It's been a long time."

She nodded her head "it has. How have you been?" she said unable to stop herself from staring into his eyes.

Adam stared back, feelings he thought were gone, suddenly surged back to him. "I've been good. I have a team of mutants that help find and save other new mutants."

Jade smiled at him "that's good to hear. That was always a dream of yours to get young mutants under you. Teach them, save other mutants. I always thought that was noble of you"

Adam smiled at her and leaned against his car. "What have you been doing?" he asked curiously.

Jade shifted and looked around "that's not something to be spoken about in public. Things have been difficult" she said quietly, not wanting to bring trouble to Adam. Yet knowing that anyone seeing them together would find their way to him.

Adam studied her closely for a minute. "Well then lets get back to the Sanctuary, we can talk privately there and you can meet the other members of Mutant X."

Jade looked at Adam and nodded her head. "I'd like that. It will be good to see the Sanctuary again, to see how far you've come since the last time l was there."

Adam straightened "did you want to ride with me? I can send Brennan and Jesse out to get your car."

She smiled "you always had a logical mind. It's good to see some things don't change."

He laughed again "l know. Now lets get going, l told them that l was going to bring a mutant back. Can't let them down, they had a lot of questions, so l'm sure you will be able to answer them."

Jade shook her head and gave his arm a soft hit. "I also see that you haven't lost that sense of humor, though you don't let it show as much as you should. Now come on, we can't let your team wait for us to long."

The two got into the car and drove to the Sanctuary. They talked the entire time, going over old times, sharing laughs, Jade was grateful for the laughter. She needed to laugh, to get her mind off her troubles and her heart ached that here she was, pulling Adam unknowingly into trouble that he probably wouldn't want to be in.

Brennan reached over the table and grabbed at the Chinese container that Jesse had. He frowned "come on Jesse! Share..." he said in a whinny voice, he turned his eyes to the girls. "Make him share! He's scared of you two" he said with a sly smile.

Jesse let go of the container at Brennan's remark. "I am not scared of them! I could beat either of them any time!" he said straightening his shoulders and reached out and grabbed the container off of Brennan. "There's plenty of the noodles! Shal's got tons...look" he said handing Brennan two containers of noodles and vegtebales.

Brennan set both down and grabbed at the container Jesse had "l know, but l want yours..." he said grinning.

Emma shook her head and picked up the chopsticks beside her plate and began eating. She looked at Shalimar "l think these two are going through a second childhood...or has their first ended yet?"

Shalimar laughed, tossing back her head. "I don't know Em...but if it's their second childhood, your babysitting."

The two girls burst out laughing as Brennan and Jesse looked at the girls with hurt expressions. But the moment passed and they went back to their tug of war over the Chinese food container.

"So, what do you think Jade is like?" Shalimar asked getting a glint in her eyes. "I think Adam had a thing for her...you guys saw the look on his face when he was talking about her."

Emma nodded and smiled "he definitely has a thing for her. I got major feelings from him..." she said looking at Brennan and Jesse. "Would you two stop and just share?" she said in amusement.

The guys looked at each other and then back to Emma "NO" they said in unison and went back to pulling on the container.

Shalimar rolled her eyes and leaned forward and grabbed the container from them and leaned back in her chair and started to eat. She looked at the guys with a smirk "you snooze, you loose. "