Disclaimer: As much as I wish to own these characters, I do not.
This isn't meant to break any copyrights set upon it; it is only a fanfict.
SanctuaryGreat. Insomnia again. This makes the fourth time this week. Shalimar thought grimly. With a sigh
she rose and made her way to the kitchen to fix herself a glass of warm milk.
'Couldn't sleep either I suppose' a voice drifted from the kitchen.
Shalimar relaxed as she realised it was Emma.
'That's the third time this week isn't it' she continued.
'Fourth' Shalimar corrected as she slumped down into a chair surrounding the table in the centre
of the room.
'Want some warm milk, I'm just making some for myself' Emma asked. She looked over at the
hunched over form of Shalimar. Shalimar's white vest-top looked barely crumpled as though she
had just gone to bed, while her grey baggy trousers barely covered her midriff.
'mmmmm' Shalimar mumbled.
'I'll take that as a yes' Emma deduced.
It was very clear to Emma that although her friend was very tired, Shalimar was the worst
insomniac out of all of Mutant X. Shalimar had woken her up most nights with her growing
frustration of not being able to sleep no matter what she tried.
Emma sighed, feeling Shalimar's frustration as she poured the warmed milk into two mugs. Sitting
next to her friend, she slowly drank, hoping sleep would take over soon.
'Did you feel that?' Emma asked as a strange feeling washed over her.
'No, but something is different. I can smell some strangers' Shalimar replied, now fully awake.
The two of them crept out of the room into the main area of sanctuary. What greeted their eyes
was not what they were expecting.
A young dirty blonde haired man was shooting a strange gun at some truly hideous beings.
Beside the man was a spry young woman. Or at least Emma and Shalimar thought it could be a
very advanced mutant for she had purple skin!
'Trance, behind you! The man shouted out as one of the hideous beings snuck up behind the
purple woman.
At the same time, Shalimar and Emma leapt forwards to help the man and woman. Shalimar
jumped down from the ledge she had been lying on and began fighting hand-to-hand, starting
with the being behind the woman called Trance.
Upon breaking its neck she turned to fight off another that was coming towards them.
Emma stood up on the ledge and picked her target. In total there were six assailants. It took only
moments for the four of them to dispose of them.
For the first time since the strangers had arrived, they looked around.
'Err Trance, I don't think we're on the Andromeda anymore.' The man spoke, in awe of where
they were.
'Okay, if you don't want your necks broken like those things over there, who are you? And
where are you from?' Shalimar asked the intruders menacingly.
'I'm Trance and this is Harper. We're from the Andromeda Ascendant.' The purple woman said,
her voice also revealing her puzzlement on where they were.
'Not meaning to be rude lady but where are we? And who the heck are you?' Harper asked.
'I'm Shalimar and that is Emma up there,' indicating to where Emma was making her way down
from to the intruders. 'You're at Sanctuary which brings me to my next question; how did you
find here? No one knows where this place is.'
'I don't know. One minute we were on the Andromeda and the next we were here, wherever here
is. Which planet is this?' Harper answered.
'They're telling the truth. They are who they say they are and they truly have no idea where they
are.' Emma clarified.
'How can you not know which planet your on. It's Earth of course' Shalimar answered, disbelief
clearly shown on her face.
At the mention of Earth, Harpers face went as white as a sheet. 'Earth?' he finally choked out.
'Yeah' Emma answered, puzzled at the amount of fear she could sense from him. Before she could
ask him about it, Brennan, Jesse and Adam rushed into the room, all of them looking as though
they had dressed very quickly.
'We heard noises and fighting' Jesse started but stopped when he saw Harper and Trance.
'Who are you?' Adam asked before Jesse or Brennan could.
'Chill Adam, they're friends, I think.' Shalimar butted in before Trance or Harper could answer.
'Okay they're friends but what kind of mutants are they?' Brennan asked to no one in particular.
'Hey!' Harper protested indignantly, 'this may not be our home but I'll have you know I'm no
mutant and neither is Trance. We're both perfectly normal for our kind.'
'Okay, and what is your "kind,' Brennan asked patronisingly, clearly not believing them.
'I'm human and Trance is…Just Trance really. No one knows who she really is' Trance nodded
in agreement with Harpers statement.
'They're telling the truth.' Emma once more confirmed.
'Hey, what's that thing on your neck' Jesse asked, for the first time noticing the port facility on
Harpers neck. (A/N: I think this is the right name for it, but I only saw it once or twice on a fan
fict. Please do tell me if it is wrong!)
'Yeah and why are you purple and have a tail' Brennan added, but this time directed at Trance.
'Oh this thing, it is a Port facility. It allows me to hack into computer-based electronics. It's not
that rare, although expensive'
'And I'm purple because I am and I like the colour.' Trance simply said.
'Golly, how long have you been trapped in here? Have you never seen other people before?'
Harper asked exasperatedly.
'We've seen people before, and mutants but never purple people before or people with "Port
Facilities" in their necks. You sound as though you've just stepped out of a science fiction
movie' Shalimar retorted.
At this remark, Harper went slightly green 'What year is this?' He asked hurriedly.
'2004' Adam replied, puzzled.
'Oh my god, we've gone back in time' Harper exclaimed.
'We're about a few thousand years in the past!' Trance added.
