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Shalimar Fox was a feral, more importantly, a feline-feral. The definition of feral in the Genomex files is: subject's DNA has been spliced with that of an animal. Taking on mental and physical characteristics of that animal, Shalimar Fox, took on the abilities, thought process, and personality traits of felines. Mostly a female cougar or lynx, according to her file. She was subject to incredible strength, super fast reflexes, and infrared vision from her animal DNA. Shalimar was also given extrasensory perception to emotions like fear, sorrow, and anger. She also had a sense to protect her territory and the people she cared about. Shalimar was a lethal threat to anyone who stepped over that line and endangered either Shalimar or her family.
To Lexa Pierce, Shalimar wasn't just a feral, she was a woman, just like her. Even human-women have a sense of protecting their family and territory, as well as their heart. What Lexa didn't expect was that Shalimar let people into her heart rather easily. Not as easily as the Molecular Jesse Kilmartin, but Shalimar didn't treat her with hostility or hate.
Jesse Kilmartin was a Molecular, just like Lexa, but much more simple. It was sort of ironic how his double threat powers explained exactly he was personally, he can "phase" his molecules to where they could pass through anything and anyone, let anyone inside. On the other side, Jesse could "mass" and be impenetrable to anything and anyone, even his heart. In Jesse's personality, one moment he could be as open as the sea, trusting anyone and anything. Yet another moment he could be rock hard, opinionated, and stubborn.
In the beginning, Jesse worried Lexa because she couldn't figure him out. How he could trust her, and let her join Mutant X like that, but in another way, he would spy on Lexa and listen to her conversations and stick up for his friends if it meant dying in the process.
As the months went on, Lexa did figure him out and realized that his attitudes were simple. He didn't argue with Lexa or Brennan or Shalimar, just let them know how he felt and if it wasn't that important to him, he would agree with the others. Unless if it meant the life of another, then Jesse would argue until he was blue in the face and he wouldn't stop until the others saw it his way. Lexa observed that Jesse wasn't as complex as she thought.
Brennan Mulwray was another story, sometimes, Lexa would think Brennan and Jesse were complete opposites, and in some ways, they were. Brennan's mutation was different from Jesse's in one way, Jesse's mutation was all about changing himself to adapt to different situations. If Jesse wanted to go through a wall, he would phase; if a bullet was coming at him, he would mass. For Brennan, it was the same story every time. If Brennan needed to get through a wall, he would shock the lock on the door for it to open; if a bullet was coming Brennan's way, he would shoot a Tesla coil at the gunman. Brennan didn't change himself, he would change the other person by charging them with watts. In their personality, Brennan could be either very different from Jesse or the exact same. Brennan would always argue, no matter how simple the situation was yet he would often let Jesse or Shalimar make the decision if they were on opposite ends of the argument.
Brennan was more untrusting towards Lexa then she could ever imagine, no matter how many times she would go with his way of doing things. He would always find something that he didn't trust in her or he would find something he didn't agree with. That would always become a problem between Brennan and Lexa, she knew. Lexa admitted to being stubborn, hardheaded, and pretty opinionated. The problem was that Brennan was the same, and two people with the same annoying personality traits don't mix, she knew that now.
In the beginning, Lexa was only with Mutant X because the Dominion told her to be there. But now, after her brother died and after she started to actually accept that she wasn't going to leave for a while, she felt like she really belonged to Mutant X somehow. Mutant X has a way of changing people, no matter how many times the members change, the camaraderie with three other people is something that Lexa couldn't get away from. Lexa lived with them, worked with them, and the four of them saved each others' lives on a regular basis, Lexa began to have bond that couldn't be broken. Lexa had a different relationship with the other three separately, but as a whole, they each had something to bring to the team.
"Lexa, wake up." Jesse called Lexa out of reverie.
Lexa opened her eyes. "What happened?"
"I dunno, the implant must've overloaded you somewhere ... are you okay?" Jesse asked as he kept his arms on her shoulders.
"No, Jesse I'm not ..."
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The End
A/N: If you haven't caught on, this is that short period in She's Come Undone when Lexa was passed out in that cell that Jesse trapped her in. Hope you guys liked it.
Shalimar Fox was a feral, more importantly, a feline-feral. The definition of feral in the Genomex files is: subject's DNA has been spliced with that of an animal. Taking on mental and physical characteristics of that animal, Shalimar Fox, took on the abilities, thought process, and personality traits of felines. Mostly a female cougar or lynx, according to her file. She was subject to incredible strength, super fast reflexes, and infrared vision from her animal DNA. Shalimar was also given extrasensory perception to emotions like fear, sorrow, and anger. She also had a sense to protect her territory and the people she cared about. Shalimar was a lethal threat to anyone who stepped over that line and endangered either Shalimar or her family.
To Lexa Pierce, Shalimar wasn't just a feral, she was a woman, just like her. Even human-women have a sense of protecting their family and territory, as well as their heart. What Lexa didn't expect was that Shalimar let people into her heart rather easily. Not as easily as the Molecular Jesse Kilmartin, but Shalimar didn't treat her with hostility or hate.
Jesse Kilmartin was a Molecular, just like Lexa, but much more simple. It was sort of ironic how his double threat powers explained exactly he was personally, he can "phase" his molecules to where they could pass through anything and anyone, let anyone inside. On the other side, Jesse could "mass" and be impenetrable to anything and anyone, even his heart. In Jesse's personality, one moment he could be as open as the sea, trusting anyone and anything. Yet another moment he could be rock hard, opinionated, and stubborn.
In the beginning, Jesse worried Lexa because she couldn't figure him out. How he could trust her, and let her join Mutant X like that, but in another way, he would spy on Lexa and listen to her conversations and stick up for his friends if it meant dying in the process.
As the months went on, Lexa did figure him out and realized that his attitudes were simple. He didn't argue with Lexa or Brennan or Shalimar, just let them know how he felt and if it wasn't that important to him, he would agree with the others. Unless if it meant the life of another, then Jesse would argue until he was blue in the face and he wouldn't stop until the others saw it his way. Lexa observed that Jesse wasn't as complex as she thought.
Brennan Mulwray was another story, sometimes, Lexa would think Brennan and Jesse were complete opposites, and in some ways, they were. Brennan's mutation was different from Jesse's in one way, Jesse's mutation was all about changing himself to adapt to different situations. If Jesse wanted to go through a wall, he would phase; if a bullet was coming at him, he would mass. For Brennan, it was the same story every time. If Brennan needed to get through a wall, he would shock the lock on the door for it to open; if a bullet was coming Brennan's way, he would shoot a Tesla coil at the gunman. Brennan didn't change himself, he would change the other person by charging them with watts. In their personality, Brennan could be either very different from Jesse or the exact same. Brennan would always argue, no matter how simple the situation was yet he would often let Jesse or Shalimar make the decision if they were on opposite ends of the argument.
Brennan was more untrusting towards Lexa then she could ever imagine, no matter how many times she would go with his way of doing things. He would always find something that he didn't trust in her or he would find something he didn't agree with. That would always become a problem between Brennan and Lexa, she knew. Lexa admitted to being stubborn, hardheaded, and pretty opinionated. The problem was that Brennan was the same, and two people with the same annoying personality traits don't mix, she knew that now.
In the beginning, Lexa was only with Mutant X because the Dominion told her to be there. But now, after her brother died and after she started to actually accept that she wasn't going to leave for a while, she felt like she really belonged to Mutant X somehow. Mutant X has a way of changing people, no matter how many times the members change, the camaraderie with three other people is something that Lexa couldn't get away from. Lexa lived with them, worked with them, and the four of them saved each others' lives on a regular basis, Lexa began to have bond that couldn't be broken. Lexa had a different relationship with the other three separately, but as a whole, they each had something to bring to the team.
"Lexa, wake up." Jesse called Lexa out of reverie.
Lexa opened her eyes. "What happened?"
"I dunno, the implant must've overloaded you somewhere ... are you okay?" Jesse asked as he kept his arms on her shoulders.
"No, Jesse I'm not ..."
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The End
A/N: If you haven't caught on, this is that short period in She's Come Undone when Lexa was passed out in that cell that Jesse trapped her in. Hope you guys liked it.