Family Secrets
Chapter 1:- Where Do We Go Now?
A.N This is my first ever fanfiction so feedback would be greatly appreciated. This has only been betad by my brother who whilst he is a great muse can't spell at all! Anyway this is set straight after the events of "the assult" and is my take of how series four should have gone.
Shalimar looked fearfully into Brennan's eyes "but sanctuary's gone, the helix is gone, the dominion…." Her voice trailed off as she got lost in her depressive trail of thought.
Brennan looked her in the eye and in a commanding tone said "they think they've won. It's not over yet!"
As the dominion headquarters continued to explode and the sound of shattering glass grew louder; Jesse responded to Brennan'soptimistic comment. "It will be if we don't move. Come on"
TBC
The Mutant X team fled the scene. They headed up into the hills and continued to travel as a group away from the exploding dominion. They ran and ran as if the hounds of hell were after them. Shalimar led the way up the steep hill, her feral abilities offering her a natural advantage over her friends. Jesse brought up the rear his multitude of injuries from the dominion torturers slowing his progress considerably. Lexa looked back and realised that there was no way that Jesse was going to be able to keep up this pace of movement for long. She yelled up the hill to Shalimar. "We need to stop for a while Shal. Jesse needs treatment, Brennan too, we can't keep running like this! Not when we have no idea where we are actually going! We need a plan!"
Shalimar turned to look at Jesse and saw for the first time the real extent of the torture he had endured. She saw the pain in his eyes as he clutched he's right hand to his chest. She also saw the dried blood on his shirt remnants from the stinging cut to his lower lip. "For once Lexa your right!" she said with an attempt at humour. "Let me get a look at that hand Jess."
Jesse offered up his injured hand begrudgingly and winced as Shalimar examined it. With a wry smile through the pain he said "I'm fine Shal, I just need to rest it for a while, although I see little chance of that!"
Shalimar responded to his irony with a smirk. "This wrist is definitely broken! It needs a little more than rest. You need this in a cast but for now as we seem to be lost in the middle of nowhere without a conveniently positioned hospital" she looked out into the darkness for the ever elusive hospital "a sling may be the best we can do." Jesse chuckled as Brennan stood up from the boulder he'd been perched on and took off his shirt offering it up to Shalimar as a make shift sling. Shalimar ripped it in half and used half to make a sling. She placed it over Jesse's head before gently placing his wrist in. She then turned her attention to Brennan who now that his shirt was gone was quite clearly bleeding from the bullet wound to his shoulder. "Right let me look at your shoulder" she said pushing him back into a sitting position on the boulder. "Hell no wonder you're in pain" she said sympathetically "the bullet didn't hit any major arteries but it took a fair chunk of flesh! Ouch! A bandage will have to do for now but you need stitches in that if your going to avoid infection" Shalimar pulled the bandage tight and apologised as she saw him wince. "That'll do" she said kissing him on the cheek and dragging him back to where Jesse and Lexa were scouting for trouble.
"Damn its cold" said Brennan as his teeth chattered together noisily. He attempted to keep warm by rubbing his hands together. Shalimar turned towards Brennan and began rubbing her hands up and down his bare arms. Brennan lent forward and with his uninjured hand tucked a lose strand of Shalimar's hair behind her ear.
Lexa who had been facing away from the group, looking the way they had come in case any dominion agents were following turned back towards them. With a snide grin on her face she said to Brennan "I knew that Shal had problems with fire" her grin widened as Shalimar turned away from Brennan to glare at her, she continued with her jibe "but I never knew Brennan had an issue about being cold. How very interesting!" she said winking at Jesse as Brennan put his arm around Shalimar to hold back the struggling feral. "What?" said Lexa innocently as Shalimar looked daggers at her. "I was just making an observation!" she said.
Jesse walked up behind Lexa and put his hand on her shoulder. He sent her a look which clearly said enough is enough. He decided to at least attempt to defuse the tension radiating from his two team mates. "Guys we haven't got time for this!" We need to keep moving, eventually the dominion will send someone after us and we don't want to be sat here on our butts when they arrive!"
"You're right Jess" said Lexa turning suddenly serious "but where the hell do we go now? All three of her team mates looked blankly at her. Finally Shalimar said "I don't know but we need to make a plan of action"
Suddenly out of nowhere a feminine voice said "maybe we can help you there" As one of the members of Mutant X turned in the direction of the voice and saw two figures standing hand in hand. As they looked on the two figures separated and a young blonde haired woman who appeared to be in her late teens stepped forward out of the darkness. "Hey Lex" she said. "You look like you've seen a ghost" she said with a wry smile.
Jesse, Brennan and Shalimar turned to face Lexa and saw that she had gone deathly pale and was shaking like a leaf. Jesse stepped forward and reached out a hand towards her. He mumbled "Lexa…. Are you O.K?"
The team watched in utter confusion as the woman they all affectionately called the ice princess, who showed no sign of emotion walked with arms outstretched towards the young woman in front of her. The two hugged and Lexa began to cry. Through the tears she leant back to look into the tearstained face of the young woman opposite her. She mumbled. "I thought you were dead. My God! Baby I thought you were dead!"
Brennan and Shalimar turned to each other and with wide eyes mouthed Baby at each other. They both turned to Jesse and he looked just as baffled, he shrugged in response to their stares. All three of them continued to stare at the hugging women. Behind the two hugging women the tall sandy haired man whom Mutant X had forgotten about burst into laughter at the complete bewilderment on the faces of the Mutant X team.