Disclaimer: I don't own Mutant X or any of the characters. Also don't own
Excalibur.
NOTE: This is a story my mom and I did together.
~* Chapter 1 *~
I'm hungry, time for a snack." Jesse said as he got up.
"I'm with you on that one, bro." Brennan agreed.
"That was a quality movie. Those battle scenes were intense." Jesse commented as he and Brennan were leaving the rec. room after watching "Excalibur" with the girls.
"Yeah, the way that Lord defended his castle, whoa."
Emma and Shalimar just sat there shaking their heads at the guys. "All that romance and chivalry, and all they can think about are the fights." Emma said.
"And their next snack." Shalimar laughed.
~*~* Next day *~*~
The team sat in the kitchen eating breakfast like they usually did. Shalimar, in her pajamas, with her hair still tangled in what Brennan liked to think of as a 'sexy mess', Emma and Jesse still in their house robes and Brennan in his night pants and a tank top.
"I'm bored." Emma sighed.
"Yeah, me too. Time off is great if you have something to do." Shalimar complained.
Adam had just walked in and heard Shalimar's comment. "Well, I'll give you something to do." He said with his usual morning smile. "There was a new mutant who contacted me last night, her name is Shannon Hollings. She's a molecular. You and Emma can go pick her up. She'll be waiting for you at warehouse 7 on the pier?"
"Cool!" Shalimar chirped in a much brighter tone.
"Why do they get to go?" Jesse whined.
"Because they have nothing to do. You, on the other hand, have to defrag the main hard drive and run a systems check." Adam answered.
Jesse scowled and went back to drinking his coffee.
"Do you have any complaints?" Adam looked at Brennan and raised his eyebrow.
"Nah, but I'll go along just to keep an eye on the girls."
"No, you can't go either."
"Huh? Why not?"
"You're due for a tune up."
"Aww, Adam, come on can't it wait?"
"Nope, you brushed me off yesterday."
"Fine." Brennan huffed.
Adam turned to the girls. "You two get dressed then take the Audi."
"Ok." Emma replied as she started out with Shalimar right behind.
Brennan grabbed Shalimar's arm as she walked past him "First sign of a trap, get outta there."
"Why? Don't you want to see me have any fun?" She smiled back.
"No it's just that Jesse and I don't want to have to rescue the damsels in distress."
"As if." She replied. "I don't need a knight in shining armor."
~*~* Warehouse *~*~
Shalimar and Emma hopped out of the black Audi and headed into the warehouse. "Well, Adam, we're here but there is no sign of any new mutant." Emma said into her comm. ring.
"Just wait, she'll be there," he replied.
A few minutes later, they heard a scream and saw a woman come running around the corner. She ran straight to Shalimar and Emma who both had to grip her shoulders to slow her down. "Don't let them get me! Please, don't let them take me!" She cried.
"Whoa, whoa, let who take you?" Shalimar asked trying to calm her down.
"Gabriel's men."
Just then about ten of Gabriel's links came around the corner. Shalimar immediately took up a fighting position.
"Get back." Emma said, pushing Shannon back slightly.
Shalimar let her eyes glow a brilliant feral gold as Emma held a psi-blast with her mind.
One of the links smiled when he saw Emma's power and showed her the same. He shot his at the two members of Mutant X who jumped to either side. After that it only took a few seconds until they were engaged in a heated battle.
Two of the links had gone after Shannon while the other eight were trying to defeat Shalimar and Emma. Shannon screamed as the two links carried her out to a van.
Shalimar and Emma together had already knocked out four of the links they were fighting. Emma threw amazingly fast punches and Shalimar was enjoying every kick she gave out.
*Let's have a little fun.* Shalimar thought. She jumped and kicked a link as she flipped up to a catwalk.
Gabriel's psionic smiled. He let out a few psi-blasts that hit the catwalk and made it shake enough for Shalimar to start to loose her balance. Emma saw the psionic get ready to throw a blast at Shalimar as she got ready to pounce down.
"SHALIMAR, LOOK OUT!" Emma yelled, but as her attention was on warning her friend and away from the link who was on the floor in front of her. He stabbed her in the thigh. Emma screamed in pain and fell to the floor clutching her leg.
Unfortunately it was too late for Shalimar. She had already jumped and was in mid air when the powerful blast hit her and rendered her unconscious. Not only did it knock her out, but it was so powerful that it sent her flying into the wall behind her. When she fell she landed on top of old rusted metal shelving. It buckled under the stress and Shalimar rolled and hit the concrete floor, hard.
Emma knew she couldn't take the rest of the links alone, by hand. Shalimar was out. She decided to try something new. *I hope this works.* All of a sudden a wide range psi-band went through the entire warehouse, knocking everyone out except for Emma.
As soon as she regained her composure Emma slid over to her friend. Her eyes widened in fear when she saw the deep gash in Shalimar's side and all the blood that was on the feral's body. She quickly lifted her com ring to her mouth. "Guys, Shalimar's down."
"What happened?" Adam asked concerned.
"A psionic hit her with a really strong mental blast. She's out cold and she's bleeding pretty badly from the fall."
"Jesse and Brennan are on their way."
Emma broke the connection and just sat with her friend until the guys came.
***Fifteen minutes later***
Brennan and Jesse rushed into the warehouse and over to the girls. Brennan ran to Shalimar, fell beside her and gathered her into his arms, while Jesse knelt beside Emma and checked her leg.
"Shalimar? Shal, come on, look at me." Brennan commanded as he wiped some blood away from a cut on her forehead.
"Brennan?" A weak voice asked. Shalimar's eyes slowly opened, seeing his face surrounded by a bright light. She smiled then.......
"Shal?" Brennan shook her a little. "No, Shal come on, you gotta stay with me." He picked her up and carried her out to the Double Helix with Jesse following, holding Emma in his arms.
~* Chapter 1 *~
I'm hungry, time for a snack." Jesse said as he got up.
"I'm with you on that one, bro." Brennan agreed.
"That was a quality movie. Those battle scenes were intense." Jesse commented as he and Brennan were leaving the rec. room after watching "Excalibur" with the girls.
"Yeah, the way that Lord defended his castle, whoa."
Emma and Shalimar just sat there shaking their heads at the guys. "All that romance and chivalry, and all they can think about are the fights." Emma said.
"And their next snack." Shalimar laughed.
~*~* Next day *~*~
The team sat in the kitchen eating breakfast like they usually did. Shalimar, in her pajamas, with her hair still tangled in what Brennan liked to think of as a 'sexy mess', Emma and Jesse still in their house robes and Brennan in his night pants and a tank top.
"I'm bored." Emma sighed.
"Yeah, me too. Time off is great if you have something to do." Shalimar complained.
Adam had just walked in and heard Shalimar's comment. "Well, I'll give you something to do." He said with his usual morning smile. "There was a new mutant who contacted me last night, her name is Shannon Hollings. She's a molecular. You and Emma can go pick her up. She'll be waiting for you at warehouse 7 on the pier?"
"Cool!" Shalimar chirped in a much brighter tone.
"Why do they get to go?" Jesse whined.
"Because they have nothing to do. You, on the other hand, have to defrag the main hard drive and run a systems check." Adam answered.
Jesse scowled and went back to drinking his coffee.
"Do you have any complaints?" Adam looked at Brennan and raised his eyebrow.
"Nah, but I'll go along just to keep an eye on the girls."
"No, you can't go either."
"Huh? Why not?"
"You're due for a tune up."
"Aww, Adam, come on can't it wait?"
"Nope, you brushed me off yesterday."
"Fine." Brennan huffed.
Adam turned to the girls. "You two get dressed then take the Audi."
"Ok." Emma replied as she started out with Shalimar right behind.
Brennan grabbed Shalimar's arm as she walked past him "First sign of a trap, get outta there."
"Why? Don't you want to see me have any fun?" She smiled back.
"No it's just that Jesse and I don't want to have to rescue the damsels in distress."
"As if." She replied. "I don't need a knight in shining armor."
~*~* Warehouse *~*~
Shalimar and Emma hopped out of the black Audi and headed into the warehouse. "Well, Adam, we're here but there is no sign of any new mutant." Emma said into her comm. ring.
"Just wait, she'll be there," he replied.
A few minutes later, they heard a scream and saw a woman come running around the corner. She ran straight to Shalimar and Emma who both had to grip her shoulders to slow her down. "Don't let them get me! Please, don't let them take me!" She cried.
"Whoa, whoa, let who take you?" Shalimar asked trying to calm her down.
"Gabriel's men."
Just then about ten of Gabriel's links came around the corner. Shalimar immediately took up a fighting position.
"Get back." Emma said, pushing Shannon back slightly.
Shalimar let her eyes glow a brilliant feral gold as Emma held a psi-blast with her mind.
One of the links smiled when he saw Emma's power and showed her the same. He shot his at the two members of Mutant X who jumped to either side. After that it only took a few seconds until they were engaged in a heated battle.
Two of the links had gone after Shannon while the other eight were trying to defeat Shalimar and Emma. Shannon screamed as the two links carried her out to a van.
Shalimar and Emma together had already knocked out four of the links they were fighting. Emma threw amazingly fast punches and Shalimar was enjoying every kick she gave out.
*Let's have a little fun.* Shalimar thought. She jumped and kicked a link as she flipped up to a catwalk.
Gabriel's psionic smiled. He let out a few psi-blasts that hit the catwalk and made it shake enough for Shalimar to start to loose her balance. Emma saw the psionic get ready to throw a blast at Shalimar as she got ready to pounce down.
"SHALIMAR, LOOK OUT!" Emma yelled, but as her attention was on warning her friend and away from the link who was on the floor in front of her. He stabbed her in the thigh. Emma screamed in pain and fell to the floor clutching her leg.
Unfortunately it was too late for Shalimar. She had already jumped and was in mid air when the powerful blast hit her and rendered her unconscious. Not only did it knock her out, but it was so powerful that it sent her flying into the wall behind her. When she fell she landed on top of old rusted metal shelving. It buckled under the stress and Shalimar rolled and hit the concrete floor, hard.
Emma knew she couldn't take the rest of the links alone, by hand. Shalimar was out. She decided to try something new. *I hope this works.* All of a sudden a wide range psi-band went through the entire warehouse, knocking everyone out except for Emma.
As soon as she regained her composure Emma slid over to her friend. Her eyes widened in fear when she saw the deep gash in Shalimar's side and all the blood that was on the feral's body. She quickly lifted her com ring to her mouth. "Guys, Shalimar's down."
"What happened?" Adam asked concerned.
"A psionic hit her with a really strong mental blast. She's out cold and she's bleeding pretty badly from the fall."
"Jesse and Brennan are on their way."
Emma broke the connection and just sat with her friend until the guys came.
***Fifteen minutes later***
Brennan and Jesse rushed into the warehouse and over to the girls. Brennan ran to Shalimar, fell beside her and gathered her into his arms, while Jesse knelt beside Emma and checked her leg.
"Shalimar? Shal, come on, look at me." Brennan commanded as he wiped some blood away from a cut on her forehead.
"Brennan?" A weak voice asked. Shalimar's eyes slowly opened, seeing his face surrounded by a bright light. She smiled then.......
"Shal?" Brennan shook her a little. "No, Shal come on, you gotta stay with me." He picked her up and carried her out to the Double Helix with Jesse following, holding Emma in his arms.