Hello everyone,
I'm back with a Mutant X story. This is the first MX story I've ever written and I'm a bit nervous because I took a very long break from writing and this is my first piece since I started up again. Please R&R!!
~*~FeistyFeral~*~
Chapter 1—A New Addition
Pain burst throughout her body and rocked her world. She was strong and she was tough, but she wasn't invincible. She hadn't ever felt pain like this before in her life and she had been in some serious fights in her time; she felt like her body was tearing itself apart. She released a blood curdling scream as a voice made its way into her ears; it was soft and sweet but had undercurrents of stress, "Push, Shal! Push!"
She used her left hand to quickly swipe her sweat drenched hair from her eyes which were glowing bright yellow, "Why don't you push?!" she snarled as she bore down and pushed hard.
~*~Outside the lab~*~
Emma paced restlessly while Jesse sat working on a nearby computer, "Jess, how can you just sit there and work at a time like this?!"
"I'm not going to help Shalimar or Brennan if I wear a path into the ground," he answered with a patient smile.
"Uh!" she groaned, throwing her arms up in the air, "I'm going to lose my mind if I don't do something!"
Jesse turned away from the computer, "There's nothing you can do. You know how ferals need total seclusion while giving birth."
"I know but I can feel her pain! It's terrible! If I could only go in there for a minute to help soothe her—"
"Shalimar would probably jump off that bed and rip you limb from limb. She has to be feeling very vulnerable right now and we both know Shal doesn't like showing her vulnerability around others. Not even us."
"You're right…it's just so…"
"Frustrating to feel so helpless? Useless? Powerless?"
"Gee thanks, Jess," she glared at him without any real venom.
"Come here," he whispered as he held his arms open. Emma sat on his lap and let him wrap his powerful arms around her middle; she tilted her head back to let it rest on his shoulder, "It's going to be over soon."
"I hope so."
~*~Back inside the lab~*~*
"Good job, Shalimar! The baby's head is out! I need you to push with everything you have during your next contraction and hopefully the shoulders will come out and the rest is easy," Adam explained.
"Yeah, easy! Why don't you try pushing a baby out?!" she snarled.
"You're almost done, sweetheart," Brennan encouraged, "One more push! You can do it!"
"Here it comes," she growled before using every last ounce of strength to push her first child out into the world.
"Brennan, come here quickly!" Adam commanded.
The young man rushed to Adam's side just in time to catch the newborn, "It's a girl, Shal! It's a beautiful baby girl!"
The exhausted feral collapsed back onto the bed in the lab and tried to catch her breath as well as see her infant, "We have a daughter," she breathed as a smile lit up her tired face.
Adam took the infant from Brennan's arms and she instantly began to squall; quietly at first but growing to in volume and anger with each passing moment. Adam gently laid the child on a scale and weighed her as well as running a scan of the baby. He took a moment to wipe her down and wrap her in a soft, warm blanket before checking the scan results and announcing, "You have a perfectly healthy, beautiful baby girl," handing the infant to her mother.
As soon as the child was placed in Shalimar's arms she stopped screaming and began to quietly coo. Shalimar bent her head down and inhaled the scent of her daughter; a scent she would never forget as long as she lived. She was only mildly surprised that the child smelled like a mixture of Brennan, herself and…her own unique scent. When she lifted her head to gaze adoringly at her daughter she grinned to see two golden orbs studying her, "Oh, Brennan! Look at her!" she gushed.
He cleared his throat and she glanced up to see tears in his eyes as he climbed onto the bed with her, "She has your eyes," he joked.
The door hissed open and Emma skidded into the room and headed right over to the new family, followed by a chuckling Jesse.
"Oh! You guys, she's absolutely stunning!" Emma whispered.
"She's gorgeous. Congratulations you two," added Jesse, shaking Brennan's hand and kissing Shalimar on the forehead.
"Have you thought of a name yet?" Adam asked.
Brennan and Shalimar shared a loving glance, "Kathleen Aydan Mulwray," announced Brennan.
"What do her names mean?" inquired Emma.
"They're both Gaelic; Kathleen means 'pure' and Aydan means 'little fire'," Shalimar explained.
Jesse laughed, "Those names are perfect for a baby feral."
Emma slapped him on the arm, "Don't listen to him! They're beautiful names!"
The infant lifted a tiny hand and pointed at Jesse; he, in turn, reached out to take her hand in his only to be shocked by a small jolt of blue energy, "OW!" he yelped, jerking his hand back to his side.
"That's my girl," Brennan whooped, "Don't let Uncle Jesse make fun of your name."
Shalimar and Kathleen's feral senses picked up on Emma's sudden stillness, "What is it?"
Emma opened her eyes and grinned, "It's almost like she understands what's going on around her."
"Em, she's just a baby," Shalimar chuckled.
"No, that's not what I mean. She doesn't understand the words being spoken, but her feral senses are so perfectly in tune that she picked up on everyone else's emotions and who they were aimed at," she looked pointedly at the now red-faced molecular.
"Incredible," Adam marveled more to himself than anyone else.
There you have it! Please let me know what you think of this first chapter! I have a few more chapters written but I'm not sure if I should post them. Please R&R!!
~*~FeistyFeral~*~
