This story is set after the end of season two. Emma's gone and the rest are
understandably traumatized.
All of the characters belong to the creators of Mutant X etc. blah blah.
Please review and enjoy.
Have a nice day.
***
'No Brennan. He thinks he can just walk back in here after going away for a whole month, well he's got another thing coming,' shouted Shalimar.
'I'm standing right here,' said Adam.
'No shit,' she replied, the venom practically dripping from her words.
Jesse inwardly winced at the sound of Shalimar's harsh tone. He had never heard her sound quite so disgusted by any one person.
Adam closed his eyes. He had been hoping that when he returned to Sanctuary they would all have gotten over his sudden disappearance. But this was no worse than he had expected, or deserved.
After Emma had died he had felt a sudden desperate instinct growing inside of him. He had had to get away from all the reminders of her. He fully intended to come back to his family, his team but it had been a lot harder than any of them had thought. And as the days turned into weeks it had become so much harder to even consider facing them.
Lexa was trying to get herself swallowed by the floor. She had known before they had gotten to Sanctuary that there was going to be an extreme amount of hostility. It was only natural for Mutant X to be pissed off at Adam. And their attitude towards him reflected on her since he had brought her here to be a part of the broken team, he had brought her here to fix the broken team.
Shalimar stared into Adam's eyes. She had always relied on him, they all had and then he had disappeared, leaving the team without any way of contacting him. She understood that he was hurting and as usual going through his post-disaster guilt trip but so were they all. He didn't have a monopoly on sadness. She looked into his eyes and saw nothing of the father she used to know and love. She didn't recognize him at all.
Brennan walked out of the room without so much as a backwards glance. He was curious as to who the new woman was; Shalimar hadn't really given Adam a chance to explain. But Shalimar was more important and after she had stormed off he wasn't sure what she would do. Shal was impetuous and she could never, even at the best of times be relied upon to be sensible.
He heard her bedroom door slam shut behind her and as he reached it he heard a muffled 'go away'.
'I'm not going anywhere Shalimar, until you talk to me,' he said, knowing it probably wouldn't do any good.
'Well, then I hope you brought a book cos I can guarantee you're gonna be waiting a long time.'
Brennan almost laughed out loud because he actually had brought a book. He had been reading when Adam had arrived and had shoved it in his back pocket. He slid down the wall next to Shalimar's door and pulled it out. He knew Shalimar wasn't even close to joking when she said he would be waiting a while.
While thumbing through it to find his place he thought about how hard it was for everyone involved, especially Lexa. She had been thrown in at the deep end and he didn't have to be a psionic to know that Shalimar had intimidated the hell out of her. Lexa hadn't known Emma, she didn't want to fill those unfillable shoes. Shalimar was majorly over-reacting but he totally knew why. She had lost her best friend and she still felt that it was all her fault. It wasn't but he knew it would take a little more than him telling her to convince Shalimar of anything.
***
'Hi,' Jesse said to Lexa. She had been standing against one of the walls looking like she would rather be anywhere, doing anything other than being here.like being at a dentist and having a root canal. Jesse knew Shalimar well enough to know that she had been shouting at Adam, not Lexa. And Shalimar had every right to shout at him. He had gone away, he had left them for a whole month without a goodbye or even a note. And they hadn't known if he was coming back or not. If Shalimar hadn't have started shouting at him first Jesse would have been in there like a shot.
But now Shalimar had stormed off, Brennan had gone after her to make sure she didn't break too much stuff and Adam had muttered an apology and slunk off to the lab leaving Jesse and Lexa behind. He couldn't just walk off too and leave her to stand there wishing herself somewhere else.
Lexa looked up in suprise at the sound of Jesse's voice. It wasn't that him being there had shocked her it was just that he sounded vaguely pleasant, like he was atleast trying to make an effort to be nice.
'Hi,' she replied.
'I'm sorry about Shalimar,' Jesse said after a pause. He wasn't sure whether he should be apologizing for her. She would be pissed if she found out.
Lexa looked into his blue eyes and felt a breath easing out of her lungs, one she didn't know she had been holding. She had been intensely nervous all day about the prospect of entering the hallowed halls of Sanctuary and meeting the brave heroes of new mutants everywhere. But for the first time she didn't feel awkward, she didn't feel embarrassed, and she was bordering on feeling comfortable in her surroundings.
'Its understandable.'
Jesse turned and walked off, Lexa following him. She looked around her at the building within a mountain. All her life it had been an impressive, inspirational myth, the idea that you could get away from the GSA. She had never believed it to be true. Until she was eighteen she had worked as an agent, not realizing that there was any other way. And then she had met Adam.
He had, and it seemed cheesy everytime she said, it changed her life. He had placed her in the underground and she had disappeared off the GSA's radar.
'She's been through a lot.' Jesse's voice interrupted her thoughts. 'We all have.'
'I don't want to try and replace Emma. I'm here because Adam asked me to be here and.I owe him a lot,' she finished. It was true, she did. He had saved her twice now and she figured a good dose of gratitude was due.
All of the characters belong to the creators of Mutant X etc. blah blah.
Please review and enjoy.
Have a nice day.
***
'No Brennan. He thinks he can just walk back in here after going away for a whole month, well he's got another thing coming,' shouted Shalimar.
'I'm standing right here,' said Adam.
'No shit,' she replied, the venom practically dripping from her words.
Jesse inwardly winced at the sound of Shalimar's harsh tone. He had never heard her sound quite so disgusted by any one person.
Adam closed his eyes. He had been hoping that when he returned to Sanctuary they would all have gotten over his sudden disappearance. But this was no worse than he had expected, or deserved.
After Emma had died he had felt a sudden desperate instinct growing inside of him. He had had to get away from all the reminders of her. He fully intended to come back to his family, his team but it had been a lot harder than any of them had thought. And as the days turned into weeks it had become so much harder to even consider facing them.
Lexa was trying to get herself swallowed by the floor. She had known before they had gotten to Sanctuary that there was going to be an extreme amount of hostility. It was only natural for Mutant X to be pissed off at Adam. And their attitude towards him reflected on her since he had brought her here to be a part of the broken team, he had brought her here to fix the broken team.
Shalimar stared into Adam's eyes. She had always relied on him, they all had and then he had disappeared, leaving the team without any way of contacting him. She understood that he was hurting and as usual going through his post-disaster guilt trip but so were they all. He didn't have a monopoly on sadness. She looked into his eyes and saw nothing of the father she used to know and love. She didn't recognize him at all.
Brennan walked out of the room without so much as a backwards glance. He was curious as to who the new woman was; Shalimar hadn't really given Adam a chance to explain. But Shalimar was more important and after she had stormed off he wasn't sure what she would do. Shal was impetuous and she could never, even at the best of times be relied upon to be sensible.
He heard her bedroom door slam shut behind her and as he reached it he heard a muffled 'go away'.
'I'm not going anywhere Shalimar, until you talk to me,' he said, knowing it probably wouldn't do any good.
'Well, then I hope you brought a book cos I can guarantee you're gonna be waiting a long time.'
Brennan almost laughed out loud because he actually had brought a book. He had been reading when Adam had arrived and had shoved it in his back pocket. He slid down the wall next to Shalimar's door and pulled it out. He knew Shalimar wasn't even close to joking when she said he would be waiting a while.
While thumbing through it to find his place he thought about how hard it was for everyone involved, especially Lexa. She had been thrown in at the deep end and he didn't have to be a psionic to know that Shalimar had intimidated the hell out of her. Lexa hadn't known Emma, she didn't want to fill those unfillable shoes. Shalimar was majorly over-reacting but he totally knew why. She had lost her best friend and she still felt that it was all her fault. It wasn't but he knew it would take a little more than him telling her to convince Shalimar of anything.
***
'Hi,' Jesse said to Lexa. She had been standing against one of the walls looking like she would rather be anywhere, doing anything other than being here.like being at a dentist and having a root canal. Jesse knew Shalimar well enough to know that she had been shouting at Adam, not Lexa. And Shalimar had every right to shout at him. He had gone away, he had left them for a whole month without a goodbye or even a note. And they hadn't known if he was coming back or not. If Shalimar hadn't have started shouting at him first Jesse would have been in there like a shot.
But now Shalimar had stormed off, Brennan had gone after her to make sure she didn't break too much stuff and Adam had muttered an apology and slunk off to the lab leaving Jesse and Lexa behind. He couldn't just walk off too and leave her to stand there wishing herself somewhere else.
Lexa looked up in suprise at the sound of Jesse's voice. It wasn't that him being there had shocked her it was just that he sounded vaguely pleasant, like he was atleast trying to make an effort to be nice.
'Hi,' she replied.
'I'm sorry about Shalimar,' Jesse said after a pause. He wasn't sure whether he should be apologizing for her. She would be pissed if she found out.
Lexa looked into his blue eyes and felt a breath easing out of her lungs, one she didn't know she had been holding. She had been intensely nervous all day about the prospect of entering the hallowed halls of Sanctuary and meeting the brave heroes of new mutants everywhere. But for the first time she didn't feel awkward, she didn't feel embarrassed, and she was bordering on feeling comfortable in her surroundings.
'Its understandable.'
Jesse turned and walked off, Lexa following him. She looked around her at the building within a mountain. All her life it had been an impressive, inspirational myth, the idea that you could get away from the GSA. She had never believed it to be true. Until she was eighteen she had worked as an agent, not realizing that there was any other way. And then she had met Adam.
He had, and it seemed cheesy everytime she said, it changed her life. He had placed her in the underground and she had disappeared off the GSA's radar.
'She's been through a lot.' Jesse's voice interrupted her thoughts. 'We all have.'
'I don't want to try and replace Emma. I'm here because Adam asked me to be here and.I owe him a lot,' she finished. It was true, she did. He had saved her twice now and she figured a good dose of gratitude was due.