Disclaimer: I do not own Mutant X (unfortunately). Only Rosalie is mine.
Author's Note: I only recently got into Mutant X, so I've missed quite a few episodes. I could kick myself! What I've seen though, I've really enjoyed, so I decided to have a go at writing a fic. My first one, so please, plenty of reviewing. (Only, please be gentle!)
First encounters
Brennan jumped down from the warehouse window and scanned the area. He signalled to Shalimar that all was safe, and shortly watched Jesse and Emma phased through the door as Shal followed him through the window. Right, they were all in place, now all they had to do was find the New Mutant Adam had told them about - the thermal elemental. Adam had been adamant about getting to her before the GSA, but still, Brennan couldn't understand what could be so important about this new mutant that she could pose such a risk to them if she were discovered and recruited by Genomex.
"Any guards around, Bren?" asked Emma as she closed on him.
"Not any I could see from the window. I suggest we split up and search the rooms."
"OK, I'll take this floor with Emma, you and Shal take the first floor."
"We're on it Jesse," shouted Shal turning towards the stairs.
All of a sudden, the air was filled with the sounds of breaking glass, people shouting and a strange crackling, zapping noise.
"Upstairs," yelled Brennan as they raced up.
As they came to the top of the stairs they saw a gaggle of GSA agents fighting, and in the centre of the commotion was a young girl, her eyes blazing nearly as much as the streams of fire she seemed to be shooting from her fingertips, and her long reddish-brown hair streaming behind her as she dodged the agents. One by one, she was shooting them down as they came in on her, but it was obvious that she was just one person in the middle of a gang of five or six agents, and she was slowly loosing the battle. As if with one thought, the Mutant X team plunged in. Shal took the nearest agent and rained blows on his body. Jesse went into the fray and shielded Emma as she blasted various agents with her mind.
As Brennan began concentrating the electrical blasts in his hands, he noticed that the girl was slowly being forced into a small room off the main floor during the fight. He was moving towards her, aiming at the agents in order to blast them unconscious and get them out of her way, when she caught sight of him. Her eyes flashed for a minute and she sent out a blast of fire towards him. Taken aback, he dodged the blast and continued slamming the agents with electrical shots, but she carried on backing towards the door. With her back against the door, she shot a terrified look at Brennan and went through it, closing it behind her, but not before Bren managed to squeeze through.
"What do you want from me?" she yelled at him, backing away.
"We're here to help you," he replied, coming in closer to her.
"That's what they all say," she spat. "Don't bother telling any more lies. You're all the same so don't waste your breath."
Her eyes blazed as she raised her hands towards him and readied to fire another blast at him. He gathered the energy into his hands as he dodged her blasts. She was going to be a tough one, he thought. If only he could let her have a short electric blast, just enough to stun her, he could get her out of there, away from the Genomex agents and back to Sanctuary. Blast after blast of blue-white electric energy and orange fire crisscrossed through the room, both dodging one another's shots.
She sprang from wall to wall, almost floating through the air as she attacked him. He could see the terror mixed with pure hatred in her eyes as she leapt away from him time after time. She can't possibly last much longer, he thought, not after fighting those agents too. But that lapse of concentration had exposed his chest, and he knew he'd made a mistake as he saw her raise both hands and blast him with a final spurt of energy. With no time to dodge, he felt a stream of pure energy hit him full on the chest as he crashed through the door and slammed on the floor, unconscious.
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Back at Sanctuary
Back at Sanctuary, Brennan was waking up to the sound of well-known voices.
"Hi, you. How you doing?" Emma asked him tenderly.
"I'm fine, is she OK? What's happened to her?"
"She fled through the window before we could stop her," explained Emma. "I tried to slow her down, but it seems she was too fast for us all."
"Adam, we have to know more before we go after her again. What do we know about her powers?" Bren asked.
"From what I've been able to find on the database, she is a thermal elemental. She has the power to increase heat in any object to such an extent that it catches on fire," explained Adam.
"She looked like she was floating too, how is that possible?" asked Bren, shifting up onto his elbows.
"Floating? How do you mean?"
"Well, as she leapt around and dodged me, it seemed as if she didn't touch the ground as often as normal."
"She could be using the heat from her energy blasts to create thermals, or she may also be using the force of the blasts to propel her upwards."
"So have you found where she is now?" He was a little surprised at his own vehemence, but he put it down to the fact that he wouldn't want to face her as part of a GSA force.
"Emma has been trying to find some trace of her, and Jesse and I are checking the GSA computers for any information about her whilst Shal patrols the area."
"I need to help," Brennan tried to get up quickly, but his head was spinning too badly.
"I wouldn't try moving just yet, Brennan," came Adam. "You sustained quite a hit. She is deceptively powerful."
"You can say that again. I can see why you were so eager to get to her first.
"I think you'll find I'm usually right when it comes to these things," joked Adam. "I suggest you rest up for a bit and recover from that whilst we try to locate her whereabouts."
"Adam, I've found something," Jesse called on the comlink. "I followed her paperwork and found a record of an address. I'll go have a look."
"I'm going too," Brennan interjected.
"You really should be staying in for this one, Brennan."
"No, I know she floored me once, but I promise she won't do it again."
"This isn't a matter of pride, you've got to bear the best interests of the team in mind."
"And the best interests of the team involve us sticking together. She caught me unawares last time, she's unpredictable and we have to face together if we want to stand a chance of getting her back here safe and unharmed."
Adam couldn't help but agree with him on that point. "OK, you win, but be careful out there," he admonished as he signalled to Emma for a shot to clear Brennan's head.
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What's it like so far? Should I carry on? Hope I haven't disappointed all those people hoping to see Bren/Shal or Bren/Emma pairings.
Author's Note: I only recently got into Mutant X, so I've missed quite a few episodes. I could kick myself! What I've seen though, I've really enjoyed, so I decided to have a go at writing a fic. My first one, so please, plenty of reviewing. (Only, please be gentle!)
First encounters
Brennan jumped down from the warehouse window and scanned the area. He signalled to Shalimar that all was safe, and shortly watched Jesse and Emma phased through the door as Shal followed him through the window. Right, they were all in place, now all they had to do was find the New Mutant Adam had told them about - the thermal elemental. Adam had been adamant about getting to her before the GSA, but still, Brennan couldn't understand what could be so important about this new mutant that she could pose such a risk to them if she were discovered and recruited by Genomex.
"Any guards around, Bren?" asked Emma as she closed on him.
"Not any I could see from the window. I suggest we split up and search the rooms."
"OK, I'll take this floor with Emma, you and Shal take the first floor."
"We're on it Jesse," shouted Shal turning towards the stairs.
All of a sudden, the air was filled with the sounds of breaking glass, people shouting and a strange crackling, zapping noise.
"Upstairs," yelled Brennan as they raced up.
As they came to the top of the stairs they saw a gaggle of GSA agents fighting, and in the centre of the commotion was a young girl, her eyes blazing nearly as much as the streams of fire she seemed to be shooting from her fingertips, and her long reddish-brown hair streaming behind her as she dodged the agents. One by one, she was shooting them down as they came in on her, but it was obvious that she was just one person in the middle of a gang of five or six agents, and she was slowly loosing the battle. As if with one thought, the Mutant X team plunged in. Shal took the nearest agent and rained blows on his body. Jesse went into the fray and shielded Emma as she blasted various agents with her mind.
As Brennan began concentrating the electrical blasts in his hands, he noticed that the girl was slowly being forced into a small room off the main floor during the fight. He was moving towards her, aiming at the agents in order to blast them unconscious and get them out of her way, when she caught sight of him. Her eyes flashed for a minute and she sent out a blast of fire towards him. Taken aback, he dodged the blast and continued slamming the agents with electrical shots, but she carried on backing towards the door. With her back against the door, she shot a terrified look at Brennan and went through it, closing it behind her, but not before Bren managed to squeeze through.
"What do you want from me?" she yelled at him, backing away.
"We're here to help you," he replied, coming in closer to her.
"That's what they all say," she spat. "Don't bother telling any more lies. You're all the same so don't waste your breath."
Her eyes blazed as she raised her hands towards him and readied to fire another blast at him. He gathered the energy into his hands as he dodged her blasts. She was going to be a tough one, he thought. If only he could let her have a short electric blast, just enough to stun her, he could get her out of there, away from the Genomex agents and back to Sanctuary. Blast after blast of blue-white electric energy and orange fire crisscrossed through the room, both dodging one another's shots.
She sprang from wall to wall, almost floating through the air as she attacked him. He could see the terror mixed with pure hatred in her eyes as she leapt away from him time after time. She can't possibly last much longer, he thought, not after fighting those agents too. But that lapse of concentration had exposed his chest, and he knew he'd made a mistake as he saw her raise both hands and blast him with a final spurt of energy. With no time to dodge, he felt a stream of pure energy hit him full on the chest as he crashed through the door and slammed on the floor, unconscious.
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Back at Sanctuary
Back at Sanctuary, Brennan was waking up to the sound of well-known voices.
"Hi, you. How you doing?" Emma asked him tenderly.
"I'm fine, is she OK? What's happened to her?"
"She fled through the window before we could stop her," explained Emma. "I tried to slow her down, but it seems she was too fast for us all."
"Adam, we have to know more before we go after her again. What do we know about her powers?" Bren asked.
"From what I've been able to find on the database, she is a thermal elemental. She has the power to increase heat in any object to such an extent that it catches on fire," explained Adam.
"She looked like she was floating too, how is that possible?" asked Bren, shifting up onto his elbows.
"Floating? How do you mean?"
"Well, as she leapt around and dodged me, it seemed as if she didn't touch the ground as often as normal."
"She could be using the heat from her energy blasts to create thermals, or she may also be using the force of the blasts to propel her upwards."
"So have you found where she is now?" He was a little surprised at his own vehemence, but he put it down to the fact that he wouldn't want to face her as part of a GSA force.
"Emma has been trying to find some trace of her, and Jesse and I are checking the GSA computers for any information about her whilst Shal patrols the area."
"I need to help," Brennan tried to get up quickly, but his head was spinning too badly.
"I wouldn't try moving just yet, Brennan," came Adam. "You sustained quite a hit. She is deceptively powerful."
"You can say that again. I can see why you were so eager to get to her first.
"I think you'll find I'm usually right when it comes to these things," joked Adam. "I suggest you rest up for a bit and recover from that whilst we try to locate her whereabouts."
"Adam, I've found something," Jesse called on the comlink. "I followed her paperwork and found a record of an address. I'll go have a look."
"I'm going too," Brennan interjected.
"You really should be staying in for this one, Brennan."
"No, I know she floored me once, but I promise she won't do it again."
"This isn't a matter of pride, you've got to bear the best interests of the team in mind."
"And the best interests of the team involve us sticking together. She caught me unawares last time, she's unpredictable and we have to face together if we want to stand a chance of getting her back here safe and unharmed."
Adam couldn't help but agree with him on that point. "OK, you win, but be careful out there," he admonished as he signalled to Emma for a shot to clear Brennan's head.
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What's it like so far? Should I carry on? Hope I haven't disappointed all those people hoping to see Bren/Shal or Bren/Emma pairings.