An: okay, so I'm not entirely sure what the heck I'm doing here, I think that's obvious. It's been a while since I've really been into this particular show, so the characters might be a little off, sorry. I'd like to know if I should keep writing this or skip to another story, cause I've only got the basic outline on this done… so leave me a review and let me know…
Disclaimer: yeah, I kinda forgot to put this before… but I don't own any part of mutant x… and I'm not exactly sure who does…
After wandering between the warehouses for several minutes, they finally seemed to arrive at the boy's destination. It was a large empty looking building. Upon entering the storage area, they found themselves in a fully furnished house of sorts that the young people obviously lived in.
Seven or eight children, ranging in age from eight or nine to fifteen or so, crowded towards them trying to get a better look at the new comers. The brunette girl who had spoken with Brennan and Shalimar was present as well. A couple of the children displayed signs of being mutants as well. The strangeness of it all was not lost on the team members but still they remained complacent for some unknown reason.
Just as the blonde boy was about to speak, a loud disturbance was hear in the back of the large room. A tall striking girl was having a physical and vocal argument with two of the children. She obviously didn't belong with them. She was the only one in the building who was dressed in anything resembling professional attire, she carried herself with a certainly that didn't stem from her powers but from her personality, and she was much more serious then any of her peers.
After the brief scuffle ended, she fixed her attention on Mutant X's members and strode towards them.
"Why are you here?" she demanded.
"We-" Jesse started to answer.
"They're here to help." The brunette girl spoke up.
"With what?" the tall girl switched her attention to the group behind her.
"Adam." Came the simple answer.
"My job." The girl snarled. "Not yours, not theirs. And whose idea was this anyway?"
"It was a joint decision." The blonde boy replied.
"Great." She muttered back. Turning to the team, she continued. "Are you here because you want to be, or did they make you come?"
"It was voluntary." The boy answered for them.
"Like hell it was, Evan. You don't even know the meaning of the word." Another older girl appeared in the doorway. She looked a lot like the first one, only several inches shorter.
"Do too." Evan shot back.
"Anna, get the kids out of here. Our guests are confused. Let me see if I can help them." the girl in the doorway ordered.
Anna, the older girl, nodded and ushered evan and his band out of the room. With only minor trouble from the two leaders.
"Hi," the new girl smiled. "I'm Kristi. I'm sorry about those little brats. They've gotten to used to getting their way. They shouldn't have done what they did."
"And exactly what did they do?" Brennan questioned.
"Oh, you don't know?" Kristi laughed. "They must be better then I thought. I guess Alex'll to take care of this." With that, she turned and headed after the group that had just exited.
The team looked at each other in confusion. While used to the unusual, this was something entirely different then anything they'd ever experienced.
Within seconds, yet another girl entered the warehouse's main room. Anna and Kristi accompanied her, but none of the younger mutants were with them.
"So," Kristi addressed them, "this is Alex, she's a psionic so she should be able to undo whatever those little creeps did to you. Then we'll talk."
Alex stepped forward and smiled sweetly at the four adults. She slowly looked at each one in turn, her eyes boring deep into their head, they could almost feel her searching their minds and removing something. It took her no more then four or five seconds and they immediately felt their usual defenses return.
Alex laughed gently as she watched the uncertainty and mistrust return to their face. "Don't worry, I'm not like them. I was taught morals along with control."
"What happened to us?" Shalimar asked.
"Evan's a powerful psionic. He can break down inhibitions very easily." Anna answered helpfully.
"So, it's kind of like getting drunk really quickly?" Brennan clarified.
"Yep," Alex laughed again. "Exactly."
"But his powers are specific." Anna continued. "There's not much else he can do. Each of the other's are like that as well. Incredibly strong and gifted, but limited in the extent of what they can do."
"But one of them told me she was both psionic and feral." Shalimar stated.
"Oh, she's the exception." Anna frowned. "But she's not really supposed to be a part of the pack anyway."
"Pack?" Lexa questioned.
"Oh," Anna explained. "We call them the pack because they need each other to use their powers to the best effect. We're able to operate completely on our own, with very little input from Adam or our sisters."
"Sisters?" Alex asked for Jesse. When he shot her a glare, she just laughed and shrugged. "You kind of projected that. Sorry. I can't help it."
"Why don't we get you some where you can rest for a while?" Kristi suggested. "Then we'll be glad to explain everything to you."
The members of Mutant X knew they needed the rest, but they were not exactly thrilled at the idea of trusting these new, apparent, allies. Especially so soon after they'd been tricked by people close to the girls they were being asked to trust.
Alex sensed their hesitancy and tried to sooth them a little. " I know we haven't gotten off to a great start," she grinned. "But you'll see, in the end, you'll be able to trust us more then you even trust yourselves. Besides, what do you have to lose? If we wanted to hurt you, we would have by now."
"So you must want something from us." Shalimar reasoned.
"No," Alex sighed. "We don't want anything from you. But you need something from us."
"And what would that be?" Shalimar demanded.
"A conscience."
