Author: Lani (lucysmeth@aol.com)
Rating: G
Disclaimer: see first chapter.
Summary: A blast from Brennans past comes back with a history. Please read and review.
Title: Opposite sides of the fence (will change as soon as I can think of a better one)
Authors Note: Yay, more reviews! A BIG thank you to Penny, Sovrin and Maggie ()!
Anyway, writers block at full peak now –I couldn't even do my English work, but I'm not gonna give in to it so I'm going to do as much as possible until it gets the idea and leaves. Oh yeah, does anyone actually know how old Brennan is? I'm guessing late twenties-ish. Twenty-eight?
Another short chapter –blame school and writers block.
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"Are you going to stare at nothing all day or tell us?" Emma pushed, the panic that she had sensed from him before was increasing, "Why is it such a secret anyway?"
Brennan blinked and re-focused his eyes from where they had been glimpsing at the Past, "Why's it such a big deal for you guys?" he retorted, they wouldn't like the truth he had decided.
"It's not –you're making it one." Stated Shalimar,
"Then you don't have to ask all these question; there's nothing going on and she probably heard as talking or something and heard my name mentioned."
"You're lying Brennan" Emma looked him in the eyes, "And you know it. Why won't you tell us anything?"
Brennan shifted on the spot, they would hate the truth, he reminded himself, and they'd hate me for what I did; there's no way they can find out. "There's nothing to tell." He walked off, leaving the remainder of Mutant X confused.
"Okay, what's up with him?" Shalimar asked the air,
"Got me." Jesse answered, but Emma was still looking at where Brennan had been standing, "Hey Emma? Do you know something we don't?"
She broke off her train of thought; there was only one way to find out and they'd have to be careful if Brennan were not to find out, "I think they're related, but we'll need to go to the lab to find out."
"Yeah, so how did you figure that out?" Shalimar had another mischievous hint on her face,
"Brennan wasn't worried about anything before Adam came in, but when he told us about Piper it started coming off him in waves. And then there's the fact that he knew how old she is and he lied about luck, the fact that he knew she was at the martial arts place, like it was one of her haunts of something. When she recognised him she wanted to trust him, but she won't for some reason and Brennan… I didn't even need to scan him, I just got flashes of things -"
"What kind of things?" interrupted Jesse,
"I'm not sure," she continued, "images, emotions all jumbled up and then it was gone and he was almost back to normal; the list goes on. It would just make sense."
"Alright; so we ask Adam to compare their DNA?" Shalimar suggested,
"That should do it."
"Question: how are we gonna do that without Brennan or Piper finding out? I mean, Adam is with Piper in the lab now so we can't just go in and ask." Said Jesse.
Emma frowned, he had a point, "Can you bring up Brennans files from any point in here?"
Jesse nodded, not quite sure where she was goin with it, "I think so,"
"Well when Adam's done with Piper we can find a terminal and bring up both their files –nobody will be any the wiser."
Shalimar grinned, "I've never seen this side of you before Emma, let it out more often. The data should be all up in a couple of hours, meet back here then."
Emma smiled back and they went off to wile away the time.
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Post Authors Note: Once again –big apology for the extreme short-ness, keep your guesses coming **grins evilly** you'll find out for definite in the next chapter who Piper is, then we should get down to some fun stuff (so sue me, I was bought up with Bruce Willis and Arnold Swarchinnneger (not a clue how to spell it).
Rating: G
Disclaimer: see first chapter.
Summary: A blast from Brennans past comes back with a history. Please read and review.
Title: Opposite sides of the fence (will change as soon as I can think of a better one)
Authors Note: Yay, more reviews! A BIG thank you to Penny, Sovrin and Maggie ()!
Anyway, writers block at full peak now –I couldn't even do my English work, but I'm not gonna give in to it so I'm going to do as much as possible until it gets the idea and leaves. Oh yeah, does anyone actually know how old Brennan is? I'm guessing late twenties-ish. Twenty-eight?
Another short chapter –blame school and writers block.
*
"Are you going to stare at nothing all day or tell us?" Emma pushed, the panic that she had sensed from him before was increasing, "Why is it such a secret anyway?"
Brennan blinked and re-focused his eyes from where they had been glimpsing at the Past, "Why's it such a big deal for you guys?" he retorted, they wouldn't like the truth he had decided.
"It's not –you're making it one." Stated Shalimar,
"Then you don't have to ask all these question; there's nothing going on and she probably heard as talking or something and heard my name mentioned."
"You're lying Brennan" Emma looked him in the eyes, "And you know it. Why won't you tell us anything?"
Brennan shifted on the spot, they would hate the truth, he reminded himself, and they'd hate me for what I did; there's no way they can find out. "There's nothing to tell." He walked off, leaving the remainder of Mutant X confused.
"Okay, what's up with him?" Shalimar asked the air,
"Got me." Jesse answered, but Emma was still looking at where Brennan had been standing, "Hey Emma? Do you know something we don't?"
She broke off her train of thought; there was only one way to find out and they'd have to be careful if Brennan were not to find out, "I think they're related, but we'll need to go to the lab to find out."
"Yeah, so how did you figure that out?" Shalimar had another mischievous hint on her face,
"Brennan wasn't worried about anything before Adam came in, but when he told us about Piper it started coming off him in waves. And then there's the fact that he knew how old she is and he lied about luck, the fact that he knew she was at the martial arts place, like it was one of her haunts of something. When she recognised him she wanted to trust him, but she won't for some reason and Brennan… I didn't even need to scan him, I just got flashes of things -"
"What kind of things?" interrupted Jesse,
"I'm not sure," she continued, "images, emotions all jumbled up and then it was gone and he was almost back to normal; the list goes on. It would just make sense."
"Alright; so we ask Adam to compare their DNA?" Shalimar suggested,
"That should do it."
"Question: how are we gonna do that without Brennan or Piper finding out? I mean, Adam is with Piper in the lab now so we can't just go in and ask." Said Jesse.
Emma frowned, he had a point, "Can you bring up Brennans files from any point in here?"
Jesse nodded, not quite sure where she was goin with it, "I think so,"
"Well when Adam's done with Piper we can find a terminal and bring up both their files –nobody will be any the wiser."
Shalimar grinned, "I've never seen this side of you before Emma, let it out more often. The data should be all up in a couple of hours, meet back here then."
Emma smiled back and they went off to wile away the time.
**
Post Authors Note: Once again –big apology for the extreme short-ness, keep your guesses coming **grins evilly** you'll find out for definite in the next chapter who Piper is, then we should get down to some fun stuff (so sue me, I was bought up with Bruce Willis and Arnold Swarchinnneger (not a clue how to spell it).
