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Mutant X
"Slipping Away"
Chapter 4



Jesse arrived back to Sanctuary with the car and walked in to see that Emma and Brennan were still waiting on the stairs for him. Jesse pulled the envelope Adam had given him out of his coat. "Okay now we can read it." Jesse carefully opened the envelope and pulled out two pieces of paper that were tri folded and Adam's ring fell to the ground. Emma picked it up and handed it to Jesse.

"What does it say?" Brennan asked.

"The front page is all about how to take care of Shal'. And the second page...oh my god!"

"What?" Emma asked.

"He's left us!"

"What? Hew said that for a little while," Brennan told Jesse.

"No, here I'll read it out loud. To my dear children, I address you this way because that has been how I see it, that in some way you all are my children and I love each of you. One of my children was dying, my Shalimar, so I made a deal with Mason Eckhart that I would stay at the GSA with him. You are not to follow me or try and rescue me because I did this for you. You will all be fine without me. Take care of Shalimar and each other. Again, I love you all and will think of you everyday. Adam."

"Oh my god..." Emma said quietly.

"Let's go!" Brennan told them standing up.

"Where?" Jesse asked.

"The GSA."

"Brennan, we have to do what Adam wants."

"Why? Eckhart's probably got him brainwashed or something!"

"No," Emma told him. "We do what Adam wants. We take of each other."

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Three Days Later...


Shalimar was finally awake and eager to get out of bed. "Emma, where's Adam?" she asked surprised he hadn't come in since she had woken up.

"Maybe Jesse should tell you."

"Is he alright?"

"Yeah, it's just that--Jesse! Shalimar has a question for you."

"Jesse, where's Adam?" Shalimar asked.

"Adam left."

"Left to go where?"

"To the GSA."

"Did you just say the GSA? Adam wouldn't go to the GSA."

"Usually he wouldn't, but he and Eckhart had a deal."

"A deal? What kind of deal?" she asked her best friend.

"Shal' maybe you should rest some more," Jesse told her.

"No, Jesse what's going on?"

"He made a deal with the devil," Emma told her.

"What?" Shalimar was still confused and being just up after being unconscious for days didn't help either.

"Eckhart helped you and Adam agreed to stay at the GSA and leave us," Jesse finally told her.

"What? No! It's not true!" Shalimar exclaimed getting very emotionally worked up.

"What's going on?" Brennan asked.

"Adam's coming back right?" she asked.

"No, Shal' " Brennan told her.

"No, it's all my fault!"

"No it's not," Jesse told her holding her. "It's not your fault at all."

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