MEET AND GREET
Adam felt the smile wash over his face as he received the message that his team's mission had been successful, and that Natasha, Brennan's cousin, had been rescued. They were now bringing her in to Sanctuary.
"Do you think we should tell her about New Mutants? And about Mutant X?" Jesse asked, following Adam out of the lab, and into the main centre of Sanctuary, where the lights were dimmer, and the air did not smell so much like chemicals.
"Well, not just yet. It's up to Brennan whether he wants Natasha to know about him. It's not our decision to make, but I would advise against it. she doesn't need to know just yet," Adam replied, crossing his arms over his chest.
Just at that moment, the sound of footsteps echoed around the corner, and five figures emerged, one of who was unfamiliar to Adam.
Jesse smiled. if only slightly.
The girl walking next to Brennan had dark hair, black, with streaks of unmistakable red in it, giving her character. She looked around in awe with brown eyes, showing her semblance to her cousin. Her clothes were dark, and slightly dirty, and in need of repair, or in fact disposing of. On her arm was a cut, showing where the blood they had discovered originated from.
After a couple of moments of staring around, Natasha set her gaze upon Adam and Jesse, and she allowed herself a faint smile.
Brennan moved over to Jesse, and sighed.
Jesse looked up at Brennan, and said, "How did it go?"
"Great. Not a bit of trouble," Brennan replied, glancing back down at Jesse.
Jesse smiled. "So that's your cousin, huh?"
Brennan nodded, and glanced over at Natasha, who was still looking a little bewildered.
"She's cute. really cute."
"Hey!" Brennan said, looking down at Jesse with a grin.
Jesse laughed. "What?"
"She's my little cousin."
Jesse looked between Natasha and Brennan, and grinned. "She's not a criminal, is she?"
Brennan clipped Jesse round the back of the head, and laughed.
"I'm keeping my eye on you," Brennan warned Jesse, who simply grinned back at the taller man.
"You know I'd never get up to anything," Jesse told him, a sincere expression crossing his face, crossing his arms over his chest.
"You should just talk to her," Brennan said, taking his jacket off, and beginning to walk away, smiling over at Claire, who soon trailed off after him.
Natasha stared after them.
* * *
Natasha was overwhelmed. all of these new things were hitting her all at once, and she was becoming more than a little confused. It was hard to track of everything.
There had been no time for introductions at the building where she was held, or when they were on the plane. Natasha had just been hugging Brennan pretty much the whole time. ecstatically happy that her big cousin had come to rescue her after all. even if he had brought Claire Marlow with him.
To her right was a beautiful woman about her height, with long flowing blonde hair, which curled elegantly over feminine shoulder. Gentle eyes looked at her with kindness, making her feel safe, and welcome.
"Hi, I'm Shalimar Fox," the blonde woman said, holding her hand out.
Natasha took the hand, and shook it. "I'm Natasha Jackman. but I prefer Natty."
Shalimar smiled with a nod, and stepped aside, letting another, younger woman step in.
This woman, who seemed only a little older than Natasha herself, had brown hair, tinted ever so slightly with red, and a soft look in her light eyes. Her hair was styled like Natasha's too, spiking outwards at the ends discreetly. She too, was quite beautiful.
"I'm Emma deLauro." She shook Natasha's hand as well, dropping her arm to her side shortly after.
Natasha smiled, and said, "I guess you already know my name, huh?"
Emma laughed, and nodded. "Yeah. Pretty much."
A man caught her attention, his dark hair curly on top of his head, his smile warm and becoming, dark clothing a little off-putting, but otherwise, this man looked friendly.
"Hi," she said to him, and shook his head as well.
"Hello, Natasha. sorry, Natty." He smiled, as did she. "My name is Adam."
Natty smiled, and sighed a relaxed sigh. "This place is beautiful. did you build it?" She turned her gaze to the two women at her sides.
They shook their heads at her. "No, not us," Shalimar told them, then glanced towards Adam.
Natty's eyes went wide. "You built this place?"
He nodded.
"How?!"
He laughed. "I have my ways."
Natty looked around her, and noticed for the first time that Brennan had disappeared. so had Claire. She frowned. She had thought Brennan would want to spend this time with his cousin, not run off and frolic with that. that. woman.
"Hi," came another voice, friendly, masculine, and welcoming.
She looked up from her focal point on the floor, and the words escaped her. The young man was beyond handsome, his green eyes were so full of kindness and intrigue, and there was a certain intelligent air about him. His blonde hair hung gracefully beside his face in youthful curtains, settling softly on his ears, and tickling the back of his neck. He was about her height, and he smiled warmly.
He laughed. "Hi," he repeated.
She swallowed hard, and cleared her throat, forcing herself to speak. "Hello."
"Natasha, right?" he said, cocking his head in a way that nearly stole her words away.
She managed to speak though; "Yeah. that's me. Call me Natty."
"Okay," he said with that same friendly smile, his hands in his pockets.
Shalimar and Emma smiled, waved, and walked away. Adam walked away, back to wherever he had been before she had arrived to disrupt the peace and quiet.
"I'm Jesse Kilmartin."
"Jesse. I like it," Natty found herself saying, and immediately wanted to go bury herself in a deep hole for such a dumb comment.
He smiled. "It would too bad if I didn't. nothing I can do about it." He blushed slightly, as though he were ashamed of his comment too.
They laughed, a little nervously at first.
"So." he began, rocking back on his heels slightly, before taking his hands out of his pockets, and offering one for Natty to take hold of, "want me to show you around?" There was an irresistible grin on his face, and a curious light in his eyes.
Natty laughed, accepting his hand. "Sure. I'd like that."
Adam felt the smile wash over his face as he received the message that his team's mission had been successful, and that Natasha, Brennan's cousin, had been rescued. They were now bringing her in to Sanctuary.
"Do you think we should tell her about New Mutants? And about Mutant X?" Jesse asked, following Adam out of the lab, and into the main centre of Sanctuary, where the lights were dimmer, and the air did not smell so much like chemicals.
"Well, not just yet. It's up to Brennan whether he wants Natasha to know about him. It's not our decision to make, but I would advise against it. she doesn't need to know just yet," Adam replied, crossing his arms over his chest.
Just at that moment, the sound of footsteps echoed around the corner, and five figures emerged, one of who was unfamiliar to Adam.
Jesse smiled. if only slightly.
The girl walking next to Brennan had dark hair, black, with streaks of unmistakable red in it, giving her character. She looked around in awe with brown eyes, showing her semblance to her cousin. Her clothes were dark, and slightly dirty, and in need of repair, or in fact disposing of. On her arm was a cut, showing where the blood they had discovered originated from.
After a couple of moments of staring around, Natasha set her gaze upon Adam and Jesse, and she allowed herself a faint smile.
Brennan moved over to Jesse, and sighed.
Jesse looked up at Brennan, and said, "How did it go?"
"Great. Not a bit of trouble," Brennan replied, glancing back down at Jesse.
Jesse smiled. "So that's your cousin, huh?"
Brennan nodded, and glanced over at Natasha, who was still looking a little bewildered.
"She's cute. really cute."
"Hey!" Brennan said, looking down at Jesse with a grin.
Jesse laughed. "What?"
"She's my little cousin."
Jesse looked between Natasha and Brennan, and grinned. "She's not a criminal, is she?"
Brennan clipped Jesse round the back of the head, and laughed.
"I'm keeping my eye on you," Brennan warned Jesse, who simply grinned back at the taller man.
"You know I'd never get up to anything," Jesse told him, a sincere expression crossing his face, crossing his arms over his chest.
"You should just talk to her," Brennan said, taking his jacket off, and beginning to walk away, smiling over at Claire, who soon trailed off after him.
Natasha stared after them.
* * *
Natasha was overwhelmed. all of these new things were hitting her all at once, and she was becoming more than a little confused. It was hard to track of everything.
There had been no time for introductions at the building where she was held, or when they were on the plane. Natasha had just been hugging Brennan pretty much the whole time. ecstatically happy that her big cousin had come to rescue her after all. even if he had brought Claire Marlow with him.
To her right was a beautiful woman about her height, with long flowing blonde hair, which curled elegantly over feminine shoulder. Gentle eyes looked at her with kindness, making her feel safe, and welcome.
"Hi, I'm Shalimar Fox," the blonde woman said, holding her hand out.
Natasha took the hand, and shook it. "I'm Natasha Jackman. but I prefer Natty."
Shalimar smiled with a nod, and stepped aside, letting another, younger woman step in.
This woman, who seemed only a little older than Natasha herself, had brown hair, tinted ever so slightly with red, and a soft look in her light eyes. Her hair was styled like Natasha's too, spiking outwards at the ends discreetly. She too, was quite beautiful.
"I'm Emma deLauro." She shook Natasha's hand as well, dropping her arm to her side shortly after.
Natasha smiled, and said, "I guess you already know my name, huh?"
Emma laughed, and nodded. "Yeah. Pretty much."
A man caught her attention, his dark hair curly on top of his head, his smile warm and becoming, dark clothing a little off-putting, but otherwise, this man looked friendly.
"Hi," she said to him, and shook his head as well.
"Hello, Natasha. sorry, Natty." He smiled, as did she. "My name is Adam."
Natty smiled, and sighed a relaxed sigh. "This place is beautiful. did you build it?" She turned her gaze to the two women at her sides.
They shook their heads at her. "No, not us," Shalimar told them, then glanced towards Adam.
Natty's eyes went wide. "You built this place?"
He nodded.
"How?!"
He laughed. "I have my ways."
Natty looked around her, and noticed for the first time that Brennan had disappeared. so had Claire. She frowned. She had thought Brennan would want to spend this time with his cousin, not run off and frolic with that. that. woman.
"Hi," came another voice, friendly, masculine, and welcoming.
She looked up from her focal point on the floor, and the words escaped her. The young man was beyond handsome, his green eyes were so full of kindness and intrigue, and there was a certain intelligent air about him. His blonde hair hung gracefully beside his face in youthful curtains, settling softly on his ears, and tickling the back of his neck. He was about her height, and he smiled warmly.
He laughed. "Hi," he repeated.
She swallowed hard, and cleared her throat, forcing herself to speak. "Hello."
"Natasha, right?" he said, cocking his head in a way that nearly stole her words away.
She managed to speak though; "Yeah. that's me. Call me Natty."
"Okay," he said with that same friendly smile, his hands in his pockets.
Shalimar and Emma smiled, waved, and walked away. Adam walked away, back to wherever he had been before she had arrived to disrupt the peace and quiet.
"I'm Jesse Kilmartin."
"Jesse. I like it," Natty found herself saying, and immediately wanted to go bury herself in a deep hole for such a dumb comment.
He smiled. "It would too bad if I didn't. nothing I can do about it." He blushed slightly, as though he were ashamed of his comment too.
They laughed, a little nervously at first.
"So." he began, rocking back on his heels slightly, before taking his hands out of his pockets, and offering one for Natty to take hold of, "want me to show you around?" There was an irresistible grin on his face, and a curious light in his eyes.
Natty laughed, accepting his hand. "Sure. I'd like that."