Disclaimer: I wish mutantx is mine but it isn't.

From the author: Again let me just say this: THIS IS A Brennan/Emma STORY, SO PLEASE STOP SAYING THAT Brennan SHOULD END UP WITH SHALIMAR IN THE END... plus, I know that Shalimar and Brennan belongs with each other. I love them together but face it, writing a story about a Good girl (Emma) and a good boy (jesse) is quite boring... Writing a story about a bad girl (Shalimar) and a bad boy (Brennan) is too much, Writing a story about a bad girl and a good boy or a good girl and a bad boy is just perfect... thank you...

I'm really busy nowadays, i know you know it. Thanks for the reviews.

I'm sorry

Chapter 11

The cold air from the air conditioning is comfortable for Emma and Jesse. Both were used on the natural cooler Adam used in the Sanctuary. Jesse managed to settle at the nearby couch. Emma sat quietly beside their host--Russ who kept on thinking of what to tell Emma.

"I'm really sorry about what happen earlier." Russ kept on apologizing even after they have finished their lunch. He knew that Emma...or Emmie as he really knows her... was really pissed. Usually he'd just throw any girls who acts like that around him but Emma is not any girl. Russ knew that he could use Emmie. He knew that they need her more than she needs them. Russ glance past by Emma's shoulder where Jesse...Jess... is comfortably sitted then he looked back to Emma agian and continued apologizing. "Please, they didn't mean it.'

Emma glanced at him and showed off a small smile "I know!" She replied with the sound of doubt and disappointment. "Don't worry about that. I enjoyed it anyway. Although it came as a surprise." She said then averted her gaze towards Jesse who smile at her in return. She did enjoyed it. It was like a free hands on training.
she wanted so much to just use her power and get it over with but like before, Emma always finds it more challenging to deal with people without really using her gift.
Russ accepted whatever she said. He smiled and then they paused for a while. Russ glanced at her then he looked at Jesse. "Is he your..." he looked back to Emma before he continued speaking. "...boyfriend."

That sentence caught Emma's attention. She threw a shot look at Jesse then she frowned. "Commitment will only conflict my line of job. I have enough complications in my life. I don't want to make it more complicated." She explained. This didn't seem to convince Russ. Some how the silent sentence between her and Jesse made Russ a little suspicious.

Emma could clearly read Russ. She didn't need to use her gift to know that he was doubting. She knew she has to do something to make him believe her. As if heaven sent, one of the women in the house came out with a tray to serve wine.
Emma knew just when to use her powers. Automatically, she sent off emoitions towards the woman and to Jesse. She smiled when the woman came to Jesse and flirted.

The woman came to Jesse to offer him a drink as Russ instructed all of them to entertain his visitors but then she felt a weird tingling effect in her mind and then she looked at Jesse in a different way. "Hi there handsome!" she called Jesse's attention. "I'm lonely tonight. Do you want to play?" She said with a flickering eyes.

Jesse gazed at the woman. For some reason he felt as if he really like the woman in front of her. He smiled as his eyes lingered on her curves. "I don't know." he said with a grin. "It's possible that I could not afford your time."

"I'll be your for free for one whole day...if you want." the woman flashed another smile.

Jesse, still aware that they were there for a mission glanced at Emma as if asking for her permissiom. Emma smiled and then looked at Russ.
"How much if your whore?" she asked.

Russ frowned because he didn't understood what she meant. "What whore?"
"That whore!" Emma threw her gaze at the woman and willed Russ to follow her gaze. "I think Jess wants her." She added.

Russ smiled. He could not see any jealousy at Emma's part and it made him trust her again. "For him, she's free. Just tell me that you accept my offer."

Emma was pleased to hear his response. She's in the group. She's halfway the mission. "You know my conditions." Emma checked if he still remembered what they talked about before.

"Of course. You do whatever you want to do as long as you finish the assignments, then you get paid." Russ repeated in excitement. He could feel that Emmas is going to take his offer.

"And the payment?" Emma managed to sound as if she was just interested with the money. She has to be.

Russ grinned. He still thinks that Emma and Jesse are mercenaries and the only way to get them is by means of the marked piece of paper called cash. "The payment!" he echoed "Yes, yes. Whatever amount the target gives you for giving him pleasure, that will all be yours. Whatever the client gives me, your'll have ten percent of it."

"20 percent." She bargained.

Russ looked away, still having second thoughts whether he will give it or not. Emma was not the only girl who's willing to kill for money. She's not the only woman who could kick ass but for some reason, Russ could see that Emma has something the others don't have. After thinking for a while he heard her again.

Emma acted as if she was leaving him. "It's okay if you can't give it. I still have other..."

"Okay! okay! 20 pecent. but that is all i could bargain for." He said making it clear that she can't ask for more.

"Very well. We have a deal then." she extended her hand and Russ met it then she looked back to Jesse. "You can have her." she told him.

Jesse stood up with a smile and then the woman gladly ushered him away. "Four hours, then I'll be back." he called behind him before the woman finally got him away.

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The table was already prepared for lunch Shalimar did all the preparation as she was the only woman in the sanctuary that day. It wasn't really that easy for Shalimar. She's already in the last month of the second trimester of her pregnancy. Time after time she would stop moving because of the cramps and sometimes be taken aback by the sudden movement of the fetus inside her womb.

It was hard enough to be pregnant, its harder to be pregnant and found out that the father of your child is not at all interested with you and your baby. Shalimar shook her head. She could not think that way. Brennan never said that he didn't want the baby. He didn't say anything about not loving her. In fact, he never said anything about that topic at all. He remained distant to her. She sighed then stared at the ceiling while waiting for the rest of the team to come and dine.

It did not took long before Brennan and Adam showed up. Adam is stil in his usual lab gown while Brennan just got off the vehicle stable. Both man smile at Shalimar before washing their hands and sitting down the table.

Adam is starved to death for working overtime for the project, which Emma and Jesse were handling. He still have lots of things to know about the group where he sent Emma. He knew that Emma could handle herself; still, if something goes wrong, he knew that the blame with be on his head. Adam needed to eat really bad and he didn't care anymore about the others in the table. He begun shovelling some food into his mouth and eating like pig. It was later when he sensed the unusual silence between Shalimar and Brennan.

Brennan's plate was almost untouched. He only took a slice of the lemoned beef steak and took a sip from his juice. He was hungry, alright, but his mind has been floating to somewhere. He kept on staring at Shalimar. He knew that he was hurting her. He knew that Shalimar is already sensing something.

Shalimar avoided Brennan's eyes and tried eating slowly. The steak was really tempting for a feral so even if she didn't want to eat, she went ahead and tried the beef. She sighed. She knew from the very beggining that Brennan is in love with a mysterious woman. She heard about it but she failed to know the true love of Brennan's life. She came to believe that Brennan could and would love her sooner or later. Was she wrong? Was she just making all of these in her mind. She lifted her gaze to look at Brennan as if asking answers from him; as if her gaze would move Brennan and then he would start loving her; as if her gaze would really make any difference at all...

Brennan looked away. Could anyone blame him? He didn't want this. All he ever wanted was to be with Emma. All he really cared for is Emma. He lived for her. "Dammit!" He cursed in his head. Why is it so hard to face the truth? He knows what to do... He knows that he should tell Shalimar everything... He knew he had to leave her... He knew he belonged to Emma... Yet he's not sure if She would take him back.

Shalimar was frustrated. Brennan didn't returned her gaze. She was still in this mind maze she had been trying to get out off. God! She would kill for him. She would do anything for him. She hates to admit it but she knew that Brennan has her in his electrical palm. One word... that's all he needs to make her move. Shalimar has already given up so much for him...--Is this a mistake?

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Jesse does not have any idea why he was doing these. He knew he shouldn't but there was a force that kept him going. Oh well, he was liking it anyway. The woman that is with him is one of the sexiest stripper in that org. Somehow he was feeling a bit guilt... a guilt that was taken away by outer forces. He sighed--"'Emma' that's the other forces", he thought and then smiled. Emma's idea are becoming wierder and wierder ever minute.

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Emma shook her head when she sensed what they were doing. She was too connected with Jesse that she was sensing his every emotion. She has to break the connection with Jesse for a while so as not to blush too much.

Russ kept on glancing to his watch. Jesse and his whore have been there too long and time is a very important thing for them in the their job and he hates it when this happens. He sounded off a relief when he saw them comming from their room. Ah! At last. Russ thought. He found Jesse smiling, really contented with what he had. Emma stood up when she saw them coming down.

"Shall we go?" Jesse called out and Emna nodded in return. Jesse walked beside Emma as Russ escorted them out of the manor.

"I'll call you." Russ told them once they reached the gate. Emma nodded and then signaled something to Jesse. Jesse smiled and then extended his hand towards Russ. "It is a pleasure working WITH you..." Jesse stressed the word with. Russ smiled and took his hand. With that Emma and Jesse drove away.

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Jesse drove the from that place then he broke the ice with a question. "Did you make me do it?"

Emma was silent for a while and then she answered. "I had to do it, Jess. He's doubting us." she said without blinking. She was waiting for his reply. It was very easy to know what Jesse was thinking. She just have to sense him but this is one thing she told herself not to do. She was still humane enough to give her friends privacy and not to keep on prying on their helpless minds.

"It's all right. I had fun." Jesse said with a big smile. Soon both were laughing in the car. Jesse was just glad that they were half way the mission. Before they went back to the Sanctuary, both decided to do a little shopping for Emma's wardrobe. Jesse was getting used to accompanying Emma. He just wished he's acompanying Shalimar instead.
He sighed. He pitied Shalimar although theirs nothing he could do now. From the day when Emma and Brennan joined them, He knew that Shalimar has a thing for Brennan and Brennan is attracted with Shalimar--he should be. Shalimar is one hottest women in the world. Besides, he never saw Brennan flirt with Emma, at least not in public since he saw him sneaking into Emma's room one night. Jesse shook his head. He was aware that Emma was sensing all his thoughts and he certainly doesn't want her to know that he was thinking of this topic. He never want to hurt her.

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It was very late in the afternoon. Shalimar found herself alone in the dojo. She don't know if the wedding they planned before will still take place specially now that she could feel Brennan slip away. "Is he slipping away or was he never yours?" her mind asked her. She refused to let it through her. She was a bit startled when she heard a voice.

"Shal, could we please talk?" Brennas came behind her and begged.

Shalimar's heart pounded faster. "What is he going to say?" her mind taunted. Could this be the day she was fearing? Is he breaking up with her?

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Lyza