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Mutant X
"The World's Greatest"
Chapter 3
Gabriel Ashlock and his group entered the Sanctuary. "Find them!" he ordered and they all fanned out looking for the five members of Mutant X. After an hour of searching the Sanctuary, Mutant X could not be found. "They're here, I can sense them!" Gabriel was frustrated. "I want someone here until we find them!" Gabriel said before storming out. "Where ARE they?" Gabriel fumed.
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TWO MONTHS LATER
Gabriel and the Strand people could not do anything to retrieve the files from the database that had been deleted, and they could not locate the members of Mutant X. They couldn't even find a trace of where they might have gone or where they were. "Forget it!" Gabriel shouted and had the Strand vacat Sanctuary. "They'll surface."
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ONE WEEK LATER
The pods were raised up and began to unseal. Adam was the first one out, he quickly checked the monitors to make sure everything was going okay. Adam released Jesse first. He went to help Jesse out. Jesse was still sort of out of it from being in the pod. "You okay?" Adam asked.
"Yeah, I think so. How long?"
"I'm not sure, yet. Let's get everyone out first."
"Who's next?"
"I'll release Shalimar, Emma, and Brennan at the same time. I just wanted some help, that's why I woke you up first. I need you to help get them out of the pods, okay?"
"Yeah."
"Good, let's start." Adam started the sequence to release the others. "Okay, they've all been released from the stasis system," Adam said joining Jesse.
Jesse lifted up the hatch on Emma's pod, "hey..." Jese said when Emma opened her eyes. Jesse helped her sit up and then lifted her out. "You okay?"
"Yeah, thanks Jesse," Emma said as she started to wake up.
"Brennan," Adam greeted as Brennan opened his eyes.
"Shal' ?"
"You okay?" Adam asked.
"Yeah."
"Okay, she's last," Adam said as she walked to Shalimar's pod. He tried to release the hatch, but it wouldn't work. "It's not opening!"
"What?" Emma, Jesse, and Brennan shouted together and immediately got to the pod.
"Brennan, why don't you try a little jolt, maybe the clamps aren't...I don't know."
"Okay, get back," Brennan warned as he hit the pod with a bolt of electricity.
"It still won't open!" Adam said trying to open the hatch.
"Let me try," Jesse said as he touched the hatch. "You'll have to lift her out quickly." Jesse phased and so did the hatch. Brennan and Adam pulled Shalimar out. "Is she okay?" Jesse asked when they laid her on the floor. She was still unconscious and not moving.
"She's not breathing," Adam told them and began CPR.
"Adam?" Emma asked panicing.
"Can I help?" Brennan asked.
"Low voltage," Adam told him as he continued CPR. "When I say...now!" Brennan hit Shal' with a volt of electricity. Adam checked her pulse after breathing for her. "Again!" Adam repeated the process, but it hadn't helped. "Again!" Again there was nothing.
"Adam?" Brennan asked.
"There's nothing more we can do. I'm sorry..." Adam said and then walked away.
"Oh my god!" Emma said starting to cry and Jesse pulled her into his arms and started to cry as well.
"No!" Brennan shouted and went to Shalimar's side and tried a higher voltage. Nothing.
"Brennan..." Jesse said.
"No! She's can't die!" Brennan shouted back and kicked it up some more. Nothing. "Please," he said as he tried it again. Shalimar began to breathe again. "Shal' !" Brennan shouted pulling her into his arms and holding her there for a few minutes.
"What happened?" Shalimar asked weakly.
"You died," Emma said quietly still crying a bit.
"I did?"
"Adam said there was nothing more he could do," Jesse told her.
"Then how?"
"Brennan," Emma answered.
"I couldn't just let you die..." Brennan told her as she kissed him.
"Okay, enough with the kissing!" Jesse told them. "It's just...TOO WEIRD!"
"Let's go find Adam," Shalimar said, but her arms were pulled back by Brennan.
"Hold on, Shal' You need to rest."
"That may be so, but that's not the reason why you don't want me to see Adam."
"I don't know what you're talking about," Brennan told her.
"You're mad because he gave up on me."
"No...well, okay...maybe."
"I'm GOING to find Adam," Shalimar said defiantly and headed for the lab.
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Adam was in the lab, he had thrown some more things on the floor when he had entered, he had been angry about losing Shalimar. The lab was a mess. "I've failed them all!" Adam said beginning to cry. "I saved them and now...and now the first child I saved has taken the life of one of my children that I think of as my own! How could I let this happen?" Adam asked himself as he sank to the floor. The doors opened and someone walked in, without even looking up Adam just yelled, "get out!" Adam heard footsteps and then the doors again. "I can't believe that I've let this happen! I'm as bad as Mason, actually worse!" Adam fumed. "I killed her! I saved Gabriel and I saved Shalimar and he killed her! Eckhart wiykd say that I'm doing his job and HE'S right!"
"Don't ever say that!" came a familar voice.
Adam looked up to see Shalimar standing next to the door. "Shalimar?...I'm so sor..."
"Adam, it's okay. Brennan revived me," Shalimar explained approaching Adam.
"No! It was too late! I'm sorry!"
"Adam, I'm fine," Shalimar told him. Shalimar reached out and touched his face. "I'm REALLY here."
"You're real?!" Adam cried as his eyes began to tear up. Adam pulled Shalimar to him holding her tightly.
"Don't ever say you're like Eckhart, you are nothing like him, Adam!" Adam was still huging Shalimar. After a few minutes Shalimar looked at Adam, "are you going to hold onto me forever?"
"You think I'm going to let you go?"
"I hope so," Shalimar said half laughing noticing that Adam was being more like usual.
"Let's go see the others?" Adam suggested releasing Shalimar from his hug and just putting his arm over her shoulder. They walked out to find the others.
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Mutant X
"The World's Greatest"
Chapter 3
Gabriel Ashlock and his group entered the Sanctuary. "Find them!" he ordered and they all fanned out looking for the five members of Mutant X. After an hour of searching the Sanctuary, Mutant X could not be found. "They're here, I can sense them!" Gabriel was frustrated. "I want someone here until we find them!" Gabriel said before storming out. "Where ARE they?" Gabriel fumed.
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TWO MONTHS LATER
Gabriel and the Strand people could not do anything to retrieve the files from the database that had been deleted, and they could not locate the members of Mutant X. They couldn't even find a trace of where they might have gone or where they were. "Forget it!" Gabriel shouted and had the Strand vacat Sanctuary. "They'll surface."
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ONE WEEK LATER
The pods were raised up and began to unseal. Adam was the first one out, he quickly checked the monitors to make sure everything was going okay. Adam released Jesse first. He went to help Jesse out. Jesse was still sort of out of it from being in the pod. "You okay?" Adam asked.
"Yeah, I think so. How long?"
"I'm not sure, yet. Let's get everyone out first."
"Who's next?"
"I'll release Shalimar, Emma, and Brennan at the same time. I just wanted some help, that's why I woke you up first. I need you to help get them out of the pods, okay?"
"Yeah."
"Good, let's start." Adam started the sequence to release the others. "Okay, they've all been released from the stasis system," Adam said joining Jesse.
Jesse lifted up the hatch on Emma's pod, "hey..." Jese said when Emma opened her eyes. Jesse helped her sit up and then lifted her out. "You okay?"
"Yeah, thanks Jesse," Emma said as she started to wake up.
"Brennan," Adam greeted as Brennan opened his eyes.
"Shal' ?"
"You okay?" Adam asked.
"Yeah."
"Okay, she's last," Adam said as she walked to Shalimar's pod. He tried to release the hatch, but it wouldn't work. "It's not opening!"
"What?" Emma, Jesse, and Brennan shouted together and immediately got to the pod.
"Brennan, why don't you try a little jolt, maybe the clamps aren't...I don't know."
"Okay, get back," Brennan warned as he hit the pod with a bolt of electricity.
"It still won't open!" Adam said trying to open the hatch.
"Let me try," Jesse said as he touched the hatch. "You'll have to lift her out quickly." Jesse phased and so did the hatch. Brennan and Adam pulled Shalimar out. "Is she okay?" Jesse asked when they laid her on the floor. She was still unconscious and not moving.
"She's not breathing," Adam told them and began CPR.
"Adam?" Emma asked panicing.
"Can I help?" Brennan asked.
"Low voltage," Adam told him as he continued CPR. "When I say...now!" Brennan hit Shal' with a volt of electricity. Adam checked her pulse after breathing for her. "Again!" Adam repeated the process, but it hadn't helped. "Again!" Again there was nothing.
"Adam?" Brennan asked.
"There's nothing more we can do. I'm sorry..." Adam said and then walked away.
"Oh my god!" Emma said starting to cry and Jesse pulled her into his arms and started to cry as well.
"No!" Brennan shouted and went to Shalimar's side and tried a higher voltage. Nothing.
"Brennan..." Jesse said.
"No! She's can't die!" Brennan shouted back and kicked it up some more. Nothing. "Please," he said as he tried it again. Shalimar began to breathe again. "Shal' !" Brennan shouted pulling her into his arms and holding her there for a few minutes.
"What happened?" Shalimar asked weakly.
"You died," Emma said quietly still crying a bit.
"I did?"
"Adam said there was nothing more he could do," Jesse told her.
"Then how?"
"Brennan," Emma answered.
"I couldn't just let you die..." Brennan told her as she kissed him.
"Okay, enough with the kissing!" Jesse told them. "It's just...TOO WEIRD!"
"Let's go find Adam," Shalimar said, but her arms were pulled back by Brennan.
"Hold on, Shal' You need to rest."
"That may be so, but that's not the reason why you don't want me to see Adam."
"I don't know what you're talking about," Brennan told her.
"You're mad because he gave up on me."
"No...well, okay...maybe."
"I'm GOING to find Adam," Shalimar said defiantly and headed for the lab.
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Adam was in the lab, he had thrown some more things on the floor when he had entered, he had been angry about losing Shalimar. The lab was a mess. "I've failed them all!" Adam said beginning to cry. "I saved them and now...and now the first child I saved has taken the life of one of my children that I think of as my own! How could I let this happen?" Adam asked himself as he sank to the floor. The doors opened and someone walked in, without even looking up Adam just yelled, "get out!" Adam heard footsteps and then the doors again. "I can't believe that I've let this happen! I'm as bad as Mason, actually worse!" Adam fumed. "I killed her! I saved Gabriel and I saved Shalimar and he killed her! Eckhart wiykd say that I'm doing his job and HE'S right!"
"Don't ever say that!" came a familar voice.
Adam looked up to see Shalimar standing next to the door. "Shalimar?...I'm so sor..."
"Adam, it's okay. Brennan revived me," Shalimar explained approaching Adam.
"No! It was too late! I'm sorry!"
"Adam, I'm fine," Shalimar told him. Shalimar reached out and touched his face. "I'm REALLY here."
"You're real?!" Adam cried as his eyes began to tear up. Adam pulled Shalimar to him holding her tightly.
"Don't ever say you're like Eckhart, you are nothing like him, Adam!" Adam was still huging Shalimar. After a few minutes Shalimar looked at Adam, "are you going to hold onto me forever?"
"You think I'm going to let you go?"
"I hope so," Shalimar said half laughing noticing that Adam was being more like usual.
"Let's go see the others?" Adam suggested releasing Shalimar from his hug and just putting his arm over her shoulder. They walked out to find the others.
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