I don't own Mutant X!! Adam and Shalimar tell everyone the truth and they also find truths from each other. I also put in something between Emma and Shalimar that will cause trouble for the two in the future. But hey! Their friends. They will work through it.

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Answers to Danger

Shalimar played with the food on her table as she thought about the other day. She still hadn't gotten the nerve to talk to Adam. Sometimes she could feel his eyes on her and the pain radiating through him, but she still could not bring herself to tell him what she felt. She heard laughter and looked up and saw Brennan and Emma in a deep conversation. She was caressing his arm and not noticing how uncomfortable he was. Shalimar wanted to stand up and yank Emma away from him, but Emma didn't know she was walking on dangerous territory. She shifted in her chair when Emma slid her chair closer to him. Ugh! She couldn't deal with this anymore. She wanted to tell them, but she didn't want to hurt her best friends feelings. That was what held her and Brennan back from telling them. They didn't want to see their friends hurt, because the person they are fascinated with likes their best friend. Shalimar's mind screamed that with holding this information was only going to make things worse, but she didn't care.

She picked her plate up and walked out of the room. She could feel Brennan's eyes watching her back as she walked out of the room. She gave a little smile. Emma didn't have a chance. She sat down in the garden and relaxed. Flowers had always helped to calm her down, to take her mind away from the real problems in life. Adam's voice on the com ring ruined her relaxation.

"We have a new mutant that needs help."

Shalimar sighed and stood up. She didn't think that she could do this anymore. She could no longer live the lie.



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Shalimar walked through the abandoned three-story apartment building. She could hear Jessie walking behind her, checking the left side as she checked the right. Brennan and Emma were checking the second floor. A noise in the third room alerted their attention. Jesse stood on the side as she kicked the door down. They walked in and saw no one, but she could smell them. She motioned for Jessie to check the bedrooms and she checked the main rooms. A noise behind her caused her to swirl around to face her attacker, but it was to late. She knife slammed into her back and she fell on the ground with a cry. What happened next was a blur. Later on she will learn that she apprehended the attacker and Brennan carried her into Helix. She saw and heard nothing. Her eyes were opened but the pain blinded them.

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Shalimar stood up and put her jacket back on. Adam had just healed the knife wound.

"How are you feeling?" His question brought about a mixture of emotions. She wanted to run and hide. She wanted to stop fighting. She wanted to kill the person that shot and stabbed her. She wanted to tell Adam that everything was ok.

"Fine. Where is the guy that Jesse brought in?" She wanted to see him. She wanted to look into his eyes and see if he felt any emotions. She wanted to take her anger of the last couple of days out on him.

"Jesse and Brennan are interrogating him. If you want to watched I will take you there, but you have to remember that you are only there to watched." She nodded her head and he walked her out.

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Brennan had recognized the man right when he saw Jesse fighting him. He was the same man that had shot Shalimar no to long ago. He listened as Jesse demanded to know who he was and who he worked for. Jesse was getting nowhere, so Brennan sent an electric shock straight at the man. "Answer the question."

"My name is Robert Hawthorne, and I don't know who hired me. I never saw his face. "

"What did he hire you to do?" Brennan asked getting ready to shock him again if it was needed.

"To kill the Mutant X feral."

Brennan head reeled back in shock and his eyes met Jesse's. Ignoring the warning in Jesse's eyes Brennan grabbed the man and slammed him against the wall. Jesse tried to pull him away, but he wasn't strong enough.

"Why?" Brennan demanded. Rage settling into his body. No one was going to hurt her while he was around.

"Brennan!" Shalimar's voice yelled from behind him. He felt her touch his arm and his anger tapered. "He is not worth it."

The man's eyes went to Shalimar. A mixture of hate and appreciation was reflected from them. "Why would you help me? I have been trying to kill you."

Her eyes met his. "Because I am not a killer." She walked out of the room leaving a dumbfounded Brennan behind.

The man sighed still starring at the door where she had been. " The guy told me that he wanted to hurt Adam where it would hurt the most. He told me to go after her because she was his daughter."

Jesse's eyes grew huge and he turned to look at Brennan. He was shocked to find that Brennan was not surprised. He turned towards Adam and found that his face was as white as a ghost.

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Adam found Shalimar looking at the garden. He sighed and sat down next to her. Neither said a word. An hour ago they had told Emma about them. She had been shocked but not angry. Instead she laughed at herself and wondered how she didn't think about that when Adam had basically admitted it when he donated his blood.

"I don't hate you." She whispered so low that he barely heard. "I just need to know. Did you take me in because you had to?"

"I wanted to say that I had been apart of your life, even though you didn't know it. I fell in love with you at that first meeting." He turned her face towards his. "You're my daughter and I would change nothing."

A tear slid down her cheeks and she reached up and touched his hand. "Thank you. When I first found out I had a mixture of relief and hurt inside of me. I was hurt that you never told me, but I was relieved to find out that my father was not a drug addict or anything like that."

He gave a laugh then quickly his face changed to worry. "I think I know who wants you dead."

"Who?" Adam had already told her that she was being attacked to weaken him, but who knew that she was his daughter?

"I have narrowed it down to two people. They are the only ones that know you are my daughter. My brother or…" His voice cut off. "Your mother."

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