Properties of Faith --Chapter 2
By Wendigo3
Wendigo3@hotmail.com

"Have you found anyone," Emma asked, as she moved behind Jesse. Jesse turned to Emma and smiled a weak smile, as he looked deep into her eyes. "How do you feel?" Emma turned to Adam, who had begun to walk up behind them. "I feel better, well rested, I think I might be able to reverse the process and get into his mind, but I'm going to need something to look for." Adam looked at Jesse as be began to speak, "I've Isolated twelve new mutants and all of them have telepathic or telempathic abilities, because there's so many, we're going to have to wait for Shalimar to talk with her contacts to give us an idea."

Shalimar turned the corner and opened her senses for the danger that could be occurring. The feral mutant turned behind her, and then looked up, to about fifteen feet in the air. She smiled, and then lunged, landing over the edge with perfect quiet. Only another feral, like her, would be able to hear her. Luckily for her, a feral shouldn't have been at the safe house. Shalimar jumped rooftop to rooftop, until she got to the school building. Turning quickly, she looked around for anyone watching her, and then she went into the doorway, which would lead her to the attic of the school, where a handful of new mutants stayed and watched over the new mutants in the school. "I wish you would start telling us when you're going to be coming, you're lucky we don't vaporize you again." Jasmine turned to her old High School friend, a new mutant who could generate large amounts of heat from her body, and smiled. "I'm sorry, but I didn't want to risk the GSA getting a hint about this place, it's too important." "We added a new security feature, we've installed ceilings with transparent glass, we can see them, but they can't see us." Shalimar followed her friend carefully around the stairwell, and eventually they entered a room where two other new mutants was, one was the Vice Principal of the School, Janice, who could stimulate muscle locking, and the other was a graduated student named Jake who was being chased by the GSA. He, unlike other new mutants, wasn't in control of his ability, and found that his gifts only activated when he was threatened.

Shalimar, although amazed by the new changes, turned to her friends, "I'm here because Emma needs our help, a new mutant tapped her and it basically knocked her out, Adam doesn't want her to know this, but it nearly killed her." "A telempathic mutant," Janice asked, looking to her. "What about Luke Mitchell, the 17 year old that ran away from his orphanage, we never were able to tell what kind of mutant he was, the strangest thing was that he seemed to have a little bit of each mutation in him."
Shalimar nodded, and smiled, "Thanks!" Shalimar closed her eyes and then concentrated on Emma, time was too much of a factor, and she only hoped that she could project the name to Emma. Unfortunately for them, Emma's powers were a little weak still, but Shalimar had no doubt that eventually her powers would become developed and strong, like the rest of the team's abilities.

Emma looked at Jessie, "Luke Mitchell, age seventeen." Jesse turned to Adam, "There is a new mutant named Luke, his code name is Challenger, apparently he was given a dose of every mutation, an experiment that only happened once." "I remember when I found out that this experiment had taken place, but before I could interview the child, he was gone, the only information I received was that he was sent to an orphanage." Emma turned to Jesse, "Where's Brennan?" Jesse smiled, as he responded, "He's out on the street looking for anyone who could have done this, we'll transmit his name to him while you get ready." Emma nodded, and made her way to her favorite chair in the main room, a small blue chair with a comfortable back. Emma closed her eyes, and concentrated her breathing, clearing her mind. She carefully put the name in her mind and concentrated.

Brennan turned the corner, and found four men in suits standing around a young kid, who looked to be about 16. "You're no match for us kid, now just come with us and you won't be harmed." The kid smiled at the men, and kneeled down on his knees. Suddenly his eyes began to glow, as a large gust of wind, so powerful that it nearly pulled Brennan over, flew and knocked all of the men down. Luke jumped up quickly, as one of the men threw a punch, and landed on another one, but was caught off guard when a dart flew at him. Brennan quickly activated his power, and a bolt of electricity knocked the dart off its course, hitting another guard and knocking him out. The kid looked at him, and the feeling came over him of peace. Luke recognized the face that he had seen in the girl's mind, and Luke realized and knew deep inside of him that he could trust him. "Follow me!"
Emma turned to Adam, "He was just attacked, but he's with Brennan now, safe." "Emma, I want you to try and tune out your mutant powers for a while, at least until we can get him to safely control his powers." Emma nodded, even though she knew it was going to be difficult. "His mind was filled with sadness and pain, I can't believe that he survived by himself for so long, according to Shalimar's contacts he's been missing for months." Adam turned to Emma and lowered his head, "Emma, most new mutants are afraid of their abilities such as you, they feel like they're separated from the rest of reality, and in a way they are, depression is common in the society of new mutants but its another one of our missions, to erase the hostility and fear." Emma smiled, and looked into Adam's eyes. She often thought that he began to feel deeply for new mutants, because he felt responsible for everything they were going through. It was a strange sensation, but Emma almost got the feeling that he cared about new mutants, because of something she wasn't getting anywhere close to, a piece of information hidden from him.

Luke turned to Brennan and curiously looked at him. "Who's Emma?" "Emma is a member of my team, apparently you entered her mind and made her powers offset themselves, I was sent to bring you back to help you learn how to focus your abilities before the GSA gets to you." "The GSA already has gotten to me," Luke said, moving his hand behind his neck and moving the hair out of his way. A device had been implanted in his neck to prevent him from using his powers. "You escaped with that device, and used your powers?" "I've been able to just absorb the pain, and focus it." Brennan swiveled on the Chair and stretched his hand out. "This might tickle a little bit, but it should be alright." Quickly, energy stretched from his fingers and deactivated the device. Luke turned to Brennan and smiled, "Thanks." "Your welcome."


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