It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of
the fight in the dog.
Archie Griffin
When Orion woke he was lying in what looked like a medical ward wearing only his boxers. As he tried to sit up he groan and collapsed back down.
"You're awake then." He turned to see who was talking. It was Emma.
"Yea, though I've seen better days. How are you?" Emma held out her arms and did a little twirl. "Well you look great." She blushed,
"Thanks. I'm fine and from what I understand I have you to thank." He just shrugged.
"You wouldn't have been shot if not for me so it was my fault." Emma walked towards him.
"Well, thank you anyway." She kissed him softly on the forehead. As she started to leaned away he grabbed her and pulled her back to him, kissing her full on the lips. She didn't complain and began to explore his body with her hands. Just then the rest of the team entered the room,
"Whoa guys get a room!" Stated Brennan. The two broke the kiss and Emma backed away from the patient.
"I was just thanking him for saving my life."
"How come I don't that kind of thanks?" Asked Brennan. Adam gave him a stern look while Jesse and Shalimar just laughed. Adam turned back to Orion,
"You feeling better?" Orion nodded, "Good then while you're here I'm going to scan your DNA to check for any problems." Adam walked over the controls while the others stood back. "Just lie still, this won't hurt." Adam ran is scans and not believing what he saw he ran them again. The team noticed this and walked over to him,
"What's wrong?" Asked Emma. Adam turned to face them,
"Nothing's wrong literally. His DNA is stable, no mutations are occurring." This was a first for any new mutant.
"What do you mean?" Asked Brennan.
"He has evolved to a stable state of evolution." Adam turned to face Orion, "You sir are the first new mutant to have stable DNA." Orion just smiled and sat up,
"I could have told you that." As he jumped off the bed he noticed the rest of his clothes nearby and began to dress. "My last medical discovered it. They had no idea what it meant and I was sent to Genomex for a full body check-up. They in turn were scared by this and I was ordered to go into stasis. Let's just say I disagreed and decided to leave ASAP. Around this time evidence suggesting I was being influenced by foreign nationals surfaced and I was determined to be a threat to national security." The group headed outside to have a meal while continuing the conversation,
"When was this?"
"About a month after Dr. Breedlove died."
"That was over a year ago!" Stated Jesse.
"And you've been on the run ever since?" Questioned Adam.
"Yep. So far I've been chased by the GSA, the army and several foreign teams looking for a head start in the genetics field." The group sat down to dinner while Orion continued, "When you guys found me I was beginning to get very close to the end." The team absorbed this for a moment.
"By the way how did you heal Emma?" Asked Shalimar.
"Adam could explain it better." The group faced Adam.
"From what I've seen on the monitors and what the four of you told me, I'd guess he has some kind of limited morphing ability. Also it's probably a lot easier to change non-organic material than organic." Orion raised his glass to Adam,
"Well done though only half right. I have a limited poly-morphic ability. By that I mean I can alter my body shape into only three other forms a wolf, a bear or a dolphin and hold that form for approximately one hour. I can also alter other material to varying degrees. The more complex the target, the more taxing to work." This seemed to aliveate some of the groups questions.
"So repairing the internal damage to Emma was hard." Stated Jesse. Orion coughed into his drink,
"It was bloody life threatening in my condition. But it was my fault she was shot so I felt I had no choice." Shalimar kissed the top of Emmas' head before messing with her hair,
"Well we're glad you did."
"Hey!" Emma shoed off Shalimar and place her hand on Orion's, "I glad you did too." She them sent him a mental image of thanks. The two began to communicate telepathically while the others watched.
"Think we should leave them alone?" Asked Jesse
"Probably a good idea." Remarked Adam and with that the others left the two telepaths two their own devices. The others headed back to the lab as Adam had something to show them. When they arrived Adam brought up Orion's genetic make-up.
"Look here and here, he appears to have characteristics of feral, psionic and elemental nature."
"So how did he manage to fly?" Asked Brennan. Adam moved away from the screen and began to talk with his hands.
"His psionic abilities have evolved to the point where his control of telekinetic power is streamlined. With the slightest thought he can make anything or one move for a to b."
"By any chance is his feral ability canine?" Asked Shalimar.
"Yes, along with ursine and an ability to breathe underwater. He also possess the elemental powers of thermal, biological and geological."
"Biological?" This was not a normal mutant ability.
"Yes. His ability to control the physical state and behaviours of plants also extends to other creatures thus biological no botanical."
"So how does he morph? I thought you said that all research into that field at Genomex was a failure?"
"It was. As far as I can tell his ability to morph is due to a strange interaction between his feral abilities and his ability to control and alter organic materials." Before the conversation could continue, the intercom beeped.
"Adam I've got a new mutant on the line who wishes to disappear into the underground." Said Emma.
"We're on our way." The group walked back out to see Emma and Orion at the computer terminal.
"Any idea on who it is?" Asked Adam. Emma looked up from the computer screen,
"She gave her name as Sarah Lowland. I've began a search of the database to find her." Adam nodded and glanced towards Orion who was talking to the girl on a closed line. Emma noticed the look, "He's trying to calm her down." Orion caught Adam's look and spoke to the girl,
"Sarah I'm going to let Adam talk to you." With that the call went on speaker,
"Sarah this is Adam. Were are you?"
"Why?" Came the frightened response.
"So I can send someone to pick up. It's OK, just relax." Heavy breathing could be heard.
"I'm at a bar called Sandy's. It's on the corner of fifth and Johnson." Adam nodded to Brennan, Jesse and Shalimar to go. The pair started of a Adam continued talking,
"OK Sarah someone will meet you in the bar."
"I want the other guy there." Adam nodded to Orion and he started off after the other two. Before he got far Emma grabbed him and kissed him forcefully before mouthing the word 'go'.
"Sarah? The guy is on his way. His name is Orion." The voice seemed to relax.
"Thank you. His voice was relaxing." Adam grinned and looked at Emma who blushed,
"He has that effect on people."
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