Alexia
Chapter Six
by
Julia Duvall

Mason Eckhart looked at Lana Reiber like she was insane. He had heard her idea and disliked it. "So, you're saying this new mutant will come after your hostage."

Lana in a very respectful tone of voice said, "I suspect that this new mutant will bring Mutant X with her. Why not use that to trap them all?" Lana Reiber suggested to him.

He laughed. "I have to wonder. Are you insane?"

Lana Reiber couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Sir, think about it. Getting rid of Mutant X would solve a lot of the GSA problems."

Eckhart smiled. "Yes, it would."

***
Shalimar saw Alexia reading a book. "What are you doing there, kiddo?""

Alexia smiled at Shalimar. "Hi, Shalimar. I'm just reading a book. Sometimes, reading helps me think about things."

Shalimar looked at Alexia. "Alexia, Kevin is not a good guy."

Alexia then looked at Shalimar angrily, then looked at her black shirt. "Well, that's your opinion. I really do need to replace this black shirt. So where can I change around here?"

Shalimarr, knew that Brennan's sister was up to something. "Here you go, Alexia." Shalimar handed her a shirt. "Take this shirt. It's black, Alexia. You can change in the hangar deck. No one's in there, I think." Shalimar said with some naughtiness in her voice, Alexia thought to herself.

"Thanks, Shalimar." Alexia said smiling as she walked towards the hangar deck.

***

Jesse looked at Shalimar and Alexia talking. The girl was going to be trouble, but then again the GSA wanted the girl.

The girl would drive Mason Eckhart insane. That was something he would love to see, but Alexia was going into the hangar deck.

He hoped she just wouldn't pull another Ashley Elliot. She was seventeen years old. Jesse doubted that Alexia could pilot the double helix even. Would she attempt doing what Ashley did?" He wondered.

***

"Brennan, what's going on? You seem lost in something. Maybe I can help you."

Brennan looked at Emma and held her hand. "It's my sister. She seems to care about her boyfriend, but Shalimar said he was the one who set her up."

Emma had the same concerned look on his face. "Brennan, you just have to let Alexia make up her mind about her boyfriend."

Brennan shrugged his shoulders. "I guess, but I don't think Alexia knows how serious this can get."

Emma laughed. "Brennan, she's just really young. She doesn't really want to be a mutant. Alexia just wants to have fun and having a boyfriend is part of that."

Brennan smiled at Emma. "Thanks, Emma. I'm afraid that she'll drive the GSA insane, if they get their hands on her or just put my sister in stasis. Alexia hates enclosed spaces."

Emma didn't know that about Alexia. "She's claustrophobic?"

He sort of frowned. "Yeah. She's very claustrophobic, but I want her to be with someone she can trust." Brennan said to his girlfriend.

"Trust is very important, Brennan. I know that I can always trust you." Emma smiled before Brennan and Emma began to kiss each other, like there was no tomorrow as Brennan's fingers slowly went underneath Emma's black skirt as the alarm went off.

Someone had taken the double helix out of the hangar bay.

To be continued...