CH.6 Helix keys and kitty claws
Thanks again to Outonalim, and thanks for reading, hope you like it. And you know the drill R&R, I like to read your comments. ENJOY!
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"I'll get you, Adam, one of these days!" Eckhart screamed.
Adam heard Eckhart, but he kept on walking towards the exit.
"Come on, let's get out of here." Adam gestured with his hand, pointing the way out.
The 5 of them walked out of the gym into the blazing sun, where the whole school had congregated to watch the fight from a safe distance. As they walked past the crowd to get out of the school, a buff, blond male student stepped forward out of the crowd.
"That's right, you freaks. Go back to where you came from. You don't belong here with us normal people," he jeered. His animosity spread to the rest of the crowd who began yelling the same thing.
Shalimar broke apart from the group and sauntered over to the young man, using her index finger and gestured for the man to come closer to her.
The man's friends egged him on and pushed him towards her.
When he was inches from her face, she looked at him. "You wanna rephrase that?" she asked softly, allowing her eyes to change to their cat-like appearance and letting a small, low growl escape her throat. The blond stumbled back in fear, giving Shalimar a good laugh, while the rest of the crowd backed away in fear at what they had just seen.
Brennan moved behind Shalimar and lightly griped her shoulder, pulling her closer to him to protect her from the angry mob of students.
"Hey, kitty, you better retract the claws before you get us into more trouble. Now come on; Adam is taking us someplace safe," Brennan whispered in her ear while guiding her to the parking lot where Adam was waiting for them.
"Always ruining my fun," she joked as he gently pulled her along.
When they caught up with the others, they saw Emma talking to Adam and Jesse walking along side her, somewhat nervous.
"Adam, if you want I can use my powers to make all of them forget any of this ever happened," said Emma.
"Maybe that's for the best; go ahead and work your magic," Adam told her.
Emma walked in front of the crowd and conjured up a huge psi blast on her forehead. When she released the blast, it hit the entire crowd and they all stopped yelling and stood there with blank looks on their faces.
Shalimar turned to Emma: "You go, girl!"
Jesse let out a small chuckle. "You are one special girl - no denying that, hon."
Adam grinned at the 4 friends. "These are the kind of people I need for my team," he thought. {Add something like "Out loud he said," to show that he's speaking now} "Come on, we have a long drive ahead of us, so we had best be going." Adam lead them to a black SUV in the parking lot and they were off. The drive took over 2 hours. Shalimar decided to take a little cat nap, so she curled up next to Brennan and fell asleep; some time later Brennan did the same, but Jesse and Emma stayed awake asking Adam various questions about their powers. Near the end of the ride when everyone was awake, Adam stopped the car.
"Now don't be alarmed, but I have to put a visual cloak on all of you," Adam said as he took 4 clear, stick-on disks out of his pocket. He placed one on each of the new mutants' temples, and then put the car in drive and sped off to their destination. They all sat making idle conversation to keep their attention off the visual cloaks. A half hour later, they all felt the car come to a stop and Adam said, "Okay, now you can all remove the cloaks; we're there." Each of them pealed off the disk and let their eyes readjust to their regained sight, while Adam lead them through a silver metal door.
"Welcome to 'Sanctuary'," Adam said, obviously excited.
All the four could do was stare open-mouthed at the incredible site before them.
"Now, if you would please follow me, there are a few things I think I should explain," Adam informed them.
Jesse was about to open his mouth to ask a question when Adam interrupted him: "And I will also answer all you questions, as I'm sure there are many of them."
Adam lead them into a lab of some sort, where he asked them to sit and listen to what he had to say.
"I guess I'll start with saying that I know you are very special young people. I know a great deal about each of you. Suffice it to say, I made you."
"What do you mean, 'You made us?'" Brennan spoke the question on everyone's mind.
"When I was younger, I was a scientist for a company called Genomex. There, I tampered with the DNA of the young children who were brought to me. But there were unforeseen side effects, and the children grew up to have extraordinary abilities. You 4 where part of that group; your parents brought you to me to save you, and I accidentally gave you your abilities."
Adam proceeded to tell them about the categories of new mutants, which ones they each fell under, and the extent of their powers, while the four friends tried their best to assimilate all the new information that was being thrown at them.
"Wait a minute - are you saying that there are a lot of others like us?" Shalimar asked
"Yes, and that's why I posed as a professor at your school. There are many new mutants in the area of your school, and you 4 in particular stood out to me. I have been keeping a close eye on all of you."
Brennan shifted in his seat a bit. "Then who is Mr. Eckhart to you?"
"Mason was a co-worker of mine, and at one time he was a friend. When I stole Genomex's data base, Mason swore he would destroy all the new mutants. His bosses sent him to the high school to keep an eye on me and to help spot new mutants. When he finds one, he calls in the GSA, those are the men you fought off. And I had hoped that you would help me fight them off for some time to come..."
"What do you mean?" they all asked in unison.
"Well, a long time ago I decided that if Mason had orders to hunt down new mutants, then it was my job to protect them. I have been watching all of you for a while, and I wanted all of you to join me in me quest: I would like you to join Mutant X."
They all looked at each other and nodded. "Wow, ummm, I think it's unanimous when I say we would be honored," Brennan said, somewhat breathless.
"I'll be right back," Adam said as he walked out of the room; when he came back, he had 4 silver cases.
"Well, I always hoped I could work with people like you - Brennan, you have the makings of a great leader. You care for others more then yourself, and you have great power behind it all. Shalimar, you are the kind of person who can do anything they set their mind to, and someone no one wants to cross, but you also have a good heart, and that's important. You protect the people who matter to you with more care and kindness then I have ever seen. Jesse, you are sensitive, but you also have the heart of a warrior; you go out of your way to please, but you never hesitate to kick a little a$$ when you need to. Your skill and care will be greatly valued around here. And, Emma, you have more empathy and love than any other I know; your sensitivity will guide you, and your great amount of power will take you down many roads. I think that with all of us together we are unstoppable; between you all there is great power and hearts of gold to match."
After all that was said, Adam handed each of them a silver ring that changed in pattern to each of their personal DNA strands.
"Hey, Shalimar, now you finally have that comm. ring you have been wanting - now you can call for back up and you won't have to do it all alone," Brennan joked
"Haha, very funny. Who are you supposed to be? Mr.Funnypants?" Shalimar shot back with a smile before she gave him a quick peck on the cheek.
"Aw, would you look at that," Jesse joked as he held Emma around the waist.
"Back at you, bro."
Beep!Beep!Beep! An alarm went off, and Adam went and checked the monitor.
"Guys, here's your first mission. The GSA don't stand a chance. Now get going," Adam said as he handed Brennan a set of keys that said 'Double Helix' on the side of them.
"Umm, hey, Adam, where is this Double Helix?" Brennan yelled as he headed towards the door.
"In the hangar bay!" Adam yelled back
"HUH!?!" Brennan said, puzzled. "You mean it's not a car?"
THE END……or is it?
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I know what your thinking it's the end oh no! Keep going! Well good news for you, I plan to keep going. This may be the end of this story but how bout a series of Mutant X stories in high school? Well that's my plan any ways lol. Thanks for reading you know the drill R&R. I'll be back soon with another story. You just wait.