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4th in the Sierra Series final title yet to be determined
Chapter 4 - Cody
Sanctuary - Brennan & Shalimar's Room
Shalimar returned to her room to find Brennan sitting on their bed staring up at the ceiling. Shalimar leaned up against the door frame. "Brennan?"
Brennan looked over at Shalimar. "Did Adam tell you?"
"Yeah. We've been having a lot of drama in our life lately, huh?"
"Did you see him?"
"Who? Cody?"
"Yeah," Brennan said sitting up and turning so that he was sitting on the edge of the bed.
"No, at least not yet. I wanted to see what's got you so upset."
"Shal', now we have three kids! I mean Sierra that was like a miracle. We were happy until we thought she was dead. But then she was alive and instead of being a year and a half she was five. And then we got Analyn.don't get me wrong, I love those girls with all my heart."
"But?" Shalimar said sitting down next to Brennan.
"But.Shal' I feel like we're rushing it! We got married not too long ago, and we have three kids now!"
"I know," she told him. She stayed calm through all Brennan had said. "I know.sometimes I feel cheated. Because we didn't get any of them the way we should have. We didn't get them as babies; I mean I didn't even see Sierra when she was born!"
"Cody.Cody is different Shal'," Brennan said still a bit emotional.
"Of course he's different! He's a New Mutant, we're all different!"
Brennan smiled knowing what she was doing, "that's not what I meant and you know it!"
"Brennan, I.I know it will be hard with Cody, but."
"Shal', what about Mutant X?"
"Just cause we're married and have kids doesn't mean we can't still do that. It's all the more reason!"
"Come on, Sierra and Analyn are old enough and mature enough to stay alone if needed."
"And what if we're off doing something when school lets out?"
"Adam doesn't leave Sanctuary most of the time we leave, so he could pick the kids up."
"And what about Cody?"
"Brennan, why don't we research Cody's condition?... And then we can make some sort of decision."
"Okay."
"Should we tell the girls?"
"You sure they don't know they have a brother?"
"No, why?"
"Cause, they came running in a minute before you and went strait to their room."
"They should have been here longer."
"Come on," Brennan said as he and Shalimar left their room and knocked on the girls' bedroom door.
"Come in!" Sierra yelled.
Brennan and Shalimar opened the door and then entered the room. They were both sitting on Sierra's bed. "So, why'd you two take so long to get to your room?"
"I haven't a clue about what you're talking about," Sierra said.
"Your dad says you two came running in a minute before I came in."
"Really?"
"What are you two up to?" Brennan asked.
"Up to?" Analyn asked.
"You two already know, don't you?" Shalimar asked.
"You weren't going to tell us!" Sierra realized.
"What? Are you reading me?"
"No, I can sense emotions too! And yes we already know about Cody!"
"He's so cute!" Analyn commented.
"You can't send him away!" Sierra said defiantly.
"Sierra," Brennan said, "it's not that easy."
"If you send Cody away I'll be as mad as if Gabriel had killed him!"
"My parents used to threaten me that they'd send me to an institution if I didn't do well with my lessons," Analyn told them. "My father even took me to one to scare me and I had nightmares for months!"
Shalimar closed her eyes and sat down on the bed. "I don't know girls."
"Please don't send him away!"
"Have you even seen him yet?" Sierra asked.
"No," Shalimar answered.
"Shal', you doing this because of me?" Brennan asked. "Have you not seen Cody yet cause you're afraid you'll get attached and then we'll send him away?"
"It's worse that I'm a feral and a mother."
"Once you see him, then you won't let him go.you won't let anything happen to him." Sierra said thinking at the same time.
"Something like that."
"Well, I'm feral, too.and I've seen him and I'm not going to let you take him away!" Sierra said quickly leaving the room.
"Sierra!" Brennan yelled before he, Shalimar, and Analyn were running after her.
Sanctuary - Med Lab
Hey Cody! Sierra greeted as she entered the Med Lab out of breath. I ran here so fast!
Sierra?
Yeah Cody?
Send Cody away?
Sierra was shocked at Cody's question, plus the fact that he knew more than just her name. No.no send Cody away! Sierra climbed up into the chair and put her arm around Cody and held him close. She gently kissed his forehead. Sierra loves Cody!
Cody loves Sierra
Adam and Emma walked into Med Lab just as Shalimar, Brennan, and Analyn ran in. "What's going on?" Adam asked.
"Cody!" Analyn said approaching him and Sierra.
"Adam, don't let them take Cody away!" Sierra said pulling Cody closer to her.
Cody, no go away! Cody argued telepathically. Cody set his forehead down on Sierra's shoulder as a tear rolled down his face.
Cody? Came a voice and Sierra looked up to see that Emma had to be doing it.
Cody loves Sierra Cody turned his head slightly to Emma who had slightly exhausted herself. Cody no leave Sierra!
"Sierra, you have to be very careful with Cody," Adam told her.
"I know," Sierra said.
"All of Cody's."
"I know!"
"Oh my god!" Emma exclaimed and everyone turned to look at her.
"Emma?" Shalimar asked.
"Cody.Cody can communicate telepathically!" Emma explained.
"He hasn't developed verbal communication yet, so he's trying to communicate!" Adam said excited, Adam always seemed excited about any new break through type of things concerning New Mutants.
"But Sierra and Emma are the only ones who can communicate?" Brennan asked.
"No," Sierra said. Cody Sierra thought and Cody looked at her. Sierra showed Cody a picture of Analyn in her mind. Analyn. Sister. Then she showed Cody her mental image of each member of their family and Mutant X and then told him their name.
"Sierra?" Shalimar asked concerned.
"What?" Sierra asked snapping out of her link with Cody.
"You okay?"
"Yes, Mum. I'm fine."
Mom? Mum.hehehehe Cody projected to both Sierra and Shalimar.
"Cody?" Shalimar said aloud.
Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom!
"Cody." Shalimar said and began to cry. Shalimar walked over and carefully picked up Cody. She held him close to her heart, and closed her eyes rocking him from side to side. Cody closed his eyes, and concentrated on his mother.
Cody love Mom Cody opened his eyes and looked right at Brennan. Dad! Cody communicated, Cody love Dad.Cody love Mom and Dad and Sierra and Analyn and Adam and Uncle Jesse and Aunt Emma! Cody began to let everyone hear. Cody no leave Mom?
"Cody no leave Mom." Shalimar told him still crying and holding him closer.
Sanctuary - Dojo Area
After Cody had communicated that he didn't want to be sent away from his mother and Shalimar had told him he wouldn't, Brennan had left. Brennan had decided that he's try to think, so he sat in the dojo. Minutes later, Analyn and Sierra came running up to him. "Daddy?" Sierra asked.
"Yes?"
"Can we go and get something?"
"What?"
"Please?"
"Yeah, come on." Brennan stood up. "Go tell Mom that we're going for awhile," he told Sierra.
"Okay!" Sierra said running back to the Med Lab.
4th in the Sierra Series final title yet to be determined
Chapter 4 - Cody
Sanctuary - Brennan & Shalimar's Room
Shalimar returned to her room to find Brennan sitting on their bed staring up at the ceiling. Shalimar leaned up against the door frame. "Brennan?"
Brennan looked over at Shalimar. "Did Adam tell you?"
"Yeah. We've been having a lot of drama in our life lately, huh?"
"Did you see him?"
"Who? Cody?"
"Yeah," Brennan said sitting up and turning so that he was sitting on the edge of the bed.
"No, at least not yet. I wanted to see what's got you so upset."
"Shal', now we have three kids! I mean Sierra that was like a miracle. We were happy until we thought she was dead. But then she was alive and instead of being a year and a half she was five. And then we got Analyn.don't get me wrong, I love those girls with all my heart."
"But?" Shalimar said sitting down next to Brennan.
"But.Shal' I feel like we're rushing it! We got married not too long ago, and we have three kids now!"
"I know," she told him. She stayed calm through all Brennan had said. "I know.sometimes I feel cheated. Because we didn't get any of them the way we should have. We didn't get them as babies; I mean I didn't even see Sierra when she was born!"
"Cody.Cody is different Shal'," Brennan said still a bit emotional.
"Of course he's different! He's a New Mutant, we're all different!"
Brennan smiled knowing what she was doing, "that's not what I meant and you know it!"
"Brennan, I.I know it will be hard with Cody, but."
"Shal', what about Mutant X?"
"Just cause we're married and have kids doesn't mean we can't still do that. It's all the more reason!"
"Come on, Sierra and Analyn are old enough and mature enough to stay alone if needed."
"And what if we're off doing something when school lets out?"
"Adam doesn't leave Sanctuary most of the time we leave, so he could pick the kids up."
"And what about Cody?"
"Brennan, why don't we research Cody's condition?... And then we can make some sort of decision."
"Okay."
"Should we tell the girls?"
"You sure they don't know they have a brother?"
"No, why?"
"Cause, they came running in a minute before you and went strait to their room."
"They should have been here longer."
"Come on," Brennan said as he and Shalimar left their room and knocked on the girls' bedroom door.
"Come in!" Sierra yelled.
Brennan and Shalimar opened the door and then entered the room. They were both sitting on Sierra's bed. "So, why'd you two take so long to get to your room?"
"I haven't a clue about what you're talking about," Sierra said.
"Your dad says you two came running in a minute before I came in."
"Really?"
"What are you two up to?" Brennan asked.
"Up to?" Analyn asked.
"You two already know, don't you?" Shalimar asked.
"You weren't going to tell us!" Sierra realized.
"What? Are you reading me?"
"No, I can sense emotions too! And yes we already know about Cody!"
"He's so cute!" Analyn commented.
"You can't send him away!" Sierra said defiantly.
"Sierra," Brennan said, "it's not that easy."
"If you send Cody away I'll be as mad as if Gabriel had killed him!"
"My parents used to threaten me that they'd send me to an institution if I didn't do well with my lessons," Analyn told them. "My father even took me to one to scare me and I had nightmares for months!"
Shalimar closed her eyes and sat down on the bed. "I don't know girls."
"Please don't send him away!"
"Have you even seen him yet?" Sierra asked.
"No," Shalimar answered.
"Shal', you doing this because of me?" Brennan asked. "Have you not seen Cody yet cause you're afraid you'll get attached and then we'll send him away?"
"It's worse that I'm a feral and a mother."
"Once you see him, then you won't let him go.you won't let anything happen to him." Sierra said thinking at the same time.
"Something like that."
"Well, I'm feral, too.and I've seen him and I'm not going to let you take him away!" Sierra said quickly leaving the room.
"Sierra!" Brennan yelled before he, Shalimar, and Analyn were running after her.
Sanctuary - Med Lab
Hey Cody! Sierra greeted as she entered the Med Lab out of breath. I ran here so fast!
Sierra?
Yeah Cody?
Send Cody away?
Sierra was shocked at Cody's question, plus the fact that he knew more than just her name. No.no send Cody away! Sierra climbed up into the chair and put her arm around Cody and held him close. She gently kissed his forehead. Sierra loves Cody!
Cody loves Sierra
Adam and Emma walked into Med Lab just as Shalimar, Brennan, and Analyn ran in. "What's going on?" Adam asked.
"Cody!" Analyn said approaching him and Sierra.
"Adam, don't let them take Cody away!" Sierra said pulling Cody closer to her.
Cody, no go away! Cody argued telepathically. Cody set his forehead down on Sierra's shoulder as a tear rolled down his face.
Cody? Came a voice and Sierra looked up to see that Emma had to be doing it.
Cody loves Sierra Cody turned his head slightly to Emma who had slightly exhausted herself. Cody no leave Sierra!
"Sierra, you have to be very careful with Cody," Adam told her.
"I know," Sierra said.
"All of Cody's."
"I know!"
"Oh my god!" Emma exclaimed and everyone turned to look at her.
"Emma?" Shalimar asked.
"Cody.Cody can communicate telepathically!" Emma explained.
"He hasn't developed verbal communication yet, so he's trying to communicate!" Adam said excited, Adam always seemed excited about any new break through type of things concerning New Mutants.
"But Sierra and Emma are the only ones who can communicate?" Brennan asked.
"No," Sierra said. Cody Sierra thought and Cody looked at her. Sierra showed Cody a picture of Analyn in her mind. Analyn. Sister. Then she showed Cody her mental image of each member of their family and Mutant X and then told him their name.
"Sierra?" Shalimar asked concerned.
"What?" Sierra asked snapping out of her link with Cody.
"You okay?"
"Yes, Mum. I'm fine."
Mom? Mum.hehehehe Cody projected to both Sierra and Shalimar.
"Cody?" Shalimar said aloud.
Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom!
"Cody." Shalimar said and began to cry. Shalimar walked over and carefully picked up Cody. She held him close to her heart, and closed her eyes rocking him from side to side. Cody closed his eyes, and concentrated on his mother.
Cody love Mom Cody opened his eyes and looked right at Brennan. Dad! Cody communicated, Cody love Dad.Cody love Mom and Dad and Sierra and Analyn and Adam and Uncle Jesse and Aunt Emma! Cody began to let everyone hear. Cody no leave Mom?
"Cody no leave Mom." Shalimar told him still crying and holding him closer.
Sanctuary - Dojo Area
After Cody had communicated that he didn't want to be sent away from his mother and Shalimar had told him he wouldn't, Brennan had left. Brennan had decided that he's try to think, so he sat in the dojo. Minutes later, Analyn and Sierra came running up to him. "Daddy?" Sierra asked.
"Yes?"
"Can we go and get something?"
"What?"
"Please?"
"Yeah, come on." Brennan stood up. "Go tell Mom that we're going for awhile," he told Sierra.
"Okay!" Sierra said running back to the Med Lab.