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Mutant X
"Letters from London"
Chapter 10 - "A Family Reunited"
SANCTUARY
The Double Helix arrived home, and everyone got off. Johnathan had asked for help with the trunks and Christopher, Ryan, and Michael had volunteered immediately. Near the dojo, Adam was waiting for them with a paper sized thin box sitting next to him. He looked troubled and knew that the children he loved would pick up on it. When Evelyn entered the room Adam smiled and walked up and hugged her. "It's good to see you, Evelyn."
"It's good to see you again, too, Adam," Evelyn Carter told her brother.
"Did you have any trouble?" Adam asked his children.
"Gabriel showed up," Shalimar told him.
"What happened?" Adam asked concerned for his children.
"He wanted his child," she told him obviously upset.
"Yeah, and then he went after Michael, Devann, and Danika," Brennan added.
"Danika?" Adam asked not familiar with the name.
"My little sister," Michael explained as Danika stood in front of her brother.
"You don't have a little sister," Adam argued.
"She's adopted," Madison explained.
"Well, congratulations!" Adam told Danika.
"Thank you," Danika said.
"Well, we're really ALL got to be going," Chris said. "Except Madison..."
"Yes, well remember to behave, Chris."
"Always!" Chris said as they rounded up the group. "Evelyn, coming?"
"So, everyone...Johnathan, Madison, and..." Adam stopped.
"Adam?" Emma called seeing that he didn't look too well and knew he was panicking.
"Shalimar, Brennan, can I see you two?" Adam asked sitting on the stairs.
"Yeah," Shalimar said.
"We're going to go show them their rooms," Jesse said as he, Emma, Johnathan, Madison, and Sierra left them alone.
"What's wrong?" Shalimar asked.
"Yeah, they left fast," Brennan pointed out.
"I've hurt both of you," he told them.
"What?"
"We're fine, Adam," Shalimar said confused.
"I've been keeping something from you, again."
"What is it?"
"Something that I've kept from you both, something I had no right to keep from you...and what's worse of all I've hurt you both, especially Shalimar."
"Adam, what are you talking about?" Brennan asked.
"Adam?" Shalimar asked as his face looked scared, which was scaring her.
"Adam, the only time Shalimar was hurt OR rather upset was after Sierra died. Now what would you have to do with Sierra's death?" Brennan asked.
"Because she's NOT dead," Adam told them slowly.
"What?!" they asked in unison.
"Sierra's alive."
"Wait! Adam, Sierra died...Emma even saw, she wasn't breathing!" Shalimar told him starting to panic.
"You're right. Sierra wasn't breathing, her lungs weren't fully developed, yet. But after I told you Evelyn came and revived Sierra. Evelyn then toook Sierra with her to keep her safe from Gabriel, I wanted to tell you...but then I would think what would happen if Gabriel got a hold of you, or Brennan, or Emma, or Jesse, then he could possibly know that Sierra was still alive and then go and get her."
Shalimar was crying now and Brennan was holding her. "Why didn't your sister bring her when she came?" Brennan asked trying to stay calm.
"She did."
"Adam, Sierra would only be a year and a half today," Shalimar told him.
"But remember we sped up the pregnancy, and the acceleration continued. Sierra continued to age one year every twelve weeks."
"So, for every week out Sierra aged one month?" Brennan asked.
"Exactly," Adam told him.
"Adam, why couldn't you have told us?" Shalimar asked still crying.
"Shalimar, I told you. I did it to keep us ALL SAFE! That's all I've ever wanted, for ALL OF MY CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN TO BE SAFE!"
"Then why couldn't we have ALL gone to London?"
"Maybe we SHOULD have, but I did what I thought was right at the time. I'm sorry if it was the wrong thing to do. I'll understand if you both hate me and want me far away," Adam stood and then held his head in his hands.
"Adam, I could NEVER hate you," Shalimar told him. "And I would never want you far away."
"Yeah, we understand," Brennan added. "Sierra's safe, that's all that matters, right?"
"Right."
"But she's five years today, and I need to give her a serum to stop the acceleration," Adam explained.
"Well, can we see her?" Shalimar asked.
"Hey Shal', Gabriel will know that Sierra's alive and that we have her."
"We'll be fine, Brennan."
"Let's go do introductions," Adam said getting up and then saw the box next to him and handed it to Brennan. "This box has a picture of Sierra for AT LEAST every week and some were taken daily. Evelyn dated them all."
Shalimar and Brennan sorted through the pictures. Brennan put them in order and then went through them chronologically. They both were tearing up. "She's so beautiful!" Brennan said.
"Let's go see her," Adam told them. He was happy that they hadn't decided to disown him.
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SIERRA'S ROOM
SANCTUARY
Johnathan was unpacking Sierra's trunk. Sierra and Madison were talking. Emma and Jesse had left them alone. Adam, Shalimar, and Brennan walked in and everyone stopped what they were doing for a second, and then Johnathan continued the unpacking. Sierra hid behind Madison again, "hello, how is everyone today?" Madison asked smiling.
"Sierra?" Adam called.
"Come on, I'm not a tree or a pillar or something else you can hide behind!" Madison told Sierra and moved out of the way. "Come on, say hello at least." Sierra took her right hand and she liked like she saluted them. Madison rolled her eyes. "Are you not talking now?" Madison asked and Sierra nodded her head. "What? Do I need to translate now?" and Sierra nodded again. "Well, she SIGNED hello."
"Sierra, I have two people I would like you to meet," Adam said crouching down in front of her. Sierra quickly ran behind Madison. She peeked out at Adam and her eyes glowed gold. "Sierra, come on now I'm not going to hurt you."
Sierra signed to Madison. Madison signed back and then Sierra repeated what she had originally signed. "Sierra says that you may not hurt her now, but you already have by making her live in London with your sister mascarading as her grandmother," Madison told him.
"You can be mad at me, but not at your parents," Adam told her. "Please?"
"He's right you know," Madison told Sierra. Sierra signed to Madison and she nodded. "Sierra says that she's not mad per-say, but she needs to get to know everyone." Madison turned to Sierra. "You can trust them, Sierra." Sierra signed again. "You trust me, don't you?"
"Yes," Sierra said.
"Well, I trust Adam, your parents, Emma, and Jesse...so, trust me."
Sierra looked over at her parents. Her mother looked sad, and her dad was holding her mom. Sierra turned to her trunk and walked over and dug out her treasure box. Sierra ran over to her parents and handed it to her dad. "What's this?" Brennan asked as Shalimar took it from him and opened it.
"My treasure box, I've been making it for you. For my mum and dad," Sierra told them.
Shalimar looked through the box and then at Sierra. "What is all of this?"
"Lists, diary entries, everything that I've done. I saved it all."
"Thank you," Shalimar told Sierra. Sierra was feeling uncomfortable so she ran back to her spot behind Madison.
"What is this? Hide behind Madison day?" Madison asked and Sierra giggled.
"It's okay," Shalimar said and left Sierra's room with the treasure box.
"I'll go check on her," Adam told Brennan.
"Hey Madison," Brennan greeted.
"Hi Brennan," Madison said moving away from Sierra.
"So, how was London?"
"Boring."
"Boring?"
"Evelyn has a dress code: black and white."
"Yeah, that is pretty boring."
"So, how is it being a dad?"
"A little weird since we thought that she died when she was born and then a year and a half later she's five years old. Plus, she's not really talking to me or her mother."
"Well, that is hard. It would drive me crazy, and I would hope that my child would accept what had happened."
"Hey! It's not like I'm not here!" Sierra told Madison.
"Johnathan, did you hear something?" Madison asked.
"No Miss," Johnathan said playing along.
"I must be hearing things."
"Don't let Adam hear you say that, he'll wait to run about a billion tests," Brennan warned.
"Hello? How can I get someone to talk to me?"
"If I was being ignored I would think of the reason WHY I was being ignored," Madison said aloud.
"I'm being ignored because I'm being childish and not communicating?" Sierra asked.
"Why, Miss Sierra, when did you join us?" Johnathan asked.
"I wouldn't say childish, because you ARE a child. Immature is a much better word, Madison said.
"Can we start over?" Sierra asked, and Madison nodded. Sierra walked up to Brennan. "Hello, my name is Sierra Isabelle Fox and I'm your daughter."
Brennan pulled Sierra into his arms and kissed her forehead. "I've missed you! I love you, Sierra!"
Sierra hugged her father, "I love you, too!"
"Your mom would love to talk to you," Brennan told her.
"Where is Mum?" Sierra asked looking around.
"Mum?" Brennan asked laughing a bit. "You've been in London too long. Let's go find her."
"Okay," Sierra agreed. Brennan left with Sierra to go find Shalimar.
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REFLECTING POND
SANCTUARY
Shalimar had left Sierra's room upset with the treasure box. Adam was right behind Shalimar. Shalimar sat down by the reflecting pond and Adam sat down next to her. "I'm sorry," he told her.
"I just want to hold her and never let her go," Shalimar told him holding the box to her chest. "Gabriel knows that she's alive and that she's not a baby."
"Shalimar, everything will be alright. Sierra will be safe even if you and Brennan have to take her away from Sanctuary," Adam told her.
"Where?"
"Somewhere Gabriel wouldn't look."
"I'm scared that Gabriel will take her away and brainwash her!"
"There she is!" came the voice of Sierra.
Shalimar turned around to see Brennan carrying Sierra approaching her. Adam got up, "I'll leave you three alone."
Brennan set Sierra down on the left side of Shalimar, and Brennan sat down next to Sierra. "I found you!" Sierra told Shalimar.
"Yes, you did."
"Mum, I'm sorry for making you sad."
"You didn't make me sad, Sierra."
"Remember I am a feral AND a psionc, a telepath to be exact. I KNOW that you're sad."
"No, I'm more worried than sad."
"Mum?"
"Yes, Sierra."
"I love you."
Shalimar smiled and pulled Sierra into her arms, "I love you, too!" Shalimar closed her eyes and held onto Sierra. Soon, Brennan turned it into a group hug by hugging them both.
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"I think we can go now," Madison told Adam and Johnathan.
"It wasn't as hard as we thought it would be," Johnathan said.
"Thankfully! It was hard enough!"
"Maybe you should ASK Sierra is she'll be okay if you leave," Adam suggested.
"Good point."
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REFLECTING POND
SANCTUARY
Madison interrupted Shalimar, Brennan, and Sierra's family moment. "Excuse me, I need to ask Sierra a question."
"Go ahead," Shalimar told her.
Madison noticed that she looked really happy to have her daughter, to be a family. "Sierra, will you be alright if Johnathan and I go home?"
"London?"
"No, Montreal."
"Yes, but who will I dance with?" Sierra asked.
"I'm sure your mom and dad will dance with you and if no one else fails Adam can program holograms."
"Sounds good!" Sierra hugged Madison, "thank you!"
"You're welcome. I'll be in touch."
"Deal," Sierra watched as Madison turned and disappeared into thin air. "SO cool!" Sierra said and then joined her parents by the reflecting pond.
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Mutant X
"Letters from London"
Chapter 10 - "A Family Reunited"
SANCTUARY
The Double Helix arrived home, and everyone got off. Johnathan had asked for help with the trunks and Christopher, Ryan, and Michael had volunteered immediately. Near the dojo, Adam was waiting for them with a paper sized thin box sitting next to him. He looked troubled and knew that the children he loved would pick up on it. When Evelyn entered the room Adam smiled and walked up and hugged her. "It's good to see you, Evelyn."
"It's good to see you again, too, Adam," Evelyn Carter told her brother.
"Did you have any trouble?" Adam asked his children.
"Gabriel showed up," Shalimar told him.
"What happened?" Adam asked concerned for his children.
"He wanted his child," she told him obviously upset.
"Yeah, and then he went after Michael, Devann, and Danika," Brennan added.
"Danika?" Adam asked not familiar with the name.
"My little sister," Michael explained as Danika stood in front of her brother.
"You don't have a little sister," Adam argued.
"She's adopted," Madison explained.
"Well, congratulations!" Adam told Danika.
"Thank you," Danika said.
"Well, we're really ALL got to be going," Chris said. "Except Madison..."
"Yes, well remember to behave, Chris."
"Always!" Chris said as they rounded up the group. "Evelyn, coming?"
"So, everyone...Johnathan, Madison, and..." Adam stopped.
"Adam?" Emma called seeing that he didn't look too well and knew he was panicking.
"Shalimar, Brennan, can I see you two?" Adam asked sitting on the stairs.
"Yeah," Shalimar said.
"We're going to go show them their rooms," Jesse said as he, Emma, Johnathan, Madison, and Sierra left them alone.
"What's wrong?" Shalimar asked.
"Yeah, they left fast," Brennan pointed out.
"I've hurt both of you," he told them.
"What?"
"We're fine, Adam," Shalimar said confused.
"I've been keeping something from you, again."
"What is it?"
"Something that I've kept from you both, something I had no right to keep from you...and what's worse of all I've hurt you both, especially Shalimar."
"Adam, what are you talking about?" Brennan asked.
"Adam?" Shalimar asked as his face looked scared, which was scaring her.
"Adam, the only time Shalimar was hurt OR rather upset was after Sierra died. Now what would you have to do with Sierra's death?" Brennan asked.
"Because she's NOT dead," Adam told them slowly.
"What?!" they asked in unison.
"Sierra's alive."
"Wait! Adam, Sierra died...Emma even saw, she wasn't breathing!" Shalimar told him starting to panic.
"You're right. Sierra wasn't breathing, her lungs weren't fully developed, yet. But after I told you Evelyn came and revived Sierra. Evelyn then toook Sierra with her to keep her safe from Gabriel, I wanted to tell you...but then I would think what would happen if Gabriel got a hold of you, or Brennan, or Emma, or Jesse, then he could possibly know that Sierra was still alive and then go and get her."
Shalimar was crying now and Brennan was holding her. "Why didn't your sister bring her when she came?" Brennan asked trying to stay calm.
"She did."
"Adam, Sierra would only be a year and a half today," Shalimar told him.
"But remember we sped up the pregnancy, and the acceleration continued. Sierra continued to age one year every twelve weeks."
"So, for every week out Sierra aged one month?" Brennan asked.
"Exactly," Adam told him.
"Adam, why couldn't you have told us?" Shalimar asked still crying.
"Shalimar, I told you. I did it to keep us ALL SAFE! That's all I've ever wanted, for ALL OF MY CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN TO BE SAFE!"
"Then why couldn't we have ALL gone to London?"
"Maybe we SHOULD have, but I did what I thought was right at the time. I'm sorry if it was the wrong thing to do. I'll understand if you both hate me and want me far away," Adam stood and then held his head in his hands.
"Adam, I could NEVER hate you," Shalimar told him. "And I would never want you far away."
"Yeah, we understand," Brennan added. "Sierra's safe, that's all that matters, right?"
"Right."
"But she's five years today, and I need to give her a serum to stop the acceleration," Adam explained.
"Well, can we see her?" Shalimar asked.
"Hey Shal', Gabriel will know that Sierra's alive and that we have her."
"We'll be fine, Brennan."
"Let's go do introductions," Adam said getting up and then saw the box next to him and handed it to Brennan. "This box has a picture of Sierra for AT LEAST every week and some were taken daily. Evelyn dated them all."
Shalimar and Brennan sorted through the pictures. Brennan put them in order and then went through them chronologically. They both were tearing up. "She's so beautiful!" Brennan said.
"Let's go see her," Adam told them. He was happy that they hadn't decided to disown him.
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SIERRA'S ROOM
SANCTUARY
Johnathan was unpacking Sierra's trunk. Sierra and Madison were talking. Emma and Jesse had left them alone. Adam, Shalimar, and Brennan walked in and everyone stopped what they were doing for a second, and then Johnathan continued the unpacking. Sierra hid behind Madison again, "hello, how is everyone today?" Madison asked smiling.
"Sierra?" Adam called.
"Come on, I'm not a tree or a pillar or something else you can hide behind!" Madison told Sierra and moved out of the way. "Come on, say hello at least." Sierra took her right hand and she liked like she saluted them. Madison rolled her eyes. "Are you not talking now?" Madison asked and Sierra nodded her head. "What? Do I need to translate now?" and Sierra nodded again. "Well, she SIGNED hello."
"Sierra, I have two people I would like you to meet," Adam said crouching down in front of her. Sierra quickly ran behind Madison. She peeked out at Adam and her eyes glowed gold. "Sierra, come on now I'm not going to hurt you."
Sierra signed to Madison. Madison signed back and then Sierra repeated what she had originally signed. "Sierra says that you may not hurt her now, but you already have by making her live in London with your sister mascarading as her grandmother," Madison told him.
"You can be mad at me, but not at your parents," Adam told her. "Please?"
"He's right you know," Madison told Sierra. Sierra signed to Madison and she nodded. "Sierra says that she's not mad per-say, but she needs to get to know everyone." Madison turned to Sierra. "You can trust them, Sierra." Sierra signed again. "You trust me, don't you?"
"Yes," Sierra said.
"Well, I trust Adam, your parents, Emma, and Jesse...so, trust me."
Sierra looked over at her parents. Her mother looked sad, and her dad was holding her mom. Sierra turned to her trunk and walked over and dug out her treasure box. Sierra ran over to her parents and handed it to her dad. "What's this?" Brennan asked as Shalimar took it from him and opened it.
"My treasure box, I've been making it for you. For my mum and dad," Sierra told them.
Shalimar looked through the box and then at Sierra. "What is all of this?"
"Lists, diary entries, everything that I've done. I saved it all."
"Thank you," Shalimar told Sierra. Sierra was feeling uncomfortable so she ran back to her spot behind Madison.
"What is this? Hide behind Madison day?" Madison asked and Sierra giggled.
"It's okay," Shalimar said and left Sierra's room with the treasure box.
"I'll go check on her," Adam told Brennan.
"Hey Madison," Brennan greeted.
"Hi Brennan," Madison said moving away from Sierra.
"So, how was London?"
"Boring."
"Boring?"
"Evelyn has a dress code: black and white."
"Yeah, that is pretty boring."
"So, how is it being a dad?"
"A little weird since we thought that she died when she was born and then a year and a half later she's five years old. Plus, she's not really talking to me or her mother."
"Well, that is hard. It would drive me crazy, and I would hope that my child would accept what had happened."
"Hey! It's not like I'm not here!" Sierra told Madison.
"Johnathan, did you hear something?" Madison asked.
"No Miss," Johnathan said playing along.
"I must be hearing things."
"Don't let Adam hear you say that, he'll wait to run about a billion tests," Brennan warned.
"Hello? How can I get someone to talk to me?"
"If I was being ignored I would think of the reason WHY I was being ignored," Madison said aloud.
"I'm being ignored because I'm being childish and not communicating?" Sierra asked.
"Why, Miss Sierra, when did you join us?" Johnathan asked.
"I wouldn't say childish, because you ARE a child. Immature is a much better word, Madison said.
"Can we start over?" Sierra asked, and Madison nodded. Sierra walked up to Brennan. "Hello, my name is Sierra Isabelle Fox and I'm your daughter."
Brennan pulled Sierra into his arms and kissed her forehead. "I've missed you! I love you, Sierra!"
Sierra hugged her father, "I love you, too!"
"Your mom would love to talk to you," Brennan told her.
"Where is Mum?" Sierra asked looking around.
"Mum?" Brennan asked laughing a bit. "You've been in London too long. Let's go find her."
"Okay," Sierra agreed. Brennan left with Sierra to go find Shalimar.
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REFLECTING POND
SANCTUARY
Shalimar had left Sierra's room upset with the treasure box. Adam was right behind Shalimar. Shalimar sat down by the reflecting pond and Adam sat down next to her. "I'm sorry," he told her.
"I just want to hold her and never let her go," Shalimar told him holding the box to her chest. "Gabriel knows that she's alive and that she's not a baby."
"Shalimar, everything will be alright. Sierra will be safe even if you and Brennan have to take her away from Sanctuary," Adam told her.
"Where?"
"Somewhere Gabriel wouldn't look."
"I'm scared that Gabriel will take her away and brainwash her!"
"There she is!" came the voice of Sierra.
Shalimar turned around to see Brennan carrying Sierra approaching her. Adam got up, "I'll leave you three alone."
Brennan set Sierra down on the left side of Shalimar, and Brennan sat down next to Sierra. "I found you!" Sierra told Shalimar.
"Yes, you did."
"Mum, I'm sorry for making you sad."
"You didn't make me sad, Sierra."
"Remember I am a feral AND a psionc, a telepath to be exact. I KNOW that you're sad."
"No, I'm more worried than sad."
"Mum?"
"Yes, Sierra."
"I love you."
Shalimar smiled and pulled Sierra into her arms, "I love you, too!" Shalimar closed her eyes and held onto Sierra. Soon, Brennan turned it into a group hug by hugging them both.
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SIERRA'S ROOM
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"I think we can go now," Madison told Adam and Johnathan.
"It wasn't as hard as we thought it would be," Johnathan said.
"Thankfully! It was hard enough!"
"Maybe you should ASK Sierra is she'll be okay if you leave," Adam suggested.
"Good point."
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REFLECTING POND
SANCTUARY
Madison interrupted Shalimar, Brennan, and Sierra's family moment. "Excuse me, I need to ask Sierra a question."
"Go ahead," Shalimar told her.
Madison noticed that she looked really happy to have her daughter, to be a family. "Sierra, will you be alright if Johnathan and I go home?"
"London?"
"No, Montreal."
"Yes, but who will I dance with?" Sierra asked.
"I'm sure your mom and dad will dance with you and if no one else fails Adam can program holograms."
"Sounds good!" Sierra hugged Madison, "thank you!"
"You're welcome. I'll be in touch."
"Deal," Sierra watched as Madison turned and disappeared into thin air. "SO cool!" Sierra said and then joined her parents by the reflecting pond.
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