Disclaimer: I do not own Mutant X, Tribune and Marvel do.
Author's Note: I don't know if this is in the correct rating category, but I decided to be safe on the rating. Oh, and it takes place after "A Breed Apart." I actually have quite a few that go off the season finale, I guess that's what happens when you're out of school for summer and have to watch reruns, at least it gives me something to do. Anyways, enjoy!
This is a Shalimar/ Brennan story : )
Mutant X
"The Price We Pay"
Chapter 1
SANCTUARY
Adam had sealed off the mountain. No one was allowed in and no one was allowed out. Adam couldn't help but think about how Gabriel had gotten Shalimar and how it had to be his fault. He had invented the sub-dermal governors and the pods, for Gabriel. But they hadn't worked well enough, Gabriel had been freed and had put Eckhart in a pod instead. And now, now Gabriel was after Adam and his children. It had been almost a month since Adam had sealed off the mountain since his children ALL had returned home. He had noticed that none of them had minded very much. Jesse was working on keeping track of the safe houses and sending instructions on where to head so that the New Mutant Underground would be safe also. He was on the computers at least eight hours a day. Emma had been working with Adam in the lab learning more and more how to help out and how to use things in the lab. Brennan and Shalimar on the other hand had been spending more and more time together. They were always practicing or just just talking. Adam had noticed that they were closer than ever.
"Adam!" Jesse called and Adam quickly approached Jesse, who was doing his routine safehouse checks for the day.
"Yeah, Jess?" Adam asked looking at the computer screen.
"Gabriel's found another safehouse."
"Damn! We need to get word to everyone to evacuate all local safehouses and have them head out to the farther away safehouses. Make the arrangements."
"Okay," Jesse told him going to work. Contacting the other safehouses telling them to be expecting visitors, contacting the train station and getting tickets, and finally contacting the local safehouses and filling them in on what to do and where to go.
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GENOMEX- GABRIEL'S (ECKHART'S) OFFICE
Dr. Harrison walked in to see Gabriel. "You sumoned me?"
"Yes, Harrison! I've been thinking...I know what The Strand needs."
"What, sir?"
"A child."
"A child?" Harrison asked confused.
"Not any child though. A New Mutant child, my child."
"Your child?"
"I think I know the perfect person who could be my wife AND the mother of my child."
"Who?"
"Shalimar Fox."
"Sir, we haven't seen Mutant X in about three and a half weeks. How would we get her here?" Harrison asked him. "We don't know where their headquarters are and none of the safehouse attacks have provoked them to come out of hiding."
"I know, but I think I know a way...Oh, and Harrison I want this child to be special. This child will possess the DNA strands that are on this paper," Gabriel told him passing him a small piece of paper. "This child might not be able to be mine genetically, I know, but...it will be mine!"
"You want three different..."
"Harrison, just figure out HOW to do it and I'll figure out the rest."
"Yes, of course," Harrison said leaving and still examining the paper.
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SANCTUARY
Adam had called everyone together, he had been watching Proxy Blue and was disturbed by a message that Gabriel had meant for Adam that had interrupted Proxy Blue's normal broadcast. "What is it, Adam?" Emma asked knowing that he was extremely worried about something.
"Gabriel interrupted Proxy Blue and...well he has two people that well...he wants us to trade for..."
"Who does he have, Adam?" Shalimar asked.
"Danielle and Katherine..."
"What?!" Emma, Jesse, Shalimar, and Brennan said together.
"Who'd they get them? They weren't in one of the local safehouses!" Jesse said.
"I know, I think that Gabriel has probably been looking through Eckhart's files and that The Strand is probably all over the place."
"What do they want?" Brennan asked.
"I wish it was that easy...It's WHO they want..." Adam said sitting down putting his head in his hands.
"Who then?" Brennan asked.
"It's not going to happen...I mean...well...nevermind!" Adam told them.
"Adam?" Emma prompted.
"We can't! I mean...I won't allow it!"
"Adam, who do they want?" Emma asked slowly and quietly.
"Adam, come on. Please don't keep secrets from us," Shalimar said sitting down next to him.
"I can't!" he told her as tears started to form in his eyes.
"Adam?"
"Shalimar, they want me AND you," Adam told her trying not to give into the tears in his eyes. "And it's not the fact that they want me, that's fine! But I won't let him hurt any of you!" Adam told her touching her face and then looking at the others.
"So, we'll go in and bust them out of Genomex," Brennan said.
"We can't do that," Jesse told him.
"Brennan, Genomex is too heavily guarded right now," Emma explained.
"Storming in would just get us all caught," Jesse added.
"So, we trade," Shalimar told Adam.
"No!" Adam told her. "Gabriel is too dangerous! I know why he wants me, but he obviously has plans for you."
"I'll be fine, Adam."
"Shal' you can't!" Brennan protested.
"Last time Gabriel had you in some kind of trance or something, what if he does it again?" Emma asked.
"Then I guess I'll be part of The Strand again, but Danielle and Katherine shouldn't be there. We helped them and now we can't just let Gabriel keep them at Genomex because we're afriad of risks!" Shalimar told them.
"It's a risk I really don't want to take," Adam told her.
"Adam, I know that this has to be tearing you apart right now," Shalimar said. "You love Danielle."
"I loved her," Adam corrected.
"You still obviously care about her and Katherine's only fifteen!"
"Shalimar..."
"Adam, come on you know if we don't do this that..."
"Only if you're absolutely sure you want to do this."
"I am."
"Okay, then we'll..."
"Okay! Hold on!" Brennan started yelling. "I can't believe I'm hearing this! You've got to be kidding?"
"Brennan, we'll be fine," Shalimar said trying to assure him.
"No, Shal' when Gabriel had you last time he turned you and...well he seemed pretty attached to you."
"I'll be fine."
"We'll leave in an hour, Shalimar," Adam told her walking away.
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TBC...
So, I hate the title, I don't know about anyone else. It was all I could think of. Anyways I'll post more ASAP! I have to take this boring math class over summer because I have to. So, that class doesn't exactly allow me to be day dreaming even though I tend to since I'm there for almost three hours! I hate math! Anyways since tonight and tomorrow I have class I might be able to update tomorrow afternoon. Anyways thanks for reading!
innocent choir girl
: )
Author's Note: I don't know if this is in the correct rating category, but I decided to be safe on the rating. Oh, and it takes place after "A Breed Apart." I actually have quite a few that go off the season finale, I guess that's what happens when you're out of school for summer and have to watch reruns, at least it gives me something to do. Anyways, enjoy!
This is a Shalimar/ Brennan story : )
Mutant X
"The Price We Pay"
Chapter 1
SANCTUARY
Adam had sealed off the mountain. No one was allowed in and no one was allowed out. Adam couldn't help but think about how Gabriel had gotten Shalimar and how it had to be his fault. He had invented the sub-dermal governors and the pods, for Gabriel. But they hadn't worked well enough, Gabriel had been freed and had put Eckhart in a pod instead. And now, now Gabriel was after Adam and his children. It had been almost a month since Adam had sealed off the mountain since his children ALL had returned home. He had noticed that none of them had minded very much. Jesse was working on keeping track of the safe houses and sending instructions on where to head so that the New Mutant Underground would be safe also. He was on the computers at least eight hours a day. Emma had been working with Adam in the lab learning more and more how to help out and how to use things in the lab. Brennan and Shalimar on the other hand had been spending more and more time together. They were always practicing or just just talking. Adam had noticed that they were closer than ever.
"Adam!" Jesse called and Adam quickly approached Jesse, who was doing his routine safehouse checks for the day.
"Yeah, Jess?" Adam asked looking at the computer screen.
"Gabriel's found another safehouse."
"Damn! We need to get word to everyone to evacuate all local safehouses and have them head out to the farther away safehouses. Make the arrangements."
"Okay," Jesse told him going to work. Contacting the other safehouses telling them to be expecting visitors, contacting the train station and getting tickets, and finally contacting the local safehouses and filling them in on what to do and where to go.
_______________________________________________________________
GENOMEX- GABRIEL'S (ECKHART'S) OFFICE
Dr. Harrison walked in to see Gabriel. "You sumoned me?"
"Yes, Harrison! I've been thinking...I know what The Strand needs."
"What, sir?"
"A child."
"A child?" Harrison asked confused.
"Not any child though. A New Mutant child, my child."
"Your child?"
"I think I know the perfect person who could be my wife AND the mother of my child."
"Who?"
"Shalimar Fox."
"Sir, we haven't seen Mutant X in about three and a half weeks. How would we get her here?" Harrison asked him. "We don't know where their headquarters are and none of the safehouse attacks have provoked them to come out of hiding."
"I know, but I think I know a way...Oh, and Harrison I want this child to be special. This child will possess the DNA strands that are on this paper," Gabriel told him passing him a small piece of paper. "This child might not be able to be mine genetically, I know, but...it will be mine!"
"You want three different..."
"Harrison, just figure out HOW to do it and I'll figure out the rest."
"Yes, of course," Harrison said leaving and still examining the paper.
_______________________________________________________________
SANCTUARY
Adam had called everyone together, he had been watching Proxy Blue and was disturbed by a message that Gabriel had meant for Adam that had interrupted Proxy Blue's normal broadcast. "What is it, Adam?" Emma asked knowing that he was extremely worried about something.
"Gabriel interrupted Proxy Blue and...well he has two people that well...he wants us to trade for..."
"Who does he have, Adam?" Shalimar asked.
"Danielle and Katherine..."
"What?!" Emma, Jesse, Shalimar, and Brennan said together.
"Who'd they get them? They weren't in one of the local safehouses!" Jesse said.
"I know, I think that Gabriel has probably been looking through Eckhart's files and that The Strand is probably all over the place."
"What do they want?" Brennan asked.
"I wish it was that easy...It's WHO they want..." Adam said sitting down putting his head in his hands.
"Who then?" Brennan asked.
"It's not going to happen...I mean...well...nevermind!" Adam told them.
"Adam?" Emma prompted.
"We can't! I mean...I won't allow it!"
"Adam, who do they want?" Emma asked slowly and quietly.
"Adam, come on. Please don't keep secrets from us," Shalimar said sitting down next to him.
"I can't!" he told her as tears started to form in his eyes.
"Adam?"
"Shalimar, they want me AND you," Adam told her trying not to give into the tears in his eyes. "And it's not the fact that they want me, that's fine! But I won't let him hurt any of you!" Adam told her touching her face and then looking at the others.
"So, we'll go in and bust them out of Genomex," Brennan said.
"We can't do that," Jesse told him.
"Brennan, Genomex is too heavily guarded right now," Emma explained.
"Storming in would just get us all caught," Jesse added.
"So, we trade," Shalimar told Adam.
"No!" Adam told her. "Gabriel is too dangerous! I know why he wants me, but he obviously has plans for you."
"I'll be fine, Adam."
"Shal' you can't!" Brennan protested.
"Last time Gabriel had you in some kind of trance or something, what if he does it again?" Emma asked.
"Then I guess I'll be part of The Strand again, but Danielle and Katherine shouldn't be there. We helped them and now we can't just let Gabriel keep them at Genomex because we're afriad of risks!" Shalimar told them.
"It's a risk I really don't want to take," Adam told her.
"Adam, I know that this has to be tearing you apart right now," Shalimar said. "You love Danielle."
"I loved her," Adam corrected.
"You still obviously care about her and Katherine's only fifteen!"
"Shalimar..."
"Adam, come on you know if we don't do this that..."
"Only if you're absolutely sure you want to do this."
"I am."
"Okay, then we'll..."
"Okay! Hold on!" Brennan started yelling. "I can't believe I'm hearing this! You've got to be kidding?"
"Brennan, we'll be fine," Shalimar said trying to assure him.
"No, Shal' when Gabriel had you last time he turned you and...well he seemed pretty attached to you."
"I'll be fine."
"We'll leave in an hour, Shalimar," Adam told her walking away.
_______________________________________________________________
TBC...
So, I hate the title, I don't know about anyone else. It was all I could think of. Anyways I'll post more ASAP! I have to take this boring math class over summer because I have to. So, that class doesn't exactly allow me to be day dreaming even though I tend to since I'm there for almost three hours! I hate math! Anyways since tonight and tomorrow I have class I might be able to update tomorrow afternoon. Anyways thanks for reading!
innocent choir girl
: )