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Mutant X
"The Price We Pay"
Chapter 6
SANCTUARY
Two Weeks Later...
"Adam, can we go out tonight?" Brennan asked.
"No."
"Tomorrow?"
"No."
"In a week?"
"No."
"Adam, come on!"
"Brennan, I won't have Gabriel take any of you! It's too dangerous!"
"Adam, we'll be fine."
"All four of you are going out?"
"Yes."
"Then why can't you all just stay here?"
"Adam..."
"Brennan, I want to keep all of you safe, especially Shalimar. Gabriel obviously wants her."
"Adam, nothing will happen. Come on, we'll stay together. Please..."
"Fine, but I don't want anyone left alone."
"Fine...thank you."
"You can thank me by ALL coming back safe."
Brennan left Adam and headed to the bedrooms. Brennan knocked on everyone's door and waited for them to come out. "So, what's going on?" Jesse asked.
"Club time," Brennan told them.
"Brennan..." Shalimar said.
"You know we're not allowed to leave," Emma told him.
"Adam said we could go AS LONG as we stay together. He said no one goes anywhere alone. So, who wants to go?"
"Me!" Jesse, Shalimar, and Emma said together smiling. They quickly all got their jackets and headed to the car.
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CLUB
Four Hours Later...
Brennan had kept his promise, they had all stayed together at all times at the club. Now he and Shalimar were sitting at a table together while Jesse and Emma were dancing. "So, is this what we needed or what?" Brennan asked.
"It's been overdue," she told him taking his hand. They had been growing closer, spending time together at Sanctuary.
"You know even though we really already had our first date, it feels like it's really now."
"Because we've been locked up for two weeks?"
"Yeah."
"Well, I loved our first date."
"We just had dinner."
"But it was...beautiful and...ah!" Shalimar said and then cried out in pain holding her abdomen.
"Shal' ?"
"Hurts."
"Okay, we're going home," Brennan said and lifted his commring so he could talk into it. "Jesse. Emma. Time to go, something's wrong with Shal' ."
"We're coming!" Jesse's voice came through.
"Adam. Something's wrong with Shal' , we're coming in."
"Understood," Adam said.
"Come on, Shal' ," Brennan said helping Shalimar up as Jesse and Emma walked up.
"What's wrong?" Emma asked just as Shalimar passed out into Brennan's arms.
"Let's go!" Brennan said holding Shalimar close as they made their way to the car.
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SANCTUARY-MEDICAL LAB
Adam had sent everyone, but Emma, out of the lab, so that he could concentrate on Shalimar. She was still unconscious, but her scan didn't show anything unusual. "What's wrong, Adam?" Emma asked.
"Nothing."
"But she was in pain."
"I know, but...did she drink?"
"No."
"Well, I don't know what else it could be."
Shalimar began to stir, which immediately alerted Adam and Emma. Shalimar's eyes opened and she was immediately concerned. "What? How did I get here?"
"You said that your stomach was hurting and then you collapsed," Emma explained.
"So, what's wrong with me?"
"Nothing...you're pregnant."
"What?" Shalimar asked shocked. "No, that can't be..."
"The results have been checked."
"How far along, am I?"
"About two weeks."
"Two weeks? Two weeks ago...we were at Genomex...I don't remember what happened...Oh my god! Gabriel...Gabriel's the father?"
"I'm afraid that it involves a little more than that," Adam told her.
"What?" Shalimar said confused.
"It's not Gabriel's child, Shalimar."
"How do you know, Adam?"
"Because I...I impregnated you."
"What?! What are you saying, Adam?" she asked starting to cry.
"When Gabriel took us he had me out a sub-dermal governor."
"I remember that, and then he said I was going to have his child and next...I can't remember."
"Gabriel wanted a child, he wanted a child that was feral and a telepath, he didn't want the child to be like him. So, Doctor Harrison and I did some genetic altering and impregnated you. Look, I didn't want to do it, but if I didn't, then Harrison would have and there would be flaws in the genetic structure. I figured if it was going to happen then I might as well do it, so that it was done correctly."
"So, who's the father?" Shalimar asked shakily. "Is he a psionic?"
"No, I sort of just borrowed that gene."
"Then, who's the father?"
"Does it matter?"
"Yes! Adam, I don't want this child taken away," she told him still crying.
"Gabriel is going to try."
"Why?"
"Because HE wants to raise the child."
"But he's not the father."
"He doesn't care. The father will never take your child away from you."
"Why? Who is it?"
"I won't tell right now."
"Why? Adam, it' not y..."
"No! No, it's not me. He's a New Mutant, I found the DNA in the Genomex labs. Shalimar, please trust me."
"I...I do...I do trust you, Adam."
"Good. Everything will be fine."
"What about the pain?"
"Everything looks normal."
"But..."
"Maybe it was just a fluke or something."
"O...okay."
"Everything's going to be fine, Shalimar," Emma told her friend hugging her. "We're going to all help."
"Do you want me to tell the others?" Adam asked.
"No, I'll tell them," Shalimar said getting up and leaving the lab.
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TBC...
Mutant X
"The Price We Pay"
Chapter 6
SANCTUARY
Two Weeks Later...
"Adam, can we go out tonight?" Brennan asked.
"No."
"Tomorrow?"
"No."
"In a week?"
"No."
"Adam, come on!"
"Brennan, I won't have Gabriel take any of you! It's too dangerous!"
"Adam, we'll be fine."
"All four of you are going out?"
"Yes."
"Then why can't you all just stay here?"
"Adam..."
"Brennan, I want to keep all of you safe, especially Shalimar. Gabriel obviously wants her."
"Adam, nothing will happen. Come on, we'll stay together. Please..."
"Fine, but I don't want anyone left alone."
"Fine...thank you."
"You can thank me by ALL coming back safe."
Brennan left Adam and headed to the bedrooms. Brennan knocked on everyone's door and waited for them to come out. "So, what's going on?" Jesse asked.
"Club time," Brennan told them.
"Brennan..." Shalimar said.
"You know we're not allowed to leave," Emma told him.
"Adam said we could go AS LONG as we stay together. He said no one goes anywhere alone. So, who wants to go?"
"Me!" Jesse, Shalimar, and Emma said together smiling. They quickly all got their jackets and headed to the car.
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CLUB
Four Hours Later...
Brennan had kept his promise, they had all stayed together at all times at the club. Now he and Shalimar were sitting at a table together while Jesse and Emma were dancing. "So, is this what we needed or what?" Brennan asked.
"It's been overdue," she told him taking his hand. They had been growing closer, spending time together at Sanctuary.
"You know even though we really already had our first date, it feels like it's really now."
"Because we've been locked up for two weeks?"
"Yeah."
"Well, I loved our first date."
"We just had dinner."
"But it was...beautiful and...ah!" Shalimar said and then cried out in pain holding her abdomen.
"Shal' ?"
"Hurts."
"Okay, we're going home," Brennan said and lifted his commring so he could talk into it. "Jesse. Emma. Time to go, something's wrong with Shal' ."
"We're coming!" Jesse's voice came through.
"Adam. Something's wrong with Shal' , we're coming in."
"Understood," Adam said.
"Come on, Shal' ," Brennan said helping Shalimar up as Jesse and Emma walked up.
"What's wrong?" Emma asked just as Shalimar passed out into Brennan's arms.
"Let's go!" Brennan said holding Shalimar close as they made their way to the car.
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SANCTUARY-MEDICAL LAB
Adam had sent everyone, but Emma, out of the lab, so that he could concentrate on Shalimar. She was still unconscious, but her scan didn't show anything unusual. "What's wrong, Adam?" Emma asked.
"Nothing."
"But she was in pain."
"I know, but...did she drink?"
"No."
"Well, I don't know what else it could be."
Shalimar began to stir, which immediately alerted Adam and Emma. Shalimar's eyes opened and she was immediately concerned. "What? How did I get here?"
"You said that your stomach was hurting and then you collapsed," Emma explained.
"So, what's wrong with me?"
"Nothing...you're pregnant."
"What?" Shalimar asked shocked. "No, that can't be..."
"The results have been checked."
"How far along, am I?"
"About two weeks."
"Two weeks? Two weeks ago...we were at Genomex...I don't remember what happened...Oh my god! Gabriel...Gabriel's the father?"
"I'm afraid that it involves a little more than that," Adam told her.
"What?" Shalimar said confused.
"It's not Gabriel's child, Shalimar."
"How do you know, Adam?"
"Because I...I impregnated you."
"What?! What are you saying, Adam?" she asked starting to cry.
"When Gabriel took us he had me out a sub-dermal governor."
"I remember that, and then he said I was going to have his child and next...I can't remember."
"Gabriel wanted a child, he wanted a child that was feral and a telepath, he didn't want the child to be like him. So, Doctor Harrison and I did some genetic altering and impregnated you. Look, I didn't want to do it, but if I didn't, then Harrison would have and there would be flaws in the genetic structure. I figured if it was going to happen then I might as well do it, so that it was done correctly."
"So, who's the father?" Shalimar asked shakily. "Is he a psionic?"
"No, I sort of just borrowed that gene."
"Then, who's the father?"
"Does it matter?"
"Yes! Adam, I don't want this child taken away," she told him still crying.
"Gabriel is going to try."
"Why?"
"Because HE wants to raise the child."
"But he's not the father."
"He doesn't care. The father will never take your child away from you."
"Why? Who is it?"
"I won't tell right now."
"Why? Adam, it' not y..."
"No! No, it's not me. He's a New Mutant, I found the DNA in the Genomex labs. Shalimar, please trust me."
"I...I do...I do trust you, Adam."
"Good. Everything will be fine."
"What about the pain?"
"Everything looks normal."
"But..."
"Maybe it was just a fluke or something."
"O...okay."
"Everything's going to be fine, Shalimar," Emma told her friend hugging her. "We're going to all help."
"Do you want me to tell the others?" Adam asked.
"No, I'll tell them," Shalimar said getting up and leaving the lab.
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TBC...