Disclaimer:I do not own Mutant X, Tribune and Marvel do.
Author's Note: I upped the rating from PG-13 to R, does anyone disagree? I just thought it would be safe to rate it R. Anyways, there's only a few more chapters to go, but there will be a sequel if not a trilogy. Enjoy!
Mutant X
"The Price We Pay"
Chapter 8
SANCTUARY-CORRIDOR
Adam was looking for Shalimar, he had not seen her since she had left to tell Jesse and Brennan. He had run into Jesse, and he had seemed excited, but when he had walked by Brennan's room he heard crashing. He knocked on Shalimar's door, but there was no answer. "She's asleep," came Emma's voice as she quietly slid the door open to let Adam into Shalimar's room. "Brennan didn't take it well."
"Maybe I should talk to him."
"Maybe you should EXPLAIN the situation to Jesse, Brennan, and me."
"But you already know."
"I don't want them to feel left out."
"Good point...Emma, I'll stay with her until she wakes up."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah."
"Okay," Emma said and then left.
Adam sat next to Shalimar's bed. She looks so upset, he thought, I need to keep her from being upset. Adam put his head in his hands and waited for her to wake up.
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SANCTUARY-BRENNAN'S ROOM
Brennan was angry. He had smashed or thrown almost everything in his room. There was a quiet knock on his door, "GO AWAY!" Brennan yelled. The door began to slide open, so he repeated himself and threw something at the door. "GO AWAY!"
"Oww!" he heard the scream of his friend, Emma. Then he heard a thump.
Brennan hurried out of his room to find Emma unconscious with her right arm bleeding. "Emma?" Brennan tried to wake her, but it didn't work. "Adam! HELP!" Jesse soon joined him, and had a cloth around her arm. Adam joined them with Shalimar behind him.
"What happened?" Adam asked.
"I don't know exactly...I told her to go away, but I didn't know it was her..."
"Let's get her to my lab."
A few minutes later, the five were all in the medical lab. Adam fixed Emma's arm and then scanned her. "What's wrong?" Shalimar asked.
"She must have hit her head, she has a slight concussion."
"I didn't mean to..." Brennan told Adam.
"Wait! Just stop! We're going to talk about this!"
"Maybe I should leave," Jesse told him.
"No! I'm going to explain. Let's go out, all of you sit on the stairs." Adam, Jesse, and Brennan walked out. "Shalimar, come on," Adam called and Shalimar walked out not looking at anyone. "Sit!" Adam told them. Jesse took Shalimar and sat with her while Brennan sat far away from her. "Now here's what's going on. Shalimar IS pregnant, so that means that she needs to stay calm. When we were at Genomex, Gabriel made me and Doctor Harrison impregnated her. So, we used a telepath gene and male DNA from the Genomex banks. The father IS a New Mutant, but I just used the male DNA, none of the New Mutant DNA was used. And I told Shalimar that we wouldn't let anyone take the baby, but that I won't tell who the father is, yet, either."
"So, the baby's Shalimar's?" Jesse asked.
"Yes."
Jesse hugged Shalimar, "don't worry Shal' , we're here. I know Emma would say what I'm saying, that we won't let anyone take your child away."
"Thank you, Jess," Shalimar said as he hugged her again and kissed her on the cheek and she did the same.
"I'm here for you, Shal' ," Jesse told her and then left.
"Thank you, Adam," she told him.
Adam sat down next to Shalimar trying to ignore Brennan's silence. "I'm sorry for all of this, Shalimar."
"I know, but I'm just glad that it's not Gabriel's child. I do wish that you would tell me who the father is."
"I know, but..."
"I know," Shalimar interrupted him, "you're trying to protect me or something. I trust you, Adam."
"I'm going to check on Emma," he told her and then left Shalimar and Brennan alone. Shalimar got up to leave, but then turned to see Brennan staring at her.
"I'm sorry," Brennan told her.
"I'm sorry, too," she told him as she walked up to him and sat down next to him.
"Why are YOU sorry? You don't have anything to be sorry for," Brennan asked confused.
"I went with Adam to Genomex. You didn't want me to go."
"But you helped save Danielle and Katherine."
"But I lost you," she told him looking down.
"No. Shal' , please I should have let you explain before I started yelling and...getting out of control...Shal' , I want to be together. I want to be there for you AND the baby."
Shalimar looked up at Brennan. She was smiling, but a little shocked, too. "Really?"
"Yes. I love you, Shalimar."
"I love you, too," she told him and they kissed.
"It's about time!" came Emma's happy voice as she walked out of the lab with Adam. They were both smiling.
"It was a trcik?" Brennan asked.
"More like a nudge," Adam corrected.
"The bleeding part was not planned," Emma complained.
Brennan looked at Shalimar, "don't look at me. I was sleeping," she told him.
"It was just us," Emma revealed.
"You were being too loud," Adam added.
"Well, thank you," Brennan told them.
"Yes, thank you," Shalimar agreed as Brennan held her close.
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TBC...
Author's Note: I upped the rating from PG-13 to R, does anyone disagree? I just thought it would be safe to rate it R. Anyways, there's only a few more chapters to go, but there will be a sequel if not a trilogy. Enjoy!
Mutant X
"The Price We Pay"
Chapter 8
SANCTUARY-CORRIDOR
Adam was looking for Shalimar, he had not seen her since she had left to tell Jesse and Brennan. He had run into Jesse, and he had seemed excited, but when he had walked by Brennan's room he heard crashing. He knocked on Shalimar's door, but there was no answer. "She's asleep," came Emma's voice as she quietly slid the door open to let Adam into Shalimar's room. "Brennan didn't take it well."
"Maybe I should talk to him."
"Maybe you should EXPLAIN the situation to Jesse, Brennan, and me."
"But you already know."
"I don't want them to feel left out."
"Good point...Emma, I'll stay with her until she wakes up."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah."
"Okay," Emma said and then left.
Adam sat next to Shalimar's bed. She looks so upset, he thought, I need to keep her from being upset. Adam put his head in his hands and waited for her to wake up.
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SANCTUARY-BRENNAN'S ROOM
Brennan was angry. He had smashed or thrown almost everything in his room. There was a quiet knock on his door, "GO AWAY!" Brennan yelled. The door began to slide open, so he repeated himself and threw something at the door. "GO AWAY!"
"Oww!" he heard the scream of his friend, Emma. Then he heard a thump.
Brennan hurried out of his room to find Emma unconscious with her right arm bleeding. "Emma?" Brennan tried to wake her, but it didn't work. "Adam! HELP!" Jesse soon joined him, and had a cloth around her arm. Adam joined them with Shalimar behind him.
"What happened?" Adam asked.
"I don't know exactly...I told her to go away, but I didn't know it was her..."
"Let's get her to my lab."
A few minutes later, the five were all in the medical lab. Adam fixed Emma's arm and then scanned her. "What's wrong?" Shalimar asked.
"She must have hit her head, she has a slight concussion."
"I didn't mean to..." Brennan told Adam.
"Wait! Just stop! We're going to talk about this!"
"Maybe I should leave," Jesse told him.
"No! I'm going to explain. Let's go out, all of you sit on the stairs." Adam, Jesse, and Brennan walked out. "Shalimar, come on," Adam called and Shalimar walked out not looking at anyone. "Sit!" Adam told them. Jesse took Shalimar and sat with her while Brennan sat far away from her. "Now here's what's going on. Shalimar IS pregnant, so that means that she needs to stay calm. When we were at Genomex, Gabriel made me and Doctor Harrison impregnated her. So, we used a telepath gene and male DNA from the Genomex banks. The father IS a New Mutant, but I just used the male DNA, none of the New Mutant DNA was used. And I told Shalimar that we wouldn't let anyone take the baby, but that I won't tell who the father is, yet, either."
"So, the baby's Shalimar's?" Jesse asked.
"Yes."
Jesse hugged Shalimar, "don't worry Shal' , we're here. I know Emma would say what I'm saying, that we won't let anyone take your child away."
"Thank you, Jess," Shalimar said as he hugged her again and kissed her on the cheek and she did the same.
"I'm here for you, Shal' ," Jesse told her and then left.
"Thank you, Adam," she told him.
Adam sat down next to Shalimar trying to ignore Brennan's silence. "I'm sorry for all of this, Shalimar."
"I know, but I'm just glad that it's not Gabriel's child. I do wish that you would tell me who the father is."
"I know, but..."
"I know," Shalimar interrupted him, "you're trying to protect me or something. I trust you, Adam."
"I'm going to check on Emma," he told her and then left Shalimar and Brennan alone. Shalimar got up to leave, but then turned to see Brennan staring at her.
"I'm sorry," Brennan told her.
"I'm sorry, too," she told him as she walked up to him and sat down next to him.
"Why are YOU sorry? You don't have anything to be sorry for," Brennan asked confused.
"I went with Adam to Genomex. You didn't want me to go."
"But you helped save Danielle and Katherine."
"But I lost you," she told him looking down.
"No. Shal' , please I should have let you explain before I started yelling and...getting out of control...Shal' , I want to be together. I want to be there for you AND the baby."
Shalimar looked up at Brennan. She was smiling, but a little shocked, too. "Really?"
"Yes. I love you, Shalimar."
"I love you, too," she told him and they kissed.
"It's about time!" came Emma's happy voice as she walked out of the lab with Adam. They were both smiling.
"It was a trcik?" Brennan asked.
"More like a nudge," Adam corrected.
"The bleeding part was not planned," Emma complained.
Brennan looked at Shalimar, "don't look at me. I was sleeping," she told him.
"It was just us," Emma revealed.
"You were being too loud," Adam added.
"Well, thank you," Brennan told them.
"Yes, thank you," Shalimar agreed as Brennan held her close.
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TBC...