Author's Notes: Sorry for the wait. My writers block has finally cleared so I should be able to finish this story soon. Thanks for the reviews.
PART SEVEN:
Emma's Room Sanctuary………
Brennan helped Emma into her bed and was about to leave when Emma's pleading voice stopped him.
"Please don't leave me alone. Stay." Emma said desperately.
A bit surprised Brennan turned and made his way back to her bed. Sitting down next to the bed he looked at Emma's face, her eyes big with unshed tears.
"Emma are you okay?" Brennan asked worriedly.
"I'm fine it's just when I connected with her mind it brought back some unwanted memories." Emma said as she tried to hold back the tears that threatened to fall.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Brennan asked as he took hold of Emma's hand reassuringly.
Emma was silent for a while as she stared up at the ceiling, lost in thought.
"When I was 13 I lost control of my powers." Emma spoke softly. "I couldn't control the rush of emotions that I was picking up and they almost overwhelmed me. I got control pretty quickly and it was no where near as bad as it is with Alisa but I couldn't help remembering."
Brennan reached out and wiped away some of the tears that had started to fall down Emma's face.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know." Brennan said as he stared, concerned, into her eyes.
"No one does. Not even Adam or Shalimar." Emma said as she started to get a hold on her emotions. "After it happened I just wanted to forget about it. It was so hard to even think about it, that I just tried to block it out."
Emma could feel the concern and worry coming of Brennan and began to feel uncomfortable. She had not meant to tell him, but now that she had she realized that she had needed someone to talk to for a while. The incident had left her with a fear that she would loose control of her powers again and that there was nothing she could do about it. Talking to Brennan about it had allowed her to get it of her chest and she felt calmer about it. Although she didn't regret telling Brennan she was beginning to feel uncomfortable. Feeling that she needed to change the subject Emma said the first thing that came to her mind, and immediately regretted it.
"So, what happened between you and Alisa this morning?" Emma turned away from Brennan, not really wanting to hear his response. She heard Brennan sigh and she picked up that he was feeling frustrated but also something else which she couldn't identify.
"Emma, nothing happened between me and Alisa." Brennan said. "We just talked, that's all. Look after our kiss the other day I was confused, I wasn't sure what I was feeling for you and I just needed time to myself to figure all of this out. And I have."
Brennan stopped talking, trying to get up the courage to say what needed to be said. Emma sensed what he was going to tell her before he did, but she needed to hear him say it.
"Emma…I Love you." Brennan said finally. Having said it he now felt relief and a small amount of fear as to how Emma would reply. He had unconsciously turned his back to the bed and was surprised when he felt a hand turning him around. Before he had time to react, he felt Emma's lips on his. Reaching out with his hands he pulled Emma closer to him, intensifying the kiss.
As they broke away from each other, breathless, Emma gave Brennan a smile.
"I love you to." Emma said as she stared into Brennan's eyes. She felt Brennan relax, so that the only emotion she could sense from him was love.
They stayed like that for a few moments, just holding each other until Brennan pulled away regretfully.
"You need to get some rest." Brennan said. Emma nodded reluctantly, as Brennan helped her to lye down in her bed. He gave her a kiss before making his way to the door, turning the light of so that Emma could get some rest.
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Sanctuary, Med-lab………
Leaving Emma's room, Brennan made his way to the Med-lab to check up on Alisa. Entering the Lab he found Adam in the process of running a scan on Alisa's prone body.
"Found anything yet?" Brennan asked as the scan finished and Adam headed over to the computer system to look over the results.
"Yes. I think I can stabilize her mutant DNA so it won't continue to evolve out of control like it has been but whether or not that will help fix her current state I don't know."
"Do you have any idea what caused her to loose control of her powers yet?" Brennan asked as he walked over to her side and stared down at her unmoving form.
"I don't know." Adam confessed. "It could have been caused by her mutating DNA or it could be something else."
"Do you need any help?" Brennan asked.
"No. If you need something to do why don't you go check up on Shalimar and Jesse." Adam said.
Brennan nodded and turned away from the surgical bed where Alisa lay. As he turned, his hand brushed against hers and immediately a connection was formed between them. Unlike before there was no sudden rush of images, Instead Brennan was confronted by one mental image.
Fear, Pain, a silent cry for help.
It struck him with such force that his legs gave out beneath him and Brennan found himself on the Med-Lab floor struggling to catch his breath. He wasn't sure how he knew what the image meant, it had been so brief and didn't seem very revealing, but somehow he understood what the meaning.
"Brennan. Are you okay?" Adam asked concerned as he knelt next to Brennan.
"I'm okay, Adam, but we've got other problems to worry about." Brennan said as he struggled to his feet. "Alisa just sent me a mental image that she picked up before she lost consciousness. Her friend Mary-Anne is in trouble."
"What kind of trouble." Adam asked, not questioning how Alisa had been able to connect with Brennan much less have him understand what she was trying to communicate in the state she was in. He had learned long ago that where New Mutants were involved anything was possible.
"She's been kidnapped by the GSA." Brennan replied. Seeing the questioning look on Adam face, he continued. "Don't ask me how I know it's them, I'm not sure myself. But that's what Alisa sent me."
"Well if the GSA has her than we need to get her back." Adam said thinking quickly. "You'd better go get Shalimar and Jesse, brief them on the situation and then get to the Double Helix. I'll access the GSA computers and determine where they took her, because I doubt they would have risked taking her to Genomex."
Brennan nodded as he headed out of the lab, pausing as he reached the door.
"What about Emma?" He asked.
"Leave Emma out of this, I want her to get some rest." Adam ordered as he headed over to the computers to start going through the Genomex database, checking up on all the recent GSA activity.
End Of Part Seven.