Author's note: Hey sorry about the long wait, I never had any time with
school, homework and work, but I finally did chapter eight. The story is
almost finished, another chapter or two. Hey if anyone likes Andromeda and
has read my story in progress "The Secrets of Fire" under my other pen name
Heavens - Sugar, I haven't forgotten about that one either.
Oh and thank you for all of your reviews, you guys are great!
Disclaimer: Are they mine? Are they yours? We shall all wonder.
My Family - Chapter 8
The Mutant X team had successfully broken into the Saviour building without being detected and were now hiding. As they looked around they found themselves in a place closely resembling a mixture of Sanctuary, Genomex and of a gothic dungeon put together. Furthermore, they had discovered that the residents knew they had been located; they were all running around, hastily trying to gather as much stuff as they could find and then getting their ass' out of the building before they could get caught. After a couple of minutes the team also found out, to their complete horror, that the Saviours were killing off as many New Mutants captives as they could before leaving. They would position them all in rows and shoot them like the Nazi's had done. About twenty had been killed so far. The team were about to reveal themselves, determined to put an end to the slaughter, when they heard shouting.
"Stop right there or we will be forced to kill you!"
"What the f**k is going on now?" Jesse, the stress from the last few months catching up to him, whispered harshly from his hiding place.
"It's the GSA, they beat us to it" answered Shalimar.
Then all hell broke loose. A group of screaming people suddenly appeared attempting desperately to escape from the GSA agents and their line of fire. Following this, two men, obviously the GSA team leaders, stepped out. One of the men had blond hair and the other had dark brown/ black hair.
"Oh my god it Brennan!" Emma started to point at the dark haired man. She was about to get up when Shalimar grabbed her arm. She had been afraid that Emma's sudden movement would draw unneeded attention to themselves.
"Wait Emma." They watched as the other man spoke to Brennan. He seemed to agree to whatever he had said and left.
Jesse reached for his communicator, "Adam the GSA are here, and. and so is Brennan"
"Where is he now Jesse?" asked Adam
"He separated from the rest of the group. This our chance Adam!"
"Alright this is what I want you guys to do. Jesse and Shalimar try and save as many New Mutants as you can; avoid the GSA agents at all cost, they aren't important right now. Emma, since you and Brennan seem to share a link, go find him and bring him back if you can. Good luck"
***** Joshua was walking down the hallway when he heard muffled sobs. As he was searching for the sound he discovered a young woman crouched into a corner crying. He couldn't see her clearly because of the poor lighting but he could definitely pick up strong waves of fear coming from her. Joshua approached her slowly.
He whispered, "Its okay, your safe now" Her head shot up into the light.
"Get away from me!" she seemed to go wild.
"Please I'm not going to hurt you" For a brief instant Joshua felt the ground shake.
***** Emma came running around the corner in time to see Brennan approaching a young woman. She remembered seeing her before in a picture. She had been one of the mutants they had been set out to retrieve but the team had never found her. She then remembered her power: the ability to shift the ground beneath her, a power that was triggered by an emotional overload, especially fear. To Emma's dismay the lady was extremely terrified and only seemed to get worst as Brennan drew closer to her.
"Brennan don't go closer to her!" Brennan turned to look at Emma but it was to late, the ground began to shake and the ceiling fell on them. Everything went black.
***** Emma was vaguely aware of an itching in her throat. She reflexively started to cough out whatever was stopping her from breathing; debris, her unconscious mind hinted at.
"Uggghh, wha-what happened." Without opening her eyes she placed her hands delicately on her face to try and stop the dizziness from overpowering her. As she cleared her throat one last time her memorizes came flooding back.
"Oh my god Brennan!" She opened her eyes only to realize that she didn't need to worry about Brennan for he was standing, no, she thought, more like towering over her. He was staring at her, his face cold as ever, with a ball of electricity in his hands. By the manner he was holding it she knew he wasn't using it for light.
Emma tried again, "Bre." But stopped when she saw him tense.
"Joshua are you alright?"
Joshua was surprised by her question and her seemingly genuine concern. He didn't understand her, here he was with enough power to kill her and she had just brushed that aside as if it was nothing. She seemed more worried about him then herself. He opened his mouth as if to speak but quickly closed it, not trusting himself to speak at the moment. As he studied her he couldn't keep himself from looking into her beautiful deep brown eyes.
With a little less confidence then before he started to speak, "I'm ordered to kill you" She was unfazed by his statement. Looking around, he gathered that the fragments that had fallen from the earthquake had trapped both of them in a small space. Joshua's poise relaxed and without realizing it, let his power die down. He brought his attention back to Emma and made his decision, but feeling like he needed to safeguard his position and prove himself, he added "and I would do it, it's just that I have more chances of getting out of this predicament if we help each other."
She nodded, "Alright"
"And.and I will kill you if I feel it's necessary"
She appeared to accept his terms and got up, dusted herself off, while ignoring his gaze. She detected a few telepathic attempts on his part but she easily blocked them. The only thing he could pick up from her was her true desire to help him. She made sure not to show him she knew what he was doing, but truth be told she had actually been surprised to sense his mind in her's.
"Its kind of dark in here, do you have anything we can use for light?" Emma asked. She tried to stifle a gasp when a spark flew from his hand.
"Only this" He turned his face to look at the wall that had imprisoned them, but Emma didn't fail to see a playful smile cross his face.
"Well the debris is too heavy for me to move it mentally so we'll just have to budge it with good physical, human force." He started to pull at the rocks to clear a way out.
Move it mentally? Emma was unsure what he had meant by that but she quickly put it aside and went to help him. While they were working she noticed that he kept on stealing glances in her direction. She was happy to realize that the glances weren't nervous or paranoid glances but more curious then anything else. As they continued working they both grew tired and sweaty since the rubble was quite heavy. As a result they were both obliged to stop and take a rest. Throughout the whole time Joshua's spark had kept on shining without dimming.
While they sat Emma wanted to talk to Joshua, to say anything, but no words came to mind, and, for his part, he also kept silent. However she was determined to break the silence.
"So." She fidgeted nervously. He looked at her, himself uncertain how to proceed.
"Um.yeah." He looked around not wanting to make eye contact with her. Then he heard something that was totally unexpected to him, giggling. He turned to look at Emma just to find her clutching her stomach and with tears of laughter running down her face.
"What's so funny?"
"It's just.it's just that you look so messed up with all the dust in your hair, and.and you have a blob of dirt right on the tip of your nose" she finally managed to say between fits of laughter. He rapidly lifted his hand to clean his nose but just made it worst by smearing the filth. This only resulted in Emma starting to laugh all over again.
"Well its not like you've been blessed by the powers of cleanliness either" He tried to stay serious but soon a small smile appeared on his face, then giggles followed and shortly after into all out laughter.
After they had both calmed down they realized that they had wasted enough precious air, not that there was any danger of suffocation since there was enough small holes to provide them with ample oxygen, and continued working to move the wreckage.
All of a sudden Emma heard a crashing from up above. As she looked up she noticed a big rock tumbling towards her.
"Oh shit" Those were her last words before she felt herself being pushed away by Joshua.
*****
Both Jesse and Shalimar had separated to find as many New Mutants as they could. Shalimar had taken the south corridor and was now looking through every room. She wanted to kick some GSA buts but had taken heed of Adam's warning not to confront them, unless it was necessary to save someone. As she was walking she heard something behind her. She whipped around to find the blond haired man that had been with Brennan, looking at her. His eyes were glowing. He's a feral, she thought.
"Ah, a feline" A cruel smile appeared on his face. Her own eyes began to glow as she took a fighting stance.
"I hate canines," She growled at him
"Fox, actually." His smile grew wider as he prepared himself for the fight.
She laughed a humourless laughter, "It fits perfectly for a GSA agent," He lifted an eyebrow and tilted his head, inquiring her to go on. "A scheming little bastard"
"Your going to regret ever saying that" he said, anger boiling. He was about to attack when he heard someone shouting for him.
"Mr. Drake! Mr. Drake!" He turned for an instant, but when he looked back Shalimar was already gone.
"Damn it.What do you want!" He shouted to the other man. The other man appeared in front of him. It was obvious that he had been running for a while since he was gasping for air.
"Sir about thirty minutes ago there was an explosion of some sort in the west part of the building and the walls and ceiling caved in"
"So?" Patrick was really getting annoyed.
"That's where Agent Eckhart went" Patrick's face visibly blanched.
"Oh no"
*****
Emma couldn't see anything. The dust hanging in the air had visibly impaired her sight and she didn't have Joshua's spark to guide her. For a matter of fact she didn't even know where Joshua was. She was afraid that he had seriously hurt himself because he wasn't answering her calls.
" Joshua! Joshua where are you!" She felt around in the dark but still couldn't find anything. Then she heard a grunt and coughing. She stumbled over something, almost falling over, only to discover that she had fund him. "Emma?" She crouched down and felt for his face.
"Yeah its me" She finally saw him when he lit another spark. She had a warm smile on her face.
"Are you hurt?" she asked concerned.
"No I'm fine" He sat up.
"Your hurt" He glanced at his arm where she was looking and sure enough there was a gash. She proceeded to tear a piece of cloth from her pants and wrap it around his injured limb. After she had finished she carefully took his chin and looked into his eyes.
"Why did you save me?"
"I.I don't really know." He was about to kiss her but stopped himself. He let out a long sigh, got up, determined as ever to get themselves out of their prison.
***** After another twenty minutes they had at last cleared the way through the wreckage and were now free. Without thinking they both let out a shout of glee and hugged each other. When they had composed themselves they noticed voices coming in their direction; GSA voices.
"Joshua please come with me," she said with pleading eyes. He didn't answer her right away. She knew that he was considering her offer. He touched her face and looked at her with a sad face.
"I can't. You should leave before the others arrive"
"Alright, but remember the offer will always be open" She started running the other way. She had almost reached him; she just knew it. Brennan was still in there. She couldn't stop herself from smiling. After she had left Patrick arrived.
"Joshua! Are you okay? We were so worried about you."
"No harm done Patrick" Joshua's friend smiled.
"Well that's a relief. Hey did you happen to see any of Adam's people?
"No," He put a pretend confused look on his face, "were they here?" Drake looked at him suspiciously but then changed his expression. He had noticed the cloth on his arm; a cloth that he was sure didn't come from Joshua's clothes. Patrick put an arm around his shoulder and started to walk with him.
"Yeah, but unfortunately they escaped"
"Ah that's too bad." Joshua was actually quite pleased that they had all escaped.
Oh and thank you for all of your reviews, you guys are great!
Disclaimer: Are they mine? Are they yours? We shall all wonder.
My Family - Chapter 8
The Mutant X team had successfully broken into the Saviour building without being detected and were now hiding. As they looked around they found themselves in a place closely resembling a mixture of Sanctuary, Genomex and of a gothic dungeon put together. Furthermore, they had discovered that the residents knew they had been located; they were all running around, hastily trying to gather as much stuff as they could find and then getting their ass' out of the building before they could get caught. After a couple of minutes the team also found out, to their complete horror, that the Saviours were killing off as many New Mutants captives as they could before leaving. They would position them all in rows and shoot them like the Nazi's had done. About twenty had been killed so far. The team were about to reveal themselves, determined to put an end to the slaughter, when they heard shouting.
"Stop right there or we will be forced to kill you!"
"What the f**k is going on now?" Jesse, the stress from the last few months catching up to him, whispered harshly from his hiding place.
"It's the GSA, they beat us to it" answered Shalimar.
Then all hell broke loose. A group of screaming people suddenly appeared attempting desperately to escape from the GSA agents and their line of fire. Following this, two men, obviously the GSA team leaders, stepped out. One of the men had blond hair and the other had dark brown/ black hair.
"Oh my god it Brennan!" Emma started to point at the dark haired man. She was about to get up when Shalimar grabbed her arm. She had been afraid that Emma's sudden movement would draw unneeded attention to themselves.
"Wait Emma." They watched as the other man spoke to Brennan. He seemed to agree to whatever he had said and left.
Jesse reached for his communicator, "Adam the GSA are here, and. and so is Brennan"
"Where is he now Jesse?" asked Adam
"He separated from the rest of the group. This our chance Adam!"
"Alright this is what I want you guys to do. Jesse and Shalimar try and save as many New Mutants as you can; avoid the GSA agents at all cost, they aren't important right now. Emma, since you and Brennan seem to share a link, go find him and bring him back if you can. Good luck"
***** Joshua was walking down the hallway when he heard muffled sobs. As he was searching for the sound he discovered a young woman crouched into a corner crying. He couldn't see her clearly because of the poor lighting but he could definitely pick up strong waves of fear coming from her. Joshua approached her slowly.
He whispered, "Its okay, your safe now" Her head shot up into the light.
"Get away from me!" she seemed to go wild.
"Please I'm not going to hurt you" For a brief instant Joshua felt the ground shake.
***** Emma came running around the corner in time to see Brennan approaching a young woman. She remembered seeing her before in a picture. She had been one of the mutants they had been set out to retrieve but the team had never found her. She then remembered her power: the ability to shift the ground beneath her, a power that was triggered by an emotional overload, especially fear. To Emma's dismay the lady was extremely terrified and only seemed to get worst as Brennan drew closer to her.
"Brennan don't go closer to her!" Brennan turned to look at Emma but it was to late, the ground began to shake and the ceiling fell on them. Everything went black.
***** Emma was vaguely aware of an itching in her throat. She reflexively started to cough out whatever was stopping her from breathing; debris, her unconscious mind hinted at.
"Uggghh, wha-what happened." Without opening her eyes she placed her hands delicately on her face to try and stop the dizziness from overpowering her. As she cleared her throat one last time her memorizes came flooding back.
"Oh my god Brennan!" She opened her eyes only to realize that she didn't need to worry about Brennan for he was standing, no, she thought, more like towering over her. He was staring at her, his face cold as ever, with a ball of electricity in his hands. By the manner he was holding it she knew he wasn't using it for light.
Emma tried again, "Bre." But stopped when she saw him tense.
"Joshua are you alright?"
Joshua was surprised by her question and her seemingly genuine concern. He didn't understand her, here he was with enough power to kill her and she had just brushed that aside as if it was nothing. She seemed more worried about him then herself. He opened his mouth as if to speak but quickly closed it, not trusting himself to speak at the moment. As he studied her he couldn't keep himself from looking into her beautiful deep brown eyes.
With a little less confidence then before he started to speak, "I'm ordered to kill you" She was unfazed by his statement. Looking around, he gathered that the fragments that had fallen from the earthquake had trapped both of them in a small space. Joshua's poise relaxed and without realizing it, let his power die down. He brought his attention back to Emma and made his decision, but feeling like he needed to safeguard his position and prove himself, he added "and I would do it, it's just that I have more chances of getting out of this predicament if we help each other."
She nodded, "Alright"
"And.and I will kill you if I feel it's necessary"
She appeared to accept his terms and got up, dusted herself off, while ignoring his gaze. She detected a few telepathic attempts on his part but she easily blocked them. The only thing he could pick up from her was her true desire to help him. She made sure not to show him she knew what he was doing, but truth be told she had actually been surprised to sense his mind in her's.
"Its kind of dark in here, do you have anything we can use for light?" Emma asked. She tried to stifle a gasp when a spark flew from his hand.
"Only this" He turned his face to look at the wall that had imprisoned them, but Emma didn't fail to see a playful smile cross his face.
"Well the debris is too heavy for me to move it mentally so we'll just have to budge it with good physical, human force." He started to pull at the rocks to clear a way out.
Move it mentally? Emma was unsure what he had meant by that but she quickly put it aside and went to help him. While they were working she noticed that he kept on stealing glances in her direction. She was happy to realize that the glances weren't nervous or paranoid glances but more curious then anything else. As they continued working they both grew tired and sweaty since the rubble was quite heavy. As a result they were both obliged to stop and take a rest. Throughout the whole time Joshua's spark had kept on shining without dimming.
While they sat Emma wanted to talk to Joshua, to say anything, but no words came to mind, and, for his part, he also kept silent. However she was determined to break the silence.
"So." She fidgeted nervously. He looked at her, himself uncertain how to proceed.
"Um.yeah." He looked around not wanting to make eye contact with her. Then he heard something that was totally unexpected to him, giggling. He turned to look at Emma just to find her clutching her stomach and with tears of laughter running down her face.
"What's so funny?"
"It's just.it's just that you look so messed up with all the dust in your hair, and.and you have a blob of dirt right on the tip of your nose" she finally managed to say between fits of laughter. He rapidly lifted his hand to clean his nose but just made it worst by smearing the filth. This only resulted in Emma starting to laugh all over again.
"Well its not like you've been blessed by the powers of cleanliness either" He tried to stay serious but soon a small smile appeared on his face, then giggles followed and shortly after into all out laughter.
After they had both calmed down they realized that they had wasted enough precious air, not that there was any danger of suffocation since there was enough small holes to provide them with ample oxygen, and continued working to move the wreckage.
All of a sudden Emma heard a crashing from up above. As she looked up she noticed a big rock tumbling towards her.
"Oh shit" Those were her last words before she felt herself being pushed away by Joshua.
*****
Both Jesse and Shalimar had separated to find as many New Mutants as they could. Shalimar had taken the south corridor and was now looking through every room. She wanted to kick some GSA buts but had taken heed of Adam's warning not to confront them, unless it was necessary to save someone. As she was walking she heard something behind her. She whipped around to find the blond haired man that had been with Brennan, looking at her. His eyes were glowing. He's a feral, she thought.
"Ah, a feline" A cruel smile appeared on his face. Her own eyes began to glow as she took a fighting stance.
"I hate canines," She growled at him
"Fox, actually." His smile grew wider as he prepared himself for the fight.
She laughed a humourless laughter, "It fits perfectly for a GSA agent," He lifted an eyebrow and tilted his head, inquiring her to go on. "A scheming little bastard"
"Your going to regret ever saying that" he said, anger boiling. He was about to attack when he heard someone shouting for him.
"Mr. Drake! Mr. Drake!" He turned for an instant, but when he looked back Shalimar was already gone.
"Damn it.What do you want!" He shouted to the other man. The other man appeared in front of him. It was obvious that he had been running for a while since he was gasping for air.
"Sir about thirty minutes ago there was an explosion of some sort in the west part of the building and the walls and ceiling caved in"
"So?" Patrick was really getting annoyed.
"That's where Agent Eckhart went" Patrick's face visibly blanched.
"Oh no"
*****
Emma couldn't see anything. The dust hanging in the air had visibly impaired her sight and she didn't have Joshua's spark to guide her. For a matter of fact she didn't even know where Joshua was. She was afraid that he had seriously hurt himself because he wasn't answering her calls.
" Joshua! Joshua where are you!" She felt around in the dark but still couldn't find anything. Then she heard a grunt and coughing. She stumbled over something, almost falling over, only to discover that she had fund him. "Emma?" She crouched down and felt for his face.
"Yeah its me" She finally saw him when he lit another spark. She had a warm smile on her face.
"Are you hurt?" she asked concerned.
"No I'm fine" He sat up.
"Your hurt" He glanced at his arm where she was looking and sure enough there was a gash. She proceeded to tear a piece of cloth from her pants and wrap it around his injured limb. After she had finished she carefully took his chin and looked into his eyes.
"Why did you save me?"
"I.I don't really know." He was about to kiss her but stopped himself. He let out a long sigh, got up, determined as ever to get themselves out of their prison.
***** After another twenty minutes they had at last cleared the way through the wreckage and were now free. Without thinking they both let out a shout of glee and hugged each other. When they had composed themselves they noticed voices coming in their direction; GSA voices.
"Joshua please come with me," she said with pleading eyes. He didn't answer her right away. She knew that he was considering her offer. He touched her face and looked at her with a sad face.
"I can't. You should leave before the others arrive"
"Alright, but remember the offer will always be open" She started running the other way. She had almost reached him; she just knew it. Brennan was still in there. She couldn't stop herself from smiling. After she had left Patrick arrived.
"Joshua! Are you okay? We were so worried about you."
"No harm done Patrick" Joshua's friend smiled.
"Well that's a relief. Hey did you happen to see any of Adam's people?
"No," He put a pretend confused look on his face, "were they here?" Drake looked at him suspiciously but then changed his expression. He had noticed the cloth on his arm; a cloth that he was sure didn't come from Joshua's clothes. Patrick put an arm around his shoulder and started to walk with him.
"Yeah, but unfortunately they escaped"
"Ah that's too bad." Joshua was actually quite pleased that they had all escaped.