Chapter 4 - Phoning Home
One Month Later. Hotel - North Dakota
Shalimar and Alissa were once again about to move. Alissa was helping Shalimar pack the car. "Shalimar?" Alissa said as they put the last things into the car.
"Yeah?"
"Is it today?"
Shalimar smiled knowing what she was talking about. "Yes, it's today." Shalimar watched as Alissa'a face lit up. "Come on, let's get out of here and get to a pay phone." Alissa got into the car quickly. Shalimar smiled, shaking her head, and then got into the driver's seat. Shalimar pulled out of the motel and headed to the closest state border.
Hours Later.
Shalimar pulled over to a gas station on the state border, and she and Alissa got out and headed to the pay phone. Shalimar dropped some coins in and dialed sanctuary. Shalimar waited until it was picked up. "Hello?" Emma's voice came through the phone and Shalimar smiled.
"Hi Emma," Shalimar said happily.
"Shalimar?!"
"Yeah, uhh.is Adam around?"
"Yeah, I'll get him," Emma told her.
Shalimar could hear Emma yelling for Adam in the background. She smiled and looked down at Alissa as she waited for Adam to come on the phone.
"Hello? Shalimar?" Adam said flatly.
"Hi Adam."
"Shalimar, is everything okay?"
"I'm fine."
"Alissa?"
"Alissa's fine, too."
"Why are you calling? You're not suppose to be."
"Adam, calm down. I have a reason."
"What reason?"
Shalimar handed the phone to Alissa. "Hello?" Alissa said.
"Who is this?" Adam asked quietly.
"Daddy? It's me, Alissa."
"Alissa?" Adam responded in disbelief.
"Daddy, can we come home now?"
Adam was still in a state of shock, "ummm.uhhh.no," Adam answered snapping out of it. "Not yet anyways, but I think soon. Oh, honey I've missed you so much!"
"I've missed you, too, Daddy!"
"Alissa, I love you, and you and Shalimar will come home soon. Can you put Shalimar on the phone?"
"Love you too, Daddy. Okay, bye," Alissa said and handed the phone over to Shalimar.
"Hello?" Shalimar said putting the phone up to her ear.
"When did she wake up?"
"About a month ago.I wanted to call, but."
"No, it's okay. I just wish I had better news for you. I'm afraid you two can't come home just yet."
Adam's Office - Sanctuary
"Adam!" Brennan's voice echoed through all of Sanctuary. Brennan ran into Adam's office with a big smile on his face.
"What's going on?" Adam asked.
"I think I have a lead."
"What lead?"
"Jesse and I were going through records of scientists at Genomex, but then we came across a scientist that has just dropped off the face of the earth. He didn't seem important any of the New Mutant projects at the time.but we located a building he owns in the city."
"What kind of building?"
"It's a warehouse, in an abandoned part of the city."
"Okay, I need you and Jesse to find as much information on him as possible and we'll take the Helix," Adam said and Brennan nodded and then quickly left.
Thirty Minutes Later. Double Helix
"Tell me what you know." Adam said looking at Brennan as he boarded the Double Helix.
"Dr. Harold Straum, he was an assistant on a project codenamed angelfire, something about gene research.he was married until his wife, who was pregnant at the time died from cancer.then he just disappeared."
"Okay." Adam said somewhat confused on why he would want the children of New Mutants. Adam looked around the Double Helix. Brennan, Jesse, and Emma were looking to him for answers and he had none. "Let's get going."
One Month Later. Hotel - North Dakota
Shalimar and Alissa were once again about to move. Alissa was helping Shalimar pack the car. "Shalimar?" Alissa said as they put the last things into the car.
"Yeah?"
"Is it today?"
Shalimar smiled knowing what she was talking about. "Yes, it's today." Shalimar watched as Alissa'a face lit up. "Come on, let's get out of here and get to a pay phone." Alissa got into the car quickly. Shalimar smiled, shaking her head, and then got into the driver's seat. Shalimar pulled out of the motel and headed to the closest state border.
Hours Later.
Shalimar pulled over to a gas station on the state border, and she and Alissa got out and headed to the pay phone. Shalimar dropped some coins in and dialed sanctuary. Shalimar waited until it was picked up. "Hello?" Emma's voice came through the phone and Shalimar smiled.
"Hi Emma," Shalimar said happily.
"Shalimar?!"
"Yeah, uhh.is Adam around?"
"Yeah, I'll get him," Emma told her.
Shalimar could hear Emma yelling for Adam in the background. She smiled and looked down at Alissa as she waited for Adam to come on the phone.
"Hello? Shalimar?" Adam said flatly.
"Hi Adam."
"Shalimar, is everything okay?"
"I'm fine."
"Alissa?"
"Alissa's fine, too."
"Why are you calling? You're not suppose to be."
"Adam, calm down. I have a reason."
"What reason?"
Shalimar handed the phone to Alissa. "Hello?" Alissa said.
"Who is this?" Adam asked quietly.
"Daddy? It's me, Alissa."
"Alissa?" Adam responded in disbelief.
"Daddy, can we come home now?"
Adam was still in a state of shock, "ummm.uhhh.no," Adam answered snapping out of it. "Not yet anyways, but I think soon. Oh, honey I've missed you so much!"
"I've missed you, too, Daddy!"
"Alissa, I love you, and you and Shalimar will come home soon. Can you put Shalimar on the phone?"
"Love you too, Daddy. Okay, bye," Alissa said and handed the phone over to Shalimar.
"Hello?" Shalimar said putting the phone up to her ear.
"When did she wake up?"
"About a month ago.I wanted to call, but."
"No, it's okay. I just wish I had better news for you. I'm afraid you two can't come home just yet."
Adam's Office - Sanctuary
"Adam!" Brennan's voice echoed through all of Sanctuary. Brennan ran into Adam's office with a big smile on his face.
"What's going on?" Adam asked.
"I think I have a lead."
"What lead?"
"Jesse and I were going through records of scientists at Genomex, but then we came across a scientist that has just dropped off the face of the earth. He didn't seem important any of the New Mutant projects at the time.but we located a building he owns in the city."
"What kind of building?"
"It's a warehouse, in an abandoned part of the city."
"Okay, I need you and Jesse to find as much information on him as possible and we'll take the Helix," Adam said and Brennan nodded and then quickly left.
Thirty Minutes Later. Double Helix
"Tell me what you know." Adam said looking at Brennan as he boarded the Double Helix.
"Dr. Harold Straum, he was an assistant on a project codenamed angelfire, something about gene research.he was married until his wife, who was pregnant at the time died from cancer.then he just disappeared."
"Okay." Adam said somewhat confused on why he would want the children of New Mutants. Adam looked around the Double Helix. Brennan, Jesse, and Emma were looking to him for answers and he had none. "Let's get going."