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Chapter 12

Genomex

Eckhart was not pleased that Adam got away.  He only left to go get some truth serum.  When he returned, Adam was gone.  *Accursed Mutant X, when I found out the location of Sanctuary, you will be doomed!*

Meanwhile…back at Sanctuary

Shalimar was curled up in one of the recliners, and Brennan was laying in the other one.  Jesse and Emma were cuddled up together on the couch.  They were all asleep, but not everyone's dreams were peaceful.  Emma started to move around, like she was struggling with someone.  Her movements woke up Jesse.

"Hey Emma, wake up," gently Jesse shook her.  Suddenly Jesse was hit with a wave of emotions; fear, guilt, and anger.  He knew those emotions could only be Emma's.  "Come on Emma, wake up."

Instantly, she sat up, her heart was beating rapidly.  Jesse looked at her; she was really pale and trembling.

"Emma, what is it?"

"Nothing.  I'm just really tired, and I don't feel so good.  I'll go lie in my bed, maybe I'll feel better in the morning."  Jesse watched Emma as she walked to her room.  *I wonder why she didn't tell me about her dream.  It obviously bothered her.*  He tried to shrug off the feeling that something was seriously wrong with her, and went to his own room to sleep.

The next day

The sun shined through the windows in Emma's room.  She pulled the covers over her head.  All she wanted was a few more hours of sleep, but her stomach wasn't going to let that happen.  Quickly she jumped out of bed and ran across the hall to the bathroom.  Leaning over the toilet, she threw up.  She was in the bathroom for ten minutes until her stomach finally calmed down.  Taking a piece of toilet paper she wiped her mouth, then she flushed the toilet and walked over to the sink.  Emma grabbed her washcloth off of the rack on the wall.  After washing her face, she brushed her teeth.  *Why do I feel so miserable?  Do I have the flu or something?  I just hope it's not 'or something'.* 

Shalimar knocked on the door, "Emma are you in there?"

Putting her toothbrush back, she let out a sigh.  The bathroom door opened and Emma stepped out.

"Hey, you okay?"

"Actually I don't feel so good.  I think I have the flu or something."

"I talked to Jesse, he said you had a nightmare last night.  Want to talk about it?"

Emma's face turned paler than usual as she remembered the night before.  It wasn't a dream, her gut told her it already happened.  "Not really."

"You should get Adam to check you out, you don't look so hot."

"Shalimar, I'm fine.  I don't need a checkup.  I just have a touch of the flu."

Jesse came around the corner, "I'm glad to see you're up."

"Tell her that Adam needs to check her out."

"Why?  Are you sick Em?"  Jesse looked at her with such concern that it only made her feel worse.  He sensed the feeling but had no idea why she felt like that.

"I think I just have the flu."  Jesse leaned forward and kissed her forehead.  "You don't have a fever.  Maybe Adam should check you out."

"Fine," Emma wished they would leave her alone.  They would find out sooner or later what was the matter anyway.

 She walked off towards the lab.  "Adam?"

"Yes Emma?"

"Look I'm not feeling to hot.  I think I just have the flu, but the others don't believe me.  So can you check me out?"

"Sure.  Let me take a blood sample and I'll run a few tests."

"Emma didn't want Adam to know, but she had no choice.  "Alright."

Adam drew the blood and set to work.  "It'll be a few minutes."

"I'll sit right here then."

Shalimar, Brennan, and Jesse entered the lab.  "How are you feeling," Jesse asked as he kissed her head.

"Better," Emma lied.

Just then Adam got the results, "Can everybody step out of the room for a moment?  I want to talk to Emma alone."

"Is she okay?"

"She'll be fine Jesse."  Adam waited until they all left, and then sealed the doors.  "You don't have the flu.  Emma, you're pregnant."

Emma looked like she was going to cry.  "I had a feeling that's what it was.  Look, please don't tell anybody.  I want to tell them myself."

Adam looked at her, "Do you know who the father is?"

Emma sighed, "Yeah.  Look Adam, I'm not ready to say who the father is yet."

Adam knew that Emma and Jesse were close, "Is it Jesse?"

Tears threatened to take her over.  "I-I told you, I'm not ready to say it yet."

"The test shows you're three weeks pregnant."

"That's not possible."

"It is if the baby is a mutant.  That may speed up your pregnancy.  You may not have as much time as you think."

Emma forced her tears back, "Get everyone in the rec room.  And I'll tell everybody at once."  She walked out of the room, not quite sure how they would react.

When she got to the rec room, everybody else was there already.  Shalimar and Brennan claimed the couch.  Adam and Jesse were sitting in the recliners.  Emma stood in front of them, shifting nervously on her feet.

"So what'd you want to talk to us about," Shalimar wondered.

"This isn't going to be easy for me to say.  I don't have the flu.  I'm pregnant."  Nervously she paused and looked around the room.  Brennan looked like he was going to kill somebody, Jesse was hurt and confused, and Shalimar was smiling.  Apparently, Shalimar thought the baby was Jesse's.

Adam was nice enough to break the silence, "Emma, who is the father?"

Emma couldn't take it anymore, she broke down into tears.  Jesse immediately was at her side; he pulled her into a hug.  "It's okay," Jesse tried to reassure her, but at the same time he was hurt.

She pulled away from him and looked at the ground, "The father is Ashlock." 

Brennan shot up off the couch, "Emma how on earth is that possible?  How could you let that happen?"

Shalimar walked over to Emma and said, "He made you, didn't he?"

Emma drew in a deep breath and continued to talk, "It happened at the Strand.  One minute I was telling him where he could go and the next, I was all over him.  My mind wasn't my own.  I tried to stop, but I couldn't.  After we finished, my head began to hurt, he insisted that I should go to sleep.  He told me I'd feel better once I woke up.  When I woke up, I didn't remember anything about me and Ashlock.  I was naked in his bed and I didn't even know why.  I got dressed and he came in.  He was going to do it again, but I built up a resistance to his control power.  Then you guys came and got me."

"Emma I'm so sorry," Jesse gave her another hug; he felt like it was all his fault that he and Brennan got there too late.

"I'm going to kill him!  And if he touched Shalimar, I'll revive him just so I can kill him again!"

"Brennan calm down, your shouting isn't helping," Adam didn't want Emma to be stressed out, it could hurt the baby.

"Emma, it'll be okay."

"How will it be okay Shalimar?  I'm carrying Ashlock's baby.  What if the kid is evil, like Ashlock?"

"We won't let Ashlock near the child to influence him or her," Jesse looked into Emma's eyes, "we'll keep the baby here in Sanctuary."

"Why don't we eat lunch and talk about this more after lunch," Adam suggested.

They all agreed and walked off towards the kitchen.  Each of them were worrying about Emma.  She wasn't taking the news well herself; she was mostly upset that she let Gabriel get to her.  While they are, they talked about everything but Emma's baby.

A/N: I thought the story needed and interesting twist, tell me what you think.  I'm not quite sure what I want to put in the next chapter, so please review and help me out!  Read, review, and I hope you're enjoying the story.