Chapter 3
Jesse Kilmartin woke up from his dream. He was drenched din sweat and the sheets were stuck to his body.
'Please let it be a dream.' He thought getting up from bed. He soon realized that it wasn't a dream and that it actually had happened.
Emma was dead. The last thing he remembered was crying himself to sleep next to Emma's body.
He remembered how cold her body had been and it made him feel sick. He went into the bathroom and turned on the shower.
Dropping his clothes into a heap on the floor he stepped in the shower. The hot water burned his skin and he welcomed the heat.
He needed something to remind him that he was still alive. That life went on. He reached for his soap next to the window and instead he found Emma's body wash and the memories came rushing back.
The first time that they kissed. The first they made love after he had almost lost her. How sweet her touch had been and how smooth and soft her skin was.
He also remembered how she had tasted of strawberry and mint. Most importantly, he remembered how full of love they were.
Running his hands through his hair he added some shampoo and stated washing his hair. All he could see were the water drops falling down his body and spreading on the floor.
He could taste the sweet taste of the water and the saltiness of his tears. Tears that he knew would keep coming until he saw her again.
He stepped out of the shower and toweled himself dry wrapping the towel around his waist.
After brushing his teeth and getting dressed he went back downstairs. It was time to face life without Emma.
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Shalimar was drenched in sweat. She kicked the punching bag once more and ran her hand through her golden hair. She turned and flipped in the air landing on top of the stairs.
She saw Jesse coming her way and jumped back down. She grabbed a towel and dried most of the sweat from her face.
Hey, How are you feeling?" Shalimar sat next to Jesse on the stairs.
"Not good." "I miss her Shal. How am I supposed to get over this? Do you know that I was actually thinking about asking her to marry me? I never got the chance."
"Oh, honey. I'm so sorry." said Shalimar hugging him and stroking his back. "I miss her too but it'll be okay. I promise."
"Thanks Shal. I hope you're right." Jesse got up and walked down the stairs and went back into his room.
Shalimar walked towards her bath and got ready to take a shower after the workout she just had.
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"No.... Em...Emma...Look out..." Brennan was in his bed and was tossing and turning. "No!" He yelled and sat up. "Oh my God."
Getting out of bed he went into his bathroom and took a quick shower. He quickly dressed himself and went to the lab.
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Brennan walked into the lab and saw that Adam had just logged off his computer. Adam turned around and saw Brennan standing there.
"I was just going to call you guys. There is a new mutant that you guys need to go pick up."
"But..." Tried to say Brennan but was interrupted by Adam.
"Look I know that you feel guilty for Emma's death but you have to stop this. It was not your fault and everyone understands that... so should you."
"But I was the one that killed her." Said Brennan.
Adam looked at him and sighed. "It was an accident. Look I really need you to go get this mutant. I'll call the others and you'll be on your way."
Brennan sat down and looked away from Adam. "Fine."
"Jesse, Shalimar... I need you guys in the lab." *************************
Roselyn delivered a kick that made contact with the men' s chest. He went flying backwards and hit a wall. Seeing how he stayed down she turned her attention back to the less harmless looking guy.
He threw a punch her way and it slightly caused her to loose her balance. She hit herself against a window which had a jagged piece of glass sticking out and cut her arm. "Shit!"
Straightening herself up she cleans the blood from her shoulder. "That was a huge mistake."
She flips in the air and lands behind the man. Another man comes up behind her and have her trapped in the middle. She jumps up and kicks both men who fall down unconscious.
"That was entertaining." She said to herself and started to walk away. In the distance she saw a group of people approaching. 'Not again...' She thought.
"That looked like fun." Said the blonde woman walking towards her. "I'm Shalimar and these are my friends Jesse Kilmartin and Brennan Mulwray. We are here to help you."
"Are you the people from Mutant X?" Asked Roselyn touching her injured shoulder.
Brennan noticed her doing so and asked her, "Are you okay?"
"Oh... yeah. I'm fine, I couldn't say I was in battle if I didn't have something to show for it now could I." She smiles.
"You should come with us. We'll take you to a place where you'll be safe." Said Jesse walking next to Shalimar.
"I know." Said Roselyn and smiled at him. "Lets get going then."
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"Wow. This place is amazing." Said Roselyn looking around. "When I talked to Adam he said that I would like it here but he never told me how beautiful it was."
"You know Adam?" Asked Brennan.
Roselyn looked at him. She could feel guilt and sadness coming from him. Now that she thought about it they all seemed to be upset about something. "Not really. But a friend of mine went into the underground and told me about him."
"After both of my parents died I decided to go into the underground. Get away from everyone that I know and start all over again."
"Do you have any other family?" Asked Shalimar.
"Yeah... I have a brother but I never met him. I just know that he was older than me. You see, I was given up for adoption at birth and grew up at different homes. I'm hoping to be able to find him."
Jesse was listening to he and noticed her British accent.. "Are you from England?"
"Yeah." Answered Roselyn looking at all of them.
"It will be a little hard to find your brother then if he lives in England." Said Shalimar.
Roselyn smiled and said, "I don't think that he lives in England. When my parents died a few months ago I decided that I wanted to know who my birth parents were and went to the adoption agency. They wouldn't really give the information but I have a special way of getting what I want. Anyways, on the papers it said that they lived in Canada. Apparently they had been staying in England for a while when they had me. I guess they thought two kids was too much trouble."
"Don't worry. We'll help you find him. If he lives here in Canada Jesse is the master at computers. He will find the records any time." Said Shalimar encouragingly.
"Thanks guys." Said Roselyn
"We should probably take you to the lab where Adam is. He can give you something for that arm." Said Brennan pointing towards the lab.
Roselyn nodded. "Okay."
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Adam finished putting the gauze on Roselyn's shoulder. "That should do it."
"So can you tell us why you were attacked today?" He asked.
"As soon as I find out I'll tell you. I swear those men were getting so frustrating. Everywhere I went there they would be. They didn't event try to hide. They wanted me to see them. To get scared. To bad that I've see worse thing, they were not going to scare me that easily."
"What type of a mutant are you?" Asked Shalimar.
"I'm a psionic-molecular and a feral. I can go through time and I also have the agility of a feline." Said Roselyn.
"Cool. I'm a feral too." Said Shalimar. "And he's a molecular but he can only change his body density. He can phase through walls and become rock solid." She pointed at Jesse.
He smiled sadly and pointed at himself.
"okay... so you can stay here for as long as you want. We'll help you find your brother and we'll find a place for you to live.
"Great. By the way is there anyway that I can take a shower?" She asked getting up from the lab chair.
"Sure. Shalimar will show you the way. If you need ant clothes just ask her and she'll find something for you." Said Adam putting his first aid kit away.
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"Can I ask you a question without sounding nosy?" Asked Roselyn as she walked with Shalimar towards her room.
Shalimar looked at her confused. "Sure.... I guess."
"Okay... Why is Jesse so sad. In fact why are all of you so upset?" Roselyn looked at Shalimar waiting for an answer.
After a few seconds of silence Roselyn said, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked you."
"No. It's okay. The reason we are all so sad is because we lost someone we love a few weeks ago."
"I'm sorry."
"Thanks."
"While we were in the lab I sensed a lot of pain coming from Jesse. More than from any of the rest. How close was he to your friend?" Roselyn looked genuinely concerned.
"They were in love. They had been together for a few months. They were so happy. And they made such a great couple." Said Shalimar with tears threatening to fall down her face.
"That's horrible."
"Yeah. Uhm.... this is the guest bedroom. It has a bathroom inside so you can shower. Do you need any clothes?" Asked Shalimar.
"Actually yeah. I should probably get my stuff later."
"Okay. You can go take your shower and I'll find something for you. I'll leave it on the bed."
Roselyn walked into the room and started closing the door. "Thanks."
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Roselyn walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a big white towel. Walking towards the bed she found the outfit that Shalimar chosen for her. "Nice."
She picked it up and put it on. The leather pants fit her exactly like hers and she loved the top.
She was looking for Shalimar when she heard somrone crying in one of the rooms. She walked up to the door and knocked lighly.
"Who is it?" She heard a male voice ask.
Looking uncomfortable she said, "Uh.... It's me Roselyn."
"Just a second." She could hear the sound of things being moved and footsteps as they got closer to the door.
When the door was open she saw that it had been Brennan. It was obvious that he had been crying even though he has trying to hide it.
"What is it?" He asked
"I was wondering if you've seen Shalimar." She lied feeling to uncomfortable to tell him that she had heard him cry and had stopped to see what was wrong.
Brennan looked at her and smiled sadly. "She's either in her room or in the dojo training. Why do you need her?"
"I need to go get my things at my apartment and I needed a car or something. I don't really know my way around here. Or where we are for that matter so I actually need someone to drive me."
Brennan closed the door to his room and walked out. "I can drive you if you want. I'm not really doing anything else.
"Thanks." Said Roselyn smiling.
"I'll meet you at he garage in ten minutes." He said walking away.
"Sure."
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Roselyn waited for Brennan at the garage. She was looking around and saw all the cars taht they had in there. 'How rich are these people?' She asked herself.
She heard a door opening and turned to face who had arrived. She saw Brennan coming her way. He looked different. He had just taken a shower and his hair was still wet. It looked kind of sexy.
Since she first saw him he noticed how attractive he was but now that she had nothing else on her mind she truly realized how hot he was.
Brennan looked at her with a smile on his face. "You lose something?"
"Huh? Oh..uh no. Ready to go?" Roselyn looked away from Brennan and cleared her throat.
He just smiled. "Yeah. Hop in."
They got into a silver car and drove off. They talked all the way to her apartment. When they finally got there Roselyn got out of the car. "You can wait here if you want. I won't take long."
Brennan nodded and rested his head against the car seat.
She walked off and entered the apartment.
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Jesse Kilmartin woke up from his dream. He was drenched din sweat and the sheets were stuck to his body.
'Please let it be a dream.' He thought getting up from bed. He soon realized that it wasn't a dream and that it actually had happened.
Emma was dead. The last thing he remembered was crying himself to sleep next to Emma's body.
He remembered how cold her body had been and it made him feel sick. He went into the bathroom and turned on the shower.
Dropping his clothes into a heap on the floor he stepped in the shower. The hot water burned his skin and he welcomed the heat.
He needed something to remind him that he was still alive. That life went on. He reached for his soap next to the window and instead he found Emma's body wash and the memories came rushing back.
The first time that they kissed. The first they made love after he had almost lost her. How sweet her touch had been and how smooth and soft her skin was.
He also remembered how she had tasted of strawberry and mint. Most importantly, he remembered how full of love they were.
Running his hands through his hair he added some shampoo and stated washing his hair. All he could see were the water drops falling down his body and spreading on the floor.
He could taste the sweet taste of the water and the saltiness of his tears. Tears that he knew would keep coming until he saw her again.
He stepped out of the shower and toweled himself dry wrapping the towel around his waist.
After brushing his teeth and getting dressed he went back downstairs. It was time to face life without Emma.
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Shalimar was drenched in sweat. She kicked the punching bag once more and ran her hand through her golden hair. She turned and flipped in the air landing on top of the stairs.
She saw Jesse coming her way and jumped back down. She grabbed a towel and dried most of the sweat from her face.
Hey, How are you feeling?" Shalimar sat next to Jesse on the stairs.
"Not good." "I miss her Shal. How am I supposed to get over this? Do you know that I was actually thinking about asking her to marry me? I never got the chance."
"Oh, honey. I'm so sorry." said Shalimar hugging him and stroking his back. "I miss her too but it'll be okay. I promise."
"Thanks Shal. I hope you're right." Jesse got up and walked down the stairs and went back into his room.
Shalimar walked towards her bath and got ready to take a shower after the workout she just had.
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"No.... Em...Emma...Look out..." Brennan was in his bed and was tossing and turning. "No!" He yelled and sat up. "Oh my God."
Getting out of bed he went into his bathroom and took a quick shower. He quickly dressed himself and went to the lab.
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Brennan walked into the lab and saw that Adam had just logged off his computer. Adam turned around and saw Brennan standing there.
"I was just going to call you guys. There is a new mutant that you guys need to go pick up."
"But..." Tried to say Brennan but was interrupted by Adam.
"Look I know that you feel guilty for Emma's death but you have to stop this. It was not your fault and everyone understands that... so should you."
"But I was the one that killed her." Said Brennan.
Adam looked at him and sighed. "It was an accident. Look I really need you to go get this mutant. I'll call the others and you'll be on your way."
Brennan sat down and looked away from Adam. "Fine."
"Jesse, Shalimar... I need you guys in the lab." *************************
Roselyn delivered a kick that made contact with the men' s chest. He went flying backwards and hit a wall. Seeing how he stayed down she turned her attention back to the less harmless looking guy.
He threw a punch her way and it slightly caused her to loose her balance. She hit herself against a window which had a jagged piece of glass sticking out and cut her arm. "Shit!"
Straightening herself up she cleans the blood from her shoulder. "That was a huge mistake."
She flips in the air and lands behind the man. Another man comes up behind her and have her trapped in the middle. She jumps up and kicks both men who fall down unconscious.
"That was entertaining." She said to herself and started to walk away. In the distance she saw a group of people approaching. 'Not again...' She thought.
"That looked like fun." Said the blonde woman walking towards her. "I'm Shalimar and these are my friends Jesse Kilmartin and Brennan Mulwray. We are here to help you."
"Are you the people from Mutant X?" Asked Roselyn touching her injured shoulder.
Brennan noticed her doing so and asked her, "Are you okay?"
"Oh... yeah. I'm fine, I couldn't say I was in battle if I didn't have something to show for it now could I." She smiles.
"You should come with us. We'll take you to a place where you'll be safe." Said Jesse walking next to Shalimar.
"I know." Said Roselyn and smiled at him. "Lets get going then."
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"Wow. This place is amazing." Said Roselyn looking around. "When I talked to Adam he said that I would like it here but he never told me how beautiful it was."
"You know Adam?" Asked Brennan.
Roselyn looked at him. She could feel guilt and sadness coming from him. Now that she thought about it they all seemed to be upset about something. "Not really. But a friend of mine went into the underground and told me about him."
"After both of my parents died I decided to go into the underground. Get away from everyone that I know and start all over again."
"Do you have any other family?" Asked Shalimar.
"Yeah... I have a brother but I never met him. I just know that he was older than me. You see, I was given up for adoption at birth and grew up at different homes. I'm hoping to be able to find him."
Jesse was listening to he and noticed her British accent.. "Are you from England?"
"Yeah." Answered Roselyn looking at all of them.
"It will be a little hard to find your brother then if he lives in England." Said Shalimar.
Roselyn smiled and said, "I don't think that he lives in England. When my parents died a few months ago I decided that I wanted to know who my birth parents were and went to the adoption agency. They wouldn't really give the information but I have a special way of getting what I want. Anyways, on the papers it said that they lived in Canada. Apparently they had been staying in England for a while when they had me. I guess they thought two kids was too much trouble."
"Don't worry. We'll help you find him. If he lives here in Canada Jesse is the master at computers. He will find the records any time." Said Shalimar encouragingly.
"Thanks guys." Said Roselyn
"We should probably take you to the lab where Adam is. He can give you something for that arm." Said Brennan pointing towards the lab.
Roselyn nodded. "Okay."
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Adam finished putting the gauze on Roselyn's shoulder. "That should do it."
"So can you tell us why you were attacked today?" He asked.
"As soon as I find out I'll tell you. I swear those men were getting so frustrating. Everywhere I went there they would be. They didn't event try to hide. They wanted me to see them. To get scared. To bad that I've see worse thing, they were not going to scare me that easily."
"What type of a mutant are you?" Asked Shalimar.
"I'm a psionic-molecular and a feral. I can go through time and I also have the agility of a feline." Said Roselyn.
"Cool. I'm a feral too." Said Shalimar. "And he's a molecular but he can only change his body density. He can phase through walls and become rock solid." She pointed at Jesse.
He smiled sadly and pointed at himself.
"okay... so you can stay here for as long as you want. We'll help you find your brother and we'll find a place for you to live.
"Great. By the way is there anyway that I can take a shower?" She asked getting up from the lab chair.
"Sure. Shalimar will show you the way. If you need ant clothes just ask her and she'll find something for you." Said Adam putting his first aid kit away.
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"Can I ask you a question without sounding nosy?" Asked Roselyn as she walked with Shalimar towards her room.
Shalimar looked at her confused. "Sure.... I guess."
"Okay... Why is Jesse so sad. In fact why are all of you so upset?" Roselyn looked at Shalimar waiting for an answer.
After a few seconds of silence Roselyn said, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked you."
"No. It's okay. The reason we are all so sad is because we lost someone we love a few weeks ago."
"I'm sorry."
"Thanks."
"While we were in the lab I sensed a lot of pain coming from Jesse. More than from any of the rest. How close was he to your friend?" Roselyn looked genuinely concerned.
"They were in love. They had been together for a few months. They were so happy. And they made such a great couple." Said Shalimar with tears threatening to fall down her face.
"That's horrible."
"Yeah. Uhm.... this is the guest bedroom. It has a bathroom inside so you can shower. Do you need any clothes?" Asked Shalimar.
"Actually yeah. I should probably get my stuff later."
"Okay. You can go take your shower and I'll find something for you. I'll leave it on the bed."
Roselyn walked into the room and started closing the door. "Thanks."
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Roselyn walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a big white towel. Walking towards the bed she found the outfit that Shalimar chosen for her. "Nice."
She picked it up and put it on. The leather pants fit her exactly like hers and she loved the top.
She was looking for Shalimar when she heard somrone crying in one of the rooms. She walked up to the door and knocked lighly.
"Who is it?" She heard a male voice ask.
Looking uncomfortable she said, "Uh.... It's me Roselyn."
"Just a second." She could hear the sound of things being moved and footsteps as they got closer to the door.
When the door was open she saw that it had been Brennan. It was obvious that he had been crying even though he has trying to hide it.
"What is it?" He asked
"I was wondering if you've seen Shalimar." She lied feeling to uncomfortable to tell him that she had heard him cry and had stopped to see what was wrong.
Brennan looked at her and smiled sadly. "She's either in her room or in the dojo training. Why do you need her?"
"I need to go get my things at my apartment and I needed a car or something. I don't really know my way around here. Or where we are for that matter so I actually need someone to drive me."
Brennan closed the door to his room and walked out. "I can drive you if you want. I'm not really doing anything else.
"Thanks." Said Roselyn smiling.
"I'll meet you at he garage in ten minutes." He said walking away.
"Sure."
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Roselyn waited for Brennan at the garage. She was looking around and saw all the cars taht they had in there. 'How rich are these people?' She asked herself.
She heard a door opening and turned to face who had arrived. She saw Brennan coming her way. He looked different. He had just taken a shower and his hair was still wet. It looked kind of sexy.
Since she first saw him he noticed how attractive he was but now that she had nothing else on her mind she truly realized how hot he was.
Brennan looked at her with a smile on his face. "You lose something?"
"Huh? Oh..uh no. Ready to go?" Roselyn looked away from Brennan and cleared her throat.
He just smiled. "Yeah. Hop in."
They got into a silver car and drove off. They talked all the way to her apartment. When they finally got there Roselyn got out of the car. "You can wait here if you want. I won't take long."
Brennan nodded and rested his head against the car seat.
She walked off and entered the apartment.
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