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A/N: Sorry this took a while but my internet went bust AGAIN (i think it's developed mood swings)! :) - And just so u don't get confused when I write Emma I mean Emma, Emma/Jenny or even Jenny/Emma is Jenny in Emma's body. It'll only say Jenny when she's talking to Emma (you'll see how that works once you read on) This story takes place not much after the two prologue's - it's all so far been on Friday night.
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Part 1: Friday night
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"Where's Emma?" Brennan asked Shalimar.
"I don't know, she should have come back a couple of hours ago."
"Oh, don't worry," said Jesse who had just entered from the other side. "She probably spotted 12% discount on some shoe in the mall."
"And she's taking so long for just one shoe?" Brennan mused.
Jesse laughed. "Before you and Emma joined, Shalimar forced me to go to the mall with her because her shoe had broken and she needed a new pair. One shoe turned into hundreds, shoes turned into clothes, before I knew it we'd been at the mall for over five hours." Brennan chuckled too and began to relax a little.
Shalimar grinned too, but only very briefly. "There's just one thing."
"What's that?"
"I can't find her on the communicator. I think she's taken off her ring."
"Emma? No way," said Jesse. He stood up and started messing around with the computer. "There's gotta be something wrong with this thing." They were going to give him five minutes but then he suddenly stopped and Shalimar was sure that she had heard a little 'Oh' escape his lips. Jesse turned round to face them. "I can't find her. Anywhere."
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"Ow," said Emma. Her head felt really sore and the rest of her body wasn't doing too good either. She tried to reach up but realised she couldn't - she could see her arm, but it was as if she couldn't control it.
"That's right, honey," a voice drawled.
"Huh?" A bewildered Emma tried to move and look around but she couldn't move anything. It was then that she realised she was standing in front of a tall, smoky mirror, but instead of seeing herself in the purple halter, denim jeans and black leather jacket had been wearing, she saw two pale ghost-like creatures in white robes. One face was her own, the other she mildly recognised.
"You!" she exclaimed. "You-you're the girl from the mall!"
The girl held her arms up in mock defeat. "You got me."
"Wha-what is going on?" Emma demanded.
"Listen, sister, I ain't got time to hang around here all day and tell you the story. If you had gotten up earlier like the others I wouldn't have to fill you in on the first half of the picture. But it goes something like this. I kidnapped you. I possessed you and now I control your body and there's nothing that you can do about it."
"Wh-why would you do something like this?"
"It gives me a rush," Jenny joked. "Are you crazy little girl? You think I wanna inhabit your body? Please, I was way sexier. Things just happen nowadays that leave us no choice but to turn to the alternatives. Now, time to begin the ceremony."
"The ceremony?" Jenny ignored her and swiveled on her foot so they both saw themselves in a normal mirror, as one. "Why am I dressed in a white robe?" Emma asked.
"Gary!" Jenny called.
"I'm here." Emma saw a tall man with glasses enter with a bowl containing some sort of liquid.
"About time you showed up," she glared.
"Sorry," he muttered.
"Tell me what's going on!" Emma demanded. Jenny smiled but didn't answer.
"Ready?" Gary asked. Jenny nodded. Emma was about to say something but a long thread-like shaped smoke came out of the glass and somehow it prevented Emma from talking. It was as if it was a hand clapped over her mouth, almost strangling her. She couldn't access her powers either.
She could see Gary's lips moving as he muttered some words, but she couldn't make them out. A the smoke had turned into black curtain, enveloping her.
It only lasted a few seconds and then she returned to the darkness.
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"Are you sure that she's no where in this city even?" Adam asked Jesse for the what seemed like one-hundredth time.
"She not even in the bloody country!"
"Well, it's not like Emma can disappear off the face of the Earth in only a few hours," Shalimar tried to rationalize.
"For now it certainly looks that way." Brennan was worried. It had been a while since anything had happened to any of the members of Mutant X. They were his new family and he didn't want anything to happen to them - especially not to Emma. They had grown closer over the past few months and it was as if he was starting to feel something for, but he wasn't exactly sure what. But it seemed like a different kind of something than his feelings for the rest of his teammates.
"Then we'll just have to find out what happened to her and get Emma back," Adam said, yanking Brennan out of his thoughts.
Shalimar nodded. "Do you think we should start at the mall?"
"That's probably a good idea," Adam agreed. "Shalimar, you and Brennan go there. Jesse and I will stay here and try and see if we can manage to pick up any signals or even find some information.
"I'll go to Emma's room and get something of hers," Jesse suggested.
"What for?" Brennan asked.
"It's this thing of Adam's," Shalimar explained. "If he has an item of a someone that has their DNA on it, he may be able to locate them with it."
"It's new and I haven't been able to check that all of it works properly yet but Jesse can I can always try.
Jesse jogged out of the lab and Shalimar and Brennan were preparing to leave too when they heard a shout from Jesse. Worried, the three of them ran outside and saw Jesse standing next to a girl with brown hair.
"Emma!" Adam exclaimed.
"What happened? Where have you been?" Shalimar said suddenly, her worry being replaced with fear.
"I-I, well, I got attacked by some guys," she replied.
"Are you okay?" Brennan approached her, concerned.
"I'm fine. Just a little tired. They took a lot out of me."
"I can imagine. Maybe I should do a few checkups and make certain that no real damage was caused."
Her smile was replaced by a yawn. "There's no need for that. I just need some rest so I'll be okay in the morning."
"Do you want me to take you to your room?" Jesse asked her.
"That'd be great. Thanks," she beamed, before being lead away by Jesse.
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A/N: Sorry this took a while but my internet went bust AGAIN (i think it's developed mood swings)! :) - And just so u don't get confused when I write Emma I mean Emma, Emma/Jenny or even Jenny/Emma is Jenny in Emma's body. It'll only say Jenny when she's talking to Emma (you'll see how that works once you read on) This story takes place not much after the two prologue's - it's all so far been on Friday night.
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Part 1: Friday night
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"Where's Emma?" Brennan asked Shalimar.
"I don't know, she should have come back a couple of hours ago."
"Oh, don't worry," said Jesse who had just entered from the other side. "She probably spotted 12% discount on some shoe in the mall."
"And she's taking so long for just one shoe?" Brennan mused.
Jesse laughed. "Before you and Emma joined, Shalimar forced me to go to the mall with her because her shoe had broken and she needed a new pair. One shoe turned into hundreds, shoes turned into clothes, before I knew it we'd been at the mall for over five hours." Brennan chuckled too and began to relax a little.
Shalimar grinned too, but only very briefly. "There's just one thing."
"What's that?"
"I can't find her on the communicator. I think she's taken off her ring."
"Emma? No way," said Jesse. He stood up and started messing around with the computer. "There's gotta be something wrong with this thing." They were going to give him five minutes but then he suddenly stopped and Shalimar was sure that she had heard a little 'Oh' escape his lips. Jesse turned round to face them. "I can't find her. Anywhere."
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"Ow," said Emma. Her head felt really sore and the rest of her body wasn't doing too good either. She tried to reach up but realised she couldn't - she could see her arm, but it was as if she couldn't control it.
"That's right, honey," a voice drawled.
"Huh?" A bewildered Emma tried to move and look around but she couldn't move anything. It was then that she realised she was standing in front of a tall, smoky mirror, but instead of seeing herself in the purple halter, denim jeans and black leather jacket had been wearing, she saw two pale ghost-like creatures in white robes. One face was her own, the other she mildly recognised.
"You!" she exclaimed. "You-you're the girl from the mall!"
The girl held her arms up in mock defeat. "You got me."
"Wha-what is going on?" Emma demanded.
"Listen, sister, I ain't got time to hang around here all day and tell you the story. If you had gotten up earlier like the others I wouldn't have to fill you in on the first half of the picture. But it goes something like this. I kidnapped you. I possessed you and now I control your body and there's nothing that you can do about it."
"Wh-why would you do something like this?"
"It gives me a rush," Jenny joked. "Are you crazy little girl? You think I wanna inhabit your body? Please, I was way sexier. Things just happen nowadays that leave us no choice but to turn to the alternatives. Now, time to begin the ceremony."
"The ceremony?" Jenny ignored her and swiveled on her foot so they both saw themselves in a normal mirror, as one. "Why am I dressed in a white robe?" Emma asked.
"Gary!" Jenny called.
"I'm here." Emma saw a tall man with glasses enter with a bowl containing some sort of liquid.
"About time you showed up," she glared.
"Sorry," he muttered.
"Tell me what's going on!" Emma demanded. Jenny smiled but didn't answer.
"Ready?" Gary asked. Jenny nodded. Emma was about to say something but a long thread-like shaped smoke came out of the glass and somehow it prevented Emma from talking. It was as if it was a hand clapped over her mouth, almost strangling her. She couldn't access her powers either.
She could see Gary's lips moving as he muttered some words, but she couldn't make them out. A the smoke had turned into black curtain, enveloping her.
It only lasted a few seconds and then she returned to the darkness.
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"Are you sure that she's no where in this city even?" Adam asked Jesse for the what seemed like one-hundredth time.
"She not even in the bloody country!"
"Well, it's not like Emma can disappear off the face of the Earth in only a few hours," Shalimar tried to rationalize.
"For now it certainly looks that way." Brennan was worried. It had been a while since anything had happened to any of the members of Mutant X. They were his new family and he didn't want anything to happen to them - especially not to Emma. They had grown closer over the past few months and it was as if he was starting to feel something for, but he wasn't exactly sure what. But it seemed like a different kind of something than his feelings for the rest of his teammates.
"Then we'll just have to find out what happened to her and get Emma back," Adam said, yanking Brennan out of his thoughts.
Shalimar nodded. "Do you think we should start at the mall?"
"That's probably a good idea," Adam agreed. "Shalimar, you and Brennan go there. Jesse and I will stay here and try and see if we can manage to pick up any signals or even find some information.
"I'll go to Emma's room and get something of hers," Jesse suggested.
"What for?" Brennan asked.
"It's this thing of Adam's," Shalimar explained. "If he has an item of a someone that has their DNA on it, he may be able to locate them with it."
"It's new and I haven't been able to check that all of it works properly yet but Jesse can I can always try.
Jesse jogged out of the lab and Shalimar and Brennan were preparing to leave too when they heard a shout from Jesse. Worried, the three of them ran outside and saw Jesse standing next to a girl with brown hair.
"Emma!" Adam exclaimed.
"What happened? Where have you been?" Shalimar said suddenly, her worry being replaced with fear.
"I-I, well, I got attacked by some guys," she replied.
"Are you okay?" Brennan approached her, concerned.
"I'm fine. Just a little tired. They took a lot out of me."
"I can imagine. Maybe I should do a few checkups and make certain that no real damage was caused."
Her smile was replaced by a yawn. "There's no need for that. I just need some rest so I'll be okay in the morning."
"Do you want me to take you to your room?" Jesse asked her.
"That'd be great. Thanks," she beamed, before being lead away by Jesse.
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