Disclaimer: I don't know who owns Mutant X, but it certainly isn't me.
A/N: Yes, I know this took a long time coming but this time it isn't even my fault - yup, that's right my stupid connection did what it always does (go bust) so I couldn't update. Also, I hope that any confusions on what happened get cleared up in this part and the next. If you've got any big confusions just ask!
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"You want to help me!?" Emma exploded. "Like you so tactfully pointed out earlier, I have no idea what the hell is going on for you to help me with! Something happened to my body and now I have it back -"
"You don't," Gary interuppted.
"WHAT? What the hell do you mean, Gary? You need to give me some answers Gary."
"Jenny possesed your body and we took your spirit out of it. She's controlling it now and without her here we can't get you back into it."
"But then," Emma began, eyeing herself suspiciously, "what's this?"
"It's some sort of replacement for your real body, but it's not actually a body, just some kind of spiritual enhancement."
"Huh?"
"It's complicated. But it's sort of like taking a picture out of your mind and projecting it to reality. Your body isn't really there though it will look as if it is - and feel solid."
Emma inhaled trying to grasp at least the concept of what was going on. "But why did she take my body? A-and who is she?"
"Her name's Jenny. And, well, she took her body because she needed it to survive."
"What do you mean?" Emma asked, suddenly concerned.
"Jenny was dying. It was this really rare thing and there wasn't a cure. Her body was about to crumble up but then we found out that she could continue living in someone else's body temporarily as long as their spirit was removed as well."
"How long do you mean by temporarily?"
"One week."
"So were you planning on restoring me to my original body after that?" accidentally Emma wondered aloud. Gary looked at the floor nervously so Emma questioned him again. "What is it Gary?"
"The thing is that once the week is up - because of the transition and everything and the body is for so long without the real spirit..."
"Yes?" Emma asked, not sure if she was going to like his answer.
Gary forced himself to look at Emma directly in the eye. "The body dies. And soon after so does the spirit."
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Part 3: Sunday (late evening...which means Jenny/Emma has been out for a long time...)
"Hello?" Jenny/Emma sat up with a jerk and looked around. It seemed to her as if she was in some sort of scientific place.
"Emma!" Adam said coming towards her. "You're up. How are you feeling?"
"Okay," she said. "Can I go?"
"I've just done a few tests on you - the results should come soon, so then we'll be able to tell how you really are. And whether or not you can go."
Jenny/Emma looked over his shoulder and saw the results had just come up on the screen. She wasn't much into science but she new from the tests Gary had done on her before - and her in the other bodies - the result wasn't what a normal body should produce.
Adam was about to turn around, but she grabbed his shoulder and pulled him back. "No, wait."
"What is it?" Adam asked, concerned.
"I-I need you to help me get down."
"Are you sure you should? It might hurt."
"Um...well, we'll never know unless we try, right?" Jenny/Emma was wondering what had caused her to pass out the night before, but she had other things to work on.
She tried her best to concentrate and get into Emma's power so that she could use it.
"Okay, here we go. Take it slowly now," Adam said as he moved Jenny/Emma down. She stood up straight, but didn't say anything. Adam turned around to look at the results, but Jenny/Emma breathed a sigh of relief.
When he saw the results he just smiled and said, "Well, you seem to fine, Emma."
Jenny/Emma smirked. "I'd say 'told you so' but it's a little cliché."
"Well, so long as you don't wear yourself out, you can go outside. The others have been waiting to see you."
"Okay," Jenny/Emma said breezily and hopped out of the room. She was rejoicing on her good fortune.
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(...and that the real Emma & Gary have been busy since the day before...)
"So now that we know what we're gonna do what's the first step?" Emma asked Gary.
"Well, I'll have to locate Jenny first."
"Isn't that obvious? She's at the Sanctuary doing God know's what in my God damn body!"
"Okay, OK! But we have to make sure that she's there. The two of you have to be together to make the switch and we don't want to do anything that will make the two of you end up in public together with people seeing double. Plus, we can't really just risk our lives to get out of this place without knowing where she's gonna be. There still are GSA Agents outisde, you know."
"But how are we gonna find her? You said you tried the ring, but it didn't work. What does that mean?"
"One of two things - either that she's not wearing it or that even if she is, it won't work without the real person, i.e. you."
Emma sat down on the table Gary was working at and crossed her legs. "What about that guy?"
"What guy?" he asked, looking up at her.
"The one you said we had to go see to help us switch."
"Right. Yeah, he might be able to do something about that."
"So then let's go. We get out of this place - GSA Agents included - go to this guy of yours, find Jenny, get her out of my body, out me in it and everyone goes home happy."
"Emma..." Gary started.
"What?"
"It's just...I've never done this before. And Jenny, the body you saw her in when she got you - it was someone's, but now we don't have another body to put her in."
"So you're saying she'll die?"
"Maybe...without a body. I mean, what will happen to her? And I don't know what's gonna happen to you either. It might not work. And then you..."
Emma took a deep breath "Well, I'm just gonna have to take that chance."
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"Sleeping Beauty has finally woken up," Jesse said. "Who kissed you?"
Jenny/Emma forced a smile. 'Great,' she thought. 'He's just like Gary.'
"You wanna sit down?" Brennan asked, getting up anyway.
"Thanks," Jenny/Emma said and sat down in his place. "So, what were you guys doing?"
"Worrying about you mainly," Shalimar told her. "What do you say to some dinner?"
"Dinner would be great," Jenny/Emma said honestly. "I'm really hungry."
"Come on, then. Let's go see what we've got," Shalimar said and helped her friend get up.
They started walking away together, while the boys had already begun discussing something about the problem with one of the computers.
"Emma!" Shalimar suddenly announced.
"What is it?" Jenny/Emma asked, midly concerned.
"Your hand. Where's your ring?"
"M-my ring?" Jenny/Emma wondered. She looked at Shalimar's hand and saw a ring there and remembered that Jesse had one that looked pretty similar.
"Oh that...I must have forgotten to put it on yesterday - you know, with the stress and all."
"Oh, okay," Shailmar said and thought nothing of it afterwards.
A/N: Yes, I know this took a long time coming but this time it isn't even my fault - yup, that's right my stupid connection did what it always does (go bust) so I couldn't update. Also, I hope that any confusions on what happened get cleared up in this part and the next. If you've got any big confusions just ask!
...........
"You want to help me!?" Emma exploded. "Like you so tactfully pointed out earlier, I have no idea what the hell is going on for you to help me with! Something happened to my body and now I have it back -"
"You don't," Gary interuppted.
"WHAT? What the hell do you mean, Gary? You need to give me some answers Gary."
"Jenny possesed your body and we took your spirit out of it. She's controlling it now and without her here we can't get you back into it."
"But then," Emma began, eyeing herself suspiciously, "what's this?"
"It's some sort of replacement for your real body, but it's not actually a body, just some kind of spiritual enhancement."
"Huh?"
"It's complicated. But it's sort of like taking a picture out of your mind and projecting it to reality. Your body isn't really there though it will look as if it is - and feel solid."
Emma inhaled trying to grasp at least the concept of what was going on. "But why did she take my body? A-and who is she?"
"Her name's Jenny. And, well, she took her body because she needed it to survive."
"What do you mean?" Emma asked, suddenly concerned.
"Jenny was dying. It was this really rare thing and there wasn't a cure. Her body was about to crumble up but then we found out that she could continue living in someone else's body temporarily as long as their spirit was removed as well."
"How long do you mean by temporarily?"
"One week."
"So were you planning on restoring me to my original body after that?" accidentally Emma wondered aloud. Gary looked at the floor nervously so Emma questioned him again. "What is it Gary?"
"The thing is that once the week is up - because of the transition and everything and the body is for so long without the real spirit..."
"Yes?" Emma asked, not sure if she was going to like his answer.
Gary forced himself to look at Emma directly in the eye. "The body dies. And soon after so does the spirit."
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Part 3: Sunday (late evening...which means Jenny/Emma has been out for a long time...)
"Hello?" Jenny/Emma sat up with a jerk and looked around. It seemed to her as if she was in some sort of scientific place.
"Emma!" Adam said coming towards her. "You're up. How are you feeling?"
"Okay," she said. "Can I go?"
"I've just done a few tests on you - the results should come soon, so then we'll be able to tell how you really are. And whether or not you can go."
Jenny/Emma looked over his shoulder and saw the results had just come up on the screen. She wasn't much into science but she new from the tests Gary had done on her before - and her in the other bodies - the result wasn't what a normal body should produce.
Adam was about to turn around, but she grabbed his shoulder and pulled him back. "No, wait."
"What is it?" Adam asked, concerned.
"I-I need you to help me get down."
"Are you sure you should? It might hurt."
"Um...well, we'll never know unless we try, right?" Jenny/Emma was wondering what had caused her to pass out the night before, but she had other things to work on.
She tried her best to concentrate and get into Emma's power so that she could use it.
"Okay, here we go. Take it slowly now," Adam said as he moved Jenny/Emma down. She stood up straight, but didn't say anything. Adam turned around to look at the results, but Jenny/Emma breathed a sigh of relief.
When he saw the results he just smiled and said, "Well, you seem to fine, Emma."
Jenny/Emma smirked. "I'd say 'told you so' but it's a little cliché."
"Well, so long as you don't wear yourself out, you can go outside. The others have been waiting to see you."
"Okay," Jenny/Emma said breezily and hopped out of the room. She was rejoicing on her good fortune.
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(...and that the real Emma & Gary have been busy since the day before...)
"So now that we know what we're gonna do what's the first step?" Emma asked Gary.
"Well, I'll have to locate Jenny first."
"Isn't that obvious? She's at the Sanctuary doing God know's what in my God damn body!"
"Okay, OK! But we have to make sure that she's there. The two of you have to be together to make the switch and we don't want to do anything that will make the two of you end up in public together with people seeing double. Plus, we can't really just risk our lives to get out of this place without knowing where she's gonna be. There still are GSA Agents outisde, you know."
"But how are we gonna find her? You said you tried the ring, but it didn't work. What does that mean?"
"One of two things - either that she's not wearing it or that even if she is, it won't work without the real person, i.e. you."
Emma sat down on the table Gary was working at and crossed her legs. "What about that guy?"
"What guy?" he asked, looking up at her.
"The one you said we had to go see to help us switch."
"Right. Yeah, he might be able to do something about that."
"So then let's go. We get out of this place - GSA Agents included - go to this guy of yours, find Jenny, get her out of my body, out me in it and everyone goes home happy."
"Emma..." Gary started.
"What?"
"It's just...I've never done this before. And Jenny, the body you saw her in when she got you - it was someone's, but now we don't have another body to put her in."
"So you're saying she'll die?"
"Maybe...without a body. I mean, what will happen to her? And I don't know what's gonna happen to you either. It might not work. And then you..."
Emma took a deep breath "Well, I'm just gonna have to take that chance."
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"Sleeping Beauty has finally woken up," Jesse said. "Who kissed you?"
Jenny/Emma forced a smile. 'Great,' she thought. 'He's just like Gary.'
"You wanna sit down?" Brennan asked, getting up anyway.
"Thanks," Jenny/Emma said and sat down in his place. "So, what were you guys doing?"
"Worrying about you mainly," Shalimar told her. "What do you say to some dinner?"
"Dinner would be great," Jenny/Emma said honestly. "I'm really hungry."
"Come on, then. Let's go see what we've got," Shalimar said and helped her friend get up.
They started walking away together, while the boys had already begun discussing something about the problem with one of the computers.
"Emma!" Shalimar suddenly announced.
"What is it?" Jenny/Emma asked, midly concerned.
"Your hand. Where's your ring?"
"M-my ring?" Jenny/Emma wondered. She looked at Shalimar's hand and saw a ring there and remembered that Jesse had one that looked pretty similar.
"Oh that...I must have forgotten to put it on yesterday - you know, with the stress and all."
"Oh, okay," Shailmar said and thought nothing of it afterwards.