Part 7: Wednesday morning
Emma walked behind Gary into the broken down house. It was incredibly dark but he seemed to know his way around. "You know this place well?"
"It's where we used to live a while ago."
"What happened to it?" Emma asked.
"Some people saw Jenny using her powers. They got scared. Torched the place," Gary explained.
"Oh. I'm sorry," Emma said.
Gary turned the light switch on and walked further ahead only stopping onve he got a door. "No one comes here anymore, so we thought it would be a safe place."
"A safe place for what?" Emma wondered. To answer her question Gary swung the door open and Emma saw a metal table with a white sheet on it. The way it lay made it clear something was sanwiched between the table and the sheet. What scared Emma was that it looked somewhat like a body. "Gary...is that a...body?"
"Jenny's body."
*
"Shalimar, what's going on?" Adam asked aitting on a chair. Shalimar had called him through her comlink when he was out of the Sanctuary and asked him to come to a safehouse that she and Jesse were in.
"Emma is not Emma!"
"You can't honestly believe that. Just because you found that ring that the two of you think is a comlink -"
"Emma hasn't worn her comlink since she came back that night. I asked her about it and she didn't even seem to know what a comlink was!" Shalimar exclaimed.
"Adam, did you see anything unusal on her scan that day?" Jesse asked.
"No, her scan was perfectly fine," he told them firmly.
"Well, what if you were being made to think it was when it actually wasn't," Shalimar suggested.
Adam sighed. "You say Emma's been possessed or something like that, right Shalimar?" The blonde nodded. "Well, only a mutant with a strong capabilty to adapt would have been able to do so and they are very rare. She'd have to have that sort of power to have taken Emma's body with no signs of damage at all."
"She could have used Emma's powers and not let you see the damage," Shalimar said, exasperated.
"Then she would still need that capability to use Emma's powers and cover it up. It's very complex Shalimar. Taking residence in someone's body and then using it like they normally would is extremly difficult."
"But it is possible," Jesse said.
"If you know the right people, have the right equipment, then yes, it is possible."
"I still think we should warn Brennan," Shalimar said. "If something's wrong he needs to know and we're not a hundred percent sure so maybe he can see whether he notices anything different."
"No, if it's not Emma, she might find out what we've told him and then Brennan would be in danger."
"But if it isn't Emma then isn't he in danger anyway?" Shalimar demanded.
"Look at the number of 'ifs' we're using. We're not sure 'if it's Emma or not so before we do anything we just have to find out the truth," Adam told them.
Finally, Jesse nodded. "Yeah, Shal, Adam's right."
*
"Are you okay?" Gary asked as he turned the car right.
"Yeah. It's just weird thinking there's a body in the trunk. It's like in the movies or something."
"We need it if -"
"Yeah, I know. No, I don't want to kill Jenny, Gary, it's just funny thinking I'm in a car with a 'lifeless' body in the trunk." They didn't talk for a while until suddenly Emma saw smoething in the corner of her eye. "Oh my God."
"What is it?"
"I think...I think we just passed a GSA agent standing there on the road," she said slowly.
"Emma..." Gary said after a slight pause. "Have you looked in your back mirror?"
"No."
"Those cars that have been behind us for a while...they're not GSA cars, are they?"
In a panic, Emma looked behind and froze. "Actually Gary, yes...I do think they're GSA cars."
"Oh shit," Gary said.
"That's definately one way of putting it."
"Oh shit," Gary repeated.
"Why are they following us?" Emma asked shrinking down in her seat.
"I don't know. Do you think they know about Jenny?"
"Maybe. But it's not like Eckhart loves mutants enough that he wants to stop her," Emma said.
"Is there any reason he might want to stop a mutant who hurt other mutants?" Gary asked trying to shake them off but driving in a manner that would not let the agents know they'd been spotted.
"Well..." then suddenly a bad idea hit Emma. "If it had gotten a little publicity, he might."
"Oh my God, we've gone public!?"
"Gary, innocent girls died, mysteriously. It's bound to make the news. Gary I'm sorry but I have to contact Adam."
"What? No, that spoils the plan and Jenny might know and...and..."
"Gary he'll know what to do."
"He'll kill me for what I did to you."
"No he won't. I won't let him do that."
Gary could see Emma was being truthful. Reluctantly, he nodded.
Emma smiled. "Well, I've lost my comlink, but I'm going to try calling the Sanctuary." Emma dialled the number but it was engaged. "Damn it!" she shouted.
*
Jenny/Emma smirked. "What?" Brennan demanded, coldly.
"You like her...Emma," Jenny/Emma told him. When he didn't reply, she continued, "That's why I'm just sitting here on the couch and you haven't tied me up or anything. Because I'm in her body so if you hurt me, in a way you'll be hurting her." She smirked again once she was done.
"If you're not going to explain everything to me right now you may as well just shut up."
"Ooh...big words, bad boy. Yet, you still haven't used your electric powers on me."
"Do you want me to?"
"I know you want to, but I think a better question is will you. But then I already know the answer to that since I can read your mind. Using her powers is quite fun, you know. Not only can I read your thoughts whenever I use these powers I can see the things she has thought."
"Don't do that," Brennan said.
"Stop me," she taunted. When he just turned away she muttered, "It's not like she'll be able to use this body anyway once she's dead."
"What did you say?" Brennan asked, suddenly.
Jenny/Emma said nothing at first but then relented. "Once I take over a body It lasts for a week. Then I leave it, its real soul gets returned and then immediately it dies. It's happened with every girl beforehand."
Brennan stood up. "I don't believe you."
"Believe what you want, but it's what has always happened."
"What - what happens if you leave before a week? What happens then?"
"It can't happen. Once I take up residence that's what happens."
Brennan was about to say something, but the phone rang. He jumped up to answer it but slammed it down soon since it was the wrong number. When he came back he said, "How long would there be?"
"You can't save her," Jenny/Emma told him.
"How long!"
"About one and a half days. But what do you plan on doing about it?" Jenny/Emma asked.
Brennan turned his back on her as if he didn't want to tell her. But the truth was, at the moment he had absolutely no idea what to do.
Emma walked behind Gary into the broken down house. It was incredibly dark but he seemed to know his way around. "You know this place well?"
"It's where we used to live a while ago."
"What happened to it?" Emma asked.
"Some people saw Jenny using her powers. They got scared. Torched the place," Gary explained.
"Oh. I'm sorry," Emma said.
Gary turned the light switch on and walked further ahead only stopping onve he got a door. "No one comes here anymore, so we thought it would be a safe place."
"A safe place for what?" Emma wondered. To answer her question Gary swung the door open and Emma saw a metal table with a white sheet on it. The way it lay made it clear something was sanwiched between the table and the sheet. What scared Emma was that it looked somewhat like a body. "Gary...is that a...body?"
"Jenny's body."
*
"Shalimar, what's going on?" Adam asked aitting on a chair. Shalimar had called him through her comlink when he was out of the Sanctuary and asked him to come to a safehouse that she and Jesse were in.
"Emma is not Emma!"
"You can't honestly believe that. Just because you found that ring that the two of you think is a comlink -"
"Emma hasn't worn her comlink since she came back that night. I asked her about it and she didn't even seem to know what a comlink was!" Shalimar exclaimed.
"Adam, did you see anything unusal on her scan that day?" Jesse asked.
"No, her scan was perfectly fine," he told them firmly.
"Well, what if you were being made to think it was when it actually wasn't," Shalimar suggested.
Adam sighed. "You say Emma's been possessed or something like that, right Shalimar?" The blonde nodded. "Well, only a mutant with a strong capabilty to adapt would have been able to do so and they are very rare. She'd have to have that sort of power to have taken Emma's body with no signs of damage at all."
"She could have used Emma's powers and not let you see the damage," Shalimar said, exasperated.
"Then she would still need that capability to use Emma's powers and cover it up. It's very complex Shalimar. Taking residence in someone's body and then using it like they normally would is extremly difficult."
"But it is possible," Jesse said.
"If you know the right people, have the right equipment, then yes, it is possible."
"I still think we should warn Brennan," Shalimar said. "If something's wrong he needs to know and we're not a hundred percent sure so maybe he can see whether he notices anything different."
"No, if it's not Emma, she might find out what we've told him and then Brennan would be in danger."
"But if it isn't Emma then isn't he in danger anyway?" Shalimar demanded.
"Look at the number of 'ifs' we're using. We're not sure 'if it's Emma or not so before we do anything we just have to find out the truth," Adam told them.
Finally, Jesse nodded. "Yeah, Shal, Adam's right."
*
"Are you okay?" Gary asked as he turned the car right.
"Yeah. It's just weird thinking there's a body in the trunk. It's like in the movies or something."
"We need it if -"
"Yeah, I know. No, I don't want to kill Jenny, Gary, it's just funny thinking I'm in a car with a 'lifeless' body in the trunk." They didn't talk for a while until suddenly Emma saw smoething in the corner of her eye. "Oh my God."
"What is it?"
"I think...I think we just passed a GSA agent standing there on the road," she said slowly.
"Emma..." Gary said after a slight pause. "Have you looked in your back mirror?"
"No."
"Those cars that have been behind us for a while...they're not GSA cars, are they?"
In a panic, Emma looked behind and froze. "Actually Gary, yes...I do think they're GSA cars."
"Oh shit," Gary said.
"That's definately one way of putting it."
"Oh shit," Gary repeated.
"Why are they following us?" Emma asked shrinking down in her seat.
"I don't know. Do you think they know about Jenny?"
"Maybe. But it's not like Eckhart loves mutants enough that he wants to stop her," Emma said.
"Is there any reason he might want to stop a mutant who hurt other mutants?" Gary asked trying to shake them off but driving in a manner that would not let the agents know they'd been spotted.
"Well..." then suddenly a bad idea hit Emma. "If it had gotten a little publicity, he might."
"Oh my God, we've gone public!?"
"Gary, innocent girls died, mysteriously. It's bound to make the news. Gary I'm sorry but I have to contact Adam."
"What? No, that spoils the plan and Jenny might know and...and..."
"Gary he'll know what to do."
"He'll kill me for what I did to you."
"No he won't. I won't let him do that."
Gary could see Emma was being truthful. Reluctantly, he nodded.
Emma smiled. "Well, I've lost my comlink, but I'm going to try calling the Sanctuary." Emma dialled the number but it was engaged. "Damn it!" she shouted.
*
Jenny/Emma smirked. "What?" Brennan demanded, coldly.
"You like her...Emma," Jenny/Emma told him. When he didn't reply, she continued, "That's why I'm just sitting here on the couch and you haven't tied me up or anything. Because I'm in her body so if you hurt me, in a way you'll be hurting her." She smirked again once she was done.
"If you're not going to explain everything to me right now you may as well just shut up."
"Ooh...big words, bad boy. Yet, you still haven't used your electric powers on me."
"Do you want me to?"
"I know you want to, but I think a better question is will you. But then I already know the answer to that since I can read your mind. Using her powers is quite fun, you know. Not only can I read your thoughts whenever I use these powers I can see the things she has thought."
"Don't do that," Brennan said.
"Stop me," she taunted. When he just turned away she muttered, "It's not like she'll be able to use this body anyway once she's dead."
"What did you say?" Brennan asked, suddenly.
Jenny/Emma said nothing at first but then relented. "Once I take over a body It lasts for a week. Then I leave it, its real soul gets returned and then immediately it dies. It's happened with every girl beforehand."
Brennan stood up. "I don't believe you."
"Believe what you want, but it's what has always happened."
"What - what happens if you leave before a week? What happens then?"
"It can't happen. Once I take up residence that's what happens."
Brennan was about to say something, but the phone rang. He jumped up to answer it but slammed it down soon since it was the wrong number. When he came back he said, "How long would there be?"
"You can't save her," Jenny/Emma told him.
"How long!"
"About one and a half days. But what do you plan on doing about it?" Jenny/Emma asked.
Brennan turned his back on her as if he didn't want to tell her. But the truth was, at the moment he had absolutely no idea what to do.