Author's note to Emma0211 - I guess you could say this is sort of spoiling
the ending but Emma will not die. Don't worry!
Part 8: Wednesday Afternoon
"Adam? Adam, can you hear me?" Brennan asked into his comlink. There was no answer however and Brennan had to give up. He'd wanted to try Jesse and Shalimar but he didn't want to leave Jenny alone for long. All he'd got out of her since he'd found out she wasn't Emma was her real name and that cryptic message about Emma's fate. He walked back and stood behind the girl in Emma's body noticing that even the way she was behaving, just sitting there, was similar to Emma. At first he realised that it would have been hard for them to realise the difference, but then scolded himself and knew that one of them should have realised. He blamed himself a lot for not knowing the difference, especially after what had almost hapened between him and Jenny.
"Back so soon?" she asked not turning to face him. "How's the kitty?"
"Her name's Shalimar."
"Ooh, so which one do you like then?" Jenny/Emma mocked turning around. "The cat or the psionic? I wonder which one would match best with your whole electro-magnetism deal or whatever." She smiled when Brennan didn't say anything - she was always good at finding things that other people had no idea what to say in return. Gary told her once that playing with other people's emotions was practically evil, but right now she was having loads of fun.
*
"Stop."
"What?"
"Stop!" Emma repeated and Gary then, pulled the car to a halt.
"What are we doing? We've lost the GSA agents, but if we stay somewhere for long, then they're definately going to find us again," Gary said.
"We have to go to the Sanctuary. The GSA can't find us there and then we can switch me back with Jenny."
"Okay."
"But first I have to make a connection with you."
"Huh?"
"I can't let you see the way to get there," Emma told him.
"Oh right. Then I guess we better swop seats first. After all, I won't be able to move to the passenger seat after I can't see." Gary opened his car door and stepped out before Emma could reply so she did the same and then they both re-entered the car, Emma now in the drivers seat and Gary in the passenger seat.
"You ready?" Emma asked. Gary nodded. Emma closed her eyes and concentrated. In her mind's eye she saw a mist and then tried to connect with Gary. Once the connection had been made she began to block his sight, but before she could complete it a sharp pain hit her head and she screamed, her head falling out of the connections and hitting the steerin wheel.
"What is it?" Gary asked.
"I couldn't do it. Something was stopping me. Like a barrier," Emma explained, placing her palm on her throbbing forehead.
Gary suddenly became worried. "How many times have you used your powers?"
"What do you mean?"
"Ever since Jenny took your body and I made you form like this. How many times have you used your powers out of your real body?"
"Every day. It's just natural. Why?" Emma asked.
"I forgot. This form isn't your real body, just like a figure. You can only use your powers a limited amount of times until you are back in your real body."
"What? So you mean I no longer have my powers?"
"Well, it doens't always happen when you make someone into a figure of their real self," Gary tried to explain.
"Then why did it happen to me?" Emma exclaimed.
"It'll only happen so soon if the person now inhabiting the original body uses your powers."
Emma's eyes flared up. "So Jenny is using my powers." She stared out through the glass window in front of her for so long without speaking or making any movement Gary got worried.
"Um, Emma are you okay?"
Her head jerked down and her hair covered her face like a veil. Seconds later, she started the enjine and Emma began the drive to the Sanctuary.
*
"I can't believe this!" Shalimar exclaimed.
"It's a very complicated art form mixing science with magic," Adam said without turning back from the driver's seat of the aircraft.
"Weird. I thought body-switching dispelled all form of science," Jesse said.
"There are very few people in the world capable of perfroming it to such a high level," Adam continued.
"Well, whoever switched Emma's body with that bitch is going down," Shalimar almost growled and crossed her arms.
"Um, Adam? What do you mean to such a high level?" Jesse asked.
"Well," he began to explain, "Body-switching performed by an experienced yet somewhat lacking person would take place in such a way that two spirits shared one body and the other lay lifeless."
"What?" Shalimar said. "But that's not body-switching, that's like...body- sharing or something."
"Yes, I know. But that is all a mutant would be capable of. Unless they learnt from the best."
"Such as?" Jesse asked.
"I've heard of an Abrahm. Apparently, he can do wondourous things. I've never met him though."
"Well," Shalimar told them, "As soon as we get back to the Sanctuary, we're gonna get Brennan and the imposter bitch, find this Abrahm and get him to bring Emma back."
*
"Brennan!" Shalimar called as soon as they reached the interior of the Sanctuary. She ran down the stairs, with Adam and Jesse closely behind, until she reached him. When she got there she saw the 'fake' Emma and started towards her.
"Whoa, calm down, Shalimar," Brennan said, stopping her.
"Brennan, you don't understand, she's not -"
"Not Emma? Yeah, I know. Her name's Jenny."
"Then why are you stopping me?" Shalimar demanded.
"Well, whatever you do to her, you do to Emma too since it's still Emma's real body," Brennan whispered. Jenny heard him and smirked, but didn't say anything.
"Well, miss," Adam began, "you fooled all of us there, but now it's time to switch you back into your real body."
"And an old guy like you is capable of that?" Jenny/Emma retorted.
"Well, not directly, no, but I think if we take you to Abrahm then -"
"Abrahm didn't do this," Jenny/Emma said matter-of-factly.
"Then who did?" Jesse asked, walking forward.
Jenny/Emma opened her mouth to speak, but then - as all the members of the Mutant X tem sans Emma noticed - her eyes flew up after glancing at something behind them. Or was it someone? Brennan wondered. He wanted to follow her gaze, but decided against it in case she tried something when he turned away. "He did," Jenny/Emma finally said.
Everyone looked around and saw a strange man standing behind them. At first they were all unsure of what to do, but soon Shalimar had stormed up to him and held him against the wall by the neck. "Who the hell are you and what the hell did you do?" she shouted.
"Oh, yeah, and furthermore how did you get in here?" Jesse added.
"Put him down!" a female voice said.
Everyone looked up this time and saw Emma walking down the steps. "He's with me," she told Shalimar.
At first no one knew what to say, then Jesse whispered, "Adam? What's going on?"
But as Adam looked to and from the two identical girls, he just couldn't think of the answer.
Part 8: Wednesday Afternoon
"Adam? Adam, can you hear me?" Brennan asked into his comlink. There was no answer however and Brennan had to give up. He'd wanted to try Jesse and Shalimar but he didn't want to leave Jenny alone for long. All he'd got out of her since he'd found out she wasn't Emma was her real name and that cryptic message about Emma's fate. He walked back and stood behind the girl in Emma's body noticing that even the way she was behaving, just sitting there, was similar to Emma. At first he realised that it would have been hard for them to realise the difference, but then scolded himself and knew that one of them should have realised. He blamed himself a lot for not knowing the difference, especially after what had almost hapened between him and Jenny.
"Back so soon?" she asked not turning to face him. "How's the kitty?"
"Her name's Shalimar."
"Ooh, so which one do you like then?" Jenny/Emma mocked turning around. "The cat or the psionic? I wonder which one would match best with your whole electro-magnetism deal or whatever." She smiled when Brennan didn't say anything - she was always good at finding things that other people had no idea what to say in return. Gary told her once that playing with other people's emotions was practically evil, but right now she was having loads of fun.
*
"Stop."
"What?"
"Stop!" Emma repeated and Gary then, pulled the car to a halt.
"What are we doing? We've lost the GSA agents, but if we stay somewhere for long, then they're definately going to find us again," Gary said.
"We have to go to the Sanctuary. The GSA can't find us there and then we can switch me back with Jenny."
"Okay."
"But first I have to make a connection with you."
"Huh?"
"I can't let you see the way to get there," Emma told him.
"Oh right. Then I guess we better swop seats first. After all, I won't be able to move to the passenger seat after I can't see." Gary opened his car door and stepped out before Emma could reply so she did the same and then they both re-entered the car, Emma now in the drivers seat and Gary in the passenger seat.
"You ready?" Emma asked. Gary nodded. Emma closed her eyes and concentrated. In her mind's eye she saw a mist and then tried to connect with Gary. Once the connection had been made she began to block his sight, but before she could complete it a sharp pain hit her head and she screamed, her head falling out of the connections and hitting the steerin wheel.
"What is it?" Gary asked.
"I couldn't do it. Something was stopping me. Like a barrier," Emma explained, placing her palm on her throbbing forehead.
Gary suddenly became worried. "How many times have you used your powers?"
"What do you mean?"
"Ever since Jenny took your body and I made you form like this. How many times have you used your powers out of your real body?"
"Every day. It's just natural. Why?" Emma asked.
"I forgot. This form isn't your real body, just like a figure. You can only use your powers a limited amount of times until you are back in your real body."
"What? So you mean I no longer have my powers?"
"Well, it doens't always happen when you make someone into a figure of their real self," Gary tried to explain.
"Then why did it happen to me?" Emma exclaimed.
"It'll only happen so soon if the person now inhabiting the original body uses your powers."
Emma's eyes flared up. "So Jenny is using my powers." She stared out through the glass window in front of her for so long without speaking or making any movement Gary got worried.
"Um, Emma are you okay?"
Her head jerked down and her hair covered her face like a veil. Seconds later, she started the enjine and Emma began the drive to the Sanctuary.
*
"I can't believe this!" Shalimar exclaimed.
"It's a very complicated art form mixing science with magic," Adam said without turning back from the driver's seat of the aircraft.
"Weird. I thought body-switching dispelled all form of science," Jesse said.
"There are very few people in the world capable of perfroming it to such a high level," Adam continued.
"Well, whoever switched Emma's body with that bitch is going down," Shalimar almost growled and crossed her arms.
"Um, Adam? What do you mean to such a high level?" Jesse asked.
"Well," he began to explain, "Body-switching performed by an experienced yet somewhat lacking person would take place in such a way that two spirits shared one body and the other lay lifeless."
"What?" Shalimar said. "But that's not body-switching, that's like...body- sharing or something."
"Yes, I know. But that is all a mutant would be capable of. Unless they learnt from the best."
"Such as?" Jesse asked.
"I've heard of an Abrahm. Apparently, he can do wondourous things. I've never met him though."
"Well," Shalimar told them, "As soon as we get back to the Sanctuary, we're gonna get Brennan and the imposter bitch, find this Abrahm and get him to bring Emma back."
*
"Brennan!" Shalimar called as soon as they reached the interior of the Sanctuary. She ran down the stairs, with Adam and Jesse closely behind, until she reached him. When she got there she saw the 'fake' Emma and started towards her.
"Whoa, calm down, Shalimar," Brennan said, stopping her.
"Brennan, you don't understand, she's not -"
"Not Emma? Yeah, I know. Her name's Jenny."
"Then why are you stopping me?" Shalimar demanded.
"Well, whatever you do to her, you do to Emma too since it's still Emma's real body," Brennan whispered. Jenny heard him and smirked, but didn't say anything.
"Well, miss," Adam began, "you fooled all of us there, but now it's time to switch you back into your real body."
"And an old guy like you is capable of that?" Jenny/Emma retorted.
"Well, not directly, no, but I think if we take you to Abrahm then -"
"Abrahm didn't do this," Jenny/Emma said matter-of-factly.
"Then who did?" Jesse asked, walking forward.
Jenny/Emma opened her mouth to speak, but then - as all the members of the Mutant X tem sans Emma noticed - her eyes flew up after glancing at something behind them. Or was it someone? Brennan wondered. He wanted to follow her gaze, but decided against it in case she tried something when he turned away. "He did," Jenny/Emma finally said.
Everyone looked around and saw a strange man standing behind them. At first they were all unsure of what to do, but soon Shalimar had stormed up to him and held him against the wall by the neck. "Who the hell are you and what the hell did you do?" she shouted.
"Oh, yeah, and furthermore how did you get in here?" Jesse added.
"Put him down!" a female voice said.
Everyone looked up this time and saw Emma walking down the steps. "He's with me," she told Shalimar.
At first no one knew what to say, then Jesse whispered, "Adam? What's going on?"
But as Adam looked to and from the two identical girls, he just couldn't think of the answer.