Part 9: Thursday
Morning.
Adam sneaked a look back at Jenny lying unconscious strapped down on a bed behind him. Then he turned back around to face Brennan, Jesse, Shalimar, the real Emma and the other boy Emma said was called Gary. Adam was very interested in how Gary had been able to put Jenny into Emma's body and then do, well whatever he did, to make *another* Emma. "Well before I can reverse the process I'll need to know what Gary here did in the first place."
"Oh," Emma said, "Gary found out how to reverse it already."
"Then perhaps he better explain himself," Adam said.
"Explain what?" Gary asked.
"Well, for starters why you and Jenny have been switching her into other people's bodies. Then you could say how."
Emma noticed how Adam, Brennan, Jesse and Shalimar were all eyeing Gary as if they didn't trust him. Emma did expect that, but she had hoped her friends would have understood that *she* did and therefore cut him some slack.
"Jenny became sick a while back and she had no chance of surviving - it was because of her mutant abilities," Gary started to explain.
"They were evolving too fast?" Adam offered.
"No, the illness was a rare one, but her mutations prevented the only available cure working. It could only cure normal human beings. I found a way to switch bodies, so that she could survive, but when we found out it killed the host after she left it Jenny didn't want to stop. I had to continue the switching to keep her alive." Gary trailed off here, but Emma felt it her duty to continue.
"After Jenny got into my body, at first it was as if we were sharing. Then, he took my spirit out and contained it before forming an image of me - this image. It's not a real body, but it's like it," Emma said.
"Can you get things back to normal?" Adam asked.
"Well, I can get Emma back into her real body and Jenny out of it, if that's what you mean," Gary said.
"And then what will you do with Jenny?" Jesse asked.
"Her real body's on that chair," Emma said, pointing to the figure lying on one chair that had gone unnoticed by Shalimar, Brennan and Jesse. "We'll put her back into it. And we got the stuff to do the ritual with a few days ago from this guy."
"Abrahm?" Adam said suddenly.
"Yeah," Gary said. "How do you know him?"
"Only by reputation. How do *you* know him?"
"I was a student of his."
"So you do this sorta mumbo-jumbo and screw up people's lives for a living?" Shalimar asked.
"Shalimar!" Emma said, "Gary isn't our enemy."
"Emma, he's killed people!"
"Not directly and it wasn't his fault anyway. He was trying to save his sister, things just happened!"
"Okay, we better stop pointing fingers and just get on with the process," Adam said.
"Adam's right," Emma said and ran round to the other bed she needed to be strapped into. Jesse helped her. Brennan and Shalimar took out the things needed for the ritual from the bag Emma and Gary brought with them.
As everyone began to help Gary still hesitated. "Emma," he called softly," you do know..."
"Yeah, I do. It's okay," she said.
"Know what?" Brennan asked.
As all of Mutant X turned to look at her Emma had to answer, "There's a chance it might not work. And that either me, Jenny, or both, will die."
"What!?" Shalimar exclaimed.
"Emma you can't go through with it," Brennan ordered.
"You guys, if I don't do this I definitely will die. At least this way I have I chance. And I *know* I will make it - with all of you here helping, how could I not?"
Although they were still worried the others had no reply to that and had to go along with it whether they liked it or not.
*
A while later, everything was ready for the ritual. Emma too, was now asleep and Shalimar and Jesse had exited the lab to wash their hands after spreading a powder-substance in a circle around the beings. Adam was dimming the lights. Brennan walked up to Gary and handed him the book to chant from. "Good luck," he said as he handed it over.
"Thanks."
"Oh and by, the way?" Brennan added.
"Yeah?"
"If anything happens to her, I'll kill you myself."
Gary said nothing, but nodded, understanding where Brennan was coming from. Shalimar, Jesse and Adam all re-entered the lab and then Gary handed them each - as well as Brennan - a glowing stone. "Could you please all take your places around the circle?"
They moved, to their previously located spots. Brennan would have liked to be standing where Shalimar was - near Emma - but at least he still had a good view.
"So, does anyone else feel strange about performing a supernatural ritual in a scientific laboratory?" Jesse joked.
Brennan saw Adam forcing a smile, but only for a minute. They were all too weary and worried to have the strength enough just to laugh. He looked down to his palms at the blue glowing stones. Gary said they helped to transmit energy to the bodies. The energy of the one holding the stone, his energy. He didn't really like this magic stuff and hadn't understood everything Gary had said - unlike Adam had - but did know that it would help Emma survive and also be healthier once she woke and so he had agreed. If it would help Emma he would probably have agreed to anything Gary had asked him to do. He heard Gary chanting. Brennan couldn't understand what he was saying though...maybe it was another language. He wasn't sure, but something was happening because out of nowhere this dense smoke began to form in front of his eyes. The stone stared to glow even more and then positively shine. Light burst out through his stone, cutting through the smoke like a knife, but as the room began to grow brighter, Brennan's head began to grow heavier and he saw more and more dark. His body grew tense and then he crumpled onto the floor, passing out even before he reached it.
A/N: Final Part coming very soon! It's almost over!
Morning.
Adam sneaked a look back at Jenny lying unconscious strapped down on a bed behind him. Then he turned back around to face Brennan, Jesse, Shalimar, the real Emma and the other boy Emma said was called Gary. Adam was very interested in how Gary had been able to put Jenny into Emma's body and then do, well whatever he did, to make *another* Emma. "Well before I can reverse the process I'll need to know what Gary here did in the first place."
"Oh," Emma said, "Gary found out how to reverse it already."
"Then perhaps he better explain himself," Adam said.
"Explain what?" Gary asked.
"Well, for starters why you and Jenny have been switching her into other people's bodies. Then you could say how."
Emma noticed how Adam, Brennan, Jesse and Shalimar were all eyeing Gary as if they didn't trust him. Emma did expect that, but she had hoped her friends would have understood that *she* did and therefore cut him some slack.
"Jenny became sick a while back and she had no chance of surviving - it was because of her mutant abilities," Gary started to explain.
"They were evolving too fast?" Adam offered.
"No, the illness was a rare one, but her mutations prevented the only available cure working. It could only cure normal human beings. I found a way to switch bodies, so that she could survive, but when we found out it killed the host after she left it Jenny didn't want to stop. I had to continue the switching to keep her alive." Gary trailed off here, but Emma felt it her duty to continue.
"After Jenny got into my body, at first it was as if we were sharing. Then, he took my spirit out and contained it before forming an image of me - this image. It's not a real body, but it's like it," Emma said.
"Can you get things back to normal?" Adam asked.
"Well, I can get Emma back into her real body and Jenny out of it, if that's what you mean," Gary said.
"And then what will you do with Jenny?" Jesse asked.
"Her real body's on that chair," Emma said, pointing to the figure lying on one chair that had gone unnoticed by Shalimar, Brennan and Jesse. "We'll put her back into it. And we got the stuff to do the ritual with a few days ago from this guy."
"Abrahm?" Adam said suddenly.
"Yeah," Gary said. "How do you know him?"
"Only by reputation. How do *you* know him?"
"I was a student of his."
"So you do this sorta mumbo-jumbo and screw up people's lives for a living?" Shalimar asked.
"Shalimar!" Emma said, "Gary isn't our enemy."
"Emma, he's killed people!"
"Not directly and it wasn't his fault anyway. He was trying to save his sister, things just happened!"
"Okay, we better stop pointing fingers and just get on with the process," Adam said.
"Adam's right," Emma said and ran round to the other bed she needed to be strapped into. Jesse helped her. Brennan and Shalimar took out the things needed for the ritual from the bag Emma and Gary brought with them.
As everyone began to help Gary still hesitated. "Emma," he called softly," you do know..."
"Yeah, I do. It's okay," she said.
"Know what?" Brennan asked.
As all of Mutant X turned to look at her Emma had to answer, "There's a chance it might not work. And that either me, Jenny, or both, will die."
"What!?" Shalimar exclaimed.
"Emma you can't go through with it," Brennan ordered.
"You guys, if I don't do this I definitely will die. At least this way I have I chance. And I *know* I will make it - with all of you here helping, how could I not?"
Although they were still worried the others had no reply to that and had to go along with it whether they liked it or not.
*
A while later, everything was ready for the ritual. Emma too, was now asleep and Shalimar and Jesse had exited the lab to wash their hands after spreading a powder-substance in a circle around the beings. Adam was dimming the lights. Brennan walked up to Gary and handed him the book to chant from. "Good luck," he said as he handed it over.
"Thanks."
"Oh and by, the way?" Brennan added.
"Yeah?"
"If anything happens to her, I'll kill you myself."
Gary said nothing, but nodded, understanding where Brennan was coming from. Shalimar, Jesse and Adam all re-entered the lab and then Gary handed them each - as well as Brennan - a glowing stone. "Could you please all take your places around the circle?"
They moved, to their previously located spots. Brennan would have liked to be standing where Shalimar was - near Emma - but at least he still had a good view.
"So, does anyone else feel strange about performing a supernatural ritual in a scientific laboratory?" Jesse joked.
Brennan saw Adam forcing a smile, but only for a minute. They were all too weary and worried to have the strength enough just to laugh. He looked down to his palms at the blue glowing stones. Gary said they helped to transmit energy to the bodies. The energy of the one holding the stone, his energy. He didn't really like this magic stuff and hadn't understood everything Gary had said - unlike Adam had - but did know that it would help Emma survive and also be healthier once she woke and so he had agreed. If it would help Emma he would probably have agreed to anything Gary had asked him to do. He heard Gary chanting. Brennan couldn't understand what he was saying though...maybe it was another language. He wasn't sure, but something was happening because out of nowhere this dense smoke began to form in front of his eyes. The stone stared to glow even more and then positively shine. Light burst out through his stone, cutting through the smoke like a knife, but as the room began to grow brighter, Brennan's head began to grow heavier and he saw more and more dark. His body grew tense and then he crumpled onto the floor, passing out even before he reached it.
A/N: Final Part coming very soon! It's almost over!