Summary: When an old friend of Adam turns up craving revenge, it results in the capture of Bren/Shal, but is the love they hold for each other enough to keep them alive?
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Mutant X. Tribune Entertainment Co. owns the rights to these characters. But I do own any other characters.
Notes: Italics with indicate thought. Stars indicate time change or place.
Story by: Quest – shadowfox_fuse@yahoo.com, feel free to email me on any questions or well anything!
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Chapter 10: New friends
She was about to lean in closer to him to see if he was still breathing. Shalimar hesitated for a second not wanting to know. The door flew open and Abby stood in the doorway with two armed guards.
"Get up!" Abby demanded walking up to her.
Shalimar shook her head no and sat by Brennan side. Abby grabbed her by the hair and pulled her up. Shalimar didn't cry out from the pain, in truth she didn't feel anything at all. Her mind was only on Brennan at the moment, wondering if he was still alive. "Let me go!" Shalimar sobbed trying to pull away.
"No you're coming with me," Abby dragged Shalimar out of the cell, with the guards pressing their guns into her back.
"Where are you taking me?" Shalimar asked nervously.
"Crawford wants you with the others," Abby said not looking at Shalimar behind her.
"Others?" Shalimar questioned, trying desperately to take her mind off the fate of Brennan.
Abby didn't say anything for a few seconds, "yes now that there's only one of you he wants you with the others."
Her words stabbed Shalimar in the heart like a million knifes, she quietly sobbed as Abby walked her down the hall to another room. Abby opened up the door and pushed Shalimar in, "I'll be back later."
The door slammed shut behind Shalimar; she noticed four people cuddled up in the corner of the room. Shalimar immediately broke down in full-fleshed tears; she crumbled down to the floor and began rocking herself back and forth. Images of Brennan dead flashed through her head at an amazing rate. She couldn't believe he was dead; he had died before she got a change to tell him her true feelings, it was going to haunt her for the rest of her life. Everywhere she looked she'd see his face, she wasn't sure if she'd be able to walk through Sanctuary that's if she ever made it back.
The three New Mutants at other end of the room looked up at the blonde who was crying by the door. One of the girls looked up from the floor, "he got another one."
"She looks familiar," the other girl replied. "Maybe you should go talk to her Ri, or something."
The girl looked up at her friend, "why me?"
"You're good at that kinda stuff," her friend replied.
"Suuuurrre, whatever." Riley got up from her spot and walked over to Shalimar, "hey are you ok?"
Shalimar kept her head down buried in her arms, "no!"
Riley put her hands up in defense, "whoa, calm down."
"Sorry, I didn't mean to snap…I've had a rough day," Shalimar said finally looking up.
Riley noticed the bruises accompanied by scratches on the women's face. "I can see that."
"Oh these are nothing," Shalimar replied, images of Brennan's beaten body flashed through her head and she began to cry again.
"What's wrong?" Riley asked her.
Shalimar took in a shaky breath, "my friend…he's…dead…and…I didn't get…a chance…to…say goodbye." Shalimar sobbed.
"I'm sorry," Riley said sympathetically. "Do you want to talk about it?" She asked looking back at her friends.
Shalimar sighed trying to regain her composure and shook her head no. Riley sat with her for a few minutes, "are you sure he's dead?"
Shalimar shrugged, "I don't know, they took me away before I could check."
"Maybe I can help," Riley told her.
"How?" Shalimar asked whipping away her tears to get a better look at this girl.
Riley smiled, "we're all New Mutants you know."
Shalimar couldn't help but grin, "what kind are you?"
"I'm a Psionic hybrid," Riley said proudly.
"A Psionic hybrid?" Shalimar questioned.
"Ya I'm telepathic, illusionist, and precog," Riley explained.
"A precog, what's that?" Shalimar asked finally getting control of her emotions.
"I can see the future before it happens," Riley told her.
Shalimar smiled, "and you didn't see being captured before it happened?"
Riley shrugged, "hey I'm just learning how to control it." Shalimar laughed, Riley was glad. "I'm Riley, by the way."
"I'm Shalimar," she returned. "Who are they?" Shalimar nodded towards the group of two.
"Come on, I'll introduce you," Riley stood up and held her hand out for Shalimar to take.
Shalimar took her hand and got up, she was sort of glad that she was put into a holding cell with others it was taking her mind off of Brennan.
The only guy in the group eagerly stood up, "hi I'm Vince," he shook Shalimar's hand.
Riley just rolled her eyes at him, "that's Shannon," she pointed to the girl next to Vince.
"Hi," Shalimar said softly.
"Guys this is Shalimar," Riley told them.
Shannon raised her eyebrow, "Shalimar Fox?"
"Yup," she replied.
"From Mutant X?" Shannon asked. Shalimar shook her head yes. "I thought I recognized you. You guys put us in the underground a long time ago."
"Really? I don't remember sorry," Shalimar sat down with Riley across from them.
"You probably wouldn't we were placed there a couple of years ago," Vince smiled.
Shalimar grinned trying to be happy but in the back of her mind all she could think about is Brennan. "So what powers do you two have?"
"I'm a Molecular hybrid," Shannon answered.
"And I'm a Feral hybrid," Vince sighed.
"What's wrong with being a Feral hybrid?" Shalimar asked him with a hint of anger.
"Oh nothing really, unless you're both feline and canine feral," Vince banged his head lightly on the wall behind him.
Shalimar burst out laughing, "that must be fun."
Vince rolled his eyes, and Shalimar grinned. 'You should see him when he doesn't have a governor in the back of his head. It's hilarious.' Shalimar glanced over at Riley, swearing she heard her voice in her head. 'Ya I'm inside your head, just think of what you're going to say and I can hear you.'
Vince glared at Riley, "are you two talking about me?"
"Us? Never," Riley said trying to act astonished at his comment.
"Why don't you have a sub-dermal governor in place?" Shalimar turned to Riley. "Everyone else but you."
"They don't think I can do any damage I guess." Riley said trying not to lie through her teeth.
"A Psionic not doing damage, that'll be the day," Shalimar mumbled.
Shannon and Vince laughed at her comment, Riley darted a glare at them and they laughed harder.
"So what about you?" Shalimar asked.
Shannon smiled, "I have the abilities of intangibility, propulsion, and invisibility."
"Could you put that in English?" Shalimar asked rubbing her head.
Shannon giggled, "I can walk through walls, move at the speed of light, and go invisible."
"Ahh, that's cool." Shalimar nodded her head.
"So what about you what's your mutant ability?" Shannon asked finally getting a change to meet someone else.
"I'm a feline feral," Shalimar asked.
Shannon immediately started drilling in questions, "what's it like outside? Why did he bring you here? Were you the only one captured?"
"Whoa one question at a time," Shalimar jumped.
"Sorry," Shannon hung her head.
"How long have you guys been in here?"
"Three weeks and counting," Vince answered sarcastically.
"Three weeks?" Shalimar was shocked, "but how? We only learned about new mutants being kidnapped a couple of days ago."
"It was all a set up," Shannon explained.
"How?"
"We were part of Crawford's team to hunt you down, because you were the ones that put us in the Underground," Shannon began to explain. "So he thought that we would know where to find Adam."
"We didn't know his true intentions until three weeks ago," Vince added. "When we did find out, we tried to escape and he threw us in here." He pointed to their surroundings.
"Fun," Shalimar said sarcastically.
"So were you the only one captured?" Shannon finally asked.
Shalimar hung her head, "no, but my friend…well he's dead now so it's only me."
"Oh, I'm sorry." Shannon said sympathetically.
There was a long period of silence and Riley finally spoke up. "Since we're stuck in here together, might as well pass the time." She turned to Shalimar. "Do you want me to tell you your future?"
"Ahh…. I don't think I want to know," Shalimar answered.
"Come on it'll be fun," Riley said excitedly.
Shalimar hesitated for a moment and sighed, "fine."
Riley took a deep breath and placed her hands over Shalimar's temples. An image of Shalimar quickly appeared she was standing over a medical bed crying over a man that Riley was unable to see. The scene quickly changed where Shalimar was lying in a bed cuddled up with a handsome man. Without warning more images of Shalimar and this man bombarded Riley's mind like a slideshow. Riley broke the connection for a second, trying not to take in too many images at once. "Whoa does this guy have a brother?"
"What?" Shalimar was a little confused.
"The guy you're all over in your future," Riley explained.
"Huh?" Shalimar asked.
Riley huffed; concentrated on the man that Shalimar had in her future and projected the image into her mind. Shalimar gasped as she saw the image of Brennan enter her mind. Riley, "what is it?"
"It's…its…Brennan," Shalimar sobbed.
"Who is Brennan?" Shannon asked.
"He…is…suppose to be…dead," Shalimar took in a shaky breath.
"Was he the other one that got captured?" Vince asked.
Shalimar shook her head yes, "he was tortured…and before they took me away…his eyes just shut…I don't know if he died." Shalimar stuttered. "But he's alive, right? If you saw him in my future that means he's alive, right?" She asked Riley with high hopes.
Riley glanced down, "ahh, well yes but sometimes things happen that change it, and sometimes the future doesn't tell me everything."
"So that still is good right?" Shalimar asked getting desperate.
"I guess so," Riley answered.
"Until she tells you that you're going to get caught before it happens, and yet you still do," Vince rolled his eyes.
"Well we wouldn't have, but you just had to stop and chase yourself in the middle of the hall, while Zan chased after us with his minions." Shannon explained, getting giggles from Shalimar and Riley.
"What? I couldn't help it," Vince tried to defended him self, which was obviously useless because the girls continued laughing.
The laugher soon died down and the group sat in silence. As Shalimar thought that Brennan could actually be alive. "Can you show me?" She finally asked.
"Show you what?" Riley asked.
"My future," Shalimar begged.
Riley looked sheepishly. "I've never shown anyone their future they just show it to me."
"Please will you try," Shalimar begged once again.
"I can try I'm not sure how it'll turn out though," Riley explained.
"I don't care I want to see," Shalimar replied.
Riley closed her eyes and placed her hand directly on Shalimar's temples. Shalimar felt a rush of images flash through her head, but suddenly they all slowed down and stopped.
Riley and Shalimar stood of in a dark medical lab. They watched machines beep again and again, as they were connected to a male figure on the bed. Shalimar squinted her eyes trying to see who it was but it was to dark. Shalimar was going to step forward to get a better look but the door flew open. She saw herself rush into the lab and over to the body, but she was wearing and carrying an extra winter jacket. It was weird for her to see herself in this hazy vision, but she kept watching.
Shalimar watched herself hover over the male shaking him slightly and occasionally looking back over her shoulder to the door. Shalimar could tell that she was talking but couldn't make out the words. The door suddenly busted open and Zan stood there holding a gun pointing it at Shalimar standing over by the bed. She slowly turned around holding up her hands, her mouth moved and Zan looked even more pissed off than he already looked. He cocked the gun and looked like he was about to shoot at her. Shalimar and Riley suddenly heard a shot when the vision was broken off by commotion in the holding cell.
TBC
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