~~~
The team spent most of the next day training Megan and Keith. Adam was convinced that the brother and sister would be valuable assets to the team in the future and wanted to get them acclimated and trained as soon as possible, especially since Shalimar and Brennan had their hands full with Sean, which meant they wouldn't always be available to go on missions so having two extra team members around would be an asset.
Shalimar swept Keith's legs out from under him causing him to hit the dojo floor hard. Grunting in frustrating that he had ended on the floor again for the hundredth time in the last hour, Keith decided to he had had enough of sparring with Shalimar for one day.
"Hey man don't take it personally she has been beating the crap out of me since day one" said Brennan as his wife helped the young man off the floor
"Yeah well maybe you are used to it but I'm not" he replied to Brennan before turning to Shalimar "you are good though and I guess I should thank you for not killing me"
"You are welcome. Plus you lasted longer than Brennan did his first time against me" she replied making sure to look her husband in the eye when she did so
Wrapping his arms around her waist Brennan replied "it was because I was so entranced by your beauty" he finished by kissing her on the lips
"Flattery will get you everywhere" she replied leaning into the kiss
"Ok, Ok, enough of that" said Emma from where she and Megan were practicing their mental techniques
Brennan and Shalimar merely broke apart and smiled at their friend "I'm going to go check on Sean and Jesse. Hopefully Jesse hasn't fed him everything in the kitchen" Brennan said before walking off towards the kitchen
Just as Brennan walked away Adam emerged from the lab "Where is Brennan going?" he asked
"He is going to make sure Jesse isn't overstuffing our child again" she replied smiling to herself when she thought about how messy the boy was the last time his uncle decided to feed him lunch
"Well call him back because we have a new mutant who is on a rampage downtown and I need all of you to go and stop him before he hurts someone" he replied
"What kind of mutant?" asked Emma, who unbeknownst to them already knew the answer to her own question
"He appears to be an elemental. However from sighting reports it seems he can change his body to form a certain object. I've never seen anything like it, actually"
"Like how?" asked Megan, intrigued
"Well he can take his fist and turn it into a hammer or a knife" Adam replied holding up his hand
"Wow" said Shalimar
"Yeah so get Brennan and Jesse and head out before anything bad happens because his attacks seem to be escalating as time wares on" Adam replied
"What about us?" Megan asked pointing to herself and then to her brother
"I want the two of you to stay here, you're not ready yet and besides you can help me watch Sean" he replied smirking knowing how much of a handful the boy could be
"Great babysitting duty" muttered Keith
"Hey" growled Shalimar
"Don't worry he is in good hands" Megan replied elbowing her brother in the ribs for good measure
"What about Marc?" Emma asked
"Take him with you, more than likely he knows what is going to happen even though he says he doesn't" replied Adam
"You think he is lying?" Shal asked
"No I just think there is more to everything other than what he is telling us. Now go"
~~~
TBC
The team spent most of the next day training Megan and Keith. Adam was convinced that the brother and sister would be valuable assets to the team in the future and wanted to get them acclimated and trained as soon as possible, especially since Shalimar and Brennan had their hands full with Sean, which meant they wouldn't always be available to go on missions so having two extra team members around would be an asset.
Shalimar swept Keith's legs out from under him causing him to hit the dojo floor hard. Grunting in frustrating that he had ended on the floor again for the hundredth time in the last hour, Keith decided to he had had enough of sparring with Shalimar for one day.
"Hey man don't take it personally she has been beating the crap out of me since day one" said Brennan as his wife helped the young man off the floor
"Yeah well maybe you are used to it but I'm not" he replied to Brennan before turning to Shalimar "you are good though and I guess I should thank you for not killing me"
"You are welcome. Plus you lasted longer than Brennan did his first time against me" she replied making sure to look her husband in the eye when she did so
Wrapping his arms around her waist Brennan replied "it was because I was so entranced by your beauty" he finished by kissing her on the lips
"Flattery will get you everywhere" she replied leaning into the kiss
"Ok, Ok, enough of that" said Emma from where she and Megan were practicing their mental techniques
Brennan and Shalimar merely broke apart and smiled at their friend "I'm going to go check on Sean and Jesse. Hopefully Jesse hasn't fed him everything in the kitchen" Brennan said before walking off towards the kitchen
Just as Brennan walked away Adam emerged from the lab "Where is Brennan going?" he asked
"He is going to make sure Jesse isn't overstuffing our child again" she replied smiling to herself when she thought about how messy the boy was the last time his uncle decided to feed him lunch
"Well call him back because we have a new mutant who is on a rampage downtown and I need all of you to go and stop him before he hurts someone" he replied
"What kind of mutant?" asked Emma, who unbeknownst to them already knew the answer to her own question
"He appears to be an elemental. However from sighting reports it seems he can change his body to form a certain object. I've never seen anything like it, actually"
"Like how?" asked Megan, intrigued
"Well he can take his fist and turn it into a hammer or a knife" Adam replied holding up his hand
"Wow" said Shalimar
"Yeah so get Brennan and Jesse and head out before anything bad happens because his attacks seem to be escalating as time wares on" Adam replied
"What about us?" Megan asked pointing to herself and then to her brother
"I want the two of you to stay here, you're not ready yet and besides you can help me watch Sean" he replied smirking knowing how much of a handful the boy could be
"Great babysitting duty" muttered Keith
"Hey" growled Shalimar
"Don't worry he is in good hands" Megan replied elbowing her brother in the ribs for good measure
"What about Marc?" Emma asked
"Take him with you, more than likely he knows what is going to happen even though he says he doesn't" replied Adam
"You think he is lying?" Shal asked
"No I just think there is more to everything other than what he is telling us. Now go"
~~~
TBC