~~~

Marc and Shalimar merely looked into the eyes of the young man before them and they were terrified by what they saw. The young man had no emotion behind his blue eyes what so ever as he stared back at them.

"Why won't people just leave me alone?" he screamed at them bringing his hands and turning them into two large hammers

"We are here to help you" Shalimar yelled to him but it didn't seem to register with him as he raised his hands above head. Seeing his mid section left open Shalimar quickly stood up and kicked him in his stomach making him stumble back. "come on" she yelled to Marc as they moved away from the coughing mutant

"That guy is totally insane" Marc said after they stopped running

"Yeah no kidding" she replied turning on her com ring "Brennan can you hear me?"

"Shal where are you? Are you ok?"

"Yeah we're fine but our new mutant has gone completely insane" as soon as she finished the sentence the young mutant landed on top of a nearby car fists first smashing in the roof

"Going somewhere?" he asked with a sadistic smirk before changing his hands into large, what can only be described as pitchforks and lunging at them

Pushing Marc out of the way Shalimar rolled in the opposite direction narrowly avoiding the man's sharp instruments. "Listen we only want to help you" she tried to plead with again giving Brennan and the others enough time to find them.

The man ignored her and swung his left hand at her. Shalimar leant back and watched the knives pass by her mid section, narrowly missing. When his hand completely passed her she punched him the face causing him to down on one knee. She went to go punch him again when he morphed that hand into a type of shield and backhanded her sending sprawling onto the dirt floor.

Dazed she tried to stand as she saw the man smile wickedly and lung at her with his opposite knife morphed hand outstretched. He had just about reached her when a loud shout rung out

"NO" screamed Marc as he jumped in front of Shalimar and was impaled with all three of the knives. He looked the fellow mutant in the eyes as he struggled to stay on his feet.

Just as he let go of the new mutant and began to sink to the ground Brennan, Jesse and Emma came from a stack of cars. Seeing Marc slump to the ground and the new mutant re focus his attention to Shalimar, Brennan charged and fired a large telsa coil at the man's back sending him flying into a nearby smashed car.

"Shal" he said afterwards as he and the others rushed to her side as she cradled the dying Marc in her arms

"Why?" she asked

"You were all there except me" he said as the blood began to trickle down the side of his cheek

Shalimar sobbed as Emma kneeled before both of them "Let me ease the pain" Emma said as she shot a mental blast at the dying man

***

The two were surrounded by warmth and light as they stood on the thin line between life and death.

"I die happy Emma" he said to her

"What did you see that made you do what you did?"

"I saw happiness but it wasn't mine. I realized that in order for it all stop I needed to take myself out of the equation and here" he raised his hands indicating their surroundings "I am"

"There had to have been another way"

"No I think in the back of my mind I always knew this is what had to be done" he replied giving her a hug "The future is a beautiful place and you are all going to be very happy" he smiled before letting go of her and heading toward the light

Emma felt herself being pulled in the other direction and before she knew it she was back in reality

***

Emma blinked several times in order to clear her thoughts. She looked down at Marc with a tear stained face "thank you" he whispered before closing his eyes forever

"What did he mean by we were all there except him?" asked Jesse

"He realized that it was him who was causing all the trouble with death. He told me the only way to make it stop was to take himself out of the equation and when he did everything worked out. He said he was dying happy and that the future is beautiful place and we should enjoy it" explained Emma as she wiped a tear from her cheek

Placing a hand on her shoulder Shalimar did the best she could to comfort the psionic "we will make sure we do"

Emma smiled at her friend's words "yeah" she whispered as she nodded before falling silent and giving the feral a hug

After a moment Brennan spoke "Let's take him back to sanctuary, give him a proper burial"

~~~

TBC……..One chapter to go!! Let me know what you think of it by leaving a review.