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Mutant X
"Mutant X's European Tour"
Chapter 3- Portugal


In the morning the plane landed on schedule in Portugal. They picked up their bags and headed out to the nearest shops,they had slept on the plane and were ready for the beach. "Wait!" Adam told them. "I need to get the correct currency."

"Will it take long?" Brennan whined. After being on the long plane ride he didn't want to wait for the beach.

"No," he told them. "Sit down on a bench. I'll be right back."

So, Brennan, Shalimar, Jesse, and Emma all sat down with their bags while Adam went to get their currency exchanged. "So, this vacation is or rather WILL be getting to a good start as soon as we get suits and get to the beach," Brennan said relaxing on the bench and putting his arm around Shalimar pulling her closer to him and kissing her forehead.

"Hey! So, when are we going to continue talking about this kissing thing?" Jesse asked.

"I thought we already settled this," Shalimar said.

"No, we agreed to no group discussion," Emma told her, "and since Adam's gone we're not ALL here."

"Does it matter?" Brennan asked.

"Yes!" Emma and Jesse said together.

Adam walked up, "so who's ready for shopping?"

"Me!" Shalimar said happy that he had come when he did.

"Not fair," Emma complained.

"What?" Adam asked.

"Nothing," Brennan told Adam who had a concerned look on his face.

"Jesse?" Adam asked wanting to know what had happened.

"We ALMOST got to discuss the whole kissing thing, but then you came back," Jesse explained.

"I see. Sorry," he told Jesse and Emma who were both obviously not happy.

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LAGOS, PORTUGAL
THE BEACH

Adam had decided to let his kids go off on his own while he was at the local library. Meanwhile Brennan, Jesse, Emma, and Shalimar were hanging out on the beach. Brennan had picked out dark blue bathing suit trunks, while Jesse had picked out some tan ones. Shalimar and Emma had picked out bikinis, Shalimar's was leapord print and Emma's was blue and purple. And as Adam had requested they had all picked up sunscreen. The four found a nice spot on the beach, and spread out the towels, Shalimar and Emma sun bathed for awhile while Brennan and Jesse played beach football. After awhile they ended up in the ocean in a water fight. Brennan had hit Emma accidentally with the footbal and from that it had turned out into an all out water war. At noon, the gang headed to the library to check in with Adam.


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LAGOS, PORTUGAL
LIBRARY


Adam had a whole bunch of books spread over a table all opened to a certain page. "Hey Adam," Emma greeted and he looked up to see all four of his children smiling. They were happy and that made him happy.

"You all having fun?" Adam asked.

"Yes," Jesse answered.

"We're checking in," Shalimar told him.

"It's noon, Adam," Brennan added.

"Oh my, where did the time go?" Adam said looking down at his watch. "Okay, so be back here at 5: 30 pm, okay?"

"Yeah," they all said and then headed out. When they approached the beach they decided to split up.

"I want a group picture," Emma said and asked a person passing by to take a picture and they did. "Okay, so what's the plan?"

"We're going to go out on a boat," Brennan said pulling Shalimar to him.

"Well, we're going horseback riding," Emma said.

"5: 30pm. Library," Shalimar said as they split up.


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LAGOS, PORTUGAL
IN THE OCEAN

It was a small boat, but it suited their purposes which were to be away from people. Brennan held Shalimar in his arms. Shalimar had fallen asleep, but Brennan didn't mind he just enjoyed holding her. Brennan looked down at his watch. Four forty-five pm. "Damn," he said softly. He kissed Shalimar's neck, "Shal' ? It's time to wake up. We're going to be late."

Shalimar opened her eyes, "What time is it?" she asked as she stretched out her arms.

"Four forty-five pm. We've got forty-five minutes to get back."

"Okay," Shalimar said kissing Brennan and he kissed her back.

"You know we won't get back if we keep this up," Brennan said pulling away from Shalimar. "Plus, we can continue this later...at the very latest tomorrow in Spain."

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LAGOS, PORTUGAL
LIBRARY


Adam, Jesse, and Emma were waiting for Shalimar and Brennan. It was almost six pm and they weren't back yet. "Give them a few more minutes, Adam," Emma said knowing that he was getting worried, but soon they heard their laughter.

Adam crossed his arms and gave them a serious look, "where have you two been?"

"Sorry," Shalimar apoligized.

"It took longer than we thought," Brennan told him. "We're sorry, okay?"

"No, it's not okay. Look I want all of you to have fun, but if I have to treat you like children then I will," Adam told them. "Shalimar. Brennan. I want you two seperated until I say so." Adam was holding the bridge of his nose trying to calm down.

"Adam, you've got to..." Brennan said angerly.

"Brennan!" Shalimar scolded.


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LISBON, PORTUGAL
BAIXA

Adam, Emma, Jesse, Shalimar, and Brennan walked into Baixa, an old town. The streets were cobblestone. Adam set up camp at a resturant, he sat there with Shalimar while the others went exploring. "Adam..." Shalimar said breaking the silence. It had been forty-five minutes and all Adam had done was sip his coffee and look around at the scenery. "Adam, I'm sorry. We honestly thought we'd be back in time." Shalimar looked down at her still full cup of coffee.

"Shalimar, It's not that I'm mad at you and Brennan for developing this relationship, but...I don't want to see anything happen to any of you...sometimes I think that you don't think with your head especially around Brennan."

"Do you think it's wrong for us to get involved?"

"It's not my place."

"But it is. Adam, if you think It's a big mistake, then we'll stop."

"Shalimar, I can't just order you to stop feeling for Brennan."

"We didn't mean to...I don't want you to be mad, Adam."

"I'm not mad," he told her and hugged her. "I could never be mad at you."


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LISBON, PORTUGAL
ALFAMA


Alfama was a lot like Baixa. There were cobblestone streets, markets with craft stands, squares, and castles. The entire team went off exploring, Adam let Shalimar and Brennan stay together as long as they behaived. They walked through the market and they all picked up a suivineer. Next they visited a local castle, it was dark, but beautiful. After the castle, they ate dinner and headed for the airport. They got on the plane to Madrid, Spain. The plane's interrior had it so that Shalimar and Brennan were next to the window and the others sat in the middle.

"Shal' , what did you say to, Adam?" Brennan asked.

"Nothing," Shalimar told him.

"At least it's not such a long plane ride. Shal' ?" Brennan asked noticing that she was looking off into space.

"I'm sorry. Brennan, we need to be more careful."

"What?!"

"We need to think more about what we do."

"Shal' , is this what Adam said?"

"This is what I'm saying. We need to remember why we're here. Why we're in Europe."

"To have fun!" Shalimar looked away obviously not happy with him. "I know. Gabriel. I was just trying to forget."

"Well, remember."

"Believe me, I do. I remember when he took you and turned you against us."

"Exactly. We're all here together for a reason."

"I get it," he told her putting his arm around her shoulder and thinking about the last year.


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TBC...

Author's Note: Notice that both "Mutant X's European Tour," and "Returning to Westchester," updates are posted at the same time. So, anyway...ummm....I updated!....oh and I've never been to any of these places. I haven't even left the states before! Anyways I can always wish!

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