Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Mutant X,... although I really wish that I did.

Rating: PG

Pairings: I guess I've ended up pairing Shal/Bren and Jesse/Emma. Tell me what you think!

Author's Note: Hi again, everyone. Thanks to all who reviewed, your comments were great! Since my plot has changed some, I've decided to also change the rating to fit it better. This is the third chapter to my sequel to A Breed Apart. I hope that you like it! Please read and review :-)

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Chapter 3 : Unexpected Fate

XXXX Emma and Jesse in the Double Helix, Adam at Sanctuary XXXX

"What?!" Adam asked as he hit his hand on the med lab wall, wording 'Damn it'.

"Yeah, I tried to get a read off Shalimar and then Brennan, and they both gave

back the same thing- complete darkness. They must...be unconscious," Emma answered,

worry filling her voice.

"Okay, stay calm guys. Just... keep going with what we discussed before. They

shouldn't be too far from the Audi. And make sure that you're really careful!" Adam

answered, as he dragged his hand over his face and turned his com link off.

XXXX Several minutes later XXXX

Coming out of an alley, Jesse and Emma turned the corner onto a dimly lit street. The

street was lined with multi-story apartment buildings and little shops, almost all of them

were dark, since it was so late at night. That is, everyone was asleep except for the people

at the night club. Both Emma and Jesse began walking down the sidewalk towards the club.

"Adam, we're here. But I don't see them anywhere," Jesse spoke with worry into

his com ring.

"They should be within 50 feet of your present position... almost right in front of

you," Adam replied back after looking at the locator map on the computer screen. Emma

and Jesse kept walking, passing several parked cars, all the while looking around, hoping

to find either Brennan or Shalimar just sitting on a bench together or walking down an

alley. They couldn't even find the Audi. After walking for several minutes, they both

stopped and leaned against one of the building's walls, with all hope of finding Brennan

and Shalimar gone.

"Adam, we're going...." Jesse started to say before being interrupted.

"Wait! I see it! We passed it without noticing it!" Emma exclaimed, as both she

and Jesse ran over to the Audi. Located in the darkest part of the street, being the farthest

away from the sodium lights, it was no wonder that they missed it. Back at Sanctuary,

Adam's face lit up with joy, as he believed that his premonitions had been wrong. Jesse

began looking in the windows on the drivers side, while Emma looked in on the passenger

side, searching for any traces of Brennan or Shalimar. Inside the car was nothing of

importance, only two partially drunk lattes in the cup holder and the jacket that Shal had

worn lying in the backseat.

"Appears to be nothing useful in finding where they went, except... hey!, what's

this here?" Jesse asked as he motioned to a reddish-brown spot near the windshield.

"Oh my gosh! That looks like dried on blood!" Emma gasped, suddenly picking

up a horrifying vision of what happened to Brennan and Shalimar. Overcome with

emotion, Emma rested her hand above the passenger door.

"Emma what is it? What...." Jesse started to ask as he noticed a dark colored car

come screeching around the corner and begin stepping on it as it headed towards them.

As both of them turned to look at this, the windows were rolled down and guns were

poked out. The entire street where they were was covered with bullets. Car windows

were breaking everywhere, alarms started going off, and frightened dogs were beginning

to bark, creating total chaos.

"Emma! Ducckk..!!!" Jesse yelled as he attempted to become impervious, while

Emma quickly dropped down and covered her head with her arms. Yet, before Jesse

could completely mass, two bullets struck him- one in his thigh, the other right below his

shoulder. Several seconds later, the gunshots stopped as the vehicle skidded around a

corner and took off.

"What.." Jesse gasped for air, causing him to phase. "What the..." Jesse tried to

say as he took several steps forward, only causing him to gasp more and making him mass.

After continuing his cycle of massing and phasing for a couple of seconds, Jesse tried to

speak again while walking towards Emma, who was cautiously getting up, turning her

head from side to side to make sure that the gunmen were gone.

"Emma,.. I've... been shot!" Jesse managed to say before he fainted from shock

and fell to the ground. Seeing Jesse fall, Emma rushed over to him, grabbing his

unconscious head in the palms of her hands.

"Jesse! Jesse, are you okay?" she cried, trying to hold back sobs. "Oh Jesse, your

always so kind and helpful. Why did those people have to do this to you?" she choked

out, tears streaming down her face. Jesse didn't even move or flutter his eyes from his

seemingly comatose state. Yet, as she crouched there crying over Jesse's limp body, she

heard the sound of sirens- police, ambulance, whatever emergency vehicles could make it

to the scene quickly. Emma looked around, only to see that people were also beginning to

open windows and doors and peek outside at the damage. She knew that she had to

leave, quickly. Determined, she stood up, gathered whatever strength of will she had left,

and somehow managed to get herself and Jesse's body back to the Double Helix.

TBC... XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Author's Note: So, how did you like it? Please review and give your comments; feedback is greatly appreciated. :-) If only I could get... (writer has puppy dog eyes) 8 reviews for this chapter, that would be totally awesome!!! Thanks to all who review.

PS. Sorry the formatting is so bad, I'll try to fix it next time. : )