Disclaimer: I do own Mutant X and everything about them. Ahahahha! Yeah
right! I wish I did, but I don't.
Rating: PG
Summary: A short chapter concluding Ashlocke's visit into Emma's mind.
A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed- you were great! :-) Sorry for the delay, but I've been really busy lately. But hey, even though it's really short, I've finally found the time to post. Don't worry- there are still a bunch of surprises coming your way. ************************************************************************
Revelations
Chapter 5: The Spirit Within
You were bound. You were free. You wear black. For me. You were dark. Dark as night. You were wrong. You were right.
- John Ondrasik
XXXX Adam and Emma at Sanctuary XXXX
"Emma! Come on, wake up!" Adam yelled at Emma's jerking body, still shaking her shoulders roughly. As another cut appeared on her arms, her eyes fluttered, fighting to open. Finally seeing a reaction, Adam stopped shaking her and just held her bloodstained body in his arms. The convulsions grew to a peak, then suddenly stopped, Emma's eyes shooting open simultaneously.
Blinking slowly, she stared off into space, at the ceiling, for several seconds, not moving or even breathing. Turning her eyes to the side, she saw Adam and smiled weakly, as she slowly tried to prop herself up on her elbows.
"Adam," Emma whispered faintly, her head swaying slightly from side to side. Adam softly grabbed her shoulder to help her sit up, waiting patiently for her to continue talking. Trying to speak again, her eyes started to flutter and roll back, as the pain from numerous cuts began to flood every corner of her body.
"Help. me," she gasped before collapsing on the floor.
"Emma!" Adam rushed to grab her jerking body. Drops of sweat appeared on Emma's forehead as she fell back into having stiff convulsions. Grabbing her body and lifting her up, Adam quickly carried Emma down the stairs, drops of blood splattering the stairs and off-white floor.
"Em, please. you have to fight back," Adam choked out, his face a contorted picture of shame and pain. Approaching the med lab, the door started to open, taking what felt like a lifetime to Adam. Laying Emma's thrashed and bruised body on the chair across from Jesse, Adam strapped her to chair so she wouldn't fall off. He quickly pulled over the biostat monitor and connected several sensors to her wrists and neck, cutting off her tank top to place heart and breathing rate biosensors to her chest. Still seeing no response in her condition, Adam ran over to a counter, grabbing the vaccine containing a potent sedative, checking to see that it worked correctly. As he turned back towards Emma, he saw a table flying over, flasks and pipets crashing into the floor and breaking into dozens of pieces. A circular gust started forming around Emma, knocking over flasks and cylinders and blowing about various papers and lightweight objects.
"Emma!" Adam yelled as he slowly made his way back to her side, holding her head and injecting her neck with the sedative. Shaking and jerking even more, almost to the point of falling off the chair, Emma's eyes shot open as she attempted to grab Adam's sleeve. Grabbing her flailing hand, Adam stood by her momentarily.
"Please go!. I'm in this alone. Go!" Emma managed to say between convulsions. Holding her hand for one last moment and giving it a light squeeze, Adam softly kissed her forehead, before letting her fingertips slip through his palms. Turning around, Adam found Jesse lying on the chair, his eyes wide open in shock.
"Adam, please tell me this is not happening!"
"It sure is, and we've gotta get the hell out of here fast! You go ahead, I'll be right out!"
"What about Emma?" Jesse yelled as he pointed towards her.
"I'll take care of her!" Adam muttered to Jesse, as he grabbed Jesse's arm, forcing him off his chair. Barely able to walk through the growing gusts, Jesse slowly made his way to the med lab door, dodging papers and pens and letting larger objects and glassware phase through him, while Adam almost crawled back to the main computer. Adam quickly set up a force field to protect Emma and contain the destruction, while Jesse stood outside, leaning on the door because he was in so much pain that he was barely able to stand. Looking up from the computer, Adam checked to see if the field was activated. Suddenly, an empty flask knocked Adam on the back of his head, the glass shattering everywhere as Adam fell onto the keyboard, unconscious.
Seeing Adam knocked out, Jesse frantically tried to walk through the hallway that led nearest to where Adam was, tripping along the way and using the wall for support. Phasing through the wall with all of the strength he had left, Jesse grabbed Adam by the shoulders and dragged him towards the hallway, phasing both of them back through the wall. Appearing on the other side, Jesse dropped Adam onto the floor, unable to hold him any longer. Jesse crunched over gasping for air and trying frenziedly to calm his body, but instead fell down beside Adam, leaving both of them laying on the floor unconscious.
Back inside the med lab, the gusts had grown so strong that everything inside was airborne, circling around Emma. Looking placidly off into space, Emma couldn't see what was happening around her, she could only hear glass breaking and the wind howling. Yet, she could still feel Ashlocke's presence in her mind. The only thing that she felt was the pain her nerves were relaying to her brain and the soft kiss Adam had just given her. Emma felt like she was going to die because she was in so much pain, but she decided that she wouldn't. She had too much to live for- friends, teammates, those whom she helped, and that one feeling that she had never really felt before this last year- true friendship. Thinking again about the kiss, that soft, friendly kiss, she tried desperately to take several deep breaths. Breathing in and out in an attempt to control the convulsions, she felt herself being lifted by the wind, ever so slowly. The restraints she had noticed earlier must have broken off. As a last resort Emma formed a huge psionic blast over her forehead.
"Go to hell, Ashlocke!" Emma screamed, shooting the psionic blast with no particular aim. As Emma fell back towards the chair, the entire room went up in a white light, blowing everything inside to the walls and breaking so many unfinished experiments in that brief second.
To Be Continued..
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Author's Note: Yeah, I know that that was really, really short, but I promise the next chapter will be much longer (and will actually include Brennan and Shalimar- yeah!). And hey, if the reviews come rolling in, I'll try very, very hard to get the next chapter up by this weekend. So PLEASE REVIEW! (
Rating: PG
Summary: A short chapter concluding Ashlocke's visit into Emma's mind.
A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed- you were great! :-) Sorry for the delay, but I've been really busy lately. But hey, even though it's really short, I've finally found the time to post. Don't worry- there are still a bunch of surprises coming your way. ************************************************************************
Revelations
Chapter 5: The Spirit Within
You were bound. You were free. You wear black. For me. You were dark. Dark as night. You were wrong. You were right.
- John Ondrasik
XXXX Adam and Emma at Sanctuary XXXX
"Emma! Come on, wake up!" Adam yelled at Emma's jerking body, still shaking her shoulders roughly. As another cut appeared on her arms, her eyes fluttered, fighting to open. Finally seeing a reaction, Adam stopped shaking her and just held her bloodstained body in his arms. The convulsions grew to a peak, then suddenly stopped, Emma's eyes shooting open simultaneously.
Blinking slowly, she stared off into space, at the ceiling, for several seconds, not moving or even breathing. Turning her eyes to the side, she saw Adam and smiled weakly, as she slowly tried to prop herself up on her elbows.
"Adam," Emma whispered faintly, her head swaying slightly from side to side. Adam softly grabbed her shoulder to help her sit up, waiting patiently for her to continue talking. Trying to speak again, her eyes started to flutter and roll back, as the pain from numerous cuts began to flood every corner of her body.
"Help. me," she gasped before collapsing on the floor.
"Emma!" Adam rushed to grab her jerking body. Drops of sweat appeared on Emma's forehead as she fell back into having stiff convulsions. Grabbing her body and lifting her up, Adam quickly carried Emma down the stairs, drops of blood splattering the stairs and off-white floor.
"Em, please. you have to fight back," Adam choked out, his face a contorted picture of shame and pain. Approaching the med lab, the door started to open, taking what felt like a lifetime to Adam. Laying Emma's thrashed and bruised body on the chair across from Jesse, Adam strapped her to chair so she wouldn't fall off. He quickly pulled over the biostat monitor and connected several sensors to her wrists and neck, cutting off her tank top to place heart and breathing rate biosensors to her chest. Still seeing no response in her condition, Adam ran over to a counter, grabbing the vaccine containing a potent sedative, checking to see that it worked correctly. As he turned back towards Emma, he saw a table flying over, flasks and pipets crashing into the floor and breaking into dozens of pieces. A circular gust started forming around Emma, knocking over flasks and cylinders and blowing about various papers and lightweight objects.
"Emma!" Adam yelled as he slowly made his way back to her side, holding her head and injecting her neck with the sedative. Shaking and jerking even more, almost to the point of falling off the chair, Emma's eyes shot open as she attempted to grab Adam's sleeve. Grabbing her flailing hand, Adam stood by her momentarily.
"Please go!. I'm in this alone. Go!" Emma managed to say between convulsions. Holding her hand for one last moment and giving it a light squeeze, Adam softly kissed her forehead, before letting her fingertips slip through his palms. Turning around, Adam found Jesse lying on the chair, his eyes wide open in shock.
"Adam, please tell me this is not happening!"
"It sure is, and we've gotta get the hell out of here fast! You go ahead, I'll be right out!"
"What about Emma?" Jesse yelled as he pointed towards her.
"I'll take care of her!" Adam muttered to Jesse, as he grabbed Jesse's arm, forcing him off his chair. Barely able to walk through the growing gusts, Jesse slowly made his way to the med lab door, dodging papers and pens and letting larger objects and glassware phase through him, while Adam almost crawled back to the main computer. Adam quickly set up a force field to protect Emma and contain the destruction, while Jesse stood outside, leaning on the door because he was in so much pain that he was barely able to stand. Looking up from the computer, Adam checked to see if the field was activated. Suddenly, an empty flask knocked Adam on the back of his head, the glass shattering everywhere as Adam fell onto the keyboard, unconscious.
Seeing Adam knocked out, Jesse frantically tried to walk through the hallway that led nearest to where Adam was, tripping along the way and using the wall for support. Phasing through the wall with all of the strength he had left, Jesse grabbed Adam by the shoulders and dragged him towards the hallway, phasing both of them back through the wall. Appearing on the other side, Jesse dropped Adam onto the floor, unable to hold him any longer. Jesse crunched over gasping for air and trying frenziedly to calm his body, but instead fell down beside Adam, leaving both of them laying on the floor unconscious.
Back inside the med lab, the gusts had grown so strong that everything inside was airborne, circling around Emma. Looking placidly off into space, Emma couldn't see what was happening around her, she could only hear glass breaking and the wind howling. Yet, she could still feel Ashlocke's presence in her mind. The only thing that she felt was the pain her nerves were relaying to her brain and the soft kiss Adam had just given her. Emma felt like she was going to die because she was in so much pain, but she decided that she wouldn't. She had too much to live for- friends, teammates, those whom she helped, and that one feeling that she had never really felt before this last year- true friendship. Thinking again about the kiss, that soft, friendly kiss, she tried desperately to take several deep breaths. Breathing in and out in an attempt to control the convulsions, she felt herself being lifted by the wind, ever so slowly. The restraints she had noticed earlier must have broken off. As a last resort Emma formed a huge psionic blast over her forehead.
"Go to hell, Ashlocke!" Emma screamed, shooting the psionic blast with no particular aim. As Emma fell back towards the chair, the entire room went up in a white light, blowing everything inside to the walls and breaking so many unfinished experiments in that brief second.
To Be Continued..
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Author's Note: Yeah, I know that that was really, really short, but I promise the next chapter will be much longer (and will actually include Brennan and Shalimar- yeah!). And hey, if the reviews come rolling in, I'll try very, very hard to get the next chapter up by this weekend. So PLEASE REVIEW! (
