Ensnared in my Reverie
***There's a new mutant in town, and she has the intention of riding the world with mutants. She can be deadly and you won't even know it until you're already dead***
Summary: Mutants have been dying and Adam is worried this might be some kind of epidemic. But he soon finds out how wrong he is, because all these appeared to have good health when they died. Adam is confused how this new mutant kills, and when he finds out exactly how, there is a price to pay. He must find a cure or he will loose two members.
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***[My last] NOTE*** Well here we are folks, the end of the road. =) I'm watching Taken [Star Movies] Haha, and just as my sister said, I can't do two things at the same time. And it's a good thing I finished this story hours ago. I'm just editing now. =) Ooh, watched the first episode of the second season of Mutant X [time squared] Too bad, there were no Jesse/Emma stuff. Rarr. Oh well, I'll just do a sequel. And this one, it's all about looooooove. =) Hehe. Need I say who? Well, all right. Jesse and Emma, of course. And maybe a little Brennan and Shalimar. And maybe I'll find someone for Adam, or not.
***I hope I satisfied all your expectations for this story even if I sort of, sped things up because I didn't want to keep you waiting. But, basically, everything is in here. The basics. There was a dream, who created this dreamscape, and now? Well, read on and find out! =) Thanks you all! Even just one simple review encouraged me a WHOLE lot! Ask my sisters. I was seriously bragging and jumping with joy because people liked my writing. =) Thanks again, and hope to see you next time! [hehe.okay, I'm being overly dramatic here].
**Disclaimer** [I haven't done this before so I'll do it now] Mutant X is not mine. Seriously.
+read, enjoy, review+
Chapter 10 - Redemption from the Dreamscape
Back at the lab, Brennan noticed something different as he peered down at Emma's monitor. "Adam, come take a look at this," he called and Adam rushed over. "Her breathing's regular, and her pulse rate is normal too," he observed. He looked at Adam.
"It's the same with Jesse," Shalimar added.
Adam looked worried.
"Wait, Adam," Brennan began. "That's good right?"
Adam nodded slowly, and spoke quietly, "It is. It must means that they're not having all those nightmares, anymore. I think this has something to do with-" he paused as he looked around the lab. "Where's Sheila?" Adam asked immediately.
"Bathroom," Shalimar replied nonchalantly. "She wanted some time alone," she added as an explanation but when she saw the look in Adam's face, she started to shake her head. "Adam, no, that's-"
Brennan frowned slightly. "What, you think Sheila did this?"
"It's the type of thing Sheila would do," Adam said as he rushed out the lab, followed by Shalimar and Brennan. When Adam tried the door, he realized the door was locked. "Brennan!"
Brennan snapped his fingers and he issued a spark of electricity to the lock, and it gave way. Adam pushed open the door. "No!" he cried in anguish as he saw Sheila's limp body on the tiled floor. He felt for her pulse, and his shoulders sagged. "She's gone."
Shalimar clamped her hands to her mouth as she began sobbing. Brennan placed a comforting hand on her shoulder, and she turned to him, sobbing in his chest.
"She shouldn't have," Adam murmured, cradling Sheila in his arms.
"She was so young," Shalimar whispered shaking her head.
They all remained there, staring at the sweet smile on Sheila's face, thinking of everything that she went through as a child, and as she grew up. And thinking of what she had sacrificed to save the lives of two of their friends. It was enough.
Adam carried her to the lab, where he laid her on a cot, and covered her in a white blanket. He wished that there were something he could've done to save both Sheila, and also his team members. But he knew in his heart, that no matter what he did, Sheila would still have sacrificed herself. She was in too much pain.
He turned to Emma and Jesse, watching and waiting.
Jesse stirred, and they all rushed forward to him. "Jesse?" Shalimar cried out, tears in her eyes but this time, tears of joy. "Jesse? Can you hear me?"
"Shal?" he murmured hoarsely. And then his eyes opened, and blinked several times to adjust to the bright light. He looked up at all of them, and asked, "What happened?"
"We nearly lost you, buddy," Brennan joked lightly.
Jesse rubbed his eyes, as though he was only waking up from sleeping so long. "Yeah?"
"Oh yeah," Shalimar responded, stroking Jesse's head. "You scared me half to death, all the times you were screaming," she murmured more to herself, than to him.
Jesse sat up, looking restless. "In my dream, I lost all of you."
"It's all right, Jesse. We're all okay," Adam said, smiling. "Welcome back."
And then, seeing Emma, Jesse stood up from the bed, and slowly walked toward her. "Emma," Jesse whispered softly. "Will she be okay, Adam?"
"She'll wake up, Jesse," Adam said assuringly.
"She convinced me that it was all a really bad nightmare," Jesse explained, looking at Emma's serene face. He was thankful that she was alive, that she was okay unlike what he had been made to believe in his dream. He reached up, and gently caressed her face.
Emma's eyes fluttered open. "Jesse!" she exclaimed, her eyes growing wide. "Where are we?"
"Back at the Sanctuary," Adam replied for him. "How are you doing, Emma?"
Emma pushed herself to a sitting position, with Jesse's help. She smiled at all of them. "Wow, this is really real, right?" she asked uncertainly. "And I'm so glad to finally see something."
"What do you mean?" Brennan inquired, raising his eyebrows.
Emma waved her hand dismissively. "It's just that in my mind, when I woke up, I was trapped in this place where there was nothing. You know, just nothing and more nothingness, and I was so terrified that I'd spend the rest of my life in that black hole," she spoke timidly.
"Hey, it's all over now," Shalimar soothed, as she reached over to squeeze Emma's hand.
"Yeah we're awake now," Jesse added smiling.
Emma laughed lightly. "I don't think I'm going to sleep for the next month," she said, placing a hand on her head. "If it wasn't for-" she paused, and the smile in her face vanished as she looked around the lab. "Where's Sheila?"
Jesse looked around too. "Yeah, we owe her so much."
Brennan and Shalimar both looked awkward. Adam bowed his head slightly, his hands in his pockets.
"What's going on?" Jesse asked, looking at each of them.
"Adam?" Emma prodded, worry all over her face.
"Jesse, Emma," Adam began, his voice tight with emotion. "What Sheila did, when she communicated with you in your minds, she wasn't supposed to do that. I knew it would drain her of all her energy-"
"You don't mean-" Emma interrupted, her eyes brimming with tears.
"Adam, she can't be, you-, what you're saying is that-" Jesse stammered. "She's dead?" he asked, his voice dropping so low that it was barely audible.
Adam nodded.
"Can't you save her, Adam?" Emma asked hysterically as she fervently shook her head. "Can't I do anything to save her?" she asked the other question in a tiny whisper. Sheila had save her life, and she never had the chance to even thank her.
"I guess that's the way it is, Emma," Adam replied resigned. "It's what she wanted to do. She felt so bad for what she had done all those years, that doing this was what saved her. I'm sure she died happy knowing in her heart that the two of you would wake up. That's all she asked."
A few days later after Sheila's death, Adam was able to find Helen Benton, Sheila's foster mother. He met up with her and told her the whole story of what happened. She came to the Sanctuary, along with Cooper Reeves to claim Sheila's body. By some miracle, he too was also released from the dreamscape.
"It was because of her," Cooper had said, smiling sadly. "She helped me, but I never knew that she'd die in the process of helping me."
"That was all she wanted," Helen murmured soothingly. "To help you."
A day after Sheila's death, Landon Compton was also released from the dreamscape. He became sane again, and the doctors at the institution found his recovery most miraculous. For years, he had been locked in a world none of them could understand and then suddenly, he was released from it.
Landon came to Adam, to learn the story of Sheila, his only daughter. A week after Sheila's death, he died too, and ironically, he died in his sleep. But he died peacefully, and not because of monsters in his mind. The Comptons were buried beside each other, along with Billy and Donald Benton.
Four people, whom Sheila had learned to love and to care for, even at the cost of living a life of pain because of what she had. Emma, Jesse and Cooper owed their lives to Sheila. They were forever in her debt.
It was a miracle how one life was sacrificed and three lives were redeemed.
And it all happened in their minds, while they were ensnared in their reveries.
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ The End ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
Good night, pleasant dreams. ¤(- . -)¤
***There's a new mutant in town, and she has the intention of riding the world with mutants. She can be deadly and you won't even know it until you're already dead***
Summary: Mutants have been dying and Adam is worried this might be some kind of epidemic. But he soon finds out how wrong he is, because all these appeared to have good health when they died. Adam is confused how this new mutant kills, and when he finds out exactly how, there is a price to pay. He must find a cure or he will loose two members.
Read and review!!!
***[My last] NOTE*** Well here we are folks, the end of the road. =) I'm watching Taken [Star Movies] Haha, and just as my sister said, I can't do two things at the same time. And it's a good thing I finished this story hours ago. I'm just editing now. =) Ooh, watched the first episode of the second season of Mutant X [time squared] Too bad, there were no Jesse/Emma stuff. Rarr. Oh well, I'll just do a sequel. And this one, it's all about looooooove. =) Hehe. Need I say who? Well, all right. Jesse and Emma, of course. And maybe a little Brennan and Shalimar. And maybe I'll find someone for Adam, or not.
***I hope I satisfied all your expectations for this story even if I sort of, sped things up because I didn't want to keep you waiting. But, basically, everything is in here. The basics. There was a dream, who created this dreamscape, and now? Well, read on and find out! =) Thanks you all! Even just one simple review encouraged me a WHOLE lot! Ask my sisters. I was seriously bragging and jumping with joy because people liked my writing. =) Thanks again, and hope to see you next time! [hehe.okay, I'm being overly dramatic here].
**Disclaimer** [I haven't done this before so I'll do it now] Mutant X is not mine. Seriously.
+read, enjoy, review+
Chapter 10 - Redemption from the Dreamscape
Back at the lab, Brennan noticed something different as he peered down at Emma's monitor. "Adam, come take a look at this," he called and Adam rushed over. "Her breathing's regular, and her pulse rate is normal too," he observed. He looked at Adam.
"It's the same with Jesse," Shalimar added.
Adam looked worried.
"Wait, Adam," Brennan began. "That's good right?"
Adam nodded slowly, and spoke quietly, "It is. It must means that they're not having all those nightmares, anymore. I think this has something to do with-" he paused as he looked around the lab. "Where's Sheila?" Adam asked immediately.
"Bathroom," Shalimar replied nonchalantly. "She wanted some time alone," she added as an explanation but when she saw the look in Adam's face, she started to shake her head. "Adam, no, that's-"
Brennan frowned slightly. "What, you think Sheila did this?"
"It's the type of thing Sheila would do," Adam said as he rushed out the lab, followed by Shalimar and Brennan. When Adam tried the door, he realized the door was locked. "Brennan!"
Brennan snapped his fingers and he issued a spark of electricity to the lock, and it gave way. Adam pushed open the door. "No!" he cried in anguish as he saw Sheila's limp body on the tiled floor. He felt for her pulse, and his shoulders sagged. "She's gone."
Shalimar clamped her hands to her mouth as she began sobbing. Brennan placed a comforting hand on her shoulder, and she turned to him, sobbing in his chest.
"She shouldn't have," Adam murmured, cradling Sheila in his arms.
"She was so young," Shalimar whispered shaking her head.
They all remained there, staring at the sweet smile on Sheila's face, thinking of everything that she went through as a child, and as she grew up. And thinking of what she had sacrificed to save the lives of two of their friends. It was enough.
Adam carried her to the lab, where he laid her on a cot, and covered her in a white blanket. He wished that there were something he could've done to save both Sheila, and also his team members. But he knew in his heart, that no matter what he did, Sheila would still have sacrificed herself. She was in too much pain.
He turned to Emma and Jesse, watching and waiting.
Jesse stirred, and they all rushed forward to him. "Jesse?" Shalimar cried out, tears in her eyes but this time, tears of joy. "Jesse? Can you hear me?"
"Shal?" he murmured hoarsely. And then his eyes opened, and blinked several times to adjust to the bright light. He looked up at all of them, and asked, "What happened?"
"We nearly lost you, buddy," Brennan joked lightly.
Jesse rubbed his eyes, as though he was only waking up from sleeping so long. "Yeah?"
"Oh yeah," Shalimar responded, stroking Jesse's head. "You scared me half to death, all the times you were screaming," she murmured more to herself, than to him.
Jesse sat up, looking restless. "In my dream, I lost all of you."
"It's all right, Jesse. We're all okay," Adam said, smiling. "Welcome back."
And then, seeing Emma, Jesse stood up from the bed, and slowly walked toward her. "Emma," Jesse whispered softly. "Will she be okay, Adam?"
"She'll wake up, Jesse," Adam said assuringly.
"She convinced me that it was all a really bad nightmare," Jesse explained, looking at Emma's serene face. He was thankful that she was alive, that she was okay unlike what he had been made to believe in his dream. He reached up, and gently caressed her face.
Emma's eyes fluttered open. "Jesse!" she exclaimed, her eyes growing wide. "Where are we?"
"Back at the Sanctuary," Adam replied for him. "How are you doing, Emma?"
Emma pushed herself to a sitting position, with Jesse's help. She smiled at all of them. "Wow, this is really real, right?" she asked uncertainly. "And I'm so glad to finally see something."
"What do you mean?" Brennan inquired, raising his eyebrows.
Emma waved her hand dismissively. "It's just that in my mind, when I woke up, I was trapped in this place where there was nothing. You know, just nothing and more nothingness, and I was so terrified that I'd spend the rest of my life in that black hole," she spoke timidly.
"Hey, it's all over now," Shalimar soothed, as she reached over to squeeze Emma's hand.
"Yeah we're awake now," Jesse added smiling.
Emma laughed lightly. "I don't think I'm going to sleep for the next month," she said, placing a hand on her head. "If it wasn't for-" she paused, and the smile in her face vanished as she looked around the lab. "Where's Sheila?"
Jesse looked around too. "Yeah, we owe her so much."
Brennan and Shalimar both looked awkward. Adam bowed his head slightly, his hands in his pockets.
"What's going on?" Jesse asked, looking at each of them.
"Adam?" Emma prodded, worry all over her face.
"Jesse, Emma," Adam began, his voice tight with emotion. "What Sheila did, when she communicated with you in your minds, she wasn't supposed to do that. I knew it would drain her of all her energy-"
"You don't mean-" Emma interrupted, her eyes brimming with tears.
"Adam, she can't be, you-, what you're saying is that-" Jesse stammered. "She's dead?" he asked, his voice dropping so low that it was barely audible.
Adam nodded.
"Can't you save her, Adam?" Emma asked hysterically as she fervently shook her head. "Can't I do anything to save her?" she asked the other question in a tiny whisper. Sheila had save her life, and she never had the chance to even thank her.
"I guess that's the way it is, Emma," Adam replied resigned. "It's what she wanted to do. She felt so bad for what she had done all those years, that doing this was what saved her. I'm sure she died happy knowing in her heart that the two of you would wake up. That's all she asked."
A few days later after Sheila's death, Adam was able to find Helen Benton, Sheila's foster mother. He met up with her and told her the whole story of what happened. She came to the Sanctuary, along with Cooper Reeves to claim Sheila's body. By some miracle, he too was also released from the dreamscape.
"It was because of her," Cooper had said, smiling sadly. "She helped me, but I never knew that she'd die in the process of helping me."
"That was all she wanted," Helen murmured soothingly. "To help you."
A day after Sheila's death, Landon Compton was also released from the dreamscape. He became sane again, and the doctors at the institution found his recovery most miraculous. For years, he had been locked in a world none of them could understand and then suddenly, he was released from it.
Landon came to Adam, to learn the story of Sheila, his only daughter. A week after Sheila's death, he died too, and ironically, he died in his sleep. But he died peacefully, and not because of monsters in his mind. The Comptons were buried beside each other, along with Billy and Donald Benton.
Four people, whom Sheila had learned to love and to care for, even at the cost of living a life of pain because of what she had. Emma, Jesse and Cooper owed their lives to Sheila. They were forever in her debt.
It was a miracle how one life was sacrificed and three lives were redeemed.
And it all happened in their minds, while they were ensnared in their reveries.
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ The End ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
Good night, pleasant dreams. ¤(- . -)¤
