I am so sorry it took me so long to update. A lot has been going on, my little brother who's 15, no permit, took my parents car out for a joyride and he flipped it in a ditch. He's okay, thank god. My brother and his wife, newlyweds, came to visit, and then there are the holidays. So as you can see I've been busy, plus I lost my muse. I promise it won't take this long to update again. Please Review (



Brennan stood outside the walls of Sanctuary waiting for Emma. She had to make a quick stop to her room to change into the appropriate attire.

"Alright let's go." Brennan turned to see Emma dressed in black jeans with a black tank-top (for her closet consisted mostly of black) one yellow sock and one red sock, followed by one brown boot and one red boot. Shalimar was gone; therefore Emma had to dress herself.

Brennan couldn't help but let out a little laugh, "What." No response. Brennan kept on laughing.

"What!"

"Nothing, let's go." Brennan, still laughing under his breath led the journey up the mountain with Emma extremely close behind.

The first half an hour up the mountain was anything less than awkward. No one spoke except for when Brennan would occasionally warn Emma if there was a log, or a hole in the ground. He tried asking her if she would like him to guide her by maybe holding her hand, but she refused to let him help.

"Alright, this looks like a good spot." Brennan said sliding his back down the trunk of a tree.

"10 miles back looked like a good spot." Emma stood annoyed.

Brennan was becoming impatient with the attitude Emma had grown over the past week. "Listen, the sooner we do this, the sooner we can get back to sanctuary where you can crawl back to your corner."

Emma, shocked, but understandable about Brennan's comment turned and stormed off.

"Emma. Emma!"

"Whatever," he sighed to himself. He had had enough of Emma's temper tantrums. How many times and ways can you say your sorry that he hasn't already tried.

Emma managed to get out of sight of Brennan when her left foot caught a root sticking out of the ground causing her to fall face first into the ground.

"Great!" Brushing herself off as she stood up she heard something moving in the bushes.

"Brennan is that you?"" The rustling of the bushes became louder and louder.

"Brennan, this is not funny." Emma began to step backwards when she felt something brush against her arm as it flew by, making her skin crawl.

"Brennan?" Now knowing it was not Brennan, she turned and ran in the opposite direction of the intruder. She ran a couple of feet, managing not to trip on anything before she stepped on a week spot in the ground. Emma fell through the ground screaming until she came to a sudden halt impacting onto the ground at the bottom of the hole.



~On the streets~

"Jesse, Shalimar."

"Adam, we haven't found anyone even remotely close to resembling the guy." Shalimar and Jesse went to every local club there was while Adam went out on the streets to look for their unknown assailant.

"Me neither. I haven't seen anyone who fits your guys' description."

"We're never going to find him."

"Jess, we'll find him," Shalimar reassured him even though she was becoming doubtful that they were ever going to find him. They've been searching for the last two hours of the day and there was still no luck of finding the new mutant.

"Okay, I want you two to think back to that exact day. There has to be something you to missed. A distinct sent, or his style of clothing or-"

"That's it."

"What?" Adam and Shalimar said in unison

Jesse thought back to that day. He remembered on the mutants forearm by his wrist, there was a tattoo.

"He had a tattoo. It was of a- God what was it?"

"What Jess?"

"It was a Japanese or Chinese symbol. Shal, pass that napkin." Shalimar slid the napkin to him as he got a pen from the bartender.

Shalimar watched intensely as Jesse drew what he could remember on the napkin.

"I know that place," Shalimar commented as Jesse finished the last line. "It's an old abandoned hospital downtown. Emma and I passed it on our way to find Marissa."

Jesse passed her a look of confusion.

"You know Marissa, the kid who-" She let out a little giggle before continuing, "the kid who thought you were the GSA, so she kicked you in the b-"

"Oh yeah, Marissa." Jesse winced thinking about the incident, "How could I forget."

"Alright, you two get down there, I'll meet you there."

"Were on it." Shalimar and Jesse left the club to meet Adam.

Jesse and Shalimar arrived a few minutes after Adam had, for he had the double helix.

After checking the north, east and south side of the hospital they crept to the west side when they saw Adam by the dumpsters leaning over a body.

"Adam!" Jesse and Shalimar ran over to him.

Standing, blocking their view he spoke, "We have a problem, he's dead." He stepped to the side allowing them to see the body.

"Oh god, it's him!"

TBC. Please review!!!!