Disclaimer: not mine (must I keep telling you guys that???) I will just to be sure
A/N: special thanks to chimaera-104 who still seems to be reading my story ( I think I lost everybody else oh well please don't leave me too cuz then I will be writing this just for me..lol I won't stop until this story's done :) I'm very persistant aren't I? anyway here is…
Chapter 2
Jesse and Emma carefully made their way back to the front of the plane. Searching through the debris, they managed to find Jesse's luggage. "Well we found mine, but where's yours?"
Emma walked over to where her seat was, and looked under the debris. "I can't be stuck out here without any clothes. Don't just stand there, help me find it."
Jesse put his duffel bag on the ground and started looking for Emma's suitcase. "Maybe it was thrown from the plane like you were. We need to search the area around here."
Emma's eyes fell on a piece of silver material. "Oh no!"
"What," Jesse ran to her side.
"My suitcase opened and my stuff is everywhere," Emma held up her silver bikini. "How am I supposed to find everything?" She walked into some nearby brush and Jesse followed her. Emma's suitcase was hanging from a branch on a nearby tree. Her clothes were scattered about on the ground.
Jesse pulled down her suitcase and then began to help her pick up the clothes. They placed the clothing back in her suitcase, and closed it. Emma bent down and picked up her suitcase. "Alright, let's go back." She started to walk away, but Jesse grabbed her arm to stop her. "Jesse, what're you doing?"
Jesse leaned in and kissed her soft lips. After a minute he pulled back, "I just wanted to let you know that we're still on vacation. When Adam finds his laptop, he'll contact someone to get us out of here, so you don't need to worry. And I'm sure if we want to be alone, we can just tell Adam that we're going on a walk. Besides, I have a surprise for you, but you don't get to find out what it is until tonight," Jesse added with a grin.
"What kind of surprise?" Emma gave him a mischievous look.
"I told you, not until tonight. I think we'd better head back now. It's going to be dark soon and it won't be easy to find the others like that." Together they walked back to the other half of the plane.
When they reached the plane, Shalimar, Adam, and Brennan were sitting on the ground waiting for Jesse and Emma. All of their luggage and Adam's laptop were easy to find so they had no choice but to wait for the others.
"Now that you guys are here, we need to find someplace to set up camp," Adam said.
"I smell the ocean. Why don't we camp on the beach? It's not that far from here," Shalimar suggested.
"Alright Shalimar, lead the way," Adam picked up his luggage and laptop.
They only walked for a half a mile, when they reached the beach. The sand was white and cool as they walked on it. The water looked promising, but it began to get chilly so no one dared to go in the water. The most breathtaking scene of all was the sunset; a soft orange-pink glow lit up the sky as it slowly sunk beyond the horizon.
Adam put his stuff on the ground, "Why don't we make camp right here? Jesse and Brennan, go find some wood so we can start a fire. Shalimar and Emma, try and find some food, we need to eat something. I'll try to contact my…uh…contact and see if she'll help us out." At the mention of his 'contact' Adam blushed a little. Shalimar noted this, but didn't say anything to him about it. She would tell Emma later.
"Hey Shalimar, Jesse and I found a pond earlier, and it looked like there was fish in it. We could catch some and cook it," Emma didn't really like fish, but there was nothing else to eat.
Catching fish sounded like fun, Shalimar couldn't wait to get her paws...er…hands on them. "Lead the way!"
Emma led Shalimar back to the pond, it was easy to find since she and Jesse walked that very path a million times already. Shalimar quickly scanned the water, just to make sure there was nothing dangerous in it.
"The fish are a little small, but we can catch a bunch and bring them back." Shalimar climbed next to the edge, and her hand shot into the water. When she withdrew it, she caught a fish. *This is easy. They look really good. Mmmm fish.*
Emma watched as Shalimar continued to pull out the fish. Fifteen small fishes later, they were ready to head back.
The forest was pitch black, but with Shalimar's feral vision, they managed to reach the beach again. Jesse and Brennan already came back and started a fire.
"Look what we caught. Dinner," Shalimar was obviously pleased with her catch and couldn't help but lick her lips. Red meat was her favorite, but fish was next on her list. She handed the fish to Brennan, "Cook them."
"I don't know how."
Shalimar sighed, "I'll help you." They began to work with the fish, using sticks to fry them on.
Emma stood back and made a face, even the smell of fish was disgusting. Jesse looked over at her, the fire made her hair even redder than before. The pure look of disgust on her face almost made him laugh. He whispered something to Adam and then they both glanced at Emma. Adam nodded and Jesse smiled, then he walked over to her.
"Let's go for a walk, before dinner," Jesse pulled her by the hand into the trees.
"Where are we going? It's dark, I can hardly see. Jess, we're going to get lost," Emma tried her best to plead with him, but he just kept pulling her along. She felt something in the back of her mind, the feeling that she was being watched and it bothered her.
Suddenly he stopped, "Close your eyes." Emma closed them, and he led her the rest of the way. "Open them."
Emma slowly opened her eyes and her worries once again dissolved as she drew in a breath. A flat tree stump had a cloth draped over it like a table. Candles were lit and napkins covered paper plates with food. "God Jesse, this is wonderful. How on earth did you do this?" She sat down next to the table, and he sat across form her.
"Brennan helped me after we came back with the wood. He's upset that we get to eat steak and potatoes, while he gets to eat fish, but he helped me anyway. Then I told Adam that I had planned something special for our first night here, and he said we could go," Jesse smiled, pleased that she liked it. They ate in silence, enjoying the candlelit dinner for two.
When they finished eating, Jesse stood up and drew a long box from his pocket. He walked over to where Emma was sitting and sat down. "Here, I bought this for you last week, but I couldn't think of a good time to give it to you."
Emma took the box and opened it, inside was a silver necklace with a heart shaped locket completely covered with tiny diamonds. *My God this must have cost him a fortune. But is so beautiful.* "It's beautiful…"
"Open it," Jesse said you could hear his happiness in his voice.
Opening the locket she saw that there was an inscription inside. She read it out loud, "Emma, you are an angel sent from above, I gave you this heart to show you my love. Your love is something I greatly cherish, if I never met you I would surely have perished. So now I…" Emma looked puzzled to find out that there were no more words. "Jess, where's the rest?"
Jesse pulled her to her feet and hooked the necklace on her neck. Then he looked deep into her eyes and smiled, "I'll finish it for you." He took Emma's hand and knelt down on one knee, "So now I ask you on bended knee, Emma DeLauro will you marry me?" He held out another box, which had a diamond engagement ring in it.
Emma's heart was beating so rapidly, she thought she was
going to faint. "Oh my
God. Yes, Jess of course I'll
marry you!"
He slid the ring on her finger, and then stood up grinning from ear to ear. Emma kissed him passionately, and he eagerly kissed her back. When they broke apart for air, Jesse said, "We should head back now, I told Adam we wouldn't be gone for more than an hour."
Emma smiled, "Okay, I can't wait to tell them!"
Jesse blew out the candles and folded their trash in the table cloth. "I'll get this in the morning." Then Jesse and Emma walked back to the beach, hand in hand.
As soon as Emma saw the others she ran towards them, making Jesse run as well. She had the biggest smile on her face and her eyes sparkled with happiness. "Jesse and I…*gasp*…he…*gasp*…"
"Sit down Emma and catch your breath before you fall over on us," Adam gently pushed her down into the sand.
Brennan looked at Jesse who didn't say anything, he just stood there and smiled knowing that Emma was the one who wanted to tell them the good news. "Do you guys want to tell us what's going on?"
Emma nodded and since she was out of breath, she held up her left hand so they could see the ring. Shalimar gave her friend a hug and said, "Congratulations." Brennan stood there in shock, and Adam just smiled. Adam didn't think that it was a good idea, it would only give Eckhart another way of hurting Mutant X. *Then again, if Eckhart doesn't find out, they should be alright,* Adam thought.
"When are you guys going to get married?" Brennan still was protective of Emma, and if Jesse broke her heart by not going through with it, Brennan would kill him. Looking at Emma's face, Brennan relaxed a little, *Maybe he won't hurt her. She seems happy, I guess I should be happy too.*
Emma looked at Jesse and said, "We'll decide when we get back. There's so much stuff to do. But I already know the perfect place for the wedding! The garden!"
"Sounds good to me," Jesse kissed her on the forehead.
All of the sudden a beep came from Adam's computer. Opening up his e-mail he read it carefully. Then he looked up at his teammates, "My contact says that we've landed on a remote island about five hundred miles north of Hawaii." His face filled with worry as he continued, "The government uses this island as a prison. They send murderers and rapists over here and lock them up, but there are no guards and they can easily escape."
Shalimar looked at Adam, "So we can take them. But why aren't they in a normal prison?"
Adam took a breath and said, "They're new mutant criminals. The government thought it would be safer to send them out here. See that facility way down the beach?" They all nodded. "That's where they're held at. Be on the lookout anyone you see is HIGHLY dangerous. I don't know what powers they have, but I do know that there are a hundred inmates on this island…" Adam was interrupted by a beep from the computer. He opened up the next e-mail, "Damn, put the fire out! My contact said that some of the inmates are not accounted for. We're not safe out here, we need to go into the trees. There should be a cave three miles from here, we need to wait there until my contact can pick us up."
Moving as quickly as they could, they gathered their luggage, and followed Adam into the woods. Emma shivered slightly so Jesse put his arm around her, "Are you cold?"
"No, I just picked up something and it wasn't nice. I feel like I'm being watched," Emma said softly.
Jesse kept a protective arm around her and they continued to follow Adam. No one, not even Shalimar noticed a pair of feral eyes watching them through the bushes.
A/N: Stay tuned to see how their situation can go from bad…to worse! Ah yes and Adam's 'contact' Christina will be making an appearance in upcoming chapters (if you haven't figured that out yet :) Please read and review I want to know what you guys think ( if you think it sucks than go ahead and say that then I can try to fix it)
