Disclaimer: mutant x doesn't belong to me, but I made up a few characters that aren't originally on the show those belong to me :)

A/N: I want to apologize to briggita() for not giving you special thanks last time (you too are a big help giving me reviews and reading my story otherwise I'd just be writing this for myself) so anyway thank you VERY much briggita()

Chapter 3

Sam had followed the red-haired beauty since he spotted her at the beach.  It's been awhile since he last saw her.  Her creamy pale skin and blue eyes gave her such an elegant look; Emma had grown into a beautiful flower.  The last time he had fun with her was five years ago.  Her parents didn't mind; they were too drunk to care.  Three nights a week he would go into her room where he raped her and beat her, warning her not to tell anybody about what he did.  He was upset when she ran away, but now he found her once again.  Sam knew he would have her, with his powers it would be easy to overpower her.  He was a psionic-feral mix with feral powers and the ability to mentally 'turn off' new mutant's powers.

It would be difficult to get her away from her fiancée.  Maybe if he was hurt she would try to help him out, but how would he get her alone?  *Maybe I can take the other guy out.  I have to hide in that cave where they are headed.*  Quickly taking a short cut, he arrived at the cave ahead of them.  Entering the darkness, he decided to hide in the darkest cavern, and wait for his prey to come back to him.

Just outside the cave

Adam, Brennan and Shalimar entered the cave, but Emma tugged on Jesse's arm, "I don't have a good feeling about this."

"Emma, you're fine.  I'm right here, I don't let anything happen to you.  Besides, I'm sure you could kick their butts easily anyway.  Come on," Jesse tried to lead her into the cave, but she refused to move.  She seemed petrified.

"Don't make me go in there.  The feeling is getting stronger, and it's scaring me.  Please Jess, don't make me go in there.  Shalimar needs to come out too," her voice wavered; she was trying not to cry and was trembling violently with fear.

"Shal's fine, she's with Adam and Brennan.  What're you getting from inside?  Why is it scaring you?"

"I'm picking up certain emotions; lust, power, and rage.  They're coming from deep in the cave."

Jesse never saw her so scared before; she was literally afraid to move.  "Okay.  Why don't we go in, but only to bring Adam, Shalimar and Brennan outside?"

Emma nodded, but stayed behind Jesse as he walked into the cave.  Suddenly she was hit by a mental flash, causing her to relive her memories for a few seconds.  She fell to the ground, and started to scream.

Adam, Brennan, and Shalimar came running towards the entrance when they heard Emma's scream.

"Is she alright?"  Brennan looked at his friend, still screaming on the ground.

"We have to get her outside.  She started screaming when we walked into the cave," Jesse carefully picked Emma up and they all followed him back outside.  Jesse sat down on a rock and cradled Emma in his arms.  The screaming subsided, but she was breathing rapidly and tears were streaming down her cheeks.  "Shhh.  Emma it's okay.  I'm here.  Will you tell me what you saw?"

She shook her head, Emma didn't want the others to know what happened to her all those years ago.  Since the flashes left her, she didn't want to say anything that might bring up those horrible memories again.  But Emma knew that if she didn't say anything, they'd end up going into that cave again.  "Don't make me go in there.  He's waiting for me.  He's been watching me this whole time.  Get me away from here, please?"

Adam nodded, "Let's go back to…"

*Adam, don't speak.  Tell me and I'll tell everybody else.  He's part feral and can hear us right now.*

*Let's go back to the beach.  It's in the open, but at least we'll have more room to fight if we need it.*

Emma quickly told the others, and they walked off quietly towards the beach.  Jesse carried Emma the whole way, he knew that she was too shaken up to walk.  When they reached the beach, Adam opened up his laptop and began to write another e-mail.

Brennan looked over at Emma who was sitting on the sand; Jesse's arms wrapped tightly around her as he continued to comfort her.  "You gonna tell us who 'he' is," Brennan asked.

Shalimar and Brennan sat near the other two and listened hard, Emma's voice was so little that they could barely hear her.

"His name is Sam.  He was a friend of my parents.  My mom and dad often got drunk late at night, that's when Sam would come over.  I thought he was my friend, he was so nice when I was little.  On my sixteenth birthday he changed.  He came into my room after my parents passed out.  He started to touch me and kiss me all over, telling me how beautiful I was.  Then when I told him to stop, he hit me and kicked me until I couldn't move anymore.  That's when he raped me.  He usually would come over three nights a week and do the same thing every night.  Sam told me that if I told anyone, he'd kill my parents.  Even though they were drunk and never seemed to care about me, I still loved them.  So I kept my mouth shut and I ran away.  One day I saw a newspaper saying that he was arrested for the rape and murder of a young girl.  I felt safer than I had in a long time, but I never went home."

Brennan looked at her, he wasn't the only one who came from an extremely sucky backround, "Why didn't you use your powers to stop him?"

Sadness filled her voice as she continued, "My powers wouldn't work around him.  Every time he came to me I tried so hard to hurt him, to make him go away.  But my powers would never work.  I don't want to see him ever again, I hope he rots on this island."  Suddenly needing to feel safe, she leaned back into Jesse and felt his strong arms around her; protecting her.  Slowly her worries melted away and she began to relax.  Jesse wouldn't let anything like that happen to her again, from the looks on the other two; they wouldn't either.

Nobody knew what to say to her.  They couldn't change her past, or even say anything to make her feel better.

Adam walked over to them, "My contact will be here in ten minutes to pick us up.  How are you feeling Emma?"  Adam didn't hear any of the conversation, he was too far away to hear her small voice.  She looked a little more at ease than she did, but Adam was still worried about her.

"I'll be okay Adam," Emma's eyes were red from all her crying, and her voice sounded unsure.  Shalimar patted Emma's arm, "He won't touch you again; we won't let him."

"I wouldn't bet on that," Sam leapt out from the trees, and motioned for his buddies.  Four more guys stepped out of the forest. 

Jesse, Brennan, and Shalimar, jumped to their feet ready for a fight.  Emma was glued to the sand, petrified of the man who had come for her.  She was tired of being a victim, but she knew her powers wouldn't work when he was around.  Silently she wished for her friends to win the fight, but the odds weren't that good.  It was five to three (Adam was trying to contact Christina telling her that they needed help NOW, and Emma was paralyzed with fear).  This battle was not going to be an easy one to win.

A/N: I made up Emma's backround so don't be mad if I'm wrong (I know I am but anyways that's what her past was like in my story).  Stay tuned to find out the fate of the battle… will Christina come in time to save them, or will it be too late?  Also sorry since this chapter was so short but I thought it would be a good place for a cliffhanger (those things (hopefully make you stick around for another chapter)) please review so I know that I have a few fans out there! :)