Disclaimer: must I do this every time? I don't own mutant x!
A/N: thank you for all of the reviews! I made this one a little bit longer. I hope all of you enjoy…
Chapter 5
A sharp pain ripped through Jesse's chest, causing him to wake up. He looked around the strange unfamiliar room. *Where am I?* Suddenly he felt somebody move even closer to him, and that person was holding him. Looking over at his bedmate, he saw that it was Emma. The pain in his chest felt like a bruised rib, and with Emma holding on to him for dear life didn't seem to be helping. "Emma, wake up," he gently caressed her face.
It was as if his touch was the only thing that could wake her. Slowly her eyes opened, "Jesse? Where are we? What happened? Are the others okay?" She sat up in a panic, Jesse knew that if he didn't calm her down, she would have a panic attack.
He sat up and pulled her into his arms, "The others are around here somewhere, and we're safe." Noticing that there was a bathroom in their room he suggested, "Why don't you take a shower?"
Emma looked hurt, "Are you saying that I stink?"
"No! I just meant that…uh…" he didn't mean to hurt her feelings. But they both needed a shower (they were all dirty from the island).
Emma gave him a smile, "I know what you mean. I'll hurry so you could take one too, before we go eat breakfast." After stealing a quick kiss, she headed into the bathroom and shut the door.
Thirty minutes later, Emma emerged from the bathroom. A towel was wrapped around her slender body, and her towel dried hair was messy in a sexy kind of way. "I saved you some water," she smiled.
"Yeah…uh…thanks," slowly he got up, grabbed a towel and entered the bathroom.
Emma opened her suitcase and rummaged through her clothes, *what should I wear?* After putting together a few outfits, she decided on a pair of tight black pants, and a navy blue halter top. She got dressed and put the rest of her clothes back in her suitcase. Sitting down on the bed, she applied her makeup, and brushed her hair; which was now fully dry.
There was a knock at her door, "Come in."
Adam walked in, "Christina and I made breakfast. So when Shalimar comes out of the bathroom, you guys can go into the kitchen and fix your food. Christina is going to show me around town. Oh and tell the guys too. I'm sure Jesse's starved," Adam added with a smile.
Hearing his name, Jesse came out of the bathroom. "How did you know I was hungry?"
Adam looked up at Jesse, apparently
they had stayed in the same room.
"Breakfast is ready in the kitchen.
Christina and I are going out, so behave yourselves. Can you guys check on Brennan and
Shalimar? I'm leaving right now so I
can't."
"Sure Adam," Emma called to him as he left. "I'll go see if the others are awake," Emma left the room so that Jesse could get dressed.
Knocking softly on the door, Emma said, "Bren, Shal?" Opening the door quietly she stepped inside.
Shalimar was curled up next to Brennan, his arms were around her waist. They both looked so peaceful, Emma decided she'd let them sleep in. Quietly she left the room, shutting the door behind her.
Jesse came out of their room, "They're not awake yet? Ah well, more food for me!" Emma laughed and they walked into the kitchen together.
When Emma entered the kitchen, she didn't notice a sharp piece of glass on the ground. Her barefoot pushed down on the shard, forcing it to break her skin. Emma screamed and she fell to the ground. Jesse, who was several feet behind her, ran to her side. He looked at her foot, the piece of glass was sticking out a bit, but it looked like it was wedged in there pretty badly. "I'm going to pull out the glass, brace yourself."
Emma did, and tried not to pay attention to her foot as Jesse began to pull the glass out. Tears streamed down her face, as the pain continued.
As gently as he could, Jesse pulled out the shard of glass. Blood seemed to pour out of the bottom of her foot, "Em, I'm going to have to get you to the hospital, you need stitches. But first I'll find something to wrap up your foot with." Jesse ran up the stairs, afraid that if he didn't stop the bleeding, Emma might bleed to death.
The pain in Emma's foot started to lighten, "Jesse com back!" Running in the room, he gave Emma a look, "What?"
"Look at my foot, it's not hurting as much."
Jesse looked at her foot, and his eyes grew big. The cut was disappearing in front of his eyes. A few seconds later, it was completely healed. "Emma, how did you do that? The cut is gone."
"I don't know. Something's wrong with me, earlier I cut myself with my razor, and that healed up too."
Hearing her worry as well as feeling it, he said, "I don't think you have anything to worry about. If you ask me, that's a nice power to have."
Emma shook her head, "But Jesse, I'm a telempath. A psionic. Psionics can't heal themselves. I don't think any new mutant could do that, unless they were a…" she cut herself off. Emma's face flushed with color as a thought flashed in her mind.
After seeing Emma's pink face, he gave her a concerned look, "Are you okay?" She nodded, but didn't say anything. "Emma why don't you finish what you were saying?"
"Uh…I forgot." Standing up quickly she said, "Why don't you eat, and I'll go get Shalimar and Brennan." Before Jesse could say anything, she took off down the hall.
Desperately needing to run something by Shalimar, Emma decided to risk getting scratched to death. Entering the room for the second time, she decided to wake up Brennan. Then Brennan could wake up Shalimar.
Putting her hand on his arm, Emma shook him, "Brennan get up!"
Turning over, he opened his eyes and said, "What're you doing in here?"
"I need to talk to Shalimar. Can you wake her up? I don't think she'll be too upset if you did it."
"Then you didn't see me wake her up last week. Fine I'll try." Shaking her slightly he said, "Shal, honey. Wake up."
Shalimar opened her eyes, and they flashed yellow. Brennan winced, he was going to pay. "Why did you wake me up? That was the first nice dream I've had for months," she growled.
Emma walked over to Shalimar, "He woke you up, because I needed to talk to you about something."
Emma's voice sounded a bit concerned, but mostly she sounded scared. Quickly turning curious, Shalimar calmed down. "Okay Brennan time to leave! Go take a shower or something while Emma and I talk."
Grateful that Shalimar didn't pummel him to death for waking her up, Brennan ran into the bathroom and shut the door.
Emma sat down next to Shalimar and took a deep breath. "Do you ever recall running into any new mutants with the power to heal themselves?"
Shalimar was disappointed, she thought Emma had come to her with some good gossip or something. "Actually yeah. One of the first new mutants that Jesse and I put into the Underground."
"Do you remember if he was a psionic?"
Shalimar almost laughed, Emma sounded nuts, "He was a psionic-molecular mix. Adam said that the new mutant was able to mentally reshape molecules in order to heal himself. He could even re-grow a limb. Why?"
The color drained out of Emma's face, "A psionic-molecular
mix?"
Shalimar nodded, her friend was acting strange today. "You okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine."
"Is there something else you want to tell me? Why'd you ask about that anyway?"
Emma shut the bedroom door and walked back to the bed. Speaking softly she said, "Yesterday after the plane crashed, I was cut, bleeding like crazy. Five minutes later, the cut disappeared. This morning I stepped on a piece of glass, that cut healed up too."
"So what do you think is happening?"
"I think…I think I'm pregnant."
Shalimar gave her friend a playful smile, "Damn Emma, you don't waste time do you? Let me guess…Jesse?"
"Yes Shal, but don't tell him or anybody else for that matter. I want to be sure first. And then I have to break the news." Emma sounded frightened about the thought of another child. *What if Jesse doesn't want a baby. God, I screwed up again.*
"Breaking the news? Having a kid is not that tragic. Jesse will be thrilled, you'll see. Emily told me that Jesse was the best father a kid could ever have, and if you're pregnant, he'll be a good dad for this kid too. How about we go buy a test and find out?"
"Thanks Shal. Can we go after breakfast? Maybe Jesse and Brennan can hang out for a while or something," Emma gave her a small smile.
"Hey Emma, when exactly did you sleep with Jesse?"
Emma's face turned bright pink, "Um…the night Adam took is to the club to cheer us up. When we got back to Sanctuary, Jesse and I were going to watch a movie in my room. But uh…we changed our minds."
Shalimar cracked up; she couldn't believe Emma actually told her. "I think I'll see if Brennan's almost done." Walking over to the bathroom door, she knocked, "Brennan are you almost done? I need to take a shower too."
Knowing Emma was outside with Shalimar, Brennan said, "I'll be out in a minute honey."
Shalimar sat back down next to Emma. Emma smiled at her, "You and Brennan looked cozy this morning. Did anything happen last night?"
"No, we just slept. Not together…well I mean we didn't have sex if that's what you're implying. He's just so cuddly, like a teddy bear," Shalimar grinned.
The door opened and Brennan came out, "If I'm like a teddy bear, want to cuddle some more tonight?"
Shalimar blushed, "You heard us!"
Emma's face went pale, "How much did you hear Brennan?"
"Only since Shal knocked on the bathroom door. And just to make things clear, I never slept
with Shalimar. Shal, you can take your
shower now, and Emma can you leave so I can get dressed?"
"Oh yeah sorry," Emma got up and walked out of the room. Entering the kitchen she smiled at Jesse, who sat at the table, his plate loaded with food.
"Look pancakes," Jesse shoveled the food into his mouth.
Emma laughed and grabbed a plate, after filling it up, she sat down next to him. "Shalimar and I are going to hang out for a while, so maybe do you want to hang out with Brennan? We won't be long, and when we come back, I'll be yours for the rest of the day, I swear."
"Okay. Where are you and Shal going?"
"Um…shopping." Emma started to eat, and hoped he couldn't sense her. The link they shared was a mystery, neither of them knew how, or even why it worked. Emma was afraid that Jesse was going to find out, before she had a chance to be sure.
However Emma was unable to hide her fear from Jesse. He put down his fork, "Emma, are you okay? Is something bothering you? You know you can tell me anything, right?"
Emma smiled, "Yeah I know. I'll tell you later, I promise."
Brennan wandered into the kitchen, "You guys saved me some, right?"
Emma laughed, "don't worry Jesse didn't eat it all. But if Shal doesn't come soon, she might not get to eat."
"Wow, pancakes and bacon, but where'd all the eggs go," Brennan looked at the empty frying pan.
"I ate them," Jesse grinned.
"What a pig. Fine I'll have the pancakes. I know Shal would rather eat the bacon anyway."
Shalimar sneaked up behind Brennan, "Mmmm, there's
bacon?" Shalimar purred with
delight. Grabbing a plate, she filled it
full of bacon, and the sat down next to Brennan. *Emma looks so tense, she needs to
relax. Hmmm.* Looking over at Emma, she smiled, "I
know what you need! We could go get
massages, like at a spa or something!"
Brennan frowned, "You sure that's a good idea Shal? Don't you think your masseuse will freak out when you start to purr?"
Shalimar pouted, "But Brennan, us girls need to relax."
"Well, if you want, Jesse and I can give you massages when you get back." Brennan didn't like the idea of some other guy giving Shalimar a massage. In fact, he didn't like the idea of another guy touching her in any way.
"Fine, when we get back we'll take you up on your offer. Okay, I'm finished. Let's go Emma. Bye-bye boys, we'll be back," Shalimar grabbed Emma and dragged her out of the room.
"Hey Brennan, I think we should see what they're up to. Emma's been acting strange and it's worrying me. Brennan she has a new power, she can heal herself. I know it's weird, and I'm not quite sure how it's possible because she's a telempath. But I can feel conflicting emotions within her. She's scared, happy, worried, and nervous. How she can feel all that at the same time, I don't know. But it's obvious something's bothering her."
Understanding why Jesse was so concerned, Brennan said, "Okay, let's follow them. Although that will be hard to do with Shalimar. She's a feral, she'll know we're following them."
"I don't think so. I've known Shalimar longer than you. She'll be so wrapped up in whatever she and Emma are doing that she won't pick us up. As long as we don't get too close, the girls won't even know that we'll be following them." Jesse put his dishes in the sink and motioned for Brennan to follow him. He hated the idea of following her, but Jesse couldn't shake the feeling that Emma was in some kind of trouble.
A/N: Jesse and Brennan find out what the girls are up too. The four of them turn the beach house into a personal spa, and where exactly did Adam and Christina go? Find out next time on Mutant X. Please R&R. (I don't mind if you don't like where this is going just let me know! Even if you hate it!)
