Disclaimer: I will say this again…mutant x does not belong to me I just like to mess around with them!!!!

A/N:  just to let you know I've changed Beverly's name to Christina (that name sounds better) but the character is still the same and she's not mine either she belongs to the same people who have mutant x.  thanks again for reviewing!!!  It cheers me up when I think that no one is reading this thing but me, and then I get a few reviews so please keep them coming!!  Now that I've had me say here is…

Chapter 8

Emma's hands were tied to the headrest of the bed.  Eckhart was in the corner, explaining to Sam what the serum was that he forced down Emma's throat.  Turning her head to the side, Emma saw that it was 11:30pm.  *Where are they?  I've been missing for forty-five minutes.  They should notice I'm not there.*

Eckhart and Sam approached the bed.  Eckhart looked at Emma and said to Sam, "In three more hours, we need to undress her.  Otherwise we'll never get those pants off in order to deliver the baby.  Miss DeLauro, I will let you do that yourself, but if you try anything funny I will shock you.  Then you can remain underneath the covers until it's time to deliver the baby."  Turning back to Sam, he said, "I'm going to buy some things for the baby.  Stay here with Miss DeLauro, I'll be back soon."  He grabbed the keys to the car that Sam was driving earlier and left to go to the store.

Sam sat down next to Emma, who was lying on the bed.  "I think we need to do something until Eckhart comes back," he said with a lustful look in his eyes.

Glaring at him, Emma said, "Don't touch me.  Eckhart won't be pleased if I was hurt.  He'll put you in stasis."  She hoped that would scare him, but deep down Emma knew better.  Sam never scared easy.

Sam climbed on top of her and said, "Doing you one last time would be worth it.  And if we're finished by the time he gets back, he won't believe a word you say."  He leaned down and kissed her, but pulled back as she bit his tongue.  Angrily he slapped her face, "Don't do that again!  Or else you might accidentally have a miscarriage," he said evilly.

  Emma's eyes filled with worry as he said that.  She didn't want anything to happen to this baby; so she just laid there as he started kissing her neck, and he reached down to unzip her pants.

Outside the motel

Jesse pulled into the parking lot.  "We have to get to room 104.  She's scared."  Quietly Jesse ran to the door with the others behind him.  Turning the doorknob, he pushed it open.  When he saw Sam kissing Emma and him trying to pull down her pants as she helplessly laid there tied to the bed, his mind snapped.  Jesse ran to the bed and pushed Sam off of Emma with so much force that it knocked him into the wall.  Sam's body slumped to the floor, and there was blood on the wall.

Emma was shaking violently as Shalimar and Brennan quickly untied her.  Once she was free, she pulled her pants up and re-zipped them.  She was still trembling, so Jesse cooped her up in his arms, and they headed towards the car.  Jesse climbed into the back with Emma, while Brennan and Shalimar sat in the front.  Brennan hit the gas, and the car peeled out of the parking lot.

Looking at her watch, Emma tried to keep her voice as steady as she could as she said, "It's been an hour already."

Brennan looked into the rear view mirror to glance at her, "An hour since when?"

"Since I drank that liquid.  It tasted awful; I almost choked on it when he poured it down my throat.  I think I know what it was.  Unless Adam can make an antidote, the baby will be born in eight more hours."

"Don't worry.  The baby's going to come sooner or later anyway right?  The sooner it's born, the sooner the baby can be safe from Eckhart.  Ah, we're here."  Jesse jumped out of the car and picked Emma back up, carrying her into the house.

Brennan grabbed Shalimar's arm to hold her back, "How do you think Sam got here?"

Shalimar's brown eyes grew big, "Are you saying that Sam followed us here?"

"Hitched a ride is more like it.  And if I'm right, Emma's still in trouble because Sam will know where to find us."

"We'd better tell Adam.  We can't stay here.  Christina's not safe either."  Shalimar sprinted towards the house.

When Brennan and Shalimar entered the living room, they saw Emma falling apart on the couch, while Jesse was trying to comfort her.  Adam and Christina stood near the couch, trying to figure out what happened since Jesse was busy with Emma and couldn't tell them.

Adam and Christina walked over to Brennan and Shalimar.  "Shalimar, what's going on?"  Adam looked concerned, but he had every reason to be.  Emma left the house with her carefree party girl attitude, and now it was as if someone stripped it from her personality.  When Adam put a hand on her shoulder to comfort her, she pulled back.  Jesse was the only one she would let near her.  He sat on the couch, holding her while she cried, although Adam noticed that she wasn't crying as bad as she was before.

"We have to leave here now.  Sam hitched a ride somehow on the helicopter and followed is here.  I'll tell you the rest on the way to Sanctuary.  Hey Jesse, can you fly the helicopter to Sanctuary?"

"Yeah I can fly it.  Are we leaving now?"

"If we don't leave now, Sam might tell Eckhart where we are.  They could be on their way right now," Brennan warned.

"Let's get out to the helicopter.  Come on Em," Jesse helped her out to the helicopter.

As soon as everyone was aboard, the helicopter rose in the sky.  When they were about a half hour from Sanctuary, Adam turned to Christina.  "I need to put a blindfold on you.  Please don't take offense, but I can't let you see the location of Sanctuary."  He reached into his pocket and took out a black blindfold; he always carried one on him.

"I understand," Christina said as Adam tied the blindfold on her head.

When they approached Sanctuary, Jesse said, "Okay Adam, I'm going to land this thing."  The helicopter landed in a clearing in the forest, a mile away from Sanctuary.  Adam helped Christina get out and led her the rest of the way, warning her when there was a rock, or tree root on the ground.

Inside Sanctuary

Emma sat on a table in the lab, wearing a pair of black sweats and a black tank top.  Jesse sat next to her on the table, holding her hand.  Adam had removed the governor on her neck.  He also took a blood sample from Emma and was working to find an antidote in order to stop the child from growing continually.  So far, he was getting no where.  Brennan and Shalimar gave Christina a tour of Sanctuary, while Adam was working.

Relieved that she was home, and she'd never have to see Sam again, Emma rested her head on Jesse's shoulder.  Jesse put his arm around her to try and comfort her more; he could still feel that she was shaken up about earlier.

"Jess?  How did you find me?"  Emma was relieved that they reached her so fast, but she had no clue how they managed to find her.

"I heard you call for me Emma.  You told me exactly where to go.  I'm just sorry we didn't get there sooner.  Did they do anything to you?"

"Eckhart forced that stuff down my throat, and Sam, well you saw him.  When Sam first kissed me, I bit him hard.  Then he slapped me and threatened to beat me so I'd have a miscarriage.  I didn't want to lose our baby, so I just laid there.  God Jess, I feel so dirty," Emma said softly.

"I know it won't help much, but maybe if you took a shower you might feel better," Jesse suggested.

Emma shook her head, "I don't want to be alone right now."

"What if I went with you?  Not in the shower, just the bathroom."

"Okay.  Adam, I'm going to take a shower.  Then I'll come back down here."

Looking up from his work he smiled, "Go ahead."

Emma gave him a tiny nod and went up to the bathroom, with Jesse close behind her.  Jesse looked at her stomach; it was sticking out a bit, he was surprised he didn't notice it before.  "Emma, how long has it been now?"

"Four hours."  Suddenly she stopped in the hallway and turned around to face him.  A small smile spread across her face, "Do you think Adam can tell us if it's a boy or a girl?"

"Of course he can.  Take your shower first and then we'll find out."  Jesse opened the bathroom door and followed Emma inside.  He put the lid down on the toilet and sat down.

Emma stepped into the shower, and pulled the curtain closed.  She took off her clothes and put them on the ground.  Turning the water on, she felt the hot water run down her body.  Grabbing a bar of soap, she began to wash herself, trying desperately to get rid of the dirty feeling in the back of her mind.

"Emma?"

"Yeah Jess?"

"Want to think of names for the baby?  We can think of boy and girl names."

"Okay."

Jesse started throwing out names, and Emma suggested some other ones.  Names and occasional laughs were tossed back and forth over the sound of beating water.

As Brennan, Shalimar, and Christina passed the bathroom, they could hear names being tossed around inside.  Emma's voice sounded cheery and she even laughed as Jesse suggested "Butch" for a boy.  She knew he was joking around to cheer her up, and it was working.

A/N:  Next chapter I promise a BIG chunk of Brennan/Shalimar…find out why Shalimar continues to stop Brennan's advances from going to far!  Also find out the sex and name of the baby!  And…Christina and Adam have a little chat…about what I'm not sure yet, but they will talk!  Please R&R, I really need the feedback!!!  I know I sound desperate, but I am!  So PLEASE review and put me out of my misery!!! :)