Disclaimer:  Mutant x does not belong to me…it belongs to some lucky person…but I do own…Sam, Amanda, Kylie, and the dearly departed Emily…(my… the list is growing!!!)

A/N:  Thank you for reviewing!!! and finally I've got the next chapter for you guys (like duh or else you wouldn't be reading this hehehe) oh yeah…I've never seen season one and have no clue what Genomex looks like (layout wise) so if it sounds weird…uh…sorry!  without much further ado I give you …

Chapter 12

Everybody filed in Emma and Jesse's room. Emma, Jesse, and Adam sat on the edge of the bed, while Shalimar and Brennan stood keeping a tight hold of each of Christina's arms.  Brennan looked at Christina and demanded, "Tell them what you told us!"

Christina shook her head, "Mr. Eckhart would put me in stasis!"

Adam's eyes almost popped out of his head.  * 'Mr. Eckhart?'  Christina would never work for him!  What's going on?!*

Shalimar flashed her feral eyes and growled ferociously at Christina, "Tell them!  Or else you'll wish Eckhart put you in stasis instead of what I have in mind for you."

"Okay!  I'm not Christina.  I'm a gsa agent, my name is Amanda.  I've been working at Genomex for two years.  I've been posing as Christina for a week."

Adam was shocked, he had spent time with a complete stranger.  Although he was relieved that he never did mention to the imposter that he still loved Christina.  *I must save Christina.  I must tell her I'm sorry and that I…love her.*  "Where is she," Adam demanded.

Amanda continued, "She is being held at Genomex.  I was ordered to pose as Christina in order to try and learn the location of Sanctuary.  But when you called me to come and save you, I told Eckhart.  That's how he found out about Emma being pregnant.  He wants the baby to work for him.  I was ordered to retrieve the baby and bring her back to Genomex.  So I simply offered to watch her and then slept a bit.  When I woke up, I grabbed the baby and tried to escape."

"Put her in the dojo with the force field on.  The last thing we need is Eckhart to find out we're coming.  Shalimar, Brennan and I will go rescue Christina.  Jesse, I need you to track us and keep an eye on the activity at Genomex.  Warn us whenever there is an agent near us, and try to find out where exactly Christina is located.  Emma, stay here and help Jesse if he needs a hand.  That way you can keep an eye on Kylie as well.  She's still growing and needs to be watched closely, to make sure she'll be alright.  As soon as we come back with Christina, I'll make the antidote," Adam said.

Jesse grabbed Christina and Emma picked up Kylie from the crib and followed them to the dojo.  After making sure the force field was up and secure, Jesse and Emma returned to the lab.

Kylie woke up and started crying; she was hungry.  Since everybody else already left, (leaving just her and Jesse), she sat down and took off her shirt and bra.  While Kylie was being fed, Jesse pulled up the cameras at Genomex and began keeping an eye out for the others.

At Genomex (on the roof)

The helix landed in stealth mode, and they listened to Jesse as he gave them a breakdown.

"Adam, this is what I got.  Christina is being held in the medical bay in the basement, sub level A.  There are no guards near where she's held.  As far as I can tell, there are only ten agents in the whole building right now.  I think it's a trap, so be careful."

"Thanks Jesse," Adam turned off the computer and looked at the other two.  "If this is a trap, we'll need to stick together, so follow me."  They all climbed off of the helix and entered through the roof.

Sneaking along the halls was easy, there were no guards around.  Pushing the idea of a trap to the back of his mind, Adam concentrated on finding Christina.  "We need to take the stairs; there's cameras in the elevators," Adam whispered.

The other two just nodded and followed him.  Finally they made their way to the medical bay.  Adam ran his old ID card through and was granted access.  Running into the room, he stopped when he saw Christina.

Christina was laying on a table, hooked up to an I.V.  She was pale, and sweating like crazy.  Adam felt her forehead; it was burning up.

"We need to get her out now, so I can scan her at Sanctuary.  I don't know what they did to her, but she seems to be unconscious."

Adam's voice woke Christina up.  Her words came out slurred, "Adam?  What're you doing here?  It's nice to see you again…"  Her eyes shut again and she drifted off into sleep.

"Hang on Christina," Adam hurriedly unhooked the I.V. and picked her up.  "Let's go!"  Before they left the room, his eyes fell on an envelope with his name on it.  "Brennan, grab that envelope and let's get out of here."

They made it all the way back to the helix, with the envelope and Christina.  "Brennan, Shalimar, fly the helix and call Jesse.  Tell him we're out.  I'll check and see if she has any visible injuries.  And see what this is about."  Adam opened the letter and began to read it out loud…

"Adam,

I want to inflict as much pain on you as possible.  That's why I went after the only woman you ever truly loved.  Right at this moment, a lethal poison is flowing through her veins.  I took the liberty of injecting it yesterday; the poison will kill her in two more days.  First there's a high fever, then vomiting and then the last stage is convulsions.  There is no antidote so there's no hope for her.  The poison is digesting her from the inside out, so not even that dumb baby can help.

After she's gone, I'll kill your precious mutant x one by one.  Then I'll finish you myself.

Eckhart."

"Jesse?"

"Yeah Adam?"

"I need you to get the lab ready for me.  I'm going to need lots of ice, washcloths, towels and cold water.  Christina has a fever and we need to bring it down."

"I'm on it," Jesse's voice disappeared over the comlink. 

After about ten minutes they reached Sanctuary.  Quickly Adam ran Christina into the lab.  "Okay we need to remove most of her clothes, cover her with cold wet towels and pack her in ice."  Jesse took Kylie and both he and Brennan turned and faced the wall.  The girls quickly removed Christina's sandals, pants and top and covered her with the towels and ice.  Adam was busy scanning her, "Damn!  Use more ice, her fevers at 105 degrees, any higher and she could die right now.  The poison in her body is still at stage one.  There HAS to be a way to save her!"

"What about Kylie?  She's got healing powers," Emma suggested.

"She's too little.  I'd have to make her older, so her powers would be more advanced."

Emma looked at Jesse and he nodded, "Do it Adam.  Kylie will help."

"If you guys are sure."  Turning around to his work, he began to formulate a growth serum.

Thirty minutes later…

Adam held up a syringe of orange liquid, "This will make her ten years old.  Once I introduce it into her blood stream, she'll grow rapidly.  I formulated it to stop when she's ten, by then she should be powerful enough to help.  Kylie needs to regenerate all of the molecules that were damaged by the poison.  Take her out of the clothes and the diaper, then wrap her in an oversized blanket.  That way she'll be covered."

"I could give her the shot in my room.  Emily's clothes are in my bottom drawer, I couldn't find it in myself to get rid of them.  That way she can get dressed right away."

Adam handed Emma the syringe and she left to go upstairs.  He hoped that this would work, otherwise he might lose the one woman he loved for good.

Emma's room

Emma undressed Kylie, diaper and all, and wrapped her in a blanket.  Sending soothing images to make it less painful, she injected the serum into Kylie's arm. 

Kylie grew rapidly; for her, years passed by in seconds.  A ten year old Kylie sat in front of Emma.  Her blonde hair fell two inches past her shoulder, and she looked like she was about 5'1" (which was a little tall for her age).

"Mom, what happened?"  Kylie's eyes were big.  She knew that she had been smaller a minute ago.

Emma brought her over to the dresser, "Pick out an outfit and get dressed.  I need your help.  Someone is very sick and you're the only one who can make her better.  You know about your powers right?"

Kylie nodded and continued getting dressed, "Yeah.  When you were hurt I made you better.  Take me to her.  Uh what's wrong with her anyway?"

"She's been poisoned and it's tearing apart her insides.  If she doesn't get healed soon, she'll die."

"Okay I'm dressed.  Where is she?"  Emma motioned for Kylie to follow her and they walked into the lab.

Everybody turned to see Emma and Kylie enter the lab.  Without saying a word, Kylie walked over to Christina on the table.  Putting a hand on each shoulder, Kylie started to glow; a golden light surrounded both Kylie and Christina.

Adam read the scanner as Kylie used her powers.  He breathed a sigh of relief, "Her fever's coming down, it's 101 degrees right now and still dropping.  The poison is completely purged form her system.  Christina's going to make it," Adam said with the biggest smile any of them ever seen.

Once Christina's fever was down to normal, Kylie fell to the floor.  Jesse scooped her up and kissed her forehead, "You did good Kylie.  You saved her life."

Kylie was out of breath, "I need to sleep.  Healing her took a lot out of me."

"You can have my old room.  I'll change the furniture for you later to suit you okay?"

Kylie nodded and Jesse took her upstairs to let her sleep.  Once she was settled in bed, he tucked her in.  "Goodnight Kylie."

"Night Dad."  Jesse was about to turn off the lights when she cried out, "Can you leave the lights on, please?"

"Sure."  Jesse left the door open and the light on for her.  Then he quietly left the room.

Back in the lab

They removed the ice and wet towels from Christina and covered her up with a thick warm blanket.  Christina opened her eyes, "Adam?  Where am I?  What happened?  And where are my clothes?"

"You were poisoned by Eckhart, and you had a dangerously high fever.  In order to bring it down, we removed most of your clothes and packed you with ice and cold towels.  Fortunately Jesse and Emma's daughter was able to purge the poison from your system.  You're in my lab inside of Sanctuary and your clothes are on that chair.  We'll leave so that you can get dressed, but then I want you to rest.  I'll take you to one of our guest rooms after you get dressed.  I'll be outside."

Everybody filed out of the lab, leaving Christina by herself.  Brennan and Shalimar headed towards the dojo to talk to Amanda, while Adam waited patiently outside the lab.  Jesse and Emma went upstairs to check on Kylie and then went to their room to get some sleep themselves.

A/N:  Not a cliffhanger at all I know, but I wanted to break it before the next chapter.  Next time… Kylie finds a picture and Mutant X discusses Christmas (after all it's only a day away!)