Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Mutant X team. Storyline
is mine, and other characters, but that's it.
Chapter 8: The Problem
It was one month later and I had completely recovered and all was good. Well, at first. However, we were
still running low on money and Adam wouldn't let me try anything else. So in order to set things right we
all had to get part time jobs at different places. So far, Jesse had a very well paying job, Shalimar a pretty
good one, Emma, not as much as Shalimar, and me, well.. how easy do you think it would be for me to get
a job? Especially after breaking out of prison. Yeah. I didn't have one and I probably wasn't gonna get one.
Everyone agreed Adam shouldn't get one, at least not yet, and he had no problem with that, seeing on that
he was always do things. I couldn't get a job and Mutant X would be no more if we couldn't get enough
money. Jesse was some kind of computer engineer or consultant or something like that. Shalimar was a self
defense trainer, and she liked it. Emma was a waitress, who was great at convincing people to tip her well. I
was a Sanctuary bum who had never had a real job and never was gonna get one. It was always so quite and
lonely in Sanctuary and I was about to drive myself insane every second. I would apply for six jobs a day
seven days a week and get nothing. Eventually I ran out of ideas and sat bored in Sanctuary all day, every
day. As I was deep in my boredom Emma came in. "Hey!" she said, ceasing me of my sub conscious state.
"Hi." I replied in a very bored tone. "How was work?" I asked not thinking of anything else to say. "Alright.
Kind of busy. Lots of money!" "Good." I said. She looked at me, sighed and said, "Hey look, nobody else is
gonna be home for a while. Do you wanna start Christmas shopping?" she smiled at me hopefully and I
nodded and said, "Sure. Not like there's anything to do here. Are we gonna have enough money for
Christmas?" "Yeah," she said cheerfully. "I made about $200 in tips to day!" I looked at her my eyes very
wide and said, "Wow. Yeah. That should work." We shared a laugh then went out for the day. There were
two weeks until Christmas and we all decided to get something not too expensive for each other. With
Emma's tips we could probably finish off for everyone except each other, and still have money left. As I
drove, it was snowing lightly. Emma loved the snow and she was wearing a smile ear to ear. Me and Emma
had been friends for a long time now, but never really spent anytime together. It was me and Shalimar most
of the time, which most definitely didn't bother me, but I always liked getting away from the usual routine.
Besides, Shalimar worked longer than Emma, usually, so I never saw her much. I hated this whole job thing.
I didn't understand. We weren't rescuing mutants anymore, except for maybe once a week, which really
didn't bother anyone but even so, it was so different. I was deep in thought when a four foot deer ran out in
front of the car. I slammed on the brakes, but not in time. As the car made contact with the deer, I flew
through the windshield, into the snow. All I could feel was pain all over my body. I felt like I was dying
then all the sudden, everything went black.
Chapter 8: The Problem
It was one month later and I had completely recovered and all was good. Well, at first. However, we were
still running low on money and Adam wouldn't let me try anything else. So in order to set things right we
all had to get part time jobs at different places. So far, Jesse had a very well paying job, Shalimar a pretty
good one, Emma, not as much as Shalimar, and me, well.. how easy do you think it would be for me to get
a job? Especially after breaking out of prison. Yeah. I didn't have one and I probably wasn't gonna get one.
Everyone agreed Adam shouldn't get one, at least not yet, and he had no problem with that, seeing on that
he was always do things. I couldn't get a job and Mutant X would be no more if we couldn't get enough
money. Jesse was some kind of computer engineer or consultant or something like that. Shalimar was a self
defense trainer, and she liked it. Emma was a waitress, who was great at convincing people to tip her well. I
was a Sanctuary bum who had never had a real job and never was gonna get one. It was always so quite and
lonely in Sanctuary and I was about to drive myself insane every second. I would apply for six jobs a day
seven days a week and get nothing. Eventually I ran out of ideas and sat bored in Sanctuary all day, every
day. As I was deep in my boredom Emma came in. "Hey!" she said, ceasing me of my sub conscious state.
"Hi." I replied in a very bored tone. "How was work?" I asked not thinking of anything else to say. "Alright.
Kind of busy. Lots of money!" "Good." I said. She looked at me, sighed and said, "Hey look, nobody else is
gonna be home for a while. Do you wanna start Christmas shopping?" she smiled at me hopefully and I
nodded and said, "Sure. Not like there's anything to do here. Are we gonna have enough money for
Christmas?" "Yeah," she said cheerfully. "I made about $200 in tips to day!" I looked at her my eyes very
wide and said, "Wow. Yeah. That should work." We shared a laugh then went out for the day. There were
two weeks until Christmas and we all decided to get something not too expensive for each other. With
Emma's tips we could probably finish off for everyone except each other, and still have money left. As I
drove, it was snowing lightly. Emma loved the snow and she was wearing a smile ear to ear. Me and Emma
had been friends for a long time now, but never really spent anytime together. It was me and Shalimar most
of the time, which most definitely didn't bother me, but I always liked getting away from the usual routine.
Besides, Shalimar worked longer than Emma, usually, so I never saw her much. I hated this whole job thing.
I didn't understand. We weren't rescuing mutants anymore, except for maybe once a week, which really
didn't bother anyone but even so, it was so different. I was deep in thought when a four foot deer ran out in
front of the car. I slammed on the brakes, but not in time. As the car made contact with the deer, I flew
through the windshield, into the snow. All I could feel was pain all over my body. I felt like I was dying
then all the sudden, everything went black.