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"FREAK!"

Tears stung the young boys gray blue eyes as he tried to hold them back. He had to show a strong face, he couldn't let them see him cry. Not now.

He lifted his books from the table and looked down at the floor, afraid that if he looked up, the tears would fall. *Why was he like this? He never wanted it. Was he really a freak? * He could fell the rest of the student stares focused on him and his reason of it.

*Why won't they leave me alone? *

"Hey Kilmartin! Why don't you do something freakish," the bully taunted. "Walk through a wall or something." Everyone else laughed.

He stood up and prepared to leave the classroom, his knuckles were turning white from holding to his books to tightly.

"Awww...baby Jesse's leaving. Why? Can't stand the pressure? Freak."

A wave of anger washed over him replacing his grief. He stopped at the door and focused on the lockers in front of him and tried to control his anger, which was already building within him, like coals being flamed.

The bully walked up behind him and pushed him hard, forcing Jesse to stumble, not too much but just enough to embarrass him. "Leave me alone..." he whispered.

He stood tall in front of Jesse. Oh look, the freak speaks." More laughing. The bully grabbed his collar and pushed him right in front of his face until Jesse could feel his hot breath on his own face. "Freak."

That was all it took. It felt like he wasn't him anymore and he was watching from somewhere else, like a branch had just snapped only it wasn't.

Jesse looked into the bully's face and phased out and fell out of his grasp. He could hear the crowd gasp at him but he didn't care. Not this time. He continued and hit the bully full in the face. But before he punched, a surge of power filled him, as the only thought he had was to hurt him. Hard.

People screamed and ran out of the room as the bully fell to the floor, his nose a bloody mess. Jesse stared at him in shock, and then at his own hand. Had he really done that? Red lines covered his whole arm and, he realized, his whole body. Slowly the power ebbed away ant the lines faded. *No, * he thought. *I'm already a freak enough. Now I'm more of one*

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"Jesse Kilmartin! What am I suppose to do with you?" A blond lady stared at the 15 year old.

*Nothing. That's what you always do anyway* He flexed his arm and recalled the power he felt this morning and smiled. He was getting used to the idea of his powers.

Jesse's mother walked across the study of the Kilmartin mansion, and reached for her Margarita perched on the oak table. She took a sip and turned back to look at him. "Obviously your...powers are growing." She had said the word 'powers' like it was some sort of disease. "Therefore, starting tomorrow, you will be tutored at home." She took another sip from her drink. "Ms. Lamel will be your home tutor. She has experience with...special children like yourself. That is all."

Jesse didn't even look up and kept his eyes locked on his arm as the sound from his mother's high-heeled shoes faded away, then the slamming of the car door and the sound of it driving of the graveled driveway. *It's my fault again* he thought. *Always will be*

A shadow flickered from the corner of his eyes and he looked at the window. Was somebody there?

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A whole month had passed since the incident, and Jesse had fell into the norm of life. Ms. Lamel had surprised him, he had thought that she would and old and bitter spinster, instead she was a young attractive redhead. But something about her scared him. She had the looked that said that she could reach into your mind and take whatever was in there and reveal all his secrets and feelings.

Jesse sighed and waited for her, she was late.

As usual.

The clock ticked away and then the doors suddenly burst open to let in an overexcited Ms Lamel. "Jesse, I've got a surprise for you." She bent down in front of him, as her perfume filled his nostrils. "Remember when I told you about people that can help you with your abilities?"

Jesse reluctantly nodded.

"Well...I managed to get in touch with them and they want to meet you. Today."

"Today?"

"Yes, let's go." She held out her hand towards Jesse.

At first, he was about to say no but somehow he held back her hand. It was as if he couldn't control himself and his brain was against him. Slowly they walked out into the driveway, where a black car was waiting and two man in black suits along with it. Uncertainty filled Jesse again. Then suddenly like cold water was splashed on his face, he woke up from his dreamlike state and snatched his hand from her. But before he could do that, Ms. Lamel held to his hand tighter and forced him from running away. One of the man handed her a gun like thing and she smiled at him. Terror surge through him as she placed behind his neck and pressed something.

Pain shot through his neck and he felt his powers drain away. *What was going on? *

Ms. Lamel looked at him. "Don't worry about that. It's something we call a sub-dermal governor. It just something to make sure you won't use your powers against us." She said, stroking Jesse's hair and pulled out her hand phone and dialed. "Mr. Eckhart? Yes sir. We have him right here. Thank you sir." She closed her phone and bent down. "You and I are very much alike. We both have powers that the world isafraid of, but Mr. Eckhart will fix that.

"No!!! I don't want to go." Jesse fought back as the two man grabbed from behind and dragged him towards the car. He kicked and screamed and tried to use his powers but he couldn't. But just as suddenly they had grabbed him, they stumbled and hit the ground. Jesse looked up and slowly looked over his shoulder. He saw a man holding out a gun and smiling at him.

"Hi Jesse, I'm Adam." Jesse felt a sudden relief with him and smiled back. "As for you," Adam turned and pointed his gun at Ms. Lamel. "I wouldn't suggest you use you powers on us. I just happen to know that you can't control two minds at one go. Can you? Right Shalimar?" Jesse followed Adam's gaze as he wondered who he was talking about, and saw a young blonde haired girl standing on the car. How did she get there? Jesse didn't even hear anyone behind him. Was it his imagination, or did her eyes turn golden brown?

Ms. Lamel gave a sneer at Adam as he walked up to her and snatched the funny gun like thing from her and pointed it to the base of her neck. She flinched and Jesse knew that same thing had happened to her as it did to him. The blonde girl did a flip over his head and landed gracefully next to Adam. Jesse realized that she was about the same age as he was just that her abilities made her look older. Something was just so cat like as she looked his way and smiled at her.

"Don't worry about your men, their just tranquilized that's all," Adam said as he waved his gun, and backed away from her. "Let's go," he said to Shalimar and than turned to Jesse. "Jesse, want to come along?"

"Yeah!!" Jesse answered without a moment hesitation and took a step closer towards the both of them, but suddenly a strong arm wrapped itself around Jesse's neck. He knew that this meant that he shouldn't move.

"I guess that Eckhart's starting to pick stronger men." Adam smiled at Shalimar calmly.

She smiled back like a small girl was receiving the best lollipop ever. With amazing agility, she jumped right behind them and attacked. The only problem was that, that was the last thing he remembered.

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The cool air brushed against his cheek and Jesse opened his eyes only to see a pair of brown eyes staring back. "Hi, I'm Shalimar." Jesse sat up. He was in a room that he couldn't recognize, in fact he didn't recognize anything there.

"Yeah I know." He answered. "I'm Jesse."

Shalimar giggled. "Yeah I know that too." They both laughed.

"What happened?" Jesse asked.

"Shalimar can't control her powers that well yet, and got a bit carried away," Adam said as he walked into the room and the door slid back behind him. "You hit your head pretty hard there."

"Sorry," Shalimar said sheepishly. Jesse smiled back.

"Where is this?" Jesse asked.

"This is sanctuary or Mutant-X. Where he help people like you and save them from a man named Mason Ekchart."

Jesse looked at Shalimar who smiled back assuring. He somehow felt comfortable with her. "Why do they want with me?"

"It's because of your special abilities. Like Shalimar here, she's a feral, you are a molecular," Adam continued. "You can alter you body density to become like as stone hard as a wall or just walk through one in fact. You and Shalimar are what we call, new mutants." Adam explained.

"What are old mutants?" Jesse asked innocently.

Adam laughed and scratched his head. "I guess this is a little too much for you to handle right now. So I'll explain everything later. The important part is that, I'm asking whether you would like to join us."

Jesse looked at Adam, hardly believing what he just heard.

"I'll teach you how to control your powers, and don't worry about your parents, I'll talk to them and-."

"You have to." Jesse interrupted. "They'll be more than happy to rid themselves of their freak." He whispered. The word freak sounded odd, especially coming from his own lips.

Shalimar held his hand and Adam walked closer. "Than we'll be your family," Adam said clapping his hand on Jesse's shoulder. "Welcome to Mutant-X"

Jesse knew that finally something was going right. It was like a restart in his life.

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The End

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