Chapter 2: Forgotten Dreams.

By: lornein.

Author's note: Enjoy the new chapter everyone! More is coming your way soon!!

It was often said in the old days that some things were best forgotten. There were some things that people chose to forget willingly. It could have been a past embarrassment or a wrongdoing that would later cause them trouble. So they chose to forget, how convenient. But for some of those people, sometime that past came back. And it often became terrorizing, causing many sleepless nights. For some people their greatest fears were in the past, for some their deepest sorrows. But most certainly it could be said that the past never goes away.

All of his life Adam had never been a person to follow rules. He had always chased the unexplained and had tried to accomplish the unaccomplished. Being a child genius was never easy for him.  There were two kinds of people that he had to deal with usually, one type who always were trying to get to him to use him for their own purposes with their false flatteries and blatant ulterior motives. Adam never paid much attention to them. He had been on the receiving end of their attentions since he had been proclaimed a genius at age thirteen. Working for the Genetic Security Agency for a hefty sum of money didn't seem a bad idea at that moment. He got to work in the fields that he had worshipped for a long time. His fascination with the human anatomy and the DNA mechanism was enough to satisfy him. But he could not deny that his life had been a hell of a lot complicated than others. He didn't have to worry about regular classes as a regular seventh grader in a regular school. Adam recalled how he was used to being called a nerd and a bookworm by boys his age at school. He had then dismissed it as ignorance and petty jealousy. But looking back he wasn't that sure anymore. To be honest he was fearful of those so called 'normal' kids. Their life reminded him of what he could never have. His mind was too advanced, his brain's working capacity had exceeded theirs years ago. He could solve any problem and face any challenge that came to him. But Adam was fearful of not being accepted by the society. His gifts, so unnatural had somehow almost made him like one of his creations with manipulated DNA. A freak with a super developed brain. That was what he was afraid of being called.

Then he had met someone at the GSA. Martin Collins had been like him. He was proclaimed a prodigy at age thirteen, the same age as Adam. Coming from a family of old aristocrats, just like Adam himself Martin and Adam had bonded quickly. Adam had finally found a friend with whom he could connect at his own level of mindpower. His closeness with Martin and their long association had lasted a long twenty years. He always enjoyed being close to Martin's family, his wife Theresa and their lovely daughter Claire, genetically engineered to be a telempath. Adam had looked at them as his closest friends. But something had altered their friendship for ever. Martin could never accept Adam's sudden disgust towards Genomex and his overwhelming guilt on creating new mutants. Martin had refused to believe that what they had worked on all these years and what they had finally achieved was towards nothing. When Adam had left the GSA he had asked Martin to join him but Eckhart had brainwashed him by providing him a bigger post of head researcher and project leader. Adam's proposition was nothing compared to this. Adam wanted to persuade him further but Martin argued that he couldn't just abandon his entire belief system. So Adam was disconnected from Martin. After Genomex, Adam's life had drastically changed. He wanted to protect his creations, wanted to make sure the society was ready for them. But heading out in the real world he found that it wasn't that easy. His had struggled a lot initially, trying to establish information networks and a safe underground for the new mutants. Everyone was suspicious of him and his motives, he was previously known as the man who had aided Genomex in creating these gifted batch of individuals. Everyone literally hated him for their being called freaks. It had taken Adam a good long seven years to finally establish a faithful following of individuals who had received their promises of a normal life which Adam had tried his best to keep. Then came Mutant X, Adam's own brainchild. These gifted individuals were chosen by Adam based on both their physical and mental strength.

There was Shalimar, wild and strong. Brennan, instinctive and power charged. Jesse, perhaps a little naïve but a strong molecular and an extremely efficient computer genius. And finally there was Emma. She played with emotions as if they were mere toys and could manipulate the human mind in amazing ways. Each individual was special in his or her own way but their team effort had made Adam's job a lot easier. Adam could not deny the fact that he owed a lot to these four mutants, risking their lives every day just for the sake of the cause that one man had placed before them. Adam was really thankful.

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The double helix made very little sound while flying. And Brennan seemed a natural at its controls. His hands flowed smoothly over the control panel, managing a hundred activity within seconds. He looked magnificent and truly at ease when he was flying this beautiful piece of machinery.  Shalimar leaned back in her seat and watched Brennan. His face was an utmost representation of calmness. He was loving every moment of soaring through the clouds. Shalimar was worried about Brennan's earlier behavior but felt that he was having one of those days where he was reminiscing about matters that his past held. Shalimar was now relieved that he seemed to be doing alright now. Shalimar knew about Martin Collins and how Adam felt about him. He was once Adam's closest friend and it was only natural that Adam wanted to rescue him.

As she was thinking Brennan landed the jet in a nearby area, very near to the motel and put on the stealth function in its full mode.

"Okay Shal and Brennan will go in first. Emma I want you to stay in the helix and get the first aid ready, incase Martin is hurt. Jesse you are Shalimar and Brennan's back up. Be careful and good luck." Adam's worried voice came over their comlinks.

"Got you Adam." Brennan replied as he and Shalimar headed out of the helix door.

"Let's get these GSA freaks Brennan." Shalimar's voice with dripping with enthusiasm.

"Yeah let's do it." Brennan formed sparks in his hands as they headed towards the motel.

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