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Chapter 12: Decisions, Decisions
Shalimar was just as surprised as me and Emma, if not more so. "That's not possible!"
she said almost in tears. "He wouldn't do that." "We didn't think so either." Said Emma.
"But we know it's the truth." There was silence for a moment until I said, "I should go
get Jesse. Then we can all talk." "Are you sure having Jesse around right now is the best
thing?" Emma asked. "We have to tell him we know. Maybe he could help us figure out
what to do." Emma nodded and looked over at Shal. "Maybe we should talk to Adam."
she suggested calmly. "What?!" I tried hard not to scream. "You want to talk to Adam
before we talk with Jesse?!" "I dunno." She said sadly. "Lets just get Jesse." I nodded.
"Be right back." I left to get Jesse and found him by Adam. I exhaled slowly and cleared
my throat. "Uh, Jes?" I asked from on the stairs. "Yeah?" he replied. "You have a
minute?" I wondered how this would end up. "Sure, what's up?" he said going down the
stairs. "You'll see." I said with a slight chuckle. We walked to where the girls where
sitting comfortably on the couch. They greeted Jesse as we came in and Emma through
me a 'I hope you know what your doing' kind of look. "What's going on?" Jesse asked,
but none of us replied. I sighed and spoke quickly, "We know." He tilted his heads to the
side and obviously didn't understand what I wanted to tell him in under three words.
"Know what?" I buried my face in my hands, but took them out a second after. Shalimar
had a look of fear on her face, and Emma was staring at me awaiting my response. "We
know," I paused. "That you know," I paused again. "who let in the kidnappers." Terror
spread over his face but he quickly tried to cover it up with a smile. "What are you
talking about?" he laughed nervous laughter. "You know what we're talking about."
Emma said leaning forward. Jesse sat back and folded his arms. "If you're so smart," he
said meanly. "Then who?" he paused. "Who did let in the kidnappers?" he was getting
upset and we all could see it. None of us wanted to say it, so I did it quickly to get it over
with. "Adam." I stopped, but decided to continue. "You told me and Emma that you saw
Adam shut down the security cameras that night. That's why you were up when I got up."
Shalimar and Emma looked at me strangely because they hadn't known I was up that
night before our 'visitors' had come. "I don't remember telling you that." Jesse said
plainly. I looked at Emma. It was her turn to explain. She sighed but didn't say anything.
Jesse looked at her suspiciously but Emma couldn't meet his stare. "Emma!" Jesse said
standing up. "I'm sorry Jesse, its just," he cut her off. "Stay out of my head! I'm warning
you!" "Chill out Jes." I told him but I had a feeling it didn't work. "You were just acting
strange and we needed to know if it was you." I hoped he would understand, but it didn't
appear that way. He took a deep breath and sat back down. "Sorry." He mumbled. "What
are we gonna do about Adam?" Shalimar asked breaking the silence. The break didn't
last for long, however, because none of us answered. Ideas ran through my head. 'Kill
him' 'Throw him out of Sanctuary' 'Torture him and leave him on the streets' 'Talk to
him?' the last idea sounded a bit gentle and I had no idea what came over my mind. 'Or
were the other ideas just to violent?' I asked myself. I snapped back to reality just in time
to hear Emma say. "This is too weird." We looked at her silently and she continued.
"We're deciding the fate of someone who was once our dad. All of you were thinking
of," she paused. "Violent things to do to him. Could we actually picture ourselves doing
that to Adam?" she asked us. It seemed as if she was defending him, but I wasn't sure.
Shalimar and Jesse shook their heads but I didn't. "Yeah." I answered Emma's question.
"I could see myself doing that to Adam, after what he just did. He just put your guy's
lives in jeopardy. You said that none of you we hurt too bad, but you were still hurt." I
stopped, not wanting to say what had happened to me even though it was a big thing.
"And you got shot." Said Shalimar sadly. "Because of Adam." "Actually that was my
choice." I said. 'What am I doing?' I questioned my mind. 'Now I'm defending Adam?
or am I just wanting to place the blame on myself?' "What was your choice?" a voice
asked coming into the room. "Adam." we all said in unison. 'Well, he'll definitely
suspect something now.' "Brennan?" he asked wanting me to answer his question. "Oh,"
I thought quickly, "Nothing, we were just playing a game where we could only say two
different things. Mine were 'Actually that was my choice' and 'I could see myself doing
that.' I lied. "Oh I get it." Adam laughed. "What were yours Shalimar?" he asked her.
"Mine were," she paused. "Oh yeah, 'Because of Adam' and 'You got shot.'" She said
with a laugh. I almost starting laughing hysterically because our lie was actually working.
Adam laughed at Shalimar's lines and said, "Anyway, I wondering if you guys wanted to
take a break and go out." Adam suggested happily. 'Another plan to get us kidnapped?' I
said in my head. 'I don't think so.' "Actually Adam," I said. "I think we'll stay here and
decided what to do with you." Everyone looked at me dreadfully and I gave them a
reassuring wink. "What?" Adam said with a light laugh. "I don't think you want to
know." I told him. He looked at me uneasily and I knocked him unconscious with a hard
elbow to the back of the head.
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Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Mutant X team. Storyline is mine, and other characters, but that's it.
Chapter 12: Decisions, Decisions
Shalimar was just as surprised as me and Emma, if not more so. "That's not possible!"
she said almost in tears. "He wouldn't do that." "We didn't think so either." Said Emma.
"But we know it's the truth." There was silence for a moment until I said, "I should go
get Jesse. Then we can all talk." "Are you sure having Jesse around right now is the best
thing?" Emma asked. "We have to tell him we know. Maybe he could help us figure out
what to do." Emma nodded and looked over at Shal. "Maybe we should talk to Adam."
she suggested calmly. "What?!" I tried hard not to scream. "You want to talk to Adam
before we talk with Jesse?!" "I dunno." She said sadly. "Lets just get Jesse." I nodded.
"Be right back." I left to get Jesse and found him by Adam. I exhaled slowly and cleared
my throat. "Uh, Jes?" I asked from on the stairs. "Yeah?" he replied. "You have a
minute?" I wondered how this would end up. "Sure, what's up?" he said going down the
stairs. "You'll see." I said with a slight chuckle. We walked to where the girls where
sitting comfortably on the couch. They greeted Jesse as we came in and Emma through
me a 'I hope you know what your doing' kind of look. "What's going on?" Jesse asked,
but none of us replied. I sighed and spoke quickly, "We know." He tilted his heads to the
side and obviously didn't understand what I wanted to tell him in under three words.
"Know what?" I buried my face in my hands, but took them out a second after. Shalimar
had a look of fear on her face, and Emma was staring at me awaiting my response. "We
know," I paused. "That you know," I paused again. "who let in the kidnappers." Terror
spread over his face but he quickly tried to cover it up with a smile. "What are you
talking about?" he laughed nervous laughter. "You know what we're talking about."
Emma said leaning forward. Jesse sat back and folded his arms. "If you're so smart," he
said meanly. "Then who?" he paused. "Who did let in the kidnappers?" he was getting
upset and we all could see it. None of us wanted to say it, so I did it quickly to get it over
with. "Adam." I stopped, but decided to continue. "You told me and Emma that you saw
Adam shut down the security cameras that night. That's why you were up when I got up."
Shalimar and Emma looked at me strangely because they hadn't known I was up that
night before our 'visitors' had come. "I don't remember telling you that." Jesse said
plainly. I looked at Emma. It was her turn to explain. She sighed but didn't say anything.
Jesse looked at her suspiciously but Emma couldn't meet his stare. "Emma!" Jesse said
standing up. "I'm sorry Jesse, its just," he cut her off. "Stay out of my head! I'm warning
you!" "Chill out Jes." I told him but I had a feeling it didn't work. "You were just acting
strange and we needed to know if it was you." I hoped he would understand, but it didn't
appear that way. He took a deep breath and sat back down. "Sorry." He mumbled. "What
are we gonna do about Adam?" Shalimar asked breaking the silence. The break didn't
last for long, however, because none of us answered. Ideas ran through my head. 'Kill
him' 'Throw him out of Sanctuary' 'Torture him and leave him on the streets' 'Talk to
him?' the last idea sounded a bit gentle and I had no idea what came over my mind. 'Or
were the other ideas just to violent?' I asked myself. I snapped back to reality just in time
to hear Emma say. "This is too weird." We looked at her silently and she continued.
"We're deciding the fate of someone who was once our dad. All of you were thinking
of," she paused. "Violent things to do to him. Could we actually picture ourselves doing
that to Adam?" she asked us. It seemed as if she was defending him, but I wasn't sure.
Shalimar and Jesse shook their heads but I didn't. "Yeah." I answered Emma's question.
"I could see myself doing that to Adam, after what he just did. He just put your guy's
lives in jeopardy. You said that none of you we hurt too bad, but you were still hurt." I
stopped, not wanting to say what had happened to me even though it was a big thing.
"And you got shot." Said Shalimar sadly. "Because of Adam." "Actually that was my
choice." I said. 'What am I doing?' I questioned my mind. 'Now I'm defending Adam?
or am I just wanting to place the blame on myself?' "What was your choice?" a voice
asked coming into the room. "Adam." we all said in unison. 'Well, he'll definitely
suspect something now.' "Brennan?" he asked wanting me to answer his question. "Oh,"
I thought quickly, "Nothing, we were just playing a game where we could only say two
different things. Mine were 'Actually that was my choice' and 'I could see myself doing
that.' I lied. "Oh I get it." Adam laughed. "What were yours Shalimar?" he asked her.
"Mine were," she paused. "Oh yeah, 'Because of Adam' and 'You got shot.'" She said
with a laugh. I almost starting laughing hysterically because our lie was actually working.
Adam laughed at Shalimar's lines and said, "Anyway, I wondering if you guys wanted to
take a break and go out." Adam suggested happily. 'Another plan to get us kidnapped?' I
said in my head. 'I don't think so.' "Actually Adam," I said. "I think we'll stay here and
decided what to do with you." Everyone looked at me dreadfully and I gave them a
reassuring wink. "What?" Adam said with a light laugh. "I don't think you want to
know." I told him. He looked at me uneasily and I knocked him unconscious with a hard
elbow to the back of the head.