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Carli walked down the street with Shalimar and Brennan. "What are your names?" Carli asked, a little skeptical.
Shalimar smiled when she smelled a touch of fear from Carli. "My name's Shalimar, that's Brennan."
Carli nodded, she caught up with Brennan and looked at him. "That was cool with whole lightning thing. I can read people's minds---Can you do something like Brennan?" she asked Shalimar.
"Not with electricity ..." she replied. "What can you do?" she asked, playing as if she didn't know.
"Oh--me? I can read people's minds, sometimes. And predict things, I call myself a telepathicseer. Clairvoyance, ESP, lotta names for it."
"That's a mouthful," Brennan mentioned.
"Be nice," Shalimar snapped at Brennan. "The name for what I have is feline-feral."
"You know what? I heard about that, yellow eyes, that sort? I looked it up on the Internet."
"Do you know why those guys were after you?"
"They offered to give me a whole new life, with people just like me. But I saw right through him, I knew something wasn't right so I started throwing things at them."
They got to Double Helix, Carli stopped dead in her tracks. "Wow! That is so cool! Looks like something straight out of Star Wars."
"It's called the Double Helix," informed Shalimar.
Carli laughed. "Double Helix? Who would name that after DNA?" Carli asked.
***Inside the Helix***
Carli sat on a table. "OK, OK. So . . . you're Adam, you're Jesse, and you're Emma and you are all a part of a team that saves the world called Mutant X?"
"That's the gist," Jesse replied.
"And you saved me from two agents from something called GSA that takes mutants like me?"
"Yes," Adam replied.
"OK, not to disappoint anybody but I'm not that hot-shot of a telepathicseer, OK? I mean, I don't "see" anything, I sense things. Bad feelings, and when I read people's minds it's like I don't have ANY control. I just blurt things out and they happen to be true."
"Well, you're only fourteen, you can't call on your power like Brennan and Shalimar can."
"Oh, well, what are your powers?" Carli asked Emma and Jesse.
Adam lifted his hands. "Wait, how do you know I am not mutant?"
Carli lifted her hands as well. "See what I mean? I just know things, things just pop into my head!"
Emma smiled. "My power is similar to yours, I'm a telempath."
"Telempath?" Carli asked, confused.
"I can sense people's emotions and influence them."
"Ohhh . . . that makes sense. How cool! So, can you sense my emotions too?"
"Yes . . . you are a little scared, and confused, and excited."
"Wow! . . . and what about you Jesse Kilmartin . . . damn, did it again!" Carli cursed when she figured out his last name.
Jesse smiled. "I can change the density of my body, I can be intangable one second or be solid as a rock wall another."
"Wow! You know what, you must be the only other mutants I've ever met," Carli replied. "So, where are we going?"
"Our Sanctuary, it's secret, none of GSA or Genomex knows where it is."
"Cool . . ." Carli replied.
Carli walked down the street with Shalimar and Brennan. "What are your names?" Carli asked, a little skeptical.
Shalimar smiled when she smelled a touch of fear from Carli. "My name's Shalimar, that's Brennan."
Carli nodded, she caught up with Brennan and looked at him. "That was cool with whole lightning thing. I can read people's minds---Can you do something like Brennan?" she asked Shalimar.
"Not with electricity ..." she replied. "What can you do?" she asked, playing as if she didn't know.
"Oh--me? I can read people's minds, sometimes. And predict things, I call myself a telepathicseer. Clairvoyance, ESP, lotta names for it."
"That's a mouthful," Brennan mentioned.
"Be nice," Shalimar snapped at Brennan. "The name for what I have is feline-feral."
"You know what? I heard about that, yellow eyes, that sort? I looked it up on the Internet."
"Do you know why those guys were after you?"
"They offered to give me a whole new life, with people just like me. But I saw right through him, I knew something wasn't right so I started throwing things at them."
They got to Double Helix, Carli stopped dead in her tracks. "Wow! That is so cool! Looks like something straight out of Star Wars."
"It's called the Double Helix," informed Shalimar.
Carli laughed. "Double Helix? Who would name that after DNA?" Carli asked.
***Inside the Helix***
Carli sat on a table. "OK, OK. So . . . you're Adam, you're Jesse, and you're Emma and you are all a part of a team that saves the world called Mutant X?"
"That's the gist," Jesse replied.
"And you saved me from two agents from something called GSA that takes mutants like me?"
"Yes," Adam replied.
"OK, not to disappoint anybody but I'm not that hot-shot of a telepathicseer, OK? I mean, I don't "see" anything, I sense things. Bad feelings, and when I read people's minds it's like I don't have ANY control. I just blurt things out and they happen to be true."
"Well, you're only fourteen, you can't call on your power like Brennan and Shalimar can."
"Oh, well, what are your powers?" Carli asked Emma and Jesse.
Adam lifted his hands. "Wait, how do you know I am not mutant?"
Carli lifted her hands as well. "See what I mean? I just know things, things just pop into my head!"
Emma smiled. "My power is similar to yours, I'm a telempath."
"Telempath?" Carli asked, confused.
"I can sense people's emotions and influence them."
"Ohhh . . . that makes sense. How cool! So, can you sense my emotions too?"
"Yes . . . you are a little scared, and confused, and excited."
"Wow! . . . and what about you Jesse Kilmartin . . . damn, did it again!" Carli cursed when she figured out his last name.
Jesse smiled. "I can change the density of my body, I can be intangable one second or be solid as a rock wall another."
"Wow! You know what, you must be the only other mutants I've ever met," Carli replied. "So, where are we going?"
"Our Sanctuary, it's secret, none of GSA or Genomex knows where it is."
"Cool . . ." Carli replied.