Title: Time Cubed
Author: dragons_syn
Email: dragons_syn@yahoo.com
Rating: NC-17 to R
Pairing: Jesse and Grae (my own character)
Disclaimer: I do not own Mutant X or any of the characters of Mutant X. I am purely borrowing the characters for the purpose of entertainment. I do however own the character Grace/Grae Summary: (AU) Takes place after Time Squared. The effects of Gabriel Ashlocke killing his parents have unforeseen consequences.
Chapter 4-Serious Revelry
"What do you think this is all about?" Brennan asked Shalimar, as he walked into the common room. Jesse's request sounded pretty urgent, so they skipped their showers. Brennan ran to his room to retrieve his sketch pad and pencils, and Shalimar stayed in the common room and began her "cool down" stretches.
"Don't know, but if Jesse is going to ask you to sketch something it must be pretty important" she replied
"Yeah, I always thought that revealing to you guys that I can draw was going to come back and bite me in the ass." He said jokingly, as he sat down on the sofa and waited for Jesse to arrive.
Moments later Jesse and Emma walked into the room.
"Hey man, thanks for meeting me so quickly, I really need your help" Jesse said.
"No prob, man. What's up? Why did you want me to bring this for?" Brennan asked indicating to his sketchbook.
"I need your help in providing me with a picture of someone."
"Why don't you just get a camera, I am sure it will look a lot better than anything I could draw."
"Well, see, that is where the problem is, I dreamed her."
"HER? You dreamed her? Jess, you aren't making sense, you want Brennan to draw a dream girl. Isn't that taking your dream fantasy a little too far?" Shalimar quipped.
"Look guys, I know this is going to sound strange, but..well..you see."
"Jesse, its OK, just tell us what you do know." Emma coaxed realizing that he was having a hard time trying to explain them what was going on.
"OK, here goes." Jesse started to say
"Here goes what?" Adam asked kind of feeling a little left out of the loop, as he had just walked into the room finding all four members of his family congregated and seemed to be in a discussion of some sort.
"I am sorry Adam, I just wanted to get this out before I forget anything."
"Get what out, what is going on?" Adam said frustrated, *this must what it feels like when I don't tell them everything.* he thought.
"OK, Jesse, lets get this show on the road, then you can tell us what is going on, kay bro?" Brennan said as he waited for Jesse to describe what he wanted to draw.
"Right, ok, lets see...she had long black hair, it went down to her waist. She had these amazing eyes, and this face, the face of angel, and a voice so sweet and soft, she was tall, but not as tall as I am. And she was fit, her muscles were well defined. She had this look of pained innocence, almost like she was sorry that I got dragged into whatever we were dragged into."
"Kay got it, black hair to the waist, amazing eyes, and face of angel with look of pained innocence. Here, what do you think?" Brennan said as he flamboyantly made some sort of finishing touch to the picture, flipped his sketch book around, only to present a bright yellow smiley face, as he burst into laughter.
"Uh, no, that is not her." Jesse said curtly.
"I am sorry bro, couldn't resist, you weren't really describing anything for me to actually draw and you had this sort of dreamy look on your face, I didn't want to interrupt. OK, *deep breath* OK, let's get serious. Jess, describe each feature as best you can, and I promise no more horsing around."
"Right, no more horsing around. Have to admit that was pretty funny man." Jesse said as he chuckled. "OK, she had this face."
"The face of angel, we got that. What shape?" Brennan said teasingly.
"Her face was circular but not a perfect circle, almost like it was just starting to turn into an oval."
"Like this?"
"Kinda, except a little less oval, there, there that's it"
"Her nose was small, and round, exactly in the middle of her face. Her lips were full..Not that full!" Jesse said as he jabbed Brennan for making this ridiculously full lipped drawing
"OW! OK, OK, a little less full. How is this?" Brennan asked as he re-drew the lips.
"Better, OK, her cheekbones were high and pronounced, but not like starvation pronounced, she had small ears with three earrings in each ear, yeah like that, her hair was black and flowing, her chin was dainty and perfect."
"I can draw dainty man, but you are going to need to be a bit more specific on perfect." Brennan quipped.
"Funny, smart ass. Her chin was dainty and perfectly centered to the face with no flaws, perfectly round."
"OK, how is this?" Brennan showed Jesse what they had so far.
"Yeah, yeah, that looks like her, now for her eyes.Her eyes were amazing" Jesse said almost dreamily.
"OK, again man, you have to be a more specific on amazing..OW! Shal? I was just kidding!" Brennan exclaimed has he had just be hit upside the head by Shalimar.
"I know, just wanted to beat him to it." Shalimar said with a smirk.
"Jeez, tough crowd." Brennan replied.
"Her eyes were soft, but focused but also sad, they were almond shaped but not quite as long and oval. They had an animal like quality, like a, a..that's it!" Jesse exclaimed as he jumped up and ran out of the room yelling "Don't go anywhere, I will be right back!"
"What got into him?" Adam asked. "Will someone explain to me what the hell is going on here?"
"We really don't know, Adam." Emma replied. "I went to check on Jesse, and as I got closer to his room I got a really powerful hit off of him, he wasn't in any danger, but he was emotionally charged, and then I got a hit off someone else, someone I didn't recognize and the hit was coming from Jesse's room. When I got inside, I didn't see anyone else but Jesse, so I tried to wake him up, I kept calling his name, he was breathing and didn't appear to be in any trouble, so I kept shaking him and calling his name. I started to get worried after about 30 minutes and then when I was about to call you guys, he woke up yelling the word "gray" and then here we are."
"30 minutes! Why didn't you call me sooner" Adam asked concerned.
"I know, but like I said, I didn't feel like he was in any danger, part of me hoped he was really tired and was really enjoying whatever dream he was having."
Jesse came running back in the room "Got it!" he yelled triumphantly as he held up a book.
"Her eyes were exactly like this." Jesse said as he pointed to a picture of a Grey wolf. "That is what she reminded of, she had this feral attitude around her, the way she moved, the way she stood defensively, the way she just stood, it reminded me of you, Shal, but not quite. She reminded me a wolf. And her eyes were exactly like this. And they were two colors, not like one eye was one color and the other eye was the other color, it was almost like it shimmered. Her eyes were the deepest of deepest of blues in one light, then she looked up into my eyes and they turned into the greenest of green. It was amazing."
"OK, first of all I take offense to be compared to a canine, and secondly, Jesse, are you OK? I thought Adam said you were fine, are you sure you aren't imagining things. Maybe you hit your head yesterday." Shalimar retorted.
"I am fine, Shal. Something has happened that I can't explain it all yet. I may not be able to explain it all."
"Jesse, how about you start from the beginning." Adam said
"Yeah, you are right. Remember yesterday when I asked if any of you saw anybody while going through the portal? Well, I did. At first I thought I was imagining things, but then last night as I was sleeping I dreamed I was back in the portal. And she." pointing at the picture "was there with me. It seems that somehow our paths crossed and we got connected somehow. Or at least that is what she says. I was standing still looking at the all images that were around me, then I saw something out of the corner of my eye, when I turned to face her, she saw me and crouched. We started to talk, and she wasn't really to concise or eager to provide answers, but all she really knew is that we were dreaming and somehow our dreams were connected and that the connection shouldn't have happened. She said that she has "traveled" through portals similar to the one that we went through before. She said she always traveled alone and always when she was dreaming, and that sometimes nothing ever came of her travels and sometimes she had detours. What she meant by detours I don't know, we didn't get that far. The next thing I know I hear Emma calling my name and she was telling to go and wake up. And then I woke up and here we are." Pausing to take a breath "Look, I know that this sounds far fetched, but considering the things that we have seen, the events of yesterday, this could be entirely possible. Right?"
"Yes, it could be possible, I mean a new mutant with the ability to open time portals is definitely an amazing feat in and of itself, so it would be conceivable that there would be a new mutant who could astral project themselves into these "portals" as you put it to "travel". I don't see why it wouldn't be possible. However, I would like to speak with this young woman, and maybe we could get a better understanding of exactly what kind of new mutant she is. Maybe she has additional gifts as well. Jesse, why don't you run this picture through the new mutant database, here and at Genomex, and see if you can find her."
"You got it!" Jesse said with an air of excitement, he couldn't wait to meet this girl face to face.
"Hey Jess, does your dream girl have a name?" Brennan asked as Jesse was leaving the room.
"Grae" was all Jesse said as he disappeared behind his computer terminal.
"Grae? Then it was HER, he was calling after when he woke up. That makes sense now." Emma said.
Author: dragons_syn
Email: dragons_syn@yahoo.com
Rating: NC-17 to R
Pairing: Jesse and Grae (my own character)
Disclaimer: I do not own Mutant X or any of the characters of Mutant X. I am purely borrowing the characters for the purpose of entertainment. I do however own the character Grace/Grae Summary: (AU) Takes place after Time Squared. The effects of Gabriel Ashlocke killing his parents have unforeseen consequences.
Chapter 4-Serious Revelry
"What do you think this is all about?" Brennan asked Shalimar, as he walked into the common room. Jesse's request sounded pretty urgent, so they skipped their showers. Brennan ran to his room to retrieve his sketch pad and pencils, and Shalimar stayed in the common room and began her "cool down" stretches.
"Don't know, but if Jesse is going to ask you to sketch something it must be pretty important" she replied
"Yeah, I always thought that revealing to you guys that I can draw was going to come back and bite me in the ass." He said jokingly, as he sat down on the sofa and waited for Jesse to arrive.
Moments later Jesse and Emma walked into the room.
"Hey man, thanks for meeting me so quickly, I really need your help" Jesse said.
"No prob, man. What's up? Why did you want me to bring this for?" Brennan asked indicating to his sketchbook.
"I need your help in providing me with a picture of someone."
"Why don't you just get a camera, I am sure it will look a lot better than anything I could draw."
"Well, see, that is where the problem is, I dreamed her."
"HER? You dreamed her? Jess, you aren't making sense, you want Brennan to draw a dream girl. Isn't that taking your dream fantasy a little too far?" Shalimar quipped.
"Look guys, I know this is going to sound strange, but..well..you see."
"Jesse, its OK, just tell us what you do know." Emma coaxed realizing that he was having a hard time trying to explain them what was going on.
"OK, here goes." Jesse started to say
"Here goes what?" Adam asked kind of feeling a little left out of the loop, as he had just walked into the room finding all four members of his family congregated and seemed to be in a discussion of some sort.
"I am sorry Adam, I just wanted to get this out before I forget anything."
"Get what out, what is going on?" Adam said frustrated, *this must what it feels like when I don't tell them everything.* he thought.
"OK, Jesse, lets get this show on the road, then you can tell us what is going on, kay bro?" Brennan said as he waited for Jesse to describe what he wanted to draw.
"Right, ok, lets see...she had long black hair, it went down to her waist. She had these amazing eyes, and this face, the face of angel, and a voice so sweet and soft, she was tall, but not as tall as I am. And she was fit, her muscles were well defined. She had this look of pained innocence, almost like she was sorry that I got dragged into whatever we were dragged into."
"Kay got it, black hair to the waist, amazing eyes, and face of angel with look of pained innocence. Here, what do you think?" Brennan said as he flamboyantly made some sort of finishing touch to the picture, flipped his sketch book around, only to present a bright yellow smiley face, as he burst into laughter.
"Uh, no, that is not her." Jesse said curtly.
"I am sorry bro, couldn't resist, you weren't really describing anything for me to actually draw and you had this sort of dreamy look on your face, I didn't want to interrupt. OK, *deep breath* OK, let's get serious. Jess, describe each feature as best you can, and I promise no more horsing around."
"Right, no more horsing around. Have to admit that was pretty funny man." Jesse said as he chuckled. "OK, she had this face."
"The face of angel, we got that. What shape?" Brennan said teasingly.
"Her face was circular but not a perfect circle, almost like it was just starting to turn into an oval."
"Like this?"
"Kinda, except a little less oval, there, there that's it"
"Her nose was small, and round, exactly in the middle of her face. Her lips were full..Not that full!" Jesse said as he jabbed Brennan for making this ridiculously full lipped drawing
"OW! OK, OK, a little less full. How is this?" Brennan asked as he re-drew the lips.
"Better, OK, her cheekbones were high and pronounced, but not like starvation pronounced, she had small ears with three earrings in each ear, yeah like that, her hair was black and flowing, her chin was dainty and perfect."
"I can draw dainty man, but you are going to need to be a bit more specific on perfect." Brennan quipped.
"Funny, smart ass. Her chin was dainty and perfectly centered to the face with no flaws, perfectly round."
"OK, how is this?" Brennan showed Jesse what they had so far.
"Yeah, yeah, that looks like her, now for her eyes.Her eyes were amazing" Jesse said almost dreamily.
"OK, again man, you have to be a more specific on amazing..OW! Shal? I was just kidding!" Brennan exclaimed has he had just be hit upside the head by Shalimar.
"I know, just wanted to beat him to it." Shalimar said with a smirk.
"Jeez, tough crowd." Brennan replied.
"Her eyes were soft, but focused but also sad, they were almond shaped but not quite as long and oval. They had an animal like quality, like a, a..that's it!" Jesse exclaimed as he jumped up and ran out of the room yelling "Don't go anywhere, I will be right back!"
"What got into him?" Adam asked. "Will someone explain to me what the hell is going on here?"
"We really don't know, Adam." Emma replied. "I went to check on Jesse, and as I got closer to his room I got a really powerful hit off of him, he wasn't in any danger, but he was emotionally charged, and then I got a hit off someone else, someone I didn't recognize and the hit was coming from Jesse's room. When I got inside, I didn't see anyone else but Jesse, so I tried to wake him up, I kept calling his name, he was breathing and didn't appear to be in any trouble, so I kept shaking him and calling his name. I started to get worried after about 30 minutes and then when I was about to call you guys, he woke up yelling the word "gray" and then here we are."
"30 minutes! Why didn't you call me sooner" Adam asked concerned.
"I know, but like I said, I didn't feel like he was in any danger, part of me hoped he was really tired and was really enjoying whatever dream he was having."
Jesse came running back in the room "Got it!" he yelled triumphantly as he held up a book.
"Her eyes were exactly like this." Jesse said as he pointed to a picture of a Grey wolf. "That is what she reminded of, she had this feral attitude around her, the way she moved, the way she stood defensively, the way she just stood, it reminded me of you, Shal, but not quite. She reminded me a wolf. And her eyes were exactly like this. And they were two colors, not like one eye was one color and the other eye was the other color, it was almost like it shimmered. Her eyes were the deepest of deepest of blues in one light, then she looked up into my eyes and they turned into the greenest of green. It was amazing."
"OK, first of all I take offense to be compared to a canine, and secondly, Jesse, are you OK? I thought Adam said you were fine, are you sure you aren't imagining things. Maybe you hit your head yesterday." Shalimar retorted.
"I am fine, Shal. Something has happened that I can't explain it all yet. I may not be able to explain it all."
"Jesse, how about you start from the beginning." Adam said
"Yeah, you are right. Remember yesterday when I asked if any of you saw anybody while going through the portal? Well, I did. At first I thought I was imagining things, but then last night as I was sleeping I dreamed I was back in the portal. And she." pointing at the picture "was there with me. It seems that somehow our paths crossed and we got connected somehow. Or at least that is what she says. I was standing still looking at the all images that were around me, then I saw something out of the corner of my eye, when I turned to face her, she saw me and crouched. We started to talk, and she wasn't really to concise or eager to provide answers, but all she really knew is that we were dreaming and somehow our dreams were connected and that the connection shouldn't have happened. She said that she has "traveled" through portals similar to the one that we went through before. She said she always traveled alone and always when she was dreaming, and that sometimes nothing ever came of her travels and sometimes she had detours. What she meant by detours I don't know, we didn't get that far. The next thing I know I hear Emma calling my name and she was telling to go and wake up. And then I woke up and here we are." Pausing to take a breath "Look, I know that this sounds far fetched, but considering the things that we have seen, the events of yesterday, this could be entirely possible. Right?"
"Yes, it could be possible, I mean a new mutant with the ability to open time portals is definitely an amazing feat in and of itself, so it would be conceivable that there would be a new mutant who could astral project themselves into these "portals" as you put it to "travel". I don't see why it wouldn't be possible. However, I would like to speak with this young woman, and maybe we could get a better understanding of exactly what kind of new mutant she is. Maybe she has additional gifts as well. Jesse, why don't you run this picture through the new mutant database, here and at Genomex, and see if you can find her."
"You got it!" Jesse said with an air of excitement, he couldn't wait to meet this girl face to face.
"Hey Jess, does your dream girl have a name?" Brennan asked as Jesse was leaving the room.
"Grae" was all Jesse said as he disappeared behind his computer terminal.
"Grae? Then it was HER, he was calling after when he woke up. That makes sense now." Emma said.