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 5 - heart to heart
The sun shone through the window heralding its vicious wake up call, Grace groaned and rolled over, taking her pillow and covering her head. Desperately hoping to escape the dream world she was just in, that had plagued her entire life in the past, but at the same time, hoping to stay and talk some more to the intriguing young man she has just met. The young man named Jesse Kilmartin, who had eyes the color of the sky and a face that could make any woman melt.
*Why me* she thought to herself, *why am I the only one who has to do this, just for once can't someone else take these non-acid induced acid trips* She had the monster of all migraines. She always did after one of her trips into the "realm" as she so adoringly called it.
She rolled out of bed, and still half asleep maneuvered around the obstacle course that was her bedroom, out the door and into the bathroom. Downing four Excedrin migraine pills, she headed out to the kitchen. Rubbing the sleep from her eyes, she was met by all three of her brothers, sitting in the kitchen. They looked over at her, as if they had been waiting all morning for her to make her presence known.
"You told them, did you?" She accused Tommy.
"Well, yeah! You didn't thing that this was a thing that we could not tell them. Did you?" Tommy waited for an answer, and when he didn't get an immediate response, "You did!"
"Well, not entirely" she timidly replied "just until I knew what was going on, its been awhile since I started dreaming about the passageways again, so I was kinda hoping that this was kinda a tour, and not a detour. And I still don't know by the way." She said stubbornly sticking her tongue out at the brother.
"Well. If it had been a detour, we wouldn't have known about it until it was too late, now would we?" Doug said, trying to be the parental figure of the moment. "It's just that we don't want to lose you"
"I know, I should have told you, but, well.its..hell. I didn't want to worry you."
"Well, too bad kiddo, worry comes with the territory. OK, sit down, who's up for breakfast?" Doug said as he was pulling out ingredients for omelets.
"Grace, spill" Tommy persisted
"Now? I thought we agreed after breakfast." Giving Tommy her best puppy dog eyes.
"Close enough, what is going on?"
"OK, fine, last night I was dreaming, and I started to travel through this passageway. But this time it was different. In the past, the events that I see around me are completely unfamiliar. This time, there were some events that I recognized intermixed with others that I didn't recognize. And then I saw this guy, he was traveling too. The first time I saw him."
"The first time?! There has been more than one time?!" Joey interjected
"Ahem, as I was saying the first time I only saw him for a split second, almost like a flash. And I felt his presence. It was weird, I didn't feel threatened, but I didn't know if he meant me any harm, but it all happened to fast, I didn't get the chance to find out. Then I woke up, made myself a sandwich, almost killed Tom" she said as she elbowed Tom in the ribs
"Yeah, don't remind me"
"When I finally fell asleep again, this time I was able to travel at my own speed. Stop and take a look at the events and images. That was something I have never been able to do. As I was trying to understand why my travel method had changed, I saw some movement ahead of me. It was this guy, actually it was THE guy, the one from earlier. He was just standing and looking at the events too. He asked if I was the one he saw earlier and he asked me my name, and he asked if I knew what was going on. He asked a lot of questions. I tried to answer his questions, but I couldn't really answer how our dreams were connected. Something has changed since the last time I experienced the "traveling" and I don't know what it is or if it is a good or bad thing." Grace paused to gauge the look on Doug, Joey and Tommy's faces, to see if their worry had been somewhat alleviated. "and that was it, the next thing I know the sun is shining on my face and I have the mother of all mother of headaches."
"Well, if something has changed, we would have no way of knowing what that is, or if it a good or bad thing, until it happens." Doug said as he dished up plates for breakfast.
"There is one way." Grace piped up softly avoiding eye contact with any of the boys.
"Absolutely not! You are never doing that again. We almost didn't get you back the last time you tried that!" Doug said sternly. "Over my dead body are you attempting that again."
"I didn't try it the last time. It just happened. And we may not have a choice here, I may not have a choice!" She exclaimed. "We, I have never understood exactly why I have these abilities, why I "travel", how I am able to cross time. Maybe, this could give me the answers to all the questions that we have ever asked. I know it is risky, and if I thought there was a safer way, I would try and do that, but right now, I think this might be the only way."
"But how are you going to go about it? You can't just pick up the phone and ask the operator for the listing for "the mysterious voice who can answer why do I exist", now can you?" Doug countered sarcastically. He was faced with losing the girl, the woman he had grown to love like a sister.
"No, but if I am able to control the rate of my "travels" to take a better look at what was happening in the passageway, and if I am able to talk to Jesse." she began
"Jesse? Who the hell is Jesse?" Joey interjected.
"He is the guy I was telling you about in the passageway. Stay with me here. Like I was saying if I am able to talk with Jesse, who is to say that I just can't call out for answers and get some back in return, this time safely. And besides, I am a lot stronger than when I was 15, when you guys rescued me. I have had a little more practice with this, maybe not all good practice, but still."
"I still don't like it." Doug grumbled.
"You don't have to like it. Look I know you love me and I love you all too, but this might be something that is beyond my control. I might not be able." Looking over at the clock, "Oh my God, is that the time, I need to get to work!" She said as she jumped up from the table, stuffing that last bite of omelet in her mouth. "Thanks for breakfast and for listening" she said as she kissed each one and ran to her room to change for work.
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 5 - heart to heart
The sun shone through the window heralding its vicious wake up call, Grace groaned and rolled over, taking her pillow and covering her head. Desperately hoping to escape the dream world she was just in, that had plagued her entire life in the past, but at the same time, hoping to stay and talk some more to the intriguing young man she has just met. The young man named Jesse Kilmartin, who had eyes the color of the sky and a face that could make any woman melt.
*Why me* she thought to herself, *why am I the only one who has to do this, just for once can't someone else take these non-acid induced acid trips* She had the monster of all migraines. She always did after one of her trips into the "realm" as she so adoringly called it.
She rolled out of bed, and still half asleep maneuvered around the obstacle course that was her bedroom, out the door and into the bathroom. Downing four Excedrin migraine pills, she headed out to the kitchen. Rubbing the sleep from her eyes, she was met by all three of her brothers, sitting in the kitchen. They looked over at her, as if they had been waiting all morning for her to make her presence known.
"You told them, did you?" She accused Tommy.
"Well, yeah! You didn't thing that this was a thing that we could not tell them. Did you?" Tommy waited for an answer, and when he didn't get an immediate response, "You did!"
"Well, not entirely" she timidly replied "just until I knew what was going on, its been awhile since I started dreaming about the passageways again, so I was kinda hoping that this was kinda a tour, and not a detour. And I still don't know by the way." She said stubbornly sticking her tongue out at the brother.
"Well. If it had been a detour, we wouldn't have known about it until it was too late, now would we?" Doug said, trying to be the parental figure of the moment. "It's just that we don't want to lose you"
"I know, I should have told you, but, well.its..hell. I didn't want to worry you."
"Well, too bad kiddo, worry comes with the territory. OK, sit down, who's up for breakfast?" Doug said as he was pulling out ingredients for omelets.
"Grace, spill" Tommy persisted
"Now? I thought we agreed after breakfast." Giving Tommy her best puppy dog eyes.
"Close enough, what is going on?"
"OK, fine, last night I was dreaming, and I started to travel through this passageway. But this time it was different. In the past, the events that I see around me are completely unfamiliar. This time, there were some events that I recognized intermixed with others that I didn't recognize. And then I saw this guy, he was traveling too. The first time I saw him."
"The first time?! There has been more than one time?!" Joey interjected
"Ahem, as I was saying the first time I only saw him for a split second, almost like a flash. And I felt his presence. It was weird, I didn't feel threatened, but I didn't know if he meant me any harm, but it all happened to fast, I didn't get the chance to find out. Then I woke up, made myself a sandwich, almost killed Tom" she said as she elbowed Tom in the ribs
"Yeah, don't remind me"
"When I finally fell asleep again, this time I was able to travel at my own speed. Stop and take a look at the events and images. That was something I have never been able to do. As I was trying to understand why my travel method had changed, I saw some movement ahead of me. It was this guy, actually it was THE guy, the one from earlier. He was just standing and looking at the events too. He asked if I was the one he saw earlier and he asked me my name, and he asked if I knew what was going on. He asked a lot of questions. I tried to answer his questions, but I couldn't really answer how our dreams were connected. Something has changed since the last time I experienced the "traveling" and I don't know what it is or if it is a good or bad thing." Grace paused to gauge the look on Doug, Joey and Tommy's faces, to see if their worry had been somewhat alleviated. "and that was it, the next thing I know the sun is shining on my face and I have the mother of all mother of headaches."
"Well, if something has changed, we would have no way of knowing what that is, or if it a good or bad thing, until it happens." Doug said as he dished up plates for breakfast.
"There is one way." Grace piped up softly avoiding eye contact with any of the boys.
"Absolutely not! You are never doing that again. We almost didn't get you back the last time you tried that!" Doug said sternly. "Over my dead body are you attempting that again."
"I didn't try it the last time. It just happened. And we may not have a choice here, I may not have a choice!" She exclaimed. "We, I have never understood exactly why I have these abilities, why I "travel", how I am able to cross time. Maybe, this could give me the answers to all the questions that we have ever asked. I know it is risky, and if I thought there was a safer way, I would try and do that, but right now, I think this might be the only way."
"But how are you going to go about it? You can't just pick up the phone and ask the operator for the listing for "the mysterious voice who can answer why do I exist", now can you?" Doug countered sarcastically. He was faced with losing the girl, the woman he had grown to love like a sister.
"No, but if I am able to control the rate of my "travels" to take a better look at what was happening in the passageway, and if I am able to talk to Jesse." she began
"Jesse? Who the hell is Jesse?" Joey interjected.
"He is the guy I was telling you about in the passageway. Stay with me here. Like I was saying if I am able to talk with Jesse, who is to say that I just can't call out for answers and get some back in return, this time safely. And besides, I am a lot stronger than when I was 15, when you guys rescued me. I have had a little more practice with this, maybe not all good practice, but still."
"I still don't like it." Doug grumbled.
"You don't have to like it. Look I know you love me and I love you all too, but this might be something that is beyond my control. I might not be able." Looking over at the clock, "Oh my God, is that the time, I need to get to work!" She said as she jumped up from the table, stuffing that last bite of omelet in her mouth. "Thanks for breakfast and for listening" she said as she kissed each one and ran to her room to change for work.