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 7 - Disappointments
"Has he moved?" Shalimar asked Emma, while they stared at Jesse, who seemed to be obsessed with finding this dream girl of his.
"Nope, the computer didn't come up with a match, so he is going through every file looking for her. He hasn't slept for three days. I found him dozing about an hour ago, but he got up and grabbed some more coffee and went right back at it."
"This is insane, he needs to get some sleep, this can't be good for him, obsessing over a dream?"
"Shal, its more than a dream. It's real, at least for Jesse, it's real. I haven't really been able to say one way for another yet. I know I felt another presence, but that could have been any number of things."
"Can't you just hit him with some sleep or something?"
"Shalimar! You know I can't do that!" Emma exclaimed slightly offended but at the same time ashamed as she remembered the events that happened in Kovekistan.
"I know, I know, I am just worried about him. Of all of us, I am the obsessive one, not Jess. He is the level-headed one."
"Yeah, well we all have things that plague our minds, for Jesse it happens to be this girl, whoever she is. I just hope for his sake she is real" Emma said with some sadness, she could sense how much hope Jesse had a few days ago when he started on his search for this girl and she could see that as time went on that the hope slowly vanished and was replaced with anguish. She had been trying to get Jesse to talk to her about what he was feeling, what he was thinking, but all he would do was tell her he had work to do.
"He's still at, huh" Brennan said walking into the room, breaking Emma's revelry.
"Yep" Emma and Shalimar replied in unison.
"Isn't there anything we can do, I mean he's been at it for three days straight. Even Adam sleeps at least for one hour in three days, albeit it is at his desk, but he still sleeps." Brennan said, turning to the girls.
"Can't make him do something he doesn't want to do." Emma replied "Well, I can, but I am not going to" she said jokingly
"OH! And the psionic shoots and she scores! That was pretty funny. Em." Brennan said as he chuckled.
Jesse could tell that the guys were talking about him, the way they kept looking over at him and talking amongst themselves, he didn't care. He was too tired to care. *Where are you Grae?* He thought to himself. *Why can't I find you? Did I imagine you? Or do you really exist* When the computer didn't come up with a match in either their underground database or in Genomex's database, Jesse decided to go through each file to see if maybe the computer missed her. And here it was three days later and he still hadn't found her. It was entirely possible that she wasn't in the database, there are a lot of new mutants who were not in the database, but Jesse kept hoping that she would be. He wanted to talk to her again, to see her again, to gaze into those beautiful eyes of hers and get lost in her sheer radiance.
"You skipped a few, man." Brennan said as he came up behind Jesse.
"Huh? Oh hey bro. I guess I did. Everyone of these pictures is a blur now, I don't think I would be able to see her, even if she was in this database." Jesse said as he rubbed his eyes.
"Well then maybe you should get some sleep, start fresh tomorrow."
"Yeah, I think that would be a good idea." Jesse said as he slowly pushed himself up from his chair. "Hey thanks, I guess I just needed a shove to get me away from this computer" he said as he put his hand on Brennan's shoulder.
"Anytime man."
"If all it took was a shove, hell, we could have handled that." Shalimar quipped as she smiled at Jesse.
"Don't get any ideas" he said as he chuckled "See you tomorrow guys."
"Night!" Emma said as she watched Jesse yawn, as he turned and headed towards his bedroom.
Jesse didn't realize just how exhausted he was until he entered his bedroom and saw his bed. He was trying to decide whether he should take a shower or not. "Ah, screw it, take one tomorrow, dumbass, did you even have to think about it." He said to himself as he climbed into bed. His last thought before falling asleep was *I will find you, Grae, wherever you are hiding. I will find you*
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 7 - Disappointments
"Has he moved?" Shalimar asked Emma, while they stared at Jesse, who seemed to be obsessed with finding this dream girl of his.
"Nope, the computer didn't come up with a match, so he is going through every file looking for her. He hasn't slept for three days. I found him dozing about an hour ago, but he got up and grabbed some more coffee and went right back at it."
"This is insane, he needs to get some sleep, this can't be good for him, obsessing over a dream?"
"Shal, its more than a dream. It's real, at least for Jesse, it's real. I haven't really been able to say one way for another yet. I know I felt another presence, but that could have been any number of things."
"Can't you just hit him with some sleep or something?"
"Shalimar! You know I can't do that!" Emma exclaimed slightly offended but at the same time ashamed as she remembered the events that happened in Kovekistan.
"I know, I know, I am just worried about him. Of all of us, I am the obsessive one, not Jess. He is the level-headed one."
"Yeah, well we all have things that plague our minds, for Jesse it happens to be this girl, whoever she is. I just hope for his sake she is real" Emma said with some sadness, she could sense how much hope Jesse had a few days ago when he started on his search for this girl and she could see that as time went on that the hope slowly vanished and was replaced with anguish. She had been trying to get Jesse to talk to her about what he was feeling, what he was thinking, but all he would do was tell her he had work to do.
"He's still at, huh" Brennan said walking into the room, breaking Emma's revelry.
"Yep" Emma and Shalimar replied in unison.
"Isn't there anything we can do, I mean he's been at it for three days straight. Even Adam sleeps at least for one hour in three days, albeit it is at his desk, but he still sleeps." Brennan said, turning to the girls.
"Can't make him do something he doesn't want to do." Emma replied "Well, I can, but I am not going to" she said jokingly
"OH! And the psionic shoots and she scores! That was pretty funny. Em." Brennan said as he chuckled.
Jesse could tell that the guys were talking about him, the way they kept looking over at him and talking amongst themselves, he didn't care. He was too tired to care. *Where are you Grae?* He thought to himself. *Why can't I find you? Did I imagine you? Or do you really exist* When the computer didn't come up with a match in either their underground database or in Genomex's database, Jesse decided to go through each file to see if maybe the computer missed her. And here it was three days later and he still hadn't found her. It was entirely possible that she wasn't in the database, there are a lot of new mutants who were not in the database, but Jesse kept hoping that she would be. He wanted to talk to her again, to see her again, to gaze into those beautiful eyes of hers and get lost in her sheer radiance.
"You skipped a few, man." Brennan said as he came up behind Jesse.
"Huh? Oh hey bro. I guess I did. Everyone of these pictures is a blur now, I don't think I would be able to see her, even if she was in this database." Jesse said as he rubbed his eyes.
"Well then maybe you should get some sleep, start fresh tomorrow."
"Yeah, I think that would be a good idea." Jesse said as he slowly pushed himself up from his chair. "Hey thanks, I guess I just needed a shove to get me away from this computer" he said as he put his hand on Brennan's shoulder.
"Anytime man."
"If all it took was a shove, hell, we could have handled that." Shalimar quipped as she smiled at Jesse.
"Don't get any ideas" he said as he chuckled "See you tomorrow guys."
"Night!" Emma said as she watched Jesse yawn, as he turned and headed towards his bedroom.
Jesse didn't realize just how exhausted he was until he entered his bedroom and saw his bed. He was trying to decide whether he should take a shower or not. "Ah, screw it, take one tomorrow, dumbass, did you even have to think about it." He said to himself as he climbed into bed. His last thought before falling asleep was *I will find you, Grae, wherever you are hiding. I will find you*