Disclaimer: Mutant X and its associated characters, locales, etc. are the property of Tribune Entertainment and don't belong to me. No copyright infringement is intended.
Episode 1: The Mutant Killer Valentines' Residence
The Phone rang. "Hello," said Corbin Valentine.
"Hello Corbin, this is Pat Roberts."
"Colonel Roberts!" Corbin said sounding surprised.
Colonel Patrick Roberts was a former colleague of Corbin Valentine's. Corbin used to be an astronaut, until a year back, when his family was almost torn apart when he took his ten year old son Josh, a new mutant, to Genomex to make him 'normal'. His wife Lisa, also a new mutant, had Josh kidnapped to keep him away from his father. In the end it was Mutant X who had saved the day and had given Corbin another chance to keep his family together. For the last one year the Valentines' had been keeping a low profile.
"It's been a long time Corbin," said Roberts.
"It sure has," said Corbin, suspicion creeping into his voice. "And how've you been?"
"Oh, I have been absolutely perfect," Roberts said.
"But, I didn't call to exchange pleasantries. I found out about Genomex, their experiments and their freaks. These new mutants, as they call themselves, don't belong with us humans. They will be a menace to society. I've still got a few connections in the Government. I've used them to assemble myself a little team, and I plan to start wiping out these freaks one by one, starting with your son and wife."
"WHAT!" Corbin Valentine yelled.
"That's right. I know your son and wife are new mutants," Roberts replied. Corbin started getting a sick feeling at the bottom of his stomach.
"If you lay so much as a finger on them Roberts."
"There's nothing you can do Valentine," Roberts cut him off snickering.
Corbin slammed the receiver down. "Lisa! Josh!" he yelled, "Get in here quick."
Sanctuary
Shalimar and Brennan were training in the dojo, while Jesse and Emma were watching, amused at Brennan getting his ass kicked. Just as they finished, Adam came in with a grim expression on his face.
"What's wrong Adam?" Jesse asked.
"I just got a call from Lisa Valentine. Apparently some old friend of Corbin's has taken it upon himself to rid the world of new mutants. He's after Lisa and Josh."
"Oh my God!" Emma exclaimed.
"Shalimar, Brennan, I need you two to take the Helix and bring the Valentines here," Adam continued. "Jesse, see what you can dig up on a 'Colonel Patrick Roberts'.
An Abandoned Warehouse
The Valentines were waiting for Mutant X, hoping that Colonel Roberts' team hadn't tracked them down.
"Where are they? They should have been here by now!" said a frustrated Corbin.
Just then they heard footsteps approaching and turned around to see a bunch of men in black suits, looking a lot like G S Agents. Corbin grabbed a lead pipe from the ground and started running towards them.
"Get out of here," he yelled to his wife and son, "I'll hold them back."
Lisa and Josh started to run as Corbin smashed the pipe into one of the agents' skull. But he was soon overpowered. Lisa turned around and saw a couple of agents coming after them. She pushed Josh ahead.
"Go. I'll be right behind you."
"I'm not leaving you, Mom!"
"I said go!"
Lisa turned around to use her telempathic powers. BANG! One of the agents fired a shot. Josh instinctively dived to the ground, but it was Lisa who was shot. At that moment, Shalimar and Brennan appeared around the corner. Brennan sent a huge arc of electricity at the agents, knocking them down. Shalimar picked up Josh and started running back towards the Helix. The agents got back up, surprisingly unaffected by the jolt of electricity, and started firing. Shalimar and Brennan managed to get Josh back in the Helix unscathed and took off as the agents continued firing.
Sanctuary
"We have to save my Mom and Dad," said Josh, nearly in tears.
"Don't worry, Josh. We'll get them back," said Emma trying to comfort the boy. "Come on, let's get you something to eat."
As they left the room, Adam turned to Jesse.
"Did you get anything on Roberts?" Adam asked.
"Yup. Colonel Patrick Roberts, ex-military man, a war hero no less and take a look at this."
"What?"
"He must've pulled a lot of strings in the Government, because he's taken over Genomex."
"Well, that explains the black suits trying to capture the Valentines," said Brennan. "Speaking of which, I zapped a couple of them today, but it barely seemed to affect them. What's up with that?"
"He's got the Genomex labs. They must have developed some protection against your electrical charges," said Adam.
"So what are we waiting for? We've got to get into Genomex and get Corbin and Lisa out of there," said Shalimar.
"We have to be careful," said Adam. "He's got access to the new mutant database, so I'm sure he knows about us. It won't be easy getting in. Here's what we have to do.
As the team prepared to leave Adam said,
"I want you to go in and get Lisa and Corbin out of there as quickly as you can. This guy doesn't seem to be stasis pod, subdermal governor type. He's probably ordered his men to shoot on sight.
"Don't worry Adam, we'll be careful," said Brennan.
"Where's Josh?" asked Shalimar as they headed towards the helix.
"I think he's asleep," replied Emma. "He was pretty upset."
They took off in the helix and headed towards Genomex. Then Shalimar sensed something moving in the back. She got up and walked over to some containers, reached behind them and pulled up a very sheepish looking Josh.
"What are you doing here?" she demanded.
"I want to help save my mom and dad!"
"Its too dangerous. You should have stayed back at sanctuary," said Emma.
"But I…" Josh began to protest and then suddenly collapsed to the floor holding his head and shouted, "No!"
"What happened? What's wrong?" Jesse picked him up of the floor.
"My mom! Something happened."
Josh had a telempathic link with his mother. Emma tried to get a reading of him and got a brief glimpse of a middle-aged man, laughing, with a gun in his hand.
"We're here," said Brennan, who was flying the helix. "Let's get them out of there."
"Are you okay?" Shalimar asked Josh who nodded, his eyes glistening with tears. "I want you to stay in the helix, okay?"
"Okay," came a sober reply.
GenomexThe team managed to sneak past the guards thanks to a psionic blast from Emma. Jesse then phased a wall and got them in. They then split up into two pairs, Brennan and Shalimar headed for the detention cells and Jesse and Emma headed towards the laboratories.
Brennan and Shalimar had managed to sneak into the detention center quietly, when suddenly a couple of guards jumped them from behind. Shalimar took out one pretty easily. As Brennan knocked down the other, he got up to find himself facing G S agents with guns. He started to generate a tesla coil, when,
"I'd turn that of if I were you Mulwray."
Brennan looked up to see a man in his fifties, dressed in a military uniform.
"You're Robertson, I presume," he said.
Jesse phased Emma and himself into one of the labs. They saw two bodies lying on the autopsy tables. Jesse walked over to one and lifted the cover and was shocked! It was Corbin Valentine! He uncovered the other one and saw Lisa's body. He looked back at Emma. She was in shock too. Both bodies had gunshot wounds.
The door burst open and three G S agents with guns walked in. Jesse ran in front of Emma and massed. But, then he reverted back to normal when he saw Shalimar and Brennan being brought in at gunpoint.
Shalimar gasped when she saw the two bodies.
"What the hell did you do to them!" yelled Brennan.
"The same thing I'm going to do to you," Robertson replied. "After you give me the location of your headquarters.
"Your crazy if you think we're gonna tell you that."
"You will see just how crazy I can be. Take them down and torture them till someone cracks."
Five G S agents escorted the team down into the empty basement parking lot followed by Robertson.
"The first one to use their freakish powers gets a bullet to the brain," said Robertson. "Now," he said turning to Brennan, "tell me the location of Sanctuary."
"Kiss my ass," Brennan replied defiantly and got whacked in head from behind.
"Tsk, Tsk," Robertson shook his head. "You might have made a good soldier…if you were normal."
He bent down putting his face close to Emma's and held her cheeks in his hand.
"And you, Miss DeLauro. I don't suppose you have something to add to that?"
"You're never going to get the location of Sanctuary from us, Robertson," Emma replied.
"Maybe you'll change your tune when one of you is dead…kill him," he said pointing to Brennan.
"No!" Shalimar and Emma shouted in unison as one of the agents pointed his gun at Brennan's head.
Suddenly there was smoke coming from the gun. The agent yelped and dropped it. Robertson turned around in time to see a young boy making some motion with his hands and throwing what looked like a ball of heat. Another agent dropped to the floor holding his face and screaming.
Shalimar leaped to her feet and knocked another agent down with a spinning kick.
Jesse massed as one of the agents opened fire on him. He then walked over and punched the guy sending him flying to the other end of the lot.
Robertson pulled out a .35 magnum and started firing at Josh who ducked behind a pillar. Brennan kicked the Colonel's legs out from under him and then kicked his gun away.
Emma blasted the remaining agent and went to check on Josh.
Brennan charged up a tesla coil and was about to hit Robertson with it, when his attention was diverted to another group of G S agents who just entered the parking lot. Brennan released the tesla coil on them, knocking them down. Just like before, they started to get up seemingly unharmed. This time however, Shalimar and Jesse finished the job.
Brennan turned back to find Robertson slipping out the door. "Damn," he said to himself and walked towards the others.
"You know, you could have been killed," Emma was saying to Josh. "But that was really brave," she added.
"Nice job kiddo," Shalimar said tussling his hair. Josh blushed. "Aw, it was nothing," he said.
"Are you kidding!" said Jesse. "You were great! You took out two G S agents all on your own."
"I hate to interrupt the celebrations," Brennan interjected. "But we better get outta here.
"Wait! What about my parents?" Josh asked. The four Mutant X members looked at each other uncomfortably. How were they going to tell him?
"Josh, there's something you should know," Brennan said finally.
SanctuaryJesse and Brennan had managed to get Lisa and Corbin's bodies out of Genomex. The team had just returned after burying the bodies. Josh hadn't said a word throughout.
"Poor kid," said Jesse. "I don't know how he's handling this."
"I'm gonna go check on him," said Shalimar.
Josh was sitting on the steps of the dojo with his head down.
She walked over and sat down next to him.
"You okay?" she asked, a concerned look on her face.
Josh silently nodded his head. Shalimar put her finger under his chin and lifted it up. His eyes were red.
"You don't look okay to me."
"I don't have family anymore," he sniffed.
"Yes you do," she replied. "Come here."
She put her arms around him, enveloping him in a hug.
END OF EPISODE 1
I've reposted this story coz I've combined part 1 and 2 into one part.
I'll come out with episode 2 in about a week. I hope you like this one.