7The Healing of the Dreams
*** Now they are free from the Dream Girl, but as Emma and Jesse heal, Adam discovers there is something more to Sheila's powers, and Emma is slowly weakening. And there is someone who wants to destroy Mutant X ***
Complete Summary: The aftermath of being ensnared in a reverie. Emma and Jesse deal with the effects of Sheila's powers on them, and together, they are healed. But something is wrong with Emma. Sheila's powers have a different effect on her. Adam and the others must find out what is before it is too late. And there's something else - a man with a dark past intent on wreaking havoc inside Mutant X.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Mutant X.
Note ---- Here I am again, Mutant X mania. Part 2 of my previous Mutant X fic, "Ensnared in my Reverie" and you may or may not read it first. But if you've already read it, then read this one away!
+read, enjoy, review+
Chapter 6 - As Real As It Can Be
Back at Sanctuary, Adam was anxious to question Emma. During the flight home in the Double Helix, she had woken up, but everyone could see she was in the verge of tears. Jesse tried comforting her, but Emma pushed him away. Adam saw how the gesture had made Jesse distraught. He had been glad when Jesse and Emma healed together after going through the horrors of the dreamscape, but now he was worried, for Emma.
"Adam?"
Adam turned to see Jesse. "Hey, Jess," he greeted. "What is it?"
"Well," Jesse began, running a hand through his hair. His eyes met Adam's, and Adam could see the apprehension and worry, not to mention, the pain, in Jesse's eyes. "I was thinking about Emma. And I'm really worried about her, Adam. I was wondering if you could," he paused, "sort of help her."
"I will, Jess," Adam answered. "I need you to tell me what's been going on, since I was gone. The last time I saw Emma, and you, which was yesterday, you both looked pretty happy to me."
Jesse inhaled sharply. "Emma's been having visions," he began to explain. "Visions that make her see things from a person's point of view. But things have gone worse. Not only she can see things, she can also feel the things that same person feels."
"Uh huh," Adam mumbled, taking it all in. He looked at Jesse. "So what you're saying, this afternoon, when Emma suddenly froze---"
Jesse nodded. "Emma felt everything that was happening, from the kicks Shal received, to the ones those goons got from us. Emma told me that she also felt the electric coil Brennan generated towards those two Chinese."
Adam narrowed his eyes, thinking. Was this an advancing of powers?
"And, she can't control it," Jesse added. "It just sort of comes to her. That's how we found you. She had visions from you, from a warehouse, and then when you were forced in a car."
"She saw that?" Adam asked, bewildered. Then his brow furrowed, and he looked both guilty and worried. "I was a little beaten during that time. She didn't-" But the look on Jesse's face confirmed his fears. Emma had felt the blows that McKenna had given him. "How is she now?"
Jesse cast a look over his shoulder as though he could see through the walls, into her room. He looked back at Adam. "She's resting, I hope."
Adam nodded, distractedly. McKenna must have known something about this. That was why he had arranged to meet Adam, and then, had abducted Adam to lure the Mutant X to save him. To lure Emma.
"Adam?" Jesse interrupted his thoughts. "What happened? Who were those people?"
"Get Shalimar and Brennan, we need to talk," Adam ordered before stepping inside his office.
"Alright," Jesse said nodding his head. He knocked on Brennan's door. "Hey, Brennan, Adam wants to talk to us." Brennan came out the room. "Where's Shal?"
"Right here," Shalimar said from behind Jesse. "I was just checking on Emma. So, let's go see what Adam wants to say."
Jesse looked past Shalimar, towards Emma's closed bedroom door. He didn't know why, but he wanted to check in on her every now and then. And he wanted to see her now, just to see her. He looked back at Shalimar and Brennan, who were both looking at him.
"Um, I think-" he began to say, not quite meeting them in the eye. He felt foolish, like a schoolboy who was obsessed with seeing his crush. He knew that they noticed how he was always checking in on Emma.
Shalimar smiled at him. "Don't worry, we'll go ahead."
And for the first time, Brennan didn't make fun of Jesse. He simply said, with a grasp on Jesse's shoulder, "I completely understand, Jess," as if he could read Jesse's thoughts. They both grinned at each other, because they both realized how much they understood each other.
It's because Brennan is in love with Shalimar, as much as Jesse is in love with Emma. And he was afraid to lose her, just as Brennan would be to lose Shalimar.
Jesse headed for Emma's room, and quietly walked in. There she was, asleep with almost a serene smile on her face. He moved closer, sitting at the edge of her bed. He reached for her hand and clasped it with his. "Oh Em, wake up," he whispered brokenly. "I need you so much."
Emma stirred, but her eyes didn't open. Then-
"Jesse," she whispered, as if she were having a dream. "I love you."
Jesse's heart squeezed, and he felt he was soaring. Unable to control his smile, he caressed her face. She loved him. And just as the realization hit him, another realization dawned to him. Oh God. He really did love her. Much more than he ever thought.
"I love you too," he whispered huskily to her.
As soon as he whispered that, Emma's eyelids fluttered open, and she smiled up at him. "Hmm, I was dreaming about you. We were just sitting together, holding each other like we would never let go."
Jesse lightly brushed his lips against hers. "I'll never let you go."
"Oh Jess, this isn't a dream, right?" Emma asked him, her eyes uncertain. "I thought I was dreaming."
"No," Jesse murmured, nuzzling his face against hers. "This is as real as it can be."
"Reality is so much more better than dreaming," Emma said.
Jesse grinned. "Tell me about it," he agreed, thinking of all his dreams of Emma.
Emma narrowed her eyes at him, and she giggled lightly. "You really shouldn't think of those things," she told him. "For all you know, I just might get a vision from you or something."
"That's not a problem for me," Jesse murmured, wiggling his eyebrows. Emma opened her mouth to say something but Jesse bent over and smothered her words with his lips. He groaned when Emma didn't fight him, and instead, wrapped her arms around his neck. He heard the voices downstairs, and he reluctantly pulled himself away from her. "We shouldn't do this now," he whispered breathlessly to her.
"Why not?" Emma asked, staring up at him with doleful eyes.
Jesse groaned. "Don't look at me like that. You know, that face of yours is my weakness. And I need to talk to Adam. Well, you too, now that you're awake."
Emma smiled blissfully at him. "I never knew you had a weakness, Mr. Tough Guy."
Jesse pulled her to him, for one last breath-taking kiss, before he said, his eyes smoldering with passion and so much love, "You're my weakness, Emma Delauro."
*** Now they are free from the Dream Girl, but as Emma and Jesse heal, Adam discovers there is something more to Sheila's powers, and Emma is slowly weakening. And there is someone who wants to destroy Mutant X ***
Complete Summary: The aftermath of being ensnared in a reverie. Emma and Jesse deal with the effects of Sheila's powers on them, and together, they are healed. But something is wrong with Emma. Sheila's powers have a different effect on her. Adam and the others must find out what is before it is too late. And there's something else - a man with a dark past intent on wreaking havoc inside Mutant X.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Mutant X.
Note ---- Here I am again, Mutant X mania. Part 2 of my previous Mutant X fic, "Ensnared in my Reverie" and you may or may not read it first. But if you've already read it, then read this one away!
+read, enjoy, review+
Chapter 6 - As Real As It Can Be
Back at Sanctuary, Adam was anxious to question Emma. During the flight home in the Double Helix, she had woken up, but everyone could see she was in the verge of tears. Jesse tried comforting her, but Emma pushed him away. Adam saw how the gesture had made Jesse distraught. He had been glad when Jesse and Emma healed together after going through the horrors of the dreamscape, but now he was worried, for Emma.
"Adam?"
Adam turned to see Jesse. "Hey, Jess," he greeted. "What is it?"
"Well," Jesse began, running a hand through his hair. His eyes met Adam's, and Adam could see the apprehension and worry, not to mention, the pain, in Jesse's eyes. "I was thinking about Emma. And I'm really worried about her, Adam. I was wondering if you could," he paused, "sort of help her."
"I will, Jess," Adam answered. "I need you to tell me what's been going on, since I was gone. The last time I saw Emma, and you, which was yesterday, you both looked pretty happy to me."
Jesse inhaled sharply. "Emma's been having visions," he began to explain. "Visions that make her see things from a person's point of view. But things have gone worse. Not only she can see things, she can also feel the things that same person feels."
"Uh huh," Adam mumbled, taking it all in. He looked at Jesse. "So what you're saying, this afternoon, when Emma suddenly froze---"
Jesse nodded. "Emma felt everything that was happening, from the kicks Shal received, to the ones those goons got from us. Emma told me that she also felt the electric coil Brennan generated towards those two Chinese."
Adam narrowed his eyes, thinking. Was this an advancing of powers?
"And, she can't control it," Jesse added. "It just sort of comes to her. That's how we found you. She had visions from you, from a warehouse, and then when you were forced in a car."
"She saw that?" Adam asked, bewildered. Then his brow furrowed, and he looked both guilty and worried. "I was a little beaten during that time. She didn't-" But the look on Jesse's face confirmed his fears. Emma had felt the blows that McKenna had given him. "How is she now?"
Jesse cast a look over his shoulder as though he could see through the walls, into her room. He looked back at Adam. "She's resting, I hope."
Adam nodded, distractedly. McKenna must have known something about this. That was why he had arranged to meet Adam, and then, had abducted Adam to lure the Mutant X to save him. To lure Emma.
"Adam?" Jesse interrupted his thoughts. "What happened? Who were those people?"
"Get Shalimar and Brennan, we need to talk," Adam ordered before stepping inside his office.
"Alright," Jesse said nodding his head. He knocked on Brennan's door. "Hey, Brennan, Adam wants to talk to us." Brennan came out the room. "Where's Shal?"
"Right here," Shalimar said from behind Jesse. "I was just checking on Emma. So, let's go see what Adam wants to say."
Jesse looked past Shalimar, towards Emma's closed bedroom door. He didn't know why, but he wanted to check in on her every now and then. And he wanted to see her now, just to see her. He looked back at Shalimar and Brennan, who were both looking at him.
"Um, I think-" he began to say, not quite meeting them in the eye. He felt foolish, like a schoolboy who was obsessed with seeing his crush. He knew that they noticed how he was always checking in on Emma.
Shalimar smiled at him. "Don't worry, we'll go ahead."
And for the first time, Brennan didn't make fun of Jesse. He simply said, with a grasp on Jesse's shoulder, "I completely understand, Jess," as if he could read Jesse's thoughts. They both grinned at each other, because they both realized how much they understood each other.
It's because Brennan is in love with Shalimar, as much as Jesse is in love with Emma. And he was afraid to lose her, just as Brennan would be to lose Shalimar.
Jesse headed for Emma's room, and quietly walked in. There she was, asleep with almost a serene smile on her face. He moved closer, sitting at the edge of her bed. He reached for her hand and clasped it with his. "Oh Em, wake up," he whispered brokenly. "I need you so much."
Emma stirred, but her eyes didn't open. Then-
"Jesse," she whispered, as if she were having a dream. "I love you."
Jesse's heart squeezed, and he felt he was soaring. Unable to control his smile, he caressed her face. She loved him. And just as the realization hit him, another realization dawned to him. Oh God. He really did love her. Much more than he ever thought.
"I love you too," he whispered huskily to her.
As soon as he whispered that, Emma's eyelids fluttered open, and she smiled up at him. "Hmm, I was dreaming about you. We were just sitting together, holding each other like we would never let go."
Jesse lightly brushed his lips against hers. "I'll never let you go."
"Oh Jess, this isn't a dream, right?" Emma asked him, her eyes uncertain. "I thought I was dreaming."
"No," Jesse murmured, nuzzling his face against hers. "This is as real as it can be."
"Reality is so much more better than dreaming," Emma said.
Jesse grinned. "Tell me about it," he agreed, thinking of all his dreams of Emma.
Emma narrowed her eyes at him, and she giggled lightly. "You really shouldn't think of those things," she told him. "For all you know, I just might get a vision from you or something."
"That's not a problem for me," Jesse murmured, wiggling his eyebrows. Emma opened her mouth to say something but Jesse bent over and smothered her words with his lips. He groaned when Emma didn't fight him, and instead, wrapped her arms around his neck. He heard the voices downstairs, and he reluctantly pulled himself away from her. "We shouldn't do this now," he whispered breathlessly to her.
"Why not?" Emma asked, staring up at him with doleful eyes.
Jesse groaned. "Don't look at me like that. You know, that face of yours is my weakness. And I need to talk to Adam. Well, you too, now that you're awake."
Emma smiled blissfully at him. "I never knew you had a weakness, Mr. Tough Guy."
Jesse pulled her to him, for one last breath-taking kiss, before he said, his eyes smoldering with passion and so much love, "You're my weakness, Emma Delauro."