Well here it is, the first chapter of my new fan fic. Its set before Brennan and Emma joined the team, and its a different version of the first two episodes of the show. There should be an update every couple of days as I've already written most of it. If anyone has any ideas about an ending etc. they are always appreciated.
Enjoy and then review, please otherwise I'll get really bored. I'm happiest when receiving loads of attention...
Have a nice day.
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'Jesse, behind...' Shalimar's voice cut out as the GSAgent slammed his fist into the back of Jesse's skull. Jesse fell to the ground and Shalimar rushed forward, with every intention of beating the agent to a pulp. She was held back however by the two agents behind her. They each grabbed an arm. She pushed her feet off the ground and flipped herself backwards with ease. When her feet touched down she kicked at the back of the first agents knee, forcing him to kneel and let go of her arm. She spun round and elbowed the second agent in the head. He also let go and she brought her leg up, knocking him unconscious. The first agents head made contact with her knee and he suffered the same fate as his partner. By that time Jesse had finished with his agent, having slammed his slightly harder fist into the guys skull.
'They're definitely getting worse,' Shalimar pointed out as they walked back to the car.
'Yeah, I mean we only came out for a decent cup of coffee.'
'I know, they just don't know when to quit.'
They shared a smile as Jesse dug the car keys out of his pocket.
Ten minutes before, the pair had been walking out of Starbucks when Shalimar had spotted three slightly suspicious guys across the street, all of them decked out in the usual GSA gear. They had continued walking, Jesse hoping that it was just some kind of surveillance operation and that Genomex simply wanted to know what kind of coffee the Mutant X team liked, Shalimar restless for a fight, knowing it wouldn't be too hard to beat them.
And five minutes later they were all locked in a fierce battle down a side street, in amongst the garbage cans.
'They're so predictable,' Shalimar stated. She was so bored with fighting the dregs of the Genomex organisation. Just for once she wished they would be a little more spontaneous, impetuous, a little more like her.
'You would think they would have learnt by now. They're gonna need more than three guys to take us out,' Jesse replied.
He slipped the key into the ignition and felt the familiar rumbling as the car came to life.
Shalimar's brow furrowed. There was definitely something odd about the whole morning. Why the GSA had been sent after them in the first place was a mystery. This attack had been completely random, there was no ongoing case, nothing that linked Mutant X to Genomex except the whole mortal enemy thing. Usually the GSA's attacks were random but they usually came in the midst of a crisis. The Mutant X team going to Starbucks to get a tall cappuccino and a grande chocolate cream frappucino, no whip was not what Shalimar would term as a crisis.
Her eyes glowed in their sockets as she sniffed at the air. Something was definitely off.
'Jesse.'
'Yeah,' he said as he looked over at her. 'What?' he said with more urgency as he saw her eyes.
'Can you smell that?'
'No, but then I'm not feral Shal.'
'Get out of the car,' she said as she yanked on her door handle and pushed open her door. She stepped out onto the street and looked across to make sure that Jesse had done the same. With a signal from her they both started walking down the road, Shalimar keeping an eye out for any activity when they were thrown to the ground by the explosion.
***
Shalimar opened her eyes and turned back towards the burning wreck of a car they had been lucky enough to escape. Flames licked at the ground around it and glass was everywhere. As she stood up she heard the light tinkle as shards of it fell from her clothes to the floor below.
'You okay?' Jesse asked. He looked across at Shalimar. She looked pretty much unscathed, a mixture of anger and confusion on her face. Atleast now they both knew what the pointless fight had been for.
'I withdraw the whole 'predictable' comment.'
***
'Adam. Why are you not more concerned about the fact that we almost got killed?' Shalimar asked, irritated at Adam's normal, calm demeanor.
'I am concerned,' he replied distractedly.
'Yeah, we can tell,' she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. She looked over at Jesse and rolled her eyes. He smirked back at her and leant back on the bed. As soon as the pair had reached Sanctuary they had gone to Adam to get checked out and to find out what exactly the GSA was doing, other than trying to blow them up.
'So, how am I doing?' asked Jesse. Shalimar had already been checked out and other than a couple of scratches there was nothing wrong with her. Jesse had an already dark purple bruise along his right arm where he had landed.
'You seem to be fine, no permanent damage.' He carried on before Shalimar could ask. 'And no, I haven't found any solid reason as to why they decided to blow you two up today of all days. It was probably just that they were trying to kill you both which is not all that unusual for the GSA but I'll keep on looking and I think you two should get some rest.' He looked at Shalimar. She smiled in reply, clearly not too psychologically damaged by the events of the day.
She turned and walked out of the lab. Her head was pounding and her neck was aching. She had landed hard and it was gonna take a while for her muscles and bones to recover. But she was more angry than anything. Angry at the GSA for trying to blow them up, angry at herself for not having seen it coming. And she was tired. It was midday and Shalimar usually required some kind of cat nap at about that time unless she was working.
She wandered along the hall of Sanctuary towards her bedroom and slid open the door to reveal what could only be called a mess. She waded her way through the carpet of clothes she had created for herself and dropped onto the bed. She felt her eyelids closing gradually and gave herself up to the sleep that she so desperately wanted. She had been up half the night prowling through the local environment. It was a feral thing and although she didn't mind occasionally having her nocturnal habits surface for a couple of nights a month it wore her out when she had to get up early in the morning. That morning had been an exception, as the team had no mission to deal with. Her and Jesse had decided to go out for coffee, walk around for a bit, doing the normal Sunday morning thing. She hadn't expected a fight.
Jesse sat in front of the computer. He, unlike Shalimar had gotten a great nights sleep. He had heard her leave at eleven pm and had fallen asleep before she had come back which he assumed had been just a couple of hours before they had both left Sanctuary.
It had become a sort of ritual for them. Every Sunday morning, possibly in an attempt to gain some sense of normality, he and Shalimar would go out in one of the cars for breakfast. They would go into town and would then proceed to make their way to the nearest coffee shop where they would sit and read the papers. It was, they assumed what normal people, and by normal they meant people who didn't save the world as their day job. It gave them a much needed opportunity to relax and wind down from what was usually a busy week.
Jesse looked through some of Adam's files. He knew that the older man had been looking for some new members of the team for a while now. The GSA was becoming more of an everyday part of their lives and it was taking all the teams time just to try and get a couple of new mutants into the underground. They needed some help and new mutant recruits were the only way to do that. Adam had cut the list down to five psionics and six elementals. He was even talking about holding some kind of interview session for all of them so the potentials could meet the team and the team could judge the potentials. Jesse wasn't sure about the second part of Adam's plan but he liked the idea of having some new people on the team. Jesse still had his shy moments but he had successfully gotten over any bashfulness he had suffered when he had first been picked up by Shalimar and Adam. It was mainly Shalimar's influence. She had forcefully removed him from the lab and the computers and had then dared him to so much as think of going back in there. Despite her slightly aggressive methods though she was good for him and everyone had noticed the change in his disposition. He had always been polite but never asserted himself, never stuck up for himself unless he was pushed into a corner. He liked the change.
Enjoy and then review, please otherwise I'll get really bored. I'm happiest when receiving loads of attention...
Have a nice day.
***
'Jesse, behind...' Shalimar's voice cut out as the GSAgent slammed his fist into the back of Jesse's skull. Jesse fell to the ground and Shalimar rushed forward, with every intention of beating the agent to a pulp. She was held back however by the two agents behind her. They each grabbed an arm. She pushed her feet off the ground and flipped herself backwards with ease. When her feet touched down she kicked at the back of the first agents knee, forcing him to kneel and let go of her arm. She spun round and elbowed the second agent in the head. He also let go and she brought her leg up, knocking him unconscious. The first agents head made contact with her knee and he suffered the same fate as his partner. By that time Jesse had finished with his agent, having slammed his slightly harder fist into the guys skull.
'They're definitely getting worse,' Shalimar pointed out as they walked back to the car.
'Yeah, I mean we only came out for a decent cup of coffee.'
'I know, they just don't know when to quit.'
They shared a smile as Jesse dug the car keys out of his pocket.
Ten minutes before, the pair had been walking out of Starbucks when Shalimar had spotted three slightly suspicious guys across the street, all of them decked out in the usual GSA gear. They had continued walking, Jesse hoping that it was just some kind of surveillance operation and that Genomex simply wanted to know what kind of coffee the Mutant X team liked, Shalimar restless for a fight, knowing it wouldn't be too hard to beat them.
And five minutes later they were all locked in a fierce battle down a side street, in amongst the garbage cans.
'They're so predictable,' Shalimar stated. She was so bored with fighting the dregs of the Genomex organisation. Just for once she wished they would be a little more spontaneous, impetuous, a little more like her.
'You would think they would have learnt by now. They're gonna need more than three guys to take us out,' Jesse replied.
He slipped the key into the ignition and felt the familiar rumbling as the car came to life.
Shalimar's brow furrowed. There was definitely something odd about the whole morning. Why the GSA had been sent after them in the first place was a mystery. This attack had been completely random, there was no ongoing case, nothing that linked Mutant X to Genomex except the whole mortal enemy thing. Usually the GSA's attacks were random but they usually came in the midst of a crisis. The Mutant X team going to Starbucks to get a tall cappuccino and a grande chocolate cream frappucino, no whip was not what Shalimar would term as a crisis.
Her eyes glowed in their sockets as she sniffed at the air. Something was definitely off.
'Jesse.'
'Yeah,' he said as he looked over at her. 'What?' he said with more urgency as he saw her eyes.
'Can you smell that?'
'No, but then I'm not feral Shal.'
'Get out of the car,' she said as she yanked on her door handle and pushed open her door. She stepped out onto the street and looked across to make sure that Jesse had done the same. With a signal from her they both started walking down the road, Shalimar keeping an eye out for any activity when they were thrown to the ground by the explosion.
***
Shalimar opened her eyes and turned back towards the burning wreck of a car they had been lucky enough to escape. Flames licked at the ground around it and glass was everywhere. As she stood up she heard the light tinkle as shards of it fell from her clothes to the floor below.
'You okay?' Jesse asked. He looked across at Shalimar. She looked pretty much unscathed, a mixture of anger and confusion on her face. Atleast now they both knew what the pointless fight had been for.
'I withdraw the whole 'predictable' comment.'
***
'Adam. Why are you not more concerned about the fact that we almost got killed?' Shalimar asked, irritated at Adam's normal, calm demeanor.
'I am concerned,' he replied distractedly.
'Yeah, we can tell,' she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. She looked over at Jesse and rolled her eyes. He smirked back at her and leant back on the bed. As soon as the pair had reached Sanctuary they had gone to Adam to get checked out and to find out what exactly the GSA was doing, other than trying to blow them up.
'So, how am I doing?' asked Jesse. Shalimar had already been checked out and other than a couple of scratches there was nothing wrong with her. Jesse had an already dark purple bruise along his right arm where he had landed.
'You seem to be fine, no permanent damage.' He carried on before Shalimar could ask. 'And no, I haven't found any solid reason as to why they decided to blow you two up today of all days. It was probably just that they were trying to kill you both which is not all that unusual for the GSA but I'll keep on looking and I think you two should get some rest.' He looked at Shalimar. She smiled in reply, clearly not too psychologically damaged by the events of the day.
She turned and walked out of the lab. Her head was pounding and her neck was aching. She had landed hard and it was gonna take a while for her muscles and bones to recover. But she was more angry than anything. Angry at the GSA for trying to blow them up, angry at herself for not having seen it coming. And she was tired. It was midday and Shalimar usually required some kind of cat nap at about that time unless she was working.
She wandered along the hall of Sanctuary towards her bedroom and slid open the door to reveal what could only be called a mess. She waded her way through the carpet of clothes she had created for herself and dropped onto the bed. She felt her eyelids closing gradually and gave herself up to the sleep that she so desperately wanted. She had been up half the night prowling through the local environment. It was a feral thing and although she didn't mind occasionally having her nocturnal habits surface for a couple of nights a month it wore her out when she had to get up early in the morning. That morning had been an exception, as the team had no mission to deal with. Her and Jesse had decided to go out for coffee, walk around for a bit, doing the normal Sunday morning thing. She hadn't expected a fight.
Jesse sat in front of the computer. He, unlike Shalimar had gotten a great nights sleep. He had heard her leave at eleven pm and had fallen asleep before she had come back which he assumed had been just a couple of hours before they had both left Sanctuary.
It had become a sort of ritual for them. Every Sunday morning, possibly in an attempt to gain some sense of normality, he and Shalimar would go out in one of the cars for breakfast. They would go into town and would then proceed to make their way to the nearest coffee shop where they would sit and read the papers. It was, they assumed what normal people, and by normal they meant people who didn't save the world as their day job. It gave them a much needed opportunity to relax and wind down from what was usually a busy week.
Jesse looked through some of Adam's files. He knew that the older man had been looking for some new members of the team for a while now. The GSA was becoming more of an everyday part of their lives and it was taking all the teams time just to try and get a couple of new mutants into the underground. They needed some help and new mutant recruits were the only way to do that. Adam had cut the list down to five psionics and six elementals. He was even talking about holding some kind of interview session for all of them so the potentials could meet the team and the team could judge the potentials. Jesse wasn't sure about the second part of Adam's plan but he liked the idea of having some new people on the team. Jesse still had his shy moments but he had successfully gotten over any bashfulness he had suffered when he had first been picked up by Shalimar and Adam. It was mainly Shalimar's influence. She had forcefully removed him from the lab and the computers and had then dared him to so much as think of going back in there. Despite her slightly aggressive methods though she was good for him and everyone had noticed the change in his disposition. He had always been polite but never asserted himself, never stuck up for himself unless he was pushed into a corner. He liked the change.