A/N: A few quick notes before we get started. Because there are so many scenes each change has the location at the beginning.

 ~*~*~ Means that the story has moved to a new place and a new time.

^^^^^ Means that the story is at the same time just a different time.

 ***** Means that someone is dreaming.

And that's it for that... I can tell you now that it's hard to write with having a few characters have no feeling emotionally of physically...I really can't say it's worth the pain...But I have tried and I hope it shows....This chapter is mostly painstaking slow in the action section but then again it explores into the characters a bit more. For a few people the BIOS of 'my team' :Krya, Les, Grant, Yvan, Mahalia, and Jemela will be posted here in a special chapter or posted on the net some where if you want to read them. They will be open for people that are active in mutant x role-playing. Just please check with me first. Enjoy and the next chapter shouldn't take as long....now of course if more people read and reviewed it might go faster...wink, wink; nudge, nudge....

Chapter 12: GenoMex/Double Helix

"Your sick Mason." Adam walked around the desk and grabbed his collar and pulled him up. "I want to know how to correct what ever you did to my team."

"Sorry but it can't be done." He smiled and Emma felt a shiver go down her spine.

"Now if you don't have any other business I think you should leave." He pulled back from Adam and moved away. No one moved.

 "I will be pushing this button and then all of the security in this building will be here in less then a minute." Jesse looked at Adam. Adam was unsure of what to do.

"Give us the antidote." Emma said finally. "And we will leave."

Eckart shrugged. "If you really want it." He walked to his desk and pulled out to syringes of a dark colored substance. "They will need to have all of it and after that they will be dead to you all. They will have what ever intelligence they have now but no memories and no personalities." He handed the syringes over and walked back to the button and pressed it. "Good-Bye Adam, until we meet again."

 Jesse shook with angry as they turned and ran out the door. Emma punched a GSA agent as they rounded the first corner he went down. They quickly ran the Double Helix were Les was waiting for them.

 "GO Les, get us airborne!" Adam yelled as they stumbled onto the landing.

"Your wish is my command." He fired the engines and began lift off. The trios made it to their seats just as the hatch closed and Les took off.

                                                             ~*~ Back at Sanctuary/Doji area~*~

"Hey you!" Shalimar yelled out once again as she paced in her pen. She growled at the two ferals.

"Jemela, Grant, why don't you guys go have a break I think I can handle this all by my self."Krya told them. "Go find Yvan and Mahalia and send them back in her okay?" She told them. They nodded and walked off. Krya sat back and re-opened her magazine.

"Hey I'm talking to you!" Shalimar yelled.

 "And I'm not paying any attendance to you." Krya said as she flipped the page. "Oh look stripes are Finally out of style." She looked up and Shalimar was glaring at her. She smiled and flipped the page again.

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Kitchen/Doji area

 "Hey Mahalia, where's Yvan?" She turned as Grant called out to her.

"Where else, the kitchen." She laughed as she joined her two team members.

"Were you off to?"

 "We're on break we are looking for you guys to go work with Krya."

"I'll head over and once you find Yvan send him also."

"So the kitchen?" Grant asked as Mahalia walked away. They quickly made their way to the kitchen to find Yvan standing watching a small portable TV.

"What ya watchin'?" Jemela asked.

"SHHHH!" He hissed at them holding on finger up he turned up the volume. It was Proxy Blue.

"What your watching this Cr-" Grant trailed off. As a GenoMex building appeared.

"Reports have been coming in that this government building was just broken into and valuable research was stole. When asked the head only had one thing to say." The screen cut The Mason Eckart.  " To the people that broke in, know that you will not get away with what you did, you can run but you can't hide." His little speech ended and it cut back to Proxy Blue.

 " The group that was supposedly involved in this is called 'Freedom X' a small group of idealists who are against the Genetic research that is going on in the building. More information is on my website, and if you have any tips please contact me at-"

 Yvan switched the TV off. "I can't believe this, Eckart going to the public he must be desperate." The two ferals glanced at one another.

"Let's go and try to contact Adam and the others see if they were okay." Jemela looked at Yvan.

"Your shift at the pen Kyra's waiting for you."

"Okay I'll go update them. I'll take a quick look in the garage and make sure that they aren't already landed." They nodded and went off. Grant and Jemela ran down stairs to the main computer and opened the Comm. list. Typing in the common password Adam had given them they pulled up his comm.

"Adam? It's Jemela were are you?"

 "Jemela...it's Adam what do you need? Is everyone okay?" He asked worried about Shal and Bren.

"Everyone is fine...It's just that...have you been watching Proxy Blue?"

"No...why?"

 "You might want to Eckart went public."

 "Okay our ETA's three minutes I'll watch and we can talk once I get there. Adam out." Grant and Jemela turned the computer off and slowly made their way back to the doji with everyone else.

"Adam and the other's are going to be here in about three minutes. How are the two love birds?" Grant asked Krya she looked up from her magazine.

 "Growlin' and just being plain stubborn, a lot like you two when I think about it." She smiled as Jemela playfully punched her.

 "I'm not that bad, it's all his fault." She smiled and poked Grant and danced out of his way as he tried to catch her.

 "Okay, enough guys." Mahalia said.

 "Oh come on mom were just playing." Jemela joked.

"Play later Adam trusted us, let's just finish up and then we can all get a short break before we are needed again."

"Your always so strict." Jemela half whine, half joked.

"Well some one has to." She replied with a smile plastered on her face.

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Double Helix

 "Do you think it will work?" Emma asked as Adam examined the two syringes.

 "I don't know. I don't want to inject them with this without testing it but I also don't think I have time not to."

"What do you mean?" Jesse asked.

"From what I can understand is that the injects they have al ready have works as a type of virus. It invades the blood and then works it's way to the entire vital organ. Once there it somehow changes the person's DNA coding but adding or erasing parts." He stopped and took a deep breath. "If the next injection isn't given within a certain time the body begins to fight against it." Emma picked up understanding what he was trying to say.

"The body will be 'eating' it's own organs."

 "Actually." Jesse looked shocked as he finally clued in.

"And this antidote is supposed to what?" Les asked from the front.

"I image that it will flush the entire body and add the finally compotes so the body won't ruin all of the hard work but it will also wipe every memory and personality trait they have." Adam stopped there. No one spoke until they were nearing Sanctuary.

"Coming up on Sanctuary." Les announced.

"Take us in. you all head to the doji area and give the others a break while I take a sample to reproduce this and then I'll meet you all there."

They nodded. A moment later Les said they were landed. They all filed out and went there separate ways.

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Doji

Something was going to happen. Shalimar could smell it in the air. She walked back to Brennan who was still sleeping lightly. She laid down next to him and curled around him and feel asleep.                                                                                                 ^^^^

Doji area

Jesse, Emma and Les walked in to find everyone talking. "Hey, how were the little angels?" Jesse asked.

"Just that angels." Krya said with out missing a beat.

"Adam send us, you guys get a break but be back here in about half an hour. The little angel's get their medicine to turn them back into the devils they should be." Les informed them. They smiled and nodded. Everyone but Krya left.

"Krya that includes you." Les said. She looked at him.

"I'm fine, plus there nothing I have to do...at least nothing in which I can do in half an hour."

 "Fine with me." Les said as he told a seat by a near by computer and he and Jesse began working on a new training program. Emma walked over to Krya.

 "What are you reading?" She lifted it up, to reveal a skateboarding magazine.

 " Nice cover now what are you really reading?" Krya smiled at her and pulled a hard cover book out front behind the larger magazine.

"Othello, that explains it."

"Explains what?" She wondered.

"I get feeling from most people. Things they don't even know that they are sending. See you're thoughts were a bit deeper then the average skateboarder reader."

Krya blushed. "It's the only time I can read it to myself in peace. If no one knows that I am actually reading it." Emma smiled.

"Brennan does the same thing. He thinks we don't know but-" Emma trailed off. Krya looked up.

"Emma are you okay?" Abrupting Emma fell to the ground. Krya grabbed her as she fell. Jesse and Les were soon by her side helping her lower Emma to the ground hoping that she was okay.

"Adam, We need you help." Jesse said over the Comms.

 "I'm be right there."

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Brennan's Mind

 He was running, but he didn't know what it was. He turned and saw a glance of black in the shadows. He picked up speed and turned down a different street. He didn't know where he was but that didn't matter the only thing that mattered was that he got away from this thing. Left, right, left, right.

Always be on guard. His first rule. His second never get close to someone. He turned another corner and suddenly he was flying threw the air. He landed on his back looking up at the starry sky. There were no building around nothing from the city. He closed his eyes and tried to catch his breath. When we reopened his eyes he saw himself...above him. But then again it wasn't him this man had a evil glare in his eyes and his face was so...so...blank...there was nothing there. Brennan tried to move away from him but he found that he couldn't move. As he watched the other Brennan began to grow taller as he began to fade away.

"What the Heck? What did you do to me?" He asked the other Brennan whose only reply was a evil grin. Suddenly Emma appeared beside the evil Brennan.

"Fight Brennan, Please fight it and come back to us. We need you, your are family. No matter what." Emma began to fade also.

"Emma, Please don't leave I don't know what to do. I need your help."

 "Brennan just be strong, and remember that we all love you." Then as suddenly as Emma appeared she was gone leaving Brennan alone with the other version of himself as he faded his only thoughts were on the others. Mainly Shalimar.

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 Doji

Brennan woke with a start. To find Shalimar in his arms. He didn't know how but that was okay. He felt tingly he knew he should hurt but he didn't. That was the same with having Shalimar in his arms back at Sanctuary he should have felt something...anything would have been nice yet he felt...blank...like there was a void were this feeling had been. He stopped thinking about it and drifted back into a dreamless sleep.

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Doji area

 Emma looked into the Doji where Brennan woke up just as she came to. She watched as he fell back asleep. Then glanced around. Adam was waiting for her to talk to him.

 "I'm fine, just a bit dizzy." Jesse and Adam helped her up and sat her down in the chair were Krya had been not a few minutes ago.

"What happen, Em, you scared us all." She frowned and glanced at Brennan.

"Bren, some how contacted me threw a dream." She looked at Adam. A tear running down her cheek. "He's so...confused...." She looked for the right word. "He doesn't know what is happen. We have to give them the injection Adam. We have to take the chance." She stood up.

 "I'll get the others, you get the stuff." She walked off Adam nodded at Krya and she took off after Emma. Jesse looked at Adam.

"Are you going to give it to them?" Adam looked Jesse in the eye.

 "I don't think I have any other choice." Adam turned and walked back up to the lab.

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Ten minutes later Doji area.

"Okay I have given you each a sedative. We I lower the shield you have to be as fast as possible. Grant and Jemela will be first. If they fail then Les and Mahaila will use their powers while Jesse and Emma get to them." Adam told them.

 "And what if they don't manage?" Yvan asked. Adam looked at him.

"Then it's up to us." he said.

"Let's hope they don't fail." He stated. He looked at the two ferals.

"Ready." Grant nodded. Then turning to Jemela. "You take Brennan and I'll get Shalimar. It will be easier that way." Jemela stopped him and Jesse winced.

 "What do you mean it will be easier?" She asked. Grant's eyes widen as he thought about what he said.

"Just that, if you get Brennan down we can both work on Shalimar." She snarled at him.

"I bet. Okay let's get this over with." Adam nodded.

"Good luck." He said then to himself he whispered.

"We are going to need it." There was a reason he had picked Shal, and Brenn, a long with Emma and Jesse. It was because they were the strongest mutants alive. He stopped himself. They would succeed...they had to...because Adam didn't want to think what would happen if they didn't.

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Doji/Parts of Sanctuary

 Brennan and Shalimar felt the change immediately and were awake. The static was gone from he air. They jumped up and moved to the steps. Were to other ferals waited. They growled and lowered themselves towards the ground. They all knew Brennan was to weak to fight and the other's used this they moved forward. Pushing for a fight. Brennan stumbled and the women jumped forward. Expecting this Shalimar kicked out and caught her in the stomach. She fell and Brennan charged his hands up with his Tesila Coils and held them at the ready. The man paused and began circling them.

 "NOW LES!!!" He called out. Not knowing what was happening Brennan struck out. Hitting his mark the man fell. Knocked out but alive. Suddenly Brennan was wet and he couldn't control the energy. He began to shock himself. If he had felt pain he would have screamed but he didn't so he fell to the ground cutting the energy to his hands. Shalimar stood still to confused to know what to do. She watched as Brennan fell to the floor. So involved in the events folding out in front of her she didn't heard the person behind her until it was to later. She spun around just in time to see Emma inject her with a sedative. She fell to the ground unconsciousness.

Adam was shocked. All ferals were unconsciousness on the Doji and all this had happen in less then two minutes. He moved forward and check first Grant then Jemela. After getting a steady heartbeat he told the others they could be moved to the lab. Jesse and Yvan picked them up and carried them to the lab while the others stayed behind.

"Emma I'll need your help." Adam told her. The petite girl appeared beside him. He handed her one of the needles with the 'remedy' in it.

"You will inject this into Shalimar exactly when I do. You will need to contact with me, try to block out my emotion, This need's to be perfect." He cringed at the word remember what the doctor had said only a few hours early.

"Emma can you do this?" He asked.

"I think..." Her voice quivered"Yes..I have to." She said her voice becoming more sure. "Just connecting to you like this...I haven't done anything like this in years, It might over whelm me." Adam nodded.

 "Mahalia, Krya, can you be ready to catch her?"

"Yes," they said to him. And then turning to Emma.

"Don't worry Emma your in good hands." Emma smiled at them.

"I know." She walked over to Adam. "I'll need to touch you to get this type of connection." He nodded his consent. She took a deep breath and reached out and touched Adam's face. His thoughts began her's, he filled her thoughts.

His memory's flew by. She saw a women and a man. A large mansion, a chemistry set, a birthday cake....//Come on Emma, Shal and Brenn need you concentrate.// The images began to come faster, a small teenage boy graduating from high school then college, a man's first day on the job, the images were faster as she moved there his life , A small, younger Shalimar and Jesse, passwords, secrets no one could ever know, Emma now knew, training of Shal and Jesse, meeting other Mutants, battles that Emma never knew happen, loves that are lost, friends forgotten, Emma and Brennan came into view, their first day as part of Mutant X, missions they had been on, the memories began to slow, emotions began to surface. The moment that Adam, Emma and Jesse left Shal and Brennan at GenoMex. The pain of the decision hurt Emma almost as it had Adam. She 'Fast forward' to the present. She opened her eyes. It was looking at the world with two points of view. she saw her's but she also saw Adam's.

 "Make it fast, I don't know how long I can keep the link." A headache was building in Emma's brain. Her's and Adam's emotion combined. She walked over to Shalimar and bent down, She removed to cover off the needle and placed it on her neck. She pushed it in. NOW!!! The words echoed in her brain as she pushed the antidote into Shalimar.

She swayed and rocked backwards. Everything was getting to be to much. Relief flooded over her. Adam's relief. Her head was pounding. Then she heard a voice above her.

"You can let go Emma, you did it." She let go of Adam's mind and fell backwards into the other mutants arms.

 "You did great, Emma. Rest now, we can talk later." Adam brushed her hair out of her eyes. Emma smiled as the blackness surrounded her. Without even trying she fell asleep. Dreaming of a young innocent boy know as Adam Kaine. Les looked over as they lowered Emma down.

"Is she going to be okay?" Adam nodded and smiled.

"Yes, she's going to be fine, She's just a bit tired." He walked over and check Shalimar and Brennan's pulse. They were both a bit fast but other then that they were fine.

"I guess we should take them up to the lab. I'll take Brennan and Les you grab Shalimar and someone pick up Emma." They all made there way slowly to the lab. Once they got there Adam placed Brennan on the bed opposite to Shalimar. After the others placed Shalimar and Emma down they all left leaving Adam alone in the lab. Just the way he liked it. He moved to a near by alcove and pulled out a portable scanning device and moved over to the young men and women in his hospital/lab wing.

He scanned Grant and Jemela first. He found nothing wrong and relaxed a bit. He scanned Emma and found only that she had overused her powers. He sighed there was nothing he could do right now but he did get a pain relievers for once she woke up. He had a feeling she would have a slight headache. Moving on to Brennan and Shalimar he frowned at the results of Brennan's test. There was some damage from the shock he had received and also from the beating he gave himself on the shield. Adam set to work on fixing them. An hour later he was finished and also exhausted. He scan Shalimar. Both her and her child was fine. Smiling he moved to a bed and he himself drifted to sleep. Thinking about all of his 'children'.

TBC....