Disclaimer: Tell me any avid fan of Mutant X that doesn't know I don't own them. LOL. I don't know how powerful these characters are and I don't even know if they are really like this. All of the actions mentioned below are just my imagination.

Authors Note: Hi every one. I hope the title of this chapter gives you an idea of what is about to happen now. Anyways I'd like to thank you all for helping me out on this one. Your suggestions are really giving some ideas. Honestly, this chapter drained everything in my mind if you have suggestions please feel free to email me at resplendents1@yahoo.com or at Lyza@iamyours.com.

Special Thanks to: 

Ladiraid: I thought so too, but may on the seventh or eighth chapter. LOL. Thanks for editing again and please continue posting your review.

Pagan: thanks for the compliment. I really wanted to show how everyone seems to be overprotective of my favorite Emma, it's a part of my plan…LOL. Keep posting your review.

x-gangsta's-brat-x: thank you. don't worry, Brennan would have his time with Emma maybe on the middle part of the fanfic say… chapter 13 or 14 so  I guess you would have to stick with me longer  *evil grin*

spikes_storm: I can see that you are an E/B fan. LOL. I'll try my best to make you happy but if you really like to read an E/B story you should check logica's work…or you could wait for my new fanfic…only, you have to wait longer than a month. Ha ha ha! Anyways thanks for posting and hope to see you around…

Mutantgirl: Ha ha ha! Thanks for the warning but I think I'll take my chances…you shouldn't worry too much though, I would only make a small complication with their relationship but I guess I would be pairing them most times in the story. LOL. What can I say? …I'm a sucker for complications. Thanks for posting. Hope to see you around.

Goldstranger: thanks. Well, I really want to make everything hard for everyone… hope you'll stick around.

Freckles0707: Many thanks to you… if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't find this site. Well, thanks for the post and I hope you get well soon. Keep posting…=)

Emma453: Yeah! But I guess everyone now has a hint to whom will I pair Emma. Hahaha! Anyway, thanks for posting your review…

            I'm back with the rated G story. Hope you'll like it… continue to post your reviews.

Underestimated

            ~Thought ~

            Memory

            /Sounds/

            "Conversation"

Chapter 6

            Emma was having an 'all girls' time with Shalimar when Jesse walked in the kitchen where they were. Emma's face lighted up when he walked in and she smiled at him. Shalimar noticed that so she looked at Jesse and nodded towards him. Jesse looked at the two mutants at the table and forced a smile but avoided Emma's eyes. He went straight to the fridge, took a bottle of water out and left.

"Shal? What is wrong with him?" Emma asked as soon as Jesse stepped out of the kitchen.

"What do you mean?" Shalimar placed her chin on her palm as she looked at Emma.

"Well, Jesse seemed to be avoiding me for almost a week now."

"You mean, since you accidentally hurt Brennan and healed him in the lab?"

Emma nodded. "Have I done something wrong?" she turned her head to face Shalimar.

"Emma, you have to tell me something and I hope you'll tell me the truth." Shalimar waited for Emma's response. When she found her nodding she continued. "Are you …uhmm… having an affair with Jesse?"

Emma was caught off guard. All her powers in mind reading and she didn't even see that one coming. She didn't know what to say so she preferred not to say anything. She just sat there, looking back at Shalimar.

Shalimar noticed her uneasiness. "Let me change my question Ems. What do you think of your relationship with Jesse?"

"We're good friends." Emma answered.

"You are good friends. Is that all?" Shalimar heard Emma's heavy sigh. "Don't you think the two of you have transcended the friendship?"

Emma smiled at Shalimar and she took her hand in hers. "Shal, I haven't felt this for a long time. Jesse is…I don't have the words to describe it."

"And how about Brennan?" Shalimar felt a prick in her heart when she mentioned his name. She knew Emma's answer might hurt her or make her happy but she had to risk her feelings to help her friends.

"Brennan? What about him?" Emma put Shalimar's hand on the table before she released it.

"You tell me! Don't you have any special feelings for him?"

Emma sat quietly and thought for a while "I did… but that was long ago. It was when you and Jesse still…I mean you and Jesse did have something special going on between you."

Shalimar had to smile "Jesse and I, we're best of friends Emma."

"Okay." Emma smiled back. "So I did feel something for Brennan but it stayed there. Why?"

"Well, you looked at him like there was something's going on between the two of you when you healed him." Shalimar explained.

"Shal, I was entering his mind…" Emma stopped and cursed. "Damn! Jesse was there, wasn't he?" she saw Shalimar nodding. "Oh my God! He might have thought I was…" Emma stood up. "I have to talk to him." Emma run out of the kitchen and left Shalimar looking at the space she that left.

***

Brennan was standing at the pond section when Emma walked in. "Emma!" he called. "Hi!"

"Hey Bren. Have you seen Jesse around?" she asked.

Brennan didn't answer. He just stood there staring at Emma; at her beautiful hair, which was braided into pigtails; at her white long-sleeved blouse with a low V-neck cut; at her mid-thigh black skirt. She was beautiful in the simplest way.

"Brennan!" she called again and this time Brennan finally responded.

"He' getting ready. Adam is sending us to the underground. Do you need any assistance? Can I be of any help?" Brennan smiled at her.

"Oh, no, everything's all right Bren, I just need to talk to Jesse. I'm gonna go ahead. See you later Bren."

"Yeah! See you later!" his heart almost skipped a bit when she smiled back at him.

***

Emma found Jesse on the hallway but as expected, Jesse turned around to avoid her. She couldn't let that happen so she called his name. "Jesse!"

Jesse stopped and decided to face Emma. He forced a smile as he looked at her. He could still feel the pain when he saw her looking into Brennan's eyes.

"Can I talk with you for a sec?" Emma asked.

~This is it. She's finally telling me that she's in love with him. And I'm riding with him later? No. I can't allow her to tell me this now or I may end up killing Brennan in the Double Helix. ~ "I'm going out with Brennan. Maybe later." Jesse replied.

"Okay." Emma answered hesitantly. She watched Jesse as he walked passed her. She looked at her watch. ~Cole! ~ She called out with her mind.

~Yes! ~

~Can I take lessons today rather than tomorrow? ~

~I'll check with Meg. ~

Cole left her mind for a second. Emma walked to the lab while waiting for Cole. She found Adam in his table still doing some research; outside, she could feel the Double Helix took off; in the kitchen, she could feel Shalimar devouring on some crispy steak; then she felt someone in her head.

~Emma? Meg said it's okay. We'll be waiting for you in an hour. Would that be possible? ~

~I'll try Cole. ~ She smiled into his wits. Emma wanted to let Adam know she was going out but she decided not to disturb him so she walked to the computer section and left a simple: "Adam, I'm going out to see a friend. See you later tonight. Don't worry I'll be fine."

***

Emma fell on the floor, flat on her back, for like six times since she started her somersault lesson. Each time she tried she ended up landing with her butt. Meg was throwing punches at Emma and she successfully averted it. After blocking few punches, Emma run towards a wall and used it to support her somersault.

/Blag/

Emma could hear Cole laughing in a corner.

"Emma, honey, you really should try landing with your feet!" Cole grinned.

"I'm trying." Emma giggled, though tired.

"Maybe you should learn to leap higher." Meg removed her gloves and patted Emma on the shoulder. "Come." She led Emma to the counter and she took out something.

"What are those?" Emma asked.

"These are weights. You are going to wear them for your next lesson until you get use to it." Meg bent to wrap the weights around Emma's ankle. "Okay, try walking."

Emma lifted her foot and tried stepping when she felt the heaviness of the weights. "God it's heavy, Meg."

"I know. Now try ten jumping jacks with those." Meg said.

"With these?" Emma's eyes widened. "Are you kidding me? I can't even walk normally with these and you're asking me to jump?"

"Are you going to do this or we'll end up the session?" Meg asked as she crossed her arms across her chest. It was not a simple question. It was more of a threat.

"Okay! Okay!" Emma agreed and she started jumping. Boy was it hard for her and was it entertaining for Cole.

"After one round of jumping jacks, try jogging with them, then try kicking with them. I'll have to check on the other students. I'll be back in after an hour or two. If I'm not back after two hours, have an hour break, and then I'll send someone to spar with you. We'll try your somersault before you head home. Okay?" Meg instructed as she gather some of her things.

Emma nodded and continued on her jumping jacks.

***

Jesse and Brennan returned to the Sanctuary that afternoon. Jesse was carrying three boxes of pizza while Brennan carries the other stuffs. The two mutants headed to the kitchen to unload the groceries when Shalimar walked in.

"Hi boys!" she greeted them.

"Hi Shal," Jesse turned to the feral and smiled.

"How's the underground?" Shalimar asked as she goes over some of the groceries. "You didn't get me a steak?"

"The underground is fine. Vicky and Liz handles them well and no, we didn't get you a steak." Brennan replied.

"Shal, you've been eating fresh steak for two days. What's with you?" Jesse took the groceries from Shalimar's hands.

"I need that sometimes or I'll have to prey on you." Shalimar intentionally pressed her fingers on Jesse and Brennan's chest and the three mutants started to laugh. Brennan looked around as they walked out of the kitchen. The Sanctuary seemed quiet for him.

"Where's Emma?" he asked.

"I don't know. Maybe she's sleeping in." Shalimar answered.

Brennan's question was like a spear in Jesse's chest. He remembered that he would have to face the truth now that he's back in the Sanctuary. He went straight to the computer base when he retrieved a video message for Adam. "Guys. I think she's not in her room." He announced.

Shalimar and Brennan raced up to the computer base as Jesse played the message again: "Adam, I'm going out to see a friend. See you later tonight. Don't worry I'll be fine." Jesse clicked on the stop button

"I bet Adam doesn't know this yet." Brennan shook his head. "She shouldn't be allowed to leave the Sanctuary alone!"

"Aren't you acting a little over concerned for a friend?" Shalimar looked straight at Brennan.

"I'm acting like this because she's more than a friend to me." Brennan started raising his voice again. "She's…She's…"

"She's what Bren?" Jesse waited as he held his breath. ~Brennan is finally spilling everything. ~ Jesse found it hard to breath and he felt his fist massing up.

"She's…like a sister; a teammate;" ~my love ~ his thoughts added. "She's like a part of me I can't risk to lose."

"Hey Guys!" a familiar voice interrupted the three mutants. "I'm sorry for leaving the Sanctuary so hastily." Emma spoke through her comlink.

"Where are you Ems?" Shalimar asked her.

"Relax Shal, I'm fine. I'm with my friends. Are the boys in already?"

"Yes we're here Ems. Please come home soon we're dead worried about you." Brennan tried to sound calmed but failed.

"Have you been yelling again Bren?" Emma laughed. "Don't worry. As I said, I'm fine. I'll be home later. Is Jesse there?"

Shalimar looked at Jesse and expected a smile on his face but she was wrong. There was no trace of gladness in Jesse's face. He was just sitting in front of the computer, staring blankly at Emma's frozen video cut.

"Yes he's here." Shalimar confirmed.

"Well, tell him he owes me a talk tonight." Emma smiled on the other line when Meg called her.

"Stop mind-talking with your boyfriends Emma, we have a lot to do here." She giggled.

"Okay!" Emma spoke into the ring again. "I have to go guys. See ya later."

The group heard the voices in the other line. They knew Emma was with a girl but what are they doing? Shalimar looked at Jesse and lightly tapped his shoulder.

"Jess, do you have a minute?"

Jesse suddenly snapped from his deep thought and nodded. He followed Shalimar to the rec room. Shalimar looked around, making sure that no one is hearing them.

"Jesse, I'm not a psionic like Emma but I'm sure something's wrong."

"I think she's with him, Shal." Jesse let out a heavy sigh. He was a bit surprised when he heard her giggling. "What? I'm in the middle of my emotional breakdown and you're making fun of me?"

"I'm not making fun of you Jess," Shalimar took Jesse's hands in hers. "You don't know that for sure."

"That you're making fun of me?"

"No, that she's with Brennan. Am I right?" Shalimar smiled at him and he nodded.

"But it feels like they already are together."

"But they're not. Emma is attracted to you Jesse. You should have seen how she lighten up when you walked in the kitchen this morning and how sad she was when you didn't even looked at her." Shalimar stoke Jesse's back.

"She was?" there was a little hope in Jesse' voice. "So she and Brennan are not … together?"

Shalimar shook her head with a little smile. She knew Jesse and Emma would finally be together after this but she also knew she would be hurting Brennan. She was not blind. She could see that Emma means a lot to Brennan; more than a friend; more than a teammate. If Emma transcended her friendship with Jesse, then Brennan would lose her and quite possibly hurt his friendship with Jesse.

Jesse looked at her and saw the hidden hurt in Shalimar's eyes. "You sure they're not dating?"

"Yeah!" Shalimar replied trying to look happy but there was a pained look on her face.

"Then why are you holding back those tears?" Jesse squeezed Shalimar's hand lightly. He looked at her again and saw two precious droplets of tears on her cheeks. He pulled her close to him.

"I'm sure that Emma is not going out with Bren, but Bren, he's…he's… I don't know… he's just so connected to her. Their bond is so strong that I can't even cut in." Shalimar cried on Jesse's breast as Jesse rocked her back and fort. "You know, I envy you. One way or another you know that Emma is yours. I wish Brennan would let go of their bond." She sobbed even more.

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***Lyza***

I'm really not sure if it's a good idea to screw the teams' relationship with each other but I'm quite draining here and my mind's going into a writer's block. Hope you could help me here guys.