Hi there! Did you missed me? Hahaha! Anyway, I'll be going to school tomorrow to be enrolled but I decided to update this fic first. I hope you are all still there. Anyway, this chapter is kinda short. Please continue reviewing.
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Underestimated
~Thought ~
Memory
/Sounds/
"Conversation"
Chapter 26
Emma sat quietly in the kitchen where she was consuming her lunch. Since she was back she refrained from joining the group in their meal. She took the last bit and then she was over. She took a sip of her juice and then cleaned up. It was still early and she decided to stay there for a while. She sat their alone, trying to clean her thought when she felt a presence near her. She turned around and found Jesse.
There was silence between the two mutants. Both waited for the moment where they could be alone with each other; when they could stop lying to themselves; when they could finally tell each other how much they feel, but Emma still held back. She looked away and controlled her tears from showing. Emma stood up and tried to leave but Jesse got her by her arm.
"Please, Ems!" he whispered in her ears.
Jesse was so close to her that she could hear him breath and he could pick up her scent. Emma didn't pull her arms away from Jesse. Both stood like that for a while. Emma was melting in Jesse's touch. She was not mad at him nor at Shalimar. She was hurt and all she needed was time. Did the space between her and Jesse for the last few months help in healing her heart?
"Let me go, Jess, please." She softly begged but still avoiding Jesse's eyes. She couldn't stand his stare. She was melting and she was giving away. She longed for him but her mind refuses to admit that she is and she denies it.
"Emma!" Jesse willed her to look at him. "I know you don't trust me anymore but I don't care. I just need you to hear me out." Tears begun to stream from the molecular's eyes. Tears that he has been hiding since Emma left him. "I really don't know what happen to me and Shal. But I guess that doesn't matter anymore. What matters to me is that you know how much I love you, Emma."
With that, tears begun to show from the psionic's eyes. How she missed that. How she missed hearing that from him. How she longed for him to tell her that. I love you, Emma the phrase kept on ringing in her ears.
"…God, Jess." She faced him finally and threw her arms around him. "I love you…I love you so, so much." She loosen herself and all her hurt and pain disappeared. She's with Jesse and that is all that matters.
Jesse pulled her closer to him and he took her lips. He kissed her with hunger; like a dying man who hungered for his life; like water to the thirsty…Emma was all he ever needed and now she's here. It's like coming home.
Emma allowed Jesse to possess her. She let him kiss her. She wanted that as well as she needed it. She has been away from him too long and now they're back together…and then it hit her— ~what about Shalimar? ~ her brain taunted. She pulled away and shook her head.
"Ems!" he moaned when his lips departed hers.
"Jesse, I need to know…" she took a deep breath. Jesse's answer will make everything change but she has to know. "Was there anytime in our relationship that you got tired of me and fell for Shal?"
Jesse smiled at her. "You never left my mind. You are all that I could think of. How could I even have time to think of Shal?"
"I only need yes or no. did you fall in love with—"
"No!" was his quick reply.
Emma bit her lips as tears of joy replace the tears of pain. ~I'll trust him. ~ she told herself. I'll ask Shalimar to confirm but for now I'll hold on what he tells me. ~ she decided and then she pulled Jesse to her and kissed him and Jesse entwined himself to her.
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Meg smiled at the scene. The Mutant x is almost back to normal. They only need Shalimar back.
"What are you doing here?" Brennan asked when he saw Meg peeping at the kitchen.
"Taking a peak at your friends." She grinned.
Brennan walked a little closer and saw the same picture of Jesse and Emma in each other's arms. "So I guess they're back together." He smiled.
"Thank God!" Meg said.
Brennan looked at Meg and snorted through his nose as he controlled his mounting laughter. He is really happy for them. They have been through a lot and they deserve to be happy in each other's arms…in each other's kiss.
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It has been weeks since the team last saw Shalimar and Emma is getting tired of waiting. Adam kept on asking the other mutants underground of what they know but he refuse to let Brennan, Jesse, Emma and Meg to move and find Shalimar.
"Come on Adam! What is the use of use being together if we won't go and search for her?" Emma demanded
"Emma, I couldn't take the risk. Maybe that is what he's waiting for us to do." Adam replied.
Emma sighed and shook her head. "Then this is pointless. This is as good as letting Gabriel have her forever."
"She's right!" Brennan bat in as his heart ached on the thought. "What if he took her far from us like he said?"
Jesse resigned from searching the web. He has been working on looking for Shalimar with the use of their powerful satellite which looks for the signal coming from their links. "I think they are right Adam." He added.
Adam thought for a while and he looked at Emma. "Okay." He said. "Could you try and sense her?" Adam inquired.
Emma looked at her teammates and saw their trust in her. She inhaled and then nodded. Closing her eyes, she tried to clear her wits and started sensing for Shalimar. She felt a wave of emotion that crashed into her mind before she finally reached her.
First there was a foreign emotion that Shalimar emitted but then Emma felt Shalimar and then it hit her. She opened her eyes all of a sudden, panicking. "Oh my God! Shalimar! She's in danger!"
Brennan stood up and frantically asked Emma. "Are you sure? Where? Could you tell us where?"
"Yes! I think I could sense her until we reach her!" Emma responded.
Without another word the whole team run to the double helix and got ready to rescue Shalimar.
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"Get your filthy hands of me!" Shalimar screamed as she spar against three ferals and one psionic. They were in a dark place and the ferals are using their feral eyes while the telekinetic help the other ferals by controlling Shalimar's action
Shalimar springed herself to somersault but she ended flat on the ground. "What do you want from me?" she demanded but there was no response. She tried standing up but one of the ferals have pinned her well. "If my friends are here you'll be dead!" Shalimar said but they continued beating her as she could not move because of the telekinetic.
Suddenly, there was a voice behind the mutants. "She warned you!" a woman's voice said. The ferals' all whipped to see the owner of the voice.
"Emma?" Shalimar uttered when she got a glimpse of her.
"Hi girlfriend. Need some hand?" Emma smiled and moved forward.
Two ferals let out a growl and came closer to Emma. Meg looked at her telempath friend and then to the ferals. "Emma!" she called her attention. "The one in the right is a Cervine and the other is a Reptus."
Emma nodded to show her that she appreciate her help. "Hello boys!" she bid them. The Cervine jumped and was about to land on her but she just averted it. She did a half twist and hit the Reptus on the chest and it sent the Reptus across the alley. The Cervine wasted no time and he hit Emma with a kick on her lower hip.
When Jesse came to help the other feral came on to him and kick him. But he didn't intend to be beaten that way. He stood up and threw couple of punches at the feral and then massed his fist and hit the feral on the belly. The poor feral bent twisting in pain so Jesse took that time to run and helped Emma with the other feral. Emma took the same time to recover from the kick.
Meanwhile, Brennan run to attend to Shalimar but another feral blocked his was. It was a she feral and she decided to play Brennan. "Hey good looking." The feral said. I'm a Piscis Feral." The feral said.
Brennan grinned at her. "I'm an electrical elemental." He said before he threw high volts on the feral. He was shocked when the feral only absorbed the electricity. The feral grinned back at him and declared. "I forgot to tell you. I'm an eel—electric eel." She said and she run towards him transmitting electricity that matches Brennan's power.
Meg faced the psionic as she wanted to help the team. The psionic wanted to control her but as a psionic herself, Meg could block the telekinetic's power to control her. Meg came over to the telekinetic and effortlessly sent her flying across the alley.
"Some help here!" Brennan called out.
As Emma heard her friend, she blocked the feral's sense of sight and touch so it could emit its power. Brennan took the time to beat the feral. "Thanks!" he sent his gratitude to his telempath friend.
"No problem!" Emma replied.
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Adam came for Shalimar while Shalimar's abductors are busy with his team.
"Are you alright?" Adam asked her.
Fear was written all over Shalimar's eyes. "Get us out of here, Adam!" she pleaded.
Adam nodded. "Guys! Let's go!" he said as he took Shalimar in his arms.
"Hang on everyone. I'm going to do a loud broadcast!" Emma warned and with that she released a fear emotion that affected the other mutants. The mutants retreated as if they were facing their worst nightmare.
"What was that?" Brennan demanded as he was a bit affected by the loud psi-blast.
"I'll explain later. Let's go!" and with that the team fled to the double helix with their own feral.
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Brennan carried Shalimar to her room and allowed her to settle on her bed. He looked at her and he noticed the bruises on her body. He carefully reached out and tried to touch it but the feral moved away.
"I'm sorry!" He said.
Shalimar forced a smile and nodded. "It's alright. No harm done." She said and then looked past Brennan as the rest of the team stood outside her door. "Why don't you all come in?" she smiled.
Emma looked at Adam and Jesse. Well, they really want to be with Shalimar but they presume that she's really very tired.
"Come on guys, don't you miss me?" Shalimar grinned and with that, the team entered the feral's room. Emma rushed to her best friend's side. Shalimar threw her arms around Emma. "I've missed you girl."
"I've missed you too." Emma said as she let out a tear from her eyes. She missed this touch. She missed her best friend. Then it hit her—she wanted to know what happened between her and Jesse. ~next time ~ her mind told her. ~next time when Shal is feeling alright.
"Don't I get a hug too?" Adam grinned at the feral.
The feral then pulled away from Emma and willed Adam to come closer giving her creator a tight hug. "Of course you will get a hug too." She let out a laugh.
Adam then pulled away from their embrace and looked at her feral child. "I guess you would need to rest now." he said.
Shalimar pouted her lips "But Emma and I still have many things to talk about."
"Like—?" Adam asked.
"Like…How many good-looking guys did she meet when she was away—" Shalimar added as she winked at Emma and she didn't fail to get a laugh from the team.
Adam shook his head with a smile. "You'll have all day tomorrow. For now you have to rest."
Emma's eyes twinkled as she looked at her friends. She gazed at Shalimar. "Yeah Shal, we'll talk tomorrow." She said as Shalimar aired her protest by pouting her lips and then she nodded.
"Promise?" the feral added.
"Promise!" Emma replied. With that, the team gave Shalimar a good night kiss and they left her room.
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Meg doesn't know what she was feeling but she knew something is wrong…very wrong. She waited outside the feral rooms as she tried to calm her senses.
"Emma!" Meg called her as soon as she left the feral's room. "Could I have a word with you?"
"Yeah, of course!" the psionic agreed. They both walked to a corner near the feral's room. Meg waited for the rest of the team to leave before she finally face Emma.
"I don't want to spoil your night, Ems but don't you feel something different from Shalimar?" Meg started.
Emma cringed her forehead tilted her head. "What do you mean?" she inquired, as she could not find Meg's point.
"Did you try sensing Shalimar again?" Meg then replied while the odd feeling still bothered her.
Emma let out a giggle. "What for? She's here…she's safe." She said calmly.
Meg shook her head. "Something is not right. Something feels terribly wrong. It's as if Shalimar is not herself."
"Don't you think I would know that better than you would?" Emma irately responded. "Shalimar is my best friend and I know her better than you do—I could sense her better than you could."
"That is not my point. I—"
"Then what is your point?" Emma quickly cut Meg off and Meg could feel the building tension between them.
"Alright! Maybe you're right. But if anything starts to go wrong…I'm still your friend and I want you to remember that." With that, Meg left Emma.
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"Stupid psionic!" Shalimar uttered after listening to Meg and Emma's conversation. She lifted her brown and let out a sigh. ~First step completed! ~ she thought. ~time to say Good-bye, Emma. ~ she grinned at herself as she thought of her dark plan…
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***Lyza***
I am so evil*** grins *** Did you think that I would end this story that easy? Of course not. LOL. I would like to make Gabriel's plan work a bit then I would let Emma get his ass… ok, that's all for now. keep on posting your reviews. Thanks!
