Author: Lyza Halliwell
Contact Number: 09198934959
Email: Lyza@iamyours.com
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URL: (Emma/Jesse centric site)
Disclaimer: I know every one of you knows that I don't own Mutant X but it would be real cool if I do. 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: sorry for posting so late. Hehehehe!
Special thanks to:
Sage360: thank you for reading me work. Can't say how happy I am. Mwuahh………..
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Bri: here's the update you've been asking… tc…
Aur: I know what you mean. Emma would be kicking his (Gabriel's) ass anytime soon. LOL
Goldstranger: yeah! Shal is not really there… thanks for the review.
Maddy: the E/B story would be up after this fic. That's a promise.
Enorm87: of course I won't kill her. She's the center of the story, how could I kill her. LOL
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Bjvision: you read my mind. Hahaha!
Here's the story enjoy!
Underestimated
~Thought ~
Memory
/Sounds/
"Conversation"
Chapter 27
Brennan was very busy preparing breakfast for Shalimar. He was fussing over the details in the breakfast platter while chanting to himself that he has to make everything in order. Jesse and Emma poke fun at him while he was preparing Shalimar's breakfast. They were teasing him constantly. Well, he can't blame them. This was the first time he made vex over a woman.
Emma was thanking the gods for finally opening Brennan's eyes and helping him see Shalimar in a better prospective—not only because she's a feral but because of what she really is.
Jesse was happy in his heart that his best friend—Shalimar, finally had what she always wanted; while he, has Emma back in his arms.
Adam walked in the kitchen to be greeted by the same picture of his team, his friends, his family—Jesse, Emma and Brennan. "Having a little party?" he asked as the team turned their attention to Adam.
"Brennan is making Shal breakfast." Emma replied.
"Oh!" Adam raised his brows and grinned at Brennan.
Brennan shook his head as he was controlling his own laughter. "I'll go now," he said as he lifted the tray when Adam stopped him.
"Add some more mixtures of maltose and dextrin or other sweetening substances for her ptyalin would not have a hard time breaking down elements, besides Shalimar will be needing those rather than that protein. Her body might—"
"Whoa!" Brennan placed the tray down as he stopped Adam's speech. "I didn't understand a word that you said.
Adam looked at the rest of the groups and found them looking at him with their mouth open as if they really didn't understood him. He smiled and looked at Brennan again. "Add more toast breads." He said.
"That's it? That is what you were telling him?" Jesse inquired. "For a moment there, I thought something was wrong with Shalimar and you were talking about a cure." He grinned.
A moment of silence and then the group laughed. Adam was used to that. He often tells the team something but they wouldn't understand him right away as he was speaking a different language. Brennan, on the other hand, added some loaves and then left the kitchen as Adam, and the couple stayed and to have their breakfast.
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~This is the day! ~ Shalimar told herself as she follow the plan she and her controller had. ~Time to say good-bye, Emma—for good ~ she snorted through her nose. She was thinking of a plan when her door slid open and the elemental came in.
Shalimar was a bit surprised when Brennan slipped into her room with the tray in his hand. He was smiling at her and his eyes were glittering like never before. Shalimar's wit was bombarded by Brennan's presence and, for a moment, her real self returned.
"Brennan!" she called out as she run towards him. Brennan was stunned and he dropped the tray. Shalimar held him in a tight hug and she was crying. "Don't let me go!" Shalimar begged to him.
Brennan hugged her back as his nostrils were pressed against Shalimar's head. "I won't I promise." He said as he smell her scent. He missed her and he has no intention of letting her go again.
Shalimar pushed herself away from Brennan so she could look at his eyes. "You don't understand, Brennan." She said with tears in her eyes. "It's Gabriel. He…Arghhh!" she stopped as she felt a sting in her head and then gone was her real self.
"What? What did Gabriel do to you?" Brennan asked with concern. "Shal! Are you alright?"
Shalimar glared at Brennan. ~Oh my God! ~ She thought as her real self was pushed further and further away from her wits. ~I got to fake a faint. ~ She told herself and then she fainted.
Alarmed, Brennan screamed for Adam and the team. "Adam!" he hollered.
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Adam was enjoying his breakfast with Jesse and Emma when they heard a breaking sound then a complete silence.
"Ferals" Jesse said with a smile in his lips. "Don't make them breakfast, they'll say you're disregarding them. Wake them in the morning for breakfast, they'll tear you apart." He added.
Adam can't help but giggle for he knows exactly what Jesse was talking about. They were all laughing when they heard Brennan's yell from the feral's room.
"Adam!"
"Something's wrong!" Emma said as she sensed something unusual. The three rushed into the feral's room only to be greeted by the broken plate and Shalimar's faint body in Brennan's arm.
"What happened?" Jesse asked as he bent down to look closer at Shalimar.
"I don't know. She was crying and then she fainted." Brennan explained.
"Let's get her in the lab." Adam commanded. Brennan nodded and lifted Shalimar's body in his strong frame.
The men went away as Emma was left in the feral's room. ~Something isn't right ~ her senses could tell her. ~Something is wrong…very wrong ~
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Emma walked slowly behind Jesse after Adam has run the scan on Shalimar. Shalimar is all right, that is what Adam told them and they always believe what the doctor tells them…almost always.
Jesse and Emma the lab while Adam left to give time for Brennan to be with Shalimar. Meg already left the sanctuary but is still keeping in touch from time to time. After all, they owe her too much by helping boost Emma's self-esteem. Jesse turned around and finally noticed that Emma wasn't herself.
"Honey! Are you alright?" he asked her as he stopped and waited for her.
Emma looked at her beau and smiled at him. "Nothing!" she denied.
Jesse willed Emma to look at him by lifting her face with his index finger. "Darling, you could tell me." He willed her.
Emma smiled into Jesse's eyes and gave him a kiss. "I'm okay!"
Jesse smiled back and took Emma in his arms. "Okay. Just remember that I'm here if ever you wanted to talk someone." He told her.
Emma nodded although she doesn't really know how to tell the group what she is sensing. How could she explain something that she herself couldn't understand?
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Brennan sat silently beside the feral. He was looking at her as if it would be the last time he could see her, he was looking at her as if he was memorizing her face. The sweet but independent gal was lying silently on the med bed. Brennan lifted his hand and softly caressed the feral's skin with his finger. He has never seen Shalimar this way before—so fragile, so vulnerable, so feminine.
Brennan knew he cares for Shalimar but this feeling is even deeper. Is he in love with her? He really does not know. All he knew for now is that he could not let anything happen to this beautiful lady.
Shalimar was lying slightly annoyed with what Brennan was doing but chose not to react in fear that his plan be ruined.
~You are doing just fine my dear ~ Shalimar heard a voice in her wits.
"Gabriel?" she thought.
"Yes dear!" Gabriel replied in her mind.
Shalimar looked at Brennan and thought of something to get rid of him. She knew it would hard to shove him away. She looked deep in his eyes and forced a smile. "I'd like to go back in my room now." she softly told him.
Brennan run his fingers on Shalimar's hair and nodded. He took her in his arms and cradled her in his strong arms. "Okay." He softly replied. He brought Shalimar in her room and laid her carefully in her bed. This has never happened before. Years ago, Brennan would treat her as one of the boys. Things are definitely different now.
"Are you comfortable?" he asked as soon as she was lean there. Shalimar shook her head and forced a smile. "Do you still need anything?"
"I'll be fine." She told him.
Brennan nodded and then he kissed her on the cheeks before heading to the door. "Try to rest. We'll just be around if you need us." Brennan said softly. He waited for her to not before finally leaving the room.
Shalimar wiped her face just as soon as her door shut closed. Making face as if she was so disgusted with the kiss. ~How dare he kiss me ~ she thought.
"Few more time my love!"
She heard her master's voice. "Gabriel!" she uttered as she turn to face him. He was standing by her pane in a dark blue polo and a black slacks. His shirt was left unbuttoned and Shalimar could see a small amount of his flesh. she run into his arms and greeted him with a passionate kiss. She allowed Gabriel's tongue to roam around her mouth. Tasting her sweetness. She pulled him closer to her, grinding her body against his.
Gabriel was enjoying every moment of this. He was touching her body, chanting to himself that he owned her. ~Mine! ~ He thought.
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The thought of Shalimar drifted from her mind as she was enjoying Jesse's company. She missed that for a couple of months since she left their fortress. Jesse was telling her something but she was not really listening... she was just staring and smiling at him.
"You are not listening." Jesse complained when he finally noticed.
"Oh, but I am." Emma replied.
Jesse grinned and shook his head.
"I am!" Emma repeated.
"If you're really listening then what was I saying?"
Emma opened her mouth and was about to speak but then she thought…~what would I say? ~ she just smiled instead and bit her lower lip. "Okay, so I was not really listening."
"You see!" Jesse exclaimed and it made both of them laughed. Simple conversations like these are really cherished by this team since they seldom have time for their own life. Most of their time were spent outside the Sanctuary, saving people's lives that doesn't even know about their existence.
As Jesse and Emma were laughing, something bumped into her wits. "Oh my god!" she suddenly uttered. "Gabriel."
"What?" Jesse was rather surprised with her action. "What is it?" he repeated.
But Emma wasted no time she run to the lab where she knew Shalimar is but found only the doctor and the elemental.
"What is it Ems? Adam asked as soon as the psionic appeared at the door to be followed by the molecular.
"Where's Shal?" she asked in full panic scale.
"In her room." It was Brennan who replied.
Emma was about to leave when Jesse caught her and willed her to calm down.
"Honey! What's wrong?" Jesse inquired as he was really puzzled by Emma's action.
"Yeah, Ems. What's wrong?" Brennan bat in.
"Its Gabriel. He's here." Emma replied. Her face was flashed and her panic alarm reached to its highest scale.
Jesse looked at her as if confirming it and then he threw a glance at Adam and Brennan.
There was a moment of silence. Brennan stood in shocked and when he finally absorbed it, he pushed his way out of the lab to the feral's room.
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"Shit!" Gabriel cursed and he pushed himself off Shalimar. Shalimar moaned for the denied pleasure as Gabriel tore his body away from her.
"Gabriel!" Shalimar begged.
"They've sensed me." He said while he started dressing up.
"And so? Let them see you. They would know about this anyway." Shalimar purred like a cat at its master's leg, willing Gabriel to stay with her.
Gabriel gave her another kiss. "I know that. But we have to follow the plan. After we've eliminated Emma, I would never part from you." He kissed her again and then he fled away.
Shalimar heard footsteps coming towards her room. She hurriedly got back under her covers and pretended to be asleep.
"Shalimar!" Brennan called out as soon as she got in the feral's room only to be greeted by the sound sleeping feral.
The team got inside and looked around. There was no sign of Gabriel.
"But I've sensed him." Emma chanted to herself.
Adam gave Emma a stare and then he sighed. "I know how affected you are about this things." He placed his hands on Emma's shoulder, comforting her with his fatherly love.
Emma lifted her head after she stared long enough at the floor. "No Adam. I really sensed him." She insisted. Her eyes smudgy with tears.
Adam looked at her with deep concern. He wanted to ease the pain which Emma is feeling. He wanted to make up of the times he was not with her. He wanted to be the father she never had. He wanted to console her. All this emotions stirred him and he pulled Emma in his embrace.
"Oh Emma." He whispered. How he wish he had not altered there DNA. Everything could have been better.
Jesse and Brennan were a bit worried about Emma. They were afraid that all these things affected her mutation. Brennan tore his eyes from Emma and looked at the feral. His eyes traveled from Shalimar's feet to her face. She was a beauty. Brennan bent down and pulled the covers and tucked Shalimar in.
Adam searched for Jesse's eyes and signaled him to bring Emma to her room. Jesse nodded and then he took the empath in the curves of his arm.
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"Is she going to be alright?" Brennan asked when Jesse and Emma were already out and both he and Adam were out of the feral's room.
Adam look at Brennan as he cringed his forehead. "Who? Shal?" they talked as they walked together to the lab.
Brennan shook his head and placed his hands inside his side pockets. "No. Emma. I'm worried about her." He sighed.
Adam stopped when they reached the lab's entrance. He faced Brennan and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "She'll be alright. She just needed rest from all these. She'll be fine I promise you." He tapped Brennan's shoulder and smiled.
Brennan sighed once again. He turned to leave but then he remembered something. "Adam," he turned to him again.
Adam turned his back from the lab to face Brennan again. "What is it?"
"How could Emma sense Gabriel here when he's not here?" Brennan placed his arms across his chest and transferred his weight to one side of his body.
"Well, Emma is a powerful empath. It might be that what she is sensing is really Gabriel's left over presence in Shalimar's mind."
Brennan nodded. Maybe that was really it. Emma is not going crazy after all. She might really sensed something. This placed a smile on his lips and then he walked away to his room.
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"I really felt him." Emma repeatedly chanted. She was staring blankly away. Jesse had to nudge her to get her look at him.
"Emma, enough!" he raised his voice a bit and it snapped Emma out.
"Jesse, I don't know how that happened but I sensed him really. Do you believe me?" she asked him while he stared at his blue gray eyes.
Jesse nodded. He sincerely believes Emma but he could not understand why Gabriel was not there. He pulled Emma closer to him in a hug. "We'll figure this out tomorrow. For now, you need to rest." He allowed Emma to change for her pj's before he walked her over to her bed and tucked her in.
"Stay with me." Emma whispered to Jesse's ears and Jesse didn't want to say no. He crept under the covers as soon as he took his pant and shirt off, leaving only his boxers on. He placed his arms around Emma as Emma rested her head on the bend of Jesse's arms. Both quickly drifted to dreamland as the question still hanged on their head—where is Gabriel?
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***Lyza***
Okay now. I'm a step closer to the end. I'm really excited to start writing another fic now. I hope you'll still read it. Anyway, I'd still be doing a lot of Emma story even if she is not in the series any longer. Well please continue posting your reviews.
