About 10ish in the morning, Brennan's apartment -

After waking up earlier in the morning, Shalimar was surprisingly still asleep. She was lying on the bed curled up in a ball for a few minutes before spreading out on the double bed. It wasn't until she realised she was in a different bed and atmosphere that she woke up with a look of confusion on her face. Then she remembered last night, when she woke up and walked out to the lounge to see a tall man sleeping on the couch. She looked at the clock to her side and saw the time.

*10?! How on earth did I manage to sleep in? I never sleep in!!*

She got up off the bed and then saw she was still in her old clothes. *What I would do for a change of clothes!* It was at that moment she noticed the folded clothes on the end of the bed. She picked them up and walked to the bathroom where she put them on thankful for the feeling of clean clothes.

Brennan was out in the kitchen making some food for breakfast. She was surely going to be hungry, as she hadn't eaten anything earlier. He was half way making some scrambled eggs when he saw the blonde walking in with some fresh clothes.

'Good morning, sleep well?'

'Like a baby!'

'That's good to hear...you fell asleep in the car lest night so I brought you in'

'Thanx Brennan' She looked at him just to miss eye contact. *Wow...brought me up all the way from the car, huh? Well it's nice to know he's got some strength*

'I see you found the clothes'

'Sorry, I needed some clothes and they were the first I could see'

'Hey it's okay, I put them there for you anyway.'

'Oh...thanks for that'

Sanctuary -

Adam was just finishing off his work about to head out when Jesse called out to him through the comlink.

'Adam? I just searched round where Shal should have been last night, and there's no sign of her. I'm gonna check the next place, k?'

'Okay Jesse, be careful. I'm about to head out to meet up with Emma okay? Call me if you need anything.'

'I will, see ya!'

He shut the leb door, and headed out to the garage. He had arranged to meet Emma at her apartment a little while away. That would be when they headed to a safehouse and worked on Emma's powers. *Let's hope you're feeling strong today, Emma'

He drove the car out at top speed. The sooner he trained Emma, the sooner she'd be stronger. That meant their chances of finding Shal would be quicker.

Brennan's Apartment -

Brennan was still making some breakfast. He wasn't really a cooking guy.

'I'm just making some breakfast...what d'ya fancy?'

'Got any meat?'

'Meat? For breakfast?'

'I'm a funny gal with a funny taste'

'Hey, I'm not one to judge you on your food taste...I've got...' He scanned the fridge for some meat when his eyes laid onto a serving of steak. 'Steak? Is this too big?'

'No, it's fine, thanks.'

Brennan didn't feel like mentioning the strangeness he felt when Shal was around. He also didn't want to mention how weird it was for him to be cooking this so early. He had never met a girl before who wanted steak in the morning for breakfast.

He didn't need to say anything for Shal to notice the odd look on his face.

*If only I could tell him...but no, Adam said not to expose the mutancy in public.*

Brennan cooked the meat anyway, he felt he had a really good chance with this woman. *Too bad I can't tell her everything...maybe if I spent more time with her, I could get to trust her. That way, I could tell her.*

Adam's car -

He reached her apartment in about 15 minutes after talking to Jesse, and headed straight upstairs. He didn't even need to knock the door for her to come. She sensed him about a mile away.

'Adam! Hi'

'Hi Emma, ready to train?'

'Yeh sure, lemme just get my bag'

'Listen, I need to talk to you about something, but I'll tell you in the car'

'Okay, ready!!'

They got into his car and he started out in the direction of the closest safehouse.

'We're gonna go to one of the safehouses I told you about. I want to see the strength of your powers'

'Is that what you wanted to tell me?' She had a feeling it wasn't, she could sense something else on his mind.

'Actually no, but I guess you knew that already!' She had to hide a small smile, she didn't know whether it was rude or not to scan him. 'Sorry, I was just -'

'No it's fine, just...don't do it to anyone else, they might not appreciate it. I don't mind, then it means I don't have to repeat everything to you.' She smiled again, but didn't attempt to hide her expression.

'Well, I need to talk to you about the whole situation with Mutant X. I have been training you for the past months to help strengthen your abilities, to prepare you and make you strong enough to join. After today, I think you'll be ready. So after this session, I'd like to take you to Sanctuary.'

'Sanctuary?! THE sanctuary you've been talking about?' He nodded and smiled at the response he was receiving from the woman beside him. 'Oh my god, Adam I'd love to! Ever since you talked about it and me joining, I haven't thought about anything else!'

'Well, it's nice to see you so positive about it. There's something else to. There are the other two members of Mutant X and you will meet Jesse Kilmartin later on today. He's a molecular, with the ability to change the density of his body so he can walk through solids and also make himself as hard as a rock withstanding physical penetration. I need to tell you something about Shalimar...'

oooh....looks like the two of them have secrets...and what does adam tell emma? will she be able to help? cheers for reading!!