A/N: Sorry, for the delay, been very busy haven't had time to sit down at
the computer without having to do other actual work. I'm not giving away
what is going to happen with the couplings - you'll just have to read it
till the end, and no, It's not going to be some major long epic full of
self-pity and so on (so if you're into really deep angst, I'm telling you
straight, this story isn't really for you). But it's not going to be very
long because I want to keep it short and Emma-focused and I don't see the
point in dragging it out if I just want to make a small point.
So If you've bothered to read up to here, you might as well read the whole
thing and if you do that then you've gotta review it!
Chapter 2: The 'Newest' New Mutant
Emma walked down the stairs to the main part of the Sanctuary after having spent the whole of last night curled up in bed with terrible nightmares about Brennan and Shalimar. The only reason she came down so late today was because she didn't want to come out and find any of those disgusting things to be true. Yes, she did love them both and therefore wanted them to be happy. But she didn't understand why they had to love each other as more than good friends or why Brennan couldn't be happy with her. What was wrong with her? was the question that appeared most frequently in her mind. She looked around and couldn't see anyone. Everything was very quiet. 'That's a good thing' she told herself, 'it means that they're not...' Okay, she totally wasn't going there. But something else started to bother her...it was too quiet.
Emma sent her senses out and couldn't find anyone in their rooms. For a moment she couldn't find anyone anywhere in the Sanctuary until..."Adam!"
"Emma, finally," he said running up to her as she opened her eyes.
"Adam, what's going on? There's no one else here."
"I know, I sent Jesse, Brennan and Shalimar on a mission to find a new mutant. His name is also Adam, he's fourteen, but by some accident just received new mutant abilities and his body system is acting up. We need to bring him here for me to stabilize him before his system works up."
"What happens if they don't bring him in time?" Emma asked, genuinely concerned and forgotten her self-pity.
"Well, that depends too. The GSA could find him before we get him, which would be very bad for him. Also, the dose administered on him was very strong. And I have reason to believe that if he is not found - at the rate his body is mutating - he could just explode."
"Oh my God!"
"Emma, I think you and I better get in the car and go and help them. We can contact them on the plane from inside there."
Emma nodded in agreement and the two ran out of the Sanctuary.
*
"Emma? Where are you?" a voice came out of her comlink.
"At the fire escape," she whispered, back into hers.
"Okay." the voice came. "Okay, I see you. Stay there while I locate Brennan and Shalimar."
"Okay, Jesse." Emma tried to hold back her mind from thinking rather of what they might possibly be doing wherever they were. She had to stay focused. They had to save this Adam, before he got hurt.
"Adam! Adam wait!" Emma heard Jesse's voice. It sounded slightly faint and she realized that it was because he still had his comlink on but wasn't talking to her. She knew that their Adam was waiting for them in the plane. That meant the Adam he was talking to was the boy they were looking for. Emma leapt into action and ran towards the entrance of the alley she was in. She looked down the road and saw Jesse had run down the building he had been standing on, and was running after a tall, but young-looking boy. Emma didn't have to think to know who that was and ran after them.
As the race went on she knew they needed help so she called into her comlink without stopping. "Brennan? Shalimar?"
"We hear you Emma," Shalimar voice back. "Where are you? And what happened to Jesse?"
As the 'We' that started that sentence played in her mind Emma pushed it out and said, "We've found Adam but he's running away. Call Adam and tell him to come with the plane."
Shalimar agreed and Emma finally slowed down, tired. She closed her eyes and concentrated, reaching out to find Adam even though she had only seen a picture of him this morning and a glimpse of his back just now. It wasn't as hard as she thought it would be to find him - his tortured soul was practically crying out to be taken. She used her mind to make him calm down and slow down and very soon she heard Jesse reach him. They weren't far away and she managed to reach them soon.
"Thanks," Jesse mumbled.
"No problem," she replied. Seconds later, Adam crumpled to the ground in a faint.
"We have to get him to the plane," Jesse said, trying to pick him up.
"Where is Adam?" Emma said.
"Right here."
"Jesse, you know that's not the Adam I mean! Shalimar said she'd call him."
"I'm here," Adam said, appearing from behind them. "The plane is just behind there, I couldn't bring it any closer." He bent down and also tried to pick the other Adam up. Then he said, "Jesse help me get him to the plane. Emma go get Shalimar and Brennan, I think they are in that second alleyway."
"Okay," she nodded. She jogged up into the second alley and turned in, to see Brennan and Shalimar, kissing by that fire escape. In Emma's eyes they weren't just kissing, it looked like they were making out or groping each other or something. something she didn't wan them to. She took a step back and accidentally, stepped on a can, distracting them from, ahem, 'whatever they were doing'.
"Emma," Brennan said, seeming slightly surprised.
"We got Adam. Adam says to come back to the plane," she mumbled, not bothering to elaborate on the Adams. She ran back to the plane, without waiting for them and she didn't look either one in the face the whole journey back to the Sanctuary, instead pretending to be interested in looking after the injured Adam.
Chapter 2: The 'Newest' New Mutant
Emma walked down the stairs to the main part of the Sanctuary after having spent the whole of last night curled up in bed with terrible nightmares about Brennan and Shalimar. The only reason she came down so late today was because she didn't want to come out and find any of those disgusting things to be true. Yes, she did love them both and therefore wanted them to be happy. But she didn't understand why they had to love each other as more than good friends or why Brennan couldn't be happy with her. What was wrong with her? was the question that appeared most frequently in her mind. She looked around and couldn't see anyone. Everything was very quiet. 'That's a good thing' she told herself, 'it means that they're not...' Okay, she totally wasn't going there. But something else started to bother her...it was too quiet.
Emma sent her senses out and couldn't find anyone in their rooms. For a moment she couldn't find anyone anywhere in the Sanctuary until..."Adam!"
"Emma, finally," he said running up to her as she opened her eyes.
"Adam, what's going on? There's no one else here."
"I know, I sent Jesse, Brennan and Shalimar on a mission to find a new mutant. His name is also Adam, he's fourteen, but by some accident just received new mutant abilities and his body system is acting up. We need to bring him here for me to stabilize him before his system works up."
"What happens if they don't bring him in time?" Emma asked, genuinely concerned and forgotten her self-pity.
"Well, that depends too. The GSA could find him before we get him, which would be very bad for him. Also, the dose administered on him was very strong. And I have reason to believe that if he is not found - at the rate his body is mutating - he could just explode."
"Oh my God!"
"Emma, I think you and I better get in the car and go and help them. We can contact them on the plane from inside there."
Emma nodded in agreement and the two ran out of the Sanctuary.
*
"Emma? Where are you?" a voice came out of her comlink.
"At the fire escape," she whispered, back into hers.
"Okay." the voice came. "Okay, I see you. Stay there while I locate Brennan and Shalimar."
"Okay, Jesse." Emma tried to hold back her mind from thinking rather of what they might possibly be doing wherever they were. She had to stay focused. They had to save this Adam, before he got hurt.
"Adam! Adam wait!" Emma heard Jesse's voice. It sounded slightly faint and she realized that it was because he still had his comlink on but wasn't talking to her. She knew that their Adam was waiting for them in the plane. That meant the Adam he was talking to was the boy they were looking for. Emma leapt into action and ran towards the entrance of the alley she was in. She looked down the road and saw Jesse had run down the building he had been standing on, and was running after a tall, but young-looking boy. Emma didn't have to think to know who that was and ran after them.
As the race went on she knew they needed help so she called into her comlink without stopping. "Brennan? Shalimar?"
"We hear you Emma," Shalimar voice back. "Where are you? And what happened to Jesse?"
As the 'We' that started that sentence played in her mind Emma pushed it out and said, "We've found Adam but he's running away. Call Adam and tell him to come with the plane."
Shalimar agreed and Emma finally slowed down, tired. She closed her eyes and concentrated, reaching out to find Adam even though she had only seen a picture of him this morning and a glimpse of his back just now. It wasn't as hard as she thought it would be to find him - his tortured soul was practically crying out to be taken. She used her mind to make him calm down and slow down and very soon she heard Jesse reach him. They weren't far away and she managed to reach them soon.
"Thanks," Jesse mumbled.
"No problem," she replied. Seconds later, Adam crumpled to the ground in a faint.
"We have to get him to the plane," Jesse said, trying to pick him up.
"Where is Adam?" Emma said.
"Right here."
"Jesse, you know that's not the Adam I mean! Shalimar said she'd call him."
"I'm here," Adam said, appearing from behind them. "The plane is just behind there, I couldn't bring it any closer." He bent down and also tried to pick the other Adam up. Then he said, "Jesse help me get him to the plane. Emma go get Shalimar and Brennan, I think they are in that second alleyway."
"Okay," she nodded. She jogged up into the second alley and turned in, to see Brennan and Shalimar, kissing by that fire escape. In Emma's eyes they weren't just kissing, it looked like they were making out or groping each other or something. something she didn't wan them to. She took a step back and accidentally, stepped on a can, distracting them from, ahem, 'whatever they were doing'.
"Emma," Brennan said, seeming slightly surprised.
"We got Adam. Adam says to come back to the plane," she mumbled, not bothering to elaborate on the Adams. She ran back to the plane, without waiting for them and she didn't look either one in the face the whole journey back to the Sanctuary, instead pretending to be interested in looking after the injured Adam.