Emma sat by the bed that new mutant, Adam lay sleeping in. She had told
Adam that she would look after the fourteen-year old simply because it
meant she had a valid excuse for not having to go out and face everyone
after what she saw Shalimar and Brennan kissing. She didn't even want to
admit to herself that it meant there wasn't going to be a chance for her
and Brennan. Even if (as she hoped) they broke up it would be weird for her
to date Brennan after he had had a relationship with Brennan. No matter how
mad she was at Shalimar at the moment, she still loved her as part of her
family and wouldn't be able to do something like that to her.
She looked down on the boy, who still hadn't woken up. He was very tall with dark hair that was long at the front. The brown of his hair reminded her of the Adam she knew, but after that the comparisons stopped. Even though this Adam was very many years younger than the one she knew, she still couldn't imagine him growing up to look like him. Although in another fourteen years she could image Adam looking like Brennan if he spiked his hair up...'Stop!' she told herself and refused to think of Brennan anymore. He was the reason she had locked herself up in this room while everyone else went out.
And if she had locked the door and everyone else had gone out...how come she could hear the door opening behind her. She started to turn around slowly, bracing herself for danger, when she heard a voice say, "Emma?"
"Jesse."
"Hey. Sorry, if I scared you, but I knew where the key was and I didn't want to knock incase I woke you or him."
"It's okay. How come you came back before the others."
"Well, Adam's having the time of his life now he's met some old girlfriend and they're getting it on really well. Brennan and Shalimar were really just too engrossed in each other to have time for me, if you know what I mean."
"Oh..." Emma did have a pretty good idea of what he meant, but tried unsuccessfully to block out the images that began to form in her mind.
"So how is he?" Jesse asked, gesturing to the Adam lying on the bed.
"Oh, he's..." before Emma could answer Adam began to wake-up slowly. Then suddenly he began to shake hard. "Oh my god!"
Jesse ran round to the other side and felt his forehead. "He feels incredibly cold but he's sweating like mad."
"Shall we take him downstairs?"
"We better." Jesse carried the boy in his arms and Emma ran down ahead to get the mat out and ready in the lab.
When Jesse came and laid him down on the mat, Emma started pressing buttons to get a reading on his condition.
"What's wrong with him?" Jesse asked.
"His body is working up again. It seems like what Adam to him earlier wasn't enough."
"What should we do? Do you know how to do that thing Adam did?"
"No," Emma admitted, "but I can stabilize him until Adam gets back."
"Okay, I already sent a message."
"Good, you just have to stand back while I -"
Before Jesse had time to move, the boy gave a shout and shook, harder than he had before and his hand thumped Jesse on the side of his head. In seconds, the boy had fallen back onto the mat (still shaking) and Jesse had fallen to the ground, but not before Emma had noticed some blue energy - not unlike the kind Brennan sent out - transfer from the boy's hand to Jesse's head.
Emma ran over to Jesse who was already starting to stir, making calm down a little bit knowing it couldn't be that serious. "Are you okay?"
"I think so.my head really hurts though. What did he do to me?"
"I'm not sure, but I think he might have transferred some of his powers to you?"
Jesse groaned as Emma helped him sit down on a bench. "Do we know what his power is?"
Emma shook his head. "But it sort of looked like some kind of energy.like Brennan's," forcing herself to say the name without it sounding anything but normal.
"Well, if this is how Brennan feels when he uses his powers, then I really feel sorry for him."
"Hmm.does it still hurt?" Emma asked.
"Very much," Jesse groaned.
"Then, maybe he just zapped you with an energy bolt. If he transferred energy powers like Brennan's I don't see why your head should hurt."
"Maybe your right," Jesse said. Two seconds later, his head dropped and he passed out.
Emma took two steps back. She was so freaked out, by what just happened that she felt like screaming. Jesse was passed out on the bench and Adam was convulsing on the mat. A shout came out, but not from Emma - it was from Adam who's strangled cry only made Emma more scared. She ran out of the lab and when she heard a noise upstairs she shouted, "Adam?! Adam, are you there?" She didn't even take a millisecond to breathe before she added, "Help me!"
"Emma?" a male voice said. She then heard footsteps running down the stairs and began to calm down until she saw who it really was, when her heart began to beat out of control.
"Brennan?"
"Hey, Adam sent me. He and Shalimar are on their way."
"Uh-huh."
They heard a scream again from inside the lab. "What was that?"
Now, Emma went back to the way she was feeling when she had first run out of the lab. "That Adam, is shaking so much and I don't know how to make him stop - I tried something but it didn't work and then he did something to Jesse and now Jesse's passed out and - "
"Ssh," Brennan interrupted. "It's okay, Emma, calm down, calm down." Brennan got closer to her and hugged her.
Before Emma knew what she was doing, she had wrapped her arms around him and rested her head on his shoulder. Emma felt Brennan's hand brushing through her hair and for a moment she actually managed to forget everything except for him. Then, it all came rushing back, especially the images of Brennan and Shalimar together. It was these images that made Emma back away from Brennan fast and then become uncomfortable because she didn't know what to say. She didn't want to say anything until she saw he seemed like he was going to say something - and she didn't want to let him ask her why she had moved back, in case she started crying, like she had yesterday and started pouring everything out.
"We better go check on Jesse and Adam." And with that Emma ran back into the lab.
Brennan followed Emma inside soon but didn't mention anything about what had happened, which she was grateful for. She pressed some more buttons on the computer to help Adam while Brennan checked Jesse's pulse. "He seems to be doing okay. His pulse is normal."
"That's good."
Brennan walked up beside her, and Emma found it hard concentrating on what she was supposed to do.
"Uh." Emma struggled to think of an excuse, and was given one when Adam started to pull against his restraints. "Can you complete the sequence, Brennan while I hold him down? I've already initiated it." Brennan nodded and she went over to the mat and used all her strength to hold Adam down.
A few moments later Brennan said, "It's complete," although Emma could already tell since Adam wasn't resisting so much. Emma quickly checked his pulse and then walked over to wait by Jesse, rather than Brennan. Once she did this, she noticed something. "Brennan," she called, "I think he's getting up."
And she was right for at that moment Jesse bean to move on his side a little as if he was trying to get up. Then, he opened his eyes.
"Hey," Brennan said, coming over and both he and Emma helped Jesse to sit up.
"How are you feeling?" Emma asked.
"Better. But I had this weird dream. And.I think I know what power Adam has?"
"How do you know?" Brennan wondered.
"When I was asleep, I was in this weird trance, like almost dreaming, but not quite asleep. I can't explain it more than that, but when I was there I started wondering about Adam and I had these visions like I was reading his mind."
"So, you think he has powers like Emma?" Brennan asked.
Jesse nodded, while Emma tried to shrug off the feeling she had from the way he said her name. "I just.I can't control it," Jesse managed to choke out before he grabbed Emma's arm and clutched his head as if in pain with his other hand. He soon came out of it and took deep, heavy breaths.
They heard a sound from outside and Brennan said, "That must be Shalimar and Adam. I'll go call them." He jogged out, leaving Emma and Jesse alone.
"You should rest," Emma instructed, not knowing what else to say.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Jesse asked, ignoring what she had just said.
"Tell you what?" she said, suddenly scared.
"That was your mind I just read. You like Brennan."
She looked down on the boy, who still hadn't woken up. He was very tall with dark hair that was long at the front. The brown of his hair reminded her of the Adam she knew, but after that the comparisons stopped. Even though this Adam was very many years younger than the one she knew, she still couldn't imagine him growing up to look like him. Although in another fourteen years she could image Adam looking like Brennan if he spiked his hair up...'Stop!' she told herself and refused to think of Brennan anymore. He was the reason she had locked herself up in this room while everyone else went out.
And if she had locked the door and everyone else had gone out...how come she could hear the door opening behind her. She started to turn around slowly, bracing herself for danger, when she heard a voice say, "Emma?"
"Jesse."
"Hey. Sorry, if I scared you, but I knew where the key was and I didn't want to knock incase I woke you or him."
"It's okay. How come you came back before the others."
"Well, Adam's having the time of his life now he's met some old girlfriend and they're getting it on really well. Brennan and Shalimar were really just too engrossed in each other to have time for me, if you know what I mean."
"Oh..." Emma did have a pretty good idea of what he meant, but tried unsuccessfully to block out the images that began to form in her mind.
"So how is he?" Jesse asked, gesturing to the Adam lying on the bed.
"Oh, he's..." before Emma could answer Adam began to wake-up slowly. Then suddenly he began to shake hard. "Oh my god!"
Jesse ran round to the other side and felt his forehead. "He feels incredibly cold but he's sweating like mad."
"Shall we take him downstairs?"
"We better." Jesse carried the boy in his arms and Emma ran down ahead to get the mat out and ready in the lab.
When Jesse came and laid him down on the mat, Emma started pressing buttons to get a reading on his condition.
"What's wrong with him?" Jesse asked.
"His body is working up again. It seems like what Adam to him earlier wasn't enough."
"What should we do? Do you know how to do that thing Adam did?"
"No," Emma admitted, "but I can stabilize him until Adam gets back."
"Okay, I already sent a message."
"Good, you just have to stand back while I -"
Before Jesse had time to move, the boy gave a shout and shook, harder than he had before and his hand thumped Jesse on the side of his head. In seconds, the boy had fallen back onto the mat (still shaking) and Jesse had fallen to the ground, but not before Emma had noticed some blue energy - not unlike the kind Brennan sent out - transfer from the boy's hand to Jesse's head.
Emma ran over to Jesse who was already starting to stir, making calm down a little bit knowing it couldn't be that serious. "Are you okay?"
"I think so.my head really hurts though. What did he do to me?"
"I'm not sure, but I think he might have transferred some of his powers to you?"
Jesse groaned as Emma helped him sit down on a bench. "Do we know what his power is?"
Emma shook his head. "But it sort of looked like some kind of energy.like Brennan's," forcing herself to say the name without it sounding anything but normal.
"Well, if this is how Brennan feels when he uses his powers, then I really feel sorry for him."
"Hmm.does it still hurt?" Emma asked.
"Very much," Jesse groaned.
"Then, maybe he just zapped you with an energy bolt. If he transferred energy powers like Brennan's I don't see why your head should hurt."
"Maybe your right," Jesse said. Two seconds later, his head dropped and he passed out.
Emma took two steps back. She was so freaked out, by what just happened that she felt like screaming. Jesse was passed out on the bench and Adam was convulsing on the mat. A shout came out, but not from Emma - it was from Adam who's strangled cry only made Emma more scared. She ran out of the lab and when she heard a noise upstairs she shouted, "Adam?! Adam, are you there?" She didn't even take a millisecond to breathe before she added, "Help me!"
"Emma?" a male voice said. She then heard footsteps running down the stairs and began to calm down until she saw who it really was, when her heart began to beat out of control.
"Brennan?"
"Hey, Adam sent me. He and Shalimar are on their way."
"Uh-huh."
They heard a scream again from inside the lab. "What was that?"
Now, Emma went back to the way she was feeling when she had first run out of the lab. "That Adam, is shaking so much and I don't know how to make him stop - I tried something but it didn't work and then he did something to Jesse and now Jesse's passed out and - "
"Ssh," Brennan interrupted. "It's okay, Emma, calm down, calm down." Brennan got closer to her and hugged her.
Before Emma knew what she was doing, she had wrapped her arms around him and rested her head on his shoulder. Emma felt Brennan's hand brushing through her hair and for a moment she actually managed to forget everything except for him. Then, it all came rushing back, especially the images of Brennan and Shalimar together. It was these images that made Emma back away from Brennan fast and then become uncomfortable because she didn't know what to say. She didn't want to say anything until she saw he seemed like he was going to say something - and she didn't want to let him ask her why she had moved back, in case she started crying, like she had yesterday and started pouring everything out.
"We better go check on Jesse and Adam." And with that Emma ran back into the lab.
Brennan followed Emma inside soon but didn't mention anything about what had happened, which she was grateful for. She pressed some more buttons on the computer to help Adam while Brennan checked Jesse's pulse. "He seems to be doing okay. His pulse is normal."
"That's good."
Brennan walked up beside her, and Emma found it hard concentrating on what she was supposed to do.
"Uh." Emma struggled to think of an excuse, and was given one when Adam started to pull against his restraints. "Can you complete the sequence, Brennan while I hold him down? I've already initiated it." Brennan nodded and she went over to the mat and used all her strength to hold Adam down.
A few moments later Brennan said, "It's complete," although Emma could already tell since Adam wasn't resisting so much. Emma quickly checked his pulse and then walked over to wait by Jesse, rather than Brennan. Once she did this, she noticed something. "Brennan," she called, "I think he's getting up."
And she was right for at that moment Jesse bean to move on his side a little as if he was trying to get up. Then, he opened his eyes.
"Hey," Brennan said, coming over and both he and Emma helped Jesse to sit up.
"How are you feeling?" Emma asked.
"Better. But I had this weird dream. And.I think I know what power Adam has?"
"How do you know?" Brennan wondered.
"When I was asleep, I was in this weird trance, like almost dreaming, but not quite asleep. I can't explain it more than that, but when I was there I started wondering about Adam and I had these visions like I was reading his mind."
"So, you think he has powers like Emma?" Brennan asked.
Jesse nodded, while Emma tried to shrug off the feeling she had from the way he said her name. "I just.I can't control it," Jesse managed to choke out before he grabbed Emma's arm and clutched his head as if in pain with his other hand. He soon came out of it and took deep, heavy breaths.
They heard a sound from outside and Brennan said, "That must be Shalimar and Adam. I'll go call them." He jogged out, leaving Emma and Jesse alone.
"You should rest," Emma instructed, not knowing what else to say.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Jesse asked, ignoring what she had just said.
"Tell you what?" she said, suddenly scared.
"That was your mind I just read. You like Brennan."