She could only feel that. It was only an urge suggested through a
device, but she could feel. Namely, because it was made for only her to
use. Otherwise Emma wouldn't be safe, safe to talk to him.
She hastily fumbled for the small, silver device that looked hardly any different than any other cell phone, to the naked eye. It was the only direct link between the two, Adam and Emma. "Adam," she answered in a sigh of relief.
A few seconds passed in silence before Adam's agitated voice answered back, "Emma, there's a problem." His words vague and the emotion of fear were laced in his voice as well as the feeling Emma kept receiving.
"What? Are the others okay?" Her throat clenched as she sat down to prepare herself for horrible news.
"It's not Mutant X we have to worry about, Emma." His voice was dry as he tried to break the news to her, "You need to leave, get away from your apartment. The others have found out where you are and are being followed by Eckhart' s."
"Well, then I need to go and help them, Adam. It's not their fight, it's ours," she raised her voice a little.
"No," his voice boomed, "It was never 'our' fight, it was my fight I let you get dragged into. And now, I'm trying to keep you safe."
"Adam," she pleaded, "They're our friends. If I don't help them who will?"
"Listen to me. Get out of there in an hours time and contact me when you get to another city."
"But—" she tried to plead.
"Emma, just do it, please. I promise, one day Mutant X will be reunited. Just get out of there before you get hurt." A fatherly tone took over his words.
"All right," she sighed, she knew she couldn't win the argument, "I'll contact you I an hour."
"Good girl, bye," he hung up leaving her by herself in the silence of her sparsely decorated apartment, only possessing the things she needed, a couch, bathroom, bathroom products, small television in the small kitchen, and a coffee table. This was her new home, where was she going to go now?
She reached to grab a suitcase from under the couch when she heard a growl.
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"Is this it, Shal," asked Brennan as he nervously played with electricity in his hand looking up at a tall building that apparently used to be a warehouse. They needed to find her, to keep out of harm again.
She eyed Brennan as he asked, his jawed had clenched and he returned to his nervous habit. "Yeah," she breathed, she truly missed that absent member of the team, but her memory had taken Brennan away from her. "She should be on the top floor," her blonde locks blew with the breeze.
Brennan started forward to the entrance of the building when an arm stopped him. "We can't just surprise her like this," stated Jesse stepping in front of him, "What if she doesn't even remember us?"
Anger flashed across Brennan's face, "You can do whatever the hell you want to but I'm going in." His words were hardly louder than a whisper.
"Jess, let him go in if he wants," Shalimar couldn't deal with bickering at this moment she needed to know that Emma really was alive. She took the lead and passed through the entrance followed closely by Brennan and then Jesse. They were all silent, all nervous, all excited. Emotions raced through them each one bringing another along.
"Shal, after this –" Brennan said in a low voice as they neared the top of the stairs.
"Hush," she cut off. She heard a growl and a smelled a familiar scent. It took her a split second to kick down the door exposing a young brunette woman being pounced on by a feral. And it wasn't the usual damsel in distress, it was –.
"Emma," yelled Brennan racing in and electrocuting the mutant and watched it fall unconscious. He rushed to her side and pushed the feral off of her. "Emma, are you all right."
She felt the scratch on her face and pushed past him to get to the tiny kitchen retrieving a wet towel.
"Emma," Jesse ventured in.
She spun around with such fury in her eyes that the three of her friend stepped back. "What do you think you're doing here!" she screamed.
"Em, we came to take you back to sanctuary," explained Shalimar moving closer to her.
"Did I ask you to do that? Don't you think there might be a reason I haven't been back? Huh?" pain was gripping at her, not her own emotion but the others. She had to fight to keep tears out of her eyes. "I had everything taken care of. I didn't need you."
"That guy would have killed you," Brennan pointed at the lump on the ground.
"I would have dealt with him. I didn't need you." Worry began to grip at her. she couldn't fight with them anymore. Tears began streaming down her face as she embraced Shalimar, "I'm so sorry," she whispered.
"I know," the blonde pushed stray strands of hair out of the telempath's face.
"But you don't understand," as she said it she sent a small psionic blast to Brennan and Jesse and backed away from her friend, "Shal, I have to go," and sent one more at Shalimar before running out of her apartment.
A/n* This is not the end. So be sure and review, Okay? I need all the help I can get especially when this is an out of the blue chapter that totally went a different way than planned.
She hastily fumbled for the small, silver device that looked hardly any different than any other cell phone, to the naked eye. It was the only direct link between the two, Adam and Emma. "Adam," she answered in a sigh of relief.
A few seconds passed in silence before Adam's agitated voice answered back, "Emma, there's a problem." His words vague and the emotion of fear were laced in his voice as well as the feeling Emma kept receiving.
"What? Are the others okay?" Her throat clenched as she sat down to prepare herself for horrible news.
"It's not Mutant X we have to worry about, Emma." His voice was dry as he tried to break the news to her, "You need to leave, get away from your apartment. The others have found out where you are and are being followed by Eckhart' s."
"Well, then I need to go and help them, Adam. It's not their fight, it's ours," she raised her voice a little.
"No," his voice boomed, "It was never 'our' fight, it was my fight I let you get dragged into. And now, I'm trying to keep you safe."
"Adam," she pleaded, "They're our friends. If I don't help them who will?"
"Listen to me. Get out of there in an hours time and contact me when you get to another city."
"But—" she tried to plead.
"Emma, just do it, please. I promise, one day Mutant X will be reunited. Just get out of there before you get hurt." A fatherly tone took over his words.
"All right," she sighed, she knew she couldn't win the argument, "I'll contact you I an hour."
"Good girl, bye," he hung up leaving her by herself in the silence of her sparsely decorated apartment, only possessing the things she needed, a couch, bathroom, bathroom products, small television in the small kitchen, and a coffee table. This was her new home, where was she going to go now?
She reached to grab a suitcase from under the couch when she heard a growl.
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"Is this it, Shal," asked Brennan as he nervously played with electricity in his hand looking up at a tall building that apparently used to be a warehouse. They needed to find her, to keep out of harm again.
She eyed Brennan as he asked, his jawed had clenched and he returned to his nervous habit. "Yeah," she breathed, she truly missed that absent member of the team, but her memory had taken Brennan away from her. "She should be on the top floor," her blonde locks blew with the breeze.
Brennan started forward to the entrance of the building when an arm stopped him. "We can't just surprise her like this," stated Jesse stepping in front of him, "What if she doesn't even remember us?"
Anger flashed across Brennan's face, "You can do whatever the hell you want to but I'm going in." His words were hardly louder than a whisper.
"Jess, let him go in if he wants," Shalimar couldn't deal with bickering at this moment she needed to know that Emma really was alive. She took the lead and passed through the entrance followed closely by Brennan and then Jesse. They were all silent, all nervous, all excited. Emotions raced through them each one bringing another along.
"Shal, after this –" Brennan said in a low voice as they neared the top of the stairs.
"Hush," she cut off. She heard a growl and a smelled a familiar scent. It took her a split second to kick down the door exposing a young brunette woman being pounced on by a feral. And it wasn't the usual damsel in distress, it was –.
"Emma," yelled Brennan racing in and electrocuting the mutant and watched it fall unconscious. He rushed to her side and pushed the feral off of her. "Emma, are you all right."
She felt the scratch on her face and pushed past him to get to the tiny kitchen retrieving a wet towel.
"Emma," Jesse ventured in.
She spun around with such fury in her eyes that the three of her friend stepped back. "What do you think you're doing here!" she screamed.
"Em, we came to take you back to sanctuary," explained Shalimar moving closer to her.
"Did I ask you to do that? Don't you think there might be a reason I haven't been back? Huh?" pain was gripping at her, not her own emotion but the others. She had to fight to keep tears out of her eyes. "I had everything taken care of. I didn't need you."
"That guy would have killed you," Brennan pointed at the lump on the ground.
"I would have dealt with him. I didn't need you." Worry began to grip at her. she couldn't fight with them anymore. Tears began streaming down her face as she embraced Shalimar, "I'm so sorry," she whispered.
"I know," the blonde pushed stray strands of hair out of the telempath's face.
"But you don't understand," as she said it she sent a small psionic blast to Brennan and Jesse and backed away from her friend, "Shal, I have to go," and sent one more at Shalimar before running out of her apartment.
A/n* This is not the end. So be sure and review, Okay? I need all the help I can get especially when this is an out of the blue chapter that totally went a different way than planned.