Brennan walked down the hall aimlessly. Cass was still around, she was staying with them until Adam could make all the arrangements to put her into the underground and get her out of town. With out noticing his feet led him to her room.
"Hey Cass?" He carefully knocked on the door opening it slightly. She was sitting on the bed, he noticed that she never unpacked her bag, she lifted her head when he came in.
"Hey Brennan"
"Look" he sat on the edge of the bed, hesitating, not meeting her eyes "I wanted to apologize. I don't know anything about your powers you were right about that. I had no right..."
"Yes you did" she cut him off, sliding on the bed to sit by him "I was thinking that I had to apologize to you"
"You wanted to apologize to me?" he was surprised
"I started to think that you might be right, about me needing to control my powers I just don't know how to do it"
"We can help you do that" he suddenly felt excited. He wasn't sure if it was because they would be able to help her or if it was the fact that it meant she would be staying longer that excited him more. "We can make sure nobody gets hurt and you get control over them"
Se smiled at him, noticing his excitement "I said I was thinking about it. I'm not sure yet"
*
She ended up staying. She kept telling them that it didn't mean she was going to join them, that it didn't mean she was going to fight anyone - but deep down she was getting a little excited herself. No matter how scared she was of her powers she liked the idea of being ble to control them - being able to use them like the other four.
She started training with Shalimar, working on her concentration and meditating with both Shalimar and Emma. After a couple of days they started tapping into her powers - slowly and carefully.
At some point Jesse placed a candle in front of her and she spent the better half of the day trying to light it. She scorched the dojo a couple of times but finally she managed to control the flame enough to light just the candle and not the entire building.
She couldn't help but feel comforted by the fact that Brennan was there the entire time - standing just outside the dojo with a fire extinguisher, ready to correct her mistakes.
Since their first encounter that night at the dojo he seemed to be sharing her insomnia - he would find her every night as she roamed the halls and joined her. They would walk together for hours, talking about everything and anything. She found herself telling him things she never told anyone and to her surprise she found him opening up to her as well.
"Hey Cass!" His voice shook her out of her thoughts "A little focus here!"
She smiled and took a deep breath, focusing her mind on the task at hand. Soon she could feel the air staring to move around her, first slowly and then picking up speed.
He looked at her intently as she started - making sure to stay in his toes in case something went wrong. He remembered what she made him promise the first time she tried using her powers. Just before she stepped into the dojo she took him aside - away from anyone's earshot and made him swear that if anything went wrong he would zap her senseless
"I know you don't want to hurt me" she told him "but if something goes wrong I'm counting on you to shock me, I don't care if you kill me but you use what ever voltage necessary to keep me down!!!"
He reluctantly agreed even though he had no intent on using his powers to hurt her and since then he was there all the time, standing outside the dojo and making sure nothing went wrong. He had to admit that watching her train wasn't a bad way to pass the time.
It turned out Cass was a geological, an aerial, a botanical and a dual polarity thermal, which meant she could make the ground shake, create a tornado at will, control fire and ice and make plants grow. Brennan shook his head "not bad for one new mutant" he thought to himself as he kept watching her control the wind.
***(Author's note - Almost all of these elemental abilities are taken from the official Mutant X and Genomex web page)
"Hey Cass, easy there" she could hear Brennan saying so she took another deep breath and concentrated harder. Loosing herself in the sensation of the power going through her body.
"Hey Cass you better open your eyes!" he told her, his voice sounded a little strange.
She opened her eyes and realized something was wrong, she looked down and realized that she was floating in air. Somehow the way she was controlling the air around her was making her actually fly!
The realization that she was flying broke her concentration and she lost control, crashing to the floor.
"Are you ok?" Brennan rushed to her side
"Yeah I'm fine!" She laughed as he helped her up.
As he pulled her up to her feet he could suddenly feel her body close to his, the heat that was emanating from her was sending shivers down his spine. He was all too aware of how heavy she was breathing from her training and how her chest rose and fell as it was pressed to his.
"Hey guys we have something here" Jesse's voice came from the main area and Brennan let go of Cass. Instantly missing the heat of her body, awkwardly and with out saying a word they made their way to Jesse who was seated next to the computer screen.
" I've intercepted some e-mails between the Strand and someone at the new mutants underground clinic, seems like someone is trying to play both teams" Jesse informed them
"It has something to do with some new mutant experiment called The Eve project" Emma filled in the rest
"The doctor's name id Dr. Toledo, I've worked with him before." Adam said pulling up a picture of the doctor on the screen
"Do you think it might be him passing on information to the strand?" Shalimar asked him
"I don't think so, but we must be careful. You'll have to go in undetected. There's no way of knowing who we can trust"
There was a moment of silence as the member of the team took in the seriousness of the situation.
"Cass" Adam said pointing his attention to the newest member of the team "You think you feel up to this?"
Cass looked around nervously. Practicing her powers alone or in the safety of a controlled environment was one thing, but actually going and deliberately using them out in the open made her absolutely terrified. She searched and found Brennan's eyes and locked on them. All she saw was trust. She took a deep breath and smiled
"I'm ready"
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"Hey Cass?" He carefully knocked on the door opening it slightly. She was sitting on the bed, he noticed that she never unpacked her bag, she lifted her head when he came in.
"Hey Brennan"
"Look" he sat on the edge of the bed, hesitating, not meeting her eyes "I wanted to apologize. I don't know anything about your powers you were right about that. I had no right..."
"Yes you did" she cut him off, sliding on the bed to sit by him "I was thinking that I had to apologize to you"
"You wanted to apologize to me?" he was surprised
"I started to think that you might be right, about me needing to control my powers I just don't know how to do it"
"We can help you do that" he suddenly felt excited. He wasn't sure if it was because they would be able to help her or if it was the fact that it meant she would be staying longer that excited him more. "We can make sure nobody gets hurt and you get control over them"
Se smiled at him, noticing his excitement "I said I was thinking about it. I'm not sure yet"
*
She ended up staying. She kept telling them that it didn't mean she was going to join them, that it didn't mean she was going to fight anyone - but deep down she was getting a little excited herself. No matter how scared she was of her powers she liked the idea of being ble to control them - being able to use them like the other four.
She started training with Shalimar, working on her concentration and meditating with both Shalimar and Emma. After a couple of days they started tapping into her powers - slowly and carefully.
At some point Jesse placed a candle in front of her and she spent the better half of the day trying to light it. She scorched the dojo a couple of times but finally she managed to control the flame enough to light just the candle and not the entire building.
She couldn't help but feel comforted by the fact that Brennan was there the entire time - standing just outside the dojo with a fire extinguisher, ready to correct her mistakes.
Since their first encounter that night at the dojo he seemed to be sharing her insomnia - he would find her every night as she roamed the halls and joined her. They would walk together for hours, talking about everything and anything. She found herself telling him things she never told anyone and to her surprise she found him opening up to her as well.
"Hey Cass!" His voice shook her out of her thoughts "A little focus here!"
She smiled and took a deep breath, focusing her mind on the task at hand. Soon she could feel the air staring to move around her, first slowly and then picking up speed.
He looked at her intently as she started - making sure to stay in his toes in case something went wrong. He remembered what she made him promise the first time she tried using her powers. Just before she stepped into the dojo she took him aside - away from anyone's earshot and made him swear that if anything went wrong he would zap her senseless
"I know you don't want to hurt me" she told him "but if something goes wrong I'm counting on you to shock me, I don't care if you kill me but you use what ever voltage necessary to keep me down!!!"
He reluctantly agreed even though he had no intent on using his powers to hurt her and since then he was there all the time, standing outside the dojo and making sure nothing went wrong. He had to admit that watching her train wasn't a bad way to pass the time.
It turned out Cass was a geological, an aerial, a botanical and a dual polarity thermal, which meant she could make the ground shake, create a tornado at will, control fire and ice and make plants grow. Brennan shook his head "not bad for one new mutant" he thought to himself as he kept watching her control the wind.
***(Author's note - Almost all of these elemental abilities are taken from the official Mutant X and Genomex web page)
"Hey Cass, easy there" she could hear Brennan saying so she took another deep breath and concentrated harder. Loosing herself in the sensation of the power going through her body.
"Hey Cass you better open your eyes!" he told her, his voice sounded a little strange.
She opened her eyes and realized something was wrong, she looked down and realized that she was floating in air. Somehow the way she was controlling the air around her was making her actually fly!
The realization that she was flying broke her concentration and she lost control, crashing to the floor.
"Are you ok?" Brennan rushed to her side
"Yeah I'm fine!" She laughed as he helped her up.
As he pulled her up to her feet he could suddenly feel her body close to his, the heat that was emanating from her was sending shivers down his spine. He was all too aware of how heavy she was breathing from her training and how her chest rose and fell as it was pressed to his.
"Hey guys we have something here" Jesse's voice came from the main area and Brennan let go of Cass. Instantly missing the heat of her body, awkwardly and with out saying a word they made their way to Jesse who was seated next to the computer screen.
" I've intercepted some e-mails between the Strand and someone at the new mutants underground clinic, seems like someone is trying to play both teams" Jesse informed them
"It has something to do with some new mutant experiment called The Eve project" Emma filled in the rest
"The doctor's name id Dr. Toledo, I've worked with him before." Adam said pulling up a picture of the doctor on the screen
"Do you think it might be him passing on information to the strand?" Shalimar asked him
"I don't think so, but we must be careful. You'll have to go in undetected. There's no way of knowing who we can trust"
There was a moment of silence as the member of the team took in the seriousness of the situation.
"Cass" Adam said pointing his attention to the newest member of the team "You think you feel up to this?"
Cass looked around nervously. Practicing her powers alone or in the safety of a controlled environment was one thing, but actually going and deliberately using them out in the open made her absolutely terrified. She searched and found Brennan's eyes and locked on them. All she saw was trust. She took a deep breath and smiled
"I'm ready"
??
(footnote continued)