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Melodie: I love that you love my story, and hope you keep loving it, and that I never let you down with my writing.

Laily: No your character is not like Lexa, your part with the Dominion is explained here and later. But you aren't controlled by the Dominion.

Aniki19:n/p about reviewing, is sometimes a pain. But glad to hear you still like the story. By the way, I knew that Jesse getting hit with a bullet infested with a virus was an idea I had read on , but it was unintentional that it is happening here. I love the idea, but am not sure whether I will let Jesse get hit, yet,lol. Hope you aren't mad, in a way it says a lot about you, that something you wrote inspired me to write this story.

Goldstranger: Thanks for reviewing, glad to hear you are on edge of seat, and thanks for letting me put your little sister and brother into this. And no they are not going to be mutants in this story, even though you probably think they are in real life. LOL!

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Sorry this took so long, but Hurricane Ivan hit Alabama where I live, and nearly everyone evacuated. My mom and I toughed it out. Three trees fell in our yard, and one huge limb flew over my house! Thank God! The only good thing other than that, is that while my electricity was off for few weeks, I wrote a lot, and now all I have to get it on computer, from notebook, lol.

Chapter 7: Going Home Again.

"Your awake! Finally, you sleepy head." Dasimah said as she sat down on Jesse's bed. "How do you feel?"

"Like I got shot, and electrocuted, all at the same time."

"Well, technically, you did. But your healing nicely from it."

"Nice to know. How long have I been asleep?"

"A day and a half."

"Whoa, that's a long time. Where's Laily?"

"In the kitchen, cooking you some breakfast!"

"That sounds good, cause I am starving. Can you help me get out of bed?"

"You shouldn't be getting out of bed yet. Don't worry, Laily will bring your food in here."

"No, I want to get up .... or at least try. If I can't get up, then I will settle for eating in bed, OK?

"OK, deal!" she said as she pulled back the covers. Trying hard not to whince as she saw his chest, which was covered with bandages. "Here, let me help you sit up."

"Thanks," he said as she put her arms around him. He didn't know if she knew it or not, but she was giving him more than enough of the support he needed right now. Not just physically, but emotionally too.

"Yes, I know," she said seriously, until Jesse looked at her, and she broke out laughing. "I am so sorry, I am still learning how to control my Psionic abilities, and sometimes I get a thought or feeling so strong, that it seems like someone says it too me, directly!"

"I understand, Emma told me one time she had that problem," he said as she helped him stand up. "I really need a shower."

"Yes you do! But it will have to wait till your wounds heal more, OK?

"OK, and just how long will that be?"

"According to Laily should be a couple more days, but more to heal completely. But it will only be a few more days till you can take shower, but I can bring you some soap and water later, and you can clean up that way, just not a shower."

"Thanks. So how do you know Laily?"

"She knows me from the Dominion!" a voice behind Jesse said as he turned slightly to face a beautiful young lady about his age, but younger. She was wearing a pink lacy top, with blue jeans.

"So you are with the Dominion. What do you do for them?" Jesse said, wishing even more now that he hadn't left that safehouse without knowing more about what he was getting into.

"I was with the Dominion, but now I am out. I left to join Med-school."

"The Dominion doesn't just let people go." Jesse said, earning him look that could kill from Laily, but then her expression changed when she realized Jesse didn't mean it offensively. More than likely, he has seen them up close and personal, and as much as her curiousity wanted to know more, she let it go.

"They did in my case, cause apparently I wasn't cutting it with them anyway. They gave me 3 assignments while I was with them, and I screwed them all up!"

"How?"

"They sent me to kill 3 people, I let them live! Simple as that."

"Who were these people you were supposed to kill?"

"One was Gerald Alejandro," she stopped when Dasimah's head flew up. "Yeah I know, he was special to you, why do you think I let him live?" Not waiting for an answer, she continued, second was Adam Kane, but I couldn't do, cause when I was struggling to control my powers, he was there. And third, was Lexa Pierce."

"Lexa?!?" Dasimah and Jesse said at the same time.

"Yeah, for betraying the Dominion, I was supposed to kill her. But didn't. Cause I found out why she did it. The Dominion wasn't to be trusted."

"I wish you had killed her!" said Dasimah.

"Why cause you think she betrayed you and the others to Eckhart and then the Dominion?"

"Yeah, isn't that good enough reason to want someone dead?"

"Not if you don't know the whole story." said Laily.

"I know what happened! I was there! And she told me she did it!"

"Well when you come face to face with her in a couple days, listen to her, before you kill her!" Laily said before turning and leaving the room.

"Whatever! .. Jesse? What did she mean when she said when I come face to face with Lexa in a few days?" asked Dasimah, looking straight at Jesse.

"I am guessing she knows, that when I get better, and am able to leave, that I am taking you with me. And we are going to the safe house. Where Lexa is!"

"Not sure I am ready for this .... Jesse?"

"Yeah?"

"Am I wrong about Lexa?"

"I don't know, you have strong memories, but personally I hope you are wrong, cause of what the anger is doing to you."

"Yeah, I admit it. It's turning me into someone I don't know. I promise to listen to Lexa. But I can't promise that if she confirms that she did betray us, then heaven help her!" she said as she helped Jesse through the doorway to the kitchen.


"Brennan, Shal! Where are you guys?" yelled Lexa. She was standing the living room of the safe-house. She turned to see both coming into the room. "Guys, I want you to meet Mari Rosario. Mari this is Brennan Mulwray and this is Shalimar Fox. Guys, Mari has agreed to help us stop Dasimah."

"Great. What's the plan?"

"Dasimah is in possession of a very powerful virus that can kill a mutant in 72 hours. Mari, knows how to make the anecdote."

"How does she know to do that?" asked Brennan, as he took at nice long look at Mari, a tall woman about 5'5, 115 lbs, long, curly black hair, wearing a a black T-shirt saying 'I see Dumb People' on the front, and a pair of skin tight blue jeans.

"Cause I made the virus! It's name is GX81. It was designed to stop evil mutants, but the Dominion decided to use it on any mutant that they needed something from."

"And you had no idea what it would be used for?" asked Shal, with a glance toward Brennan, who was still eying the young girl, she was definitely going to have to talk to him about that. They were together now, and he shouldn't be looking at another girl, like that. Maybe she shouldn't be with him.

"No, I didn't. I mean in hindsight I should have known, but I was foolish, and trusted the Dominion."

"Well, we trusted them for awhile too, so I guess we all learned form our mistakes," said Brennan, earning him a glare from Shalimar.

"Yeah, I am sure you are right," said Shalimar, tearing her eyes away from Brennan, to look at Mari, she sensed the girl was being honest, and let her guard down a little, "So, since you will be here awhile you will need a room. Let me see if I can find you one, if not, you can share a room with me or Lexa."

"Thanks, but can I asked a question first?"

"Sure." answered Shal.

"Lexa told me that Sanctuary was destroyed, and that you all have been moving from safe-house to safe-house. Why aren't you using the back-up Sanctuary Adam set up?"

"What?!" asked Brennan.

"What do you mean other Sanctuary?" asked Shalimar. "There was only one."

"No, he had another. He once told me that if anything ever happened to the Sanctuary on Stormking Mountain, that Dasimah could help us find the other, located in Ekcolhsa Mountain."

"I have never heard of another Sanctuary. Or that mountain before." Said Lexa as she walked over to her laptop, and looked up the location on. The other walked over and waited for her to find it. "Well, it not on any map, but it does show up in the Mutant X database, in Adam's private files."

"What else does it say?" asked Shalimar, she was getting really tired of all Adam's lies.

"Well, we need a password to get in. But other than that, it has everything, including a new Double Helix." said Lexa "As soon as we get Jesse back, he can hack in and get us the password. And .... I hope that is soon, have either of you heard from him lately?"

"No, not me," answered Shalimar.

"Me either, last time I heard from him, was the morning after he arrived in Singapore, and got that note, from her...." Brennan said pointed to Mari.

"It's not polite to point!" she said. "I am sorry about that, but I couldn't risk Dasi finding out I was trying to help Jesse. And I had no idea, Lexa was involved or I wouldn't have signed the note, at all."

"Hey, sorry. I am not accusing you of anything." said Brennan, for some reson he was drawn to this girl. "Hey Shal how about finding that room for Mari, bet she needs to rest."

"No, actually I need to get to work making that serum to counter-act the virus, I mean if she is planning on using it, that is. And I am sure she is."

"Are you sure she has it?" asked Lexa.

"Yeah, I'm sure, the day she left my apartment in New York, she had it."

"You said bullets were dipped in it, and then fired in the mutant, right? Why doesn't the person bleed out?" asked Lexa.

"Cause your truly, is a genius. I put my own stupid DNA in it. The metal is molecular so it phases into the mutant body. Also, these darts" she said as she took the case out of her bag, "Can be dipped in the virus, they just go in tip-first, and release the virus, instantly."She said looking down at the floor."If I only known the truth then."

"Yeah, you know what the say about hindsight, 20/20 remember?" said Shal.

"Yeah, so you guys have any food here? I am in serious need of munchies right now."

"Yeah, let me show you to the kitchen." said Brennan, "You two try to get Jesse on the com-ring." he said without looking back at either Lexa or Shalimar.

"I am so going to kill him." said Shal.

"Yeah, he orders me around like that again, and I will help!" she said smiling at Shal, before turning back to the laptop,"Let's see if Jesse's com-ring is giving off a signal. Yep, there it is....... what?"

"What is it?" asked Shal, leaning over Lexa's shoulder.

"He's in Malaysia!"

"Why is he in Malaysia?" asked Shalimar.

"Dasimah must have gone there." said Mari as she came back in the room carrying a plate with a huge ham sandwich on it.

"Why would she go there?" asked Brennan, who came in after her, carrying her Coke.

"My best guess is, she might have gotten hurt. Wait, she still wears her com-ring, just track it."

"She is ...... 3 feet from Jesse!" said Lexa

"Then they are together, and that may or may not be a good thing." said Mari.

"Well, let's try to reach Jesse." said Shal, trying not imagine the worst.


Jesse was sound asleep when he hear the voice, "Jesse!" yelled Lexa.

"What?" he said groggily. "Lexa? That you?"

"Thank God, Jesse I have been trying to reach you for days. Where are you, are you OK?" asked Lexa.

"Whoa, slow down, still asleep here. Sorry, I got hurt, but I am fine now." he said not wanting them to know that he had been shot and almost died. " I found Dasimah, and in a few days, we will both be coming home." He thought he could hear Lexa gasp.

"Good," said Shal, trying to cover for Lexa, added quickly, "Cause we need your help breaking into the new Sanctuary."

"What?!" he said as he sat up on his bed. "Are you serious?"

"Very."

"OK, let me get dressed, and get Dasimah ready, and we will be on our way."

"Good, hurry home, Jess." said Shal, until now, she hadn't realized how much she had missed him.


"Dasimah!" he yelled. "Get ready! We are going home!"

"Home?" she said coming in the room.

"Yeah, I hope you are ready for your face to face with Lexa."

"Me too ......me too."

"How long will it take you to get ready?"

"A few minutes, be right back."

Dasimah went into the kitchen, and picked up the suitcase Laily had decided to let her have, along with some clothes that Dasimah had left behind awhile back. She walked over to the metal box, and opened it. She took out a dropper bottle from her pocket. Opened each of the 4 vials, and poured the green liquid into the dropper bottle. She then walked over to the cabinet above the sink, and got out the green food coloring, and place one drop in each empty vial, and filled it up with water. She then placed each vial back into the metal box, next to the gun. If she was going to succeed in her mission, Jesse couldn't know she was taking the virus with her.

2 Days later, at the safe-house .............

"Lexa! Shal, Brennan! I'm home!" yelled Jesse.

"It's about time, bro!" said Brennan as he came in the room, giving Jesse a brotherly hug. "And whose this pretty lady?" he said stretching out his hand to her.

"I'm Dasimah, you must be Brennan," she said shaking his hand. "Jesse told me a little about you."

"Well, we can talk later, I will tell you the truth." said Brennan, smirking at Jesse. "Shal and Lexa are in the kitchen, Lexa is trying to teach Shal how to make a cup of tea."

"Tea? Shal burns water, hate to know what she does to tea,"Jesse said as both guys starting chuckling. "Das, you ready for this?"

"Yeah, it's time. I promise to hear Lexa out, I hope you are right, I really do."

"Me too." he said quietly, where only Brennan could hear him.

In the kitchen ..........

"Shal, I don't know what to do with you."

"It's not my fault, I wasn't ready."

"You aren't supposed to wait till it is smoking to turn of the heat." Lexa said as she dipped the last remnant of a tea bag that had been burned to a crisp. She looked up to see the guys coming into the kitchen, trying to hide the relief as she saw Jesse. Then her eyes caught the eyes of the girl behind Jesse. "Dasi? Is that you?"

"Yeah, it me." Dasimah said, her insides so tied up in knots that she thought she would throw-up. "Jesse, said we needed to talk. And I promised him, I would hear you out."

"I am glad he did, let me make some more tea, said Lexa, looking at Shal, "and we can sit down and talk."

"So, can I help make the tea, You still like ginseng in yours. Lex?" she said with a smile. Lexa had missed that smile so much, after she explained to Dasi why she did what she did, she prayed Dasi would forgive her.

"Of course, you can help. And actually yes, I still like ginseng in mine."

"Cool, I actually do too. I carry it around with me. Let me get it out of my bag, and I will be right back." she said as she left the room. She went into the living room and took the dropper bottle, labeled, Ginseng out of her bag. And walked back into the kitchen, "Here we go, I'll go ahead and put the ginseng in the cups, while you two retry to make tea."

Dasimah walked over and took 5 cups down, putting drops into 3 of them, she knew exactly how much to use, just enough to give her 72 hours. But she didn't put any into hers, or Jesse's. She needed him to do what she wanted, and she knew he would if his friends life depended on it.

Lexa walked over and poured the tea into each cup, and put the sugar bowl were everyone could reach it. "Dasi, you want to go in another room, and talk privately?"

"No, if you don't mind. I would like them to stay."

"That fine, let's all go into the living room," said Lexa.

Dasi reached for the two cups that didn't have the virus in them, and handed the other to Jesse." If you don't mind, I think it would be a great idea if we relaxed and enjoyed our tea, before we get all serious and stuff." as she walked out of the room, leaving the dropper bottle on the counter.

"I'm with her," said Shal, "By the way, I'm Shalimar!"

"Hi, I'm Dasimah, but you can call me Das."

"Nice to meet you."

They all moved into the living room. Das sit by Jesse and Shalimar, while, Lexa sit across the room on a chair, and Brennan, sat on the arm of the chair. After a few minutes of friendly conversation, Lexa, Shal, and Brennan started feeling drowsy. Jesse quickly noticed something was wrong.

"You guys alright?"

"Don't know, awfully tired." said Shal as her head lobbed to one side, Jesse then realized Brennan and Lexa were the same. "What the hell is going on?"

"Don't know," Das said calmly.

Jesse turned to look at her, "What did you do?" and watched as her eyes shifted to a white color, one he had seen before, on Lexa. When she had been ......reactivated! "Oh no, not again."

"Do what I want or your friends will die!" she said just before she screamed out in pain, and fell to the floor. Standing just behind her was a girl Jesse had never seen before, and lodged in Dasimah's back was a dart.

"What?! Who ?!"

"I'm Mari, and don't worry, your friends will be alright. Give them each a shot!" she said as she handed Jesse 3 syringes. Things were happening to fast for him to catch up."It is the cure, hurry up, I will explain later.

Jesse walked over to his friends, and injected each with the serum, "What about her?"

"Well as soon as I can tie her to this chair, we can remove the governor, and give her the serum."

"Let me help get her in that chair." he said, just after injecting Lexa. "Did the Dominion send her to do this?"

"Yes, we think she was assigned to take Lexa and the other members of Mutant X out."

"Then why wasn't I affected by the virus?"

"Because, for some reason, she didn't give it to you."

About 1 hour later ...............

"So she was under the control of that thing?" asked Lexa, as she pointed at the governor, that Jesse had removed from Dasi's neck. They were standing in Dasi's bedroom, where they had moved her after the surgery.

"Yes, but she is alright now. And Mari has given her the serum, so as soon as she wakes up, she will be back to to normal."

"Which means, she won't hate me anymore?"

"No, that wasn't the governor, Lexa. That was her! She thinks you betrayed her."

"I did!" she said looking down at the floor. "I have to explain to her why I did it though."

"Why did you?"

"Leo. Because of Leo."

"Whose Leo?" asked Dasimah, neither had realized that she was awake.

"He is my brother. My twin brother. Years ago, and even recently, I have done a lot of things that I am not proud of, to find him."

"Is that why you betrayed me?"

"Yes, both Genomex and the Dominion offered to help me find Leo, if I helped them first."

"Laily said I would change my mind once I knew the truth. And she was right. I am so relieved that you didn't betray me." Lexa walked over and hugged the young girl.

"I wish I could go back, and change what I did, I should have let you guys help me fine him."

"It's OK, I understand. I had a brother too, remember?"

"I had forgotten that. Gerald was your brother. Whatever happened to him?"

"He died. The Dominion run so many test on him, to try to discover how he used his power of telekinesis that he couldn't recover, and one night, he begged me to kill him......." and Dasi broke down crying "And I did...." Lexa took the girl back in her arms, and just held her till she stopped crying.

Jesse was shocked, he had spent the last week with the girl, and never knew she was in this much pain, and wonder if the governor was blocking her being able to feel that herself. It made him angry to see the pain on her face, and decided to do what ever it took, to bring the Dominion down, for her!

I am almost to the end of this story, and already beginning my next, which is a follow-up to this one, and my other fanfic, Wolf Crossing, so after you read this story, if you haven't already, please read WC so my next story will make sense,lol. OK, enough of the cheesy plugging for myself. What can I say, I love reviews, no matter how old my story is, lol.