AUTHOR'S NOTES: Here's Chapter 5. Thanks for all the reviews and please
keep them coming.
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Chapter 5: Picnic
Everyone was enjoying the rest of the morning. It had been quiet and nothing else had happened to anyone. Emma had found a collection of Faerie Tales and took her discovery to Jesse. Then she'd managed to persuade him to read the book to her. Brennan and Shalimar were having a water fight with Kitty and Kurt. The scientists were talking again and the others were outside enjoying the sun.
Jesse stopped and looked down at Emma, she was lying with her head resting on his leg asleep. He closed the book and put it down. Jean looked over and smiled.
"She's a sweet kid."
"I know," Jesse smiled.
"Logan!" Kitty yelled.
They all looked over to see her drenched and Logan holding an empty bucket. Brennan and Shalimar laughed and came up behind Logan with the hose and aimed at him. Logan slowly turned around and looked at them.
"Uh-oh," they said looking at each other.
They turned and ran, dropping the hose. Logan picked it up and got them back.
"How come Logan's so good with kids?" Rouge asked anyone.
"I don't know," Scott replied.
Logan walked over with Shalimar and Brennan under his arms. They were wriggling and trying to get free, but they weren't getting very far.
"Are these yours?" Logan asked Jesse.
"No. Never seen them before."
"What am I meant to do with them then?"
"Why don't you keep them?" Jean suggested.
"What would I do with two six-year-olds?"
Adam, Hank, Eddi and Xavier came out. Logan walked over to Eddi.
"Here, you can have them," he put them down and the walked away.
Brennan and Shalimar ran over to the hose again and managed to get Kurt.
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"What will happen after Mr. Kilmartin regresses?"
"Then the other mutants should regress as well."
"What about Mr. Kaine? He is not a mutant."
"He poses no threat to us."
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For lunch everyone was sitting outside on several picnic blankets. Jesse, Brennan, Shalimar and Emma were sitting under a tree. Jesse looked down at his three teammates. They were all asleep. Jesse was sitting back against the tree with Emma leaning against him. Shalimar and Brennan were lying next to each other on the other side of Emma. Adam looked over and smiled slightly.
"I can understand your concern," Xavier told him.
"Trust me, everything will work out," Eddi smiled, "things always do."
"I know. I just can't shake this feeling that this time it won't work out," Adam sighed.
"It will, and then everything will go back to normal," Hank added.
"If you say so," Adam looked over again.
Jesse was asleep now as well.
"I just had a thought," Rouge stated, "so far it's only effected lab mutants, what if it starts effecting us as well?"
"Then Adam will be our only hope," Jean replied, "he's the only non-mutant here."
"Let's just hope that it never comes to that," Ororo said calmly.
"I second that," Adam agreed.
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Emma woke up and looked around. She saw all the older people asleep on the other picnic blankets. Brennan and Shalimar were still asleep as well. She looked on her other side and saw a little blond haired boy. He was looking at her.
"I'm Emma. Who are you?"
"I'm Jesse."
"That's Brennan and Shalimar. Then there's everyone over there. I don't know all their names."
Jesse yawned and then laid down. Emma laid down as well and soon they were both asleep again. Adam sat up and looked over at where his team was. He pinched the bridge of his nose before getting up and walking over. Looking down he smiled. They acted like they did before they regressed; Brennan and Shalimar stuck together and Jesse and Emma stuck together. Emma opened her eyes and looked up at him.
"Jesse shrunk."
"I noticed," Adam smiled.
"Now what's going to happen?"
"I don't know. Go back to sleep and we'll sort it out later, okay?"
She nodded and closed her eyes again, going back to sleep.
To Be Continued.
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Chapter 5: Picnic
Everyone was enjoying the rest of the morning. It had been quiet and nothing else had happened to anyone. Emma had found a collection of Faerie Tales and took her discovery to Jesse. Then she'd managed to persuade him to read the book to her. Brennan and Shalimar were having a water fight with Kitty and Kurt. The scientists were talking again and the others were outside enjoying the sun.
Jesse stopped and looked down at Emma, she was lying with her head resting on his leg asleep. He closed the book and put it down. Jean looked over and smiled.
"She's a sweet kid."
"I know," Jesse smiled.
"Logan!" Kitty yelled.
They all looked over to see her drenched and Logan holding an empty bucket. Brennan and Shalimar laughed and came up behind Logan with the hose and aimed at him. Logan slowly turned around and looked at them.
"Uh-oh," they said looking at each other.
They turned and ran, dropping the hose. Logan picked it up and got them back.
"How come Logan's so good with kids?" Rouge asked anyone.
"I don't know," Scott replied.
Logan walked over with Shalimar and Brennan under his arms. They were wriggling and trying to get free, but they weren't getting very far.
"Are these yours?" Logan asked Jesse.
"No. Never seen them before."
"What am I meant to do with them then?"
"Why don't you keep them?" Jean suggested.
"What would I do with two six-year-olds?"
Adam, Hank, Eddi and Xavier came out. Logan walked over to Eddi.
"Here, you can have them," he put them down and the walked away.
Brennan and Shalimar ran over to the hose again and managed to get Kurt.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"What will happen after Mr. Kilmartin regresses?"
"Then the other mutants should regress as well."
"What about Mr. Kaine? He is not a mutant."
"He poses no threat to us."
* * * * * * * * * * * *
For lunch everyone was sitting outside on several picnic blankets. Jesse, Brennan, Shalimar and Emma were sitting under a tree. Jesse looked down at his three teammates. They were all asleep. Jesse was sitting back against the tree with Emma leaning against him. Shalimar and Brennan were lying next to each other on the other side of Emma. Adam looked over and smiled slightly.
"I can understand your concern," Xavier told him.
"Trust me, everything will work out," Eddi smiled, "things always do."
"I know. I just can't shake this feeling that this time it won't work out," Adam sighed.
"It will, and then everything will go back to normal," Hank added.
"If you say so," Adam looked over again.
Jesse was asleep now as well.
"I just had a thought," Rouge stated, "so far it's only effected lab mutants, what if it starts effecting us as well?"
"Then Adam will be our only hope," Jean replied, "he's the only non-mutant here."
"Let's just hope that it never comes to that," Ororo said calmly.
"I second that," Adam agreed.
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Emma woke up and looked around. She saw all the older people asleep on the other picnic blankets. Brennan and Shalimar were still asleep as well. She looked on her other side and saw a little blond haired boy. He was looking at her.
"I'm Emma. Who are you?"
"I'm Jesse."
"That's Brennan and Shalimar. Then there's everyone over there. I don't know all their names."
Jesse yawned and then laid down. Emma laid down as well and soon they were both asleep again. Adam sat up and looked over at where his team was. He pinched the bridge of his nose before getting up and walking over. Looking down he smiled. They acted like they did before they regressed; Brennan and Shalimar stuck together and Jesse and Emma stuck together. Emma opened her eyes and looked up at him.
"Jesse shrunk."
"I noticed," Adam smiled.
"Now what's going to happen?"
"I don't know. Go back to sleep and we'll sort it out later, okay?"
She nodded and closed her eyes again, going back to sleep.
To Be Continued.