Chapter 16: Elemental
Brennan slowly woke up the following morning and looked around; this wasn't his room. Shalimar moved closer to him and he froze. He slowly tired to move away but failed. Shalimar slowly opened her eyes and looked around.
"Brennan?" she muttered.
"Hi," he replied quietly, "not that I really mind this... arrangement, but how did I get here?"
"Last night, the four of us and some of Xavier's team were turned into children. We're all turning back, one by one."
"And in your room?"
"Ororo created a storm and you got scared."
"How old was I?"
"Six."
A silence settled and Brennan pulled Shalimar closer to him. "Now what?"
"We wait for everyone else to turn back and get life back to normal."
The door opened and a little blond boy ran in, crying. Shalimar got up and picked him up.
"What is it Jesse?"
"Emma," he whispered.
"What?"
"She was walking down the stairs when... when she fell... and she won't get up."
Brennan got up and Shalimar turned to him.
"Take Jesse," she passed him over and ran out of her room.
Brennan looked down at the blond boy he was holding.
"Emma will be fine," Brennan told him.
Jess looked up at him before wiping his eyes on Brennan's shoulder.
"Hey, I'm not a tissue."
Jesse smiled slightly. "Brennan?"
"What?"
"I'm hungry."
"Come on then," Brennan walked out with him, "lets go feed you."
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Adam walked into the kitchen and sat down, not noticing any of the others. They sat in silence for a while.
"How's Em?" Brennan asked.
"Shalimar's staying with her," Adam replied quietly.
"What's wrong?" Xavier asked.
"Remember she was hit by an electrical bolt when she was smaller?" Adam looked over.
Xavier nodded.
"That's had a side effect. Emma's fallen into a coma."
Jess tugged on Brennan's arm. "What does that mean?" he asked quietly.
"It means she asleep, and will be for a while."
"Oh," Jesse whispered, "can I go see her?"
Adam nodded at Brennan. Brennan took Jesse's hand and led him out to the lab. Jesse ran over and stood next to Shalimar.
"Hey Jess," she smiled, "you come to see Em?"
Jesse nodded and climbed up to kneel on Shalimar, looking at Emma. "Brennan said that she'd be asleep for a while."
Shalimar smiled and looked at Brennan. "Yeah, she will be."
"But she'll wake up, won't she?"
"Maybe."
"I want her to wake up soon."
"So do we," Brennan told him.
Shalimar stood up, holding Jesse. "Let's leave her to sleep."
"Okay."
To Be Continued...
Brennan slowly woke up the following morning and looked around; this wasn't his room. Shalimar moved closer to him and he froze. He slowly tired to move away but failed. Shalimar slowly opened her eyes and looked around.
"Brennan?" she muttered.
"Hi," he replied quietly, "not that I really mind this... arrangement, but how did I get here?"
"Last night, the four of us and some of Xavier's team were turned into children. We're all turning back, one by one."
"And in your room?"
"Ororo created a storm and you got scared."
"How old was I?"
"Six."
A silence settled and Brennan pulled Shalimar closer to him. "Now what?"
"We wait for everyone else to turn back and get life back to normal."
The door opened and a little blond boy ran in, crying. Shalimar got up and picked him up.
"What is it Jesse?"
"Emma," he whispered.
"What?"
"She was walking down the stairs when... when she fell... and she won't get up."
Brennan got up and Shalimar turned to him.
"Take Jesse," she passed him over and ran out of her room.
Brennan looked down at the blond boy he was holding.
"Emma will be fine," Brennan told him.
Jess looked up at him before wiping his eyes on Brennan's shoulder.
"Hey, I'm not a tissue."
Jesse smiled slightly. "Brennan?"
"What?"
"I'm hungry."
"Come on then," Brennan walked out with him, "lets go feed you."
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Adam walked into the kitchen and sat down, not noticing any of the others. They sat in silence for a while.
"How's Em?" Brennan asked.
"Shalimar's staying with her," Adam replied quietly.
"What's wrong?" Xavier asked.
"Remember she was hit by an electrical bolt when she was smaller?" Adam looked over.
Xavier nodded.
"That's had a side effect. Emma's fallen into a coma."
Jess tugged on Brennan's arm. "What does that mean?" he asked quietly.
"It means she asleep, and will be for a while."
"Oh," Jesse whispered, "can I go see her?"
Adam nodded at Brennan. Brennan took Jesse's hand and led him out to the lab. Jesse ran over and stood next to Shalimar.
"Hey Jess," she smiled, "you come to see Em?"
Jesse nodded and climbed up to kneel on Shalimar, looking at Emma. "Brennan said that she'd be asleep for a while."
Shalimar smiled and looked at Brennan. "Yeah, she will be."
"But she'll wake up, won't she?"
"Maybe."
"I want her to wake up soon."
"So do we," Brennan told him.
Shalimar stood up, holding Jesse. "Let's leave her to sleep."
"Okay."
To Be Continued...