Disclamer : see default chpt
Still with the history of our favourite molecular (at least in my books). Please feel free to add any other information I might have left out in ur reviews…coz this is all purely speculations.
Chpt 2 : Here and Now
By aniki19
"Adam, what's wrong with Jesse?" Shalimar enquired of her 'brother'; startling Adam from his reverie. "You startled me," Adam glanced up from his work to look at Shal. "Nothing's wrong with him, he fainted from exhaustion and I'm just hooking him up as a precaution." he tried to soothed the feral.
Shalimar was not fooled; sure, they had been pretty busy the past couple of weeks and Adam had given Jesse more check-ups than usual, she couldn't help it but feel suspicious. Hmm, two can play the same game, "O.k. sure, whatever you say" before she stormed out of the room; a slight frown on her face.
Adam gave a weary sigh and took Jesse's temperature. He frowned and proceeded to administer a vial of liquid through his I.V. He consulted the monitors to further evaluate the situation. Seeing Jesse lying on the bed; evoke even more memories from his recesses.
The bouncing toddler had improved tremendously those few months and he had continued the genetic treatment on his parents insistence. His respiratory organs were in the bloom of health and he felt that he would soon miss Jesse's giggles when he went for his final check-up this week.
After much struggle with the little imp; Adam finally had a fresh sample of Jesse's blood. He offered the toddler a lollypop and ruffled his blond hair. Jesse sulked but eyed the lolly before grabbing it from the offender with a charming grin. Adam laughed and carried the toddler out into the waiting room where his anxious mother was waiting.
"He's as healthy as he'll ever be, Mrs Kilmartin. I've taken his blood sample and after running some tests on it, and if all goes well, we shouldn't be seeing anymore of each other." he reassured Jesse's mother. "Now if only you could find a cure for his immiscible curiosity" she gave him a quick smile, before running off to her child who had already made his way to the exit. She gave him an apologetic glance before waving goodbye.
Back in the safety of his laboratory, Adam ran some random tests on the blood sample collected. Looking at the results, he frowned. Taking a small drop of blood on a slab, he inserted it under a microscope. That's weird; he thought. His blood was different. Instead of him having the normal count of red blood cells and the such, he has an additional substance in the sample. He proceeded to separate the unknown matter from the blood.
He had come across this matter before; other blood samples from other children that had the same genetic treatments as Jesse had also showed the same results. So far, he had concluded that they had helped the child by improving their health and he hope that they will stay that way.
When Jesse was about eight, his worried mother made an appointment with Adam to discuss something. Jesse has developed a habit of dropping things and breaking them and apparently, she quote, " It slipped out of my fingers!". She had thought nothing of it and blamed it on a bout of clumsiness until the other day when he was resting on the bark of a tree after a game of basketball with his dad when he suddenly fell through the tree trunk and came out the other side on the ground. She noted that he was breathing heavily at that moment in time. She wants to know the truth. What is going on? Is it a relapse? Is his lungs? What?!
Adam finally confided in her. He had done several tests on Jesse's blood sample the last time he went for his check-up and had found that his genetic makeup or his DNA has changed; it has mutated, thus giving the individuals special gifts as a result. He further illustrated to her that he had grouped these mutations into four basic elements; feral, elemental, psionic and molecular. It seems that Jesse had fallen into the molecular category and such incidents were a part of his 'growth spurts'. For now, he promised her that these mutations have yet to be life threatening.
When Jesse was about twelve, he suffered an agonising 'growth spurt' that had Adam concerned. A few months back, one of his first patients, also a molecular, died due to his unstable genes. He was only twenty four. As more and more reports were brought in, he concluded that moleculars are the most unstable in the four mutations. Adam vowed to make it his personal mission to find a cure or at least prolonged the live of his favourite patient. Unfortunately, it was also during this time that he was having some problems with Genomex and within a matter of weeks, he had to leave. He lost all his research materials and had to start from scratch. Worse, he had lost all privileges to future contact with the Kilmartins.
Laily : I'm being a little bit nostalgic at this moment in time so please! Bear with me…I will get to the present sooner or later, k?I'm still decided what e rest of e guys will say…when r u gonna finish with "one step behind"? huh?!!!! hurry up!!!!please..?!!! I'll sent u a wallpaper of Jesse if u do…grins
Falconwolf3: Sigh! I will get try to get some sleep but sometimes my imagination gets the better of me, u know? Anyway, loved, loved, loved ur story…make sure Jesse doesn't die but be sure to torture him good, k? winks
Felineferal : My 1st reviewer of the day! Always look forward to ur comments…when r u gonna continue wif "secrets untold"? and…"time jump" I need to know…did Jesse really died? Not one but 2 Jesses. U have to justify urself!
koalared : hey thanks! I will keep going, if only to keep ur interest (as if! I'll still continue even if u didn't like e story..lol!). Always a pleasure to hear from u.
Fanofbuffy : Glad u find it interesting…rest assured I will be continuing.. evil laughter in background lol!
Yup, that's about it this time for e reviews (am I disappointed…hmm…not so much; at least I still have u guys). Thank you so much for the encouraging reviews, u guys! Buy urself some chocolates, k? If u happened to be on a diet, don't worry, rewards don't count as calories. I'm still thinking about the next chpt…so bear wit me?
19/06/04
02:14
Now I'm going to bed. yawns